CH 4

Chapter 4: Do You Want To Have Fun? This Surprise Isn’t A Surprise, And This Accident Isn’t An Accident?

Near noon, when the Madame saw that the customer who bought Qi Ci hadn’t come out of the wing room yet, she knocked on the door. Since she didn’t hear a response, and since she didn’t know what had happened last night, she carefully pushed open the door and spied through a small gap. Who would’ve known that Qi Ci was alone, sleeping soundly in the dark.

Since the customer was no longer there, the Madame revealed her cruel nature. As she pushed open the door of the wing room, she ordered her subordinates to throw Qi Ci out of the bed.

Qi Ci then fell to the ground, and before he could react, his hair was severely grabbed, forcing him to raise his head. Qi Ci was in pain, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the sharp, ugly face of the Madame.

The Madame said: “Do you know when the customer left? Have you served him? The only thing you know is to sleep, sleep and sleep. You’re useless!”

After saying that, when Qi Ci was severely thrown to the ground, he landed on his left arm, leaving behind a red mark on his skin.

The Madame twirled her fingers with disgust as she said: “But, since you didn’t die a violent death, it seems that you did serve the customer last night. Oh my!”

As the Madame said, she suddenly noticed something. She took a few steps towards the bed, stared for a while, and then violently turned around to grab Qi Ci’s collar. As she raised her hand and slapped him on the face, she said with a sharp voice: “What happened to the wall? A hole? I’ll have to spend money to repair it!”

The Madame had an extremely heavy hand, and she beat Qi Ci until he felt dizzy and the taste of blood filled his mouth. It took him a long time before he could reply: “Last night, I played a little too much with the customer, and we accidentally hit the wall.”

As the Madame looked at the bloodstain on the ground, she remembered the appearance of Bian Zhonghua.

That man was dressed in black, with sword eyebrows and an extraordinary elegance. He was more beautiful than jade, but he smiled with an inexplicable evil aura. At first, the Madame was confused, thinking that Bian Zhonghua didn’t look like the usual customers, and she didn’t understand why he would appear in a place like this. But now, her mind was more clear. It could be said that he must be a Lord with eccentric fetishes, that because of his status and reputation, he had to come to such places where no one would recognize him and have some fun.

“All right.” The Madame let go of Qi Ci and said: “Clean up and take care of your wounds, you still have to take customers tonight. You were poisoned by my Gu worm, and this Gu worm will attack you every twelve hours. Don’t think of running away, otherwise, you’ll see what’ll happen to you.”

After saying that, the Madame took her subordinates out of the wing room and went to patrol the halls. Qi Ci stood on the ground for a long time before finally getting up. After he slowly fixed his clothes, he rubbed his head, took two deep breaths, and then began to prepare for his escape.

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Qi Ci was alone, had nothing to worry about, and had nothing to bring with him. First, he took a basin of hot water, washed briefly, and then quietly waited inside the wing room for the evening.

Some of the young girls and male prostitutes in this brothel were willing to sell themselves. But Qi Ci was drugged and forcibly thrown into this place.

The person who drugged him, sold him for ten taels of silver.

Ten taels of silver was enough for a good meal and wine.

So, he was sold against his will.

Qi Ci: “Dammit. I’m worth at least ten taels of gold, right?”

The resentful qi was very heavy in this brothel, and when the building was closed for the rest of the afternoon, Qi Ci heard the sound of whimpering and crying coming from the next wing room.

The doors were guarded by guards, so Qi Ci couldn’t get out. After thinking about it, he broke a cup and picked up the porcelain pieces. Then he sat on the bed and dug the hole left by Biang Zhonghua. After a long time, he finally dug a bigger hole on the wall….

The cries coming from the next wing room hadn’t stopped yet, so Qi Ci called into the hole: “Hello!”

The other person was startled, and it took a long time for that person to reply: “Who, who? Ah… why is there a hole here?”

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Qi Ci took a brush and paper and wrote a sentence: ‘Since there are many corpses buried in the southwest corner of the courtyard, the guards don’t want to go there, because of the bad luck. There’s a willow tree over there, and you can climb the tree to escape over the wall. If you’re not under the Gu worm poison, then find the chance to run away.’

Qi Ci rolled up the paper and put it in the hole.

It took a long time for the person at the other side of the wall to take the paper away carefully.

Qi Ci got out of bed and looked outside the window at the increasingly dusky sky.

The red candles inside the big red lanterns on both sides of the plaque of the brothel were lit. Even though something happened to Lord Qian in the brothel last night, it somehow didn’t affect the brothel at all. It looked like it was another night of laughter and fun on the surface, but in reality, it was a night of festering bones and rotten skin.

Qi Ci changed into brocade clothes, and under the pressure of the guards at his door, he came to the second floor, for those who came for pleasure.

Qi Ci’s appearance was outstanding, and as soon as he appeared, men started to bid for him. The Madame smiled and said: “Everyone, don’t make so much noise. We all know what our rules are here, the highest bidder can get him.”

After several disputes, a fat-faced man bought Qi Ci with a high price.

The Madame smiled brightly and personally sent the customer into the wing room. She also glared at Qi Ci and ordered him to serve him well before leaving.

As soon as the door of the wing room was closed, the customer couldn’t wait to throw himself at Qi Ci: “Oh, beauty, I was dying to buy you. I could’ve put my whole fortune in order to get you.”

Qi Ci pretended to be submissive, and with a pinched tone of voice, he said in a delicate manner: “Master, the night is long, let’s not rush it. Let me ask you, do you want to have some fun?”

The customer’s eyes lit up: “What kind of fun?”

Qi Ci smiled, and his beauty didn’t seem to belong to the human world. The customer immediately lost three of his seven souls1, completely bewitched.

Qi Ci said: “Master, let me tell you. No one walks by the southwest corner of the courtyard, so why don’t we go outside and….. and then we come back to the wing room?”

The greasy man pinched Qi Ci’s waist and smiled lewdly several times: “This beauty sure knows how to have fun! Let’s go!”

After saying that, the customer grabbed Qi Ci’s waist and walked outside, passing through the halls, and some other places that were being patrolled by the guards. When the guards saw the customer, they didn’t dare to stop the two of them, so the two men arrived at the southwest corner of the courtyard without any problems.

There was a stone path, stone stairs covered in moss, a few shrubs, and several dead willow branches stuck crookedly on the ground. The strong willow stood quiet under the moonlight.

The customer instantly pushed Qi Ci against the tree as he took off his own pants with a crooked smile on his face: “Beauty ~ I can’t wait.”

Qi Ci smiled at him, and then with all his strength, he hit the customer on the side of his neck with his elbow.