325, Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road
325, Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road
The innkeeper saw guests coming in and noticed the young man walking in the middle had an extraordinary demeanor. He knew that this group of people were probably not simple people, so he hurried out to greet them personally, "Dear guests, please come in."
"Are you guests planning to stay in the hotel or have a meal?"
Qi Jun glanced at the guards following him and walked towards the empty table next to him.
The remaining guard took out a silver ingot from his pocket and gave it to the shopkeeper, saying, "Save the best upper room here for you."
"Also, give us some good dishes and a jug of good wine."
"Yes, yes, please come in and sit down, gentlemen." The shopkeeper waved his hand and invited them with a smile.
The waiter beside them went to greet customers without being told by their boss.
After Qi Jun sat down, he calmly glanced at the people eating in the lobby and heard the voices of people around him. When he heard someone talking about going to a brothel, he glanced at the person who was speaking.
At this moment, Lu Mingfei was facing the direction of the door. Just now, he had seen Qi Jun coming in from the corner of his eye. Now he felt someone was looking at him, and without thinking, he knew it must be Qi Jun looking at him.
However, he is now disguised on his face and body. Even if someone who knows him passes by him face to face, they may not be able to recognize him.
In this regard, he still had some trust in the disguise skills of his brothers.
Of course, the premise is that he doesn't reveal his own flaws and let the Prince of Qi who comes later notice something is wrong.
They were in the city now, and the gates were probably already closed. If Prince Qi discovered them, they would be caught in a trap and they wouldn't be able to escape.
Guard Ma also felt that Prince Qi was looking at them, but he didn't turn around. Instead, he said to the brother who was pestering him to go to a brothel, "No, no, if I take you there, your brother will beat me to death if he finds out!"
Needless to say, they both knew who this "brother" was.
"My brother is not here, what are you afraid of? You are my brother now."
"Brother, I've never seen what a girl looks like in my life. Just take me to see her. I promise I won't do anything..." Lu Mingfei continued to pester his "newly recognized brother" to go to a brothel.
"..." Guard Ma. My lord, you're overdoing it!
Lu Mingfei used his eyes to remind Brother Ma to act seriously and not let anyone notice!
Finally, Guard Ma couldn't resist the pestering of this "newly recognized brother" and agreed to take the young brother to see the world.
So when the others had eaten and went back to their residence to rest, he took his "unworldly" brother out of the inn and went out to see the world.
After leaving the inn and walking a little further, Lu Mingfei asked, "No one is following us, right?"
"No." After confirming that no one was following them, Guard Ma asked in a low voice, "Sir, what should we do now?"
"Let's go for a walk." Lu Mingfei gave Guard Ma a look that said "you know what I mean."
***
Not long after—
When the brothel's gate appeared before his eyes, Guard Ma's vision went dark. He grabbed the ancestor who was about to step in and said, "Sir, do you really want to go in?"
"What else? We have to put on a complete show. What if Prince Qi sends someone to follow us? We'll be exposed." Lu Mingfei didn't think it was safe to go back to the inn to spend the night.
"The inn isn't very safe, so we can just stay here at the brothel tonight. We'll meet up with our brothers tomorrow morning and leave the city together."
"Stay here in the brothel for one night?" He knew every word, but Guard Ma felt that he didn't understand what their masters were saying.
Run, run to this brothel and stay here for a night?
If he was discovered by their family's prince, he would only feel a dull pain in his back, and recall the past when he had done something wrong and was whipped by their prince as punishment.
As they were talking, the madam at the brothel door spotted them and came over with two girls, asking, "Where are you two going, gentlemen?"
"Come to our Chunfenglou for a drink before you leave. The girls in our Chunfenglou are gentle and beautiful..."
"Yes, Master, do you think I am beautiful?"
"Master, come and have a drink."
"Hey! Let go of me!" Guard Ma wanted to resist, but two girls grabbed his arms, one on the left and one behind, and pulled him into the brothel.
The madam following behind covered her mouth with her fan and laughed, "Don't be shy, sir. Is this your first time visiting a brothel? You'll get used to it after a few visits... Hehehe..."
Followed by a series of giggles.
“…” Lu Mingfei.
Perhaps because he looked thin and old, he was far less popular with the girls than the tall and masculine horse guards.
After entering the brothel, Guard Ma was surrounded by a group of girls. There were only two younger girls here who looked at him nervously and shyly.
The three of them looked at each other, and Lu Mingfei had an innocent look on his face.
Instead, the two little girls looked at him and walked up to him.
"..." Lu Mingfei, no, I just came to the brothel to stay overnight, I really didn't come to sleep with the girls.
"Girls, take the two guests upstairs." The madam was a discerning person. As soon as she saw the tall man, she knew that such a man must have some money in his pocket.
Such men are also willing to spend money on girls.
"Yes, Mom." Several girls responded with a smile, and then rushed forward and took the unfamiliar guest upstairs.
"I..." Guard Ma wanted to struggle, but he was pushed by a group of girls. He didn't dare to move too much, for fear of making any noise and being discovered by Prince Qi.
So in the end, he was forced to follow these girls.
As he left, he did not forget to look back at his master.
"You go first, I'll follow." Lu Mingfei mouthed to the person looking at him in front.
"..." Guard Ma, sir, is it really okay for you to do this?
Someone in front attracted the girls' attention, so Lu Mingfei walked behind with the two little girls, looking leisurely.
There are quite a few people in this brothel, and it can be seen that the business here is quite good.
Looking at the girls serving drinks in the building and the two young girls following him, he felt a lot of sympathy for these women.
If given a choice, he believed that no woman would choose to be a prostitute in a brothel and make a living by selling her smiles and body.
The girls who end up here are just poor people who cannot choose their own lives and destiny.
If the Fifth Princess was forced to marry the Prince of Qi, it would be pitiful, but at least she would have grown up in luxury. After marrying the Prince of Qi, as long as he had her in his heart, no matter how bad her life was in the Prince of Zhennan's mansion, it would not be worse than that of the girls in the brothel.
Of course, the suffering is incomparable.
Because, from their own perspective, everyone feels that their life and experiences are pitiful and helpless.
But whether it is from the experience of the fifth princess or the experience of the girls who were sold into brothels, the lives of women in this era are all very pitiful. In this male-dominated and patriarchal era, the status of women is always lower than that of men.
[How can we change the status of women in this era?] When Lu Mingfei stood on the second floor and looked down, he saw many girls in the building serving drinks and making customers happy. This question came to his mind.
When they got upstairs, Guard Ma wanted to kick all the girls out, but after receiving a look from their master, he only pointed at a girl who looked introverted and quiet and was hiding behind the crowd, "You stay. You, all of you, get out!"
"master……"
"Get out, get out, everyone!"
Guard Ma was overwhelmed by these women.
Especially when he saw that their adults were accompanied by two little girls, he came over and rudely kicked them out, "And you two, get out too!"
"Let them both stay!" Lu Mingfei said.
"..." Guard Ma looked at their lord in shock, "Sir, do you want two more girls to accompany you?"
After being shocked, he still resolutely drove the two little girls out.
Lu Mingfei watched Guard Ma drive his men away, walked into the house with a sullen look on his face, sat down on a stool and said nothing.
Guard Ma closed the door of the box with his backhand.
Once the door closed, there were only three of them left in the room.
The girl who was left in the room noticed that the atmosphere between the two brothers was a little strange. After hesitating for a moment, she walked towards the tall master and said, "Master, please, please take a seat."
"Slave, pour you some wine."
Guard Ma walked over to the stool next to their master and sat down. He glanced at the woman serving in the room and asked, "Can you play the piano?"
"I know a thing or two," the girl replied.
"Then go play the piano." Guard Ma waved his hand.
The girl lowered her head and responded.
There happened to be a piano in the room, so she walked over, sat down on a low stool, and began to pluck the strings with her hands.
After hearing the music and knowing that their conversation would not be heard by others, Guard Ma lowered his voice and asked their master, "Master, do you really want to ask two girls to accompany you?"
"I just felt sorry for them, so I let them stay here with us," said Lu Mingfei.
"..." Guard Ma was speechless. Is there such a thing?!
At this time, Zhao Langgang, who was far away in Beijun, led his men to ambush a group of Hu soldiers and successfully evacuated the dangerous area with a group of brothers.
The guards who followed brought water and dry food to their master, "Master, please eat something."
"Yeah." Zhao Lang took the water bag and dry food, sat alone on a big rock, and looked at the stars and the moon in the sky.
By this time, he already knew that Lu Mingfei had sent the Fifth Princess to Nanjun. Calculating the time, he thought that Master Lu should be on his way back to the capital.
I don’t know whether their Lord Lu had a smooth journey.
Pulling out the stopper of the water bag, Zhao Lang raised his head and drank a sip of water before he took the dry food in his hand and started to eat. While eating, he was thinking about his Lord Lu. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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