Chapter 291 Be Responsible!

Li Xuan followed several mothers on the flower street and came to the top floor of Hu Yulou.

Walking along the stairs, Li Xuan found that Hu Yulou was actually five stories high.

However, the higher you go, the smaller the area becomes. On the fifth floor, which is the top floor, there is only one room.

That is Mother Zhou's boudoir.

This place is also used as an office.

Mother Zhou invited several others to go in.

Following all the way up, Li Xuan also had a simple understanding of the layout of Hu Yulou.

The lobby on the first floor is mainly responsible for performances and receiving individual guests.

The second floor is a series of private rooms, where you can see the flower street outside the window and the stage on the first floor. The location is very good, but it is a bit open.

On the third and fourth floors, there is more privacy, and the sound insulation effect is also better.

The rooms on the third floor are obviously more than those on the fourth floor, but from the decoration, it can be easily found that the fourth floor should be a place for receiving distinguished guests only.

It was not too difficult for Li Xuan to follow in.

He hid under the skirts of the mothers, surrounded by the scent of rouge and followed them into the room on the fifth floor.

Even so, no one noticed that there was a cat in the room.

Li Xuan carefully avoided the footsteps of the mothers and shuttled under their skirts.

After entering the room, the mothers began to take their seats.

Li Xuan found a mother whose rouge scent was not so strong, and sat down with her.

The only difference was that the mother sat on the chair, and Li Xuan sat on the ground under the mother's skirt.

This was the most convenient, Li Xuan looked up and waited to listen to their conversation.

"Mother Zhou, tell me."

"What exactly happened today?"

Before the butt was warm, someone immediately started to make trouble and blamed Mother Zhou.

"To be honest, I don't know what happened?"

"You can think about it and understand that this matter tonight is of no benefit to me."

"Isn't it?"

Mother Zhou said aggrievedly.

"Whether it's good for you or not, your stage blew up, and your courtesan disappeared."

"You can't just tell us you don't know anything, can you?"

"If that's the case, we can only handle it impartially and hand it over to the government."

"You also know that the young master is still lying in your Hu Yulou. Whether he can survive tonight is still an unknown."

Although these mothers were troubled by the situation in front of them, none of them showed it. They spoke slowly, but they were enough to press step by step.

If Mother Zhou couldn't come up with a plan today, I'm afraid the others would not agree.

At that time, they would unite and put all the responsibility on Hu Yulou.

Even if they were affected, Huajie would not be seriously injured.

Mother Zhou certainly knew how cold-blooded these people were. When it came to interests, they would definitely distance themselves from her at the first time.

If it was Yi Yi, he would not be able to climb to their position.

Mother Zhou now also knew that she had to save herself.

"Everyone, I bought this Ayimu from the Western Regions at a high price last month."

"According to the broker, this Ayimu is originally from Dayue Country. Because of her outstanding talent, she has received special dance training since childhood."

"I also bought her because of Ayimu's dancing."

"To be honest with you, my Hu Yulou's business has been neither good nor bad in the past few years. This time I spent a lot of money to support this Ayimu and set up my Hu Yulou's signboard, but this is the first time the courtesan is paraded in the streets..."

Mother Zhou sobbed as she spoke, and took out a handkerchief to cover her face.

Li Xuan showed half of his head from under his skirt and looked at Mother Zhou with one eye.

"It doesn't look like she's lying."

And if it's true what Mother Zhou said, the biggest victim tonight, besides the unlucky Hou San, is Mother Zhou in front of him.

But Mother Zhou's tears can deceive others, but not these mothers in front of him.

They are all thousand-year-old foxes, what kind of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio is playing here?

No one at the scene cared about Mother Zhou's tears, they just frowned and thought.

One of them immediately asked: "You said that this Ayimu was bought from a broker, what kind of contract did you sign with her?"

Someone on the side immediately sneered and said: "What kind of contract can a bought slave have?"

The other mothers all looked at Mother Zhou silently.

Generally, the slaves bought are sold indentures, basically there is no share, only some basic monthly wages.

Even if she becomes a courtesan, she is just a pure cash cow, and there is no room for negotiation, because Ayimu belongs to Mother Zhou.

Ayimu is not from Daxing, so she is not protected by Daxing law.

Generally speaking, the contract of selling indentures in Daxing can only be signed for a maximum of 40 years, and more years are invalid contracts.

The more popular contracts on the market are 30-year contracts.

Because usually within the thirty-year period, a person completely loses his value, and after thirty years, he becomes a burden.

So generally, people try their best to make money during these thirty years, but they always control the limit.

After all, if they die within the period, it will be a loss of property.

For this reason, most of the owners who hold the indenture will squeeze the value of the other party in the last few years, and they will not feel sorry if they break it.

Of course, there are also tenacious people who can survive these thirty years.

But when the indenture expires, people have wasted thirty years of their time, and their life is about to end.

But because Ayimu is not from Daxing, she doesn't even have the hope of these thirty years.

If Mother Zhou is more greedy, it is possible that she signed a lifetime contract.

A lifetime term, plus an astronomical redemption price, just hanging Ayimu for a lifetime.

If Mother Zhou and Ayimu signed such an indenture, it is not incomprehensible that Ayimu escaped in the chaos.

Or, it is entirely possible that Aimu secretly planned the riot tonight in order to escape from Hu Yulou.

Mother Zhou cried even harder in the face of the gazes of the other mothers.

Someone immediately said coldly: "Don't pretend, hurry up and find a way to catch Aimu back."

"Otherwise, you, Hu Yulou, will always be responsible for Mr. Hou's affairs."

"It's a small matter if you, Hu Yulou, fall, but if you are implicated in the Flower Street, selling you a hundred times will not be enough!"

Hou San is the son of the Minister of Personnel, and they all know this.

If Hou San really died in the Flower Street, their future business would be difficult.

There must be a real scapegoat to take over the anger of the Minister of Personnel, and it must be taken completely, without the possibility of harming other people.

And now, Aimu, who is the most suspicious, is the best candidate.

Otherwise, in the end, even if Mother Zhou is pushed out, the anger of the Minister of Personnel will never be appeased.

"Or is it that Mother Zhou wants to find a better job for us?"

The words were so sinister that Mother Zhou shuddered.

How could she be good if she fell into the hands of these families?

The reputation that she had finally picked up with great difficulty would probably have to be thrown back into the mud.

And this time, there was absolutely no chance to pick it up again and clean it up.

Mother Zhou quickly put down the dry handkerchief in her hand.

"What should we do?"

"What can we do!"

The mothers in charge of Hua Street shouted in unison:

"Just hope that Mr. Hou is safe and sound, and then successfully capture that Ayimu."

"Otherwise, I advise you to prepare to return to the arena as soon as possible."

Having said so much, the mothers immediately prepared to leave.

Li Xuan found that the skirt covering him was suddenly shorter, exposing himself.

But fortunately, he was a dark ball, and hiding under the chair, he was not so conspicuous.

Li Xuan took advantage of no one noticing and left the mother's skirt, then hid under Zhou's bed and waited for the situation to change.

At this time, several mothers had opened the door and were ready to leave.

Seeing this, Zhou's mother hurried to stop them.

"Are you leaving now?"

"What about Mr. Hou?"

"You have to help me with some ideas!"

"It will not be good for you if Mr. Hou dies here!"

Zhou's mother was telling the truth, which made the other mothers even more angry.

"We have already sent people to notify Mr. Hou's family, and also invited Doctor Fang to treat him. It is estimated that he will arrive now."

"As for how to deal with the rest of the things, it's up to you."

"We have done our best, don't block the way!"

After that, several mothers immediately shook off Zhou's arm that was blocking them and left in a hurry.

Calculating the time, Mr. Hou's family should be arriving soon.

They didn't want to stay here together and be scolded by Zhou's mother.

Mother Zhou stared at their backs with hatred, but she could do nothing.

As they said, they had done their best to help Mother Zhou.

Seeing that no one else was visible at the staircase, Mother Zhou immediately called a few of Hu Yulou's thugs and asked them to guard the door.

Then she closed the door tightly and opened a secret compartment under her desk.

There were a lot of documents and a thick stack of banknotes in the secret compartment.

"Uh, isn't she going to run away?"

Mother Zhou took out the things in the secret compartment and put them in a small wooden box. There was a mechanism on the wooden box. She twisted it several times, locked the wooden box, and hid it under her pillow.

Then Mother Zhou straightened her clothes, took a few deep breaths, and restored her usual demeanor before opening the door and going out.

Li Xuan was not polite. He immediately crawled out from under the bed, then jumped onto Mother Zhou's bed, and swept his tail under the pillow. Suddenly, a small wooden box appeared in his Emperor Hong bone ring.

"Hey, Mother Zhou."

"It's not right for you to run away so irresponsibly. Let me keep these things for you."

Li Xuan grinned and listened to the noise outside.

The two thugs at the door were still there, so Li Xuan flipped out of the window directly.

No matter which floor, it was all the same to him.

He jumped down along the windows of Hu Yulou, and when he passed the fourth and third floors, he accidentally saw a few live pornographic pictures.

"Hiss——"

"That move just now was a bit strange."

Li Xuan was about to jump to the second floor, but he couldn't help but turn back and jump up again, intending to take a closer look.

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