Zhu Laosan stopped insisting, "But it's troublesome for the young master."
"Her business, your business, is my business. What I'm most worried about now is that something unexpected will happen to her... Tsk, I'm so stupid. Do you know where Xiao Zhou is from?"
"I once heard her say that she lost her mother when she was young and came from the 'Orange City' a hundred miles away. She said she came to Xuzhou with her father to seek life, but she disappeared with her father halfway through the journey. After a bumpy journey, she came to Xuzhou alone.
state."
Lan Chen nodded and analyzed, "In this case, the possibility of returning to Orange City is small. It should still be in Xuzhou. You first go to the Xianfeng Station to report the case, and then go to the east to look for it. The remaining three directions will be handed over to you."
Me."
"Master, this is too hard for you, you should let me run more."
"You are old, so don't be nagging. By the way, how did you do what I told you?"
"I've dug three feet into the ground, but I can't find anything out of the ordinary in the mansion. Is there really a treasure in the mansion?"
"Who knows, it's true that Lan Mansion is being targeted. Forget it, let's find Xiao Zhou first."
After saying that, Lan Chen left in a hurry.
Zhu Laosan hesitated for a moment. While thinking about where Xiao Zhou might appear, he walked towards the Xianfeng Office. At the same time, he also thought about whether to go to Yanfang and ask Lao Zhang to look for someone together.
It took half a night to find it.
I was so anxious that I was sweating profusely, and there was no news at all. Xiao Zhou was like a stone sinking into the sea, without making any waves.
"Where did she go? I asked the people who asked her and there was no trace of her. I'm afraid she disappeared out of thin air." Lan Chen wiped away the sweat, pulled the clothes on his chest and fanned her face.
When he finally turned his attention to the familiar 'Flower Street', he frowned suddenly.
A feeling of uneasiness swept over me.
"No way... but selling women forcibly is also a crime. Xian Feng cannot ignore it. Are you really that bold?"
Shaking his head, he had no choice but to suppress the strong intuition.
I even want to slap myself in the face. If that were the case, it would be a crow’s mouth!
Holding the last and least expected possibility, Lan Chen walked towards Flower Street and towards... the red building!
Red Mansion, in a word, is a place where flowers and willows are found.
Rouge girl, she bows her head and poses, is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and can also please her.
When you walk in, you will be greeted by the fragrance of flowers, which is a bit enchanting and has a faint charming fragrance, making people intoxicated.
The huge atrium is full of flowers as you walk in, and there are also many flowers nestling on the attic railings to say hello to the people below.
There are ice cubes everywhere in the stairwell, which also relieves the heat and makes it easy to look for flowers.
It's such a red building, it's so rich, but even the Xianfengsuo doesn't have ice to cool it down.
"Ah, the young lord is here!" Upon seeing this, the madam pushed her buttocks out and walked towards him, her artificial voice mixed with the jingling of the jade bracelet bells. "It's been a long time since I've been here, you've become a rare visitor."
Lan Chen quickly pushed away the madam who was leaning forward, and said righteously, "Madam, please respect yourself."
"Oh? Young Master is playing with lust? Okay, that's a long night, which flower girl do you want today? Su Yan? Hua Lin? Or both together?"
Lan Chen felt embarrassed. It was so embarrassing that he even wanted to run away now. The memories of the bastards from the past came like a flood and almost swallowed him up.
But he suppressed his nausea and pretended to be calm and said, "No, I'm already engaged. I just want to get drunk and enjoy watching the dance and listening to the music. I came here this time to ask for something."
After a fleeting disappointment passed over the Madam's face, she immediately smiled and said, "That's a good thing, young lord, my concubines congratulate you first. It would be great if you come to watch dances and listen to music more often. What can I do?"
Helped you?"
"Is there a new girl coming in these two days?"
"You..." the madam was a little embarrassed, "I just said that I was drunk, why are you asking about new flowers now?"
Lan Chen smiled bitterly, quietly took out a tael of silver, and pressed it into the madam's hand, "I'm looking for someone."
The madam was startled. She took it away calmly at first, then dragged Lan Chen aside and said, "Are you looking for flowers or someone?"
"Looking for someone."
"If you are looking for someone, it would be against the rules of the industry." The Madam said sternly, "But as far as my relationship with you, young lord...it is true, a new girl came today and is still being taught. Her name is Xiao Zhou.
.”
Lan Chen gritted his teeth, his veins bulging slightly.
Sure enough...it's the worst case scenario, but it's not irreversible yet!
"Xiao Zhou is the maid in my house. She has been missing for a few days. Who sold her?"
"He is a rough old man who smells of alcohol. He looks unfamiliar and is probably not from Xuzhou. But young sir, at that time, the woman didn't make trouble or cry, so she just stayed at her mercy.
Maybe there’s something hidden in it.”
The Madam spread her hands helplessly, fanned herself and said, "Young Sir, you don't know something. It's just a woman. Apart from those proud men, who can decide her own destiny? Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite, even if I
No matter how much I see, I just don’t understand, I don’t understand.”
"It's useless to say more. The maid in my house belongs to my family. Please let me see her."
"What? Do you want to redeem it?" The madam smiled.
"Let's do things on a first-come, first-served basis, right? Her long-term contract is still in my house, how can she sell it to you?"
"Ha, yes. In fact, you have already redeemed it. The man was in urgent need of money, and I saw that the woman was in her prime, so we settled the deal for eighty cents. It seems that I made the profit. But I have a request.
"
Lan Chen was stunned, this madam... there is something in her words.
But he still nodded and motioned to the madam to continue.
"If she is willing, she can go with you, but if she is not willing... please don't take her away by force. This is the Flower House after all, and I regard those little girls as half of my daughters."
Lan Chen squinted his eyes and nodded.
He heard the sincerity towards Xiao Zhou from the tone of the Madam's mother-in-law's voice, but it also confused him. Is Xiao Zhou's situation really that bad?
Under her leadership, Lan Chen crossed the atrium and walked to the backyard.
According to her, any new flower must receive some poetry and song training before they can officially take up the job, and the training place is also in this backyard.
"I won't go in. I'll wait for you at the door. As soon as possible. You know you're very busy now."
"Then thank the madam first."
The Madam waved her hands, smiled and said, "The whole Xuzhou doesn't like you, but the concubines are grateful to you, so you just drank some wine, didn't do anything extraordinary, and you were generous. Unfortunately, after you were released from prison,
Then he won’t come again.”
"Hahaha, easy to talk about."
After making excuses, Lan Chen pushed open the creaking wooden door and walked in.
When I entered, I saw Xiao Zhou in plain clothes playing with the xylophone with his eyes dull.
"I didn't remember...I asked you to learn this, Xiao Zhou."
After seeing Xiao Zhou safe and sound, Lan Chen's heart finally dropped. This chapter has been completed!