The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 17: Climbing the Tower to Ask the Moon

Last time, we talked about Li Yi being pulled into a carriage by Dugu Yu and Nangong Qi. After some discussion, the three of them decided to do something big tonight! That is, with the money in hand, they will go together to rob the courtesan and climb the Moon Tower! So what kind of beauty is this courtesan, Miss Shiyu, and can these three lustful men get what they want? Let's continue to read on.

As night fell, the carriage stopped at the gate of the Exiled Immortal Building. The three people got off the carriage. Li Yi, who thought he had seen the world, stood there in a daze. What came into view was a grand row of buildings, three stories on both sides and four stories in the middle. The three buildings were built around the water, with the eaves raised, making the whole building look like a golden lotus blooming on the clear water lake! There was also a small square in front of the building, with a main gate like a memorial archway in front of the square, with a golden couplet hanging on it.

The first couplet reads: If you have not entered this building, you will not know what beauty is like.

The second line reads: If I don’t enter the Moon Palace, I won’t understand why it is so difficult to have a night of spring.

Where the horizontal scroll should have been, there was a golden plaque with the three characters "Fallen Immortal Gate"! Through the gate, one could see a majestic rockery with a stone pavilion on it. Li Yi looked at the Fallen Immortal Gate and the Exiled Immortal Building and sighed in his heart: Alas, poverty still limits my imagination! Dugu Yu and Nangong Qi tidied their clothes and straightened their bodies. Li Yi followed them into the house, walked around the rockery, and went to the main building.

As soon as they entered the Fallen Immortal Gate, Yu Qi and the others began to explain to Li Yi the layout and rules of the Fallen Immortal Building. The east side row of buildings is a place for guests who have drunk too much to rest. Of course, they don't rest by themselves, but they rest with someone, but they are all side rooms. The west side archway is a place for staff to rest. And this main building is the core of the Fallen Immortal Building. This is naturally nonsense, but according to the introduction of Yu Qi and the others, the design of this Fallen Immortal Building also has ulterior motives. Why do I say that? Let me explain it slowly.

The main building of the Exiled Immortal Tower is the real Exiled Immortal Tower. It has four floors in total, which get smaller gradually. There is a hall and several elegant rooms on each floor. You can guess what they are used for. Let’s talk about the key points.

The hall on the first floor is named Si Hai, where a Sheng Ping Banquet is held, which means peace and prosperity in the world. This banquet is not just about drinking and eating, there are also singing and dancing, magic tricks, acrobatics, opera and other programs to liven up the atmosphere. If you want to attend the banquet, you need to pay 10 taels of silver, and this 10 taels is only for the wine and banquet. Other items are borne by yourself. As for what the items are, you can experience it yourself.

The hall on the second floor is named Shanhe, and a Yonggu Banquet is held, which means that the mountains and rivers will be forever stable. The entertainment program has been upgraded. A special female servant organizes the girls to recite poems and write couplets, which is elegant. To attend this banquet, you need to pay 20 taels of silver, and only the food and wine are provided. Other items are borne by yourself, such as hand talks, poetry, playing the zither, painting, and appreciating articles. These items need to be carried out alone in the elegant room with the girl you like after the girls have finished their performances. Therefore, the hall on the second floor is much smaller than the first floor, but there are many elegant rooms.

The third floor hall is called Dengding, and it has a Guantian Banquet, which is inspired by the concept of climbing to the top of the mountain to look up at the sky. The entertainment program is of course even better, with several top performers from the Exiled Immortal Building performing in person. Both the viewing experience and the quality of the program are not comparable to the first and second floors. If you want to participate in the Guantian Banquet, you have to pay 50 taels of silver! If you want to interact closely with the courtesan, the minimum price is 100 taels of silver.

The fourth floor has no lobby, only a few suites and a spacious elegant room. The entire fourth floor is called the Moon Palace, where the courtesan Shiyu lives. If you want to see this Shiyu, you must pay the fee for the third floor Guantian Banquet and the Moon Questioning Fee. In other words, if you just want to see this Shiyu, you have to pay one hundred taels per person!

After saying so much, the three of them had already arrived outside the main building. When the gatekeeper Nüwan saw Dugu Yu and Nangong Qi, she greeted them with a smile and said cheerfully, "Oh, Master Yu and Master Qi are here to look for Miss Shiyu again! This time you brought a helper with you?" Dugu Yu handed over the silver and said with a smile, "Alas, if you don't find a helper, I'm afraid Miss Shiyu will be poisoned by Yuwen Zhong!" Nangong Qi said, "Sister, are Brother Zhong and Brother Xiu here?"

Nuwan took the silver and smiled, "It's not here yet, gentlemen, please go in quickly." She handed over three jade cards with the words "Ask the Moon" engraved on them. Li Yi sighed in his heart: Wow, even the tickets are so exquisite? What kind of world will it be in here! With full of expectations, Li Yi followed Yu Qi and the others into the Exiled Immortal Tower.

As soon as I stepped into the building, I felt that my eyes were bright. It was not just a word of magnificence that could describe it. The decoration was so luxurious that it was just luxurious! Moreover, there were many beautiful women in the hall. The wine girls with half-exposed shoulders were very charming. The girls who organized the drinking games or other games were pure and refined. Even the maids who served tea and water were of the highest quality.

They were all dressed in gauze clothes, with hazy figures, slender waists and charming eyes. Some guests took the opportunity to rub their breasts and pat their buttocks while the waitresses were serving wine and food, but they did not get angry and just walked away with a coquettish look.

Li Yi saw all of this and felt pain in his heart. His inner thoughts were, how many good girls have been deceived by this evil old society, how many families have been ruined! I am just limited in ability, otherwise I really want to rescue these fallen girls!!! With extremely complicated feelings, Li Yi tried his best not to look at the indescribable scene here, pretending that these vulgar people are not worthy of this young master, but the cat's claws in his heart have scratched so many bloody marks. In a word, his heart is bleeding!

Go up the escalator and arrive at the second floor. Oh my god, not only the decoration here has been upgraded, but also the food and wine, and even the tableware have been upgraded! And, the most important thing is this and! The ladies on this floor are dressed much cooler, yes, cool!! This word is used very well! The tops are all tube tops, and the slits of the skirts are also very high, yes, very high!! The slits are above the knees! At this time, Li Yi couldn't control his eyes and began to sneak a peek at some sensitive parts. Of course, this is a normal reaction of most male compatriots. Li Yi is also a young man with blood and energy, so this is understandable.

But Li Yi finally controlled his impulse, and with the resolution of gnashing his teeth and swallowing his anger, he chanted: Amitabha, today I am called Jiese! Lust is a knife to scrape bones! Lust is not different from emptiness! Emptiness is not different from lust! Lust is emptiness! Emptiness is lust! Lust is emptiness! Emptiness is lust!

With the blessing of strong willpower, Li Yi moved forward at the fastest speed, and the three of them stepped onto the stairs. He walked very slowly, because every step was extremely difficult. The scriptures he recited did not make him pure and abstinent, but instead made him compassionate. He really wanted to save those women who were touched by evil hands! He hated and hurt in his heart! In this way, step by step, he finally reached the third floor.

Entering the lobby on the third floor, Li Yi's mood fell to the bottom. There was no beautiful fairyland, no clouds and mist, no fairies. This was Shura Hell! That's right, this was the Eighteenth Level of Hell!

Why did Li Yi think so? Because what he saw and heard was beyond his cognition! That's right! As a time traveler, what he saw and heard was beyond his cognition! What he saw was a hall full of jewels and gems, golden cups and jade pots, silver plates and brocade handkerchiefs, and what he saw were fairy-like women wearing clothes similar to those on the second floor, busying themselves barefoot.

It's just that the gauze dress is white and translucent. Although it can't be seen at a glance, it can still capture the graceful figure. It's a kind of hazy under the moon... He closed his eyes, as if the fairy who just passed by him with wine was smiling at him. That glance and smile made Li Yi numb! Because every woman on this floor is a top-notch figure, beautiful, but one by one is hesitant to speak, that kind of hidden smile is very much like Nie Xiaoqian coaxing a poor scholar, just a glance is enough to make people lose their souls!

In an instant, in Li Yi's eyes, every woman here became a demon who ate people without leaving any bones! Every delicacy became a poison that killed people instantly! Every pot of fine wine became the boiling copper and iron water in hell!

At this time, he stopped chanting the Heart Sutra and changed his identity. He wanted to be Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and made a great vow: I will not become a Buddha until hell is empty! If I don’t go to hell, who will? Thinking of this, he just wanted to step into the boundless hell! He shouted: "Hey! You evildoers, today I will take you away for the sake of justice! I will not let you harm the world again!"

Li Yi was about to go forward and hug a prostitute's waist when he heard laughter from behind him, "Hahaha, how about it, Brother Li, how is this number one brothel in Shangjing? Are you satisfied?" He regained consciousness in an instant, completely suppressed his bestiality, stepped on it twice, spat twice, and cursed it, "Vile!"

After calming down, Li Yi turned around and looked carefully at Dugu Yu and Nangong Qi. For the first time, he felt that these two princes were dressed luxuriously, had extraordinary bearings, handsome looks, and sharp edges. They were not the kind of weak scholars at all. So it is said that a person's aura can change!

I never felt that they were so relaxed and at ease when I was with them. Maybe it was because they had been wandering in this hell for a long time and had already gotten used to it; maybe it was because they had just returned to their original state in this Exiled Immortal Tower with its carved beams and painted rafters.

For the first time, Li Yi felt that he was too different from the two of them. Could this be the power of money, the family background, and the attitude of the superior? Li Yi slowly emptied his mind, discarded these worldly distractions, and focused on the real purpose of tonight! To capture the Oiran! Ugh! To become famous in one battle!

Li Yi followed Yu Qi and sat down. At this time, the Qingqian who was in charge of guarding the stairs sat aside and said with a smile: "Master Yu, Master Qi is here again." Dugu Yu smiled and replied: "If we hadn't come, Miss Shiyu would have been killed!"

Qingqian gave a look, and a wine maid came forward to pour wine for the three people. Nangong Qi glanced at the wine maid and said with a smile: "Thank you, young lady, but I won't bother you any more. This young master won't drink before entering the Moon Palace tonight. After all, I have been preparing for several days, and I must go to the Moon Palace today."

The wine concubine smiled and bowed, saying, "Master Qi is really infatuated with Miss Shiyu. I envy you so much. I won't bother you any more. Goodbye." Then she stood up and walked away. Dugu Yu smiled and shook her head and said to Qing'anren, "Sister Lan, I have told you many times not to let these wine concubines call themselves slaves anymore. With their beauty and talent, they can at least be concubines anywhere. There is no need for this."

"Mr. Yu is right. In terms of beauty, they are indeed not inferior to most women. However, if they enter this industry, they need at least 100 taels of silver to redeem themselves. Not to mention who is willing to spend this money to redeem them, even if someone is willing to pay, the family that can afford this money must have a wife. Which wife would allow her husband to spend money to marry such a woman home? The best they can do is to keep her as a concubine. A woman's good years are only a few years. Once her beauty fades, I'm afraid her life will be difficult in the future."

Qing'anren spoke out the sorrow of the concubines. Dugu Yu shook his head and sighed, "Alas, they are all miserable people. I feel pity for these sisters."

"If Master Yu really has pity on them, he should be kind enough to redeem them and bring them back to the mansion to be maids!"

Master Yu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Sister Lan, please stop joking. I can afford the money, but if my father knew that I paid for their redemption, I'm afraid they would collect my body!"

"Ah? Would your father really be so cruel?" Sister Lan asked. "Sister Lan, you also know that my father is a rough man. He can do nothing but fight and kill. With his temper, if something like this really happened, not to mention breaking my legs, I'm afraid he would break my hands and feet, and make me lie in bed for three to five years!"

Sister Lan covered her face and smiled, "Your father is also an upright person. There are really not many people as upright as your father." Li Yi listened carefully and kept cursing this evil old society in his heart.

"That means you don't know how to enjoy life! We are living in a peaceful and prosperous age! You are not allowed to keep two beautiful concubines. That's really unreasonable!" Suddenly, another elegant young man came up, with the same imposing manner. Following him, two more people came to the third floor. These three were Yuwen Zhong, Yuwen Xiu and Yang Hua.

The three people who came later sat at the table next to Li Yi and his two companions. Yuwen Zhong said, "Brother Yu, if you really love these women, why don't you pay to redeem them all, and I'll find a yard to help you take care of them, and then when you have free time, you can go and arrange flowers or water the plants!" After that, the three people who came together laughed.