In the luxurious room deep in the corridor of the Ming District on the ninth floor of Tinghua Building, a beautiful woman who looked to be in her thirties and whose makeup was quite elegant was touching up her makeup in front of the dressing table.
At a certain moment, a figure in the black fog suddenly appeared in the mirror in front of her. It was impossible to see clearly the shape and appearance of a figure that was constantly twisting.
When the woman saw this, her movements stopped, and her originally casual expression suddenly became serious.
He stood up quickly, bowed his head and saluted respectfully: "Sir!"
Invisible pressure spread from the mirror, and the figure in the black mist made a faint voice of a middle-aged man.
"I heard that one of the people working for you disappeared inexplicably last night?"
Hearing this, the woman's lowered eyes moved slightly, and she instantly understood that someone had snitched on her behind her back.
He immediately put away his emotions, not daring to hide it anymore, and answered truthfully: "It is true, my subordinates have sent people to investigate secretly, and we are still waiting for a reply."
Without much pause, he took the initiative to report: "Sir, the last guest that girl received before she disappeared... seemed to be the so-called newly promoted young master.
My subordinates did not act rashly, and for the time being just sent one person to watch carefully from a distance."
The figure in the black mist fell into silence.
After a while, he calmly arranged: "It doesn't have to be included. During this period, the people under you should behave themselves, and you should be more restrained. Treat them as if they were missing, and pay attention to her appearance in the city.
If necessary...you should know what to do, right?"
In the last sentence, others may only hear one meaning from it, but as an important intermediary who has worked with him for many years, the woman now hears two meanings.
One is for the missing men under her jurisdiction, and the other is for her in the worst case scenario.
Not daring to hesitate for a moment, he immediately knelt down and said sternly: "I understand! No matter what happens next, it will never affect you!"
The black fog in the mirror gradually dissipated, leaving only a faint sentence.
"Don't disappoint me."
It wasn't until a full quarter of an hour later that the woman slowly stood up and breathed a sigh of relief.
He cursed in a low voice: "It must be the 'whore' bitch who is afraid of trouble. It's just that something happened to my people in the dark area she was responsible for. To rush to clear things up like this is really not showing any kindness in the past."
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He sent out the secret spiritual message without stopping, and it took him a while to calm down.
Pushing open the window on the side, the woman looked at the direction of the Shaoguo Master's Mansion from a distance, and sighed softly: "Feng Yan, the best outcome is a false alarm and everyone is safe.
If you say something you shouldn't say, don't blame me for being ruthless..."
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In the main room of the Shaoguo Master's Mansion.
On the table, Feng Yan's eyes were filled with tears, still in a state of shock.
After being forced to confess the case, she knew that she might never be able to return to her past peaceful life.
Even if the hateful man abides by his agreement and lets her go, he will definitely face endless pursuit by the organization after he gets out.
Now that she was given the chance to call for help, she didn't dare to act.
He Gu let go of his hand and took a step back. Listening to the low sobs in his ears, he began to feel a little sorry.
He is a very contradictory person. When necessary, he ignores all taboos and destroys his eyes without even blinking. However, when it is not necessary, he is easily soft-hearted and does not want to see women shed tears.
I wanted to say a few words of comfort but was afraid of irritating the other person again, so I finally gave up the idea and left him alone.
Losing interest, he bent down and picked up the black coat on the ground and covered the woman again.
After thinking about it, he pulled over another small round table and put it together, gently picked up the woman and put it on a flat surface, then turned around and returned to the back room.
Feng Yan closed her eyes and didn't say a word, giving up the unnecessary noise and letting it be at its mercy.
After noticing his final departure, I breathed a sigh of relief.
He Gu walked into the back room.
There was such a big commotion, but Feng Lu, the maid next door, was still talking sweetly in her sleep, and it was clearly audible after the room quieted down.
He Gu felt a little amused, thinking that even if this little girl was eaten and wiped clean at night, she might be in a trance in the morning without even noticing.
Qingchou obediently stayed in the master bedroom. When he saw Master Shao Guoshi coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward to follow the instructions.
He Gu stretched out his hand and rubbed her little head, smiled and asked, "Were you scared that I was so cruel just now?"
The little maid immediately shook her head slightly and replied in a low but serious tone: "There must be an adult's reason for doing that. Chou'er Lu'er just needs to listen to the adults and don't have to think wildly."
Hearing this, He Gu fell in love with her even more and couldn't help but pinch her fair little face gently.
Perhaps she misunderstood her intention, Qingchou was about to squat down and continue her unfinished business when He Gu stopped her.
Wen Sheng ordered: "No, it's getting late. You should go to bed first. I can just take a bath by myself."
The little maid wanted to help very much, but she still remembered that she had to be obedient, so she had no choice but to nod sensibly.
After Qingchou left, He Gu moved to the bathroom and spent some time cleaning up.
After putting on a change of clothes, I returned to the master bedroom, turned off the lights, and took a rest.
Before he fell asleep, his mind began to spin.
According to Feng Yan's explanation, as he judged, Li Hu indeed received her "secret sharing" before the incident, and thus became aware of the recent rumors of a hidden ruins space in the Western Mountains outside the imperial capital.
In addition, it also includes the life story of the so-called owner of the ruins and what the iconic mark symbolizing his existence looks like.
Li Hu made a fool of himself and liked to listen to what women said, so he naturally believed it to be true.
The oiran didn't know what happened after that, but he roughly guessed that someone above him arranged a trick to let the fabricated ruins map fall into the hands of a merchant in the West Market, and then used a trick to guide Li Hu to "pick up the leak by coincidence".
Successfully lured him out of the city late at night to the suburbs of Xishan.
The superior who assigned the task to Feng Yan was also a well-known oiran from Tinghualou, with no surname but the word "mother".
Because she is the famous "prostitute" in the nine-storey bright area, and is known as the "two beauties in the garden" together with the other famous "prostitute" in the nine-storey dark area. She is well-known among the upper class of the imperial capital for her intoxicating dance numbers, so she is also known as
"Dancing Girl".
As for whether there were people above, or how Li Hu was killed when he went to the outskirts of Xishan, Feng Yan had no idea.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Tinghualou had a secret business of doing things for others, but Li Hu was only entrusted with this task because he preferred her whip service.
The key to confessing the dancer happened to correspond to the result of the word "mother" that He Gu divined last night, so he generally believed her confession.
This made it a little difficult for him.
Originally, he was still holding on to the idea that someone outside Tinghualou might have commissioned the woman to do it. In this case, after he got the answer, he could consider directly handing over the clues to Mr. Li and get out of the way.
But now it is no longer possible. Unless a cover-up is carried out, whether or not the investigation continues will be implicated.
It's not that he's afraid of trouble, the key is that he is sensitive to his own situation, and he really doesn't want a big force to secretly take notice of him at this juncture, adding to the risk factor.
I immediately regretted that I didn't hide my identity with disguise when I went to Tinghua Tower, and now I've been left with a lot of trouble.
Some things are so wonderful. It seemed reasonable at first for some consideration, but with the passage of time, everything is no longer the same.
Rationally, he believed that it would be best to pretend that he could not find out and cut off the case. Li Hu had nothing to do with him anyway. At most, he would not accept the favor from Mr. Li. His efforts so far were enough to have a clear conscience.
But after all, it was the empress of the dynasty who asked Mr. Li to come to him. Without understanding the intention behind it, he really didn't dare to "fail" so easily.
He Gu has a headache as to whether to continue the investigation.
I couldn't make a decision at the moment, so I decided to leave it until tomorrow and wait until the remaining suspects in Tianlao were dealt with before weighing the matter.
In the outer room, Feng Yan opened her eyes.
His eyes were still stained with tears, and his eye makeup was a bit smudged.
I stared blankly at the ceiling. I don't know how much time had passed, but I was so tired that I slowly fell asleep.
Perhaps because she felt that there was no way out, compared to the previous night when she stayed up all night to prepare for the possible sneak attack of the man in the back room, she slept extremely relaxedly this night, without any psychological burden.