si-mexico Chapter 11 Small talk
Chapter 11 Small talk
"I was thinking that if the prince doesn't need you after we return, I'll let you leave on your own."
“I still have your indenture and her guarantee.”
After speaking, he took out two certificates from his pocket and placed them on the table.
Xiao Han picked it up and looked at it. He saw that the back of the contract read "Qian Duoduo". He raised his eyes slightly, glanced at her, and pushed the certificate in front of Long Chuqing.
Long Chu listened to the story, his expression shifting between calm and frustration. He thought to himself, "My aunt is only worth five thousand taels? Yuexi Tower, I actually fell into a brothel and was sold?"
She snapped out of her reverie, pulled the certificate and contract over, and took a look.
She turned to Qingying and asked, "What's your name?"
Qingying couldn't understand what she wanted to do, so she answered truthfully, "My name is Qingying."
Long Chuqing thought to herself that this young man had a good heart and knew that she couldn't be left in a brothel.
She quickly pulled over a chair next to her and said to Qingying with a smile, "Come, come, young man, please sit down. You're quite generous. Let's chat." She patted the chair, gesturing for him to sit down.
Qingying and Qingtong exchanged a glance, puzzled. What was going on? Why was this girl suddenly being so enthusiastic towards him?
He glanced at Xiao Han again and said to Long Chuqing, "I won't sit. I'll just stand."
"What's there to be afraid of?" She saw Qingying and secretly glanced at Xiao Han.
"Do you feel it's inconvenient to talk here? Let's go outside and chat."
In the dead of night, for a young woman to meet a man outside for a chat is quite audacious.
"It's late at night and the dew is heavy, Miss Qian, please ask whatever you wish to ask here," Qingying replied tremblingly.
"Alright," she said, deciding not to press him further.
She took the contract and explained to Qingying, "This contract is fake, and it's not mine. My surname isn't Qian, and my name isn't Qian Duoduo."
At this point, she looked at the indenture, narrowed her eyes, and thought for a moment: "Tsk tsk... this madam is quite good at naming things! Qian Duoduo, come Qian Duoduo, hmm, really not bad, I've decided, next time I live in another place, I'll call myself that." As she spoke, she flicked the indenture.
The three of them: ...This girl, how should I put it! Her personality...
This girl was unlike any other woman. She knew that she was in the Qin Prince's mansion and that the person sitting opposite her was the Qin Prince, but she showed no surprise or panic. She acted as if it were nothing out of the ordinary. If it were any other woman, she would have been so frightened that she would have knelt down, but she didn't care about the issue at all.
Instead, she paid attention to a fake name. Was she genuinely indifferent, or was she just pretending? But looking at her expression, calm and composed, with bright eyes, it didn't seem like she was faking it.
Long Chuqing snapped out of her reverie, looked at Qingying, and smiled, "Oh, sorry, I changed the subject. Where were we?"
Qingying looked helpless: "Speaking of which, your surname isn't Qian (meaning money)."
"Oh, right, my surname isn't Qian, it's Long."
Long Chuqing immediately said seriously, "Also, I am not a member of Yuexi Tower. On the night of the fifteenth, the moon was not dark and the wind was strong. I was chased by a group of bandits. They surrounded me and couldn't beat me, so they used underhanded methods and dirty tricks. In the end, I suffered severe internal injuries and had to run away."
"When I was passing the roof of Yuexi Tower, I lost my footing and rolled from the roof to the backyard of Yuexi Tower. I hit my head when I fell, which is why I was unconscious for so long."
"Look, it hit the edge of the flower bed and even broke its leg. What a bad year!"
She pointed to her injured calf, sighed, and then picked up her teacup and took a sip.
Qingying's face fell in annoyance: "Then I've been cheated out of five thousand taels of silver."
Long Chuqing put down her teacup and looked at Qingying: "You're quite a friend, I'll consider you one. You can come to me if you ever have any trouble." Oh dear, I'm getting ahead of myself. Right now, I'm the one facing the most difficult situation.
"Don't worry, I'll help you get your money back when my leg heals. Yuexi Tower, right?" Long Chuqing said thoughtfully.
Upon hearing this, Qingying hurriedly said, "The boss behind Yuexi Tower is not someone to be trifled with. He owns most of the brothels in the capital, as well as several casinos and money exchanges. He has connections in both the legitimate and criminal worlds, so it's best not to mess with him."
"Then he must be very rich, right?" Long Chuqing asked, stroking her chin with interest.
"That's natural."
Long Chuqing said slowly, "I definitely have to go to Yuexi Tower. That madam took my phoenix hairpin and kept it for herself. That was my only treasure, and I have to go and get it back. I'll also help you get back the five thousand taels of silver."
Qingying and Qingtong exchanged a glance, thinking to themselves, "This girl is really something else. She looks delicate and frail, but she's quite bold."
Qingying continued to persuade her, "Miss, don't be impulsive, you're still injured!"
Long Chuqing thought to herself, "I definitely can't go now. I need to heal my injuries first!"
"By the way, has any of you seen the owner behind Yuexi Tower, male or female, old or young?"
"This...only our prince has seen it."
Long Chuqing turned to Xiao Han and said, "Tell me about it."
Xiao Hanben leisurely sipped his tea, listening to their rambling, secretly marveling at her unique thought process.
Suddenly tagged, he looked up and slowly said, "I don't like to pay attention to these things."
Long Chuqing pouted: "It won't kill you to say something."
Xiao Han glanced at her: "What's the benefit of telling me?"
Long Chuqing glared at him. "I haven't earned a single penny yet! And you're already trying to ask me for favors."
"Hmph... stingy! Here's what we'll do! If the information you give me is useful, I'll get you a bottle of antidote pills specifically for aphrodisiacs. How about that? Five pills in a bottle."
"However, since you look like you attract a lot of attention, you should stock up on more. If you want to buy, I'll give you a friendly price."
She then turned to Qing Tong and asked, "Do you want some? Scar removal medicine, top-quality wound medicine, hemostatic medicine, and medicine for rapid wound healing—all at a friendly price, 20% off!" She even gestured as she spoke.
Hey, we can't let any opportunity to make money slip by, since we don't have a single penny to our name right now.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Han looked at her curiously. This woman was doing business again; she was truly eccentric and unconventional.
"Wasn't it supposed to be a friend's price, 50% off?"
Long Chuqing crossed his arms, leaned back on the stool, and said casually, "That was yesterday's price. I told you to buy it then, but you didn't want to. Now that midnight has passed, it's only 20% off. Tomorrow it will be back to the original price."
Under normal circumstances, who would believe that a strange woman brought from a brothel would have any kind of medicine?
However, Xiao Han had witnessed her skill; she easily suppressed the aphrodisiac that even Doctor Yuan couldn't handle, and she relieved the symptoms at an astonishing speed.
Furthermore, if she wasn't lying, the scars on her body were removed using very good medicine.
It shouldn't be difficult for someone like that to make other excellent medicines.
She spoke with such conviction that it seemed genuine, and her calm and collected demeanor suggested she was no ordinary woman confined to her chambers. Moreover, her fair and delicate skin suggested she was not someone who did manual labor.
"You only mentioned scar removal medication, nothing else," Xiao Han asked.
“You didn’t ask either!” Long Chuqing replied sincerely.
bronze:……
Qingying: ...
Xiao Han: ...Okay, it was his fault for not asking, but she said it so confidently that it made him seem stupid.
People like Xiao Han, who are in the military and often face swords and shadows, are willing to spend money to buy good wound medicine if it is available.
Xiao Han remained calm and said indifferently, "I remember you just said that your only valuable hairpin was also taken by that madam. Where did you get the medicine?"
"I don't have this medicine right now, but I can make it for anyone who needs it."
This was no challenge for her; it was an essential skill in the martial arts world—living off the land and water, she wouldn't starve.
Xiao Han twirled the teacup in his hand, looking at her suspiciously: "You don't have a single penny right now! How are you going to buy medicinal herbs?"
Long Chuqing sipped her tea, giving him a disdainful look: "What, are you afraid I'll starve to death if I go out? The world is so big, and the capital is no small place. To put it simply, I can gather the medicinal herbs myself!"
"I can set up a stall on the street, treat illnesses, tell fortunes, and the money will come in!"
"At worst, I can go to that Yuexi Tower, play the zither, and dance. I won't starve to death."
Qingying praised from the side, "Miss Long is truly multi-talented."
Long Chuqing chuckled awkwardly: "Hehe... You flatter me. It's always good to have more skills! They're just essential skills for navigating the world."
"We've gone off on a tangent. I was just asking you about the owner of Yuexi Tower."
Xiao Han was half helpless and half speechless: "The owner of Yuexi Tower is a man, around twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, handsome, and unmarried."
Long Chuqing stroked his chin thoughtfully, "Young, handsome, and extremely wealthy."