Master of Karma in the Red Chamber

Wu Qiumao was a little excited, he didn't expect that the master who was born as a Jinshi also had such a habit.Sure enough, the hero is sad for the beauty.

When the two arrived at Huajie, they went straight to Huaichunlou, the largest brothel in the capital.

Huaichun Building is a veritable gold-selling cave. The girls in the building are not only beautiful, but also talented. They are good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they are also understanding. Sometimes they can talk a few words about the situation in the palace.

Like most brothels, the girls in Huaichunlou are divided into two types, one is called Qingshoulders, who are performers but not their bodies;

Yan Liang chose a secluded private room, and ordered three elderly 'old girls' in the building.

The old bustard was well-informed, so she didn't think there was anything strange about it. After greeting her warmly, she politely took her leave.

Not long after, three plainly dressed women entered the door holding pipas and greeted Yan Liang.

Yan Liang indicated that they just need to sit across the table, and the girls spoke softly and smiled very well, so they sat honestly at the positions Yan Liang had set for them.

"I'm in a bad mood recently, I just want to pass the time, you can chat with me casually."

"What do you want to talk about?" The woman in Tsing Yi asked first.

Yan Liang thought for a while and said, "Let's talk about something I don't know."

The three girls froze for a moment, looked at each other, and then laughed.

"It's too easy, we three sisters will tell you in turn." The woman in Tsing Yi said, and took the other one to play the piano first.The one who was left behind began to talk to Yan Liang about her knowledge and experience, how she was sold, how she was taught talent, how she received customers, and so on.

After drinking a pot of tea, Yan Liang smiled and shook his head when he saw a third person speaking, "I guess the three of you have similar backgrounds, which is indeed heartbreaking, but the story is not new to me at this moment, don't let me tell you." said."

The woman in Tsing Yi smiled charmingly, "Then I'll tell you something else, some interesting things that happened in our Huaichun Building."

"I don't like things about men and women." Yan Liang shook his head.

The woman in Tsing Yi held her chin, carefully thinking about what else to do.

Yan Liang thought for a while, and said: "To tell you the truth, I am an official. I was transferred to Beijing not long ago. I am very unfamiliar with the officialdom in the capital, and I don't have any seniors to give me advice. I'm really afraid that I will violate some taboos after taking office. , making me get out of the capital in disgrace, wouldn't it be ugly?"

The woman in Tsing Yi had seen that Yan Liang was well dressed, coupled with his polite speech, she was convinced of his identity, so she responded cleverly: "Why don't we help the Lord to tell the situation of the officialdom in the capital? Don't look at us as lowly brothel girls, but you officials are the ones we accompany every day, so we know something about it."

Yan Liang immediately rewarded the money, saying that as long as they speak well, rewarding money is not a problem.

The woman in Tsing Yi talked about the situation in the officialdom in the capital, who among the three lords, the emperor's relatives and relatives is very powerful, who has real power, and the most important thing is what these people like and what they hate.They told Yan Liang everything they knew.

"You should understand these royal family and dignitaries, but anyone who is higher in rank than you is naturally not to be offended. There is another person, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Qi Shengao. If you meet this person, you must be careful to deal with him. With a ruthless wrist and a backer, he is a person who cannot afford to offend."

Then there are some boring people whose grades are below the third and fourth grades, with miscellaneous hobbies, which Yan Liang finds very boring.

"Five years ago, can you talk about Prince Shun's affairs?" Yan Liang's words made the scene suddenly quiet.

"Master, that person has long been imprisoned in the northwest, what's the use of mentioning him." The woman in Tsing Yi said.

Yan Liang fiddled with the banknote in his hand, chuckled, "But I'm curious, it's okay if I don't talk about it. That's all, you go down."

Yan Liang poured himself a glass of wine and drank it.

"Sir, don't be so heartless, we'd like to tell you." At their age, brothel girls have nothing but to be more sensible than young people.It was a once-in-a-lifetime luck for them to meet such a generous guest today, how could they slip away in vain.So they each mustered their strength to search for the little news they knew in their stomachs.

So Yan Liang knew about Prince Shun's rebellion, the names of the officials involved, and so on.

"King Shun is the son of a sage after all. He was not cruelly punished and went to the northwest to guard the mausoleum as the living dead. But those ministers who followed him were all unlucky. I heard that even a one-year-old baby was not spared."

Yan Liang sighed softly, and whispered to them: "Although this happened five years ago, I heard that the officialdom has not been peaceful in the past two years."

The woman in Tsing Yi suddenly remembered something, and said to Jia Lian: "Later, there were rumors that King Shun still had a group of followers dormant in the capital, and they would use them again when he came back. But the suspected Beijing officials were either demoted for no reason, or were transferred from afar, in short, they would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let one go."

"Sister, how do you know about this kind of thing?" Another woman asked puzzled.

The woman in Tsing Yi smiled triumphantly: "You have forgotten, who taught the current oiran? That is the person Qi Shengao has his eyes on."

"Oh, it's her!"

The three women laughed.

Yan Liang distributed 2000 taels of silver bills to them, lay down on the couch tiredly, and told them to continue playing the piano.After a while, Yan Liang squinted his eyes and pretended to fall asleep.

Wu Qiumao understands what the master means, and takes the opportunity to send the three girls away.

Yan Liang opened his eyes, sat on the imperial concubine's bed in a daze, but told Wu Qiumao to rest on the inner bed.

Wu Qiumao had no choice but to let it go. He originally planned to sit on the bed and get up when there was any movement outside. Unexpectedly, when he looked again, it would be dawn.Wu Qiumao hurriedly ran out to find the master, but he saw that the master was still sitting like last night, but there was an extra teacup in his hand.

"Go home."

When he got home, Yan Liang took a shower and changed his clothes.The weather was just right, and he lay on the arhat couch in the courtyard to bask in the sun.

When Jia Zhen heard that her father didn't come back yesterday, she thought it was new, and then thought of Lai Er's matter, so she ignored the pain in her buttocks and came to Fulutang to greet her in person.

"Father didn't come home last night, but my son was very worried. Where did you go last night?"

Yan Liang squinted lazily, not bothering to talk to Jia Zhen.

Jia Zhen stretched her neck on purpose, waiting for an answer, with a somewhat obscene smile on her lips.In fact, if the master doesn't come back, he also knows that the master has just come down from the mountain, and he has been holding back for two years, and there is no woman at home, so he must have gone outside to find someone to vent his anger.

"Actually, if you don't say it, my son will understand. My son has no other intentions. My son is thinking that there are a few beautiful maids in this house. How about my son find some for you?"

Yan Liang stared at him coldly: "Your mother has only been dead for a long time, and you say such nonsense, doesn't it hurt your face?"

Jia Zhen was aggrieved, "Isn't my son thinking of you? It's already past the filial piety period. Even if you immediately find a stepmother for your son, your son will not complain."

Yan Liang sneered, "I think it was light last time."

Jia Zhen was so frightened that she hurriedly covered her buttocks, and apologized to Yan Liang, "It's still swollen and painful, you can avoid me."

"The injury will heal in two days, how about going to school?" Yan Liang put down his teacup and said.

"What did you say, go to school? I am so old, and I still go to school?" Jia Zhen was shocked, feeling that she must have tinnitus.

"You're only in your 20s, what happened last time, didn't you see that you were only in your [-]s?"

"Father, please forgive me. If you let me study, you might as well beat me with a wooden stick." Jia Zhen said with a sad face.

"Are you serious? From now on, if you don't go to school, I will beat you every time I see you."

"Don't! Father, my son was joking just now, just kidding!" Jia Zhen waved her hands hurriedly, so scared that she lost her courage. He found that his master was very difficult to serve after he came back from Xuanzhen Temple.He is so stupid today, he took the initiative to come to see the master because of Lai Er's matter.At this moment, Lai Er's love is not up to him, and he can't protect himself.

"I'm not joking." Yan Liang's face was cold, his eyes were domineering, beyond doubt.

"I..." Jia Zhen was embarrassed, and she agreed, but she didn't dare to agree.

"I won't let you go to the school. It's really embarrassing to ask you to share the same room with Jia Rong. I will hire you a teacher and let him teach you well." Yan Liang added a strong sound to the word "good".

"Father!" Jia Zhen fell to her knees with a puff, and was about to cry.

Yan Liang smiled, "It's all my fault as a father who neglected his duties and made you grow into such a bastard. From today onwards, I will think about my mistakes and correct them, and discipline you strictly. I don't ask you to win success by studying in the Toad Palace. I just hope you can understand what is etiquette, righteousness and shame. As for Rong'er, don't worry about it. You don't look like a father, you can't teach your children, and your daughter-in-law never cares. Come to Fulutang, I will teach myself."

"Yes—" Jia Zhen thought that if she was resisting, her father would probably call him to live in Fulutang.Compared with his unlucky son Jia Rong, he is considered lucky.

Seeing that he agreed, Yan Liang suddenly smiled gently: "That's right, get up."

When Jia Zhen got up, Yan Liang suddenly grabbed the ledger on the table and hit Jia Zhen in the face.

Jia Zhen was dumbfounded.

"I'll give you three days to explain to me every account above, otherwise you will never get a penny from the account in the future!"

Jia Zhen picked up a book and flipped through it, and found that it was marked with red cinnabar.He carefully looked at a few places that were approved as red, and basically all of them were large sums of money where the whereabouts were unknown.There are a few transactions from recent days. Jia Zhen can see that the amount of money can match what she was doing at the time, but she really can't remember the previous ones.

Yan Liang: "I heard that you even moved your mother's dowry. As long as you return it, I won't pursue it. No one is allowed to touch it in the future. I will keep it all for your sister's dowry in the future."

Jia Zhen was dissatisfied: "It was something left by my mother. Why did she only give it to her? Besides, she is so young, so it's too early to get married. When she grows up, there is still time to make preparations for her. "

Yan Liang sneered: "Then, I will leave your mother's dowry to you, and I will leave the ancestral property of Ning Mansion to your sister!"

Jia Zhen was stunned, she lowered her head and muttered in a low voice that she was wrong, and she didn't dare to complain anymore.

……

Seven days later.

Jia Zhen can move freely, although her butt still hurts a little, but it doesn't delay him from doing that.Thinking of the girl who didn't succeed in Qinglefang, Jia Zhen felt itchy in her heart, so she went out quietly, planning to eat her up and wipe her clean.

Then someone told Yan Liang about Jia Zhen's whereabouts.

When Jia Zhen arrived at Qinglefang, she led the servants to forcefully play tricks and rushed into the little girl's room.

Suddenly someone shouted: "Master Jing is here!"

Scared, Jia Zhen ran to the backyard of Qinglefang, planning to escape from the back alley through the back door.Unexpectedly, the back door was locked. He didn't have time to wait for someone to open the door, so he stepped on the sack against the wall and jumped off the wall.

"Ouch—ah—" the man's trembling screams resounded through the sky.

Yan Liang stood in a teahouse in the back alley of Qinglefang, holding a fan in his hand, watching the scene with a smile.

Jia Zhen cried and rolled down from the thorn pile, screaming and cursing again, he is too unlucky, how could someone pile up thorns in such a place, this thing is full of thorns, and it can't be used as firewood !

Jia Zhen waited for a while, but no servants came to rescue him, and she almost fainted from the pain.He tried to look for it, but when he moved, the thorns pierced into his body hurt.Jia Zhen had to undress and untie her trousers, and pulled out the thorns first.

"Ah—rogue!" A group of children came out of nowhere and threw stones at Jia Zhen. Jia Zhen endured the pain, covering her head with one hand and dressing with the other. Her feet were unstable and she fell face down. Dog eats shit.