Chapter Eighteen
"I said...this kid can't have escaped!"
"How is that possible! This is the Hidden Flower Pavilion. We are surrounded by people. Even if you climb through the window, you can't get out! You want to run? Where to run?"
"Then it's been so long, why doesn't the guy upstairs come down..."
"Ouch... just wait a little longer!"
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After looking around, Wang Yihuan's expression gradually changed after he noticed the messy facilities in his house and the dazzling sunlight coming from the window, and his expression gradually became frightened.
"It's over! It's over! The time for tapping has definitely passed!"
It's so pitiful that officials in the Ming Dynasty basically didn't have any vacations.
Wang Yihuan hurriedly put his clothes back on and was about to go out when he heard the voice of the madam from last night coming from outside the door.
"Isn't that Mr. Wang upstairs still awake?"
"Twenty thousand taels of silver, that is our Zanghua Pavilion's biggest financial sponsor this year. You must take good care of it and make him give the money to you!"
These two sentences made Wang Yihuan break into a cold sweat instantly.
What?
Did you spend 20,000 taels of silver last night?
Didn't we agree that Supervisor Wang would treat the guests?
How can I have so much money? What I carry with me may not even be enough. If word gets back home that I owe 20,000 taels of silver in a brothel.
I'm afraid my father will have to consider whether to have another baby.
Thinking of this, Wang Yihuan could only pray that he could convince the madam to let him go first...
As long as I can return to Baoyuan Bureau, I can still find Wang Siqi to find a solution...
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"What? No money?"
"Mr. Wang! Don't make fun of me. Why don't you ask where the Hidden Flower Pavilion is?"
The madam had her hands on her hips, and her face was evenly rouged with gouache, and the fat on her waist and waist were intertwined with each other. Wang Yihuan was stunned on the spot by his arrogant look.
After a long while, he said tremblingly: "I am the deputy envoy of the Baoyuan Bureau of the Ministry of Industry. How could I owe you this little money? When I go out and let you know, someone will send it to you."
"Deputy Envoy of Baoyuan Bureau?"
"A very big official?"
The madam was stunned when she was told that. After all, she had never heard of such a place before, and she thought it was some great government office. At this time, the thug on the side stepped forward and said with a smile: "From the ninth rank!"
"From the ninth grade?!" The madam's voice suddenly became high-pitched.
Without saving face for Wang Yihuan, he immediately said with a suspicious look: "From the ninth rank? It's rare... I didn't expect that there are officials from the ninth rank in the capital."
People who come and go in Zanghua Pavilion every day are either famous merchants or nobles.
Being able to see a junior official from the ninth rank today opened the eyes of the madam, but this did not prevent her from continuing to ask Wang Yihuan for money.
He immediately said: "Baoyuan Bureau is nothing, hurry up! Twenty thousand taels, you can't get out of the Canghua Pavilion without even one copper coin today!"
Just when Wang Yihuan was at his wits' end.
I heard a cold male voice coming from behind the madam: "Say it again? Why is Baoyuan Bureau not a thing?"
"Whose belt is not fastened..."
"Wang...Master Wang..."
When the old bustard saw the visitor, his expression immediately changed.
Unexpectedly, Wang Siqi left and came back again, so he quickly explained: "Oh! Master Wang, you see what I just said is wrong, but this money..."
"Do you think that I, Wang Siqi, can give you the money from Canghua Pavilion?"
"No, no! The prince's family has a big business, why would he care about this little money..."
"Now I am the supervisor of the Baoyuan Bureau. If you accuse the Baoyuan Bureau in front of me now, aren't you just slapping me in the face?"
Upon hearing this, the madam was also smart and quickly began to apologize.
"Ouch! Master Wang, please don't be as knowledgeable as a little person like me. How can I, a woman, understand the prestige of Baoyuan Bureau? Look, isn't this a misunderstanding?"
"In the future, whenever a gentleman from the Baoyuan Bureau comes again, I will definitely receive him happily!"
"Discount!"
"Discount?" The madam was stunned, not quite understanding what discount meant.
He could only look sad, and then said Wang Siqi: "I wonder what Master Wang means by discount?"
"It's just cheaper! I'm here to give yesterday's money. If you offend Baoyuan Bureau, you're offending me. For the sake of face, can't you be cheaper?"
The madam's eyes rolled.
Thinking that nothing could be done to offend a generous regular customer like Wang Siqi, even though Baoyuan Bureau sounded like nothing to her, she still said with a smile: "Okay, okay! Today is just for Wang Siqi's sake.
For the sake of the young master, everything must be cheaper for the young master Wang..."
"Why don't I accept five hundred taels less from Master Wang today?"
"What? Old Madam! Is it possible that my name, Wang Siqi, Wang Siqi's face and the face of Baoyuan Bureau are only worth five hundred taels of silver in your eyes?"
Hiss.. For the old bustard, five hundred taels is not a small amount of money.
My heart has been cut with a knife, and it feels as painful as cutting flesh.
The old bustard, whose heart was bleeding, said feebly: "Then... one thousand taels?"
"Sincerity! Where is your sincerity? You act like this young master is blackmailing you, show your sincerity?"
"Two thousand taels..."
"I'm so annoyed by the grinding! I still have business to do!"
"I'll tell you a number!"
"Five thousand taels! Get in the car!"
???The madam's pupils dilated instantly after hearing this number, and he quickly waved his hands and explained: "Master! Master Wang! How can someone from the small door of Zanghua Pavilion be so cheap as five thousand taels!"
"Girls still have to open their mouths to eat!"
Wang Siqi looked at the madam with a surprised look on his face. Wu De, who was pulled out of his home, instantly understood the meaning of Wang Siqi's expression. He couldn't help but secretly admire his young master's shameless skills as he became more and more refined.
After changing his expression, Wu De said on his behalf: "What's five thousand taels cheaper?"
"What my young master means is, just five thousand taels! It's fifteen thousand taels cheaper!"
"Ouch!"
"This is not okay!"
"The food and drinks alone cost more than this!"
Wang Siqi was reluctant to give him even five thousand taels, but when he heard that the madam was unwilling, he didn't want to get up on the spot.
"As for your wine fairy dew, if there is no better choice, I would not be willing to drink it!"
"According to me, that thing is no different from drinking cold water."
You can say other things, but when it comes to Jiuxianlu, even the madam becomes anxious. There are countless brothels in the capital, and this Jiuxianlu is the capital for her to settle down and live here!
How could Wang Siqi comment like this?
"Even a woman like me is unwilling to say what Mr. Wang said. If Mr. Wang can find a better drink than Jiuxianlu today, let alone these five thousand taels! Even last night's expenses will be waived.
so what!"
"Is this true?"
Chapter completed!