The sky was dim, and under the dim residual sun, there were countless withered yellow leaves.

At this time, it is the late autumn season, the fallen leaves are sprinkled, and the dusk is approaching, which is the most lively time in Pinxiao Building. In the dining room downstairs, every table was full of guests, and the guy who ran the hall, Xiao Sanzi, was so busy that he was sweating profusely, and even his voice was a little dumb, but there were still people in the more than 70 guest rooms upstairs.

Most of the visitors were well-known businessmen and nobles, and of course, there were also some elegant scholars and heroes with swords and swords, which made this usually sluggish place suddenly become lively.

Looking at the merchants and scribes who entered the door one after another, a man in front of the table in the northeast corner covered his face with a fan, and smiled at the other person in a low voice: "Brother, look at today's posture, I'm afraid this Kaifeng silver is not from us people, if you also want to taste the taste of this boss lady, I'm afraid it's better to come to shabu-shabu in two days." ”

The man next to him smiled wryly, pouted a mouthful of yellow teeth and said, "Brother, I came a long time ago, I thought that the thousands of taels of silver in my waist were also a number, but now it seems, hehe...... If you want to play with a good girl, it's difficult" The self-proclaimed brother sighed, but although his hair was black, his face was wrinkled, and he looked a little haggard and old.

The two chatted with each other, and the words became more and more shameless, and a scholar next to him who was dressed very well saw that the two were talking dirty, and couldn't help frowning in disgust, but he couldn't help but want to know what was going to happen here today, so he also leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Please ask the two brothers, Xiao Ke passed into Beijing to catch the exam, and occasionally stopped here, seeing that it was so lively here, it was really somehow, can you tell one or two?"

The man who spoke first raised his eyes and looked at the scholar slightly, and then leaned over and whispered: "Don't hide it from my brother, you can catch up with the show today, the proprietress of this Pin Xiaolou is scheduled to sell Chusu today, aren't we all here, who would have thought that the news would spread so quickly, it was just released yesterday, and even Pang Huzi of Juxian Building is here today, tsk...... It seems that we can also see the excitement. ”

The scholar listened to him, just like a monk in the second zhang, he was puzzled, and asked again: "Isn't the boss of this Pin Xiaolou the old man Qu, I heard that Jean has never married a wife in his life, and it is difficult to come late but ......" Speaking of this, several people around him couldn't hold back their laughter, and the man who spoke patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "I said brother, you are too lonely and unheard, it seems that you still need to be told by my brother." ”

It turned out that the original old shopkeeper of this Pin Xiaolou was a shriveled old man over sixty years old, surnamed Qu, but no one knew his name, only that he had never married a wife, and he had no relatives. Who would have thought that in March this year, a young woman suddenly came to Pinxiao Building, no one knew her identity, only that she came here and suddenly married this old man surnamed Qu, and on the day of the candle night in the cave room, the shopkeeper Qu suddenly died, and the cause of death is unknown. At that time, many people thought that this woman had murdered the old shopkeeper, but under the careful investigation of the government, there was no evidence, and everyone speculated that it was expected that the old man was old and decrepit, and married a beautiful lady. All these things are naturally empty talk in the market, but the woman's talent and national color are really true, but all men are moved when they see it, and they have galloped far and near within a few days, but the strange thing is that no one knows her name and surname, and over time, everyone calls her the boss lady.

In the autumn of this year, there was a sudden word in the Pinxiao Building, and the proprietress was going to sell the first house on September 18, with a reserve price of 1,000 taels of silver, and the highest price was obtained. It is only because since the rule of the great cause, the Sui law is very wide, and the husband and the dead do not need to abide by the system, and they can remarry, so many people from near and far have seen their beauty, so they came with a lot of money and prepared to ask for this lottery in front of everyone.

Hearing this, the scholar gradually became clear, not wanting to suddenly, the sound of hooves was rapid, two fast horses actually broke in from outside the gate, the healthy horses were full of commotion, and immediately the two men in green clothes were still sitting on the carved saddle.

One of the horses, next to the carved saddle hung a pair of rented dragons and swords, the knight was dressed in purple, his appearance was fierce, his eyes were fierce, his eyes swept in all directions, he stared at the face of the little third son, and said coldly: "When will your boss lady come out!"

Seeing this, the third son was a little frightened, lowered his head and said, "This ...... The little ones don't know either. ”

"Hmph!" the man in purple jumped off the horse, grabbed the sword and entered the dining hall, there was a commotion at the bottom, and the well-informed people recognized at a glance that this person was actually the second master of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, which is known as the first dart bureau in Lingnan, and has not lost a dart for decades, and his subordinates from the dart master to the three masters are first-class masters, and this second master is Tang Zhen, who is called "Lidi Tai Sui" by the Jianghu people.

When everyone saw him so arrogant, they didn't know what he wanted to do. At this moment, in the northwest corner of the upstairs, the door of the proprietress suddenly opened, and a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl walked out of it with her head down.

Everyone looked at her at once, and the man in purple was even more anxious, jumped to the second floor, stood half a meter away from the little girl and asked, "What about your boss?

The little girl hung her head and didn't look at him, but what she said was shocking to everyone.

I only heard her squirm and said: "The boss lady is accompanying someone, and she asked me to sue you...... You guys, you can all go. ”

"What!" the man in purple cried out in surprise, and the guests in the dining hall and upstairs all looked at her in amazement, and asked in a loud voice.

"Who dares to run into the labor-management head!" a man with a big belly and silk in the center of the dining hall slammed the table, and suddenly seven or eight strong men with black cloth wrapped around him pulled out half of their swords.

And the purple-clothed man upstairs was also a little anxious, reached out and grabbed the little girl's arm, and asked sharply: "Say, who is there, otherwise I will break in!"

The little girl showed a look of surprise and fear, raised her eyes slightly, and hurriedly lowered her head and said, "Yes...... It's a man. ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and the man in purple said impatiently, "Nonsense! I ask who you are and where you come from!"

The little girl shook her head, pulled out her arm, and then took out something from the crook of her sleeve and looked at the purple-clothed man: "I don't know anything, it's just that the proprietress asked me to take out this thing for everyone to see." ”

She raised her hand, and a silver ticket from the treasure bank appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the treasure money bank was opened by the treasury and spread all over the place, so people could recognize it at a glance.

100,000 taels!

Looking at the big vermilion letters on the silver ticket in her hand, everyone was stunned for a while. Immediately after that, they all stood up and talked about it. And Tang Zhen was even more frightened, and cold sweat instantly soaked his back. 100,000 taels of silver is almost an astronomical amount for him, even if the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau is in a good year, he only earns 70,000 or 80,000 taels of silver a year, what kind of person would be willing to pay 100,000 taels of silver to buy a widow's first stay, this person is either a madman or must be a certain prominent figure.

Everyone muttered and gradually dispersed, they knew that such a character would rather not see it, as the so-called more is better than less, it is really not worth fighting for a woman, not to mention that no one among them is willing to go out to more than 100,000 taels to buy a widow's first stay, and in the end, only Tang Zhenwu was left standing there in a daze, and the little girl had already turned back

……

The proprietress sat on the bed.

At this time, she was covered in red, and under her slender jade neck, a piece of skin like condensed white jade was half-covered and half-hidden, this woman's outfit was undoubtedly extremely glamorous, but this glamorous appearance seemed to be much inferior to her demeanor at this time.

I saw her big eyes smiling and enchanting, flattering, this is a woman who exudes bewitching from her bones, she seems to be seducing men all the time, pulling men's nerves.

Opposite her, a man in extremely rich clothes was sitting there, drinking at her most conspicuous table, his eyes as bright as the stars of the Nine Heavens, and his countenance so handsome that any man would be ashamed to look at him. Such a man is undoubtedly a guest star for women, so the proprietress on the bed couldn't help but be confused when she looked at him, but for some reason, there seemed to be a faint hint of vigilance in her eyes, but these are difficult for ordinary people to see.

What is puzzling is that the man opposite didn't even look at the proprietress and just drank by himself, as if he was the only one in the room.

Chirping.

The door of the room was slowly opened, and the little girl came in sideways, then lowered her head and gently walked into the man's ear and said, "Returning to the son, ...... outside." There's no one out there anymore. ”

Well.

The man finally put down his glass, a smile flashed on Junyi's face, and he said to himself, "It seems that money really works." ”

"What?" The little girl blinked her big watery eyes, pinched the corners of her skirt and looked at it, I don't know why, the first time she saw this man, her heart began to pop and puff, if only the deer bumped, but somehow, whenever she saw his eyes, she would be slightly distracted for a moment, and that mind had long since flown there.

At this time, the proprietress on the bed finally couldn't help it, she stood up suddenly, stared at the man and said, "This son, since you are willing to spend 100,000 taels of silver to buy the slave's first stay, why don't you even look at the slave family until now?"

When the man heard her ask, he raised the wine glass to the center of his eyebrows, drew a perfect arc on his face, and said slowly: "Who said that you must see it if you buy it?" The man said and looked at the little girl, the little girl blushed, and for a while she just wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, but she was happy in her heart, and she didn't know what this enemy meant. And here, the proprietress on the bed snorted coldly, pointed at the little girl and said, "She is only worth five hundred taels of silver at most." ”

"But I can't spend all my money. The man stood up as he spoke, then looked at the proprietress and said expressionlessly: "So I can buy whoever I like, just like there is a local saying in my hometown: I am willing to buy a thousand dollars." ”

"Okay, whatever, I'm already yours now anyway, you can do whatever you want. After the proprietress finished speaking, she sat down angrily.

"Well, I like to hear that. After the man finished speaking, he picked up the folding fan on the table and turned around, and sat down on the edge of the bed, then shook off the folding fan with a snap, put on a noble son's posture, shook it lightly, and said seriously: "Speaking of which, the reason why I bought you and this Pin Xiao Lou is because I know that you can do martial arts, so I want to put a person here with you, and let you take good care of me, and I can't go wrong."

"Who?" asked the proprietress in amazement.

The man slapped twice, and the two attendants walked in with a girl pushing the door, and the proprietress looked up and saw that she was very delicate and lovely, but there was a slight anger between her eyebrows, and her face looked bloodless.

"Do you want to hide Jiao in the golden house?" the proprietress snorted coldly, and her tone was a little sour.

The man ignored her, and just said coldly: "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, she is injured on the shoulder, and she has been pointed, you have to take good care of it, you can't let her run away, you can't let her kill herself, this matter is done, the silver is indispensable to you, if you mess up, not only will you have a penny, I will have to kill you." ”

The proprietress is a person who has seen the world, she knows that the man is definitely a character with a background, so she didn't ask any more questions immediately, but just stretched out her hand and put her hand over the girl and said, "Then what if I bite her tongue and kill herself when I give her a meal?"

"Rest assured. The man said lightly: "She took Shixiang and the soft tendons are scattered, and now she doesn't even have the strength to stand up, and it is impossible for her to bite her tongue and kill herself." ”

"Ten incense soft tendons?" the proprietress was shocked: "Isn't that something only in the palace, are you ......?"

"Huh?" The man's eyes lit up, and the proprietress suddenly shrank and nodded: "Okay, I know, I will definitely take good care of her, and I won't let her have the slightest mistake." ”

"That's good. The man nodded, then turned his head sideways to look at the little girl, and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly: "Little sister, how old is this year?"

"I ...... I ......" The little girl looked at the proprietress and saw that she nodded, so she dared to purse her lips and reply, "Slave maid...... The slave maid is fifteen years old. ”

"Oh......" the man hummed, looked at her again and said, "Okay, I'll redeem you in a few days, and you can prepare for these days." ”

"Ah, I'm ......" the little girl was surprised and delighted, and didn't know what to say, when the man took out a white porcelain bottle from his bosom and threw it to the proprietress and said, "This is a ten-spiced soft tendon powder, you give her one every three days, remember, you need to send it down with wine." ”

"Oh, I see. The proprietress nodded, and the man turned around and was about to walk out. At this time, the proprietress suddenly asked again: "Then you ...... So when are you coming back?"

"No need to ask. The man said, and the man walked away quickly. (To be continued.) )