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It was just afternoon when they finished viewing the scenery. The two of them went down from the top of the mountain and headed towards the quiet and secluded Woxin Temple.

This Taoist temple is not very big, with only three entrances. The Taoist priest at the entrance was lazily leaning against the wall basking in the sun. He ignored Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei's approach and watched them walk into the temple.

"These Taoist priests are so lazy."

Along the way, due to the shining of the warm winter sun, the people they met inside and outside the Taoist temple were either sitting or lying down, all of them were lazy, and some were even snoring. Meng Qi couldn't help but laugh and cursed, there was not even a receptionist!
Suddenly, the sound of a piano came from the side yard, like the sound of running water in the mountains, clear and moving.

Meng Qi thought it sounded familiar, but she was definitely not a foodie. If she came here, she would definitely be with Shang Yi, and it would be impossible for her to play the piano here. Moreover, it was impossible for her to be so bad at it...

He and Jiang Zhiwei looked at each other. Perhaps infected by the lazy Taoists, he developed a leisurely and inquisitive mind. He turned and walked towards the side yard. Through the half-open gate, he saw a young man in white.

He was as beautiful as a woman, spotless, sitting upright on a stone bench, playing the piano with both hands, revealing his elegance. A maid was standing behind him, and when she saw Meng Qi, she glared at him fiercely and warned him with her mouth, "Don't make the young master cough again!"

This person is none other than Young Master Wang, who has “calculated everything for the common people”.

The sound of the piano was lingering. Wang Siyuan stopped his hands and coughed lightly. Compared with last time, his body seemed not as weak, but the sense of unity between man and nature in his every move disappeared without a trace. He sat there quietly, as if forgotten by heaven and earth.

The one that escaped!

"It is rumored that Master Wang will arrive in two days, but I didn't expect that he has already checked into the Woxin Temple. His actions are indeed beyond others' expectations."

Meng Qi had no elegance in his body. He sat opposite Wang Siyuan with a big horse and a golden sword, not treating himself as a guest at all.

Jiang Zhi smiled and shook her head, but also sat down.

Wang Siyuan smiled faintly:

“Living in Woxinguan, quietly overlooking the turbulent undercurrents in Yingcheng, is a unique experience.”

He didn't answer the question.

“Where does the undercurrent come from?”

Meng Qi asked casually, treating the person in front of him as a blind fortune teller.

Honestly speaking, when Meng Qi meets people who seem to have everything under their control, he really wants to beat them up.

"Didn't you meet?"

Wang Siyuan was making a witty remark.

Jiang Zhiwei did not talk to him in a confusing way, but said directly:

"Zhao Qian and Zhao Yi both came to Yingcheng, not just to recruit people and watch the Xingyun banquet."

"But they have to pretend to be courteous and courteous and to recruit people. Others may not know your identity and background, Su Meng, but if the dignitaries in the Divine Capital are interested, it is not difficult to know. So they have to make some gestures to win over the Su family and show goodwill to Xuan Bei."

Wang Siyuan looked at Meng Qi with a half-smile.

The Su family? Jiang Zhiwei was learning about Meng Qi's background for the first time, but she was only slightly surprised and soon calmed down. Her friendship with the monk had nothing to do with anything else.

"So what exactly do they want to do?"

The corners of Meng Qi's mouth twitched a few times, but he never thought that he could hide his life experience from Wang Siyuan and others. After all, his master was too big a target and was well known to everyone, and the affairs of the Su family must have been heard by the aristocratic families, so he did not respond to the conversation to see if he could get more information from the great charlatan Wang.

Ahem. Wang Siyuan cleared his throat and said with a smile:
"If I knew, why would I just stand by and watch?"

"What they are after is nothing more than fighting for power and coveting the throne. If we follow this clue and do some calculations, combined with the rumors in Yingcheng over the past few hundred years, we can still find the direction. Phew, the taste of stone-ground tofu pudding. Would you two like to have lunch together?"

He was not alone at this moment, he inherited all the characteristics of a semi-immortal, he spoke vaguely, aroused people's curiosity, but he did not continue talking!
Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei looked at each other. It seemed that Wang Siyuan said that he had no direction, but his words actually revealed the truth. Is this the value of calculating all living things?
Wang Siyuan looked at the expressions of the two people and suddenly realized:
"It seems that the free Buddhist has also come to Yingcheng and told you about their coming!"

Although his nickname is "Calculating All the Common People", Shang Yi is obviously not among them. Even if the people of the Wang family used the River Map and Luoshu, what they calculated were the secrets that Shang Yi intentionally exposed. Everything else was covered up.

It was during this period of time that Shang Yi wanted to intimidate the world and revealed more, so Wang Siyuan was able to understand a little bit.

However, no one can calculate Shang Yi's movements, or in other words, if someone knows Shang Yi's movements, then Shang Yi's deterrent power will be much smaller.

After all, knowing the location means the possibility of defense or siege. The major forces have been able to be passed down for so long, not without special trump cards.

However, no one could figure out Shang Yi's location. After all, the abilities of the Money Tree and the Falling Treasure Money were not something that people in the real world could break through.

Wang Siyuan asked curiously:
"Has Zizai Buddha met the prince?"

He didn't ask directly, but Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei already understood the meaning of Wang Siyuan's words. Meng Qi said:

"Brother Shang Yi doesn't like the Maitreya lineage, so he probably won't choose to support the prince."

Wang Siyuan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. Although the Wang family was also considered one of the aristocratic families, if Buddhism became powerful, it would not be a good thing for the aristocratic families.

After drinking Tiehua tea and eating Woxinguan self-ground tofu pudding, Wang Siyuan's cough worsened, and the maid served him tea with a stern face and sent him away.

"The rumors in Yingcheng... the Mi family must know about it. It's still early, why don't we go to the Mi family to look for Brother Wang?"

After going down the mountain, Meng Qi said to Jiang Zhiwei that although he knew the essence of the matter, Meng Qi, who loved to join in the fun, also wanted to take a look at what the prince and his men could do.

Jiang Zhiwei shook her head and said in secret: "The uncle in charge of Jiangdong may arrive later. I have to go back to Jiange and wait."

Meng Qi was delighted that another strong reinforcement had arrived. He nodded and said, "In that case, I will go to the Mi family by myself."

After crossing the Tianxiu River, the two men acted separately. As Meng Qi just arrived at the door of the Mi family, he saw Mi Zijing, Bai Wenyuan and Wang Zai coming out together.

Wang Zai looked a little bitter and stiff, somewhat unwilling, while Mi Zijing and Bai Wenyuan were delighted and eager to give it a try.

"Where are you going, brothers?" Seeing this situation, Meng Qi asked with a smile.

Mi Zijing lost his calm and composed look. He raised his eyebrows and deliberately lowered his voice instead of transmitting it in secret: "Xiu Yue Pavilion."

"Xiu Yue Pavilion?" Meng Qi looked confused.

"Haha, I didn't expect that 'Crazy Blade' Su Meng is still a young man who doesn't even know about Xiu Yue Pavilion." Bai Wenyuan's rough face was full of a lewd smile.

Oh my god, a brothel... Even if Meng Qi had never eaten pork, he had seen a pig walk. As soon as he saw their expressions, he immediately understood what they meant.

Mi Zijing chuckled and said, "Thanks to Brother Wang Zai's upright conduct, my father agreed for us to go with him. Mr. Su, would you like to join us? Xiuyue Pavilion is the best place on Tianxiu River. The girls there are proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. I guarantee you will be smitten with them at first sight."

It's not like I haven't seen any stunning beauties before. Meng Qi secretly despised them. Although he was quite disgusted by brothels, he nodded in agreement when he thought about asking about the rumors in Yingcheng. He was ready to tell a story. Who would be interested in the women in a brothel?

"Alas, Brother Su, I really cannot do this without your help. If this gets out, I will lose face." Wang Zai spoke in secret, sighing.

"To be untainted by flowers is also a beautiful thing." Meng Qi consoled. Mi Zijing and Bai Wenyuan were in high spirits and walked very fast. They soon arrived at Tianxiu River and boarded the ship where the "Xiuyue Pavilion" was located.

Seeing the arrival of Mi and the young master of the Bai family, the madam smiled so much that her face was covered with fine lines, like a chrysanthemum: "Oh, you two young masters, please don't come here too much. Quick, call down the four sisters Nianfeng and Nianxue."

As she spoke, she led Meng Qi and others into the private room on the third floor of the ship.

"What should I call you two gentlemen?" The madam asked when she saw that Meng Qi and Wang Zai also had extraordinary temperaments.

Wang Zai was suddenly speechless and his face turned red. He was simply embarrassed to leave his name in such a place.

Mi Zijing laughed loudly, waved his sleeves, and came to Wang Zai's rescue: "Call the girl quickly, why are you asking so many questions!"

After Mr. Mi spoke, the madam didn't dare to ask any more questions and hurried out to urge the girl.

"The most famous courtesan in Xiuyue Pavilion is Nian Xue. Although her appearance is not the best, she is pretty and gentle, well-educated, and good at playing the piano and painting. She seems like an outstanding lady from an aristocratic family. Ordinary people are not even in her eyes." Before she even caught sight of the beauty, Bai Wenyuan had an expression of being captivated by her beauty.

Being in the brothel, Meng Qi also felt uncomfortable all over, but when he saw that Wang Zai was even more uncomfortable than himself, he suddenly felt gloating and forgot the embarrassment.

After chatting for a while, before Meng Qi could ask any more questions, four prostitutes came together. Some were as pretty as a painting, some were charming and elegant, some were delicate and refined, and some had willow-shaped eyebrows and phoenix eyes.

Mi Zijing said with a smile: "If we were to choose, it would be easy to snatch them all and ruin our friendship. Please let the four girls choose."

As soon as he finished speaking, the graceful and gentle Nian Xue came out and walked straight to Meng Qi's side: "Please have mercy on me, young master."

"Oh, you are such a coquettish girl!" Bai Wenyuan winked at Meng Qi. Since they went to the brothel together, their relationship seemed to have become much closer.

Meng Qi was quite complacent. This was normal pride. He watched Nian Xue sit down and chuckled, "I wonder why Miss Nian Xue picked me?"

Nian Xue smiled without saying a word and came closer. Meng Qi tensed up to prevent herself from attacking him.

When she got close to Meng Qi's ear, Nian Xue spoke softly and gently:
"father!"

...Meng Qi had a dazed expression, not knowing what year it was.

Nian Xue smiled softly and said, "Just now a girl asked me to call her that, and then I told you exactly what she asked."

Damn Gu Xiaosang! Luckily I didn't have any bad intentions, otherwise I might have been left with a lifelong illness after being called like that!

At the same time, he became cautious in his heart, carefully sensing the people around him and everything around him.

Gu Xiaosang didn’t know what was going on, or whether they were going to set up any tricks here.

However, Meng Qi also had an inexplicable feeling that Gu Xiaosang did not have much ill will towards him.

Meng Qi cursed Gu Xiaosang inwardly when he suddenly felt several gazes directed at him, he looked up and saw that Mi Zijing and Bai Wenyuan both had surprise in their eyes, which then gave them an obscene smile, raised their glasses and drank first as a show of respect, as if it turned out that "Mad Blade" Su Meng was fond of this kind of thing. It was true that one cannot judge a book by its cover. He looked heroic and masculine, upright, but in fact he was hypocritical and played more evil games than both of them.

Bai Wenyuan put down his wine glass and bowed to show his admiration.

Wang Zai's face was full of surprise, as if he had gotten to know Meng Qi all over again, and felt a little ashamed to be associated with him.

At the very least, they had seven senses, sharp ears and eyes. Even if Nian Xue deliberately got close to Meng Qi's ears and spoke in a low and soft voice, and there was constant sound of stringed instruments in the private room, they could not be fooled!

Buzz...Meng Qi's head was like being hit by a huge hammer, rumbling:

My reputation... my reputation!
If Gu Xiaosang appeared in front of him now, he would definitely give her a "Heavenly Strike Five Thunders" blow without thinking!
"Miss Nianxue is worthy of being the most beautiful courtesan. She is proficient in all kinds of tricks. This one really opened my eyes." Meng Qi laughed dryly and tried his best to explain, pretending that he didn't know what was going on.

Mi Zijing smiled and said, "Although Miss Nianxue mostly sells her art but not her body, she has been in the secular world and has met all kinds of people. She naturally has a very accurate grasp of the thoughts and preferences of each customer. She is indeed worthy of being an oiran."

He seemed to agree with Meng Qi's explanation and followed his words, but if you think about it carefully, he was still saying that this is your hobby and others are just catering to you.

"To be honest, maybe I have to grow older before I can appreciate this kind of fun. I didn't expect that Brother Su, you are so mature." Bai Wenyuan's rough face like a savage was full of admiration, and he had changed his way of addressing him to Brother Su.

Why are there always tears in my eyes? It’s because this world is too cruel and misunderstandings cannot be explained... Meng Qi was grief-stricken in his heart, but he remained calm on the surface. It was no shame!
"Miss Nianxue might just be joking. Brother Su didn't say anything." Wang Zai thought back to what happened just now. Su Meng just asked why he was chosen and didn't give any other hints. He felt that he had been misunderstood, so he spoke up to support him.

Meng Qi immediately looked at him with burning eyes, "Brother Wang Zai, you are such a good person! It's easy to make friends, but it's hard to find a true friend!"

Wang Zai was startled by his eyes. Nian Feng was already walking beside him. He immediately sat up straight, looking straight ahead. He did not look like he was in a brothel but rather on duty in the government hall.

The remaining Nianhua and Nianyue each picked Mi Zijing and Bai Wenyuan, and soon the hall was filled with laughter and conversation.

Seeing this, Meng Qi whispered to Nian Xue, "What did that girl ask you before?"

Nian Xue picked up the wine pot, slowly poured the wine, and said casually: "During this period of time, I met a strange guest."

"Weird guest?" Meng Qi asked in agreement.

Mi Zijing and others also cast their eyes over, ready to listen to some romantic stories.

"He comes here every now and then, and he just wants me to accompany him." Nian Xue brought the wine glass to Meng Qi's mouth.

"Haha, isn't this normal? If I can come here every now and then, I will just have Miss Nianxue accompany me." Mi Zijing said smoothly.

Nianhua beside him burst into tears: "Master Mi, you, you despise me for not being as good as Nianxue?"

"No, Miss Nianxue was playing the piano to entertain her, and you were serving her wine..." Mi Zijing quickly comforted the beauty with kind words.

Nian Xue smiled and said, "What makes him strange is that he never touches me. He just lets me play the piano while he drinks one cup after another. His eyes may seem passionate, but he never flirts with me verbally or physically."

"This guy is weird. With such a beautiful woman in front of him, he just drinks and listens to music!" Bai Wenyuan said in astonishment.

Wang Zai, who was standing next to him, stiffened when he heard the words. He dodged to the right again, distanced himself from Nian Feng, and continued drinking.

I am also such a person... Meng Qi knew that Gu Xiaosang would not go to such trouble just to use such a person to ridicule him, so he laughed and said, "What does he look like, and what did he say?"

"Maybe he is an ugly guy who is afraid of desecrating the beauty, so he doesn't dare to get close to her." Bai Wenyuan guessed.

Nian Xue smiled and said, "He's quite neat, about 40 years old, dressed like a scholar, cold and grim, with a few small tumors on his face. Every time he gets drunk, he always looks at me and whispers "Xiao Yue". He must be someone with a sad story. His eyes are so hot that it seems like he wants to eat me alive."

"I also want to 'eat' you alive..." Mi Zijing said ambiguously. In this romantic occasion, he was completely different from usual and had a bit of bohemian taste.

Xiaoyue… around forty years old… dressed like a scholar… cold and eerie… tumor… these words echoed in Meng Qi’s mind, as if outlining a figure.

He turned to look at Nian Xue, his eyes were deep and full of scrutiny. She was delicate, gentle and charming. Although she was an otaku, if she were in someone else's shoes, she might be mistaken for a young lady or a young lady from a noble family. With such an identity and such a temperament, he had seen a human being with the same...

One of the leaders of Yangxia's evil ways, the owner of Flower Street, "Red and Soft Hands" Xiao Yue!
She was the lover of Lao Zhongtou, a member of Shinhwa, and was eventually eaten by Lao Zhongtou, who practiced the Heavenly Demonic Art, with both love and hate...

Could it be that Old Zhong has set his sights on Nian Xue, but why hasn't he made a move yet? Is it because Shen Hua is secretly working and he hasn't had time to take action yet? (End of this chapter)