When Hong Ling, the madam of Baijiang Tower, saw the three people coming in, she immediately greeted Shangguan Shen and showed an indifferent attitude towards the two regular guests, Su Mingzhe and Lin Jingyuan.
Su Mingzhe and Lin Jingyuan didn't care about the cold reception they received.
After all, who doesn’t have a good father?
Shangguan Shen's father was the Minister of Household Affairs in this dynasty, and among the most powerful figures in this dynasty, he was among the top ten.
Even the arrogant and domineering Prince Ning was careful to win over Shangguan Shen when he met him, and did not dare to say anything arrogant.
Therefore, it is a matter of course that where there is Shangguan Shen, others are ignored.
Not long after.
Under the arrangement of Madam Hongling, the three of them went to the Jade Pavilion in the backyard and sat down.
Su Mingzhe was joking with Lin Jingyuan when he saw the madam Hongling bringing three top girls and eight popular geishas into the house.
Today's banquet recipient is Shangguan Shen, so Su Mingzhe cannot be stingy.
Even though there were only three of them, Su Mingzhe still acted lavishly. Before entering the house, he gave the madam Hongling four hundred taels of silver and asked her to spend it as hard as she could. If it was not enough, he could spend more.
Madam Hongling is also really rude.
The number one girl she brought in for a tea party was twenty taels of silver each. Including night wages, it was definitely more than sixty taels of silver.
In this way, the three top players will cost one hundred and eighty taels of silver in one night.
Eight popular geishas are just playing tea party, each of them is five taels of silver, which is forty taels of silver.
With one or eighty taels of silver left, the madam didn't waste any time, and directly ordered the kitchen to prepare three tables for banquets, and also called a flower girl to accompany the three attendants.
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Watching the geisha playing the flute and dancing gracefully, the three leading figures kept stirring the scene, and the joyful scene in the flower hall never stopped.
When the geishas got tired and began to take a break, Su Mingzhe suggested playing games again.
The games in the brothel are far less elegant than reciting poems and making pairs in movies and TV dramas.
Most of them are small games such as dice throwing, flower drums, and pot throwing.
As the host, Su Mingzhe must be careful not to win too much and make the guests look bad.
Both Lin Jingyuan and Shangguan Shen maintained a certain degree of grace. Even if they won, they did not bully the top geisha.
Seeing that today's guests were so polite and elegant, the ladies naturally served them more attentively.
Play until midfield.
A big teapot ran in and reported:
"Master Shangguan, Miss Qingqing has come out to dance!"
When Shangguan Shen heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up:
"Miss Qingqing's dance is a must-see!"
Everyone followed him to the front hall and saw many guests coming out.
Obviously, these customers are also attracted by the beautiful name of Qingqing girl.
Su Mingzhe wanted to go out with him, but unexpectedly he was pulled away by a geisha:
"Mr. Su, I have something secret that I want to tell you..."
"Tell me something quickly!"
When Su Mingzhe was pulled by the woman, he saw that Shangguan Shen had already gone out. He could only pinch the woman's pretty face and said angrily:
"Girl Zhenzhen, you better have something serious to do, otherwise I will open the bag for you tonight!"
As a geisha, although Miss Zhenzhen sang, danced and played tea with her sisters, she had not yet left the pavilion (overnight). When she heard that Su Mingzhe was about to open a bag for herself, she was so frightened that she begged for mercy:
"If the young master is interested in the slave family, please help redeem his life. The slave family does not want to be exposed in this Baijiang Tower..."
There are two completely different situations for women in brothels to leave the brothel and not to leave the brothel.
If she didn't get married in a brothel, she would be the original one. If she is favored by a rich man, she can redeem herself and become a concubine. In the future, she will give birth to a boy and a half girl, and her life will be changed.
If it's made in a brothel, it's not original.
According to the rules in the brothel, such women will usually be drugged, and even if they are ransomed, they will not be able to have children.
After the age of thirty, when a person becomes old and loses his appearance, and is left alone and helpless, his life is over.
When Miss Zhenzhen heard that Su Mingzhe was about to open a bag for herself in the attic, she was so frightened that she panicked and begged for mercy repeatedly.
"Tell me, girl, what do you want from me?"
Su Mingzhe was just trying to scare her. Seeing that she was timid, he stopped playing.
Seeing that the man relaxed, girl Zhenzhen didn't dare to talk too much, and quickly talked about business:
"Mr. Su, it was my brother who came to me a few days ago and said that my parents were going to sell my sister to marry him. I know Mr. Su's benevolence and righteousness, so I wanted to ask Mr. Su to help me send some gold and silver to my parents to save their lives.
Get off my sister."
"It's a small thing!"
Su Mingzhe asked where Zhenzhen's family lived and agreed.
Miss Zhenzhen thanked her quickly, sneaked back to her residence quietly, put all the broken silver coins she had received from the guests when she and her sisters had a tea party into her purse, and gave them to Su Mingzhe.
Su Mingzhe shook his head and found that he had almost seventy or eighty taels of silver.
Miss Zhenzhen is just playing tea, so she can save so much private money, which is considered good.
The two of them walked hand in hand to the front hall and saw that Miss Qingqing had finished her dance.
Girl Zhenzhen immediately looked at Su Mingzhe with an apologetic look.
If she hadn't delayed the man, Su Mingzhe would definitely not have missed this opportunity.
Su Mingzhe doesn't care:
"It doesn't matter. As long as Miss Qingqing doesn't redeem herself, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
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The next morning.
Su Mingzhe sent Shangguan Shen and Lin Jingyuan away, and then Shi Shiran went home.
As for sending money to Miss Zhenzhen, he didn't need to do it himself.
After he got home, not long after, his book boy Mingyan found Miss Zhenzhen's eldest brother.
"My dear, Wednesday and Thursday, please pay your respects to Mr. Su!"
Wednesday and Thursday are an honest fisherman in his early twenties, his appearance is somewhat similar to that of Zhenzhen girl, and his figure is lean.
When he saw Su Mingzhe, he didn't dare to say anything on Wednesday and Thursday. He kowtowed three times.
In the Yuan Dynasty, ordinary people like Wednesday and Thursday were not even qualified to have names, so they could only use their own birthdays as names.
People like him include Zhu Yuanzhang, whose original name was Zhu Chongba, which means he was born on August 8.
Another example is Chen Youliang, whose original name is Chen Jiusi, which means he was born on September 4th.
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"Brother Zhou, there is no need to be polite. I came to you because of your sister's entrustment!"
Su Mingzhe recounted what he had been entrusted by Zhenzhen, and then gave Zhenzhen's purse intact to Wednesday and Thursday.
Wednesday and Thursday didn’t know if Su Mingzhe had deducted any money, but seeing that Su Mingzhe helped give so much money, he quickly kowtowed a few more times to express his gratitude.
"It's fine now. You should go back first. Remember to help your little sister find a good family and never sell it to a brothel again..."
Su Mingzhe thought of the Zhenzhen girl in the brothel, his heart softened, and he gave a few more instructions:
"I think Brother Zhou has some strength. If life is not going well in the future, you can find a job at our Su's horse and carriage shop, just mention my name!"
"Thank you Mr. Su for your appreciation!"
Wednesday and Thursday were indeed an honest man. Before leaving, he bowed politely before resigning and leaving.