Lin Wanjie had a good idea, but it had little effect in practice.
Several days passed in a flash.
The season has entered summer.
Beggars in Hangzhou City are always paying attention to news about pregnant women in the city.
As long as they provide a new message, they can get ten cents, which is enough for them to live for a day, and they are very motivated.
But there is little useful information.
I only heard that a gangster was stabbed by someone who looked like Jane and then ran away.
The gangster was found and he was not dead.
But the gangster didn't provide any useful information, and the clues were lost again.
The long period of useless work made Lin Wanjie very frustrated.
Has the second lady left the city already?
But the world is so vast, where can I find it?
On a sunny day, Lin Wanjie sat in the courtyard, looking at the sky, in a daze.
Everyone in the family knew what Lin Wanjie was thinking, and no one bothered them.
But today, Nangong Ying brought a plate of peeled green apples.
"Don't think about it, you have already tried your best. The Xiao family has a loyal servant like you, no one can complain."
Lin Wanjie suddenly stood up: "I'll leave this yard to you."
Nangong Ying was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"
"I'm going out of town to find him."
"Out of town? Where to find it?"
"I don't know, but I have to look for it."
Nangong Ying put down the apple and said anxiously: "Don't be stupid, the world is so big and time has passed so long, how can you find it?"
"Stop talking, I've made up my mind."
"You go find another woman, what about me?"
Nangong Ying finally couldn't hold back the question she had been holding back for a long time. When she spoke it, her eyes turned red.
"You are the princess, what do you have to do with me?"
"The prince promised me to you."
"He said I will marry whoever I marry? What a joke!"
The quarrel in the courtyard attracted the attention of the others, who all went out and stood under the eaves to watch.
Nangong Ying's eyes were getting redder and redder. Under the gaze of so many people, she was once a high-ranking princess, but she was actually disliked by a servant?
"You, you don't want me anymore?"
"Why did I ever want you?" Lin Wanjie asked coldly. Although it was a bit cruel, he had to cut it off. His beloved Yu Jiao'er was dead, the eldest lady who was kind to him was in trouble, and the second lady was entangled in evil fate. Lin Wanjie couldn't take care of her as her whereabouts were unknown, and she didn't want to be distracted.
Have I ever wanted you?
After saying this, a basin of ice water was poured down on her head. Nangong Ying stayed there in a daze, at a loss.
The atmosphere was very depressing.
Neither the maid nor the servant, nor Xu Xiaoqi dared to say anything.
Xiao Yuchan, the only one who dared to argue with Lin Wanjie, was not at home.
At this moment, the courtyard door was pushed open with a bang.
Xiao Yuchan rushed in sweating profusely, holding a piece of paper in her hand, panting, not knowing what emergency she had encountered.
Lin Wanjie was surprised when he saw this and asked, "Any news about the second lady?"
Xiao Yuchan shook her head and pushed the note to Lin Wanjie.
Lin Wanjie opened the note and found that it was a poem written on it.
But when he saw this poem, Lin Wanjie's expression suddenly changed and he asked in surprise: "Where did it come from?"
"Huh..." Xiao Yuchan took a deep breath and said, "It is rumored that there was a Qinghuan in Wangyue Tower in Yangzhou, and this word was written by that Qinghui. As soon as this word came out, it caused a sensation in Yangzhou and has already spread to Hangzhou. Here he is. There are countless admirers, and many literati want to redeem his body. The old bustard has said that the redemption price will be fifty thousand taels."
"What? Fifty thousand taels!" The maid exclaimed and subconsciously said, "If you are not a god in the sky, how can a woman sell fifty thousand taels? The third lady only had one thousand taels at that time."
As soon as the words came out, the maid felt something was wrong, so she quickly shut up and glanced at Lin Wanjie secretly.
Lin Wanjie was absent-minded, his thoughts completely attracted by a poem on the note.
"What exactly was written?" The servant was a little curious, turned his head and looked at it, and then read out.
"The fragrance of red lotus root lingers in the jade quilt in autumn. I undressed my clothes lightly and boarded the orchid boat alone. Who in the clouds sent me a brocade book? When the wild goose returned, the moon was full on the west tower.
The flowers float and the water flows. One kind of lovesickness, two places of idle sorrow. There is no way to eliminate this feeling, so I just frown, but it is in my heart. "
"Wow! That's great!" the little maid exclaimed, "What a talented girl. It's hard to imagine that a brothel girl can have such talent. No wonder she is so sought after."
What kind of talented woman?
This is the work of Li Qingzhao.
Lin Wanjie said half of the poem to Xiao Yuchan and half to the eldest lady.
Except for Lin Wanjie, the only person in the world who knows the complete composition of this poem is the eldest lady, and even Xiao Yuchan does not know the complete composition.
Now, this song "One Cut Plum" came from Yangzhou and originated from a brothel!
The eldest lady was escorted to Yangzhou and sold into the Jiaofang Division.
Regardless of whether she is the eldest lady, it must be related to the eldest lady.
"Lin Da!" Xiao Yuchan shouted, showing expectant eyes again.
The second lady could not be found for the time being, but the eldest lady had clear information.
After weighing the two aspects, Lin Wanjie made a decision: "Let's go to Yangzhou!"
…
The Wangyue Tower in Yangzhou City is a rare and elegant place.
The girls in the building are all prostitutes who are prostitutes rather than prostitutes. They pay attention to sentiment and elegance. The guests are interested in playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and singing. The kind of activities in bed where people sell meat are just frivolous things and cannot be tolerated. eyes, and difficult to speak.
All in all, if you can enter Wangyue Tower, you can at least keep your innocence.
But it is not easy to enter Wangyue Tower. The girl's appearance and figure are extremely strict, and the requirements for knowledge and culture are even higher.
A few days ago.
The eldest lady was sent to the Jiaofang Department along with the maids.
The Jiaofangsi branch in Yangzhou is accustomed to the business method of selling people directly, focusing on leisure.
Therefore, whenever a new person comes, it will attract all the major private brothels in the city to pick them up.
The six maids of the Xiao family were sold to different brothels.
Only the eldest lady was selected by Wangyue Tower.
In order to preserve her innocence, the eldest lady had no choice but to use poems written by Lin Wanjie to make up for her innocence.
Just a few simple excerpts shocked everyone.
Then he lied again, saying that he was only eighteen years old, and no one suspected it.
When we arrived at Wangyue Tower, we had a new flower name, Shishi.
In order not to accept guests and enhance his identity, he wrote "One Cut Plum" on the first day of his appearance.
Then he completely lost his reputation.
For a time, the Shishi girl from Wangyue Tower became the most talented girl in the history of Jiangnan, and there was an endless stream of customers who came here every day.
The eldest lady only needs to chat with some literati through the curtain without any physical contact. The eldest lady is quite satisfied with her life.
Moreover, the eldest lady relied on her human sophistication that she had honed over more than ten years of running the Xiao family, and she made a group of young men feel comfortable without flattery or flattery, and she also helped Wangyue Tower make money.
The boss and the madam of Wangyue Tower immediately respected the eldest lady as a god, and the other girls in Wangyue Tower were also in admiration.
Now, the eldest lady's business in Wangyue Tower is no longer limited to picking up customers. She has also joined in the operation of Wangyue Tower and made suggestions for Wangyue Tower. Organizing activities, giving out benefits, and renovating, all kinds of things are happening in a hurry.
So, gold can shine everywhere.
The eldest lady was born to be a leader. Not to mention the madam, even the boss did not dare to speak loudly in front of her.
The eldest lady is doing well and her reputation is growing.
But this created great difficulties for Chen Heping.
Chen Heping had an order from the First Lord. After sending the eldest lady to the Jiaofang Division, he would be responsible for redeeming the eldest lady's life.
The seven of them pawned Duoyou's things and collected two hundred taels of gold. According to Yangzhou's gold and silver exchange rate, the total amount was more than four thousand taels of silver.
Logically speaking, four thousand taels of silver is enough to buy a woman.
Even the top brands of each house can only exceed three thousand taels at most.
The woman who asks for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of ransoms in a crazy novel is just nonsense.
But the eldest lady became an exception!
Chen Heping went to ask the madam about the ransom price. If she didn't claim to be a court official, no one would give her a price.
He shouted out fifty thousand taels of silver.
Chen Heping was so frightened that he came out with a livid face.
"This is how to do ah?"
Chen Heping was sitting in the alley behind Wangyue Tower, his clothes were in rags, his face was dusty, and he had nothing but a small bundle wrapped in a pile of gold.
Chen Heping is an honest policeman. When he joined the Metropolitan Procuratorate, his brothers in the Criminal Department ridiculed him, saying that he was not suitable for serving in the Metropolitan Procuratorate at all.
He didn't believe it before, but now he does.
Chen Heping remembered the favorite saying of the First Lord, that debts of gratitude are the hardest to repay.
really!
The eldest lady, Renyi, followed her to Yangzhou without any noise or fuss, because she believed her words and believed that she would help her redeem her life.
But now he can't fulfill the agreement, and his money is less than one-tenth!
"Brother? New here?"
A beggar came over, sat down next to Chen Heping, and gave him half of the dirty buns.
Chen Heping swallowed.
"You're welcome. If you hang out with me from now on, I'll take you to pick up the foot-washing water from the waiter in Wangyue Tower and drink it. It'll be so delicious!"
Chen Heping couldn't listen to anything. He took a bite of the steamed bun and his eyes became wet: "The eldest lady must be very desperate now."
"Ah owe!"
The eldest lady sneezed and checked the ledger.
The old madam put a shawl on the little baby with a smile: "Oh, Shishi, you must not catch a cold. The whole Wangyue Tower is relying on you now. If you have a cold or something, my boss won't give it to me. Beat him to death!"
The eldest lady rubbed her nose, closed the ledger, and walked to the window.
The sky was getting dark and the moon and stars were sparse. Looking in the direction of Hangzhou, the eldest lady thought of her daughter and Linda.
"As long as Lin Da is here, Yu Chan will be fine."
At this time, a girl came into the room and said, "Mom, the Chen family who delivered underwear is here."
The madam doesn't know anything about underwear, let alone fashion shows.
These are all new things created by the eldest lady.
Of course, the eldest lady must go to receive the Chen family businessmen.
The madam looked at the eldest lady with an attentive look on her face.
The eldest lady took a veil and put it on, pretending to be reluctant to show up.
The Chen family businessman outside was none other than Chen Xiaoman.
I took two cars of goods to the backyard gate and waited for a long time.
The eldest lady designed a plan for Wangyue Tower, which was exactly the same as the one Lin Da played in Tianxiang Tower.
Although underwear is popular in Yangzhou, few people dare to show it off.
A new lingerie show is sure to cause a stir in the city.
But besides building momentum for Wangyue Tower, the eldest lady also had other plans.
The eldest lady ran into Chen Xiaoman at the door of the backyard. The two pretended not to know each other and discussed various details of the underwear show in a serious manner.
The madam followed and listened for a while, then felt it was too cold outside and retreated under the eaves.
A girl came next to the madam.
This girl was originally the most popular person in Wangyue Tower, but since the arrival of the eldest lady, she has completely stolen the limelight.
Of course the other party was not happy to see the eldest lady. He looked at her back and said sourly: "Mom, Shishi has only been here with us for a few days, so why don't you pay more attention to her? What if she runs away?"
"Run? Where are you running? She lives like a god in Wangyue Tower. How many women can't ask for such a nourishing life. How could she run?"
"Huh!" The girl said disdainfully, twisting her waist and preparing to leave.
But at this moment, the lady at the door disappeared.
The girl rubbed her eyes, thinking she had made a mistake.
"Where are the people?"
It’s really missing!
The madam also reacted and frowned.
She wondered if the door was blocking her view, but it was actually at the door.
So he ran out.
At this moment, I saw the eldest lady getting on the Chen family's cart, and the Chen family's bodyguard was about to leave the alley while riding a horse and dragging the cart.
"Someone is coming! Arrest someone!"
"That bitch ran away!"
The neighing sound broke the tranquility of the night.
Girl Shishi ran away.
Just as the bustling Wangyue Tower fell silent, the guests stopped their conversations and ran out to watch the excitement.
At the same time, a group of thugs raised by Wangyue Tower rushed out with sticks, and each of them chased after them on horseback.
The thugs raised by Wangyue Tower are not ordinary thugs. They are all very skilled. They are not burdensome when riding on a horse, and they are faster than a cart.
After leaving the alley, several people chased after him on horseback.
The eldest lady sat on the cart and looked clearly at the pursuers behind her, and she was extremely nervous.
"Madam, I'm here!"
Chen Xiaoman followed up on horseback, comforted him, and then slowed down to stop the four thugs alone.
Several thugs looked fierce, but they didn't expect that the one who robbed people was a little girl. They said angrily: "Little girl Fianzi, how dare you rob people in the city, is..."
Before he finished speaking, a piece of finger flew out of Chen Xiaoman's hand and hit the horse's hoof accurately.
The horse neighed and fell down, and the speaker also fell down.
The eldest lady watched from a distance and felt a little confident when she saw how powerful Chen Xiaoman was.
No matter how nourishing the life in a brothel is, it can't compare to freedom!
The eldest lady's various behaviors in Wangyue Tower are just to protect herself. As long as there is any chance to escape, she will not let it go.
Because she had already guessed that there was no hope of waiting for Chen Heping to redeem herself.
But she met the Chen family.
The Chen family is a people in the world, with clear grievances and grievances.
If the Xiao family is kind to the Chen family, they will help the eldest lady escape.
The eldest lady also trusted the Chen family, so they took the opportunity of planning the fashion show to plan a robbery tonight.
Seeing the eldest lady walking further and further on the cart, the madam was so anxious that she jumped!
"Trash, a bunch of trash, get them back quickly! This is our cash cow!"
The commotion woke up Chen Heping from his sleep.
He has been sleeping in the alley in the backyard of Wangyue Tower.
He rubbed his eyes, wondering what happened.
"What's wrong?"
"Our girl has been kidnapped!"
"What?" Chen Heping was shocked and said sternly, "You dare to rob people in the city, the gangsters in Jiangnan are too rampant!"
"If you can help capture this person, I will give you one thousand taels of silver!"
"One thousand taels!"
Chen Heping was overjoyed.
After getting one thousand taels, he was one step closer to the ransom of 50,000 taels.
"I'll take this job!"
