Yao Yao breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "You can't tell anyone about this brand, especially Han Changmu."
Bao Cheng nodded deeply: "Don't worry, we are fellow villagers. We are the only people in the world who come from the same place. I will never betray you."
Yao Yao was relieved and shouted outside: "He Denglu, is there anything to eat? I'm hungry."
"Yes, yes, I'll go to the kitchen and have a look. Boss Yao, just wait." He Dengglou responded and ran away without looking back.
Bao Cheng looked at the figure rushing into the night and sighed: "They are really sincere to you."
Yao Yao also sighed: "Speaking of which, people at this time are still simple-minded, unlike our time, when everyone was as smart as a thousand-year-old fox."
The night was getting darker, Chang'an City was extremely quiet, and most of the candlelights were extinguished. In the dark night, the moon was half-lit, and the chessboard-shaped inner square was silent.
At this time, Chang'an City seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. The only thing still awake was Pingkangfang. The water-red lanterns in the square stretched all the way to the horizon, illuminating the entire Pingkangfang like water.
The sound of silk and bamboo in the classroom had long since stopped, and the official prostitutes and the servants who guarded the ladies were all under separate supervision. Xue Lu, the commander of the temple, followed Han Changmu fearfully, waiting carefully for fear of saying something wrong. Half a word can lead to death.
Han Changmu didn't ask any more questions. He just sat in the hall with a cold face. There was a loud thumping sound from upstairs, which was the sound of the wolf-like and tiger-like internal guards kicking down the door.
Every kick on the door was like a kick on the apex of Xue Lu's heart. He kept trembling, and the calculations in his heart were rattling. He secretly planned to kick down these doors. You can ask Taichang Temple. How much money does it cost to repair it, and how much money can he get out of it.
"Mr. Xue, are you feeling sorry for the doors you kicked down?" After a long pause, Han Changmu suddenly spoke in a conspiratorial tone.
Xue Lu was shaken hard, and he was speechless and didn't know how to reply. He only had one thought in his heart, this is a monster, otherwise how could he know what he was thinking?
After waiting for a long time, before Xue Lu could speak, Han Changmu smiled coldly again: "Master Xue has made so much shady money, do you want to be greedy even for repair expenses?"
Xue Lu seemed to have been struck by lightning. He stood there with a gray face and opened his mouth numbly.
Han Changmu turned his head and glanced at Xue Lu, then raised his voice and said "hmm" softly.
Xue Lu was so frightened that his face turned pale. He knelt down with a thud and knocked his head firmly on the ground. His voice was crisp and loud, and he said in a trembling voice: "Master, master, and villain are also confused for a moment, villain, villain will never be the same again." If you dare, the villain will no longer dare to take in people of unknown origin, and will no longer dare to be greedy. I beg you, sir, to let the villain go."
Now it was Han Changmu's turn to be surprised. He just wanted to scare Xue Lu, but he didn't expect that this man was really in trouble. He sat upright, coughed lightly, and slowly, word by word, hit Xue Lu's heart. : "Then please explain the matter clearly and speak it nicely."
Xue Lu banged his head and cried with tears streaming down his face: "You villain, I just want that little money, so I just gave in and agreed to that one, that one is called Huo Zhen, and he was hired in the Jiaofang One room, long term stay.”
Han Changmu squinted his eyes, vaguely feeling that something was wrong here. It was not a big deal to have a room in the Jiaofang all year round. Why was Xue Lu so scared?
He asked in a low voice: "Who is that Huo Zhen? How did you find out that there was something wrong with him?"
Xue Lu cried bitterly: "Little man, the little man didn't know it at first, but after he moved in for three months, he didn't call her Hua Niang once. The little man also discovered that his beard was fake and glued on. The villain, the villain realizes that he is just like the villain, he is an eunuch."
"Eunuch." Han Changmu said in shock: "Is this fire really the eunuch in the palace?"
Xue Lu raised his head and said, "I don't know. I often walk around the palace, but I have never seen this person. Later, I paid attention to the list of servants in the palace, but I couldn't find this person's name."
Han Changmu suddenly became suspicious, but he was still able to hold his own and asked expressionlessly: "So, can I be in the classroom today?"
Xue Lu shook his head and said tremblingly: "They were there before your Excellency ordered the closure of the workshop. Later, when your Excellency arrived to search the workshop, they disappeared."
Han Changmu knocked on the bed hard and continued to ask: "If you have anything else to hide, please tell me all."
Xue Lu poured everything cleanly like beans from a bamboo tube. What he said was nothing more than deducting money and treating the flower girl harshly, but at least he didn't kill anyone. Only one thing caught Han Changmu's attention.
He concentrated for a moment and asked: "Are you saying that Tuoba Fuyun gave you money and medicine, asked Ruan Jun to fake her death, and then took her out of the workshop?"
Xue Lu knelt straight and sold Tuoba Fuyun very neatly: "Yes, he gave the villain a thousand taels of silver, either to buy Ruan Jun's death or to buy the villain's life. The villain is afraid of death, and also thinks that Ruan Jun has ruined her appearance. Instead of suffering in the classroom, it is better to let her out of the sea of suffering, which will be regarded as a good deed for the villain, so the villain agreed. "
Han Changmu refused to believe that Tuoba Fuyun fell in love with Ruan Jun out of lust. He must have other motives. Seeing that Xue Lu had already said it very clearly, he pointed at the two inner guards beside him and said: "Follow Mr. Xue to the room under Huo Zhenbao and search carefully."
Xue Luying claimed that he was leading the two guards upstairs.
At this time, He Zhenfu also led the inner guards downstairs, walked into the hall, bowed and replied: "My lord, I have asked everything clearly."
Han Changmu looked solemn: "Say."
He Zhenfu said: "Hua Niang, the deeds of the prison lady and the boys have been checked. They are all death deeds, and they all have documents that can be checked. There are no people with unknown origins, and there are no abnormalities in their rooms. According to the Jiaofang The intermediary said that the visitors in the past few days were all regular customers, and most of them were officials. Especially today, there were no unfamiliar faces, and no one had left the Jiaofang before. After the door was sealed, only one man named Huozhen left suddenly. However, I checked with the internal guards and found that no one had gone out until the workshop was searched." He took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and unfolded it to Han Changmu. Look: "Sir, this is a portrait of Huozhen painted by someone who is good at painting in the art studio."
Han Changmu took a look and found that Huo Zhen was about forty years old. His phoenix eyes were slender and upturned, shining brightly. His aquiline nose looked sinister. The two nasolabial lines on his face were extremely deep. His lips were extremely thin, and the corners of his mouth were hanging down. He had a bitter look on his face. The face, the two small mustaches on the lips look extremely weird, and are very incompatible with this face.
He subconsciously ignored the two small beards, thinking that this person should have been a fair-faced and beardless man with a very deep yin energy.
He thought that Xue Lu might have guessed well. This man was indeed an eunuch. If he was not from the palace, he was from outside. Those who needed officials outside the palace could only be from the palace.
Eunuchs are different from palace maids. If they purify their bodies in one day, they will not be able to come out for the rest of their lives. They can only die of old age in the palace or the palace.
While he was concentrating, two guards in charge of the search came downstairs. One of the guards placed a purple-gold copper Boshan stove on the food table.
The inner guard bowed and said, "Sir, the room is very clean, except for this incense burner."
Han Changmu nodded, took it over and looked at it carefully. All the ashes in the incense burner were poured out, leaving only some residue in the gaps.
The incense ashes still had some lingering fragrance, like orchid and musk, and the smell was very strange. He thought for a while and wrapped the incense burner carefully. Although he couldn't identify what it was, Bao Cheng could definitely identify it. He didn't believe that this thing had anything to do with it. Raising gu has nothing to do with it.
He squinted his eyes and sighed softly: "If this person didn't have something in his heart, how could he clean up the room and escape overnight after the internal guards closed down the Jiaofang? When he left, Pingkangfang had already imposed a curfew, and he couldn't get out. Go, He Zhenfu, and instruct the inner guards to take the portraits to various flower buildings to inquire, and even scare him out."
He Zhenfu bowed and said yes, and hurriedly called a dozen internal guards, asking them to remember Huozhen's appearance clearly, and sent them out to investigate.
Seeing that there was nothing left to investigate in the teaching workshop, Han Changmu raised his head and said to Xue Lu in a deep voice: "Do you want to make meritorious deeds?"
Xue Lu's knees were sore from the cold. He originally thought that he had sinned in the hands of this Living King of Hell and would definitely be dead this time. When he suddenly heard Han Changmu's words, he was overjoyed and instantly understood what Han Changmu meant. , this person is holding his life and forcing him to serve. He kowtowed repeatedly and said: "The villain is willing. The villain is willing to do the hard work for the adults. From now on, the villain will obey all the affairs in the teaching workshop." Your Majesty’s arrangements will never be concealed.”
Han Changmu squinted his eyes. This man was really smart and transparent. He nodded and said solemnly: "That's very good." He paused and said, "I remember that there are three Jiaofang envoys in the Jiaofang." ."
Xue Lu straightened his back suddenly and said with stern eyes: "Yes, sir, the other two Jiaofang envoys entered the inner Jiaofang resident in the palace to watch the officials and prostitutes rehearse new songs."
Han Changmu raised his eyebrows: "Then, this teaching is not Master Xue's Yiyantang."
Xue Lu's expression changed, and he firmly seized this opportunity and refused to let go: "If the adults can trust the villain, the villain will turn this teaching workshop into a forum for adults."
Han Changmu raised his lips noncommittally, smiled suddenly, stood up, and walked out slowly.
Xue Lu didn't understand, turned around, followed Han Changmu's back and kowtowed again: "Sir."
Han Changmu paused, turned slightly, looked at the dancing candlelight, and said calmly: "Master Xue wants to serve me, but you must also see if you have the qualifications. If I am patient, Master Xue must also be patient." ."
After saying that, he walked out of the classroom without looking back, got on his horse, and rode away under the full moonlight.
