Chapter 15 Chapter Fifteen Entering the Hundred Flowers Gate

A few days later, Qingzhu took Zhao Guan back to the Qingfeng Hall.All the companion girls in the museum were very surprised when they saw him come back, and even asked him where he had been and what good things he had done in the past six months.Zhao Guan talked about the process of sneaking on the Qingbang grain ship to go north to the capital. He was concerned about Master Qi's death, so he hurriedly asked what happened in his hometown.The companions really talked about the news that Mr. Qi died suddenly in bed a few days ago in Yingtian Mansion. The gatekeeper Lao Lin said: According to the news from the county, the cause of Mr. Qi's death is unknown. Some people say that he was stung to death by a poisonous spider!Damn it, killing officials deserves to die anyway, any kind of death is fine!Aunt Hong, who was cleaning, said: I heard people say that Ying Tianfu posted a notice saying that your lord died of a strange disease.Isn't this God's punishment?According to me, he should be struck to death by Thunder God!

Zhao Guan heard it, and couldn't help but worry that the government would find the murderer and find the Qingfeng Pavilion to arrest him.However, after a few days, no one figured out exactly how Master Qi died, and no one came to Yanshui Xiaonong to inquire.Zhao Guan guessed that Zhiqingzhu must have used a drug like Sleeping Dream Powder to make everyone in the Qi mansion fall into a coma, so that Master Qi could be robbed and executed so easily, and then sent the body back to the mansion without anyone knowing it. The people under Lord Qi's rule applauded each other, saying that he died well, wonderfully, and brilliantly.Led by Liu Qiniang, all the girl companions from the Qingfeng Pavilion gathered in the backyard for a round of drinking to celebrate the sudden death of Tiansha Qi.Liu Qiniang raised a glass of spirits and drank it down in one gulp, laughing, "Happy, happy!"If the murderer hadn't been punished by the heavens this day, and he had turned his petals, my mother would have rushed into his mansion and strangled him to death with her own hands!All the companions laughed when they were girls.Zhao Guan peeped at his mother and Qing Zhu's faces, both of them were very happy, drank several glasses of wine, but couldn't see the slightest trace that Tian Sha Qi died under their hands.

From then on, Liu Qiniang asked Zhao Guan to go out with Qingzhu, Xiulian, and Luoying to do things secretly, or to inquire about news, or to punish traitors, or to help the loyal, or to rescue the weak.One time, Zhao Guan followed Luoying to a bully to steal a maid's contract, and stole several thousand taels of silver; another time, he went with Qingzhu to Chengtian Temple in Hangzhou to poison a prostitute monk who was a master of martial arts.Over the past few years, Zhao Guan has long been used to seeing Qingzhu and others poisoning and killing people, so it has long been no surprise.He desperately wanted to learn their martial arts and poisonous techniques, but Qingzhu never mentioned anything except showing him some poisonous substances.Zhao Guan asked his mother several times, but Liu Qiniang did not teach him any martial arts or poisonous techniques, nor did she tell the details about herself or the girls in the Qingfeng Pavilion.

Three years later, the autumn solstice was Zhao Guan's twelfth birthday.He is a little boy, so he never had any birthdays, so Liu Qiniang found him and said to him: "Guan'er, today you are twelve years old."In my room after dinner, I have something urgent to do. In the evening, Zhao Guan came to his mother's room, but saw his mother sitting at the table with a serious expression.Qingzhu, Luoying, and Xiulian stood behind her, and two servant girls, Yexiang and Dingxiang, waited on her. Zhao Guan was slightly stunned, and called out: Mother!I thought to myself: The three sisters are all the top girls in the restaurant, and they rarely have time to get together, but they are all gathered here tonight, there must be something big for mother.He raised his head to look at Qingzhu, but seeing her phoenix eyes smiling, he thought: It shouldn't be a bad thing.Seeing that Luoying had put on her make-up, she seemed to be going out for a banquet, she kept reaching out to caress the flying phoenix bun on her head, and didn't stop until Liu Qiniang opened her mouth to speak.Luoying has an oval face, with curved eyebrows and narrow eyes, a full mouth and a full chin. She looks blessed and has a noble beauty.Xiulian is a typical Suzhou lady, with a melon-seeded face as white as jade, almond eyes and peach cheeks, a slender figure, and a charming and pitiful charm.Just looking at the glamorous appearance of these three girls, if Zhao Guan hadn't seen them make a move, he would never have imagined that they are equipped with martial arts, are proficient in poisonous techniques, and have ruthless methods.

But Liu Qiniang said slowly: "Guan'er, you have turned twelve years old today, and I have something important to tell you.Get down on your knees and listen.Zhao Guan knelt down in front of his mother and said: Mother, please tell me. Liu Qiniang was silent for a while, and then said: In the past three years, you have helped several sisters many times to do things, and you have helped a lot. You must have known that we are not an ordinary courtyard.I never let you know the details of it before, just because you are not a disciple of my Baihuamen, so you are not allowed to hear all the things in the school and be able to pass on the martial arts and poisonous techniques of this school.According to the rules of Baihuamen, one can only become a formal disciple at the age of twelve.You are old enough now. Although our sect has a rule not to accept men, the hall master's own son can be an exception.This seat is the head of the Fire Crane Hall of Baihuamen, and today I accept you as a disciple.Zhao Guan, after careful consideration, answer me again: Are you willing to join Baihuamen?

Zhao Guan had been looking forward to this day for a long time. Hearing his mother's words, his heart felt hot, and he immediately replied: "I am willing!" Liu Qiniang nodded and said: Good!I will guide you tonight.After waving their hands, Ding Xiang and Ye Xiang set up tables and incense burners in Dongshou. All the utensils and tablecloths were all white.Zhao Guan watched Ye Xiang light two white candles, and Ding Xiang hung a scroll behind the table, which was filled with countless flowers, each flower was different in shape and color, and the painting was extremely delicate.Zhao Guan looked carefully and identified more than ten kinds of flowers, most of which he didn't recognize.

Liu Qiniang said: "This painting is about my Baihuamen's ancestor Baihua Granny, who is also my master.Her old man never showed her true face, so a hundred kinds of flowers represented her old man's face.Zhao nodded. Liu Qiniang asked Zhao Guan to kneel in front of the case, and she knelt beside him, and the other girls also knelt in a row behind her.Liu Qiniang bowed to Baihuatu three times, and Zhao Guan and others followed suit.Liu Qiniang got up and came to the case, lit a stick of incense, knelt back to her original position, and said, "Guan'er, follow me."Disciple Zhao Guan was introduced by Ji Huohe, a second-generation disciple of Baihuamen, and became the third-generation disciple of Baihuamen.Disciple Zhao Guan vowed to obey the rules of Baihua Sect all his life, obey the instructions of the elders in the sect, and not violate it.This oath.

Zhao Guan followed up, and Liu Qiniang asked him to bow three times to the Hundred Flowers Picture and offer three sticks of incense.Afterwards, Qingzhu knelt down to offer incense, and said: Disciple Qingzhu, I have witnessed the three generations of disciple Zhao Guan make an oath, from now on I will do my best to help Zhao Guan, follow the legacy of Grandma Baihua forever, and live up to the virtue of Huohe Hall Master.Luoying, Xiulian, etc. also followed Xiangxiang to witness. After saluting, Liu Qiniang took out a small iron seal from her bosom, heated the candle on the table, and said: "Guan'er, stretch out your left arm, and I will mark the seal of Baihuamen for you."Zhao Guan rolled up his sleeves, exposing his upper arms, and wanted to ask: Will it hurt?But seeing everyone's serious expressions, he couldn't ask, holding his left arm tightly with his right hand, staring at the iron seal in his mother's hand.Liu Qiniang took out some medicine powder and sprinkled it on the seal, and burned the iron seal on the fire for a while, then turned around, held Zhao Guan's wrist with one hand, making his palm face up, and held the iron seal with the other hand, near his inner arm. Printed at the elbow.Zhao Guan saw that his skin was smoking slightly under the iron seal, but it didn't hurt, he felt very strange, and looked at the seal with wide eyes.Liu Qiniang closed her eyes, read a speech, and then removed the iron seal.Zhao Guan saw a white flower-shaped imprint on his skin, about the size of a copper coin, very beautiful in shape.

Ding Xiang approached and put a wet cloth on the seal for him, only then did Zhao Guan feel a slight tingling pain.He looked up and saw Lilac smiling at him, so he smiled at her too. Liu Qiniang said: This is the story of Baihuamen.All members of Baihuamen must print this note when they enter the school.In the future, you can use this mark to identify people from Baihuamen.There are only three seals in the world, and they are in charge of senior sister Xiao Baihe, senior senior sister Bai Shuixian and me. The printed seals are different from ordinary burns and are easy to identify. Zhao nodded.He knew that when he was burned by a hot object, his skin would turn red and blistered, but white marks appeared on his arm, and he felt hot and cool under the wet cloth, which was indeed very different from ordinary burns.

Liu Qiniang said again: Most of the disciples in my Fire Crane Hall are in the brothel, the imprints are not on the arms, but mostly on the shoulders or other places.Zhu'er, Ying'er, Lian'er, show Guan'er your marks. Qingzhu took off his collar, revealing the imprint of hundreds of flowers on the back of the left shoulder, the imprint of Luoying on the front of the right shoulder, and the imprint of embroidered lotus on the side.The girls in Qingfeng Pavilion always regarded Zhao Guan as a child, and never shy away from him. At this time, Zhao Guan saw the three girls naked, and they didn't feel anything, they just thought it was interesting, and thought: Fortunately, my mark is On the arm, you don't have to take off your clothes when you look at them.

Liu Qiniang said: "The girls in my hall are all from the Baihuamen.Jiaohe, Baoling, Yizhiyan, Qianping, Dingxiang, and Yexiang are all my disciples.I will lead you to meet the sisters again tomorrow, they are the ones who entered the school before you, and you should call them sisters when there are no outsiders.Zhao Guan agreed.