Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 181
Su Liang walked out quickly, came in again after a while, and said to Fan Ning: "Fan Ning, there is something small, can you walk with me?"

"sure!"

Fan Ning stepped forward and asked with a smile, "What is it?"

Su Liang glanced at Cheng Yuanyuan quickly, and forced a smile: "It's not a big deal, just go and find out."

He said to Cheng Yuanyuan again: "Yuanyuan, I'll be back soon."

Fan Ning saw that he hesitated to speak, probably something happened, so he didn't want to ask more.

Su Liang went back to the house to get the purse, and whispered to Fan Ning, "Let's go!"

After walking away, Fan Ning asked, "What happened?"

Su Liang sighed, "A boy from a brothel came to the door just now, saying that Cheng Ze lost all his money and had no money to pay the bill. Let us redeem him."

"what?"

It was only then that Fan Ning realized that Cheng Ze was not in the room last night, but actually went to a brothel and gambled.

Fan Ning's face suddenly darkened, Cheng Ze actually has this bad habit.

He glanced at Su Liang, sneered and said, "He has this problem, you already knew about it, right?"

Su Liang whispered with his lips: "I probably know a little bit. I know that he is more lustful. He only wants to marry a brothel woman, so he refuses to go on a blind date at home."

"Then you still like his sister?"

"It's two different things. Yuanyuan also hates his brother's bad habits." Su Liang quickly distinguished.

"Forget it, I won't tell you now, first redeem the person, and then I'll have a good talk with you. You've been a little dizzy during this time."

Su Liang bit his lip, he was also very annoyed, he liked Yuanyuan very much, but he didn't want to have a big uncle who was lustful and gambling.

The two of them walked out of the alley, and saw a young man wearing a fur head and a green coat standing at the entrance of the alley. He was about fourteen or fifteen years old. wretched.

"Come with me! It's not far ahead."

Walking about one mile north from Fan Ning's residence, they came to Xiyulin Street. This street is famous for its many brothels. There are more than ten brothels within a short distance of one mile.

It is morning, and it has just snowed, and the streets are still relatively quiet, but it does not mean that business is not good, and many scholars are still nostalgic for Wenrouxiang.

And usually it is not until evening that the street starts to become lively.

This period of time coincided with the imperial examination, and young scholars from various prefectures in the Song Dynasty gathered in the capital. Of course, many scholars wanted to take this opportunity to sleep in flowers and willows.

Although every time the imperial examination is held, the Ministry of Rites has repeatedly reiterated that it is strictly forbidden to refer to scholars to visit brothels. Once caught, the imperial examination qualification will be cancelled.

Although the regulations were strict, they still couldn't stop the young and restless minds of the scholars, and all the brothels in the capital were doing very well at this time.

Every time the imperial examination, many unlucky scholars were caught by the joint inspection team of the Ministry of Rites and Kaifeng Prefecture, and were disqualified from participating in the provincial examination.

Fan Ning and Su Liang followed the servant to a mansion surrounded by high walls. They thought it was the mansion of a rich family, but it was actually a brothel.

There are two gardenia lanterns hanging above the gate. When you see these gardenia lanterns, you know that this is a romantic place.

There is also a rather large light box standing beside the gate. This kind of light box will put candles in at night, and it will be particularly eye-catching at night, no less than the neon lights of later generations.

There are three large characters written on the light box, 'Baifeng Pavilion'.

The young servant in Tsing Yi kept saying, "You two little officials, this is the place."

Fan Ning looked at the words 'Baifeng Pavilion', and said to Su Liang with a sullen face, "Go in and redeem him! I'll wait here, if you don't have enough money, come to me."

Su Liang sighed in his heart. He knew that Fan Ning didn't want to step into this kind of place, and he didn't want to step into it himself, but who made Fatty Cheng very likely to be his future uncle?
"I'll be out right now!"

Su Liang had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow the boy in Tsing Yi into the Baifeng Hall.

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Fan Ning was pacing back and forth on the street outside. Su Liang had been in for a long time, but he never came out, which made Fan Ning feel inexplicable worry.

Su Liang is not like himself. Although he has an immature body, his heart is full of vicissitudes. Su Liang's body and mind are far from mature. If he enters a brothel, will he be caught? ． ． ． ． ．
Fan Ning regretted it a bit, it should be him who went in to redeem someone, not Su Liang.

At this moment, a group of disheveled scholars ran out of the brothel next door in panic, each of them terrified, and ran desperately to the alley across the street.

Immediately afterwards, many scholars ran out of another brothel not far away in a panic.

Fan Ning was stunned, grabbed one of them, and asked, "What happened?"

"Run! The patrol team is here to arrest people." The scholar broke free from Fan Ning's hand and fled.

At this time, Fan Ning had already seen a group of soldiers running towards this side.

He was also anxious, if Su Liang was caught, he would lose his qualification to take the provincial examination.

Not only can it not be as simple as taking the exam this time, if this kind of imperial examination is interrupted, the exam will have to be taken again next time, and the consequences will be very serious.

Just like Pei Guang, an assistant teacher at Yanying Academy, he had already passed the examination six years ago, but three years ago, because of his father's death, he did not go to Beijing for reference. Because the imperial examination was interrupted, his qualification to directly participate in the provincial examination disappeared this year.

Pei Guang could only take the examination again this year, but he lost his name to Sun Shan. He had to wait another three years for the examination again. If he failed again, he would lose confidence.

Su Liang is Fan Ning's best friend, and he doesn't want Su Liang to suffer the same fate as Pei Guang.

Seeing a group of soldiers rushing straight to the Baifeng Hall.

Fan Ning gritted his teeth and rushed directly into the brothel.

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Brothels are still different from ordinary mansions. There is a large courtyard in the middle, and there are more than a dozen small courtyards in it.

Fan Ning is getting a little dizzy, where can I find Su Liang?
In desperation, he shouted, "The inspection team from the Ministry of Rites is here!"

When he yelled out, all the courtyards immediately started to commotion, several scholars rushed out first, and asked anxiously: "Is it true? The inspection team is here?"

"It's true, let's go!"

A few scholars ran at full speed, at this moment, the procuress of the brothel also shouted, "Everyone get up, the inspection team is here!"

The whole brothel was in chaos, and I don't know how many scholars rushed out from various small courtyards.

At this time, dozens of soldiers rushed in from outside the gate, and an official shouted: "Official inspection team, everyone is not allowed to run around."

Fan Ning didn't see Su Liang. When the soldiers entered the compound, he also found soldiers coming in through the back door. If he didn't leave, he might be caught too.

If you were caught in a brothel, you wouldn't be able to wash it off even if you jumped into the Yellow River.

In desperation, Fan Ning ran to a small door on the side.

After running through the small door, I realized that this was actually a kitchen. There were a few large square tables in the middle of the open space, and a long row of stoves next to it, covered with iron pans and steamers.

At the bottom of the wall on the other side are dozens of earthen jars, whether they are wine or pickled vegetables.

At a glance, Fan Ning found a person hiding under the table, with disheveled clothes and a very embarrassed appearance.

Fan Ning laughed and said, "It's no use hiding under there, brother."

"Thank you for reminding me, brother!"

The voice seemed familiar, Fan Ning was slightly taken aback, and when the people under the table came out, both of them were stunned.

The scholar under the table was none other than Xu Ji who forged an intractable feud in the Pingjiang Mansion three years ago.

Neither of them expected that they would meet in this embarrassing time and in this embarrassing place. For a while, both of them were a little stunned.

At this moment, a young man from a brothel ran in, muttering and complaining: "If you want to eat at this time, I will eat it, I will eat it to death!"

He suddenly found two scholars in the kitchen and was startled, "It's useless for you to hide here, get out quickly!"

Fan Ning saw that the boy was wearing a brown jacket and wide-leg bloomers. His heart was moved, and he quickly took out five taels of silver from his pocket, stepped forward and said with a smile, "Brother, sell me the clothes and trousers for five taels of silver!"

The boy's eyes widened, "Five taels of silver?"

"Five taels!" Fanning put a silver coin on the table.

The boy took off his shirt and trousers almost without hesitation, took off his buddy hat, and gave Fanning all his brains, turned around and ran away with five taels of silver, he would be a fool if he quit.

Fan Ning ignored Xu Ji who was behind him, he quickly changed into the servant's clothes and pants, put on a buddy's hat, picked up an empty food box, and went out.

Xu Ji swallowed his saliva, this is a good way, if Fan Ning succeeds, he is ready to try, he touched his bosom, there are two taels of silver, Xu Ji secretly cursed.

He walked quietly to the door, wondering whether Fanning could use this method to get out?
Fan Ning walked quickly towards the gate with the food box in hand. The courtyard was full of dejected scholars. Fan Ning walked past the scholars and came directly to the gate.

Two soldiers stopped him, "What are you doing?"

Fan Ning bowed and said, "Report to the official, Miss Yuxiu is seriously ill, and I will get medicine for her from the Medical Fortune Hall!"

The soldier saw that he looked like a boy, and indeed he looked like a servant, so he waved his hand, "Go!"

"Thank you, Mr. Jun!"

Fan Ning saluted, and went out unhurriedly.

He walked all the way into the alley across the street, making sure that the other party couldn't see him, so he turned back and hid behind a big tree to look at the gate.

(End of this chapter)