After Zhou Zhong and Steward Xu left Xie Mansion, they immediately rushed to Huaxiang non-stop, it was only three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had already set in the west, and there was still a considerable period of time before it set.

However, at this time, the flower alley was already very lively, and pleasure seekers gathered here from all corners of Songjiang Prefecture, either directly to find their old friends, or to find their new prey on the street. Red lanterns have been propped up at the entrances of various brothels, and women dressed in flowers and branches stand by the door, chatting with melon seeds, glancing at the pleasure seekers walking by with their eyes from time to time, covering their mouths and laughing.

Zhou Zhong and Steward Xu didn't have the heart to look for flowers and ask willows, and they also turned a blind eye to the women on both sides of the street, and the two soon came to the courtyard located at the easternmost end of Flower Lane. Compared with other brothels, the other courtyard here seems to be very quiet, at least there are no women laughing at the door in front of the door, but there are two stone lions of the town house at the door, and there are two strong guards, if you don't know the inside story, I am afraid that this is a big family's house.

Steward Xu stepped forward with Zhou Chong, and then took out a beautifully carved wooden plaque from his arms, and the two guards immediately let him go, but when Zhou Chong and the two of them entered, the guard who had seen their wooden plaque also rushed to find the bustard's mother to report the news.

Steward Xu didn't have time to come to see Su Niang during this time, and the moment he knew that the other party was pregnant with his child, he couldn't wait to fly over to see Su Niang, but thinking of the situation in Zhou's mansion, he could only cry alone, fortunately Zhou Zhong saw the letter, otherwise if Su Niang was really a corpse and two sexes, Steward Xu might have to regret it for a lifetime.

Thinking of Su Niang, who she hadn't seen for more than two months, and thinking of the child in her belly, Steward Xu felt hot in his heart, and his pace couldn't help but speed up a lot. Zhou Zhong in the back followed behind Steward Xu, originally he wanted to take a serious look at this special brothel, but he didn't expect the other party to go faster and faster, and he had to trot to keep up with him, which made him really startled, he didn't expect that with Steward Xu's figure, he could burst out at this speed?

Soon Zhou Zhong and Steward Xu came to the relatively remote courtyard where Su Niang lived, compared to other courtyards, this courtyard not only had a bad orientation, but also looked relatively shabby and shabby.

Steward Xu stopped at this time, and saw that this mansion showed an excited expression, and said to Zhou Zhong with trembling lips at the very end: "Young master, Su Niang has followed me since she was eighteen years old, and she has never asked for this and that from the guests who support them like other yard girls, but she still thinks about me everywhere, and takes the initiative to live in the worst yard, she said that she was sold here from her hometown by her teeth, and she has never eaten a full meal since she was a child, and now she can have a place to live and eat hot meals, she is already very satisfied!" ”

Steward Xu said that after the worst, tears couldn't stop flowing, he used to be the big housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion, and it was not difficult to make some money, but he was dedicated to the sake of the house, and he was never greedy, so the annual income was only a few dozen taels of silver, in addition to his daily expenses, these silver were only enough for Su Niang to live the worst life in the other courtyard, but Su Niang never complained, and never disliked him for being too old, which is also Steward Xu's favorite place for Su Niang.

Originally, Steward Xu wanted to wait until Su Niang was pregnant with her own child, and then begged Zhou Chong's father to intercede, presumably for the sake of their master and servant, it was not difficult to take out a few hundred taels of silver to redeem Su Niang, but I didn't expect Su Niang to have never been able to get pregnant, and now she is finally pregnant, but she is in a hurry at this time.

Seeing Steward Xu crying, Zhou Chong couldn't help sighing, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, Uncle Xu, you don't have to be sad, let's redeem Su Niang today, your family of three can be regarded as a reunion, and when the child is born in the future, I will still wait to drink the child's full moon wine!" ”

Hearing the beautiful life depicted by Zhou Chong, Steward Xu was also in good spirits, nodded heavily at the moment, and then stepped forward to knock on the door, and soon heard a rush of footsteps inside, and then the door opened, a woman in a cyan cotton jacket opened the door, when she saw Steward Xu standing outside, her face was first happy, and then tears came out of her eyes, and she suddenly threw herself into Steward Xu's arms and cried.

Although the scene in front of him was very touching, because of the different concepts, in order to avoid the embarrassment of Steward Xu, Zhou Zhong turned around very consciously. Next, I only heard Steward Xu take a while to make the woman stop crying, and then the two came to Zhou Chong's front together, and Steward Xu introduced with some embarrassment: "Young Master, this is Su Niang, Su Niang, quickly salute the young master!" ”

"Su Niang, meet the young master!" Su Niang and Steward Xu are usually commensurate with husband and wife, and just now I heard that Zhou Zhong did not hesitate to borrow money to redeem her, which made Su Niang very moved, and there were tears in her eyes when she saluted.

"A lot of politeness, although Uncle Xu and I are called master and servant, but I have always regarded him as an elder, naturally it is impossible to watch you and the child fall into the fire pit, this time I can help you redeem yourself, and I hope that you can respect Steward Xu in the future and live a good life!" Zhou Zhong also said with a smile.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhou Chong finally saw Su Niang's appearance clearly, although Su Niang's appearance is not stunning, but it is also very standard, plus her body exudes a mature atmosphere unique to a young woman, plus if her character is really like what Steward Xu said, she followed Steward Xu is simply a flower inserted in cow dung.

However, Zhou Zhong quickly thought that in the era of the Ming Dynasty, it is not necessarily a good thing for a woman to be beautiful, especially for those women from poor families, such as the brothel in Huaxiang that he passed by before, which prostitute did not have three colors, but unfortunately it was because they were beautiful and their families were poor that they were sold to the brothel. But then again, if it was a woman who was too ugly, she might not even be able to sell it, and she might have starved to death a long time ago.

Just when Zhou Chong and Steward Xu had just met Su Niang, there was a sudden sound of footsteps from behind them, and then a group of people walked out of a moon gate not far away, to Zhou Chong's surprise, there was actually another acquaintance in this group.

I saw that the leader of this group was an old woman with heavy makeup, followed by a group of middle-aged men, who seemed to be the bustard's mother and thug in the other courtyard, and there was also a young man beside the bustard's mother, holding a bewitching woman in his arms, this person was Zhou Chong's acquaintance, that is, the second son of Song who almost became Zhou Chong's sister-in-law.

Seeing Song Ergongzi and the bustard's mother in the other courtyard walking together, Zhou Zhong immediately guessed what was going on, and at the same time his heart sank, he only had six hundred taels of silver on him, in case the old bustard in the other courtyard asked for a price, then the matter would be bad. is also worried about Steward Xu, who has been sweating on his forehead since he saw Song Ergongzi.

"Hey~, Xu Guanren, you can come, Su Niang has been waiting for you here for a long time, if you don't come again, I'm afraid the child in Su Niang's belly will be born!" Although the bustard's mother has been paid by Song Ergongzi for money, when she saw Steward Xu, she still made a warm appearance, and the thick powder on her face kept falling with her smile, which was disgusting to look at.

Although Steward Xu was nervous, he still smiled reluctantly: "Xu was entangled in affairs some time ago, and he really couldn't come to visit Su Niang, so Mother Qiu bothered!" ”

"Hehe, the Zhou family is already bankrupt, your master and servant are still in the mood to come together, it's really unprecedented, if it is spread out, I don't know how many people will praise Zhou Gongzi for his suaveness?" At this moment, Song Ergongzi suddenly said sarcastically.

Regarding Song Ergongzi's words, Zhou Zhong just raised his head and glanced at the other party, his eyes were full of contempt, as if he didn't take him to heart at all, but turned his head to the bustard's mother and said: "Mother Qiu, our master and servant came here today to discuss with you the other courtyard about the redemption of Su Niang, this son doesn't want to see irrelevant people screaming around, you can do it yourself!" ”

Zhou Chong's request is understandable, after all, he is now going to negotiate business with the other courtyard, and Song Ergongzi is not from Zhou Chong's side, nor is he from the other courtyard, so he is naturally not qualified to stay here. Although the bustard's mother accepted the money from Song Ergongzi, she had also heard of Zhou Chong's fame, although the Zhou family had fallen, but Zhou Chong had a wide range of friends and the identity of a showman, so she didn't dare to offend too much.

It is precisely because of this that the bustard's mother looked at Song Ergongzi with some embarrassment, although she manages the entire courtyard, but in fact, the owner of the courtyard is not her, to put it bluntly, she is just a part-time worker, in case this matter is stabbed to the boss behind the scenes, her life may not be easy.

Song Ergongzi just wanted to see Zhou Chong's frustration when he had no money to ransom people, and he had already explained to the bustard's mother in advance and asked her to ask for a price to die, so he didn't have to stay here and fight with Zhou Chong, so he didn't make it difficult for the bustard's mother, and said very happily: "Okay, this son is just passing by, and he is too lazy to listen to your Zhou family's!" ”

After Song Ergongzi finished speaking, he hugged the woman in his arms and retreated to the moon gate not far away, and then never left, but still looked at this side with a smile. The distance was so far that he couldn't hear the two sides at all, and Zhou Zhong had no reason to drive the other party away.

"Very good, now that the idle characters have left, can Mother Qiu tell this son, if she wants to redeem Su Niang, how much silver will be needed?" Zhou Zhong said with a solemn face at this time. With his understanding of Song Ergongzi, the other party left so easily, which also shows that Song Ergongzi and the bustard mother in front of him must have colluded, and this time he is afraid that he will be slaughtered by someone!