Chapter 300 Arrival in half a month
In the past few days, Lan Shu had people buy food from those shops according to the list made by Chunxi.
Just as Ali said, the food in these shops tasted delicious and the portions were generous.
Lan Shu didn't ask anyone to announce Chunxi's name, and the food he bought was more than enough for everyone to eat.
Today Lan Shu was going to buy yam and pork ribs soup and egg custard. When Chunxi arrived, the servant who helped him buy food had just left.
The severed finger had already scabbed over, and the bones had been itching for the past few days, but he couldn't scratch, which was quite agonizing. The waiters in the pavilion all knew that Lan Shu had been in a bad mood these days, but when he saw Chun Xi, Lan Shu immediately put on a smile and greeted her: "Madam Chen, I am very honored to have you here. I apologize for not welcoming you from afar."
Lan Shu said this and bowed, looking very flattering.
Chunxi stared at his hand for a while and asked, "How is the injury on your hand healing?"
"Thank you for your concern, Madam. My injury has fully healed."
As he spoke, Lan Shu welcomed Chunxi to the private room on the second floor.
Like other brothels, Wuyou Pavilion is bustling at night and deserted during the day. It is very quiet at this moment.
As soon as he entered the house, Lan Shu was busy lighting the stove and making tea. Chun Xi stopped him and said, "Sir, there is no need to be busy. I'm here to inquire about something and then I'll leave."
Lan Shu continued rummaging through the tea leaves and said cheerfully, "Madam, please feel free to ask me anything. I will tell you everything I know."
As soon as Lan Shu finished speaking, Chun Xi spoke bluntly, "Princess Baohua is dead. I came here to ask if her death was related to the Wuyou Pavilion's Ecstasy Incense."
Lan Shu had just found the tea leaves that Chun Xi had asked Ah Li to bring him. He paused and looked at Chun Xi in surprise. After a moment, he asked curiously, "Who is Princess Bao Hua?"
Chunxi placed a hundred taels of silver on the coffee table. "Princess Baohua recently revealed at a banquet at the Grand Tutor's Mansion that she had seen me at Wuyou Pavilion. Now that this is no longer a secret, there's no need to pretend not to know me, young master."
Chunxi didn't intend to beat around the bush. Lanshu stared at the banknote for a while, sighed, and said, "Sure enough, I can't hide it from Madam Shen. This Princess Baohua is indeed a frequent visitor to Wuyou Pavilion. She did buy some Ecstasy Incense from Wuyou Pavilion. But apart from the strange smell, this incense is not harmful to the human body, and it is even more impossible for it to kill Princess Baohua."
As Lan Shu spoke, he skillfully lit the stove and added water to make tea. Although his left little finger was missing, his movements in making tea were still smooth and his face was calm, without any panic or guilt.
After thinking for a while, Chunxi spoke again: "I went to the Princess Mansion to meet Princess Baohua. She bought the Ecstasy Incense because it made her dream of the long-dead Princess. Although the incense can't harm people, it can amplify people's desires and make people hallucinate, right?"
Although Chunxi had not met Princess Baohua very often, after their last meeting, Chunxi felt that Princess Baohua was not a person who was obsessed with lust. If it were not for the hallucination caused by the incense, Princess Baohua would not have been hanging out with the coachman, and it was even more impossible for her to die together with the coachman after she woke up.
Lan Shu's eyes flashed brightly, surprised by Chun Xi's sharpness. He nodded and said, "Guests in the pavilion like excitement, and it is common to use some incense to enhance the mood. This ecstasy incense will indeed make people more excited."
Just excited?
Chunxi felt that it was not that simple, but this was just her guess after all, without any evidence, and she had no right to ask Lanshu more.
Chunxi pursed her lips and took out two more banknotes and placed them on the table: "I have two more things I want to ask you, sir."
"What?"
"First, Princess Baohua swore she saw me at Wuyou Pavilion. I want to know who leaked this information. Second, I came to Wuyou Pavilion to inquire about my father-in-law's relationship with him. Besides the Pavilion Master, did you tell anyone else about this?"
Chunxi asked both questions while staring straight into Lanshu's eyes.
Lan Shu sighed inwardly, feeling sorry for the situation, but a smile appeared on his face. "Although Wuyou Pavilion is very particular about protecting the privacy of its guests, it is still open for business. We also do business with people like Madam Shen who are generous enough to buy only information."
"I understand. What I want to ask is, did someone come to us to seek this deal, or did you take the initiative to tell others?"
This transaction is a matter of mutual consent, and one party must take the initiative for the transaction to be successful.
Chunxi was determined to get to the bottom of this matter, so Lanshu could only say, "Since Madam Shen already has some suspicions, she should know that I am not a good person."
This means that he admitted that he was the one who leaked the information about both incidents.
Although Chunxi was mentally prepared, he still felt a little uncomfortable when he heard Lanshu admit it with his own ears.
She clenched her fists and couldn't help but say, "I really treat you as a friend."
Lan Shu's eyes curved, and the smile on his face deepened: "In our line of work, we are of low status, and we are most afraid of being sincere to our customers. Madam Shen is too flattering to me."
The implication is that he has never considered Chunxi as a friend.
Annoyance flashed in Chunxi's eyes. Lanshu thought she would pick up the teacup on the table and hit him. But after a while, Chunxi calmed down. Finally, she took out a gold bar and said, "Young Master, you are right. I was distracted before. Let's be business-like. I want to buy one penny of the Soul-Stirring Incense."
Lan Shu glanced at Chunxi's slightly bulging belly and couldn't help asking, "Madam, you're still pregnant. Are you going to test the fragrance on yourself?"
"Didn't the young master say that this incense wouldn't harm anyone? Shouldn't I use it?"
"Of course Madam Shen can use it," Lan Shu nodded without hesitation, and then said, "But this incense is very rare. The stock in the pavilion has just been sold out. The next batch will not arrive for half a month. Madam Shen should come back in half a month."
“I can raise the price.”
Chunxi didn't hesitate. Lanshu shook his head and said, "There really is no stock left in the pavilion. Even if Madam gives me this whole gold bar, I still can't deliver it."
Lan Shu returned the gold bars to Chunxi and only took the three hundred taels of silver note. "This is the money for buying the information and the deposit. When the goods arrive in half a month, I will send someone to deliver it to Madam Shen immediately."
Since Lan Shu said so, Chunxi didn't want to argue anymore and took the receipt and left.
The water on the stove had been boiling for a long time, bubbling with steam. Lan Shu put away the tea leaves, extinguished the fire, and felt the wound begin to itch madly again.
**
As soon as Shen Qingyuan got home, Chunxi told him that she had gone to Wuyou Pavilion to find Lanshu.
"I still think Princess Baohua's death is related to that incense, but it's a pity that it's out of stock now. It will take another half a month to get it."
Chunxi's focus is on Xiang, but Shen Qingyuan's focus is half a month later.
In half a month, the first team that escorted food and fodder to Wengzhou should be back.
Is this a coincidence or is there some connection between the two events?
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