Chapter 874: Window Opening and Closing
Soon, the table was filled with dishes and a pot of the store's own brewed liquor.
The inn is a small inn, so the food is naturally not very good, but it is not bad either, basically at the level of home-cooked meals.
Wei Changtian didn't mind, and he just drank and ate while chatting with Gu Paner.
Gu Paner knew Wei Changtian's identity. Although she was curious about why the latter lived in such a small inn, she was tactful enough not to ask any more questions.
On the contrary, Wei Changtian roughly understood her current situation after chatting for a while.
Yesterday's assassination destroyed most of Manxianglou and even killed several people, so it was no longer possible to continue operating. The owner of Manxianglou temporarily let the girls find a place to stay on their own and wait for further "notice".
According to Gu Paner, she will most likely have two places to go next.
Or they can wait until Manxianglou is renovated and go back to "work".
Or they would be sold to other brothels to "work".
In short, continuing to "go to work" will not change because of such an accident.
However, Gu Paner had saved a lot of money over the years, and happened to encounter such a thing, so she thought of taking this opportunity to discuss with the madam to see if she could redeem herself.
Gu Pan'er was not a government prostitute, so she did not need official approval to redeem herself.
However, even if she was not the top prostitute in Manxianglou, she was still considered a popular one, so the price of redemption was not cheap, a full five thousand taels.
Five thousand taels, this is an unimaginable number for ordinary people. Even Wei Changtian was slightly stunned when he first heard it.
"Five thousand taels? Is it so expensive?"
He took a sip of wine, and recalled that Chu Xianping had only spent 500 taels to redeem Song Li in Jizhou City, so he said casually: "I had a friend who only spent 500 taels to redeem his confidante before. I thought it should be about the same."
"Mr. Wu Bai Liang, your friend's lover should have just entered the brothel not long ago, right?"
Gu Paner lowered her head and explained softly, "It's cheap to redeem a new bride. Usually you just need to add a little more to the price they sold themselves for."
"But for someone like me, I often have to spend the amount I can earn in five years all at once."
"Really?"
Looking at Gu Paner's lonely expression, Wei Changtian put down his wine glass and nodded slightly.
This was the first time he knew these things.
Amount that can be earned in five years For a red card like Gu Paner, the overnight fee is at least three or five taels. Even if she receives a customer once every three days, she can indeed earn about five thousand taels in five years.
Therefore, if she wants to redeem herself now, she has to pay so much money at once.
Good job.
According to this calculation, if Yang Liushi wanted to redeem herself, wouldn't she have to spend at least 100,000 taels? Fortunately, the latter "ran away", otherwise I might not be able to come up with so much money at once.
Wow, it’s so dark.
But then again, Gu Pan'er is just an ordinary prostitute in an ordinary brothel, but she can save so much money, which shows that this business really makes money quickly. "Have you saved enough money?"
After picking up a piece of food with chopsticks, Wei Changtian said casually: "If it's not enough, tell me and I can help you."
“.”
Suddenly looking up, Gu Paner stared blankly at the calm Wei Changtian, her eyes instantly becoming very complicated.
In fact, for Wei Changtian, this was just a casual remark.
After all, a few hundred or a few thousand taels were not much money to him.
Furthermore, strictly speaking, it was because of him that Gu Paner is now "homeless", so giving her some money can be considered as compensation.
So he didn't have any other "intentions", he was just asking casually when things came to this point.
However, Wei Changtian obviously did not understand how hurtful the words "I will redeem you" would be to a girl in a brothel.
"Wei, Prince Wei"
Her red lips trembled slightly, and Gu Paner called out softly almost subconsciously.
"Um?"
Wei Changtian raised his head and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
"I"
The moment her eyes met Wei Changtian's, Gu Paner hurriedly lowered her head again and stammered:
"No, nothing."
"The money I have saved should be enough."
"Oh, that's fine."
Not wanting to guess why Gu Paner’s face turned red again, Wei Changtian responded casually and continued to eat.
Gu Paner also tried to calm herself down, picked up her chopsticks and ate the food in small bites, occasionally secretly glancing at Wei Changtian.
The conversation between the two came to an end here for the time being.
At the same time, on the second floor of the inn, a man with shifty eyes was wandering outside a guest room.
After realizing that there was no one around, he pulled out a piece of wire from his sleeve and inserted it into the keyhole and poked it a few times.
Then "click"
About a quarter of an hour later, Wei Changtian returned to his room after finishing his meal.
It was not until now that he knew that Gu Paner actually lived next door to him.
What a coincidence. I exchanged a few simple polite words with Gu Paner at the door, then turned around and closed the door.
Soon, Wei Changtian heard the slight sound of a door opening and closing next door.
Without thinking much about Gu Paner, he just walked to the table and made a pot of tea, then took out the mother and child jade and began to send a message to Zhang San.
Although in order to lure out that mysterious man, I have to hide here for a few days.
But things in all aspects cannot stop because of this, and what needs to continue must continue.
After telling Zhang San about his plan, he asked him to send Li Zimu to the compound to interrogate the two assassins later. After receiving Zhang San's reply, Wei Changtian put away the mother-and-child jade, sat at the table and drank a pot of tea, and carefully reviewed the current situation in his mind.
Lai Daqian originally planned to destroy the Jing family, but he never expected that such a mysterious person would appear.
Fortunately, the situation in Linchuan was not affected too much by this, and now only one step is left to persuade Su Qi to rebel.
So Wei Changtian decided to "grasp both ends".
On the one hand, he had to continue investigating the identity of this mysterious man, and on the other hand, he could not give up on putting pressure on Su Qi.
The only thing is that there are not many people brought to Daqian this time, and now it is a bit insufficient in the case of "fighting on two fronts".
If only Qin Zhengqiu and Chu Xianping were still here like before.
Alas. When he thought of these two people, Wei Changtian couldn't help but sigh softly.
He knew that it was impossible for the relationship between him, Qin Zhengqiu and Chu Xianping to return to the same level as before.
The former now has to rely on "Jade Dew Powder" to maintain his sanity, and it is unknown how long Xu Suisui's system points can continue to "support" him.
Once the supply of Yu Lu San stops and Qin Zhengqiu's mind is controlled by his inner demons, his grandfather will probably be the first one to kill him.
As for Chu Xianping, Wei Changtian had no news of him since he left Yongding City.
However, considering the "agreement" between Chu Xianping and himself, no news is actually good news.
After all, if Chu Xianping really sends me a message one day, it will most likely be his last words. He shook his head, stood up and walked to the window.
Wei Changtian was just about to reach out to close the window when he suddenly heard the sound of a window opening next to him.
Turning around, I saw Gu Paner holding a wooden pole and leaning her head out to prop up the window.
"Prince Wei"
Gu Paner also saw Wei Changtian at this time, and her face turned red again.
The two looked at each other, then looked away.
Then, one window opened and another closed.
(End of this chapter)
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