It took Song Che a full five carriages to load ten boxes full of gold and silver, and accompanied Lin Yue with a few servants of the royal palace to the prince's mansion in the north of the city.

The moon is full, and the moon is bright. Tonight's Keju grand event was a success, but Song Che still had some regrets in his heart, he thought that the Mid-Autumn Festival should be reunited with his family and enjoy the moon together.

Alone in a foreign land as a stranger, every festival is full of relatives. Only when you become a stranger can you truly appreciate the meaning of poetry.

Lin Yue sat on the wheel, staring blankly at the moon in the sky.

"Do you have family?" Song Che asked. Lin Yue's eyes were filled with sadness, and he shook his head: "No." ”

"Then you have a lover?" Song Che asked again. Lin Yue was even more sad, and it took a long time before he spit out: "I don't know." Song Che smiled: "Then you must have cervical spondylosis, otherwise why did you look up for so long." Lin Yue glanced at him,

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Ignore it and continue to look at the moon. Except for fools, the vast majority of people are in a daze, either thinking or reminiscing.

Thoughts are filled with longing, and memories are filled with sadness. She clearly falls into the latter category.

"Lin Nuxia, you seem to have a good relationship with Langyue." Song Che asked softly. Lin Yue tilted his head and said softly: "I don't know her at all." Song Che said again: "You are also the master of the Red Mansion, how can you not know her?" Lin Yue's delicate body was shocked, and she lowered her voice: "I don't know what you're talking about......" Song Che looked at her,

"Covering your ears doesn't mean that others can't hear, and you can control your mouth, but you can't change the facts." She looked at Song Che for a long, long time, despite her stubbornness, she still lowered her head with low self-esteem,

"Yes, I used to be a dusty woman, and I used to be coquettish in front of many men like the prostitutes in the Red Mansion," she looked up at Song Che again: "You know what kind of person I am now, right?" I'm not the heroic heroine in your eyes at all, I'm just a dirty woman who can't erase the stain for the rest of my life. "Humility starts from the heart, and everything is not up to others.

Song Che shook his head and said softly: "You are not dirty." ”

"It's not up to you to decide whether it's dirty or not."

"Is that someone else's decision?"

"It doesn't count if someone else says it."

"Why should you feel dirty when you don't care what other people think? A dirty woman can't be the prince's righteous sister. Song Che stopped talking, leaving her room to think.

Silence, silence for a moment, Lin Yue cast a shining look: "You really don't think I'm dirty?" Song Che said bitterly: "It seems that in today's world, I, a merchant who is a pawn of a peddler, has a status that is not much higher." ”

"That's right!" Lin Yue slapped Song Che on the shoulder. Lian Jiazi's strength is really great, and this time he almost didn't dislocate Song Che's shoulder.

Since the beginning of the private business, Song Che has also come into contact with many dusty women, and the young ladies in Yuchun Building who sell themselves and perform are actually very good women.

Precisely those who live in the market

Most of the "down-class people" are more righteous, those who strike iron never cheat, and those who sell meat are not short of catties or two; on the other hand, those who are well-dressed and have high positions and positions of power, the vast majority of them are good at their words and do things by unscrupulous means.

"Since you have left the Red Mansion and entered the palace, you should have left your nationality and become a good person, right?" Song Che asked. Lin Yue nodded and sighed lightly: "This may be the greatest luck in my life - two years ago, I went to Shouzhou on a mission and accidentally rescued a mother and daughter from the flood, I didn't care at that time, I just had to show my hands, but later I learned that the mother and daughter were the concubines and daughters of the current King of Anyang; Thanks to the prince's dislike, he not only got rid of my cheap status and stayed in the house to serve, but also recognized me as a righteous sister. "So good people are rewarded, isn't it?

Saving the lives of the princess and the county lord is the cause, and getting appreciated and leaving the country is the result.

"So, Ning Yehong is also an official prostitute?" Song Che asked again. Lin Yue nodded,

"Most of the women you meet who are beautiful, have martial arts, and work for the official family are official prostitutes." Song Che smiled: "Add a little more, and Keju." Lin Yue pouted,

"The style of juju is very popular among the aristocracy, and the official prostitutes with a good foundation not only play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, juju, pitching pots, archery, sic bo, and all the skills that can accompany the guests to entertain must be learned." Song Che glanced at her: "Martial arts, but it's not for accompanying guests, right?" "Whether it is Lin Yue, Ning Yehong, or the short-lived moon in the first half of the night, there is no doubt that they all have good martial arts.

Moreover, the former princess's escort team, the female swordsman who sent Cao Lin down to the south of the Yangtze River, obviously has an organization behind them, and they are closely connected with the official family.

"Can't you do business honestly? Knowing too much is really not good for you. Lin Yue sincerely persuaded.

Song Che smiled: "You're wrong, it doesn't matter how much you know, what will really cause you a big disaster is a mouth that is not tightly closed, and a brain that is not smooth enough." ”

"Then let me tell you, you don't have to tell others," Lin Yue sighed, and then said: "The sect will select a group of women with good foundations from among the official prostitutes, and train them to be well-trained killers from an early age, so as to facilitate the performance of some unsightly tasks; We official prostitutes are all family members of criminals, and we can be said to be 'loyal', and we have a greater advantage than men, that is, beauty; in the Twelve Lents of the Red Chamber, each owner of the Zhai is carefully selected, and on weekdays, he dances in the Red Mansion to cover up his identity, and once there is a task, he will be assigned to various places to carry out tasks under the pretext of comforting the officials. ”

"You belong to the Faculty on the surface, but secretly you are controlled by the Privy Council, right?" Song Che asked. Lin Yue was not surprised,

"How do you know?" In fact, as early as Hangzhou, when he learned that Ning Yehong was doing things for Gao Chen, Song Che guessed that he was not far from ten.

Gao Chen is an official of the imperial court and the head of the main battle faction, and he must need some secret forces to clear the obstacles for himself.

If so......

"Cultivating you shadow killers isn't just for the sake of mission, right? Maybe it's still targeting some forces in the court, right? Song Che asked again.

Lin Yue looked at Song Che in disbelief, and nodded for a long time,

"It is used to check and balance the 'Wude Division' under the command of the Lord and the faction - although the Wude Division is a forbidden military department, it is controlled by eunuchs, and it is a special agency of the Great Liang Dynasty, and the biggest difference with the Red Mansion is that they are clearly doing dirty work." They are all parties in the imperial court, eagles, dogs and chess pieces under the power game.

That's why Song Che refused Gao Chen's invitation to join the court as an official on the Wangjiang Tower, and if he agreed, he would also become a pawn in this power chess game.

In the middle of chatting, the prince's mansion arrived. It is now the third watch, but the door of the prince's mansion is wide open, as if he is deliberately waiting for someone to come to the door.

Before Song Che got off the horse, a servant came up and asked first: "But Song Che, Mr. Song?" Song Che frowned and nodded.

The servant greeted him and said, "The prince knew that Mr. Song would come, and he had already set up a banquet in the White Gate Tower, Mr. Song, please enter the mansion with the villain, right?" "Although the prince is arrogant, he is by no means a fool, as can be seen from what happened tonight.

Lin Yue wanted to follow her into the mansion, but Song Che rubbed her back again, shook his head with a smile, took five carts of silver coins, and entered the mansion with the servants.

I'm afraid this supper tonight won't be delicious.