sea ​​situation

The Qing Dynasty collapsed and Pu Yi abdicated. Although he is no longer the king of a country, the old and the young still respect him as the emperor. The Japanese must also think that he still has value to use.

Lu Ming thought for a while, and wrote a report on the incident, then translated it into code, and prepared to send it to Mr. Frank at the telegraph office.

The phone rang suddenly, and Lu Ming picked up the phone to answer it. It turned out to be Du Juan.

Du Juan told Lu Ming crying on the phone that the godmother forced her to pick up customers in the near future, and she has already found a rich foreign businessman for her, who will spend a lot of money to buy her first night.

"Master Lu, what should I do, I don't want to live anymore, I..."

"Du Juan, don't panic, wait for me to go over, this matter will be settled." Lu Ming said hastily.

"You don't need to come here. I used to be self-indulgent, but no matter what, I have a good memory. This life is enough. I don't want to cause you any trouble. I just want to listen to your words before I leave. Voice." Cuckoo cried.

"I said Du Juan, listen to me, please, don't do anything stupid, wait for me to discuss with your godmother, it will be fine, I promise." Lu Ming panicked all of a sudden.

He knew that Du Juan was a bit paranoid and prone to extremes, so talking to him in this tone meant farewell.

He hurriedly put on his clothes, went down and walked half a street before he waited for a taxi, and let the taxi take him to Du Juan's residence.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard sobbing and insults inside.

Lu Ming walked in and saw that it was the madam, the so-called godmother, who was pointing at her and insulting her.

"Hey, I said you are old, why are you so angry?" Lu Ming hurried over and stuffed a red envelope into her hand.

The bustard held the red envelope, and immediately smiled, and said: "You say this dead girl of the plague, and I will say a few words about her, she is dying with me, she is a scissor and a kitchen knife, what do you say?" Is it annoying or not, but I have raised her for ten years, and the money I spent can be piled up into a mountain of gold." The madam was rambling.

"Yeah, Du Juan is still a child after all, you old man can't understand why, besides, who doesn't know that you treat Du Juan as your own daughter." Lu Ming persuaded.

"That's right, Master Lu still understands people's hearts. You said that our profession must be listed out of the cabinet, right? We can't always be old girls, even the daughters of poor families have to marry."

"Anyway, I'm going to your old man's house. I won't accompany that bad old man." Du Juan on the bed was already crying, and the girl next to her was really holding a pair of scissors, which might have been snatched from Du Juan. of.

"This matter is easy to handle. In fact, Du Juan and I have already hit it off. Because I have too many things these days, I haven't discussed it with you. I'm not too late today. I just want to redeem Du Juan. You can make a price." .” Lu Ming laughed.

"Master Lu, you..." Du Juan opened his eyes wide and wanted to refuse, but he really didn't have the courage.

She has long been determined to Lu Ming, even if Lu Ming doesn't want her, she will always wait and defend him like a jade.Now that the opportunity came, she didn't know what to say.

She originally thought that if she played a few more games, she could earn more money for the madam and keep her innocence, but how could that little money satisfy the madam's desire.Once there is a high price, the madam will sell her virginity without hesitation.

The madam is also someone who has been there, knowing that after the first night, Du Juan has to accept her fate, and she has to accompany the guests honestly and earn her a lot of money.

"This...Master Lu, it is said that you want Du Juan, what can I say, there is no money, but..." The madam is a little embarrassed, she doesn't dare to ask Lu Ming for a price, she is not afraid of offending other customers, If Lu Ming offends, let alone others, his brother who is a policeman can make her close the door.

"You're welcome, here is a bank note of 1 yuan. If it's not enough, you can tell me." Lu Ming took out a bank note of [-] yuan.This kind of bank note is payable upon receipt at the bank and can be exchanged for silver dollars at any time.

"Enough, enough, this is a reward from Master Lu, and Du Juan's fate, what else can I say." The madam said exaggeratedly.

In fact, she is not very satisfied. If Du Juan is obedient and honestly becomes her cash cow, she will earn more than this amount in a few years, and even if the redemption money is lower, it will not be lower than 5000 yuan.

But she dared not refuse, and besides, Lu Ming gave a lot, 1 yuan is enough for her to retire.

Of course she won't take care of the elderly, she can buy a few more little girls, and then raise a goddaughter, who will be able to make money for her again in a few years.

"Master Lu, you..."

"You don't need to say anything. I understand your thoughts, but you may not understand mine. Now you just listen to me. Pack up your things and follow me later."

"Okay." Du Juan smiled sincerely with tears on his face.

Afterwards, there was a flurry of chaos. Du Juan's maid and cook were bought by the madam, and she didn't want to take them away. She thought that she didn't know how she would live in the future, and it was impossible to bring two more people with her. Have a meal.

Both of them were reluctant to leave Du Juan, so naturally there were all kinds of poignant parting scenes.

While Du Juan was packing at home, Lu Ming rushed to the telegraph office and sent a secret telegram to Mr. Frank.The text of this telegram is not much, but it contains a lot of information.

The main content of the telegram is as follows: Fan Zhuang came to Shanghai to meet with Zheng Xiaoxu, and planned to persuade Emperor Puyi of the Qing Dynasty to go to Japan. He guessed that the Japanese wanted to use Puyi's special status to cause troubles in China, which shows that he has evil intentions...

After sending the telegram, Lu Ming rushed back to Du Juan's residence.

Except for a set of clothes, Du Juan kept all the clothes and jewelry, some were given to the maids and cooks, and the valuable ones were taken away by the madam, and left for the newly bought girls in the future.

Lu Ming led Du Juan, who was only wearing thin clothes, on the wide road. After walking for a long time, Du Juan remained silent, and Lu Ming teased her, "Aren't you curious about where I will take you?"

Du Juan smiled calmly: "You bought me, you can take me wherever you want, even if you want me to die, I will not look back."

"Nonsense, young people, don't always talk about death, it's unlucky." Lu Ming warned.

"For me, living is a waste, and perhaps death is the best destination." Du Juan really thought so, for her, the meaning of life was almost exhausted.

"You, it's just that you read too many novels and become sentimental. Life is not that complicated. You were born by your parents. You should live your life well, and it's not in vain to come to this world."

The two turned the corner, and it was a clothing store, but it was a ready-made clothing store.

Lu Ming dragged Du Juan in, bought her some new clothes, then went to a nearby jewelry store to buy some simple gold and silver jewelry for her, and then went to a shoe store, a hat store, and so on.

Fortunately, this street is a well-known commercial street, mainly for trendy women, so after walking through a street, a girl should have basically bought everything.

Du Juan didn't say a word as if resigned to her fate. Lu Ming bought it for her and she accepted it, but she didn't seem very happy. She thought her future was still dark.

The reason is that she knows that Lu Ming can't really take her back to her home. If so, going to any place is the same for her.

Lu Ming knew that she still couldn't get used to it all at once, and she must be in a semi-numb state now.