Chapter 39 Find a place to chat
The madam first greeted Manager Qian, then looked up and down at Qiu Wuhen, covered her mouth and said with a smile: "This young man is so kind-hearted, and seems to have seen him somewhere. Sister Qian, why don't you recommend me?"
"This is the husband of Mr. Su's family in Mingshan Village, Mr. Qiu Wuhen Qiu."
"Oh, I know, I know, the scholar who is the wife of Mr. Su, who doesn't know in the county? The old man had such a big business in the capital before, but unfortunately he lost all of them. It's so pitiful. Oh, if you don't talk about these, why did Mr. Qiu come to me today? Although it's too early today, it doesn't matter. I will prepare the wine and food first, and the young master will eat it slowly. By the afternoon, these sisters have enough energy and keep it for you to choose one to take advantage of your wishes. How about it?"
After saying something like a cannon, there was almost no chance to interrupt. Finally, when she stopped, Qiu Wuhen waved his hand and said, "I'm here to find you for something, not to eat flower wine."
The madam giggled a few times after hearing this, patted her thick chest and said, "If you have anything to do, I will definitely help you as long as you need it, sister."
Qiu Wuhen took out the painting and handed it to her: "Do you know this person?"
The madam took it over, glanced at it, shook her head immediately, turned to ask Qian Jinzhi and said, "Oh, who is this girl? She looks so beautiful, her face is like this, she looks like this, she is definitely able to support a brothel!"
"You mean she looks like a pillar?"
“…??”
Qiu Wuhen, who was standing beside him, had already taken the seemingly normal movements of the madam. There was something wrong with the madam.
In order to avoid seeing the expression on her face, she deliberately turned to talk to Qian Jinzhi. Although she successfully concealed the expression on her face, she turned to talk to Qian Jinzhi just now. This abnormal little action exposed her panic, and she must know something.
Qiu Wuhen said, "Can I talk to you alone?"
The madam had lost her previous enthusiasm and stammered: "I'm busy. I still have a lot of things. Why don't I change and make an appointment for another time tomorrow, okay?"
Qiu Wuhen walked forward, turned his back to Qian Jinzhi sitting on the chair, took out the Jinyiwei's waist card from his arms, and held Liang in front of her with his hands.
When the madam looked at it, she suddenly said that her fat flesh shook and looked at Qiu Wuhen in horror.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyiwei was a person who could not cry at night by saying it. He accidentally caused a disaster to destroy the family. Looking at this exquisite waist card, especially the word "ordered" on it, you will know the other party's origin, and it is still a hundred households.
The Jinyiwei Hundred Houses are several levels higher than the county magistrate, let alone the emperor's confidant.
The madam was also a knowledgeable person. How could she not know this? She dared not to refuse. She quickly shook her fat in panic and nodded: "Young master, the villain should die. If you have any questions, please give me the order. The villain must obey it."
"Let's do this, I'm very interested in your brothel. Please accompany me to walk around your brothel. I haven't visited the brothel yet, so I want to see it." As he said that, he turned around and said to Niu Shui Gang, "You stay here!"
He nodded to Qian Jinzhi again, without explaining, and walked out with his hands behind his back.
The madam told Mr. Gui to entertain the two of them well, and followed them out immediately, and did not dare to speak much without saying anything.
Qiu Wuhen said, "Take me to a convenient place to speak."
"Then go to mine."
Qiu Wuhen nodded, followed her out of the front yard, and there was a quiet yard behind, with two large and thick turtle men guarding at the door. It seemed that this was the madam's residence. After entering, the madam drove everyone out and closed the door. Then he said tremblingly: "Sir, please speak if you have something to do."
Qiu Wuhen looked at her coldly: "I have already said what I should say. I am waiting for you to tell who this person is. You must know him, don't force me to use means."
Anyway, the torture and injunction of confessions in the Ming Dynasty was allowed by law, and the name of the Jinyiwei was so well-known. Even if he didn't know what methods he had, he could change his color immediately after just saying it. This was Qiu Wuhen's reliance.
The madam shivered again and said with a bitter face: "I can't say it. If I want to say it, my brothel will not be able to open."
"Don't you say that your brothel can be opened? Believe it or not, I will demolish your brothel immediately with an order!"
I am a Jinyiwei family on the waist card, but because I am a secret agent, I cannot do this unless I investigate the case, but when will I wait until I don’t pull the banner?
The madam was even more frightened and trembled all over, and finally stomped her feet: "Okay, it seems that I can only care about one's head. - I know this woman, her name is Yin Hong. She is actually not our Yunduan County, but a firework woman from Jiangnan. I was originally planning to be the top sign to pick up customers, but before she could even wait for the listing, she was attracted by Mr. Xiahou and bought it for me for a lot of money."
Qiu Wuhen's heart was stern: "Master Xiahou? Which Master Xiahou?"
"Master Xiahou Tian, he is the only rich businessman named Xiahou in Yunduan County."
Qiu Wuhen didn't expect to go around and go around Xiahou's house again.
At that time, the painting housekeeper was not there, and the two maids were there, but there was no strange expression. It was probably that the two maids did not know this woman.
Xiahou Tian bought this woman but did not take her home. Could it be that she was hiding a beautiful woman in the golden house?
Sure enough, the madam said, "Mr. Xiahou has a strong family background. He bought a small courtyard in Yunduan County to raise her. I have also gone to sit in it. This kind of thing is too common for wealthy families, and no one will care about it."
When the madam said this, she obviously didn't want to say it, but after seeing Qiu Wuhen's cold gaze, she still made up her mind and continued: "But, one year ago, one day in summer, I don't remember to invite it. That day, Mr. Xiahou suddenly told me that Miss Yin Hong was missing, and asked me if I colluded to release his pigeon, cheated him of his money, and then ran away? I immediately swear that it was definitely not, because my brothel is so big, so I wouldn't have to use the method of putting pigeons to make money. That's really absurd and it's easy to destroy business!"
"Mr. Xiahou heard what I said make sense, so he didn't continue to doubt me, but asked me to help him find this woman. I asked him what happened. He said he went to the small house in the morning, but the old mother and maid said that the girl disappeared the night before and could not be found everywhere. She was fine when she went to bed the night before, but she disappeared at dawn, so I don't know where she went."
"They were also anxious and did not dare to come and report to the master. Unexpectedly, the master came afterwards. We searched everywhere and even asked someone to go to Jiangnan to check, but there was no news. Yin Hong didn't know where she came from. It was just what she said herself, so there was no way to find it. It was true that no one could live or die or corpse."
Qiu Wuhen said, "How did you know her?"
"She took the initiative to find me and said she was willing to come here. I saw that she was dignified, beautiful, and had excellent piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so she agreed."
Qiu Wuhen found it strange. This woman named Yin Hong went from a wealthy place in Jiangnan to a remote south to a business, which was very strange. Because if she wanted to run a flesh-and-skin business, wouldn’t it be better to be in Jiangnan? There are many wealthy businessmen, so wouldn’t it be easier to make money? Why did she go to a small county town in a remote mountainous area to do such a thing? The motivation is unpredictable.
From this we can see that she should have come here for some purpose. What is this purpose?
Chapter completed!