Chapter 70 Reciprocity
The six men were stunned.
"Madam, are you kidding?"
This master and servant don't look like they can deliver babies.
"Why would I come all this way to make you happy?" Feng Qingsui said expressionlessly, "Time is running out, so make your decision quickly."
The six men looked at each other and all bowed to Feng Qingsui: "If Madam can save them, we brothers will let Madam command us."
Feng Qingsui: "What if I ask you to surrender to the government office?"
Men: "..."
A heart-wrenching scream came from the room.
Veins popped out of the leader's forehead. "Sure! If you can save them and their child, we'll surrender to the government."
The other men echoed: "Okay, we surrender."
Feng Qingsui took out a celadon bottle from the medical box he carried on his back.
"This is a three-day red. If you don't take the antidote within three days, you will bleed to death from all seven orifices. If you are willing to take it, I will believe you."
The six men swallowed a pill each without hesitation.
Feng Qingsui brought Wuhua into the house and helped the woman perform a caesarean section.
After the cesarean section, the woman looked at the child and then took him out to the men.
"Send the child to the Salesian Home first, and then come and confess your crimes."
The men did as they were told.
Feng Qingsui asked Wuhua to fetch paper and pen, and then interrogated them, "How many women have you seduced? Where have you sent them?"
The men were all stunned.
Feng Qingsui sneered: "You are so skilled in deceiving me. You are obviously a habitual criminal."
Seeing that they couldn't hide the truth from her, the men honestly confessed all the sins they had committed over the years.
"...We were only responsible for luring beautiful women and sending them to the flower boats. We didn't do anything else."
"Which flower boats have been sent to?"
"I only remember part of it..."
Even this part has more than 30 ships.
They didn't count how many women they had seduced, they just remembered the approximate number.
"There are about a hundred, probably less than a hundred and twenty. Most of them are from villages outside Beijing, and a small number are from the city."
Feng Qingsui wrote down their confessions and had them sign them. Then he asked, "How much silver do you have on you?"
The men named a number.
"Exchange all this money for tung oil," Feng Qingsui instructed. "Don't buy it all in one place. Spread it out to avoid attracting attention."
The men agreed.
As night fell, Feng Qingsui and his companion returned to the inner city.
She found a small restaurant, had dinner with Wuhua, and then went to Yehai.
The lights of the pleasure boat anchored in the night sea had just been lit, and most of the cabins were still empty. The consultants were busy soliciting guests in the open shed at the bow.
Feng Qingsui searched for the pleasure boats one by one according to the list given by the men, and found that they were all moored in the same place and their decorations were almost the same.
After asking at the teahouse by the lake, I found out that they were all Mr. Cen Sanye's boats.
"The Cen family and the Wei Shangshu family are related by marriage. Third Master Cen is the younger brother of Wei Shangshu's wife. Half of the boats on this night sea belong to him. Every day they are crowded with customers and make a fortune."
The teahouse owner said enviously.
Feng Qingsui ordered a pot of tea and sat at a seat by the window of the shop, observing the guests coming to the Cen family's houseboat for a while.
Many people can be identified as officials by their demeanor and posture.
The waiter invited them on board as if he had never seen them before, but judging from their familiarity with the place, they were obviously regular customers.
These people who looked like officials all boarded small boats, and the boats rowed away as soon as they got on.
From a distance, they all seemed to be listening to music in the middle cabin.
But if you pay close attention, you will find that they will go to the stern cabin soon, and return to the middle cabin after about an incense stick of time.
She had wanted to wait until tomorrow night to do it.
After faintly hearing a scream, he couldn't help but said to Wuhua, "Please help me pass a message to Ji Changqing's secret guards."
Wuhua Road is good.
Then Yan Chi was found on a roof.
"Go tell your master that our lady wants to treat him to a performance to thank him for making spicy fish fillets last night. Please ask him to come to Yehai immediately."
Yan Chi: “?!”
He is a secret guard, not a carrier pigeon.
After complaining a few words in his heart, he returned home and reported to Ji Changqing.
When Ji Changqing heard her staring at the Cen family's pleasure boat in the night sea, he couldn't help but hold his forehead.
Wei Er had tricked her once, so she had to pay him back double?
Really...
He put down the documents, went to the stable to choose a horse, and rode at full speed towards the night sea.
Most of the pleasure boats on the night sea were still moored on the shore to attract customers, including the Cen family's pleasure boat. Before Ji Changqing could find Feng Qingsui's teahouse, he heard passers-by exclaim, "Fire!"
He turned around and saw that the stern cabins of the pleasure boats along the lake were all engulfed in flames.
The fire quickly illuminated most of the night sky, making everything clearly visible.
The pleasure boat, which had already reached the center of the lake, rowed hurriedly towards the shore.
The panicked guests jumped into the lake.
The waiter hurriedly tried to put out the fire but to no avail.
The wind fanned the flames, making them burn more and more fiercely. The pleasure boat, which was usually filled with joy, became like a hell on earth.
In the chaotic scene, Ji Changqing caught sight of two figures, one slender and the other slightly plump. Like swallows carrying mud, they kept bringing people from different pleasure boats to the rooftop of a teahouse.
Recognizing that it was Yan Chi and Feng Qingsui's fat maid, he narrowed his eyes slightly.
The people they rescued to the shore were all young women. They were either wearing robes or wrapped in quilts, and their expressions were not right.
He thought of something and his face darkened.
He then fired a signal flare and summoned the Royal Guards.
"Rescue all those on the boat and those who fell into the water and bring them together. Do not allow anyone to leave."
The Royal Guards obey orders.
When Mr. Cen Sanye received the news, everyone on the pleasure boat had been taken under control by the Imperial Guards, including the women in the stern cabin who had been abducted to serve as boat prostitutes.
He immediately rushed to Wei Mansion.
"Brother-in-law, you have to save me."
When he saw Minister Wei, he spoke anxiously.
Half of the income from the pleasure boat went into the pocket of Minister Wei, and the boat prostitutes also helped him win over many officials.
Minister Wei patted his shoulder and said, "Send all the children away quickly. I will take care of them in the future. You have never been able to endure hardship, and you certainly can't endure prison. So don't endure it."
Mr. Cen San looked at him in a daze.
After a while, he left the Wei Mansion in a daze.
But before he could send his offspring away, the Royal Guards arrived.
He hastily burned the account books and swallowed the gold nuggets.
At the Wei Mansion, Minister Wei had just sent Cen San away and called Wei Er over.
Without saying anything, he slapped me in the face.
"Look at what you've done! Your third uncle's house was confiscated. Are you satisfied now?"
Wei Er was slapped so hard that he was dizzy.
When he realized what was going on, his face turned pale.
"How could it be... Third Uncle is clearly a meticulous person..."
Minister Wei sneered, "The arsonists are the same group that helped your third uncle kidnap people. They have already surrendered to the Imperial Guards and confessed all their crimes."
"If it weren't for you, would they have turned against us?"
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