When the two returned to the city, it was completely dark.
Xu Yunchu had already waited anxiously at the Huazhuxiu, and was planning to go down the secret road to investigate, when Fu Ying reported that Su Fengnuan and Ye Chang had returned, he was overjoyed and rushed out to welcome them.
He looked at the two of them first, and seeing that there were no injuries or traces, apparently nothing happened, so he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How? Where is the exit of the secret path?"
Ye Chang glanced at the facade of Huazhuxiu, and said, "Let's go to my mansion and talk about it."
Xu Yunchu nodded.
Ye Chang ordered the people from the Ministry of Punishment to close the scene, and then returned to Rong'an Palace with Su Fengnuan and Xu Yunchu.
Back at Prince Rong'an's mansion, the housekeeper greeted him, and Ye Chang ordered, "Uncle Fu, tell the kitchen to prepare some meals. Uncle Xiao Guo will have dinner at the mansion tonight."
The butler responded and hurried away.
Xu Yunchu had no objection.
The three of them came to the living room, sat down, poured a cup of tea each, and Ye Chang told about the courtyard where the flower and candle show leads to the other courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing.
After hearing this, Xu Yunchu said in amazement, "Where does this secret passage lead? What's the use?"
Ye Chang said, "The first function should be to avoid passing the curfew at the city gate, so that you can enter and exit the city at will. The second function is that in the past, Feng Chao almost dragged Fengyang to die together, but now it is in ruins. The need. Function three, to be checked."
Xu Yunchu pursed his lips and said, "I never expected that my uncle would hide such a secret when he gave me the candle show."
Su Fengnuan took a sip of tea, looked at Xu Yunchu and said, "How is your uncle? How is he with the Guozhang's Mansion? Over the years, is there any secret that cannot be revealed?"
Xu Yunchu thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Uncle is very nice, he is grandmother's direct brother, if there is a secret that cannot be revealed, it is that he can't raise people and has no children under his knees. The rest is fine."
Su Fengnuan said, "He founded Huazhuxiu. It stands to reason that even if he has no children, he should be inherited by the nephew of the family, but it was given to you. In addition to you saving his life, and caring for his siblings Besides sister loving you, is there any other reason?"
Xu Yunchu said, "Most of the heirs of the Cheng family are hopeless and have no success. The Cheng family is declining day by day. Uncle means that the Guozhang's mansion is powerful, but the situation is not optimistic. The Huazhuxiu was given to me. He wants me to support me in the future." At the gate of the Guozhang's mansion, they took good care of the members of the Cheng family, and when the Cheng family's juniors have promising children, they will pass on the flower and candle show to the Cheng family."
Su Fengnuan said, "So, because of emotion and reason, you can't refuse it, so you accept it."
Xu Yunchu nodded, "Although the Guozhang's Mansion is powerful, it is indeed closed to the Jianghu. With the candle show, the eyes and ears are indeed widened."
Su Feng warmly said, "However, now we have found a secret way that is exactly the same as the royal family's secret way from the flower and candle show, and even, this kind of secret way is more exquisite than the secret way of the palace. And if I don't have a poisonous The antidote pill, Ye Chang and I will die of bone erosion poison today."
Xu Yunchu pursed his lips, "I never knew my uncle was involved in these things." After a pause, he continued, "I can't figure out why. He created the Huazhuxiu by himself. If there is a secret way here, he wouldn't Maybe you don't know, uncle is very smart, his subordinates would never dare to hide from him to do such things, it must be done by himself."
Su Fengnuan said, "I think the ruined secret road in the suburbs of Beijing has become a ruined courtyard. There should be more than just this secret road. It's just that I can't break it for a while, and I will go again tomorrow. See Let's see what else we can find."
Xu Yunchu said, "I will go with you tomorrow."
Su Fengnuan nodded.
The food was ready in the kitchen, and the butler brought the food to the living room. Ye Xi and Qi Shu were also called to have dinner together.
After dinner, several people sat down to chat and drink tea.
Su Fengnuan glanced at Ye Chang, then at Qi Shu, Ye Chang understood, and asked Qi Shu, "Do you know that Shen Qi's pseudonym Jiang Mu has often visited brothels these years?"
Qi Shu was taken aback, "What do you mean?"
Ye Chang said, "That's what it means."
Qi Shu couldn't get his head around for a while, looked at Ye Chang, and said puzzledly, "Back then, when he was young, he had a hidden disease. After a year of treatment, he was healed by Mrs. Meng. Later, he often went to the Red Pink House with us. Is it? It’s just listening to the music and making a fuss. You know that!”
Ye Chang said, "Except for Hongfenlou, has he visited other places under a pseudonym after so many years?"
Qi Shu scratched her head, "No? Why did you suddenly ask this?"
Ye Chang then told about Jiang Mu, whom Shen Qi used to use as an alias, visiting various brothels over the years.
After hearing this, Qi Shu opened his eyes wide, and said in disbelief, "Impossible? Why didn't we know about him?"
Ye Chang said, "It seems that there is someone else."
Xu Yunchu also heard something, and said, "Brother Shen Qi should not be that kind of person."
Qi Shu said, "That is, if he is that kind of person, we brothers have to know."
Ye Chang said, "It seems that we have to check it out."
Qi Shu asked, "How do we investigate this? The entire Shen family has been wiped out, and Brother Shen Qi is dead."
Ye Chang said, "Although the person is dead, if you want to investigate, you can find out. As long as there is such a thing, it is impossible to leave no trace."
Qi Shu said, "These years, we followed you, and we never went to other houses except Hongfenlou. I really didn't expect such a thing to happen. If Brother Shen Qi really kept this matter from us, after so many years, we wouldn't Maybe you can really hide it, there will always be some wind, right?"
Ye Chang nodded.
Ye Xi said, "This is really interesting." After finishing speaking, he said, "The old bustards in the big brothels that can gain a foothold in the capital are all human sperm. Especially, for so many years, the few of you have been in the capital and become famous. They are all very famous, whether it is Shen Qi or not, how could they not be able to tell if they are familiar with each other?"
Ye Chang said, "Tomorrow I will check it out myself."
Ye Xi said, "Anyway, I don't have anything to do recently, so leave this matter to me. In case the pink powder stains your body, my junior sister suffers."
Su Fengnuan laughed and glared at Ye Xi.
Ye Chang glanced at Ye Xi, "Since my cousin is not afraid of getting your body dirty with pink powder, then I will thank you."
Qi Shu said at this time, "Count me in. Brother Shen Qi is dead, but there is still such a thing. It has a bad reputation. I can't just sit idly by."
"Okay, count you in." Ye Xi readily agreed, "In case I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it by myself."
The two agreed on this, and Xu Yunchu also agreed with Su Fengnuan and Ye Chang to go to the ruined courtyard in the suburbs tomorrow. It was getting late, and Xu Yunchu left the Rong'an Palace.
After returning to the main courtyard, Ye Chang hugged Su Fengnuan by the waist and said in a low voice, "Nuan'er, I ran outside for a day today, and I feel cold. How about we take a bath together to get rid of the cold?"
Su Fengnuan put his arms around his neck and chuckled, "Do you want to get rid of the cold, or to warm the jade and the fragrance?"
Ye Chang also smiled lowly, bit her lips, tossed and lingered, endlessly gentle, "All of them."
Su Fengnuan greeted him lightly, and said with a smile, "It's all up to you."
Ye Chang's heart fluttered, and he couldn't bear it, he carried her into the inner room in three or two steps, put her on the bed, and leaned over her body.
Su Fengnuan reached out and beat him, "Water!"
Ye Chang's eyes were already tinged with emotion, and he said in a low voice, "I'll ask for water later."
Just as Su Fengnuan was about to say more, Ye Chang had already kissed her, making her swallow everything she wanted to say.
The clothes were all undone, the curtains fell, and the room was lingering.
When the wind stopped and the rain stopped, Ye Chang got up, put on his clothes, went out, and ordered at the door, "Bring a bucket of warm water."
Someone answered yes and went immediately.
Ye Chang didn't come back immediately, and waited at the door. After a while, someone came with a big wooden barrel. He motioned for them to stop, and he carried the water himself, and entered behind the screen.
Su Fengnuan lay in the brocade quilt, not wanting to move at all.
Ye Chang came out from behind the screen, stretched out his hand to open the curtain, hugged her with the quilt in his arms, and after removing the screen, put her into the wooden barrel.
Su Fengnuan lay lazily in the wooden barrel, coquettishly to him weakly, "I'm so tired that I can't even move my fingers, you are responsible for washing me."
Ye Chang smiled lightly, undressed her, got into the wooden barrel, hugged her, lowered her head and kissed him, and said passionately, "Of course I am responsible, not only for helping you wash, but also for everything you have. .”
Su Fengnuan reached out and beat him.
Ye Chang hugged her body, the soft and delicate person in his arms, the skin was like a brocade, with exquisite curves and unevenness, accompanied by water vapor, infecting her flowery and delicate face, making him mesmerized.
He couldn't bear it and went crazy.
That night, the water temperature turned from hot to cold, and then turned cold again. After a few times, Su Fengnuan didn't even have the strength to speak, so Ye Chang let her go, and carried her back to the bed in the inner room.
Su Fengnuan quickly fell asleep.
Ye Chang felt sorry for Ai Lian for a while, but couldn't bear the sleepiness, and fell asleep with her.
On the second day, Su Fengnuan didn't wake up until it was three poles high in the sun. She opened her eyes and saw Ye Chang lying on the head of the bed. The sunlight from outside came in through the window and the curtain, which showed that the sky was already bright. She immediately asked, "What time is it? Has the appointment with Xu Yunchu passed?"
Ye Chang nodded with a smile, and said to her, "It's time. He's been waiting in the front hall for an hour. I saw you were sound asleep, so I didn't call you."
Su Fengnuan hugged the quilt, speechless for a moment, blushing and staring at him, "It's all your fault!"