The two of them went out and went downstairs. There was no one in the hall anymore. Several nurses were sitting in the corner and dozing off. Li Youyuan was not there for a long time. An old bustard was in charge of seeing off guests and was dozing off at the moment. When he saw the two of them coming down,
Too lazy to get up, he just smiled and said perfunctorily: "You two gentlemen, are you satisfied with your play? You are welcome to come again next time."
Lin Jue nodded and laughed, and walked towards the door with Bai Bing. The old madam didn't see him off either, closed his eyes and dozed off again. Lin Jue and Bai Bing walked a few steps, turned around, and walked from the shadows on the side of the patio.
Disappeared, and a moment later appeared in the passage leading to the backyard from the side of the building.
Wanhua Building and Qunfang Pavilion are very large, and the two buildings occupy a block back to back. Wanhua Building faces Zhonghe Heng Street in the south, and Qunfang Pavilion faces the main street in the north. Although they are two brothels, they are actually two brothels.
And the relationship of one. The backyards of the two brothels are connected together, and the buildings are connected to each other. In fact, they are one family.
The backyard shared by the two buildings is actually the logistics base for the two brothels. There are several kitchens here, which prepare wine, vegetables, fruits, hot water and other necessary things for the two brothels day and night. At any time, as long as there is food in the building
When there are guests, there is no quiet time in the backyard.
When Lin Jue and Bai Bing were walking on the road leading to the backyard, they met from time to time a maid carrying a wine bottle and a food box, which were delivered to the front building. However,
, these people Lin Jue and Bai Bing don't have to dodge, they are all handymen, and they probably don't care about other people's business. They have to work in the middle of the night, and they are already tired and their eyelids are heavy. How can they have the energy to see if these two people are on the street?
People in the house.
Soon after, Lin Jue and Bai Bing arrived at the door of the backyard. Lin Jue was anxious about what Xiao Yanhong said, saying that there was a vicious dog guarding the backyard. But after looking around, there was no vicious dog. Instead, he saw two guards holding the door.
They were leaning in the shadows with their arms folded and chatting. If they hadn't walked under the light from time to time and looked around, they wouldn't have noticed it.
Lin Jue understood. The vicious dog that Xiao Yanhong was talking about was the two guards in the building. After discussing with Bai Bing in a low voice, the two decided not to cause trouble and seize the time to go into the yard to find someone.
Okay. So the two of them walked through the flower tree path and went around to the side of the wall. Bai Bing jumped on the top of the wall and helped Lin Jue climb up. The two of them jumped into the yard and jumped under the wall. They were safe and didn't disturb anyone.
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But when they entered the yard, the two of them were a little dumbfounded. In the middle of the huge yard, there were brightly lit lights in front of several rows of houses. Servants were coming and going, the house was noisy, pots and pans were rattling, and steam was steaming. These were several supply places.
The brothel's kitchen was running all night.
In addition, there are many small houses scattered in the corners around the yard, all with lights on and people looming. How can you find people in this situation?
No matter what, Lin Jue and Bai Bing bravely walked to a nearby small house. Xiao Yanhong was talking about the backyard firewood shed. Since it was a firewood shed, it must be in a corner, so they had to try their luck.
However, after passing several huts, they were not firewood sheds, but the residences of servants who worked in the yard. Lin Jue and Bai Bing were very discouraged, and could not go about openly and openly, so they had to take a circuitous route among the grass, flowers and trees.
Okay, visit everywhere.
When they walked to the foot of the east wall, suddenly the sound of voices coming from a small house in front caught their attention. It seemed that someone was yelling something loudly. The two people hurriedly approached quietly and listened carefully, but it turned out to be a woman.
People were yelling and cursing.
"Get up, are you pretending to be dead? Everyone is so busy that their butts are smoking. It would be better for you two to lie here and take a good nap. If you don't get up and wash the dishes, who are you counting on? Can't you ask me to help you wash the dishes? No.
Clean the dishes and the food and wine in the building cannot be served. If the blame comes from above, will everyone be scolded? Get up, get up."
"Aunt Zhang, my sister has a bad cough. Don't disturb her. I'm just going to wash the dishes. Please be kind to Aunt Zhang. Can you please make some ginger soup for my sister to take a few sips to relieve the cold? Is that okay?
"A woman begged hoarsely.
"What? You still have to make ginger soup for her to drink? Do you still think you are the oiran of Qunfang Pavilion of Wanhua Tower? At that time, you were high and mighty. This was not what you wanted and that was not what you wanted. You were very tormenting people. One time you wanted to
When I was eating preserved egg soup, I cooked it and brought it to me. It was a little cold, so I was slapped on my face with the soup and bowl. Did you feel sorry for us at that time? Gu Panpan, get up and wash the dishes for me.
You deserve to be where you are today, that's all retribution. Don't pretend to be dead and get up, otherwise I will take action. The Qian family and the Li family have made it clear that as long as you don't do anything, you can beat or scold them as long as you want.
"The woman yelled and cursed loudly.
Lin Jue and Bai Bing were surprised and happy. They were happy that they should have found Gu Panpan and Chu Xiangxiang. They were surprised that these two leading courtesans were reduced to washing dishes in the kitchen, but they didn't know what happened.
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"Aunt Zhang, please do well. My sister has a severe fever and cough. She needs to rest or she will die. Please," Chu Xiangxiang begged.
"Sister, don't beg her. This old thing is eager to torture us. Cough cough! Cough cough! Even if I die today, I won't beg her. I can still hold on. I'll go... Cough cough, I'll wash the dishes.
Go. Sister, cough, don’t beg her." An extremely hoarse voice said. Lin Jue was startled when he heard this voice. Once upon a time, Gu Panpan’s voice was so clear and melodious, but now it sounded like a broken bowl.
The gong is so unpleasant to hear.
"Hey, Miss Gu, are you still showing off your bad temper? Are you still unwilling to bow your head at this time? If you didn't insist on pretending to be a chaste and fierce woman, how could you have reached this point? Hehe, I am very happy, asking you to treat us before
Being mean, in my hands, you will lose three layers of skin even if you don't die. Who among the people in the kitchen would not like to see you suffer? Even if you die, no one will shed a tear. Since you are so stubborn, why don't you give it to me?
Get up and go to work." The woman taunted loudly.
Gu Panpan gasped: "Don't worry, I, Gu Panpan, don't want you to take pity on me. I'm not afraid of you torturing me. At worst, I'll die. Don't even think about asking me to bow my head."
Chu Xiangxiang shouted: "Sister, don't be like this, your body is really too weak. I will go find my boss tomorrow. I will obey him in everything. I want to save you."
"Sister, you must not do this. Ahem, although you and I are in the world, we are not that lowly. If we agree to them, what is the difference from death? Sister,
You must not go, or I will crash to death in front of you." Gu Panpan shouted.
Chu Xiangxiang began to cry bitterly. The woman shouted impatiently: "If you don't come to work within one stick of incense, I will bring a whip. I want you to know that I also have a temper, but you are not the only one."
I used to have a temper. Huh!"
Bang! There was a sound, the sound of the wooden door slamming, and the sound of footsteps. A fat woman walked away quickly, swearing and swearing as she walked. Lin Jue frowned and stepped out. , walked around to the hut. A broken wooden door swayed, and an oil lamp swayed dimly inside. When the wooden door was opened and closed, it could be seen that among the messy firewood pile inside, a quilt was spread messily on the ground, and two Two women were leaning on each other, holding their heads and crying.
"You go in. I'll watch people." Bai Bing whispered.
Lin Jue nodded, pushed the wooden door gently and walked in. The wooden door made a creaking sound, which was very harsh in the quiet night.
"We already said we would do the work, so why are we here? If you want to find a reason to torture us, just come, I'm not afraid..." Chu Xiangxiang thought it was Aunt Zhang who was leaving and coming back, so she raised her head and yelled angrily, but suddenly The words stopped suddenly. She found a strange man standing at the door with pity in his eyes.
"Who are you?" Chu Xiangxiang shouted.
"Ahem! Ahem!" Gu Panpan coughed violently and looked up. When he saw their faces, Lin Jue was shocked. What kind of faces were they? Two people who were once as beautiful as jade. The beauty is like two ghosts at this moment. Her face is thin, her eyes are sunken, her hair is yellow, and her appearance is as scary as a ghost.
"Miss Chu, Miss Gu, how did you end up in this situation?" Lin Jue said softly.
"Are you..." Chu Xiangxiang asked doubtfully. Gu Panpan also raised his head and looked at Lin Jue in surprise. They all recognized that the voice seemed very familiar, but they couldn't remember who it was for the moment.
Lin Jue turned around, and when he turned back again, his true face had been revealed.
"Lin... Mr. Lin?" Chu Xiangxiang and Gu Panpan exclaimed in surprise.
Lin Jue approached slowly and said softly: "It's me, I'm Lin Jue."
Chu Xiangxiang and Gu Panpan were stunned and speechless. Suddenly, Gu Panpan covered her face with her hands and shouted: "Go away, go away, don't come over, don't come over."
Lin Jue stopped in shock and frowned: "Miss Gu, what's wrong with you? I'm Lin Jue. You don't recognize me anymore?"
Gu Panpan covered her face and trembled, shouting: "I don't know you, go away, go away quickly."
Lin Jue frowned in confusion, Chu Xiangxiang stood up slowly, saluted Lin Jue, and said softly: "Master Lin, don't be offended. Sister Panpan doesn't want him to see her current appearance. My sister... her appearance has been ruined. Hey, I'm afraid you didn't expect that my sisters would end up like today."
Lin Jue suddenly realized that Gu Panpan was arrogant and arrogant. She was so prosperous in the past, but now she has fallen into such abjection, and she refused to show her old friend this face. Chu Xiangxiang said that her appearance was disfigured, so she refused to see her old friend even more.
"Sister, tell him to leave, we...cough cough cough. We don't need others to pity us. Cough cough cough, tell him to leave." Gu Panpan shouted.
Lin Jue sighed and walked forward, squatting down. He stretched out his hand to caress Gu Panpan's shoulder and said softly: "Miss Gu, calm down, calm down..."
Gu Panpan's body trembled and she shrank to avoid Lin Jue's hand. Lin Jue retracted his hand, turned to Chu Xiangxiang and asked: "Miss Chu, what happened? How did you end up in this situation?"
Chu Xiangxiang's thin face was unusually calm, and he simply said: "There is nothing to say, my sisters have a bad fate. We are rootless people, and what happened today is just fate. But Mr. Lin, why are you here? Are you here? Aren’t you in the capital?”
