Chapter 103 Let's go together [ask for monthly ticket! ]

Liang Yue immediately returned to the imperial city and went to the Horse Drinking Station.

When he arrived at the gate of the Horse Drinking Station, he ran into Cao Yi who was rushing out. Seeing Liang Yue, he asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"Did Guo Chongwen run away?" Liang Yue asked.

"How did you know?" Cao Yi was surprised. "I just received the news."

"You have your eagle eyes, and I have my informants." Liang Yue asked with a smile, "How could the person being watched by the Horse Drinking Supervisor be lost?"

"It's very strange." Cao Yi said with a little bit of embarrassment, "He was fine when he attended the court this morning, but he has not left the imperial city since the court was dismissed. When our people found something wrong and sent people into the imperial city to look for him, he had completely disappeared. There must be someone in the imperial city to pick him up."

Although the headquarters of the Horse Drinking Bureau was in the imperial city, the imperial city was a blind spot for their surveillance. The area where the emperor was active was not a place that these secret agents could enter and exit at will.

But it is indeed strange that Guo Chongwen disappeared in the imperial city.

The court was held at the same gate, and Guo Chongwen would eventually come out as long as he was guarding there. Even if he hid in the imperial city, he couldn't escape.

Unless there's someone inside to help him out.

Liang Yue said: "My informant told me a place where he might go. Why don't you accompany me to take a look?"

Cao Yi looked at Liang Yue with a little more approval, as if to say that the person sent by the Eastern Palace was indeed not simple.

Not only did he know that the person had escaped, he also knew more information than the Horse Drinking Station.

The two of them left the imperial city together. However, when they passed by the Zhuxie Yamen, Liang Yue suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "It's a bit bad for the two of us to go there. It's too easy to alert the enemy."

"Who else do we need to bring?" Cao Yi asked.

Liang Yue said: "Wait a moment, I'll go call a friend."

He slipped into the Zhuxie Yamen and pulled Chen Ju out.

Chen Ju had just arrived at the new yamen these two days, and was looking forward to performing well. He dressed neatly every day and came to the yamen early to show off his skills, attempting to attract the female cultivators from the Zhuxie Division.

Unfortunately, except for Da Qiao, the other female disciples didn't even look at him.

Qiao Caiwei went to see him not for any other reason but because she said that she rarely saw such a classic "August Peach Blossom" appearance, and she had to take a good look at it as a review of physiognomy.

Chen Ju happily asked if August Peach Blossoms meant that he had a lot of peach blossoms. Da Qiao said that yes, his fate was full of peach blossoms, but they were all rotten into mud, that's why it's called August Peach Blossoms.

Chen Ju was still happy. He said that no matter whether it was a good or bad fate as described in the physiognomy book, as long as Miss Da Qiao looked at him a few more times, it was a good fate.

Da Qiao told him to get out.

When Liang Yue went to find him, he was free and was pulled out directly.

"This is Lord Cao Yicao from the Drinking Horse Supervisor. We have a mission to carry out and we can't do it without you." Liang Yue said.

"What mission?" Chen Ju perked up when he heard it. "I am so important?"

Liang Yue said: "We want to go to the Red Light Alley to look for someone, but we don't look like the kind of people who would go to that kind of place, so we have to take you with us to make it look good."

The so-called Red Light Alley is actually not called this name.

It is a small alley behind Hongxiufang. There are no big brothels like those in the alley. Instead, they are all independent secret rooms, that is, private prostitution.

This kind of secret door dare not put up a sign, so they just hang a red lantern on the door to indicate that it is open to receive customers.

Liang Yue looked righteous, while Cao Yi looked sinister. If only the two of them walked in, someone with an eye would be able to tell at a glance that something was wrong.

But with someone like Chen Ju around, the average temperament of the three people would become much more vulgar, and immediately fit in with the entire street.

……

Soon, the three of them arrived at the narrow alley paved with bluestone slabs behind Hongxiufang.

There was a row of red lanterns hanging in front of the many narrow doorways ahead. From time to time, one or two furtive people would come forward and knock on the window of one of the houses. After a few words, the door would be opened and they would be welcomed in.

Cao Yi whispered: "To be honest, this is the first time I've come to a place like this in my life."

"That's a pity, Brother Cao." Chen Ju was a very outgoing person. He had become familiar with Cao Yi along the way. He chuckled and said, "You don't have a chance to eat pork, but you have to see how the pig runs."

Liang Yue couldn't bear it and said, "It would only make me sadder if I saw it. It's not necessary, right?"

"Anyway, the difference is just a matter of three or two breaths, the rest is the same." Chen Ju shrugged.

"Can they really be the same?" Liang Yue didn't believe it.

Chen Ju also shook his head and said, "Of course I don't know the details. If I had been cut like that, I would have died long ago."

Liang Yue praised: "Or maybe the people in the Horse Drinking Supervisor are really powerful."

"Isn't that right?" Chen Ju said, "They are so strong mentally. This means Brother Cao and the others are real men."

Cao Yi took a deep breath, exhaled, and said, "Please, let's do our business."

It was also the first time in his life that he heard someone dare to talk about this in front of him.

They are really two great dads.

But now he still has to rely on Liang Yue's information to find people, and he can't turn his back on him.

Even if I'm so angry that I vomit blood, I have to swallow it back.

"Okay, okay." Liang Yue pushed Chen Ju and said, "Go ahead."

"Just follow my buddies and everything will be fine." Chen Ju took the lead and walked into the alley, naturally feeling like a fish in water.

Following Liang Yue's instructions, he walked to the thirteenth household on the left, to a small black wooden door, and knocked on the secret door skillfully, three light knocks and one heavy knock.

Snap, snap, snap. Tap.

……

Earlier before they arrived, there was also a conversation inside this secret door.

A man dressed in black sat on a chair and said with a smile: "Just work hard here. I guarantee that you can earn ten times more in Shendu than in Beizhou."

Opposite was a woman in her twenties. She looked okay, but her face was covered with a lot of cheap makeup, which made her look a little strange.

She asked in confusion: "This place is so good, why didn't people do it before?"

The man said, "They worked for two years and saved enough money to buy a few acres of land and build a small building, becoming rich. You can also work for two years and it will be the same when you go back."

It's not something that one can do just by saying so, otherwise one will be bullied to death.

There are also gangs here. The one in charge of Red Light Alley is called Wild Fox Gang. They are not very powerful in Longyuan City, but they can definitely make a lot of money by guarding this alley. Because they are protected by officials, no other gangs come to rob them.

This morning, the original tenant here left, and the people from the Wild Fox Gang couldn't let the house be empty, so they immediately recruited another good girl to take charge.

The woman was worried and said, "I'm just worried that the guests in Longyuan City might be different from those in our place. I heard that people in this big city are open-minded and many of them have strange habits."

"Hey, we're all two-legged people, what's the difference?" The man waved his hand and said, "Whatever the customer asks for, you should try your best to satisfy him. If he asks for something too much, you should ask him to pay more."

"Okay..." The woman had no choice but to nod.

Just at this moment, there was a knock on the window outside.

"Go quickly, be smart." The man urged, "We must get the first order no matter what, and make a good start."

"Yes!" the woman agreed.

Then he skillfully changed his expression to a charming smile and opened the window a crack, "Who is this distinguished guest?"

I saw three young faces outside the window.

Handsome, vicious and vulgar.

The wretched face leaned over and smiled, "Girl, we came here specially to do that job, you know that, right? What's your price?"

This person is Chen Ju.

What he wanted to inquire about was the price of escaping and boarding the ship.

But with his demeanor, the woman didn't know what was going on, so she naturally thought they were just ordinary scholars. She looked around and asked, "Which guest is coming?"

This kind of thing often happens in the red light alley: a group of bad friends come in together, each chooses a secret door to enter, and then leaves together.

As this is her first business deal, she definitely hopes it will go smoothly.

I hope that except for this wretched guy, any of the other two will do.

Then Chen Ju waved his hand and said, "Let's go together."

"Three people together?" The woman was slightly surprised.

I had heard that people in Longyuan City were open-minded, but I didn't expect to encounter one on my first order.

"Yes." Chen Ju nodded.

"Then..." The woman gritted her teeth secretly, thinking that since it was her first order, she had to take it anyway, so she also responded, "You have to pay more."

"No problem." Chen Ju laughed, "I will definitely not be short of money for you."

"Hehe." The woman also smiled, "It's good to have money, come in quickly, three brothers."

"What are you cutting so quickly?" Cao Yi suddenly frowned and punched the window frame.

There was a bang.

Liang Yue hurried over to hold him back, "Brother Cao, calm down, that's not what I meant."

The woman was startled and asked hurriedly: "What is this for?"

"Hey——" Chen Ju also stopped in the middle and advised: "Girl, my friend used to work in the palace... There are some words that you can't listen to..."

"The eunuch is coming too?" The woman immediately understood and was very surprised.

I could tolerate it if it was a little weird, but isn’t this too weird?
"What's the matter?" Liang Yue said, "He can't stay in the palace any longer."

What he meant, of course, was that Cao Yi was going to run away with them, but when the woman heard that, she thought that the eunuch was also feeling restless.

After thinking it over, she decided to just let him be a eunuch, which would save her some trouble. She gritted her teeth and said, "It's not impossible, but I have to pay more!"

The three of them were a little puzzled when they heard this.

Why are eunuchs discriminated against even though they run away?

Could it be that he was afraid that there might be problems with the people in the palace and that they would be involved in some serious consequences?
But in order to get on board, he still said, "No problem."

Anyway, as long as we catch Guo Chongwen, money will not be a problem.

"Okay, you guys go in first." Seeing that the matter was settled, Liang Yue said, "I'll go get my horse. Should be okay? If you take it, I can give you extra money."

The woman's eyes widened completely, full of disbelief.

"The horses are coming too?"

　Good morning
　
(End of this chapter)