The brothel's intention was also clear: to use the grandeur of the Chu King's palace to elevate its own status and attract more high-ranking officials and nobles.
Zhong Xianglan was one of the top courtesans at Zhanghualou, and she was kept by Wang Quan.
However, she was already dead, hanged in her own room.
Everything in the room was searched.
The madam then realized her cash cow had been killed, and she let out a shrill scream: "Sir! You must do justice for me!"
As Wang Quan had predicted, Zhong Xianglan had already been killed.
Fortunately, Wang Quan, being an old hand, still had a trick up his sleeve.
Also at Zhanghua Tower, there was an inconspicuous prostitute named Yang Huiling.
She was already thirty-five years old. Her looks were originally quite average, and now that she was old and her beauty had faded, very few people were willing to seek her out.
More often than not, in order to earn some money, she would choose to do the work of a servant.
This woman was the one Wang Quan had his eye on when he was sixteen, but she and her family both looked down on him as a hooligan and a scoundrel.
Wang Quan, who has a very strong sense of self-respect, killed the other party's entire family, forcibly took Yang Huiling as his own, and then sold her to a brothel in revenge.
This woman deeply hated Wang Quan, and Wang Quan also deeply hated her, because she was his first love, yet his last remaining self-esteem was ruthlessly trampled upon.
But few people know that every time Wang Quan comes to Zhanghualou, besides visiting Zhong Xianglan, he also secretly goes to Yang Huiling's place.
Another identical ledger is with Yang Huiling!
Even someone as ruthless and cold-blooded as Xiao Jiangwei, who has seen countless people, couldn't understand what Wang Quan was really thinking.
But none of that matters; he has no interest in Wang Quan.
When he found Yang Huiling, she was wiping a table for someone.
She looked very haggard, and she would be startled whenever someone called her, indicating that she had suffered a severe trauma in the past.
Xiao Jiangwei met with her alone.
When she learned that Wang Quan had died, she could no longer hold back her tears, which streamed down her face.
She has hated Wang Quan for twenty years.
This hatred has almost been worn away by the numbness of life.
Even she herself didn't know why she was crying.
Over the years, Wang Quan gave her a lot of money, which she kept in her own cabinet, and she hated that money.
"I'll be hacked to death sooner or later. When I die, you can use the money to buy your freedom. Where you go after that is none of my business! But as long as I live, if you dare to run away, I'll kill you!"
"The ledger."
Yang Huiling was brought back to reality by Xiao Jiangwei's voice. She took out a thick ledger from her makeup cabinet.
At this time, Liu Yuan was recovering from his injuries, which were quite severe, inflicted by Yang Zaixing.
He said viciously, "Yue Fei is doomed this time. He dared to interfere in local affairs. But what's hateful is that Wang Quan wasn't killed!"
Another voice said, "Don't worry, without the ledger, the Imperial City Guard can't do anything to us."
"Oh? You got the ledger?"
"We've got it! You don't need to be jealous. Qin Hui has definitely already taken action, and no one can stop Yue Fei from being impeached!"
Liu Yuan seemed to have finally vented his anger: "I wonder how the Censorate will deal with Yue Fei given his crimes?"
"At best, you'll be dismissed from your post; at worst, you'll be imprisoned!"
"It would be a great thing to take this opportunity to get rid of Yue Fei, but what if the emperor is unwilling?"
"Do you know how many people in the Song Dynasty are waiting for Yue Fei to step down?"
What do you mean by that?
"The greatest credit for the war to destroy Xia was given to Han Shizhong and Yue Fei."
Even Liu Yuan felt admiration when the war to destroy Xia was mentioned, but one thing is another.
"Yue Fei's contributions were great, so the emperor naturally wouldn't allow it. Everyone knows that Yue Fei was the emperor's trusted and beloved general. It is said that back then, the emperor specifically ordered someone to find Yue Fei."
"The emperor naturally wouldn't agree, but in the Yan-Yun and Northwest war zones, not many people like Yue Fei. He fought too fiercely, overshadowing the brilliance of many others. The emperor is using his own standards for fighting to demand the same of others. Do you think those people are resentful of Yue Fei? They could have turned and run away as soon as they saw the situation was not right, but now it's different. Yue Fei dares to fight the toughest battles. If others don't act like Yue Fei, they will disappoint the emperor!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Yuan immediately understood.
Being too capable can also offend people.
He couldn't help but sigh: As the ancients said, "The tallest tree in the forest will surely be felled by the wind."
PS: Let me talk about the update schedule.
There will be a chapter update at 8:00 AM tomorrow, and at least one chapter every morning at 8:00 AM thereafter.
As for the fixed schedule for Chapters Two and Three, I will inform you tomorrow; I need to make some adjustments.
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