Chapter 137 Lord Zhou reduced to selling smiles
"I can only offer three thousand."
Yao Shisan is negotiating the price with Master Rong.
After making her offer, she observed the other party's expression and, seeing no sign of anger, silently breathed a sigh of relief.
Master Rong poured her another cup of tea. "Madam Yao is joking. This isn't bargaining; it's taking my life."
"If everyone were like Madam Yao, my business would have to close down."
Judging from the ease in his tone, Yao Shisan knew that her price was likely to be successful.
The high price depends on whether the buyer understands the product or not; if they don't, it doesn't prevent them from making more money.
"Master is joking. With such a large shipping company and so many ships coming and going at the dock, it is probably too rich to be compared to a country."
Yao Shisan's words were unintentional, but Rong Ye suddenly looked up at her, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
She just happened to be looking down at her tea and didn't see it.
Master Rong's gaze fell on the teacup she had already half-finished, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
He stood up. "Please wait a moment, Madam Yao. I'll be right back."
As soon as Master Rong stepped out, a waiter came up to greet him.
"Go and call the young lady to the shipyard."
"Young Miss came by just now, but was called back by the steward of the manor. I vaguely heard that someone from Jianzhou came."
Master Rong's eyes narrowed slightly.
Jianzhou...
"Lock everyone in the house back in the usual spot and don't move them for now."
"yes."
After giving his instructions to Master Rong, he hurriedly left.
When the waiter went back in, Yao Shisan had already passed out, slumped over the table.
The teacup on the table was knocked over and fell to the ground, but fortunately it was covered by a carpet and didn't break.
When the man brought the person to the usual spot, the guard exclaimed in surprise, "Another one?"
"Again?" The waiter was also dumbfounded.
Master Rong has a rule: only one person can be imprisoned here at a time.
The guard said, "The young lady brought one over in the middle of the night."
"Hey buddy, the people inside haven't been taken away yet, what do we do with this?"
The guard said, "Do exactly what our master tells us to do. Throw it in first."
This is an abandoned ship cabin, moored in the most inconspicuous corner of the second dock.
If someone hadn't brought us here, even if people came to check on the ship every day, they wouldn't have noticed this place.
In the dimly lit cabin, a figure sat in the corner.
The hatch was opened, and a beam of light shone in.
The people in the cabin narrowed their eyes but remained silent.
The two men emptied the person out of the sack, and the person's forehead hit the floor with a "thud," showing no signs of waking up.
The cabin door closed again, and the person in the corner finally moved.
A sliver of sunlight shone on his face through the narrow window.
It turned out to be Zhou Congxian, who hadn't returned home all night!
Wang Lingyan asked Rong Ye to capture Yao Shisan as bait in order to capture "Zhao Tieniu". Unexpectedly, she encountered "Zhao Tieniu" first and it took a lot of effort to capture him in the middle of the night.
Before I could tell Master Rong that we didn't need any bait, I was called away by an urgent matter.
So the two of them didn't communicate.
One arrested "Zhao Tieniu," and the other arrested Yao Shisan.
They're still locked up together right now.
Zhou Congxian was poisoned by the bone-softening powder, rendering him unable to use his martial arts skills. Now he can't even beat an ordinary servant.
He turned his head to look at the person on the ground.
Shi Yao!
He quickly looked up at the direction of the cabin door and struggled to grab Yao Shisan's wrist.
The pulse is steady.
He's still alive.
Zhou Congxian squeezed his right hand; several hours had passed, but the effects of the medicine had not yet dissipated.
Yesterday, he discovered he was being followed and managed to shake it off after several attempts.
On his way back to the inn, he unexpectedly encountered members of the Jianzhou Navy.
The token that the man accidentally dropped was the token of the Jianzhou Navy.
He followed the man to a mansion and discovered that the servants there all had martial arts skills and wore the same clothes as the man who was following him.
Since this group wanted to capture him, he decided to use himself as bait.
If these people were from Jianzhou, there would be a reason to arrest them.
Why were Yao Shisan arrested too?!
The two had been locked up for an unknown amount of time, and Yao Shisan remained unconscious. She was lying on the ground exactly as she had been thrown in.
The hatch creaked open, letting in the dim sunlight.
The guards left a few rice cakes at the entrance.
He glanced at Yao Shisan, who hadn't moved, and muttered, "Could he be dead again?"
Zhou Congxian quietly squeezed his hand; it had recovered to about 50%.
If he were alone, he wouldn't be afraid of anything.
But now that Shi Yao has been added to his body, he needs to fully recover as soon as possible!
After the cabin door was closed, Yao Shisan moved his fingers, and after a long while, he raised his hand to cover his already bluish forehead.
Why does she feel so tired after this nap!
Wait, wasn't she discussing cargo ship prices? How could she have fallen asleep?!
She suddenly opened her eyes, and what she saw was indeed darkness.
Where is this?
As soon as she finished speaking, something warm grabbed her hand.
"ah!--"
She screamed in fright, "What is that?!"
With a "bang," the hatch was opened!
"What are you yelling about!" The guard appeared menacingly at the door!
This place is easy to spot but also easy to discover.
Therefore, those usually detained here are unconscious people who have not yet woken up, and they will be transferred away at night.
Yao Shisan was so frightened that he fell silent.
She could tell from the tattered chair at the cabin door that this was the dock where she watched the ships!
She glanced at the dilapidated ship in the corner and vaguely remembered it because of the broken chair.
She also discovered that the other person being held captive in the cabin was actually Zhou Congxian!
Is this a shipping company, or a human trafficking den?!
The cabin returned to darkness.
Yao Shisan finally got used to the darkness; the cabin was cramped and not soundproof.
She wanted to ask Zhou Congxian what had happened. Wasn't he a highly skilled martial artist? How come he was also arrested?
Before he could speak, the door opened again.
"Why two?"
The person who arrived was also confused. The young lady had ordered that the person be sent to Lingge. Did she mean to send both of them?
The guard replied truthfully, "The man was sent by Miss Rong, and the woman was sent by Master Rong."
The visitor thought of the distinguished guest who had just arrived and wondered if the guest was bisexual.
"Tie them all up."
Yao Shisan shut his mouth at Zhou Congxian's signal.
The two were blindfolded.
She felt herself walking a winding, circuitous road before being pushed into a carriage.
The carriage seemed to have passed through a bustling market, filled with the sounds of vendors hawking their wares.
After a short period of quiet, the noise suddenly became much louder.
There were no vendors hawking their wares, but rather the voices of many young men and women, the sounds of string and wind instruments, and melodious singing.
It looks more like a brothel!
After the carriage stopped, voices could be heard outside.
"Two were sent by the young lady."
"two?"
"It's probably prepared for our distinguished guests tonight."
Yao Shisan and Zhou Congxian were taken to a quiet room.
The black cloths covering their faces were then removed.
The room was as bright as day, and Yao Shisan squinted for a long time before his eyes adjusted.
"Sister Hong, are both of them dressed up?"
Sister Hong glanced at the two of them and said, "Bring them some clothes and let them change."
A moment later, two maids came in carrying two sets of clothes.
Sister Hong pointed her finger at the clothes, "If you don't want to suffer in Lingge, you have to be obedient."
Yao Shisan promptly feigned fear, asking, "Where is this place! Who are you!"
Sister Hong smiled and said, "A place that makes people happy."
Zhou Congxian's face turned cold. "Trafficking in the registration of innocent people is a serious crime!"
"Oh, you know quite a lot." Sister Hong didn't seem to care much. "Unfortunately, this is a place where there are no laws."
"I'll say it again: if you don't want to suffer, just obey."
"Change your clothes within two cups of tea's time, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
Sister Hong stopped smiling, turned around and left with her people.
Yao Shisan then reached out and shook the gossamer-thin garment.
"You call this clothing??"
Zhou Congxian's isn't much better.
I only have a see-through overcoat that reveals my skin; what difference is there between wearing this and not wearing anything at all?
"I never imagined that Lord Zhou would be tricked into selling his smiles."
If the timing hadn't been so inappropriate, she would definitely have made a few sarcastic remarks to him.
Now that they're both in jail, neither of them should laugh at the other.
Zhou Congxian stood up and tried his hand; he was only about 60% there.
He went to the back window and found that it was the fourth floor. The house was right by the river, with no way to escape.
This was not a difficult problem for Zhou Congxian.
He was hanging upside down in the window and found that the house downstairs was empty.
He had just climbed up and hadn't even had a chance to tell Yao Shisan his plans when the door was slammed open.
"Sister Hong has hidden another new talent, I'm going to see her!"
"Young master, you cannot enter!"
The maid couldn't stop him; a man reeking of alcohol barged in!
Upon seeing the two people inside, the man was first taken aback, then burst into laughter.
"Sister Hong really knows how to play, two of them!"
"Young Master, they are not yet members of the building. Miss Xing'er and Young Master Qin downstairs are free now, so why don't you go and play in the front?"
The maidservant panicked and almost couldn't hold him back.
The man impatiently shoved her, and the maid hit the corner of the table and fainted.
He glanced drunkenly at the maid on the ground, but before he could turn around, Zhou Congxian knocked him unconscious.
Zhou Congxian squatted down, ready to strip the man of his clothes.
Yao Shisan turned around in surprise, "What are you doing!"
Zhou Congxian glanced at her, then dragged the unconscious maid behind the screen.
"You change into the maid's clothes, and I'll change into his clothes. Hurry up."
The two quickly changed their clothes and stepped out of the room, only to discover that the buildings here were shaped like the Chinese character "回" (hui).
The building behind it is much quieter.
The buildings in front are much more lively!
The two had just walked down two floors when they heard footsteps.
Zhou Congxian pulled Yao Shisan closer to the shadows.
"Do you still remember the Chuzhou dialect? Struggling and crying for help."
Yao Shisan immediately understood, "Please let me go, young master. Miss Xing'er is free now, please go and play in the front."
Sister Hong glanced at the scene and wanted to call someone to pull the drunken guest away.
A young maidservant arrived and announced, "Sister Hong, our distinguished guest has arrived!"
Sister Hong instructed, "Later, check which room's maid it is and change the nameplate to Flower Maid."
After the footsteps faded into the distance, Yao Shisan peeked half his head out from under his arm.
"They've gone far away."
Zhou Congxian didn't move for a long while before saying softly, "You speak Chuzhou dialect so beautifully."
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