The boy returned in less than a quarter of an hour: "May I ask where our guest came from."
Su Xiaolou frowned. This Fengxian Building is even comparable to the four major brothels in Nanjing City. There must be court forces behind it. Yangzhou City looks like the territory of Shouning Marquis. Su Xiaolou replied: " Coming from Nanjing!"
The boy put on a professional smile and said: "Sir, please come to the second floor." Su Xiaolou breathed a sigh of relief, and he was right. It seems that Lei Zhen has indeed joined Hou Ninghou. The first thing Jiaqing did when he ascended the throne was to change The commanders of the Jinyiwei in Beijing have almost been shuffled. The important positions are all from Jiajing. Most of the Jinyiwei in Nanjing are hereditary and deeply rooted. If they are shuffled, they may offend a group of ministers in the DPRK. Jiajing will not Dare to act rashly, which gave Shouning Hou an opportunity to take advantage of.
The private room on the second floor was different. There was a maid waiting for her. As soon as Su Xiaolou sat down, a pretty little maid came to pour the wine downstairs. The sound of the piano suddenly stopped. Su Xiaolou picked up the wine and leaned on the railing to go upstairs. Looking down, the beautiful figure in the cage curled up and turned slightly to the crowd. A woman in gorgeous clothes walked onto the high platform with a face that was flattering to the philistine.
"Thank you all for coming to support our girl Qingcheng. This piano can be played in front of everyone or in front of one person. If you want to listen to the piano played by one person, you must seize the opportunity. After all, the spring night is short, and the bidding begins."
The madam continued: "The starting price is thirty taels of silver."
Everyone started talking, and a deep voice came to mind from the northwest corner of the first floor: "I will pay forty taels."
As soon as he finished speaking, another person on the first floor held up a wooden number plate and shouted: "I will pay sixty taels."
"Seventy taels!"
Su Xiaolou looked at the small wooden sign on the table and immediately understood its purpose. This brothel actually held an auction. The brothels in Yangzhou had many tricks.
The maid thought that Su Xiaolou wanted to bid, so she said, "Master, if you want to bid, I can help you!" It turns out that people on the second floor don't have to bid in person. There is a reason why it is expensive. So far, Su Xiaolou has heard that Only the people on the first floor were bidding, and the people on the second floor were standing still. Presumably they didn't bother to compete with the poor people on the first floor, so Su Xiaolou waved his hand to show his refusal.
At this time, the price had been called one hundred taels, and the climb was getting slower and slower. At this time, a clear voice of a maid on the second floor sounded, and the price was directly called to two hundred taels, which caused a lot of discussion downstairs. ! Little did they know that this was just the beginning upstairs!
Su Xiaolou picked up a glass of wine and drank it down without changing his expression. In fact, he felt a little weak. These people in Yangzhou are really rich!
Seeing someone take action to get rid of the group of poor people downstairs, people upstairs also came out to participate in the bidding. By this time, four hundred taels had been called. Su Xiaolou drank three glasses of wine in a row. The alcohol rose in his stomach and came to his forehead.
This world is a playground for adventurers, and a hell for cowards!
Su Xiaolou summoned the maid. The maid held the number plate high and stood on the railing and shouted: "Six hundred taels!"
Su Xiaolou didn't open his mouth, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the price was two hundred taels higher than the previous one. The bidding upstairs came to a standstill for an instant. Su Xiaolou's behavior was no different from the first bidder upstairs. The bidder shook off a group of poor people downstairs. He did not participate in the bidding upstairs, which made everyone feel that he was dissatisfied with their children's play house, which was not fun at all.
Su Xiaolou picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all. In fact, he was panicking in his heart. It depends on whether this trick can attract real rich people. If they don't bother to play with him, then he will not be able to survive. And left.
After a moment, a voice sounded from the opposite side of the wing where Su Xiaolou was: "Six hundred and thirty taels!" Su Xiaolou's hanging heart finally relaxed. Just now, he almost had his pants taken off by someone from Fengxianju. Throw it out.
Then someone shouted: "Six hundred and forty taels!"
Not far from Su Xiaolou, a voice shouted: "Six hundred and fifty taels"
The change in this value is getting smaller and smaller, and there are only three or four people left to bid. One is opposite Su Xiaolou, one is two rooms to the left, and another one can't hear the specific direction.
It seems that it is almost approaching the peak. Since there are real rich people upstairs, let’s have some fun. Su Xiaolou leaned on the solid wood chair with a cynical look and said: "It doesn’t matter what price others call me later." , we all have one tael more than others."
The maid's hand when pouring the wine stopped and two drops of wine spilled out: "Here, I'm afraid the young master will be beaten!"
"Just do as I'm told, it's not you who gets hit."
When the maid saw this, she had no choice but to respond and stand by the railing with the number plate, and a war began.
"Six hundred and sixty taels."
"Six hundred and sixty-one taels."
"Six hundred and seventy taels."
"Six hundred and seventy-one taels."
"Which little brat is asking for such a price? Get out of here, young master, and see if I don't break your legs and feed the dogs." A man in rich clothes poked his head around the railing. When he found that no one was paying attention to him, he retreated again. Sure enough, there was a big backer behind this Zuixianju. Come to think of it, he didn't dare to cause trouble in this Zuixianju, so he could only vent his anger by swearing.
The maid asked cautiously: "Do you want to continue?"
"continue!"
At present, the only person who is bidding is the person opposite Su Xiaolou. Everyone else has withdrawn. Su Xiaolou's heart is in his throat. This is simply playing with fire. Every time he bids, Su Xiaolou's heart is lifted. He grabbed a portion, he only had one hundred taels on him now, which was still several months' expenses.
"Six hundred and eighty taels."
"Six hundred and eighty-one taels."
Suddenly, the whole venue fell into silence. No one bid, and even the chatter downstairs stopped. Su Xiaolou secretly shouted, it's over, it's over. Su Xiaolou regretted it. Can he leave and be reimbursed? Why don't you go back and discuss it with He Fei? After all, he wanted to touch the bottom of the salt merchant, and he had to commit himself to a brothel to be the guest of honor even though he had lost all his money. He could only pay half of such a big sacrifice!
A maid opposite the attic first bowed to Su Xiaolou and shouted loudly: "My young master fell in love with Miss Qingcheng at first sight. If you don't mean it, can you give in? My young master said that the conditions are up to you!"
That was too much of a concession. This man was simply a savior. Su Xiaolou breathed a sigh of relief, stood up lazily and shouted to the other side with disdain: "This young master came to Yangzhou to find a long-term salt partner. Tonight is just for fun and fun, if you like, Master, I can give it to you."
A young man opposite saw Su Xiaolou's shameless bidding method, and he must be difficult to deal with. He thought that he would have to go through a lot of twists and turns before his wish could be achieved. Unexpectedly, the young man on the other side agreed, stood up and stood by the railing and said to Su Xiaolou. Lou bowed to express his gratitude.
What he didn't even expect was that Su Xiaolou was trying to show off his wealth just to show off his wealth. He had already let the word out, and it was just a matter of whether there were any salt merchants sitting there tonight.
