Chapter 13: The Burning of the Women's Prison
The big shopkeeper's cold sweat ran down his neck.
"Hehe girl, you are really Hui Zilanxin, okay, then I will pay 40,000 taels, this is really a high price, really." He gritted his teeth and offered this price, I knew that this was already a hundred thousand taels that he had sold for a few hundred thousand taels, but I was already satisfied with the 40,000 taels, and I didn't bother to bargain with him again.
"I know the value of this jade pendant is more than that, but how about the favor when I sell the Lifu pawnshop?" I handed him the jade pendant with a smile on my face, and he almost didn't jump for joy.
"Yes, yes, hehe, girl's good intentions, I will definitely convey it to my master, this is a silver ticket for you." He counted out a stack of silver tickets from his bosom and handed it to me.
"The big shopkeeper, this eldest sister is running around for me, sweating a lot, you see......" I said, and the big shopkeeper understood. He hurriedly took out five taels of silver and thanked the female cell leader.
The female cell boss usually only has three taels of silver a year, but today she got five taels of silver for a trip, and her face was as happy as if it were blooming.
After the chief shopkeeper left, I asked the female cell boss to help me exchange a silver ticket of one hundred taels into silver, and then told her to take the money up and down, up to the prefect's master, down to the guard, and I want everyone to get a heavy gift.
She has benefited from me, and naturally she is more willing to do things for me. In less than half a day's effort, the top and bottom have been completed.
I also asked her to take a thousand taels of silver to the gold jewelry shop to buy more popular jewelry and give it to the prefect's relatives. As long as she accomplishes this, I will give her another twenty taels of silver.
Of course she agreed, and she ran around in a hurry, and finally got things done. After taking all that silver, she naturally showed off everywhere, and talked about today's events everywhere. There is no one in the entire yamen who does not know that there is a god of wealth in the women's prison.
As long as you please this God of Wealth, then you want silver and gold. For a moment my cell was dressed up to be more beautiful than the ladies' boudoirs.
"When are you going to give me a court?" I said to the master who was squatting in front of me.
"If you go back to the girl, the adult will prepare to pass the hall for the girl tomorrow morning." He said with a hippie smile.
"Can the brothers who play the board explain?" I asked lazily as I sipped my tea.
"Confess, don't explain, none of them have taken the benefits of you, girl, they know it in their hearts, and they promise that they won't hurt you in the slightest." His rather dogleg appearance is very appealing to me.
"Do you know who wronged me?" I threw a piece of greasy roast duck into my mouth, and eating roast duck in a cell is very flavorful.
"The prefect doesn't know, he only knows that it is the news from a big eunuch in the palace."
I nodded, how could Sanbel come out in person? As long as he hadn't stepped in personally, I still had hope.
"I asked you to go to Liu's Mansion to spread the news, and you can pass it on." I stopped eating this duck butt, and as soon as I threw it out, someone came and swept it away.
Where is this cell, so clean......
"The little one has already gone, but Manager Liu said that the eldest young master and the old man have not come back yet."
"It's really unfortunate...... "I began to suspect that it was the third Belle who deliberately delayed the old man and the eldest young master, which could cut off my back road.
"This is a hundred taels of silver, which you distribute to all the prisoners in the women's prison." As soon as I finished speaking, the master was stunned, but he didn't dare to say more, so he immediately agreed.
As soon as he was leaving, I told him, "The women's prison is going to catch fire tonight, and they will be yelling and screaming, and the world will be turned upside down, understand?" ”
He was stunned for a moment, then smiled. "The little one understands, the little one understands." After he left, the female cell boss gave me the key to my cell.
Since the old man and the eldest young master can't come to save me, then I have to rely on myself.
That night, I quietly asked my master to find an unknown female corpse to replace me. Then they set fire to the women's prison, but in fact, the fire was not open, only some wet straw was burned......
But the commotion in the women's prison was heard by the whole yamen. When everyone was in a mess, I escaped from the prison under the watchful eye of my master and the guards. The next day, the magistrate received the news that the women's prison was on fire and that the prisoners were burned to death while sleeping, and there was confirmation from all the prisoners and cell leaders in the women's prison that it was the woman who was arrested that day.
The magistrate originally wanted to investigate thoroughly, but he was helplessly entangled by several concubines in the family. That's the end of it.
After escaping from prison, I knew that I couldn't go back to Liu's mansion, and I couldn't go to the tavern anymore. But it doesn't matter, I'm a rich man with a lot of money now, and my soft buds are really bitter.
Because I knew a lot of people in the tavern before, I asked a few women to find a middleman to buy a house. Of course, it is all available, just waiting for me to move in, I took out some and bought three maids, two small servants, five nursing homes, and a housekeeper.
And so my home appeared in the Imperial City almost all of a sudden.
Seeing that the money in my arms is getting less and less, I always feel that it is not a good thing to sit on the empty side.
I called the butler and asked him what shops in the city were going to be transferred. He thought about it for a long time and said, "There are three restaurants, a gambling house, and ...... And also...... A Qinglou Chu Pavilion. ”
"Oh? Is the asking price high? I asked, nibbling on the little pig's trotter in my hand. Seeing my oily face, the housekeeper wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.
"Because of the rush of the transfer, the asking prices of these companies are much lower than usual." He also told me after thinking about screening.
"That's good, these are all down, find someone to decorate well, especially that Qinglou, find more beautiful girls, don't be afraid of spending money, if you can't be busy, just find a few more people to help, I believe you." I gave the steward a thousand taels of silver. When he saw that I believed in him so much, he was almost moved to tears. "Yes, don't worry, master, I will take care of these shops, and I will find a trusted person to take care of the affairs of the family, and I will definitely not bother the master."
I chose this housekeeper out of the thousands, and his ability to do things is obvious to all in my family.
I named my home Baofu, I was originally called Zhang Roubao, but in order not to let Sanbeile suspect that I was not dead, I had to change my name. What's it called? I'm not one of those Sven Lady.
Come to think of it, don't they always like to call me meat buns? Then I'll call Bao Zi.
Because the people in the Bao Mansion are diligent and the owner is generous, I have become a well-informed lady in the eyes of the people nearby.
During this time, I lived a leisurely life, but whenever the night was dark, I always missed the days in Liu's Mansion. I miss the little master, I miss the eldest young master, I miss Yinxun who returned to the palace, I miss Steward Liu, and I miss everyone in the kitchen. Eventually, I even began to miss the persimmon tree in Liu's house.