The words were divided into two ends, Ah Chu and Qili followed Mrs. Bai Ji's instructions and returned to Baihualou to assist Zhang Xiuer in taking care of this place, and used Baihualou as a standby foothold for Madame Bai Ji in the future. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhang Xiuer was rescued by Bai Ji from the sea of suffering, and naturally she didn't dare to forget Bai Ji's kindness, and Ah Chu and Qili stayed in Baihualou, she was a little puzzled: after all, this is Chang'an's Hualou, and the girls here are either sold by their families, or they are orphans who really have nowhere to go, but looking at Ah Chu and Qili, they are clearly Bai Ji's maids, as long as they follow Bai Ji back to Taishi's Mansion, it will be glory and wealth, why should they stay in a place like Baihualou, and they will be discredited.

The thoughtful Ah Chu looked at Zhang Xiu'er's slightly puzzled expression, and took the initiative to tell her: "Miss Xiu'er, although our wife is the person next to the Taishi now, but if it is not peaceful today, the identity of the Taishi is too noble, I am afraid that there will be accidents, if there is no place to live in the future, it will not work." ”

Zhang Xiu'er is also a smart person, she understood what this meant, and immediately nodded: "I understand, it's better to be careful in everything, Madame is really smart, it's just ......" She looked embarrassed.

"Anything else?" Qili asked.

Zhang Xiu'er's eyes became darker: "This Baihualou has been based in Chang'an for decades, and in fact, it has colluded with many people and forces in secret, mainly gangs like the Prancing Horse Gang. used to rely on Mrs. Xiang to maintain ...... But now that Mrs. Xiang has been killed, although I have been appointed by the people of the government as the new master here, it is not difficult to continue to run this place, but the difficult thing is that some people will definitely not sit idly by. The two girls are not that Xiu'er has other intentions, but they are worried that it will be bad for you to stay here. ”

Ah Chu's round eyes rolled, and she already understood: "Miss Xiu'er's meaning, I also know, you are willing to tell us all these things, which can be regarded as showing your attitude, so let's continue to manage this place first, don't worry, at least Mrs. Xiang died at the hands of officials, and some people want to come to disturb them, and it depends on whether their lives are hard enough!" ”

Qili clenched her fists: "That's right, you don't have to worry about us, we have our own way to deal with it." ”

The two of them exchanged glances: the Prancing Horse Gang...... It's just a gang formed by some horse thieves in the past, and then gradually had contacts with the officials in Sanfu and Xiliang areas, and gradually became an underground organization that secretly controls all kinds of merchants.

Although Zhang Xiuer had the heart to persuade her, she saw that Ah Chu and Qili both looked confident, so she could only withdraw the letter suspiciously.

However, her worries were really not too much, Mrs. Xiang's death was done by the people of the government, so the first two days of Baihualou was quite calm, but on the morning of the third day, before dawn, a group of people came to the door, it was more than 30 tall and powerful men, most of them were short-handed, and some of them were still holding sticks and other guys. After Dong Zhuoxiong took Chang'an, he stipulated that ordinary people were not allowed to possess iron weapons, and almost all iron weapons were conscripted, so these people had no swords in their hands, and could only use some sticks as weapons.

Zhang Xiu'er took a few older housekeepers and grandmothers to welcome these people into the hall, and then instructed the guards of Baihualou to hide with sticks first, just in case, and she also let Ying'er and other young girls hide in the house in advance.

"Ladies and gentlemen, is there something wrong with coming to the door so early? If it's a business, the uncles will frighten my sisters here. ”

Zhang Xiu'er said with a flattering smile on her face, she knew that Baihualou was full of calculations, and there were only a dozen or twenty guards, and these guards were useful in addition to dealing with some disobedient girls or drunk guests on weekdays, but in the face of thirty or so playful ruffians who were really fighting in the downtown all year round, it was useless.

The man at the head of the man looked fierce and vicious, but the dress on his body was much more noble than that of other ruffians, and it was obvious that he was a person at the level of a small leader, and his eyes wandered back and forth on Zhang Xiu'er's delicate figure with bad intentions, and said in an unkind tone: "Miss Xiu'er, although your time in Baihualou is not short, but you Mrs. Xiang was in charge of this place before, so there are many things you must not know...... Your Baihualou has been able to stand firmly in Chang'an City for so many years, relying on not only the government, but also our local gangs, you know? ”

Zhang Xiu'er nodded: "Yes, although the little woman doesn't know much about this, she naturally understands the truth, without the uncles taking care of them secretly, how can we Baihualou deal with all kinds of little thieves." She asked a grandmother to send a string of coins to the man in charge, "But now that Mrs. Xiang is gone, we will continue to rely on your help in the future." ”

The man took the coin, but with a lot of effort in his hand, he overturned the grandmother to the ground: "You want to send our brother away with such a little money?" Miss Xiu'er, are you looking down on us? Or do you think that if the government asks you to replace Mrs. Xiang, you can do whatever you want? ”

Zhang Xiu'er's heart was slightly cold, she knew that these people must be not good, and she still smiled flatteringly: "Our business is not very good these days, Uncle Zhao, you know, besides, Mrs. Xiang also sends money to the uncles on a monthly basis, this is not time yet, why bother to embarrass the little woman?" Everyone is a cheerful person, why bother talking around the bend, if the uncle has any advice, just say it directly. ”

The man crossed his waist, with a hint of contempt and disdain in his eyes: "Since this is the case, then I will also say it bluntly, in the past, Mrs. Xiang did give money on a monthly basis, and asked the brothers to take good care of it here." However, she is dead now, no one is gone, Mrs. Xiang has nothing to do with us, and now in Baihualou, it is you who are in charge of the affairs of Miss Xiu'er, but you don't have any agreement with your brothers, so what about it...... Look at this money, shouldn't it be counted separately? ”

Zhang Xiuer's palms were sweating, although she had been in the skin and meat business for so many years, but in the end she was once a pampered young lady, what she was most afraid of was these scoundrels, but her face was still calm: "However, our Baihualou is also a duty, not only to take care of the government, but also to hire people, but also to maintain daily shopping, where is there excess money?" ”

"Hehe, you're reluctant to pay, right?" The man licked his lips, "I heard that the dignitaries and dignitaries in the city have a good time here, and they give a reward of hundreds of taels of white flowers and silver, and some even directly reward you with gold...... actually said in front of the uncles that there was no money? Of course, our boss actually cares about you, and I know that Miss Xiu'er, you may not be very good at these things, or in the future, Baihualou will be directly handed over to us to take care of, which is also okay. ”

Zhang Xiuer frowned: This is their real purpose! I heard that these days the government minted a lot of money, which led to the rise in the price of goods, and many things became expensive, and the area around Sanfu has always belonged to the sphere of influence of the Prancing Horse Gang, and Mrs. Xiang used to rely on the Prancing Horse Gang to gain a foothold in Chang'an. However, most of these gangs in the past disdained to directly manage flower streets and willow lanes like Baihualou, but took the form of collecting protection fees to squeeze money...... Right now, probably because they are all short of money, thinking that Baihualou is still a piece of fat, plus Mrs. Xiang is dead, they just take this opportunity to take over. If this is really the case, then she is a little woman, even if she has official documents as proof, but the people of the Prancing Horse Gang can put her under house arrest directly, and then take over Baihualou...... There's really no way around it.

Although Zhang Xiu'er was unwilling to hand over everything like this, she understood that she had no way to be an enemy of the Prancing Horse Gang, even if the person who came was just a small leader, she was not able to parry.

Her face turned pale: Is it really necessary to submit to these people like this?

At this time, two women slowly walked down from upstairs, one was a goose egg face, a delicate girl, and the other was a beautiful girl with beautiful facial features and a brilliant appearance.

"Did something happen?" Ah Chu and Qili came straight to Zhang Xiu'er, both of them were dressed very elegantly, compared with the vulgar clothes of the girls in Baihualou, they naturally had a taste of a good girl, which attracted the amazing eyes of those ruffians.

Zhang Xiu'er secretly screamed in her heart, she asked a little anxiously: "Didn't I ask Mother Zhang to tell you that you don't have to come down?" She herself has long been a dirty sludge, but Ah Chu and Qili should still be pure and flawless, and she doesn't want these two people to be insulted.

"These two girls are...... New to the scene? Hey, it looks pretty good, I really want to congratulate Miss Xiu'er, with such two good women, your Baihualou business will definitely get better and better in the future. The men of the Giant Whale Gang looked at Ah Chu and Qili and did not have the wind and dust that those Baihualou women often have, thinking that they were new girls, and their hearts were agitated: It seems that he doesn't have to look for this Zhang Xiu'er who has long been tired of playing today, these two women are very good-looking, and one is plump, the other is slim, each has its own strengths, they are really two wonderful people!

Seeing the desire in the eyes of this leader, Zhang Xiu'er became even more anxious, she hurriedly walked over and said to the leader coquettishly: "Uncle, these two are just girls who are looking for people, not from our Baihualou, if the uncle wants to have some fun, the concubines and sisters will satisfy the uncle." Then she gave Ah Chu and Qili a hard look and told them to leave quickly.

However, the leader naturally didn't believe Zhang Xiu'er's words, he pushed Zhang Xiu'er away, and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, there is no woman that your Uncle Zhao has a fancy for that he can't get it!" ”

After speaking, he looked at Ah Chu and Qili with a wicked smile: "The two beauties are both newcomers, right?" Do you know, all the girls in this building must first be filial piety to Lao Tzu, otherwise they will ......"

Ah Chu and Qi Li both had a shallow smile on their faces, and they didn't seem to be angry because of the words of these riffraff, Ah Chu also asked sweetly, "Otherwise, what will you do?" ”

The leader took a long wooden bolt from the side, about seven feet long and two feet thick, and then with a force of both hands and a lift of his thighs, he split the bolt into two parts.

"Good!" "Brother Zhao is really amazing!" "It's powerful!" The ruffians applauded.

Zhang Xiu'er's face turned pale: This little leader is called Zhao Niu, he has always been a tyrant in Chang'anxi, and he has a bit of a status in the Prancing Horse Gang with a little brute strength, it seems that today he not only does not plan to let go of Baihualou, but even Ah Chu and Qili do not plan to let go, but she is really powerless, the dozen or twenty guards of Baihualou cannot be the opponent of these ruffians.

Looking at Zhao Niu's proud and arrogant appearance, Qili took a step forward, and said with a cold smile on her face: "You broke the door bolt of this Baihualou, you should lose money, what is it called?" (To be continued.) )