The winter sunset casts a red glow on the city of Loulan.
Cui Mingyue, dressed in a suit of official clothes, came to Fengyue Tower in Jinghua Lane in a carriage.
This is the best brothel in Loulan City. As a frequent visitor to Fengyuelou, Mr. Cui was naturally warmly welcomed by the madam of Fengyuelou.
"Hey, Master Shi, you haven't been here for three whole days!"
Shi Yueming smiled calmly, "Why, could it be that Li Erniang still misses me?"
Li Erniang waved the red handkerchief in her hand, her face full of smiles. "I do miss Master Shi, but I am too old and ugly to be in your eyes! Our Que'er misses Master Shi every day, but Master Shi is also very cruel. For three days, Que'er has been looking forward to it!"
"Why don't you take me to see Miss Que'er?"
"Okay, okay, Master Shi, please follow me."
Li Er Niang turned around and led the way swayingly. Shi Yueming followed Li Er Niang through the alley with a faint smile on his face and came to a two-story building in the backyard of Fengyue Tower.
"My Que'er hasn't been receiving any guests these days because she's been waiting for Master Shi. Master Shi, you can't let our Que'er down. Come in quickly. I'm afraid the wine is already warmed up."
Shi Yueming took out a silver ingot from his sleeve pocket and threw it to Li Erniang, saying with a smile: "I want to recite poems, drink wine and enjoy the zither with Miss Que'er, so please don't let anyone disturb us!"
Then, when she received the ingot of ten taels of silver, Li Erniang's face blossomed with joy. She held the silver in her palm and said, "Oh, how dare I disturb Master Shi's elegance. The girls in the building all know that Master Shi is generous and a refined man. When will you please take care of the other girls?"
"Okay, you go ahead. I'm going into the building now."
"Then I wish Master Shi a happy time! Thank you, Master Shi!"
Li Erniang left happily, and the smile on Shi Yueming's face gradually faded and became serious.
He pushed the door open, walked in, and closed the door again.
He came to the second floor and saw Que'er sitting in front of a small table, boiling a pot of wine.
"Is it done?"
Shi Yueming sat across from Que'er, who raised her head and nodded, "Minister of Works Yan Congwen comes to Fengyue Tower every three days, always looking for Miss Hongmei from this building."
"Yan Congwen's residence is in Jing'an Alley, with a large locust tree in front of the gate. He has thirty-six servants and two vicious dogs."
"The item was placed in a secret room, but the old man was extremely vigilant. Hongmei didn't find out where the secret room was, nor did she find out the key to open it."
Que'er handed Shi Yueming a piece of soap and said, "I've got the imprint of the key. Next... next I'll find a way to find out the specific location of the secret room."
Shi Yueming shook his head. "There's no time to wait. I need to get the blueprints of Loulan City tonight. Loulan City will probably be in chaos for a while. Be careful and don't go out."
Que'er nodded and poured Shi Yueming a glass of wine. "Are you in such a hurry? But since that place is called a secret room, it must be extremely difficult to find."
"We can only use another method. Has Yan Congwen come to Fengyue Tower today?"
"It should have come today, but it hasn't come yet."
Shi Yueming pondered for a moment, picked up the cup and took a sip of wine, "I'm leaving first, please take care of yourself!"
"good!"
Shi Yueming stood up and opened the back window. He jumped out of the window. Que'er came to the window and looked out, but there was no trace of Shi Yueming.
She walked back, sat down at the small table, and drank three glasses of wine. The door opened again, and a little old man came in.
"Daxia's Tianji Pavilion spies are truly hard to guard against!"
The old man sat down where Shi Yueming had just sat. He picked up the half-full glass of wine and drank it all. Then he looked at Que'er and said with a smile, "You are from Loulan, and he is from Daxia. He is also a spy for Daxia Jige. I'm afraid you don't know his true identity."
Que'er raised her head and asked, "What is his true identity?"
"He is the director of the First Division of Tianji Pavilion in Daxia. He is responsible for all intelligence outside Daxia and is an important figure in Tianji Pavilion."
"I really admire him. He didn't change his name, let alone his appearance!"
"How did Lord Yan know about him?"
Yan Congwen laughed. "Daxia's reach is so long, Loulan must know some information. Besides, Loulan also has an intelligence system, but our Loulan is too small to reach out."
"But in this small part of Loulan, not many things can be hidden from Shadow's eyes, not to mention that so many Daxia people have inexplicably appeared in Loulan this time."
Que'er also laughed. She poured a glass of wine for Yan Congwen and asked again, "Master Yan, I think Shi Yueming dares to act so brazenly in Loulan City. I'm afraid he must have some backing, such as... the Crown Prince!"
Yan Congwen was stunned and frowned.
The eldest prince An Yue was extremely opposed to Loulan's policy towards Daxia. He believed that Daxia was extremely powerful and had many things worth learning from Loulan.
If the two countries can establish friendly trade relations, then Loulan can legitimately communicate with Daxia.
Although Loulan's business will be greatly impacted by Daxia, An Yue's point of view is how to be reborn without Nirvana?
The eldest prince Anyue and the second prince An Zizai had completely different views on this matter, which led to the court being divided into two factions. The civil service system headed by the old prime minister An Duo supported the eldest prince Anyue, but the military service system headed by the Minister of War An Zhong supported An Zizai.
Judging from the current situation, the Second Prince's faction has clearly gained the upper hand, as His Majesty has ordered the arrest of twenty officials of Daxia.
Shi Yueming had arrived in Loulan City three months ago. Of course, his every move was under the surveillance of Shadow. In fact, even Que'er, whom Shi Yueming bribed... she was originally Shadow's person!
"So from what you see, he and the First Prince have colluded?"
"This is just my guess. By the way, you must keep a close eye on that secret room of yours. From what I've seen, Daxia is determined to rescue those officials! They might resort to any means necessary..."
As Que'er said this, she looked up at Yan Congwen and asked very seriously, "I know that you and your concubine are very close. If Shi Yueming found a locksmith and forged a key right now, and he went to your house and captured your concubine or your children... and forced you to open the secret room, how would you respond?"
Yan Congwen was startled and stood up suddenly. "Why didn't Shadow arrest Shi Yueming?"
Que'er smiled calmly, "Because there was no such order from above."
"Raising a tiger is a disaster!"
Yan Congwen took a deep breath, flicked his sleeves and hurried out.
Que'er poured himself another glass of wine, looked out the window and laughed.
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