C206

Chapter 206 - Crimes of Addition (1)

How long was Mu Yanran planning in the dark? Mu Wanjun was still in the south side of the city.

On the morning of the second day, there was a Carriage in General Mu's residence that had already left the General's Estate before the sun had fully risen.

After exiting the city, they walked westward for about two hours before stopping in front of a small town called White Horse Town. The Carriage entered the town and stopped outside an inn.

The curtain of the carriage was pushed aside and two noblewomen came out. They were both wearing cloaks with their hats covering their faces. Once they entered the inn, Cui Yun hurried over to negotiate with the Manager, "The room we arranged last night." She gave Manager a silver ingot as she said this, "Clean the room so that no one will disturb us."

After obtaining the silver, the Manager was naturally happy and quickly agreed. After a while, the waiter cleaned up the room.

Mu Yanran and Liushi went in, Cui Yun was waiting downstairs, and before long, another Carriage stopped in front of the tavern, and a woman wearing a coarse clothes and a wooden hairpin alighted from the Carriage.

However, her face was covered with a thick layer of rouge, and the dust on her face did not match her extremely simple clothing.

Once she struck the Carriage, Cui Yun immediately went up to greet her. and took her upstairs.

Hearing the knock on the door, Liushi called out that she had arrived.

Mu Yanran glanced at Liushi, and said in a low voice: "In a while, you don't have to say anything more, just listen to my arrangements."

Liushi could only agree.

It was indeed the brothel's bawd from seven years ago. When she walked into the room, her waist was still twisted quite mesmerizingly. She took off a handkerchief from her side and shook it out of habit. "Madam Mu, you're really punctual."

She glanced at Mu Wanjun from the corner of her eyes and said, "Hey, Second Young Miss is here too. Looking at my memory, it should be the Mu Royal Concubine.

She had a nice time, but she picked up a stool and sat down.

She deliberately coughed. "Madam, Princess, what business do you have with me today?" She was asking the obvious. In any case, the other party was asking for something from her. Even if she were to raise the price, she still had the capital to do so.

Mu Yanran swept her with a cold glance. They were all people like that, so she was very clear about what she was thinking. So, Mu Yanran went straight to the point: "Isn't it clear to you that we need to find you for something?"

Liushi also followed up: "Just say it directly, do you have any evidence to prove that the child is really Jin Yulie?"

"Evidence?" The old procuress laughed greedily as she spoke.

"For this matter, I can't even do what I used to do. This madam and wangfei also knew about it. "If I knew that the young lady was the eldest young miss, I would never have agreed to it, and my house was shut down by General Mu, which is also my retribution. But now that I'm this old, it's really hard to get old age, so the mistress and the princess only need to give me some money to support my family. As for this matter, I can tell you everything I know."

"It's easy to ask for money." Mu Yanran swept a glance at Liushi, who was hiding her hands inside her sleeves and trying her best to squeeze the bag inside.

Her savings!

When she received her daughter's gaze, she still took it out.

"Here!"

Cui Yun then handed the banknotes inside to the old procuress.

The bawd's face bloomed into a smile. She counted and confirmed the correct amount. Then, she quickly put the banknotes away.

"You've already accepted the money, can you tell me now?"

This was why the old procuress told Mu Yanran and the Liushi the news of a large group of assassins searching around the brothel seven years ago.

If she hadn't said this today, not many would have known about it.

Mu Yanran was also lost in thought. It couldn't be such a coincidence.

"It's true. Although they didn't find it that night, I did find a cloak in the room. This cloak is not ours, so that means there was a third person in the room that night."

"What about the cloak?" Mu Yanran interrupted.

"I don't know." The old procuress shrugged, "Originally, I kept it, but later on, I disappeared. It seems like his Master took it back."

Mu Yanran looked at her and did not let go of any of the expression on her face.