There were three princes who grew up under the late emperor. Apart from Prince Xiang who is now ascending the throne and the powerful Prince Yu, there is only Prince Yi who was born to the dancer.
Speaking of this dancer, she had a rough experience. Before being sold into the palace as a dancer, she was abducted when she was young and was raised by her mother in a brothel. It was not until she gave birth to a son that she begged for mercy from the late emperor and sent people to find her family.
Prince Yi's maternal grandfather was the late third-rank general, Wu Li.
Regardless of Prince Yi's temperament, his grandfather was indeed a fierce general in his time. It was a pity that he died in the Jinzhou Rebellion.
Coincidentally, the person guarding Jinzhou City now is Prince Yi’s only biological uncle, Wu Qiao.
Jinzhou is adjacent to Yizhou, which is why King Xiang has been reluctant to take action against King Yi. After all, even if King Yi has no power anymore, his uncle is still a fourth-rank general commanding 20,000 troops.
The galloping carriage quickly overtook their group and headed towards Xinzhou, raising a lot of dust along the way.
Song Wan raised her hand and blocked most of the attack, but still couldn't avoid a "chooly"!
The sound was not loud among the sounds of horse hooves, but it was obvious. Song Wan tried hard to keep a straight face and restore her dignity.
Gu Yan quickly put his thoughts aside, turned around and saw her like this, and couldn't help but smile.
Song Wan caught him laughing at her and immediately frowned and ordered, "Stop laughing!"
Gu Yan nodded hurriedly, "Well, I won't laugh."
Song Wan... I clearly saw you smile!
She decided to change the subject, "Do you know whose carriage just passed by?"
Gu Yan was anxious to see her mention the carriage, thinking she had discovered something unusual, "What's wrong with the carriage?"
Song Wan: "Running so fast, there must be something fishy going on."
Gu Yan understood after a moment of anxiety that she was still worried about the small mistake she had just made. He chuckled and said, "There's no big problem, but there is one weird thing."
Song Wan's eyes lit up when she heard this, "What's so strange?"
Gu Yan hurriedly drove the grain cart and leaned towards her side and said, "Look at the direction. This carriage is coming from the direction of Yizhou and it took a long detour."
Song Wan didn't understand and tilted her head. "How do you know they took a detour?"
Gu Yan quickly lowered her eyes and explained calmly, "When they passed by just now, there was a faint salty smell coming from it. That's what they pick up from being on a fishing boat for so long. And to go from Yizhou to Xinzhou, you have to take a long detour if you want to take the water route."
Song Wan still had another question, "Then how do you know they're from Yizhou?"
Gu Yan hurriedly continued to explain, "It's very simple. If we were coming from this direction, we could arrive in half a month at most by land. But we chose to go by water, which delayed us by another half a month. There is only one reason for this, and that is that the carriage owner did not want to be checked along the way in the provincial capital."
Song Wan understood, "But you are wrong about one thing."
"Which point?" Gu Yan raised her eyebrows anxiously.
Song Wan nodded, indicating the direction the carriage had left and said, "The owner of the carriage should not be here."
Gu Yan was anxious, "Are you using that ability again?"
Song Wan shook her head and said honestly, "This is a professional habit. You don't understand. At my level, I can sense the situation inside the carriage without any effort."
Her psychic ability is very similar to the cameras of later generations, except that there is no picture and everything can only be seen through perception.
Gu Yanji didn't know what she meant by professional habits, but after a quick thought, he could guess it roughly.
"What did you see?" he asked.
"A lot of people," Song Wan answered truthfully. "They were probably about the same size as the bearded man's eldest son. There were about ten people crammed into the carriage, and they were all tied up tightly."
This is very similar to the human traffickers in later generations. Song Wan remembered that there were also many human traffickers in the orphanage who abducted children and found that the children had congenital disabilities, and then threw them at the door of the orphanage.
However, here, human trafficking is actually allowed.
Song Wan thought about it and couldn't help but tighten her purse.
Gu Yanji had not expected this to happen. From the ruts left by the carriage, he could only conclude that there was probably something heavy in the carriage.
I didn't expect there were more than a dozen people.
Considering the body shape described by Song Wan, Gu Yanji roughly guessed where those people were going.
"Why aren't you talking?" Song Wan looked at him.
"I'm thinking that the carriage that just passed by might have nothing to do with Prince Xiang and Prince Yu."
However, Gu Yanji did not take it lightly. He called Zhang Sheng and Jiang Zhen and asked them to disguise themselves immediately and not reveal any signs that they were from Guizhou.
It was still fifty miles away from Xinzhou. Gu Yan estimated the time quickly and they could probably enter the city before dark.
Song Wan didn't care about King Xiang or King Yu. She just felt that driving the carriage was a bit boring, so she took out the half piece of rose cake that she had not finished eating from her purse.
This was made by Second Aunt Yang. Song Wan took a bite and found that it was just as Qi said, sweet, fragrant and delicious.
After eating the rose pastry, Song Wan picked up the thick rope she had prepared early in the morning. She planned to use the rope to make a simple whip.
In the apocalypse, she killed zombies either with a dagger or by hacking with her bare hands. Only after coming here did she realize how convenient it was to have a hand-supported weapon.
Carrying a sword takes up too much space, so after much thought, Song Wan decided that a whip that could change shape at will would suit her best.
"Miss Song is making a whip?" Gu Yan stared at it anxiously for a long time before she realized it.
"Yes." After all, she was going to move some money, so she had to show some sincerity. If she went in empty-handed, what if the other party felt that she didn't take her seriously enough?
"A whip made of this thick rope won't last long."
"I know." She didn't plan to take long.
Gu Yan was silent for a moment, then promised, "When this matter is over, I will make a suitable whip for Miss Song."
"Okay." Song Wan didn't react much. In her eyes, there was no difference between the whip that Gu Yan sent her in a hurry and the pastries that Qi and Yang made for her.
If I have to say what the difference is, it's probably that the latter is edible.
Seeing her indifferent reaction, Gu Yan, who had a lot to say, pursed his lips quickly. He wanted to ask her if she knew what it meant when a man gave a woman something he had made himself.
After about a quarter of an hour, Gu Yanji secretly observed for a while and saw that she was still concentrating on making the whip. She didn't even drive the horse, but directly used that ability to control it to move forward.
He was willing to believe that she really knew nothing.
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When we passed Xinzhou for the first time, we walked very fast in order to hurry and not reveal our identities and whereabouts, and we didn't get a good idea of what Xinzhou city was like.
They arrived at a coincidental time, as today was the day of the Lantern Festival in the city. The streets were bustling with people and vendors, making it very lively.
Song Wan had never visited the Lantern Festival before. After storing her carriage at the designated place, she couldn't help but go for a stroll.
Except for Gu Yanji, everyone else followed behind, holding some things in their hands, which were the results of Song Wan's shopping trip.
Jiang Zhen was holding a few strings of dried bamboo shoots, which Song Wan had bought from an old woman's stall.
The three sons held candied fruits, candied haws and sour dried apricots in their hands respectively.
Not to mention Song Qi, Gu Wu and the others, they had a lot of things in their hands.
Even though Zhang Sheng was used to big scenes, he couldn't help but twitch his eyes when he looked at the sweetened cherry cake in his hand. The behavior of the eldest daughter of the Song family was really confusing.
Finally, Song Qi couldn't hold it in any longer and ran forward to ask, "Young Master." He almost forgot that the eldest lady was now wearing men's clothes. After realizing it, Song Qi quickly changed the address and said, "Young Master, when are we going to act?"
Song Wan was eating the candy she had just bought. She asked the boss to make her a big tiger. "No rush, it's not time yet."
People here usually do things they don't want others to know about at night when it's quiet and peaceful.
She felt that she should adapt to the local customs.
"How about a few of us go and explore the way first?" Song Qi thought it would be better to make more preparations for such things.
"You?" Song Wan looked him over carefully, then shook her head, "You can't."
Song Qi wanted to say something, but he heard Song Wan continue, "If you get arrested, I'll have to rescue you after I finish moving my things."
Song Qi...
In fact, is there a possibility that he will not be caught at all?
Gu Yan listened to the conversation between the two people, curled the corners of her lips slightly, and chuckled silently.
He also had a lot of things in his hands, one of which was the candy man that Song Wan was eating. He found that she liked sweets very much, and the sweeter it was, the more she liked it.
After Song Wan finished eating the tiger-shaped candy, she saw Song Qi still standing nearby, so she wiped her hands and said, "Song Qi, go and drive the car over. We'll meet here in half an hour."
When Song Qi heard about the action, he immediately became excited, "But why is it a reunion? Where are you going, young master?"
Song Wan suddenly realized that Song Qi also had the potential to be a nanny. If she had known this earlier, she would have swapped him with the quiet Song Er.
"It's like this, Gu Yan and I are in a hurry to go release lanterns. Do you want to come with us?" Song Wan made up an excuse.
Song Qi quickly shook his head. How dare he ruin his master's good deeds?
As for Gu Yanji, when Song Wan said that she wanted to go with him to release lanterns, a faint blush appeared on her earlobe.
She just said it out loud and everyone heard it.
Jiang Zhen and Zhang Sheng looked up at the sky in tacit understanding, pretending not to hear.
Jiang Da, who was already eighteen years old, took two steps back and pretended that he was too far away and didn't hear clearly.
Jiang Er and Jiang Shan actually chose to hear it. The two little heads came together and whispered to each other.
"Why did Sister Song go to release lanterns with Brother Gu?"
"You're stupid! Didn't Dad tell me before that he and Mom used to go to the Lantern Festival together before we were born? Didn't Mom also tell me that every time Dad helped carry things, he would complain that we bought too much?"
"So Sister Song and Second Brother Gu have a relationship like that between father and mother?"
"You're talking nonsense. Just eat your candied haws."
The two people didn't speak loudly, but everyone present was a martial artist, so they could hear them.
The first one to take action was Jiang Zhen, whose face was red even though his beard couldn't hide it. He grabbed the two children's ears and left first.
If he is not taught a lesson, who knows how he will talk about his father and mother behind his back in the future.
Others were still hesitant and gave face to Jiang Zhen, but Song Wan was different. She laughed out loud.
"The bearded man is so interesting. I didn't expect he's such a loving wife."
"What do you mean, wife?" This was not the first time that Gu Yanji heard words from her mouth that he did not know the meaning of.
"Wife means wife or mother." Song Wan forgot that there is no such term as wife here.
"So that's how it is." Gu Yan quickly understood that this should be the name used for wife in the place where she lived.
Wife, Gu Yan anxiously repeated these two words in his heart, but what appeared in his mind was Song Wan's face.
For a moment, his ears seemed to turn even redder.
He suddenly remembered that their engagement was still there and Song Wan was still his fiancée.
Only after everyone else left did Song Wan finally have a good look at the city.
Unlike the barren scene outside the city, Xinzhou City is extremely prosperous, with teahouses and operas, everything is exquisite.
Gu Yanji followed her closely, "Where are you going, Ah Wan?"
After realizing what he was thinking, he no longer wanted to call her "Miss Song" in a strange way. Since they were an engaged couple, it should be polite to call her by her nickname.
"Just wandering around."
Song Wan, not noticing the change in address, stopped in front of a building and asked, "Chunfeng Building, what is this place?"
It doesn't look like a teahouse, nor does it look like a restaurant.
Gu Yan hurriedly followed her gaze and her face froze.
"Do you know that Gu Yan is anxious?" Song Wan asked him.
Gu Yan opened her mouth anxiously, thought for a long time, and finally told the truth, "This is the prostitute's building."
When he changed the wording, Song Wan understood. "Chunfenglou, a night of spring breeze, is indeed very appropriate."
Gu Yanji didn't expect that she even knew this. Although the customs of the Dai Viet Dynasty were more open than those of Daye, places like Chunfeng Tower would still use music, chess, calligraphy and painting as a cover.
As for how far the secret activities can go, it depends on the boss's conscience.
"Gu Yan, look, is that the one we met outside the city?" Song Wan pointed to the carriage parked in front of Chunfeng Tower.
Gu Yanji naturally recognized them, which further confirmed his previous guess that the dozen or so young men tied up in the carriage should be the newcomers bought by Chunfeng Tower.
Song Wan had never been to a brothel, and she wanted to go in and take a look.
Gu Yan, who had guessed her true intention, was anxious to stop her, "Let's go to the prefect's residence first."
"No rush, let's go in first." Song Wan was very strong and directly pressed Gu Yan's anxious hand down and held it in his hand.
The small hand wrapped around the big hand looked a little funny. It was the first time that Gu Yanji was held like this, and his mind went blank for a moment.
"Be obedient." Seeing that he still wanted to struggle, Song Wan couldn't help but frown.
Gu Yan was anxious...it sounded like she was the unreasonable young wife.
"Awan..." Gu Yan tried to break free again, but he didn't move at all.
How could she be so strong?
Just like that, Gu Yan was dragged into Chunfeng Tower by Song Wan while struggling.
People passing by glanced sideways, and most of them thought to themselves that in this day and age there are still such good-looking but useless men.
As soon as I took half a step into Chunfeng Tower, a person came out to greet me with a smile, waving a folding fan.
"My two distinguished guests, are you here to listen to music or play chess?"
I guess this person is the male madam here. He looks to be around thirty years old, with some fine lines at the corners of his eyes and a light powder on his face, which makes him quite charming.
The so-called listening to music and playing chess are actually code words corresponding to different types of waiters, which can be understood by ordinary regular customers.
Song Wan acted like she knew everything and asked, "You play the same songs every day, I'm tired of them. Don't you have any new scores?"
I see, this is someone trying something new. The male madam rolled his eyes and smiled shrewdly, "Of course there are new songs, but the price will definitely be much higher than the old ones."
Song Wan's face was cold, and he deliberately showed two thousand tael silver notes in his hand, "The last thing I lack is silver notes."
The male madam thought to himself that he could make a lot of money today. He quickly asked someone to take the two to the upper room, while he took his confidant to choose a new person.
As soon as he entered the room, Gu Yan quickly closed the door. He said with a serious face, "A Wan, what do you want to do?"
Song Wan took a piece of cake from the table and put it in her mouth. It was not sweet enough and not as delicious as the ones made by Qi and Yang.
Gu Yan was anxious to see her casually pick up the food and eat it, and her heart was lifted up, "Ah Wan, you can't touch the food in a place like this casually."
He was really afraid of accidentally eating food with added ingredients.
He called her twice before Song Wan finally noticed that his address had changed. He finally stopped calling her "Miss Song" and "Miss Song". It was really hard to get used to it.
Song put down the remaining half of the cake and looked up at him, "Don't worry, I can tell if there is any problem. I just want to taste it."
Gu Yan sighed helplessly, "So it's not delicious?"
Otherwise she wouldn't put down a piece of cake after eating only half of it.
Song Wan nodded, "Not sweet enough."
Finally, she added, "This Chunfenglou isn't that great either."
She was referring to the food here.
Gu Yan was anxious but thought she regretted coming in, so she quickly said, "Then let's go."
Song Wan neither nodded nor shook her head, but pulled the man out of the window. The two of them climbed onto the roof silently like ghosts.
Gu Yan was being pulled all the way, no, it should be said that she was tied around her waist with her simple whip all the way. This scene of being afraid that he would run away seemed familiar.
That's how she tied herself when they first met.
Song Wan and Gu Yan jumped from roof to roof in a hurry, taking care of some peeping people on the way, and finally stopped on the roof of a small attic in a corner.
She lowered her voice and told him, "The people in the carriage are being held here."
Gu Yan was surprised, "How did you know?"
This attic was a long way from the room they were in just now, unlike during the day when the two carriages passed each other.
"It's the salty and fishy smell you mentioned. It's strongest here." Song Wan pointed downwards.
"What do you want to do?" Gu Yan was anxious to believe that she had not come here for no reason.
Song Wan pursed her lips and showed hesitation for the first time in front of Gu Yanji.
"Don't want to tell me?" Gu Yan felt depressed when he realized her intention.
"Not really." Song Wan lifted a tile. They used their lightness skills to come here and arrived earlier than the male madam.
There was only one candle in the small attic, but it was enough for Song Wan to see everything clearly. She counted and found that there were fifteen young men in total, all about fourteen or fifteen or sixteen years old, with red lips, white teeth, and handsome eyebrows and eyes.
Without exception, they were all tied up.
"I want to save them. If you think it's not a good idea, you can go find Song Qi and the others first." Song Wan thought for a while and said.
"What do you mean I feel bad?" Gu Yan had a bad feeling.
"Here, people can be bought and sold at will. If I save them, it means I am violating the rules here. Aren't you angry?" In the end times, anyone who breaks the rules will be punished, except for the strong.
This is also the reason why she sent Song Qi and others away. As for Gu Yanji, if you don't count her, he is the most powerful one here, and can barely be considered a strong man.
At this moment, Gu Yanji could finally be sure that she was not the original Song Wan, or even that she did not belong here. She came from another world, a place that she could not reach at all.
Thinking of this, Gu Yan couldn't help but tighten her hand, as if the person would disappear if she didn't.
"I'm not angry." Gu Yan took a deep breath and said word by word.
"Why?" Song Wan always thought he was a very rigid person. She still remembered how he refused to obey on Qingyun Mountain and how he kept calling her "Miss Song". He was not as casual and open-minded as his elder brother.
"You saved people, why should I be angry?" Gu Yan really wanted to knock her on the head, but he just thought about it and couldn't bear to do it.
Song Wan's worry turned into joy, "So you agree with me saving people?"
Gu Yan nodded hastily, but then quickly changed the subject and asked, "What if I don't agree?"
Song Wan: "Then we have to separate. You will be the leader of the Gu family team, and I will be the boss of the Song family."
If there is someone in the team who disagrees with the captain and is equally strong, the best way is to re-divide the team.
Gu Yan was anxious: "...Do you want to cancel the engagement?"
Song Wan was puzzled. "What engagement?"
Gu Yan's face was filled with black lines, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Of course you and I are engaged."
Song Wan suddenly realized that she had almost forgotten about this because she had already accepted Gu Yanji as her own. Another reason for bringing him here was that she was a little reluctant to let go of his abundant mental power and wanted to persuade him to abide by her rules.
"Since we are engaged, you can't leave me even if you are disobedient?" Song Wan asked.
Gu Yan's eyelids jumped in anxiety, and she always felt that there was something strange in what she said.
What do you mean he is disobedient? It makes it seem like he is the one who is getting married.
"You don't want me to leave you?" Gu Yan, who was confused, chose to skip the first half of the sentence.
"Yes." She coveted the endless spiritual power she could absorb from him.
"Okay, I will never leave you." Gu Yan's eyes were gentle.
The two of them talked about irrelevant things for a long time, and finally the male madam came with his confidant.
Gu Yan hurriedly pulled Song Wan to lie down and hid in the dark corner of the roof. It could be seen that the confidant of the male madam was a master.
How could an ordinary brothel owner have such a master by his side? It seems that there is someone behind Chunfeng Tower.
"Why are you so cautious?" Song Wan said confidently, "I told you, don't be afraid as long as I'm here."
After she finished speaking, she waved her hand, and a mental barrier separated them from the people below. "Okay, you can breathe freely. The people below won't notice."
Gu Yan was anxious... He should be the first one to be protected repeatedly by his future wife.
The door of the small attic was already open, and the male madam walked in with a twisted waist. In addition to the master, there was also an ordinary servant behind her.
Gu Yan thought anxiously that this person should be the one from Chunfeng Tower.
The servant took the candle and went over to light up the others. In an instant, the small attic was as bright as day.
"The person is inside. It should be the one that Boss Yao wants." The male madam said to the expert in a hoarse voice.
"You did a great job. Once the people are sent to Boss Yao, I will recommend you for the credit." The master's voice was hoarse and unpleasant, which must have been deliberately changed.
The male madam covered her mouth and chuckled, "Then I'll be waiting. Siyu, go and catch the person. Be careful not to hurt him."
The servant named Si Yu nodded in acceptance of the order. He walked up to the fifteen young men, took a quick look, and quickly found the person he wanted among them.
Most of these fifteen young men were raised specifically to be sold to Chunfeng Tower, and a small number were children of wealthy families who had fallen on hard times. Each of them was tender and delicate. Customers with special requirements all liked these young, handsome boys who were difficult to tell whether they were male or female.
The servant walked past the others and pulled out a young man who seemed to be dying from the corner.
The boy had a wooden face and empty eyes, unlike the other teenagers, who looked panic-stricken, as if he had no awareness of what was happening in the outside world.
Song Wan, who was hiding on the roof, watched all this. She had a simple idea: although this boy did not look like a normal person, he was indeed the most handsome among the fifteen.
Gu Yanji didn't think so. He always felt that the Boss Yao mentioned by that person was extraordinary and should not be a simple person.
Is it Yao Xu?
It's still his father.
It's a face that's hard to tell whether it's male or female, but there's not a trace of femininity about it. It has a superior temperament. Those specially raised ones are far inferior to this one.
"Are you sure he is the person Boss Yao wants?" The expert stared at the boy's face carefully, and he was indeed about three-quarters similar to the person in the portrait given by his master.
"Of course. Do you know where I found my men?" the male madam fanned herself. "That loyal old slave of his, haha, was stabbed to pieces by my men in order to protect this kid, and he died with rage."
As if he heard the person he cared about, a rare flash of pain appeared in the boy's eyes.
"That's good." The master glanced at the young man being held by the servant, "Boss Yao has been waiting for a long time."
The male madam took the thick stack of silver bills handed over by the master. This was only a part of it. He counted them happily and signaled the servant to hand the person over to the other party.
Who would have thought that an accident happened at this moment.
The male brothel owner thought that his confidant who was trustworthy suddenly changed his mind and threw the person upwards, directly smashing a hole in the roof.
The young man also flew out.
What was going on? The male madam was shocked. When did this servant of his become so strong?
Not only him, even the servant himself didn't know what happened to him just now, as if he was possessed by an evil spirit.
"Boss, it's not me, it's something controlling me." Si Yu quickly knelt on the ground, speaking incoherently, "Am I possessed by a ghost? There's a ghost, boss!"
But the master had already rushed out the door and flew onto the roof.
Song Wan looked at the boy she had grabbed with her mental power and pulled aside the hair that was sticking to his face. He looked even more beautiful up close, but there was too little flesh on his face. "Gu Yan, if he were a little fatter, he would look better."
Gu Yan looked anxiously at her hand poking the boy's face, feeling a little jealous, "Ah Wan, that man is coming to the roof."
"Oh." Song Wan withdrew her hand and said slowly, "No hurry, he can't see us." Her mental power also has a hypnotic effect. For example, if they are in the north now, as long as she interferes with her mental power, she will give the other party the illusion that they are in the south.
After the expert used his internal energy to climb onto the roof, he chased to the south as Song Wan had said.
The young man saw the person who was so close to him suddenly turn around and chase in the opposite direction, and his eyes, which had never been calm, were stunned.
Song Wan was still observing the young man, and the more he looked, the more he felt that he had seen a similar person somewhere.
After staring at the boy for a long time, just when Gu Yan couldn't help but block her sight, Song Wan finally remembered where she had seen him before.
She quickly grabbed Gu Yanji's sleeve and asked curiously, "Don't you think he looks a bit like that skinny A Yu from before?"
Gu Yanji's pupils suddenly shrank when he heard this, and his eyes quickly fell on the boy's face.
Now A Yu has regained the babyish look of a five-year-old child, and his whole body is fair and tender. However, the boy in front of him is extremely thin, with not much flesh on his face. At first glance, it is difficult to connect the two people together.
But Song Wan was different. She had seen A Yu when he was the thinnest, and she could remember him just by looking at him a few more times.
"Is your last name Qi?" Gu Yan stared at the young man anxiously, not missing any change on his face.
When the boy heard the surname, a hint of wariness appeared on his numb face. After all, he was only a thirteen-year-old boy and could not completely hide his inner feelings.
He pursed his lips tightly, his face pale and weak, and he said nothing in response to Gu Yan's anxious questioning.
But the more he said this, the more Gu Yanji was certain of his guess, "You are Qi Fu."
The boy still didn't say anything. Facing Gu Yan's anxious gaze, he simply closed his eyes.
Qi Fu?
The name sounded familiar to Song Wan, as if someone had mentioned it to her before.
She looked through the original owner's memories again. Qi Fu was the younger brother of the late Queen Qi and the only son of Qi Quan, the richest businessman in Jiangnan.
When Qi Quan was alive, he was a great philanthropist in Jiangnan. Eight years ago, when the original owner's grandfather and father were guarding the northwest, they fell into the enemy's trap due to negligence. All the food and grass were burned. The northwest was defeated, Daye approached again, and there was a border crisis.
It was this wealthy businessman named Qi Quan who generously donated 100,000 dan of grain and 30 carts of herbs, which resolved the northwest crisis, saved the lives of 100,000 soldiers, and also saved the entire Weiyuan Marquisate.
Therefore, this young man is the son of the benefactor of Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, and also the brother-in-law of the late emperor that Gu Yan is anxious to find.
What do you call this, after searching high and low for something, it finally comes to you without any effort?
Gu Yan was anxious to know that the boy was very defensive at the moment. He must have experienced a lot in the past few years.
Thinking of the time when the late emperor was alive, he regretted that he should not have let the queen's only relative return to Jiangnan. Otherwise, he would not have met with an accident on the road and disappeared for three years.
"Whether you believe it or not, I am now Ping'an's second brother." Gu Yan hurriedly said this nickname that very few people knew.
Sure enough, the boy opened his eyes again when he heard this name that seemed from another world. He looked at Gu Yanji, his voice hoarse and emotional, "Where is Ping An?"
"He's fine, and has gained weight recently." Gu Yan was anxiously thinking of the little face at home, and her voice softened. "You disappeared for three years, and the late emperor was looking for you for three years."
When mentioning the late emperor, Gu Yanji did not miss the hatred that flashed across the young man's eyes.
He understood why that was the case. It was because of the Empress Qi's role as a concubine in the late emperor's harem that she ultimately met her end in failure.
Qi Fu hated the late emperor, and the late emperor knew it, so he did not stop him from returning to Jiangnan, nor did he stop him from taking Queen Qi's ashes back to Jiangnan.
No one knows that what is buried in the emperor and empress's tomb in the imperial mausoleum today are just two cenotaphs.
The late emperor's ashes have been secretly sent to Jiangnan and buried with Queen Qi.
"You are Ping'an's second brother, so A Yu is Ping'an?" Song Wan didn't know that the little bun actually had a nickname.
Gu Yanji did not avoid her. He believed that she would know it sooner or later. "Well, Ping An is A Yu's nickname, but he doesn't know his nickname."
"Then what is his relationship with A Yu?" Song Wan was curious when she saw the boy's excitement when he heard the little bun's name.
"He is A Yu's uncle." Gu Yan explained hurriedly.
After walking around for a while, they found that they were all from the same family. Song Wan immediately threw the boy to Gu Yanji and said, "Since he is yours, I will leave him to you. I will go down and take a look."
The situation down there was already in chaos because of the sudden incident. When Song Wan jumped down, the male madam was having the servant pinned to the ground and beaten. He didn't believe that the servant was innocent.
After watching two beatings, Song Wan pushed the door open and walked in, appearing in front of the male madam and everyone else.
"How did you get in!" The male madam was horrified. His small attic was extremely hidden, and no one knew about it except his confidant.
"I walked in." Song Wan replied.
The male madam stepped back and said affirmatively, "You are King Yu's man."
"King Yu?" Song Wan frowned. "He doesn't deserve it."
But the male madam didn't believe it. The only one with the strength to compete with his master was the lineage of Prince Yu. "Did you do something with that young man?"
"So what?" Song Wan noticed that the male madam was quite talkative. She was still busy moving the money. "Stop talking nonsense. Are you going to release her or not?"
The male madam sneered, "Hasn't the person already been taken away by you?"
"Who said I only want one?" Song Wan pointed at the remaining people behind him, "I want them all."
The male madam was startled, then laughed even louder. "Young Master, do you think it's so easy to get into my place? Those who dare to blatantly disrupt Chunfenglou's business usually don't end up well."
"Is it difficult to get in?" Song Wan thought he was bluffing. "Just relying on your twelve so-called secret guards?"
When the male madam heard her clearly state the number of people hiding in secret, he was filled with horror. Those were the masters he had collected over the years, hiding in the dark. Only people with extremely strong internal strength could sense their existence. Even his trusted servant Si Yu was unaware of them.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Your ancestors!"
Song Wan stopped talking nonsense and knocked them out one by one, then kicked them one by one to the corridor outside, where they were piled together with the twelve so-called masters.
It had been a long time since they had fought, and Song Wan sighed softly, thinking that these people were too weak to take a beating.
In a blink of an eye, there were only fourteen young men left in the attic. Song Wan used his mental power to untie them, and then threw out a stack of indentures found from the twelve secret guards of the male madam.
This male madam was quite clever. She placed these things on those twelve people. If it weren't for her, no one would have been able to find them.
"You should really need this." Song Wan thought for a moment, then reluctantly took out fourteen banknotes from the stack of banknotes she had taken from the male madam and distributed them to the others. "You can choose to leave. Of course, if you want to continue to stay here as a prostitute, I have no objection."
Song Wan is not a fool. If they are willing to do this, then there is no need for her to force them to leave.
Fortunately, the fourteen people in the attic were unwilling to do so. They took the banknotes and deeds with trepidation, unable to believe what was happening before their eyes.
The young men who had thought they would be humiliated in this place for the rest of their lives did not expect that they would be saved. For a moment, their eyes were full of passion as they looked at Song Wan.
Seeing that they all really wanted to leave, Song Wan continued, "Go through the back door. There's only one gatekeeper there, and with so many of you, you should be able to take care of him."
Everyone in the dark was killed silently as she came along.
The fourteen young men took the things, knelt on their knees, and kowtowed to Song Wan three times.
Saving someone’s life and bringing them back to life is like giving them a second parent.
Walking out of the attic, Song Wan looked at the man and the young man standing in the corridor, stunned for a moment, "Why did you come down?"
"I'm worried about you." Gu Yan hurriedly used the whip that Song Wan tied to her waist and did the same thing to the boy.
"Don't worry, everything's settled." Song Wan touched the banknotes stuffed in his arms and continued, "But I found that the male madam of Chunfeng Tower had a lot of banknotes, so I took them all."
Gu Yanji showed a mocking expression, "I guess this Chunfeng Tower is also one of the strongholds of King Xiang."
If she hadn't come across it this time, they would probably never have known.
"Prince Xiang?" Song Wan's eyes lit up. "Does that mean there's a lot of silver here too?"
She had not forgotten why she came here, which was to empty the mansion of King Xiang's brother-in-law.
"I guess Commander Jiang and Zhang Sheng are waiting anxiously. Let's go to Yao Xu's mansion first." Gu Yan said anxiously.
"I have no objection." Since they had to move anyway, Song Wan didn't care which one to move first.
“But before I meet up with them, I have to go to two more places.
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