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Chapter 94 Do You Want to Lose a Woman or Lose Face

After all, it takes time for Wumei Village and Xu Shiqi to appoint officials, and there will be no results within three to five days.

After Shen Shuren deployed the steps he could do, he could only wait for the net to be collected.

After three days of busy work, drinking and giving gifts to people every day, making friends with people, making a lot of acquaintances, and returning home at night was exhausted like a dog.

Fortunately, Chen Yuanyuan was sensible, and the new tricks he learned gradually made perfect, so that he didn't have to work hard at night, and he could press and knead him after he was done.

Counting the days, it will soon be time for the Meixiang Tower to hold a banquet and let the guests redeem Li Xiangjun.He had no choice but to operate in two lines, and worry about this end first.

The brothel doesn't open early in the morning, so Shen Shuren slept in a low-key way this day, and went there after lunch.

Li Xiangjun himself is willing to be his internal response, so things are much more convenient.Some other guests who joined the party that day, even if they got wind that Mr. Shen would also come to participate, most of them thought that he was here to open their eyes.

After all, I have been working as a magistrate in the countryside all year round, and I have never seen the oiran of Qinhuai River in Nanjing redeeming himself, so it is normal to want to see and see.

When Shen Shuren came to Meixiang Building, he saw that the building was already lit up, and he specially decorated it.

When Li Zhenli saw him, she also nodded and bowed, and found a few other sisters to sit with him, and opened a separate private room for him.

Of course Li Xiangjun can't show up easily tonight, she has to wait for the guests to finish bidding and the famous flower has a owner before she can accompany the guests.

Fortunately, the actions of other girls are not restricted.

Bian Yujing, who is now second only to Li Xiangjun in fame in Meixiang Building, was originally a presence that attracted everyone's attention.Tonight is a little more leisurely, and I don't need to go on stage to sing, and I don't need to accompany the guests to discuss the world and talk about the rise and fall of history.

Only then did she find an opportunity to sneak into Shen Shuren's cubicle to report the news, avoiding people's eyes and ears and passing on the latest situation:

"You're finally here, and you're keeping your word. My sister has gone to great lengths to help you. She even tricked my mother, making her think that the son is just here tonight to learn from the scriptures, to observe and emulate, and plan to make a move next time."

Shen Shuren originally didn't expect any accident to happen tonight, so he was ready to spend money directly.After hearing these words, his curiosity was aroused. He folded his folding fan and asked seriously, "Oh? What did Miss Li say?"

Bian Yujing pouted unconsciously, subconsciously feeling aggrieved:
"My sister told my mother that Mr. Shen didn't want to redeem her body, but wanted to redeem me in the future, so let's take a look at the approximate cost first, so that I know what I'm going to do. Mom didn't take you seriously."

These words made Shen Shuren even more strange: "Can she believe this? Xiangjun and I met once the year before last, but I only met you a few days ago."

Bian Yujing was furious and coquettish: "Mom has seen a lot of heartless people in this life, but whenever a man is said to be heartless, the more heartless she is, the more she will believe it.

Of course, my sister would not say that you are interested in me. What she said was: If you want to redeem me and give it to Mr. Umemura, or if Mr. Umemura wants to save face, you can pretend to give me back my freedom and let me go to him.

My sister also said, you want to curry favor with Mr. Meicun because you have some dealings with the Imperial College, so you don't hesitate to change the way to give a heavy gift!
Hou Fangyu changed her mother's words just last month, and she wanted to give her sister to Zuo Liangyu.How could she not believe it when she heard the same kind of despicable behavior now!I must feel that men all over the world regard women as playthings, buy them and give them away at will! "

Shen Shuren was really startled after listening to the two daughters' sassy maneuvers planned by themselves in the past few days.

It seems that they really study hard, and a girl can actually use tricks.

Although, it's just some calculations at the level of gossip.

Shen Shuren playfully joked: "Schoolboys should look at you with admiration for three days. Miss Bian, for the first time, I admire you a little bit. If you are a man, you can learn from those generals who built slaves and memorize "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" backwards." , Maybe they can lead troops to fight.”

Bian Yujing had never heard of such a statement, so he was naturally curious:

"Really? Jiannu still reads "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to learn how to fight? I have more than ten million scholars in Ming Dynasty, how can I not see through Jiannu's superficial art of war?"

Shen Shuren shrugged helplessly: "It's true, it may be that there are too many corrupt scholars in my Ming Dynasty, and 99 out of [-] only read the Four Books and Five Classics."

Bian Yujing didn't ask any more questions, turned the building back, and leaned close to Shen Shuren's ear to ask for credit: "My sister and I worked so hard just to help you save a few thousand taels of silver, how can you thank us?"

Shen Shuren smiled, and spread the folding fan with both hands: "How else can I thank you? By then, your sister will be mine, and I will treat her well. If you want me to thank you, at worst, I will redeem you as well. Li Jiang Shihui, having money is self-willed, and no tricks will work."

Bian Yujing blushed, and spat: "You really have no conscience, you really want to redeem me and give it away?"

Shen Shuren: "How is that possible? Even if I redeem you, at most I will give you back your freedom and let you choose to stay or stay. You have figured it out, if you don't want to find Mr. Meicun, or have concerns about Mr. Meicun, then it's none of my business. Anyway, I To you, to Mr. Plum Village, it’s all paid off. I, Shen, may buy a woman for my own pity, but I will never give a woman away like a thing.”

For the first time, Bian Yujing stared at Shen Shuren's eyeballs seriously for a long time, and the clear eyes made her believe that the other party didn't need to lie.

Why would a rich man cheat a poor girl.

"You are considered a thief and a good man. Anyway, you still have to do something or not. Forget it, it's getting late, and my mother will be suspicious if I continue talking with you. Don't let my sister down for a while." Bian Yujing sighed Tone, put away the joking expression, and left solemnly.

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As night fell, there were more and more guests upstairs and downstairs in Meixiang Building. The upper-class literati in Nanjing would like to come to join them.

Shen Shuren sent away the insider, carefully observed the guests, and soon discovered the main target to be blocked tonight, Hou Fangyu.

In addition, he also met friends from Hou Fangyu's family.

Gong Dingzi, who had already served as a military officer in the capital and was recently promoted to Yuanwailang, was also among them.

Historically, when he went back to Nanjing for vacation this year, he got to know Gu Mei deeply, but tonight he came to Meixianglou for some reason, probably because of his previous friendship with Hou Fangyu.

Soon, Shen Shuren saw Mao Xiang, a famous Jiangdong scholar, and some old friends of Hou Fangyu whom he didn't know.He asked the sisters who were waiting next to him, they were very familiar with these literati, and immediately told him that his name was Yang Wencong.

Shen Shuren suddenly realized: In "Peach Blossom Fan", the person who helped Hou Fangyu act as a broker to ask for bribes is still here!
Yang Wencong's official position is not high, and he has no achievements in history, but his interpersonal relationship is quite complicated-he is Ma Shiying's brother-in-law, and Ma Shiying has friendship with the notorious eunuch Ruan Dacheng.So the one who helped Hou Fangyu with the money today was actually Ruan Dacheng behind it, which was recorded in "Peach Blossom Fan".

(Note: Ma Shiying still has integrity, and in the end he also fought against the Qing forces, preferring to die rather than submit. Ruan Dacheng is a complete villain, he will punish dissidents when he gains power, disregard the country, and vote for Tartars if he can't beat them. Although these two are friends, cannot be generalized.)
Since the eighth year of Chongzhen, Ruan Dacheng has been besieged by various students in Nanjing, and his reputation has fallen to the bottom.

But he is very rich, and he was corrupt a lot when he was an official before, so he has always wanted to use money to win allies.Ruan Dacheng knew Hou Fangyu's father Hou Xun back then, and this time he planned to give Hou Fangyu money in exchange for the "four sons" to settle their suspicions against him.

It's a pity that the thousands of taels of silver he lent to Hou Fangyu today were about to hit the muzzle of a gun.

The atmosphere of chatting and laughing in the venue became more and more lively, and Li Xiangjun also sang a song on stage under the arrangement of Li Zhenli to mobilize the atmosphere.

Afterwards, with a smile on her face, Li Zhenli bowed to the crowd first, then waved her handkerchief and said with a smile: "The little girl is out of the pavilion today, and she is honored by all the benefactors. She is very honorable. Maybe there are people who want to take the lead in this grand event, or Those who want to redeem themselves must rely on their sincerity."

Several babysitters soon began to yell for prices. Some of them first said that they wanted to comb the cage, and they called for 800 taels and 1000 taels.

Shen Shuren observed carefully, this was not a casual shout.

Although there was no auction deposit in the Ming Dynasty, "capital verification" was still required. Those who shouted would ask people to carry the money and open the lid of the box to show it to the public-at least you have to prove that you can get that much money.

After warming up the scene for a while, Hou Fangyu finally spoke up. He shouted out 3000 taels to redeem Li Xiangjun directly.

But the price was obviously too low, and was quickly overwhelmed by other people's 4000 taels.Fortunately, Hou Fangyu didn't leak his hole cards all at once, and gradually increased to 5000 taels, which seemed to stabilize the situation.

Shen Shuren pushed away the sister who was serving him wine, drank the remaining wine in the glass in one gulp, and waved his hand behind.

On such an occasion today, how could he come alone, of course he had to bring Shen Fu and a group of servants, otherwise he wouldn't be able to move just the money.

"Shen Shuren from Taicang, 6000 taels!"

When everyone heard the sound, they all turned their heads to look in unison.Hou Fangyu and Yang Wencong in the arena turned pale all of a sudden.

"Shen Shuren really came to disrupt the situation? Didn't you say he came to watch the fun?"

But the horse was in the middle of the road, and there was no turning back. Hou Fangyu and Yang Wencong had an urgent discussion, and with the courage to sell iron, they made another round and called for a price that was slightly more than a few hundred taels.

"8000 taels." Shen Shuren didn't bother to talk nonsense, and directly asked the servant to discharge another forty ingots of 50 taels of silver in front of him.

The fastest way to end the battle is to directly make the opponent completely desperate and lose sight of the opportunity.

Hou Fangyu was completely depressed, rushed upstairs, gritted his teeth and said:

"My surname is Shen, I know that you don't deal with me, and you framed Governor Zhu, so you are cruel. However, today I didn't buy it for myself, I planned to buy it for a distinguished guest. No matter how rich you are , I can’t afford to offend that distinguished guest! Otherwise, I’ll let you go back to Huguang and never have peace!”

"Hahahaha, yes, then I would like to ask, which distinguished customer did you buy it for, and it will open everyone's eyes if you tell it in public." Shen Shuren's expression was still so calm, But he laughed so hard that the other party shuddered.

Hou Fangyu's heart skipped a beat, and he realized that this must not be mentioned in public - if he didn't say it, he could still pretend that nothing happened today, at worst, he would complain to Zuo Liangyu in private after going back, showing how much he cared for Zuo Liangyu Make friends.

But if it is said in public, and everyone present knows that Zuo Liangyu was robbed of a woman by Shen Shuren, then Zuo Liangyu will lose face.At that time, even Hou Fangyu will definitely hate him too.

"It's dangerous, this guy is too vicious, but luckily he didn't fall for it."

Hou Fangyu thought to himself, broke into a cold sweat, and finally had no choice but to succumb: "Shen Shuren! You gentle scum! Take love with a knife! You have no righteous manners! Let's wait and see."

Shen Shuren raised his eyebrows, jumped up and drew the handle of the folding fan in a graceful arc in the air, and drew it on Hou Fangyu's face.

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty did not prohibit civil servants or scholars from fighting. As long as no one is killed or disabled, and only fights between spirits, it is not a big problem.Shen Shuren was still holding onto reason, so he wasn't afraid of a little tossing.

Shen Shuren is tall and strong, he strode forward and grabbed Hou Fangyu's hair in a bun and lifted it up:

"Zhuzi, you haven't passed any of the provincial examinations, how can you have the face to say that you are a scum in front of the two Jinshi and Hanlin Xiuzhuan. You are still a year ago, a frog at the bottom of the well."

Seeing that the matter was going to become a big one, it was Li Zhenli, the proprietress of Meixianglou, who hurriedly came over to persuade the fight, announcing that Shen Shuren won the first place, and let him calm down.

"Mr. Shen! Shen's residence! Let's forget about today? One more thing is worse than one less thing. You are waiting for a good day, so you can take Xiangjun back first."

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PS: Let's go here first, the fourth update.Let's get some rest and don't stay up late.

Before noon during the day and before getting off work in the afternoon, there will be one update each as usual, a total of [-] words today.

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