Sun Zhaoyuan said: "There is also this kind of trick, it is really strange. I thought that it was not elegant enough to send money directly, so I thought of sending some gifts to cover it up, so that the matter was not too explicit. When I came in, I saw a woman, someone gave her a flower basket, she waved her hand and refused to go down, is it not enough to dislike the silver taels, not to your liking? ”

The man said: "Exactly, that woman is the signature Oiran of this shop, if you don't give her this golden luan phoenix crown, she will definitely refuse to accompany anyone." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Presumably, this golden luan phoenix crown is an extremely valuable gift. ”

The man said: "This golden luan phoenix crown is the supreme thing in this store, and it represents you to give her twenty taels." That woman must have a phoenix crown every day before she will accompany the wine. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Twenty taels, it's really a huge amount of money, think about the governor of this state, the head of the parents of a place, and the monthly Yulu is only ten taels, if she wants to accompany the wine, it will take two months to get it." If this is the case every day, will this woman not have great wealth? ”

The man smiled, "Little brother's words are wrong. You must know that these fireworks willow fields are called happy fields, these stunning women, are just happy playthings, and the real money is Allah behind the scenes. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "How do you say this? ”

The man whispered in his ear: "This woman, for every ten taels she earns, she can only get one tael, and the rest of the money will be handed over to Jiang Yuanyun, the owner of this shop, so Jiang Yuanyun can always be the richest man in this Ziyuan Mansion." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "That's the case. That being said, if this is all there is, it would be interesting at best, not interesting. ”

The man didn't look like a joke when Sun Zhaoyuan looked like a joke, and said with a smile: "The little brother also said that he didn't want to play, and it seems that he usually plays more fiercely." In fact, there is one more fun thing in this store, the time is coming, and the little brother is waiting patiently, and the show will start immediately. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said in his heart, when there was anything better, he listened to the man's words and sat and waited for the show to start. The man wanted Sun Zhaoyuan to pay more for the wine, and kept toasting to Sun Zhaoyuan, although Sun Zhaoyuan didn't drink it, but the man drank all the wine on the table, anyway, the wine money would be counted on Sun Zhaoyuan. On this day, when I met Sun Zhaoyuan, I thought that this man could earn a lot of silver taels.

Sun Zhaoyuan didn't poke it either, seeing that the man poured himself a lot of liquor.

After sitting for about a stick of incense, a man suddenly came up on the stage in the hall and said loudly: "The auspicious time has come, please choose from the guests, and the one with the highest price will get it." ”

A young and beautiful woman was pushed onto the stage, nervous, frightened, looking at the audience.

The man on the stage said: "This woman is twenty-eight years old, she has experienced the body, she is innocent, if she buys it back, becomes a concubine, and has children, she is really happy." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan was shocked to hear this, and asked the tenant man next to him, "Is this the intention of selling this woman?" ”

The tenant said: "Why should the guests be so alarmed, this is a trivial matter, all the places where Ziyuan Mansion plays have sold women." Without this gimmick, this business would not be very good. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Do you know that this kind of human trafficking is a serious crime under the laws of the imperial court. ”

The tenant sneered: "Guest, this matter is indeed suspected of buying and selling human beings, but it does not violate the laws of the imperial court. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "How do you say this? ”

The tenant said: "These women are all searched from the counties, towns and townships of Ziyuan Mansion, and have negotiated with their families, the money from the sale belongs to their families, and the family members only pay half of the sales money to give to the store, and the store will be divorced. Such statements are not verifiable even if the government comes to investigate. Moreover, if the family sells their daughter, no one will report to the official, and the so-called people will not raise officials and not hold them accountable, so why should the officials bother themselves to investigate these cases. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "This Jiang Yuanyun and the big brothels of Ziyuan Mansion have used such a hurtful livelihood to accumulate this huge wealth, you see this woman on the stage, poor and frightened, I don't want to be a plaything." ”

The tenant said: "This can only be blamed on her not having a good life, born in Ziyuan Mansion." The business of this brothel in Ziyuan Mansion is really good, many poor people, a stunning woman grew up in the family, and with the wealth of selling her daughter, she got a lot of money, enough to worry about food and clothing in this life, naturally everyone wants to do this, this has become a local folk custom. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "What kind of folk custom is this, actually doing such an unbearable act, don't the people of this Ziyuan Mansion read the book of sages, even if they don't read the books of sages, they are born as human beings, they should always love their children, how can they push their own daughters into the fire pit." ”

The tenant said: "Money can make ghosts grind, and under the heavy reward, there must be people who are willing to do it." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "With such a deed, it's not easy for the prefect of Ziyuan Mansion to have ideas to deal with it?" ”

The tenant said: "This prefect, what method can he think of, whether he can get involved in this business, it is a rare clean official." I think which prefect did not get involved with these big brothels, and made a lot of money. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "If the prefect doesn't help, how can these big brothels in Ziyuan Mansion dare to make a living with peace of mind." ”

The tenant said: "Naturally, there are backers in the state capital." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Little brother, I'm so strange, the state government official, can you still be involved in this business?" ”

The tenant said: "This business, so profitable, of course there are state officials who want to worry about it." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan knew who it was in his heart, and said, "But Yao Yungui Yao." ”

The tenant said: "As soon as I say it, you can guess, but in Yunxi Prefecture, the people know that Yao Yungui Yao has hands and eyes and power to cover the sun." All the state capitals, as long as they make money, there must be Lord Yao in it, and together with the big households, they will make a lot of money. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "If you want to come to Yao Yungui, you must not be alone, and if you have all this livelihood, there must be other officials to help." ”

The tenant said: "This is natural, most of the officials in Yunxi Prefecture are friendly with Yao Yungui, only a few officials, or offended Yao Yungui, if they go through other ways, they will not be under his command." ”

At this time, the guests have already made several prices, and the highest bid has reached 100 taels. The customer paid the money, and the woman was taken away and left the store.

Sun Zhaoyuan saw that it was not early, so he left a tael of silver, which was counted as wine money, and went back to the inn to rest.

On the second day, I came to the public office of this mansion, and among the public offices, the officials of this government had been waiting in the government for a long time, and it was expected that Sun Zhaoyuan should go to Ziyuan Mansion in the next few days.

Sun Zhaoyuan entered the palace, and all the officials came to pay their respects and knelt on the ground.

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Ladies and gentlemen, please get up without courtesy." ”