That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 217

Xu Beiyou first went to the Tang Mansion according to the distance, and met Tang Yuerong here. Tang Yuerong's attitude was lukewarm, and she just chatted with Xu Beiyou lightly, but her attitude was like this on weekdays, Xu Beiyou didn't think I mean, after leaving the Tang family, I went to the famous Qianjin Tower.

Qianjin Building has two meanings. The first meaning is because the building is covered with gold, and a total of 600 yuan of gold leaf is used to describe the expensive materials used in the entire building.Another meaning is to describe the high social status and good looks of the women in the building, comparable to the rich ladies of the official family.

Although the Qianjin Building is called a building, in fact there are many independent cross-courtyards around the main building, and the overall area is quite large.

Of course Xu Beiyou would not enter through the main entrance openly, but entered a courtyard of the Qianjin Building through an inconspicuous side door, and then walked through the corridor to the main building of the Qianjin Building under the guidance of a class leader.

In all fairness, Xu Beiyou didn't like this place very much, because the smell of cosmetics here was too strong, no matter how elegant the decoration and artistic layout were, it couldn't hide the pungent scent of cosmetics.

The "taste" here certainly does not refer to the smell smelled by the nose or the taste tasted by the tongue, but a mysterious feeling, like a barracks of an army of hundreds of battles, no matter how it is cleaned or even replaced, it cannot be erased. Get rid of the bloody smell of killing that seems to be soaked in the bones.

The Qianjin Building has five floors. You can go to the top floor along a hidden staircase that is not shown to outsiders. The entire floor is not connected to the four floors below, and there are no walls to divide the rooms. In other words, the entire top floor is a huge room Most of them are embroidered piers, tables and chairs, which are placed randomly, and nearly a hundred people can sit and chat here. Only in the deepest part is a small area separated by gold-painted lady screens and emerald bead curtains.

After Xu Beiyou entered the top floor, the class leader who led the way offered him another pot of tea and retreated back the same way. At the same time, the screen and bead curtains in the back of the room seemed to be pushed to both sides by invisible hands. Withdrew, revealing a huge imperial concubine couch behind it.

To Xu Beiyou's surprise, the person sitting here was not Mrs. Luo, but Qin Mumian, the real owner of the Qianjin Building.

Today's Qin Mumian is wearing a moon-white plain skirt and a lake-colored gauze dress. If you put aside the vulgar attitude on your body, in terms of clothing alone, you are more like a woman from a middle-class noble family. The Qianjin Building, which is very expensive, is a bit out of place.

Xu Beiyou said in astonishment, "Aunt Qin, why are you here?"

Facing this moody woman, Xu Beiyou carefully used the word you.

"Why can't I be here?" Qin Mumian seemed to be in a good mood today, got up from the bed and asked with a smile, "After all, this is my property."

"But here..." Xu Beiyou considered his words, and finally said with a dry smile, "It's not very good after all."

Qin Mumian smiled and said, "Do you think this place is not clean? Little guy, it's not that it's dirty here, but you can't see it."

Xu Beiyou, who was still a boy until now, was exposed by Qin Mumian's words, his face was slightly red, and he couldn't help coughing a few times to cover it up.

"As an elder, it's a bit outrageous to tell you this." Qin Mumian chuckled and said, "But don't be too taboo, if a monk can't even see through this little thing about men and women, why are they talking about immortality? The Taoist sect has the double cultivation technique in the room , Buddhism has the Zen of Joy, and there are countless other heretic ways of cultivating supplements. There is a secret method in Xuanjiao called Nine Sons and Mothers, which can transform nine naked beauties. "

Xu Beiyou's face straightened, and he respectfully accepted the instruction.

Qin Mumian sat on one of the embroidered pier near the window, pointed to an embroidered pier not far in front of him, and said, "Sit down."

Xu Beiyou sat down respectfully.

Qin Mumian asked, "Are you here for King Qi's business?"

Xu Beiyou nodded and said: "King Qi's invitation has been sent to my residence, I am here this time just to communicate with Mrs. Luo in advance."

"Luo Fu." Qin Mumian tapped the table with his fingers, "She's not here, but it's the same as what I said."

Luo Fu, this is the first time that Xu Beiyou knows Mrs. Luo's real name, it is really a beautiful name, but after what happened, she changed from Luo Fu to a frightening Raksha girl.

This idea just flashed through Xu Beiyou's mind, and then he turned his thoughts back to the current matter and asked, "Aunt Qin, what method do you think King Qi will use to force the three of us to take out the money?"

Qin Mumian stretched out the index finger of his right hand and swung it left and right, "It's not just the three of us, what Xiao Bai has to face is the rich merchants in the entire Jiangnan. After all, there are endless businesses in the world. In addition to our three, there are also salt merchants in Jiangnan. He Haishang, who can gain a foothold in Jiangnan, which one is easy? If it wasn't for this, why would Xiao Xuan let his son come here in person."

Xu Beiyou asked again: "If Aunt Qin, you are in the position of King Qi, how should you proceed?"

Qin Mumian smiled and said: "If you put yourself in Xiao Bai's perspective and look at the problem, you can generally have three strategies to deal with it. The bottom strategy is very simple. Didn't Xiao Bai bring a thousand relatives? Just let go and kill anyone who refuses to accept it." Who, but this is also the most inferior and stupid method, not only will it make many rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River feel cold, and even cause chaos, but it will also disappoint the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and Xiao Xuan.

Qin Mumian paused for a moment, and then said: "As for the middle strategy, it's not complicated. To put it bluntly, it is to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys. Although the power of the rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River is great, they are not monolithic. They even have a lot of trouble with each other on weekdays. At this time, Xiao Bai only needs to Find a worthy family out of them, and you don’t even need to incriminate them. After all, how many clean businesses are there? You only need to look over the past crimes, and then send this unlucky ghost to the guillotine, and then Xiao Qingtian is famous all over Jiangdu and the Taiping drama where wealthy businessmen, big and small, donate money for disaster relief."

Xu Beiyou was not familiar with officialdom and temples, but at this moment, he felt a little enlightened when he heard this "twilight concubine" narrate, but Qin Mumian's next words made his expression change suddenly, "As for this unlucky concubine The choice of ghosts is nothing more than two points. One is to have enough weight, otherwise it will not be able to frighten other ghosts and snakes, and the other is to be rich enough to squeeze out enough money. In fact, it still falls to the three of us. On the head, it's not that our three families are destroyed, Xiao Bai doesn't have that ability, but if he is selected to be the chicken that is killed for the monkeys, it will inevitably be a lot of pain."

Xu Beiyou took a breath, and said slowly, "Among the three families, I am inferior to Mrs. Tang in terms of cultivation, and even worse than Mrs. Luo in terms of qualifications. I am also the most likely to be selected."

"Not necessarily." Qin Mumian said with a strange smile: "After all, you still have Xiao Zhinan's affection, but this affection is a double-edged sword. If Xiao Bai really chooses the middle strategy, will he choose you? It depends on whether you can satisfy him."

Xu Beiyou smiled wryly and was speechless.

Qin Mumian continued: "There is still the last best strategy. It is a test of skill and heat. Doing things is like cooking small fresh food. If the heat is too high, things will be burnt. If the heat is not enough, it will be on the surface. If Xiao Bai wants to use the best strategy, he can't do it now. Sending invitations to you, at least wait until he feels the depth of the water in the south of the Yangtze River is almost the same. The article secretly encourages these disaster victims to deal with these rich and unkind businessmen, big and small, so who would dare not submit obediently?"

This time, Xu Beiyou admired Qin Mumian so much that he was worthy of being one of the three Lafayettes who had manipulated the situation in the south of the Yangtze River for many years, and he was not just domineering by virtue of his own cultivation.

Finally, Qin Mumian said: "Don't underestimate these temple officials, some of them are indeed powerless, and they are not even the opponents of a few-year-old boy from the Taoist school. It’s not as good as them in case, you have to beware of them killing people with a knife.”

"Thank you, Aunt Qin, for your teaching." Xu Beiyou nodded solemnly, remembering every word the elder said.

Qin Mumian picked up the tea bowl and said nothing.

Xu Beiyou got up and said, "Let me go, junior."

(End of this chapter)