On the Avenue.

Chapter 201: Bath City, Rouge Lane
Chen Shi entered the city with the blame, which attracted people's attention.

Chen Shi's clothes were normal, but Hei Guo was quite eye-catching. People in Yudu probably rarely saw a dog wearing red clothes and red pants.

Especially the dog that stands like a human, walks on two legs, and wears a mask.

Chen Shi coughed, and Hei Guo quickly pushed Xi Xi up and glanced at the crowd. People on the street thought everything was normal and stopped making a fuss.

"Black Pot, behave normally in the city."

Chen Shi gave an order, his eyes flashing. There was an expert in Zheng Wang Mansion who made all his birds go out of control. His strength was unfathomable. He would not rashly break into Zheng Wang Mansion.

To break into Prince Zheng's mansion and assassinate the young master would be to seek death.

He must first understand who is in Prince Zheng's Mansion, what forces are under the young master's command, and the approximate level of their cultivation. Only after he has a certain understanding of these will he take action.

The layout of Yudu was modeled after Chang'an City in Shenzhou. It was divided into ten city gates and fifty internal areas. It was square and named after the fifty provinces, and was jokingly called Little Chang'an.

It is said that in the early years, the capital of Xiniu Xinzhou was first in Fei County, then moved to Xinxiang, and then moved to Yudu.

Then for some reason they abandoned this place and moved to Xijing, far away from the east coast.

Although it has moved, the scale of Yudu is still astonishing. Sorcerers often say that this place has the aura of an emperor and that a heroic ruler will be born in the future to become the new king of Xiniuzhou.

This rumor spread widely in Yudu.

Niangniang Shiji sniffed the faint demonic energy in the city and praised, "The demons here must be growing well. The big guy underground outside the city just now must have been attracted by the demons. There are also many evil spirits that have been attracted by it."

Chen Shi's heart was moved: "Can the Queen detect where the demon seed is?"

Madam Shiji shook her head and said, "If the demon seed could be found so easily, the little girl Ying Rumeng would have found it and eaten it long ago. Demon seeds are cunning and know how to conceal their aura. They hide themselves well to avoid being discovered. It's strange that I can't find Ying Rumeng's aura! Can this girl sense me?"

She was quite surprised. Logically, Ying Rumeng should not be able to detect her, but there was no trace of Ying Rumeng in the city.

"My queen, how do we identify the demon species?" Chen Shi asked.

"It's hard to tell."

Niangniang Shiji said, "When I followed the people of the Ming Dynasty to land on Xiniu New Island, I encountered many demons. Some were lotus flowers in the wells, some were springs in the mountains, some were strange beasts, and even the utensils of farmers would turn into demons. There was another time when a demon was hidden in a person's body. That person was normal until the demon transformation occurred."

Chen Shi was puzzled: "Hidden in a person's body? Can't you see that this person is a demon?"

Niangniang Shiji said: "It is hard to tell. The demon seed often hides in the host's sea of ​​consciousness, growing quietly, waiting for the moment to break out of the ground. Even the host does not know that there is a demon seed hidden in his body, and it nurtures the demon seed until it explodes. When the demon seed of the person I met exploded, three legs took root and grew rapidly, growing into a demon blood tree, and its head turned into a huge tree crown."

She sighed with regret: "I originally planned to eat it, but I didn't expect it to be taken away by the True King's men, who also suppressed me. Don't they know that I am in the same group with them?"

Chen Shi felt a little chilly.

The host was parasitized by the demon seed, but he was unaware of it until the demon seed attacked. But by then it was too late!
"How desperate would the person who is parasitized be when he finds out that he is the host?" he thought to himself.

He turned into the alley with the black pot and the wooden cart. There was a gatehouse outside the alley with the words "Yanzhi Lane" written on it. Chen Shi had already observed clearly that if he passed through the several alleys of Yanzhi Lane, he would be not far from Zheng Wangfu.

The alley is bustling with people coming and going, but those who enter and leave Yanzhi Alley are mostly men, and there are very few women.

There were many scholars in Yanzhi Lane, some wearing scholar robes, some wearing juren robes, and some wearing green clothes, folding fans and silk scarves, very elegant. There were also merchants, dressed in luxurious clothes, with big bellies and jade rings, followed by several Jinyiwei, who kept looking upstairs.

There are shops on both sides of Yanzhi Lane. They are often closed, and if they are open, only one door is open. However, the doors and windows of the upstairs are all open, and the sound of soft stringed instruments and the melodious singing of girls can be heard from inside.

Chen Shi looked up and saw some brightly dressed girls leaning against doors and windows. They had pretty eyebrows, delicate makeup, and looked very lazy.

Some girls were dancing on the upper floors to the sound of the piano, their colorful sleeves flying.

Every time at this time, some scholars or businessmen would knock on the door, and someone would open the door. It was an old woman who would lead them upstairs and chat and laugh with the girl upstairs.

Those scholars upstairs were reciting poems and composing couplets, often quoting from classics, and talking about music, chess, calligraphy and painting. They were proficient in everything, which made Chen Shi admire them.

“The literary style is really flourishing here.”

Chen Shi said to Hei Guo, "It's a good place to study. No wonder so many scholars come here."

"This is a brothel, a place for prostitutes and prostitutes!" Niangniang Shiji sneered.

Chen Shi was stunned. Before he could come to his senses, a little girl holding a candied haws pointed at the black pot and shouted, "Evil spirit!"

"It's a dog!" Chen Shi corrected her.

The little girl was very stubborn: "No! It's an evil spirit!"

"It's a dog!"

"It's evil!"

Before Chen Shi could argue, Hei Guo snatched her candied haws and ran away. The little girl chased Gou Zi aggressively.

Chen Shi ignored their nonsense and continued to move forward.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed his arm, and a female voice came from behind, shouting: "I caught you! You pushed Master Qian Xiang down, I saw it! Follow me to Luban Gate, I will make you pay with your life!"

While the woman grabbed his arm, Chen Shi grabbed the woman's wrist with his backhand and pressed down on her elbow.

At the same time, the Five Thunder Technique in the palm of his other hand had been activated, and lightning was running wildly between his fingers!

This is a magic spell that he has been practicing diligently recently, specifically used to deal with the golden elixir and primordial infant of masters.

His five fingers correspond to the five thunders of heaven, earth, water, dragon and community order. The tips of the middle finger and ring finger are pinched at the first joint of the thumb, and the little finger and index finger are raised, which is called the Beidi Seal.

The so-called Northern Emperor refers to the Great Emperor of the North Pole, Marshal Tianpeng, who is the authentic master of thunder magic.

He had mastered the Five Thunder Technique, but had not yet tested it, so he did not know how powerful it was. When he used this technique at the moment, he secretly regretted not snatching the candied haws from the little girl, otherwise the bamboo sticks on the candied haws would have been stuck on the person's head.

He tried his best to be as fast as possible, but magic is still slower than direct action.

The woman had a big smile on her face. She was wearing a green Taoist robe, a black silk ribbon around her waist, and a Jinshi scarf on her head. The hat was quite peculiar, all black, with a horn stuck at the back of her head with both ends raised. It would shake up and down when she walked, making her look quite ostentatious.

"It hurts! It hurts!"

The smile on the woman's face had not yet disappeared, and she quickly shouted, "Brother Chen, stop it! I'm Hu Feifei, don't you recognize me?"

Chen Shi saw the appearance of the scholar clearly. It was Hu Feifei wearing men's clothes and a men's headdress.

He quickly dispersed the Five Thunder Technique and let go of Hu Feifei's hand. He was glad that what he held in his hand was not a candied haws, otherwise the girl's head would have been stuck on the candied haws.

Hu Feifei rubbed her wrist, not realizing that if she had called out slower, she would have already returned to heaven. She smiled and said, "Brother Chen, you reacted too quickly. I was just joking with you, but you countered me."

Hei Guo pushed the little girl away, returned to Chen Shi, and looked at Hu Feifei with sympathy.

Just now, the ancestors of the Hu family kowtowed at the gate of hell, with their foreheads bruised, and this saved her life.

Chen Shi asked in confusion: "Aren't you in Xinxiang? Why are you in Yudu?"

Hu Feifei was still rubbing her hands, complaining, "You're so strong that my wrist is swollen from you... I was taking the imperial examination, but there was a demonic incident in Gongzhou and the government was taken over by the demon, so I didn't take the exam, but somehow I passed it later. I fell in love with a scholar in Gongzhou and planned to be with him, and he also passed the imperial examination. I heard that he came to Yudu to exorcise evil spirits and make money to go to Xijing to take the imperial examination, so I followed him."

Chen Shi walked side by side with her and asked curiously, "Which candidate do you have your eyes on?"

"Sun Zheng, you guys are in the same room." Hu Feifei said. "Sun Zheng?"

Chen Shi thought about it and realized that there was indeed a scholar named Sun who slept in the same room with him at Gongzhou Post Station, but he didn't pay much attention to it at that time.

Hu Feifei continued, "There are a lot of evil spirits in Yudu, especially in recent days. Sun Zheng is exorcising evil spirits in the countryside and has made a lot of money. I have been secretly observing him and think that he is knowledgeable, capable, and motivated. He will definitely pass the imperial examination next year! When he came to Yudu, I followed him."

Chen Shi asked, "Where's Sun Zheng?"

Hu Feifei said with some melancholy: "Going to a brothel."

Chen Shi was stunned.

Hu Feifei kicked the stones on the street and said, "I saw how hard he worked, so I mustered up the courage to meet him in the city. But this little scholar was easily captured by my fox clan. Then I saw him go into Rouge Lane. He hasn't come out for several days."

She became more and more melancholy and said, "He must have lost his way, right?"

Chen Shi looked back and saw that the way out of Yanzhi Lane was right behind him.

"Go out there." He pointed outside.

"Metaphor, it's a metaphor!"

Hu Feifei argued, "There are several streets in Yanzhi Lane! It's interconnected and there are many brothels. He must have gotten lost."

She sighed, and suddenly burst out laughing, "I've let it go. Sun is not my type. I don't care about him! I was originally planning to leave, but I heard that the city wall outside the city couldn't be built. I thought there was an evil spirit underground, so I went to take a look. Then I saw you knock Master Qian down. You walked too fast, so I followed you. I didn't expect you to visit the red-light district too!"

She looked at Chen Shi with a half-smile and said, "You men can go shopping, so can I! We've been to the night market together, slept together in Wencai Academy, taken the examinations for the title of scholar and the title of imperial examination together, and I didn't expect that we could go to brothels together. It's really interesting! Which girl do you like? I'll bargain for you and guarantee to cut the price in half. It will save you money!"

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "I'm here to get rid of evil spirits."

Hu Feifei was surprised and asked, "Evil spirits? How could there be evil spirits in the city?"

Chen Shi's eyes flickered, and he said with a smile: "There is a great evil in this city, and it is about to become a force to be reckoned with."

He walked through this Yanzhi Lane and then entered another Yanzhi Lane, which also had brothels on both sides. He was very familiar with the route, which left Hu Feifei dumbfounded.

"Brother Chen, how many days have you been playing here?"

Hu Feifei caught up with him and said, "You live here, right? How come you are so familiar with the roads here?"

Chen Shi suddenly stopped and looked towards a large courtyard.

Hu Feifei nearly bumped into his back, so she quickly stopped and looked in the direction he was looking. She saw that the courtyard was deep and quiet.

Although this is also Rouge Lane, it is the back street of Rouge Lane. There is no brothel here, and it is the place where the brothel girls rest and sleep. Nowadays, the girls are all in the brothels on other streets, so this place seems much more deserted and a little eerie.

Hu Feifei saw a little girl running into the yard and felt confused.

Chen Shi said: "Black Pot, were you chasing a person or a ghost just now?"

The hair on the black pot exploded.

Chen Shi said, "Did you eat the candied haws just now? What on earth did you eat?"

He walked into the deep courtyard. Hu Feifei followed him and looked around. There was no one in the yard except the little girl who was playing alone beside a stone pillar, murmuring as if she was talking to someone.

In Chen Shi's eyes, the yard was full of people.

Countless women.

Some of them sat by the well, some sat by the corridor, some stood under the eaves, some curled up in the corner, and some turned their backs to them, facing the white wall with plum blossoms painted on it.

Some were learning to play the piano under the pavilion, some were dancing by the pond, some girls were thinking hard over a game of chess, and some were learning etiquette seriously.

They disappeared from time to time, and suddenly reappeared, and then they were covered in blood and had horrible faces.

Their ages vary, the oldest is only about 20 years old, and the youngest is only 11 or 12 years old.

The little girl whose candied haws had just been snatched away by Hei Guo lowered her head and was teasing the ants on the ground while talking to the woman next to her.

The woman had a big belly, as if she was pregnant, and he looked at her lovingly.

"Auntie, Gouzi is a bad boy. He stole my candied haws!" The little girl said angrily when she saw the black pot.

The pregnant woman suddenly turned her head and looked over, and suddenly there was a murderous and sinister aura.

The black pot barked, the pregnant woman looked terrified, and the female ghosts in the yard were also scared half to death. They all dispersed and hid.

Only the big-bellied female ghost was afraid that they would hurt the little girl, so she stayed in front of the little girl and did not leave.

Chen Shi walked forward, pressed the nail of his middle finger with his left thumb, and stretched the other three fingers vertically, forming a ghost seal and tapping the center of the eyebrows of the big-bellied female ghost.

The female ghost pretended to pounce on him, but was hit by the seal and could not move.

She met Chen Shi's gaze and felt that the boy's eyes were gentle and without malice, unlike the ferocious look of a bad dog.

Chen Shi closed his eyes, and all the experiences of the female ghost in her lifetime came to his mind vividly.

She was a child abducted by the Tianmu Society and sold to Yudu along with some other little girls. The madam of Yanzhi Lane bought them and arranged for them to live in this large courtyard, where there were dozens of girls with the same background.

They learned music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and learned how to please men. If they were not careful, they would be beaten. Some girls were beaten to death, some could not bear it and jumped into the well, some hit their heads against the wall and died, and some were hanged under the eaves.

She survived and started to entertain guests. One time, she became pregnant and died of complications during childbirth. That’s how she became this big-bellied female ghost.

The baby in her belly survived, and because it was born after death, its eyes could distinguish between yin and yang and could see ghosts and gods.

Chen Shi withdrew his hand, looked at the little girl, and said with a smile: "Little sister, what's your name?"

The little girl looked up with a snotty nose and said with a smile, "Little bastard."

"Come here, little bastard!"

A woman's voice came from outside the door, saying, "Why are you here?"

The little girl quickly ran past Chen Shi. Chen Shi touched her hand and it was warm. It was a human hand.

He turned around and saw a middle-aged woman standing outside the door. She was tall and graceful, with a noticeable black mole at the lower corner of her mouth.

"Auntie." said the little girl.

Auntie is the name of the madam of Yanzhi Lane, and is a code name.

All the prostitutes here have to call her "Auntie".

The old lady looked at Chen Shi, her eyes twinkling, and said with a smile: "Chen Shi, the master has asked me to say hello to you on his behalf if I see you."

——The plot is more stuck than I expected. Sorry, I don't know if I can finish the second chapter tonight. I will try my best. If I can't finish it, I will make it up tomorrow. In addition, after reading the feedback, I will not change the name of Yudu.

(End of this chapter)