Chapter 136 Received News from Hongyao
At this moment, there were many people in the alley looking around.
Hearing what the prostitute Wang said, they all laughed at her:
"Auntie Wang, you're already old, so stop flirting! Your house is such a filthy place that even decent women wouldn't bother to even look at it, and yet you still have the nerve to invite adults there? Bah, how shameless!"
"Save your seductive glances for us gentlemen, right? The masters of the Xuanjing Division don't buy into that!"
"That's right! He's a high-ranking official in the Xuanjing Division. How could a whore like you possibly be able to reach him?"
Aunt Wang was also a bit of a shrew. She started cursing, "You're all from the lowest class. Who's nobler than you? Look at how poor you all are. Your pockets are cleaner than your faces, and you still want me to please you? Get out of here! Bah!"
Lin Qingyue was about to walk away, but when she heard the shouting behind her, she stopped.
As soon as she turned around, the noisy voices behind her immediately stopped.
Even the most shameless scoundrel was afraid of the official uniform she was wearing and kept his head down in fear and remained silent.
Lin Qingyue walked back to Aunt Wang's door and asked, "Your name is Aunt Wang, right? You just said you wanted to treat me to tea?"
Aunt Wang, who was always aggressive, couldn't help but show her timidity under Lin Qingyue's scrutiny: "I, I was just kidding."
Lin Qingyue said, "I just happen to be thirsty."
Aunt Wang was stunned for a moment, then she quickly moved aside to make room for the door. "Sir, please come in!"
After Lin Qingyue went in, Aunt Wang glanced at the crowd of onlookers with a smug look, then snorted coldly and went in with a twist of her waist.
Some people are curious about why a lady of noble status would go into a prostitute's house to drink tea? Isn't it dirty?
But before they could crowd to the gate to watch, the gate slammed shut, blocking the view from inside.
Aunt Wang's house wasn't big, but it was kept reasonably clean. Anyone who came in and out was her patron. The other neighbors thought it was dirty, and even walking past her door was considered unlucky.
She was a little flustered when entertaining the distinguished guests suddenly, and she even knocked a cup over while pouring tea. Fortunately, Lin Qingyue was quick to catch it.
"I'll do it myself." Lin Qingyue picked up the old ceramic teapot and made herself a cup of tea.
Aunt Wang watched her drink it without showing any disgust, and her eyes turned red unconsciously.
"I heard that the masters of the Xuanjing Division are different from other masters. I didn't believe it at first, but today I believe it."
In this era where people are divided into different classes, hierarchy is engraved into everyone's bones.
The nobles of the upper class and the untouchables of the lower class were from two completely different worlds, and it was impossible for them to even set foot here. A noble would rather die of thirst than go into a prostitute's house to drink tea.
Lin Qingyue put down her teacup and said, "You made all that noise just to attract me, didn't you? Tell me, what's your purpose?"
The neighbors along the way looked around curiously, but due to the intimidating appearance of her official uniform, no one dared to speak to her.
Only Aunt Wang repeatedly invited me. This unusual behavior must have some purpose.
Although Lin Qingyue didn't know the exact reason, she was still willing to stop and have a cup of tea.
"Your Excellency, I do have something to tell you!"
Aunt Wang pulled a white jade hairpin from her sleeve and held it out to Lin Qingyue. "Someone asked me to give this to Master Lin of the Xuanjing Division. You are Master Lin, right? I've inquired, and there's only one female Master surnamed Lin in the Xuanjing Division."
Lin Qingyue was originally nonchalant, but when her eyes fell on the hairpin, her expression suddenly changed.
That is Hongyao’s hairpin!
When they were in Jade Town and dealt with the lonely ghosts that came out to cause trouble on their wedding night, the owner of the jade shop gave jewelry to Lin Qingyue and Hong Yao to thank them. The one Hong Yao received was this white jade hairpin.
Lin Qingyue asked, "Who gave you this hairpin?"
Aunt Wang said, "About ten days ago, a very beautiful woman suddenly broke into my backyard. Her leg was broken and she was spitting blood. It was very scary to look at."
"I thought she had been molested and hurt by a man while walking at night, and was about to help her report it to the police. But she grabbed me and said someone was chasing her, and begged me to take her in for a while."
"Not long after, I heard hurried footsteps outside. I quietly went over and peeked through the crack of the courtyard gate. I saw a dozen ferocious-looking men wandering around in front of our alley..."
Those people looked difficult to deal with, so Aunt Wang didn't dare to say anything at the time, thinking that they would retreat if they couldn't find anyone.
After searching the alley for a while and finding no one, they gathered together to discuss a plan. Because they were not far away, Aunt Wang could hear their conversation:
"Sir, we are right. She must be hiding nearby. However, the Seventh Street District is large and has many residents. If we search every house until tomorrow morning, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish."
"She's cunning enough to actually run to this area!"
"Cunning? Humph, no matter how cunning the fox is, it can't escape the hunter's knife! Let's burn this place down."
Even his men were shocked when he said that. "Burned? Sir, there are nearly 500 houses of all sizes here, with thousands of residents. If it's arson, I'm afraid..."
“It’s better to be wrong than to let it go!”
Through a crack in the door, Aunt Wang could only see the man's face hidden in the darkness, like a demon in the world.
The devil actually planned to burn everyone in the entire seventh neighborhood to death just to catch the seriously injured woman!
Aunt Wang quickly ran back to the room and said to Hongyao, "I don't care who you are, you have to leave now. Those people are such bastards! They're going to set fire to the entire Seventh Street District! We have thousands of people living here, and we can't let them die in vain because of you. Girl, I beg you! Please, please, don't let us poor people get hurt!"
The woman curled up in the corner slowly stood up.
Aunt Wang turned her head away, not daring to look at her face. She could only cry softly: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry..."
"Don't say sorry, you just made the right choice."
She tore off a piece of her skirt, dipped it in her own blood and quickly wrote a few lines, then took off the white jade hairpin on her head and stuffed it all over to Aunt Wang.
"Please give this blood letter to Lady Lin of the Xuanjing Division." Her voice was trembling, but every word was clear. "This hairpin is a thank you gift. I have no one to trust and I'm desperate. I have no choice but to ask you for help. Please help me!"
After saying that, the woman in red dragged her injured leg over the low wall in the backyard. When she landed, she deliberately broke a pottery jar on the roadside to make a noise.
Aunt Wang had just tightly grasped the hairpin and the blood letter, and watched her disappear, when she heard with her own ears the chaotic footsteps coming from outside the wall, chasing in the direction the woman fled.
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