Chapter 1716: Tea Party, Zhenzhen, Zhou Family

"Master Shangguan, you are here!"

When Hong Ling, the madam of Baijianglou, saw the three people coming in, she immediately greeted Shangguan Shen, and simply ignored Su Mingzhe and Lin Jingyuan, the two regular customers.

Su Mingzhe and Lin Jingyuan didn't care about being treated coldly.

After all, it's because I don't have a good father.

Shangguan Shen's father was the Minister of Revenue of this dynasty, and he was ranked among the top ten powerful figures in this dynasty.

Even the arrogant Prince Ning would carefully try to win over Shangguan Shen when he met him on weekdays and would not dare to say anything rude.

Therefore, where Shangguan Shen is, it is only natural that others are ignored.

Not long after.

Under the arrangement of the madam Hongling, the three of them came to the Jade Pavilion in the backyard and sat down.

Su Mingzhe was telling jokes to Lin Jingyuan when he saw the madam Hongling leading three top girls and eight popular geishas into the house.

The guest of today's banquet is Shangguan Shen, so Su Mingzhe naturally cannot be stingy.

Even though there were only three of them, Su Mingzhe still acted like a wealthy man. Before entering the house, he gave four hundred taels of silver to the brothel owner Hong Ling and asked her to spend as much as she wanted. If it was not enough, he could give more.

The madam Hongling was really rude.

The money for the tea party for each of the top girls she brought with her was twenty taels of silver, plus the night fee, it was definitely more than sixty taels of silver.

In this way, the three top performers would cost one hundred and eighty taels of silver for one night.

Eight popular geishas just came to have tea, and each of them was paid five taels of silver, which amounted to forty taels of silver.

There were still about 100 or 80 taels of silver left, and the madam did not hesitate to spend it. She ordered the kitchen to prepare three tables of delicious banquets, and also hired a flower girl to accompany the three men's followers.

……

Watching the geishas playing the flute and dancing gracefully, the three top performers kept stirring up the scene, and the joyful scene in the flower hall never stopped.

When the geishas were tired and began to take a break, Su Mingzhe suggested playing games.

The games played in brothels are far less elegant than the poetry recitation and couplet composition in movies and TV dramas.

Most of them are small games such as dice rolling, flower drums, and pot throwing.

As the host, Su Mingzhe must give some leeway to avoid winning too much and embarrassing the guests.

Lin Jingyuan and Shangguan Shen both maintained their composure. Even though they won, they did not bully the top performer or the geisha.

Seeing that today's guest was so gentle and refined, the ladies naturally served him more attentively.

Play to midfield.

A big teapot came running in and reported:

"Master Shangguan, Miss Qingqing is out to dance!"

Shangguan Shen's eyes lit up when he heard this:

"Miss Qingqing's dance is a must-see!"

Everyone followed him to the front hall and saw many guests coming out.

It was obvious that these guests were attracted by Miss Qingqing's fame.

Su Mingzhe wanted to follow them out, but was stopped by a geisha:
"Master Su, I have something to tell you..."

"If you have something to say, tell me now!"

When Su Mingzhe was pulled by the woman, he saw Shangguan Shen had already left. He could only pinch the woman's pretty face and said unhappily:

"Miss Zhenzhen, you'd better be serious, or I'm going to open your bag tonight!"

As a geisha, although Zhenzhen followed her sisters to sing and dance and to have tea, she had not yet married (spent the night). When she heard that Su Mingzhe was going to open her bag, she was so scared that she begged for mercy:
"If you are interested in me, please help me redeem myself. I don't want to get married in Baijiang Tower..."

Whether a woman in a brothel gets married or not is two completely different situations. If she does not get married in a brothel, then she is still in her original state. If she is chosen by a rich man, she can be redeemed and become a concubine. If she gives birth to a boy or a girl, her life will be changed.

If she got married in a brothel, it would not be original.

According to the rules of brothels, such women are usually drugged, and even if they are redeemed, they will not be able to have children.

After the age of thirty, you become old, ugly, lonely and helpless, and your life is over.

When Miss Zhenzhen heard that Su Mingzhe was going to open her body in the attic, she was so frightened that she panicked and begged for mercy repeatedly.

"Tell me, girl, what do you want from me?"

Su Mingzhe was just trying to scare her, and when he saw that she was showing signs of weakness, he stopped teasing her.

Seeing that the man had loosened his temper, Zhenzhen dared not talk too much and quickly got down to business:
"Master Su, my brother came to me a few days ago and said that my parents wanted to sell my sister to marry him. I know that Master Su is kind and righteous, so I want to ask Master Su to help me send some gold and silver to my parents and save my sister."

"It's a small thing!"

Su Mingzhe asked where Zhenzhen lived and agreed.

Miss Zhenzhen hurriedly thanked him and quietly slipped back to her residence. She put all the change that the guests had given her when she and her sisters had tea together into her purse and gave it to Su Mingzhe.

Su Mingzhe counted the money and found it was about seventy or eighty taels of silver.

It's pretty good that Miss Zhenzhen can save so much pocket money just by playing tea.

The two of them walked hand in hand to the lobby of the front building, and saw that Miss Qingqing had already finished her dance.

Miss Zhenzhen immediately looked at Su Mingzhe with an apologetic look on her face.

If she hadn't delayed the man, Su Mingzhe would definitely not have missed this opportunity.

Su Mingzhe doesn't care:
"It doesn't matter. As long as Miss Qingqing doesn't redeem herself, there will be plenty of opportunities to see it later."

……

The next morning.

Su Mingzhe saw Shangguan Shen and Lin Jingyuan off, then leisurely returned home.

As for helping Miss Zhenzhen deliver the silver, he didn't need to do it personally.

Not long after he returned home, his servant Mingyan came to find Miss Zhenzhen's elder brother.

"I, Zhou Sansi, pay my respects to Master Su!"

Zhou Sansi is an honest fisherman in his early twenties. He looks somewhat similar to Zhenzhen and has a thin figure.

When he saw Su Mingzhe, Zhou Sansi didn't dare to say anything. He just kowtowed three times.

In the Yuan Dynasty, ordinary people like Zhou Sansi did not even have the qualifications to have a name and could only use their birthdays as their names.

Another person like him is Zhu Yuanzhang, whose original name was Zhu Chongba, which means he was born on August 8th.

For example, Chen Youliang, whose original name was Chen Jiusi, means he was born on September 4th.

……

"Brother Zhou, there's no need to be so polite. I came here to see you because your sister asked me to do so!"

Su Mingzhe recounted what Zhenzhen had entrusted him with, and then handed Zhenzhen's purse to Zhou Sansi intact.

Zhou Sansi didn't know whether Su Mingzhe had withheld the money, but seeing that Su Mingzhe had helped to deliver so much money, he kowtowed several times to express his gratitude.

"It's all right now. You can go back first. Remember to find a good family for your little sister. Don't sell her to a brothel again..."

Su Mingzhe thought of the girl Zhenzhen in the brothel, and his heart softened. He gave a few more instructions:
"I think Brother Zhou is quite capable. If life gets tough in the future, you can find a job at our Su's carriage and horse business. Just mention my name!"

"Thank you, Mr. Su, for your appreciation!"

Zhou Sansi was indeed an honest man. Before leaving, he bowed politely and then took his leave.