Chapter 012: Buying People in Brothels

Wen Yan originally wanted to send Hui Niang to the clinic to treat her injuries first.

But Hui Niang was eager to save her daughter and insisted on saving her daughter first.

Wen Yan did not force it.

They soon arrived at the only brothel in the town - Hanzhu Tower.

In front of the brothel, a group of thugs were standing guard with sticks. They must have heard about it a long time ago.

People on the roadside were talking about this: "He dared to provoke Hanzhu, this guy must be from out of town!"

"The last person who came to Hanzhu Tower to cause trouble had grass five feet high on his grave."

The onlookers were talking about it.

Suddenly, a charming voice of a woman came from upstairs: "Sir, the weather is hot, come upstairs and sit for a while."

"The Xiaoyao wine in our building is the best way to cool down in the summer!"

Looking up, I saw that the windows on the second floor of Hanzhu Tower were crowded with women with loose hair and clothes, waving scented handkerchiefs towards the people downstairs.

Inside the carriage, Wen Yan gave Aunt Shuang some instructions.

Aunt Shuang nodded: "Miss, I will remember it." After that, she opened the curtain and got off the carriage.

Aunt Shuang walked straight to the front of the building and said, "Steward, please come out and talk. I have a business deal that I would like to discuss with you."

The guards in front of the building looked at each other, and someone immediately went in to report.

After a while, an extremely beautiful middle-aged woman came out. She still had charm, and her figure was graceful when she stood casually.

She must be the madam of the building.

She looked at Aunt Shuang: "Are you going to do business with me?"

Aunt Shuang smiled faintly, "Yes. Your house accepted a girl about ten years old yesterday. Her name is Pei'er. My master likes her and wants to buy her back as a servant. Please name a price, mother."

The madam refused without hesitation: "No, I won't sell you. If you want to buy someone, go to a pimp shop."

She was about to leave when Aunt Shuang stopped her: "We're going to take this person. As for the price, five times, ten times, twenty times. It's up to you."

The madam was shamefully moved.

She was just a pretty little girl, but she could be sold at twenty times the price. A net profit of two hundred and eighty-five taels overnight was undoubtedly a pie in the sky.

If it were normal times, she would definitely agree immediately, but unfortunately...

As soon as the girl entered the building yesterday, she was noticed by the chief steward Cui who came from above and said he wanted to give her to a nobleman in the capital.

The madam scoffed inwardly: What noble man? He's just an old bastard who enjoys torturing pedophiles!

"Ten thousand taels. As long as you pay ten thousand taels, I will sell the girl to you." The madam casually quoted a price to make them give up.

Aunt Shuang was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect the madam to ask for such a high price.

At the moment she was stunned, the madam sneered, "If you can't afford it, don't talk big. You want to cause trouble in my Hanzhu Tower? Why don't you go and find out who our backers are first?"

After saying that, she turned and went into the building.

Aunt Shuang frowned and returned to the carriage: "Miss, how is it?"

"I can't tell the depth of this brothel for now. It's very strange." Wen Yan said indifferently.

If it was just an ordinary brothel, it would definitely be sold at such a price.

But they held on to the little girl tightly and refused to let go, which showed that they had other uses for her!

Suddenly, Wen Yan remembered a shocking tragedy that was solved in the capital a few years later.

Wen Yan couldn't help but connect the two things together.

Her tone couldn't help but be serious: "Aunt Shuang, contact Uncle Hu and ask him to keep an eye on the brothel. There should be some movement there. Oh, and ask Hui Niang first about Pei'er's characteristics. Don't keep an eye on the wrong person."

Aunt Shuang went to get busy.

The maid Qinghe asked, "Miss, what should we do next?"

"It's already noon, let's go to the restaurant to rest and have lunch."

The carriage headed towards the restaurant diagonally opposite the brothel.

The onlookers looked at each other in confusion.

Is this the end?

You were so aggressive just now, didn't you want to fight hard?

really!

He is also a bully who only fears the strong and bullies the weak!

Gamblers are easy to bully, so just hit them hard.

No one dares to provoke a brothel because of its power and background.

Passersby shook their heads in disdain and walked away.

It's just noon now and there are not many customers eating in the restaurant.

Wen Yan booked the entire second floor.

She was drinking tea when she heard a drumbeat downstairs. The storyteller began to compose himself in a rhythmic manner: "Let's continue from the last chapter. We're talking about a rich merchant's real and fake daughter, who got married on the same day. The real daughter married into a wealthy family with a gorgeous wedding gown, while the fake daughter married into a poor family with rags and rubbish..."

"Cough cough cough——" Wen Yan choked on the tea.

In just a few days, her story spread to this remote town!

It was also adapted into a story by storytellers.

Qing He was angry: "Miss, I will go and chase him away right now."

Wen Yan stopped her: "No need, let them say whatever they want."

After a while, the shopkeeper personally brought the food upstairs.

Wen Yan asked the shopkeeper about the situation of "Hanzhu Tower".

The shopkeeper didn't want to say it at first, for fear of getting into trouble.

But Wen Yan gave too much, and his son needed money for his studies.

He gritted his teeth and told everyone everything he knew.

Hanzhulou is a local bully, and the backers behind it are unfathomable.

All the pretty girls in the town would be bought by them.

If a family that loves their daughter refuses to sell her, the outcome will be like Hui Niang's, with the family broken up and everyone dead.

Someone once complained to the court, and the county magistrate at that time wanted to eradicate this cancer.

However, on the night he accepted the lawsuit, his house caught fire.

The county magistrate's family of six were all burned to death.

"How could the fire happen out of the blue?" Qing He was indignant. It was obvious that the intention was to kill and silence the witness.

There is such an unjust case under the feet of the emperor, which shows that the person behind it is not simple!

Shortly after lunch, Uncle Hu climbed through the window and came to the private room. "Just now, a mule cart left from the back door of the brothel and took away a girl. She was thin and small, with big, round eyes. She must be Pei'er."

"Where did they go?"

"Leaving the city, heading towards the capital." Uncle Hu replied, "Miss, what should we do next?"

Wen Yan thought about it and had a conversation with Uncle Hu.

Uncle Hu nodded and left the restaurant quietly.

Not long after, Wen Yan also left the town in that gorgeous carriage.

**

Dusk is falling.

In a dense forest, a mule cart was traveling.

A voice urged from the carriage: "Hurry up. It's getting dark soon. We need to get to the next post station to stay overnight before it gets dark."

The driver whipped his whip and the mule cart accelerated.

Suddenly.

A trip rope as thick as an arm popped out from the ground.

The speeding mule couldn't stop, neighed, bumped into the trip rope, and fell to the ground.

The people and the carriage rolled all over the ground.

Manager Cui stood up cursing, holding his waist, and ordered Pei'er to pack his luggage and helped him to rest nearby.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped on it, they were hung on the tree by a big net.

His two guards came to rescue him, but they also fell into the trap.

at the same time.

The Hanzhu Tower in the small town is open for business as usual.

The madam always felt that Wen Yan and the others would not give up, so she was on high alert.

However, nothing happened.

As usual, the building was packed with guests.

Just when their business was at its peak, someone suddenly shouted, "What's wrong with this wine? It smells foul."

"Mine too, it feels like... it's mixed with urine..."

"Bah! What do you mean by adulterated? This is simply urine!" A chubby middle-aged man in silk clothes pushed the woman in his arms away and smashed the wine glass.

The madam initially thought that Wen Yan had sent someone to cause trouble, so she picked up the cup and took a sip.

He spat it out with a "puff".

There really is urine in this wine!

Just then.

Several wooden barrels suddenly fell over from the hollow roof, and clear yellow liquid splashed down.

The madam pulled a customer to block the attack and thus escaped from danger.

The stench was overwhelming.

The madam looked down at the filth on her sleeves and said, "Ugh..."

It turned out to be...it turned out to be sewage mixed with night fragrance!

"Ah——" the madam screamed!

The customer was also extremely angry and demanded compensation!

The madam was furious and asked her men to deal with the guest. She called a team and went straight to the inn where Wen Yan was staying.