"Hurry in and ensure Chen Yuanyuan's innocence."
Suddenly there was the sound of climbing over the wall outside, and many people climbed into Chen Yuanyuan's home, following the leader's call and rushing towards the room.
The voice he spoke in was strange and high-pitched, much like the voice of a eunuch.
Pan Xiaoxian was so frightened that he jumped up from the bed, pulled out a quilt as quickly as possible, and covered Chen Yuanyuan.
He quickly stood at the door, absolutely not allowing anyone to see the two of them pressed together in the room.
Pan Xiaoxian was nervous. When someone broke in, he saw a group of eunuchs. The leading eunuch was an acquaintance.
Eunuch Huang, the owner of Jinling stall in Dongchang.
When Eunuch Huang saw Pan Xiaoxian standing at the door, his expression changed: "Here comes someone, arrest him quickly."
Eunuch Huang was worried that Chen Yuanyuan would be stripped naked and did not dare to let other eunuchs see Chen Yuanyuan naked. He gritted his teeth and walked in alone.
Chen Yuanyuan was lying on the bed, her expression was strange, and she seemed to be drugged.
Fortunately, Chen Yuanyuan was completely covered in quilt and was not insulted by Pan Xiaoxian.
Eunuch Huang breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and walked out. Looking at Pan Xiaoxian, he gradually narrowed his eyes.
Pan Xiaoxian hurriedly explained: "Chen Yuanyuan was drugged by Wu Gui, and I walked in to save her. If Eunuch Huang doesn't believe it, you can go to the nearby neighbor's house and ask. I walked in openly, and it was Chen Yuanyuan who prescribed it to me." door."
Eunuch Huang was afraid of Liu Rushi's current status and sneered: "You also know Dongchang's work habits. Thanks to your good cousin, if the Za family hadn't been unwilling to offend Mr. Liu, you would have been imprisoned in prison now."
When Pan Xiaoxian heard the word "prison", his whole body trembled, cold sweat broke out on his back, and his clothes were soaked.
Eunuch Huang waved his hand, signaling the eunuchs to let go of Pan Xiaoxian, and pointed to the chair opposite.
Pan Xiaoxian sat on the chair tremblingly. He was so worried that he sat at the front of the chair with only half of his buttocks.
Eunuch Huang said: "If Mr. Liu was still weaving in Jiangning in the past, the Zajia family would have no taboo tonight. Your boy won the first place in the Go competition last time. It was a blessing in disguise. Mr. Liu is now in charge of the approval and delivery of all brothels in Nanzhili." Tax."
When Eunuch Huang said this, he was not talking to Pan Xiaoxian. In his capacity, he would not care about Pan Xiaoxian's thoughts.
Eunuch Huang said these words to the surrounding eunuchs to avoid being misunderstood by his godfather, Eunuch Feng, after today's incident spreads out.
Eunuch Huang didn't want to offend Liu Rushi, let alone Eunuch Feng.
Anyway, it was not Pan Xiaoxian who made a mistake tonight, so we cannot forcefully slander him.
Eunuch Huang thought for a while and said, "You also know that the Za family likes to make money. Although it was not your fault tonight, it is impossible for you to be spared lightly. You need to come up with a sum of money."
Pan Xiaoxian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he had been spared, but before he could finish breathing, he became nervous again.
Eunuch Huang was notoriously greedy and asked for hundreds of taels of silver.
He didn't.
That's millions.
Pan Xiaoxian may not be able to save so much money in his life.
Pan Xiaoxian asked nervously: "How much money does Eunuch Huang want?"
Eunuch Huang held out two fingers.
Pan Xiaoxian's heart skipped a beat, and his mood hit rock bottom, knowing that today's matter would be difficult.
According to Eunuch Huang's temper, he should have asked for two hundred taels of silver.
If Pan Xiaoxian had no money, he would have no choice but to borrow money from loan sharks, and his life would be over as well.
Pan Xiaoxian was annoyed. He had put Chen Yuanyuan on the bed just now, so he should have left directly.
With Chen Yuanyuan's status, he would definitely not only arrange for officers and soldiers, but also other people to stay nearby.
Pan Xiaoxian never expected that the person who arranged the arrangements was actually the eunuch of Dongchang.
Pan Xiaoxian gritted his teeth and said, "Two hundred taels of silver..."
"Two hundred taels?!"
Before he finished his sentence, Eunuch Huang was even more excited than him and got angry: "Who do you think the Zajia are, and you don't even bother to ask. The Zajia are famously corrupt officials with a good reputation."
Pan Xiaoxian was confused and felt that there was something wrong with his ears.
Are corrupt officials associated with reputation?
Seeing Pan Xiaotian's expression, Eunuch Huang knew that Pan Xiaotian didn't believe it, so he said angrily: "Although the Za family is greedy, they never ask for more money, they only ask for reasonable money."
Eunuch Huang pointed at Chen Yuanyuan in the room and said, "Take your case as an example. It's not a big deal. Twenty taels of silver is enough."
Just twenty taels?
Pan Xiaoxian said in disbelief: "Eunuch Huang didn't mean two hundred taels of silver."
Eunuch Huang sneered and said: "It's not that the Za family looks down on you. Considering your family background, it's not bad to be able to bring out twenty taels of silver. How about two hundred taels of silver? Even selling you is not enough."
Eunuch Huang's words were obviously contemptuous.
Pan Xiaoxian was unhappy, but had to admit the fact that it was difficult to come up with twenty taels of silver.
Pan Xiaoxian said awkwardly: "Well... I only have about ten taels of spare money in my hand. I am still ten taels short. Can you give me a few days of grace and wait until I can borrow the money and send it to Eunuch Huang?"
Eunuch Huang thought about it: "It's not that I don't promise you, the Za family has never had a credit card. Besides, I have taken a lot of risks by hiding today's incident from you. These twenty taels of silver are not blackmailing you, but a hush money." .”
Eunuch Huang told the truth: "Think about it for yourself, what will happen to you if word gets out that a man and a woman are alone in the same room."
Pan Xiaoxian panicked and said quickly: "In three days at most, we must have collected twenty taels of silver."
Eunuch Huang saw that he was a poor man and couldn't come up with any money, so he had no choice but to agree: "I will go to Wu Gui to collect several hundred taels of silver, just to show Mr. Liu face, and I'll give you three days." time."
Pan Xiaoxian watched Eunuch Huang leave, leaving only a few eunuchs guarding the door. He stretched out his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Fortunately, Eunuch Huang was a corrupt official with a reputation and finally escaped the disaster.
Eunuch Huang walked to the door, suddenly turned around and said: "Take care of your lower body, don't cause trouble for Mr. Liu."
Eunuch Huang said this not because he cared about Pan Xiaoxian, a petty official like an ant, not worthy of his concern.
Eunuch Huang really cares about Liu Rushi being implicated by Pan Xiaoxian.
Eunuch Huang shook his head and left: "How could a capable woman like Mr. Liu have such an incompetent relative?"
Pan Xiaoxian blushed, opened his mouth, and found that he had nothing to say.
Liu Rushi was recognized as a strong woman in the Jinling officialdom. Many senior officials admired her abilities, and she was also the woman they most wanted to marry.
Pan Xiaoxian is indeed not as good as his cousin Liu Rushi.
