Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 30: Falling and Picking Up a Gold Ingot
Dan Niang waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, sir, I can't do it."

"Since I came to you, I naturally believe that you can do it!"

Dan Niang's heart trembled suddenly. What...what did he mean by this?
Could it be that he knows my background?

Yang Yuan leaned forward and smiled, "If you can't do it, Shuiyunjian will change its owner!"

Dan Niang was already suspicious, and she said tentatively: "If I have dealings with the Jin people and lose my good reputation, then in the future..."

"You work for the court, how can your reputation be ruined? Besides, I'm not really asking you to let others take advantage of you.

We are trying to make him want something but can't get it, so that he will tell us what we want to hear, right?"

"But... the Jin people have always been tyrannical, and even the imperial court has to give them some leeway.

If I offend the prince of Jin, where else can I find shelter in this vast world?"

Yang Yuan smiled lightly: "I asked you to lure him into revealing the secrets, not to torture him into confessing.

He will never know that the problem lies with you, so how can he be angry with you? "

Dan Niang bit her lip and thought for a while, then looked up at Yang Yuan: "Master, dare you swear that you have not deceived me?"

Dan Niang has narrow eyes, double eyelids, and upturned eye tails, which are a pair of typical fox eyes.

Her mouth is not big, but her lips are very beautiful, like a cherry that will overflow with juice when you bite it.

With such a charming look, coupled with her hesitant, confused and pleading eyes, who could refuse her request?

Yang Yuan straightened his body, pressed his right thumb on his little finger, and slowly raised it above his head.

The index finger, middle finger and ring finger are three incense sticks.

The middle finger represents the sky, the ring finger represents the earth, and the index finger represents people.

"I swear that I will never sacrifice or hurt Dan Niang to achieve my goal.

If you break this oath, the gods will hate you, the ghosts will hate you, and you will be condemned to hell forever, never to enter the cycle of reincarnation!"

The ancients believed in the existence of gods in the world.

Because I am in awe, I dare not swear easily, but I believe in oaths.

Therefore, after hearing Yang Yuan's oath, Dan Niang's eyebrows curved into a beautiful arc, and she said faintly: "Forget it, then I...will believe you. If the master wants to coax me..."

Yang Yuan said: "I am a man of my word, how could I lie to you?"

He looked at Dan Niang again and said, "You are indeed very beautiful, but in order to make a prince fall in love with you and to be able to lower yourself to please him, I still have to package you a little bit."

Dan Niang was stunned: "Packaging?"

What she thought of instantly was that Yang Yuan wrapped her up neatly and put her into a box, which was a bit scary.

Yang Yuan hurriedly explained: "Oh! What I mean is that you can be fascinated by Wanyan Quxing, but you still respect him and dare not take him lightly."

Yang Yuan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I haven't figured out how to design this identity yet, I'll tell you when I think of a suitable identity.

Now, tell me about your parents' and husband's families' situations, and I will solve whatever problems I can for you."

Yang Yuan wanted to help her solve some of the troubles first, especially those from Old Man Fan's family.

On the one hand, it was to gain her trust and make her grateful to me, so she would work harder for me.

Secondly, I have done her a favor, so in the future when she finds out that I have deceived her, she won't be too angry.

Thirdly, it was also to prevent her family from coming to cause trouble during the implementation of the plan and preventing Wanyan Quxing from discovering the flaws.

Dan Niang was very happy to hear this, and she told Yang Yuan everything about her situation.

When Dan Niang was seven years old, her parents gave her to the street artist Aunt Rao, and she followed Aunt Rao on her journey around the world.

When Dan Niang grew up and could earn money, her parents reappeared.

Every time her parents showed up, they would ask her for money with all kinds of excuses and keep squeezing her.

A few months ago, she was sold to a 60-year-old man as a concubine without her knowledge. Fortunately, the old man's wife was fierce and could not tolerate her, so she drove her out of the house, and she ended up in Lin'an.

As for her husband's family, she only knew that they lived in Huzhou, and knew no other details.

After listening to this, Yang Yuan digested it carefully and nodded, saying, "Okay! I will help you solve the problem with your mother's family first.

As for your in-laws, since you can't explain their situation clearly, just wait until they come and then deal with them accordingly."

Dan Niang was secretly grateful, and hurriedly stood up and bowed to Yang Yuan: "I cannot thank you enough for your kindness! If you can protect me and keep me from being harassed, I will repay you with a token of gratitude."

……

Chen Lixing and Da Chu had some fistfights in the alley, and their appetites were whetted.

Then I went back to the store and sat down, enjoying the delicious food and wine that I usually don’t want to enjoy. It was so delicious!
Suddenly, Yang Yuan walked out of the store.

Seeing this, Yu Jiguang gave Da Chu a look.

Da Chu was enjoying his meal and didn't notice it at all.

Yu Jiguang was helpless, and gave Chen Lixing a look, indicating that he should stay and see who would leave the store after Yang Yuan.

He kicked Da Chu on the table, signaling him to follow him and leave.

Qingtang was lying behind the counter, fiddling with abacus beads out of boredom. When she saw Yang Yuan leave, she immediately called for someone to come and help her guard the counter, and she ran to the backyard.

In the backyard patio, Dan Niang sat under the wisteria flowers, lost in thought.

Qingtang trotted over and jumped, then sat where Yang Yuan had just sat.

"Sister, your family was driven out by that great official just now, right? Does he know you?"

Dan Niang finally came to her senses and asked quickly, "Have my parents left? Is there anything wrong?"

Qingtang changed his mind and concealed the fact that Old Man Fan and Aunt Deng's family were beaten up by several guests.

She smiled and shook her head, then nodded: "Well, after they came down from upstairs, they left in disgrace."

Dan Niang breathed a sigh of relief and murmured, "It's rare. This is the first time he's willing to leave without getting paid. It seems that Yang Yuan is really capable..."

"Is that senior official called Yang Yuan?"

Qingtang put his elbows on the table and lifted his chin.

She held her face with both hands and asked curiously, "He just lied to me and said that he saw you among the barmaids two days ago and he couldn't forget you ever since.

But he doesn't know your name, nor does he know how many days you've been here, and that you stopped being a barmaid a month and a half ago. He also doesn't know what he's planning. Who is he anyway?"

Dan Niang had been wondering how much Yang Yuan knew about her, and when she heard Qingtang say this, her face suddenly became serious.

"Qingtang, I think that Mr. Yang knows very well that we are 'loafers'."

Qingtang was so shocked that he jumped up from the stool as if there was a spring under his butt.

"Does Mr. Yang know that we are 'loafers'?"

Dan Niang nodded and said in a deep voice, "It's almost certain!"

"Youshou" was a general term for the profession of "swindlers" during the Song Dynasty.

Lin'an has a population of one million, and it is a mixed crowd, so there are many gangs that rely on fraud to make money.

Setting up a "beauty trap" and gambling are both considered as a form of "idleness".

There are also those who set up the 'Water Merit Bureau', which is to create the false impression that they are all-powerful and have extensive connections, in order to attract those who are seeking official positions, jobs, appointments, promotions, and lawsuits, and then leave after getting the money and things.

There is another type called "releasing a white dove", which means that the fraud gang marries off a "daughter" in the name of marriage, collects the betrothal gift and then runs away.

Selling counterfeit goods is considered a "slacker" in this era and is called a "daytime thief."

In this era, street pickpocketing, bag theft, breaking into houses, and even forced buying and selling like Niu Er are all classified as "loiterers".

Yang Yuan never expected that he originally wanted to find a good woman to set up a "beauty trap", but he found a real master of setting up "beauty trap", Fan Danniang, nicknamed "Snow Jade" in the gossip industry!
(End of this chapter)