After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

Li Jinfeng staggered, steadied her body, and hurried forward, as if a vicious dog was chasing her.

Although Yuan Ge didn't know what the girl was up to today, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw her like this. He didn't realize that he was the "evil dog" and asked Song Wenyuan, "What did you do to her? Why did you scare her like this?"

Song Wenyuan glanced at her sideways and didn't say anything, but the look in his eyes was more obvious than words: Wasn't it you who scared her like this?

Seeing that this person was still confused, Song Wenyuan reminded her calmly, "She followed you to the Tong family today, and when she came back, she didn't leave with us. Maybe you did something in the Tong family that was seen by others, so they think you are a vicious monster, and they are afraid of you and can't sleep at night when they think of the past targeting."

Yuan Ge realized belatedly that she had indeed completely forgotten about Li Jinfeng when she left the flower viewing banquet. As for the "little trick" that Song Wenyuan mentioned, it could only be the scene she designed to deal with Yu Qingqing? ... So, the vicious dog was actually me? Yuan Ge frowned and decided to quickly forget about this matter, so he turned around and asked with a smile, "Master Song, I wonder what you were talking about just now?"

Song Wenyuan suppressed the slightly raised corners of his mouth. The little girl had a bad temper. Now that he wanted someone to help him, it would be better to stroke her along the way.

He coughed, turned to look at the servants around him, waved his hand, and told them to leave. Then he leaned closer to Yuan Ge and asked her in a low voice, "There is a dark alley in the West Market, have you heard of it?"

Dark alley? Yuan Ge had heard someone mention it before. At that time, she was still in Zhixuan Mountain. An elder once teased her, saying that if she took the poisons and medicines she made to the dark alleys to sell, she would be able to make a lot of money. Unfortunately, she was young and playful and didn't know the value of money, so she just used them all for her own people. How could she not know that those things were valuable and precious, but they were poisons after all. It was fine for her to play with them, but if they were bought by others to kill innocent people, it would really damage her Yin virtue.

Although she does not believe in gods, she believes in cause and effect.

That was the only time she heard the word "dark alley". Somehow, she remembered it, but she knew nothing about the others. So she just shook her head, her smile fading, "I haven't heard of it, but I can roughly guess what it is for."

There is a dark alley in Xishi. As the name suggests, it is an underground passage hidden in the dark and never seen by the sun.

This secret passage can be traced back to the previous dynasty. In the previous dynasty, the rebels pressed on the city. The emperor at that time was incompetent and indulged in wine and sex all day long without thinking of how to resist the enemy. Seeing that he was powerless to save the situation, he asked the people and officials to dig this secret passage day and night to escape with his favorite concubine. However, who knew that the emperor was incompetent and treacherous, and the world had long been full of complaints. This secret passage was dug day and night, day and night, and it became wider and larger, but it just couldn't be dug to the end...

In the end, the emperor and his beloved concubine died in this secret passage with no exit.

A hundred years later, the blood, corpses, and smoke of war have turned into a few heavy numbers in history books, but this secret passage has ushered in a "new life".

At first, it was just a resting place for some homeless beggars. Gradually, some stolen goods from illegal sources began to be sold there. The imperial court drove them away several times without success, so it turned a blind eye. Who would have thought that in just a few short years, this place had become a mixed bag, with many illegal traders mingling there. The imperial court sent wave after wave of spies, but all returned empty-handed.

By now, this dark alley is like a hard bone that looks like it has a lot of meat but is extremely difficult to bite. If you are not careful, you might even break a few of your teeth.

After listening to this, Yuan Ge nodded with his chin propped up, and concluded his speech succinctly, "If we directly order the collection, not to mention the honest people doing small business, the vagrants, beggars and illegal vendors will inevitably riot, and the number of casualties is hard to estimate. But if we just leave it like this, it will be like having a piece of meat stuck between your teeth while eating. It will be embarrassing to open your mouth and laugh at it... In addition, if the meat is stuck for a long time, it will hurt your teeth, right?"

The first half of the sentence sounds quite normal, but the second half is a bit rude. But after thinking about it carefully, it seems to be true.

Song Wenyuan was probably used to her simple, straightforward and even somewhat rude way of speaking. He just smiled and nodded when he heard it. "Yes, that's it. It's not a big deal to ask you for help this time. I just want to ask Miss Wen to accompany me to a dark alley to smell some spices. You know, I don't have any female subordinates. Even if I do, they are used to being masters. How can they understand these things? So I have no choice but to ask Miss Wen for help."

"Spices?" Yuan Ge was stunned, but then he understood, "Huajiantang? Are they still investigating the clerk at the Maritime Customs? Is that clerk... very important?"

This case shouldn't even be under the jurisdiction of the Jinyiwei.

Song Wenyuan glanced at her with a calm expression, then withdrew his gaze and just held the teacup and rubbed the wall of the cup. After a while, he said, "The minor official was an accident. I have been investigating the Maritime Customs for a long time..."

He spoke slowly, and seemed to be hesitant to say more. Yuan Ge understood in her heart - it was a secret, at least to her. She nodded and interrupted Song Wenyuan, "Forget it, you'd better not tell me about this important matter of the court. If you leak something one day and suspect me, then I will be in a mess and I won't be able to explain it."

She waved her hands casually, feeling frustrated and depressed, as if she had been bitten by a snake and was afraid of ropes for ten years.

Song Wenyuan looked up and said half-seriously, "No. Even if the news leaked out, it's just because I'm not as good as you. I will never let you get even a drop of dirty water on me."

Their eyes met, and Yuan Ge was slightly stunned. The pair of inky eyes staring at her without blinking made her inexplicably feel a little flustered. Her face was slightly hot, her eyes avoided, and she changed the subject, "Aren't we going to the dark alley? When are we going?" After saying that, she looked up at the sky, lowered her head to look at her nails, tugged at her clothes, and twisted her body, as if there were nails stuck in the stool.

Song Wenyuan saw it, chuckled secretly, reached out to pour tea while saying, "Don't worry, the dark alley doesn't open until nighttime, it's still early now, drink some tea first... your favorite Laojunmei, then have a good rest and change into lighter clothes... Let's go to Qichi Pavilion for dinner? Or have someone send it to Luofengxuan?" In short, no matter where they have dinner, they have to have it together.

After saying that, she sat back in the rattan chair and added nonchalantly, "Aunt Gui started making snacks early in the morning. She said you might not be used to sweet things. She only made a few light dishes before. This time, she made them according to your taste."

Therefore, Yuan Ge swallowed back the refusal that was about to come out of his mouth, and said, "Okay. Then let's go to Qichi Pavilion."

Miss Yuan is easy to please. All you need to do is serve her with good food and drink.