That day, after seeing off Huang Chen, Chu Xun, and Ding Shutian on their journey home, Zhao Jing and De'an went with Chen Wanqing to the Xie Family estate early in the morning.
The Xie Family estate was located in Yanghua Square in the Prefecture.
It was named Yanghua Square not because the area was full of brothels, but because it used to be filled with poplar trees.
Every spring, the poplar catkins would drift down and cover the entire city, turning the whole Prefecture white as snow.
Because they were too much of a nuisance to the residents' daily lives, these poplar trees were all cut down after Mr. Sheng took office as Magistrate, and tall phoenix trees were planted in their place.
However, the name Yanghua Street remained, though rumor had it that it would be changed soon. This was because the name often brought to mind an idiom for being 'fickle and loose,' which severely damaged the reputation its residents had in the eyes of others.
