Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Origin of Hundred Flowers

Liu Qiniang asked the three girls to go back to pick up the guests or go back to the room to rest, leaving only Zhao Guan, let him sit on the chair, and said: "Guan'er, you asked me about my origin several times, but I avoided answering it."Now that you are a disciple of Hundred Flowers, I will explain everything to you.My Baihuamen was founded more than 50 years ago, and the founder is Baihua Granny.At that time, Granny Baihua took in a group of poor and helpless women, some were young prostitutes who were sold into prostitution by their parents since childhood, some were daughter-in-laws who were abused by their husbands after marriage, some were lowly maids who were abused by their masters, and some were lonely girls who were bullied by villagers. Widows, all kinds of misery, beyond what you can imagine.Granny Baihua rescued these girls and women and taught them martial arts and poisonous techniques, the original intention was to let them use this to protect themselves.But these women are grateful for their mother-in-law's kindness, and they are willing to follow her mother-in-law and serve her for the rest of their lives, so her mother-in-law keeps these women by her side and establishes Baihuamen.

Granny Baihua is a senior expert with excellent martial arts and poisonous skills.She had killed some martial arts figures, and had many enemies in the Jianghu.After she established Baihuamen, several disciples went to assassinate her mother-in-law's enemies in order to repay her old man's kindness.From then on, Baihuamen's reputation became very famous, and many figures in the Jianghu wanted to assassinate someone, and they often came to ask Baihuamen to do it.All the personnel and affairs in our sect are always kept secret, very few people in Jianghu have heard of Baihuamen, even fewer have seen people from Baihuamen.Despite this, there are still rumors about famous flowers, fragrant mist, and Baixian wine in the underworld, saying that they are the three major poisons of our sect.Fragrance mist and Baixian wine are all excellent poisons in our sect, and countless people in the world have died under them.As for the famous flowers, they are the three most proud disciples of Granny Baihua: the senior sister is named Xiao Baihe, she gathers people in Beishan to be a bandit, and she calls herself the king of robbers in Beishan, and she is a rich man; The martial arts are the most superb, and Granny Baihua passed the mantle to her when she was old, so Senior Sister Bai is the head of the sect at the moment.As for the three junior sisters, they are your mother and me.

She paused, and then said: My real name is Ji Huohe. I was sold into a prostitute's house by my parents when I was six years old.One day I couldn't stand the torture, so I ran to the river and decided to commit suicide by jumping into the river.It happened that Granny Baihua passed by and saved my life, and took me back to her old man's hermitage to teach me martial arts and poisonous techniques.Since then, I have been completely devoted to Granny Baihua, but her old man's order is my only obedience.After I became an artist, her old man thought that some of my disciples should hide in prostitutes to facilitate things; I was born in a prostitute, so I asked for orders to open a brothel in Xiangyang, hidden in the flowers, and assassinated many opponents for my mother-in-law.I stayed in Xiangyang for ten years, until there was a conflict between my sect and my opponent, and my identity was exposed. In order to avoid the enemy's pursuit, I took my subordinates to move to Suzhou and opened this Qingfeng Pavilion.Your senior sister Qingzhu and Luoying are both disciples who fled with me from Xiangyang at that time.The other sisters are disciples I accepted in Suzhou later.We changed our names and surnames, and concealed our identities, just like ordinary brothels. This is to avoid our enemies, and it is also to facilitate our secret action to punish the evil.When you enter the door today, you must keep it a secret. You can't even mention the word "Baihuamen" on weekdays.On the surface, everything is the same as before, you know?

Zhao Guan nodded in agreement.He listened intently, even though it was past midnight, he still didn't feel sleepy.After Liu Qiniang finished explaining the origin of Baihuamen, she explained the rules of Baihuamen, and Zhao Guan respectfully accepted it.It was not until the fourth watch that the mother and son went back to their rooms to rest.Zhao Guan lay on the bed thinking about all kinds of things about Baihuamen, stretched out his hand to caress the brand mark on his arm, and didn't fall asleep until early morning. From then on, Liu Qiniang personally taught Zhao Guan the secret poison techniques of Baihuamen every night, from flower poison, snake poison, gall poison, mineral poison, to raising centipedes, scorpions, toads, spiders and other poisonous insects, and the art of extracting and refining poison. Teach carefully.Unlike other female disciples, Zhao Guan had to learn Yaoqin and pipa, reciting poems in pairs, singing and dancing to entertain guests, and spent the whole day learning all kinds of poisoning, poisoning, finding and administering methods.He also saw his mother and other senior sisters poisoning him, and he was influenced by what he heard and saw, and he had learned the poison art very well without knowing it.Liu Qiniang sternly warned him not to use poison unless it is necessary or justified.Zhao Guan has seen the power of poisons before, he never dared to use poisons without authorization except following his senior sisters to fight against evil.

Zhao Guan also learned some superficial martial arts from his mother.Baihuamen are all women, and their moves tend to be feminine and treacherous, not suitable for men to practice, so Liu Qiniang only taught her son some basic fists and feet, and planned to invite him to visit famous teachers in the future.In addition, whenever there is something in the sect, Liu Qiniang will let Zhao Guan participate in the hearing, and often let him go out with Qingzhu, Xiulian, Luoying and others to do business, so that he can gain experience and knowledge. After Zhao Guan entered Baihuamen, the more he learned, the more he saw, the more he felt that his mother and all the girls in the museum were hiding something, and what they did was heroic, heroic, but strange and unpredictable.He deeply felt that he had lived in an ordinary brothel for the twelve years before entering the door; after entering the door, he suddenly woke up from a dream and came to a completely different world, full of weird and mysterious poisonous techniques and unbelievable things. The plot of the accuser, what he knew and saw in the past were all illusions, and only now did he really see the true colors of the people and things around him.Zhao Guan went from childhood to adulthood, that is from the day he started.

It was early spring again, around noon, Liu Qiniang was sitting in the Spring Breeze Pavilion on the second floor, looking out of the window through the gauze curtain.Standing behind her were two servant girls, both fifteen or sixteen years old, the round-faced one named Lilac, holding an incense burner in his hand, from which a wisp of smoke emitted; the other was slender, named Ye Xiang, holding a Holding a whisk. Liu Qiniang was over 40 years old, and the thick makeup on her face couldn't hide the vicissitudes of the years. Under the makeup, she could still vaguely see the shadow of the number one prostitute in the brothel.She has been in charge of the Qingfeng Pavilion for many years. She is exquisite and familiar with people. She teaches and protects the girls under her hand, and entertains the benefactors with the other hand. She is considerate and considerate, so the business of the Qingfeng Pavilion is always prosperous.She is usually smooth and polite, but she is a fierce and straightforward woman in her bones.If anyone offends her, she will be merciless when scolding others, and she is also rich in tricks when dealing with others.When the disciples who lingered in Fengyue talked about Liu Qiniang, they loved and feared, respected and hated Liu Qiniang, and the master of Qingfeng Liu was quite well-known in Suzhou City.

At this moment, Liu Qiniang looked out the window and asked leisurely: "Master Pan will invite the three princes from the royal family in the north of the city to the embroidered lotus room tomorrow night. Have you prepared all the dishes?"Ding Xiang replied: Sister Xiulian has already thought about it thoroughly, she has written the menu and handed it over to the chef this morning, and the young master Pan's favorite Shaoxing sweet brewed wine has also sold three catties.Liu Qiniang nodded, and then asked: When will they arrive tomorrow night?Ye Xiang said: "It's time for the unitary card."

Liu Qiniang said: "Will you not disturb our affairs?"Ding Xiang said: "We are scheduled to start at Xushi, and we should be able to finish it at Haishi."It should be fine for sister Xiulian to know about the Empress.Liu Qiniang nodded. At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps at the top of the stairs, and a boy's voice shouted outside Chunfeng Pavilion: Mother!A handsome and slender young man pushed the door in. While wiping his sweat with his sleeves, he grabbed the purple sand teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea. Love this Chunlan Tieguanyin, it tastes so bitter!It was Zhao Guan.

Liu Qiniang turned her head, frowned and said: Are you back so soon?Zhao Guan smiled and said: "Sister Ying has her eyes on that person, she wants me to come back and inform you first, so you can rest assured." Liu Qiniang stretched out her hand to pull him closer, wiped the sweat off his brow with a handkerchief, and said lovingly and complaining: You little bastard, why don't you just follow along and do some work, but you're looking for a chance to come back and be lazy?If something goes wrong one day, see if I don't give you a good beating!Zhao Guan argued: How can I be lazy?I followed Sister Ying for most of the day and helped her a lot, but she sent me back only after she said she needed to follow up alone.Liu Qiniang said: Humph, you must be a failure yourself, that's why Sister Ying thinks you're in the way.

Ding Xiang interjected from the side: A Guan is smart and smart, and several senior sisters always praise him, saying that he has long since lost to adults.Zhao Guan listened to her speak for himself, smiled at her, and cast a grateful look. Liu Qiniang stretched out her long nails painted with bright red Kodan, touched her son's forehead, and said with a smile: Who doesn't know you are a ghost?It's really unlucky for my old lady to give birth to you bastard!Zhao Guan said with a smile: "Mother, I help you with things, and you don't praise your son?" Liu Qiniang raised her face and said, "Are you doing something for me?"Everything we do is doing justice for the heavens, why are you greedy for praise?If you don't get killed, it's time to snicker, this is no joke!We are avenging the humiliated Second Miss of the Tu family, not ourselves.

Seeing his mother's stern words, Zhao Guan's heart shuddered, he lowered his head and said: "Yes, the disciple knows his mistake." Ye Xiang was beside her and said angrily: That flower picking thief is really hateful!I heard people say that the Dai family sent someone to Tu's house yesterday, saying they wanted to withdraw from the marriage.When the second lady found out, she hanged herself with a rope, but fortunately she was rescued. Liu Qiniang pondered and said: "The flower picker's martial arts are not bad, and he boldly committed three cases in Suzhou, it seems that he intends to provoke.Let's not take it lightly.Zhao Guandao: Mother, the origin of this person is unclear, if he is really alone, it is not difficult to deal with, I am afraid that he has ambushed helpers. Liu Qiniang glanced at her son, nodded, and said to Ding Xiang: "Go to the concierge and ask if there are any eye-catching people in the city these days."Clove should go.After a while, I came back to report: Lao Lin said that he did not see any conspicuous martial arts figures, only a couple who seemed to be able to martial arts, with a very beautiful girl, and asked people everywhere in the city if they had seen it. A boy in his teens, he said he was called Xiaosaner. Liu Qiniang asked about the couple's appearance, but she couldn't figure it out, and said: These two people should be from the martial arts, but it doesn't sound like they have anything to do with the flower picker.You want the concierge to be more careful and notify me immediately if there is any trouble.I'm going to do it myself tomorrow night. Zhao Guan knew that his mother was always cautious, but this time it was just capturing and killing a prostitute, and it was so solemn, he was slightly puzzled, and said: Mother, you want to do it yourself?Liu Qiniang didn't say much, she just said: "Okay, you can go to lunch quickly, and play by yourself in the afternoon." Zhao Guan wished his mother would say this, so he ran downstairs in a hurry.