After Zhang Wen spent the silver, he painted a self-portrait of Liu Zihua; The previous "Huang San" who produced two hundred taels per song was actually Wei Zhongxian, he spent money, but he didn't win, so he had to go adrift.

Huang Qi, the eunuch who followed Wei Zhongxian, was very angry and suggested showing his identity in the Qinglou, but Wei Zhongxian rejected this very constructive suggestion, and said with half-squinted eyes: "You have to be low-key and high-profile, understand?" Why are you arrogant about such a trivial matter? ”

In fact, Wei Zhongxian was also very angry at the beginning, and spent the money in vain, and had an idea with Huang Qi, but after a while, he gave up this idea. Even if they are allowed to meet Liu Zihua, what can they do?

"Now that people have seen it, let's go back." Wei Zhongxian said with a tolerant and generous look.

Huang Qi helped Wei Zhongxian into the carriage and asked carefully, "What does Godfather think of this Liu Zihua?" ”

Wei Zhongxian sighed, nodded and said: "Our family looks good, only women of this age can taste, what does the little girl know?" The means are in place, and the song is also sung playfully, this folk thing in the market, the emperor is the most interested...... In this way, Huang Qi, you take some time to talk to Qinglou, buy Liu Zihua, send it to our house, and then go to Wei Jue and ask him to give you the money. Femdom and then send it to the palace. ”

Huang Qi was a little depressed when he heard this, he went to buy it himself, and dared to go to Wei Zhongxian to get the silver? It seems that this blood came out of its own. He didn't dare to disobey, and he thought that he would have to make up for the loss by staining more silver from other places. Huang Qi was aggrieved, but said reluctantly: "Don't worry, my son will do a good job." ”

Wei Zhongxian snorted: "Don't be too public, do something to rob people or something, and make it known to the whole city, understand?" ”

Huang Qi patted his chest and said, "Godfather, don't worry, my son will buy it for them at a real price." ”

Soon, Huang Qi took Yinliang to Manxi Building, wanting to buy Liu Zihua as soon as possible, but the proprietress claimed that Manxi Building was the livelihood of Uncle Guo.

Huang Qi suddenly said depressedly: "The national uncle of the emperor's biological mother's mother's family? ”

The proprietress said, "What other country uncle can there be?" The emperor can remember the difficulties of the uncle of the country, rewarded some silver, opened a few places to make a living, and usually the uncle also has contacts with the palace. I don't know what you have to do, are you looking for the West Building, or are you looking for our uncle? ”

Huang Qi immediately had a big head when he heard this, and abandoned his original thoughts, this uncle and the emperor have some feelings, although they are not qualified to manage the government, but they can also see the emperor from time to time. Such a person, most people don't want to offend and find themselves unhappy, and the government will naturally sell a little face, so Uncle Guo uses this background to invest in various industries, which is very popular. Similarly, Huang Qi didn't want to offend this imperial relative.

Huang Qi thought about it, changed his tone and said, "We don't sell guanzi, let's put it bluntly, is there a famous character named Liu Zihua in your building?" ”

The proprietress called "ouch", "Father-in-law's news is really well-informed, this Liu Zihua is the signboard in our building, and our business is counting on her." ”

"Our father-in-law Wei has taken a fancy to Liu Zihua and wants to redeem her, you can make a price."

"Grandpa Wei?" The hostess was taken aback.

Huang Qi glared and said, "You don't know that Gonggong Wei doesn't know, right?" Can there be a fake, who in our mixed palace, who dares to come out in the name of Gonggong Wei for nothing? ”

The proprietress thought about it, after all, they were also people with backgrounds, and if any little eunuch dared to do this, then he would be in real trouble. Wei Zhongxian is very powerful at the moment, I am afraid that he is better than Uncle Guo, the proprietress is a little difficult, and said with a painful face: "Why did Father-in-law Wei fall in love with our Liu Zihua?" If you take her away, what will we do with our business? ”

Huang Qi didn't show weakness either, and snorted: "Let's put it this way, our Duke Wei just has a crush on Liu Zihua, no matter what method is used, he wants to buy her!" We don't use our power to bully people, you make a price, hurry up! ”

The proprietress pinched her fingers and said seriously: "Two hundred thousand." ”

Huang Qi slapped his palm on the coffee table and said angrily: "What? It's knocking on our heads! ”

"Father-in-law, you are angry, we have already suffered a lot at this price, if it weren't for the person that Father-in-law Wei fancied, we wouldn't sell it for as much silver as we give! Yesterday in one day, Miss Liu earned thousands of taels for us, a few thousand taels a day, how much silver is a year? ”

Huang Qi sneered: "Look how loud your abacus is!" Can you earn thousands of taels every day? Yesterday was just someone raising the price, and Miss Liu can come to wait for people every day, and there is no time when she is sick and unwell? Besides, how old is Miss Liu, and now that she is fried by you, it will be good to be popular for ten days and a half months. When the freshness of the literati and artists has passed, or if there is a more interesting story, others will be invited to go! At that time, you had this card in your hand, and you saw that you were going to grow old, but you didn't know how much it was worth? ”

There are countless official and private brothels in Beijing, and each of them is trying their best to make money, of course, it is impossible to let Manxi Lou go for a few months and a year. Huang Qi said that there is some truth, it is impossible for Man Xilou to expect Liu Zihua's cash cow to be evergreen, and the proprietress did not dare to come sideways with this eunuch, so she relieved herself and said: "Even if my father-in-law is right, if she is only popular for ten days and a half months, Miss Liu can earn more than 100,000 taels, right?" Yes, for the sake of Grandpa Wei's face, we also have to make some efforts, you give 80,000, at a minimum, no matter how low it is, it will really bully us regardless of the situation! ”

"Ten thousand! To be content, to earn so much silver, really to pull out a dime? ”

But I don't know how Liu Zihua would feel if he was present and heard them bargaining to sell themselves, and he might feel sorry for himself again. However, the so-called red face is indeed very tragic, there is almost no guarantee, except for the wife of the rich family who is well-born, there is no guarantee at all as a concubine, or you can only live with the poor in peace, in fact, many people want to live in peace, but they can't help themselves, and they can't compare to the future generations. A woman's background almost determines everything, in contrast, a man still has a hope, and it is not for nothing that he has a good life in the imperial examination from a poor background.

The proprietress said angrily: "Ten thousand? Aren't you blatant robbery! ”

"Smack!" Huang Qi slapped on the coffee table, and the teacup clanged: "I don't know what to do, I think I can go to the sky with the support of my uncle?" We're going to grab what's going on, let's try it! ”

The eunuch next to him touched Huang Qi lightly, but Huang Qi didn't say any more, he was very angry, and left with his sleeves.

The proprietress also scolded and walked out of the guest room, and happened to meet a regular customer, the familiar customer's surname is Wu, called Wu Dayong, who was born tall and big, but the forehead tattoo is too deep, and a pair of eyebrows that fall to both sides like a mustache make his face look extremely bad.

Wu Dayong saw that the proprietress was full of anger, so he smiled and said, "Yo, who made my mother angry?" ”

The proprietress was in a panic, so she confided: "There are two little eunuchs in the palace, and our family Liu Zihua is red, and they moved out of Father-in-law Wei to oppress people, and they want to rob it!" ”

Wu Dayong immediately suppressed his smile and said, "Father-in-law Wei? Father-in-law Wei wants to buy Liu Zihua? ”

"But no, the old man looked at Grandpa Wei's face and asked them to pay 80,000 taels of silver to buy, but we lost to death at this price! The two of them are still not satisfied, and they don't want to spend 10,000 taels to buy it, isn't this robbing people? ”

Wu Dayong nodded and said, "Miss Liu's worth, 80,000 taels is indeed completely worth...... How long have they been gone? ”

"It's not just going out."

Wu Dayong hurriedly arched his hand and said: "You dissipate your anger, I still have some things, I will come back another day." Wu Dayong said, and without waiting for the proprietress to reply, he turned around and trotted down the pavilion and rushed out.

He inquired about the whereabouts of the eunuchs, hurriedly took his horse, and chased him down the street. Just a few steps away, Wu Dayong found a carriage, and the person riding the horse next to him seemed to have a eunuch, so he rode his horse to the side of the carriage, and arched his hand on the horse and said, "Father-in-law, please stay." ”

At this time, if there is no eunuch inside, it is estimated that he will be scolded, but Wu Dayong can't control much. Fortunately, his luck was good, and this carriage happened to be the car that Huang Qi was riding.

"Stop!" Huang Qi picked up the curtain and glanced at Wu Dayong, and said suspiciously: "...... are you?"

Wu Dayong hurriedly turned over and dismounted, bowed down and said, "Wu Dayong, the captain of the 3,000 battalion, has seen my father-in-law. I heard that Gonggong Wei wants to buy Liu Zihua in the West Building? ”

Huang Qi hurriedly looked left and right after hearing this, and said in a deep voice: "Come up and speak." ”

"Grandpa Xie."

Wu Dayong immediately got into the carriage and carefully sat opposite Huang Qi, with only a chair next to his buttocks, looking very respectful.

Huang Qi made a series of trivial movements, and then said, "Where did you hear about it?" ”

Wu Dayong accompanied him and said carefully: "The mother of Man Xilou said that she said that you were angry when the price was low." These profiteers, all of them are iron roosters, and they are slamming the door tightly! ”

Huang Qi was also very unhappy with the proprietress of the Qinglou just now, and when he heard that Wu Dayong and himself had the same hatred, he suddenly had a good impression.

At this time, Wu Dayong moved the eight-character eyebrows that fell on both sides, and said with a welcome face: "Maybe the lowly position can do this for Wei Gonggong and get Liu Zihua over." ”

"Oh?" Huang Qi's eyes lit up, but he immediately understood that where in this world is there the benefit of sending it to the door for nothing? Especially since he didn't know this Wu Dayong before, he said, "What do you want the miscellaneous family to do for you?" ”

Wu Dayong said with a smile: "I can't hide my father-in-law from my father-in-law at all. Wu Dayong lowered his voice and said, "The little one is now in charge of patrolling the suburbs, father-in-law, do you know, what's the point of patrolling?" It's still on the outskirts of the city! Therefore, the little ones do not point to ascend, but want to change places. The city defense captain of Yongdingmen is about to be promoted...... Do you want to tell Gonggong Wei about getting the little one there? ”

"Ah......" Huang Qi was overjoyed, didn't he just let Gonggong Wei change a small military attaché, this thing was too easy to do! He was very happy in his heart, 80,000 taels of silver to buy such a shortage, this Wu Dayong is really a bit stupid, he is a civil official and a magistrate, he can give 80,000 taels, and it is completely okay to be promoted to the prefect immediately!

However, Huang Qi still kept an eye on it, and said with some difficulty: "This, our family has to ask Father-in-law Wei first, you wait at home, our family will help you ask and then give you an answer." ”

Huang Qi wanted to stabilize it first, and then check the details of this Wu Dayong, so it was so stable.

Wu Dayong hurriedly said: "Then there is Gonggong Lao." He didn't know Huang Qi, but he would soon be able to find out the name of this eunuch, Wu Dayong was generous, and while speaking, he took out a few silver tickets and stuffed them into Huang Qi's sleeve while he was arching Huang Qi.

Huang Qi was in a happy mood, and he didn't shirk it, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, our family will personally tell Gonggong Wei about this matter." ”

Huang Qi returned to the palace, and while asking someone to find out the details of Wu Dayong, he found Wei Zhongxian and told Wei Zhongxian everything that happened today.

Wei Zhongxian thought about it, 80,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, it is indeed a bit too much for Huang Qi to dig out of his pocket, Wei Zhongxian himself is not less than 80,000 taels, but it is so painful to take it out at once. However, Huang Qi's work is not bad, and he found a big man to help with the money, Wei Zhongxian is very satisfied.

Wei Zhongxian thought about it and said, "Transfer a captain?" It's not difficult, but you have to find out the details of Wu Dayong first, and don't let him talk nonsense outside. ”

Huang Qi said with a smile: "Godfather, don't worry, my son has already sent someone to investigate, and I am sure that even the three generations of his ancestors will be found out clearly." ”

"Nacheng, since this matter is entrusted to you, you will come back after you have done it."

The details of the generals in the Beijing camp are really not difficult to check, Huang Qi quickly found out the details of Wu Dayong, his position is a hereditary general, his father used to be the captain of the 3,000 battalion, because there is no strong relationship, and the business does not often fight, and there is no way to talk about military achievements, Wu Dayong has no chance of promotion for two generations.

This kind of detail made Huang Qi very relieved, so he found someone to pass the word and asked Wu Dayong to buy the person and send it over, as for the transfer, it would be a matter of ten days and half a month, a trivial matter.

In order to prevent the proprietress of the Qinglou from sitting on the ground and raising the price, Wu Dayong naturally bought Liu Zihua with money in the name of Wei Zhongxian, and then sent it to Wei Zhongxian's mansion.

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Unfortunately, Wu Dayong's series of actions were clearly investigated by Zhang Ying's Xuanyi guard. At the beginning, Zhang Ying caught a trick and asked an important clue, those spies had dealings with this Wu Dayong, Zhang Ying naturally wanted to send more people to keep an eye on Wu Dayong, the captain of the Beijing camp, so his every move was known to Zhang Ying.

Not many days later, Wu Dayong was transferred to Yongdingmen, the southern city of Beijing, as a lieutenant because he sent Liu Zihua. Zhang Ying told Zhang Wen the news.

In Zhang Wen's room, the left and right have been retreated, leaving only him and Zhang Ying. Zhang Wen paced a few steps, thought about the previous clues, quickly clarified his thoughts, and said: "In this way, the whole context will be clear." Wu Dayong has a relationship with Jianyu, and it is obvious that he has hooked up, and now he spends a lot of money to transfer to Yongdingmen as a captain, isn't it just to make an internal response to Jianyu? There are two bases for me to judge this: First, since Wu Dayong's family has not had a chance to turn over for several generations, where did they get the 80,000 taels of silver? Where did it come from, if it wasn't funded by Jianyu? Second, Yongding Gate is the south gate of Jingshi, which is basically the most important defensive barrier, Wu Dayong does not go to other places, what is the purpose of going to Yongding Gate? ”

Zhang Ying nodded, agreeing with Zhang Wen's judgment, and she proposed: "This Wu Dayong colluded with Jian to spy on the traitors, and Wei Zhongxian was implicated in it. As long as the evidence is collected, Wei Zhongxian is afraid that it will be a lot of trouble, and this is a good opportunity to hit him. ”

Zhang Wen shook his head and said, "It's not time yet, we don't have the heart to tickle him." When the time is ripe, the old and new accounts will be counted together, and one blow will be hit, so that he will be stubborn and have no chance to turn over, this is the best policy! Zhang Wen sneered and said proudly: "And I'm also thinking about pulling Jianyu to accompany the funeral together, so that they can all finish!" ”