Shao Linghang didn't think he was a reckless person, but looking at the box at his feet, he felt that maybe it would be easier to get a silver ticket.

However, she said last night that Yu Niang prefers silver ingots with white flowers to silver tickets.

She also said that if Yu Niang refused to let her go, let him grab the silver ingots and throw them around, Yu Niang loves money and will definitely let her subordinates pick them up, and she can take advantage of the chaos to escape.

Later, she said, laughing with Childe, don't take Childe seriously.

Thinking of her words, the corners of Shao Linghang's mouth twitched almost invisibly, and the hand on his knee was slightly clenched into a fist.

Yu Niang came to greet her, her face was still smiling like a flower, her eyes first turned on the box on the ground, and then swept up the corners of her royal blue silk and cloud-patterned robe, but her heart was shocked.

Didn't you say that you came to redeem people, how could you have such a face that was indistinguishable from anger?

"Is this master trying to redeem people?" Yu Niang rubbed her hands and stepped forward.

"Suko. I'm going to take it away. Shao Linghang was simple and clear.

Yu Niang raised her eyebrows, and her eyes fell on the wooden box again-such a box would cost ten thousand taels to put silver ingots, and she could buy all the girls in her Drunken Xiang Pavilion, even the Oiran. but he wanted to ransom Suko. Did she hear it wrong?

"Su Ke is our ...... here" Yu Niang was a little unsure.

However, Shao Linghang didn't wait for her to continue, and then answered, "She's just a leader here, I know." ”

Yu Niang's face stiffened.

Shao Linghang said again: "But I'm willing to ransom her with the price of a Qin Huai Oiran." ”

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the two Chang Entourage behind him opened the lid of the big box on the ground, and the fifty-two official silver ingots were neatly stacked in the box, and the top lid of the coffin was covered.

He said, "Here are ten thousand taels." ”

Yu Niang took a breath. Ten years ago, the Oiran Qianniang, who was famous in Qin Huai, was only worth eight thousand taels for redemption. How much coaxing there is in this, Qin Huai's people all know it in their hearts. Besides, how many oirans have been produced over the years, and how many oirans have been redeemed, none of them can raise the price so high.

Su Ke not only matched, but even surpassed.

This is good, there are so many green buildings on the banks of the Qinhuai River, and I have never heard of a leader worth 10,000 taels. Yu Niang stroked her heart and liver and consciously grew her face, if this matter spread, the Drunken Xiang Pavilion would be one of the best in Qinhuai.

I really didn't expect that Su Ke still had such a ability.

So, who is Su Ke?

Su Keqi is a person, the posture of a middle-aged person, not so beautiful that it is amazing, but it is so beautiful that it makes people comfortable. If you have to pick one word to describe it, it is pleasing to the eye.

Ten years ago, Su Ke was thirteen years old, and in order to marry the second brother in the family, he sold himself into the palace and became a palace maid.

The palace maids of the Daming Dynasty are lifelong, and they don't expect to get out alive when they enter the palace. Su Ke knows how to settle down, and has been in the Shanggong Bureau for many years, relying on his wit and good popularity, he has become a six-grade Siyan from a small palace maid, and is in charge of the affairs of foreign women entering the palace to pass the decree. There are a few people under his hands, and his life is busy.

It's just that good days don't last long, and a year ago, Su Ke replied to Concubine Xian Niangniang and met the emperor halfway. The emperor pointed to her in front of the virtuous concubine, and the meaning was obvious.

Later, Concubine Xian asked Su Ke what he meant, and Su Ke knelt there with his shoulders bent, not daring to reply a word.

Concubine Xian understood what she meant, "The last time Concubine Shu framed this palace, it was a letter from you to this palace, and this palace said at that time that the favor owed to you will be returned to you sooner or later." Since you don't want to serve the emperor, then the palace will help you. Concubine Xian touched her bulging belly, and her face was determined to win or lose, "But it depends on the child's ability." ”

Two months later, Concubine Xian Niangniang gave birth to the emperor's ninth son, promoted to concubine, and was in charge of the six palaces.

Everyone knows that the new official has three fires when he takes office, and all parts of the palace are responding with spirit. It's just that no one expected that the first fire of the concubine would burn to every corner of the palace with great fanfare.

The concubine said that there were many eunuchs and maids in the palace, and all those who had no rank, eunuchs who were over thirty years old, and palace maids who were twenty-two years old, were all released from the palace.

Think of the emperor's dragon and horse spirit, in the first election every three years, thousands of people recruit people to the palace, and few can be promoted to be mothers, and the rest are filled with palace maids. So not to mention the eunuchs, there are as many as 3,000 palace maids who meet the conditions for leaving the palace.

Su Ke had just passed his twenty-second birthday, and two days ago he was dismissed from his official position because of "contradiction" with the concubine, so he naturally became a member of the repatriation army.

When leaving the palace, Su Ke kowtowed three times in the direction of the Chengqian Palace where the concubine lived, and this kindness was unforgettable.

In the nine years since she entered the palace, Su Ke has never seen her father and mother again, and the eldest brother and second brother come to see her at the gate of the palace once every six months, and they really can't say a few words. Now that he can leave the palace, Su Kegui is like an arrow, and hurriedly bought a gift for the family in the capital, and he didn't care about the soaring car and horse money, so he hired a flat-headed car and went back to his home in the suburbs of Beijing.

Seeing the eldest brother waiting for her under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, Su Ke's tears immediately flowed. It's just that the tears haven't dried yet, and the current situation at home has given Su Ke a blow to him.

There are only a few acres of thin fields at home, and there are nephews and nieces in the father, mother, brother and sister-in-law, plus nephews and nieces, and the lives of more than a dozen people seem to be measured out of those few acres of fields, and there is no surplus for more than one bite. Fortunately, with Su Ke's monthly supplement, the family will not be stretched. Now that she has been sent home, not only is there less subsidy but also more than her, and life is going to be difficult.

Su Ke pondered, it was not okay to sit still like this, he had to find a way.

But she hadn't acted yet, Su Keniang spoke first, "Don't worry about family affairs, focus on your affairs first." Do you remember Wang Ergou at the head of the village, the daughter-in-law who died last year has not found a suitable one, I heard that you are back, and yesterday I sent Mrs. Liu to the house to ask about you. What do you think? ”

Su Ke thought, Wang Ergou she remembers, when she was a child, she was with mud. Triangle eyes, two bared teeth, when they saw her, they laughed, and they ran to her house all the time.

Dare to love her, can her current market only be rationed to a widower like Wang Ergou?

Then she still doesn't want to get married.

Su Ke began to think about making money.

Selling it once is also selling, and selling it twice is also selling, Su Ke secretly thought, just go back to the city and find a big family to be a girl. It's just that I'm afraid that I can't be a girl at this age, and I guess I can only be an old mother. The old mother is the old mother, and it is stronger than the family drinking the northwest wind.

So the next day, he packed up and went into the city with dignity.

But today's capital is no longer the capital that used to be full of money and work. Even more than 5,000 eunuchs and palace maids were sent out of the palace, and everyone had no way out, so they rushed to do any work. Especially eunuchs are no better than palace maids, and people without roots don't care whether their work is low, and it is serious to fill their stomachs first.

Therefore, these people who have nowhere to stay are like locusts crossing the border, taking over all the work inside and outside the capital.

Dongcheng poured a cart for the night pot, and when he met the morning shop, he nodded and greeted: "Yo, you are here now." ”

Renyazi recommended the girl to the big family, and said with a little finger: "Except for these two people, the remaining few are all errand workers in the imperial garden." ”

That's the case.

If you want to say whether there are any people who have returned to their hometowns, there are, most of them are palace maids. Because the eunuchs were all so poor that they couldn't open the pot and had no way to get the knife, they were not as good as serious men now, they were old, and they had no way to return to their hometowns, so they all stayed in the capital.

And the palace maids are different, many of the palace maids are drafted into the palace, and they can still settle down at home.

But what about returning home, when I was old, I couldn't find a good mother-in-law's house, and I stayed at home and looked at my face, so I could only marry someone without taboo. During that period, it is said that there were eighty percent fewer singles, and twenty percent of the concubines of rich families were also added.

Su Ke has washed dishes, watched the door, served the old lady, and also put feces and urine on the newborn child.

I followed the embroidery girl to learn to embroider a door curtain for two months, and the price of the sale was not enough to cover the material money.

Push a cart to sell wontons, look at her is a woman's family, either collecting protection money or teasing.

In short, after half a year's hard work, not only did he not make any money, but he also used the body he had saved before.

The family was unwilling, the two sisters-in-law looked at each other, took Su Ke's hand and said: "Do you agree with the matter of Wang Ergou, if you really don't look down on it, Niu Baihu's son plans to marry you as a second room, as long as you give birth to a son after you pass the door, the whole family is up to you." What do you see? ”

Su Ke lifted the table countless times in his heart and smashed countless pots and pans, but he didn't dare to show half of it in front of the eldest brother and the second brother. If the family is poor, it is not easy to marry a daughter-in-law, and it is even more difficult to live with a down-to-earth life. Su Ke didn't blame them.

She looked at her father.

A stuffy head smokes a cigarette pouch, and a sits on the kang head with a sad face on the ridge behind the house.

"It's not a problem for girls to show up all the time. When you are old, you will eventually get married, and your family will not be able to support you for a lifetime. ”

Su Ke sat on the small bench and was stunned for a while, but when he came back to his senses, he couldn't remember who said this. She thought regretfully, it would be nice if the third brother was here, the third brother has always loved her the most and supported her the most, if he was there, he would definitely be able to pat his chest and say, "My sister is fine, my brother will support you in the future."

But when she was a palace maid, the third brother went out with a group of people to find a living, and there was no news for so many years, and I don't know where I am. Did you make a fortune and forget about them, or did you get mixed up and didn't want to come back.

Su Ke missed him.

Come to think of it, you still have to find a job, and you still have to earn money.

Su Ke stayed in the palace for nine years, and learned nothing else, so he learned to rely on himself in everything. She has become an old girl, so she simply doesn't hate to marry. Instead of relying on men and living a life with a husband all day long, it is better to rely on yourself. She has her own hands, feet, and brains, and she is comfortable and happy to support herself.

It's just that the problem at the moment is that I can't find a job.

But God is still kind to her, seeing that she is desperate, the sister who used to be good in the palace brought her a letter, saying that she was mixing well in Qinhuai, and asked her if she had nowhere to go, she would come and run. Later, after two letters, the good sister even sent a silver ticket of five taels of silver to her as a coil.

Su Ke really had no choice, so he packed up his baggage and left a note, made the last meal for the family and left by himself.

The family couldn't find anyone when they came back from working in the fields, and they couldn't read and write, so they called Da Lang's eldest son back to read, only to know that Su Ke had gone south.

I won't go into detail about how Su Ke turned by land to water to find Qin Huai, anyway, everyone has been begging for a living these days, and there is a long queue at the Lu Yinguan. Su Ke said that he was going to Qinhuai, and the guide glanced at her with some expression, and let her go very happily. However, Su Ke also had the courage to go, and it was all up to Qin Huai personally.

Drunken Xiang Pavilion is easy to find, Qinhuai River is quite famous Qinglou, look at it, the five-story building is.

The good sister is no longer called by her former name, but by Ningxiang. Now Su Ke is still making a living, and Ning Xiang has already become popular in Qinhuai. She had a sweet mouth, and begged the old bustard, and Su Ke was able to settle down in the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion.

The girl on the list? No, no, no, Su doesn't have the guts. If she has this thought, it is better to marry Wang Ergou, so that for the sake of being a child and having been muddy, she should be okay with her.

Su Ke did the work of keeping cards in the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion at first.