Killer Online
After the brother and sister got on the carriage back home, Bai Yongsi asked his sister, "Did he bully you?" There was some resentment in his tone.
Bai Miaoke was still thinking about other things. When she heard her brother's question, she almost didn't react to who he was talking about. She was stunned for a while before she said helplessly: "Brother, no."
Her brother was good in every way except that he was always worried about being bullied. It was also her fault that she had not told her brother that she knew martial arts and was a killer leader, so she would never be bullied by others.
Bai Yongsi thought she was just showing off, so he comforted her: "There are so many good guys in the world. I will keep an eye out for you in the future. You won't have trouble finding someone better than him..." By the end, he even felt a little uncertain.
Bai Miaoke was now completely focused on the news she had just heard. She didn't even hear clearly what her brother said and just hummed twice perfunctorily, then continued to ponder.
Bai Yongsi looked at his sister, whose brows were still furrowed and seemed to be worried.
He had no experience in relationships between children and parents, and didn't know how to counsel his sister. He could only wonder in his heart if there was any young man in the capital who was better than Prime Minister Lu in every way.
They were silent all the way. When the carriage was about to arrive at the gate of Bai's house, Bai Yongsi finally said, "Don't worry, sister. I will help you to pay attention. If you have any grievances, just tell me. Don't keep it to yourself."
Bai Miaoke didn't feel wronged, but she had already thought of a general plan for going to Jiangnan. With the weight off her heart, she returned to her carefree self and said casually, "I do have something to tell you. I'm going to Jiangnan."
The carriage happened to stop at the gate of Bai's house. Before Bai Yongsi could speak, the girl jumped off the carriage and walked straight inside without waiting for her brother who was still confused. She also wanted to talk to her father about this matter.
Mr. Bai was practicing calligraphy in the study. When he saw his daughter rushing in, he put down the pen in his hand and looked at his daughter with a smile: "Xiao Ke is back. Did you have fun?"
When Bai Miaoke entered the room, she first picked up the teapot on the table and poured herself a large cup of tea. She had not even had time to drink water when she was talking to Lu Yu just now. After moistening her throat, she said, "I'm happy. The Duke's wife likes me very much. She told me many stories about the battlefield. She is really a heroine."
Mr. Bai agreed: "My Xiao Ke is so well-behaved and lovely, who wouldn't like her? Xiao Ke is also a hero of our Bai family."
Bai Miaoke continued to follow the old man's words and said, "It's all because of my father's good teaching."
This made Master Bai laugh heartily, and Bai Miaoke took advantage of the situation and said, "Father, I want to go to Jiangnan."
Mr. Bai put away his smile and asked doubtfully, "What are you going to do in Jiangnan?"
Bai Miaoke didn't want her father to worry, so she brought out the excuse she had prepared long ago: "I heard that the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful, and my daughter wants to go and see it."
Mr. Bai really knew his daughter too well. He knew something was wrong the moment he heard it. He asked seriously, "Are you going to check on your mother?"
Bai Miao could no longer hide it, so she confessed, "Yes, I recently found out that the Grand Master had been in Jiangnan for a while, and he might have met my mother. I don't know what happened to my mother that caused her to be separated from her family. I want to check it out."
She didn't mention that her maternal grandparents might still be in Jiangnan, after all, it was just her guess.
She thought it would take a few days of persuasion before her father agreed, but unexpectedly, Mr. Bai just remained silent for a moment and then nodded.
He sighed, looked into his daughter's eyes and said, "You've grown up, and become more and more like your mother. Do whatever you want to do. I will support you."
His deep gaze seemed to see through his daughter to the energetic girl he met in Jiangnan.
Taking a deep breath, Master Bai blinked his eyes to hold back his tears and continued to say to his daughter, "Since you have decided to go to Jiangnan, there are some details you need to know. Your mother was probably not born in Jiangnan, but perhaps some of her relatives are there. She should be the youngest daughter in the family. I once heard her say that she has an older sister and an older brother. You can try to look for them in Jiangnan."
Mr. Bai took out a jade pendant from the secret compartment of the bookcase and handed it to his daughter. "This is something your mother always carried with her. It should be a keepsake or something like that. Wear it well."
Bai Miaoke took the jade pendant with both hands. It was warm to the touch, translucent in color without a trace of impurities. It was a piece of fine jade.
She said to her father, "Don't worry, I will keep it well." Then she carefully hung the jade pendant around her neck.
Mr. Bai gave many more instructions, such as taking care of yourself and being careful on the road, and finally said, "If you can't find anything, come home. Father is waiting for you at home."
Bai Miaoke nodded solemnly, and when she was about to get up and leave, Mr. Bai called his daughter: "When are you going to leave?"
Bai Miaoke thought for a moment and said, "Wait a few more days. I will leave after my brother takes office."
Bai Yongsi would be taking up his new post at the Ministry of Revenue exactly two days later. She wanted to see her brother take office in person, and she had some things to take care of before he left.
After talking to Mr. Bai, she first went to the Yueying Pavilion's base in Lanyue Tower, where Xiao Heng was waiting for her.
After rejecting the order to kill the Prime Minister some time ago, Bai Miaoke felt guilty, so she took on a few more difficult tasks in Yueying Pavilion. Most of them required her to cooperate with Xiao Heng, taking turns to carry out the tasks and provide cover. This helped to enhance the reputation of Yueying Pavilion.
Seeing Bai Miaoke coming in, Xiao Heng smiled and said, "Are you itching to do it again? There's a heartless guy I want to kill tonight, are you going to do it?"
Yesterday, a young lady came to Yueying Pavilion and demanded to kill her ungrateful husband for a huge sum of money. The man was said to be a Jinshi who had just passed the imperial examination this year. He was assigned to be a minor official by the court, but he began to sleep with other prostitutes and even threatened to divorce her. The woman could no longer bear it and went to Yueying Pavilion.
To kill this kind of people, the famous Yingyue usually doesn't need to be involved, so Xiao Heng asked casually.
Unexpectedly, Bai Miaoke agreed without much thought and said, "I will accompany you to kill one last time. I will leave in two days."
Xiao Heng found the mask she often used and threw it to her. Hearing this, he asked in surprise, "Leaving? Where are you going?"
Bai Miaoke took the mask and put it on, then replied: "Let's go to Jiangnan."
Xiao Heng asked: "What are you going to Jiangnan for? I'll go with you."
Bai Miaoke had already taken her usual long whip and brought some convenient hidden weapons, ready to go out. She said as she walked, "I'm going to check some things. You have to stay in the capital to watch over Yueying Pavilion. I can go by myself."
Xiao Heng wanted to ask a few more questions, but the girl in nightgown had already walked some distance away.
He quickly caught up and could only get down to business first: "The man should be in Zuichunlou now, let's go there now."
Bai Miaoke nodded, and the two figures disappeared into the night like ghosts.
They came in through the side door with familiarity, and Mudan was already waiting there. She led the two of them away from the crowd and straight to her room.
Before the two of them could speak, Mudan teased, "It's been a long time since we last met, Boss Xiao. You are getting more and more handsome."
As she said this, she wanted to reach out and touch Xiao Heng's muscular body, but he took two steps away. Mudan then showed a somewhat sad look, and she didn't know whether it was sincere or false.
Bai Miaoke was already used to the way these two people got along, so she tried to smooth things over by saying, "Sister Mudan, I miss you so much~"
Mudan smiled again, took her hand and said, "Sister misses you too. You haven't been here recently, and that rare guest hasn't come either."
Bai Miaoke saw Mudan's teasing look and immediately realized that the rare guest she was talking about was Lu Yu. The last time she came to the building dressed as his concubine, Mudan teased her for a long time.
But she was still a little surprised and couldn't help asking, "Has he never come again?"
Mudan pretended to be regretful and said: "Yes, I guess you seduced me away~"
Hearing this, Xiao Heng finally reacted. Which man were these two people discussing? His first reaction was the prime minister. He wanted to ask, but he couldn't join in the conversation.
Fortunately, Bai Miaoke still remembered the business, she skipped the topic and asked: "Which room is the person in? Shall we go there now?"
Mudan pointed them in a direction: "Go to the second room at the end."
She then asked, "There are girls inside, are you going now?"
Xiao Heng said: "Don't worry, she won't be hurt."
Bai Miaoke shook her head. Although Zuichunlou was not the property of the Bai family, Bai Miaoke knew that it was not easy to run a business, and killing people directly in Zuichunlou would definitely affect their business.
On the other hand, there was a girl in the house. Although they would not harm innocent people, such a bloody scene might scare her.
She didn't explain too much to Xiao Heng, she just said: "Wait until he leaves here before taking action."
Mudan then laughed again: "That's right, don't be anxious, this kind of impatient man won't last long."
Hearing this, Xiao Heng's cold expression almost broke. He really couldn't stay here any longer. He walked to the door and said to Bai Miaoke, "I'll go out and see what he's done... Uh, I'll call you when he comes out."
After he left, Bai Miaoke told Mudan that she was going to Jiangnan.
"Jiangnan is a beautiful place. The girls and boys in Jiangnan are all very pretty." Peony seemed to be lost in memories.
When Mudan was very young, her parents sold her to a human trafficker for one or two taels of silver. Later, she was trained as a skinny horse in Jiangnan. Before coming to Yueying Pavilion, she stayed in brothels in Jiangnan for a while. Later, she came to the capital. As a lonely and beautiful girl, she was soon targeted by two playboys in the capital. Thanks to Bai Miaoke's rescue, she was spared from danger.
Bai Miaoke saw that she really had nowhere to go, so he asked her if she would like to join Yueying Pavilion, and she naturally agreed.
She learned some simple life-saving skills in the pavilion, but being a killer was far from enough. So she took the initiative to ask to go to Zuichunlou to be a secret sentry, so that she could get some information. Bai Miaoke confirmed again and again that she was willing before letting her go here.
Later, she gradually became the top star in the building, but she always regarded Bai Miaoke as her benefactor and her own sister.
She asked, "Are you going alone? Is this trip safe?"
Bai Miaoke replied: "Don't worry, dear sister. You know I can beat ten people by myself."
Mudan was still worried, so she took out a few small porcelain bottles from her dressing table and handed them over: "You have to be prepared. This white porcelain bottle contains drugs. Even a 200-pound man can't stand it if you put a little bit of it in."
"This red porcelain bottle contains an aphrodisiac. This medicine is very powerful. If you take one pill and don't eliminate it within three hours, your tendons and veins will burst and you will die." She pointed at the small red bottle.
Bai Miaoke knew what she meant by "enhancing the mood" and stuck out her tongue uncomfortably. Although she felt that she had little chance of using this medicine, it was always better to be prepared. So she took the porcelain bottle and asked, "Where's the antidote?"
Mudan raised her eyebrows and said, "There is no antidote for such a powerful drug. If it doesn't work, just take a nap and it will be cured."
Listening to her double meaning of "sleep", Bai Miaoke actually felt that it made sense...
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