Chapter 312 I Don’t Understand
He was in charge of collecting intelligence, so naturally he knew which brothel was more likely to torture people.
Without any delay, the person was sent there overnight.
The madam was a woman in her forties who dressed very gaudy. One could smell the pungent odor of cheap powder as soon as one approached her.
"Hey, sir, please come in." The madam waved a red handkerchief and spoke while pinching her neck deliberately. Her affectation gave people goose bumps.
Zong Li shuddered and nimbly moved to the side, avoiding the hand of the procuress who was extending it to grab him.
He had a sullen expression and said in a low voice, "Stand still and tell me what you want to say. If you dare to come any closer, I will strangle you to death."
The madam was startled and her face turned slightly pale. The murderous look in Zong Li's eyes was too intimidating, so she didn't dare to be presumptuous.
"Sir, we can talk about it."
She said, a man who is so handsome can find any beautiful woman, so why would he come to a lowly place like her? It turns out he has something to talk to her about.
Zongli turned around and carried Rongyin out of the carriage.
Rongyin was facing downwards and her face could not be seen.
The madam could tell from her figure that this was a top-notch beauty. She secretly wondered if some lady didn't like her concubine and secretly kidnapped her and sent her to her.
Oh, if she had such a beauty by her side, would she still worry about not making money?
The madam was so excited that she stretched out her hand to take the person: "Sir, come, give the person to me."
Zong Li paused for a moment, then put Rong Yin down and put her into the arms of the madam.
As soon as the madam took over, she was looking at the beauty's appearance with great joy, but suddenly she saw a face covered in blood. She was so scared that she screamed and threw the person away.
“Ah… a ghost!”
BANG——
The unconscious Rong Yin was thrown to the ground.
Zongli turned his head and took a look, but didn't go to help.
The madam was frightened and turned away without asking Zongli why he sent such a person to her. Seeing this, Zongli grabbed her.
"Wait a moment."
The madam turned back with a sad face and said, "Master, I am very busy."
"I'm also very busy and have no time to talk nonsense with you. This woman has committed a crime and the master wants to torture her. You know what I mean."
The madam shook her head and said, "Master, I don't understand. Look at her face. She looks so horrible that she won't be able to receive any customers. I'm afraid she will scare all my customers away. Master, I'm just running a small business here. Please let her go."
"How much silver?"
"What?" The madam was stunned and didn't react.
"How much money do you want in exchange for doing the job?" Zong Li asked with a cold face.
The madam's eyes rolled when she heard this, and she stopped talking about being busy. She looked Zongli up and down, and then looked at Rongyin's clothes on the ground. They were made of fine material, which showed that she was from a wealthy family.
After thinking for a while, she stretched out a finger and waved it in front of Zong Li.
Zong Li frowned slightly when he saw this. "One thousand taels? That's too expensive. I might as well throw her into the mountains and forests to be eaten by wild beasts. Five hundred taels, you have to agree to pay the money and take her away."
The madam was dumbfounded: "..."
She actually wants one hundred taels.
This guy is a bit stupid.
"Deal." The madam agreed without hesitation.
She must be a fool if the other party insists on giving her an extra four hundred taels.
Although the face cannot be seen, some customers are not picky. Once the veil is covered and the lights are turned off, it doesn't matter if nothing can be seen.
The madam was delighted to get five hundred taels for free.
Zongli paid the money with a painful feeling and left without looking back.
The next day, Ah Man told Lu Xiang about this matter.
"Miss, I think Zongli is not smart. It's rare to see someone this stupid, right?"
Sold Rongyin for five hundred taels?
He is really rich and willful.
Lu Xiang was taking medicine and was stunned when he heard this.
She thought that since Rongyin was disfigured by her, the brothel might not be willing to accept her, but she estimated that they would definitely give in if the price was not more than 100 taels. There were many ways to torture someone, and they just had to torture her as ordered after getting the silver. How could Zongli negotiate the price down to 500 taels?
Lu Xiang twitched his lips silently.
"Ah Man, when you have time, send five hundred taels to Zong Li."
There's no reason to ask others to pay.
"It's obviously Zongli who is stupid. If he had known earlier, I would have gone instead." She didn't think of spending money to send Rongyin to a brothel last night, so she asked Zongli to do it. She just thought that Rongyin's face was ruined like this, no one would want her even if she was given away for free, let alone asking the brothel's madam to buy her.
Lu Xiang gave Ah Man a look and said, "What are you talking about... Go!"
Ah Man stuck out his tongue and went to find Yun Zhe for some silver.
The weather in June is changeable. It may be sunny in the morning but it may rain heavily at noon. After the rain, the weather becomes even hotter.
The brilliant sunlight splashed on the slender figure in front of the bronze mirror, making Liu Anyao look radiant.
A sound of hurried footsteps came closer and closer.
"Madam." Shuhua walked into the room and bowed to Liu Anyao.
Liu Anyao saw Shuhua's anxious expression in the bronze mirror, so she raised her hand and asked the maid who was combing her hair to go out.
"What's wrong?"
Shuhua stepped forward and said, "Madam, I have received news that Madam Yao of the Lu Mansion was killed by a stick."
"What?" Liu Anyao jumped up from her chair in shock and looked at the calligraphy and painting in surprise: "Is this true?"
"I dare not lie to you, Madam. Our people could not contact Aunt Yao. After several inquiries, we learned that Aunt Yao was caught murdering the eldest young master and the eldest young mistress of the Lu family a few days ago. Master Lu was furious and had her executed and expelled from the family tree. Aunt Yao used Madam's power to set up a trap to make Lu Chao owe a gambling debt of 100,000 taels. However, who would have thought that she did not count on Lu Chao, but instead got the whole group involved."
Liu Anyao knew what Yao had been doing all along, but since she wanted her to do something, she was happy to let Yao take advantage of the situation.
Shuhua continued, "The group of people who set up the trap for Lu Chao died in a family in Yang Village, and the underground gambling house in Yang Village was also eradicated by Jingzhao Yin. Wu'an Hou did this and not only received praise from the emperor, but also applauded by the common people. It was a good thing for him."
Gambling houses do a lot of harm to people, and the underground gambling houses in Yang Village also do shameful business such as human trafficking. People didn’t know about it before and no one felt anything about it. But this time when it was exposed, the villagers there suddenly became rats crossing the street and everyone wanted to beat them.
Everyone said that Jingzhao Yin did a great job and eliminated harm for the people.
Liu Anyao frowned, and was very disdainful of Jingzhao Yin's actions. Wu'an Hou was not her father's man, so no matter how well he did, it would be of no use to them.
As for the death of the group of people who set up the trap for Lu Chao, Liu Anyao didn't care at all.
She was angry at Yao's stupidity.
"I thought he was smart, but I didn't expect him to be so useless."
She had given her so many conveniences, but she still couldn't get rid of the stumbling block. No wonder she couldn't do anything to Lu Xiang until now, causing her to waste so much time.
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