Night Lights

Chapter 90

The yellow one is gold; the white one is silver.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws; but people are happy to live, but fear death; emperors and dignitaries seek the way of longevity and the desire to prolong life; pray to Taoism, hoping to live forever; Taoist people condense mercury into gold, Turning Danshan into food, nourishing one's body with medicine, prolonging one's life with spells; this name is Huangbaidan, also known as Jinyindan. ——Excerpted from Tongyin Eight Volumes of "Wordless Book of Heaven".

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Changle Square is full of smog and smog day and night, and it is very lively. The people who come in and out are full of masters of three religions and nine schools, five funerals and seven evil spirits.

Among them are gamblers, perverts, those who gather for gambling, some who share the spoils, and those romantic women who are dressed in stunning clothes and heavy makeup. It can be described as a mixed bag.But those people who come and go to Changle Square all know that there are four top cards in Changle Square. In recent years, a woman named Xiao Taohong has become the new top card.

Bai Shibao is a frequent visitor to the gaming tables on the first floor of Changle Square. As for the 'Greenhouse' on the second floor and the 'Smoke Room' on the third floor, the fees there are too high, so Bai Shibao doesn't come often!

Little Taohong was enshrined in Changle Fang, and was "worshiped" by others, so Bai Shibao naturally recognized her.And a down-and-out banner man like Bai Shibao is not a 'noble guest' in Xiao Taohong's eyes!
Qing Dongling, in the tomb.

Everyone looked at Xiao Taohong standing in front of her, full of doubts in her heart, and chattered in whispers: "We have been trapped in the imperial tomb for so long, and we have not found a way out. How did she get in?"

"Exactly! How dare she, a romantic woman, break into the imperial tomb alone? There must be something strange..."

At this time, Bai Shibao stepped forward, cupped his hands to Xiao Taohong, and asked, "Where is Brother Yan Zifei? Why didn't you come with you?"

Xiao Taohong replied: "He has something important to do, I'm afraid he can't come over!"

"Is it important?"

"I can't tell you about this! I will rescue you now, and then I will arrange accommodation for you, where you can wait for the swallows to fly..."

Everyone looked at each other.

Ma Wuye said: "We want to know who you are? How did you know Brother Yan Zifei?"

Xiao Taohong pursed her lips and said with a smile: ""Book of Rites" says: The journey of the great way, the world is for the public!"

Everyone was surprised: "The world is public? She is..."

Xiao Taohong said: "So far, I believe you all understand!"

Ma Wuye nodded to Bai Shibao.

Li Cha sighed beside him: I dare to say so many geomantic omen techniques, but in the end, I am not as good as a Fengyue girl...

Seeing that Xiao Taohong was one of their own, everyone let go of their defenses, followed Xiao Taohong with candles in their hands, and walked hurriedly into the secret passage.Bai Shibao turned his head and kowtowed on the ground as a farewell to Master Zhang Ah Short.

The secret passage became narrower and narrower, everyone walked for about an hour, and when they got to the end, they found that the exit was a robbery cave.

The tree roots at the entrance of the cave are warped, like a spider weaving a web, criss-crossing, densely covered with thick and thin roots.Everyone continued to climb up, and it turned out to be an old locust tree that had been hollowed out.

More than 30 people climbed out of the tree and saw the light, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and it was night at this time.

Bai Shibao looked around, he was already in the wilderness outside the city.

Xiao Taohong said to everyone: "You have shown your face in the government, you can't show it to others, we went to the city overnight, I have already arranged board and lodging for you, you can stay there for a longer time, after your brothers finish their important affairs , I will come back to meet you!"

"and many more!"

Bai Shibao interjected, "Where are you taking us?"

Xiao Taohong frowned slightly, and sighed: "Now that I have rescued everyone from the underground of the palace, don't you still believe me?"

Ma Wuye stepped forward, patted Bai Shibao on the shoulder and said, "It's all right! She knows Brother Yan Zifei, and also knows our 'password', she is a fellow!"

Although Bai Shibao had some concerns, he followed Xiao Taohong into the city.

Xiao Taohong led everyone to a courtyard outside the east gate.The yard is not big, and the houses are compact. At the entrance of the east wing room, there are two bamboo horses on a wooden plank, and a bed is simply built. Walking inside is a big kang in the style of "horse shop".

Xiao Taohong said: "Other rooms are occupied by people, so please keep quiet!"

Bai Shibao asked, "Who are they?"

Xiao Taohong replied: "Don't worry, they are all my fellow sisters!"

Bai Shibao: "..."

Ma Wuye came over and interjected, "There are so many of us hiding here, so we won't be discovered?"

Xiao Taohong said: "As long as you don't go out of the yard, it's fine, the owner doesn't live here!"

Ma Wuye said in shock: "Is this someone else's room?... Is it safe?"

"The owner of this house turned out to be a local snake businessman. His original name was Li Yongxiang, and he was nicknamed 'Rotten Sole Yongxiang'. Relying on the power of local snakes, he bought this vacant land after lowering the price. He drove away all the original owners and hired carpenters to build Fang. He also has some 'communications' with the government, and he has opened up the 'official festival'!"

"Li Yongxiang?"

Bai Shibao thought in his heart: This name sounds familiar!

"He was rescued by Yuan Shikai's wife in the early years, and he thought of it as a 'guofangniang', who suddenly became Yuan Shikai's godson, and later asked for a nominal official position with Yuan Shikai, which is even more amazing! So no one dared Check him, it's absolutely safe here..."

"Yuan Shikai's godson?" Bai Shibao was stunned. Isn't this the one Xu Fu and Ma Gui entrusted me to kill?

No wonder it sounds so familiar.

That's right, Yuan Shikai's godson, Li Yongxiang!

The words spoken by Ma Guichai are not bad!

Bai Shibao secretly said: "It's really a narrow road for Yuanjia, let me meet here!"

Xiao Taohong continued: "He often went to some young and beautiful young girls in Wuse to lure them back to teach them the art of playing and singing. Those who are superb will 'teach' them how to please them, and make a living from flesh and blood."

Everyone hated it after hearing it.

We all know that in the old days, Fengyue women were born into poor families, or their parents died, or their younger siblings were too young to support them, so they were introduced to Huajie and Liuxiang, earning money to make ends meet.

Some young girls are even more pitiful. Either they are pawned to the hospital by their non-biological parents, or they are pawned by themselves to repay the family debts.Putting a mortgage on the hospital's body deed, he lost his personal freedom and repaid the debt. After the pawn period expired, he had to sell his body to the hospital for three months, which was counted as a "help year".

The most pitiful and exasperating to say the least is the young girl who was kidnapped by Li Yongxiang.They had nowhere to live, and when they heard that there was a factory recruiting workers, they applied for it, thinking that they would have no worries about food and clothing when they arrived in the capital, as if they were starving and freezing at home!

As a result, as soon as you came here, you were sold to Huajie Lane. The turtle bustards used fire to clamp leather whips, rich clothes and delicious food, both hard and soft, and had to make you bow your head.In the end, she changed her clothes, made a strong face and smiled happily, picked up papers and sent them off, and spent all night without wasting time, selling her flesh and blood for the courtyard endlessly. Finally, she was old and decrepit, and was sold to a lower-level courtyard, becoming a "salt meat farm"...

Of course, there are some who are willing.

Just like these sisters of Xiao Taohong in this house.It stands to reason that there is no one guarding here, so it is easy to escape!It's just that they don't want to escape.

Some of them are disillusioned and degenerate, most of them are used to eating sweets and wine, and wearing brocade clothes and satin. If you ask her to be a good farmer, she may not be able to pick up a hoe or swallow the chaff.Of course, there is another small group of people who are looking for a 'backer', and get close to that rich son, so that they can redeem themselves and enjoy themselves!
Most of these people are packaged and raised, and those who can become second-bedroom ladies and third-bedroom concubines are lucky!

After eating the food and wine prepared by Xiao Taohong, they lay down on the kang and fell asleep.These days, from life to death, and from death to life, I don't know how many times I have turned back and forth, my body and mind are already exhausted, and I fell asleep soundly as soon as my head touched the pillow.

Bai Shibao was lying on the kang, eyes open, staring at the roof in a daze, some things were running around in his head like a marquee, he couldn't fall asleep...

Where is Brother Yanzifei?
What is the 'important thing' that Xiao Taohong said?In addition, how did little Taohong know the secret way of the palace?
Also, Li Yongxiang!The godson of Yuan Shikai, the enemy of Xu Fu and Ma Guicha, the owner of this house!Did I take the opportunity to do what Brother Xu and Ma Guicha entrusted to me?
All kinds of questions swayed in front of his eyes like flies, Bai Shibao turned sideways and sighed.

blah blah blah!
The rustling sound of the soles of the feet stepping on the tiles.

"Who is it?" Bai Shibao was startled, and thought to himself: "Could it be swallows flying to the room in the middle of the night?"

"No! If Brother Yan Zifei came back, he would not meet each other and walk away..."

"Could it be? A thief!"

Bai Shibao quietly got off the kang, walked lightly to the window, pressed his body against the corner of the wall, and listened outside.The sound of footsteps on the roof has been lightly stepping on the eaves, followed by the sound of some flipping clothes.

Brush brush!
Through the crack of the door, Bai Shibao saw a few figures fall down from the house and gathered in the yard, forming a group.

Someone whispered, "Are you sure? Which room is it in?"

A tall and thin figure pointed to the east with his hand, and replied, "West Wing!"

"Don't be confused, that's Dong!"

The thin and tall figure pointed to the west with his hand, and suddenly realized: "Wrong! That's right here, the east wing!"

A short black figure asked, "What if we rushed in like this and woke up someone?"

"They have been confused for so long, they should have woken up long ago!"

"Don't care about so many, kill in..."

"Well! Go!"

While speaking, several figures seemed to be holding swords, and slowly walked towards the west wing room where Bai Shibao was...

Bai Shibao secretly thought in the house: "Too bad, could it be that we met robbers who killed people and robbed money!"

At this time, Ma Wuye and the others were still sound asleep, totally unaware that the danger was approaching them!

(End of this chapter)