Madam, please respect my profession.

Chapter 12: Lady Huarui

A brothel is different from an ordinary brothel, and Lanxiefang is different from an ordinary brothel.

The girls in Lanxiefang have all received professional training and are proficient in playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and other arts. They can compose poems shyly in front of the room and act like wild horses in bed. They are very popular among Jinling literati and their prices are much higher than the market price.

There are three courtesans in Lanxiefang: Miss Liuhua, Miss Linglong and Madam Huarui.

"It is said that Miss Linglong has been redeemed, and now there are only two courtesans left. Miss Liuhua, forget it, she is only 16 years old this year, and even if she opens the garden, she will not keep any guests. Madam Huarui still has some chance, but the competition is too fierce. It's not that my brother is unwilling to spend money, but he really can't compete with those beasts."

Although Xie Chunyan is stingy, what he said is true. He really can't compete with those beasts.

Lady Huarui is different from other courtesans. Other courtesans love poetry and songs, but Lady Huarui prefers drinking. This leads to excessive competition. She not only has to compete with those sour scholars, but also with those vulgar warriors.

"It's okay. I'm not the kind of person who covets beauty." Lu Zhan said as he watched Xie Chunyan take out two taels of silver as the entrance fee.

Xie Chunyan gritted his teeth and said, "It's really expensive... What are the women here made of?"

Going to an ordinary brothel outside and sleeping with two girls for eighteen days would not cost more than one or two taels of silver. But the entrance fee to Lanxiefang was one or two taels of silver per person, and Xie Chunyan's heart was bleeding.

Lu Zhan also sighed and patted Xie Chunyan on the shoulder: "Ah... the world is going downhill and prices are soaring... let's go to Huarui Garden."

Xie Chunyan was as if facing a formidable enemy: "You still want to go to Huarui Garden? I really have no money, why don't you sell me off."

Lu Zhan dragged Xie Chunyan towards Huarui Garden. Madam Huarui still owed him money... But seeing Xie Chunyan's horrified look, he said, "I'll pay for the tea."

Xie Chunyan looked at Lu Zhan in disbelief and wanted to continue to refuse, but when he heard that he didn't have to pay for the tea, he still honestly followed Lu Zhan to Huarui Garden.

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Huarui Garden is located in the center of Lanxiefang. After passing through the nine-curve corridor and the clear stream, you can reach Huarui Garden which is shaded by flowers and trees.

Before I even went in, I heard a commotion coming from inside. Apparently, they had already started having tea.

Tea party is a special activity in brothels. The girls put out delicious food and accompany everyone to drink tea and have fun. If the courtesan takes a fancy to a girl, she will become her lover.

However, if you want to enter the girls' yard to have tea, you need to pay a tea fee.

Normally, you only need a few coins to get a girl, but the price of an Oiran is higher, at least one or two taels of silver.

Lu Zhan took out the five taels of silver that Xie Chunyan had just given him, gave two taels of silver to the servant, and was soon led to the table.

As soon as I entered, I smelled the rich aroma of wine. This was Madam Huarui's hobby.

She would bring out her favorite wine and let the guests who came to have tea discuss it. Whoever could discuss it correctly and to her liking would have a chance to stay.

When we entered, a muscular man was analyzing the brewing materials of this wine: "It is brewed with bamboo leaves, pear flowers, rice, grapes... plus the snow water from the plum branches last winter."

The man's back and voice were somewhat familiar, but he couldn't see or hear clearly because of the distance... Just as Lu Zhan was thinking, he heard Xie Chunyan shouting loudly: "Why are you showing off? This is clearly made from tiger penis, used to nourish men's kidneys!"

After this shout was made, everyone around looked towards the door.

When they saw that it was a rough warrior and a handsome young man with red lips and white teeth, they all showed expressions of contempt and surprise.

The contemptuous look was directed at Xie Chunyan. Could it be that the wine served by the courtesan was so vulgar and without any merit? How could it be possible... The wine served by the courtesan must be extremely elegant and refined.

The astonished look was directed at Lu Zhan, what a handsome young man, even more handsome than the oiran.

Xie Chunyan didn't care about other people's eyes, and attacked indiscriminately: "What do you literati know? Madam Huarui, you only care whether what I said is right or not!"

Before Madam Huarui could interrupt, the sturdy man who had just analyzed the winemaking suddenly turned around and glanced behind him. The expression on his face instantly changed from anger to embarrassment, and then from embarrassment to anger.

Xie Chunyan was stunned on the spot: "..."

Lu Zhan was also stunned: "..."

No wonder he looked and sounded familiar. I didn't expect that this "literary sour guest" was actually Yang Tou... Didn't he say that he was busy with his work and went to subdue demons? It turned out that he came to Lanxiefang to subdue chickens... Bah, there really aren't many good men, except me, Lu Guanqi.

Xie Chunyan shivered and lowered his voice: "Why is it Yang Tou? Didn't he go to subdue the demon? It's ok for him to come here, but he spoke so sourly. I thought he was some sour scholar."

"Isn't this a banshee..." Lu Zhan said, and then he saw Madam Huarui's face change.

"This young master is right." Madam Huarui turned pale, then stood up and said, "I am a little tired. Please help yourself."

The courtesan left and the tea party was over. No matter how beautiful the talk was, it would be useless.

Yang Kui glared at his trusted subordinate with a gloomy face. He almost slept with the oiran, all because of this bastard.

Xie Chunyan scratched his head and wondered in his heart... Can I blame him? It's obviously tiger penis wine, he drinks it every day... Who told the boss to pretend to know... And why is he glaring at me? I didn't say anything wrong...

The two men exchanged glances from a distance, while Lu Zhan was thinking about his own money.

"My wife invites Mr. Lu to come in for tea."

Just as Lu Zhan was thinking about how to ask Madam Huarui for the debt, a maid walked out of the house and shouted crisply.

Lu Zhan was stunned on the spot, and didn't react for a long time until the little maid started to urge him.

Yang Kui, Xie Chunyan and many others instantly looked towards Lu Zhan.

Lu Zhan's scalp tingled... Chuo, why is it me... I didn't say anything, could it be that Madam Huarui saw that I was here to collect a debt?

Passing by Yang Kui, Lu Zhan smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Yang, I'm just an ordinary debt collector, not here to sleep with the oiran."

Yang Kui's face turned green.

"Didn't they say that sleeping with an Oiran requires drinking games and talking about brewing? I was clearly right, so why did they let Guanqi in? It's not fair. Lanxiefang is not fair at all." Xie Chunyan's straight male attributes exploded, and he said indignantly: "Is it just because Guanqi is good-looking?"

Yang Kui, who was a little unhappy just now, suddenly felt a little happy when he saw Xie Chunyan's expression. He snorted coldly: "That's wrong. If a pig and a girl are in front of you and you are asked to choose one to sleep with, who would you choose?"

"Of course, choose a girl..." Xie Chunyan blurted out.

There was laughter all around immediately, and Xie Chunyan's face turned purple, but he didn't dare to say anything. He looked at his boss with a resentful expression.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, in front of everyone's surprised eyes, Lu Zhan, who had just entered, came out with fifty taels of silver in his hand.

Everyone was shocked.

So fast? Did you really give it to me?

Still holding money?

You play with the oiran and even pay her for it?

"Mr. Yang, please come in." Before everyone could finish their surprise, another heavy hammer fell.

Seeing Yang Kui showing a look of joy and walking in with his back straight, everyone was stunned: "Are we queuing tonight? There was no such rule in the past..."

Listening to the whispers around him, Lu Zhan walked up to Xie Chunyan and said, "Let's go, we've got the money."

Xie Chunyan looked back at Yang Kui and said unconvincedly: "It was obviously my answer that was correct!"

Lu Zhan: “…”

Looking at Xie Chunyan lovingly, Lu Zhan shook his head... Madam Huarui asked him to come in because she was more considerate and could tell that he was here to ask for money, so after he came out, she invited Yang Kui in.

As for why Xie Chunyan was not invited... Just imagine, from such a distance, a warrior could instantly know that this was tiger penis wine without even tasting it, which means you drink it often... Drinking this stuff often will definitely not be good, it would be strange that the courtesan would choose you.

As they walked out of Huarui Garden, pulling Xie Chunyan, who was doubting his life, a sudden commotion came from the front.

The commotion seemed to be mixed with bursts of screams—"Murder!"

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