Red Dust Daqian

The woman who looked like a small mountain stood in front of Zhou Sen, Xiangcao, Shen Qianrou, and Shen Yueer. The private room, which had just been quite spacious, suddenly seemed a bit crowded. The four of them were all shocked.

The woman with a loud voice asked in a controlled voice, "Who is the very tasteful Mr. Zhang? I am Cuihua from Changnan County. I am here to serve you, Mr. Zhang."

Everyone in the room was stunned, and no one responded for a long time. Zhou Sen was even more shocked. This woman was not a middle-aged woman, but a woman in her prime. She was as tall as a mountain, and even Lu Zhishen could not pull up a weeping willow.

Shen Qianrou tried to hold back her laughter and even more so her bad intentions, but she stood up from the surprised Zhou Sen, gave up her seat, and said to Cuihua, "Miss Cuihua, right? Come and sit in this seat. This Mr. Zhang has great taste, and I hope you can serve him." The sinister woman Shen Qianrou stood up and pointed out that Zhou Sen was the Mr. Zhang who ordered Cuihua. Zhou Sen wanted to die, and wished he could execute the troublemaker Shen Qianrou right now.

Cuihua laughed heartily, "Woohoo haha" so loud that Zhou Sen felt that it would be better not to laugh. Cuihua squeezed to Zhou Sen's side and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, I'm here." She sat down and directly squeezed Shen Yue'er, who was sitting next to her, out of the seat.

Shen Qianrou, Xiangcao, and Shen Yueer could no longer hold back and laughed with their backs to Zhou Sen. Zhou Sen himself had no choice but to force out a bitter laugh.

After a brief chat, Zhou Sen, feeling bitter, quickly stopped Cuihua from toasting him and said, "Miss Cuihua, the night is long. Don't rush to drink. Come chat with me first." Zhou Sen felt that the other three were holding back their smirks while he was talking.

Cuihua stopped toasting. Zhou Sen asked, "Miss Cuihua, are you from Changnan County? Do you have any relatives living in Changnan?" Cuihua replied regretfully, "I was born in Changnan County and have been in Jiangxia Prefecture for some years. I don't have any relatives in Changnan County." Zhou Sen was a little disappointed. This Miss Cuihua should not know much about Changnan County.

Zhou Sen still tried to ask: "Miss Cuihua, have you heard about the dog-wolf demon kidnapping case in Changnan County two years ago?" Cuihua was puzzled and looked at Zhou Sen and his men with caution. Zhou Sen comforted her: "Miss Cuihua, don't worry. We are just curious and have nothing to do." Cuihua thought it was nothing and replied indifferently: "I have heard about the incident in Changnan County. I am still quite concerned about it. Isn't it said that a Taoist priest later killed the demon king and rescued the kidnapped girls?"

Zhou Sen said solemnly, "Miss Cuihua, to be honest. We are friends of that Taoist immortal. He once told us that not all the girls abducted in the dog-wolf demon case have been found. The Taoist immortal knew that we often traveled to various places in Daqian, so he asked us to help keep an eye out for clues about the abducted girl from Changnan. Today, I just happened to meet Miss Cuihua, so I asked her if she had heard of any brothel in Jiangxia Prefecture that bought girls from Changnan County in the past two years?"

Cuihua hesitated. Zhou Sen seemed to see a glimmer of hope, and continued: "Miss Cuihua, how did you get here? Are you willing to redeem yourself? This young master can lend a helping hand." When Cuihua heard Zhou Sen say that he was willing to help her redeem herself, she felt that Zhou Sen was not a criminal. She completely relaxed her vigilance and told Zhou Sen and others about her past experiences: "In the early years, my father and his family came to Jiangxia to do business. However, things did not go as planned. Not long after arriving in Jiangxia City, all the goods were lost. My family was infected with an epidemic, and later I was the only one left, and had to drift to this Yinyue Tower. Life was really hard at the beginning, but I managed to get through it. Now that I'm older, I work as a cook in the kitchen of Yinyue Tower. The girls also like the food I cook, and now I'm doing well, so I don't plan to redeem myself."

Cuihua paused for a moment and asked Zhou Sen, "Sir, do you want to redeem those girls?" Could it be that Miss Cuihua really knew some clues? Zhou Sen, Xiangcao, Shen Qianrou, and Shen Yueer suddenly became alert when they heard Cuihua's question. They hurriedly asked, "Miss Cuihua, do you know the whereabouts of those girls?"

Cuihua said cautiously, "I heard that a group of girls with Changnan County accents came to Huaxi Tower two years ago. I wonder if they are the girls you are looking for. But the girls in Huaxi Tower are under very strict surveillance. It is difficult to see them." Zhou Sen poured Cuihua a cup of tea and asked, "What do you mean?"

Cuihua continued, "Huaxi Tower is owned by Huaxi Society. If you don't have someone to guide you, you probably won't even be able to find the door of Huaxi Tower. Huaxi Society is a formal trading company on the surface, but I don't know how many evil things it has done behind the scenes. Of course, these things may be spread by people in our gatehouse, and I don't know whether they are true or not. But one thing is certain, Huaxi Society has a strong backer, even the governor of Jiangxia Prefecture can't afford to offend, let alone you."

The more Zhou Sen listened, the more interested he became. Regardless of whether it was the kidnapped girl of the dog-wolf demon, it was necessary for Huaxi Society to find out. Cuihua continued, "Now those who can enter Huaxi Tower are all well-known figures in Jiangxia Prefecture, either high-ranking officials, wealthy families or literary leaders. You have just arrived in Jiangxia Prefecture not long ago, and it seems that you haven't made a name for yourself yet, right?"

Zhou Sen and his friends were a little embarrassed. It was true that they were nobodies in Jiangxia Prefecture. Before Zhou Sen and his friends could continue to ask, Cuihua seemed to have thought of something and said, "But I heard that there is another way to enter Huaxi Tower. Huaxi Society holds a poetry competition every month. The winner of the poetry competition will be awarded the Huaxi Order of Huaxi Society. With the Huaxi Order, they should be able to enter Huaxi Tower."

Poetry Contest? Zhou Sen knew that people in Daqian were good at poetry, but he himself could not write poetry. How could he win the first prize in the poetry contest? Zhou Sen looked at Xiangcao hopefully, then at Shen Qianrou, but not Shen Yueer. Xiangcao shook her head helplessly and said, "Forget about poetry. When have you ever seen me, Senior Sister, write poetry?"

Shen Qianrou also replied with a little embarrassment: "I can read and appreciate poetry, but when it comes to writing poetry, my poetry is not up to par." Everyone looked at each other. Zhou Sen sighed that he had memorized some poems when he was in school, but the competition here is not about memorizing poems, but about writing poems. How can I compare with the ancients! It seems that this method is hopeless.

Cuihua felt sad that if she had so many kind-hearted handsome young men when she was young, who were concerned about her and willing to redeem her from the brothel, what a wonderful thing it would have been.

Zhou Sen and his three companions also found out the information they wanted. Without anything else to do, they said goodbye to Cuihua and returned to the inn.