Chapter 491 Arrangements are coming

The sky is foggy, and the Grand Canal dock outside Yangzhou City.

The sailboats were fluttering and there were many officers and soldiers.

Jia Lian stood on the deck of the official ship in the middle, clasped his fists at Jia Yu and Yang Xun and said: "This time you deposit money into Beijing, you have a heavy responsibility. I hope you will cooperate and be careful together and don't go out." Error."

"I will definitely live up to your great trust."

Jia and Yu looked solemn and in high spirits, just because the official ship behind them contained a total of more than 100,000 pieces of silver. Five million taels!

The matter is of great importance. It can be said that if anything goes wrong during this trip, it will be enough to kill both of them.

Fortunately, Jia Lian sent thousands of officers and soldiers to accompany them, so they had no worries about the safety of their trip.

As for why five million taels of silver had to be transported back to the capital in advance, Jia Lian gave two explanations. One was that the court was pressing hard, and the other was that the silver should be transported back to the capital as soon as possible so that he could feel at ease.

Otherwise, so much money piled up in the Salt Patrol Yamen would be too eye-catching.

As for why they were chosen, Yang Xun naturally goes without saying. As Jia Lian’s deputy, if the troops were to be divided into two groups on the trip back to Beijing, he would naturally lead one group. In this way, he can return to Beijing first and report his duties to the court.

Of course, he had also wondered whether Jia Lian had intentionally transferred him away so that he could do other operations. But even if he had doubts, he would not be foolish enough to make rash guesses.

On this trip, he followed Jia Lian to the south of the Yangtze River. He basically got the benefits he deserved just by sitting down. Moreover, he also established a relationship with Jia Lian. In the future, he will be an official in the capital. What else does he have? The reason for not being satisfied and not obeying Jia Lian’s orders?

After all, even if there are other benefits, they are not something he is qualified to get involved in. Therefore, if he could safely return the five million taels of silver to the capital and transfer it to the national treasury, his mission would be considered a complete success.

The rest is all Jia Lian’s business.

As for Jia Yu, it was purely because he intended to go to Beijing to develop, and Jia Lian also intended to transfer him to Beijing to work, so he was given an escort job so that he could go to Beijing to get familiar with it.

Looking at the dozens of official ships going away, Jia Lian felt very calm.

Although five million taels of silver sounds like a huge amount, even the ministers of the imperial court would probably be a little shocked if they knew about it. However, compared with the assets he confiscated from his house this time, they were even smaller. Less than half.

However, many other assets have not yet been discounted and liquidated.

This is why he continues to stayMain reason.

But in fact, even if there is no such reason, Jia Lian will still find reasons to stay in Jiangnan, because he still has some private matters to deal with.

"Second Master, do you want to go back to the Yamen?"

"Well, Zhang Yong will go back first, prepare his itinerary, and leave for Suzhou early tomorrow morning."

Jia Lian gave the order and immediately led the other troops to the Zhou family manor.

"It's rare for you to come here. It just so happens that the slave sisters rehearsed two dances today, one is Tang dance and the other is Song dance. I don't know which one you want to reward first?"

In the flower hall that had long been decorated gorgeously and suitable for dancing, Shen Paner invited Jia Lian to sit on the soft couch in the middle, then sat next to him and asked with a smile.

Seeing Jia Lian pondering, she introduced: "Song dance is graceful and Tang dance is unrestrained. Sister Tsing Yi and I lead the dance respectively. If you want to see the slave lead the dance, just order Tang dance. If you want to see Tsing Yi Sister, let’s order the Song dance.”

“Then let’s go to the Song Dynasty dance first.”

Jia Lian thought, it’s not good to be so unrestrained as soon as you get started, it’s easy to rub off If the gun goes off, let’s add some clear and refined embellishments first.

After her reminder, Jia Lian still did not choose Tang dance. Shen Paner pouted slightly and seemed unhappy, but after Jia Lian slapped her on the buttocks, she still smiled. Along with the other sisters, they went down to change clothes and touch up their makeup.

The geishas all have outstanding looks and superb skills. After taking turns to perform their performances, some beautiful things will inevitably happen.

Just like being on a boat on the Xiao Qinhuai River that night.

The difference is that when we first met that night, they were quite reserved with each other. Even if they were brilliant later, it was mainly due to the numbness of alcohol. Today, the girls are becoming more and more familiar with Jia Lian, and knowing that Jia Lian is leaving Yangzhou is getting closer, their desire to win Jia Lian's favor becomes more and more urgent.

Therefore, it is common for people to wink at Jia Lian during a performance. It is not surprising at all to deliberately dance to Jia Lian's side, pretend to fall into Jia Lian's arms, and then lie there unable to get up.

And some programs do not require all the members to appear together, which also leads to the fact that as time goes by, on the couch where Jia Lian is sitting, there are more and more beauties, the fragrance of the beauties, plus the slight fragrance of beauties. The smell of sweat is so exciting for men.

Jia Lian would naturally not be polite to the beauty who voluntarily allowed him to take advantage of her, because he was here to seek pleasure.

Suddenly he frowned, and the panting beauty in her arms happened to catch a glimpse of her. She suddenly woke up, and her face changed color with fear.

Don’t care about anything, stand up immediatelyHe got down and knelt on the ground, shivering.

Her actions not only confused the other beauties on the couch, but also the other beauties who were still dancing in front of them quietly stopped and looked at each other.

Seeing the beauties getting up and staying down one by one, looking at him at a loss, Jia Lian rubbed his fingers, wondering if he had accidentally detected a fake? Feeling slightly speechless, Jia Lian said in a cold voice: "Get up and speak."

When the beauty heard Jia Lian's unkind tone, she even shed tears.

Shen Pan'er vaguely guessed something, took a closer look at Jia Lian's expression, and then boldly stepped forward to pull the beauty up, and whispered in a low voice: "My Lord is kind-hearted and not harsh. "What's going on? As long as you tell the truth, I won't be too harsh on you."

When the beauty heard this, although her expression was still panicked, she felt relieved at least and knelt down again. She cried and said: "Please forgive me, my lord. I did not mean to deceive you. My family is not innocent..."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of all the beauties changed.

In order to please Jia Lian, the salt merchants, whether they were under the name of their own brothels or specially invited them, were all famous oiran ladies from all over the south of the Yangtze River.

And that’s probably what the salt merchants promised Jia Lian.

This incident happened this time. If Jia Lian was angry because of this and punished the salt merchant family behind him, wouldn't it cause another turmoil in Yangzhou City, which had just settled down?

The stakes and stakes are not something that these little oiran ladies can bear.

Although they are in the land of romance, they can still understand each other. But at this moment, if something like this happens, it will inevitably reduce the weight of all of them in Jia Lian's mind.

If Jia Lian misunderstands all of them, wouldn’t all their efforts during this period have been in vain?

Therefore, many people could not help but look at her with anger and disdain, which made the beauty even more ashamed of herself.

"Not innocent? So you have had other men before?"

Jia Lian asked expressionlessly, no one could tell his thoughts .

The beauty’s pear blossoms are covered with rain, and her pitiful appearance is very heart-wrenching.

At this moment, she could only place her hope in Jia Lian's kindness, so she replied: "This servant is shameless and has given her body to others without telling the people in the building. Therefore, if you are angry, sir, even if Punishing a slave has nothing to do with the people in the building, nor does it have anything to do with the people who invited the slave to perform..."

At this time, a beauty couldn't bear it and couldn't help but stand up and said: "My sister's body must have been given to Mr. He back then."

The beauty trembled and did not deny it. .

Seeing that there was a melon to eat, the girls hurriedly asked.

The man told her what she knew.

It turns out that this beauty belongs to Songjiang Prefecture. Two or three years ago, there was a talented man in Songjiang. His surname was He Ziyi. He was originally from a poor family. He met this beauty and admired each other. Later, the great talent praised him With the money sponsored by the beauty, he went to Beijing to retake the exam and was ranked among the top two in high school. Just listening to the stories circulated between the two of them seems to be a typical tale of a talented man and a beautiful woman.

It’s just the ending, it’s obvious.

"Back then, when I heard people talking about Mr. He's high school, I was very happy for my sister, thinking that my sister had a sharp eye for pearls. Who knew, but there was no news about Mr. He, but my sister... She is still the oiran lady from Yixianglou.

It can be seen that there are many ruthless prodigals in the world, and there are few affectionate ones."

Listening to others sighing and describing her experience Speaking of which, the beauty couldn't bear it any longer and burst into tears.

When other people saw this, they all lost their expressions and looked at her sympathetically.

It is common for courtesans to make friends with talented people. But they won't hand over their bodies easily.

Unless you have identified the other party and decided to block it.

Obviously, the outcome of losing the bet will not only be a waste of innocence, but it will also be difficult to become the oiran woman sought after by thousands of people again.

In a situation like hers, it would be okay if she honestly informed the building of the situation, but the worst she could do was get a beating. Because with their beauty, even if they are not Qing Guan'er, they can still bring great value to the building, but it is no longer worth spending a lot of money to package.

If she hides it and doesn’t report it, she can continue to enjoy the scenery for the time being. The risk is that once one day you are noticed by a real big shot and find out that you are no longer innocent, you will not be able to talk to many noble people who feel that you have been deceived.

Not only is his own future uncertain and life and death uncertain, he can also easily implicate the brothel behind him.

This is why she is scared at the moment and why everyone sympathizes with her.

Jia Lian felt helpless as he saw that the flower hall, which was originally bright and lively in spring, suddenly turned into such a miserable state.

He just wants to enjoy dancing, listening to music, and looking at beauties, but he doesn’t want to gossip and eat melons. Is he wrong?

"Why are you crying? Do you want me to help you and kill the unlucky person?My lover, I want to catch you back to vent your anger? "

" Hearing Jia Lian's question, the beauty was stunned and shook her head quickly.

"Then what are you doing when you kneel on the ground, looking like I feel pity for you?" Still can't get up. "

The beauty saw that Jia Lian's face turned warm, and she couldn't believe it. She looked at Jia Lian carefully for a few times before she dared to stand up.

Shen Pan'er was afraid that Jia Lian would be angry. At this time, he sat next to Jia Lian again and said with a smile: "She deceived your lord, isn't your lord angry? "

Jia Lian raised her chin with his hand: "She is not my woman, why should I be angry? Or did you lie to me too? "

"Giggle, I don't dare to deceive you. If you don't believe me, come and test the slave family. If you find that the slave family has deceived you, the slave family will let you do whatever you want..."

Seeing Shen Pan'er smiling brightly and confidently, Jia Lian He shook his head and looked at the others: "Who among you is like her? If you tell me now, I will not hold you accountable for what you have concealed.

But if I don’t say it now, after I am brought to the capital, I will not be as easy to talk to as I am now. "

The expressions of the other beauties changed and they looked at each other. Finally, a timid beauty stepped forward and said: "Please forgive me, sir. The slave family is not... The slave family is also the same as Sister Mengyun... "

"Oh, you also devoted yourself to a certain great talent? "

"No, it's not..."

Perhaps it was because Jia Lian really didn't intend to punish him, or maybe he didn't dare to deceive Jia Lian. In the end, this person blushed and looked hateful. He said: "The Nu family was forced by the Shaodong family, but the Shaodong family was afraid that his father would find out, so they threatened to keep the Nu family from telling the truth, and wait until he takes charge of the family in the future before accepting the Nu family back. Therefore, the slave family definitely did not deliberately deceive the adults. ”

Although it was reasonable for such things to happen to these women, Jia Lian felt a little uninterested.

He didn’t say anything and asked them to step back, leaving only Shen Pan'er and Gu Qingyi met.

Seeing Jia Lian looking at her, Shen Pan'er smiled angrily and threw herself into Jia Lian's arms, while Gu Qingyi had an indifferent expression and sat down. The guqin next to them began to play as if there was no one else around.

"Sir, are you really not angry with them? "

Shen Pan'er took a piece of snack and fed it to Jia Lian's mouth. She smiled coquettishly in Jia Lian's arms, as if she wanted to use her delicate body to completely dispel Jia Lian's unhappiness. .

Jia Lian has no interest in raising this issue again. He is not so pretentious. He wants to enjoy the various charms of prostitutes and also requires them to be clean.Yujie, this is actually a paradox.

However, this made him make up his mind.

"I see that each of you has a maid to serve you?"

"Yes, although we are slaves, our food, clothing, housing and transportation are all according to everyone's standards. The lady is sent here.

Take the slave family as an example. Not counting the people who take care of the arrangements during performances, but also the ones who usually serve closely, there are two maids.
< br />But this is nothing to me, Sister Qingyi is even more powerful. Not only is there four personal maids to serve her, but the guqin, pipa and other things used in her room are all of the highest quality.

" Sir, please take a look. The guqin in front of her was made by a former qin master. It was named "Crane Moon". It is said that the original Qianjin Yixiaolou spent a lot of money to find it for her. Here we come.

Also, when the adults saw Sister Qingyi for the first time on the boat that day, the jade flute in her hand was called 'Shock', and it was also a hard-to-find item that cost a lot of money... Wow, the more I talk about it, the more envious I become.

When you get something similar in the future, remember to buy it for Pan’er.”

Jia Lian felt strange after hearing this: "Oh, I see you have a good reputation in Jiangnan, but you don't have one or two treasures with you?"

Shen Pan'er said a little embarrassedly: "Jiaofangsi is no better than other brothels. There are really good things, but they don't get to others. So, what I have in my hands now are ordinary objects."

After hearing this, Jia Lian felt a little enlightened.

Well, it can only be said that there are benefits within the system. Big factories outside also have their advantages.

For example, the material treatment of Shen Pan'er, the courtesan in the brothel, is obviously much worse than that of Gu Qingyi, who came from the brothel supported by the Zhou family.

So Laughing Shen Pan'er: "Are you still envious? Didn't I give you this garden worth far more than one hundred thousand taels of silver?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Pan'er came immediately. Jin: "Really?"

Seeing Jia Lian nod, Shen Pan'er couldn't help but look back at Gu Qingyi, then turned back and said with a smile: "It just so happens that everyone dreams of having a garden of their own. Your Majesty said this, so the Nujia takes it sincerely.

In this case, I think the name 'Zhou Family Courtyard' is not nice, and I want to change it to another name, okay."< br />
"It's up to you."

Jia Lian naturally doesn't care. As long as it's not changed to "Jia Lian's Farewell", it won't have any impact. It is expected that the Zhou family will not dare to say anything.

　“Hee hee, what do you think of ‘Shen Yuan’? "

"Shen Yuan? ”

Jia Lian felt something sounded familiar.

But he saw that Shen Paner had already stood up, and started dancing on the spot with the dancer's costume that she had never taken off before.
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While dancing, she lightly opened her red lips and sang a love song:

“Red hands, yellow vine wine, the city is full of spring scenery and willows on the palace walls~”

"The east wind is evil, and happiness is thin... Even though the alliance is here, it is difficult to entrust the brocade book, Mo, Mo, Mo~"

"The world is thin, the human world is evil, the rain brings dusk and the flowers are easy to fall... ”

Poetry can be sung, especially these terms from the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the land of brothels, countless versions of tunes were compiled, and it is not surprising that dance music was also composed.

While Shen Pan'er was dancing, Gu Qingyi beside her was also strumming the strings to harmonize with her singing.

After dancing, Shen Pan'er fell into Jia Lian's arms. , smiled and said: "These are two pieces of "The Hairpin Phoenix" by Lu You and Tang Wan. The Nu family likes them very much. It just so happens that their surname is Shen, so they are called Shen Yuan. Wouldn't you be angry if someone named it after your own surname? ”

Even if a beauty is acting coquettishly, it’s hard for a man to show off.

What’s more, Jia Lian doesn’t care at all. After all, he can even leave the garden to Shen Paner His name shows how wealthy he is at this time.

"I just asked you and other maids, and I just want to tell you two things. One is that I have some personal matters and need to go to Suzhou. I will wait until I come back. After that, it will probably be time to return to Beijing, so you should prepare early.

Another thing is that you should send your maids back as soon as possible. When you get to the capital, I will provide you with people to serve you.

If it is really hard to separate, you are only allowed to bring one person with you at most. Is there any problem? ”

　“No problem. "

When Shen Pan'er heard this, she knew that Jia Lian was mainly talking to Gu Qingyi. After all, Gu Qingyi has four maids by his side.

Gu Qingyi She seemed to frown, but she nodded immediately when Jia Lian and the two looked at her. At the same time, she felt relieved, Jia Lian had made a public statement that he would take her back to Beijing.

"Giggle, giggle, Do you want to tell other people about this instruction? Or, among the ten of us, the adults only decided to take Nujia and Sister Qingyi back to Beijing? If this is the case, there is no need to tell them, lest they become envious. ”

The two people who had previously revealed that they were not innocent have been automatically excluded from the ranks of sisters by Shen Paner. She knew that unless Jia Lian was prepared to take all of themTake them away, otherwise those two people will definitely have no chance. That’s right, it’s okay if you don’t blame, but you still show grace?

Jia Lian’s original intention was to decide on this matter after he came back, but considering that he was going to Suzhou during this trip, it made no sense to keep these beauties here.

"Just tell them that I have left Yangzhou and I don't know when I will come back. If they want to go back, let them leave."

said , Jia Lian took out a small stack of banknotes from his sleeve, "They stayed with me in Yangzhou for ten days, and I had to express my gratitude. When they left, I paid them ten times as much as they usually paid when they went out to perform. Reward, you have to arrange this matter."

"How can I ask you to reward me with more money? We already took the money before we came to Yangzhou..."

" Shen Pan The child subconsciously said something. Seeing that Jia Lian's expression was unquestionable, he nodded the amount in his hand and said with a smile: "Even if it is ten times, it still won't cost so much silver."

"That's a lot, you Just keep it."

"Gee-Gee, sir, you are so kind to the slave family, aren't you afraid that Sister Qingyi will be jealous?"

"..."

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