Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 120: Interception (First Update)
“Bang! Bang!”

“Bang! Bang!!”

Xiao Ran was unexpectedly pulled into the room by the woman, and the two of them rolled on the ground. The room was not big, and the table and benches fell to the ground with a thud.

Two-story buildings of that era were all made of wood, and your footsteps could be heard downstairs normally, let alone such loud clanging noises.

The madam was eating melon seeds and chatting with the pimp downstairs. When she heard the noise upstairs, her face changed and she glanced at the pimp.

Mr. Turtle immediately understood what he meant and turned around to lead his men upstairs.

“Bang, bang, bang!” The old man knocked on the door first, then called out, “Sister Ju.”

Seeing that no one responded in the room, his face suddenly darkened. He kicked the door open and rushed in with his men.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Sister Ju sitting on a chair, and she said coldly, "Who let you in?"

Turtle King Xiaomao didn't answer. He glanced around the room first. Seeing that no one was in the room, he smiled and said, "Oh, I heard your bang downstairs just now. I thought you were hurt. Hurry up and bring someone to take a look."

"I just kicked the table leg by accident. I didn't even cry out in pain. You guys are really concerned. Go back and tell mom to rest assured that I have no intention of hanging myself."

"Oh, my dear sister Ju, what are you saying? The girls upstairs and downstairs are waiting for you to give them food. Please take a rest, take a rest."

The old man bent down and walked out of the room, quietly closing the door before leaving.

Normally, this pimp in a place like J brothel is mostly a business partner, and he has a share of the profits from this deal.

He usually solicits customers, and if he sees someone trying to get something for free, he will bring his men to beat him up.

If the girl you bought is disobedient, hehe, these people have plenty of ways to deal with you.

To put it bluntly, they are the thugs of J Hospital.

When the young ladies saw him on weekdays, they would lower their heads and dare not resist.

But when this old man came in front of the girl, he acted like a humble servant. Even when the girl mocked him, he could only smile.

Why?

Because this girl's status is not ordinary.

She is the most beautiful courtesan in the brothel.

This brothel is not as good as a prostitute, but its specifications and level are much better than those brothels and butcher shops. Although there is not enough financial resources to support so many ladies in the brothel, it is not difficult to train a special oiran.

The madam would buy girls with good looks, and slowly train them from a young age, letting them serve the previous courtesan and learn from her. When the previous courtesan grew old and ugly, she would be asked to take her place.

This courtesan who is specially trained one-on-one can be a star even in a brothel in the capital city. The business and reputation of the brothel, as well as whether it can have a place in the local area, all depend on the ability of this courtesan.

So, the courtesan is the pillar of the brothel. With this pillar, you are the brothel. Without this pillar, you are a lowly pimp and the other girls in the brothel cannot be sold at a high price.

Just as this is the case, the old man said that everyone on this floor is depending on the girl for food and they dare not neglect her easily.

Only after Guigong and his companions went downstairs did the girl put her hand on her chin and said, "They left. Why don't you come down?"

After saying that, Xiao Ran flipped over and fell from the beam.

"You are really capable. You can go up and down such a high building just by saying so." The girl praised him, but her eyes were filled with envy.

"It's just unpresentable skill."

Xiao Ran sat down and stayed away from the girl.

Seeing Xiao Ran was still so shy, Mo Ju couldn't help laughing again: "I thought you were a bandit, a hero, but I didn't expect you to be more shy than the little kids here."

Xiao Ran couldn't help but look at the woman in front of him a few more times.

From the perspective of modern people's aesthetics, she doesn't look delicate enough, but she has big eyes and double eyelids, and she has a wild and unruly temperament, yet she looks like a kitten locked up in a high-rise building.

"You were standing downstairs and walking around just now. I'm afraid you made some money and wanted to have some fun, but you showed your timidity. Now that you're here, why are you still so wooden?"

"Sorry, I heard they sell red incense here, so I came to take a look."

"You mean the human scent?"

Upon hearing this, the smile on Mo Ju's face faded. He pushed open the inward-facing window, motioned Xiao Ran to come over, and looked down through the crack in the window.

Xiao Ran lowered his head and saw a celebration downstairs, with men and women sitting at the table toasting each other.

"For fifty taels of silver, you can buy a girl's hairbrush and marry her off in a sedan chair carried by eight men. Even if it's just to let her taste the taste of being a human for a day, they will be willing to make incense for you."

"This……"

Xiao Ran looked at the girls serving drinks downstairs and frowned for a moment.

This was different from what he had thought before.

Originally, he thought that the incense people the old beggar was talking about were those who had grievances and were unable to retaliate, or those who were burdened with gambling debts and were at a dead end.

You just need to do things according to the other party's requirements, and everyone will get what they need.

But now after hearing what the woman next to him said, Xiao Ran knew that he might not be able to get this fragrance.

Seeing Xiao Ran's embarrassment, Mo Ju couldn't help but tease, "Why, is this difficult?"

"It's not difficult."

Xiao Ran closed the window and said, "But I can't do it." They were both requests, and Xiao Ran couldn't tell what was wrong with it. Anyway, he subconsciously rejected such conditions. If he had to say what was wrong, it might be his conscience.

It is said that the most taboo thing in doing business is to talk about emotions.

Once you start talking about emotions, there is no way to do business.

By the same token, these girls didn't have high demands, but Xiao Ran emotionally couldn't accept this way of repaying them. At least when they pulled someone out of the fire pit and gave them hope, they ruthlessly stepped on it. Xiao Ran couldn't do such a thing.

Mo Ju held his forehead with one hand and fingernailed with the other, lying on the chair lazily like a wild cat; "Men's favorite thing is nothing more than to lure decent women into sex and persuade prostitutes to become good women. They don't want to be unfaithful, but they don't want to take responsibility either."

After that, Mo Ju raised her head and stared at Xiao Ran: "Go away, this place is not suitable for you."

Xiao Ran was not angry when faced with the woman's order to leave. As she said, this place was not suitable for her.

Turning to the window, Xiao Ran looked back at Mo Ju and said, "Thank you very much."

After saying that, Xiao Ran turned over and jumped down from the building, quickly disappearing into the night.

Watching Xiao Ran disappear, Mo Ju grabbed her handkerchief in her hand in shame and anger, tearing and ripping it for a long time, and said angrily: "You just ask me what the conditions are, you stupid guy."

"My girl, good news! Second Master Wang sent someone to pass you a sign, asking you to come to the mansion to sing for Old Master Wang during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

At this time, the madam came in from outside. As soon as she entered the room, she scanned the room from left to right. After confirming that there was really no one in the room, she walked to Mo Ju with a flattering look on her face and said, "If you can make Old Master Wang happy, we won't have to worry about famine this year. If Second Master Wang is happy and takes you as his concubine, you will be rich."

Mo Ju looked at the madam's face covered with a thick layer of rouge, and felt nauseous for no reason, but she still had to smile and said, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to mom."

"Oh, this is my good daughter."

After that, she called a little girl into the room and said, "This little girl is very skillful. I will make her your maid. You should do more for your mother in the future."

…………

On the other side, after Xiao Ran walked out of the brothel, he headed towards the inn with a bitter face.

My plan to buy incense at the flower shop failed. What should I do next?

Just as he was thinking about it, Xiao Ran suddenly stopped and looked up at the dark street in front of him.

The black swan brooch on her chest flickered, and the biting cold stung Xiao Ran's skin through her clothes.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, a slight sound of breaking wind came from the left. Xiao Ran immediately dodged to the side and saw three silver needles stuck in the bluestone slab.

When Xiao Ran saw the silver needle, he understood what was going on and glanced at the roof.

"Old man, it's not good to climb on someone's roof in the middle of the night. Be careful not to slip and fall into the toilet."

As Xiao Ran finished speaking, the old man who had been looking for him in the inn during the day poked his head out from the roof, holding the scale bar in his hand, and said with a fake smile: "We handed you the scale bar, but you didn't take it. Don't blame us for being cruel."

As they were talking, two people walked out slowly from the alley next to them.

One male and one female.

The man was burly and held a saber in his hands, while the woman was tall and slender and held a dagger in both hands.

After the two of them came out, the woman smiled at Xiao Ran and said, "Ya'er is pretty, you can save money anywhere, if you don't take it, you have to do something." (Explanation at Note 1)
The woman spoke fluent slang.

Xiao Ran smiled when he heard this and said, "Friends on the Hezi, bring a bowl of water for everyone to drink."

"Hey, kid, you've given me face. You're worthy of sharing the spoils with us."

The man got annoyed when he heard this. Xiao Ran meant that he wanted to split it equally with them. He immediately became furious and picked up the saber and ran towards Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran glanced coldly at the old man on the beam behind him, then turned around and ran into the alley.

It's okay to fight three at once, but you can't just stand there and be a target.

"Chase!"

The old man on the rooftop's face darkened, and he signaled the woman to chase him from the other side. At the same time, he swung the scale bar in his hand, and the scale bar was quickly stretched to about three meters. Then he twisted the secret buckle on it to lock the bar, and used it as a supporting pole. He poked the ground to gain leverage and jumped onto another beam.

Only Xiao Ran didn't see this skill, and he would never return the scale to the old man no matter what.

"Where are you running to?!"

The man in the alley was extremely fast. Seeing that the saber in his hand could not be used in the alley, he simply threw the knife up and kicked the handle. Immediately, the knife flew towards Xiao Ran like a sharp arrow.

However, Xiao Ran seemed to have eyes behind him and dodged the knife with a flip like a swallow.

Just this delay made the man rush to Xiao Ran and smash his fist towards Xiao Ran's head.

He was just a thief, and the man was confident that his punch would make him realize how dangerous the world was.

However, he didn't expect that at the same time the man swung his fist at Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran had already grasped the hilt of the knife at his waist with one hand, and a fierce murderous intent appeared in his empty eyes.

"Draw your sword and kill!"

　Annotation 1: A handsome young man with a long history has a lot of money to save. If he doesn’t take money, he has to do something else.

　　Yaer means young boy, zhuanziqian is the jargon of thieves, which means to start a business in a busy place, and kanzi means money, but this money has additional requirements. Dianzi means enemy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)