Chapter 42: I didn’t catch up with my sweetheart, and I almost lost my virginity! ...
The Shen family has always been chaste for generations. Once they set their sights on someone, they will be together for life. When it comes to Shen Yu, he is even more so.
Ever since he understood matters of love, he had devoted himself to the military camp and had no time or leisure to visit places of entertainment. Even in peaceful years, when invited by his comrades, he would just sit quietly by and taste some fine wine.
Whether he was facing a noble lady from Shengdu or a beautiful girl from a humble family, he always had an attitude of keeping strangers away.
Chen Yu was already successful at a young age, and his previous actions were often bold and spontaneous, so the number of people who were curious about him was increasing day by day.
As time went by, the rumors about him became more and more unconventional, and it turned out that Marshal Shen had a good-looking appearance, but unfortunately he was quite fond of homosexuality.
For most of the women who admired Chen Yu, such empty rumors went in one ear and out the other, and they did not take them seriously.
In addition, in recent years, there have been frequent changes, and Chen Yu has single-handedly supported the entire Jingguo Mansion and the entire Jingguo Army. Therefore, such gossip naturally died down.
In fact, all these beauties in Handanfang are well-built with slim figures and charming bodies. If it weren't for the heavy makeup on their faces that makes it difficult to tell their true appearance, they might be pretty young ladies.
These beauties were already wearing thin clothes, their bodies half exposed, and the scent of white magnolias lingered in the air.
Each of them has mastered the art of serving others to perfection, and they should be able to make the other party lose control with just a little teasing.
But who made them meet Chen Yu?
The more they rubbed him with such affectionate gazes, the more nauseous he felt in his stomach.
But Chen Yu still gritted his teeth, hugged women on both sides, and mingled with the bustling crowd with a smile on his face.
His lychee eyes looked affectionate in everything he saw, and he didn't even need to deliberately blend into the atmosphere. Just by slightly lowering his eyelashes and letting his arms droop weakly on the shoulders of these beautiful ladies, he was already very convincing.
Chen Yu looked around with his eyes wandering, but he couldn't find Qi Xin for a while.
"Beauty, please arrange one of the best rooms here for me. Don't waste this night of love." Chen Yu tilted his head and whispered to a beautiful girl. From a distance, it looked like they were whispering in each other's ears.
The beautiful girl on the other side saw that Chen Yu didn't choose her, so she immediately came over and blatantly pushed away the beautiful girl he had just spoken to, pouting and saying:
"Master, she's new here, so she might not be able to suit your wishes. Why not let me..."
"Come on, come on!" Before she could finish her words, Shen Yu called out to the two or three beauties and impatiently moved towards the wing room area.
Then, guided by the beautiful girl who volunteered to be his girlfriend, he hugged the one he had been with before, and gathered several beautiful girls who were about to pounce on him from behind, and went to the Hui-style wing room on the second floor.
After closing the door, Chen Yu threw himself onto the Arhat bed and assumed a comfortable posture.
These beauties really looked like new arrivals. Facing Chen Yu's stunning face, they were too shy to take any concrete action. They just stood aside politely, waiting for him to favor them.
Only the beautiful girl who had volunteered just now followed closely behind him and couldn't wait to climb on him.
Shen Yu dodged and rolled over on the bed, then stood up and took two steps back. He leaned against the cabinet with his arms folded and said leisurely:
"What's the rush? It's so boring to get straight to the point. Don't you have any special skills? Show me some."
"Master, do you want to listen to some music?" another beautiful girl next to him asked tenderly.
"Of course not." Shen Yu untied the purse he had just taken from his waist and threw it on the round table in front of him.
The beautiful girls swarmed over, pulled off the ropes while snatching, and looked at each other in bewilderment at the scattered silver coins.
"You think it's too little?" Chen Yu smiled knowingly, but he was actually speechless inside.
The young man just now seemed to be of considerable wealth, and his wallet seemed quite heavy, but it turned out that he didn't have much real substance.
Chen Yu had no choice but to take out the gold ingots, silver, and jade ornaments he had brought with him, slapped them on the table, and said, "Is that enough? I'm in a good mood today, and I want to try something new."
"Hey, sir, you are an expert!" These beauties were all blinded by money, especially the most eager one just now.
The man came over and climbed up to him again, drawing small circles on his chest with his long red nails, and then said in a greasy voice, "You are referring to, can't it be--"
"Yes, that's what you said." Chen Yu lowered his eyes and smiled, fulfilling her wish and hugged her waist.
"Excuse me, sir, do you have a reservation?" Na Meiji was very pleased with his response. She raised her foot and bit his earlobe. Her eyes were full of charm as she said in a coquettish voice:
"The owner of the shop is out today for something, so we shouldn't be able to take this order. However, seeing your extraordinary demeanor, I took the initiative to say a few words. I also thought that with my humble authority, I could do you a favor."
Just now, she had flirted with him unexpectedly, and the veins on Chen Yu's wrists were bulging. He wished he could abandon these beauties right then and there and go back to clean himself up.
However, he still didn't know where Xiaojiu was, so he needed to spend some time with these beauties to find out.
Although he had heard some rumors about Handanfang before, they were just the tip of the iceberg. Apart from the name of the owner Mei Niang and some standard internal structure, the rest was not very clear.
Although he didn't know whether Murong Fei was a guest of honor at Handanfang, if he wanted to find out more, he had to give it a try.
After all, for a shrewd and cunning man like him to be so fond of this place, even if he only wants to have fun, he should be able to make a name for himself.
"My dear little beauty, you have good eyesight! As for me, I came here on the recommendation of Lord Murong, the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple." Chen Yu stretched out his hand and scratched the beautiful girl's straight nose, and said with a frown:
"Brother Murong is at the Dali Temple, very busy with official duties. So, I've asked you to come and inspect the goods first."
The brocade robe he wore outlined his perfect figure, but without the wide sleeves to cover it, he had no hidden weapons and it was difficult for him to reach for the dagger in his boots. He could only straighten his back and pretend to pay attention to their reactions casually.
"You, you are actually—" That beautiful girl, who had previously slumped on him like an invertebrate, straightened up and winked at the remaining beautiful girls:
"You guys, please step back first."
"Yes, aunt." All the beauties in the room responded in unison, bowing slightly and retreating.
The beautiful lady who had just spoken waited for everyone to leave and closed the door again before turning around, folding her hands over her chest, leaning down slightly, and saying sternly:
"I didn't know you were coming to visit me. Please forgive my previous impoliteness."
Chen Yu looked at the drastic change in Meiji's attitude towards him, and he felt relieved and took off his fists from behind his waist.
It seems that the bet was right this time.
In this case, the beautiful lady who had always been most attentive to him must be a manager or something like that in Handanfang. The person who could be called "Auntie" must be Auntie Hongxiu, the right-hand woman of the Mei Niangfang owner.
"That's all right." Chen Yu held up her folded hands, motioning her to stand. He then blinked, stared at her intently, and said with a smile, "I'm so lucky to have won Aunt Hongxiu's heart the first time I met her.
"Since you know me, just call me Hongxiu." Hongxiu opened her red lips slightly and smiled, "I wonder how many young girls who are naive to the world you have deceived with this skill."
"You really humiliate me. I have never seen a woman as compatible with me as you, Hongxiu." Chen Yu smiled on his lips, and the smile reached his eyes.
Although Handanfang is well-known, its essence is still to seduce people with its beauty.
With her current status and position in Handanfang, Hongxiu doesn't need to solicit customers in the lobby. However, it is precisely because of her wide knowledge and experience that she has developed the priceless ability to judge people.
Xia Zi and Yue Yun's appearances are all the same, but Heng Lan and Zhi Ruo's[1] soul is one in a million.
There are many things that are beyond one's control in a brothel, but if she can find someone she likes, not only will she have protection, but she may also be able to help the master mentioned by the owner of the place to succeed.
By then, I can escape from this place of debauchery and live in peace in a corner with the help of that great man. Isn't that wonderful?
She was attracted to Chen Yu the first time she saw him. She originally thought that if he was just a handsome and generous young man, she would just spend a night with him.
But I never thought that he had such a connection with Lord Murong. If we capture him...
"You really know how to make fun of me." Hongxiu walked forward, lifted the cushion on the Luohan bed, knelt on one knee at the edge of the bed, pulled out the hairpin, pried open a square thin plate embedded in the bed board, and found a round turntable-like thing with a handle inside.
Hongxiu held the handle and shook it about ten or twenty times. Suddenly, there was a creaking sound from behind the top box cabinet[2] beside her.
Upon hearing the sound, Chen Yu went around to check, and was suddenly shocked to find that a space had appeared out of thin air behind the top cabinet, just enough for an adult man of normal size to pass sideways.
In fact, Chen Yu had always maintained the habit he had in the army. Whenever he arrived at an unfamiliar place, he would scan around a few times and pay attention to more than 90% of the details of the furnishings in the area to effectively avoid ambushes.
But he clearly remembered that the top box cabinet was indeed placed against the wall. Unexpectedly, with the help of this mechanical technology, there was really another mystery. In the end, he had underestimated the Handanfang before.
Hongxiu restored the Arhat bed to its original position, then came around and touched his lower back, saying with a raised lip, "Come on, what you want is right down there."
Chen Yu followed Hong Xiu closely, passed sideways through the narrow passage behind the top box cabinet, and entered a wooden sedan embedded in the wall. The space inside was more spacious than that in an ordinary sedan. The wooden board on the top was probably twice as high as him, enough to accommodate nearly ten people.
Just now when he was outside, Chen Yu was not quite sure of the principle. Now that he was in the wooden box, the sound of the pulley on the top was very clear. In addition, there was a similar wheel crank handle built into it, so it must be a pulley system.
In this way, whether it changes the direction of force or saves manpower, it is still an efficient model.
With such ingenuity, Mei Niangfangzhu should not be underestimated.
The wooden car descended about three stories and should have gone deep into the ground.
Although he had also set up a secret passage in Guyi Piaohao that led directly to the underground, this sudden coincidence forced him to slowly establish a connection between Handanfang and that place.
Shicha underground casino!
"Sir, please come this way." Hongxiu stretched out her slender arm and led him out of the wooden box and into a stone passage.
Chen Yu looked at the candles on both sides of the passage, which were burning brightly. It seemed that there should be many ventilation holes.
But he hadn't taken two steps when he tripped over something...
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The author has something to say: Note:
[1] Henglan Zhiruo——
Heng refers to Duheng, the name of a kind of fragrant herb.
Orchid refers to zelan, which is also a fragrant plant.
Zhi is Angelica dahurica, also a kind of herb, commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine.
If it refers to Duruo, it is also famous for its fragrance.
These herbs are often used in ancient literature to describe the beauty of the environment and the richness of its fragrance. For example, in the "Book of Han: Biography of Sima Xiangru" there is a description of "to the east there is a garden of orchids and angelica".
(Extended to mean elegant character)
[2] Top box cabinet——
A top-box cabinet, also known as a four-piece cabinet or top-vertical cabinet, is a piece of furniture consisting of a top cabinet and a bottom cabinet. It originated in the Ming and Qing dynasties, took shape in the late Ming dynasty, and reached its peak in the Qing dynasty. The top-box cabinet gets its name from the fact that the small cabinet above is connected to the vertical cabinet below, extending vertically from bottom to top.
The top-box cabinet consists of two parts, the top cabinet and the bottom cabinet, which are tightly connected to form a whole. This structure is not only stable and durable, but also increases storage space, making the top-box cabinet an indispensable piece of furniture in the homes of wealthy families in ancient times.
The production of top-box cabinets is also very demanding, requiring a full mortise and tenon structure, where the mortise and tenon are combined with the wood to meet both functional requirements and artistic aesthetics. This exquisite craftsmanship ensures that top-box cabinets can still maintain good use after hundreds of years.
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