imperial psychologist

Chapter 525
The girl's face is covered with tulle, and she is sitting alone on a chair in the middle of the stage, holding a pipa in her arms.

In the stands on the second floor, Zheng Mi took a few steps forward, and almost put his face on the bead curtain for a long time--it was confirmed, this was not Bo Ling.

He breathed a sigh of relief, took two steps back, and retreated to his seat to sit down.

At this moment, Turtle Claw stepped forward and put two iron balls into the red-bottomed velvet tray on the right side of the stage.

"One thousand five hundred taels...!"

Zheng Mi staggered and almost couldn't sit still.

"How much... how much?"

Zhang Shouzhong looked back at him, "One thousand and five."

Zheng Mi stood up again, he stepped forward a few steps, walked to the front of the bead curtain and looked carefully - what kind of girl can come up and ask for 500 taels of silver?

"Master Zheng, please come back." Zhang Shouzhong felt helpless, "If you go any further, your head will stick out..."

Zheng Mi shrank back, but still stood in front and listened for a while.

After listening to several phrases, Zheng Mi turned to look at Zhang Shouzhong, "...how does Mr. Zhang think this pipa is played?"

"...Well," Zhang Shouzhong stroked his beard lightly, "it's... so-so."

Zheng Mi nodded, his face was full of confusion, "It sounds normal to me, even if this little girl looks amazing, she can't see her face now, how come she can shout out 500 Two denarii—"

"600 taels—!"

"One thousand seven hundred... one thousand eight hundred taels!"

The announcements from the tortoise claws under the stage came one after another—in the halls around, many tortoise claws stepped forward one by one with smaller iron balls in their hands, adding size to the red plate.

Every time a ball is added, the tortoise claw on the stage will report.

Zheng Mi gasped.

"Oh my god……"

If Baihuaya is a gold-selling cave, he has always known about it.

It's just that Baihuaya belongs to the Jiaofang Division, and the taxes paid here can only flow into the emperor's internal funds, and have nothing to do with his yamen. It is rare to go to his Jingzhaoyin Yamen——Jiaofang Secretary has a special arbitration firm.

He had heard a few rumors about this May Crescent before, but if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes today, he really would not have thought that this place would be so profligate.

To be honest, if it's for listening to the piano, there are plenty of luthiers with excellent piano skills in Baihuaya, if it's for women... there are more choices here to spend money on.

One thousand, 800 taels... just to buy a girl with mediocre piano skills and a full face?
"Two thousand five hundred taels!"

"Two thousand eight hundred taels—two thousand nine hundred taels!"

In the blink of an eye, the price went up to one thousand online again.

Zheng Mi supported a nearby stool and sat down slowly.

In the outskirts of Pingjing, the annual expenditure of a family of three farmers is only two taels of silver.

The price in the audience is still going up.

At the end of the song, the large and small iron balls on the red plate were taken out and rearranged, and the final price was "200 taels of silver".

"Is this crazy..." Zheng Mi stared dumbfounded at the crowded heads, "200 taels?"

"Master Zheng, don't be surprised," Zhang Shouzhong said softly, "The price is not too high."

"Isn't that high?" Zheng Mi frowned.

"Yeah, look at the sign on the front of this girl's red plate, it's from the brand name Xi - most of the things they sent today are criminals who went out from the Jiaofang Division." Zhang Shouzhong said softly, "And these five Most of the people who buy people in the Crescent Bank are wealthy businessmen from all over the world, and they only spend a thousand taels of silver... They should all go for their former officials."

Crime, official status...

Zheng Mi finally understood.

These girls are all innocent, and most of them were born in wealthy places.

When their family was at its peak, the vast majority of people in this hall would not have any chance to propose marriage, but now that the phoenix has fallen from a branch, it is natural that someone will come to plunder and feast.

"What time is Boling?" Zheng Mi asked.

"I don't know about that." Zhang Shouzhong said softly, "There is no schedule for this one, so we can only wait."

In the compartment on the second floor, the three silently watched the singing and dancing on the stage.

Under the light red shadow, the girls walked away one after another, and the price on the red plate kept calling out new highs. At this time, Zheng Mi heard sharp applause and booing from the audience.

No one knew which family came from the high price of money, only the tortoise's claws were like bees in the flowers, walking endlessly through the aisles of the hall.

Looking at this situation, Zheng Mi's expression gradually became bitter.

Zhang Shouzhong looked at Zheng Mi's expression from time to time, took advantage of an intermission, and softly comforted him, "Your Majesty Zheng, don't worry too much. As far as I know, the emperor should have arranged for someone to pick up Xiao Si's medicine."

Zheng Mi shook his head, "I'm not thinking about Xiao Si Yao."

Zhang Shouzhong waited silently for his next words.

Zheng Mi said in a low voice, "...my family also has a daughter who is just seven years old after the Chinese New Year."

Both Sun Beiji and Zhang Shouzhong were stunned for a moment, and suddenly their moods became complicated.
Zheng Mi didn't say the rest, and they just pretended they didn't hear it.

The gong sounded again, and a tortoise claw stepped forward, took down the signboard of the previous brand name in front of the red plate, and put up the signboard of the "Xi" brand name again.

It was halftime at this time, and after half the night, even the spectators themselves felt a little tired.

Everyone chatted with each other about what they had gained in the first half, and their voices did not calm down for a long time.

At this moment, a wooden zither was carried to the right side of the stage by the turtle claws. Amidst the noise, a girl in Tsing Yi was led onto the stage by the turtle claws with her head down.

She sat down in front of the zither, and then looked sideways at the side of the stage. After taking a few deep breaths, the girl took off the veil on her face to show her true colors.

The crowd suddenly quieted down.

There is a saying about taking off the veil—if you want to be favored by a family of high-priced bloggers, you should cover up your identity.After all, the foundation of the crime is there, and if you don't want to cause trouble, you shouldn't show your face in front of everyone.

Sure enough, when everyone saw clearly that there was a pretty girl behind the veil, many of them sighed.

However, there are also people whose eyes are slightly bright in the dark.

In the May Crescent Walk, the girls who took off their veils in front of the stage had only two ways to go.

Or, if no one bids, continue to go back to the original flower kiln to make pigs and dogs for the bustard—you know, if no bids mean that all the money that the bustard put on her before is in vain, such a girl will end up with a terrible fate. How is hardly anyone's guess.

The other way is to let the flower kilns of other brands also secretly pay for the redemption, and half of the money earned in the past three years will go to the original flower kilns.

But the problem is that the most profitable days for most newly promoted girls are the first three years, and each flower kiln has its own channels of entry, so it is not easy to impress them to buy from the May Crescent Shop...?
In the past few years of the May Crescent Walk, almost no one would do this kind of thing...

What is this girl on stage thinking?

Ai Songqing looked up at the crowd in the audience, she raised her hands gently, and then gently landed on the strings.

In the corner of the stage, a girl in a white dress danced lightly and walked to the center of the stage in a few steps.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the singing immediately attracted everyone's attention——

"Look, the great river is going east, the waves have wiped out the heroes of the ages—"

(End of this chapter)