"It's okay, let's just go in and watch the excitement for a while, and we'll come out right away!"
"All right!"
After Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl nodded in agreement, Yuan Xudong took them into Xiangyun Tower. Along the way, there were carved beams and painted buildings, the singing of warblers, bright red lanterns hanging everywhere, and decorative lanterns.
The bright red silk and satin is filled with a special incense in the air, as well as the fragrance of women's rouge and gouache, mixed with the natural body fragrance of young women. The entire Xiangyun Tower is like a fairyland on earth, a paradise on earth, with many
The drunken guests were disheveled and dissolute, and the young ladies who were accompanying them also had wild eyes, with a flirtatious look in their brows, which made Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl's cheeks blush, which made people's hearts sultry.
Listening to the gasping and lingering sounds coming from the boxes on both sides, Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl followed Yuan Xudong closely. Song Yinzhang gently pulled Yuan Xudong's sleeves, raised his head and glanced at him, and whispered shyly:
"Fan Lang, let's go out."
"It's okay, I'll go out later!"
Before Song Yinzhang could finish her words, Yuan Xudong interrupted her. He imitated the guests who lingered in Xiangyun Tower, held the slightly panting Song Yinzhang in his arms and caressed her:
"Let's go see Zhou She. He almost defrauded you of your daughter's identity. It would be unkind to not avenge him. I'll help you teach him a lesson!"
"Fan Lang!"
Being held in Yuan Xudong's arms and caressing her tenderly, and hearing him mention that she had almost been defrauded of money and sex by Zhou She a few days ago, Song Yinzhang thought it was because Yuan Xudong didn't believe her, so he hurriedly explained:
"Fan Lang, you believe me, I have not been taken advantage of by Zhou She. When I was in the Jiaofang Division, I was either practicing pipa or studying the music scores of everyone in the past. Except for you, no other man has touched me. I
Everything I say is true, you must believe me!"
Looking at Song Yinzhang who was a little nervous, Yuan Xudong said with a smile:
"real?"
"real!"
Looking at Yuan Xudong who was smiling evilly, Song Yinzhang pointed to the sky and swore:
"I can swear to God that everything I, Song Yinzhang, said to Fan Lang is true. If you still don't believe it, you can ask Yin Ping, she knows my affairs best!"
"That's right, Yin Ping knows the lady's affairs best!"
Looking at Yuan Xudong who was holding Song Yinzhang in his arms and caressing him wantonly, the Yinping girl next to him quickly said:
"Sir, when our young lady was still in the Jiaofang Division, she was either practicing pipa or studying music scores. She didn't understand anything about men and women, and that liar Zhou She didn't even have a finger on the young lady.
Met it before!"
Speaking of this, Yin Ping girl paused for a moment, looked up at Yuan Xudong, then quickly lowered her head and said shyly:
"That day, when you bullied our young lady, she didn't know anything, and you taught her!"
"Ha ha!"
Looking at Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl, who had low eyebrows, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but like:
"That's right, I taught her. Your young lady is known as the best pipa master in the south of the Yangtze River. How can she serve others? I should be the one to serve her!"
Speaking of this, Yuan Xudong leaned close to Song Yinzhang's ear and joked:
"I'm going to spend the night at your place tonight. You and that bad girl Yin Ping, I will take good care of you both!"
"Fan Lang!"
Being held in Yuan Xudong's arms and being kneaded, and talking to his ear about interesting things about his daughter's house, Song Yinzhang looked like he was drunk, with a peach-shaped face and starry eyes turning slightly:
"Yinzhang is fragile, please take pity on him!"
"Okay, I will take pity on Yin Zhang!"
Saying that, Yuan Xudong glanced at the Yin Ping girl who had been following him again and said jokingly:
"And girl Yin Ping, I will take pity on you two, master and servant!"
"Thank you Fan Lang!"
"Thank you, sir!"
Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl were both blushing, and they lowered their eyebrows and said.
A moment ago, in a private room in Xiangyun Tower, Zhou She was happily hugging his sweetheart, the young lady. Zhou She's face was red from drinking, just like a braised pig's head, and his face was squinting.
The little lady in Xiangyun Tower smiled and said:
"Mei Niang, you are so beautiful. If I didn't have much money on hand, I would really like to help you redeem yourself and marry you home to be my wife!"
Being held in Zhou She's arms and listening to him say disgusting words that could no longer be fake, the brothel girl known as Mei Niang suppressed her nausea and coaxed him to continue drinking in a charming and enchanting way, smiling with her charming eyes.
:
"Mr. Zhou, why don't you have a drink with me again, okay?"
"Okay, as long as you use a leather cup, I will drink with you!"
Zhou She was not stupid and would not fall for this brothel girl easily. He continued to test:
"Mei Niang, I heard that you have saved a lot of money yourself. How about this? You use all the money to do business, and I will help you double it. All the profits are yours. If you lose, I will help you.
Isn’t that good to keep things under wraps?”
"Official Zhou, where can the slave family have money?"
Hearing that Zhou She really wanted to make money for herself, a trace of contempt flashed in the eyes of the brothel girl known as Mei Niang. Zhou She looked like a human, but her character was so bad. The brothel girl was really
It's just despicable. If you don't have to, who would want to serve men every day?
In brothels, many young and ignorant ladies will be deceived by men with ulterior motives. They will give all the money they earn from selling their bodies to those bad men, and even use their bodies to please them in vain, in order to earn more.
They use money to satisfy the growing appetite of those men. Some young ladies even go to great lengths to receive patrons, just for a vague promise from the other party. When they make money from doing business in the future, after they go to Beijing to obtain fame, etc.
Wait, there are all kinds of excuses, there are always some stupid girls who really believe those false promises that men can never fulfill!
This Zhou She is one of them. Last month, Xiao Cui from Baihualou next door hanged herself. It was this Zhou She who was deceived by him. He said that he wanted to help her redeem her life and marry her as his wife. He also said that he wanted to make her his wife.
It was not enough, and the business was temporarily unable to turn over, so I wanted to ask Xiaocui to borrow some. The Zhou family is a big family in Huating County. Xiaocui didn't even think that Zhou She would defraud him of a brothel girl for this little money, but in the end, Xiaocui was deceived.
She took all the 21 guan of money, including the 7 guan of money lent to her by other sisters, and complained to the county magistrate of Huating, but the county magistrate hit Xiaocui with twenty killing sticks without asking any questions.
Needless to say, the final result was that the county magistrate ruled that Xiaocui had falsely accused a good citizen. Not only did Xiaocui not get his money back, but he was beaten half to death. He also had to pay Zhou She 21 copper coins as compensation.
He was wronged, and no one could make the decision. In addition, he had no money to compensate Zhou She or return it to the sisters. In desperation, he had no choice but to hang himself. His body was hastily collected by Baihualou, but it was just a dead man.
He just married an ordinary brothel girl, not an courtesan, and Baihualou didn't cause any trouble for Zhou She, so the matter was settled here.
But Zhou She's reputation has completely spread among the brothel girls in Huating County. As the saying goes, the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, and everything hurts its own kind. Ordinary people will not care about the life and death of these brothel girls. At most, they will treat it as something to talk about after dinner, or even laugh.
Although they are both lowly people, these brothel girls cherish each other even more. Although they cannot punish Zhou She, they remind each other that no more sisters will fall into the trap of this evil man!
Mei Niang was thinking about this in her mind, and was just about to continue to make Zhou She drink and coax him to spend more money, which could be regarded as helping Xiao Cui vent her grievances. At this moment, the curtain of the box was opened by someone, and a man in Jinyi
The richly dressed master came in with two healthy servants. As soon as he saw Zhou She, he smiled sinisterly and said:
"Hey, isn't this Zhou Daguan?"
"Hey, Boss Xu!"
Seeing his creditor Xu Fugui come to the door, Zhou She's expression changed slightly, he quickly pushed Mei Niang away, stood up from the chair, nodded and bowed and said with a smile:
"Boss Xu, please sit down, please sit down!"
"good!"
Xu Fugui sat down where Zhou She originally sat, glanced at Mei Niang standing next to Zhou She and said with a smile:
"This little lady is pretty good!"
After that, he looked directly at Zhou She, who was standing in front of him with his hands tied, and said with a smile:
"sit!"
"sit?"
After taking a look at Xu Fugui, Zhou She said with an apologetic smile:
"Boss Xu, can I sit down too?"
"sit!"
"Okay, thank you, Boss Xu!"
"You're welcome!"
After taking a look at Zhou She sitting in front of him, Boss Xu said directly:
"Zhou She, when do you plan to pay back the fifteen dollars you owe me?"
When he heard that he wanted to pay back the money, Zhou She immediately excused himself and said:
"Boss Xu, please listen to my explanation. It's not that I don't want to pay you back. It's just that my ship of Nanyang goods hasn't arrived yet. The ship departs from Guangzhou and goes to Hangzhou for shipping, so I can be exempted from paying a full 50% of the shipping fee."
The tax is a full 50%. Except for the old house at home, as well as the few maids and boys, I have paid off all the rest of the family property. If you give me a few more days, I will pay it back as soon as the merchant ship arrives.
you!"
"I bother!"
Hearing that Zhou She still had no money to pay back, Xu Fugui changed his attitude. He looked at Zhou She whose parents were dead and all his relatives and elders were dead, and he said with disdain:
"In Huating County, your Zhou family used to be considered a wealthy family. At that time, not to mention a mere fifteen guan of copper coins, even a hundred and fifty guan coins were nothing. But you kid is unsatisfactory and has no self-awareness. He eats and drinks.
Forget about prostitution and gambling, just follow the example of others and become a maritime merchant. If you want to be a maritime merchant, just be a maritime merchant. If you don’t want to pay shipping tax and you don’t know when you are about to die, you still have the energy to drink flower wine in this Xiangyun Tower.
?”
Before Zhou She could speak, Xu Fugui continued:
"I would like to tell you that just two days ago, the imperial envoy Xiao thoroughly investigated the private sea ban case of Hangzhou Port. Zheng Qingtian, the city envoy of Hangzhou Port and the magistrate of Qiantang County, committed suicide in fear of the crime. Fortunately, the official
Jia Renren did not implicate the Nine Tribes, not even the Yi Tribes. However, all the merchant ships in Hangzhou Port were confiscated, and several businessmen who were trading on the spot were also arrested. In other words, you did not go
Hangzhou Port is keeping an eye on the transaction, so you are lucky, but all the Nanyang goods you imported are gone, and your Zhou family is completely bankrupt.
This news hasn't spread yet. I know that you owe at least 500 guan. You can't afford it at all. I don't care about other people's money. You owe me 15 guan. You must pay me back today, otherwise
If so, I will chop off your fingers one by one and feed them to the dogs. After cutting off the fingers, I will chop off the toes. If you owe me a thousand dollars, I will chop off one of your fingers. If you owe me fifteen dollars, I will chop off ten of your fingers.
Five!"
Saying that, Xu Fugui asked his two servants to press Zhou She on the table, spread his right hand and press it on the table. Xu Fugui took out a sharp steel dagger and stabbed Zhou She's right hand.
He poked quickly with his fingers:
"Tell me, can you pay back the fifteen dollars you owe me today?"
In this brothel, there were many debtors. Even when she saw Xu Fugui taking out a dagger and threatening to chop off Zhou She's fingers, Mei Niang didn't make a fuss and just hid aside.
In fact, in her opinion, this boss Xu was probably bluffing. Even if Zhou She really didn't have the money to pay him back, he wouldn't really chop off Zhou She's fingers, at least not in public, but Zhou She didn't.
Such a coward, when Xu Fugui was frightened, he immediately wailed like a pig about to be killed:
"Boss Xu, it's all a misunderstanding. I will repay the money, and I will definitely repay the money. Boss Xu, it's a misunderstanding. I really don't want to do it. All my shops at home have been mortgaged. I'll do it right away. I'll do it right away. Boss Xu
, have mercy on me!"
Looking at Zhou She who looked like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered, Xu Fugui took a quick look and said with a smile:
"I want to see the money now. Otherwise, you will mortgage your ancestral home to me. I will give you one day to collect the money. After one day, if you still can't pay back the money, your ancestral home will be mine."
Okay, how's it going?"
"What, you want my Zhou family's ancestral home as a mortgage?"
Looking at Xu Fugui, who clearly had evil intentions, Zhou She shook his head and refused:
"No, this is absolutely impossible. It's only been one day. If I can't collect fifteen copper coins, then won't the ancestral home of my Zhou family become your Xu family's?"
Looking at Zhou She who disagreed, Xu Fugui thought he was reluctant to part with his ancestral home. Unexpectedly, Zhou She changed his voice and said:
"Boss Xu, do you think this will work? I will sell my ancestral home to you directly, together with the maids and servants at home. In addition to the fifteen guan of money that I have to pay back to you, can you give me another 15 guan of money?"
?”
"I bother!"
Seeing how easily even his ancestral home could be sold off, Xu Fugui couldn't help but said shamelessly:
"Zhou She, your parents are thankfully dead. If they were still alive, they would definitely be pissed to death by you again. For your ancestral home, I can give you up to twenty guan of money. Do you want it?"
"Only twenty guan?"
Hearing that Xu Fugui was only willing to pay 20 guan, excluding the 15 guan that had to be paid back to him, he could only have a mere 5 guan left, and he couldn't run very far even if he wanted to run away, Zhou She immediately said anxiously:
"Boss Xu, there are several maids and servants at home. If one person is consistent, can you give me another six?"
"I bother!"
Looking at the shameless Zhou She, Xu Fugui cursed:
"No, I have a lot of maids and servants at home, why do I need to buy from your Zhou family?"
Seeing that Xu Fugui couldn't make sense, Zhou She turned his attention to Mei Niang who was standing aside. He said with an apologetic smile on his face:
"Mei Niang, good Mei Niang, I know you have saved a lot of money, so you can lend me all the money. How about I mortgage my ancestral home to you?"
Looking at Zhou She being pinned down on the table like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered, Mei Niang said with a half-smile:
"Official Zhou, my family only has a brothel girl, so what's the use of your ancestral home if I want it? Besides, my family doesn't have thirty guan of money!"
"What a pretty girl, I only need fifteen sticks!"
Looking at the charming Mei Niang, Zhou She said with an apologetic smile:
"If you don't have enough money, you can borrow some from others. My ancestral house is worth twenty or thirty thousand dollars, so you won't suffer any loss!"
An ordinary person might actually be willing to lend Zhou She fifteen guan of money. Just like what he said, his ancestral home is worth twenty or thirty guan of money, and he would definitely not suffer any loss anyway.
But Mei Niang is a brothel girl with a low status, but the Zhou family is a big family in Huating County. There is a huge difference in status between the two. Even if they have the IOU and the land deed in their hands, Zhou She will just bite back and say that Mei Niang deceived him.
, no matter how partial the county magistrate is, the black one can be said to be white, and Mei Niang will end up hanging herself like Xiao Cui.
Fortunately, Mei Niang is not stupid, and she will not take the bait and bite this seemingly tempting bait. Just when Mei Niang is about to say no, a hearty laughter sounds outside the house. Before anyone arrives, the sound is
It has been transmitted in, and it is still ringing in everyone's ears. Mei Niang's eyes were slightly startled, such a clean and clear voice!
"Mr. Zhou, long time no see. How are you doing?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a beautiful young man wearing a gold silk jade crown, brocade clothes, and white jade hanging around his waist. He was tall and tall, with red lips and white teeth, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes. He walked in, holding a bright-eyed girl in his arms.
A beautiful girl with white teeth and beautiful face, followed step by step by a pretty girl in green clothes. When she saw the person coming, Zhou She, who was still pressed on the table, opened her eyes slightly and lost her voice:
"Master Xiao?"
Looking at Zhou She who looked like a pig with three heads, Yuan Xudong took advantage of Xiao's son-in-law's demeanor and said with a smile:
"Mr. Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time. Why are you in such a mess today?"
Looking at Yuan Xudong, who was completely different from when they first met, as well as Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl, who had become more tender and attractive, Zhou She's eyes flashed with a trace of jealousy and greed, but there was a look of apology on his face.
He smiled and said:
"Mr. Xiao, Jianghu is in urgent need of help. Can you lend me fifteen guan of money to help with the turnover?"