Eunuchs who traveled through the Qing Dynasty

Pushing open the rear window, the afternoon sun poured in like satin.Xiao Ran's mood suddenly warmed up like the sunshine.Suddenly I remembered the words Zhang Wenliang said to him: alive, don’t be afraid of the sky falling!

Yes, the sky did not fall after all.Maybe, everything will be fine!

♂ Volume 1 First Entry to the Palace♀

→Chapter 013 - The opening of the beauty salon←

Xiao Ran took a few young eunuchs to the Imperial Hospital, and found Chen Quanhai who had acquaintance with him once.This Chen Quanhai is still a well-informed person. He did not know where he heard about the Nanyuan gun test. When he saw Xiao Ran, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Congratulations, Eunuch Xiao! I heard that you are going to be promoted again this time." , the emperor is planning to appoint you, the father-in-law is really a lucky star, and the official fortune is prosperous, and I hope you will support me a lot!"

"It's easy to say. It's all about serving the master, what's the promotion or not!" Xiao Ran said in an official tone, and suddenly leaned into his ear and whispered: "A few days ago, someone went to the queen's master to complain, saying that it was too hospital Some people withhold medicines privately, or extract money from them, I wonder if adults know about this?"

Chen Quanhai was taken aback, and quickly shook his head like a rattle: "Where there is, it is all one-sidedness, and someone must have deliberately framed it!"

"Oh—!" Xiao Ran dragged his long voice on purpose, thinking that you are an envoy from a fourth-rank imperial hospital, if you didn't secretly withhold medicines for money, where did you get the red envelope you gave me last time?But he said: "That's the best. Mr. Chen works hard and is loyal to the master. Our family will definitely report the truth to the master."

Chen Quanhai hurriedly said: "Thank you for your kind words, father-in-law, thank you for your kind words!" While speaking, he winked at Xiao Ran.Xiao Ran understood, and sent the little eunuch outside to wait. Chen Quanhai took out a long wooden box from under the medical case, handed it to Xiao Ran, and said, "My father-in-law reminded me, and I am very grateful to the lower officials. I hope you will accept it for such a small gift!"

Xiao Ran asked curiously, "What is this?" When he opened it, he couldn't help being surprised.It turned out that there was a branch of ginseng inside, and on it was a bamboo lot, which read: Changbai Mountain Foot, Ninth Grade, 11, two, three, six cents.His father in the previous life was an old Chinese doctor, so he is very familiar with this ginseng.On the label, the first item is the place of origin, the second is the leaf product, and the third is the weight.The Changbai Mountain ginseng with nine grades of leaves is a rare treasure. What's more, ginseng is a rare thing with seven taels, eight taels is a treasure, and more than nine taels is even rarer.This branch actually weighs 11 taels, and is worth at least a thousand taels of silver!

Xiao Ran said in his heart, haha, so he thought I was cheating!

In fact, what he said before his head was just to let Chen Quanhai make things easier for him, but he misunderstood him unexpectedly.But this also shows that this guy has a ghost in his heart.If you have ghosts in your heart, then we will not be afraid of you. Anyway, you will never come across such a treasure once in your life, and you will not take it for nothing.

Xiao Ran confidently stuffed the wooden box into his bosom, then took out a list and handed it over.When Chen Quanhai saw it, he was taken aback immediately, thinking that this is not taking medicine, it is obviously feeding pigs, and stammered: "Xiao...Eunuch Xiao, are you...are you joking? Here... Forty catties of red sage root alone, sixty pearls of millennium ganoderma lucidum, even if we overwhelm our hospital, there is not so much?"

Xiao Ran sneered, took out the edict, and said: "This is the master's order. As slaves, how many brains dare to joke around? If the envoy Chen doesn't believe it, you can ask the master yourself!"

When Chen Quanhai saw Yizhi, he couldn't help being three inches shorter, and said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, my father-in-law. I really have a hard time asking this question! Our Taiyuan Hospital doesn't have so many medicinal materials in total. You just let me change. I can’t change it either! Look at it like this, you can take as much as you have in our treasury, and use it first; I will find a way to make up for the lack of it for you.” After thinking about it, he said: “This recipe The medicine prescribed is nothing more than to remove evil and generate muscle, clear the customs and sharpen the veins, I wonder what kind of prescription the Queen Mother is using now?"

Xiao Ran had expected that he would ask such a question, and had prepared a draft in advance.Imperial hospitals are different from folk pharmacies. Whenever a palace official is ill, they must be filed for the record according to the rules, and the prescriptions must also be reviewed by more than two imperial physicians before they can be approved.But Xiao Ran's prescription is for external use, and it's for beauty treatment. The medicines used are all harmonizing medicines that stop peace, and no one can see anything wrong with it.

But at this moment, Xiao Ran was thinking about another problem: the beauty salon opened outside the palace, after all, it can't always use the medicinal materials in the palace.If one day you need to purchase by yourself, it will involve the issue of cost. Many precious medicinal materials cannot be used or should be used as little as possible.After all, I am not a professional doctor. Wouldn't it be better if I could get a cheaper beauty prescription from Chen Quanhai?

Talking to Chen Quanhai with this intention, Chen Quanhai pondered for a long time before saying: "The lower officials are not talented, there seems to be no prescriptions of this kind in ancient and modern medical classics. It can be seen that Mr. Xiao is knowledgeable and talented, which is beyond the reach of lower officials." Yes. But according to the pharmacology, Xiaguan can figure out some flavors for the father-in-law, I don’t know if it can be used.” Taking a pen and paper to write a list, Xiao Ran glanced at it, and said casually: “Okay. Just do what you want , Take a thirty-fifty catty of each item first."

Chen Quanhai's eyes darkened, and he thought to himself, am I not full?And it has become "according to my opinion". If something really happens, how can I bear it?But the word has been said and the list has been opened, so I have to follow through.

The four young eunuchs carried two large baskets of medicine, totaling more than two hundred catties, and walked away swaggeringly.Talking while walking:

"Hey, look at that Imperial Physician Chen, why is he trembling all the time?"

"Who knows, it's probably a swing. It's a stroke!"

Back at Kunning Palace, Xiao Ran asked to carry the medicinal materials into his room, and the next step was how to transport them out of the palace.The imperial palace is no different than other places, the inspections are very strict when entering and exiting, and it is possible to take small items out, but these more than 200 catties of medicinal materials will be difficult.After thinking about several methods, he felt unreliable. He and Yu Ting stared at each other for a long time, but they couldn't come up with a solution.

Watching the sun go down, the masters are going to have dinner again.Suddenly, Yu Ting's eyes lit up, and she said: "There is a well in the Dongmen building that leads directly to the spring, so the water is very sweet. The water for cooking in the imperial dining room is transported to the palace from there, and it is transported by water truck in the morning and evening. .Do you think we can take it out with a water truck?"

Xiao Ran jumped up excitedly, put his arms around Yu Ting and kissed him vigorously: "My good wife, you are the smartest! I met Qu Song, the chief eunuch of the Shangshan Supervisor, and he even gave me a red envelope! This matter Easy to do!"

Yu Ting blushed, and quickly pushed him away: "Smelly, you're too... too much, and you want to marry a wife, who wants you!"

Xiao Ran looked at her charming face, and smiled shyly but charmingly. He couldn't help his pubic region getting angry, and shouted: "I can't take it anymore, I'm going to do my job! The big bad wolf wants to pick up the little white rabbit!" He opened the door and rushed over.

Qu Song, the chief eunuch of Shangshanjian, is 32 years old this year. It is really not easy to climb up to this position at such a young age.

As we all know, Shangshan Room is one of the few vacancies in the palace. Food is the most important thing for the people, and the emperor is no exception.For the purchase alone, at least ten thousand and eight taels of silver can be dropped every year, so many people's eyes are red when they look at it.

The reason why Qu Song was able to climb to this position is that his eyes are poisonous, and they are not ordinary poisonous.Who is useful and who is not, who can offend and who cannot be offended, he can tell at a glance.This Xiao Ran is not simple, the chief eunuch who has been with the queen since he was 16 years old, and there is news that he will be promoted again, so if he is promoted again, he will be the chief executive?Such a person would rather not have his own parents than to be offended.

So when I heard that Xiao Ran was going to transport smuggled goods out of the palace, I patted my chest to make sure: "My brother is looking down on me, Lao Qu is desperate to refuse, and I will help you no matter what! Why don't you still call me brother?" ?”

Xiao Ran was a little confused: Why did we ask for help?A person who has lost his penis should also worship his sisters, isn't it more appropriate?

More than 20 catties of medicinal materials were sealed with oiled paper and hidden in waterwheels, and they were successfully transported out of the Forbidden City four times in this way.Xiao Ran still spent a lot of money, because you are a senior official, and as a rule, you have to give rewards to the boys.This was the first time Xiao Ran took money out of his pocket after his rebirth, and it cost him a whole [-] taels, which made him feel very distressed.

This day was really double happiness, Yulaina unexpectedly brought good news, which made Xiao Ran overjoyed.

Originally, he thought it would take a long time for Yulai to find a suitable facade, maybe ten days and half a month, but he didn't expect this kid to be very capable, and he could get it done in three days.Originally, he planned to send the medicinal materials to the inn first, but now he brought them directly to the store.

The shop is in Hongmenzi Hutong.The reason why it is called Hongmenzi Hutong is not because all the officials live here, but because it gathers the largest and most magnificent restaurants in the capital, as well as top brothels.Of course, those who can come here to spend are either high-ranking officials or dignitaries, or rich gentry and wealthy businessmen.Xiao Ran looked up at it at a 45-degree angle, drooling a lot: Unexpectedly, this is the red-light district of the capital!

This facade is at the east end of the Hutong. It has a very good location. There are three floors up and down, with a total area of ​​about 600 meters.This place used to be a brothel, the man died of opium smoking, the concubine ran away with others, the proprietress had no choice but to sell the shop at a low price.Yu Lai was very shrewd. He spent a whole day soaking in the tea garden next door, and after inquiring about the information, he came to negotiate the price. In the end, he negotiated the price from 230 taels to [-] taels, and it was a down payment. Half, and the rest will be paid in one lump sum after half a year!After all, Xiao Ran didn't understand how he managed to talk about it. He thought that this boy is handsome and romantic, so he must be using his beauty as a trick, right?However, I still looked up admiringly: "Admiration, admiration! Brother is really capable, and there are even odds and ends in bargaining!"

The layout of the brothel is very suitable for beauty salons, lobbies, and private rooms. These are basically untouched, and the only thing that needs to be customized is some professional bed and chair equipment.Xiao Ran didn't know anything about beauty salons, so he could only make a list and draw a picture according to the image he had in mind, and then let Yu Lai quickly find a craftsman to make it.

Seeing everyone busy there, Xiao Ran stood with his hands behind his back in the spacious and bright hall, filled with emotion.There are vaguely still the voices of the prostitutes in the past, and the fragrance of the smiles. When you close your eyes, you can feel countless snow-white thighs and plump tits dangling around.

Just as YY was feeling cool, Yu Lai patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Xiao, what are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking about the past..." Xiao Ran almost blurted out, and suddenly remembered that the person in front of him seemed to have become his brother-in-law, so he quickly stopped the car, "Uh, I was thinking that our family should do a good job and make more money in the future. We also drink soy milk and eat fried dough sticks! Buy two bowls of soy milk, drink one bowl, and pour another bowl."

The rain was happy, he glanced at Xiao Ran, and then at his sister, "Oh, family! Hehe." He grinned and went to work.In fact, this kid is seventeen years old, one year older than Xiao Ran, maybe out of gratitude, he has always called Xiao Ran Big Brother Xiao.Maybe it's because of doing physical work since childhood, he has a strong figure and looks very heroic.He is as smart as his sister, and he is very experienced in speaking and doing things, which makes Xiao Ran very gratified.

The only downside is that this guy is very stingy, and not ordinary stingy, he is also stingy to others, as well as to himself.When Xiao Ran saw him in the morning, he was carrying several hundred taels of silver that he had given to him, eating two coppers a piece of biscuits, so dry that he couldn't even bear to buy pickles.Both Yu Ting and Li Ran feel distressed, but it may be because of the hard life, but he himself eats with relish.Being stingy is sometimes an advantage. For example, such a personality is very suitable for starting a business.

"Well, you will change your name soon!" Xiao Ran let out a long breath, and began to plan the next operation.I still have more than 5000 taels of silver on hand. After paying the house payment of 600 taels, plus store decoration, etc., it is estimated that there will be about 1000 taels of silver left as start-up capital.

As for the name, Xiao Ran thought of Li Qingzhao's poem "Drunken Flower Yin", in which there is a line "after Dongli drinks the wine at dusk, there is a dark fragrance filling the sleeves", this word "dark fragrance" fits the ancient women's fragrance but not gorgeous, full of fragrance. For an unrevealed aesthetic, it would be better to name it "Dark Fragrance Women's Beauty Club", that would be perfect!

Telling this name to Yu Ting's sister and brother, both of them thought it was very appropriate and novel.Yu Lai repeated the words "beauty salon" over and over again, slapped his thigh for a long time and said: "It's done, it's it! This is the way this business is, the more novel it is, the more attractive it is. To put it bluntly, it's the only one for Scorpion Baba. For the portion, just call the beauty parlor, and specify it!"

Xiao Ran glanced at him happily, this kid is really born to do business!

Now everything is in place, only opening.As a celebration, the three of them chose the best restaurant at noon and had a big meal.Satisfied, Xiao Ran became happier as he thought about it. He couldn't help but tapped his chopsticks on the plates and bowls, and howled "Dark Fragrance" by his neck: If the heart dies in splendor, love will be reborn in ashes.

I felt unsatisfied while singing, so I changed the lyrics again: Laozi died in the Republic, and the eunuch was reborn in the Qing Dynasty...

As soon as the singing fell, Xiao Ran noticed that Yu Ting and sister were staring at him, and they even forgot to eat their food.Can't help wondering: "What's the matter, is there something wrong?"

"Brother Xiao, you are really amazing, I admire you...don't say anything!" Yu Lai looked adoring, "I often go to the back wall of the theater to eavesdrop, and I have heard quite a few songs. , why haven’t I heard such a song? It’s so clear and easy to listen to, it’s really nice! Could it be that you wrote this song?”

"Ah, laughing and laughing, I feel emotional for a while!"

"Brother, my admiration for you is as high as... How about another song?"

In fact, Zheng Dong in the previous life really had a broken voice, and was born with a deafness of five notes.But after being reincarnated, Xiao Ran's voice is mellow and full, with a little bit of magnetism, and this song is really true.Xiao Ran felt a little embarrassed for giving him this compliment, and after being coy for a long time, the two sisters couldn't help but sang another song "Mona Lisa" by Sha Baoliang.I was still waiting to praise it, but who knew that the atmosphere would change in an instant.

"Well, Mona Lisa, I dreamed of her again, and she was still young and sweet." Yu Ting played with her chopsticks, and let out a piercing sneer through the corner of her mouth, "Unexpectedly, Eunuch Xiao has a confidante. It's a pity that this Since the woman is called Mona, she must be out of the court, right? Could it be that she is still a widow?"

Yu Lai coughed: "Ah, what, the store is still busy, so I'll go back first. You guys eat slowly." He left his job and ran away.As soon as he left the private room, Xiao Ran's stammering voice came from behind him: "No, well, I have nothing to do with her... I'm wronged, I don't know her at all..."

well!Yu Lai sighed: The man is so pitiful.It seems that it is better for me to seek a wife a few years later!

When Xiao Ran and Yu Ting returned to the store, Yu Lai was drawing a horizontal line on a piece of paper.Seeing Xiao Ran, he said excitedly: "Brother Xiao, I have a good idea, which should make our guild hall flourish!"

"Oh? You are..." Xiao Ran looked at his abstract masterpiece strangely.

"Well," Yu Lai scratched his head and said embarrassingly, "I grew up poor, never went to school, and can't read very well, so I use this method to write down what comes to mind. I saw you singing well just now, I was thinking, when we open, we must invite the troupe to be lively, but those clichéd tunes, the ears can hear the cocoon, no matter how much they sing, it's meaningless."