The streets of the Imperial City should be the busiest after dark.
But tonight, many dignitaries and officials were missing.
In the Tianxiang Building located on the west side of the street, Wu Luan, who has been in the capital for a few days, feels that the number of people in the wing is much smaller than the previous few days. He is about to send someone to find out what happened. The old bustard of Tianxiang Building, He pushed the door open and entered with a stern look on his face.
"Miss Wu Luan, have you thought it through? It's better to sell yourself to Tianxiang Building for three years for 50,000 taels, than to use this precious land to perform your hard work and give me 50% of the money. You are not the girl in my building. If you meet any unsighted guest and have a dispute with you, this is not Jinling, and I don’t dare to offend those big shots because of a girl who rents a business here."
Faced with the intimidation and inducement of the old bustard, Wu Luan did not become angry.
Ever since she decided to present herself as an oiran, she knew what kind of business she was getting into. It was only natural for people to look down upon her, or think of her as an Israeli waitress and sell her flesh.
but.
She came to Tianxiang Tower not to make a lot of money and work for others, but to find a suitable place to stay and use it as Qiuci's stronghold in the capital.
Wu Luan winked at the maid towards the door.
The maid bowed and left, closing the door behind her.
When the old bustard saw this, he thought it was a joke and looked at Wu Luan up and down with evil eyes.
I have to say that the standards of the oiran from Jinling are really high, especially for dancers like Wu Luan, who maintains the best figure all year round, which is as thin as they should be and as plump as they should be.
Even though they were the same woman, she couldn't help but want to take off Wu Luan's clothes and see what that perfect body looked like without a single strand of hair on her body.
"If Miss Wu Luan agrees, you might as well let me check you out first. You also know that the prices of the ones with broken buds and those without broken buds are different."
The Madam's intention couldn't be clearer.
Spend 50,000 taels to buy out the flowering period of Wu Luan for three years. When you make enough money, you can finally sell it for a bud opening fee.
If you're lucky, or if Wu Luan becomes famous by then, you might be able to earn back the 50,000 taels of money you earned from selling yourself with a single payment.
Wu Luan looked at the old bustard with his abacus on his face, and couldn't help but think of Qiuniang.
In fact, Qiuniang is also a madam who is not good at hiding her thoughts, but she is a warm-hearted girl in Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Qiuniang who wants to be a widower will never force her to do so. Those girls who have no choice but to sell themselves to survive will only do their best to redeem themselves. , Qiuniang will never open her mouth like a lion.
Unlike the madam in front of me, Tianxiang House itself is not a first-class brothel in the capital. Most of its business is flesh-and-blood business. It is poorly managed and likes to bully others.
"I disagree."
Wu Luan has been living here these days and has figured out the specific situation of Tianxiang Building, so she no longer pretends.
Seeing that she didn't know what to do, the old bustard didn't give in. Instead, he smiled sinisterly: "Miss Wu Luan, don't give me a toast or eat the fine wine. Now that you have come to my territory, you want to leave? Do you think it is possible?"
As she spoke, she shouted outside.
"Come out here and tie up this stinky cousin. I will definitely reveal her identity and let her sign and keep it as a bond. If you don't sell it for 50,000 taels, I just can't bear to give you that much money!"
Forced buying, selling, and plundering are common phenomena in brothels in this gray area.
The madam didn't plan to give the fifty thousand taels at first, and she was still thinking of manipulating the contract. Now she doesn't pretend anymore and is ready to use force.
Anyway, according to her investigation, the Jinling oiran only brought two maids, and they went to Beijing with the caravan, keeping a very low profile.
He probably spent all his money to redeem himself, otherwise he wouldn't have found her Tianxiang Tower as soon as he entered the capital and thought of a way to make money.
The madam rolled up her sleeves and waited arrogantly to strip Wu Luan of her clothes.
Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, none of the thugs she greeted came in.
She turned around and saw that the maid who had been sent out just now was still standing at the door, motionless. She was immediately dumbfounded.
"Where are the people? Where did they die?"
"Madam, please stop yelling. Those thugs who are doing evil have stunned and tied up another of my maids, and are letting the girls from Tianxianglou guard the woodshed in the backyard to vent their anger."
Wu Luan took out a contract, as well as a land deed and a house deed from his sleeve.
When he saw the title deed and the house deed, the madam was stunned.
Tianxiang Building is the leased site of a large local aboriginal family in the capital. Every inch of land here is very valuable. She wants to buy it, at least 300,000 taels. Naturally, the madam does not have that much money. She pays a few thousand taels in rent every year. In her opinion, Come for a better deal.
After all, in the business of running a brothel, you might offend a big shot and be fined. Spending all your money on a brothel is not worth it.
Of course, the old bustard couldn't imagine that Wu Luan, who seemed to her to be extremely poor, actually spent hundreds of thousands of taels to buy Tianxiang Building!
"Miss Wu, Wu Luan, no, Miss Wu Luan."
The madam patted her cheek gently and apologized with a smile on her face.
"It's the old, old woman who has blind eyes and offended Miss Wu Luan. Please don't blame Miss Wu Luan. Let's be harmonious and make money, and be harmonious and make money."
At this time, the madam extremely regretted having broken her face just now.
The guests who came to Tianxiang Lounan had long heard about how wealthy Jiangnan was, but those guests were not as generous as the locals in giving rewards, so she didn't take it seriously.
Now she saw that this Jinling Courtesan, who had only been famous for a short time, had not only redeemed himself, but also accumulated so much wealth, she felt envious and regretful at the same time.
Wu Luan, whom she regarded as flesh and blood, suddenly became a homeowner. She was really not used to this status.
"Being harmonious brings wealth? Okay, you can leave after you sign this contract."
The madam took the contract with hesitation, and when he saw the contents clearly, he almost cursed.
Profiteer!
The contract stated that all the girls in Tianxiang Building would be purchased for ten thousand taels.
Only then did the madam understand that Wu Luan's real purpose was not to make money by performing in Tianxiang Tower, but to occupy her property.
"I won't sign!"
"Okay, Xiaoqing, go report to the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen and submit the witness and physical evidence of Tianxianglou's involvement in human trafficking and the mutilation of young children and selling them to others for food supplements."
Wu Luan looked at the old bustard who was stunned and stunned at the fact that he had been caught, and showed a sarcastic smile.
"Before the officials arrive, I would like you to go to the woodshed and let the girls from Tianxiang House say goodbye to you properly."
Therefore, Tianxiang Building is closed and will not accept guests for the time being.
But tonight, when the undercurrent was surging and everyone was paying attention to the movements of the officials, no one cared about what happened in a small brothel.
It was already dawn before Wu Luan finished dealing with the sins committed by the old bustard.
She was standing at the door and was planning to close the door for a few days and regroup. Taking this opportunity, she went to find out for herself what had happened last night. Suddenly she saw a young man with deep eyebrows riding a black horse across the street, with a crisp banging sound coming from his waist.
She frowned slightly when she saw this man speeding away in the direction of Prince Jin's Mansion.
"The people on horseback seem to be from Beidi."
The Beidi people are decorated with various wolf teeth, symbolizing their superb martial arts and hunting skills.
The young man on horseback was by no means an ordinary person, and where he was going, there was only one family from Prince Jin's Mansion that dominated half of the street.
After thinking for a moment, Wu Luan called a maid and followed him to confirm where the other party was going.
