Hu Sanniang is indeed a woman who hangs out in the lower-class places in the East City, and has a very sassy personality.
Seeing the two people coming, he waved his hand and said, "I wonder which gambling house sent these two distinguished guests to cause trouble? I will pay double the amount of money they paid."
Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun looked at each other. It seemed that Hu Sanniang thought they were colleagues and was here to cause trouble.
Qin Rushuang thought for a while and decided that she might as well just use her plan.
So he said to Hu Sanniang, "It's easy to talk. I have heard of Hu Sanniang's name for a long time, but we are not here to stir up trouble today, but to ask Sanniang for a stepping stone."
Hu Sanniang paused while holding the tea cup, then put the tea cup on the table. She seemed not to understand what Qin Rushuang was saying and asked, "What do you mean by that? I don't understand."
Qin Rushuang smiled and said, "Nowadays, who doesn't know that the biggest gambling shops in the East City are all working with a very skillful boss, making a lot of money every day, and making a lot of money."
"My boss is also very greedy, but the casino is not that big. But my big boss said that if the noble people behind it are willing to help us make a fortune together, we can expand the size of the casino."
Hearing what he said, Hu Sanniang seemed to believe her statement, frowning and asked: "Which gambling house are you from?"
Qin Rushuang took a roundabout way and did not say her name directly.
Mainly because she was in a hurry to go out with Xie Xun today, and she also wanted to come to the casino out of the blue, so she really couldn't make up a name for the casino.
But before Qin Rushuang spoke, Xie Xun suddenly said lightly: "Shunyi Gambling House."
Hu Sanniang's brows furrowed even more when she heard Xie Xun say the name of Shunyi Gambling House.
"Shunyi Gambling House is large enough, but...my master has clearly contacted Shunyi Gambling House, but you are unwilling to join."
Xie Xun raised his eyelids, glanced at her lightly, and said, "Because the boss didn't think that your master was so smart and could earn so much with him. After all, this matter is risky. Now that he sees you getting rich, I think
to join you guys."
Hu Sanniang paused and said, "I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to ask the master. Which one of you is the manager of Shunyi Gambling House? I will send someone to deliver the message then."
Xie Xun did not answer her question, but said, "If there is any news, go directly to Shunyi Casino to find Lao Liu, and Lao Liu will pass the message to our boss."
Seeing that things were almost settled, Qin Rushuang was ready to leave with Xie Xun. After all, the more they talked, the easier it was to reveal flaws.
But when she stood up, she suddenly saw a fan on the table beside Hu Sanniang.
The fan was not opened, but Qin Rushuang could tell if it was a common object just by looking at the fan bones.
The fan bone should be made of fine camel bone, and it has been played with for many years. The camel bone is as warm as jade and has a faint luster.
The most expensive thing about this thing is not the camel bones, but the fact that the camel bones can be sold for a lot of money if you take them out at such an age.
But such a fan didn't match Hu Sanniang's temperament at all, so Qin Rushuang asked a lot, "Hu Sanniang is willing to part with this fan if she buys it well?"
Hearing her words, Hu Sanniang frowned, grabbed the root of the fan, and put it in her arms.
"This fan is my favorite, and I won't sell it. I'll see you off when you come."
Qin Rushuang didn't force it, nodded, and left with Xie Xun.
After leaving the gambling house, Qin Rushuang couldn't help but ask: "What happened to Shunyi blocking the house?"
"Shunyi Gambling House was opened by my order. Originally, I just left some people to inquire about some information in a low-class place. Later, I found that it would be better to open a gambling house by myself. I owed money to something.
They can all be used to pay off debts, and useful information can also be used."
"Then who is the sixth child?"
"Lao Liu is a veteran who retired from my side. He is responsible for blocking visits for me."
Put it in there... it's a low-class place. If you come here occasionally, you'll get into trouble, and the business isn't clean either."
Qin Rushuang didn't let him continue. She nodded and said, "I understand what the prince means."
Xie Xun asked about another topic.
"When you left just now, I saw you asked Hu Sanniang about that fan. Do you like a fan like that? If you like it, I will find it for you."
Qin Rushuang shook her head and said, "No, I just don't think that fan should be something that people like Hu Sanniang would like, and... the value of that fan lies in the camel bone that has been turned into jade."
"When I asked her, she grabbed the camel bone and didn't seem to care about it at all. On the contrary... she seemed to be afraid that I would see the fan."
Qin Rushuang frowned, recalling everything about the fan. Suddenly, a pattern flashed through her mind.
The camel bones had some unique bone patterns, and she seemed to see an engraved symbol on the bottom of the fan...
Just because of the cover up of the bone pattern, the mark didn't seem to be particularly clear. She could only feel it flashing through her mind, but she couldn't remember what it looked like.
Qin Rushuang told Xie Xun about her discovery, and Xie Xun comforted her: "If you can't remember it, don't think about it. Just check it slowly. It's not a big deal at all."
Qin Rushuang nodded.
That's what they said, but on the way back, they didn't take a carriage and walked all the way. Qin Rushuang's thoughts were a little far away, and she kept forcing herself to recall the appearance of the pattern.
How could Xie Xun not know what she was thinking, so he stopped trying to persuade her after a few words of advice.
As he walked, he felt Qin Rushuang's footsteps stop, so he turned around and said, "Let's go back to the palace first. If we can't remember, we can do it later..."
"I remembered."
"What?"
"I remembered why I noticed that pattern, because I felt that the pattern looked familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere."
Qin Rushuang looked straight at the brightly lit place diagonally opposite and pointed.
"I saw that pattern in this brothel."
Xie Xun looked in the direction Qin Rushuang pointed and frowned tightly.
He was no stranger to this brothel.
It was the place where he and Qin Rushuang rescued the girls when the girls fell into the water in Hongling Lake.
"Isn't this place closed down by the government a long time ago? Why is it now welcoming guests again?"
Qin Rushuang smiled and said, "As long as you have money and rights, what kind of brothel can't be opened?"
"Then where did you say you saw that pattern?"
Qin Rushuang pointed to the plaque of the brothel. There was a small, fan-like pattern engraved on the lower right corner of the plaque.
"I remembered that the fan Hu Sanniang was holding had this pattern at the root."
"In that case, let's go in and explore the truth. I want to see who it is. Not only did they take back all the underground gambling houses in Dongshi, but they also got involved in the brothels."
Xie Xun chuckled lightly and did not refuse. Instead, he said: "If your mother knew that I took you to these places today, she would probably beat me to death. You would eat, drink, whore, and gamble...it would all be over soon."
