Chapter Twenty-Five: Conducting Oneself Properly

  Shen Bixian's face turned even colder as she asked, "Have you been to a brothel?"

  At this moment, Zhu Dachang's forehead was sweating profusely. This cold beauty was too single-minded, how could she have thought of going to a brothel herself? Although he had thought about it, no, he had had the idea, after all, visiting brothels wasn't against the law in this world, but he hadn't actually done it yet.

  "How could I," Zhu Dachang said sternly: "In this foul and gloomy place, how would I go."

  Zhu Dachang looked stern and dignified, but Shen Bixian knew that his thick skin was like a city wall, and she didn't believe him.

  "How did you know that the person in charge of this brothel is called Lao Ji, and that she loves money like her life?"

  God, save me! Zhu Dachang is about to hit the wall, and his future wife is too talented. It seems that she won't let him go unless he nods in agreement.

  However, Zhu Dachang deeply understood that if he nodded slightly, he would definitely die without knowing how.

  In the State of Yan, it's common for men to visit brothels, and their wives at home would cry or hang themselves. But Zhu Dachang was different, he was a son-in-law who married into the family, if he visited brothels, did you want him to live a few more years?

  "Miss Shen, I'm as innocent as a sprout in a tofu dish, I've absolutely never been to a brothel," Zhu Dachang said with a tone of desperation, thinking to himself that he wanted to slap his own mouth, how could he have come up with such a stupid idea, and now he's dragged himself into it.

  "Scallion mixed with tofu?" Shen Bixian asked: "What does it mean?"

  "Scallions with tofu - simple and plain!"

  "Hmph... " Shen Bi Xing's maid, Lan Er, couldn't help but burst out laughing at the sight of her master's dark face, which was even paler than tofu. Who would believe it?

  The little girl was laughing at the wrong time, Zhu Dachang glared at him, stop messing around, trying to get me killed or what, while Lan'er stuck out her tongue at him and pouted, looking like she didn't care.

  The son-in-law really has no human rights, even the little maid is not afraid of you.

  "You're indeed very clear and straightforward," Shen Bixian said coldly, "Do you still remember the good deed you did outside Lingyun City?"

  Thinking back to the first meeting, this rascal took the woman's bellyband and swaggered through the streets, shameless. Shen Biyin was really angry at that time, earlier still talking about some matters of the brothel with a mouthful of flowers, definitely had been to the brothel, let's settle old and new accounts together.

  Zhu Dachang couldn't help but smile wryly, this old lady tiger was really going to show her might today. Being pressed by her like this, Zhu Dachang truly felt stifled in his chest and somewhat impatiently said: "Miss Shen, I was indeed a bit rash that day, but I didn't do anything wrong. It's just that due to an unfortunate coincidence, I offended a woman, and under duress, I had no choice but to grab her clothes and escape."

  Snatching other people's women's clothes, not even sparing their undershirts? Shen Bixia didn't quite believe it, and such behavior was extremely shameless. But how could she have known that this woman was a high-ranking martial artist, capable of killing Zhu Dachang with just one slap?

  Although I peeked at the girl washing up, it wasn't intentional, can't be considered a guilty conscience, we're doing the right thing, peeking is straightforward!

  This Zhu Dachang suddenly changed his temper, with a self-righteous and majestic appearance. Shen Bixian thought for a while, and suddenly remembered the woman's loud shout that day. She must be a fierce woman. With his cunning nature, he wouldn't take a liking to such a woman. Could it really just be a misunderstanding?

  But he has never been to a brothel, how does he know the rules of the brothel? Shen Biyin couldn't figure it out, Lan'er whispered in her ear: "Miss, I heard my sisters say that this man loves to deceive women."

  The little maid's words were undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire. Shen Biyin was furious: "Glib-tongued and cunning!"

  Miss Shen's temper is really stubborn, Zhu Dachang was already a bit unhappy in his heart, and it's really tiring to talk to this little girl, coldly saying: "If Miss Shen insists on thinking that I've been to the brothel, then so be it."

  Too lazy to explain to you this old mother tiger, Zhu Da often curled his lips, with a look of I'm a hooligan, who am I afraid of.

  Zhu Dachang's unruly appearance was even more provocative to Shen Bixian, who angrily shouted: "Get out of the car!"

  "Get off?" Zhu Dachang was stunned for a moment, and Lan'er realized she had misspoken, lowering her small head: "The young lady means to tell you to get down from the carriage."

  Then, Zhu Dachang was suddenly thrown off the carriage. After jumping off the carriage, the crowd on the street looked at him in surprise. The carriage was still moving, but this young master had suddenly jumped out, and the carriage didn't even stop for a moment before continuing to move forward.

  Zhu Dachang gazed at the crowd with their strange eyes and said loudly: "What are you looking at? Haven't you ever been kicked out of bed by your own wife?"

  "Yes! Haha……" Everyone burst out laughing. This guy is really shameless and interesting, no wonder his wife would kick him off the horse carriage.

  This rascal! Shen Bixian was so angry that she gritted her teeth, and yet Lanyu's little head peeked out from the side, hehe, laughing. This maternal uncle is really humorous.

  "Miss, are we going to leave the young master behind?" Shen Liu asked cautiously while driving the horse carriage, afraid of saying something wrong, but also worried that if they left the young master alone in the market, Madam would blame them.

  Shen Bixian coldly snorted: "Don't mind him, let's go."

  "Eh!" Shen Liu nodded in response, cracked his whip and went straight away.

  The horse carriage quickly disappeared into the market, Zhu Dachang looked around and found himself in the Lingyun City market. Although it was not yet a prosperous area, he had no money on him and couldn't contact Wang Yuli in time. He could only slowly make his way to the official road. As for the Yuquan Building, he still knew where it was.

  After walking for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Zhu Dachang arrived at the foot of a tall pavilion, which was the Yuquan Tower of the Shen family. The Yuquan Tower stood high and had three floors, with carved railings and jade-like walls. A string of wind chimes hung from the eaves, making crisp sounds in the gentle breeze. Under the large signboard, three golden characters were engraved: Yuquan Tower!

  What's even more striking is that on the right lower side of this signboard, a bright yellow seal covers it, with the four characters "Tianzi Xinyin" (Heavenly Son's Letter Seal) that shock people at first glance.

  The Son of Heaven, isn't that the current emperor? This imperial seal is really impressive. No wonder Yuquan Building is famous far and wide. It turns out that it has a plaque bestowed by the Emperor of Yan State. With an imperial plaque hanging here, who would dare to cause trouble?

  Should he go in or not, Zhu Dachang hesitated for a moment before going in anyway.

  Inside the Jade Spring Building, the interior of the wine house was spacious and bright. At the entrance, there were counters where the shopkeeper and waiters stood. In the center of the main hall, dozens of wine tables were neatly arranged, each one an elegant eight-immortal table. Scattered about, guests sat at the tables, savoring fine wines with great relish.

  The beautiful railing is the staircase leading upstairs. Looking far away, this upper floor is also very spacious, what a magnificent Jade Spring Building.

  Seeing someone coming in, the shopkeeper who was fiddling with the abacus inadvertently raised his head. When he saw the appearance of the person who came in, he exclaimed: "Young Master!"

  Although Zhu Dachang was visiting the Jade Spring Building for the first time, the shopkeeper of the Jade Spring Building had recently visited the Shen Mansion and naturally knew this young master who had just returned.