Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 22: Inhumane, not killing is not enough to anger the people (please recommend and collect)
The doubts in Su Ran's heart were finally answered after everyone bought the official positions they were satisfied with.

I saw Butler Hu holding a large pile of banknotes in his hand and announcing the rules of the finale.

"Everyone has got what you want. In order to express congratulations to everyone, Mr. Hu has prepared a small gift for the adults who are about to take office. The girls standing in front of you are all girls who have been picked at a high price. They are definitely one of a hundred, and every one of them is a chick."

As soon as Butler Hu said this, the people below immediately lost their composure.

"This...isn't very good, hahahaha..."

"Anything like that?"

"No, it seems like I'm sweating again soon."

"It's okay to sweat, but the tigress in my house has never let me take a concubine. This..."

……

Just as everyone was talking excitedly or worriedly, Butler Hu's next words confused everyone.

"My lords, don't be busy. In order to save everyone from worries, I have prepared a red pill for everyone. You just need to give the pill to the girls to take afterwards, and it will be over. Of course, if you are reluctant to part with it, Let the girl take it, and spend 1 taels of silver to buy the pills back, and I, Mr. Hu, have no objection."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone present changed.

One pill costs 1 taels of silver, which is really shocking.

You know, the total annual expenditure of an ordinary family is only 30 to [-] taels of silver.

And the fact that this pill is so expensive really makes people feel a little uneasy.

However, after Butler Hu said this, he didn't say another word, but turned around and left.

Next, a brief silence passed in the hall.

However, when someone lifted the red hijab of the girl in front of them, the eyes of the adults who were about to take office showed a distracted look.

At this moment, Su Ran had already guessed the function of the red pill.

An ordinary pill, no matter what kind of disease it can cure, would not be so expensive in the first place.

However, if it is used to buy life, that is a different matter.

Therefore, these pills are most likely poisons used to kill people.

Only this possibility can explain why pills are so expensive.

Butler Hu's approach was actually a disguised attempt to control these officials.

An official with a murder weapon in his hands would definitely not be able to escape from the hands of the forces behind Butler Hu.

Su Ran even suspected that even if someone spent 1 taels of silver to buy the pill, he would most likely not be able to take the girl away, because then the official would be out of control, which was obviously not what the forces behind it wanted to see. Arrived.

Thinking of this, Su Ran's back could not help but feel chills.

However, these are all my own guesses. If you want to know the truth of the matter, you have to find the answers from the parties involved.

Therefore, as soon as Butler Hu left, Su Ran pulled Xiang Ling and followed him.It must be said that Hu's bones were quite strong and he refused to speak when he was first held. It was not until Su Ran cut off one of his fingers that he had no choice but to tell the truth.

As expected, those red pills were made from highly toxic arsenic and some anesthetic drugs. They called them bliss pills. After taking these pills, they were first paralyzed all over the body, and then died in confusion.

As for the identity of Butler Hu, he also explained it personally. His name was Hu Quan, and he was one of the managers of the Zhen family in Jinling. The person standing behind him was the behemoth of the Zhen family.

After getting the answer, Su Ran used a force on her hand and directly broke Hu Quan's neck.

Keeping such a frenzied eagle dog is a disaster, so it is better to kill it.

After Hu Quan was dealt with, Su Ran didn't care about anything else, broke in from room to room, and rescued more than a dozen girls one by one. Fortunately, it was still in time, and no girl was harmed yet.

As for those guys who came to buy jobs, although they were guilty, their crimes were not serious enough to cause death. Therefore, Su Ran did not kill them, just knocked them unconscious.

However, Su Ran confiscated all the red pills they got from Hu Quan.

These things can be given to Emperor Qingyong and let him see what his world is like.

Su Ran asked Xiang Ling to count the banknotes, and found that there were a full 650 million taels, which exceeded the target given by Emperor Qingyong by more than 100 million taels.

After the boat docked, he gave each girl 5000 taels of silver bills, and as for those who bought officials before they woke up, they didn't have to worry about it.

These girls were originally born in poverty. They had never seen so much money in their lives. All of them were grateful to Su Ran, and many of them wanted to follow him as rough-and-tumble maids. However, they already had Xiang Ling by their side. They don't want to get too involved, so they just use the money to find a place to stay in this troubled world, live a stable life, and live up to their beauty.

5000 taels of silver notes is not too much, but for an ordinary family, as long as they do not live in a wasteful way, it is enough to live a lifetime of food and clothing.

Therefore, it's not that Su Ran can't give them more money, but that she doesn't want women from poor backgrounds to be blinded by too much money and lose the opportunity to appreciate the various aspects of life.

After settling all this, he took Xiang Ling and left.

Now that I have the salary money, the officials from the Ministry of Revenue happen to be in Jinling, so I don't have to deal with the purchasing matters myself.

Just throw them the banknotes and let them handle the matter in detail, and it's over.

However, the crux of the problem now is, who should give such a large sum of money to?Is this person really reliable? Can he complete the task of escorting grain and grass to the front line?
With this question in mind, Su Ran hired a set of carriages and horses to go to Jinling City. He wanted to see how these officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs would behave when they came to Qinhuai.

Along the way, Xiangling kept her head down most of the time. Occasionally she raised her head to look at Su Ran, and immediately buried her head between her legs shyly.

In response, Su Ran could only smile indifferently, not knowing what to say to this girl.

After finally making it to the city, the two settled down in an inn, which was by the Qinhuai River.

Since it was already late at night, Su Ran was not in a hurry, but planned to rest for the night and wait until dawn.

In fact, according to his idea, he wanted Xiangling to live in a room alone, but this girl may have been frightened before, and she always said that she was afraid by herself. In desperation, Su Ran could only agree to her Have a room with yourself.

It was originally agreed that he would sleep on the bed himself, while she would rest on the soft couch next to him, but for some unknown reason, in the middle of the night, this girl actually climbed into bed secretly.

Su Ran naturally knew what this girl was thinking, but some things were better settled in a matter-of-fact manner. Therefore, he did not act too hastily, but slept with her arms around her for most of the night.

Xiangling also knew that there was something on Su Ran's mind, so she didn't get too entangled. Instead, she lay obediently in his arms like a kitten, and the sweet fragrance from her body penetrated Su Ran's nose from time to time.

(End of this chapter)