Chapter 937 937: Making a game (Part 1) [Please ask for monthly votes]
The courtesan''s beautiful eyes flashed with surprise.
She didn''t seem to expect that Chen Tang was still a naughty man. In the past, those merchants who had traveled through the road would ask how much they would borrow to ensure a stable profit without losing money? Which one is not careful to accompany the smile? In a moment, the courtesan returned to his usual charm and calmness.
"The woman is joking, doing business means making money and losing money. How can there be a business in this world that can make money and not lose money? How much principal is borrowed depends on how much principal the woman needs to do business. According to the rules, as long as she borrows, she can get shelter no matter how much she wants."
Chen Tang was not surrounded by her.
"Indeed, you can get shelter if you borrow as much as you borrow. Shelter is all shelter, but you don''t care about it. This is like the maids and servants around the woman, who are also divided into first-class, second-class, and third-class. What the little woman wants to know is how much she borrows first-class?"
Her words were not a bit roundabout.
The courtesan stretched out his slender finger and picked up the teacup, pretending to drink tea, but did not answer Chen Tang''s question directly: "I heard that the woman wanted to do this business to preserve her family business from the elders of the clan. If the business is done, why should she pursue first-class? In the opinion of Yinu, third-class or even the last-class is enough. Since you can borrow some of them, you can rely on protection to go to Jinli County."
Faced with the temptation of the courtesan, Chen Tang just shook his head: "If it was just this purpose, there was no need to nod the top card today."
The alcohol bill for the top courtesan is not cheap either.
The rich and beautiful makeup flashed through the unexpected moment.
A smile asked, “Is there another purpose?”
Chen Tang said frankly: "To be honest, I think that Kunzhou has been set to be more than a year, and there are all kinds of business opportunities everywhere. He planned to eat up the grain here before other grain merchants could react. As long as they operate properly, there will be countless dividends in the future. My husband, who has been in a new life for less than two months, has a huge fortune, but he has to suffer from the path of not climbing to the high school. Although the king of the country allowed merchants to enter the officialdom, how rugged is this road? It is natural to pay some price for this."
To put it more plainly—
She just wants to use money as a stepping stone.
The more debts you borrow from the official position, the more interest you will give to others, and the more bribes you give to others in disguise, the more likely you are to be regarded as your own person by a high-ranking official. In the territory of Jinli County, there is such a big tree to protect her. Why is she going smoothly in business here?
The courtesan covered the corners of his lips with a veil, and his laughter was as crisp as a silver bell: "The woman is so handsome and speaks quickly. In the past, there were so many male guests who sought out her skills, and none of them had half the courage to do so."
As he said, he stroking his hands and praised: "I admire you very much."
"If this matter is done, the benefits of the courtesan lady will also be inevitable." Chen Tang, a person who can calm down in the face of fighting with all officials, would he be deceived by the courtesan''s words? She waved her hand calmly, and took out the money bag with a wink on the account room standing beside her.
Chu Yao took out two heavy and golden gold pieces.
Two pieces of gold are not big, but the quality is pure and rare.
Chen Tang said, "This is the tea and water fee for my wife."
The courtesan lady smiled and stuck her hand out to put the gold into her sleeve. The heavy makeup could not cover up her good mood: "Okay, if the girl said, I will tell you everything, this matter will be accomplished!"
Chen Tang sat for a while and then prepared to get off the flower boat.
The courtesan lady covered the back of her hand and said softly: "Don''t worry, girl, it will take a while before the docking."
When the other party leaned over, the rich fragrance penetrated Chen Tang''s nostrils. She was like a frightened rabbit. She suddenly retracted her hand and blushed her face slightly. She didn''t have the momentum she had just said: "Flowers, the courtesan lady... Please respect yourself, I still value filial piety."
The courtesan lady supported her chin with bare hands.
A pair of phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, her red lips opened gently, and she whispered in her ear with a sweet and bewitching tone: "It''s a pity that the woman is a widow without knowing the taste of the world."
Chen Tang looked up at the courtesan lady.
The courtesan lady giggled and said, "We are the most prosperous place on earth. There are always some tricks that outsiders don''t know. The lady doesn''t need to be so nervous, but instead seems to be slutty."
Chen Tang twitched slightly, and he opened his eyes and said lies to make up for it.
"My words are true. My husband and I were married to each other. Nine years ago, the two families had three matchmakers and six gamblers, which made us lifelong. Unfortunately, on the day of marriage, he was forced to fight. The news broke out in these years, so I thought he was still alive. Two months ago, his robes were found, and I realized that he had been killed for many years and had not even found his remains..."
As he said that, his eyes shone with crystal water.
Chu Yao and his colleagues: “…”
Seeing her reaction, the courtesan lady was a little convinced and blamed herself. Chen Tang softly pulled the veil and said, "No wonder the courtesan lady. In fact, I have had a premonition in my heart over the years, but I have never believed it. It feels much better to say it out."
In this way, the courtesan lady gave another warm comfort.
In order to make Chen Tang feel better, the courtesan lady also took the initiative to tell her the tragic past, which was quite miserable.
The courtesan lady was originally a good family.
The father is violent and gambled, and her mother is cowardly and obedient, and she and her twin sister depend on each other for life. In exchange for gambling, her father had the idea of ??selling his daughters to a flower boat. They are rare twins, with excellent foundation and exactly the same. If the flower boat buys them and raises them well, and then launches them, they can create the gimmicks of "Ehuang Nuying" and "Sisters to serve together".
Flower boats are willing to pay high prices.
The man who was addicted to gambling agreed immediately.
However, the man revealed his mouth when he was drunk.
The mother of the courtesan hid one of the children. When the agreed time came, the boat came to pick up the people. Seeing that the twins were only left, the price was cut in half. The man beat the woman half to death in anger, and for another two years, he sold the woman''s ritual to make money.
"Sell the dictionary to make money?"
"Die Wife." The lady of the Huagu smiled charmingly and romantic. Some men couldn''t afford the betrothal gift, so they went to rent their wives. The price of renting their wives was only 20% or 30% of the betrothal gifts. The wife who is waiting for the rental to give birth to her own child, and the wife will return to her original husband. Originally, the husband sold his wife to exchange for profit, and later the husband used his rented wife to pass on the family line, "Everyone got what he needed, and everyone was happy."
Chen Tang''s face gradually became gloomy.
Asked: "A lot?"
The courtesan lady: "I don''t know this."
Chen Tang''s hands hidden in his sleeves were closed and his knuckles were tightened.
She asked: "Are you the twin sister?"
The courtesan lady smiled but said nothing.
As he spoke, the flower boat suddenly shook sharply.
Chen Tang stood up and said, "I''ve been docked."
The courtesan lady suddenly stood up and walked to the window. There were more than 20 people dressed in the palace soldiers on the shore of Qujiang Lake. The person in charge pushed the left and right away and forced the boat to board: "Zechong Mansion, check! All the men are on the left, all the women are on the right, please tell me the truth!"
Chen Tang came up and stretched out his neck to watch the fun: "Is this?"
The courtesan lady was in a cold voice, and she grabbed her hands on the window ridge unconsciously, gritting her teeth and saying, "It''s those poor soldiers again!"
Chen Tang used a veil to cover the expression on his face.
After a while, the sound of footsteps and weapons and armor collided downstairs. When counting the steps, there should be no.6 people.
The private room was kicked away.
"Everyone, male left and female right!"
Chen Tang: “…”
The leader was a female soldier with a strange appearance.
The other party saw a group of people in the room with thick eyebrows standing upside down and pressed the hilt of the knife: "Say it again, the man and the woman stand on the left and the woman."
Chen Tang and his wife could only do what they said.
This is not the time to reveal your identity.
The female soldier led a few steps forward and stood still to look at the courtesan lady. The latter stood weakly and sarcastically, "You poor soldiers, don''t want to train and farm, and can''t do anything with the flower boat all day? I''ve been here a few times, and a pair of people in disarray came out? Or do you have to see a man and a woman having **** with each other? It''s really not possible, I..."
The courtesan lady said, raising her hand to take off her clothes on her shoulders.
Before he finished speaking, Chen Tang heard a loud slap.
The female soldier slapped the courtesan in the face with a neat slap. The latter did not expect the other party to come out and his face tilted to the side. After slapping the person, the female soldier said word by word: "I am willing to be humble."
The courtesan lady licked the corners of her lips with her tongue and was bloody.
He said indifferently: "You are not inferior outside."
The female soldier ignored her words and waved: "Take it away!" The courtesan lady scolded: "Do you dare?"
The female soldier stuffed a cloth into her mouth: "Take it away!"
When he walked to the door, he stopped, remembered Chen Tang and added: "There are still these, take them away!"
Chen Tang: “…”
Several ministers: “…”
In this life, for the first time I was sent to a jail for coming to the flower boat.
The prison environment in Zhechong Mansion is quite clean.
Chen Tang sat on the straw mat and covered his face: "No, why did this group of people suddenly appear? What are the Zhechong Mansion doing?"
The king and his ministers were caught walking on a flower boat.
This matter is very explosive everywhere.
As soon as he turned his head, the accompanying living servant grabbed a very small pen and held the book in one hand and buried his head in recording something. Chen Tang''s expression cracked directly. The living sect is in charge of recording the daily actions and national affairs of the king, and writing daily notes to the king...
In other words—
If Chen Tang''s country can be passed down stably for several generations, people from later generations will be able to see a record of a founding emperor and ministers being beaten to fight against **** and illegal publications. This is the rhythm of being nailed to the pillar of shame in unofficial history. Thinking of this, her head hurts even more.
"Young man, can you stop writing?"
Other officials were stiff and their expressions were cracked.
Damn, they forgot about their living servants!
Will this guy write their names on it? Thinking of this, my eyes were dark and I was still unknown. But I was embarrassed with the king and I was so stable that my future generations were stable.
The living room servant was named, looked up at Chen Tang, and then looked at a few colleagues. He turned around with his hand in the hand-sized book, and continued to write and draw, without giving Chen Tang any face.
Just when several officials wanted to roll up their sleeves and beat the living servants up and force the other party to rewrite the content, someone came from the prison.
It turned out that Qi Shan and Zhe Chong were here to lead the people.
Qi Shan sighed and said, "Master..."
Chen Tang raised his hand: "This matter has nothing to do with me."
The commander Zhe Chong immediately knelt down halfway, lowered his head and held his fists: "...I will not do anything well, please punish the emperor and surrender."
Chen Tang: "You should take care of Zhechong Mansion."
The commander of Zhe Chong went deeper: "The last general obeyed the order."
"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 site.
Well, the staff is quite neat.
Kang Shi: "I sent someone to investigate the nearby idle shop. During the period when the ghosts stole food, there were few people worshiping ancestors, so paper money should not be used. After traveling everywhere, there was indeed a shop selling a lot of paper money. The one who bought the paper money was the official office''s official magistrate."
Chen Tang sneered: "The official office bought so much paper money?"
It''s really uncovered.
Kang Shi said: "The news he found out was that Si Chang''s family was placing a dream, so he bought a lot of paper money and burned it to the other party."
Chen Tang asked casually: "What''s Si Chang''s name?"
Kang Shi checked it carefully: "Niu Zhong."
"Niu Zhong? This name looks pretty good." Because of its low level of education, the names of common people are basically blindly chosen.
"It is reported that his family''s name is Niu Er, but he donated money to do a guardian job, so he changed his name to Niu Zhong."
Chen Tang rubbed the teacup: "Niu Er?"
The words of the previous broker couldn''t help but appear in my mind.
"Did you meet a broker at the inn?"
"Broker? No."
Chen Tang became more and more sure that this broker was squatting on himself.
"Does Niu Er have a crazy woman?"
"How did the lord know? Niu Er does have a wife. The neighbors said that this person was unconscious and was crazy and hurt people everywhere. He bit people''s ears when he saw them. Once, Niu Er''s mother-in-law locked her daughter-in-law at home to take care of her... These are all the words of the neighbors, but in-depth investigations found that the testimony was somewhat different from the actual situation. I judged that this woman was not crazy or stupid before." Kang Shi continued, "A neighbor once said that this woman had slender hands and was not as white as a farmer..."
A pair of slender, white and flawless hands are not easy to maintain.
This means that this person basically doesn’t work.
Peaceful and well-behaved and taken care of everywhere.
and-
"Niu Er is the official office leader. Not everyone can sit in this position. Where did he get the money to get the job?" Chen Tang pointed at the table with his finger. The money was probably not clean. "Ji Shou, is there anything else besides this clue?"
Kang Shi said, "Niu Er is dead."
Chen Tang was not surprised: "It is normal to die."
Are you arrested if you keep such an obvious clue and don’t deal with it?
Chen Tang asked again: "Has the mass grave been investigated?"
If those ghosts are dressed by living people, there will definitely be places for Tibetans in the mass grave. No matter how bad they are, they can find a large number of traces of living people''s activities. Maybe there will be clues. If you are afraid, you are afraid. Those ghosts are disguised by the spirit of the word. It is really a traceless wind, with no trace.
Kang Shi said: "I checked it too, no problem."
No problem, there are no clues.
"Tianquan Wei secretly visited many common people who saw ghosts that day, and most of the testimony was in line with each other. Those ghosts were not like living people. A child took advantage of the inattention of the elders in the family and ran into the group of ghosts, walked straight through the bodies of these ghosts, and got a high fever when they came back."
Chen Tang thought for a while, and his eyes fell to Gu Chi.
Today I went to the flower boat and didn''t take Gu Chi. Gu Chi went to do another thing. To put it simply, it was digging graves. What I dug was the grave that the broker went to mutter to the grave in the middle of the night.
Gu Chi said: "There is a woman in the tomb. Judging from the condition of the corpse, she should be around 17 or 18 years old. There are cracks to varying degrees of occipital bones, temporal bones, scapula, clavicle and ribs. There is also a knife on the lumbar spine, which is obviously murdered."
The woman''s leg bone was also hit by a blunt object.
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Regarding the investigation of the case, I guess I don’t quite understand why Tang Mei took action.
At first, Tang Mei sent the seven guards to cooperate with the Ministry of Justice to capture her, but she later changed her mind temporarily because it was a big deal.
First of all, the Censor died.
??How serious is the killing of the imperial envoy knowing how to attack?
Secondly, Tang Mei, who borders the Northern Desert in Kunzhou, completely took over all the territory in the third year of Yuanhuang. She had only controlled part of the area before (especially the border forces bordering the Northern Desert). When the war with the Beimo River is about to be held, the food supply will be in Kunzhou. Some of Kunzhou are also neighbors with Wu Xian.
??The corruption of grain by officials is the ideal result. Otherwise, no matter which neighbor is taken away, the problem will be very, very serious.
Tang Mei is now investigating privately to confirm what the situation is.
??Just simply embezzle, just do it bluntly, and do it all according to the list. But if other countries infiltrate, they will alarm the enemy.
PS: Everyone knows how to win Tang Mei’s luck, so…┓(`)┏
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(This chapter ends)