Transmigrating into a Turbulent Era as a Soldier, Starting with Marrying a Wife

#162 - Chapter 162 Li Lang Changing Clothes

Li Yuan felt relieved upon hearing that this Young Master Shen was a student of the Left Chancellor.

Li Yuan knew this Left Chancellor all too well.

Sending a demonic monk to assassinate the Dragon Marquis, distorting the truth at Desheng Gate, and making things difficult for the Dragon骧 Army with the number of heads – these events were still vivid in his mind.

His prized student was probably no better.

Just then,

the young marquis behind him sighed and said,

"What a pity, I really wanted to taste that Immortal Brew."

"To dare sell it for fifty strings of cash, is it really brewed from gold?"

Li Yuan chuckled and comforted him,

"Don't worry, today I'll let you taste that Immortal Brew."

This surprised the young marquis.

However, he took it as just Li Yuan's way of comforting him.

Li Yuan then asked the young marquis,

"What kind of place is this Drunken Flower Pavilion that Young Master Shen mentioned?"

Upon hearing this, the young marquis immediately beamed.

"Qingyuan Count, you've come to the right person to ask."

"This Drunken Flower Pavilion is the most elegant brothel in our Upper Capital."

"Not only are the girls inside very beautiful,"

"but their skills in chess, music, calligraphy, painting, singing, and dancing are all superb."

"It's also a favorite haunt of those pedantic scholars."

The young marquis's eyes darted around, and he suddenly said to Li Yuan,

"That's right, Big Brother Li."

"This Drunken Flower Pavilion isn't owned by the Shen family, he can go, so naturally we can too."

"This is your first time in Upper Capital, the romantic scenery of the pleasure quarters here is probably not common in the Northern Lands."

"If you're free tonight, I'll accompany you to stroll around this Drunken Flower Pavilion."

"Let's see what Shen Moxuan is up to."

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and didn't refuse the young marquis's kindness.

He was also very curious about the entertainment venues of the Great Liang Dynasty.

Since he had come to Upper Capital, he really wanted to see it for himself, so he nodded and said,

"It's good to take a look."

After finishing lunch at the restaurant, Li Yuan bid farewell to the young marquis.

They agreed that in the evening, the young marquis would come to Gan Jing Lane to pick up Li Yuan and go to the Drunken Flower Pavilion together.

After Li Yuan's investigation in the morning,

the biggest gain of this trip was discovering that the wine he brewed

had actually been replaced by someone else under a different name and packaging, and was being sold at a high price in Upper Capital.

"Heavenly Fragrance Brew, Immortal Brew, no matter who did it, they have a lot of nerve."

Li Yuan would definitely investigate this matter thoroughly first.

At least he had to find the mastermind behind it.

However, he didn't plan to investigate it himself, after all, he still had a group of Suspended Saber Guards at his disposal.

This job was most suitable for them.

After being idle for so many days, he also needed to find something for them to do.

And Li Yuan himself decided to relax properly today.

What he had to do was first go back to his small courtyard to change clothes.

In the morning, he only wanted to investigate the wine shops in Upper Capital, so Li Yuan was only wearing ordinary clothes.

He had an appointment with the young marquis to go to the Drunken Flower Pavilion in the evening.

Li Yuan felt that he had to change into a more exquisite robe.

After all, places like the Drunken Flower Pavilion, which were dens of extravagance, judged people by their clothes.

Li Yuan turned around and found that it was Bai Yuxuan and Wu Ling who had come in.

Li Yuan was a little curious as to how these two had gotten together.

Looking at the way they were talking and laughing, they seemed to be very close.

Li Yuan didn't understand the friendship between women.

Perhaps it was because they were both his concubines that they sympathized with each other.

However, Li Yuan immediately thought of the matter at hand.

Now that Wu Ling was back, he happened to have something for her to do.

So Li Yuan called out to her.

"Miss Wu, come over here for a moment."

When Wu Ling heard Li Yuan calling her, her face flushed first.

Then she hurried over to ask.

"Li Lang, do you have something to ask me to do?"

Until now, she had not fully adapted to the change in her identity.

She didn't know what Li Yuan was calling her to do?

Li Yuan didn't think much about it.

He asked Wu Ling to sit down first, and then told Wu Ling about his investigation of the wine prices in Upper Capital today, but found that the wine brewed by his own winery had already been replaced with other people's packaging and sold at a high price in Upper Capital.

As the flag leader of the Suspended Saber Guard, Wu Ling naturally understood the purpose of Li Yuan telling her.

So she asked softly.

"Does Li Lang want me to investigate who is selling wine with replaced bottles?"

Li Yuan nodded and said.

"That's right, this wine is an important source of wealth for my Li family."

"It must not be touched by others."

"Miss Wu comes from the Suspended Saber Guard, so I think it's not difficult to investigate this matter."

Wu Ling smiled confidently, puffed out her chest, and said to Li Yuan.

"Li Lang, don't worry, leave this little thing to me."

"My Suspended Saber Guard brothers have nothing to do."

"It won't take a few days to find out the result."

Li Yuan nodded, then whispered to Wu Ling.

"If you have time, send someone to the outskirts of Upper Capital to explore the Miaoxi Temple of the monk Jingxu."

"He confessed that he was a member of the Red Lotus Sect, maybe there will be some information in his temple."

Wu Ling hurriedly nodded in agreement.

After explaining the matter here, Li Yuan called Bai Yuxuan over again.

He told Bai Yuxuan about the appointment with the young marquis to go to the Drunken Flower Pavilion in the evening.

In this era, it was not something to be avoided for men to visit brothels.

After all, whether it was literati or wealthy merchants, they were all frequent visitors to the pleasure quarters.

When Bai Yuxuan heard that Li Yuan wanted to go to the Drunken Flower Pavilion, she covered her mouth and smiled.

"It's good for Xiang Gong to come to this Upper Capital to see it, so as not to feel like a cat is scratching in your heart."

"It's just that Li Lang, this robe is not very suitable."

"If you want to go, you have to change into something more gorgeous."

"So as not to be looked down upon by those outsiders."

However, the fitting gorgeous robe made Li Yuan embarrassed.

In the Great Liang of this era, ordinary clothes could be bought in ready-to-wear shops.

But robes with better materials were usually tailored.

It was rare to find a fitting one in a ready-to-wear shop.

This made both of them clueless.

Suddenly, Bai Yuxuan's eyes lit up and she said to Li Yuan.

"Li Lang, I have another way."

Li Yuan hurriedly asked.

"What is the way?"

Bai Yuxuan said.

"My sister often disguises herself as a man on weekdays."

"Her height is not much different from Li Lang, maybe Li Lang can use her men's robes."

Hearing this, Li Yuan suddenly became enlightened.

So the two returned to the Dragon Marquis Mansion.

At this time, the female marquis Bai Jing had just returned from the military camp.

She had been busy with a lot of things today.

First, she sent a letter to Wu Ling's father, Wu Du, to clarify the matter of Wu Ling being betrothed to Qingyuan Count Li Yuan as a concubine.

Then, at the Dragon骧 Army's garrison, she counted the soldiers and issued a military salary and reward money.

She had been busy until now before returning to the mansion.

She heard that Li Yuan wanted to borrow a decent robe to go to the Drunken Flower Pavilion in the evening.

The female marquis became interested.

Because on weekdays, Li Yuan mostly wore military uniforms.

The Dragon Marquis had really never seen what Li Yuan looked like in other clothes.

She immediately ordered the servants to move all of her large boxes over.

Opening it up, the female marquis really had a lot of men's clothing, and the styles and colors were complete.

In addition to robes, there were even accessories such as men's belts and jade pendants.

Bai Jing had probably disguised herself as a man many times.

She also had some experience in how to match the men's clothing of the Great Liang era.

So the two sisters had Li Yuan stand still.

The two of them changed his clothes for him.

Under the coordination of the Bai sisters.

Li Yuan changed into a water-blue brocade robe on his upper body, and cyan-gray silk trousers on his lower body.

The inner lining was a moon-white silk shirt.

A black-green gold-embroidered belt was placed around his waist, and a pair of black brocade short boots were worn on his feet.

His long hair was tied up with a jade hairpin.

A folding fan with calligraphy and paintings by famous artists was in his arms, and a mutton-fat white jade pendant was hung on his waist.

A light blue gauze cloak was draped over his outer body.

Once this robe was changed, Li Yuan's temperament immediately changed.

From a valiant warrior, he instantly became an extremely handsome and elegant young master.

The female marquis and Bai Yuxuan were both fascinated by the sight.