A lantern flickered through the dark alley, and suddenly the light opened up in front of it.

Xue Bai originally thought that this side would be a dilapidated place, but it was not. In front of him was a rather neat mansion, and there was light inside.

"Let's go, let's go to the side door.

Ren Mulan blew out the candles, beckoned Xue Bai to follow her along the wall, and when she came to a small door, she put her fingers on the ring in her mouth and whistled.

After a while, a boy in a green coat and a green hat opened the door.

"Is Sister Apo here?

"She can't come now, you can come back later."

The boy said that, and immediately closed the door.

Ren Mulan sat down on the ground and said, "Wait." ”

Xue Bai said: "Can I enter through the gate?" ”

Ren Mulan was stunned for a moment, scratched her head, and said, "I haven't entered through the gate either." ”

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The knocker knocked three times, and another boy in Tsing Yi behind the door opened the door, and without asking, he led Xue Bai to the room, and soon a middle-aged man came over and asked with a smile: "Does Lang Jun want to buy someone, or do you want to spend the night?" ”

"Both."

"Then this way, please."

This place is not luxurious, and it is far inferior to the style of Chang'an Nanqu, revealing the atmosphere of a stock market.

The middle-aged man who led the way saw that Xue Bai's vision was extraordinary, and said with a smile: "Lang Jun Mo looks down on us here, some of the famous prostitutes in Chang'an, Luoyang, and Yangzhou also went out from us. ”

"Oh?

"An Oiran who costs a thousand gold for a tour of wine, we have it; Twenty dollars can spend the night boat prostitutes, we also have them, it all depends on how much money Lang Jun brought.

"How is that different from the slave tooth shop in South City?"

"Slave tooth trade, as the name suggests, is a slave class. The difference here is that the word good and clean is emphasized.

While speaking, Xue Bai was led into an accord to sit down, and there was a beaded curtain hanging in front of the pavilion, through which you could see that there were women lined up on the stage in front of him.

"Lang Jun, please.

"No show? Don't add any drinks?

"As soon as I saw Lang Jun, he was Jing Zhaolai, and he must be tired of watching the performance. Here, if officials and business travelers from the south to the north want to bring a few servants on the road, they will buy them directly........

Speaking of this, a fat figure walked in front of the porch and said lightly: "I want the thirty, and Yang said to send them to my ship."

Xue Bai realized that this was actually the place where the slaves and the Lang men bought goods.

But Tang Lu couldn't help but buy and sell slaves, so he didn't have to be so secretive.

He thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood how Xue Ling and Liu Xiangjun's sixth son was lost, so he asked in a low voice: "Is there a daughter of an official eunuch who was plundered and sold?" ”

The other party hesitated for a moment, looked at Xue Bai, and began to pay attention to his identity.

Xue Bai calmly looked at him and asked, "No?" So how is the accommodation? ”

"The accommodation is not here, Lang Jun will come with me."

The middle-aged man originally looked at Xue Bai's temperament, thinking that he would be a noble son who could buy dozens of slaves and maids in one go, but he was a little disappointed when he heard this, and took Xue Bai to the backyard.

If you only talk about prostitution, the business here is not prosperous, it is not as cheap as the skin and meat business on the dock, and it is not as elegant as the singing and dancing in the pavilion.

Xue Bai walked on the path, turned his head and saw a large group of girls of different ages being driven together, but he couldn't understand the language in his mouth. He stopped, and walked a few steps there, and saw them with braided hair and ornaments made of bone, some of whom wore boots, occasionally.

From the boots, it can be seen that they are not aliens from the south, nor are they like the orchids of the Western Regions with high eyebrows and deep eyes.

"Khitan, Xi people?

Lang Jun wants to try it? According to the rules here, those that have not budded are only sold, not prostitutes. ”

"Let's go."

Xue Bai was taken to a side room, and the other party brought twenty girls for him to choose from each time, and when it came to the third batch, Ren Mulan secretly reminded Xue Bai, and he left Sister Apo for a while.

Jiang Hai retreated and went outside to guard.

"Sister Abo, don't be afraid." Ren Mulan said: "This is the new county lieutenant, he is a good person like the county lieutenant Wang, and he may be able to save you out." ”

Xue Bai had already asked Ren Mulan on the road, this Sister Abo's name was Yibo, and she was also an orphan who floated down the river waves of Yishui, so she took Yishui as her surname and was sold here in the nursing workshop.

Ibo didn't look very old, he wasn't very pretty, and he didn't have any weather.

She hasn't been trained yet, and she doesn't have to make money like a dusty woman, and she doesn't have to laugh at guests, and there is only vigilance in her eyes.

"I heard that Wang Yi escaped from you?"

"It's not.

Yi Bo shook his head, and signaled with his eyes that Ren Mulan couldn't trust anyone.

Xue Bai said: "I came to investigate the murder of Wang Yanxian at the behest of the Son of Heaven, if you know anything, you can tell me."

"I don't know anything.

Seeing her like this, Xue Bai didn't even ask any more questions, pushed the door out, and asked someone to recruit the steward here, intending to buy Yi Bo out.

But she refused to leave, shook her head and said, "I want to go, I will only go with Di'er and them." ”

"Who's that?

Ren Mulan said: "I was sold from the nursing house with Sister Abo, there are six or seven, if Sister Apo leaves, I will have to pick someone from among them to sleep with the man."

Xue Bai said: "Let her go with me first, and I will arrange for someone to come and raid here." ”

"Nope." Ibo was resolute, "I can only go with them." ”

In fact, if Xue Bai had to redeem her, no matter how resolute she was, it would be useless, but he recruited Jiang Hai and inquired about the price, Yibo was cheap, as long as 10,000 yuan, and the other six people, ranging from 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, calculated a total of 260 yuan, and his current monthly income is still less than 10 yuan.

"You go back and ask Mrs. Liu for money."

Jiang Hai shook his head and said, "Ah Lang, why don't you come back tomorrow?" It's too dangerous for you to stay here. ”

"It's okay, you go.

"I can't leave Ah Lang here alone."

"I'm here, go ahead." Ren Mulan said, "I will protect the county lieutenant." ”

"I'm afraid the county lieutenant will protect you.

"Ha, I'm Qu Shuai.

In fact, Jiang Hai left in a hurry and came back less than an hour, and Xue Bai was safe and sound in the process.

Those people in Yanshi County were in a hurry to get rid of Xue Bai. Even for Wang Yanxian, they gave three years of patience, and if there was no assassination case in Lishan, they might be able to let him die of illness and slowly with dignity.

They are all people with heads and faces, but as long as there is leeway, they will not be too ugly.

It was Xue Bai, who did not always have 260,000 coins at home, Jiang Hai also brought a lot of gold and silverware, silk, and peppercorns to buy slaves, and reluctantly handed over the money and goods, and drew a pledge on the deed for Xue Bai.

"Xu Shande, this is the name?"

Taking the deed, Jiang Hai rolled his eyes and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, and asked.

"A cheap name is not enough to worry about, it is a contemptible person.

"I made a note of it.

Jiang Hai grinned and took the deed into his arms.

In less than an hour, let these people earn 260 yuan by trading without capital, and he was so distressed that he died.

It must be known that back then, he stared at the usual money and sold this six-foot-old body to the battlefield where the corpses were strewn all over Longyou.

"Eat dog intestines, what's the difference between this and robbing the county lieutenant's money?"

Because Xue Bai now lives in this private house in the east of the county office, Guo Jian also deliberately named this area "Kuixingfang" to promote the name of Zhuangyuanlang.

Come to think of it, if Xue Bai didn't look for their business, he would be able to live comfortably in the position of Yanshi Lieutenant.

That night, he took a few little women back to the courtyard of Kuixingfang, and soon alarmed the servants and maids arranged by Lu Linghao to take care of him.

"County Lieutenant, what did the slave do wrong? Is the county lieutenant buying a handmaid overnight to replace us? ”

"Is that okay? Then go back.

One sentence frightened these servants and maids of the Lu family into shock, knelt down and begged for mercy, saying that if they went back like this, they would definitely be severely punished.

didn't want to leave, but he had to talk to Xue Bai, so he let them kneel, let Liu Xiangjun watch, and took Yi Bo to the backyard to question.

"The slave and maid thank the county lieutenant for saving his life, and be a cow and a horse......

"There is no need to say these words, get up, let me ask you, are there the children of the eunuchs who have been plundered and sold in that mansion?"

"It's rare, but there should be.

"How do you know?

Yi Bo responded: "I have heard the people in the kitchen brag that they have made even the dishes of the five women. It seems that there are occasional thieves who can sell these noble daughters for sky-high prices. ”

"It's a champion.

Xue Bai sneered, his eyes thoughtful.

After a while, he began to ask about Wang Yi.

"If the county lieutenant swears to the sky that he will never harm Brother Ayi, I can only say."

"Okay."

Compared to Yibo, Ren Mulan seemed to be a little too easy to believe in Xue Bai.

Seeing Xue Bai swear to the sky, Yi Bo began to speak.

"After the arrival of Wang County, sometimes he will take Brother A Yi to the nursing workshop, he said that the official gave at least ten acres of recuperation fields, to let us eat, but also to learn the craft to make a living, Brother A Yi often came to teach us literacy, said that I have a talent in calligraphy, and I can be a scribe in front of Xingfu Temple in the future. The basin is the most flexible, you can walk a hundred feet to perform, in Datang, there is a way out if you have skills.

"Later, when County Lieutenant Wang asked me where Sister Qin'er had gone, I said that they had seen each other and married outside. He said no, and asked me what the house behind Kofukuji was doing, and I said I didn't know. It didn't take long for Wang County Lieutenant to fall ill. After a few months, I was sold there, and we called it the Dark House........

"Until July 15, the night of the Midyear Festival, I saw Wang County Lieutenant in the dark house, he dressed up as a businessman and went to the dark house, and told Steward Xu that he wanted to buy a Khitan maidservant, but he didn't see me, that was the last time I saw him.....

"A few days later, Mulan brought Brother A Yi to me, saying that County Lieutenant Wang had been killed and Brother A Yi was also seriously injured. Li San'er sent people all over the city to find Brother Ayi, and asked me if I could find a way to hide him, so I hid him in the firewood room of the dark house, and raised him like this for a while, Brother Ayi said, he can save me out, but he needs to hand the evidence to Fu Yin, he has to go to Luo" At that time, a few people from Luoyang bought a batch of slaves and maids, and the green ring was among them, she also received the favor of Wang County Lieutenant in the past, so I asked her to find a way to save Brother A Yi to Luoyang, we hid him under the carriage board loaded with goods, and followed the green ring to Luoyang the next day, I haven't seen him since......"

Xue Bai listened and asked, "Did he say it, what is the evidence?" ”

"It seems that there are two copies, one is the county's encroachment on people's land and oppression of the people, and the other is the county's noble smuggling account book."

"Sublime? Where was he all the while?

"I don't know, Brother Ayi didn't understand the smuggling account book, it was full of code words, but County Lieutenant Wang looked at the numbers and said that only that was a big crime that the court would not tolerate, maybe it was stealing the treasures of Taifu."

Xue Bai's heart moved, and he suddenly thought of a past incident that Wu Huaishi had said.

These officials in Henan Prefecture have come into contact with one person.

"Where's the evidence?

Yi Bo shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it either, it's not on Brother Ayi, he should have hidden in a secret place."

Xue Bai asked, "Who was the green ring sold to?" ”

"I only know that it is a high-ranking family in Luoyang, and the other party has not even sent a steward, it was Guo Erlang who personally selected it, and selected a full thirty people, all of whom have to be the most docile and beautiful, and they are said to be sent to a new mansion."

"A new house? Do you know which fang it is? ”

"I don't know.

"Is there still a record in the dark house?

"It should have been in the warehouse where it was erected, or a few coachmen who were sent at the time also knew."

After asking Yibo, Xue Bai gradually sorted out his clues.

It is certain that Henan Mansion and Yanshi County will be eroded, but I am afraid that there are still some preliminary preparations for rebellion that Fan Yang is doing, selling prisoners of war, war booty, and smuggling...... In this link, some officials participated, and some did not.

The county Cheng Gao Chong must be the key figure, and his righteous brother Gao Shang is now the secretary of Pinglu, and he is An Lushan's casual henchman.

But only these speculations are useless, Zhang Jiuling and Wang Zhongsi have long said that An Lushan has a reverse phase, Xue Bai He needs to see the account book in Wang Yi's hand, know how those people did it, and how many officials are involved.

But where is Wang Yi hiding?

The next day, night, Luoyang City.

Du Shi was writing a reply to Xue Bai before the candlelight.

This trip to Luoyang, she transferred a lot of friends from Chang'an, but recently, she has felt that things are much more troublesome than expected, and manpower has begun to be stretched.

The door was pushed open, and a cold wind blew in.

Du Yan hurriedly closed the door and said, "Grandpa asked me again, don't say where Gorou went, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it." ”

"What's the use of telling Grandpa? He's just going to be in a hurry.

"I really can't hide it, with Goro's temperament, how can he leave Yun Niang and go out for many days without a sound?

"Said he was doing things for Bai."

"Then you should also take Yunniang to Yanshi."

"Hide it again." Du Ji took Du Yan's hand, patted it gently, and said, "Sister, don't worry, I'm sure that Wulang was taken away by Wang Yi, and Wang Yi won't harm him."

Du Yan asked: "You tell me the truth, Wang Yi will not harm him, what about Zhou Miao?" ”

"Zhou Mo did send a lot of people to search." Du Shi said: "But I promise, he will not find them earlier than me." ”

"What did Xue Lang say? Is he trusted today? I didn't see Quanfu come back. ”

"Quanfu is injured.

"That Xue ......."

killed, so Wang Yi refused to show up easily. Du Shi muttered: "What Bai means is that you have to do something to gain Wang Yi's trust."

"It's okay, Ah Bai hasn't hurt a single hair, don't worry. However, this incident shows that those people hate to "do something" to Wang Yi?

"Sister, take a look.

Du Shi handed over Xue Bai's letter, let Du Yan look at it, and muttered to himself: "We want to set up another bureau, but we don't have a suitable name for the time being." ”

"Green Ring?

Du Huan muttered: "Green Ring is the servant girl who saved Wang Yi? ”

"What's wrong?

"I seem to have heard the name."

"Because it's the most common handmaid name."

Du Niang shook her head, finally remembered, and said, "I heard Grandpa say that Aunt Gongsun asked Luoyang Ling for a maid at the banquet, which is the green ring." ”

"Aunt Gongsun? Why did she ask for the maidservant green ring? ”

The two sisters glanced at each other, and Du Shi immediately got up and said, "I have to go and see Aunt Gongsun........