After leaving Tianlao, He Gu put on his regular clothes and wandered slowly around the streets alone.
However, he did not go directly to the Tinghua Building in the West Market. Instead, he went to the Dengxian Building in the East Market after several rounds, and opened a private room on the eighth floor with a window facing the direction of the Tinghua Building.
In the following time, he would sip tea and look through the window from time to time, while re-reading the case file from the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
According to the confession record interrogated by the Ministry of Punishment, the map of the ruins sold to Li Hu was accidentally collected by the vendor from a strange casual cultivator during a sale, because the spiritual stone that the casual cultivator carried at the time was not enough to pay the full price.
It was then given to him as a small change in kind.
As a veteran who has been around the West Market for many years, the vendor actually didn't believe that the so-called ruins map was real. He only agreed to accept it because he saw that the casual cultivator really didn't have any future prospects. He was just comparing the asking price for the whole transaction.
I just made less money.
Later, I thought it would be a waste to throw them away, so I put them on the stall and threw them in a corner.
According to the vendor's further recollection, a few days later, when Li Hu happened to pass by his stall, he caught sight of the picture of the dilapidated ruins. He went up and bought it at a high price, which made him think that he had made a mistake.
He was originally in a bad mood for a while because of this incident, but he didn't expect that within a few days of settling down, officers and soldiers would come to his door and arrest him and take him to the sky jail.
Other than that, he didn't know anything else.
He looked at the confessions of others again, and He Gu tapped his fingers on the table, thoughtfully.
Among the first batch of people who had been eliminated as suspects, the merchant was also among them, indicating that his confession was true.
If, as he suspected, this matter was related to other similar disappearances that had occurred in recent years in Bafangdian records, then there was no doubt that there must be human planning factors involved in Li Hu's experience at that time and his first glance.
And it’s not just a coincidence!
However, according to the close followers who followed Li Hu, Li Hu did not talk to anyone about the relevant topics before buying the ruins map, nor did he go to see anyone alone. It was when Li Hu suddenly bought the ruins map on a whim.
After that, I gathered them in private and studied it for a few days.
These servants stayed close to each other on weekdays, and basically kept at least one of them staying with Li Hu, so as not to miss the key points.
To say that Li Hu was completely alone was limited to the time when he was busy drinking and drinking in Tinghua Building. At that time, they all stayed outside the door.
This is exactly in line with He Gu’s initial intuitive judgment!
The only thing that he really couldn't figure out was why the mastermind behind the scenes would attack these dandy disciples who couldn't stand up to the wall, and what was their purpose?
It was half past midnight, and the noise of lights across the street outside the window gradually reached its peak, and the front door of Tinghua Building was even slightly crowded.
Seeing that the time was almost up, he put down the teacup in his hand and went down to the Immortal Tower.
He did not change his appearance again along the way. Although he felt that he could not escape the Empress's eyes by changing his appearance, in order to be as safe as possible and at least avoid causing complications and exposing the fact that he had the secret method of disguise to others, he still gave up the idea.
Change of mind.
Moreover, if something went wrong with his actions, he would still have to rely on his current status as a dynasty.
There seemed to be a powerful royal background behind Tinghua Tower. He had vaguely heard of this during the lunch chat with the old Imperial Master before, and he did not dare to be dismayed.
Now He Gu's appearance has been changed since he left Tinghua Tower last time, so there is no need to worry about getting into trouble because of what happened last time.
Not long after, he arrived in front of Tinghua Tower. After confirming again and again that everything was taken into account, he calmly entered it.
As soon as I stepped into my ears, I was immediately filled with all kinds of flirtatious laughter, even mixed with some very explicit and unrestrained flirting words, and all kinds of rouge fragrance instantly invaded my nose.
What I saw was the same as last time. A pair of men and women walked in with their arms around each other's shoulders. The men's hands were dishonest and they naturally took advantage. The woman smiled and said words of longing that she didn't know were true or false.
As soon as I took a few steps, a woman dressed in scantily clad clothes immediately came forward to greet me warmly.
Seeing that He Gu's temperament was a bit unusual, she did not dare to get close to him rashly like other ordinary guests, and asked with a smile: "Hey, this young master is really very handsome, I wonder if he already has a girl he likes?
"
"I'm looking for Miss Feng Yan." He Gu replied calmly.
His voice was not actually loud, but as soon as he said this, the attention of the people around him was instantly attracted, and they all peeked at He Gu, with strange and unclear expressions on their faces.
Feeling baffled, He Gu couldn't help but feel a little thump in his heart.
I couldn't help but whisper to the woman in front of me: "What? Is it inconvenient?"
The woman was quite surprised and couldn't help but look at He Gu's appearance again. She immediately reacted when being questioned and quickly put away the strange look on her face.
With a smile on her face, she said: "Convenient, of course it is convenient. Miss Feng Yan rarely has customers. Please come with me."
The woman walked in front and said with a smile as if she was talking to herself: "It seems that today is Miss Feng Yan's lucky day. It's rare to have two guests in one night."
Few customers are looking for you?
…Doesn’t it look scary?!
He always felt that there was something wrong, so He Gu had some thoughts of quitting, but when he thought that he was not really here to have fun, and that the other party was a famous courtesan after all, he couldn't let the price drop too much, so he stopped in time.
When He Gu's figure disappeared into the aisle, those people all made sighing sounds.
Someone couldn't help but whispered: "I didn't expect a guy with such a fair and clean body to have such a weird sense of humor. Could it be that he was punished for losing in the fistfight?"
Someone answered: "Even if he was forced, I really admire him for daring to go..."
Another chimed in: "Such courage!"
The others couldn't help but nodded when they heard this.
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In a deep room in the dark area on the first floor, Feng Yan had just finished taking a bath and was now carefully combing her hair in front of the dressing table.
Suddenly, an emotionless sound from across the air came into her ears: "We have guests arriving."
Hearing the sound, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As one of the few housekeepers in Tinghualou who does not sell her body, although it is hard for outsiders to believe, she actually has some mysophobia.
Although there was no skin contact during the process, I didn’t want to go to bed and rest in the same state as when I was working.
Bathing is a boundary for her to separate public and private matters and change her mood.
At the same time, it is also a habit she uses to remind herself to keep her original intention unchanged!
At first, at this hour, I expected that there would be no guests coming, especially since one had already arrived tonight.
But she didn't expect that she had just taken a bath and someone came suddenly, so she would have to go to the trouble of taking a bath again afterwards.
She hates trouble the most!
If she hadn't had such a personality, she would never have chosen to make a living in this kind of place. What she liked was that she could get more rewards with less work, and she could live in a simple way.
Considering that she couldn't damage the signboard and couldn't get away with the spiritual stone that was delivered to her door in vain, although she was a little unhappy, she still speeded up her dressing movements, and after a while she changed back into the more conservative outfit that was specially used to receive guests.
black leather uniform.
He took out a long leather whip that fit his hand well from his storage bag, and instantly swung it with a loud sonic boom.
I thought that no matter who the old customers were, they would have to play harder than usual!
…
The corridors in the dark area are all decorated in dark colors, and the crystal beads on the ceiling are also reddish in dark light.
Passing by rooms filled with joy without stopping, He Gu silently followed the woman, but the further he walked, the more he felt something was wrong.
Whether it was an illusion or not, the path seemed familiar to him.
When I turned at a fork in the road, I finally had an impression.
Looking at the woman in front of him who kept moving forward without changing direction and the remembered dark wooden door at the end, his right eyelid suddenly twitched slightly.
Only when he thought that his appearance and body shape had changed, and that his identity was no longer the same as before, did he calm down.
The people here are all guests with strange tricks. Seeing them walking towards the end of the room with momentum, I am a little surprised but not surprised.
After a while, the two finally stopped and stopped in front of the ebony door as expected.
He raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door, then slowly pushed it inward. The woman who led the way turned around and smiled meaningfully, then leaned over and made a gesture of inviting guests inside.
Perhaps it was difficult to write clearly, or perhaps Mr. Li was too embarrassed to write in detail due to his face, so the case file written by the Ministry of Justice did not contain any specific information about Li Hu having fun in Tinghua Tower.
As a result, He Gu didn't know what it meant to enter the oiran room in front of him.
Naturally, he didn't understand the reactions of the people he met outside, as well as the deep smile that appeared on the face of the woman who was leading the way.
Could it be that what happened last time spread?
No! I have changed my appearance now...
Hey... maybe they all know me in my current identity, right?
After the recruitment competition on the street in front of the Imperial Academy that day, it was reasonable that someone would remember and recognize him.
What's just a bit confusing is that he was fine on the way here, so why did he suddenly meet so many people who knew him in such a place?
He Gu couldn't figure it out for a moment, so He Gu stopped thinking about it, smiled and thanked him, and then walked in calmly.
The first time she saw such a calm visitor entering the house, the woman was slightly shocked, and then she couldn't help showing a trace of pity on her face.
Like those outside, she only came to this dark area courtesan when He Gu lost in a boxing match, and she was quite sympathetic to this.
Shaking her head, she returned the same way and prepared to receive the next guest.