After leaving Jiedushi Yamen, he needed a different kind of stimulation to numb himself from thinking about those eyes. And once this matter spreads, what will he face? So he dove into a brothel that he had never stepped into before. He even changed his stingy personality and ordered two oirans to accompany him. It's just that he is not afraid of meeting his colleagues and does not dare to go to those high-end brothels.
I just found a medium-sized brothel in the southwest of Chang'an City that was not very eye-catching. However, although this brothel is not of a very high quality, the women in it are still pretty. This guy is two things at a time. As for the pre-meal preludes like listening to some music and drinking some wine, he just skipped it. This guy who was eager to vent immediately carried the two women onto the bed.
Although he was a bit rude, this guy paid so generously that the two so-called oirans didn't care about it and instead served him diligently. At this time, this guy also discovered that no matter how many medicines he took on weekdays, he was not very effective, but today he was extra fierce for some reason. Then he left everything behind and devoted all his attention to it.
He was drunk and dreaming in the brothel, and he had no idea what happened to his son after breaking up with him. The place where Mr. Liao fell into Qujiang was a relatively remote place in Chang'an City. It was now dark and the streets were sparsely populated, so no one noticed that a drunk man fell into the Qujiang River and immediately sank to the bottom of the river.
Although due to the severe drought last year and the first half of this year, the water in Qujiang is not very deep, and there are even only a few trickles in some places in the river. But even with this amount of water, it is still easy to drown a drunk person. When the body of the deputy envoy of Jiedu was discovered the next day, he was already swollen from the river water.
At this time, Huang Qiong, who was still galloping around, had no idea that such a tragedy was happening less than two miles away from the Jiedushi Yamen where he was. It wasn't until the girls were exhausted from his torment and kept begging for mercy that he was completely satisfied and fell asleep hugging the two Madam Liaos who were equally exhausted and with tears in their eyes.
Although he worked very late last night, Huang Qiong still got up on time the next day. Just after getting up, even though I was exhausted from the journey, I felt extra refreshed. But looking at them, there were several women who were still sleeping, because they were exhausted from being tortured by themselves, with tears still in the corners of their eyes. Huang Qiong frowned slightly and said sorry sincerely.
But after getting up and getting dressed, the first thing Huang Qiong did was to look up at the beams of the house, which he had been suspicious of last night. While the girls were still sleeping, he lightly jumped onto the rafters. Sure enough, I found a plate of burnt incense ashes here. After taking a gentle sniff, Huang Qiong's already frowning brows could not help but frown even more tightly. She secretly hated herself for not remembering to eat but not to fight.
Counting this, it was already the second time that I had stumbled on this thing, but I was still unprepared. Now that I think about it, this fragrance is far less overbearing than the one used by Concubine Shen. But the aroma is vague, even quite bland, making it even more difficult to detect. Moreover, the medicinal properties are extremely unique. Judging from the behavior of several women last night, it seems that it only works on men, but not on women.
After taking a look at these incense ash, Huang Qiong did not dare to be careless. Although it had been burned out, Huang Qiong was still very careful and covered his nose and mouth with a handkerchief before collecting the ashes and putting them into a paper bag. After jumping down from the beam, Huang Qiong sighed and walked out of the house while looking at the sleeping girls. After leaving the bedroom, Huang Qiong found that several maids were already waiting outside the door with clothes in their hands.
He ordered the maids who disappeared last night and returned this morning to bring the clothes in. Huang Qiong left the yard after washing up and having a hasty breakfast. He ordered a few of his trusted guards to wait for the women in the house to wake up and immediately find a carriage to secretly send them all back to the capital. After returning to the capital, he went to King Yong and asked him to place these women in secret.
Before he returned to the capital, these women were not allowed to meet anyone, including the deputy envoy of Jiedu. Not to mention the women in his house and Princess Yong were not allowed to know. In short, in one sentence, the living treatment must be the highest, but this matter must be kept strictly confidential. As for the deputy envoy, after breakfast, Huang Qiong wrote two letters in his own hand and handed them to the guards.
After asking them to return to Beijing to settle several women, they handed this letter to the Privy Councilor and the Minister of War. Huang Qiong does not intend to allow this kind of person to stay in office, and it is necessary to transfer him away from Shaanxi. And not only must they be transferred away from Shaanxi, but they must also be placed where they can be seen and controlled.
After properly handling what happened last night. Huang Qiong ignored the deputy envoy who was waiting at the gate of Jiedushi Yamen early in the morning with a charming look on his face. He took the guards out and mounted their horses, and galloped all the way towards the Xijing camp. And when Deputy Envoy Liao, who had been awake all night and had been waiting for the results, recovered from Huang Qiong's indifference, Huang Qiong and his party had already disappeared.
At this time, he didn't care about the shame anymore. He hurriedly grabbed the horse and followed him with a few followers. But when he rushed outside the yamen of the Dianqian Si, he was blocked by the guards of the Dianqian Si. No matter how hard he tried, the guards who had been ordered to do so refused to let him in. Even when the King of England came out of the front office of the palace, he stopped him and refused to come near.
This flatterer has already photographed Deputy Ambassador Liao who does everything he can. He could only watch helplessly as he paid a huge price last night and the King of England had not given him any results yet. At the outer campus in front of the palace, after reuniting with the assembled army for the expedition, he immediately commanded the army to set off without even saying a word of unnecessary nonsense or even mobilizing words.
As for being blocked by the guards, he shamelessly refused to leave. Waiting outside the Si Yamen in front of the palace, Deputy Envoy Liao was waiting for him. At this moment, Huang Qiong, who has all his thoughts on the battle of Longyou, has the spare time to pay attention to him? He didn't even give him a look. Just kidding, it would be a shame not to arrest the guy who gave him the medicine.
After a hard night, I even used medicine to achieve my goal, but I didn't get even a word. Really unwilling to do so, he suddenly remembered that his wives, concubines, and his daughter and daughter-in-law were all still staying in the Jiedushi Yamen, where the King of England traveled. The King of England didn't say anything to him in the morning. Maybe he didn't mean to be cold to him, but just because he was in a hurry?
If the King of England thought it was inconvenient to say something, what promise would he leave to his wives and concubines? After spending such a high price on himself, the King of England should not be the kind of person who would put up his pants and refuse to admit his debt. Thinking of this, Mr. Liao was as wilted as an eggplant by frost because of the coldness of the King of England in the morning. He got on his horse again and hurried to the Jiedushi Yamen.
What he didn't expect was that the King of England was really the kind of person who wouldn't admit his fault even if he held up his pants. And not only did he not admit his fault, he even did it even more ruthlessly. When he turned from depression to excitement, he hurried back to Jiedushi Yamen. But he didn't expect that he searched almost all the yamen, even the warehouses and stables, but he couldn't find the person he was looking for.
After asking the people who stayed behind in the Yamen last night, I found out that early in the morning, the British King's bodyguards were transferred to replace the one hundred soldiers who were sent back to the guard army, and they took control of the entire Jiedushi Yamen. Those who stayed in the yamen, from officials to servants and even cooks, were gathered into the largest courtyard and were punished to run in circles for more than half an hour from morning until now.
During this period of time, they didn't know who came in and out of the yamen. As for the five hundred guards who were transferred to serve as guards, Huang Qiong had just woken up. Before he broke away from the gentle village and rushed to the Jiedushi Yamen. The generals who led the team directly followed the instructions of the King of England and returned to their respective stations early. They did not know anything clearly and did not know anything about it.
Unwilling to give up, he thought that those women had returned to his house, so he hurried back to his house, only to find that his house was still empty. All the servants said they had never seen the madam or young madam come back. Moreover, not only the madam but none of them came back, even the young master who went out with him last night also didn't come back all night.
The servant who answered his question was somewhat without discernment. After answering Master Liao's request, he didn't notice that Master Liao's face was extremely pale at this time. He asked stupidly. Didn't the madam, young master and others go out with him yesterday? Why did you come back early this morning? Where are the madam and the young master?
All affairs in the house are presided over by my wife. Every morning, the housekeeper and the maids in each room are accustomed to going to the madam to ask for instructions on daily affairs. Even if Madam is not feeling well, the Young Madam will take care of the affairs of the house on her behalf. Now that the masters are not at home, who is in charge of the affairs of the house? Also, the sisters from the two concubines have been looking for their mother since they woke up in the morning.
Because her mother was away, she cried all morning and didn't even eat breakfast. They also wanted to ask the master when the madam, the young master, the young madam, the young lady, and the two aunts would come back. The most important thing is that yesterday, Chang'an City was under a curfew because of the arrival of the British King, and no one was allowed to go out but no one was allowed to enter. There is not much firewood left in the mansion now, and the vegetables used for daily cooking in the mansion are no longer available.
The housekeeper is still waiting for the wife's consent to debit the money from the account. The bullock cart loaded with firewood is waiting outside the house, and he is paying the bill to the firewood head who delivers firewood to the house every day. If the madam doesn't come back, she won't be able to spend money, and she won't be able to buy firewood. The house won't be open until night at most, but even the kitchen can't be opened. What will everyone eat then? What can I use to boil water for you, Master, to make the Longjing tea you must drink every day?
Today is also the day when the family in the mansion pays the monthly payment. If there is no madam or young lady nodding, where will the monthly payment come from? At this moment, Mr. Liao, who is in a mess in his heart, does he have anything to worry about? After learning that the girls had not returned to the house, they immediately sent people out to look for them. The rest just sat blankly on the chairs, confused and wondering what happened.
As a result, when it got dark, the people who went out to look for the madam did not find her. Instead, they brought news that a drowned man was found in Qujiang today. And that person seems to be the young master in the mansion. After hearing the news, Mr. Liao, who had been in a state of despair for almost a whole day. It was like a bolt from the blue, and he finally woke up from his daze.
