Chapter 148: Into the Tiger's Den

The guests in the room looked up at the scene in a daze, their eyes full of amazement, "Die Yi is worthy of being Die Yi, so beautiful!"

Listening to everyone praising the oiran, Chu Xinyue put her hands to her mouth and whispered to Xue Youli, "With this look? She's an oiran? Have these men never had good food?"

Xue Youli curled her lips, "Aren't all men like this? No matter how pretty the girl is, after a while, she will want to pick up a piece of shit she sees on the street and take a bite."

"Pfft! Although your words are a bit crude, they are very vivid!" Chu Xinyue suppressed her laughter and gave Xue Youli a thumbs up. "But to be honest, the pleasure house is really good at marketing. With petals scattered all over the place, and then grabbing the red ribbon and jumping down from the second floor, and doing a 720-degree spin in the air, these unsophisticated men must be completely mesmerized!"

Xue Youli looked at the ID card above Dieyi's head and couldn't help but hide the joking arc on the corner of his mouth, "This woman was trained by Murong Ye, and her skills are not weak."

Chu Xinyue took a sip from the teacup beside her and said, "I can see that without any skills, which woman would dare to jump down from the second floor like this?"

As soon as Dieyi stood still, two maids brought the guqin and the guqin table to the table.

Dieyi sat in front of the piano table, and her white fingertips lightly plucked the strings. Suddenly, the ethereal and melodious sound of the piano reached everyone's ears.

The guests put down their wine glasses one after another, staring at Dieyi who was playing the piano on the stage.

"Wonderful! The sound of the piano is like the sound of nature. It can sweep away the fatigue in people's hearts. It's really wonderful!"

"I'm afraid no one in the capital can match Dieyi's piano music, which makes people intoxicated!"

Xue Youli noticed that everyone in the hall was paying attention to Die Yi, so he nudged Chu Xinyue with his elbow.

Chu Xinyue turned her head to look at her, and seeing her chin nodding towards the outer courtyard, she immediately understood.

So, Chu Xinyue put down the teacup and pretended to have a stomachache, "Ouch! My stomach doesn't feel right! Brother A Li, please accompany me to the toilet!"

"OK."

After Xue Youli helped Chu Xinyue up, he took advantage of no one's attention and quickly walked towards the toilet in the outer courtyard.

As soon as they left the hall, another guest with the same beard walked into the hall.

He is Chi Yan in disguise.

Tonight he and Xuanming split up into two groups. Xuanming would be responsible for secretly supporting Xue Youli and the other two, while he would be responsible for delaying time in the open to divert the attention of those guys from Xunhuanlou.

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On their way to the toilet, Xue Youli and Chu Xinyue looked around a few times. Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, they quickly turned behind a rockery nearby.

Taking cover of the rockery, the two men tore off their beards without hesitation, took off their men's clothes, and put on women's clothes that had been prepared in advance.

When the two of them came out from behind the rockery, they were dressed exactly like the maids who served tea in the pleasure building.

Xue Youli silently turned on the navigation mode in the Book of Secrets, and Chu Xinyue, relying on her memory of last night, led her to the direction where she heard the child crying. "I remember very clearly that the child's crying came from that direction last night."

However, she had only taken a few steps when Xue Youli grabbed her and said, "Don't go this way, there are sentries!"

Xue Youli looked at the moving black dots on the Book of Heaven's Secrets and pointed to the path next to the rockery. "Let's go around here."

With the book of secrets in hand, she knew the layout of the pleasure house clearly.

Chu Xinyue followed behind her without worrying about being discovered.

The further you go, the fewer lights there are and the dimmer the light becomes.

Just as they were about to walk out of the rockery, Xue Youli suddenly grabbed Chu Xinyue's wrist and signaled her to stop.

Chu Xinyue understood the hint in her eyes, leaned her back against the rockery, then slowly tilted her head to glance outside.

This is the deepest part of the backyard, where five girls in their early teens are standing in a row with their shoulders hunched.

Liu Si Niang, who had just been entertaining guests in the front hall, was walking slowly around them.

She looked at these little girls as if they were commodities to be sold.

"You guys are about to take the stage, and you dare to cause trouble for me. Do you want to be locked up in the small dark room again?"

When they heard the word "small dark room", the girls' faces turned pale. "No, please don't put us in the small dark room!"

Liu Si Niang narrowed her eyes coldly. Where was the charming look she had when receiving guests?

She stopped and raised her eyebrows. Her fiery red lips looked like a man-eating monster in the light and shadow. "Why don't you change your clothes? It's your turn to go on stage soon. Are you trying to destroy the reputation of our brothel by not cooperating?"

"We want to go home..." The oldest girl among them bravely said, "I will ask my parents to give you money, can you let me go home? I miss my parents so much!"

As soon as the little girl finished speaking, Liu Si Niang suddenly attacked her, pinching her cheeks with her nail-painted fingers. "During the time you have been in Xunhuanlou, do you know how much effort and money Xunhuanlou has spent to train you? Can your parents afford it?"

The little girl's shoulders were still shaking, but she still mustered up the courage to reply, "Even if my parents can't afford it now, I will definitely find a way to raise enough money to pay you back in the future! As long as you can let me leave here, I promise not to give you a penny less!"

"Okay, stop daydreaming. Now that you've entered this house of pleasure, don't even think about leaving for the rest of your life...ah!"

Liu Si Niang had only said half of her words when the little girl suddenly grabbed her arm and bit it.

The little girl exerted all her strength and clenched her teeth tightly, causing Liu Si Niang to scream out in pain.

She pushed and kicked the little girl, but still couldn't get her arm back from the little girl's mouth.

Liu Si Niang burst into tears in pain and shouted to the thugs not far away, "Are you all dead? Hurry up and pull her away!"

Hearing this, the thugs rushed over. Two of them grabbed the little girl's arms, while the other one pinched the water girl's mouth and forcibly pulled her away from Liu Si Niang.

Liu Si Niang lowered her head and looked at her arm that was bleeding from being bitten by the little girl. She rushed forward, raised her hand and slapped the little girl's face several times.

Bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

Every slap was extremely loud.

The little girl's face was soon beaten red and swollen, with blood oozing from the corners of her mouth.

"You little bitch! You dare to bite me? Do you believe I will make you live a life worse than death?"

Originally thinking about tonight's auction, Liu Si Niang had been suppressing her anger.

After being bitten by the little girl, her temper exploded.

Seeing the little girl bleeding after being beaten by her, she shook her hurt hands twice and finally calmed down.

At this time, a maid came over in a hurry, "Fourth Sister, Sister Dieyi is almost done playing the zither, and she asked if everything is ready here."

The maid turned her gaze and landed on the little girl with a swollen face. Her expression changed slightly, "Fourth Lady, why did you hurt her face? How can she go on the auction stage in this state?"