Chapter 167: The Mother of the 'Hundred Flowers Pavilion'
Before dawn, the ship carrying the grain passed through the entrance and slowly sailed into the shore dock of an island.
It was an oval goose-egg-shaped island, with a mountain peak on the north side of the island, and the other three sides were on the water, and the boat was heading towards the dock on the southwest shore of the island, where several carriages were already waiting, and as soon as the big ship came to shore, the carriages went up one after another to carry the goods, which seemed to be in good order.
In the cloudy morning, it is always difficult to distinguish the real time, just as at this time, the dock has long been empty, the carriage carrying the goods has long since left, but the sky is still dark and gloomy, and the whole island seems to be still in the twilight of the day.
The island is a nameless island, but the large and small restaurants, shops and even small brothels on the island all have extremely atmospheric and loud names, and anyone who sounds the head will think that its scale is comparable to that of Xiangyang City, or even Bianliang.
A few hundred steps away from the southwest wharf, there is a small two-story brothel, and the women in it plus **** are no more than 20 people, but they have taken a very flattering and reverie name "Baihua Pavilion".
When the backyard door of the 'Hundred Flowers Pavilion' was opened, and two men, one tall and one short, were ushered in, the two people knew that the so-called 'Hundred Flowers Pavilion' was far from the word 'Hundred Flowers'.
The sleepy-eyed little guy was obviously very dissatisfied with the early morning visitors, although the business of the 'Baihua Pavilion' was not good last night, of course, the brothel business on the island has been quite bleak recently, but he was still very hard at the door to help shout and say hello, busy all night, only to sleep for a short time, and was instructed to open the door, and after sleeping for a long time, he had to get up to do things, and no one would have a smile on his face, even if it was squeezed out.
The little guy muttered to himself while leading the way, he has been here for two years in the 'Hundred Flowers Pavilion', and he has never seen anyone come to the brothel **** early in the morning. Then I thought that the visitor was a guest, as long as the guest was willing, even if the sun was booming, and the girls were sleeping thickly? As long as you pay money, you are an uncle, and you must treat it well.
It's just that ......, this little guy secretly squinted at these two people, and saw that they were dark-skinned, ordinary-looking, and the clothes on their bodies were so ordinary that there was nothing special about them, could they afford to pay for them? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but have a look of disdain on my face.
When the tall man saw the little guy's behavior, he didn't mind, but he just touched it casually from his bosom, pinched out a very small piece of silver, and handed it to the little guy.
The little servant paused, took the silver in his hand, and took a closer look at it, and his face immediately bloomed. I think he is just an errand boy in the 'Hundred Flowers Pavilion', even if there are guests to reward in the past, it is at most a dozen coppers, but this silver thing is the first time I have seen it.
Because of the peanut-sized silver, the little girl's sleepiness disappeared immediately, and the extra sincere smile on his face went without saying, and his attitude turned one hundred and eighty degrees.
"Put away the money, you haven't seen any outsiders this morning, remember?" The tall man said in a deep voice.
"It's early in the morning, and the little ones haven't gotten up yet, so how can they talk about seeing outsiders?" The little guy was also an extremely clever and clever man, and he had long understood how to climb up the pole.
The tall man nodded, patted the little guy on the shoulder, and said, "Take me to see your mother." ”
"Ah......?" The little girl was stunned for a moment, and then thought that these two were the God of Wealth, and her mother must be happy to see them, so she nodded and said, "I'll take you two there!" ”
The three of them went straight to the room at the end of the second floor, and they didn't meet anyone, so it can be seen that the work and rest hours of the brothel are different from other places. ”
After a few taps, just when the little guy couldn't help but raise the volume and call again, the door was pulled open from the inside, and a woman in her thirties stood in the door with messy hair and disheveled clothes, holding the door with one hand, while opening her mouth and yawning loudly, and said with an unkind face: "What's the matter?" ”
The little maid said, "Mom, someone is looking for you!" ”
The mother looked carefully at the two people outside the door, and said impatiently, "Come in!" ”
The little guy hurriedly turned sideways and got out of the way, seeing that his mother didn't pay attention to him, just closed the door by himself, he lowered his head and went downstairs with great interest, when he clenched the broken silver in his hand again, a happy look appeared on his face again.
After the mother brought the tall and short men into the room, she didn't invite them to sit down, but asked suspiciously, "Who are the two ......?" ”
The tall man took out something from his bosom and sent it to his mother, and after a while, he stuffed it back into his arms.
She said respectfully: "Xiao Xiao of the slave family respectfully invites the two envoys to take a seat. He picked up the teapot again, poured two cups of tea, and respectfully handed them over.
After seeing the two of them sit down, Xiao Xiao's mother said again: "The slave family has never received a message from the gang, because they don't know that the two envoys came, and they hope that the envoys will forgive me for their neglect." ”
The tall man said casually, "Don't be restrained. ”
Xiao Xiao asked suspiciously, "The envoy came to Nameless Island, but is there something?" ”
The tall man nodded and said, "Think of ideas for the two of me and blend into the Jiaolong Gang." ”
Xiao Xiao pondered for a while and said: "The Jiaolong Gang is very well defended, and the slave family doesn't know where the envoy wants to enter the Jiaolong Gang?" ”
The tall man's eyes lit up, and he asked slowly, "You have been on this island for a short time, have you ever drawn a detailed map of the interior of the Jiaolong Gang?" ”
When Xiao Xiao heard this, he turned around and walked to the big bed in the room, climbed up without taking off his shoes, and knelt down to a row of dressers at the end of the bed.
She opened the top drawer with both hands, carefully opened a dresser, and took out an inconspicuous hairpin phoenix golden hairpin from it, and with a slight turn of her fingers, the head of the golden hairpin was unscrewed off, and she slowly dialed it a few times, and a thin piece of paper appeared in her palm.
She held the paper in her palm, got out of bed again, came to the tall man, held the paper in both hands, and said with a look of shame on her face: "Don't blame, the slave family has tried their best to collect it, and so far they have only drawn this rough picture, please look at it." ”
The tall man remained silent, took the piece of paper and stuffed it into his arms without looking at it, and said, "Let's find a place for the two of us to live first!" ”
Xiao Xiao thought for a moment and said, "There is a place, but I am afraid that the two envoys will dislike it." ”
The tall man said, "It's okay! The two of us didn't come here to attract attention, but to be as secluded as possible. ”
"This is easy! I will now bring the envoy with me. ”
"That's great!" The tall man stood up as he spoke, walked two steps, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Are there any people with a high status in the Jiaolong Gang who came to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion?" ”
"Quite a high status? Under the leader of the Jiaolong Gang is the hall master, and under the hall master there are captains and deputy teams, most of the people in my Baihua Pavilion are ordinary gangs, and the ...... with the highest status" Xiao Xiao groaned for a while, and suddenly became happy, and said: "There is a captain in charge of the patrol of the Jiaolong Gang, but he comes every month, can it be counted?" ”