The heavens begin from the golden years

Chapter 398 The hard-working woman in the brothel
"It's okay, let's go in and watch the excitement for a while, and come out immediately!"

"All right!"

After Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl nodded in agreement, Yuan Xudong led the two of them into the Xiangyun Building. Along the way, there were carved beams and painted buildings, the singing of Yingying and swallows, bright red lanterns hung everywhere, and decorative decorations. The bright red silk satin, the air is filled with a special incense, and the fragrance of rouge powder for women, mixed with the natural body fragrance of young women, the whole Xiangyun Building is like a fairyland on earth, a paradise on earth, and many people inside. The ones were disheveled and unrestrained drunken guests, and the little ladies accompanying them also rolled their eyes, and there was a coquettish look in their brows and eyes, which made Song Yinzhang and Yinping girl's cheeks blush, seductive.

Hearing the panting sound coming from the boxes on both sides, Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl followed Yuan Xudong closely, Song Yinzhang gently tugged at Yuan Xudong's sleeve, looked up at him, and said softly and shyly:

"Fan Lang, let's go out"

"It's okay, let's go out later!"

Before Song Yinzhang finished speaking, Yuan Xudong interrupted her. He still imitated those guests who lingered in the Xiangyun Tower, holding the delicate and slightly panting Song Yinzhang in his arms and stroking:

"Let's go and see Zhou She. He almost lied to your daughter. If you don't take revenge, you're not a gentleman. I'll help you teach him a lesson!"

"Fan Lang!"

Being held in Yuan Xudong's arms and fondled tenderly, and hearing him mention that he was almost cheated by Zhou She for money and sex a few days ago, Song Yinzhang thought it was Yuan Xudong who didn't believe her, so he hurriedly explained:
"Fan Lang, you believe me, I was not taken advantage of by Zhou She. When I was in Jiaofangsi, I either practiced the pipa or studied the scores of everyone in the past. Except for you, no other man has touched me. It’s all true, you have to believe me!”

Looking at the nervous Song Yinzhang, Yuan Xudong laughed and said:
"Really?"

"real!"

Looking at the smirking Yuan Xudong, Song Yinzhang pointed to the sky and swore:
"I can swear to God, everything I Song Yinzhang said to Fan Lang is true, if you still don't believe me, you can also ask Yin Ping, she knows my affairs best!"

"That's right, Yin Ping is the clearest about Miss's affairs!"

Looking at Yuan Xudong who was holding Song Yinzhang in his arms and caressing wantonly, the Yinping girl next to him hurriedly said:

"My lord, when our young lady was still in the Jiaofang Division, she usually practiced the pipa or studied music scores. She didn't understand the affairs of men and women, and that liar Zhou She didn't even have a finger of the young lady. met!"

Speaking of this, Yin Ping girl paused for a while, looked up at Yuan Xudong, then quickly lowered her head and said in embarrassment:

"That day, when you bullied our young lady, she didn't understand anything. You taught her!"

"Ha ha!"

Looking at Song Yinzhang and Yinping girl with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but like to say:
"That's right, I taught her. Your young lady is known as the number one pipa master in the south of the Yangtze River. How can she serve people? I should be the one who serves her!"

Speaking of this, Yuan Xudong pressed close to Song Yinzhang's ear and joked:
"I will spend the night at your place tonight, you, and that bad girl Yin Ping, I will take good care of you both!"

"Fan Lang!"

Being held in Yuan Xudong's arms and being rubbed, and whispering interesting stories about his daughter's house close to his ears, Song Yinzhang looked like he was drunk, his face was like a peach blossom, and his starry eyes turned slightly:
"Yinzhang's body is weak, please take pity on Fan Lang!"

"Okay, I will take pity on Yinzhang!"

Saying that, Yuan Xudong took another look at Yinping girl who had been following beside him and joked:
"And Yinping girl, I will take pity on both of you, master and servant!"

"Thank you, Fan Lang!"

"Thank you son!"

Song Yinzhang and Yinping girl were both blushing, and said with lowered eyebrows.

A moment ago, in a private room in Xiangyun Building, Zhou She was hugging the little lady she was close to and was living happily. I saw Zhou She's face was flushed from drinking, just like a braised pig's head, and his face was squinting. Holding her arms around the little lady in Xiangyun Building, she said with a smile:

"Meiniang, you are so beautiful. If it weren't for the fact that I don't have much money, I really want to redeem you and marry you back home to be my wife!"

Being held in Zhou She's arms, and listening to him say disgusting things that can't be faked any more, the brothel woman known as Mei Niang suppressed her nausea, and coaxed him to continue drinking charmingly and seductively, smiling like silk with winking eyes :

"Mr. Zhou, why don't you have another drink with my slave's family, okay?"

"Okay, as long as you use a leather cup, I'll have a good drink with you!"

Zhou She is not stupid, he will not easily fall for the way of this brothel woman, he continued to test:
"Meiniang, I heard that you have saved a lot of money yourself, is this good? You take all the money out to do business, and I will double it for you. If you lose money, I will help you How good is it to keep your pockets full?"

"Mr. Zhou, where does my slave's family have money?"

Hearing that Zhou She really wanted to play with her own money, a trace of contempt flashed in the eyes of the brothel woman known as Mei Niang. Zhou She looked like a dog this week, but her character was so unbearable. It's lowly, if it's not forced, who wants to greet and serve men every day?
In the brothel, many young and ignorant ladies will be deceived by men with ulterior motives, give all the money they earn from selling their bodies to those bad men, and even use their bodies to please them in vain, in order to earn more Some young ladies even received benefactors recklessly, just because of an illusory promise made verbally by the other party, and waited for future business to make money, and after entering Beijing to take the exam to obtain fame, wait Wait, wait, all kinds of excuses, there are always some silly girls who will really believe the false promises that those men will never be able to keep!

This Zhou She is one of them. Last month, Xiao Cui from the Baihua Building next door hanged herself. She was deceived by this Zhou She, saying that she wanted to redeem her body and marry her as a wife, and said that it was her own money. Not enough, the business can't be turned around for a while, I want to ask Xiao Cui to borrow some money, Zhou's family is a big family in Huating County, Xiao Cui didn't even think that Zhou She would cheat herself into a brothel girl for this little money, but in the end Xiao Cui was cheated She took all the 21 pennies, including the seven pennies lent to her by other sisters, and filed a complaint with the Huating county magistrate, but the county magistrate hit Xiaocui with [-] killing sticks without caring about the injustice.

Needless to say, the final result is that the county lord sentenced Xiaocui to falsely accuse the good people. Not only did Xiaocui not get back her money, she was beaten half to death, and she had to compensate Zhou She with 21 copper coins. She suffered such a great injustice. , and no one can make the decision, and there is no money to compensate Zhou She, and there is no money to return to the sisters. In desperation, he can only hang himself. It's just an ordinary brothel girl, and she's not an oiran lady, and Baihualou didn't bother Zhou She, so this matter is nothing at this point.

But Zhou She's reputation has spread among the brothel women in Huating County. As the saying goes, a rabbit dies and a fox is sad, and things hurt others. Ordinary people don't care about the life and death of these brothel women. They are rich, but they are both low-class people, these brothel girls are more sympathetic to each other, although they can't punish Zhou She, they remind each other, don't let any sister fall into the trap of this villain again!
Meiniang was thinking about this in her heart, and she was just about to continue drinking in Zhoushe, coaxing him to spend more money, which could be regarded as helping Xiaocui to vent her grievances. The master in Chinese clothes rushed in with two healthy servants, and when he saw Zhou She, he smiled strangely and said:
"Yo, isn't this the official Zhou?"

"Yo, Boss Xu!"

Seeing his creditor Xu Fugui approaching the door, Zhou She's complexion changed slightly, he quickly pushed Meiniang away, stood up from the chair, nodded and bowed and smiled apologetically:
"Boss Xu, sit down, please sit down!"

"it is good!"

Xu Fugui sat down where Zhou She was originally sitting, glanced at Meiniang standing next to Zhou She and said with a smile:

"This little lady is nice!"

After all, he looked directly at Zhou She, who was standing in front of him with his hands tied, and smiled and said:
"sit!"

"sit?"

Glancing at Xu Fugui, Zhou She smiled apologetically and said:

"Boss Xu, can I sit too?"

"sit!"

"Okay, thank you, Boss Xu!"

"You're welcome!"

Glancing at Zhou She who was sitting in front of him, Boss Xu said directly:
"Zhou She, when do you plan to pay back the fifteen pennies you owe me?"

Hearing that he wanted to pay back the money, Zhou She immediately evaded and said:
"Boss Xu, listen to my explanation. It's not that I don't want to pay you back. It's just that my ship of Nanyang goods hasn't arrived yet. The ship departs from Guangzhou and arrives at Hangzhou City Ship. You can exempt [-]% of the city ship. Tax, a full [-]%. Except for the old house at home, and those maids and servants, I have paid all the rest of the family property. You can allow a few more days. When the merchant ship arrives, I promise to pay it back immediately. you!"

"I bother!"

Hearing that Zhou She still had no money to pay back, Xu Fugui immediately changed his attitude. He looked at Zhou She whose parents both died and all relatives and elders in the family died, and scolded with disdain on his face:

"In this Huating County, your Zhou family used to be considered a big family. At that time, let alone fifteen guan coins, even 150 guan coins were nothing. Forget it, just learn from others to be a sea merchant, and if you are a sea merchant, just be a sea merchant, you don’t want to pay the city ship tax, you don’t know it when you die, and you still have the heart to drink flower wine in this Xiangyun building?”

Before Zhou She could speak, Xu Fugui continued:
"Let me tell you with all my heart, just two days ago, the imperial envoy Xiao thoroughly investigated the case of privately opening the sea ban in Hangzhou Port. My family is kind, I didn't implicate the nine tribes, not even the three tribes of Yi, but all the merchant ships in Hangzhou port were confiscated, and several merchants who were trading on the spot were arrested. In other words, you didn't go Hangzhou Port stares at the transaction and counts you lucky, but all the Nanyang goods you bought are gone, and your Zhou family is completely bankrupt.

The news hasn't spread yet. I know you owe at least five hundred pennies, and you won't be able to pay it back. I don't care about other people's money. You owe me the fifteen pennies. You must pay me back today, or else If you don’t, I’ll chop off your fingers one by one and feed them to the dog. After chopping off your fingers, chop off your toes. Five! "

As he said that, Xu Fugui asked his two healthy servants to press Zhou She on the table, and spread his right hand on the table. Xu Fugui directly took out a sharp stainless steel dagger and put it on Zhou She's right hand. Quickly poked between five fingers:

"Say, can you pay back the fifteen pennies you owe me today?"

In this brothel, there are a lot of debtors. Even when Xu Fugui took out a dagger and threatened to chop off Zhou She's fingers, Mei Niang didn't make a fuss and just hid aside.

In fact, in her opinion, this boss Xu was mostly bluffing. Even if Zhou She really had no money to pay him back, he would not really chop off Zhou She's fingers, at least in public, but Zhou She didn't. Scared by Xu Fugui, this courageous person immediately wailed like a pig about to be killed:

"Boss Xu, it's all a misunderstanding. I will pay back the money, and I will definitely pay back the money. Boss Xu, I misunderstood. The small one is really not good enough. All the shops at home are mortgaged. Go and get it right away. I'll go and get it right away. Boss Xu , forgive me!"

Looking at Zhou She, who looked like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered, Xu Fugui smiled and said:
"I want to see the money now, otherwise, you can mortgage your ancestral home to me, and I will give you one day to collect the money. After one day, if you still can't pay back the money, your ancestral home will be mine." How about it?"

"What, you want my Zhou family's ancestral house as a mortgage?"

Seeing Xu Fugui, who was clearly harboring malicious intentions, Zhou She shook his head repeatedly and refused:

"No, this is absolutely impossible. It's only been a day. If I can't make up fifteen copper coins, then my Zhou family's ancestral house will become your Xu family's?"

Looking at Zhou She who disagreed with life and death, Xu Fugui thought that he was reluctant to part with his ancestral house, but unexpectedly Zhou She changed his voice:

"Boss Xu, can you see if this works? I will sell the ancestral house to you directly, together with the maids and servants at home. In addition to the fifteen pennies I have to return to you, you can give me another fifteen pennies." ?”

"I bother!"

Looking at Zhou She, who can easily sell even his own ancestral house, Xu Fugui couldn't help but say shamelessly:

"Zhou She, luckily your parents are dead. If they are still alive, they will definitely be pissed off by you now. As far as your ancestral house is concerned, I can pay up to twenty pennies. Do you want it or not!"

"Only twenty pennies?"

Hearing that Xu Fugui was only willing to pay [-] guan, except for the [-] guan that would be returned to him, he would only have [-] guan left. If he wanted to run away, he would not be able to run far, Zhou She said anxiously:

"Boss Xu, there are several maidservants and servants at home, one person counts as one, can you add another six for me?"

"I bother!"

Seeing the shameless Zhou She, Xu Fugui scolded:

"No, there are maids and servants in my house, so why buy from your Zhou family?"

Seeing that Xu Fugui couldn't explain it, Zhou She turned his mind on Meiniang who was standing aside, and he smiled apologetically and said:
"Meiniang, good Meiniang, I know you have saved a lot of money, you lend me all the money, and I will mortgage my ancestral house to you?"

Looking at Zhou She who was pressed on the table like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered, Mei Niang said with a half-smile:
"Mr. Zhou, there is only a brothel girl in my family. What is the use of your ancestral house? Besides, my family doesn't have thirty pennies!"

"Good Mei Niang, as long as fifteen guan is enough!"

Looking at Mei Niang with the winking eyes, Zhou She said with a smile:

"If you don't have enough money, you can borrow some from others. My ancestral house is worth twenty or thirty bucks, so you won't be at a disadvantage!"

If it was an ordinary person, maybe they would really be willing to lend Zhou She fifteen pennies. As he said, his family's ancestral house is worth twenty or thirty pennies, anyway, it will certainly not suffer a loss.

But Mei Niang is a brothel girl with a low status, but the Zhou family is a big family in Huating County. The status of the two is very different, that is, they have the IOU and the land deed in their hands. At that time, as long as Zhou She bites back, saying that Mei Niang tricked him No matter how partial the county lord is, the black ones can also be said to be white ones, and Meiniang can only end up hanging herself like Xiaocui in the end.

Fortunately, Meiniang is not stupid, so she will not take the bait and bite this seemingly attractive bait. Just when Meiniang was about to refuse, a hearty laughter sounded outside the house. It has already been passed in, and it is still ringing in everyone's ears, Mei Niang's eyes are slightly startled, what a clean and clear voice!
"Master Zhou, long time no see, how are you doing?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a beautiful young man wearing a golden silk jade crown, dressed in brocade clothes and white jade hanging around his waist, with red lips and white teeth, sword eyebrows and starry eyes. White teeth, a beautiful girl with a beautiful face and moon appearance, followed a pretty girl in green clothes step by step behind her. When she saw the person coming, Zhou She, who was still pressed on the table, opened her eyes slightly and said:

"Young Master Xiao?"

Looking at Zhou She, who looked like a pig-headed three, Yuan Xudong smiled with the demeanor of Xiao's paternal son:

"Master Zhou, long time no see, why are you in such a mess today?"

Looking at Yuan Xudong, who was completely different from when they first met, and Song Yinzhang and Yinping girl who had become more tender and attractive, Zhou She's eyes flashed with jealousy and greed, but his face was filled with regret. He said with a cheap smile:
"Young Master Xiao, the world is in an emergency, can you lend me fifteen pennies to make a living?"

"Fifteen strings?"

(End of this chapter)