Chapter 472: The Ancients Were Good at Having Fun
Fu Mo was shocked: "Ah, the words came out!"
"I've clearly read this piece of paper many times, and there's not a single word on it. How come writing appears as soon as I burn it with candlelight? Princess, how did you do that?"
Xie Yingmian: "Do you smell anything on the paper?"
Fu Mo nodded: "It seems to have a faint fishy smell."
He didn't pay attention to the smell, thinking that the letter was tainted with the fishy smell of the newly bought vegetables, meat, fish and eggs.
Xie Yingmian said, "The words on the paper were written with goat's milk."
"The fishy smell is the smell of rotting goat's milk in the summer."
"When the goat's milk dries, the writing can't be seen on the white paper, but when it is burned under charcoal, the writing will appear after it is carbonized."
As he was speaking, the contents of the letter slowly appeared.
There is no signature, no exact content, just a short line of words.
"There seems to be an address written on it." Xie Yingmian read it over and over again. "The handwriting is strange. It looks like it was written with the left hand."
Yu Lingye stared at the address on the letter for a while, frowning slightly.
Fu Mo pinched his chin: "This address seems familiar."
I just can't remember the exact location for a moment.
It just so happened that Fan Jingzhou came out to eat on time.
He saw Yu Lingye and others standing in the yard chatting, so he went over to take a look.
After seeing the address on the letter, he laughed strangely and said, "Oh, I didn't realize that His Highness Prince Ling, the most beautiful woman in the world, also has a lover in Lianxinwu? And the lover even sent a letter to Prince Ling's Mansion?"
When Fan Jingzhou said this, Fu Mo remembered.
This address is indeed in Lianxinwu.
Lianxinwu is not a specific location, but a large area.
To put it nicely, it is a place for eating, drinking and having fun.
To put it bluntly, it is a street for prostitutes.
The most famous brothels in Shangjing are all located in Lianxinwu.
Fu Mo said, "Don't talk nonsense. Lianxinwu has brothels, but it also has normal teahouses and taverns."
Fan Jingzhou: "I never speak nonsense."
"The address on the letter was very obscure, only the street and number were written. I'm very familiar with Shangjing, so I knew at a glance that the address was Huanhuaju in Lianxinwu."
"Have you heard of Huanhuaju? It's the most expensive brothel in Shangjing. It's famous for each beauty living in a small courtyard with a different style. It's also where high-ranking officials and nobles keep their mistresses."
Fu Mo really wanted to sew Fan Jingzhou's mouth shut.
The prince keeps himself clean and never goes to such places.
The prince didn't know anyone in Huanhuaju either.
This letter is definitely not addressed to the prince.
Fu Mo was afraid that Xie Yingmian would misunderstand Yu Lingye, and wanted to explain something on behalf of his master.
When I looked up, I saw Xie Yingmian's eyes shining.
The words that Fu Mo was about to say were blocked by the strange light in Xie Yingmian's eyes.
"Come on, tell me more about it." Xie Yingmian said.
Fan Jingzhou: "Huanhuaju, as its name suggests, is more famous for its residence than for names like buildings or pavilions."
"There are many small courtyards of different styles in Huanhuaju, and each courtyard is home to a beauty. These beauties are carefully selected by Huanhuaju. Every beauty can become a top courtesan if she goes elsewhere."
“Each of these beauties has its own unique characteristics.”
"Huanhuaju has a pastoral style, and the beauties inside are dressed in plain clothes. You can experience farming, pick vegetables from the fields, make dishes, and dine with the beauties."
"It has a grassland style. The beauties there are heroic and valiant. They can ride horses, shoot arrows, and herd sheep. There are even many sheep raised there. Some people like to ride horses, some like to lie in the grass and listen to the sound of sheep grazing, and some people even like to make love with beauties in the vast grassland."
"There's also a Zen style, where everything is plain, and the beauties are dressed as Taoist priests or nuns."
"There's also a poetic and literary style, filled with bamboo, and beautiful women who can speak eloquently, are well-educated, and behave like ladies from wealthy families, and so on."
"If you are not satisfied with the above styles, you can also customize the style."
"You can also bring a beautiful woman back from outside and create your own style to keep as your own."
"There's nothing they can't do, only things we can't think of."
"Of course, the price is also very touching. The minimum rent for the courtyard is one month, and the starting price is three thousand taels, which is one hundred taels a day."
Fan Jingzhou sighed: "One hundred taels."
"One tael of silver is one thousand wen, and one hundred taels of silver is one hundred thousand wen. An ordinary family of five, after a year of food, clothing, housing, transportation, and medical expenses, can only save two or three taels of silver at the end of the year. They may not be able to save enough for a day's accommodation for the rich and powerful in their entire lives."
Xie Yingmian understood.
Huanhuaju is the ancient version of role-playing.
Who said the ancients were conservative?
The ancients had many ways to play.
Xie Yingmian said to Yu Lingye, "We have no dealings with Huanhuaju. This letter was obviously slipped in deliberately. The purpose and the sender are unknown. Let's have someone keep an eye on it for now."
Yu Lingye ordered Fu Mo to arrange people.
Fan Jingzhou looked back and forth between Yu Lingye and Xie Yingmian several times.
He said to Xie Yingmian in a frivolous tone, "Don't you suspect she's his mistress?"
Xie Yingmian: "No doubt."
Fan Jingzhou: "Why?"
Xie Yingmian glanced at Fan Jingzhou and asked, "Do you think Yu Lingye would be so stupid?"
Fan Jingzhou: "Just because Yu Lingye isn't stupid doesn't mean his lover isn't stupid."
Xie Yingmian: "If Yu Lingye has a little lover, it would be a good opportunity to take me to visit. I am very interested in the role-playing games in the style of Huanhuaju."
Upon hearing this, Yu Lingye asked, "What style do you like?"
"There are many empty courtyards in Prince Ling's Mansion. You can choose any style you want."
Xie Yingmian was moved.
She is thinking seriously.
The struggle between them and the emperor gradually became more intense.
From the increasing number of surveillance personnel near Prince Ling's Mansion, it can be seen that the emperor is always on guard against them.
The last time they went out to sea, there were countless pairs of eyes watching them.
It was all thanks to the experienced sailors who got rid of them after entering the deep sea.
If they did not enter the deep sea but turned to other shallow waters, it would be difficult for them to escape the emperor's surveillance.
In other words, their whereabouts were under the emperor's nose at all times.
Once they show signs of running away, the emperor will know it immediately.
If the emperor realized that they were about to escape, he would have a legitimate reason to send troops against them and to their fiefdoms.
This is also one of the reasons why they did not leave Shangjing.
If they could find something spectacular to do, perhaps they could dispel the emperor's doubts.
"I like the gourmet style." Xie Yingmian said, "How about we build a food street?"
Yu Lingye: "Okay."
Xie Yingmian: "You didn't even ask me where I want to build the food street?"
Yu Lingye: "Anywhere is fine, as long as you like it."
Xie Yingmian: "I'm interested in the area near the pier. There are many people there, it's easy to commercialize, and it's also easy to build a food court."
Yu Lingye: "Okay."
Fan Jingzhou: No, how come a good segment of sowing discord was inexplicably filled with dog food?
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