Chapter 38 Show me your heart

Night.

The moonlight is like water, but it is not only the moonlight that is like water, but also the young ladies in Lanxiu Pavilion.

As a famous den of money-spending in Fengyun County, Lanxiu Pavilion is naturally crowded with people every day. Especially when the government announced that the evil spirit that wiped out the entire Wang family has been eliminated, Lanxiu Pavilion has welcomed a wave of retaliatory consumption tonight.

After all, people's tense nerves need to be relaxed.

And some activities are the best medicine.

This is especially true for the middle-aged Master Li Fugui, who cannot be satisfied without a woman every day.

After all, studying is too tiring, practicing martial arts is too hard, and he has no way to practice Taoism. Only those things can make him feel that he is still alive.

The Li family has countless fields, farms, and shops. When his great grandfather retired and returned to his hometown, he had completed all his life's work (KPI). What's wrong with him enjoying himself? He has also drunk tea that costs 200 taels per kilogram.

Moreover, a great happy event happened the day before yesterday. His mortal enemy, the eldest son of the Wang family, and his entire family passed away. From now on, no one would compete with him for the flower girl.

From now on, he is the most handsome guy in Lanxiu Tower in Fengyun County.

How can we not come out and relax when something so gratifying happens?

The moonlight was like water, shining on the young ladies welcoming guests outside Lanxiu Tower, making their skin look even whiter and more pitiful.

Faced with the bustling crowd of guests, the young ladies did not act coquettishly as described in general film and television works. Instead, they were extremely reserved and just bowed to the guests as a sign of welcome.

Vulgar words like "Sir, come and play", "Mr. Li, I haven't seen you for a long time. Have you forgotten Xiao Taohong?" would never appear in the mouths of the girls in Lanxiu Tower.

It's too low-class and loses its class.

This is exactly what Li Fugui likes about Lanxiu Tower.

High class.

Only tacky places like brothels, half-closed doors, and Lichunyuan would have red sleeves everywhere. What kind of status and class is he? Going to such places and mixing with peddlers and hawkers would make people laugh, making it seem like his great-grandfather had lived in vain? His family had worked hard for three generations, and he couldn't go to a place that would bring shame to their ancestors.

Amid the bustling crowd, Li Fugui and his group of friends walked into Lanxiu Pavilion laughing and joking.

With their style, they certainly wouldn't crowd with others in the lobby on the first floor to drink and play. Instead, the group, with Mr. Li Fugui as the core, walked into a private room on the second floor.

After several people sat down one by one, a group of beautiful women came into the box one after another to accompany them. Everyone started drinking games and drank a glass of wine from a leather cup from time to time. It was very lively for a while.

After three rounds of drinking, Li Fugui, the second son of the Li family, suddenly had an idea. He held the beauty in his arms and asked everyone: "Everyone, if we don't rely on the legacy of our ancestors, how can we become rich and noble?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the whole room fell silent.

Obviously, Mr. Li's remarks stumped his cronies.

"Mr. Wu, tell me, how did your ancestors become so rich?" Li Fugui fixed his eyes on his new younger brother - the eldest son of the Wu family in Qingyuan Town.

The eldest son of the Wu family, to be more precise, should be the patriarch of the Wu family now, because more than a month ago, the eldest son's father, Wu Changshou, died of a stroke. The eldest son, Wu Qing, cried with joy, and quickly took over his old father's position and drove his younger brother out.

Because the Wu family's mountain products, fur and other businesses relied heavily on the Li family's channels, after becoming the head of the family, Wu Qing began to curry favor with the second young master Li, often accompanying him for meals, drinks and play, hoping to maintain or even expand the family business.

Seeing Young Master Li asking questions, Wu Qing looked embarrassed and didn't know how to answer. After seeing the other lackeys around him showing joking expressions, he suddenly had an idea and said, "My grandfather told my father and me when we were young that in today's world, if you want to be rich and noble, you only have to rely on three things."

"Which three?" At once, Young Master Li and the other lackeys around him also became interested and turned their heads with interest.

"Those are the three."

"Forgetting righteousness when you see profit, being two-faced, and taking care of your sister-in-law."

"Haha, Mr. Wu is such a wonderful person, and Mr. Wu is even more wonderful. They should all be made clear." Young Master Li laughed heartily, and the banquet was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Being greedy for profit and being two-faced are common in their circle, but Young Master Li will not look down on Young Master Wu for this.

There were many flatterers around him, but Mr. Wu's words were quite interesting to him, as if he had discovered an interesting new toy.

Young Master Li likes smart people and even more obedient people. He is very satisfied that Master Wu was able to discredit his family background in front of everyone and be humble. He may consider taking him in as a dog.

Especially the answer about taking care of his sister-in-law was really amazing and reminded him of his dead elder brother.

Tsk tsk.

He was getting excited.

"I will pay for tonight's expenses. Everyone, go find your favorite girls and have a rest." With these words, Master Li ended the evening's gathering.

The moon was at its zenith, and everyone was tired of the noise, so they walked towards the room with the help of the girls.

Master Li refused the support of the beautiful woman beside him and stumbled towards the Peony Tower on the twelfth floor of Lanxiu.

What kind of status is he? How can he sleep with a girl of the same level as his cronies?

Too low. The twelfth floor of Lanxiu is named after twelve kinds of flowers, namely peony, rose, peony...daisy, etc. One has to pay a year's silver to start. During this year, the owner of the floor will not have any other patrons, thus avoiding the embarrassing situation of having a pair of jade arms pillowed by thousands of people and a pair of red lips tasted by tens of thousands of people.

If you want to redeem the courtesan after one year, or renew the contract, you just need to pay extra money!

Passing through the flower garden and over the rockery, the moonlight was like water, illuminating the pavilions and waterside terraces in Lanxiu Tower. Suddenly, a cool breeze blew, and Mr. Li sobered up a little.

I saw a girl in white clothes sobbing quietly beside a well not far ahead.

A scarlet headband holds up her jet-black hair, and an emerald belt highlights her slender waist.

What the girl was wearing on her feet... She was not wearing anything. Her lotus feet would have been longer if they were one inch taller, and shorter if they were one inch shorter. Her toes were as crystal clear as jade, and were extremely attractive under the moonlight.

Who can withstand this?

Master Li hurried forward, wanting to see it clearly.

This sight was enough to make Master Li lose his soul.

Her face is like a lotus, her lips are painted, her eyebrows are curved, and her eyes are like fireflies.

The twigs also bear fruit.

It's his dish.

At this moment, Master Li forgot his destination, the owner of Mudan Tower.

Who is the owner of Mudan Tower? I don’t know him well.

"Young lady, why are you crying so late at night?" Master Li hurried forward and asked.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Seeing someone coming, the girl in white stopped crying, turned her head away and said nothing. Under the moonlight, the girl's nose stood out particularly straight.

Mr. Li asked again.

The girl then said quietly, "Sir, why are there so many heartless and unfaithful men in this world? My sister was deceived by such a man and she hanged herself because she couldn't bear it."

"That's because your sister has met the wrong person. Are you the new maid in Lanxiu Tower? Why haven't I seen you before? You'd better keep your eyes open in the future." After Master Li finished speaking, he puffed out his chest and looked at the woman in white confidently. He was just one step away from tattooing the word "beloved" on his face.

A shy look flashed across the face of the girl in white.

"Then are you my dear husband?"

"It's the truth. To be honest, everyone in Fengyun County calls me the most affectionate person in Fengyun."

"I fell in love with you the moment I saw you tonight, and I will marry you."

"I don't believe it."

"How can the lady trust me?" Master Li suddenly became anxious.

"Unless you dig out your heart and show it to me."

"Okay, as you wish. I'll give you my heart."

"really?"

"Really." Master Li's face lit up with joy, and he stepped forward and tried to hug the girl in white's shoulders.

At this moment, a dark cloud suddenly passed by, blocking the moonlight, and the lights in the corridor suddenly went out.

Master Li felt as if he was hugging a piece of thousand-year-old ice.

He came to his senses from his Xx mind and looked at the beauty in his arms.

"Sir, am I beautiful?"

The girl in white raised her head, her face slowly melting like a candle, her eyes and mouth turning into three black holes.

"Ah!" Master Li screamed in fear, but found that a faint mist had appeared around him at some point, and no one paid any attention to him even though he screamed at the top of his lungs.

He wanted to run, but his legs felt like they were filled with lead and he couldn't move them at all.

"Sir, you said you would show me your heart."

"I'm here."

"Here comes the little scissors."

A pair of red scissors suddenly appeared in the hand of the woman in white.

"Mr. Li, you are so white. After cutting the kidneys and the heart veins, you are so cute when you are motionless."

"Mr. Li, you have a dark heart. Where is my true lover?"

"I have to find my true love again."

The woman in white put the still beating heart in her hand into a gray cloth bag. She waved her hand, and the big red lantern hanging outside the gate of Lanxiu Pavilion suddenly turned white, with two huge words "Dian" written on it.

White smoke continued to come out of the two lanterns.

The white lanterns seemed to be contagious, and many lanterns in Lanxiu Pavilion gradually turned white. There were more and more white lanterns, and finally the entire Lanxiu Pavilion was covered with them.

For a time, Fengyun County’s largest people-to-people connection organization was shrouded in mystery.

(End of this chapter)