"Then it's settled!"
Li Xiao waved his hand and said: "Xiao Zhi, go and call the old bustard to redeem Ruyu's body."
Hearing this,
Ruyu's heart was beating wildly.
She felt like she was in a dream.
Why did such a good thing suddenly happen to her?
If I could leave here and still have enough money to spend the rest of my life, I would be out of trouble!
"okay."
Li Xiongzhi got up and went out to find the madam.
Soon, the madam walked in with her enchanting figure.
"Hey, if you have any other requests, please just ask. Our Jinmei Building can accommodate any kind of play," the madam greeted enthusiastically.
"Ahem."
Li Xiongzhi said seriously: "That's it. We, Mr. Li, want to redeem Ruyu's body."
Hearing this, the madam was stunned.
How long have you been here before you fall in love with Ruyu?
Then he said with a flattering smile: "Hey, Master, you are really discerning. Miss Ruyu is the number one, and she wants to redeem herself. The price is not cheap."
Li Xiao said impatiently: "Just tell me, how much money."
The madam thought for a while.
This young man seems to have been taken advantage of, and he has enough money to kill him.
The madam quoted the price: "One thousand taels of silver."
Li Xiao has long known the price of Ruyu. In his heart, Lin Ren clearly said that it was about six hundred taels. Although Li Xiao is rich now and does not care about the several hundred taels, it does not mean that he is willing to be taken advantage of. .
There was a bang.
Li Xiao slammed the table and scolded: "One thousand taels? I can buy a fine Yangzhou thin horse with one thousand taels! You are twenty-seven or eighty-years-old like jade, and you want to sell it for one thousand taels? What are you doing?" Am I being taken advantage of?"
As Li Xiao's momentum exploded, his whole temperament completely changed.
This fright was no small matter, and the madam felt a chill in her heart.
Obviously, this young man is not as ordinary as he appears.
The madam hurriedly put on a smile and waved the handkerchief in her hand: "Sir, please pay me a price. This deal has to be negotiated, right?"
"snort."
Li Xiao snorted coldly and directly told Lin Fan the price in his heart, "Six hundred taels. After passing this village, there will be no such store."
This Ruyu was already twenty-seven or eighty years old.
It is said to be the top one, but in fact, all the Jinmei Buildings are top-notch, so they don't count.
Moreover, she is about to lose her beauty due to old age, and now she relies entirely on rouge and gouache to support her.
In another year or two, you won't be able to make any more money, and you will only be able to sell them for fifty or sixty taels of silver at most, like fireworks for old men to play with.
The madam thought about it and realized that selling six hundred taels would be a small profit for herself.
"Oh, meeting each other is fate. Since Ruyu is fate for the young master, I will bear the pain and sell it to you. If you lose, I will lose a little."
The old bustard looked deeply disappointed and agreed.
In fact, if you keep bargaining, you can still make a killing.
However, Li Xiao was rich now, so he bargained for dozens of taels of silver, which was really beneath his status.
Li Xiao directly took out a 600-tael silver note and slapped it on the table, saying: "Deal."
"Okay, sir, I'll bear the pain and give up my love this time. I'll take care of the business more next time."
The madam immediately turned around and went elsewhere.
After a while, he turned back and found a deed of betrayal in his hand.
Li Xiao took over the deed of sale, the madam took the money, and the deal was concluded.
Ruyu witnessed all this, and it was not until after the deal was completed that she realized that all this was real and not a dream, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
"Ruyu, you are really lucky. Please serve this young master well from now on. I don't have anything good to give you. You can exchange this jade pendant for more than ten taels of silver. From now on, you have to rely on yourself."
The madam took out a jade pendant and handed it to Ruyu, which made Ruyu feel warm in her heart.
In fact, the madam was not born a madam, she was just a servant.
Many years ago, she also came from a prostitute, and her fate was also very tragic, but she did not have such a good life as Yu, and someone would redeem her life during her lifetime.
Most brothel girls don't have the touching love stories in the novels, and the endings with a scholar redeeming themselves or something are not very good.
Thinking that it would be difficult for Ruyu to go out to make a living in the future, he gave her a jade pendant.
Seeing this scene, Li Xiao felt a little moved.
They are all poor people who have been tricked by fate.
"Sir, I'll go pack up and pay my respects. Will I come with you?"
After Ruyu finished explaining to the madam, she wiped away her tears and walked towards Li Xiao.
Li Xiao looked at the madam and asked, "What time is it now?"
The old bustard smiled and said: "It's 11 o'clock in the evening, sir, why don't you spend the night here and leave tomorrow?"
"No."
Li Xiao looked at Ruyu and said, "Hurry up and pack up your gifts, bring your valuable things with you, just one or two pieces of change of clothes, hurry up."
"Okay, sir, wait a moment."
Ruyu immediately went to pack up and salute.
After a while, he turned back and took a small bag with him.
In fact, she has not been able to save much money for so many years, and most of it has been earned by the owner of the brothel.
That's it.
Li Xiao and the two left Jinyu Tower with Ruyu.
Ruyu never dreamed that she could leave here because of Lin Ren.
When leaving, countless brothel girls looked at Ruyu with envious eyes.
It's a pity that they have to continue to suffer here.
Li Xiao shook his head helplessly. Although he had some kindness, he was not a savior.
Walked out from the gate of Jinyu Tower.
It was already dark, and the moonlight was shining on the earth.
Li Xiao originally left like this, returned to the inn, and explained the matter, and everything would go smoothly.
But as the saying goes, no coincidence can make a book.
As soon as Li Xiao went out, he bumped into the last person he should bump into.
His own daughter-in-law Zhu Ningyun
Zhu Ningyun had a busy day today. From morning to evening, she first arranged for everyone to take the heavy luggage back to the ship, and all the irrelevant people returned to the ship.
Then he told the captain on the ship to be fully prepared tomorrow night and be ready to set sail at any time.
Arrangements were made for more than twenty crew members to disembark as helpers.
In the market, he bought a carriage to load goods, bought wooden boards, and ordered the crew to build special compartments, which were covered with straw on the top and could transport people below.
When everything was almost ready, Zhu Ningyun led everyone towards the inn. It was already dark and he was exhausted.
But at this moment, the truck team was rushing back towards the inn.
Zhu Ningyun saw Li Xiao walking out of Jinmei Building with her own eyes.
In front of the Jinmei Building and on the second floor, there are many girls in gauze clothes waving handkerchiefs to attract customers. You can tell at a glance that this is a brothel.
For a moment, Zhu Ningyun felt extremely sad.
It was clear that Xiaolang was inseparable with her last night, but today, he was just like durian, a land of fireworks.
It was already night, Xiaolang came out, what else could he do.
When she thought that Xiaolang's body had been touched by other women, or by this kind of woman, Zhu Ningyun's nose became sour and her tears couldn't stop flowing down.
At this time, Li Xiao was stunned and was about to explain.
Zhu Ningyun choked and cursed loudly: "Xiaolang, you are such a heartless man!"
After saying that, she waved her riding whip, and the horses' hooves sounded as they galloped out.
"It's finished! It's really yellow mud that falls off your crotch. If it's not shit, it's shit."
Li Xiao quickly looked at Li Xiongzhi and said, "You take Ruyu back to the inn as fast as possible, and I'll chase Ningyun."
After saying that, Li Xiao ran straight away and disappeared around the corner in the blink of an eye.
"Ah this."
Li Xiongzhi was also confused, what a coincidence.
Ruyu has stayed in this kind of place for more than ten years, and has seen a lot. She has never seen anything. She understood the matter at once. She looked at Li Xiongzhi and said: "Sir, hurry up and chase after me. I can explain it clearly." of."
"Ah, right," Li Xiongzhi slapped his head and then came back to his senses.
A crew member of the carriage team said: "Brother Li, what's going on? Why are you visiting a brothel?"
"It's just a stroll, we are doing business."
Li Xiongzhi looked at the carriage team and ordered: "Go back to the inn with me quickly."
Huhuhu——
The howling wind kept echoing in his ears. Li Xiao was now very strong and could already keep up with the speed of ordinary horses.
However, Zhu Ningyun was riding a Zhaoye Jade Lion, not an ordinary horse, and it was extremely fast.
Li Xiao was always twenty steps away from the horse and could not catch up.
As he ran wildly, he shouted: "Ningyun, listen to my explanation!"
Zhu Ningyun cried and shouted: "I won't listen! I won't listen!"
"Listen to my explanation, it's definitely not what you think."
"I don't want to listen, I don't want to hear it, woo woo woo."
On the street, one ran away and the other chased.
Soon, the soldiers responsible for curfew patrol discovered this situation.
"Someone is patrolling at night, arrest him quickly"
shouted a patrolling soldier.
But in the blink of an eye, the two voices drifted away and disappeared.
Even if you want to catch him, it won't be easy.
"Why are you running so fast? Did we see it wrong?"
"That white horse is so fast. Do you want to catch up?"
"It can't be a ghost, that person can run as fast as a horse."
"Hey there is a golden bean on the ground"
"It's really good luck. Brother, how many points do you have?"
"Aren't you going to chase me anymore?"
"Chasing a bullshit, split the money!"
There is a curfew in Yangzhou City, but it is prosperous and has rich nightlife.
All it takes is a few dollars at night, and the patrolling soldiers will choose to turn a blind eye.
How could a few patrolling soldiers care so much and pick up the golden beans dropped by Li Xiao?
Bang——
Zhu Ningyun ran back to the inn and kicked open the door of the inn.
what's going on?
Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, who were sitting in the inn, waiting for Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun to return, were slightly stunned.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?"
Zhu Gaosui expressed concern.
Seeing that the elder sister seemed to be crying, Zhu Gaoxu stood up suddenly: "Sister, who bullied you? I'll blow his head off."
Zhu Ningyun ignored him and ran towards the stairs, as if he was going back to his room.
"What's going on, sister?"
"You ask me, who should I ask?"
The brothers looked at each other.
Zhu Ningyun came in with his front foot, and Li Xiao chased him with his back foot.
Bang——
Li Xiao kicked the inn door open again, and the inn door was kicked open.
"Where's Ningyun?"
Zhu Gaoxu pointed upstairs in confusion, "Brother-in-law, what's going on?"
"The situation is a bit complicated, I'll tell you later."
Li Xiao rushed upstairs like an arrow.
Then he came to Ningyun's room and knocked on the door: "Ningyun, Ningyun, open the door."
At this time, Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Gaoxu also followed.
Zhu Ningyun's cry came from the door: "Don't open it."
Li Xiao knocked on the door again: "Things are not what you think. Please listen to my explanation."
at the same time,
Li Xiao opened the system panel and looked at Zhu Ningyun's favorability towards him.
The favorability level is still 99.
It seemed that even though Ningyun had misunderstood her, she still loved her.
Li Xiao felt relieved, the matter should be explained.
A voice came from the room again, "No need to explain, what else is there to explain? You came out of the brothel in the middle of the night, what else could you do??"
I go.
Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui looked at Li Xiao: "Brother-in-law, are you visiting a brothel?"
Li Xiao scolded: "I'm just wandering around. I went to the brothel to open the city gate."
"oh"
Although they didn't know what the connection was between the two, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui still chose to believe it.
Bang bang bang——
Zhu Gaoxu knocked on the door and said loudly: "Sister, my brother-in-law said that he went to the brothel to open the city gate."
Zhu Ningyun cried inside: "Do you believe it?"
Zhu Gaoxu said: "I believe it."
Zhu Gaosui frowned, why don't I believe it?
There was a silence in the room
Li Xiao knocked on the door again: "Ningyun, please open the door, otherwise I will feel very uncomfortable and my heart will hurt."
Zhu Ningyun cried inside: "My heart hurts even more. Just leave. I don't blame you. I only blame myself. Just treat me as dead."
Bang!
Li Xiao kicked the door open.
Some tough measures must be taken.
Zhu Ningyun's temper became even more violent. She was sitting on the bed sobbing, while Zhang Cuicui kept persuading her beside her.
As soon as she saw the door being kicked open, she ran to the window and said, "Come here and I'll jump down!"
"Don't be impulsive, I won't come."
Li Xiao immediately took a step back.
Only today did he fully realize his wife's character. She was soft on the outside but strong on the inside. She was no ordinary woman.
"Sister, don't be impulsive. Please trust my brother-in-law."
Zhu Gaoxu advised again, "To tell you the truth, my brother-in-law will never do anything sorry to you. This is destiny!"
Li Xiao looked at Zhu Gaoxu and felt extremely grateful. It seemed that his second brother was still of some use.
Zhu Ningyun choked and said: "How do you know?"
Zhu Gaoxu vowed: "This is what Master Daoyan said personally. He has already calculated your end, and you will grow old together."
After hearing this, Zhu Ningyun's heart moved.
[Did I really blame Xiaolang wrongly? 】
[Yes. How could Xiaolang let me down? He obviously loves me so much. Besides, there is business today, so Xiaolang would never do that anyway.]
[It’s over, I really have to blame him wrongly. 】
[But what should I do now? If I make such a big fuss and seek death, will Xiaolang think that I don’t trust him?]
[Speaking of which, I was wrong. I didn’t trust you first. Will Xiaolang stop loving me because of this incident? What should I do?]
This voice was heard by Li Xiao.
To be honest, my head is a little fried.
This mental activity was too much, and he immediately stopped using his mind.
At the same time, Li Xiao confirmed a piece of news.
Women are emotional.
Zhu Ningyun saw herself at the door of the brothel just now, and she was so impulsive for a moment.
After calming down, I still chose to believe in myself.
But now, she feels a little unable to step down.
Since she won't come to Taiwan, let's give her a step to get off.
Thinking of this, Li Xiao seemed to take out a "retractable dagger" and a "blood capsule" from the system space. It was time to show off his acting skills.
"Ningyun, if you don't believe me, I am willing to die to prove my innocence."
After saying that, Li Xiao took the dagger and stabbed it in the chest before falling to the ground.
Immediately, he bit his teeth and the "blood capsule" exploded.
The acting skills are not great, but at this point, it looks real.
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law is finished, brother-in-law committed suicide."
Zhu Gaoxu's liver and intestines were sawed off, and he thought to himself, Brother-in-law, how could you die like this? My brother, I still rely on you to make a fortune, you can't die.
He lay on the ground, just about to squeeze out a few tears.
As a soldier, he has strong observation skills.
Immediately, I saw Li Xiao's belly bulging.
Damn it, my brother-in-law is not dead, so he is just pretending to be dead.
However, Zhu Gaoxu still squeezed out a few tears and said, "Brother-in-law, you died so miserably."
"Brother-in-law, you are asking us black-haired people to send black-haired people away."
Zhu Gaosui also noticed it and cooperated with the acting.
"What, Xiaolang is dead?"
"In order for Xiaolang to claim his innocence, he"
Zhu Ningyun felt a sudden pain in her heart, and it hurt so much that she couldn't breathe.
She walked down from the window sill, walked unsteadily in front of Li Xiao, her body softened, and she lay down in front of Li Xiao.
"Xiaolang, I believe in you, I believe in you. Wake up quickly"
And this time.
Li Xiongzhi and Ruyu finally arrived out of breath.
As soon as he arrived, he hurriedly explained: "Miss Ling'er, Li Xiao and I are looking for the concubine of the city gate guard to redeem her body and let him open the door."
After saying that, he looked at Ruyu and said, "Explain quickly."
Ruyu said hurriedly: "It's true. Mr. Li redeemed me so that Lin Ren could open the city gate. Mr. Li, what happened to him?"
When Li Xiongzhi saw this scene, his expression suddenly changed and he cried loudly, "Brother Xiao, why are you so impulsive? Why are you... oh?"
Now, the truth is revealed.
Zhu Ningyun cried harder, feeling like the world was spinning and the sky was about to collapse.
"Xiaolang, I'm sorry for you. It's all my fault, wuwuwu."
"If you leave, I won't be able to survive anymore."
"I'll go downstairs to accompany you."
After saying that, she was about to get up and go to the window to jump out.
But as soon as she turned around, she was pulled back.
At the same time, the scene suddenly became very quiet, and it was obvious that Li Xiao "came to life."
"Gao Xu, don't pull me."
"Gao Xu, I have made up my mind. I am sorry for Xiaolang."
"Let go."
Zhu Ningyun's hand was grabbed, and she thought it was Zhu Gaoxu, so she cried and shouted.
Zhu Gaoxu said: "Sister, I didn't pull you, please look back."
When Zhu Ningyun turned around, Li Xiao had already climbed up from the ground, holding her hand with a smile on his face.
joy.
Incomparable joy burst out from Zhu Ningyun's heart.
It's like going from hell to heaven.
"Xiaolang, you are not dead"
Li Xiao pulled Zhu Ningyun into his arms and hugged him, saying softly: "Fool, how can I be willing to die? I will still treat you well for the rest of my life."
"Then you just..." Zhu Ningyun choked up.
Li Xiao pointed at the dagger and demonstrated, "This dagger is fake and retractable."
"The blood in your mouth"
"It's also fake."
Zhu Ningyun cried with joy and hit Li Xiao on the chest with her fist, "You bad guy, you lied to me, you almost scared me to death."
She said this, but she was extremely happy in her heart. Xiaolang is still alive, he is still alive
"If you are willing, I am really willing to die for you," Li Xiao said softly, holding Zhu Ningyun in his arms.
"You are not allowed to say such things."
Zhu Ningyun was still frightened.
Fortunately, today was a lie. If it were true, she wouldn't know how to survive.
"Then do you still trust me in the future?" Li Xiao asked, in order to prevent the same thing from happening in the future, he took a precaution in advance.
"Xin, no matter what you do in the future, I will trust you unconditionally."
Zhu Ningyun sobbed softly: "Come to think of it, it's all my fault. I'm not as sensible as Gao Xu."
Li Xiao didn't say much and hugged her tighter.
Couples may fight for a while, but after they reconcile, their relationship will become deeper.
Seeing this scene, everyone was extremely happy.
Especially Ruyu, I am so envious because it turns out there is such a good love in this world.
The little farce finally came to a successful conclusion.
"Okay, okay, is it time to get down to business?"
Zhu Gaoxu coughed several times, interrupting the scene of Li Xiao spreading dog food in public.
The two of them reluctantly parted ways.
So, everyone sat down together and started talking about business.
Zhu Ningyun looked at Li Xiao tenderly, took the lead and said, "Xiaolang, my carriage has been arranged and everything is in order."
Li Xiao smiled and said: "Madam is so amazing, give me a kiss, okay~"
Zhu Ningyun: "Yeah~ Well~"
【Ding! You and Zhu Ningyun reunited, resolved the misunderstanding, and gained further trust. Earn sweet points: 200 points. Trigger 50x critical hit and get sweet points: 10,000 points. 】
Everyone: "."
"Ahem."
Zhu Gaoxu coughed twice, breaking the awkward situation, and took out a blueprint, "Brother-in-law, this is the blueprint I drew. I have figured out the security situation and the layout of the yard."
Li Xiao looked at the drawings, which showed the layout of the courtyard and the distribution of guards in great detail. "There aren't many people there. A dozen of them can be dealt with at the same time using hidden weapons."
In the end, only the hidden weapons were left.
Zhu Gaosui took out a Xiu Jian and said, "I bought a dozen Xiu Jian on the black market. As long as the arrows are filled with poison that kills them in one hit, I can deal with these guards without even noticing."
At this time, Li Kefang came over holding the medicine bottle, "The poison has been developed."
Li Xiao: "."
Let Li Shizhen's grandfather develop the poison, you really have it.
Li Xiao shook his head: "We don't kill people."
As he spoke, he took out a bottle of anesthetic from his chest and said, "Use this."
This is a modern product, an anesthetic solution used to anesthetize animals.
Zhu Gaosui was slightly curious: "Brother-in-law, why do you feel like your cuffs are like a treasure chest, and you can always take out something?"
Li Xiao glared at him, "Why do you care so much?"
Zhu Gaosui asked: "Brother-in-law, what is this?"
Li Xiao explained: "Anesthetic. Li Xiongzhi, come here and test it."
Li Xiongzhi's face darkened. Am I so unlucky in love?
With that said, Li Xiao injected anesthesia into his sleeve arrow, aimed it at Li Xiongzhi's thigh, and fired for a while.
call out--
The small arrow shot into the thigh instantly.
Li Xiongzhi rolled his eyes and immediately lay on the ground, falling into a deep sleep.
Everyone was shocked,
Is it effective so quickly?
Li Kefang was even more shocked. He got up and tried to wake him up, but no matter how hard he shook, he couldn't wake him up.
This is a good thing for anesthetizing patients and reducing pain!
It's true that I'm a master, but I'm still far behind in this medical skill.
(End of chapter)
