Brocade tears

Back in time to about an hour ago.

After Meng Kuang left, Sui'er went back to the back room to find something.The bag she had brought out when she left Lingji Hall earlier had been lost in the chaos, but fortunately there were no valuables inside.All her valuables, which had always been kept close to her body, were by her side now.She found her purse and hid it next to her body, then she went out of the house and went to the servant's room of the Bai family.

As soon as they walked to the door of the servant's room, they saw the young man who brought them water last night came out.She hurriedly stepped forward to bless her body, the young man immediately saluted and said:

"What's the matter, girl?"

"I want to ask for a set of ordinary men's clothes. Meng Baihu came from an ordinary family and is not used to wearing luxurious clothes. Before he left tonight, he specially entrusted me to borrow a set of clothes."

The young man hesitated for a moment, and said: "But, if Lady Bai sees Meng Baihu wearing small clothes, it will be difficult to make small clothes."

Seeing this, Sui'er raised a smile, took a step closer, and said:

"Brother, please help me out. If you are afraid of being scolded by the white lady, just push it on me." While talking, a piece of two or three taels of silver was stuffed into the young servant's hand, "I am the embroiderer, Go back and change it, and you won’t be able to see that it’s your clothes.”

The boy's ears were a little soft, Sui'er, a beautiful girl, pleaded with him in front of her, and everything she said was reasonable and well-coordinated, even holding the money in his hand, he couldn't refuse anymore.So he nodded, turned back to the house, and after a while took out a set of his own clothes for Sui'er.Sui'er thanked her with a smile, and returned to the house with the clothes in her arms.

Not long after, she went out of the house again, but this time she was completely dressed as a servant.Covering her face with her sleeves, she quickly walked towards the side door of the house.The journey was smooth and we didn't meet anyone.Near the side door is the kitchen in the house. A cook-like person saw her and shouted:

"Fifth son, where are you going so late?"

Sui'er pretended not to hear, and stepped out of the side door quickly, but the cook really didn't catch up.

Sui'er crossed the street and soon entered the bustling Goulan Hutong.She looked carefully at every brothel on both sides of the street, and after seeing the board clearly confirmed that it was not Tianxiang Pavilion, she immediately walked away.The streets were full of traffic and voices, which became her best cover at this time.No one would pay attention to an inconspicuous young man at this time. The clients who come here are all rich and noble, and there are countless young men and servants around them, as ordinary as weeds on the side of the road.

Sui'er walked to the middle of the alley, and finally let her find the prosperous and bright Tianxiang Pavilion.She had never entered a brothel in her life, so she stood at the door timidly for a while.But not long after, she mustered up the courage to step inside. As soon as she got to the door, a tall and big turtle guard stopped her way, and said in a rough voice:

"What are you doing? The servants enter through the side door, don't you know the rules?"

Sui'er hurriedly bowed her head and nodded, without answering, she just turned around and walked towards the convenient door.Entering through the convenient door, a corridor led her to a slightly crude servant's room at the back, where there were some tables, chairs and benches, and a whole row of large shops. It was obvious from a glance that it was reserved for lowly servants and coachmen. resting place.The masters and high-level servants enjoyed themselves in it, and these low-level servants could only wait here, and when they were tired, they would go to sleep on the Datong bunk with unclothed clothes.This private room is located in a separate yard, together with the stables and the spacious parking lot. The convenient door can only lead them here. After entering, it is equivalent to entering a pocket. It is impossible to enter Tianxiang from here. The interior of the pavilion.

Sui'er stood outside the door of the servant's room, looked at the courtyard walls blocking her around, and after thinking for a while, she came to the conclusion that she could not climb over the courtyard wall to get in. Second, if she wants to climb over the wall, she will definitely alarm the people in the servant's room. There is an old man smoking a pot squatting at the door of the servant's room. Sui'er can't avoid his eyes.

When Sui'er was about to think of another way, the old man smoking the pot suddenly stood up, exhaled the last puff of cigarettes in his mouth, knocked the pot in his hand on the sole of his shoe, knocked out the ash, and pinned the pipe to his waist , beckoned to Sui'er, and said:

"Come here, I have something to tell you."

The old man spoke Henan dialect, Sui'er was wary of him not daring to approach, but the old man didn't care, and said:

"Xiao Nier, if you want to go in, this is not the place. Let me tell you a trick, you go to the north courtyard wall, there is a dog hole there, hidden behind a row of holly logs, you can get in. The hole in the daytime is If it’s blocked, just open it now. If it’s later, you won’t be able to get in.”

Sui'er was a little surprised that the old man saw that she was a woman at a glance, and also saw that she wanted to enter the Tianxiang Pavilion.She reflected on herself, it didn't seem to be so obvious.And this old man actually knows what dog holes?Could it be that he was playing tricks on her?

With a dead horse as a live horse doctor, Sui'er took one last look at the old man, then returned along the same road, left the convenience door, headed north, and soon came to the wall of the north courtyard.There is indeed a row of holly shrubs planted along the courtyard wall here.Sui'er looked carefully, and she found a small opening. This opening is very hidden. In addition, the backyard wall is opened in a very narrow small passage, almost no one comes and goes, and it is basically impossible to be discovered.But this is not a dog hole, it seems that someone opened a small door here, and there is a wooden door to cover it.No matter why this opening exists, Sui Er finally found the entrance.She avoided the bushes, pushed open the wooden door, and got in.The opening is really small, it is estimated that if a man with a slightly bigger body can't get in, only thin and petite women and children like her can get in.

After entering, Sui'er found herself behind the rockery in the courtyard, and there was a huge stone beside the narrow wooden door, which seemed to block the door.But at this time the boulder was moved aside, and the bolt on the wooden door was pulled back.The old man said that this opening will only be open during this time period, and it will be closed during other times... Sui Er finds it very strange, is there anything special about this time period?

She didn't have much time to think about it, so she left as soon as possible to prevent being discovered.Going out from the rockery and passing through the courtyard, she entered the corridor, and along the corridor she naturally stepped into a three-story building.There are rooms all over here, but most of them are empty. Occasionally, there are people in one or two rooms, and there are embarrassing movements in them. Sui'er blushed and fled quickly.

She was a little panicked, but at least she found the corridor bridge leading to other places from this three-story building.So she walked quickly along the covered bridge, and finally stepped into a bustling hall full of luxury and luxury. Only then did she realize that this should be the main building, and the one she just entered was the annex.At this time, the drama was being staged, she walked around to the side of the stage, hid among the crowd and watched silently for a while, she was attracted by Bai Yuyin on the stage, and also by the story and interpretation, unable to move away.

After another moment, she withdrew her mind, thinking that Meng Kuang might be in a guest room above the main building.And seeing the three floors of the pavilion, the distinguished guests are all going upstairs, she thinks most people should be on the highest floor, where it is clean, and it is closer to the place where important people will appear, and it is easier to observe from a condescending position. place.

So she walked to the third floor, and when she reached the second floor, she saw the Qingbang and Zhubang hanging above the stage, looked at them silently for a while, sighed, and continued to go up.

Just after walking to the third floor, "The Jade Hairpin" on the stage just finished singing, and there was a burst of applause from downstairs.Sui'er leaned against the railing on the third floor, watching Bai Yuyin leave, thinking she had to hurry up.She wandered around on the third floor for a while, intending to take a look around every room, but she never thought that as soon as she reached the corridor, she suddenly saw the door of a room at the corner open, and Guo Dayou walked out of it.

She was startled, and quickly turned her back to Guo Dayou. When she heard the sound of footsteps moving away, she glanced out of the corner of her eye and found that Guo Dayou was leaving in another direction.She took two steps forward and found that he had gone to the annex on the other side of the covered bridge.

Sui'er's eyes immediately fell on the door of the room he just came out of. She had just glanced at it, and seemed to see Meng Kuang sitting inside.Her heart throbbed, and she instinctively took two steps forward, wanting to open the door and enter the house to meet Meng Kuang, but tonight she pretended to come here not to look for Meng Kuang, she had other things to do .

She came here tonight, in fact, to look for Bai Yuyin.She hoped to talk to Bai Yuyin to find out what she wanted to do.Bai Yuyin is now a tool used by Guo Dayou to divide her and Meng Kuang.But Sui'er and Guo Dayou have different ways of thinking. The biggest difference is that Sui'er was born in poverty and is a woman, so she can best understand the state of mind of poor and humble women.She didn't believe that a woman like Bai Yuyin would be a tool without her own opinion and at the mercy of others.Why she helped Guo Dayou must have her own purpose.As long as Sui'er can figure out her needs, she can find a way to reverse Bai Yuyin's thinking, so that Bai Yuyin pretends to cater to Guo Dayou, but secretly helps herself and Meng Kuang.

Sui'er thought about it carefully. If she wanted to talk to Bai Yuyin, she couldn't be in the White House, because the White House itself was not really Bai Yuyin's private house. The servants in the house seemed to be obedient to Bai Yuyin, but they were actually Lu Wang's people. She noticed it when she had dinner with Bai Yuyin at noon today. Those servants surrounded her all the time. It was breathless.If she was looking for Bai Yuyin in the Bai mansion, the news would definitely not be covered up, and it would leak out soon.

When Bai Yuyin left the White House, the only place she could go was the Tianxiang Pavilion. Relatively speaking, the Tianxiang Pavilion had a more complicated flow of people and more difficult monitoring. She could find opportunities.

After she entered the main building of Tianxiang Pavilion, she realized that she had to go to the third floor to find opportunities.She couldn't go to the backstage of Bai Yu's chanting play, there were too many people and it was not a place to talk.Besides the backcourt, Bai Yuyin's most likely place to come is the third floor. She must come here to entertain guests.As long as Sui'er guards here, he can find a chance to find Bai Yuyin.

But right now the corridor on the third floor was empty, it was too obvious for her to appear here alone, she had to find a place to hide first.

She wandered around on the third floor for a while, and finally found that there was only one place to hide, and that was next door to the room where Meng Kuang was.Only there was no one in this room, and the location of this room was relatively hidden. Even the entrance door was a single door. It looked like a utility room, and the door was locked.She checked the lock carefully, and found that the lock head was not complicated, and she could find a way to pry it open.She was afraid of being imprisoned in the early years, so she taught herself to pick locks in the palace. She can open most types of locks, and the only tools are two embroidery needles that she always carries with her.

She took out a small sewing kit from her purse, took out two thin needles from it, and moved it slightly towards the keyhole twice, only to hear a faint "click", and the lock was unlocked.Sui'er opened the door, turned around and closed the door, and pretended to hang the lock, so that outsiders could not find the door opened at first glance.

When she entered the room, she was surprised for a moment. There was almost nothing in the room, except for two chairs and a square table with an oil lamp, a candlestick, a pot, and two upside-down cups of tea. A thin layer of dust fell on the lamp.

There are even stranger things in this house.First of all, on the partition wall of the room next door to Meng Kuang, there is a hole sealed with a copper buckle, and there is a rotating handle on it. When the handle is turned, a surveillance hole will appear, and you can watch the people in the next room. scene.She quietly opened the probe hole, peeked in, and saw Meng Kuang sitting facing her. She took off her mask at some point, and looked out the window, as if she was lost in thought.

Sui'er looked at Meng Kuang quietly, and couldn't help feeling in her heart that the scene now seemed illusory and weird, that she would inadvertently spy on her lover...

When the thought turned to this place, she suddenly felt goosebumps all over her body... Guo Dayou is a frequent visitor to Tianxiang Hall, and he regards this place as an important place for intelligence collection.He should know what this room is for.And why did he bring Meng Kuang to the next room under surveillance?It seems the answer is self-evident.

Meng Kuang seemed to have a heart-to-heart with her. At this time, her gaze suddenly moved back from the window, and it happened to land on the surveillance hole where Sui Er was. Sui Er couldn't help being startled. When it came to her, it didn't happen for a moment.But Sui'er understood that there should be a covert surveillance hole in the next room, and she probably didn't find herself.But with a guilty conscience, she still inexplicably closed the surveillance hole.

At this moment, Sui'er vaguely heard some sound, she looked around and found that the sound came from a strange copper pipe.The copper pipe hangs from the ceiling, and the other end of the copper pipe disappears above the ceiling, leading to nowhere.Could this main building not only have three floors?But she did not find the stairs leading to the fourth floor.Maybe there is a hidden staircase in a certain room.

She moved to the brass pipe and listened attentively, only to hear two men talking:

"Is it all shipped out?"

"It's shipped, the last batch. It will all be emptied in a while, and there are about two boxes left. It will take some work."

"Okay, it was finally shipped out before the city was completely closed. Is the small door sealed?"

"not yet."

"Hurry up, the small door is still conspicuous, it must be sealed as soon as possible!"

"Yes, I understand."

……

Sui'er frowned, noticing that the two men in the conversation seemed to be referring to the small door she had just entered through.She wanted to listen again, but the two stopped talking.At this time, there was movement in the next room, and she heard Bai Yuyin's voice.Surprised, Sui'er went back and opened the surveillance hole again, only to see Bai Yuyin coming to Meng Kuang's house.

She cried out inwardly that she had missed the opportunity and could only wait.She realized that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, and she had to leave as soon as possible to find another chance.However, she was very curious about the scene where Bai Yuyin was looking for Meng Kuang.For a moment, she couldn't move her footsteps anymore, and the surveillance probe seemed to attract her by magic.She stared intently at the scene in the next room, and saw Bai Yuyin hugging Meng Kuang as soon as she entered the room, and actually called "Meng Lang". For any reaction, let Bai Yuyin hold her.

Sui'er's heart felt sour, she couldn't help biting her lips, and secretly scolded that idiot for being so dazed, why didn't he push him away quickly?

"Why don't you speak, and pretend you don't know me."

"Are you...are you disappointed to see me falling into prostitution again?"

Bai Yuyin asked two questions in a row, but Meng Kuang didn't answer or gesture, but Sui'er finally saw the idiot struggling to push Bai Yuyin away.At this moment, footsteps suddenly sounded behind her, and Sui'er was so startled that her hairs stood on end, she almost screamed out, but someone sealed her mouth with a palm.Immediately, Guo Dayou's deep voice rang in his ears:

"Li Hui'er, you are so clever that you have found this place."

Sui'er was trembling all over, and her back was already soaked in cold sweat.She didn't even notice that Guo Dayou came in, she shouldn't have stayed, she made a mistake!

"Since you're here, I'll let you take a look. What kind of virtue is your beloved man?" While talking, Guo Dayou covered Sui'er's mouth and forced her to the front of the surveillance hole. He leaned over and looked inside the probe hole together with Sui'er.

The moment they looked over, Bai Yuyin seemed to have just said something, but was blocked by Meng Kuang.Meng Kuang turned his back to the monitoring hole, then took off his mask, and Bai Yuyin touched Meng Kuang's face affectionately.Afterwards, the two of them got very close to each other, almost face to face, and had a conversation.From the perspective of Guo Dayou and Sui'er, it was as if Meng Kuang had Bai Yuyin wrapped in his arms.

They could hear very subtle conversations, and they judged that Bai Yuyin seemed to be talking about something, but they really couldn't hear what they said.Meng Kuang didn't gesture to respond, nor did he take out his pen and ink to write, but kept firmly in front of her.Guo Dayou suddenly sneered and said:

"This kid is pretty smart. He should be talking to Bai Yuyin with his breath. Alas, this intimacy is so young."

Sui'er's face turned pale, and then she saw Meng Kuang take the initiative to hold Bai Yuyin's hand.Sui'er can always remain calm, because Bai Yuyin was the one who took the initiative before, and Meng Kuang was only passive. This does not mean that Meng Kuang has changed his mind.But seeing Meng Kuang take the initiative to pull Bai Yuyin's hand, she felt as if she had been seriously injured.It was as if someone had punched her in the bottom of her heart, it was sore and astringent, tears welled up, and desolate thoughts appeared uncontrollably.Could it be that Meng Kuang is really interested in Bai Yuyin?Could it be that what she said to herself about getting married and staying together for the rest of her life were just sweet words to lie to her?Could it be that she is so unbearable to be tempted, as soon as a beautiful woman approaches, she will be so intimate?

Temptation... Sui'er suddenly lowered her head and laughed at herself. She tried to seduce Meng Kuang before, but she couldn't resist.She thought it was because Meng Kuang had feelings for her, so it was difficult to resist.But now it seems that she is just a simple womanizer?

No... what was she thinking?Why don't you trust Meng Kuang more, that's her sister Qing!Could it be that her elder sister Qing is a lustful person who would be tempted to see any woman?Before she confessed her heart to herself, she knew best how much struggle they had experienced because of the fact that they were all women.She is not that kind of person, it is impossible for her to be so affectionate and fall in love with another woman so easily.

Sui'er is naturally intelligent. Although she was inevitably affected by her emotions, she quickly convinced herself with reason and calmed down quickly.

"How, men are like this, what else do you have to say?"

"I can't hear what they're talking about, it doesn't count."

"What else can we talk about? I pulled hands, hugged, touched my face... I'm kind, I don't want you to watch it any longer."

"Guo Qianhu, you don't have to sow discord like this. I came to find you because I have other important matters. Are you willing to listen, or not?"

"Appreciate further details."