Chunfeng Tower is the largest flower tower in Chang'an, with music and music going on day and night. At dusk, the building is filled with young people as usual, calling friends to change cups and drink. At night, when the wine is in full swing, I suddenly hear several "bang bang bang" sounds.
A group of military men appeared outside the building, dressed in the military uniforms of Qin officers and soldiers, and filed in with muskets in hand.
The old bustard was startled and rushed to greet him with a smile on his face: "All the military masters are here~~"
The leader smiled and said, "Here we come."
The old madam's heart was beating even harder: "I wonder what kind of girl you military masters want?"
The leader looked around the lobby for a few times and said, "Do you have any free girls here?"
The old bustard smiled and said: "The military masters have worked so hard to defend the country and guard the border. If you don't have one, you have to pull two for the military master, right?"
The leader said: "That's not necessary. We are not here to look for fans and drink."
"May I ask Master Jun what this is?"
The leader glanced at the soldiers beside him. The soldiers swung their muskets and fired a shot at the roof. The fans in the room were shocked and screamed in unison. The leader said with a smile: "We are here to kidnap people."
The old madam was stunned. "Master Jun, we are a brothel here!"
"I know." The leader said, "But your guests are all uncles." Nai shouted, "If you don't want to die, we will capture you without mercy!"
"Bang bang bang bang bang..." The soldier raised his gun and shot randomly at the beams, and then shouted: "If you don't want to die, quickly surrender and capture!"
There was a chaos in the building. A customer poured hot wine, rolled up his sleeves and jumped off the railing, shouting: "I'm afraid of you..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a scolding voice, as loud as gold and stone: "Zhang Daguan, please don't be reckless! Listen to them!" I saw Shi Meimei girl walking out quickly and standing straight in front of the guest, looking like a wasp-waisted ape.
The back of the crane is in the shape of a mantis.
The guest reached out to pull her away: "Miss Mei, please get out of the way, this is a man's job!"
Girl Mei smiled sweetly: "This is a brothel, and a brothel is a woman's territory."
Her appearance was ordinary, not comparable to the beauties in the building. But her smile just now was bright and vivid, which made the leader's heart skip a beat. He put his hands behind his back and smiled: "Miss Mei is indeed well-deserved."
Girl Mei greeted him gracefully and said, "Bi Daguan is a nice person."
The leader raised his eyebrows: "Do you recognize me?"
Miss Mei said: "The portrait of Mr. Bi is posted opposite our building."
The leader nodded: "I have a good memory. It's no wonder that I can be the oiran with talent. Yes, I am the wanted criminal Bida posted outside."
Miss Mei said: "Although I don't know what official Bi wants to do, since he wants to kidnap someone, he must have a plan. Just now, the official said, you want the uncle in this building."
"good."
The girl with brows smiled brightly: "The slaves and others are just pink-headed toys, not worth half a penny. And women are timid, meddlesome and talkative, and their screams when frightened are not pleasant. Senior officials, please listen to this -"
At that time, there was chaos in the building. Fans were screaming and crying one after another, and there was a chaos. Miss Mei continued, "When a high official does such a big thing, his subordinates must be cautious and prudent, and they must not be confused or make any mistakes. This is full of
The green lapel and red sleeves of the building are dangling in front of my eyes. If there is any accident, it will not be good for the officials to get down to business. It is better to let the sisters of the slave family go. The slave family does not look outstanding, so there is no problem in keeping them; our mother is old
Now that you are old, how about you stay and serve all the military masters?"
Official Bi looked at her for a long time in surprise and said, "I, Bi, have been in Chang'an for several years, but I have never come to see a woman like you. It's a pity."
The eyebrow girl smiled: "Isn't this obvious?"
Official Bi thought for a moment, looked at Miss Mei a few more times, and nodded generously: "Okay. You and the Madam will stay, and the girl next to you will leave first."
Miss Mei bowed gracefully: "Thank you so much, sir."
The old bustard had already broken out in cold sweats several times. Just now he saw Miss Mei negotiating with the kidnappers in a serious manner, and she was a little stunned. Miss Mei glanced at her. She quickly followed and bowed: "Thank you, high official."
Official Bi said with a smile: "The old bustard has a good eye, and he really knows how to pick people."
Miss Mei bowed again and said, "Thank you, the official, for your compliment." Bi, the official, laughed.
The official Zhang who had just jumped down from the building was already awake. He took a deep look at Miss Mei, cupped his fists and said, "Miss Mei, my surname is Zhang will follow you today. If you need anything, just give me your orders."
Miss Mei hurriedly turned around and bowed: "Thank you so much, Mr. Zhang. The most urgent task now is to ask all the gentlemen not to dig into the ice for fire or to cook in the sand. Mr. Bi has firearms in his hands. Even if the gentlemen's martial arts skills are as high as the sky, it will not matter."
Opponent, the most important thing is to save the lives of the guest officers. If there are lives, how will our building be able to do business in the future?"
Zhang Daguan praised: "Miss Mei is so big-hearted, she is still thinking about future business."
Girl Mei said seriously: "All big things will eventually come to an end, right? We still have to live our lives, and we still have to do business. Is it easy for an ordinary kiln to become famous? Look outside, the whole street is full of warblers."
Yanyan, there are many and powerful companions, this bowl of rice is not delicious."
Official Bi couldn't help stroking his hands: "This is the first time I've seen such a generous fan."
The soldiers then went from house to house with guns to search people. Miss Mei accompanied them, persuading the guests to surrender and sending the fans downstairs. The old madam did not disturb the guests, but arranged for the girls to gather outside.
He walked out to the verandah quietly. Soon, the hall downstairs was filled with male guests.
Bi Daguan stood on a table, raised his legs and kicked the cups and pots on top, and said loudly: "My friends, I'm sorry. I'm going to tie a ticket today, and you are all hostages. In fact, I am not a bad person.
, I just want to talk to our prince."
The crowd was in an uproar. Someone said tremblingly: "General, just go and discuss with the prince. What does it have to do with us?"
Official Bi sighed: "You can see the prince easily. If I don't make some noise, I won't be able to get close to the stone lion in front of the palace."
As soon as everyone started talking, they heard the girl with eyebrows say with a crisp laugh: "In that case... Sir, have you ever used silver notes?"
Official Bi raised his eyebrows and said, "Why did Miss Mei say this?"
Miss Mei said: "There are no silver notes in the world. It was the bankers who created silver notes to facilitate the traveling merchants, fearing that it would be inconvenient for them to travel with large amounts of money. There are many types of silver notes. One thousand taels each.
A banknote is one thousand taels, two five hundred taels is one thousand taels, ten one hundred taels is one thousand taels, one hundred taels is still one thousand taels. They are all the same. Why not exchange one hundred taels for one thousand taels
If it’s a thousand taels per piece, it’s cheaper to carry it with you?”
Official Bi looked at her in astonishment, and after a while he said, "What a clever girl! What a powerful mouth."
The guests were confused and whispered among themselves: "What did Miss Mei say?"
A man who looked like a businessman in his forties emerged from the crowd and said: "Miss Mei, after today's business, how about you come to my house and be the shopkeeper? I'll ask you to be the shopkeeper of the seafood store! You are really unqualified to be a fan."
As soon as he finished speaking, another person dressed as a Confucian scholar came forward and said, "Miss Mei, I am the officer of the Office of the Federation of China in Qin. Are you willing to come to the Federation as an official? A girl like this can be admitted to the Ministry of Etiquette."
Girl Mei Mei's eyes flashed: "Ministry of Rites? Your regent uses a pink head as an official of the Ministry of Rites? Aren't you afraid of making the world laugh?"
The Confucian scholar said: "Our federal government only looks for talents, regardless of birth status. Madam Luo Tainiang, a doctor in the household department, used to be an old bustard." There was a noise among the people.
Girl Mei said: "Luo Tainiang's famous slave family has heard about it. Thank you for your special envoy, Mr. Qingyan, I haven't thought about changing my career at the moment."
The Confucian scholar said: "If you want to be an official and show off your talents on a larger platform, just come and tell me. I'll be waiting for you anytime."
Miss Mei smiled and nodded, looking at Bi Daguan with a smile. Bi Daguan put his arms behind his back and said, "How many thousand notes can your Qin country get?"
Girl Mei said: "How many do you want, the official? The government is coming soon, so you just have to go. The official's coming here today must not be without purpose. If you have something to say, tell it to an important person."
Sai Guo said it to a thousand idle people. Although our Qin State is not located in the Central Plains, there are still a few high-ranking officials with integrity and responsibility."
Official Bi hummed, "Really? What if I want your prince?"
Miss Mei said: "Why do you have to come up with such a dead question? What about our Marquis Ping'an? How about my uncle Guo?"
Bi Daguan laughed and said: "Am I not stupid? If you want to kill them, your prince will be eager for me to break up the vote. It is better to kill Zhu Wei."
The eyebrow girl immediately beamed: "Excellent! Count him in. I'll add a few more for you, how about Ding Bozhang, the imperial censor? And Ling Lelan, the official, Cao Lang. Well... Tingwei Guo Xin, all commanding envoy He
Yun, General Ou Cheng, the military officer in charge of the army, is highly trusted by our prince. Then we will choose a father-in-law from among the prince’s personal servants. That’s almost it.”
Official Bi clapped his hands and sighed: "Your prince should really let the girl become an official."
Someone down below understood what Miss Mei meant, and there were a lot of "Oh!" "It turns out that Miss Mei wants these adults to replace us!"
Everyone counted on their fingers, and if they followed what Miss Mei said, Qin must have made a loss-making deal. Although Liu Feng had resigned, there were still people in the court who supported him, and the leader was Ding Bozhang. The old ministers who opposed Liu Feng,
The leader is Le Lan's father, the old scholar Le. Zhu Wei was not prominent in the imperial court before, but now he is investigating the case of Fuyuntang. Guo Xin is the lone minister of the King of Qin, and He Yun and Ou Cheng are the leaders of the military commanders. If we add more
A chamberlain father-in-law was the most reluctant person in the entire Qin Kingdom to let go of King Qin.
Someone shouted: "Miss Mei, the prince will not agree."
Another person said: "These are only a thousand taels, they are tens of thousands taels." Everyone was immediately discouraged: To put it bluntly, there are just a bunch of dandy men in the building, how can it be worth exchanging them with court officials?
Bi Daguan thought for a while and said: "Miss Mei, let me consider this idea." Miss Mei smiled and bowed.
The fans who went out first had already gone to the Yamen to report the crime. At this moment, someone rushed over to shout outside. Officers and soldiers surrounded the Chunfeng Tower, with guns and artillery stacking on top of each other. The crescent moon on the top of the building was like a hook, and suddenly, it was flying.
Out comes a pigeon.
I saw a kidnapper walking out of the gate of Chunfeng Tower, raising his hands to the Qin army: "I never brought a weapon with me."
There was a general in front of the Qin army. It looked like this man did not look like a bandit. Regardless of his body shape and demeanor, he was clearly an elite soldier. He ordered his subordinates to say: "Let him come closer."
The kidnapper strode up to the general's horse, cupped his fists and said, "We senior officials have a few words, please tell the general to the King of Qin."
The general looked at him a few times and said, "Soldier, please speak."
"The senior official said that he lost this time, but the prince did not win. Everyone in the world is the same. People who are greedy may not be good officials, and people who are honest may not be loyal. If you don't believe it, please send me tomorrow.
A few trustworthy people will go with us senior officials to let the prince watch the fun. Since we senior officials have lost, we will leave Qin. But there are a few important people in the hands of the prince. These people are very important to the prince.
It's nothing to me, but we senior officials are reluctant to leave it behind. The people in Chunfeng Tower don't have any official positions. I'm afraid they are in every household in Chang'an. We senior officials don't know how much they are worth. How many people can we exchange them for?
People... are probably worth replacing."
The general nodded and said: "Bida wants to exchange these guests and the government for your people. But what about the prisoners in prison?"
"That's right." The kidnapper said, "It's really troublesome to break out of jail. Besides, if there are people under the prince who are truly dedicated to serving the people and not afraid of taking risks, as long as they are of sufficient weight, we, the officials, feel that we will not suffer any loss, and we can exchange them for hostages.
After the change is over, we, the senior officials, will take them to see the scenery tomorrow, and the prince will certainly be well off."
The general thought: "Let us send high officials from the DPRK to replace the hostages inside?"
"That's right." The kidnapper said with a smile, "Our senior officials have said that we need one civil servant, one military officer, one father-in-law, one relative of the prince, and Mr. Zhu Tong, a total of five. If you want to change, please hurry up. After the fourth watch,
We senior officials are going to bed today, so we won't change." He cupped his hands, turned around and left without waiting for the general's reply.
The general meditated for a long time, and then ordered his men: "Stay safe, I will go to the palace to report to the prince." Then he turned his horse's head and left.
When the general arrived, a room full of people had gathered in the palace. He then told the kidnapper exactly what he said. After hearing this, everyone looked at Zhu Tong. Zhu Tong immediately said: "Then go quickly.
Change it."
Mr. Cui said: "Mr. Zhu, you can't show off your authority in this kind of thing."
Zhu Tong smiled bitterly and said: "It would be fine if it were somewhere else. But in Chang'an... Chunfeng Tower is the largest kiln in the city. There are all kinds of guests, farmers, industrialists and merchants, and their residences are spread all over the city from east to west, north to south. At the moment, the people don't know what happened.
By tomorrow, it will be clear which family has children who have been taken hostage. As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of ropes for ten years. Sir, please don't forget that Chang'an City was once kidnapped and the ticket was torn.
"The common people are bound to be frightened, and when frightened they are prone to trouble." The ministers then discussed for a while.
Mr. Cui thought to himself, "It makes sense." Then he looked at him and said, "I have specifically asked for Mr. Zhu."
Zhu Tong smiled and said: "Since you have pointed me out, what do I have to worry about? Anyway, I am number one."
Mr. Cui smiled and said: "Okay, okay. In that case -" he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, how about you count me as the number one minister? The minister took the 'one penny' first."
Before he finished speaking, Le Lan's father, Old Scholar Le, stood up and said: "Mr. Cui is not an official in the court, so the 'one penny' will be given to me."
Mr. Cui and Zhu Tong said in unison: "How can I let you, the old man, be a hostage? How old are you? Not to mention it's cold now."
Ding Bozhang, the imperial censor, said: "The boss has retired to the forest and has no official position. It's better to go down to the official position." Then he started arguing with the old bachelor Le. Before the King of Qin had time to interrupt, he burst into tears: "Why?"
In order not to frighten the people, the ministers of the lonely king rushed to the kidnappers to serve as hostages!
After a while, a nun came from the side of the Queen Mother. She saluted the King of Qin and said, "The Queen Mother said that Mr. Yu Er's Qing Dynasty was trying to persuade him to become a hostage in exchange for the people of Chang'an. That man's eloquence is very good, and he must be
I can persuade my uncle."
Before he finished speaking, someone laughed and said: "No! I'm going!" When everyone took a look, a young man wearing a pine-colored python robe stood up with a smile, "Brother, I am your relative, right?"
King Qin choked with sobs: "Yes."
This man walked up to King Qin, patted his shoulder and said loudly: "I'll go. You don't need to owe your uncle any favors. Otherwise, he will become more and more reckless in the future, and you won't be able to do anything about it."
The grandma suddenly blushed and shouted: "Bold, who are you? You dare to touch the prince."
The young man smiled, pointed at his nose and said, "My surname is Situ."