Chapter 258 Chapter 258 Return to Suzhou

Before dawn the next day, Ling Haotian spread the news to Zhao Guan, asking him to pay attention to the foreigner and investigate the details of the Chongming Society in Suzhou.When Zhao Guan received Ling Haotian's secret message, he was shocked and angry: Mrs. Yan is indeed King Shura.It turned out that she and Chongming were colluding, maybe she was hiding in Suzhou right now! Zhao Guan recalled the scene in Suzhou when he was a child. The Chongming Society’s meeting place was in the Catholic Church next to the Yangjia Bridge on Sanxiang Road in the west of Suzhou City. It was the stronghold for Westerners to spread Catholicism in Suzhou. From time to time, he came out to distribute food and clothing to the people in order to preach.When Zhao Guan was young, he would often go to the Yang Family Bridge and climb the wall to peek at foreigners, calling him a ghost and a ghost.Because Chongming Hui is a place for foreigners, although Suzhou people are curious about it, most of them stay away from it and don't pay much attention to what they are doing.He never expected that the Chongming Society was actually related to King Shura, she has such a stronghold in Suzhou, could it be that the person who attacked the Qingfeng Pavilion was a member of the Chongming Society?

Zhao Guan was excited and decided to go to Suzhou immediately to investigate the details of the Chongming Society.He sent a message back to Ling Haotian, asking if he wanted to go with him, but Ling Haotian thought that there were still many clues to be discovered in the Yan Mansion and the Imperial Palace, so he decided to stay and continue to investigate, as long as Zhao Guan behaved carefully. Zhao Guan didn't delay, and the next day he quietly went to Suzhou with brothers Xin Wutan and members of the Baihuamen.Since he left Suzhou in a hurry at the age of thirteen, he has never been back. Hangzhou is not far from Suzhou. When he was the master of Baihuamen, he lived in Hangzhou for five or six years, but he never had the courage to come back.It has been ten years since I returned home this time.He saw the bluestone streets, small restaurants, small bridges and flowing water in the city, and the scenery everywhere was vaguely familiar.

Fang Ping booked a room for him in the most expensive Yingbin Building in the city. Zhao Guan's name has been heard all over the country at this time. He couldn't use his original name, so he changed his name to Shen Yueqing, claiming to be a wealthy businessman in Hangzhou.After staying in the Yingbin Building, he asked Fang Ping to go out to the city to find out the news.When Fang Ping came back in the evening, talking about the things in the city, Zhao Guancai knew that after the Fengguan was burned down, another teahouse was built in the same place. Only the Nongyue Tower of the three famous Fengyue Xiaoxiang courtyards in those days still survived, but the most popular courtyard now is Tianxiang Pavilion.Fang Ping continued: "According to the brothers in the gang, a senior manager of the Chongming Society, named Oakfliss, often sits in the Tianxiang Pavilion, and is very close to a leading girl named Hu there.

Zhao Guan snorted and said: Do people who believe in God also go to the courtyard to whore?Fang Ping said: This Okflis is not a clergyman, I heard that he is a mixed Dutch and Chinese man, and he is a well-known handsome man in the local area.He failed to do business in the Netherlands and owed a large debt, so he stayed in Suzhou.He has a lot of friendship with the priests here, relying on this relationship to lead the Chongming Church.Zhao Guan nodded and said: We can't startle the snake this time, it's better to start with Your Excellency Tianxiang. Seeing Zhao Guan's well-dressed clothes and grand gestures, the head shopkeeper of the Yingbin Building didn't dare to neglect him, and came to greet him in person in his room.Zhao Guan asked him about the famous brothel in the city, the shopkeeper heard that he intended to spend a lot of money in the brothel, immediately became courteous, and said: "Uncle Shen, you are a foreigner and don't know our local situation, let me help you." Come on.The most famous girl in Suzhou today is Hu Yinhu from Tianxiang Pavilion.This Miss Hu is known as the number one prostitute in the world, and she has a saying: "Fair but not pretentious, flattering but not flamboyant, flamboyant but not tiresome."This twelve-character comment was written by Tang Bohu, who is known as the number one romantic talent in the south of the Yangtze River. Everyone said it couldn't be more appropriate!

Zhao Guan nodded and said: Is there such a good method?I'd like to meet the world's number one prostitute.The shopkeeper's face showed embarrassment, and he said: Miss Hu's appointment is very full, and I'm afraid I won't be able to see her face until a month later.unless Zhao Guan smiled slightly, and took out a fan made of pure gold from his bosom, the fan was carved with patterns of flowers and birds, the workmanship was extremely exquisite, it was indeed a rare treasure in the world.Zhao Guan spread out the fan, slapped it lightly twice, closed it again, put it on the table, and said: "This folding fan with carved gold mandarin duck and peony is my present for Miss Hu."I'm free tomorrow night, please help me figure it out.

When the shopkeeper saw the fan, his eyes lit up.He knew the goods, so he immediately picked up the golden fan respectfully, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, I will go and arrange it for Uncle Shen." In the evening of the next day, Zhao Guan put on a sapphire jacket and took a sedan chair to Tianxiang Pavilion in Yanshui Lane.Madam Xia, the proprietress of Tianxiang Pavilion, is old at this time, and Aunt Shi is the host.Aunt Shi is also in her early fifties, still dressed up in heavy make-up, and went out to meet Uncle Shen in person.Zhao looked at her appearance and thought: These old mothers are dressed up like monsters. I was used to seeing her when I was young, but I don't think so.

Aunt Shi smiled all over her face and invited him to sit in a flower hall.Zhao Guan looked around and thought: the layout of this small hall is also elegant, comparable to that of our Qingfeng Pavilion back then. Not long after, I heard the sound of the pipa coming from outside the hall, approaching from far away, and ringing softly, and then the breeze blew, and a faint fragrance floated through the nose. It was neither orchid nor musk, but It is enough to make people intoxicated and emotional.Zhao Guan couldn't help but stood up and looked towards the Moon Gate, but the pipa music gradually stopped and could not be heard.Then the bead curtain was pulled aside, and a beautiful woman stepped in and gave Zhao Guanying a blessing.

This woman has not yet arrived, but the fragrance of the music is touching, and at this time the real person appears, she is really charming, with a graceful figure, and her flair is hard to hide.Even if Zhao Guan saw many beauties, he couldn't help but be overwhelmed by this woman's extraordinary beauty, and hurriedly replied: Miss Hu, don't be too polite.Shen Yueqing, a young student, is lucky to see the girl's beauty. Hu Yin raised his head, and the two eyes met, Zhao Guan couldn't help being stunned: This girl looks so familiar!I must have seen it somewhere.But he couldn't think of it for a while, so he collected himself, asked Miss Hu to sit down, and then he sat down. The maid next to him came up to pour wine, and the two drank a glass together.

Hu Yinwei stared at Zhao Guan with a pair of beautiful eyes, with a look of admiration on his face, he smiled and said: I have heard from the people in the city that Uncle Shen is Pan An in this life.Zhao Guanting spoke her pure Suzhou accent, her voice was soft, these compliments were just right, she was obviously a proficient prostitute, she smiled and said: Miss Hu is known as the world's number one prostitute, she is so famous that she would rather meet her. He looked at Hu Yin's face, but saw that her eyebrows were curved, her eyes were watery and very energetic, but there was a hint of arrogance and stubbornness at the tip of her brows, which is very rare among brothel girls, and suddenly remembered: Yes ,is her!What Miss Hu Yin, it turned out to be Miss Fang Rouqing whom she met at Fourth Young Master Liu's home many years ago!When I rescued her from Lin Xiaochao, I pretended to be Shangguan Qianhui and invited her to join Baihuamen, but she refused, so I sent her back to Suzhou Tianxiang Pavilion.Didn't I come to Tianxiang Pavilion?A few years have passed, Zhao Guan had forgotten all about it, and seeing her again at this moment, he couldn't help but think of her mesmerizing pipa piece "Moonlight on the Spring River", and wanted to ask her how many years have passed. How is it going, but also afraid that she will ask when he saw her, if he wanted to say that he had disguised himself as a woman to meet her, it would be difficult to win people's trust, and it would be difficult to be ashamed.

But Hu Yin asked: Uncle Shen came to Suzhou for the first time, what impression did he have of the place?Zhao Guan replied casually: Very good, very good!People say: There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below.I wandered around in and out of the city for the past few days, only to see the misty scenery of Taihu Lake and the charm of small bridges and flowing water in the city. Hu Yin asked: Where did Uncle Shen travel?In fact, Zhao Guan didn’t go anywhere, but Suzhou was where he grew up since he was a child, and he was so familiar with it that he couldn’t be more familiar with it. He said: I went to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Stone Pagoda by the Taihu Lake, and also visited Lingyan Mountain Temple, Tiger Hill, Lion Forest and other places. .

Hu Yin said: But this is the first time Uncle Shen has come to Yanshui Lane?Zhao Guan smiled and said: "It's my luck to meet the world's most famous prostitute for the first time."Miss Hu calls me Yueqing, it doesn't matter whether you are a grandpa or not. Hu Yin said: How dare you take this?Zhao Guan laughed and said: "What is there not to dare to do?"This is my rule, I'm everywhere, girls call me by first name.Whoever insists on calling me uncle, I will not take care of her business. Hu Yin smiled and said: "Yueqing has such rules, and the concubine dare not disobey them."