This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 58: Broken Body (Part )

Under the night sky, Qingzhuju was brightly lit, and pleasant sounds of stringed instruments and women's singing could be heard.

In the Da Lan Dynasty, gambling houses and brothels were both legal. Brothels were divided into four categories and were specifically managed by the Inspection Office.

Fourth-class brothels are well-known brothels, which are purely flesh trades with high turnover and uneven quality.

The third-class brothel is called "Xiachu" and has a fixed location. Although it is also a flesh trade, the quality is relatively higher.

The second-class brothel is called a "tea house", which is a mid- to high-end place where people sell both art and body. Some middle-class people with a little money in their pockets like to invite two or three good friends to "drink tea" together in their spare time.

The highest-class brothel is called "Qingyin Xiaoban", which is a truly high-end place, and the women inside basically only sell their skills and not their bodies. If you really want someone's body, you can only have a chance to get close to them if you can spend a lot of real money and become the "big brother on the list".

Places like Qingyin Xiaoban were the favorite entertainment venues for dignitaries, and 'Qingzhuju' was the most famous and recognized highest quality Qingyin Xiaoban in the entire Xingcheng.

Qingzhuju was opened by the Hudao Gang. Today, Master Zhang from the Hudao Gang is personally entertaining an important guest here.

"Come, Chief Liu, I'll toast you a glass."

Wearing glasses and looking very bookish, Zhang Mingze raised his glass with a smile on his face and toasted to a middle-aged man who was a little overweight.

There were five people sitting in this elegant room, two men and three women.

Zhang Mingze, the legal advisor of the Tiger Blade Gang, and Liu Cunde, the deputy chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, each had a beautiful woman wearing a tube top and with skin as white as snow sitting next to them to accompany them for drinking. There was also a woman with an elegant temperament playing the piano next to them.

"Oh, Master Zhang, I really can't drink any more. I can't handle the alcohol. I can't handle the alcohol."

Liu Cunde's face was already red from drinking, and he kept waving at Zhang Mingze who was toasting him.

"Hahaha, Chief Liu, who doesn't know that you have a huge appetite? You are too modest."

Zhang Mingze calmly winked at the beautiful woman next to Liu Cunde.

The woman immediately picked up the wine glass, snuggled into Liu Cunde's arms, and began to persuade him to drink in a gentle voice.

Under the woman's persuasion, Liu Cunde had to drink another glass of wine.

Then he said to Zhang Mingze, "Master Zhang, I really can't drink any more. If you drink one more glass, I will fall down immediately."

"Okay, let's stop here for today."

Zhang Mingze put down his glass with a smile, "What should I do next for Chief Liu?"

As he spoke, he looked at the woman nestled in Liu Cunde's arms with an ambiguous look. The woman also lowered her head shyly, wanting to say something but hesitant.

Liu Cunde glanced at the charming woman in his arms and shook his head regretfully:
"You know, I have a tigress at home, so it's not a good idea for me to stay out overnight. Let's do it another day."

As he spoke, he stood up and said, "Master Zhang, thank you for your hospitality tonight."

Zhang Mingze also stood up and personally saw Liu Cunde out, then left Qingzhuju through a quiet back door.

"Boss Liu, this is a small gift from Gang Leader Yu. Please pay more attention to what I asked of you before."

Before Liu Cunde was about to leave, Zhang Mingze smiled and handed him a small, somewhat heavy suitcase.

Liu Cunde took the suitcase calmly, and after feeling its weight, his smile widened:

"Thank Boss Yu for me. I will do my best for him."

"Okay, then I won't see you off."

"Master, please stay."

After the two exchanged a few words of greeting, Liu Cunde, carrying a heavy small suitcase, staggered towards the alley in front.

His driver had already parked the car there and was waiting for him.

Zhang Mingze stopped smiling only after Liu Cunde got into the car and left.

"Master, Director Wang has already made all the arrangements."

Just then, a subordinate came trotting over to report to him.

Zhang Mingze nodded. With a deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a first-level director of the Office of the Chief Administrative Office, if they could deal with these two people, what they wanted to do would basically be a done deal.

In the car, Liu Cunde, who had been drunk before and was already unable to hold his liquor, now had clear eyes.

He sat in the back row and placed the briefcase Zhang Mingze had given him on his lap. He opened it a little and took a look. As expected, inside were neatly stacked stacks of dark blue banknotes, all of which were one-yuan bills.

Liu Cunde only took a quick glance and quickly estimated that the box of money should contain 10,000 yuan, which was more than his annual salary.

In fact, the largest denomination of banknotes issued by the Great Lan Dynasty is thirty yuan, but Zhang Mingze always gives one-yuan banknotes as gifts, because this is more intuitive and makes the gift seem more valuable.

Liu Cunde naturally understood Zhang Mingze's little thoughts, but he thought it was a good thing because he liked to see money stacked up there, the more the better.

"Little Sun."

Liu Cunde buckled up the suitcase again and suddenly asked his driver:

"How much money does this person have to make to be considered enough?"

The driver, Xiao Sun, was startled and said with a smile:

"Sir, for me, if I could have 10,000 yuan, I would never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of my life."

"Ten thousand yuan?"

Liu Cunde sneered:
"You, your vision is still too short."

"Of course I can't compare with you, sir."

The driver, Xiao Sun, smiled awkwardly.

Liu Cunde shook his head. He had indeed drunk a lot of wine, and the other party was his absolute confidant, so he suddenly felt something:

"A local gang can manipulate the election of the Chief Inspector of the Inspectorate. Do you find it ridiculous?"

Driver Xiao Sun didn't dare to answer this question, and he knew that Liu Cunde didn't need to answer it himself.

Sure enough, Liu Cunde said to himself:
"But this kind of thing is not surprising in Xingcheng, and it's even more so in other places. In some places, the aristocratic families can even directly control the promotion of officials. In those places, the chief is not as effective as the clan leader. How ridiculous is that? Hahahaha!"

He laughed and shook his head:
"The Great Blue Dynasty has been established for more than 500 years. It is hard to reverse the situation. Hey, it will end sooner or later!"

When the driver Xiao Sun heard such outrageous words, he was shocked and subconsciously looked back at Liu Cunde.

After Liu Cunde said this, he realized that he had lost his composure and sobered up instantly.

But he didn't want to lose face in front of his driver, so he tried to remain calm and said in a serious tone:

"Xiao Sun, while the world is still good, work hard to make money."

"You are still young, ten thousand yuan is too little."

"One hundred thousand, maybe. If you make enough, your family will never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives."

After a while, the driver Xiao Sun replied:

"Then I have to rely on you, otherwise I won't be able to earn enough 100,000 yuan in my lifetime."

"Don't worry, just follow me and I will make sure you earn more than 100,000 before I retire!"

Liu Cunde's proud voice floated out of the car window and into the night.

Under the same night sky, Li Fei was practicing the health-preserving stance taught by Hao Yi in his room.

He felt the steel armor implant in his body becoming more and more agitated, and lasting much longer than before.

"The breakthrough will happen tonight!"

Li Fei suddenly felt enlightened.

(End of this chapter)