After Guanyue left, Su Ji coughed a few more times, Yunqi poured him a cup of tea to moisten his throat, and pretended to be disgusted: "It's an eyesore to see you dragging a stump." ”

"Isn't it to show that you have no talent and no virtue in the world, and you need me to work everywhere?" Su Ji finished drinking the tea, pressed the tea lid and said, "You just said that someone did it on purpose, is it ......?"

Yunqi opened the jade bone fan and waved a cool breeze, "Master Su, we are now the bait in someone else's mouth." ”

Su Ji held the tea bowl for a long time and didn't move, for a while, he sighed in a low voice, "It turns out that I still wonder why the emperor is looking for you to handle this case, but now that I think about it, the prince wants to be someone else's pawn and stepping stone." ”

Let Yunqi attract everyone's attention and hatred, and then secretly send the emperor's more confidant ministers to use thunder means to wipe them out.

Yun Qi turned his head sideways: "Isn't the mainstay of our Criminal Division Lord Su?" You should feel sorry for yourself. ”

Su Ji vomited blood, twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Then again, the king is deep, so you can leave a little girl in it, and you don't have to worry." ”

A smile appeared in Yunqi's eyes, "I know that the water is in dire straits, not fishing in troubled waters." ”

Su Ji shook his head and smiled: "You really trust her." ”

Yunqi waved the folding fan and was speechless for a long time, for a long time, his voice was low, as if to say to himself: "She is worth it." ”

—

At the foot of Yan Mountain

It was only three days since the last time, and Lu Anran saw Scarlet Smoke again.

Scarlet smoke came out of the carriage, wearing a hood, and the black gauze was densely enclosed, and the slightest wind refused to penetrate.

"Scarlet came here to tell Miss one thing." Scarlet Yan's slender body was blown by the mountain wind, as if it would be blown down at any time, "A guest who was good friends with Liu Changhe yesterday ordered me, and I asked some questions while he was drunk. He told me that Liu Changhe had scolded before he died, saying that Xianglan was not honest and that men were hidden in the house. ”

I don't know if it's Lu Anran's illusion, I feel that Scarlet Smoke is a lot thinner than the last time I saw him.

Scarlet Smoke continued: "I privately found the cleaning girl in Xianglan's room, and she also said that Xianglan often came into contact with a mysterious man, but she was not a close attendant and did not take a photo. ”

"I know, don't do other superfluous things, just leave it to others."

Scarlet said with a smile: "Miss, don't worry, that guest is so drunk that she doesn't even know who her old lady is, as for the little girl, I will first gag her mouth with silver, and then find an excuse to ask my mother to come over and put it by my side." ”

Lu Anran saw that she was thoughtful and didn't need anything else, so he said, "The recipe I gave you is edible?" ”

"Don't dare to be negligent, my hands and feet used to be cold in the morning and evening, but this time has really improved a lot."

Lu Anran motioned for her to raise her hand, and nodded after checking the pulse: "It has indeed eased up, I will start to change the prescription tomorrow, and I will ask Chunmiao to send it to you when I go back, or mainly warm supplements." ”

"Miss, don't think I'm thin, it's just a winter coat." Scarlet Smoke is now surviving in the pile of men, and she is particularly sensitive to different eyes, and she sees Lu Anran's expression, but she is also heartwarmed.

"Hmm." Lu Anran looked at her hesitantly, "What else do you have to say?" ”

"From Xiao Cui's mouth to describe the body outline, the person who has a private meeting with Xianglan is very similar to an old cat." Scarlet Yan said uncertainly: "It is also said that Xianglan has met once after his death, but he has already left the royal capital, how can he appear in Qiongxian Tower again?" ”

Lu Anran said: "How do you know that he left the royal capital? ”

Scarlet Yan lowered his head and was silent for a while before he said: "Those who do a leather and meat business like ours have a lot of contact with many people, and there are always a few who run errands in the government. I said that I wanted to tattoo a peony on the neckline, and although the man didn't say it directly, I guessed the meaning. ”

Lu Anran finally understood why some people like to use the Qinglou to collect news, the Qinglou has complex personnel, complete cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, drunk and gentle in the township, and the Qinglou woman is the most difficult object to be guarded against.

"With a lowly status like me, and my means are not clever, it makes the young lady laugh."

Lu Anran said calmly: "You just eat this bowl of rice, why do I want to laugh." ”

The tone of course is not a little pretended to be high pity, as if Scarlet Smoke's identity is no different from other people, just like the shopkeeper soliciting customers, the porter picking up goods, and the embroidery girl selling cloth.

Scarlet Smoke pursed her lips: "It seems that I have always belittled myself." ”

"Be careful in the future." After Lu Anran finished speaking, he thought for a while and said, "The old cat really didn't leave the royal capital, I bumped into it the day before yesterday." ”

Scarlet Smoke was full of surprise: "How could Miss meet it?" ”

"Houchi Lane, at the door of his house, but unfortunately he ran away immediately when he realized that something was wrong." There is no lack of regret in the words.

Scarlet Smoke smiled after being surprised: "It turns out that Miss is also an adventurous person." ”

Before the two separated, Scarlet Yan said: "It is said that the nature is difficult to change, since the old cat is still in the royal capital, there is a way to find him." ”

—

The black-lit alleys are like a long and endless alley.

Until I saw two red lanterns swaying in the wind, calling for charm in the ethereal night.

"In addition to the Qinglou registered by the government, there are many black kilns." The words of the scarlet smoke echoed in Lu Anran's ears, "The black kiln is also known as a secret prostitute, and it is opened privately without the permission of the government, and many conditions are not very good, and the girls who work in it are also more difficult." ”

There are no luxurious high-rise buildings, and there are no luxury car frames in front of the door like other green buildings. It is small and dark, with cave-shaped door frames close to each other, and heavy curtains hanging on the doors, which from time to time are lifted to give out a strange smell.

The reason why the secret prostitute is a black kiln is that there is no one behind it; Second, because the girls here are unknown, many of them may be bought and sold.

"There are also some maids who were kicked out by the master's house, and they can't be beaten to death and are afraid that they will go out and talk nonsense, so they are crippled and thrown into the black kiln." Wufang's voice is too rigid and can make people feel cold, "As soon as they open their eyes, they start to receive guests day after day." ”

If the Qinglou woman outside is a hard-working person, the girl here has long lived like a human being.

The moans and laughter in the air or the cries of sorrow were heard and changed by no one under the dark sky wrapped in the thick of the night.

Lu Anran lowered his eyes and covered the dark eyes in his eyes, "Where is the girl that the old cat often goes to?" ”

"East Sanken." Wu Fang led Lu Anran to walk in one direction unnoticed, and said: "When the old cat has money, he will go to Qiongxian Tower to squander, and then run here when he has no money." ”

You can't get into the door without ten taels of silver to go to Qiongxian Building, but the girl here only needs five copper plates to receive a guest, so the secret prostitute is also a patronage place for low-level men.

They don't care if the girl inside is ugly, disabled or not, they just want to vent the endless energy accumulated in the day on the woman.

When he was about to get closer, an old woman with a white face came out and threw a purse to the other party, "Spend the night." ”

The woman raised her eyebrows, pulled up the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, her eyes were full of concern and curiosity, and just when Lu Anran thought she was going to say something, she waved her hand like a fly, "Go in." ”

When he got closer, Lu Anran found that the dark blue door curtain was all oil, and it was opened expressionlessly, and the unpleasant smell inside suddenly rushed out.

Lu Anran's face did not change color in the face of the smell of corpses, but the smell was full of obscenity, although it was not out of shape, it still made her frown.

When the woman saw it, she sneered: "Fresh." He muttered in his heart: "In these days, everyone has it, and rich people will play." "Girls go to the black kiln, hey!

Wufang pulled the door cloth to disperse, and said to Lu Anran: "The people who do their black kiln business have the tightest mouths and don't have much to do, and for them, it doesn't matter if they don't make money in anything." ”

When the two of them went in, there was only one bed in this room, and there was a small table next to the bed, and there was no room for chairs.

Fortunately, there was a small window, which was quickly opened, and the candle flame on the table was blown out by the wind with a soft 'bang'.

Lu Anran glanced at the bed, and the quilt on it was not very clean, so he could only say that he could barely make out what the background color was.

I pushed the bed away, but fortunately the floor below was clean, and I asked the bustard for a clean cushion and sat directly on the bed.

When she came back from Wufang, she saw Lu Anran staring at the bed board in a daze, she looked over and saw that there was a word crooked and carved on it, and she could vaguely recognize it as the word 'Yu'.

"This room is occupied by a snowy woman, I don't know if she wrote it." Because he wanted to catch the old cat, he didn't come to say hello in advance, and arranged for Xueqing to live elsewhere.

Lu Anran's thumb rubbed the marks of the lettering, "There are still sawdust that have not been removed, it should be carved by her." ”

Wufang stood straight in front of the window, his eyes looking out, "Maybe it's her last name." ”

The surname is engraved on the bed board, I don't know whether to miss or remind myself.

Lu Anran looked at it for a while and looked away, she could redeem herself for a scarlet cigarette, but she couldn't save thousands of poor women in the world, and as Scarlet Yan said, her life was good or bad, and in the end, she could only go to the end by herself.

The two waited until midnight, and the movement outside slowly became smaller, and there was a sneaky sound of broken steps at the door.

Lu Anran was dozing with her head propped up, and as soon as she couldn't move, she immediately woke up and asked with her eyes-someone is coming?

He nodded silently in response, and the next moment he quickly jumped out of the window.

Lu Anran only heard an 'ah', then the sound of running footsteps, and then there was no sound, and after a few breaths, the door was pushed open, and the old cat stalked his neck and let Wu Fangti slip in.

"If you report your name on any road, there are one hundred and eighty brothers on Lao Tzu's road." The old cat's face was full of gloom, "Lao Tzu is not just a secret prostitute, and Lao Tzu is not afraid when the government comes." ”

Lu Anran sat on the edge of the bed, clasped his hands on his knees, and his body was full of nobility and natural expression, as if this was not an unsightly black kiln, but an exquisite boudoir.

"If you're really not afraid, then let's go to the Criminal Division and talk about it."

The old cat looked at her in surprise, "It's you again!" ”