Da Xiao Ruge understood that the boy thought what she gave was too little. It was not her money anyway, so under Mu Gu's surprised gaze, she handed the bag of money to the boy.
As expected, the servant's expression changed. He shook the purse in his hand, then waved at Xiao Ruge and spoke in a low voice.
"Originally, I couldn't tell you these words."
"But for this reason."
The boy shook the heavy money bag in his hand again, and then spoke again.
"The master is not at home today. He rarely comes to the mansion. If you want to find the master, you should go somewhere else..."
After the servant finished speaking, he turned around and left, not caring at all about Xiao Ruge who was standing behind him with a shocked look on her face.
Mu Gu couldn't bear to see his wife being bullied like this, so he stepped forward to stop the man and have a good talk with him, using his identity as the Prince of Dalong, but Xiao Ruge stopped him.
"Xiao Yu'er, that guy bullied you like this, can you still endure it?"
Xiao Ruge just smiled and held Mu Gu tightly, not letting go, as if she was afraid that if she let go, Mu Gu would rush forward and throw her to the ground.
"It's okay. We'd better not alert the enemy."
Mu Gu was originally angry with Xiao Ruge, but when he saw that delicate yet slightly wild face full of calmness, the anger disappeared for a moment and he sighed helplessly.
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say, but you have to tell me the reason."
Xiao Ruge looked at the gatekeeper who was walking away, then took Mu Gu away from the Qin Mansion and found a tea stall in the distance. Then Xiao Ruge told the story.
"In fact, based on what the boy just said, it is not difficult to find Qin Yanwei's whereabouts."
Mu Gu hummed and motioned Xiao Ruge to continue.
"People from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Finance don't go to many places except their own residences, so it's not difficult for us to investigate. But if we go and interrogate that servant about Qin Yanwei's whereabouts, it's very likely that Qin Yanwei will be alerted. If he's really in trouble, he'll probably run away before we even see him."
Mu Gu suddenly realized that what Xiao Ruge said was indeed reasonable and was also the most time-saving and labor-saving method. It would be really difficult to deal with if the person really ran away.
"So where are we going now?"
Xiao Ruge lowered his head and thought for a while. When he looked up again, he had already made up his mind.
"Well, you let Mo Yi and the others stay at the Qin Mansion and keep an eye on the situation, and we will go directly to the Jinbu Division."
……
Since Mu Gu and Mu Bai had received the imperial order, they would naturally be granted certain powers by Emperor Dalong. They could freely enter and leave the palace, which was naturally within their power.
Mu Gu summoned Mo Yi to guard the Qin Mansion, and he and Xiao Ruge went into the palace together and went to the Jinbu Division. However, when they arrived at the Jinbu Division, they did not see Qin Yanwei as they expected.
However, what surprised Xiao Ruge and Mu Gu even more was that except for Qin Yanwei, only one person was present in the entire Jinbu Division. When they saw Mu Gu walking straight in, everyone was shocked. They really didn't expect that a prince would come at this time.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince!"
Everyone in the Jinbu Division stood up. Mu Gu waved his hand and pulled someone over to ask. Unexpectedly, the person he pulled over turned out to be Gu Yong, the Deputy Director of the Jinbu Division and Qin Yanwei's direct subordinate.
"Where is Qin Sishi, the steward of your Jinbu Division?"
Gu Yong was startled, his eyes began to evade instantly, his guilty conscience was written on his face, Mu Gu narrowed his eyes, and instantly realized that something was wrong, winked at Xiao Ruge beside him, pulled Gu's collar and pushed open the door of Qin Yanwei's office. He stepped in.
"Everyone, please go to work. The Seventh Prince and I have something to do."
No one dared to say anything and they all lowered their heads to do their own things. Xiao Ruge nodded with satisfaction and pushed open the door and walked in.
Xiao Ruge closed the door and turned around to see Gu Yong, who had been pressed against the wall by Mu Gu and was trembling and not daring to speak.
"Hey, hey, Mu Gu, don't be so rude. Let's be more polite to Mr. Gu."
Mu Gu glanced sideways and then suddenly loosened his hand. Gu Yong was a weak civil servant, so he had no time to react and fell to the ground suddenly.
Xiao Ruge slowly walked in front of Gu Yong.
"Judging from Mr. Gu's appearance, he should know why the Seventh Prince and I are here."
"Madam... Madam, what do you mean? I don't understand..."
Before Xiao Ruge could utter the next sentence, Mu Gu's voice immediately drowned out hers.
"I advise you not to refuse a toast and tell the truth! Where is Qin Yanwei?"
Gu Yong was shocked.
"Seventh Prince, please... don't embarrass me... I really can't say..."
Gu Yong was so scared that his courage almost broke. On one side was the Seventh Prince, and on the other side was his direct superior. If he offended either side, he would suffer the consequences.
Mu Gu raised his hand when he heard that. Gu Yong trembled again, and Xiao Ruge raised her hand again to stop him.
"can not say?"
Xiao Ruge still had a smile on her face and her tone was cheerful.
"Mr. Gu, please think carefully. His Highness the Seventh Prince will not allow me to stop you again and again..."
Gu Yong was not a fool, so how could he not see that the two ancestors in front of him were playing a trick of one playing the good cop and the other playing the bad cop? But the problem was that even if he saw it, he could only accept it.
"Seventh Prince... please spare me..."
Mu Gu looked at the person kneeling and kowtowing at his feet and snorted coldly.
"You asked for this."
When Gu Yong heard these chilling words, he had no time to react and started begging for mercy with tears streaming down his face, and then vomited out everything.
"Secretary Qin, Secretary Qin, he went to Zuiyun Pavilion..."
When Xiao Ruge heard the news, she really didn't expect that Dalong had very strict control over officials, especially in places like those with fireworks, officials were absolutely not allowed to enter or leave.
Zuiyunlou is the largest brothel in Kyoto. Qin Yanwei is really brave. Going to a brothel is fine, but he even dared to go to Zuiyunlou where there are so many people and eyes.
Gu Yong was probably so frightened that he seemed to have opened up his Ren and Du meridians after he said that. Without waiting for Mu Gu and Xiao Ruge to continue questioning him, he blurted out everything.
"Secretary Qin has not reported for duty for several days. On the last day I saw him, he warned me... no, he threatened me that if anyone smelled him, I must not tell anyone where he was..."
Gu Yong seemed to suddenly realize what he had said. His expression instantly became more terrified and he kowtowed frantically to Mu Gu again.
"I only beg the Seventh Prince not to mention it to Sergeant Qin that I was the one who reported the secret..."
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