Chu Mu looked at Mother Zhang kneeling on the ground with deep eyes.
Then he took out the "Xianglou Secret Book" from his arms, squatted down, and threw the book in front of her.
"Explain it."
After Zhang's mother saw the "Secret Book of Fragrance House", her heart skipped a beat.
This book is her secret treasure here, but it is not for sale to the outside world.
Why does Prince Ning have it?
She raised her hand to pick up the book, wanting to see if it was from their Xianglou? Or has it been copied?
But before her hand touched the book, Chu Mu's fingers pressed on it, stopping her movement.
Mother Zhang retracted her hand and replied tremblingly: "This book should be from our Xianglou, but we don't sell it to outsiders. It is only for the girls in the courtyard to read."
Only for the girls in the courtyard to read?
Chu Mu's eyes became colder and colder, and he asked again: "If that's the case, why do you claim that you don't know the woman in the portrait?"
According to the madam, the daring woman must be from her place.
"You must have heard of my method. Since you are so stubborn, let's try the criminal law in my palace. Recently, I have a new method and I am in need of someone to test it."
A voice soaked in ice sounded, like strands of spider thread, coiling around Zhang's mother's neck inch by inch, making her suddenly unable to breathe.
"Nanfeng, take people away."
"Yes, Your Highness." Nanfeng ordered and immediately picked up Mother Zhang who was lying on the ground.
How could Mrs. Zhang survive such a fright? Suddenly his whole body went limp.
He shouted hurriedly: "Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life, I say, I say it all."
Chu Mu curled his lips and revealed a terrifying sneer.
He waved his hand, and Nanfeng threw the person he picked up back to the ground.
Mother Zhang crawled on the ground again, and then spoke tremblingly.
"Then, the girl in the portrait is indeed not from Hanxiang Tower, but yesterday...yesterday, a...person came to me...and gave me a hundred taels, asking...to make way for a wing."
"But the woman in the portrait?"
"No, it's a young man. However, that wing is indeed occupied by a woman, but I haven't seen her true face. I wonder if she is the person the prince is looking for?"
After Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, she raised her eyes and glanced at Chu Mu, then lowered her eyes anxiously.
"Where is the woman who lives in the wing now?"
"Should...should be in the backyard."
The young man just now gave her another banknote, asked her to find clothes for the rough lady, and arranged a rough job position.
She was obsessed with money for the moment, so she asked someone to make arrangements without thinking too much.
If nothing unexpected happens now, that person should be in the backyard where the bucket is placed.
"Lead the way!" Nanfeng picked up Zhang's mother again and ordered.
Mother Zhang didn't dare to disobey, so she quickly walked to the front and led people to the backyard.
It took nearly half a quarter of an hour to get there. This courtyard was connected to Hanxiang Tower, but it was isolated, probably to isolate the unpleasant smell.
Sure enough, as he approached the yard, a pungent smell wafted over.
Chu Mu raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose in disgust.
Soon Mother Zhang walked to the courtyard door and pushed open the creaking wooden door.
The smell became stronger and stronger, hitting their noses directly, and everyone almost couldn't help but vomit.
Chu Mu suppressed the nausea in his heart and walked in.
He looked around and saw no one.
But I have to say that if she could think of hiding in a place like this, that woman was really cruel to him.
"Search!" Prince Ning ordered.
The guards behind him filed in and began to look at all the barrels and places where people could be hidden.
But nothing was found.
Ruan Tang, who was sitting on a high branch of the big tree in the yard, looked down through the thick leaves.
Chu Mu's tall and straight figure stood below, obviously far away from her, but she felt a strong sense of oppression for no reason.
This is the kind of coercion that can only come from a superior person.
Her heart was beating fast. She didn't expect the madam to sell her so quickly.
Her money was wasted. If she could get away today, she would definitely settle the score with her and spit out the money she had eaten.
Fortunately, she responded quickly. Fortunately, in her previous life, she grew up in a rural area, catching fish and birds, climbing trees and digging out eggs. She did a lot of these things.
Otherwise, she would not have been able to climb the tree, and now she would have been chopped down by King Ning.
However, at this moment, the man raised his head slightly, and his dark eyes fell on the tree.
As if looking at her through the thick leaves, Ruan Tang's feet softened and she almost fell from the tree. Fortunately, she calmed down in time.
The man's eyes also moved away, looking elsewhere.
Ruan Tang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But Prince Ning below suddenly waved, Nanfeng walked quickly to him, and saw him whisper a few words.
After a while, Nanfeng turned around and suddenly flew up the tree quickly.
Things happened so fast. Before Ruan Tang could react, Nanfeng grabbed her clothes behind her neck. With one jump, she was carried flying to the front of King Ning Chumu.
As soon as Nanfeng threw it, she fell to the ground, lying at Chu Mu's feet.
Ruan Tang was thrown so hard that stars appeared in her eyes, as if she saw the black and white impermanence waving to her.
She greeted all the eighteen generations of Qingfeng's ancestors in her heart. Couldn't she stay by her side and protect her if nothing happened? It made her so embarrassed now.
Before Ruan Tang could calm down, Chu Mu knelt down, reached out and pinched her chin, and lifted her face up.
When he saw a face full of wrinkles and age spots, he was slightly startled and retracted his hand.
Only then did Ruan Tang realize that he was not the young girl with stunning appearance, but an old woman.
She screamed in a hoarse voice, "Oh, I killed this old lady. You young people are really tough on me. I'll go up the tree and dig out the eggs, okay?"
Chu Mu looked at the person in front of him and couldn't relate to the woman that night. He stood up angrily.
He turned to look at Zhang's mother, who looked confused.
"Didn't you say that she is here? Why is she such an old woman? Are you trying to trick me?" Chu Mu was furious, with a look that made him want to chop Mother Zhang into pieces.
Zhang's mother was also confused at the moment. She clearly remembered that a girl stayed here.
Although she did not personally arrange for her to move in that day, Xiao Xi, who was sent to deliver food, came back and said that when she saw the figure from behind, she was indeed a little girl.
Why have you become an old woman now?
She knelt on the ground and hurriedly explained: "The slave family doesn't know why? However, the slave family doesn't know this old woman. She is not from my Hanxiang Building. She must be with that girl."
Ruan Tang, who originally thought he would escape, heard Zhang's mother's words and was so angry that he wanted to stand up and give her a thumbs up.
Sure enough, Chu Mu's attention returned to her. This time he did not squat down, but stood and looked at her condescendingly.
He stretched out his foot, stepped on one of her hands, and then rolled it around.
Ruan Tang was so painful that she almost shed tears. Even though she had modified her hands, she couldn't help but ruin her skin and tender flesh like this!
She screamed, making an unpleasant ouch sound in her hoarse voice.
"Tell me, where did he go?" Chu Muhan asked, completely ignoring her wails.
Of course Ruan Tang has to fight.
She was crying, pinching her throat, and her low and hoarse voice was very ugly, "I don't know what you are talking about, young man, please let go quickly, my hand is about to be broken."
However, Chu Mu not only refused to let go, but also increased his strength, grinding her around again.
Ruan Tang was in so much pain that he almost blurted out the quintessence of Chinese culture.
Just when she thought her hand was going to be useless, a strange gust of wind suddenly hit her. Chu Mu, who was stepping on her hand, swayed and took a few steps back abruptly.
