Shen Qiyin smiled mysteriously, keeping everyone in suspense: "You'll find out when we get there."
After saying that, she took her leave first.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, I drove behind them at a distance that wasn't too close.
After winding through several streets and alleys, we finally stopped in front of a courtyard.
That was a back door.
Although he had never been here before, he recognized the small building in front of him.
Green Apple Pavilion!
Miss Shen is going to...
Shen Qiyin placed the medicine box behind the carriage, took out a small porcelain bottle, and held it under Yang Ba's nose so he could smell it. After he woke up weakly, she asked the other three people their names, then picked up a stone and knocked him unconscious.
She then took out paper and pen from her medicine box and quickly wrote several pages. After pricking Shen Yaozu's finger with a needle, she pressed the fingerprints of each of the beggars onto the paper.
Finally, she took two masks from the medicine box, put one on herself, and gave the other to Chu Si.
After doing all this, she went straight up and knocked on the door.
A middle-aged man opened the door, looked her up and down, then glanced at Chu Si and the carriage behind her, and asked suspiciously, "What brings you here?"
Shen Qiyin calmly replied with two words: "Sell people."
"Call your manager out here."
Upon hearing that a business had come to him, the man immediately said, "I'll go and inform you right away. Please wait a moment."
Shen Qiyin turned around to look at Chu Si, intending to ask him to unload the people from the carriage, but instead she saw him staring at her with bright eyes, which puzzled her.
"The fourth day of the lunar new year?" She walked over and waved her hand in front of his face. "What's wrong?"
"You're really amazing, young lady!" Chu Si couldn't help but give her a thumbs up and sincerely praised her, "I never thought of such a dirty trick. I think only our young master can rival you."
"..." Thank you, I was offended.
By the way, does their heir know that he's praising him like this behind his back?
Chu Si was completely unaware of anything wrong with what he said. Following Shen Qiyin's instructions, he unloaded the people from the horses one by one, and then, with a little improvisation, stacked them up against the wall like a human pyramid.
When the owner of Green Apple Pavilion arrived and saw the situation, he thought to himself, "This job saves space; he's a talented person."
Therefore, I took a second look at the fourth day of the lunar new year.
This was the first time Miss Shen had ever dealt with the owner of Green Apple Pavilion, even though she had lived both her past and present lives together.
The man looked to be no more than twenty years old, with a decent appearance, completely different from the androgynous, effeminate look that Shen Qiyin had imagined.
Others were quite polite; despite their large and wealthy family, they still greeted Shen Qiyin, a mere young girl, first.
"My name is Lin Tang. I greet you, young lady."
Miss Shen always believed in the principle of "respecting others as you would others," so she returned the courtesy, saying, "You're too kind, sir."
“I heard from the people below that you’re here to sell people, so these must be the ones,” Lin Tang said, her gaze sweeping over the pile of people. Her dark eyebrows furrowed slightly as she said, “Miss, I don’t take just any junk.”
Good heavens, they've even brought beggars here, trying to scam money from him?
Shen Qiyin suppressed a laugh and said seriously, "Young master, you might as well broaden your horizons a bit more. You bought them back, but you don't necessarily have to make them go out to entertain guests. It's good for them to stay and work as laborers."
"Besides, I don't need a lot of your money."
"There are four beggars here. I'll give you a discount, buy one get one free, how about it?"
Lin Tang didn't say anything, but pointed to Shen Yaozu, who was at the bottom, and asked, "What about him?"
He won't sell.
"Why did you bring people in if you weren't going to sell?"
"I'll give it to you for free."
"What?" Lin Tang thought she had misheard.
This person here looks decent enough to attract customers, yet she doesn't want any money?
Are you sure?
“I’m sure.” Shen Qiyin’s eyes were as firm as if she were about to join the army. “However, I have one request.”
"you say."
"He should start taking customers tonight."
Upon hearing this, a thought crossed Lin Tang's mind.
When they came to check the indenture, they found that there were only the four beggars, but the young master was missing.
Lin Tang said meaningfully, "Miss, this man has no indenture and is still a free man."
"Do you know that in our Great Zhou, trafficking in free people is against the law?"
Shen Qiyin nodded: "I know."
"So I didn't ask for any money, I'm just giving it to you for free."
Lin Tang: "..."
Lin Tang's words seemed to imply that she dared not break the law or violate reason, but Shen Qiyin was not naive enough to believe them.
Although she had never dealt with the people from Green Apple Pavilion, she was very familiar with Seeking Fragrance Pavilion. How could a place like this, which was related to the buying and selling of people, be simply black and white?
Lin Tang said this only because he didn't know Shen Yaozu's background and wanted her to reveal it.
So she said, "To be honest, young master, I have some personal grudges against this person and would like to use you to teach him a lesson."
"However, this matter does not have any drawbacks for you, young master."
"I heard that the top courtesan here, Young Master Huiguang, is no longer here. I suppose Green Apple Pavilion's business is not as good as before. If we don't add some new faces, I'm afraid all the patrons will leave."
"Now that these freebies are being offered to you, Young Master Lin, are you going to turn them away?"
These words made Lin Tang somewhat tempted.
Whether or not there is a contract of servitude is completely unimportant.
The important thing is that since Huiguang left, Green Apple Pavilion's revenue has plummeted for the past two months!
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