Chapter 654: A glimpse

Xiao Ying stopped and looked back at Xian'er in disbelief.

Xian'er didn't pause, and she didn't have the intention of trying to bargain for her life at the beginning. “…… Two years ago, at the end of the year, we came to Beijing to deliver goods. I live in a flower building in the capital to cover up. Xian'er said as she recalled.

Since it is dirty, I always have to think of a way to cover it up, Xian'er looks beautiful, so she hangs a card in a flower building.

"One night, the flower building closed early, and the girls were driven back to the house by the bustard, and I heard the little sister next door say that a noble person was coming. In that kind of place, you can be called a nobleman, and your background is extraordinary after all. Xian'er was afraid that Xiao Ying didn't know the inside story, so she explained a few words carefully. To the effect that most of the guests in the flower building are a few pieces of silver in their pockets, like ordinary pawns, those who ask coolies to eat, and earn a few copper plates is not enough to eat three meals a day, how can there be spare money to visit the flower building.

So if you want to talk about rich and noble people, eight out of ten guests have money left over at home.

The most important thing in the flower building is the son of the rich family, the flower building has become a serious business, the court is not strict for the officials to visit the flower house, as long as it is not too much, the court only opens one eye and closes one eye most of the time, so it is worth the flower building to close down to welcome the distinguished guests, how expensive is it? So Xian'er kept an extra eye......

Distinguished guests also need to be entertained, and the person in charge of entertaining that night is another Oiran in the flower building.

Xian'er has a good relationship with the Oiran, she just lives here, and only at the end of the year for a few days, usually does not rob customers with the girls here, Xian'er herself also has silver, and the gifts to the sisters of Hualou have always been generous, the Oiran is a little high, and there are not many other girls in the building, but she has some friendship with Xian'er, she was a little uncomfortable that night, Xian'er simply proposed that she entertain the guests.

Oiran just wanted to play a few tunes through the screen.

The more noble he is, the more elegant he is. I don't do anything too out of the ordinary.

Oiran was really uncomfortable that night, but she finally nodded.

In the end, Xian'er half-veiled the guest on her behalf. Originally, she didn't have the opportunity to see the true face of the distinguished guest, but that day the distinguished guest also brought a few friends, and those friends were clamoring to meet the famous Oiran in the capital.

Xian'er heard the man open his mouth, it was a very nice voice, and he felt that he was not very old, he was a young man.

The man didn't seem to be interested in any of this, and his voice was a little whimsy. Just say whatever they want. The next moment, the screen was rudely pushed away, Xian'er only glanced at a few seats, the main son faced the window, she only saw half of the side face, handsome, looking only about twenty years old.

The next moment, a few frivolous young men rushed behind the screen.

Xian'er frowned slightly, presumably not very comfortable thinking back to that scene.

“…… In the chaos, one of them seemed to be too proud, and shouted 'Azie' outside the screen I don't know which Qi word, the boy answered, but in the end there was no movement. I was tossed very miserably, and afterwards my Oiran sister was very embarrassed, so I told me that the prince of Qi only came to the flower building once a year, and the banquet was all some gentlemen from outside Beijing, and when these people left, they would take away a few young girls in the building.

She didn't say it explicitly, but I could see what she meant. There are many little girls in the building, and not all of them will be raised by the bustard. Hualou buys little girls every year, and at the same time, it will also sell at a high price. And that Qi Gongzi's friend picks and chooses people every year after sending the girl here. ”

Speaking of this, there is something Xiao Ying doesn't understand.

That Qi Gongzi is probably the real master behind the Hualou, and the jugglers are at best retail investors, bringing girls from all over the country to the capital every year, and then selling them into Hualou, and then distributing them by Qi Gongzi's friends.

That Qi Gongzi is the upper echelon of this evil industry, and maybe even this industry was developed by him.

No wonder Xian'er plans to live on this secret, this news can indeed allow Xian'er to save a small life, even if she doesn't look for their father and daughter, and goes directly to Yun Chi, it is enough for Yun Chi to open up to her.

However, Xiao Ying believes that Xian'er said more than this.

The identity of that Qi Gongzi, Xian'er should have guessed, and sure enough...... It seems that it is really a human being who is dying, and his words are good.

Xian'er really didn't mean to hide it privately, and continued.

"Although this kind of thing is dirty, it is not uncommon in a place like Hualou. The reason why I felt abnormal was that three months later, I heard the news that the Oiran sister, who had been friends with me, had died of an illness. Being in Hualou is really worthless, but she is an Oiran, and the bustard has spent a lot of money in order to cultivate her, she is still young, and she can be popular for a few more years. can make a lot of money in the building......" The implication is that it is too strange to die of illness.

"When I returned to Beijing at the end of the year, I received a letter from a little girl who served her in the building. Although my sister is a little more withdrawn and noble, she is kind to the people around her, and the little girl is grateful, and she has always kept a secret letter, in which she feels that someone is trying to harm her...... The bustard didn't know about the guest I entertained for her that night. She said that the bustard had tried her a few times, and she looked confused. She guessed that the guest that night might have been unusual. She told me to be careful not to reveal what had been done for her that night. The little girl said that she wrote it before she died, and she fell ill before she could send it out. The bustard said that she had the disease and that it would be passed on to others, so he moved her to a small room in the backyard, and within ten days she was gone. ”

No matter what kind of reputation it has, customers flock to it on weekdays.

Once dead, it's just a white bone.

Especially in places like Flower Street, it quickly disappeared, and no one will remember her anymore.

That night, the matter of her Li Dai Taostiff also ended with the death of Oiran, and no one mentioned it again.

And Xian'er came to the capital again, no matter how the class owner coerced and lured, she was never listed in Hualou again.

"For this, I was beaten several times, but I couldn't tell the truth. Once, the class leader hit me so hard that I escaped in embarrassment. I don't know how to walk to the flower building where I once lived, it was when the sky was not dawning, I came back to my senses and went around the street at the back door of the flower building, where I could go back to the inn faster. I have nowhere to go, even if I am beaten half to death by the class master, I will eventually go back. Not far from the back door of the flower building, I saw a horse-drawn carriage coming to pick up people. In this kind of place, some guests with status will sneak in and out through the back door to hide their eyes, and that is the time when there are the least people on the street.

I didn't want to cause trouble, so I hid.

The bustard personally sent the guest out, and there was a little guy who lit a torch, so I saw the side face of the guest......"