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Zhao Zhu kissed Bazheng to accompany him, Bazheng looked flattered, and worked more quickly, so he quickly prepared a carriage and drove it himself.

Originally, several people could ride horses, but they have been busy for so long today, they are physically and mentally exhausted, and seeing that the sky is getting dark again... Bazheng's behavior is actually very considerate.Not to mention the iron man, Zhao Zhu who never tires, Lu Li and Shen Wansha can still understand this kindness from the bottom of their hearts.

The attitude of the two was friendly, not at all like the noble and arrogant young master with eyes on the top of his head, Ba Zheng seemed to have been beaten up, his emotions remained high, and his words never stopped along the way.

"That maiko is also a poor person." He told Lu Li and Shen Wansha about the life experience of Yaoqing he had heard about.

This Yaoqing's biological mother was a female prisoner captured in the victory of Daxia more than 20 years ago. Because of her extremely beautiful appearance, she was dedicated to the capital.At that time, wars were everywhere, and the situation in Daxia was severe. The superiors were not in the mood for romantic love, and no matter how beautiful the female prisoners were, they could not live a smooth and good life.This girl is good at singing and dancing. In order to make a living, she went to the Jiaofang Division as an official prostitute, and fell in love with a civil servant of the fifth rank.

Jiaofang officials and prostitutes serve court officials, they are talented, they are not prostitutes, and they do not do skin and meat business.However, it is inevitable that there will be exceptions that cannot be dealt with. Official prostitutes are also divided into geisha and sex prostitutes. Most of them are officials, with a higher status than civilian prostitutes.

Yaoqing's biological mother is the former, she is a performer but not a person, although her status is low, she is still innocent.

Yaoqing has a civil servant father and a smart mother who knows how to run a business. She should have a good future, but her life is not good. When she was four years old, her father had an accident. .The mother is beautiful, single and with a daughter, life is not easy, when Yaoqing was six years old, her mother was seriously ill and went away.

Xiaoyao had no one to rely on, and she had nowhere to go after her mother left, so she just stayed in the Jiaofang Division and learned various skills from her aunts.It may be inherited from her mother. She learned singing and dancing very quickly. She made her debut at the age of 13, and she amazed the world with a song Hu Xuanwu. Since then, she has become the dream lover of all teenagers in Beijing...

It's a pity that she is always in bad luck. She can charm all the men in the capital, but no one is willing to marry her. Even if others fight for her, they just want to kiss Fangze, and have no intention of giving fame...

"Don't you think this girl is pitiful?" Ba Zheng sighed, "No matter what business the girl's family does, she always wants to marry her beloved as a wife and grow old together, but this love... Sigh."

Shen Wansha has heard of most of these things, and hearing Bazheng's sentimental tone, he asked, "You also like Yaoqing, do you often go to see her?"

Bazheng coughed, as if he was choking on saliva, and hurriedly turned around, "Not at all! I just think the girl's life experience is too rough, and it's so pitiful. I have someone in mind. When I save enough money this year, I'm going to marry my little girl." Xing, young master, please don't wrong me..."

Shen Wansha deliberately teased him, eyes narrowed, "You're lying! You must often go to see Yaoqing, don't you? Otherwise, how do you know that she is so beautiful and charming, but also so pitiful?"

Because of today's case investigation, both murders were vaguely related to Yaoqing. Ba Zheng seemed to have misunderstood Shen Wansha's meaning, and exclaimed with a pale face, "I am wronged, I really didn't! I am not the murderer. It can be proved!"

Seeing that Shen Wansha didn't speak, but still looked at him with a smile, Bazheng's expression became even more excited, "I've never been to Qinyan Pavilion, if you don't believe me, go check it out, I'm sure you won't find it!"

After saying this, his face became even more bitter, "Uh... that's not right, it seems that I am more like a murderer?" He shrank his body, rubbed his hands to muster up his courage, "Well... I am the vice director of the Honglu Pavilion, better There's work to do, so yesterday I went to spring hunting, and I'm in the house today, but I'm not the murderer..."

Shen Wansha finally couldn't hold back anymore, he laughed loudly, and pointed at Ba Zheng, "Where did you recruit this talent, so stupid?"

Ba Zheng reacted, and finally understood, his face was pleasantly surprised, "Master, you are joking with me, aren't you?"

Shen Wansha pretended to be serious and continued to frighten him, "Who says I'm joking, I mean it!"

Baba's face became bitter again, and Baba looked at Lu Li.

Lu Li smiled lightly on his face, "Don't worry, if you are the murderer in this case, you will definitely not be able to escape. If it doesn't matter, we will not wrong you."

It seemed as if he wanted to comfort Ba Zheng, but after saying this, Ba Zheng trembled even more, and he didn't dare to take a breath on the next road.

Shen Wansha poked Lu Li's waist, looked at Bazheng, and slipped back: Look at you scaring people!

Lu Li helplessly spread his hands, didn't you scare him?

Zhao Zhu was in a good mood watching these two people make trouble...

The carriage quickly arrived at Qinyan Pavilion, and Bazheng almost huddled himself into a ball...Zhao Zhu waved his hand, indicating that the road will be there soon, his mission has been successfully completed, and he can go back.

"But for a while..."

"Maybe I'm going to arrest someone later, the prince is very busy and doesn't have time to take care of you." Shen Wansha continued to bully others with blinking eyes.

When Bazheng heard the word arrest, his face turned pale again.

Lu Li was kind and explained to him earnestly, "My lord and we may not return to the Honglu House later on. There is no point in waiting here. You might as well go back and do your own business. If we have any questions or clues in the future, we may still look for you." of."

Bazheng's eyes lit up immediately, and he straightened his back, "I will work hard! If you have any questions, Mr. Wang Ye, Mr. Lu and Young Master Shen, please come and ask me. As long as I know everything, I will tell you everything!"

Shen Wansha smiled and nodded, "Good boy..."

Seeing his seemingly meaningful smile, Ba Zheng hurriedly saluted, and drove away in the carriage...

Shen Wansha laughed loudly: "Finally some people are afraid of the young master!"

Lu Li rubbed his head, "Naughty."

……

As night fell, guests began to come to the building. Lu Li and the three of them walked in slowly. Zhao Zhu told Lu Li the reason for this pavilion in a low voice.

After Emperor Taijia came to the throne, in order to clean up the officialdom, there may also be reasons for increasing tax items, so the official Jiaofang Division was withdrawn. Now there is no official Jiaofang Division in the imperial court. The Qinyan Pavilion where Yaoqing is located is the Jiaofang Division. The mother who has been taking care of her has done it, so she followed.

Because Qinyan Pavilion has the institutional system of the Jiaofang Division, the connections of the procuress girls are very similar to those of the previous Jiaofang Division, and it feels much more standardized than other folk brothels.But a brothel is a brothel after all, and even under an elegant brand, it is also a special service. The distinction between geisha and prostitutes is not as strict as before.

The interior decoration and ambience make it easy to see what is being done here.

Lu Li sighed slightly, the previous order to let Hu Weiwei go back was correct.Although Hu Weiwei doesn't shy away from this and has seen such dark corners in places when she was young, she is still a girl's house. If it is not necessary, Lu Li really can't bear to make her feel even the slightest discomfort...

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was absent-minded, Zhao Zhu pinched his palm, bowed his head and whispered into his ear, "Don't think about others."

Lu Li: ...

Because of Zhao Zhuping's status as King Zhao Zhuping, no matter how difficult the old bustard is, how difficult the girl is to see, when he comes, he will give way to everything, and the three of them soon met Yaoqing.

Yaoqing was sick today, and she didn't hang up a sign to pick up the guests. The bustard turned a corner and reminded them several times, don't tire her girl...

As a dandy in the upper capital, although Shen Wansha doesn't like to visit brothels, he has met Yao Qing a few times, and he thinks he is the most friendly among the three, so the first one pushes away from the room, "Yao Qing, here I come! "

Lu Li followed behind him, and soon saw this Yaoqing girl.

This girl has a slender waist and bare hands, wearing a moon skirt with a primrose color pattern, with soft smoked tulle on her arms, smoky eyebrows and watery eyes, a beautiful nose and a sandalwood mouth, and her eyebrows have a kind of charming and charming, which can be described as magnificent and charming.

Seeing Shen Wansha coming in, she smiled and saluted Shen Wansha slowly, her posture and expression were all elegant and charming, especially her eyes, full of anticipation and resentment, as if she had been waiting for Shen Wansha to come to see her, and finally waited until this day...

Shen Wansha was startled, his face was slightly red, "Miss Yaoqing, please, let's talk succinctly." While talking and laughing, he untied the bag at his waist, and put a bag full of gold beads on the jade plate at the corner of the table.

Lu Li: ...

When Zhao Zhu came in, Yaoqing saluted again, but this time the ceremony was much more dignified, without ambiguous subtext like Shen Wansha's.

"It's a great honor for the prince to come to the Qinyan Pavilion. If you have any needs, please speak up. No one in the pavilion will dare to neglect you."

It seems that they were informed of their purpose by the bustard...

Lu Li observed Yaoqing carefully, and she said that she was sick, but it was not a lie.Although she deliberately put on makeup, she could still see that her cheeks were too red and her voice was a little hoarse, as if she had a cold.

Several people were seated, and soon the old bustard delivered tea in person, and did not leave when she came, and knelt down in front of Zhao Zhu, "It's not that my old lady doesn't understand the rules, it's just that Yaoqing is really sick, the prince may let the little lady take care of her here." Answer?" His expression was very earnest.

Zhao Zhu glanced at Lu Li, who nodded slightly.

The two murder cases before and after are not secret matters, and soon the whole of Shangjing will know.The brothel is so secretive, there may be some secret channel and secret trumpet or something, since I came here to ask questions in person, it is convenient for others and for myself.

Zhao Zhu nodded, "Yes."

He stopped talking after that.

Lu Li and Shen Wansha had long been used to his temperament, and they didn't care about it, they started asking each other what they said.

Shen Wansha spoke first, "I haven't been here for a long time, Miss Yaoqing's demeanor remains the same as before, I wonder how you've been doing recently?"

Yaoqing smiled softly, "Thank you, young master, for your greetings, everything is fine for Yaoqing."

"Yesterday, the emperor led a delegation to a spring hunt, and one person died. Does the girl know?"

Yao Qing hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "I heard something."

"The name of the deceased is Wu Zanglu. He liked you very much and often came to see you dance. Do you remember him?"

Yaoqing nodded, turned her head and mouthed at the bustard.

The old bustard then answered with a smile, "My wife knows the person the young master asked about! That one has no Tibetan salary..."

In this way, the chatterbox was opened, and the atmosphere was still very comfortable.

Lu Li couldn't help but quietly gave Shen Wansha a thumbs up, the young master is getting more and more powerful, and the questions are so eloquent!

Shen Wansha winked at him triumphantly, his eyes were full of happiness.Autopsy death is a technical job, he can't learn it, but he can learn a little bit from observation and questioning...

The old bustard said that Wu Zanglu turned out to be a die-hard loyalist of Liu Lian'er, the red card of the flower for sleep across the street, and he fell in love with Liu Lian'er as soon as the mission arrived in Shangjing. .Until New Year's Eve, Yaoqing performed Lingbo Dance, which made everyone stare straight at him. Na Wuzanglu was shocked and became a heavenly man. Since then, he abandoned Liu Lian'er and reported to Qinyan Pavilion every day, listening to Yaoqing playing the piano and watching her Dance.

"If you have more time, you can spend the whole day in our pavilion. If you have less time, you must come and have a look. Even if you only have a look at Yaoqing, you will be satisfied when you come." The old bustard looked proud, "It's not me The old lady boasted that in the whole of Shangjing, there is no one who has the ability of our Yaoqing, and the man who can clean up is submissive and has no complaints at all. This person has no Tibetan salary, and he is not the only one who is attracted here!"

"Not the only one..." Lu Li looked serious, "Are there many foreigners who have been attracted?"

"Recently, when the mission came to visit, those barbarians have never seen such a beautiful girl as our Yaoqing. Of course, there are some who are amazing, and they come here to spend money." The old bust emphasized two words, "A lot."

Lu Li asked again, "Among these people, is there a Dongying man named Baihe Dashi?"

The old bustard was stunned, "Yes...but how do you know?"

Shen Wansha's expression froze slightly, "Because he died."

"Dead?" The bustard covered her mouth in surprise, "How did you die? When did it happen?"

Shen Wansha didn't answer, but asked, "When was the last time you saw Wu Zanglu and Baihe Dashi?"

"Five days ago? No, no, it seems that the two of them were there four nights ago..." The old bustard was a little flustered, his thoughts were confused for a while, and he couldn't confirm his memory.

Yao Qingsu moistened her throat with tea in her hand, "Three days ago in the afternoon, at Shen Shi, when I was getting dressed, I saw Wu Zanglu in the hall, and I didn't pay attention afterwards; at Xu time four days ago, Baihe Dashi came to listen to me playing the piano, and left after a song .”

……

When the few people communicated, Lu Li kept paying attention to Yaoqing. This girl is very beautiful and quite eye-catching. She is also very good at using various expressions, which makes people feel all kinds of good feelings about her.And when men fantasize about beauties, they always ignore the real love behind their expressions...the real love is actually very smart.

Although she has always maintained a gentle and quiet image of listening, her posture and expression have not changed at all, Lu Li still sees slightly complicated emotions in her eyes.surprise?Puzzled?Worry?Fear?

All kinds of things, but unfortunately Lu Li couldn't understand them.

Just as he was thinking, Shen Wansha cast a look at him: Do ordinary people remember the time of guests coming and going so clearly?

Lu Li shook his head slightly.Yao Qing is not ordinary at all, she is a prostitute, she has customers every day, no matter how clear and clever her mind is, it is impossible to remember the time of each customer's appearance, unless... the customer is very special.

Lu Li had this question, so he asked directly, "What is so special about these two aliens that attracted the girl's attention?"

Yaoqing bit her lip slightly, her expression seemed a little distressed, as if she was considering whether to say or not to say.

The old bustard was always afraid of Zhao Zhu's cold face, afraid that if he didn't cooperate, it would end badly, so he gritted his teeth and patted the back of Yaoqing's hand, "We are sitting in front of King Ping, what is there to hide?"

Yaoqing closed her eyes slightly, took a long breath, and nodded towards the old bustard.

The old bustard also sighed, "Now we are not the official Jiaofang Secretary, we don't get official protection, and we are bullied... a little more. The arrival of foreign missions not only brings us rich income, but also brings us risks... ..."

As mentioned in the preface, Yaoqing has a special aura and is extremely sought after by the people of Shangjing, but no one wants to redeem her body. This situation is unfortunate and fortunate for her.If no one is willing to redeem her, she won't be fussy about earning money to be the top card, saving her money to support herself in the future, there is nothing wrong with it.But the concept of foreigners is different from that of Shangjing people. They like Yao Qing and want to bring Yao Qing home!

This Yaoqing is not willing.She can't make the children of Shangjing so fond of her that she wants to marry her, and if she can't live the life of a noble lady, she might just be a little unwilling, but she can go to other countries with a foreigner... She doesn't even want to.

Yaoqing's mother is not from Daxia, and although her father was an official, it turned out to be nothing good to talk about. Such an identity is a little sensitive.The emperor has a lenient attitude towards foreign missions. If those foreigners write a letter saying they want a girl, they are just low-status prostitutes in a brothel with sensitive backgrounds... No matter what aspect is considered, the emperor will not refuse.

So Yaoqing has been worrying a lot lately, and pays special attention to these aliens.

Lu Li tilted his head, his eyes flickered slightly, "Your uneasiness... will regular customers feel it?"

Yao Qing's eyes drooped slightly, "Welcoming guests with a smiling face is the basic standard of our business. Even if I'm in a bad mood, I try to hide it as much as possible, but the sound of the piano and dance can only be performed well, so...it's possible."

Shen Wansha didn't understand Lu Li's meaning, but Zhao Zhu knocked on the table, "Who are the guests who have been very kind to you, who are willing to spend money and effort to help you solve difficulties recently?"

Shen Wansha's eyes lit up all of a sudden, he understood!This case may have been done by someone else to protect Yao Qing!

The bustard was a little apprehensive, "A lot..."

Yaoqing shook the old bustard's hand, "The lord said that recently - there are only those few people."

The old bustard sighed, not daring to deceive King Ping, and said slowly, "There are many people who love Yao, but in the past two months, these few..."

She told them one by one, the first one was Xue Junda.

Recently, Xue Junda has almost left home because of Yao Qing, and he has to come here every day to hang out. He will fulfill any request of Yao Qing, and he will not hesitate to offend anyone.

The second one is Qu Jiu. Qu Jiu was the first person who wanted to redeem Yaoqing's life. He really wanted to help her go out and live a good life. At that time, he spent a lot of money and insisted on taking Yaoqing away.Unfortunately, Xue Junda happened to be there, and the two fought directly in the pavilion, and both of them were injured.

The third is Guo Yang, the son of Shou Anbo.Guo Yang often comes to look for Yaoqing, and spends a lot of money every time... Yaoqing has a good heart and has many close sisters. When she encounters troubles, she often uses money to help her. She is also willing to help. Some things that cannot be solved are what Guo Yang used his strength to help her.

……

Shen Wansha was very surprised, covered his mouth, and murmured softly to Lu Li, "With these young masters, have you become a suspect?"

Lu Li also felt that his head was getting big, so he simply brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and asked the old bustard to explain in detail, and wrote down all the suspicious people recently, and he wrote a long list.

The brothel was indeed the busiest place for business in ancient times...

Due to too much information, the meeting took a long time, and Lu Li and Shen Wansha, who were tired all day, couldn't bear it, and the sick Yao Qing simply passed out...

When everything was over and he walked out of the room, Lu Li handed the paper full of words to Zhao Zhu, "I will trouble you to check the information."

Zhao Zhu took the paper, flicked it back, and threw it to the dark guard Hong You.

Lu Li: ...

The night is beautiful and the red candles are flickering. This is the busiest time for Qinyan Pavilion.The three of Lu Li are tall and handsome, majestic and gentle and cute, and all of them are well dressed. They are obviously noble sons, so it is impossible not to attract the attention of girls.

There was the bold one, with his skirts open, his breasts ready to be exposed, and his winking eyes beckoned at them, "Young master, why don't you have a glass of water and wine with my slave..."

The girls were dressed in hot style, but also different from the modern feeling. Lu Li was a little curious, and turned his head to look at it—unexpectedly, his eyes were tightly covered by Zhao Zhu's big hand.

"Don't look at dirty things, you'll see the eye of a needle." Zhao Zhu's voice was slightly cold, and Lu Li guessed that his expression must not be very good now, maybe he was glaring again.

Really... the girls are clean and white, where are they dirty?

Lu Li followed Zhao Zhu obediently out of the Qinyan Pavilion, then pulled Zhao Zhu's hand, and gently touched it to his lips, "Are you jealous?" His clear eyes were full of stars, smart and dazzling.

Zhao Zhu's heart seemed to be exploded with fireworks, and he didn't want to admit it at first, but he was so teased by Lu Li's seemingly invisible kiss, he hugged him tightly, "Yeah."

Shen Wansha sighed helplessly, "Hey, I'm still here!"

Lu Li pushed Zhao Zhu away, pulled Shen Wansha up, turned around and walked back.

Shen Wansha's mind was always on the case, "Little Lizi, you said that this case was really done by someone else to protect Yaoqing? Yaoqing didn't know anything about it?"

Lu Li thought for a moment, "Qinyan Pavilion has the relationship with the former Jiaofang Secretary, and Yaoqing has all kinds of followers of noble sons... She is very smart and knows how to use her own weapons. If there is no accident, everything should be fine. I don't mind. The matter of foreigners is indeed special, but she only gave hints to others, and she still participated in the planning, and I don't know yet..."

……

When they returned to the garden, He Lianyu was waiting for them.

He brought two very important news, one: He has confirmed that the aliens know the treasure map and already have one.

Second: On the night of Shangyuan, the two brothers and sisters blackmailed Shen Wansha to take the wrong body from Yizhuang. It was Jin Yanmu, a missing member of the Liao Kingdom Mission.Jin Yanmu also likes Yaoqing girl very much, and often goes to join her.