The Red Chamber: Hang Qin Keqing at the start

Chapter 99 [099] Prosperity and wealth Lai Zuen, wives and concubines are not ashamed to be old

On the other side, in Ningguo Mansion.

Qin Keqing told Ping'er the reason for her illness.

It turned out that it was all because of his younger brother Qin Zhong.

But this time Qin Keqing got sick, not because Qin Zhong peeked at her taking a bath.

It's because Qin Zhong actually went to the Xianggu House to become a "mother-in-law".

Fortunately, someone told Qin Keqing about this, and Qin Keqing quickly sent someone to drag Qin Zhong back.

The so-called Xianggu House is actually the male brothel.

In this era, brothels not only feature beauties as the protagonists, but also male brothels that specialize in raising men to provide services. The scientific name is "Xiangguguan".

Xianggu, evolved from a homonym, the original pronunciation is "Xianggong".

Xiangguguan, the accurate pronunciation is called Xiangguguan.

Since the word "Xianggong" is a daily communicative language and is used quite frequently in daily life, in order to avoid the embarrassment caused by the same pronunciation and express the meaning accurately, "Xianggu" is used as a synonym.

Just as Qin Keqing complained to Ping'er, the door of the back room suddenly opened.

A boy who looked more delicate than a girl came out of the house.

Ping'er had seen this young master before, and knew that he was Qin Zhong.

Qin Zhong glared at Qin Keqing angrily, and complained:

"Sister, don't go around talking about me, okay?"

Qin Keqing was ashamed and angry, and asked tremblingly:
"You still have the nerve to blame me? Why did you do such an ignoble thing? It's a disgrace, it's really humiliating our Qin family's lintel!"

Qin Zhong's face turned red in an instant, and he simply broke the jar and asked nonchalantly:

"I owe a whole lot of debt, why can't I pay it off with my ass?"

Qin Keqing turned pale, and asked anxiously:
"To whom do you owe money? How much?"

Qin Zhong scratched the back of his head, and muttered embarrassingly:
"I owe my second aunt Lian 100 taels of silver, and now the interest rate is 180 taels including principal and interest."

Qin Keqing looked at Ping'er subconsciously, because Ping'er was the eldest maid of Lian's second aunt.

Ping'er smiled awkwardly and said:

"King, I don't know about it. Qin Zhong probably borrowed it directly from our grandma."

Qin Keqing smiled bitterly and said:

"My brother still settles the account. Since my brother owes the money to the second aunt Lian, my brother and I must return the money to her. Please tell the second aunt Lian, and I will find a way to help my brother pay it off as soon as possible. in debt."

Ping'er couldn't bear to ask:

"180 taels is not a small amount, I am really worried for you and your brother, where are you going to get so much money?"

Qin Keqing showed embarrassment, Liu Mei frowned and said:
"I'll find a way to borrow it from someone. Aunt Lian's usury interest is too high, so I have to pay her back as soon as possible."

At the same time, Wu Xindeng was overjoyed when he saw Jia Amnesty coming.

As Jia Mu's eldest son, Jia She is greedy and lustful, and acts like an official on weekdays.

Moreover, he was extremely dissatisfied with Jia's mother's preference for his younger brother Jia Zheng, and even more resented that Jia's mother let Jia Zheng be in charge.

Jia Amnesty has been separated from Jia's mother and Jia Zheng on the surface, and they are still relatives on the surface, but they are already like enemies in their hearts.

In order to seize the property of the Jia family, Jia Amnesty colluded with Wu Xindeng secretly, set up a clever name, used public funds for private use, and greedily divided up a lot of money in the Jia family's public account.

Seeing that Jia She, who was colluding with him, came, Wu Xindeng immediately asked him for help:

"My lord, please save me quickly, brother Qiang slapped me, and he said he wanted to kill me."

Jia Qiang's eyes flickered, this Wu Xindeng was really shameless, he even made a false accusation that he wanted to beat him to death.

Hearing Wu Xindeng's cry for help, Jia She immediately put on a straight face and reprimanded Jia Qiang:

"Brother Qiang, this is your fault. Director Wu has always worked hard and worked hard without complaint. Why did he offend you? You want to beat him to death?"

Jia Qiang didn't know that Jia She and Wu Xindeng had collusion behind the scenes, so she explained:

"Master Xie, I didn't say I wanted to beat Wu Xindeng to death. He lied and framed me. I just wanted to drag him to my ancestors and Second Aunt Lian for comment."

Jia She rolled his eyeballs, and said with a cunning smile:
"Brother Qiang, why do you want to look far away? I am also the head of the Rongguo Mansion, tell me the ins and outs, and I will help you judge."

Jia Qiang had already noticed that there was something wrong with Jia She's eyes, but she still told the whole story about what happened just now.

Jia She said with a cold snort:

"Brother Qiang, you are so domineering! Didn't Manager Wu say that? He didn't take the key to the warehouse today and asked you to come back tomorrow. Why did you beat him?"

When Jia Qiang heard that the other party's words were wrong, she still argued patiently and said:
"Dare to ask Mr. She, if you, Mr. Zheng, or Second Aunt Lian came to withdraw the money, would Wu Xindeng dare to speak like that? The key is clearly on him, but he deliberately made things difficult for me. This is a big bully. ! How can I bear this breath?"

As she said that, Jia Qiang touched Wu Xindeng's waist and found a long and hard object, so she took it out, and it turned out to be the key to the warehouse.

When Jia Amnesty saw this, the corners of his lips twitched. He admitted in his heart that what Jia Qiang said was very reasonable, but he blamed him severely:

"Anyway, Director Wu is the head of the bank warehouse in Rongguo Mansion, and he is a respectable person in our Jia family. It is wrong for you to beat him!"

Jia Qiang could see it, it turned out that Jia She was trying to sideline Wu Xindeng on purpose!
Obviously, the relationship between Wu Xindeng and Jia Amnesty is very unusual. These two guys must have collusion and contacts in terms of interests, and they are the same breed.

If I continue to spend too much time talking with Jia She, it's just seeking skin from a tiger.

Since it was useless to talk too much, Jia Qiang didn't bother to talk nonsense with Jia She, and directly bypassed Jia She, and dragged Wu Xindeng to Rongqingtang.

But he had just walked a few steps when he was stopped by Jia She.

Jia Amnesty was determined to keep Wu Xindeng, and would definitely not let Jia Qiang take Wu Xindeng to meet Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng.

If Jia's mother dismissed Wu Xindeng's position as head of the silver warehouse in a fit of anger, then Jia Amnesty would no longer be able to collude with Wu Xindeng and embezzle the money from Jia's public account.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, and Jia She has already regarded Jia Qiang as an enemy at this time.

"Brother Qiang, you have to be reasonable. If you hit Wu Xindeng, it was your fault. Why do you have the nerve to drag him to the old lady to complain? You have to apologize to him!"

Jia Amnesty completely tore off the pretense of amiability, trying to force Jia Qiang to compromise by using his elder status and tone.

But how is Jia Qiang a soft persimmon who can be manipulated by others?Immediately, his face sank, and he said coldly, neither humble nor overbearing:

"Master She, I respect you as an elder, and please make way for me. I have to ask Mother Jia and Second Aunt Lian to help me judge."

Jia She raised his chin and snorted coldly, "What if I don't let it go?"

Seeing his high-ranking, unreasonable and arrogant face, Jia Qiang's fists slowly tightened.

Suddenly, a man's voice came:

"Master She, Brother Qiang, what's wrong with you?"

Jia Qiang followed the prestige, and saw that the speaker was Jia Zhen, who was striding towards this side.

(End of this chapter)