Three thousand congratulations

【1】

"Hey, Xiaohong, you're finally back!" As soon as she entered the store, Honglian was held back by the girl in the store.

"Did something happen in the store?"

"During the time you were hospitalized, Baizi's mother shed tears every day!"

"She," Honglian sighed, "I'll go and see."

"What else..." The girl hesitated to speak.

"Ok?"

"When I was changing my clothes that day, I heard Baizi's mother asking about the Yoshiwara Flower Street." The girl had a troubled look on her face, "Could she be planning to turn our store into a place with that kind of service? ? I just want to be a geisha for nothing, I don't want to..."

"What are you thinking about! It's just a general greeting, right?"

"But that's Yoshihara! Don't you know, Xiaohong? The women there can't see their eyes for the rest of their lives. In the business of selling their looks, they are considered the worst. This store is also a high-end club, Baizi Mom can be regarded as a lady-like mother, right? Why would you discuss such a topic with a guest?"

"I said you," Honglian was a little impatient, "be careful of being sold there with so much talk..."

"Xiao Hong, don't talk nonsense! Such words are super unlucky for women!" The girl ran away angrily.Seeing her going back, Guren curled her lips and said, "Yoshihara, isn't it just a red-light district?"

"Hey, Bai Zi, I was discharged safely, why are you still crying?" Looking at Bai Zi who hid in the room and cried out a pack of tissues, Hong Lian sat down at the low table helplessly.

"Xiaolian, I'm not crying for you!"

"Eh?" Honglian was obviously a little embarrassed by such a naked relationship, "I'm being self-indulgent, then tell me why you are crying, I want to know why you didn't come to see me when I was hospitalized, I'm crying for people."

"Wait," Honglian became nervous, "You are not being dumped, are you? Or is it that the man you fell in love with this time has a family?"

"That's not it, woo woo woo..." Bai Zi raised his red and swollen eyes from crying, "It's my sister's daughter, I found it..."

"The little girl who got lost as a child?"

"Well...but the human trafficker was caught, and he confessed that all the girls who were abducted were sold there at that time."

"Sold to Yoshiwara?"

"Xiao Lian, you... how do you know?"

"Intuitively," Hong Lian sighed, her niece was sold to such a place, no wonder she felt so sad, but Bai Zi is definitely not someone who would sit still, she frowned and said, "Is there no way to redeem her body?"

"I asked someone to ask, but there were too many fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls there, and the child was too young when she was abducted, so I didn't know who it was, and...the place was taken over by Chunyu, they wouldn't let them go easily .”

"Fifteen or sixteen years old, I can't stay in that kind of place forever." Honglian sighed, "Shall I help you?"

"Don't be kidding, Xiaolian! Do you know where that is?" Baizi became excited, "You are recovering from a serious illness now, please stop messing around?"

"Do you think I'm messing around too? Hmm, Bozi? I want to die, I think it through." Hong Lian suddenly smiled, "But after I almost died once, I decided not to force myself anymore, I'm going Do whatever I want."

She walked up to Baizi and squatted beside her, put her hand on her shoulder and comforted her: "After I came out from Zun, you took me in and have been taken care of by you for so many years, I can't see you so sad , let me do something for you, Bozi. I don’t want to be underestimated by anyone anymore, I’m fed up with being a weak person, I want to get back my ability and value.”

"Xiao Lian?" Bai Zi noticed the firmness in the eyes of the woman in front of him.

"Can you trust me once, can you rely on me once? After Huayu died, I haven't been needed by others for a long time. I wanted to help my brother, but I failed and almost lost my life. This time, I don't want to screw things up again."

"But that's Chun Yu's territory, and it would be dangerous if he was found to bring someone out."

"Don't forget what I used to do, they pose no threat to me."

"But…"

"I don't want to disappoint anyone anymore, Baizi." Honglian said softly, "I promise you, I will come back alive."

【2】

Walking on the streets of this underground city, Guren wore a bamboo hat and carefully checked the shops on both sides.Yoshiwara is more prosperous than imagined, full of glitz and glamour.She suddenly became envious, people who come here to seek pleasure must not have to hide themselves.No matter how ugly it is, it can be displayed in front of the pillow mat. You don't need to embrace false benevolence and morality, and you can spend money to possess what you like. It's really a convenient relationship.

If each other is satisfied after this night, then it is a good way to become strangers at dawn.At least one party's wish was fulfilled, and no one was disappointed, right?

As for the women behind the fence, she looked at those smiling faces, and felt a little sadness in her heart.Maybe it is a woman who thinks they are sad, but she feels that the sad thing about them is not that they sell their looks, but that they are treated as commodities, and they accept this identity, in order to "survive" so vaguely For unclear reasons, he clings to the so-called "that bit of hope" and has survived to this day.

It's so sad.

She turned around and walked into a dark alley. In this dark underground city despised by the people on the ground, this is probably the place where the lowest-level residents live.

Those who are more desperate and dirtier live in the old houses on both sides of this narrow alley. People of light, so they can only occupy here and become the lowest existence among prostitutes.

In this way, they all survived.She stood outside the house, and waited until the woman's artificial voice and the man's swearing stopped, she used the scabbard to part the faded curtain and entered the house.

"You!!! Who are you!!" A man and a woman who were naked inside were frightened out of their wits by the man in black who suddenly appeared at the door.

"Has he paid?" Honglian's eyes stopped on the woman.

"Not...not yet." The woman felt a chilling aura about this man.

"Pay and get out."

The man took out a banknote from his wallet, put it on the ground, and scrambled away.

After the man left, the woman straightened her clothes, took a puff on the cigarette stick that was put aside and said, "If it's a woman, I'll pay more."

"why?"

"Women are harder to please than men."

Guren laughed, "I thought you would say that men are cheaper."

"Hmph, so what about you? Did you come here because of cheap men?"

"It's because of a woman." Hong Lian squatted down, picked up the money and handed it to her, "Your name is Ah Cuo?"

"It's written on the signboard, right? Ah Cuo from Anle Lane, Yoshiwara Hanashiki House, Ah Cuo who is innocent." The woman took the money and smiled.

"Then Miss Ah Cuo, I'll give you twenty times the price."

"Are you trying to buy me?" A surprised expression appeared on Ah Cuo's face, "It's unheard of to be redeemed by a woman."

"If you want to leave with a pen, I don't care, but what I want to buy with money is your time these days."

"What do you want to do?"

"I need a guide." Hong Lian said lightly, "I've asked people. You don't mind the origin of the guests. You must know a lot of people here, so you should be able to help."

"You have heard about Ah Cuo's reputation, so you should know that Ah Cuo has many friends, right? If it's something that harms their interests, I won't do it."

"I didn't come here to seek revenge, but to find someone." Honglian took out a piece of paper and handed it to her, "A girl named Saki was sold here when she was 7 years old, she should be 15 years old this year. "

"15 years old? If you're good-looking, then it should be Furisode Shinzo by this time."

"Furisode new creation?"

"It's the future Oiran Taifu, who is the focus of training. If this kind of girl wants to bring out Yoshihara, she will get into a lot of trouble."

"I can't tell you what she looks like. She shouldn't be very bad. She is from Kyoto. She was born in a good family. She was abducted during the fireworks festival."

"It's almost enough to have this information, and I will look for it." Ah Cuo nodded, "But in advance, I am only responsible for inquiring for you, and you don't want to involve me in the future."

【3】

Afterwards, Hong Lian stayed in Ah Cuo's house, and Ah Cuo went out for a long time to stroll around, and when he came back, he said with a smug smile, "I found him."

"So fast?"

"There are not many girls from Kyoto, and they come from good families." Ah Cuo took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, "This is the address."

Honglian stretched out her hand to grab it, but Ah Cuo withdrew her hand, "Although I'm hired by you, I must tell you that the owner of this store is a famous and powerful character, and he has a close relationship with Chunyu. If you want to take someone away from her, just give up."

"Chunyu? I haven't paid attention to that level." Honglian sneered.

According to the address, I came to the shop called "Wanxiangju". Under the guidance of Ah Cuo, Honglian dressed up as a wandering girl, bypassed the guards and thugs downstairs, and sneaked into the upstairs oiran Taifu and oiran alternates. address.

She remembered Ah Cuo's instructions. The oiran of this store died of a sudden illness a few months ago, and now only the oiran candidate and a few maids live here.

Pushing open the paper door, there were two girls of similar ages inside, one of whom looked like a maid was combing the hair of a girl in full dress with picturesque features.

"Are you Saji?" Guren asked while looking at the girl in costume, who shook her head in doubt and said, "My name is Saine."

"Saki, that's my real name..." the maid said timidly, "Sister, do you know me?"

"Ah, so it's you. I was sent by your aunt to save you. Come with me!" Honglian said and took the girl's hand, but the girl shook her hand and said loudly: "I If you don't go, I'm not going anywhere!"

"Eh?" Honglian was shocked, "What are you talking about!"

While the two were dawdling, the mother-in-law who was in charge downstairs came to the door, knocked on the door and said, "Shayin, what happened?"

"Ah, it's okay, I'm just bickering with Xiaoji~" the girl named Sayin hid it for Honglian, and when she heard her mother-in-law's footsteps going away, she took Saji's hand and said, "This is a rare opportunity, you Let's go!"

"I won't go, I won't go!" Saji was extremely resolute.Seeing her like this, Saine made a very puzzling movement. She stood up and shouted with all her might downstairs: "Help!!! I'm going to kidnap Furisode Shinzo!!!!"

When Guren and Saki were shocked, she grabbed Saki's hand and stuffed it into Guren's hand, saying to her, "Take her away!"

Just like that, Guren jumped out of the window with Saji who hadn't recovered, and a group of thugs swarmed behind him, but at this moment, Saine shouted from upstairs: "I have nothing to do!! She caught the wrong man People!!"

The thugs were taken aback when they saw that it wasn't Shayin who had been arrested. Taking advantage of these few seconds, Honglian had already disappeared into the alley with the girl.

"Sayin! Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, that person mistook Xiao Ji for me." Sain replied calmly.

"The day after tomorrow is your parade day, you can't make any mistakes at this juncture!" The boss broke into a cold sweat, "It must be our competitors who did the damage!!"

"Competitor?" Sayin pretended to be surprised, "So Xiao Ji is not in danger?"

"Don't worry about the life of a maid, you are our important future oiran! I will send someone to find her, but I don't think there will be any good results. She will ask for good luck!"

"Poor little Ji." Sain pretended to be sad.

"Sayin, don't worry about this kind of thing, okay? It will affect your appearance, you have to remember, you are going to be the most beautiful oiran in Yoshiwara! I have trained you for so many years, you can't Let me down!"

"Don't worry, I won't let you down."