Back Off, Let Me Come

The oiran's beautiful eyes flashed with astonishment.

She didn't seem to expect that Shen Tang was still a clueless young man. In the past, which businessman would come up and ask how much he could borrow to guarantee a guaranteed profit without losing money? Who is not careful to accompany the smiling face? After a while, the oiran returned to her usual charming and calm self.

"Nu Jun is joking. When doing business, there are profits and losses. How can there be a business in this world that is guaranteed to make a profit? How much principal you borrow depends on how much principal Nu Jun needs to do business. According to the rules, as long as you borrow, no matter how much it is, you will To be able to gain asylum.”

Shen Tang was not surrounded by her.

He smiled and said: "Indeed, you can get shelter by borrowing any amount you want. Shelter is all shelter, but it can also be divided into caring and uncaring. This is like the maids and servants around the queen, who are also divided into first, second and third classes. The little girl thought All you know is, how much will it cost to borrow first?”

There was no mincing words in her words.

The oiran held up the teacup with her slender fingers and pretended to drink tea. She did not directly answer Shen Tang's question: "I heard that the queen decided to complete this business in order to save the family business from the elders of the clan. The business will be successful." That’s all. In that case, why pursue first-class status? From Yinu’s point of view, third-class or even lower-class is enough. Since you can do business in Jinli County with just a little borrowing, you can rely on your protection.”

Faced with the oiran's temptation, Shen Tang just shook his head: "If it was just for this purpose, there would be no need to sign in today."

The price of drinks for the top oiran is not cheap either.

The oiran's rich makeup flashed with surprise for a moment.

He smiled and asked, "Is there another purpose?"

Shen Tang said frankly: "To be honest, I personally thought that Kunzhou was originally established for more than a year, and various places were waiting for development, and there were business opportunities everywhere. So I planned to eat this place's grain before other grain merchants could react. . As long as the business is done properly, there will be countless dividends in the future. I have a husband who has been dead for less than two months. Even though I have thousands of net worth, I still have no way to climb up to the high school. Although the king allows merchants to enter the officialdom, how rugged is this road? For this, it is reasonable to pay some price.”

To put it more simply -

She just wants to use money as a stepping stone.

The more official debts you borrow, the more interest you pay to others, and the more disguised bribes you give to others, and the easier it is for you to be regarded as one of your own by high officials. In the land of Jinli County, there is such a big tree to protect her. Isn't it smooth sailing for her to do business here?

The oiran covered the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, and her laughter was as clear as a silver bell: "The lady has a vivacious temperament and is quick to talk. In the past, there were so many male customers seeking connections, but none of them were as courageous as you."

He said, stroking his hands and praising: "I admire you very much."

"If this matter comes to pass, the benefits of the oiran's wife will also be indispensable." Shen Tang is a person who can remain calm and composed in the face of fights with hundreds of officials. How could he be deceived by the oiran's few words? She waved her hand calmly, and the cashier standing beside her took out her money bag with a wink.

Chu Yao took out two heavy, golden pieces of gold.

Two pieces of gold are not big, but their purity is rare.

Shen Tang said: "This is the tea fee for the lady."

The oiran lady smiled and reached out her hand to put the gold into her sleeves. Her heavy makeup could not hide her good mood: "Okay, I will tell you everything you said, and it will definitely happen!"

Shen Tang sat for a while and then prepared to get off the flower boat.

The oiran lady covered the back of her hand with her palm and said softly: "My lady, don't worry, it will still be a while before we reach the shore."

When the other party leaned over, the rich fragrance penetrated into Shen Tang's nostrils. Like a frightened rabbit, she suddenly retracted her hand and blushed slightly. She still had the momentum from before: "Hua, Oiran... please respect yourself. I still have great filial piety."

The oiran woman rested her chin on her hands.

A pair of phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, her red lips parted slightly, and she whispered in her ear with a sweet and bewitching tone: "It's a pity that the lady became a widow before she knew what love is like in the world."

Shen Tang raised his eyes and looked at the oiran lady.

The oiran lady chuckled and said: "This is the most popular place in the world, and there are always some secrets that outsiders don't know. You don't need to be so nervous. It will make you seem scornful of me."

The corners of Shen Tang's mouth twitched slightly, and he opened his eyes to make up for it by telling lies.

"What I said is true. My late husband and I were married at the fingertips. Nine years ago, our two families were in love, and we were destined for life. It's a pity that on the day of the marriage ceremony, he was forcibly recruited. He went to fight. The news has been intermittent over the years, so I thought he was still alive. Two months ago, when his clothes were searched and found, I learned that he had been killed in battle for many years, and even his remains were not found..."

As he spoke, his eyes sparkled with water.

Chu Yao and his colleagues: "..."

Seeing her reaction, the court lady believed her a little bit, and blamed herself. Shen Tang softly pulled the veil and said: "No wonder the court lady. In fact, I have had a premonition in my heart for these years, but I just refused to believe it. It feels better to say it out. many."

In this way, the oiran lady gave her some gentle words of comfort.

In order to make Shen Tang feel better, the oiran lady also took the initiative to tell some of her own tragic past, which was quite tragic.

The courtesan's wife was originally from a good family.

Her father is violent and gambling, and her mother is cowardly and submissive. She and her twin sister depend on each other for life. In exchange for gambling money, her father came up with the idea of ​​selling a pair of daughters to a flower boat. They are rare twins with excellent foundation and look exactly the same. If Huachuan buys them and trains them well, and when they are brought up, they will be presented as "Emperor's Queen" and "Sisters serve together".

Hua Chuan is willing to pay a high price.

The man who was addicted to gambling agreed immediately.

However, the man revealed the secret while drunk.

The oiran's mother hid one of the children. When the appointed time came, the flower boat came to pick her up. When she saw that only the elder sister was left of the twins, the price was cut in half. The man was so angry that he beat the woman half to death, and for another two years, he sold her off to make money.

"Pawn them to make money?"

"Oiran." The courtesan smiled charmingly. Some men could not afford the betrothal gift, so they rented their wives. The price of renting a wife was only 20 to 30% of the betrothal gift. After the rented wife gives birth to a child, the wife will return to her original husband. Originally, the husband sold his wife in exchange for profit, but later the husband rented his wife to continue the family line. "Everyone gets what they need, and everyone is happy."

Shen Tang's face gradually darkened.

Asked: "A lot?"

Oiran: "I don't know."

Shen Tang's hands hidden in his sleeves closed and his knuckles tightened.

She asked: "Are you the twins' sister?"

The court lady smiled and said nothing.

As he spoke, the flower boat suddenly swayed greatly.

Shen Tang stood up and said, "We've reached the shore."

The oiran lady stood up suddenly and walked to the window. There were more than 20 people dressed as government soldiers on the bank of the river and lake. The leader pushed aside the left and right sides and forced boarding: "Zhe Chongfu, check! All men, keep to the left, all women, keep to the right, be aware of your appearance!"

Shen Tang came up and stretched out his neck to watch the excitement: "This is it?"

The oiran's voice was cold, her hand that was digging at the window edge tightened unconsciously, and she gritted her teeth and said, "It's those poor soldiers again!"

Shen Tang covered his face with a veil.

After a while, the sound of footsteps and the clash of weapons and armor came from downstairs. Counting the footsteps, there should be person No. 6.

The elegant room was kicked open.

"Everyone, men on the left and women on the right!"

Shen Tang: "..."

The leader was a female soldier with an unfamiliar appearance.

Seeing the crowd of people in the room, the other party raised his thick eyebrows and pressed the handle of the knife: "I say it again, men on the left and women on the right."

Shen Tang and others could only do as they were told.

This is not the time to reveal your identity.

The leading female soldier took a few steps forward and stood looking at the courtesan. The latter stood weak and boneless, and sneered: "You poor soldiers, why don't you want to train and cultivate the land, and have trouble with flower boats all day long?" ? I’ve been here a few times, and have you found a pair of disheveled people? Or do you have to see a man and a woman having sex on top of each other before you stop? I really can’t do it, I..."

The oiran lady said, raising her hand to take off her clothes from her shoulders.

Before he finished speaking, Shen Tang heard a loud slap.

The female soldier slapped the oiran's face neatly. The latter didn't expect the other party to come out, and his face tilted to one side. After slapping someone, the female soldier said one word after another: "I am willing to humble myself."

The oiran lady licked the corners of her lips with her tongue, which was slightly bloody.

He said with an indifferent expression: "Those who are not mean are outside."

The female soldier ignored her words and waved her hand: "Take it away!"

The court lady scolded: "How dare you?"

The female soldier stuffed a cloth into her mouth and said, "Take it away!"

When he walked to the door and stopped, he thought of Shen Tang and others again, and added: "And these others, take them all away too!"

Shen Tang: "..."

Several ministers: "..."

For the first time in my life, I was put in jail for coming to the flower boat.

The prison environment in Zhechong Mansion is relatively clean.

Shen Tang sat on the straw mat and covered his face: "No, why did this group of people suddenly appear? What is Zhe Chong Mansion doing?"

The king and his ministers were caught while visiting a flower boat together.

This thing will explode wherever you put it.

Turning his head, the accompanying living room attendant grabbed a small pen and held a letter in one hand to record something. Shen Tang's expression immediately cracked. The person responsible for recording the daily actions and national events of the ruler, and writing daily notes to the ruler...

In other words——

If the country of Shen Tang can be passed down stably for several generations, future generations will be able to see a record of the founding emperor and his ministers going on a flower boat together and being cracked down on pornography. This is a rhythm that will be nailed to the pillar of shame in unofficial history. Thinking of this, her head hurt even more.

"Qi Julang, can you stop writing?"

The other officials were stiff and their expressions were cracked.

Damn it, they forgot about the living room!

Will this guy also write their names? Thinking of this, my eyes darkened for a while - it was still unknown whether my name would go down in history, but it would be safe for future generations to lose face together with the king.

The person in the living room was called, looked up at Shen Tang, then looked at a few colleagues, turned around with a palm-sized letter, and continued to write and draw, not giving Shen Tang any face.

Just when a few officials wanted to roll up their sleeves and beat up the hostess and force him to rewrite the content, someone came from the prison.

It turned out that Qi Shan and Captain Zhe Chong came to pick them up.

Qishan sighed and said, "My lord..."

Shen Tang raised his hand: "This matter has nothing to do with me."

Lieutenant Zhe Chong immediately knelt down half-kneeling, lowered his head and clasped his fists: "... I will not be able to do things well at the end. Please punish me and punish me."

Shen Tang: "You should take care of Zhe Chong Mansion."

Lieutenant Zhe Chong lowered his head even further: "I will obey your orders."

"Ji Shou, what did you find here?" Several groups of people entered from different places, and Kang Shi was on the other side.

After leaving the prison, we met at a temporary location.

Well, the staff is quite neat.

Kang Shi: "I sent people to check the nearby white paper shops. During the period when ghosts stole food, people rarely worshiped their ancestors, so paper money should not be used much. I went everywhere and found that there was indeed a shop that sold a lot. Paper money, the person who buys paper money is the government official."

Shen Tang chuckled: "Does the government official buy so much paper money?"

It's really not concealed at all.

Kang Shi said: "The news I heard was that Si Yan's family asked him to dream, so he bought a lot of paper money and burned it to the other party."

Shen Tang asked casually: "What is Si Yan's name?"

Kang Shi checked carefully: "Niu Zhong."

"Niu Zhong? That's a decent name." Because the level of education is so low, common people's names are basically chosen randomly.

"It is reported that his original name was Niu Er, but he donated money to find a janitor job, so he changed his name to Niu Zhong."

Shen Tang stroked the teacup: "Niu Er?"

The words of the previous broker could not help but come to mind.

"Have you met any brokers at the inn?"

"Broker? None."

Shen Tang became more and more certain that this broker was cheating on him.

"Does Niu Er have a crazy woman?"

"How do you know, my lord? This Niu Er does have a mother-in-law. Neighbors say that this person is delirious. He goes crazy and hurts people everywhere. He bites people when he sees them. One time, he bit off a person's ear. Niu Er's mother-in-law will The daughter-in-law is locked up at home to take care of her... These are the words of the neighbors, but in-depth investigation revealed that the testimony is somewhat inconsistent with the reality. I judge that this woman was not crazy or stupid before." Kang Shi continued, "A neighbor once said this Women's hands are slender and white, unlike those of farmers..."

It’s not easy to maintain a pair of slender, white and flawless hands.

This means that this person basically does not work.

Pamper yourself and be cared for everywhere.

and--

"Niu Er is the chief minister of the government, and not everyone can sit in this position. Where did he get the money to get a job?" Shen Tang pointed at the desk, fearing that the money was not clean, "Ji Shou, Apart from this clue, are there any others?”

Kang Shi said: "Niu Er is dead."

Shen Tang was not surprised: "It's normal to die."

Are you leaving such obvious clues unprocessed and waiting to be caught?

Shen Tang asked again: "Have they checked the mass graves?"

If those ghosts were made up of living people, there must be places hiding people in the mass graves. No matter how hard it is, you can still find traces of a large number of living people's activities, and maybe there will be clues. Just be afraid, those ghosts are disguised by Yan Ling, there is really no clue at all.

Kang Shi said: "I checked it too, no problem."

No problem but no clues.

"The Tianquan Guard secretly interviewed many people who saw ghosts that day, and most of the testimonies were correct. Those ghosts did not look like living people. A child took advantage of the elders in the family not paying attention, ran into the group of ghosts, and walked straight through these ghosts. My body is broken and I have a high fever when I come back."

Shen Tang thought for a while and looked towards Gu Chi.

I didn't take Gu Chi with me when I went to Huachuan today. Gu Chi went to do another thing. To put it more simply, he was digging a grave. The grave he was digging was the one that the broker was muttering about in the middle of the night.

Gu Chi said: "There is a woman in the tomb. Judging from the condition of the bones, she should be around seventeen or eighteen years old. There are varying degrees of cracks in the occipital bone, temporal bone, scapula, clavicle, and ribs. There is also a knife on the lumbar spine. It was obviously someone who was injured. Murder."

The woman's leg bones also suffered blunt force blows.

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Regarding the investigation, I probably don’t understand why Tang Mei took action.

At first, Tangmei sent seven soldiers and horses to cooperate with the Ministry of Justice to arrest him, but she later changed her mind temporarily because this matter was serious.

First of all, the supervisory censor died.

Do you know how serious it is to kill an imperial envoy?

Secondly, Kunzhou borders the Northern Desert. It took Tangmei three years before Yuanhuang took over the entire territory. Before that, she only controlled some parts (especially the border forces bordering the Northern Desert). If we start a war with Bei Mo, food supplies will be in Kunzhou. Part of Kunzhou is also a neighbor of Wu Xian.

It is the most ideal result for the grain to be embezzled by officials. Otherwise, no matter which neighbor takes it away, the problem will be very, very serious.

Tangmei is now investigating privately to confirm what the situation is.

For pure corruption, just do it boldly and do everything according to the list. But if forces from other countries infiltrate, they will alert the enemy.

PS: Everyone knows about Tang Mei’s luck, so...┓(`)┏