Heaven's Formula

Then came the second, and the third.

Liu Ruyan was surprised to find that cats were everywhere!They crawled out from roof ridges, house edges, etc., converging into tides like springs, and condensing towards the same place.Black ones, white ones, flowery ones, those in the courtyard of the drunken brothel, and those outside the courtyard, she couldn't count them all!

What the hell is going on here?

Liu Ruyan stared dumbfounded at the place where the cats gathered.

At the skyline where the afterglow was about to dissipate, a black figure silently walked up to the roof.The purple sunset covered the opponent's upper body, and she could only see the opponent's walking legs with the help of the orange afterglow.

Where this person walked, the wild cat consciously separated from the two sides to make way.

As if they were welcoming an uncrowned king.

Walking to the edge of the roof of the podium, the black shadow suddenly leaped lightly, directly crossed a distance of nearly ten feet, and stepped onto her window sill!

Liu Ruyan was so frightened that she took a few steps back and accidentally fell to the ground.

At such a close distance, she found that the other party was a woman, but there seemed to be something different.

In the dim light, the comer's eyes became the most conspicuous thing - they were actually a pair of golden pupils, the slender and upright outlines were like stars at night.

"Found you." She said.

In an instant, the little girl's warm words and laughter rang in Liu Ruyan's ears.

"Put the sign on the windowsill, it will help you."

"Even if it is an exaggerated statement, as long as it is written in the announcement of the secretariat, it will definitely become a reality."

Chapter 2 Thirty Take Me Away

"You are……"

"Li." She jumped into the room silently, and walked in front of Liu Ruyan, "You'er said that I didn't see you in the training class that started today, so I came here."

Liu Ruyan suddenly felt a shock in his heart.

God, what did she see?

The girl who calls herself Li has a pair of upright ears on her head, which can also slightly swing and adjust the direction according to the perspective of the owner. It is absolutely impossible to be decorated with hair buns or jewelry-this natural and coordinated movement is very similar. Got those nimble cats!

Humanoid but not human, in her impression there is only one species that can be associated with it.

"Demon".

"Cat demon... my lord?"

"It's a fox demon." Li immediately corrected, "The honorific title will be waived, aren't you afraid?"

"Honestly speaking, a little bit." Liu Ruyan lowered her head slightly, "But seeing you walking freely on the roof, I feel... Even being a monster is better than now. Are you—how to find out?" mine?"

"That wooden sign has a special smell." Li explained briefly, "The address you filled out in the registration is Zui brothel, and you only need to walk around the vicinity to find the trace."

I see.So it is not a token, or a symbol used to comfort people's hearts, and whether it is broken or not will not affect its function.

Suddenly, Liu Ruyan felt guilty for the little girl.

It turned out that the other party not only understood her situation exactly, but also prepared for her in advance.

"It's the sixth day since I signed up. Have you changed your mind?" Li asked.

Hearing this, she suddenly raised her head, "No, I didn't!"

"Once you get out of here, you can never come back."

"That's exactly what I expected, please take me away!" Speaking of this, Liu Ruyan suddenly remembered the chains on her ankles, and her expression dimmed a bit, "But now I'm just afraid—"

Click.

Before she could finish speaking, the fox demon had already grabbed the iron chain and tore it off.

"Then let's go."

Then Li Yue stepped out of the window, squatted on the window sill, and at the same time stretched out his hand to her.

"From, from the outside?" Liu Ruyan was extremely surprised.

"This is the most convenient way."

The other party is a demon, maybe she can run easily on the roof, but she doesn't have that ability, if she slips and falls, even if she doesn't die, her legs will be lost.

——Liu Ruyan originally thought that she would hesitate, or hesitated for a long time, but the fact is that the moment the other party reached out to her, she had already made a decision in her heart.

Liu Ruyan stood up, took two steps forward and grabbed Li's hand, imitating her posture and stepping onto the window sill.

Then she felt lifted up by a huge force.

Her feet suddenly lost the real sense of landing on the ground, and her vision was no longer the sky above and the ground below—when she recovered from the brief absence, she found that she was already flying in the air!

No, it was the fox demon running with her!

The houses, courtyards, and walls of Zuiqinglou have all become the epitome of her vision, and she no longer feels unattainable in the past.The cool evening wind whizzed by, lifting her dress and long hair.Not only that, but there were many wild cats running and accompanying her, as if they were escorting her away.

It would be self-deception to say that she has no fear at all—once a human being who has never escaped the shackles of the earth leaves the ground, the first reaction will always be fear.But there was another emotion in Liu Ruyan's heart that was so strong that it overwhelmed her fear and made her tremble all over.

It was an unprecedented pleasure.

When Li Ben reached the highest point of the roof, he hugged Liu Ruyan to his chest, and kicked up with both legs!

With a whistle, a gray figure came first and arrived under Li's body exactly.Liu Ruyan was astonished, the furry back and huge tail all proved that the gray figure was—"What a big wolf!"

"It's a dog." Li calmly corrected again.

Although the dog was big, it moved quietly. When it landed with the two of them, Liu Ruyan suddenly found that he was standing outside the drunk brothel.This place is located in an alley behind the brothel, and there are hardly any people coming and going. When she stabilized her trembling legs, the dog turned into a human.

"……Thank you."

"Ow."

"Oh?" Liu Ruyan was slightly taken aback.

Li raised his eyebrows, "He said you're welcome."

"Yes, is it? Ha...haha..." Although she didn't know when there were so many monsters in Jinxia City, she found that the monsters were not scary at all, and they were even more kind and lovely than the nanny, the proprietress, and Zhou Dacai. much. "Haha... Thank you, thank you."

Looking at the courtyard walls and buildings that had besieged her for several years from the outside, Liu Ruyan suddenly had a feeling that they were not so high and insurmountable.

"After I leave like this, will it cause trouble for the Bureau?"

"Trouble?" Li Fu smiled meaningfully, "That's something the drunk brothel should be worried about. Now go to the secretariat, after all, you haven't made up for today's training."

……

"Ma'am, it's not good, it's not good——!" Nanny ran into the top floor of the main workshop, and shouted in a panic, "That girl Liu Ruyan is, she's gone!"

"What do you mean by missing?" The proprietress was furious, "You let her run away again?"

"How dare this old slave!" Mammy cried out, "These old slaves have been guarding the Qingguan building these days, and two meals a day are delivered to the door by hand, and they have never relaxed for a moment."

"Then how did she escape? Can't even the chains lock her?"

"This... When I went to deliver dinner, I saw that the iron chain was broken. I also asked the girls around, but no one saw Liu Ruyan coming out of the room, but there were a few footprints on the window sill. The old slave speculates that she probably escaped through the window!"

"That's on the third floor, so she's not afraid of falling to her death?" The proprietress snorted coldly, "There is a guard guarding the gate, she can't go out, so I mobilize other people to find it for me, and if I find it, beat me hard—this time I will Let her not be able to get out of bed for the next year!"

"Miss Boss! Someone from the Bureau came to see you!" At this moment, a leader of the nursing home entered the room and hurriedly reported, "The leader claims to be the leader of the arrest team, Li Xing!"

The lady boss has never heard of the name Li Xing, but she still knows about the Bureau and the arrest team—although they are not government offices, behind them are the Privy Council Office and Her Highness Princess Guangping, and they are currently in the limelight, neither of them She can afford it.

"Why did the apprehension team come here? We don't have any evil spirits here." The proprietress thought for a while, and decided to put Liu Ruyan's affairs aside, "Hurry up and invite them into the VIP room, and I'll be there soon."

"Yes!"

"The arrest team? What are they doing here at this hour?" Mammy asked puzzled.

"Probably for money."

When the government office was still in existence, the drunken brothel had a good relationship with the upper and lower members of the government office, and they would prepare a set of money every quarter to take care of everyone.Since the General Affairs Bureau temporarily took over as the government, this money has been saved, but judging from the other party's posture, the management fee should be indispensable.

However, when the proprietress arrived at the reception room, before she had time to take out the wrapped money, Li Xing had already stated the purpose of the trip straightforwardly.

"We have received accusations that you imprisoned, coerced, abused lynching and other illegal acts against Miss Ruyan Liu, a student from the Bureau. I wonder if it is true?"

Chapter 231 Selected

What is this all about?The proprietress didn't realize it for a long time. Aren't the girls in the brothel all her personal belongings?Don't talk about imprisonment and coercion, even if you beat him to death, the government won't pursue him too much, right?

The Zui brothel did not do this, but several other brothels have had such incidents, and they paid for it in the end.

After all, they are helpless, either homeless or orphans, who cares about their life and death?

Wait a minute—she suddenly realized something was wrong, how did the secretariat know about it? "Could it be that Liu Ruyan was taken away by you—"

"That's right. She has already signed up for the special training class of the Bureau, and today should be the first day of reporting." Li Xing tapped on the table and said, "Liu Ruyan's absence has caused a conflict between the Prime Minister Xia and His Royal Highness the Princess. Pay attention, we only found out that such a thing happened in the drunk brothel later. It seems...you have confessed to all of this."

The proprietress was sweating immediately.

She overlooked one thing.

That is, the government is no longer effective, and the real management of the city is the Jinxia General Affairs Bureau.

Liu Ruyan was nothing at all, but when the other party brought out the names of Fu Cheng of the Privy Council and Princess Guangping, the nature of the matter changed.

She didn't believe that whether a mere gentry went to report or not would attract the attention of these two big men. When the other party came to the door at this time, they could only say that the bureau itself was watching the drunken brothel, and Liu Ruyan was just acting for them. It's just an excuse!

Since it's an excuse, it doesn't matter whether it is reasonable to imprison and coerce Liu Ruyan, what matters is what the bureau wants to do.

The proprietress immediately pushed Qian Yin to Li Xing, and at the same time showed her face to please, "My lord, you misunderstood. I really didn't know that she was the person that the affairs bureau liked. In fact, as long as Master Xia said something about this kind of thing, how can I stop it?" It’s too late to be happy for her! In addition, this time, if you are acquainted with the second time, you guys often come to the drunk brothel to have fun, so it’s not a problem to get half of the expenses.”

In an instant, she was ready to surrender Liu Ruyan to others.

In the business field, these are all necessary arrangements.

Although it may offend the talented Zhou, anyone with a discerning eye knows that she can't be blamed for it—a ruthless character that even the Wang family can't resist, there is no reason why Zui brothel dares to defy.

As a bustard who has been in this business for decades, she also understands one thing in her heart, that is, the Bureau has no intention of tearing up the face, and even has a little idea of ​​​​keeping it secret, otherwise it will not send only one person to talk, but bring the Then the brigade seized the drunk brothel.

Li Xing put the money aside, "I'll take it as your admission."

"My lord!" The proprietress said quickly, "This matter can't be said to be reasonable, but it is commonplace. The arrest team can't punish me for this, right?"

"Master Xia has indeed said that the law does not go back to the past, so what you did to Miss Liu Ruyan is the last case." Li Xing took out a document and spread it out in front of her, "This new policy will soon come to an end." To be announced, there are regulations prohibiting restriction of personal freedom, illegal imprisonment, and lynching, etc., you can see for yourself.”

The proprietress leaned over to take a closer look, and suddenly felt a chill behind her back!

This new policy didn't mention brothels in a single word, but the whole article hit her heart!

"My lord, this matter--it's not feasible!" The proprietress wailed, "If there is no restriction on movement, wouldn't the girls leave whenever they want? I have raised them for more than ten years, and I don't even have the right to beat and scold them? And what about those who sell themselves into slavery? Their freedom is no longer under the control of the master? Once the new policy comes out, this Jinxia City will definitely be in chaos!"

She was very clear about the means by which she made the nobles obey orders and earned a lot of money for her.First, they cannot be locked up, and second, they cannot be tortured. How many of those people will stay in the drunken brothel obediently?

Not to mention Qing Guanren, even the Hong Guanren might be ready to move.

Originally, the only thing that could restrain the latter is the ransom fee. If another brothel pays a high price to buy it, can't I break the opponent's leg as an example?Wouldn't the whole business be in chaos?

"Don't take yourself too seriously, even if there are no brothels, Jinxia City will not be affected much." Li Xing imitated his boss's tone and said, "In short, this matter has been decided, although the Lord Fucheng stipulates that the law is not Go back, but ask you to inform every woman in the house of the new regulations immediately. Neither the redemption fee nor the right to groom can be used as a reason for restricting freedom or threatening, if they are willing to use other methods to redeem themselves, such as working to earn Money and silver, the brothel must not interfere in any way."

"My lord, you are going to die in a brothel!" the proprietress howled.

"The new regulations have been shown to you, and you can decide how to do it yourself." Li Xing was indifferent - he knew that even if these people lost their brothels, their savings would be more than most of the city residents. It's just a bargaining gesture. "But if a similar situation happens again next time, you and I won't be sitting here talking—the dungeon of the Privy Council is still much empty."

……

Under Li's leadership, Liu Ruyan walked into the central mansion of the Privy Council. The little girl she saw that day came out of this big house.

After passing a lobby full of tables, she came to a side room full of candles, and Li closed the door behind her.

"Please sit down."

The man who was writing something quickly at the square table pointed to a chair opposite.

It wasn't until Liu Ruyan sat down that he realized that the man in simple gray cloth in front of him was probably the person in charge of the Bureau and the Privy Council, the celebrity in front of Princess Guangping, and Mr. Fu Cheng.

And the other party's words also confirmed her conjecture.

"I'm Xia Fan. Are you Ruyan Liu?" He picked up a stack of papers and flipped through them while asking, "Hey, it's a hassle if there is no electric light, and it takes a lot of time to look at the list."

Electric... lights?Liu Ruyan blinked, what was that?

"Lord Xia, please restrain yourself." Li reminded with a blank expression on the side.

"Well, according to the content filled in on the registration form..." Xia Fan's gaze stayed on one spot on the paper, "You are familiar with poetry, painting, and playing piano and chess?"

Liu Ruyan couldn't help feeling her cheeks getting hot—in order to increase the possibility of passing the registration, she wrote down everything she knew.Although it is true that she can be called good at the drunken brothel, it is just a small square of land. The so-called there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky, she doesn't think this thing can be seen by the other party.

After all, this person is the proud son of heaven who has already grasped the real power of the Fucheng before reaching the weak crown, and he is a rare existence in the whole Daqi.

"Back to my lord, Minnv only knows a little bit..."