I am born with insufficiency

Chapter 44
The day was gradually breaking, and it was a gray and rainy day.

Gu Buquan felt dizzy, smelled a salty smell, the familiar smell of the sea, and heard the familiar sound of waves crashing on the shore, as if sleeping in the swing coffin in the backyard of the coffin shop in Maple Leaf Town .

She struggled to open her eyes, only to find that she was in a damp stone house, with an iron door closed, and the flower rattle was curled up beside her, not waking up.

She took a deep breath, thinking of what happened last night, she was really annoyed, she was too familiar with that scent, it was the mandala flower she used in playing Zhu Youshu herself, she only blamed herself for being negligent and aware of it. Too late.

The falcon's eye was pecked by the eagle.

She sighed, then raised her eyes, there were countless pairs of eyes staring at her directly on the top of her head.

Counting, no more, no less, ten women.

"Where is this? Who are you?"

The women backed away and sat in twos and threes against the stone wall, but no one answered.

After a while, their cries were heard.

Suddenly there was a loud bang, the iron door was opened, the crying stopped abruptly, and the flower rattle was awakened.

A petite woman in plain clothes walked in, and Gu Buquan recognized her as one of the coffin bearers.

The woman said: "Dinner is ready." Then she dropped a bag of steamed buns, closed the door and left.

The ten women immediately rushed towards the steamed bun like hungry wolves.

"Grab it." Gu Buquan immediately jumped up and rushed forward. Hua Yaoling just woke up and didn't understand what was going on, so he also followed Gu Buquan to fight.

Good guy, these two are indeed the two major female bullies in Maple Leaf Town. Their fighting power is undeniable. The bag was emptied in an instant, and the two of them each stuffed a steamed bun in their mouths and sat aside with one in their hands. Slowly biting and eating, no one could get close to the two of them, they could only stare angrily.

Gu Buquan found that these women were not very old, and one of them was alone, she didn't grab the steamed bun, and looked at them with tears in her eyes.

Gu Buquan thought for a while, and passed the steamed bun in his hand, the woman snatched it and gobbled it up.

"Who are you and what is this place?" Gu Buquan asked again.

The woman swallowed the steamed bun vigorously, and replied: "My name is Xiuxiu. I don't know where this is."

"Xiuxiu?" Gu Buquan trembled all over, "Xiuxiu who sent the funeral at Diemeng Village yesterday?"

"Yes." Xiuxiu nodded.

Hua Rattle exclaimed: "Are you a human or a ghost?"

Xiuxiu was speechless, big tears rolled down her face.

The women cried again.

"We are humans, but now we are neither humans nor ghosts."

Gu Buquan suddenly understood that these women should be the "corpses" handled by Diemengzhuang, what is the use of them being imprisoned here?

An older woman said: "We don't know what they want to do, we only know that everyone came here because of various unexpected changes. They said that our parents don't want us anymore. If you gather 12 people, you will be sent elsewhere."

It turned out that Diemengzhuang created all kinds of accidents to make these women look like they were dead, and they had full power to organize the funeral at the price of half a penny, and took advantage of people's unpreparedness to transfer and hide the women in this stone house by the sea, only providing one meal a day Steamed buns, when people gather together, they will be shipped directly away.

But no one knew exactly what they were going to do.

The woman said again: "I was originally from the last group, because I was very sick at the time, and they were afraid that I would die on the way, so they went to the city to harm another girl temporarily, so they left me and invited me back." The doctor said that he made his fortune by relying on us. This group was originally full of people. A few days ago, one died of illness and the other died when everyone fell asleep and hit the wall. I didn’t expect them to get two more to make up for it so quickly.”

She looked at Gu Buquan and Hua ringing the bell, her eyes were full of sympathy for each other.

That kind of sadness deeply hurt Gu Buquan, why was born as a woman, whether she lived or died, she couldn't get rid of the fate of being at the mercy of others?
Sometimes, I have to accept the fact that the perpetrator is also a daughter.

Hua Yaoling burst into tears: "Gu Buquan, I don't want to go to the capital with you anymore, I want to go back to Maple Leaf Town, I want to find a fool..."

Stupid... Gu Buquan remembered that the moment he fell down in the cemetery, he seemed to have seen the situation where the fool fell. If Diemeng Zhuang was engaged in women's business, then the fool might be in danger.

Gu Buquan was too late to repent, never should have brought the idiot out, if he didn't come, Hua Rattle wouldn't follow.

Alas, fate tricks people.

"Stupid, you should stay in Maple Leaf Town, why come out with me?" She couldn't help sighing.

There were several creaking sounds from Sun Xiaokong outside the door.

She hurriedly opened the door to listen carefully, with a smile on her face.

With the sound of the iron door "clanging", a woman in plain clothes moved in step by step. Behind her, Ling An held a sword and reached her waist.

"Why do I have to stay in Maple Leaf Town?" muffled, with an unhappy expression on his face.

"Kill her!"

After a brief silence, the women rushed towards the woman in plain clothes.

After a lot of tearing, punching and kicking, the woman in plain clothes had a blue nose, swollen face, swollen clothes and ragged clothes, but she still gritted her teeth and punched back, and the women were so numerous that they knocked her down and even took off her clothes. They were all dumbfounded.

Gu Buquan shook his head and smiled wryly, women torture women, it has always been more ruthless and ruthless.

Turning to Ling An, he said, "Stupid, I knew you would come to save me."

She wanted to walk over and say thank you to Ling An, but Hua rattles the bell faster than her, jumps up and throws herself into Ling An's arms, with both hands hanging around his neck, refusing to let go, and turning her face away Blinking at Gu Buquan with a smile.

Ling An "plucked" the flower rattle off his neck, poked it on the ground beside him like a wooden pier, and stood still.

Then he walked up to Gu Buquan, the concern on his face was obvious.

"Are you ok?"

"Okay." Gu Buquan's face was hot, and he couldn't think of anything else to answer him except for a good word.

"Hmph, I'm not good." Hua Rattle put her hips on her hips, her teeth ached from hatred.

At this time, Gu Buquan couldn't care less about watching the flowers rattle the bells, and rushed up to snatch the woman from Diemeng Village from the angry women, otherwise she would be stripped clean and hanged up. There is a big man stupid.

The woman was so embarrassed that she collapsed to the ground.

"Tell me, who are you guys?"

The woman confessed honestly: "My name is Qin Bao, and I am the youngest in Diemeng Zhuang. I am only responsible for carrying coffins and running errands."

According to Qin Bao's confession, Diemeng Zhuang looks like a business of dead people, but it is actually a business of living people.

The women they collected through various "accidents" were all pre-selected with outstanding looks. After gathering a group of 12 women, they were sent to the Qinglou Chuguan in the capital.

Each woman can sell for about 100 taels, and those with better looks can sell for 200 taels of silver. If you meet a big buyer or a high-ranking official, the price will go up even more. Sometimes there are tens of thousands of taels in one batch. .

These tens of thousands of taels of silver are not pure income either. For each sale of a batch of women, the owner has to take half of it, and Mengdie takes half of the remaining half, and the remaining 11 people share equally, so there is nothing left for each of them. How much, but it is expensive to add up.

The more prosperous the business, the more money they saved.

The more money you have, the more you want to make more money, so the more you can't handle it.

"However, the master said that a place should not exceed one year, otherwise it will easily arouse suspicion. We originally planned to leave Fuzhou City and move to Funing Prefecture after completing this transaction. There is a rumor that 'Funing is good at Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Good girl', the girls in Maple Leaf Town are sweet and pleasant, so it won't be a problem for us to earn tens of thousands of taels."

Gu Buquan and Hua Yaoling looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Good guy, the idea is on the head of my Maple Leaf Town girl, is that okay?"

Gu Buquan was so angry that he didn't hit one place, raised his foot and greeted Qin Bao, and wanted to kick him in a row, but Ling An hugged him by the waist, kicking and yelling continuously.

"Don't stop me, I'm going to kill her."

At this time, Qin Bao has the face of a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, and said coldly: "I have been caught by you, and I don't expect to have a way out. It is death to be beaten to death, and it is death to be sent to the government. It is even worse if the master finds out." It's a dead end, so feel free, just please don't hit me in the face."

When Gu Buquan calmed down, he couldn't help feeling sad, after all, it was a girl's mind, she could let go of everything until she died, except a face.

"Qin Bao, you are also a daughter. Seeing that you are not very old, how can you be so cruel and do such vicious things to a girl of your age?"

Qin Bao looked up at Gu Buquan with a blue and swollen face, and said with a wry smile: "It is because I am a daughter that I have to earn money desperately. With money, I can go to Yan Zhuang to change my appearance, and in the future I will be able to marry the one I like. people."

"What Yan Zhuang? Where is it?" Ling An and Gu Buquan asked in surprise.

Qin Bao shook his head: "Yan Zhuang is a place where people can change their appearance and become more beautiful. Each item requires at least 5000 taels of silver. Mengdie came here to change her face, and the whole face cost her a full 5 taels Money. I’ve almost saved enough money for my eyes and mouth, if it weren’t for you…”

There are many regrets and complaints in the words, and they don't feel that they are hurting the sky, but they blame Gu Buquan for ruining her good deeds.

"But, I look at you, you are not ugly, why do you need to change your face?"

Qin Bao said sadly: "My eyes are not big enough, but my mouth is big again. The master said that it is not difficult to change my face like mine. The whole face only needs 2 taels of silver. If I change my face, I can Go find Prince Ji..."

"Prince Ji?"

"Two years ago, when King Ji came back from the town, he was wearing a military uniform and iron armor, riding a tall black horse, smiling with fists at the people..."

Perhaps thinking of King Ji, Qin Bao's eyes lit up, and two blushes appeared on his face.

"At that moment, I vowed to marry him. However, I couldn't even enter the gate of Prince Ji's Mansion. Later, thanks to meeting Sister Mengdie, she said that any maid in Prince Ji's Mansion is better than me." Looks good, not to mention marrying King Ji, even the gatekeepers look down on me. So, you must change your appearance."

No matter how hard Gu Buquan thinks about it, there is such a strange art of changing face in this world, and it seems to drive many women like Qin Bao crazy.

Can the world really become a national beauty through changing the face?
Hua Yaoling's two eyeballs were fixed on Qin Bao, and her mind was spinning fast.

How amazing it is to change your face!
(End of this chapter)