C139 masquerade

On this day, Jin Wushu's residence was exceptionally bustling with noise and excitement.

Ever since New Emperor ascended the throne, the conflict with Zong Han, who held the military power, became even deeper. Jin Wushu, Zong Wang and the others were still in the spectating stage, so in order to rope him in, New Emperor sent him a large amount of gifts on the eve of his arranged marriage.

Amongst the congratulatory gift, there was also a piece of gold silk clothes that a woman wore, which had also been stolen from the Song Kingdom.

Wang Junhua led a group of servant girl s and decorated the place with lanterns and decorations. In the end, they took out a new set of horses and put them on to look for Jin Wushu, which he had to wear on the "Salix".

Just as he put it on, he heard Zong Wang's call. Jin Wushu quickly went to welcome him personally. When Zong Wang saw that he was dressed in brand-new clothes, he looked very mighty, and praised loudly: "Fourth Brother, this time, you look just like a groom. "Congratulations …"

Jin Wushu said a few polite words, the two of them sat down, then Zong Wang said: This time in Salix, Wolf Lord will personally take charge, you must give a good performance.

"Of course."

Zong Wang suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Wolf Lord's health is actually very bad, I just got a strange disease recently …"

The current Wolf Lord and Old Wolf Master were brothers. Although it was the year of the wolves and tigers, due to years of battling, injuries all over his body, and the previous day's cold infection, he had contracted a strange disease called "heartache".

Not long after he ascended to the throne, his foundation was unstable. He was afraid that outsiders would find out, so he kept it a secret and only called for famous doctors in his heart. However, it was to no avail.

Jin Wushu understood what Zong Wang meant, afraid that Zong Han would take the opportunity to make a move. Suddenly, he said: "Actually, why not make the first move first and take Zong Han down..."

"No. Zong Han's side currently had Gu Shen as their main general. Furthermore, other than being arrogant, he didn't have any other crime of being rebellious. This time's' Salix ', he deliberately went all out to intimidate us. You must defeat his spirit … "

Zong Han frowned, and said: "How are the preparations for your wedding going?"

"What is there to prepare for?" If you want to marry into this family, then so be it. "

Seeing that he was not bothered at all, Zong Wang suddenly thought of the Song woman that he was once infatuated with. He was about to ask her when he suddenly remembered that ever since Jin Wushu came back from a terrible defeat at sea, he had been in a bad mood.

The moment Zong Wang left, he heard that Wu Qimai had returned and immediately called him over.

Wu Qimai recounted the situation of Yuwen Xuzhong and the others. When Jin Wushu heard that there was no useful information, he could not help but sigh.

Recently, there had always been a strange feeling in his heart, holding onto an unrealistic fantasy, always wanting to find some clues of "her" in this Emissary Group.

In truth, how could she have anything to do with the Emissary Group?

He was still unwilling, "With just these people, there's nothing else?"

"Only three followers haven't seen it yet, so there shouldn't be any major problems."

Three followers? There were no women on this trip? If there was no woman, she would naturally not be among them.

"Mn, since it's like this, that's fine. You guys only need to pay attention to the movements of the Grand Prince."

"Yes."

Tomorrow would be the "Salix".

The streets and alleys of Yanjing were becoming more crowded with people, the inns and inns were all overcrowded, everyone was chatting happily, all waiting for tomorrow's large-scale entertainment.

Although the Yan Jing City was not big, it was actually not easy to find someone in a short period of time. Especially since the Jinguo did not divulge any information regarding the empress dowager's whereabouts to Envoy Song.

On this day, after Hua Rong had calculated for a while, she no longer searched aimlessly, but went out alone to look for the Yanjing's local "laundry".

She did not even bring Zhang Xian and the others with her. She only brought the store owner's nephew, Zha He, who was also an active Golden Army, to "date" the store owner.

Zha He had served in the Golden Army for many years, and was once a vanguard in attacking the Liaoning, but he had never been to the Song Kingdom. He was already eight years old this year, tall and muscular. Because his parents had died early, he was poor and had no money to marry.

He often went to his uncle's house to eat and drink. After knowing Hua Rong, Hua Rong paid for food and drinks, and even helped him pay off a few gambling debts. As such, she was very friendly with him.

Hua Rong gave him a pot of wine first. Zha He was drunk, his tone was full of arrogance: "The little boys, you are generous, today I will bring you to a good place …"

Hua Rong intentionally asked: "Where?"

"In the northern laundry, the princess consort of the Song Kingdom there is the most numerous …"

Hua Rong was overjoyed, "What kind of beauties are there?"

"Last year was the most. Song Kingdom's famous number one beauty, Princess Tian Xiang, as well as a few of her consorts were among them. Even the current Emperor of Song Kingdom's mother, Empress Dowager Wei was present, hahaha …"

Hua Rong was shocked in her heart, but she still went along with his words: "Oh? Is there such a thing? Isn't the empress dowager very old already?

"Mrs Xu, being half old is what it feels like. Besides, being able to play with the empress dowager sure is exciting. Who cares if she's too old?" "Hahaha, when we get to the empress dowager, Zhao Deji will have to call us Abba …"

Hua Rong frowned in disgust. These damned Golden Army really didn't know how much suffering the pitiful empress dowager had suffered in her brothel.

She pretended not to care. "I'm not interested in that old woman …"

"It's useless even if you're interested. Right now, the empress dowager is already married."

"Huh?"

"The empress dowager is old and perverted, and she married a distant relative of mine. Hahaha, The little boys, you don't have the chance anymore …"

In order to leave the laundry, the empress dowager had no choice but to marry a Centurion of the Golden Army who had retired.

Hua Rong thought to herself, if that was the case, it would have to be more convenient to get close to the Wechsler's. Just as she was about to ask Zha He to lead the way, he heard him say in a drunken voice, "The empress dowager can't play, that's fine. There's still the empress.

She had seen the Princess Xing before, after Zhao Deji ascended the throne, the distant Princess Xing was crowned as the empress. But who would have thought that the honorable "empress" would suffer the heaviest of hardships in this foreign land?

Zha He said passionately: "Let's go, The little boys. If you're interested today, let's quickly go and take a look."

This was the first time Hua Rong had seen the Jinguo's "laundry". Its style was completely similar to the official brothel in Song Kingdom, but the environment inside was not as warm and tender as that in Jiangnan. As for the women, they were all wearing coarse female clothing and all of them looked haggard. It was impossible to see their original alluring looks.

The main body of the prostitutes were naturally the female prisoners of Song Kingdom, as well as the other female prisoners of Liaoning who had already perished, and the poor local women of Jinguo.

At the entrance of a camp, Hua Rong saw two hairy Golden Army carrying a woman who was exposed upper body. The woman had her hair tied up in a ponytail as she walked past with a haggard look on her face.

Hua Rong did not dare meet her in such a situation, her heart was filled with grief, and just at this time, Zha He, who was in another living quarters, was already satisfied. She whispered, "Aren't you going to get married? Why didn't you marry that Song Kingdom Queen? "

Zha He laughed loudly: "I'm poor, I have no money."

"I can give you money."

Zha He was overjoyed: "Really?"

"Indeed."

"But, I …"

Zha He was about to say something when he was shocked to see a group of drunk Golden Army standing right in front of him. The leader of the group was none other than Jin Wushu's bodyguard, Wu Qimai. He had come out from the camp of the Princess Xing. Presumably, it was because he was unable to catch Zhao Deji at sea, hence he came over every day to "greet" his wife every time he returned.

War is ugly, and its essence is like that.

Although Hua Rong had already disguised herself, she still did not dare meet Wu Qimai face to face.

However, Zha He recognized Wu Qimai and quickly greeted him, "Hey …"

"Hey …"

Wu Qimai and the others would often go to the laundry to have fun, patting Zha He on the shoulder, and then looking at Hua Rong who was beside him: "Kid, didn't you already lose money to drink? Why are you here again? "

"Haha, it is my The little boys who is generous …"

"Oh?" Wu Qimai drunkenly looked at the short man beside him. There was a strand of moustache on his lips and his face was also yellow, as if he was suffering from jaundice.

He said with disdain: "Get lost, get lost, you Han Er..."

Zha He grabbed him by the collar. "This The little boys is not an ordinary Han Er …"

Wu Qimai was even more contemptuous: "What's so special about Han Er?"

Just as Zha He was about to get angry, Hua Rong quickly pulled Zha He and left, afraid that he would be recognized as the one who shouted.

Wu Qimai watched the two of them leave drunkenly, spitted once, and suddenly muttered to himself: "That's not right, why is this Han Er's back so familiar?"

Because of this shock, Hua Rong didn't dare to stay any longer. Once sshe left, he immediately asked Zha He to bring her to the empress dowager.

After receiving her silver, and hearing that Wu Qimai was rude to her, Zha He felt a little ashamed. However, after hearing her request, he immediately agreed and went to find her.

Zha He prattled on. "Everyone has been busy with 'Salix' these past few days, I wonder if they are at home, The little boys, are you not interested in this old woman?"

"Hahaha, I'm just curious. After all, she's the empress dowager."

Seeing that Zha He was being long-winded, she gave him another silver and said, "This is for you to drink tonight, it's hard work."

Seeing this piece of silver, Zha He immediately kept it in his bosom and did not ask her any further.

This was a tent on the north side of the city. There were many of these tents, just like the ones used by the nomads. It was still early spring and the grass wasn't lush. It looked a bit desolate.

Zha He immediately ran into a tent and took a look, but shook his head and ran out, saying loudly: "No one."

Hua Rong was very disappointed. Seeing her disheartening, she immediately said: "Should we wait here?"

"Then let's wait a little longer."

However, even after waiting for almost an hour, not a single person could be seen. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Hua Rong had other things to do at the inn, so she said to Zha He: "Let's come back tomorrow."

"That's fine too."

Since he found the empress dowager's place, regardless of whether it was the real empress dowager or not, if it was the real empress dowager, he had to act alone and could not be with Zha He anymore.

Her heart moved as she suddenly said: "Zha He, about today's matter, please do not mention it to anyone."

Zha He asked curiously, "Why?"

"I am Han Er, and the empress dowager is a Chinese, after all. If people were to find out that I am curious about her, they would laugh at me …"

At that time, the lower levels of Golden Man did not know anything, and were extremely simple and crude, especially Zha He. Hearing Hua Rong's words made sense, she immediately nodded: "Alright, I will definitely not tell anyone else."

He saw that Hua Rong was still a little worried, he reached out his hand and lightly struck her palm in accordance to Golden Man's etiquette, "The little boys, don't worry, I definitely won't tell you."

Hua Rong heaved a sigh of relief and followed up with a palm strike.

The moment she retracted her hand, Zha He saw that her hand was soft and white, touching his own hand had a strange feeling. He looked at her yellow face, then looked at her bright white hands. He felt strange, yet he couldn't tell what it was like, and could only stare at Hua Rong's hands: "Hahaha, your hands … The little boys, your hand is like a woman's hand … "

Hua Rong's heart trembled. Afraid that Yue Yang would see through his identity, he snorted.

Seeing that she was displeased, Zha He dared not speak further. He patted his head fiercely: "The little boys, I was just joking, don't mind me."

She acted as if nothing had happened and Zha He did not dare to ask again. "The little boys, don't worry, I definitely won't tell anyone that you're interested in the empress dowager …"

Seeing his honest look, Hua Rong knew that he did not see through's identity. However, Zha He seemed to be afraid of offending her, and told her all the various information about the Centurion along the way. When they were almost back to the Inn, Hua Rong had already understood this Centurion's ancestors for the past three generations.