Song Wan and his group found an inn in Yuzhou City and rested for a few days before they began to look around the city.
Yuzhou City is more prosperous and wealthy than Xinzhou and Yizhou that Song Wan has visited. For example, when she came here yesterday, she saw four or five brothels and prostitutes.
There are only two in Xinzhou, but there are quite a few on the main street alone, which is enough to prove that in Yuzhou, either the rich people have good energy, or it doesn’t matter whether they have good energy or not, there are just a lot of rich people.
But after Song Wan's secret observation, they probably didn't have enough energy, so it could only be the latter.
"Gu Yanji, didn't you say that people like Li Lin and King Yu's fiefdoms are not very wealthy because they are close to the border? But why do I see people on the streets here wearing colorful clothes, and they look... quite wealthy." Song Wan thought of this word for a long time. She hadn't seen fat people on the street for a long time.
Even in Yizhou, which was well governed, there were few fat people.
Gu Yan said anxiously that the fiefs given to several princes by the previous emperor were not very good. Could it be that King Yu really has outstanding abilities?
Gu Yanji also saw it, and he calmed down a little, "It's really weird."
Song Wan: "If the wealthy merchants in Yuzhou are all so fat, then wouldn't the King of Yu be even fatter?"
It seems that the reason why Yao Xu was so thin before was because he was not rich enough.
And it's so strange, why are there so few people on the street, and not even one person who looks poor.
Are all the people in Yuzhou these people who can afford to wear silk and satin and are also fat?
Song Wan suddenly looked down at herself. Hmm, she was still not fat enough, so she was still not rich enough.
She glanced at Gu Yanji and Song Qin again, and remembered that they didn't have even a tael of silver in their pockets, so that's why they didn't gain weight.
What's even more strange is that there seem to be very few women walking on the streets, which is completely different from Yizhou. There are only old women and very few girls.
Song Qin thought hard, "Could it be that he's doing some shady business, like black bone paste?"
"What is black bone paste?" Song Wan asked.
"It's a substance that can make people addicted. Once you're addicted, it's hard to stop. You'll become thinner and thinner until you're just skin and bones." Gu Yan explained to her anxiously, "That's where the name Black Bone Paste comes from."
Song Qin nodded and added, "Historical records show that in the early days of Dai Viet, unscrupulous merchants engaged in this business. As a result, the people of nearly ten states in Dai Viet were destitute. The people became addicted to the black bone paste, and some even sold their wealth and children just to buy it."
After listening to the description, Song Wan felt that what they were talking about was very similar to something in later generations. Eating it would make people addicted, causing their limbs to degenerate and become weak, and they would gradually turn from a normal person into a patient.
It can be said to be a very dangerous "poison".
"Whether it is true or not, we'll find out if we go and check it out." Since arriving in Yuzhou City, Song Wan would have rushed into Prince Yu's Mansion if Gu Yan hadn't stopped her in a hurry.
"But seeing how well-off they are, they don't look as skinny as you said." Song Wan continued to look down from the second floor at the people coming and going, and couldn't help but sigh, these people must have never been hungry, how great.
Song Qin frowned, "I'm afraid their attention is not on Yuzhou City."
He still believed that King Yu was doing some shameful business.
Gu Yan quickly retracted her gaze, "No matter what he did, we'll know soon."
Song Wan's eyes lit up when she heard this. "Can I go now?"
Gu Yanji smiled softly, "Where do you want to go first, Ah Wan?"
The letter should have been delivered a few days ago, and he believed that the Prime Minister would take action.
It’s time for Yuzhou to add fuel to the fire.
This was Song Qin's first time doing something like this, so he didn't quite understand. "Aren't we just robbing Prince Yu's mansion? Where else?"
Gu Yan hurriedly answered for Song Wan, "A brothel and a prostitute's house."
Song Qin was surprised, "Why would I go there?! I'm a serious person!"
After he finished speaking, he thought of something and added, "Even if Gu Yan is in a hurry, you are not allowed to go! Otherwise, I will break your legs!"
Song Wan: "If you don't want to go, then don't go. Why did you break Gu Yan's anxious legs? Second brother, you want to tire me to death, right?"
Song Qin didn't understand and felt very aggrieved. "Sister, my second brother is doing this for your own good. He's about to go to a brothel, and you're still protecting him."
"It's not him who wants to go, it's me who wants to go." Song Wan explained, "I still have to go to the Little Prostitute's House. I was the one who rescued Qi Wu from the Little Prostitute's House."
Song Qin: "Is there such a thing?"
But what he wanted to know was why she was so keen on going to these two places.
Song Qin was thinking wildly in his mind, Gu Yanji was really generous, even smiling so happily when his sister went to the brothel, it seemed that this marriage was right.
"That's right, second brother, you don't know there's a lot of silver in places like this." Song Wan said with great experience, "You can find silver in any room you open."
Song Qin: "..."
It seemed like he was overthinking it.
at night.
The lights in Prince Yu's mansion were bright, and the singing and dancing continued. Prince Yu Li Che sat at the top, holding an exquisite wine glass in his hand, and still had no intention of stopping.
The dancers below were struggling to hold on. In fact, they had been dancing for the entire day and had not been asked to stop.
Thinking of the fate of the sisters who came to the palace before, they could only grit their teeth and endure it silently.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Prince Yu Li Che, who was sitting in the first seat, put down his wine glass.
Those who knew him well knew that this was a sign of his unhappiness. Someone immediately stepped forward and asked considerately, "Your Highness, do you want to change people?"
Li Che nodded nonchalantly. "Look at how they're gritting their teeth. If you didn't know better, you'd think I was torturing them."
"Then let the subordinates carry them out right away?"
"Well, carry them out and chop them down to avoid dirtying the flowers and plants in the palace." Li Che looked at the dancers below whose faces turned pale in an instant, and the crazier in his eyes said, "Go to hell with this look, it's so beautiful."
This was not the first time that Ji Feng had done this, and he had become very skilled at it. He pointed to a few guards and asked them to help him tie up the women with ropes.
No matter how the dancers cried for help, it was useless. If they made King Yu unhappy, they would only have one way to go, and that was death.
Ji Feng led his men and threw the dancers onto a cart like a pile of corpses, tied them up tightly, and pushed them out of the palace.
At this moment, Song Wan was carrying a bulging bag of gold and leading everyone out of the last brothel.
She did not show off like she did in Xinzhou. She just stole everyone's indentures and put them in everyone's house. It was up to them to go or stay. This was similar to what she did in Xinzhou.
It won’t be too late to make a big move after she kicks out King Yu and occupies Yuzhou, Song Wan thought happily.
Except for Song Wan who carried a bag of gold, everyone else also had some. Song Qin even carried two bags, which contained gold, silver, and jewelry. He remembered that Song Wan said that she would give her half of whatever she carried.
At that time, he could only get half of a bag, which was not as much as Song Twelve. This was not acceptable. He had to at least have a bag in his hands.
I have to say, taking other people's money is really addictive. Song Qin finally understood why Song Qi and Gu Wu showed excited expressions before entering the brothel. It was not for any woman, but they were all obsessed with money!
"Okay, warm-up exercises are over, let's get down to business." Song Wan tied the gold bag around his waist, pulled out his whip, and flicked it twice, saying, "Let's go! To Prince Yu's Mansion!"
The dark alley across a river from Prince Yu's Palace is desolate and deserted, with few people coming here. At the end of the alley is a huge dry well, which used to be in a courtyard. Later, the courtyard was leveled and the dry well was exposed.
These were the results of the inquiries made by Song Qi and the other two during the day. Going to Prince Yu's Mansion through this dark alley would be the least noticeable.
Song Wan was walking in front, but before she even entered the alley, she suddenly stopped and turned back to look at Song Qi and the others. "Are you sure no one will come here?"
Song Qi nodded blankly. "Twelve, Gu Wu, and I asked the neighbors nearby, and they all said that this alley is often haunted at night, so gradually no one dared to go in."
Song Wan said "oh" and then looked straight ahead quietly.
Gu Yanji was the first to notice something was wrong. He asked, "Ah Wan, is there something wrong here?"
Song Wan nodded. "Someone is crying."
Song Qi's expression was stern, "Could it be that there really is a ghost?"
Song Wan shook her head. "It's not a ghost, it's a human."
Then she took off the silver from her waist, threw it to Gu Yanji for safekeeping, and rushed into the dark alley where she could not see anything like a ghost.
The speed was so fast that no one had time to react. Gu Yan looked anxiously at the bag in her hand, and when she looked up again, not even a shadow of it was gone.
Ji Feng glanced at the surrounding environment and urged his men to hurry up.
The guard who was the most popular among Ji Feng's men laughed in a very smug way, "Brother, this kind of thing can't be done quickly~"
The more tragically the dancers cried, the more complacent and arrogant the guards on top of them became.
This kind of thing happens every two weeks, and you don't even have to spend money to go to a brothel.
The few remaining dancers whose feet were still tied hugged each other, closed their eyes, and gave up resisting and struggling.
They are next in line, there is no escape.
"Hahahahahaha, scream! Scream louder!" A guard picked up the untied body and whipped the dancer with it, tearing her skin and flesh.
The dancer was filled with shame and anger. In despair, she took advantage of his negligence and cruelly tried to bite her tongue to commit suicide.
At this moment, the dancer's eyes suddenly flashed, and the man who was pressing on her suddenly fell to the side. His neck was cut off by something, and his head rolled to the side with a hideous look on his face.
When the dancer saw this scene, the first thing she felt was not fear, but relief.
Because the most desperate and terrifying thing is over.
Song Wan snapped the heads of seven or eight people at once and looked at the man in the lead with cold eyes.
Ji Feng's scalp tingled when he saw his men with their heads and bodies torn apart. He feigned calmness and shouted, "Where did this crazy woman come from? Don't you know we are from Prince Yu's Mansion?! Do you want to die?"
"Prince Yu's Mansion?" Song Wan thought. "That's perfect. Since I can't kill Prince Yu, I'll kill you guys first to vent my anger. I'll let you bully women!"
The few people who were not chopped wanted to escape, but were controlled by Song Wan's mental power. They and their leader Ji Feng rolled under Song Wan's whip and were beaten severely.
Song Wan let them see what it means to have no control over life and death.
Every lash of the whip was filled with full mental force, leaving skin and bones exposed and the alley filled with wailing.
When Gu Yanji and his companions arrived, the first thing they saw was blood flowing all over the ground. There were two piles of bodies next to it, one of which was bones, and the other was half-dead, barely recognizable as human.
Song Wan squatted in front of a group of girls and fed them candy one by one.
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