[Zhan Zhaotongren] Hongchen

Outside Mother Xu's door, Su Xiaoxiao knocked lightly twice, and heard someone answer inside, so she opened the door and walked in.

She has never been in this room before, Mother Xu has never been served, but occasionally someone will come to sweep the dust for her, but it is not her every time.

Pushing open the door, Su Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, this place doesn't look like a brothel, but looks like an ordinary daughter's boudoir.

Across Shaman, Su Xiaoxiao saw Mama Xu lying on the bed with an ugly face, no makeup on, and she was too different from the Miss Hua in her impression.

"Miss Xu."

Su Xiaoxiao yelled and changed her address.This person is really not the old bustard in her mind, she can't equate this person with the previous mother Xu.

"It's you?" Xu Caifeng couldn't help but open her eyes when she heard someone calling her sister Xu, "What are you doing here? Or is it for Mr. Lai?"

"No, I'm here for myself." Su Xiaoxiao said seriously, "Let's discuss a business."

"Hehe..." Xu Caifeng stood up with a sneer, reached out and grabbed a piece of clothing by the bed and draped it over her body, and walked over, "It's really different. I've only been out for a few days, and I'm going to talk to me about business as soon as I come back. What do you think?" Say what, say it."

"It's still the same sentence, I want my contract of sale and Xiaofeng's contract of sale."

"Is this called business? Okay, now that Yihong Courtyard has become like this, I won't make things difficult for you anymore. For 800 taels, I will return both of your contracts of prostitution."

"I don't have money," Su Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth, not afraid of too much trouble, one is troublesome and the other is troublesome, "I don't have money, but I can help you turn Yihong Courtyard into the biggest brothel on this street."

"Do you know what you are talking about?" Xu Caifeng snorted, "You have also seen the Yihong Courtyard now, let alone the largest, even if it is difficult to maintain. Ruyi and Yanzhi have already sneaked away, and they did not leave. The girl is also out of her mind. The biggest, you talk about it, how did you become the biggest? Are you dreaming?"

"It's not a dream, it's real," Su Xiaoxiao looked into Xu Caifeng's eyes and said, "I'll help you make Yihong Court bigger, and you promise me three conditions, one of which is to return the contract of sale between me and Xiaofeng." Give us."

"How can you help me?" Seeing Su Xiaoxiao's determination, Xu Caifeng was a little moved, "Yihong Court has not had a single visitor for several days, what can you do?"

Su Xiaoxiao doesn't have a good impression of the brothel, but there is a line of suffering, and existence is the last word. She is just an ordinary person and can't change anything.

Su Xiaoxiao became ruthless, and continued, "If I say what I say, I will definitely do it. Now that Yihong Court has become like this, the worst result is to close the door. Instead of this, you might as well listen to my bet and take a gamble. I have no reason to come back and lie to you, if it's just for Xiaofeng and me, I can ask Master Bao to come forward, and I don't have to tell you these things here."

"According to what you say, why do you need to help me?" Xu Caifeng is a person who came from among the crowd. She has never seen a good guy or a bad guy. She thinks that Su Xiao's novel is true, but she doesn't understand. Turned around but came back to help himself.

It stands to reason that she should hate her. If Xu Er hadn't sold her into Yihong Courtyard, she wouldn't have ended up in a brothel, let alone a death lawsuit.

"It's just fate," said Su Xiaoxiao's sincerity. Of course she knew what Xu's mother was thinking. These servants are not bad at all. They talk about family law, but they listen more and use less. If this place is gone, how many people will live on the streets. Even if they leave here, they still go to other brothels~ Hospital. At that time, who can say what kind of mother they will meet."

Xu Caifeng felt sore when she heard what Su Xiaoxiao said. She would scare girls and servants more than punish them. She came from a bitter background and didn't have any particularly vicious thoughts. I will not come to open a brothel.

"Apart from selling your life, what else do you want?" Xu Caifeng said, "Yihongyuan doesn't have much money, so what else can you ask for here?"

"First, I want the deed of prostitution between Xiaofeng and me," Su Xiaoxiao stretched out a finger, "Second, from today onwards, all the girls in Yihong Courtyard must be voluntary, prostitution must be voluntary, no prostitution, Just being a performer is voluntary, you can't force others to do what you want, you can't force any girl to sell herself."

Xu Caifeng laughed straight when she heard it, as if she heard some big joke, "Su Xiaoxiao, this is a brothel. You should know what a brothel is. If all the girls are unwilling to sell themselves, is this still a brothel?"

"You don't have to worry about that," Su Xiaoxiao continued with a serious face, "Over the years, haven't you met a girl who is willing to sell herself? If you are not willing, then of course there will be, even if everyone is unwilling, I can also keep Yihong Academy from collapsing."

Xu Caifeng stopped laughing, and looked at Su Xiaoxiao blankly. Her tone and attitude were very serious, and she didn't show any guilty conscience at all. Xu Caifeng couldn't help wondering, where did Su Xiaoxiao come from with such great confidence? ?

"The last one, Yihongyuan will do a good deed every month after making money. If there is a girl who wants to leave, you can't make it difficult." Su Xiaoxiao raised her third finger, and then looked at Xu Caifeng.

"Is this a condition?" Xu Caifeng looked at Su Xiaoxiao with a half-smile.

"What's wrong with doing good deeds and accumulating virtue?" Su Xiaoxiao ignored her, "If you walk a lot at night, you will always encounter ghosts. You can sleep with peace of mind in the future, isn't it good?"

Speaking of ghosts, Xu Caifeng panicked and stopped talking. The Yihong Courtyard is haunted by ghosts these days. Is it true that she has done too many bad things and now she is getting retribution?

Outside the door, Zhan Zhao hugged his shoulders and put his ears close to the door. The voices of Su Xiaoxiao and Xu's mother were not hidden, so until now, he had heard every word.

Zhan Zhao couldn't help frowning, he thought Su Xiaoxiao was talking about the case, but who knew she was talking about business with Xu's mother, and it was such a business with no benefits at all.

Even if he really wants to get back his contract of selling his life, he can ask Master Bao to come forward as he said. This Su Xiaoxiao is forced to sell into a brothel, and the master will not ignore it, but now...

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly felt that someone beside him touched him. Zhan Zhao glanced sideways, and at some point there was someone standing beside him. It was really a skill of lightness, and he didn't realize when he came over.

Zhui Ming mouthed a question, how is it going, Zhan Zhao just shook his head, so the two continued to listen.

In the room, Xu Caifeng was silent for a while before saying, "Why should I trust you?"

"Hehe..." Su Xiaoxiao laughed, and no one believed her after saying so much. It turns out that the crisis of trust is not unique to modern times. "Sister Xu, why did I come back to lie to you? If I really hate you, I will go to Mr. Bao Let's just say a few words, let's say that Lai Yonghua's death is because you discovered some secret of yours, and then let the people from the government check it out. Is there still a way to live in the courtyard?"

Xu Caifeng frowned, and Xu Xiaoxiao continued, "Even if the adults find out that I'm talking nonsense and send me to jail for a few days at most, I was forcibly sold into Yihong Courtyard. Xiaofeng is also a good girl. Yihong Courtyard is gone. Guess, Master Bao will let you continue to sell us to others?"

"It's Mr. Pang you offended," Xu Caifeng sighed and changed her tone, "It's fine if Yihongyuan is gone. My husband and I go back to our hometown and we're not afraid of offending him, but if it's what you said, Yihongyuan How dare we offend the Pang family after being brought back to life?"

What Xu Caifeng meant was very clear. Yihong Courtyard was gone, and she didn't mind returning the deed of sale to her, but if Yihong Courtyard got better again, she wouldn't even think about getting her deed of sale back.

"Don't worry, I don't want the bond now, even if I want it in the future, I won't make things difficult for you," Su Xiaoxiao curled her lips, is she too kind?

These words not only surprised Xu Caifeng, even Zhan Zhao and Zhui Ming, who were eavesdropping outside the door, were also taken aback, why this Su Xiaoxiao became more and more incomprehensible.

Whether she understands or not, Su Xiaoxiao doesn't care, she found a place to sit down, then poured herself a glass of water, "Sister Xu, do I agree with you, but I have something else to ask."

"What else do you want to ask?" Xu Caifeng glanced at her.

"Just now I saw Xiaofeng, she said that Yihong Courtyard is haunted by ghosts, why? Who is Ziyan?"

When Su Xiaoxiao mentioned Ziyan, Xu Caifeng's face became even more ugly, "Why are you asking this?"

"Do you think that I came here specially to discuss business with you?" Su Xiaoxiao straightened her clothes inadvertently, "I came back with Zhuiming Zhanzhao, Yihong Courtyard is haunted, and you didn't report it... Ah, you Say, is this better than me making up a reason for them to investigate?"

"you!"

"I don't hate you, and I don't want to hurt you," Su Xiaoxiao looked at Xu Caifeng with a smile, "I just want to know what's going on, I'm in trouble now, someone has been blackmailed, maybe this can help me. "

She was blackmailed by the people from the God Detective Department and the Kaifeng Mansion. If she guessed correctly, the two heroes are probably eavesdropping now.

She is the bait, no matter who killed Lai Yonghua and the three of them, as long as she, an outsider, gets involved, the water will be muddied, and it will be easier to reveal the truth. This is the conclusion she came to after two nights of thinking.

"My husband and I just arrived in Kaifeng three years ago. Xu Er said it would be good to open a brothel. He also has a way to get Mr. Pang to come here often. Mr. Pang is a generous man, so we will definitely make money," Xu Caifeng sighed, looking as if the past was unbearable. , "So, we used all the hard-earned money we earned to open Yihong Courtyard. That is the money that my husband and I have praised for more than five years."

Su Xiaoxiao was a little dazed when she heard this passage, not everyone is willing to be a bad person, no matter how bad a person is, there is a last resort in the beginning, it's a bit far-fetched to think about it, but she looked at Xu Caifeng with regret clearly.

"Buy land, build a building, buy a girl, our money and some of Xu Er's savings were put in, but we bought two beautiful girls, one of which is Ziyan," Xu Caifeng's voice became softer as she thought about those years. "Ziyan is well-behaved and obedient. She voluntarily sold herself into Yihong Courtyard, so we didn't feel sorry for her. At the beginning, Yihong Courtyard's business was good. Xu Er often came with Mr. Pang, a group of The young masters in the officialdom also come here often when they see Mr. Pang. Zi Yan seems to be short of money, so she desperately asks me to introduce you to her, but we later found out that she is doing it for her brother."

"Brother? What brother? My real brother or... Love brother?" Sure enough, there was a story, Su Xiaoxiao cheered up and asked gossip.

"Brother, she said it was her brother, but none of us have seen it before." Xu Caifeng rolled her eyes at Su Xiaoxiao, and smiled faintly, "At that time we also laughed at her, saying, what kind of brother is love?" Brother, but Ziyan told us very seriously that he is really her own brother. She also said that her brother is very talented and is going to be the number one scholar. When her brother is in high school, she will no longer stay in our Yihong Courtyard. .

We are also happy that the girls have a good place to go, but..."

"It's just that Ziyan didn't wait for his brother to redeem her, but died in Yihong courtyard."

"How do you know?" Xu Caifeng looked at Su Xiaoxiao in amazement. It has been three years since this happened, and many people in Yihong Courtyard didn't know about it. How could she know that she has only been here for a few months.

"Hehe, I guessed it," Su Xiaoxiao perfunctory her, she couldn't tell her that she saw it on TV.

"You..." Xu Caifeng looked at Su Xiaoxiao and felt that she seemed a lot stranger. Su Xiaoxiao smiled at her and urged her to continue.

"She died in the Yihong Courtyard, in the opposite room," Xu Caifeng looked away. She had read countless people but felt that this Su Xiaoxiao was different from everyone she had met before. Years ago, the night before the autumn exam results, she hanged herself in the opposite room. It used to be called 'Splendid Pavilion', and Ziyan lived there before her death."

opposite!Isn't that room a utility room? Su Xiaoxiao looked at Xu Caifeng with admiration. Someone died on the opposite side, and she was able to sleep so comfortably here.

"I didn't feel sorry for her before I was alive, and in the end the government also said that Zi Yan hanged herself to death," Xu Caifeng smiled, a little bleakly, as if seeing Su Xiaoxiao's meaning.

"Since I'm not sorry, what are you talking about haunted now?" Even if there was trouble, it should have happened three years ago, isn't it too late now?

"After Mr. Lai died, I felt unlucky, so I asked the maids to clean up and down the Yihong courtyard. I went to the room opposite. I left all the things in that room untouched, but I went through them many times the day I went to tidy them up, and the white silk really disappeared.”

"Bai Ling!" Su Xiaoxiao jumped up from the stool, her voice was so loud that she felt it was ear-piercing.

"That's right, a very long white silk has been kept there, Ziyan used it back then..."

"Okay, okay, if you use it to commit suicide, even if you don't see a white silk, you won't suspect that it's haunted," Su Xiaoxiao interrupted Xu Caifeng. Numb, even the whole body is not right.

Although Xu Caifeng didn't know why Su Xiaoxiao was so excited all of a sudden, she continued, "Later, a girl heard crying. In the middle of the night, the crying of the girl's house. Bai Ling disappeared, and someone heard the crying again. Mr. Lai again Dead, the girls who knew Ziyan felt that Ziyan came back to claim her life, so I invited the Taoist priest. This is good, once the Taoist priest comes, this matter will become serious, and I can’t hide it even if I want to. It’s a haunted place , there are no guests willing to come."

"After the Taoist came, no one heard the crying anymore?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

"Well," Xu Caifeng nodded, "So, I agreed with the Taoist priest who said that he would be saved for three days."

"Since it's suicide, what's the point of saving?" Su Xiaoxiao scorned, even if there were ghosts in this world, I'm afraid it wouldn't be enough to save them for two days.

Xu Caifeng shook her head, thought for a while, and said, "Although the government said it was suicide at the time, those of us who saw Ziyan hanged himself felt strange. suicide?"

"Well, then, have you met Ziyan's elder brother?" Su Xiaoxiao nodded. Ziyan also had an elder brother. Logically speaking, she had no reason to commit suicide.

"No, even Ziyan's body was brought back by us from the yamen. At that time, Ziyan had saved some money with me, so I used the money to buy her a coffin and buried it outside the city."

"Zi Yan was buried by you?"

"Well, five miles outside the city, there are many unowned people there..." Xu Caifeng seemed to think of something when she said this, and she suddenly asked Su Xiaoxiao nervously, "Tell me, could it be that Ziyan suspects that I buried her?" It was too hasty, so..."

"Hehe, you think too much." Su Xiaoxiao continued to shake her head. She didn't believe in ghosts. Seeing that she had almost asked all the questions she wanted to ask, she changed the topic back, "Sister Xu, what I just said you decide Is it gone?"

"You mean..." Xu Caifeng frowned after listening to Su Xiaoxiao's question, and thought for a long time. Finally, she seemed to have made up her mind and nodded heavily.

"Aren't you going to discuss it with your husband?" Su Xiaoxiao continued to ask.

"That's it, but the matter of the contract..." Xu Caifeng has been used to making decisions by herself all these years, she glanced at Su Xiaoxiao with a puzzled look on her face, "You really just stepped on Mr. Pang's foot? "

"Hehe... Don't worry, I only want Xiaofeng's deed of prostitution. As for mine, I will definitely not make things difficult for you."

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