The two were talking in the house, and suddenly there was a voice outside, Qin Xiao just frowned, but Qiu Niang was discolored, panicked, and immediately got up, and the ghost sent a god: "You..... Hide! ”

"Hide?" Qin Xiao was stunned.

Qiu Niang saw Qin Xiao looking at her with a strange gaze, and immediately understood that she had lost her mouth.

In a panic, let Qin Xiao hide, as if he was afraid of being caught and raped.

Her cheeks flushed, and she secretly scolded herself for talking nonsense, but Qin Xiao had already gotten up, walked to the door, and looked out through the crack in the door, but saw several figures standing outside the door, the first one was wearing a purple shirt and a fur hat, very unfamiliar.

Since the other party came to the door, he knew that he was here.

He opened the door and walked out of the door, the purple-shirted man was in his early forties, smiling, seeing Qin Xiao coming out, he stepped forward and arched his hand: "Dare to ask Your Excellency, is it Qin Xiao Qin Gongzi?" ”

"Childe doesn't dare to be, I'm Qin Xiao." Qin Xiao didn't talk nonsense: "Who are you?" What are you looking for me? ”

Qin Xiao's eyes swept over, and he saw three people standing in the shape of a character behind him, all of them were respectful, holding things in their hands, which seemed to be gift boxes, and they were obviously not from the official mansion, but they were not from Tsing Yi Hall.

"The contemptible Wu Tianbao, on the orders of the eldest brother, came to visit Gongzi Qin." The purple-shirted man said respectfully, turned his head and made a look, and the three subordinates stepped forward with the gift box in their hands and were about to go to the house.

Qin Xiao raised his hand to stop it, frowning and said, "What does this mean?" I don't know you, why did you send these things? ”

Qiu Niang thought that the people from Tsing Yi Tang were looking for trouble, but when she saw the clothes of the people outside, her pretty face was still slightly pale, and she approached behind Qin Xiao and said softly: "They ..... They seem to be members of the Peace. ”

Fortunately, Qiu Niang just mentioned the Taiping Society, otherwise Qin Xiao wouldn't know what the Taiping Society was.

The Taihei Society and Tsing Yi Tang are the two major market gangs in Kyoto, and they are divided into courts.

The people from Tsing Yi Hall didn't come, but the people from the Taiping Society came to the door, and Qin Xiao was a little surprised.

"The contemptible person is the second brother of the Taiping Society." Wu Tianbao was still smiling: "I came here today, firstly, I came to visit on the orders of my eldest brother, and secondly, I also wanted to get acquainted with Gongzi Qin." The first meeting, a small gift, not a tribute. ”

"I said, no merit is not worth it." Qin Xiao said: "I don't have any friendship with your Taiping Society, and I don't need to get acquainted. ”

"I know that Gongzi Qin may have some misunderstanding of our Taiping Society." Wu Tianbao said with a smile: "But Wu is here, full of sincerity." ”

Qin Xiao said lightly: "You know that I am here, so naturally I sent someone to stare at me, is this still full of sincerity?" ”

"Qin Gongzi misunderstood, we will never follow Qin Gongzi." Wu Tianbao took a bite of "Qin Gongzi", and was very polite: "We know that Tsing Yi Tang came to Kushui Lane to make trouble before, and was beaten by Qin Gongzi and fled in embarrassment, so we know that you are here." The Taiping Society has always been very concerned about the movements of Tsing Yi Tang, and happened to know that Qin Gongzi was settled here, so he came to disturb him. ”

Qiu Niang has been threatened by Tsing Yi Tang and the Taiping Society, and the boat girls in Kyoto have always regarded these two gangs like tigers and wolves.

Tsing Yi Tang's bald Li was trampled under Qin Xiao's feet, which already made Qiu Niang feel that Qin Xiao was bold, and Wu Tianbao of today's Taiping Society actually treated Qin Xiao with respect, which made Qiu Niang open a pair of watery eyes, and only felt incredible.

Wu Tianbao He naturally hadn't seen it, but the legendary Second Master Wu in the market was something that few people didn't know.

Second Master Wu is a high-ranking figure in the market, but now he is very respectful to Qin Xiao, and Qiu Niang even wonders if she is dazzled.

"Wu knows that Qin Gongzi and Tsing Yi Tang have a holiday, and he knows that Xue Benzhong of Tsing Yi Tang will repay him, and he will definitely not give up." Wu Tianbao said with a straight face: "Qin Gongzi will naturally not be afraid of Tsing Yi Tang, but with all due respect, the people of Tsing Yi Tang are all over Kyoto, and there are specially hired assassin killers, if Qin Gongzi is alone, it is difficult to ensure his own safety." ”

Qin Xiao let out an "oh", thinking to himself that the assassin last night was really a killer hired by Tsing Yi Tang?

"If Gongzi Qin and our Taiping Society are on good terms, they will be their own people." Wu Tianbao smiled and said: "With the Taiping Society behind him, Tsing Yi Tang wants to move Qin Gongzi, but he also has to weigh it. ”

Qin Xiao said with a smile: "In this way, Second Master Wu came here today, not only to send a generous gift, but also to provide me with protection?" This is strange, it is the first time that I have met with Second Master Wu, and I have no relationship with your Taiping Society, Second Master Wu took the initiative to come to the door to provide protection, it is really ...... With all due respect, it really makes me feel a little weird. ”

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"Qin Gongzi, Wu and you are indeed meeting for the first time." Wu Tianbao always kept smiling: "But our eldest brother and you have known each other for a long time, which can be described as old friends." After the eldest brother knew that you had a holiday with Tsing Yi Tang, he was afraid that Qin Gongzi would be hurt, so he specially asked us to come and inform Qin Gongzi that in the future, your affairs will be the affairs of the Taiping Society, and if anyone dares to offend you, it will offend the Taiping Society, and the Taiping Society will never sit idly by. ”

"Wait!" Qin Xiao was surprised: "Your eldest brother and I are old friends? This..... Who is he? ”

Wu Tianbao shook his head and said, "Big brother said, when he is free, he will meet you in person, and give Qin Gongzi a surprise when the time comes." ”

"Surprise?" Qin Xiao sighed: "As long as it's not frightening." Second Master Wu, thank you for taking care of the Taiping Society, you still take the things. ”

Wu Tianbao still shook his head and said: "Big brother said, these gifts are not enough to repay Qin Gongzi, they should belong to Qin Gongzi." If Qin Gongzi doesn't accept it, I don't have to go back. He arched his hand and said: "Please also ask Qin Gongzi to smile, so it won't embarrass me." ”

The more Qin Xiao listened, the more strange he felt.

Wu Tianbao has a "big brother", and that big brother is naturally the leader of the Taiping Society, but Wu Tianbao said that the eldest brother was his old acquaintance, and even claimed that these gifts were as a reward, which made Qin Xiao puzzled when he knew this big man of the Taiping Society.

And when did you help him?

"Actually, Qin Gongzi doesn't have to think about it, these gifts are not very precious." Wu Tianbao stepped forward and said: "This is not gold and silver jewelry, for Qin Gongzi, giving gold and silver jewelry is very cheesy." Opening a gift box, Qin Xiao took a look, only to see that there were delicate pastries neatly placed inside, with different shapes, although I don't know how it tastes, but just looking at the shape, it already makes people have a great appetite.

Wu Tianbao saw Qin Xiao's surprised face, he just smiled slightly, turned around and opened a long gift box.

Inside, there were two pieces of silk, and the silk even had floral patterns on them.

Qin Xiao couldn't tell the difference between good and bad silk, but since the other party sent it, it was naturally not bad, and sure enough, he heard Wu Tianbao say: "This is a jacquard fabric, and it can be handled." ”

Qiu Niang could see clearly in the back, and couldn't help but raise her hand to cover her mouth, looking surprised.

When he opened the last gift box, there were two beautifully carved bottles inside, Wu Tianbao smiled and said: "These are two bottles of wine, but they don't have a name yet." Because there are few people in this world who can drink such fine wine, let's call it celestial brewing! ”

"Celestial brew?" Qin Xiao didn't care about pastries and satin, but when he heard that there was good wine, Qin Xiao did have some interest, and couldn't help but reach out and pick up a bottle.

The wine bottle is not big, according to Qin Xiao's amount of wine, he can drink it all in three or four sips.

Suddenly, I realized that the pastry and silk were fine, but the other party sent wine, obviously knowing that he was good wine, and it seemed that the eldest brother of the Taiping Society really knew him quite well.

"Qin Gongzi, the main hall of the Taiping Society is located in Yongning Fang, and when you get there, you can find it as soon as you ask." Wu Tianbao took two steps back and arched his hand: "If Gongzi Qin has any difficulties or needs, he can go directly to Yongning Fang to find us, but if he is told, he will never give up." ”

Qin Xiao thought of something and said, "It's nothing else, I can't accept these gifts." But there is one thing I want to advise you. ”

"Childe, please speak!"

"Second Master Wu, I heard that half of the three rivers in Kyoto are under your control?" Qin Xiao looked at Wu Tianbao and said: "Many families in Kyoto are living in poverty, and in desperation, they can only let the female dependents of the family go out to support boats on the river and recruit tourists to earn some silver to support their families. ”

"There are hundreds of people in Kyoto who make a living from it." Wu Tianbao said.

Qin Xiao said: "I heard that the Taiping Society and Tsing Yi Tang collect silver money from boatgirls who take boats to support their families on the river, and they collect a lot, right?" ”

"Yes." Wu Tianbao does not deny: "At the beginning, the three rivers in Kyoto were in the hands of Tsing Yi Tang, and then we took Raoshui, and also took half of Luoshui, and within this year, it is necessary to control the entire Luoshui in our hands." He glanced at Qiu Niang behind Qin Xiao and said, "At the beginning of the fight, Tsing Yi Tang collected silver money from cruise ships and merchant ships transporting goods on the river, and after we took it, this rule has not changed. If I'm not mistaken, this lady should also make a living on the river. ”

Qin Xiao nodded and said, "Not bad." ”

"I see." Wu Tianbao bowed his hand to Qiu Niang and said: "This lady, in the future, you will hold a boat in the river controlled by the Taiping Society, no one will charge you a penny, if you have any trouble, please call at any time, as long as there are people from the Taiping Society nearby, they will definitely help." In addition, as long as you don't have guests on board, the Brotherhood of the Peace Society will bring you the tourists who are going to take the boat, so you don't have to look for the guests yourself. ”

Qiu Niang immediately showed joy, and hurriedly saluted Wu Tianbao and said, "Thank you Second Master Wu." ”

For any boat lady, the conditions given by Wu Tianbao can be said to be a dream.

Not charging river fees is already a thousand thanks to any boat lady, and the Taiping Club helps to attract guests, which is even more unbelievable.

It is necessary to know that there are a lot of cruise ships on the river in Kyoto, and there are several boat girls who make a living from this, that is to say, in the river of Kyoto, there are hundreds of boats waiting for passengers every day, because there are many cruise ships, and the outstanding boat girls have to spend half of their time looking for guests every day, and it is even more difficult to find guests to take the boat with a mediocre appearance.

It's just that some guests have bad conduct, the boat ride is fake, taking advantage is true, it is commonplace to talk and flirt on the boat, and even some people use their hands and feet, many boat girls make a living from this, as long as they don't go too far, they swallow their anger, and those who are so spicy to Qiu Niang turn their faces on the spot, and Qiu Niang carries a kitchen knife at any time, and it is precisely because of this.

It would be great if the people of the Taiping Club helped deal with the tourists who were stirring up trouble.

"You're mistaken." Qin Xiao shook his head and said, "I'm not begging you for Sister Qiu Niang, but I want to discuss with you, can you stop collecting river fees from boat ladies from now on?" ”