Chapter 7

The alley where Gao Qi lives is even more dilapidated than I thought. I was wearing gorgeous clothes and looked extremely dazzling in the alley. Even the old lady downstairs of Gao Qi's family looked at me suspiciously for a long time before shouting to the second floor: Gao's girl, there is a big official looking for your Xiaoqi

The old woman and I both looked at each other unexpectedly, of course, there was only one reason. Gao Qi, as a gangster, seemed not to have anything to do with the two people who were looking at each other.

Old man is Gao Qi's mother. Although Mrs. Gao's clothes have been patched and patched, she has a kind of demeanor in every move. It seems that she is from everyone. The harsh environment has not exhausted her elegance, and she can still see some of the past style.

I said I didn't know Gao Qi, but a friend told me that there were some things he could help me, Mrs. Gao looked at me with a little depressed look for me for a long time before leading me upstairs and into a dark hut and said: Then let me be wronged, please wait for him here.

You're a bastard!

Looking at Gao Qi who was dressed in bright clothes and was drunk, I couldn't help but scold him.

Who are you? I have never seen you, Gao Qi, is surprisingly calm, her slender eyes staring at me like a poisonous snake

You are still a man. It depends on what your mother wears, and whether you still have a conscience! Seeing Gao Qi's reaction, I felt a move in my heart. This gangster is a talented person. He was determined to try the bottom line he could bear, so he deliberately angered him.

You were dressed more glamorous than me! He replied immediately, and seemed to remember something, and his face suddenly changed: You are from the Gao family, right? My mother has been hurt by you enough, and she still has the face to say to me! Get out! As he said that, he punched her and hit me.

I raised my hand and held his fist. There was some brute force on the fist, but obviously I had never practiced martial arts before. Under the urging of my internal force, he persisted for a while and gave up resisting. He howled like a pig-killing scream, and pulled out Mrs. Gao and a handsome little lady. Seeing that Gao Qi seemed to have suffered a loss, he looked at me anxiously. Mrs. Gao even said, "The great official has something to say!"

My hand let go, but Gao Qi kicked again. I followed the trend and he staggered and almost sat on the ground. Maybe he knew it was too far from me. He turned around and protected his mother and the little lady, with a look of fear on his face.

I am not from the Gao family. My surname is Wang. I am a constable in Hangzhou. As I said that, I lit up my waist sign.

Gao Qi's expression suddenly relaxed. It turned out to be the boss's boss. The young man had never committed a case. I wonder what you always look for? He was also a little suspicious: Are you really the boss's boss?

I'm going to be transferred to our office soon. I'll know if the captain will be there.

A sharp light flashed suddenly in my eyes, and Gao Qi's face suddenly became more respectful. He asked his mother to go into the inner room to rest, and told the little lady to serve tea and water, saying that this was his wife's family, and then said: What are your instructions for looking for the young man?

I didn't say anything. Seeing Gao Qi's family was extremely poor, it was obviously very poor. The most valuable thing in the whole family was probably his clothes. I frowned. Gao Qi, looking at your mother and wife, both are well-educated and well-educated people, why are you so unmotivated?

As if he touched his sadness, he suddenly became excited: I am neither studying nor illiterate, how can I seek motivation?

What is the reason why you have hands and feet, but you are not diligent, don’t do anything to give birth, and spend all day in brothels and gambling houses?

I am not motivated, but when I want to motivate, will the Gao family let me go? I sell cloth, and they dye it; I open a tea shop, and they fight in the shop every day until they have tormented all the dowry brought by my wife over? What else can I do? I can't do anything! If I don't spend some money in the brothel and gambling house, will my mother and my wife starve to death?

As he was talking, Gao Qi actually started to cry in grievance, and a low sob came from the inner room.

I asked the whole story in detail and found out that Gao Qi's mother was the concubine of the owner of the Gao family, a wealthy family in Suzhou. The eldest wife was afraid that Gao Qi would be favored by her son, so she ordered the housekeeper to lure Gao Qi not to study well. When the old man passed away, the eldest wife even found an excuse to drive the mother and son out of the Gao family. She was afraid that the clan members would gossip, so she forced Gao Qi to the evil road to force him to be a scholar. She got married since childhood. Although Gao Qi did not improve, she refused to regret the marriage. After Gao Qi was determined to turn back and do some serious business. However, the Gao family destroyed him, and the second was that he was not a good person. He quickly tortured all the dowry brought by the husband and couldn't go back to the old road.

This kid is really a good material for informants. The brothel and gambling house are originally the distribution center for news, and his family also happens to be a powerful weapon to ensure his loyalty. I was determined to try his observation skills, and then suddenly changed the topic: I heard that Sun Miao has arrived at Kuaixuetang?

Gao Qi was a little confused and said in confusion: Yes, she was the Kuaixue Hall that she arrived at this morning at 3 o'clock. There was also a little girl with her. She seemed to think of Sun Miao's beauty. His face showed a look of yearning and his eyes suddenly became stunned. He heard my cough heavily, and he woke up. He seemed to understand something. His face felt much more relaxed and said with a smile: So you always want to check her background.

She was holding a round fan for the Nanman in her hand. It looked very new. She had never seen the young one in Suzhou. She probably came from Songjiang. There were the most things in the Nanman there, and Han Zheng, the guard of Jiyuezhai, stayed by her side. I heard that Jiyuezhai opened the day after tomorrow, maybe my son and grandson Miao came to congratulate her.

She lives in Fuyun Tower in Kuaixue Hall and never came out in the morning. The second son of the Sun family in the west of the city paid 100 taels of silver, but she refused to show up. He sighed. It would be better for Sun Er to not see her. Don’t have lovesickness like Li Xiucai, and spend all his life in it.

A few words showed Gao Qi's insight and vision, when did Sun Miao arrive, who were his peers, what was popular in the city, and what was worth noting recently. He observed it very carefully. Jiyuezhai is an outsider and has not opened yet, so he even knew the name of the guard. It seems that he did not waste time in a brothel and gambling house.

I made up my mind and took out ten taels of silver. Gao Qi, don’t you want to stay in Pingli Lane all your life, right?

As soon as I took action, he was surprised. Ten taels of silver were enough for his family to be comfortable for three months. He didn't know what price he was going to pay, so he didn't dare to accept it. He looked at me and waited for the following article

I want you to be my informant

Gao Qi suddenly quit sex on his face and smiled and said, "You always polite me. The young man is just a gangster who can't stand on the stage. What news can you always ask for? He hesitated for a while and said, "You may not know that you are a newcomer. Mr. Lu hates the people in the world the most, and even the informant is unlucky. I heard that when he first took office, he found that one informant announced one. Now everyone has no courage to touch his bad luck."

I know that Lu Wei manages Suzhou like a wall. People who don’t have a legitimate job can’t even think of gaining a foothold in Suzhou. The gang is clean and clean. Jiangnan is the territory of Dajiang League. It has branches in important cities, but Yingtian and Suzhou cannot see its banner. However, Lu Wei is so strict with the informant. Once an informant is exposed, it is definitely not a good ending to wait for him.

Gao Qi, I am giving you a chance for your mother and your wife. You can make money without risk. Will there be such a good thing in the world? I sneered, I am an official, and I will take it on Mr. Lu. I will pay ten taels of silver a month. What I want is an informant who only provides information to me. Otherwise, I will make you feel embarrassed.

There was a strong pressure in my words, and the ten taels of silver in a month also moved Gao Qi. He stared at me for a long time before he took over the silver. Okay, Gao Qi will bet once, don’t bully me!

My first request was to let Gao Qi move, and I gave him 200 taels of silver to open a small shop selling rouge and water powder. After all, I needed a suitable reason and a place to meet him. Gao Qi was also a very thoughtful person. I immediately understood what I meant and said, "Let's rent a shop behind Confucius Temple, which is close to Kuaixue Hall and Lichun Courtyard, and it can be sold to those girls at a good price." But rouge and water powder are all used by women. I don't understand this industry, and I am afraid that the Gao family will make trouble again. I will advise him how to choose the best goods. I told him if the Gao family makes trouble, I will directly report to the government office and I will tell him the prefect to the prefect to tell him the matter.

Gao Qi finally understood that I was using him sincerely. After being silent for a long time, he suddenly knelt in front of me: Brother, I, Gao Qi, are a gangster, but also a five-foot man! Brother, don’t worry, I, Gao Qi, even if I tried my best to do the things you told me, would do it for my brother!

You don't need to fight hard, I just need your news. I smiled and said that although Gao Qi expressed his opinion, I was not completely relieved, so I found an irrelevant thing to try his nature. Gao Qi, you have been watching Sun Miao in the past two days. You have to find out what people she has seen, what she has said, what she has been to, what she has eaten, and even visited the toilet several times a day.

Gao Qi was really quick to do the business. When I saw Lao Sanwei at night, he had already found a shop and moved the house.

Brother, this Sun Miao is really extraordinary. I have seen many girls in the brothel, but I didn’t see her like this. He ate a bowl of pumpkin dumplings in one breath and said with a touch of his mouth.

We sat in the corner of the shop, and no one paid attention to us. The diners' eyes were attracted by the Linglong sisters. Even Gao Qi couldn't help but take a few more glances and said enviously: When did Brother Nan ask for two such beautiful women?

That's my concubine, come here to help Lao Nan's help

Gao Qi immediately withdrew his gaze. It turned out that the elder brother and Nan Ge were friends, so Gao Qi was even more relieved when he first came in. He looked a little nervous, but he relaxed at this moment. Brother, you may have been to the fireworks place. There is a saying that "the brothel loves money, and the sister loves beauty." In fact, which of these two brothel women don't love? But I just can't see what Sun Miao loves! You say she loves money, and she refused the 100 taels of silver from Mr. Sun in the afternoon; you say she loves beauty, and in the afternoon, several famous talents in the city visited each other and were also turned away. Even Qiu Ying, a famous painter in Jiangnan, said she wanted to paint her. Is there anyone who is so good in the world?

That's because you have little knowledge. I remember Su Jin, the top star in Tingyue Pavilion in Yangzhou, the "Songxian" who is as famous as Sun Miao. Didn't she also turn me out at the beginning? This is a pair of piano and songs, and even the methods of dealing with men are similar.

Gao Qi was a little dissatisfied. Li Chaoyun and Bai Mudan were also famous prostitutes, but they were not as good as hers!

Sun Miao is the famous prostitute among the famous prostitutes

Hearing me say this, Gao Qi thought hard and thought about it, but I leisurely looked at Linglong and shuttled between the table like a butterfly. When the diners looked itchy, they suddenly remembered a sentence from Master. Every foreigner in Yangzhou looked very lewd. It seems that Suzhou is the same.

I always think something is wrong with her, but I just can't tell her. Gao Qi thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of it. So, he was a little discouraged. He just lost his heart and said nothing. However, if she ran to the dock like her, she would offend all the guests one day.

It doesn't matter if she offends the guests, as long as her madam doesn't offend the guests. She has a red face and a white face, and the ice and charcoal are the same furnace. It makes you feel like there is no way to get to the mountain. There is another village with dark willows and flowers. This is the only way for a prostitute to make money.

But Sun Miao has always been alone, and there is no madam who manages her business.

Oh? I was stunned. There are many outstanding women in the prostitute's family, but there are very few famous prostitutes who have become famous prostitutes because the prostitute had invested a lot of effort before and there were powerful gangsters behind the prostitute's family to support her like Su Jin. If it weren't for the Tingyue Pavilion, a gangster rich man like Murong Qianqiu would have been defeated before she became popular. How could it be my turn to take her fallen red?

What backer does she have? I originally wanted to try Gao Qi, but I got unexpected news. If Sun Miao had no backer, wouldn’t she be a wonderful informant?

When I was serious, Gao Qi was a little confused and said with awkward smile: Brother, I'll go check now!

Gao Qi left, I had nothing to do, so I stayed in the Lao Sanwei shop and the crowds were flowing. Nan Yuanzi was so busy that he didn't even wait for me to greet me. The guests gradually dispersed.

Your sister-in-law is going to die of happiness today. Nan Yuanzi calculated that he made more than twice as much money than usual. His silly face was full of smiles, but he was wronged by his two younger sisters.

I smiled and said, "What are you wronged or not?" I just asked after eating: Lao Nan, do you know Sun Miao?"

Mrs. Yu gave me a blank look when she heard this. Nan Yuanzi saw it and then turned around and glared at her without saying anything, "Freeze, men speak, women do not cause trouble!"

As soon as he said that Wuxia was actually Linglong's mother, Mrs. Yu. He couldn't help but be stunned. Linglong's sisters were also stunned. Subconsciously, Mrs. Yu looked at her mother. Unexpectedly, she lowered her head, pouted her mouth and said softly. Yes, then pulled Xiao Xiao and Linglong to the side.

Is Yu Wuxia really Mrs. Yu? I was a little confused in an instant. As soon as Nan Yuanzi's concubine sent iced rose and bayberry soup. Wuxiao and the four girls of Xiao Xiao surrounded him and tasted it. After drinking it, they kept shouting, and asked all the questions about how to hide ice and how to bake roses.

Nan Yuanzi looked at Yanxian and said: "My brother is like governing the army." The brother and sister are so harmonious. It's really admirable."

I thought to myself, Linglong, Mrs. Yu was originally a mother and daughter, and Xiao Xiao was their savior, and she was willing to keep a low profile. If she couldn't get along well, then she saw that he seemed to have forgotten my problem, so she reminded: Lao Nan, Sun Miao!

Brother, you are so persistent! He laughed, Gao Qi said it right, Sun Miao is a lone artist, and calling her a famous prostitute is a bit inferior to her

I was shocked. He could actually be distracted by the noisy crowd. He heard Gao Qi's deliberate depression. Even if his internal strength was worse than mine, he would definitely be stronger than Lu Wei. Although I knew he was a stranger in the world, I didn't expect that he would have such strong martial arts skills.

Nan Yuanzi blinked, brother, you must know yourself and your enemy when fighting. Of course, you must understand the strength of your opponent, and you must also know the situation of your friend.

My eyes showed a look of gratitude. I knew that Nan Yuanzi told me his true strength in a special way. In case of an emergency, I can make a quick judgment based on it. I will not lead to wrong conclusions because of incorrectly estimating the strength of my friend.

No one is betrothing her, no one is beating her? Then why is she famous?

Nan Yuanzi was a little suspicious, brother, aren’t you a lewd? Why didn’t you know the piano and flute meeting in West Lake, Hangzhou three years ago?

Yes, I am a thief, but I am a first-class thief. Even if the woman in the yard is a fairy, I won’t be very interested. Those women who can be bought with money really lack the pleasure of conquest for me. Is the phony and flute? Very famous?

I did not lie. Among the four famous prostitutes in Jiangdong, Li Yu, Sun Bi, and Wang Qu of Bitao Pavilion, was abandoned by me like a despicable pawn after having a night of fun with me. Only Su Jin spent some time on my mind, but I received a rich reward.

His grandmother, there are so many rules for being a traitor. Nan Yuanzi smiled bitterly, but Sun Miao is still a wise man. I’m afraid he can’t buy it with money. No wonder you are interested in her. He makes fun of me casually and then said: As for the reason why the Qin and Xiaohui Society is famous is because the owner of the flute is so famous, Tang Yin and Tang Bohu, you should know, right?

It turned out to be my senior. The Taohua Fairy in Taohua Temple showed a yearning look on Nan Yuanzi's face. I know that Tang Yin has a lofty position in the minds of Suzhou people. A thief is so respectful. It seems that my future is really impressive.

Master Tang's flute was blowing the colorful fallen flowers by the banks of Xizi Lake. Sun Miao's seven-stringed lyrics sounded. The chorus and flute ensemble was like the sound of nature. It made the tourists fascinated. There were more than twenty people who fell into the West Lake. It didn't look like Nan Yuanzi who had read any books. He was spitting lotus flowers at this moment, which made me feel more and more unpredictable.

After a fisherman's and woodcutter's question and answer, Master Tang said only one wonderful sentence, and then floated away. However, these two words were enough. After Sun Miao became famous in one fell swoop, she became active in Hangzhou, Ning, Su, and Song, and her value was getting higher and higher. I heard that the great salt merchant Chen Zhou used 3,000 taels of silver to invite her to celebrate her birthday.

Sun Miaohong is so legendary, my curiosity is even stronger, I even hope to arrive early the day after tomorrow

Back at his house, the maids served Xiao Xiao and did not avoid the maids in the room. They washed my hair and rubbed my back with naked bodies. However, the two little girls Mingzhu, Xizi, had no time to do anything, kept blushing and helping with her face. As soon as she finished, she left in panic.

Master, let’s take Linglong, the girls are already talking about it, saying who Linglong is from the master, and she is a concubine, why don’t you see your master favor them?

These girls are so chewing, and they will find a housekeeper to discipline them tomorrow

Xiao Xiao burst into laughter, why is the master not anxious this time? She changed her hand and buzzed the fan, and said with a smile: Xiao Xiao looks at Yulong as innocent, but Yuling seems to be a little anxious.

Just your sharp eyes, I rubbed the pair of bulges on her chest, feeling the drastic changes under my hands. Young Master, I really regretted that Linglong sisters were not on the boat. I smiled bitterly, Lao Lu is the number one arresting captain in Jiangnan, and I must see that Linglong is still intact. Now that I have taken them, I can't make him think I am a beast! After all, Linglong's mother has just passed away in his head. This time, I'm really tied up with a cocoon.

Master...isn't you afraid... Brother Lu~ Xiao Xiao couldn't hold on and fell into my arms. Master is afraid of his sister Wuxiao's eyes. She said with silky eyes

I'm afraid of her? A joke! As soon as I thrust my waist, my clone entered Xiao Xiao's famous weapon. Am I afraid of her? In my mind, Mrs. Yu looked so cute and stupid as she lowered her head and pouted her mouth. Seeing Xiao Xiao's face with an expression of ecstasy, I understand that she was not afraid of her.