Chapter 69

Lin Nanjie held Li Chengqian down, walked up to the stall owner and said, "My young master is a fool with a lot of money, how can you ask for such a high price? In my opinion, your hairpin is worth no more than twenty coins at most."

The stall owner squinted his eyes and said, "Hey, you little follower, how dare you talk like that? Is your master a fool?"

Lin Nanjie turned around and glanced at Li Chenghuan.

Li Chengqian was silent for a moment: "What he said is right."

The stall owner was stunned.

Lin Nanjie then said to the stall owner, "Thirty cents, no more."

The stall owner gritted his teeth and said, "Thirty cents is not enough, at least sixty cents! I can't do business at a loss!"

Lin Nanjie: "Fifty cents. If you don't want to sell it, forget it."

Lin Nanqi put down the hairpin and prepared to leave.

"Hey, wait! Wait! Fifty cents is fifty cents!" the stall owner shouted from behind.

Lin Nanjie then turned around and excitedly pulled Li Chenghuan's sleeve: "Pay quickly!"

Li Chengqian was amazed and paid the money without hesitation. The stall owner took a long time to find the change.

The two continued walking towards the inn. Lin Nanjie looked around, as if everything he saw was new and interesting. Suddenly, a hairpin was handed to him. He was stunned: "Young Master, you want to give it to me?"

Li Chenghuan looked a little unnatural, and even his movements were a little awkward: "Yeah."

Lin Nan hesitated for a moment and took it.

[It's only fifty coins, not expensive, I think you can accept it.]

Li Chenghuan was a little annoyed: "I have never given you something so cheap, just keep it."

Lin Nanjie noticed Li Chenghuan's tone and felt a little amused. He raised his hand and took off the original hairpin and replaced it with a new one.

With the jade hairpin pinned up his black hair, Li Chengqian couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips, and he felt a little warmer in his heart.

Li Chenghuan's eyes fell on Lin Nanjie, and he looked at her for a long time without even noticing it, until his sleeve was grabbed and almost made him stagger.

Li Chengqian: …

Lin Nanjie spotted a juggler in front of him and pulled Li Chenghuan forward.

Li Chenghuan looked at his collar that was pulled askew and thought, I am the emperor, and there will actually be a day like this. It's over, it's over.

Lin Nanjie pulled him into the crowded crowd. The people around them were in commotion, and Li Chengqian was somewhat uncomfortable with such a crowded environment.

Lin Nan was quick to notice Li Chengqian's discomfort and subconsciously loosened his hand: [I almost forgot! The dog emperor has been living a life of luxury since he was a child. He has definitely never been squeezed in with so many people.]

Lin Nanjie worked hard to move his body to stand behind Li Chenghuan, keeping a certain distance between them, and asked for credit: "That's good! Master, do you still feel crowded?"

The people around him looked at Lin Nanjie up and down as if they had seen a ghost: "Looking at the side show, he still wants to take up space. If he is so rich, why doesn't he take him home to watch it alone?"

"That's right, move forward."

Lin Nanjie looked at him with sincerity: "My grandfather is weak and he will easily get out of breath if there are too many people around."

Li Chenghuan suddenly burst into a burst of earth-shaking coughing. It was not an act, but he was just scolded.

There were inquiring glances from all around.

"Are you really not in good health? You look quite healthy."

"Just looking at the outside won't work. I guess the inside is not working. The spleen is weak, the kidney is weak, and the yang is weak!"

Lin Nanjie's eyes narrowed: [Hey, this, this, you can't say this! ]

Lin Nanjie quickly clarified: "No, no, my grandfather is in good health, he just caught a cold recently and feels a little uncomfortable."

"Really? I think he doesn't look well. There's a good doctor in the city. Do you want to go see him?"

Lin Nanjie: "Really not..."

Li Chengqian took a deep breath and pulled Lin Nanqi over to him: "Shut up, the show is about to begin."

Lin Nan shrank like a quail, pursed his lips tightly, and refused to say another word.

Surrounded by the crowd were two jugglers with Western looks, wearing exotic clothes embroidered with flames. The two stood in the middle, holding a special iron pipe, taking a deep breath and closing their eyes, as if chanting a spell. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, puffed up his cheeks and blew into the air, and fire came out of his mouth. The flames rolled in the air like a fire dragon.

Lin Nanjie stared intently, his eyes shining.

Cheers and joy were heard all around, and Li Chenghuan shifted his gaze from the flames to Lin Nanjie.

The firelight was bright, illuminating Lin Nanjie's surprised expression. His eyes sparkled in the firelight, and Lin Nanjie turned around with a feeling: "Does it look good?"

The cheers from the surroundings were so loud that Li Chengqian could not hear clearly and answered casually, "Yeah."

Lin Nanjie thought Li Chengqian didn't hear her, so he raised his voice a little: "I say, is this amusement fun?"

Li Chengqian's mind was not on juggling at all.

But he still said, "It looks good."

He even raised his voice so that Lin Nanjie could hear him.

[It's fine as long as it looks good. For the sake of the hairpin you gave me, I'll let the dog emperor relieve his boredom. ]

Li Chengxuan couldn't suppress a smile as he looked at the performance. This performance was not unusual to him. He had seen it when he was young and had been out of the palace. Performances in the capital were even more unusual than this. But for some reason, he found it more beautiful than ever before, and he watched it with great interest.

After watching for a full quarter of an hour, the two left the crowd still feeling unsatisfied.

Walking against the flow of people, Lin Nanqi's wrist was suddenly grabbed.

Lin Nanqi: [? ]

Lin Nanqi: "Grandpa?"

Li Chenghuan's eyes were slightly cold. He glanced behind him and then turned to Lin Nanjie, suddenly wanting to tease her.

"Do you remember what you said in the capital?"

Lin Nanjie let out an "ah", then felt guilty: [I've said too many things, and I don't know what the dog emperor is asking about?]

Li Chengqian's mouth twitched slightly, and he continued to kindly remind her: "Say that you have admired me for a long time, and you are afraid that you can't control yourself..."

Lin Nanjie's face suddenly flushed, and in an instant, he remembered everything.

[I said this, but, but it is a temporary solution. ]

Li Chengqian snorted in his heart, and he knew it.

But Lin Nanjie didn't know that he knew.

Li Chengqian grabbed Lin Nanqi's wrist, followed the crowd, and coughed softly: "You still say... you can't control yourself."

Lin Nanjie's face was hot, his breathing was unstable, and his wrists were held tightly, and he could only feel the skin at the intersection of his wrists getting hot.

"I...I didn't know the rules at that time, so what I said doesn't count."

Lin Nanjie tried hard to remain calm on the surface, but his heart was already in turmoil.

[That’s right, it doesn’t count. Why are you bringing this up all of a sudden, ahhhh!] Lin Nanjie felt like a screaming woodchuck in his heart.

Li Chenghuan easily tightened his grip on Lin Nanjie's wrist: "What if I take it seriously?"

Lin Nanjie's expression was blank for a moment, and he looked around subconsciously, but he didn't look at Li Chenghuan. Many people came and went, but he couldn't remember their faces. Somewhere in his heart jumped uneasily, like the sparks from the juggling just now, suddenly bursting out and exploding into flames without warning.

Before they knew it, they had reached a dead end.

Li Chenghuan let go of his hand and remained silent.

Lin Nanjie stared at the wall in front of him, tilted his head and looked at Li Chengqian: "You don't know the way either?"

Li Chenghuan immediately looked apologetic.

Lin Nanqi's shoulders slumped slightly, and he prepared to turn around.

At this moment, Li Chengqian suddenly raised his voice: "I've heard that Hangzhou is a famous gentle place. I've been here for so long, but I haven't even seen a girl. I think we should find a gentle place to have some fun."

Lin Nanjie felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over his head, cooling him down completely. He looked at Li Chengqian with gritted teeth:

"You're making fun of me!"

[It’s okay, I didn’t take it seriously. 】

Li Chenghuan's face was gloomy. He loosened his hand, stopped walking, and said to the dark alley behind him: "Do you have any good places to go?"

Lin Nanjie was startled and had no time to figure out the intention behind Li Chenghuan's words. He saw three or four people with unfriendly expressions walking out of the alley behind him.

The leader laughed out loud: "What a coincidence! My master is inviting you two gentlemen to Yipin Wenrou Township."

Lin Nanjie realized that Li Chengqian was talking to these people. He didn't want to find out whether the words were true or false.

Li Chengqian stopped and asked lazily, "Where?"

"You'll know when you get there."

"What if you're not interested?"

The man smiled and said, "In this city of Hangzhou, there is no guest that my master cannot invite."

Li Chengqian raised his eyelids and said teasingly, "What if it's the emperor?"

The man couldn't help laughing: "Young Master, you are such a joker. Not to mention that the emperor should stay in the palace, even if he comes to this land, he must keep my master's appointment and get drunk in the gentle countryside arranged by my master."

Lin Nanjie opened his mouth and closed it again.

【Good fellow, another one has come to our door. 】

There was no warmth in Li Chengqian's eyes: "You are so arrogant, then lead the way."

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Lin Nanjie finally knew what the so-called gentle village was like.

Lin Nanjie followed a few people to a building. The building was brightly lit, but unlike the bustling streets just now, there were few people here, and it was even closed to visitors. He only looked up and saw a plaque hanging above, with three powerful characters "Yuhua Pavilion" written on it.

When he pushed the door open, Lin Nanqi was stunned.

The room inside the building is very spacious. The first thing you see is a pool of flowing water and blue stones. There are a few bright red koi in the water. The flowing water and the stones fully demonstrate the Jiangnan charm.

Only after walking around the rockery and flowing water can you see the true appearance of the building.

The interior of the building was extremely luxurious, with long silk hanging in the air, and upon closer inspection, one could see poems written on it. There was also a huge folding screen in the hall, with an embroidered picture of white cranes under a pine tree. The embroidery was exquisite, and the white cranes looked lifelike.

Lin Nanjie restrained himself and did not move forward.

[Wow! This decoration has such a big night-shining pearl. Wow! This embroidered screen seems to be the long-lost split-needle embroidery. A brothel is even more luxurious than the imperial palace.]

"I have heard of Eunuch Lin's great name for a long time. Seeing him today, I can see that he is indeed extraordinary."

A slightly frivolous voice sounded from the second floor. Lin Nan looked up and saw a man in gorgeous clothes slowly walking down.

Lin Nanjie just felt that the man looked familiar, and it was only after he introduced himself that he suddenly realized who he was.

"Oh, so you are Jiang Hanwen's younger brother."

Lin Nanjie's eyes quickly turned around, somewhat unbelievingly: [This Hongmen Banquet is actually aimed at me! ]

Jiang Yan smiled wryly: "Yes, Jiang Hanwen is my second brother."

Jiang Yan looked at Li Chenghuan again: "I wonder who this person is to Eunuch Lin."

Lin Nanjie was a little stuck. The other party obviously knew who he was. If he said he was his master, wouldn't that expose his identity?

Li Chengqian hesitated for a moment: "Guard."

Lin Nanqi said with a stiff face: "Zajia asked for leave to return home, and the emperor sent guards to escort him."

Jiang Yan smiled and said, "So that's how it is."

Lin Nanjie pretended to be confused even though he knew the truth: "I don't know why Mr. Jiang went to so much trouble to invite such a bunch of people here?"

Jiang Yan invited Lin Nanjie to take the seat. Seeing that his identity had been exposed, Lin Nanjie did not try to hide it and acted like a former eunuch and sat in the main seat. Li Chenghuan stood beside him.

Jiang Yan said as he sat down: "I heard that Eunuch Lin was passing through Hangzhou Prefecture. As a native of Hangzhou, I naturally want to entertain him. But Eunuch Lin is a favorite of the emperor. After much thought, only Yuhua Pavilion is worthy of your status."

Lin Nanjie's smile almost collapsed.

[Okay, okay, a eunuch and a prostitute, you and your brother are really a perfect match. ]