She took my bracelet...
Rong Chaoxi patted Jiang Lingyu's shoulder and cried out.
Rong Yuanyou was a little confused when he heard his sister's thoughts. Hadn't he already given it away? Why did he suddenly regret it?
Turning to look in the direction she was pointing, I saw the man in red reluctantly taking off the bracelet from his wrist and putting it in the hands of the madam.
The madam smiled brightly and weighed it in her hand.
I found a great deal today.
Just when she was about to put the bracelet on her wrist...
"Stop!" Rong Yuanyou shouted, "That's my sister's bracelet, what are you doing!?!"
Rong Yuanyou shook off Jiang Lingyu and rushed back to take back the pink bracelet.
"You ungrateful thing, how dare you ruin my little sister's kindness!"
How could this person give the things my little sister gave him to someone else! ?
My younger sister hasn't even given him a gift yet, and this guy actually dared to waste her kindness!
Rong Yuanyou was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he kicked the madam's calf.
The madam groaned in pain and fell to the ground.
The man in red immediately knelt down and begged for mercy in panic, "No, my dear, even I don't want to do that. It's really, really..."
He also wanted to treasure the kindness of the young nobleman, but he was just a lowly male prostitute and did not dare to disobey the orders of the madam.
Seeing this, Jiang Lingyu narrowed his eyes slightly, turned around and shouted downstairs,
"The Dali Temple is investigating a case. All outsiders, please retreat immediately!"
The officers guarding outside the door heard Jiang Lingyu's voice and rushed in to clear out all the guests inside.
Some people stayed indoors, while others surrounded the brothel.
…
Rong Xuqing and others were waiting not far away.
"What happened? Why did they all rush in?" Jiang Xinran asked after looking around.
Rong Xuqing's face was also full of worry.
She gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go in and take a look."
"No, Miss..." Mu Xiu pulled Rong Xuqing, "That's a men's brothel. If someone sees you, your reputation will be ruined."
A woman's reputation is so important that it cannot be damaged in the slightest.
"It's okay..." Rong Xuqing looked at the gate of Qinan Pavilion and said expressionlessly, "Let it be destroyed."
How tiring it would be for a person to live by guarding his reputation.
If things really go wrong, the worst that can happen is that I won't get married. It's not like I'm going to die.
Mu Xiu wanted to stop him, but Rong Xuqing had already stepped forward.
Qiao Sisi and Jiang Xinran also followed in.
The two maids looked at each other, lifted their skirts and followed.
…
Inside Qi Nan Pavilion.
On the round stage on the first floor.
Rong Chaoxi was placed in a soft round chair that looked like a cat's bed, chewing a banana in his hand.
Rong Yuanyou stood aside and couldn't help eating the roast duck he packed for Rong Xuqing.
Jiang Lingyu stood in front of the two of them with his hands behind his back, staring coldly at the kneeling madam and the male waiter in the building below.
"It's unfair, sir... The bracelet was given to him by this young lady, it wasn't stolen..." The madam cried and protested her injustice.
There were no tears in his eyes, and his small eyeballs were moving around strangely.
The officer beside him grumbled, "Before making up a lie, can't you practice your expressions first? Look at the way her eyes are moving. Does she think our Shaoqing is blind?"
Another officer echoed, "The man who manages such a large brothel is even less calm than a petty thief. I think he has a strong backing and is used to being so arrogant. He suddenly ran into our Lord and couldn't react."
The former nodded in agreement.
"Since it's a gift for him, why should I hand it to you?" Jiang Lingyu asked coldly.
The first floor of Qinan Pavilion is a place for listening to music and eating and drinking.
In the small compartment on the second floor, some lovey-dovey and unsightly things would happen.
As for the rooms on the third floor... there are some unspeakable things going on.
Overall, there weren't many guests.
But the decoration here is even more magnificent than the largest brothel in Beijing, Zui Xiang Lou.
After spending so much money, it is impossible that the owner behind the scenes opened such a Nanfeng Restaurant just to lose money?
Jiang Lingyu looked at the man in red and asked, "Tell me, why did you give the bracelet to the madam?"
"Yes..." The man in red looked hesitantly at Rong Chaoxi who was chewing a banana seriously.
Rong Chaoxi noticed his gaze, looked over, grinned, revealing two small white baby teeth, and smiled sweetly.
The red-clothed man's eyes instantly became clear, no longer confused. After bowing deeply to Jiang Lingyu, he looked at him with an unusually firm gaze and said,
"Sir, this shop... is a shady shop!"
These words resounded among the kneeling crowd.
Some people agreed with the man in red telling the truth, while others disagreed.
Those who agree with it do so because they can improve their quality of life.
Those who disagree are ashamed of their behavior from beginning to end.
Just like the man in red.
"The madam forced us to steal valuables from the nobles while we were serving them..."
The man in red was originally a scholar, but his family suffered a sudden change and his father became disabled unexpectedly.
In order to support the family, the mother worked day and night to wash clothes for others, and eventually she was exhausted and needed a lot of money to buy medicine to stay alive.
At that time, he and his younger sister went up the mountain to collect herbs or did odd jobs, but they still could not afford the expenses.
My younger sister actually thought of going to a brothel to serve those women.
But what kind of place is that? A place where people are eaten without leaving any bones. Even if she is just a maid, she will be skinned alive.
Not to mention the lives that have been ruined.
After much hesitation, the man in red went into the men's brothel by himself.
Anyway, he is a man, so even if something happens to him, he won’t lose a piece of flesh.
He gritted his teeth, earned enough money, redeemed himself, and left Kyoto to start a new life.
At first, he was glad that he was not forced to accompany guests here.
However, they didn't know that the real purpose of this store was to steal money and some letter tokens from customers.
Although he had come to this place out of desperation, his conscience as a scholar was still condemning him.
Every day is torture.
"My Lord, I once accidentally saw that the madam hid all her treasures in a hole under the third beam of her room."
"On the 28th of every month, she would hand over the finances to her employer..."
"Shut up--" The madam angrily slapped the man in red in the face.
"Sir, sir..." The madam knelt forward, "I only asked them to steal some silver to keep the shop running, I didn't steal anything else..."
"Isn't this just confessing something?" The official couldn't help but complain, "Tsk tsk, you must have a strong backer. You're used to a stable life..."
"It's also because we haven't taken care of this matter, so she thought she could sleep soundly and not be on guard..."
Jiang Lingyu winked at the officers, and the four immediately took orders to search the backyard.
The madam was pinned to the ground, trembling with fear.
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