Chapter 433: The Dark Tide Comes at Night
The streets of the Imperial City should be the noisiest at nightfall.
But tonight, there are many less powerful officials and eunuchs.
Located in the Tianxiang Building on the west side of the street, Wuluan, who has been in the capital for several days, feels that the number of people in the wing room is much less than a few days ago, and is about to send someone to inquire what happened.
"Miss Wuluan, have you thought it through? It's better to sell yourself to Tianxianglou for 50,000 taels for three years, it's better than you borrowing this treasure land, and you have to share fifty percent of the money to me, you are not the girl in my building, if you meet a guest who is not long-eyed and you have a dispute, this is not Jinling, I don't dare to offend those big people for a girl who borrows the art here. ”
In the face of the old bustard's coercion and temptation, Wuluan was not annoyed and angry.
Ever since she decided to present herself as an Oiran, she knew what kind of trade she was going to enter, and it was human nature to be looked down upon, or to be treated as a girl who sold skin and flesh as an Israeli servant.
But.
She came here to Tianxianglou, not to make a lot of money and work for others, but to find a suitable place to settle down and use it as Qiuzi's stronghold in the capital.
Wuluan glanced at the maid at the door.
The maidservant bowed and withdrew, and closed the door.
Seeing this, the old bustard thought that there was a play, and looked Wuluan up and down with evil eyes.
I have to say that this Oiran from Jinling has a really high level, especially for dancers like Wuluan, who maintain the best figure all year round, which is the thin and the abundant.
Even if it was the same woman, she couldn't help but want to tear off Wuluan's clothes and see what the perfect body looked like when there was not a wisp of it.
"If Miss Wuluan agrees, you might as well let me test my body first, you know, the price of this broken bud and the non-broken bud is different."
The bustard's intentions couldn't be clearer.
Spend 50,000 taels to buy out the three-year flowering period of Wuluan, wait until you make enough money, and finally sell a budding fee.
If you are lucky, or if Wuluan is famous at that time, maybe you can earn back the 50,000 taels of silver sold for a budding fee.
Wuluan looked at the old bustard who hung the abacus on his face, and couldn't help but think of Qiu Niang.
In fact, Qiu Niang is also an old bustard who is not good at hiding her thoughts, but she is a warm-hearted, girl in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Qiu Niang who wants to be a Qing Qi will never be forced, those girls who have to sell their lives, as long as they do their best to redeem themselves, Qiu Niang will never open her mouth.
Unlike the old bustard in front of him, Tianxianglou itself is not a first-class Qinglou in the capital, most of it is a leather and meat business, and it likes to bully others if it is not well managed.
"I don't agree."
Wuluan has lived here for the past few days, and she has figured out the specific situation of Tianxianglou, and she no longer pretends to be.
And the old bustard saw that she didn't know what to do, so he didn't back down, but smiled sinisterly: "Miss Wuluan, don't you toast and don't eat and drink, since you have come to my territory, do you want to leave?" Do you think it's possible? ”
As she spoke, she yelled out.
"You come out for me, tie up this stinky watch, I will show her body, and then let her sign and draw the pledge to stay, you don't sell 50,000 taels, the old lady is just reluctant to give so much money!"
Forced buying, forced selling, and forcible seizure are common phenomena in the green buildings in this gray area.
The old bustard didn't plan to give the 50,000 taels at the beginning, and she was still thinking about doing things on the contract, but now she doesn't pretend anymore, and is ready to use it directly.
Anyway, according to her investigation, this Jinling Oiran only brought two maidservants, and they still entered Beijing with the caravan, which was very low-key.
It is estimated that in order to redeem herself, she spent all the money, otherwise she would not have found her Tianxianglou as soon as she entered the capital, and thought of this way to make money.
The old bustard rolled up his sleeves and waited proudly to strip off Wuluan's clothes.
After waiting for a long time, none of the thugs she beckoned could get in.
When she turned her head to look, she was dumbfounded when she saw that the maid who had been taken out just now was still standing at the door, motionless.
"What about people? Where did the death go? ”
"Don't scream, old bustard, those gangsters have made my other maid stunned and tied up, and the girls of Tianxianglou are staying in the backyard firewood room to vent their anger."
Wu Luan pulled out a deed from his sleeve, as well as a title deed and a house deed.
When he saw the title deed and the house deed, the old bustard was stunned.
Tianxianglou is the land of the local indigenous family in the capital that is leased, and every inch of land is expensive here, if you want to buy it, it will cost 300,000 taels, and the bustard naturally does not have so much money, and she pays a rent of several thousand taels every year, which is more cost-effective in her opinion.
After all, the business of opening a green building, maybe one day offending the big man, he will be copied and fined, and it is not worth spending all his wealth to buy a green building.
Lao Bustard naturally couldn't imagine that Wuluan, who seemed to her to be so poor, actually spent hundreds of thousands of taels to buy Tianxiang Building!
"Dance, Miss Dance, no, Miss Dance."
The bustard patted his cheek lightly and apologized with a smile.
"It's the old woman who has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and offended Miss Wuluan, and please don't blame Miss Wuluan, let's make money with anger, and make money with anger."
At this time, the bustard regretted that he had torn his face just now.
I had long heard about how rich Jiangnan was in the mouths of the guests who came to Tianxianglou, but those guests were not as bold as the locals, and she didn't take it seriously.
Now seeing that this Jinling Oiran has not been famous for a long time, not only can she redeem herself, but also save so much money, she is both envious and regretful.
Wuluan, who was regarded by her as flesh and skin, became the owner of the house, and she really didn't fit into this identity.
"Harmony makes money? Okay, you sign this deed and you can leave. ”
The old bustard took the contract in disbelief, and when he saw the contents of it, he almost scolded.
Profiteer!
The contract says that he spent 10,000 taels to buy all the girls in Tianxianglou.
At this time, the old bustard understood that the real purpose of Wuluan was to come to Tianxianglou to make money, which was to occupy her property.
"I don't sign it!"
"Okay, Xiaoqing, go to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion to report to the official, and submit the human and physical evidence of Tianxianglou's participation in human trafficking and the cruelty of young children and selling them to others to make tonic ingredients."
Wu Luan looked at the old bustard who was caught by the handle and was stunned on the spot, showing a sneering smile.
"Before the people from the government arrive, I also ask you to go to the firewood room for a visit, and let the girls of Tianxianglou say goodbye to you."
As a result, Tim Heung Building is closed and will not accept customers for the time being.
But when the dark tide was surging tonight, and everyone was paying attention to the movements of the officials, no one cared about what happened in a small green building.
It was already dawn in the early hours of the morning when the bustard had dealt with the sins committed by the bustard.
She was standing at the door and was about to close the door for a few days to redress, taking advantage of this gap to personally investigate the strange situation of last night, when she suddenly saw a young man with deep eyebrows and eyes, riding a black horse through the street, and a crisp crash sounded from his waist.
She saw this person galloping in the direction of the Jin Palace, and her eyebrows were slightly twisted.
"The man on horseback seems to be from Beidi."
The Beidi people are decorated with various wolf teeth, symbolizing their high level of martial arts and hunting skills.
The young man on horseback was by no means an ordinary person, and where he went, only one household in the Jin Wangfu dominated half of the street.
After a little thought, Wuluan beckoned a servant girl and followed her to confirm where the other party was going.