Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

Chapter 66

On the other hand, in Yuan's mansion, Yuan Honghou and the several managers of Yuan's Commercial Firm were working on the accounting books. He was tired after a busy day, but he was in a good mood when he thought of the recent increase in income month by month.

It's only halfway through this year, and the profit earned by the firm is already more than the sum of the previous years. If things go on like this, Yuan's firm will become the largest firm in Silk Prefecture just around the corner.Silk Prefecture was originally one of the three most prosperous states in this dynasty, and the largest trading house in Silk Prefecture was a strong competitor for the number one trading firm in this dynasty.Before the Xu family had been in business for so long, they were able to sit on an equal footing with other firms, but now that they are here, as long as this battle lasts for a few more years, the custody will allow Yuan's firm to secure its top position!

Thinking of the Xu family, Yuan Honghou had a mocking sneer on his face. How old is that group of people surnamed Xu who still have the arrogance of so-called scholars, what else can they earn besides earning a false name?Now that the situation is in such a mess, the scientific examination may not be able to be done in the next few years. The money they posted to those students is called meat buns and dogs, and there will be no return!

Don't think that he doesn't know what those people say about him behind his back, it's nothing more than "black heart" and "no virtue", so what?What kind of business do you do if you are not greedy for profit?Being able to make money is the real skill. If you are scolded, you will be scolded, and you will not lose a piece of meat. If behind-the-scenes cursing works, Yun Zhimiao can still be a prime minister?He was cursed to death long ago!

Whenever he thinks of Yun Zhimiao, Yuan Honghou thinks of the hatred of taking his wife, and those voices who keep comparing him with Yun Zhimiao.Heh, a bunch of ignorant villains, so what if Yun Zhimiao became prime minister?Once he died, even his wife and children could not be preserved.Besides, when an official is an official, the world knows that to be an official is to study and to be an official. When you meet a stricter emperor, you can't eat and drink too much, let alone gambling in a brothel. You are afraid of being impeached all day long. Is it good?

Look at him again, as long as he doesn't exceed the limit, he can eat whatever he wants, even women can't enjoy it.Especially right now, in order to ask him to borrow money, how many people are willing to dedicate their beautiful big daughters to him, and today there is another one waiting for him in his room. When did Yun Zhimiao enjoy this blessing?

After so many years of waiting, the day when Yun Zhimiao was overwhelmed finally came. The more Yuan Honghou thought about it, the happier he was. Humming a tune, he walked into the room. Halfway through the walk, he suddenly remembered something, and called someone to ask: "I asked you to find someone to go to the room earlier." Staring at that girl surnamed Yun, why didn't I see any of you come to report to me? What has she been doing recently?"

Last time that girl came to the Xu family's door to be a lobbyist and failed, so she left a portrait to provoke him, wouldn't it just end like this?Is this Yun Zhimiao's daughter?It's not quite like the rumors.

"There is really nothing to report." The servant replied, "The girl either stays in the academy or wanders around all day long. If she insists on talking about something, she and her companion, the two girls, always go to the brothel by the Liwen River. .”

"The brothel?" Yuan Honghou frowned, "Which brothel?"

"Go to any house, Xianqinju is a little more... I think they are from other places. They have never seen the excitement of our Liwen River. The pictures are fresh, so I didn't tell you."

"Xianqinju...is it the one who produced the oiran a few years ago?"

"That's right." The servant nodded again and again, "A girl named Qin Ji, she was the oiran for the past two or three years, and it's only since last year."

"Speaking of which, the Oiran Contest seems to be tomorrow?" Yuan Honghou thought for a moment, then smiled knowingly, "Ah, I understand, I said how could that girl stay so peaceful for so long, so she was planning the Oiran Contest. Hmph, what if an out-of-date prostitute wins the title of oiran, how many customers did she steal from me? You are young!"

Yuan Honghou sent his servants away, thinking that tomorrow night he had to go to the Oiran Competition to see what kind of tricks that girl surnamed Yun was up to.

He walked while pondering, the bedroom was close in front of him, the room was lit by candlelight, a shadow was printed on the window, the outline should be a beauty.Yuan Honghou was overjoyed. At the moment, everyone surnamed Yun and Tu was thrown aside by him. He raised his hand and pushed open the door. As soon as he stepped in, he saw a blur in front of his eyes, and then his neck hurt, and he didn't know anything.

In the early morning, when Huo Lan returned to the academy, Yun Miaoqing just woke up, when she heard the door, she leaned up and asked Huo Lan, "Is everything done?"

"Don't worry, I knocked Yuan Honghou out, gave him some drugs, hid him in a room in their house where there were sundries, and left a note to the people in their house, saying, 'the man was killed by me. Kidnapped, bring 1 taels of silver notes as a ransom, come to Xiangyu Street in the east of the city at Haishi tomorrow night and wait under the willow tree with crooked neck', sign the name "Meet the righteous people on the road", how about it?"

Huo Lan took off his night clothes, and got into bed next to Yun Miaoqing.

"I told you to think of a way to prevent the surname Yuan from appearing in the Oiran Contest, and you came up with such a robbery?" Yun Miaoqing evened out half of the quilt for Huo Lan, and put her arm on Huo Lan's waist.Now that it's hot, Huo Lan came back from the outside early in the morning, with a little bit of morning coolness on his body, so it's very comfortable to hug.

"Why are you pretending to be good!" Huo Lan bit Yun Miaoqing's lips lightly, "Didn't you ask me to do this because you wanted me to use some robber methods?"

"I didn't say that." Yun Miaoqing bit back.

The two were intimate for a while, Yun Miaoqing got up, leaving Huo Lan alone to catch up on sleep, and after Huo Lan woke up and had dinner together in the afternoon, they wandered to find Xu Wenkang.

At that time, Xu Wenkang was sitting in the gazebo with several classmates discussing the topic that Mr. Yun spoke about today. Yun Miaoqing stood under a tree in the distance and waved to him.Xu Wenkang greeted his friends, trotted to Yun Miaoqing's side, glanced at Huo Lan who was standing beside Yun Miaoqing, lowered his head and honestly called Yun Miaoqing cousin.

Ever since he lost to Huo Lan in that public martial arts competition, no one in Xu Wenkang's predecessors has called Miao Qing's cousin, at least Huo Lan has never heard of him again. Considering their bet before the martial arts competition, this person is quite trustworthy.

"Cousin, what's the matter?" Xu Wenkang asked and stole another glance at Huo Lan.

Yun Miaoqing took a step indistinctly, and stood in front of Huo Lan: "Are you free tonight?"

"In the evening... in the evening, I invited friends to enjoy the moon and write poems together." Xu Wenkang replied.

"So elegant." Yun Miaoqing smiled slightly, "But what's the point of admiring the moon in the academy, how about I find you something more interesting to do?"

"what's up?"

"You just come here, and you must remember to bring enough money, as much as you have, and we will meet at Liwen Bridge on time. Don't let me go, or I will go to cousin Wenzuo to teach you."

Hearing the elder brother's name, Xu Wenkang shivered instinctively, nodded and obediently agreed.

After making an appointment with Xu Wenkang, Yun and Huo arrived at Xianqinju before dark. In the wing room on the second floor, Ginkgo arrived one step ahead of them.In the room, Qin Ji had already changed into the dress they specially prepared for her competition tonight, and sat on a stool with her eyes closed, while a strange makeup girl applied her makeup.

Seeing Yun Miaoqing and the others entering the room, Ginkgo got up and stood by the door together with them, looking at Qin Ji who was putting on makeup, she whispered: "This is the most famous makeup girl in the capital a few years ago, please come and do it once." Make-up cost hundreds of pennies, and after I got married, I stopped doing it, and it was my mother who went to the man's house to invite me to come here."

Not to mention how much money was paid to them to invite them to come this time, just because Si Jin Pavilion bought new products for this oiran competition and invited people from thousands of miles to put on make-up, the entry fee alone is nothing small expenses.

But this one that cost a lot of money is different. Huo Lan looked at Qin Ji, who was still the same person she knew, but couldn't tell what was different. It was as if someone had reassembled her facial features. It looks very pleasing to the eye.

"Girls are only in their 20s, so you can't be considered old. Don't always think about dressing yourself up as seventeen or eighteen." Don't those girls who are really seventeen or eighteen just use their own weaknesses to touch others' strengths?

Being seventeen or eighteen has the advantages of being seventeen or eighteen, and being over 20 has the advantages of being over 20. The charm and charm of you cannot be imitated by those little girl movies.Firstly, when we apply makeup, we need to maximize your strengths and avoid weaknesses, highlight your personal advantages, and the one that suits you best is the best. Second, you need to be more confident, so that you can show your charm from the inside out. "

Qin Ji nodded inconveniently with her face up, and said "um" from time to time, looking very teachable.

It took almost an hour for the whole room to wait for her to put on makeup, and then it took another half a day to comb her hair, and it was time to hold the lamps when the makeup was completely done.

The time was just right, Yun Miaoqing took a step forward and said to Qin Ji: "I'm here to wish Miss Qin Ji success in winning the championship. After today, you will be able to get back the capital of picking customers, and then you will no longer be someone else's prostitute." You, but you whore someone else."

It's not that other people prostitute you, but you prostitute others... Qin Ji has been in the brothel for so many years, and she has never thought about it this way, but if she can really become the oiran again, there will be a lot of people chasing her like in previous years. It's not up to her to choose who to be her guest of honor, anyway, she won't be able to get out of this pit of fire for a while, so it's not bad to think that she is prostitution.

Whether it's to prostitute others for the capital, or to vent the anger of being bullied by her peers for more than a year, she is bound to win the position of oiran!Qin Ji's eyes burst into a fiery light, and she bowed deeply to Yun Miaoqing: "Everyone, Ende Qin Ji, keep this in mind, if you use Qin Ji in the future, you will definitely go through fire and water."

On the Liwen Bridge outside, Xu Wenkang looked at the Liwen River with his hands on the railing for a while, and for a while he leaned against the column head and faced the center of the bridge.

This afternoon, when he told his friends that he was going to Liwen Bridge for an appointment at night and could not attend the poetry meeting, several of his friends looked at him strangely, and some of them even booed and said they wanted to come with him.At that time, he felt a little strange, but he couldn't figure out where the strangeness was. When he got to the place and saw the bridge crowded with people by the river, he suddenly thought, isn't tonight the annual oiran contest in Liwen City! ! !

Cousin Miaoqing invited him here, so she wouldn't invite him to watch the oiran competition together, but when he thought of Cousin Miaoqing telling him to bring more money and bring enough money, he had a bad feeling...

Because he didn't know what to do tonight and how much money he would need, Xu Wenkang brought all the pocket money and New Year's money he had saved from childhood to adulthood, a total of 7000 taels of silver and some broken silver and copper plates, even if the current city The prices here, more than 7000 taels of silver is a lot of money, so it shouldn't be possible for him to spend it all... right?

The Xu family's family discipline is very strict, but the side branch is better, the family absolutely does not allow prostitution.Xu Wenkang was worried, thinking whether he should go through the family law to accompany cousin Miaoqing and Miss Huo Lan on this trip, or risk being taught by his elder brother to let his cousin dove.

There was not much time left for him to hesitate, and the opportunity was fleeting. Before he could think clearly, someone patted his shoulder from behind.When Xu Wenkang turned his head, he saw Cousin Miaoqing, Miss Huo Lan, and Ginkgo, his cousin's former personal maid, standing in front of him together.

When he saw Cousin Miaoqing and Miss Huo Lan in men's clothing, Xu Wenkang knew that he could not escape the family law, and only hoped that his father would treat him more lightly because he was forced.

The four of them got off the bridge and came to the river. A very large flower boat was parked in the middle of the Liwen River, which was the place where many participating girls showed off their talents.Many small boats were moored at the banks on both sides of the river, and they had to pay money when boarding the boats. Only those who paid the money were eligible to participate in the reward.

When waiting in line, people frequently looked at them. After all, in the eyes of others, the combination of their three handsome brothers and a young girl to reward and vote for the participating prostitutes is quite unique.Three of the four girls looked calm, but Xu Wenkang was the only one who was shy and embarrassed, wishing he could hide his head under his arms.

After paying, the person who received the money yelled, and a small boat came to pick them up.The boatman who rowed the boat is also a member of the organizer of the competition, and he will count the money for the reward later and then call it out.

The Oiran Competition in Liwen City is very famous. In previous years, many people would come from other places to watch it. This year, due to the war and the entrance fee, there are no tourists from other places. However, there are many foreigners in the city, and the level of excitement is not as good as in previous years. Low.

At two o'clock in the morning, the competition officially began.There are a total of [-] girls participating in the Oiran Competition this time. After each performance, the master chefs recommended by the Liwen City Brothel Guild will give a score, and then the audience on the boat will vote for the reward.

It is said that they are graded according to their talents, but it is just meaning. Most of these masters are musicians, dancers, and makeup girls. They have worked in this industry for most of their lives. They don't want to offend people, but they also want to make money. Why are the scores too wide? The benefactors who can stimulate the girls work hard to compete to spend money for them. Of course, the score should be similar and the suspense should be more suspenseful to get money from these benefactors' pockets.

The order of the performances was determined by lottery. Qin Ji was drawn at No. 20, which was considered an acceptable position. It was closer to the end of the performance, and everyone had a deeper impression of her when voting for the award.It was the first time for Yun Miaoqing and the four of them on the boat to watch the Oiran Competition, and they were full of interest. Even Xu Wenkang was attracted by the singing of the girls on stage not long after the performance started, and he no longer struggled to go back to the house-to-house competition. kind of thing.

After the performances of the 24 girls in front, it was finally Qin Ji's turn. After carefully dressing up, Qin Ji's lips were like vermilion red, her eyes were like autumn water, and the bright red rouge at the end of her eyes echoed her dress, and she was decorated with a little gold wave and silver foil. Like a koi fairy who emerged from the Liwen River, she appeared in front of everyone with her pipa in her arms.

In the first half of the performance, Qin Ji sat leaning on the boat and played and sang. Her voice was clear and clear, and a sad song she narrated made her sing melodiously, and many people were heartbroken.

In the second half, Xianghe played the piano and sang for her, while she put down her pipa and danced lightly on a big drum. The emotions of the audience were reinvigorated by her dance.

Huo Lan hadn't seen Qin Ji dance before, but when she saw her today, she realized that her words were not arrogance, but rather modesty. To say that she was on the stage at such an astonishing level, the first 24 The girl probably can only drink water under the boat.

The dress was cut just right, perfectly showing Qin Ji's alluring figure. Not only her face, but also her chest, arms, belly button and calves were decorated with gold foil and painted patterns. The impenetrable merman gauze looms, making people even more tempted to take off her clothes to find out.

After the dance was over, both sides of the strait applauded. After the remaining five girls also performed on stage, several masters pretended to discuss it, and it turned out that the scores of the top five were not too different.

Qin Ji temporarily ranks first, but whether she can finally get the oiran position depends on the next benefactor's rewards.

"Chen Xianggong on the fifth ship gave 20 taels of silver to Miss Qingqing in Yunxiang Building!"

"Ship No. 50, Mr. Xianggong, gave [-] taels of silver to Miss Lianyu of Ruanhong Pavilion!"

"On the second ship, Mr. Zhao gave 30 taels of silver to Miss Qinji of Xianqinju!"

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The boatmen sang newspapers one after another, and when the yelling at the back subsided, the five of them also chased away. Only Qin Ji and the Lianyu girl from the Ruanhong Pavilion were still clinging to the ballot, and the remaining three were gone. It has been a long time since no one made any more bids, and it is basically certain that the oiran is between Qin Ji and Lianyu.

One of the two has been out of breath for more than a year, but today he has an amazing performance in dressing up, and the other one is not as good in dressing up today, but he has gotten a lot of rich benefactors in the past year, so who will win? It's hard to say negative.Coincidentally, that girl Lianyu from the Ruanhong Pavilion was the one that Huo Lan and Yun Miaoqing saw fighting with Qin Ji on the street a few months ago, and now they are standing side by side on the flower boat, and they don't know Are you scolding each other quietly?

"As of now, Miss Xianqinju Qinji has received a total of 200 taels of rewards, and Miss Ruanhong Pavilion Lianyu has received a total of 190 taels of rewards. Are there any benefactors of the two girls who would like to vote for their support?" An old man on the flower boat raised his voice and asked.

"The No. [-] ship, Mr. Yuan, gave ten taels of silver to Miss Lianyu in the Ruanhong Pavilion!" Another sing-along sounded, and with the addition of these ten taels of silver, the total money invested in Lianyu was more than that of Qin Ji.

Under the burning eyes of the three people around him, Xu Wenkang took out 500 taels of silver bills and handed them to the boatman.

After counting the banknotes, the boatman asked the person who would vote, and shouted at the flower boat: "Mr. Xu from the eighth boat is offering 500 taels to vote for Miss Xianqinju Qinji!"

As soon as this remark came out, the crowd watching the excitement on both sides of the strait was in an uproar, not only for the 500 taels of silver bills, but more importantly, was Mr. Xu in the boat bulletin the Mr. Xu they thought?The Xu family, who had never been involved in the brothel business in Liwen City, would come to the Oiran Competition to get involved?

Everyone stretched their necks to look at the No. [-] boat, but unfortunately the shadow of the river bank shrouded the boat, making it hard to see the faces of the people on board.Even so, Xu Wenkang still shrank his neck, he always felt that his bad friends knew that he was coming to Liwen Bridge tonight, maybe they followed him, and they were hiding somewhere to watch his embarrassment!

"The No. 510 ship, Yuan Xiang, pays [-] taels for Miss Lianyu of the Ruanhong Pavilion!" After Xu Wenkang's ship reported, a ship on the opposite side called out soon.

Xu Wenkang turned his head to look at Yun Miaoqing, Yun Miaoqing raised her chin at him: "See what I do, keep following me."

Now that he was on the pirate ship, surrounded by enemies, Xu Wenkang couldn't help being disobedient, and Xu Wenkang felt a pain in his heart, and handed over another 500 taels of silver notes.

"The eighth ship, Mr. Xu, sent out a total of 1000 taels for Miss Xianqinju Qinji!"

"The No. [-] ship, Yuanxiang, is offering [-] taels for Miss Ruanhongge Lianyu!"

"The eighth ship, Mr. Xu, sent out a total of 2000 taels for Miss Xianqinju Qinji!"

"The No. [-] ship, Yuanxiang, will send out [-] girls from the Ruanhong Pavilion Lianyu!"

The other party seemed to be a rich owner, so he got into a fight with them. Every time Xu Wenkang added more money, the other party would also increase the money, and the difference of ten taels of silver was never caught up.

The asking price climbed all the way to 5000 taels, but the other party was still following. Xu Wenkang's heart was bleeding. This time he was famous, and he was fined when he went back. Don't even think about escaping. Pity his money!Outsiders only know that the Xu family is so rich, this money must be a drop in the bucket for him, but they don't know how strict the elders in the family are with them, no matter how rich the Xu family is, not all of it falls into his hands!

He endured the heartache and offered another 1000 taels. This time the opponent hesitated for a while, but still followed quickly, and offered a reward of [-] taels.

"Cousin..." Xu Wenkang turned to Yun Miaoqing with tears in his eyes, "Let's forget it, it's unnecessary, it's really unnecessary, 6000 taels of silver is enough to redeem the lives of countless brothel girls! What do you like?" Yes, later on, can I personally come to your door to ask for a marriage?"

Huo Lan immediately pricked up his ears, Yun Miaoqing lazily said: "Then how can I do it, don't pick and search, you will win soon!"

Speaking of which, she snatched the remaining 1000 taels of silver notes from Xu Wenkang's hand, took out a stack of them herself, and patted them to the boatman.The boatman gathered them together and counted them, and shouted at the flower boat: "Mr. Xu on the eighth boat has a total of 1 taels! Go to Xianqinju, Miss Qinji!"

Hearing the beaming voice of the boatman, Xu Wenkang felt his eyes go dark, and he almost lost his breath.

The author has something to say: Xu Wenkang first fell in love with Yun Miaoqing secretly, and was educated by force by Huo Lan, and then secretly fell in love with Huo Lan, and was severely exploited by Yun Miaoqing again.

Xu Wenkang: I just have a crush on you, do you understand a crush!The kind of QAQ that a person likes privately and doesn't make it clear

Yun Miaoqing patted him on the shoulder in a "friendly" way: "Silly boy, next time think about it personally, don't miss your cousin anymore."

I wrote another bug yesterday, and I only discovered it when I coded this chapter today, so I quickly corrected it while no one of you noticed, and smiled with my arms akimbo.Tomorrow, a friend is going out to play. I will try my best to write tonight. I may not be able to finish the writing and I will not be able to catch up with the update. If it is not updated at [-] o’clock tomorrow, it will be gone. The number of missing words will be filled next week~