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() "Where is Fang Shihao now?"

"It's still in the south of the city. It passed after noon today, and it hasn't come out yet."

"Still listening to the Champs?"

"Yes. It's not very lively there, but all the dignitaries in Taiyuan City like to go there." Sun Zikong leaned beside Chu Huan, his voice was very low, "I heard that Xiangxiaoxie is the best building in Taiyuan Prefecture. Every girl has been carefully selected, he is different from ordinary buildings, he does not solicit customers in the street, if the identity is not enough, you will not be able to get in if you want to."

"But you went in." Chu Huan said with a smile.

Sun Zikong smiled, his face full of unsatisfactory expressions, "This is the silver given by the master. The so-called identity is the silver. There, the silver represents your identity. First, pay for the tea money of ten taels of silver. The expenses inside are calculated separately. I have already found out that the girls inside start to pick up customers at noon, and their dresses are also different from ordinary girls...!" . .

"what do you mean?"

Sun Zikong sighed, "Master, if a man didn't go there, his life would be in vain."

Chu Huan sighed, "I just hope you haven't forgotten your errand."

"Then how can that be?" Sun Zikong said in a low voice: "Fang Shihao, the commander of the imperial guards, left from his backyard, and did not take a carriage. He hired a carriage after reaching the street, and then went to Nancheng. He When he left, he was disguised and wore very ordinary clothes, if the master hadn't painted his portrait for me, I would never have imagined that he would be the commander of the imperial guards."

"and then?"

"He went in through the side door of the Champs, and there seemed to be someone waiting for him inside." Sun Tzukong said, "He seems to be afraid that others will see him, so he sneaked in...!"

"and then?"

"I was afraid to startle the snake, so I didn't follow through the side door, but through the front door." Sun Zikong said, "I wanted to inquire about Fang Shihao's situation from Miss Yuluo, but Miss Yuluo didn't seem to know anything about it, and she didn't even know about it. I don’t know that the commander of the Imperial Guard has been to the Champs.”

"Who is Miss Yuluo?"

Sun Zikong blushed, "Mother Yang arranged it...!"

Chu Huan laughed, and then said solemnly: "Apart from this, is there any other news?"

"Yes." Sun Zikong also said solemnly: "Although Yuluo didn't know that Fang Shihao went in and out of Champs, she knew that there was only one person living in the back garden of Tings."

"Who?"

"Listen to Wu Wa'er, the top card in Champs Xiaoxie...!"

"Wu Wa'er?" Chu Huan was taken aback, "This name is very strange."

A strange look appeared on Sun Zikong's face, Chu Huan frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

Sun Tzukong said awkwardly: "Master, the origin of this name...!" He hesitated, with a sensual look on his face, but he still approached him and said, "I heard that Wu Waer is not very old, but ...But the kung fu is amazing, especially the cry, when excited, it's like crying, so...that's why I got the name Wu Wa'er...!"

Chu Huan looked at Sun Zikong with a strange look, frowned slightly, and said softly, "If what your girl Yuluo said is true, then Fang Shihao is just looking for this number one who sounds like weeping?"

Sun Zikong shook his head, "I can't be sure, but entering through the side door is going to the back garden. Unless Fang Shihao is not looking for a girl, he must be looking for Wu Wa'er. But it is said that Wu Wa'er's price is extremely high, It costs 50 taels to listen to her play the piano, and another 100 taels if you dance, and if you want to stay overnight, don’t even think about it without 300 taels of silver.”

Chu Huan was taken aback, the price was so high that it was really unbelievable.

Although Fang Shihao is the commander of the imperial guards, his annual salary should not be very high. In fact, the salary of Daqin bureaucrats as a whole is not high. The salary is less than 100 taels, and the salary of generals like Fang Shihao can only be lower.

Sun Zikong seemed to have thought of this too, and said in a low voice: "Master, Fang Shihao's mansion also looks very ordinary, not considered rich, a few hundred taels of silver a night may not be a big deal for those wealthy businessmen, but Fang Shihao For him, it should be very difficult, and if he has no other sources of income, it is impossible for him to afford it." Blinking his eyes, he asked, "Master, do you think that Fang Shihao is pocketing his own money and deducting his military salary, and you want to investigate him?"

Chu Huan wondered, "You still know how to withhold military pay?"

Sun Zikong said quite proudly: "Soldiers don't collect money as easily as civil servants. If they want to collect money, apart from fighting for spoils, they can only deduct military pay or eat nothing."

Chu Huan said with a smile: "Then you think Fang Shihao is withholding military pay?"

Sun Tzukong knew the seriousness. Even in front of Chu Huan, without evidence, it was a serious crime to assert that a dignified commander withheld military pay.

Chu Huan leaned on the chair, and after a long time, he smiled at his grandson, "Wu Wa'er...I really want to see what kind of beauty this Wu Wa'er is...!"

The grandson said in a hurry: "Master, if you really want to see her, I'll get up early tomorrow, and I'll go there first and make it happen for you...!"

"Why wait until tomorrow?" Chu Huan had already got up, "I want to see Champs right now!"

Sun Tzukong said with a bitter face: "Master, it's so late. If you go at this time, you will definitely not see Wu Wa'er. Now that Wu Wa'er may be in Fang Shihao's arms...!"

Chu Huan glanced at him, and said lightly: "Red flowers and green willows, there is always one that suits me."

Sun Zikong didn't dare to say more, but he was thinking in his heart, those charming beauties in the mansion didn't see how close you were to them, why did you come to Taiyuan, but your heart was full of spring?

"By the way, what about the guy who is closed in the backyard?"

"Just let him stay there." Chu Huan said: "Maybe it will be useful sometime." After a pause, he added: "Go to the inn tomorrow to see if Ma Zheng and the others are back, Xuanyuan Shengcai should be arriving soon, they are two days later than expected, probably delayed on the way, if you hear any news from them, report to me immediately...!"

Although it was late at night, it was not deserted when listening to the Champs. There was a row of carriages in front of the door, and the drivers were wrapped in cotton jackets, talking dirty jokes together, while their masters were experiencing the true love in the garden. The nephrite jade is warm and fragrant.

The entry fee of ten taels of silver is of course a drop in the bucket for Chu Huan now. Although the entry fee is indeed expensive, it is only when you enter the garden that you get what you pay for. This place is indeed different from ordinary brothels. In the garden, there are small courtyards with red lanterns hanging one after another. Although the singing of warblers and swallows comes from time to time, it is hard for you to think that this is a spring building when you are in it.

When Chu Huan came out, she didn't deliberately dress up, she was dressed in a very ordinary padded robe, but even so, the old bustard who came up to her was still full of smiles. Judging by her expression, it seemed that she saw the most handsome and heroic man in the world, "Young master, where did you come from? Look at you, what kind of tricks do you want to play?"

Sun Zikong had already stepped forward and asked, "Mother Yang, do you still know me?"

This mother Yang was still staring at Chu Huan's face, she didn't even see Sun Zikong's face, so she smiled and said: "I know you, how can you not know me, this master, is this a familiar girl, or is it a different taste?"

Sun Tzukong coughed twice, and then asked, "That... is Miss Yuluo available?"

"Yuluo?" Mother Yang smiled all over her face, "You mean Miss Lost?"

"Yes...!" Sun Zikong bit the bullet and said, a little embarrassed.

Chu Huan wondered, "What poor lady?"

Before Sun Zikong explained, Yang's mother had already laughed and said: "Young master is not familiar with us, we have all kinds of girls here, there are down-and-out noble ladies, there are nuns in nunneries, and there are Taoist nuns in Taoist temples. , there are chivalrous ladies, there are gorgeous ladies, there are pretty widowed daughter-in-laws, and there are honest and obedient country girls...!"

Chu Huan was dumbfounded, and couldn't help asking: "What place is this?"

Sun Zikong hurriedly said: "Master, it's all fake, it's all girls pretending...!"

Chu Huan was startled, but immediately understood, no wonder the cost here was so high, but it turned out to be ingenious, and role-playing was played in the garden, it seems that the owner of Champs is really business-minded.

At this moment, I understood that the Yuluo girl that Sun Zikong had a crush on was playing the role of a down-and-out rich lady.

Chu Huan asked with a smile: "I heard that there is a red card in your garden who sounds like a baby crying, can you let me meet?"

Mother Yang immediately shook her head and said, "Master, I'm really sorry, the baby has been feeling unwell for the past few days and cannot see guests."

Chu Huan didn't change his face, and said with a smile: "I just want to sit with Miss Wa'er for a while, and I won't disturb you for too long...!" There are two ingots of gold in his hand, "May I help you?"

Mother Yang saw that the gold was not light, but she still had no choice but to say: "Master, I am considerate, the girl is not in good health, she should rest early, and the mother can't wrong them. There are so many girls in our garden...!" There was a courtyard not far away, "That is the farmyard, and she is also the best girl in our garden. You might as well go see her, I promise that she will be able to serve you well and will not let you down."

Chu Huan knew that it was useless for him to persevere, and it seemed that it was really difficult to see Wu Wa'er, so he smiled and said, "I just hope she can talk to me more."

"As long as the young master is willing, she can accompany you until tomorrow morning." Mother Yang said with a smile on her face.

Chu Huan didn't say any more, he threw the gold in his hand to his mother, and took another ingot and threw it to Sun Zikong. Yang's mother smiled and pointed to the yard and said, "Young master, just go by yourself, she will wait for you over there, young master tonight." Have fun."

Chu Huan didn't say any more, and walked along the bluestone path with his hands behind his back to the so-called farm house. The door of the yard was ajar, and Chu Huan knocked on the door lightly. Soon, he heard footsteps, and then the gate opened , a woman dressed in a cotton padded jacket and a flower scarf appeared in front of her eyes. The woman had a round face, a plump figure, and round eyes. She blinked and looked like a guest. She doesn't have the vulgar atmosphere of an ordinary girl in a spring building, but she really looks like a pretty farm girl from a rural farm family.