C23

The old procuress woke up after half an incense stick of time. She hugged the leg of the bailiff and cried her heart out.

Yan Youcai and coincidentally, not many women came out of the shop in the past 180 years. All of them had died to gouge out the old procuress's flesh, not to mention that even half of the customers would be scared off by the death of the people in the shop. The old procuress was trembling from crying, as if she would lose her breath at any moment.

When Su Mu came over, the old procuress had been crying for a long time. Her tears washed away the makeup on her face, leaving behind a trail of tears. The bailiff stood there awkwardly. He didn't want to be bothered by an old woman at all, but what could he do if she didn't let go while hugging his thigh?

"Sir, you have to avenge him!" Seeing an even more handsome young man walk in, the old procuress finally let go of him and spoke in a delicate voice.

"Did the deceased have any enmity with anyone?" Su Mu asked.

The old procuress turned her eyes around in dishonesty, "The business of the tassel shop is always done in silver, how can there be enmity. On the other hand, the Flowing Mist Pavilion opposite us has always been envious of our Yingying. Sir, you have to investigate the Flowing Mist Pavilion thoroughly."

"I heard that the servant girl said that the deceased was in a bad mood today. Do you know the reason?"

"Yes, yes. My daughter's mood is normal." The old procuress stammered as she refused to speak the truth. Since she was already dead, she just wanted to solve the problem. If she could not investigate this matter thoroughly, it would be difficult to reopen the door of the shop. It was normal for people to die in brothels, but they could always hide it from others. However, today, they met a blind girl who shouted so loudly, attracting people from the government.

"If you don't speak the truth, I'll bring you back to the yamen to interrogate." Bao Fusheng threatened.

"Aiya, that was unfair!" The old procuress slapped her thigh and shouted, "It's all a small matter. Our Yingying was originally a waiter, and she even fell in love with a poor scholar a few years ago. Originally, we agreed to accept him at the age of sixteen, but she actually went back on her word and said that she would rush to the capital to take the exam. What can I do, I can only push her up, I can't push the silver out, I didn't force her, I just mentioned it to her. "

The old procuress was dishonest at first glance, and it was unknown if some of the words in her mouth were true. Su Mu stared at the old procuress's pompous expression and remained silent. In the end, she was still forcing someone to become a prostitute.

There were many reasons for her to stay in the mortal world, but very few were able to escape in the end. If it wasn't for Su Mu's desperate choice to flee with the king, according to the emperor's imperial edict, she would have been trapped by the mortal world, and it would have been even more tragic.

"Which young master are you talking about? Don't spout nonsense. If you don't talk about it, someone will. " Su Mu sat on a chair to the side and looked straight into the old procuress's eyes.

The old procuress hesitated for a moment before she finally said, "The son of the Duke of Western Zhejiang Province, Liu Zilan."

Wu Cheng belonged to Western Zhejiang Province, but it was not the most prosperous city in the Western Zhejiang Group. The Royal Family lived in Salt City, which did not produce salt, but was close to two salt farms. As a Prefecture Lord of the Western Region, his pocket was naturally full.

The Duke of Western Zhejiang should be in his seventies this year, right?" Baofu mumbled.

"Liu Shan is seventy-one this year, and Liu Zichen is his oldest son. He is very fond of him." When he came to Wu City, he had thought of working with Liu Shan. With the army stationed in Jiangnan, it would be difficult to bring down the Yan family without any mishaps. He needed more money to raise more troops.

"Did Liu Zilan come over tonight?" Su Mu leaned against the table with one hand and yawned as he asked.

"Naturally. It's just that he seems to have had a bit too much to drink tonight. " The old procuress said with a bit of guilt as she avoided Su Mu's gaze. Earlier, she saw Liu Zilan pestering Su Mu, but she felt that Liu Zilan was not to be trifled with so she pretended not to see it.

Lin Yi knew that Su Mu was a little tired. In the past few days, Su Mu didn't seem to have slept well. His eyes were filled with a dark green color.

"We can't rush this matter. Let's go back first." Lin Yi said.

Su Mu nodded his head. She was indeed a bit tired, and this case didn't have a clue so she might as well go back and have a good night's sleep.

With the incident at the thrush workshop, all of the customers had left. Even the Flowing Mist Pavilion across the street had closed its doors, leaving only the bright red lanterns shining on the signboard, exuding an inexplicable sense of gloominess.

The old procuress said that she wasn't feeling well, so she asked Sang Xin to send Su Mu and co. off. Without the Ying Ying, Sang Xin naturally became the number one courtesan in the thrush shop. If you were to say that Ying Ying's death benefited the most, it was undoubtedly Sang Xin.

"Don't look at me like that, I have nothing to do with Yingying." When Sang Xin saw Su Mu looking at her, she casually said this. She was wearing the same red dress as when she was dancing, but her makeup had already been washed clean.

Su Mu shook his head. "I just feel that you're a bit familiar and that you've thought of an old friend."

Sang Xin ruffled his hair and did not take Su Mu's words to heart.

Su Mu also felt that he was overthinking it. He stepped out of the door of the Thrush Shrink Workshop, but couldn't resist. He turned his head and asked, "Have you heard of the name Ye Wu Yu?"

Sang Xin's hand trembled as he tore off his hair. Restraining his trembling body, he said, "No." With that, Su Mu turned around and covered his face with his hands. At a place that Su Mu did not see, tears flowed silently. In the past five years, she had never shed a single tear. No matter how much pain she suffered, she had only bitten her arm until it became a bloody mess.

Ye Wu Yu, it's been so long since she's heard this name. She's almost forgotten that her name should be Ye Wu Yu! She was the son of a noble family in the capital, the proud and unyielding Ye Wu Yu. Yet, she was being criticized in this kind of place!

Sang Xin turned his head and saw that Su Mu had already walked far away. When the Ye Clan was in trouble, the Su Clan was the only one to stand up and challenge the Yan Clan. However, in the end, they did not change the fate of the Ye Clan.

The girl who kept calling out to him from behind had also changed a lot. Wu Cheng was far away from the capital. Sang Xin had never even heard of the Su Clan's changes. She only thought that Su Mu had come to play.

Su Mu didn't notice Sang Xin's abnormality, but Lin Yi looked at her a few more times.

Before the Ye family fell, most of the generals had a close relationship with the Ye family. The Ye family's men fought in the battlefield to protect the country, and the women of the Ye family never lost to men.

The Lord of Merits was always the most feared by the King.

When the Yan family came up with the evidence that the Ye family was having an affair with an enemy and was plotting against them, the king ordered the assassination of General Ye and the arrest of the Ye family.

It was probably due to the shock that Su Mu slept unstably. His dreams were filled with blood-red light.