Bai Yujing, Xiangsi Pavilion.
Bai Wugeng and Qi Dan were listening to music in the most splendid wing of Xiangsi Pavilion. How luxurious was this elegant room? Forty-eight fish-oil candles were lit, illuminating the room as if it were daytime. Since his father beat him up the last time he met, he has reduced his meetings with Jiang Wenbing. These days, he either lives in his own palace or hangs out in Xiangsi Pavilion. In short, he acts like a playboy who doesn't care about worldly affairs. appearance.
Of course, with his character, it is absolutely impossible for him to be a happy prince. After Manager Chi brought back the news about He Nan, he began to re-operate his intelligence network. Chi Zebao also introduced him to a new helper - the four managers of the Tianbian Guard, Hubao and Xiong Rongzhi. One Xiongqi.
Xiong Qi is a simple-minded person with a gambling addiction. He is an easy chess piece to use. However, considering that this person often does things without thinking, Qi Dan did not arrange any confidential work for him. He only asked him to provide sky guards and It's just Fu Zizhan's movements - it's just that it takes a lot of money to silence Xiong Qi. What the black bear got from him was higher than the salary of the Tianbian Guard.
All in all, the lineup of chess pieces in his hand is luxurious enough, but it is far from what he requires... For example, he also needs some dead warriors with high martial arts skills.
But as far as he was concerned, the most important thing at the moment was what He Nan put forward - to kill the emperor brother. He had to overcome a hurdle in the past, both physically and psychologically.
Just when Qi Dan was thinking about what kind of preparations he still needed to make, there was an extremely noisy sound coming from downstairs, piercing shouts mixed with collisions, and the sweet voice of the singer in front of him also stopped abruptly.
The woman composing songs for him in front of him was called Yueyue'er by everyone. She was a beautiful woman at the age of sixteen. She was a newcomer who had just entered Xiangsi Pavilion a few days ago. Because her family was poor and could not afford to raise many children, she was also a young lady. When her brother got married, she had to buy a bride price, so she had to be sold as a younger sister to the Acacia Pavilion. The second master Gui Qi Shan said that this girl is very smart and has extraordinary talent. She has already learned how to play the pipa in less than half a month, and her singing voice is even more amazing. If given time, she might be able to become Xiangsi Ge. The top courtesan. Qi Dan was also very interested in this, so he asked her to see what the secrets of Xiangsige's future "number one" were.
"Ignore it, continue." Qi Dan smiled gently, thinking that Yue Yaer paused because of the interference of the sound. But when Yue Ya'er started singing again, she seemed a little absent-minded and her expression was a little weird. Qi Dan, who is proficient in music, had to interrupt her: "What's wrong with you? Is it because of the noise downstairs?"
Yue Ya'er seemed a little hesitant: "No, no..."
With Qi Dan's intelligence, how could he not see through the clumsy lies of this singer? He smiled and said nonchalantly: "Then we might as well go down and see what's going on?"
Yue Ya'er nodded meekly and followed Qi Dan downstairs.
In the lobby on the first floor of Xiangsi Pavilion, several male servants were surrounding a thin and thin young man. The young man's head and face were covered with blood, and he looked ferocious. In his right hand, he held a sharp bone-picking knife that was more than a foot long. , holding a girl's neck with his left hand, and the tip of the knife was pressed against her neck, confronting everyone.
"What's going on?" Qi Dan frowned at Mr. Gui as he passed by him. Xiangsi Pavilion, as the first brothel in the capital, always abides by strict rules. If you dare to do something here, you really don't want your life.
"Back... Mr. Bai, it's like this." The second master Gui bent his back and bowed to Qi Dan: "This little bastard said that his friend is a singer here, and he wants to take that girl away, but you don't want to I know that our Xiangsi Pavilion is different from other brothels that are not on the market. We never engage in forced buying and selling. All the girls here are voluntary... and we also spent a lot of money to buy them and raise them. How can you just take her away? Not to mention that this kid took action at the slightest disagreement and even kidnapped our singer... Although this kid didn't have any kung fu skills, he still injured him with his fierceness. Among our servants, I didn't act rashly because I saw that he had taken hostages."
The young man holding the knife kept looking around, but when he glanced at the single side of Qi, his pupils suddenly shone brightly. He dropped the singer he was holding and rushed towards him, shouting: "Yueya'er, I Let’s go and rescue you!”
Whether he was Qi Dan's subordinate, the head of the Tianbian Guard, or the steward of Xiangsi Pavilion, the Second Master Gui could not let this man with a body of ten thousand gold miss a beat. Seeing that the boy with the knife left the hostage, he flew up One kick went straight towards the young man's head, trying to kill him with one blow. The young man was also very agile. He dodged the fatal flying kick by turning sideways, but his leg was pulled by the servant behind him. In the end, the knife was taken away, and his body was also beaten by several people. Pressed under the stairs.
"You still dare to attack Mr. Bai?" Several servants also knew that Mr. Bai Wugeng was one of the most unoffended guests in their brothel. In order to show off in front of him, they punched and kicked the young man.
"Do you know him?" Qi Dan glanced at Yue Ya'er, who was looking at the boy who was kicked and rolling on the ground with a worried face. She pulled Qi Dan's clothes: "Mr. Bai... please let me go." They stop it.”
Qi Dan didn't want to care about this matter. He felt that the young man really deserved it, but he accidentally saw the young man's eyes through the crowd - that look was very familiar to him, it was the kind of humble and unyielding look. , as if there were tigers and leopards dormant among them.
"Okay." Qi Dan waved his hand to signal the servants to disperse. He walked down the steps alone until he stood in front of the young man and asked condescendingly: "What is your relationship with her? Why do you come here to make trouble? Yes. Who sent you?"
The young man originally held his head high and looked unafraid, until his eyes came into contact with Qi Dan's eyes - like a bottomless abyss, cold and deep, no matter what kind of jackals, tigers and leopards could only get here. It was swallowed up, and the dragons were buried in it. Instinct fear swept through the young man's mind, and he had to succumb to Qi Dan's authority: "No one sent me here, I came here myself, Yue Ya'er and I... childhood sweethearts, she is like mine. Sister, but you were kidnapped here by you bastards, you bad guys..."
"Oh? Turning here? Is that so?" Qi Dan turned around and looked at Mr. Gui. This was different from what he told him.
"Mr. Bai, this kid is talking nonsense without knowing what is right and wrong. Our accountant here and Mother Xu can prove that her family sold her voluntarily." Second Master Gui said respectfully.
At this time, a woman in her forties walked out of the crowd waving a round fan with a sharp voice. It was Mrs. Xu, the madam: "Yes, Mr. Bai, I can testify that I personally brought this little girl back from her home." Yes, I still have the evidence! If you still don’t believe it, I can bring her parents to confront this kid and see who is right and who is wrong?"
Qi Dan looked at Yue Ya'er's face again. She looked very sad. She lowered her head slightly and nodded lightly, as if she was also confirming the answers given by Mr. Gui and Mrs. Xu.
"What else do you have to say?" Qi Dan snorted coldly. He could see the admiration and pity of the boy in front of him for Yue Ya'er. With blood pouring into his head, he wanted to snatch people away without hesitation, but after all, he She was an outsider. Her biological parents sold her here. What kind of trouble would he cause? "If you want to save her, just pay for her redemption. Do you think you can achieve your goal by holding a knife and fighting bravely? To tell you the truth, even if you take her away today, what will happen tomorrow? She herself has to come back obediently, but it has harmed her family."
"I, I don't have money..." The young man looked a little embarrassed. He really didn't know that Yue Yaer's family had sent her here, and he thought someone from the brothel had forcibly abducted her. "I didn't know it was from her family..."
"Ha..." Qi Dan sneered. He has never been a person who likes preaching, but he hates being self-righteous even more: "She is living a much better life here than before. She can make money with her own skills or beauty, and And you?"
"How could you rich and powerful bastards who eat people without spitting out their bones be nice to her? You obviously just want to..." The young man hesitated to speak.
"You're just a loser who doesn't understand anything and can't do anything." Qi Dan said this very rudely. After all, as a prince, it was too cheap to despise a commoner from above. But when Qi Dan was as old as him, he and Jiang Wenbing were able to eliminate a group of ten Xiegao scouts with two cavalry.
Some people may think that Qi Dan, who is worth a thousand dollars, has been eating natural treasures and practicing peerless magical skills since he was a child. However, in fact, at that time, he had never learned any other martial arts except the martial arts taught in the Sirius Army. .
After stimulating the young man fiercely, Qi Dan strode back to his private room.
He is waiting.
It didn't take long for him to get what he wanted. Yue Ya'er knocked on the door timidly, bowed and saluted, then knelt down with a "pop", her eyes filled with tears and crying: "Mr. Bai, I know you are a good person, please save me." Save Little Wolf... He is about to be beaten to death by them..."
"Save him? How can I save him?" Qi Dan shook his head. Even when facing this pretty girl, he did not let go: "He asked for it himself. He shouldn't be here."
"Mr. Bai, you are very powerful. Once you speak, they will stop beating Little Wolf..." Yue Ya'er kowtowed on the ground.
"I can save him today, but I can't come every day. If he comes to cause trouble again when I'm not here, who else can save him?"
Yue Ya'er was a little stunned. She knew very well that as long as she was here for a day, the little wolf would never stop making trouble, but he would not listen to anything she said. He just stubbornly wanted to take her out of here - or rather from the beginning to the end. Deep down in her heart she was looking forward to leaving.
"You should get up first." Qi Dan knocked on the desk in front of him, "Tell me your story."
Yue Ya'er didn't know what Mr. Bai meant, but she could only follow what he meant and started talking in detail.
Yue Ya'er and Xiao Lang'er are both from Fufeng County, one of the three counties in the capital, and Xiao Lang'er will be a few months older than her. Yue Ya'er's family has been farming for generations, and Little Wolf'er's father is a tailor. The two have been neighbors since childhood. It's not an exaggeration to say that they were childhood sweethearts. In the process of being each other's playmates, Little Wolf'er also developed a secret affection for Yue Ya'er. Yue Ya'er also gradually grew fond of this brother who had been with her since childhood. It's a pity that Yue Ya'er's family has two brothers and an eight-year-old sister. The eldest brother wants to get married and buy property, but the family can't come up with so much money. After thinking about it, Yue Ya'er's parents had to make a painful decision. She made such a decision - Yue Ya'er was born beautiful, and someone had already come to propose marriage, but the person proposing marriage couldn't afford the money, so she could only find Xiangsi Pavilion, which was quite decent. Fortunately, her parents' conscience was not completely lost. , the contract he signed was only for prostitution, not for prostitution, so as to preserve his daughter's innocence and redeem her when he has money. But Xiao Lang'er didn't think so. In his understanding, it was this group of brothel people who forcibly abducted Yue Ya'er, so they came here to make trouble again and again, and each time the trouble became bigger and bigger. Today is already the third time. times. The first two times he didn't see Yue Ya'er at all, so he just made a fuss and ran away in a hurry. It wasn't until today that Qi Dan agreed to Yue Ya'er to go downstairs to have a look, but he ended up with a bruised nose, a swollen face, a bruised head, and bleeding.
After telling his story, Yue Ya'er became anxious when he saw Qi Dandan's expressionless face: "Mr. Bai, I heard from the sisters here that you are a very kind man, and I also know that you will definitely be able to help Little Wolf'er, right? Perhaps you can make him your groom and take him with you when you come here, and he will stop making trouble if he sees me."
"Yes, that's right, I can help him, and I can even make him get everything he wants." Qi Dan nodded slightly, of course he could help: "But why should I help him? You don't have to Give me some kind hat... What I need is value."
"I...I can compose songs for you, dance for you..." Yue Ya'er said softer and softer. She also realized that Mr. Bai can buy these things with money, and what Mr. Bai in front of him lacks most is Not money. At the end, she closed her eyes and seemed to have made some important decision. She lowered her head and said, "What I'm signing here is a contract for performing arts, but... I, I can give my body to you. I'm still a virgin. As long as you are willing to save me and Xiaolang, we can do anything."
After saying that, she began to tear the gauze skirt she was wearing, but was stopped by Qi Dan the next moment: "Hey...both your singing voice and your body are dispensable to me, and you don't have to either." It’s not good to use your body as a bargaining chip.”
Qi Dan was more or less moved with compassion. For him, helping the poor couple was just a small effort, but for them it was nothing less than a life-saving grace.
Yue Yaer's eyes were red and swollen, and two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks. She really couldn't figure out what kind of value she had to Mr. Bai. Her body... was already the only bargaining chip she could give, but Even this was denied by the other party.
"Can you cook?" Qi Dan asked confusedly.
"Yes, my parents and brothers all work in the fields, and I have always prepared the meals at home." Yue Ya'er nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Okay, then you come with me and I will redeem your life. Of course, your friend will also do things for me, so you have to convince him." Qi Dan let go of Yue Ya'er's wrist: "Let's go and take a look How is he, I don't need a cripple."
Qi Dan suddenly took a liking to Little Wolf'er because he was not afraid of death, and Yue Ya'er, a well-behaved little girl, was the rope that tied him.
