CH 029 Mating Season, Chaotic Night Part 1

Spring was a season of beauty, a season of rebirth, and also a season for……mating.

Recently, in Chicken Nest Village, one could see all kinds of strange courtship scenes, there were grooming and showing off of feathers, chest puffed up and head raised in singing, gathering in flocks to fight and brawl with each other……

Generally speaking, the most noisy were birds, the most violent were mammals, and the most calm were reptiles.

The chicken flocks caused such a din that the village seemed like a marketplace, chicken feathers flying with flecks of dust all over. It was a downright chaos.

The first person who couldn’t stand it was Li Huai. This poor guy didn’t know that animals during mating season were the most terrifying. As you could imagine, he was so utterly put in his place. So long as he appeared, there would be a chicken that would trip him up with underhanded means. He and the chickens’ relationship had reached the point where “if the enemy won’t move then it won’t move, but if the enemy moves he be scratched.” At this point, Li Huai had finally surrendered, and no longer dared to act rashly.

At night, the chicken flocks in Chicken Nest Village would embark on a long and crazy nightlife, shrill moans making the residents irritable and agitated. They have been experiencing insomnia for many days now……

Nie Bufan, this heartless guy, was not affected at all. He slept until he woke up naturally, but he had suddenly come to understand one thing. The reason why recently, Zhang Third and Li Fourth showed closeness to him was because they had reached mating season!

The man without the comfort of a woman was a lonely one. Nie Bufan expressed his understanding. So he decided to take them to the brothel to relieve their pent up desire. But before that, he wanted to test it out first, and find a brothel with a relatively high quality, where the women must at least have looks rating upper-middle, otherwise those guys would probably only spurn the suggestion.

After making the decision, Nie Bufan quietly found the Tian Nu and explained his intentions.

“You are asking a lady as beautiful as a flower like myself to go to the brothel with you?” Nineteen looked at Nie Bufan as if looking at a monster.

Nie Bufan glanced back at her, en, she was pretty like a flower but was a bit lacking to be called beautiful.

“What are you thinking?” Nineteen said again, “There are so many men in the village, why don’t you just find one to go with you?”

“With me there, can they still attract the attention of other girls? In order not to lose their face, it’s better to find you to accompany me instead.” Actually, he didn’t want to behave like a virgin in front of others……

“……” The corners of Nineteen’s mouth twitched, and after a long time she uttered, “The brothel does not accept female guests!”

“You’re no different from men in men’s clothing.”

“……” Nineteen instantly swelled up with anger, picking up something and hurtling it over.

“Ai, ai, I was just kidding.” Nie Bufan said hurriedly, “I mean, aren’t you curious about brothels at all? Don’t you want to see what a man looks like under the influence of women and wine?”

Nineteen showed a flicker of emotion, but hesitated because of the constraints placed on ladies of status.

Nie Bufan worked hard to continue persuading: “As a woman, before you leave the boudoir, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of the nature of a man. Look at all the handsome Gongzi in our village, where is the nobleness and elegant manners of the past?”

Was this not all because of you! Nineteen cast a sideways glance at Nie Bufan.

In the end, of course she agreed. The temptation to experience a visit to the brothel was really hard to refuse. Besides, she herself was not a compliant and rule-abiding woman.

The two agreed on a time, and on one evening, they made excuses and left the village. Nineteen didn’t take her Jadeites, and Nie Bufan didn’t take his precious chickens.

After getting dressed in an inn, two handsome young men appeared.

Today’s goal was the Xinghe Pavilion in the south of the city. This was one of the three big brothels in Xishan City. The other two were Yichun Court and Yuxiu House.

Nie Bufan and Nineteen had never visited the red lights district. When they first entered this kind of place, they couldn’t help feeling uneasy and a little excited.

Seeing them coming in, the old brothel keeper immediately greeted them with a smile. Her eyes were sharp, and she knew at a glance that the two were of good background.

“The two young masters, welcome to Xinghe Pavilion. Seeing the two unfamiliar faces, it must be the first time to come?”

“En.” Nie Bufan pretended to nod profoundly, and looked around. Everywhere he saw there women all over dressed in dazzling attire and with fragrances coming from scented sleeves. It was definitely a feast for the senses.

“Then let me arrange a private room for both of you, and then introduce you to some girls?”

“Very good.”

Nie Bufan and Nineteen followed the old brothel keeper to the second floor. The second floor was much quieter than the first floor. But when they opened the windows they could see the happenings on the first floor.

The old brothel keeper had the servant girl serve the tea, and asked, “What kind of girls do you like?”

“Don’t mention any common or vulgar ones, I want the best.” Nie Bufan said with a slight arrogance.

“Of course, it must be the best for this Gongzi.” The old brothel keeper smiled wide, wrinkles squeezing together. But then she said with a change of tone, “However, it is generally not easy for our Xinghe Pavilion’s top courtesan to meet guests. It will depend on whether the guests are sincere. But other famous flowers can be first introduced to these two Gongzi.”

“Hmmph!” Nineteen snorted coldly, took out a silver ingot from her sleeve, and said contemptuously, “As long as we are satisfied, we won’t be stingy! You can just call your top courtesan. I want to see what is so special about this top courtesan.”

“Hehe. Please wait a moment, both of you.” The old brothel keeper naturally took the ingot and walked out with a bow.

Nie Bufan gave Nineteen a thumbs up.

Nineteen proudly said: “No big deal.”

“I heard that the top courtesan of brothels are quite talented in the arts. Later we’ll first listen to the music.” Nie Bufan suggested.

“Of course you can only listen to music, don’t tell me you want to stay overnight?” Nineteen said with a disapproving look.

Nie Bufan thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: “If I meet someone I like, I don’t mind spending the night in the embrace of warm and fragrant jade.”

“Then I will tell Li Gongzi and the others about this.”

“Tell them what?”

“Tell them that the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall when they weren’t looking.” (TN: idiom for finding an illicit lover on the sly)

Nie Bufan sneered and said with contempt: “I really don’t know what kind of messy things you are thinking in your head, red apricot my foot!”

Nineteen rolled her eyes: “Don’t think I don’t know about you guys because I don’t go out often. Hero has told me all of it.”

“Hero?” Nie Bufan said weirdly, “What did it tell you?”

“Hero said that you and two big guys mate everyday.”

“……” Nie Bufan decided to go back and stew a chicken named Hero, “You believe what it says?”

“Hero will not lie.”

“When did you have such a good relationship with it?”

“The only talking chicken in the world!” Nineteen said with bright eyes, “Of course I have to take good care of it.”

While talking, there was a sudden noise coming from outside the door, and it seemed that someone was making a disturbance.

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The two looked at each other and didn’t plan to go out to join in the fun, but who knew that the voice gradually approached their room, and then the door was suddenly kicked open. Four or five men came in, followed by the old brothel keeper and several girls.

“These two Gongzi, I am truly apologetic.” The old brothel keeper quickly apologized.

“You are the ones who requested Liu Yan’er?” The man in the lead asked loudly.

“Who is Liu Yan’er?” Nie Bufan asked.

Nineteen shook her head: “I don’t know either.”

The surroundings fell into a short silence for an instant. These people had aggressively charged in planning to make trouble, but the other party was completely oblivious.

“Xu Mama, what’s going on?” The man in the lead said harshly, “Didn’t you say they called Liu Yan’er?” (TN: mama is used to refer to older women)

“Yes, they are indeed!” The old brothel keeper smiled with difficulty, and explained, “These two young men are here for the first time, and likely don’t know that Liu Yan’er is our Xinghe Pavilion’s top courtesan.”

Nie Bufan suddenly realized what was going on and said, “It turns out that her name is Liu Yan’er, where is she? Is she here?”

As he said this, he leaned out and looked around, his gaze sweeping over a beautiful woman who was supported by a maid.

The man stepped forward to block his sight, and said in a nasty voice, “Listen to me, Liu Yan’er is my, Han Songling’s woman, no one can call her!”

Nie Bufan leaned against the table, looked at the young master up and down, and said lightly: “Since she is your woman, why let her stay in the brothel and not take her home directly?”

Han Songling’s expression changed, and angrily said: “Ben Gongzi‘s affairs have nothing to do with you.”

“I don’t care about your affairs either.” Nie Bufan said, “But since lady Liu is the number one courtesan here, then guests are eligible to see her, as long as she allows. Xu Mama, don’t you think so?”

The old brothel keeper hurriedly smiled and said, “Gongzi is extremely right.”

“What right?” Han Songling scolded, “Ben Gongzi has booked her out.” As he said this, he drew a silver banknote from his robes and handed it to the old brothel keeper.

The old brothel keeper accepted it hurriedly, and then said with some embarrassment: “But, it was these two Gongzi who requested to see Liu Yan’er first.”

Han Songling took another silver banknote out of his robes, and then looked at Nie Bufan and Nineteen in a provoking manner.

“Xu mama, this is not right.” Nie Bufan said leisurely, “At least ask lady Liu for her opinion. Since she is Xinghe Pavilion’s top courtesan, naturally she can’t be impressed with a bit of money. If she will go with whomever gave the most money, isn’t it the same as the average and vulgar women?”

“This……” The old brothel keeper was speechless and turned to look at Liu Yan’er.

Liu Yan’er took a few steps forward and gave a slight bow: “What the Gongzi said is extremely true. This slave agreed to see Gongzi first, and naturally I should give priority to this Gongzi.”

Han Songling’s face turned black, grabbing Liu Yan’er’s hand he angrily said: “What did you say?”

“Ai, don’t be so rough, women are for cherishing.” Nie Bufan stepped forward and stood in front of Liu Yan’er.

“Go away!” Han Songling reached out to push Nie Bufan, but Nineteen threw a tea cup over, blocking Han Songling’s movements.

Nie Bufan said again: “This Gongzi, everyone comes to the brothel to find pleasure, why make yourself unhappy for such a minor thing?”

Han Songling stared at him fiercely, then turned to Liu Yan’er and asked, “Are you sure you want to accompany them?”

“Yes.”

“Fine, Ben doesn’t care anymore!” After speaking, he turned around and flicked his sleeves as he left.

This person was quite stupid. He spent so much money and in vain, not even knowing to try and convince the lady more. He should at least have some swindling tricks as back up. Unexpectedly, he left after only a few words, it really left one without a sense of accomplishment. Nie Bufan thought unkindly in his heart.

The old brothel keeper breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: “We have troubled the two Gongzi, we’ll be leaving now and let Liu Yan’er entertain you well.”

When everyone went out, Nie Bufan sighed, “It seems that this brothel won’t work.”

“Won’t work?” Nineteen asked curiously.

Nie Bufan whispered: “You didn’t see that this lady Liu has a paramour, no matter how beautiful she is, it would be unsuitable.”

“What do you want a suitable one for? Don’t you just want to come to the brothel to have a look? You don’t really mean to spend a night with them?”

Without waiting for Nie Bufan to reply, Liu Yan’er over there had already spoken: “These two Gongzi, how about letting this slave play a piece for you first?”

“Fine, please go ahead milady.” Nie Bufan replied with a smile. It was a pity because she was indeed a beauty, with charming eyes, graceful figure, and a voice like a songbird. It was a pity, but seeing her interaction with that Han guy, he knew that there was something going on between the two. Such a lady can’t be introduced to Zhang Third and Li Fourth.

The melodious pipa sounded, but to Nie Bufan, who didn’t know how to appreciate it, it was as good as casting pearls before swine. Nineteen however listened to it with a focused attention, clearly enjoying it.

Nie Bufan was quite bored, and when someone came in to serve tea, he whispered: “Call some more girls in to serve.” After speaking, he inevitably had to give them some tips.

The servant girls left happily. Not long after, four gorgeously dressed girls came in, smiling and sitting beside Nie Bufan and Nineteen.

Nineteen was surprised: “What are you doing?”

Nie Bufan said: “Since we’re here, we ought to get used to it, right?”

With a black face, Nineteen pushed the woman’s hand away, entire body stiff.

Nie Bufan received the attention quite well and hugged two girls to him, one on left and the other on right.

Liu Yan’er, who was playing the pipa over there, shook slightly, almost playing off tune. She probably hadn’t suffered this kind of insult before. Actually asking other women to come in and serve as well despite this being her venue. It was as if she as the top courtesan was completely reduced to a mere song girl.

As the women’s laughter sounded, Liu Yan’er naturally couldn’t play anymore. She stood up abruptly, holding back her anger and said, “Since this slave has finished playing a song, then these two Gongzi please enjoy yourselves.”

Nineteen wanted to call her, but didn’t know how to open her mouth, so she could only glare at Nie Bufan fiercely, gritted her teeth as she said: “Since you don’t like it, why did you snatch her from Han Songling just now?”

“Snatching people is fun.” Nie Bufan said innocently: “It’s a pity that she can only be observed from a distance, and can’t be played with.”

“Play your head!” Nineteen became annoyed, “If you want to play, you can play by yourself, I will go out first.”

“Ai, don’t run around, it’s not safe here.” Nie Bufan finally remembered that she was a girl.

Nineteen did not turn back: “I have martial arts, I am much safer than you!”

Nie Bufan shrugged, and no longer paid her any heed. He lowered his head and smiled as he asked the beauties around him: “What games do you usually play? How about teaching me?”