Chapter 157: Qin Xiang Courtyard

Li Xuandu's fundamental purpose in infiltrating this cargo ship was not to do anything on the cargo ship, but to find the Qinxiang Courtyard through this line.

The so-called "Qinxiang Courtyard" is just a cover-up statement, in fact, Qian Yulong has sent people to check the entire Jinling City, and he has not found any place called Qinxiang Courtyard. Of course, this is also the reason why Qian Yulong learned the news for too short, if he can be given more time, with his power in Jinling Mansion, it is not difficult to find out, but unfortunately time is pressing. So he made a temporary decision to arrange Li Xuandu to Qian Yulou's cargo ship, and asked Li Xuandu to find out the location of this Qinxiang courtyard for him.

This plan is not clever, the key is that the various information known by the two sides is not equal, Qian Yulou thought that Liu Yushuang was a nail she planted next to Qian Yulong, and Qian Yulong didn't know anything about it, in fact, Qian Yulong knew everything about it, and he still planned it, so under Qian Yulou's negligence, it was reasonable to succeed.

Just when Qian Yulou had just learned of Zhang Po's death, Li Xuandu had already gone to Qinxiang's Courtyard.

Jinling Mansion used to be the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, compared to the imperial capital in the north is not much worse, in the northeast corner of the north city, there is an alley, on both sides of the alley is two long 100 zhang high and two zhang blue brick deep walls, at the end of the alley is a black lacquer gate. Because few people come on weekdays, after a long time, there are many rumors about this deep alley and the high walls of the alley, saying that as soon as it gets dark, there are many ghosts wandering on this road, and crying is often heard in the dark corners. So this long alley becomes more and more deserted all year round, and as soon as the sky is dark, not only is no one walking, but no birds fly through it.

The two carriages slowly drove into the long alley one after the other, Li Xuandu's carriage walked in front, and the woman's carriage followed.

Li Xuandu looked at the black lacquer gate that was getting closer and closer, and already recognized what kind of place this was, no one would have thought that the so-called Qinxiang Courtyard turned out to be the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau.

Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, Guanyin Case, Soap Pavilion Sect, Dao Seed Sect, Chief Celebrant Supervisor Bingbi Liu Yi, Qingluanwei, the "Ghost Curse" that appeared in the change of the Imperial Capital that year, and the Yin and Yang Sect that has been looming behind the scenes, these things seem to be connected into a line. It seems that the current situation in the imperial court, after Zhang Suqing's death, has been completely out of control, this is Li Xuandu's biggest disappointment, some people only have the ability to demolish houses, but they do not have the ability to build houses, even if they overthrow everyone, sit in that position, sit in a pile of ruins, what is the benefit to the people of the world?

Li Xuandu jumped out of the carriage, and without his orders, the steward had already stepped forward, grabbed the beast face of the gate and knocked it three times, and after a slight pause, he knocked it four times.

After a while, a voice of inquiry came from inside: "Is the landlord's goods here?"

Because in Jinling Mansion, the Qian family is a big surname, in order to distinguish the bosses of the Qian family, in addition to the Qian family's own people, people with foreign surnames usually call Qian Yulong as the boss of the dragon in private, and call Qian Yulou the boss of the building.

The steward outside the door obviously didn't come here for the first time, and he was already familiar with the people inside, and he didn't have so many scruples when he spoke: "You still know and ask, hurry up and open the door." ”

The black-lacquered door slowly opened, and four eunuchs walked out of it.

A fat eunuch led by him was stunned when he saw Li Xuandu, but before he could open his mouth to ask, the steward had already introduced: "This is Steward Lin." ”

The fat eunuch nodded, and said a little arrogantly: "It turned out to be Steward Lin." ”

Li Xuandu bowed: "I've seen all your fathers-in-law." ”

According to reason, if Li Xuan wants to do a good job, then as a newcomer, he wants to mean something to these little ghosts, but unfortunately Li Xuan is really shy at this time, and he doesn't have much money to use in such places.

Seeing that Li Xuan didn't mean to pay for it, the fat eunuch immediately lowered his face and said, "Okay, leave the rest to us, you can go." ”

Li Xuandu nodded and stepped back with the steward.

After leaving this alley, Li Xuandu looked up at the sky, the days are short in winter, and the sun has set at this time, and said to the steward behind him: "It's not early, everyone go back and rest." ”

The steward asked, "What about Steward Lin?"

Li Xuandu smiled: "My sister asked me to go to her for dinner tonight." ”

The steward smiled.

Li Xuandu waved his hand: "Go ahead." ”

"Yes. And the crowd dispersed.

After Li Xuandu was left, he dodged into the alley again, took off his steward's clothes and entered the "eighteenth floor" while walking, and chose a secluded corner, a little under his feet, without making the slightest sound, flew over the high courtyard wall, and fell into the mansion.

The Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, placed in the Jinling Mansion, is the real power yamen second only to the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion, and it is still above the Yamen of the Political Envoy Department and the Yamen of the Procuratorial Envoy Department of the Punishment Division. Among them, the natural defense is strict, three steps and a post, five steps and a sentry, and there are many secret whistles like cow hair, and all the mansions of the powerful, the yamen, must have their own law, the corridor is a hundred turns, the winding path is a thousand twists and turns, if you don't understand the mysteries, you will lose your way when you first enter it.

However, Li Xuandu didn't have to worry about this, because he left a wisp of qi on the woman's body, and as long as he followed the breath, he would naturally find the place he was looking for.

Li Xuandu walked briskly against the wall, avoiding all kinds of patrols and guards.

Today's Li Xuan can be equated with a master of the eight-story building of the Returning to the True Realm, even if it is placed in the Jinling Mansion of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, this cultivation can also be called good, but the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau is not as good as other places, not only involves the master of ceremonies in the palace, but also has an unclear relationship with the Soap Pavilion Sect and the Dao Seed Sect, so Li Xuan does not dare to be careless.

In the end, Li Xuandu came to a remote courtyard that seemed to be sporadically lit, there were no guards here, and after following here, Li Xuandu completely lost his sense of the wisp of qi, thinking that it was cut off by some kind of prohibition.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, Li Xuandu hesitated slightly, first used the "Scattering Potential Method" in the "Xuanwei True Technique" to completely restrain his own qi, and then took advantage of the night, crossed the wall of the small courtyard, quickly approached the window, and pierced a small hole in the window paper wound with a very subtle wisp of sword qi, and took a look, only to see that there were two people in the house at this time, one was wearing a big red official robe, wearing a wingless black veil, it should be a big eunuch.

The reason why it is so certain is because the Great Wei legal system contains a clear text: the nine grades of civil officials, except for the different complements, the clothing is divided into three colors, the first, second, and third grades are red, the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades are purple, and the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades are blue. Eunuchs are also three colors, corresponding to civil officials, from high to low: red, purple, and cyan. In addition, there is no complement on the eunuch's official uniform, the pattern is relatively simple, and the black yarn worn on the head has no wings. Therefore, Li Xuandu can determine the identity of this person just by looking at the person's dress.

Moreover, Jinling Mansion is not as good as Dijing, and there are only three eunuchs who can wear red official robes, one is the supervisor of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, one is the eunuch of the Jiangnan Cooperative Garrison, and the other is the counselor of the machine, this place is the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, so this person is very likely to be the supervisor of the Weaving Bureau.

As for the other person, it was an old man dressed in sackcloth, although his appearance was much better than that of the old man in Tibet, but he could not talk about the word "kind", and there was a bit of gloom between his eyebrows, and the most striking thing was that his lips were extremely bright red, which contrasted sharply with his dark complexion.

Li Xuandu knew in his heart that this symptom was due to too much "cannibalism" in the near future, and as long as he stopped "eating people" in three or five months, it would disappear on its own. The "cannibalism" here does not mean eating meat and drinking blood, but using evil methods to absorb the essence of the living, the "Purple River Dafa" of the Dao Sect is this way, and it is no better than the Soap Pavilion Sect that refines the living corpses, and those women who say that they are sent to be slaves can imagine their fate.

Even the stewards on the cargo ships didn't know this, they just thought that these women were sold to rich families as slaves and servants, or sold into prostitutes in green houses, and they would never have thought that there would be such a thing.

Since the second year of Tianbao, the activities of the five sects of the evil path have been frequent, and they have bloomed everywhere, and they are no longer limited to the northwest, plus Liu Yushuang has mentioned the Dao Seed Sect before, so Li Xuandu is not surprised that the master of the Dao Seed Sect has appeared here, what he really cares about is what role the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau and the Dao Seed Sect have played in this accident caused by Qin Xiang.