Ye Chang was waiting outside the Hongfen building, and when she saw Su Fengnuan coming out, she raised her eyebrows.
Su Fengnuan handed him a list in his hand, and said in a low voice, "Jiang Mu is Shen Qi? You should know a lot about him, right? Come back and tell me the inside story."
Ye Chang took the list, glanced at it, squinted his eyes, and said decisively, "It's true that Jiang Mu is Shen Qi, but he never set foot in other brothel places except Hongfenlou."
Su Fengnuan was taken aback, "What do you mean?"
Ye Chang said, "Is this list given to you by the bustard? What did she say?"
Su Fengnuan lowered his voice and told Ye Chang what the bustard said when he mentioned Shen Qi.
Ye Chang nodded and said, "He did have a hidden disease before, but he was cured by the doctor Meng long ago. It was only when he was thirteen or fourteen years old. Later, apart from listening to music in Hongfenlou with me, he really I haven’t been to brothels elsewhere.”
Su Fengnuan asked suspiciously, "Then what's going on? My people won't lie to me, especially when you expose it all at once."
Ye Chang frowned.
Su Fengnuan said, "The elders of Bixuan Pavilion are coming to Beijing today, and she will go to Rong'an Palace in the evening. I will ask her again at that time. Could it be that she made a mistake?"
Ye Chang said, "She has been in the capital for many years, and she has earned your trust. I have also dealt with her for a long time. In terms of loyalty, there is no need to say anything. In addition, she is very capable in running the Red House. If she said so, she should not wrong."
Su Feng said warmly, "Is there something else hidden here?"
Ye Chang said, "There are two points, one is that Shen Qi kept it from me, and the other is that someone took his name."
Su Fengnuan said, "If Shen Qi kept it from you, it would be a simple matter. It's nothing more than a hidden illness, which cannot be said. But if I can keep it from you for a day, how can I keep it from you for many years? Since he was thirteen or fourteen years old It's been four or five years. If he hadn't kept it from you, then it would be hard to tell."
Ye Chang said, "Exactly, if I don't know the details of the people around me, how can I call them brothers and sisters?"
Su Feng warmly said, "For so many years, have you not cared much about other brothels other than coming to Hongfenlou?"
Ye Chang said, "Of course, if it wasn't for listening to Sese playing and singing "Thinking of the King", do you think I would go to Hongfenlou?"
Su Fengnuan looked at him with a smile, "Maybe, it's just that you don't care much. After all, you've been living in a muddle all these years since I haven't returned to Beijing."
Ye Chang nodded and said truthfully, "That's true."
Su Fengnuan said, "Isn't Qi Shu in your mansion? Go back and ask him tonight, he is different from you, you sometimes get drunk for three months and sleep for three months, and the statement and Qi Shu are also friends with Shen Qi people. Maybe better than you."
Ye Chang nodded, "Okay, I'll ask her when I get back today."
The two of them stood at the entrance of Hongfen Building, and a group of people from the government office searched each brothel.
In addition to Red Sleeve Tricks, Hongfenlou, Huazhuxiu, Yurenfang, Meirenzhai and other brothels were searched all over.
It was getting late, and after everything was searched, everyone came to report, but nothing was found.
Ye Chang pursed his lips, "It seems that we can only start with the people recruited by Hongxiu."
Su Fengnuan thought for a while, and said to Ye Chang, "The case of the agency's secret way cannot end in Hongxiu Zhao. I think maybe they don't understand the agency." After saying that, she looked at the brothel shops along the street, and said to Ye Chang Said, "You and I will go and check the flower and candle show carefully."
Ye Chang raised his eyebrows, "Why do you check the Huazhuxiu alone?"
Su Fengnuan said, "The case of the government's secrecy began in the Guozhang's mansion. Since Concubine Yuegui intends to harm the Guozhang's mansion, it must have ended in the Guozhang's mansion." After finishing speaking, she said, "I heard that the owner behind the Huazhuxiu is the Guozhang's mansion." Human's own brother?"
Ye Chang nodded, "Exactly."
"Go, go and have a look." Su Fengnuan said.
Ye Chang also felt that what Su Fengnuan said made sense, so he nodded and entered the flower and candle show.
Prince Donggong had an accident, Qinghuafang in Lingyun Town and Hongxiuzhao in Beijing were closed down and scattered, and the Prime Minister's Mansion was implicated in the case of Concubine Yue, but it was safe and sound. Therefore, relying on the Prime Minister's Mansion and The flower and candle show that survived is still running a business.
Seeing the two coming, the old bustard rushed out to welcome them.
Ye Chang glanced at her leisurely and said, "Let everyone in the building leave their rooms and courtyards, and Miss Su and I will search each room and courtyard by ourselves."
The old bustard was startled, but knowing that the two of them searched the Huazhuxiu, there must be a reason, so she didn't dare to disobey, nodded repeatedly, and while ordering people to come out, she quietly sent someone to ask someone to inform the owner behind the scenes.
Su Fengnuan and Ye Chang searched carefully along the courtyards of Huazhuxiu's rooms. Half an hour later, in a boudoir in a courtyard, they found the secret passageway exactly the same as that under Xu Lingyi's bed in the State Zhang's Mansion.
The two looked at each other, thinking that they had guessed right.
Su Feng warmly said, "Where does this secret passage lead to?"
Ye Chang said, "Go down and find out."
Su Fengnuan nodded.
Just as the two were about to go down, people shouted "Uncle Xiao Guo" to pay respects from outside, so the two stopped and waited for Xu Yunchu.
Xu Yunchu came to this place very quickly, and when he saw the secret passage in the room that was exactly the same as that under Xu Lingyi's bed, his whole face sank.
Su Fengnuan looked at him and said, "I thought that the secret path started from the Guozhang's Mansion, and it should also end at the Guozhang's Mansion, so I came to check here carefully. Sure enough!"
Xu Yunchu pursed his thin lips into a line, and said, "I've never been here before, so I don't know there's a secret passage."
Ye Chang said from the side, "I can't blame you, after all, you are a gentleman, and you never set foot in the land of Hongpinhualou, even if it was made public by your uncle."
Xu Yunchu rubbed his eyebrows and said, "He handed over this matter to me three years ago."
Ye Chang was taken aback.
Su Fengnuan looked at Xu Yunchu, "Everyone in Beijing knew that he was behind the scenes, but they didn't expect it to be you now."
Xu Yunchu said, "Three years ago, my uncle was seriously ill. I asked Master Lingyun of Lingyun Temple to save him. After he recovered, he gave me this place. I refused, he said. Let me not underestimate this pink brothel, it is a good place to gather information. I will need it in the future, so I accepted it."
Su Fengnuan asked, "You didn't come after you accepted it?"
Xu Yunchu said, "Every half a month, the Huazhuxiu will send me news, including everything in Beijing and information about Jianghu."
Su Fengnuan came to a sudden, "No wonder when I met you, you seemed to know the Jianghu very well, so it was through the Huazhuxiu."
Xu Yunchu nodded, "Exactly."
Su Fengnuan said, "Your uncle seems to be a very remarkable person."
Xu Yunchu said, "When my uncle was young, he traveled abroad and wandered around the rivers and lakes. After returning to Beijing, he opened a candle show for the family to gain a foothold in the capital. He didn't want to be an official in the court, but liked to be in business. He used the meridian gold and silver to assist the family He is the financial support of the family. The flower and candle show is not only held in Beijing, but also everywhere in Southern Qi. Therefore, information spreads all over the world."
Su Fengnuan thought that she could marry into the mansion of the country's husband and become the husband of the country. Naturally, the family of the husband of the country is not an ordinary family, but also a residence of noble descendants. In order to survive, each government naturally has its own way of foothold and the root of the world. It is not surprising what the younger brother of the husband of the country has done.
She said, "He gave you all the flower and candle shows?"
Xu Yunchu nodded, "Yes, all the candle shows are given to me."
Su Fengnuan asked suspiciously, "Is it just because you saved his life? He didn't pass the Huazhuxiu to his heirs, but to your nephew who is separated by two layers of mountains?"
Xu Yunchu said, "My uncle can't raise people, and he has no heirs in his life."
Su Feng said warmly, "No wonder."
Ye Chang asked, "Where is he now?"
Xu Yunchu said, "Last year, he said that he was bored in Beijing for too long and went on a trip."
Su Feng said warmly, "That is to say, you haven't returned during the Chinese New Year?"
Xu Yunchu nodded, "Not yet."
Su Fengnuan asked, "I don't know where?"
"I don't know." Xu Yunchu shook his head, "I once used the Huazhuxiu to find him, but I couldn't find him, so I thought that maybe he didn't want me to find him, and wanted to find a quiet place to hide for two years. Uncle lived a free and easy life, presumably When you want to come back, you will come back."
Su Fengnuan said, "That's not right."
"Why not?" Xu Yunchu asked.
Ye Chang took over the conversation and said, "The Guozhang's mansion was imprisoned in the sky prison back then, and such a big incident happened, if he heard the news, how could he not return to Beijing?"
Xu Yunchu said, "The Guozhang's Mansion only stayed in the prison for three days. When Uncle got the news, the Guozhang's Mansion was safe and sound. Naturally, there is no need to come back."
Su Feng said warmly, "It also makes sense."
Ye Chang looked at the secret passage and said to Xu Yunchu, "I'm afraid it's not that simple. The secret passage here can explain a problem. Digging the secret passage here cannot be completed in a day or two. If others come to dig it, It’s impossible not to make noise, but you can’t hide it from your uncle. It can only be explained that he knows about this secret passage, and maybe he agreed or participated in the digging.”
Xu Yunchu used to believe that he went on a tour, but now that the secret passage was discovered here, he naturally thought of other things. He pursed his lips and said, "Let's go down and see where this secret passage leads to."
Ye Chang took a look at Su Fengnuan, and said to Xu Yunchu, "This is your territory now, you should stay here, and I will go down with Nuaner."
Su Fengnuan nodded, "You are up there, if we have anything, you can take care of us and save us."
Xu Yunchu could only nod his head, and said, "Okay, then be careful."