Chapter 561: Immortal Powder, Flower Fragrance Tower

Before Chen Mo arrived in Yangzhou, a man dressed as a dock worker walked into a deserted tavern in Qinhuai City.

There were no guests in the tavern, only the shopkeeper was cleaning with a feather duster.

Seeing the man come in, the shopkeeper put down the feather duster and walked over, smiling: "What would you like to drink, sir? I have peach wine, Huadiao, and sorghum."

"Give me two taels of Huadiao and a plate of peanuts."

"Okay, wait a moment, it will be ready soon."

Very quickly.

"Sir, you have Huadiao and peanuts, enjoy them slowly." The shopkeeper put down the wine and peanuts and was about to leave.

The man dressed as a laborer picked up a peanut with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, chewing and saying: "Shopkeeper, the lotus in Guanshan Lake is about to bloom."

The shopkeeper was stunned, and then said: "It has bloomed a little. If you want to see it, you have to go early. If it's too late, you won't be able to see it because there are too many people."

"I can't get up early, so I have to go at night. The lotus flowers are more beautiful at night."

"Sir, you are joking. The lotus flowers are closed at night. What can you see?"

"The nobleman hasn't arrived yet, how can the lotus flowers close?" The man dressed as a laborer took a sip of wine and said.

The shopkeeper was stunned, then looked outside the tavern, and then whispered: "Which nobleman?"

"Chongzhou."

"What does the prince want to tell you?" The shopkeeper, who was originally bent over, straightened his back immediately, and a gloomy color flashed in his eyes.

Jiangnan has been a prosperous and lively place since ancient times, and it is also a place where wealthy businessmen and literati linger. This has led to a large population flow in Jiangnan, allowing various forces to leave their own sentinels and secret sentinels in Jiangnan.

This tavern was a secret sentry left by the King of Huai in Yangzhou.

"Chen Mo is about to come to Jiangnan. The prince has issued a death order to activate Huaying and assassinate Chen Mo." said the man dressed as a laborer.

"Ah"

The shopkeeper was stunned, thinking that he had heard something wrong. He looked at the man blankly for a few times. After finding that the other party was not joking, he said: "Chen Mo is a warrior in the supernatural realm. Even Liang Xuan, who is also in the supernatural realm, died under his knife. Huaying is just a low-grade warrior. How can he assassinate Chen Mo?"

"There are many ways to assassinate, and strength is only one of them. This is the Immortal Powder from the Western Regions. It is colorless and tasteless. Put it in tea or wine and drink it. Even if it is a high-grade warrior, as long as it is swallowed, the medicinal properties will erode the tendons and veins, making people weak in their hands and feet, unable to mobilize the innate spiritual energy in the body. At that time, even an ordinary person can easily kill the other party." The man took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper.

Huaxianglou

In the high-end brothels in Qinhuai City, any girl in them can be a courtesan in other brothels.

Moreover, the girls in them are known to the outside world as pure prostitutes who sell art but not their bodies.

Of course, the "not selling bodies" here is just the claim of Huaxianglou to the outside world.

In fact, their methods are more sophisticated.

They are best at playing hard to get and being close yet distant.

In order to make the men who enter Huaxianglou pay more money, as long as the money reaches the price in the girls' minds, the girls will sleep with them.

Of course, they will not ask for more money right away, because it is too vulgar and will also make men feel less conquered.

They will play small games.

For example, pitching a pot.

Put a vase fifty steps away. Whoever throws more arrows into the vase has the chance.

Of course, the arrows for pitching a pot are specially made porcelain arrows, which must be purchased from Huaxianglou, fifty taels each.

Because they are porcelain arrows, they must ensure that the arrows thrown into the pot are intact and cannot be broken. If they are broken, they will not count.

Of course, you can also pay directly to let the girl sleep with you, without playing games.

But those who can afford to come to Huaxianglou are all wealthy or well-known people. In short, they all care about face and come out to play. If you just spend money like a nouveau riche, you will inevitably be looked down upon by your peers and laughed at by bystanders.

And if you just spend money directly, it may cost more than the money used for pitching pots.

Therefore, since the establishment of Huaxianglou, not many people have directly spent money.

In the corridor outside the No. 3 room on the fourth floor of Huaxianglou.

The sound of boots stepping on the floor sounded, and then there was a knock on the door: "Miss Zhihua, the rouge you asked for is here."

"Come in." A yellow warbler-like voice sounded from the room.

The door opened, and then a figure sitting in front of the dressing table appeared.

"Just put it next to it." The owner of the room, Zhihua, said.

The person who sent the rouge looked at the bronze mirror on the dressing table. The mirror reflected a face that did not fit the Jiangnan beauty. The high nose bridge, cherry mouth, white skin, and fiery red lips gave people a slightly restrained beauty.

Unlike other women who were petite and exquisite, Zhihua's shoulders were wider than those of ordinary women. If Chen Mo said it, it was a standard clothes rack.

The person who sent the rouge put the rouge box on the table beside him, then took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms and placed it in front of Zhihua: "Huaying, the prince has issued an order to assassinate Anguogong Chen Mo. This is the Immortal Powder of the Western Regions. The action order is in the rouge box. It's time for you to repay the prince."

Zhihua, who was putting on makeup, paused for a moment, and then continued to put on makeup, saying: "Huaying has received the order."

After the man left, Zhihua rummaged through the rouge box and found a piece of paper. After reading it for a long time, he stood up and untied the wide gauze skirt covering his body, revealing his arms, navel, collarbone and half of the paper. After wiping her snow-white hair on her face, she went to the closet, took out a small red waistcoat decorated with pearls and put it on.

As a brothel girl and the secret child of King Huai, Zhihua systematically learned how to display a woman's beauty, and then she put on a red veil.

After dressing up, she went to Shuzi Room No. 1 on the third floor, knocked on the door, and said: "Sister Shuxiang, I heard that the lotus flowers in Guanshan Lake are in bloom. Do you want to go and see it together?"

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"Jiangnan is really lively. There are more people in Qinhuai City alone than in Longyouzhou City." Yue Ruyan, as the head of the Yue family, is a person who has seen the world, but after coming to Jiangnan , only to know what prosperity and liveliness are.

At this moment, a gust of breeze came, and a handkerchief with fragrance blew on Yue Ruyan's face. Yue Ruyan picked it up and looked up, and saw a girl at the second floor window of an attic. The handkerchief floated to the wrong person, so he quickly retracted his head.

Yue Ruyan took a look at the handkerchief and found a few beautiful small words embroidered on it - "Dong An Guo, this little girl Huang Yan is so polite."

Yue Ruyan handed the handkerchief to Chen Mo and said softly: "Another person who admires you."

Chen Mo showed a wry smile.

Since entering the city, many girls in the city have used various methods to attract his attention and express their love for him.

Damn it, isn’t it said that Jiangnan women are introverted?

This doesn't look like it.