imperial psychologist

Chapter 236 The Real Golden Cage
A disabled old woman with a shaved face, in the alley deep in the Baihuaya, is there a snuff bottle painted with roses alone...

This is too graphic.

Thinking of the snuff bottles on the entire display cabinet in Chuxiu Palace, and the rose garden full of mousetrap in the yard, Bai Ling had a strong intuition in his heart that this old woman must be inseparable from the femme fatale in the palace. relationship.

In the process of following A Li all the way to Baihuaya, countless possibilities have surfaced in Bo Ling's mind - did Lin Jieyu's love for roses and snuff bottles come from this old woman?Are they mother and daughter?Aunt and nephew?Or is it something else?Most importantly, would this person be Lin Jieyu's weakness?
Wei Shishi put on the black hood again, covering his pale face and hair in the shadows again.There was a faint aroma of cosmetics and powder in the air, and the sound of laughter came from the pavilions and pavilions on the water from time to time.Layers of high-rise buildings are near and far, and the lights are reflected in the water, like a market in the sky.

The three of them walked towards the buildings of Baihuaya on an extremely wide wooden bridge. From time to time, luxuriously decorated carriages and horses passed by the bridge, and girls with bright makeup wore ribbons on their shoulders, leaning against the same or very different ages. The guests, from time to time, let out gentle and pleasant laughter.

With every frown and smile, the girl's innocent and soft beauty is like a fishhook with barbs, tightly locking the people around her.

If Emperor Jianxi had the opportunity to visit Baihuaya in person, he would probably be shocked to find that there are women of the kind that make him obsessed and linger everywhere.It's just that there are very few beauties here who have the courage of Lin Jieyu, and they can control themselves in front of the moody emperor.

This is the first time Bo Ling has come to a place like Baihuaya. Since crossing the bridge, the girls walking on the street look better by more than one level. Text tattoo.

She was embarrassed to stare at it openly, so she observed from the corner of her eye. Those were the names of the girls in Baihuaya, followed by a symbolic text that she didn't quite recognize.

"That's a fancy size." A Li introduced, "Girls with a size can go up and strike up a conversation at will-but there are not many good women walking around here on weekdays."

Bo Ling nodded, so she understood.These symbols look like the codes of Suzhou in previous lives - the equivalent of Chinese folk Arabic numerals
Bo Ling looked back and forth at the market. Although there were continuous patrols patrolling the law and order, there were no guards on the corners of the alleys.

"People from Baihuaya, aren't they afraid that these girls will take the opportunity to run away?"

"It's not easy to run away, and it's easy to catch if they run away." A Li pointed to his heart, "They don't have their household registrations in their hands, and they can't escape Pingjing City at all. They are branded here again. The medical examination will reveal the truth. Besides, they may not want to run away—"

Before Ah Li finished speaking, a light pink sachet had already been thrown towards Bo Ling—although Wei Shishi had caught it on top of Bo Ling's head with quick eyesight, but the two small jade beads on the tether of the sachet It still hit her lightly on the forehead, and Bo Ling suffered a moment of pain, and softly called out "Oops".

"Whose little son is this~"

"Young master, quickly look up and let the sisters see~"

Bo Ling raised his head in response, and saw three or four women in their twenties standing on the fence on the second floor, all of them were white-toothed, crescent-browed, and almond-shaped eyes were full of waves. Before she could react, these girls had already laughed, as if What a pleasant surprise to find.

"What a handsome man!"

"The appearance is really strange and painful~"

While laughing, three more sachets of different colors came towards Boling—without exception, Wei Shishi intercepted them in the air.

"They are asking the drug dealer to go up for a drink," A Li explained from the side, "Go up with the sachets thrown by the girls, there is no money for drinking and chatting."

"Then, there's no need..." Bo Ling wiped his forehead, "Fourteen, help me throw all these things back."

Just as Wei Shishi was about to raise his hand, a sachet was thrown at him. He turned his head slightly, and the sachet passed by his ear.

"Ah...it's a pity I missed it..." A sigh came from upstairs, "This tall guy in black is really to my liking..."

Wei Shishi threw all the four sachets in his hand back to the second floor without changing his face, and then quickly left here together with Bai Ling.When they left, there was another burst of enthusiastic laughter behind them. Someone leaned half of his body out of the building and shouted to Bai Ling's back, "Young master! If it's not fun, remember to come back and find your sisters~ sisters Teach you how to play and play!"

Bo Ling didn't look back, but he couldn't help laughing.

Men come here to have fun - but who's after whom?
"Those are Wei Feng'er. They were sent to the corners of the land because they couldn't keep guests in the main building. They are very enthusiastic." A Li walked in front, said softly, and walked a few steps forward. Suddenly, as if thinking of something, he turned his head and smiled, "Brother Bai probably lost more than 20 sachets along the way when he came here last time."

Bai Ling keenly captured the key information, "Have Bai Yi been here before?"

"Don't think too much about it, Si Yao, Brother Bai came here with Master Wan to prepare the banquet. After all, from time to time, there will be noble people here who can invite Master Wan to hold a banquet." As he said, A Li stretched out his finger to the right Side, "Please take a look at the medicine."

Between the empty passages between the buildings, at the end of the narrow field of vision is the huge brightly lit main building of Baihuaya.

The people in Chinese clothes on the balcony were as small as ants. The four wooden walls of the attic on the top floor were demolished and replaced with golden fences. There were beauties singing and dancing inside, as if jumping in a golden cage. moving dolls.

"We all call that 'golden silk cage'. Generally, if there are noble people hosting a banquet, they will set up the banquet there." A Li said softly.

Bai Ling was stunned.

Golden cage...

She stood there, looking at the golden cage that was shining in the night, and fell silent for a while.

"This entire building," Bo Ling suddenly looked at A Li, "is it all owned by the Jiaofang Division?"

"Not all, the land boundary here is divided into three layers, only the innermost circle - that is, the main building and the land boundary of thirty or forty steps around it are directly attributed to the name of Jiaofangsi, and the rest are all other people I went to the Jiaofang Secretary to get the lease and license, and slowly started to do it. Usually, it is under the supervision of the Jiaofang Secretary, but it has to be shared with the Jiaofang Secretary.”

"Eighty percent for Jiaofang, and twenty percent for them?"

"Yeah." Ah Li nodded his head as a matter of course, "This is a business that only makes money and doesn't lose money. No matter how many people squeeze their heads, they won't be able to get in."

Bo Ling didn't say anything anymore, but just followed A Li all the way forward—even though they walked for a long time, they never got closer to the golden silk cage. A Li led her and Shisi around the outermost layer of Baihuaya for about A quarter of a circle, and then headed towards the more peripheral alleys.

The outermost layer of Baihuaya, a dilapidated and dilapidated place, is Hua Nong.

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