"My name is Xue Ning, nice to meet you two gentlemen!"
Ye Xinran just happened to look up.
I saw the courtesan Xue Ning, who was extremely beautiful, yet not gaudy, and full of bookish air. She was wearing a goose yellow dress, and her accessories were mostly warm jade and rubies. Her skin was as white as cream and as bright as the sun.
Well, it’s really extraordinary!
Xue Ning performed the standard etiquette of a lady from a noble family, which was very pleasing to the eye.
Ye Xinran quickly pulled Gu Yanming's sleeve and whispered in his ear, "Look, it's the oiran! Look, isn't she beautiful!"
Gu Yanming froze, and suddenly felt that he couldn't look over there. Even if he did, he couldn't look too much. And he couldn't say that the courtesan was pretty! He felt that this was a trap for him.
"Look!" Ye Xinran pulled his sleeve excitedly.
Gu Yanming had no choice but to glance at the oiran, then quickly looked away and said indifferently.
"That's all! Not as pretty as you!"
When someone is suddenly praised for his good looks, his smile becomes more sincere!
"Thanks for the compliment! I feel the same way!"
Seeing her cute and adorable appearance, Gu Yanming couldn't help but lean over and kiss her on the cheek, then quickly backed away. Her face was as red as a boiled shrimp.
Ye Xinran froze, blinked, and coughed. Suddenly, she didn't know how to react. Her face turned red uncomfortably.
The atmosphere between the two of them suddenly became a little ambiguous.
The courtesan who was still paying respects next to her was speechless. As a courtesan, she was outshined by a man, but she was also completely ignored by these two people.
She was still bowing, okay! Didn't they even ask her to get up? Since becoming an oiran, she had never been ignored like this.
I thought, are you guys here to visit a brothel? Why do I feel like you guys are in the wrong place? You should go to the small official hotel next door, or just get a room at the restaurant.
It made her teeth ache.
She coughed lightly, stood up straight, broke the ambiguous atmosphere between the two, and spoke gently.
"I am good at music, I wonder if I can play a song for you two gentlemen to liven up the atmosphere!"
Ye Xinran nodded awkwardly.
"Okay, thank you, miss!"
The maid behind the courtesan quickly placed the zither in place, stepped aside, and stood with her head bowed.
Xue Ning sat behind the piano and began to play.
The sound of the piano was so melodious that Ye Xinran was instantly attracted to it. Even when Gu Yanming fed her several bites of food with his own hands, she did not react.
The whole private room is unusually warm and relaxing.
Until there was a noise at the door.
Ye Xinran looked out the window and saw Dong Yishu and two middle-aged men walking in. The three were invited by a woman to the second floor, a room not far from them.
Then, someone knocked on their door. A middle-aged woman who looked like a brothel owner said with a smile on her face.
"Excuse me, gentlemen. Our official brought people to dinner and asked Miss Xue Ning to accompany us! Look!"
Ye Xinran pretended to be angry and said, "Business also has to follow the principle of first come first served. It was us who ordered Miss Xue Ning first!"
The madam hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm really sorry, sir, for the wine and food money, Sister Rong will give you an 80% discount! You see, I'm just a small business, I can't make things difficult for the official!"
Gu Yanming coughed lightly and waved his hand, as if giving them a way out. "Forget it! Then we can eat by ourselves. No need to send anyone to serve us! You guys can go down now!"
Sister Rong heaved a sigh of relief. After all, harmony brings wealth, and she didn't want to offend any of her guests. After she bowed to the two of them, she quickly asked Xue Ning and the maid to carry the zither and leave the room.
After everyone left, Ye Xinran put away his dandy look and became expressionless and cold.
"Who were those two people with Dong Yishu just now?"
"The defender of Xiangcheng, Lu Xian! And the garrison general Cai Heng, who is Shen Wenjie's husband."
Ye Xinran raised her eyebrows, "Why are they together?"
Gu Yanming told Dong Yishu about his previous visit to the City Guard House. He was furious when he thought that Dong Yishu had received Gu Zhenting's secret letter to deal with him.
The method used to deal with him was also very despicable. He was trying to make their Wucheng Palace extinct. There would be no next generation of heirs.
The more Gu Yanming thought about it, the angrier he got. But he couldn't tell Ye Xinran directly.
"Should we find a way to go over there and listen to what they are saying?" Ye Xinran asked tentatively.
Gu Yanming nodded and shook his head. "Okay, but I'll go. You just rest here."
Ye Xinran nodded. "Okay!"
Not long after Gu Yanming left the window, Ye Xinran also jumped out of the window. She was not someone who could sit idle.
Thinking that Lu Xian was not at home, this was a great opportunity! She was going to go to the City Guard House to collect the supplies!
Ye Xinran found a deserted place to enter the space, changed into a black suit, opened the map, selected the fastest route, used Qinggong to fly across the rooftops quickly, and soon arrived at the City Guard House.
Without wandering around, he directly found three large warehouses and two small warehouses. He opened the locks on them and put all the things inside into the space. He also went to the herbal medicine room and took away all the herbs. He went to the big kitchen, knocked out the cook, and put all the kitchen supplies, vegetables, meat and eggs into the space. He also went to the stable and put the carriage and horses into the space.
Finally, they arrived at Lu Xian's study, which was decorated very elegantly, with famous paintings and calligraphy, various rare antiques, inkstones, and unique books. Ye Xinran was not polite at all and put all the furniture into the space.
When she saw that there was nothing to collect, she pulled up the map of Cai Heng's house without saying anything, and decided to go all out and collect some too! It wasn't too far away anyway.
It just so happened that Shen Wenjiao went to the post station to see Zhu tonight and was not at home.
Ye Xinran was not polite at all and put all the things in the two large warehouses and two small warehouses into the space. The same goes for the things in the kitchen and pharmacy. There are also horses and carriages in the stable!
Finally we arrived at Cai Heng’s study.
As soon as she entered the room, she saw a huge map of the territory. Ye Xinran looked at the map and thought, she had a map built into her contact lenses, so she didn't need it, but Gu Yanming must need it. She put it directly into the space.
Looking at other things, this is obviously a military general's study, filled with military books, weapons and the like.
She picked up a longbow in a good mood and played with it for a while. Finally, she prepared to put it into the space along with the cabinet and other things.
But what surprised Ye Xinran was that although most of the things were taken away, the cabinet did not move at all, as if it was not alive but embedded in the wall.
She looked at the things on the cabinet suspiciously and found that only one dagger had not been put into the space. So she touched it and turned it hard.
The cabinet seemed to be separated into two sides, which reminded her of the secret passage in Lulicheng.
When the cabinet was completely opened, there was indeed a secret passage behind it, pitch black. It was really similar to the original one.
Ye Xinran hesitated whether to go in. Suddenly, she heard faint footsteps outside. It seemed like someone was going into the study.
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