Changsheng regretted it after saying this. He didn't know whether Shi Xuanming came up with the nickname "True Man" himself or with the help of the maid in the room. In short, it has become Shi Xuanming's code name. If Datou knows about this, he will definitely make fun of Shi Xuanming. The origin.
As expected, after hearing Chang Sheng's words, Da Tou burst out laughing, "Hahaha, a real man, that's why he got this nickname, hahaha..."
"Stop laughing," Chang Sheng frowned and waved his hand, "Go back as soon as possible to gather the troops to arrest the person."
"Okay, okay," Big Head asked while walking quickly, "Sir, who are you arresting?"
Chang Sheng thought for a while and said, "It's better not to go back and catch him. The noise is too big and it won't end well. Just send someone to block the door, block all the guests in the room, and then control the prostitute. Old Madam He and his assistants must also be taken down, there must be an account book in Anxiang Tower, later you go back to Yushitai to mobilize troops, I will go to the Ministry of Accounts to transfer a few bookkeepers there, thoroughly check the accounts, and confiscate all the stolen money."
Da Tou understood Chang Sheng's approach and said with a wicked smile, "Those guests are all dignitaries. The court strictly prohibits officials from molesting prostitutes. First, they will steal the stolen goods personally, and then take the opportunity to blackmail them. If they don't want to spend money to eliminate the disaster, then they will be killed." What they did in Anxiang Tower will be made public, and their nicknames will also be announced, haha, let’s see how they meet people in the future.”
Changsheng really wanted to do this. He smiled and nodded and said to Datou, "Hurry up and mobilize your troops. You will be the one to sing the blackface. I will come over later to clean up the mess. Before I arrive, you know what to do."
"I know, we enforce the law impartially and handle cases strictly," Datou said, raising his hand and pointing back, "By the way, sir, what should a real man do?"
"What do you think we should do? Catch him?" Changsheng glanced at Datou.
Datou is so smart, "The real man is an undercover agent sent to Anxiang Tower by our Yushitai. He is here to collect evidence. Don't worry, sir. I will bring his official uniform when I get back."
Changsheng nodded with satisfaction, and the two of them went elsewhere.
When Changsheng went to the Ministry of Accounts and summoned a few bookkeepers to settle accounts and returned to Anxiang Tower, the door of Anxiang Tower had been closed. There were no arrests from Yushitai outside the door. Only some passers-by were pointing and guessing. Why did a team of detectives rush in earlier?
He must have seen Changsheng coming through the crack in the door. The agent guarding the door took the initiative to open the door. Changsheng walked in with several bosses, and the agent immediately closed the door.
At this time, the madam and clerk of Anxiang House were rushed to the wooden platform in the middle of the room by the Yushitai police. Together with the twenty prostitutes, they squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands. The account books were also turned out and placed on the counter. On the way, Chang Sheng gave an order, and several bookkeepers immediately began to check the accounts.
At the door of each room, there were police officers from the Yushitai. All the distinguished guests were blocked in the room. Changsheng walked through the corridor and walked quickly to the wooden platform in the middle area. On the way, he met Shi who had already changed into official uniform. When Xuan Ming saw Chang Sheng, Shi Xuan Ming felt embarrassed and his face flushed, "This, this..."
"If you don't mind that woman once fell into prostitution, there's nothing wrong with marrying her." Changsheng said in a low voice.
"No no no, no no no..." Shi Xuanming waved his hands repeatedly.
Seeing his expression, Changsheng knew that he had guessed correctly. Shi Xuanming should have never touched the prostitute. Men have the instinct to protect the weak. According to legend, Buddha once cut meat to feed eagles. As a monk, Shi Xuanming must have a stronger desire to protect. , not wanting to see the seemingly weak prostitute being humiliated by other men.
When Changsheng came to the wooden platform in the middle, Datou was leading several detectives who were fiercely interrogating the madam and the prostitutes. When Changsheng arrived, the detectives immediately moved a wooden chair and asked him to sit down and talk.
Chang Sheng sat down, but he was not in a hurry to speak. He just looked at Da Tou looking at the case expressionlessly.
The big head was interrogating the old bustard at this time. The old bustard was a middle-aged woman. The big head asked about the rewards for everyone and how the Anxiang Tower was distributed. Behind the old bustard was the Jiaofang, and there were thousands of connections between the Jiaofang and the palace. There are countless connections, hesitating and answering questions.
The big head did not hesitate, and directly ordered the policeman to come forward and slap him on the mouth. After a few slaps, the old madam cried like a wolf and howled like a wolf. He immediately confessed, saying that the reward from everyone was half of Anxianglou and the twenty prostitutes.
This question is very critical. It is proven that these prostitutes are directly aiming to defraud money. They are fake scammers, not poor people who can't help themselves and force a smile.
Datou is smart and cunning, and he also serves as a supervisory censor in the Yushitai. He is very good at investigating cases. The second thing he asked was whether the guests who had been to Anxiang Tower secretly recorded their identities and flowers. The amount sold.
This answer is also yes. There is a maid in each room. The maid can guess the identity of the guest through the conversation of the guest. On the cabinet, some can also be guessed from the house deed or land deed brought by the guest, and more can be guessed by the guest. When you are having sex with a prostitute, you take the initiative to talk about it and show off.
At this time, all the guests who were blocked in the room were staring at the wooden table nervously. This question of Datou is also very critical, because recording the identity of the guest in private is equivalent to secretly grabbing the guest. No one likes to stay in such a place. For the record, no one likes to give someone a handle or be blackmailed.
Datou knew very well what Changsheng wanted to do, and all the questions he asked were to expose the tricks used by the madam and the prostitute to defraud money. The third question was what means the madam and the prostitute used to stimulate the customers to spend uncontrollably. Everyone talks about it. Anxianglou is responsible for providing strong liquor to the guests, because men will be excited and lose self-control after drinking alcohol. Then they will write some passionate poems in the room and hang pictures of swordsmen fighting to the end of the world or fighting on the battlefield. Let a drunk man consider himself a great general or a great knight.
The prostitutes are responsible for using their talents to win the favor of their customers. Each prostitute has different routines. Some will dance coquettishly, while others can play and sing. These talents are not actually their trump card for making money. The most common is the competition between two prostitutes. The losing party has to accept the punishment of the winning party. The so-called punishments are various and weird, but they are all humiliating. Men are often competitive. In order to protect the prostitutes they support from being punished and humiliated by the other party, the clients will get mad and throw money at them.
Although Changsheng couldn't see the expressions of the people in the room, he could roughly guess that these routines coming from the mouths of those prostitutes were no more than skin-piercing and heart-piercing for those customers. Originally, they were all saved. A beautiful hero thinks of himself, but he never thought that he is a fool who is being manipulated by others.
There is no better way to kill someone than to kill one's heart. Next, Datou began to kill one's heart, directly interrogating the prostitutes from when they started receiving clients, how many clients they had received, and how much money they paid for each client before.
There are many people who do dirty things secretly, but no one is willing to expose their scandals. However, under the power of the government and the police to force confessions, they have to say that the situations of the twenty prostitutes are different, but without exception they are not human beings. Although Kefu has received a lot of customers in total, thirty-fifty is considered a small number, and three hundred and two hundred is not too much. The prices are also different, but none of them exceeds ten taels.
People are not afraid that things are expensive, but they are afraid that if they buy something for one thousand taels, others can buy it for ten taels. This shows that they are being taken advantage of.
It took me thousands of taels to get back to the top of the list and sleep with my little master, but in the end I found that someone else had done it with only ten taels of silver. How useless and angry. At this time, the room around the wooden platform was full of people. The angry scapegoat.
When interrogating the frail woman, Datou was particularly harsh. Not only did he ask about the number of clients she had received, but he also asked about the height and weight of those clients, how fat the fattest one was, how old the oldest one was, and whether she volunteered when picking up clients. Is it forced, etc., etc., etc., etc., the purpose is simply to let Shi Xuanming know that this seemingly weak woman is not so weak, she has experienced everything, and in his opinion, the so-called insulting others is actually very... I just like her and don't need his protection and rescue at all.
Seeing that the fire was almost done, Changsheng raised his hand to stop Datou's interrogation, leaving the policeman to guard everyone while the two left the wooden platform and went to various rooms.
Being treated like a fool by a prostitute is more humiliating than being caught in bed. The guests were all ashamed and embarrassed, especially when they were given nicknames. After the two entered the door, they did not ask each other's identity, but first asked each other's nickname. He laughed openly, "Oh, you are a heartless prodigal, hahaha." "Oh, you are the one who dates after dusk, hahaha." "You are the sad one, hahaha."
There were nearly a hundred people, most of whom were wealthy businessmen. The others were all officials, and their ages varied from seventeen or eighteen to seventeen or eighty years old. Datou just said that Yushitai was tracking down the eunuchs. Everyone was suspected and needed to be taken back for interrogation and investigation.
Who is willing to go back to Yushitai with them? There must be an explanation for not wanting to go. Most of these people did not come by themselves. They all brought servants. They sent the servants and servants back to get the money, and they were detained here first.
But not all guests can spend money to ward off disasters. There are at least twenty or thirty people who are very strapped for money. According to their status, they really shouldn’t be unable to come up with money. The reason why they can’t come up with money is because Recently, he has spent too much money in Anxiang Tower. Not only has he depleted his property, but he has also sold off his land and family property. What makes Chang Sheng the most angry is that among the people, there is a doctor from the Ministry of Household Affairs. This person dared to embezzle the disaster relief money. And in less than three months, a full two hundred thousand taels were misappropriated.
This discovery made Changsheng furious. He had previously thought that the actions of Anxiang Tower would corrupt the morals and corrupt people's hearts, but he ignored the series of negative consequences it caused. It was a trivial matter for these customers to bankrupt themselves, and there was no money to support them coming here to pretend to be big men. , they will go astray, those who are officials will take bribes and bend the law, those who are businessmen will cheat, and those who have the skills may kill people, set fires, and rob homes.
We kept struggling until the fifth watch, and everyone who could spend money to ward off the disaster sent money over. Even though these people tried their best, they only sent over 600,000 taels. It was not that they did not want to send more, but that they had money. It has been hollowed out by Anxiang Tower.
On the other hand, after checking the profits of Anxiang Building, we came up with a terrifying figure. Since the opening of Anxiang Building, the accumulated silver has exceeded 10 million taels, and only less than 200,000 taels have been handed over to Jiaofang. The remaining Those were all divided up by the madam and these prostitutes.
Changsheng never dreamed that Anxiang Tower would make such an astonishing profit. It would certainly not be possible to recover all of the 10 million taels, but even if half of it could be recovered, it would still be a huge fortune.
This amount made him both happy and excited, but also nervous and scared. He was happy and excited because recovering the money could not only be used as military supplies, but also provide relief to the victims. What makes me nervous and fearful is that Anxianglou’s practice not only corrupts the public morals and corrupts people’s hearts, but if left unchecked, it will inevitably disrupt people’s livelihood and bring disaster to the country...
