Chapter 1104 Ximen Qing, I'm Determined to Be Your Friend
Zhuo family.

Cai Si reported:
"Master, Mr. Ximen Qing from Yanggu County is here to visit with his wife Wu Yueniang!"

"Why are they here?"

When Su Mingzhe heard the message from the visitor, he was slightly startled and looked at Mrs. Zhuo.

Mrs. Zhuo was also a little confused. After all, after Wu Yueniang got married, she had not had any contact with her for many years except during the Chinese New Year.

However, after seeing Su Mingzhe's puzzled look, Mrs. Zhuo quickly replied:

"Wu Yueniang is my cousin. Her father is the former garrison commander of Yanggu County. The current Yanggu County garrison commander, Wu Kai, is my cousin and Wu Yueniang's elder brother!"

Thanks to the fact that there were many bandits in Shandong, the Guangji Army of the Jingdong Road was stationed in all the counties below.

Yanggu County was one of the four garrison counties under the former Yunzhou (now Dongping Prefecture).

Wu Kai, who was stationed in Yanggu County, had an official title equivalent to a county-level military commander. He should have had a thousand soldiers under his command, but according to convention, 60% of them were idle, so he actually only had three or four hundred people.

When Su Mingzhe heard that Ximen Qing and Madam Zhuo were actually related by marriage, he couldn't stop them from entering, so he could only wave his hand and let Zhuo's second sister take her sister to the east wing to take shelter.

Not long after.

Madam Zhuo welcomed Ximen Qing and Wu Yueniang into the house. Su Mingzhe greeted them with a smile. He glanced at Wu Yueniang inadvertently, and his eyes suddenly lit up:
Ximen Qing is so lucky!

Before Wu Yueniang married Ximen Qing, she had a husband. Unfortunately, that man was not lucky. He only lived with her for two or three years before he died.

When she was in her twenties, Wu Yueniang remarried to Ximen Qing, and now she is in her thirties.

Although she no longer had the slenderness, youthfulness and cuteness of a young girl, Wu Yue Niang had maintained herself well. Not only was her appearance still beautiful, her skin was fair and tender, and her figure was plump, like a ripe peach, which seemed to be juicy if you took a bite of it.

What a gorgeous young woman!

Ximen Qing was still looking for Zhuo Erjie, wanting to see how beautiful the former little girl was now.

Little did he know that his wife Wu Yue Niang could hardly be saved.

The two men with ulterior motives looked at each other and smiled their most sincere smiles at the same time.

In the end, Ximen Qing brought Wu Yueniang to visit, but they returned empty-handed in front of the defensive Su Mingzhe.

After seeing Ximen Qing and his wife off, Su Mingzhe sighed:
"For Wu Yueniang's sake, Ximen Qing, I'm determined to be your friend!"

Two days passed.

Before Su Mingzhe took Zhuo's second sister away, he suddenly proposed to invite Mrs. Zhuo and Zhuo's third sister to visit his home.

Mrs. Zhuo and Zhuo's third sister naturally agreed readily. They also wanted to see what the situation was like at Su Mingzhe's home and where Zhuo's second sister lived.

And wait until night.

When Mrs. Zhuo and Third Sister Zhuo arrived at the Liangshan Stronghold, they were stunned:
"So my son-in-law (brother-in-law) is a bandit from Liangshan?"

Third Sister Zhuo was the first to react, and her almond-shaped eyes lit up.

It seems that Su Mingzhe's identity as a bandit is very attractive.

Zhuo's second sister had known the man's identity for a long time, and fearing that her mother would not be able to accept her identity as a man, she hurried to persuade her mother.

After a long while, Mrs. Zhuo finally cried and sighed:

"Jeju Su Mingzhe has a great reputation... I should have thought of this earlier!"

No matter what Mrs. Zhuo thinks, the matter is done and it is too late to cancel the engagement.

After Su Mingzhe arranged accommodation for Mrs. Zhuo and Zhuo's third sister, he took Zhuo's second sister to meet Jin Cui Lian's three daughters.

In terms of age, Zhuo Erjie is twenty-two, Jin Cui Lian is eighteen, Pan Jinlian and Bai Yulian are both sixteen, so Sanlian should call Zhuo Erjie "sister".

However, Zhuo's second sister came later, and Jin Cui Lian followed Su Mingzhe first.

Finally, the four girls followed the order of seniority, with Zhuo Erjie becoming the fourth.

Arranged the woman.

late October.

Su Mingzhe rushed to Bianliang with four personal guards.

"Master, there is an inn in front, it looks good! Across the street is the famous Fanlou..."

Cai Si smiled and introduced the customs and culture of Bianliang City to his own leader.

Su Mingzhe was no stranger to Bianliang. However, the Bianliang city he knew was the one in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", which seemed to have nothing to do with the Bianliang city in this world.

In the dimension of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", Su Mingzhe replaced Song Zhezong and lived in Bianliang City for decades.

Under his governance, although Bianliang City could not be said to be a place where no one would steal, it was definitely the most civilized city in the world, without a doubt.

At that time, the only cancer in Bianliang City was the city foxes and rats that could not be eradicated.

Looking at the city of Bianliang today, although there are still many foxes and rats in the city, the biggest harm and cancer are the powerful people who are supposed to maintain the rule.

"Zhao Jiji is really not fit to be an emperor, yet he lives so long!"

"It would be unjust if the Northern Song Dynasty didn't fall!"

Checked into the inn.

Cai Si wanted to invite Su Mingzhe to go to Fanlou for some fun.

"There's no rush to go to Fanlou!"

Su Mingzhe had been to Fanlou before, so he asked directly:

"Do you know where Master Li lives?"

Li Shishi is not the name of a woman, but the sign of a brothel.

In this brothel, every courtesan was called Li Shishi.

Cai Si saw that Su Mingzhe actually knew the famous four courtesans of Kaifeng, and immediately gave him a thumbs up:

"Master is really well-informed! I just found out that Fengle Tower is going to select a new generation of courtesan tonight!"

The brothel where Li Shishi worked was called Fengle Tower.

When Su Mingzhe heard this, his eyes lit up immediately:

"What a coincidence!"

He then told Cai Si to save a seat for him.

Su Mingzhe thought for a moment and said:
"Cai Si, after you have reserved a seat, go and find out the location of Instructor Lin's father-in-law's house. After we meet Master Li, we will take Instructor Zhang and his family and leave Bianliang City!"

The time soon came to night.

Led by Cai Si, Su Mingzhe came to the bustling Fengle Building.

Fengle Tower is right next to Fan Tower and looks like a branch of Fan Tower.

Because tonight is the wedding night of the new generation of courtesan, all the dignitaries and wealthy businessmen have gathered here.

A tortoise welcoming guests saw Su Mingzhe coming to the door, and immediately stopped him with a smile and asked:

"Sir, have you reserved a seat?"

Before Su Mingzhe could speak, Cai Si beside him took out a sign and said arrogantly:

"It's already been booked, Hanyan Pavilion!"

“It turns out he’s an honored guest!”

When the old man heard that it was Hanyan Pavilion, wrinkles appeared on his fair face immediately after smiling.

Hanyan Pavilion is one of the four private rooms in Fengle Tower, and its price tonight is one hundred taels of silver.

Those who can afford a hundred taels of silver to rent a private room will have to spend over a thousand taels of silver when delivering the flower basket to the courtesan, right?
Then, Su Mingzhe was welcomed into the house by a graceful prostitute and taken towards the Hanyan Pavilion.

Behind Su Mingzhe, there was a middle-aged man with a long beard and plain clothes, who was also about to follow in.

However, the middle-aged man's clothes were too plain and elegant, which could hardly hide his bookish air, and they didn't book a private room.

So no matter how he asked, the turtle man at the door just refused to let him in.

The prostitute who led the way saw Su Mingzhe's puzzled expression, as if he was wondering why Fengle Tower didn't allow guests to enter, and quickly explained:
"You don't know, sir. A few years ago, a brothel selected a courtesan. The courtesan won the first prize because of the help of a scholar's poetry. When the courtesan was choosing a husband, she insisted on asking the scholar to help her pick him up. In this way, she offended dozens of powerful and wealthy businessmen."

"Because of this incident, the brothel business in Bianliang City has been in a slump for a long time."

"In recent years, when we select the most beautiful girls here, we have started to prevent poor scholars from entering!"

(End of this chapter)