Day by day, New Year's Eve is approaching, and the New Year's atmosphere in Dongdu is also high. At dusk, the wind is blowing, and the smell of cooking smoke is in the air, and it's time to leave soon.
Immediately? It's going to be a holiday, and the other departments of the imperial city have nothing to do. They all start paddling around, and many prime ministers just don't come. In the peaceful atmosphere of waiting for the holiday, the town monster was too busy to fit in.
Li Chaoge searched for two days, thought about it, and still felt that the dancer from the Western Regions in Fenglailou was the most suspicious.
According to the information Bai Qianhe inquired, Lou Sheng, or An Jun, is the child of Orchid and the Han people, so why would she want it for no reason? Packaging it as a dancer from the Western Regions
Who inspired her
Li Chaoge called Bai Qianhe over and asked, "The last time we went to Fenglai Tower, the old bustard there said that Lou Sheng would make his debut in three days?"
Bai Qianhe nodded: "No? That's right, it's tonight?"
After Bai Qianhe finished speaking, seeing Li Chaoge's thoughtful look, he asked, "Commander, what do you want to do?"
Li Chaoge pondered and shook his head lightly: "No? What. No? It's your business. You can go to the office after you have sorted out the news and the map."
Bai Qianhe looked at Li Chaoge for a while, and seemed to understand something. Bai Qianhe said nothing, shrugged and left.
Soon, the imperial city was bustling with activity, the various institutions dispersed, and officials went out in groups of three or four. Following this, the restaurants, restaurants and brothels in the city also ushered in the most prosperous time of the day.
The old bustard of Fenglailou happily welcomes guests at the front door. Fenglailou is undoubtedly the star of Beili today, and this is the most popular place in the whole street. There was a lot of traffic at the front door, and at the back door where no one was paying attention, a maid walked quickly into the building with her head down.
Li Chaoge found a maid in the Fenglai Tower to serve him, hiding from the crowd all the way, approaching Lou Sheng's residence. The town demon officials searched Fenglailou, the old bustard and servants of Fenglailou recognized them, so Li Chaoge didn't bring other people this time, and came to Fenglailou alone to explore the way.
She is light and light alone, sneaking in is never easy to be found. Li Chaoge? Let's see what kind of tricks Fenglailou is playing.
Halfway through her walk, a group of maidservants suddenly came across. Li Chaoge hid in the corner of the wall silently, lowering his head to cover his face. The leading servant girl saw her, looked at her suspiciously, and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Li Chaoge lowered his voice and said, "Mama Zheng asked me to pass on a message to the girl."
"What time is it? What's the message?" The servant girl rudely stuffed a plate into Li Chao's singer and said, "Today is Miss Lou Sheng's big day, so where are the other girls? Don't worry about other things." Hurry up and deliver wine to the guests, if you delay Miss Lou Sheng's dance performance, see if mom doesn't break your legs!"
Li Chaoge lowered his head, didn't say a word, and followed at the end of the line holding the tray. Although the servant girl thought that this maid looked weird, there were too many guests in Fenglai Tower today, and soon someone else called the servant girl.
Li Chaoge followed the wine maid and walked towards the core of Fenglai Building. Because there was a team covering up, no one had doubts about Li Chaoge's identity along the way. When we reached the fork in the road, Li Chaoge looked left and right, then slipped behind the pillar without a sound, and broke away from the team.
She put the jug in a place where it would not be easily found, and walked quickly to Lou Sheng's residence. Li Chaoge dodged several crowds, pushed the door open, and slipped into the house through the back door lightly.
The last time I came to Lou Sheng's place to search, Li Chaoge had taken a good look at the terrain. Li Chaoge landed silently, the room was quiet, with curtains hanging around, it seemed that Lou Sheng was not there.
Li Chaoge unknowingly clenched the dagger tightly and walked quietly into the house. There was indeed no one in the room. When Li Chaoge passed the glass curtain, he was attracted by the painting inside again.
Li Chaoge couldn't help but lifted the bead curtain, walked slowly to the side of the painting, and stared at the painting carefully. The brushstrokes of this painting are very delicate. A graceful and elegant woman stands beside the flowers, holding a branch of flowers in her hand, and a plump and gorgeous peony on her hair. She was wearing a long pomegranate dress with a thin long-sleeved shirt outside, and a goose-yellow shawl between her arms. Li Chaoge glanced across the scroll, and finally landed on the red line on the right wrist of the woman in the painting?.
Li Chaoge felt that the red thread was strange the last time. Although she doesn't know how to paint, as a princess, she has met many literati, and she still has the basic ability to appreciate paintings. The woman in the painting looks like a noble lady, but the red thread on her hand is very strange. If she is a lady, why don't she wear arm rings, jade bracelets and other jewelry, but wear red thread
After the red thread is connected into a bracelet, it seems that it has not been cut off, and the end is looming, as if a thread has slipped into the clothes. Li Chaoge stared carefully at the sleeves of the woman in the painting, when suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the curtain beside him bulged like a sail, and the knife in Li Chaoge's sleeve immediately unsheathed, turned around and attacked behind.
A cold light flashed, and the curtain was cut in two and slowly fell down. The taupe veil fell, revealing the face of the person behind it. Li Chaoge was slightly surprised when he saw the other party: "Why are you?"
Gu Mingke blocked Li Chaoge's dagger with his folding fan, and was about to speak when he suddenly heard footsteps outside. Without further ado, Gu Mingke took a step forward and hugged Li Chaoge's shoulders, turned around and hid in the gap between the cabinet and the wall.
There is a long curtain that can reach the floor hanging outside the cabinet, and Gu Mingke pulls the curtain completely. Before Li Chaoge could react, she was stuffed into the gap. Gu Mingke stood in front of her, and the two of them were extremely close. This distance has broken through Li Chaoge's safe distance. She wants to? Remind Gu Mingke that she can hide on the beam?. However, just as Li Chaoge was about to speak, Gu Mingke pressed his lips.
Gu Mingke lightly pressed his index finger on Li Chaoge's lips, and said in a breathy voice, "Quiet."
As soon as he finished speaking, the outside door was pushed open.
In this way, even if Li Chaoge wanted to change places, he couldn't. She could only stick to the wall as much as possible, trying to ignore the touch on her lips.
Gu Mingke's fingers are long and slender, but his fingertips are cool. I don't know whether his body temperature is naturally low or it's too cold outside. In short, it doesn't seem like a normal person's body temperature. And the distance is so close, Li Chaoge can't help but smell him? It's not spices, but a cool fragrance.
It's a bit like the mountain breeze that pours in when you open the window in the morning, and it's also a bit like the bitter air blowing in from the snow on a moonlit night. It's a pure and pure smell. Li Chaoge suddenly remembered that celestial beings do not eat grains, but eat with spiritual energy. Could it be that this is the taste of spiritual energy
While Li Chaoge was thinking wildly, he heard the sound of footsteps outside, and then the door was shut with a creak. There are two people listening to footsteps, one of them is heavier and the other is lighter. The heavier footsteps spoke, and the voice was the old bustard: "Are you ready? All the guests outside are here, I? I will make the place so big for you. You can't embarrass me."
"I know." Another voice was Lou Sheng, "I've been preparing for a long time, Mom, just don't worry."
The old bustard was dubious: "Really?"
"Really." Lou Sheng said, "I? want to? get ready to go on stage, mom, you go to the front to watch the stage."
The footsteps of the old bustard went out, and said: "I'm going, you want to hurry up." Lou Sheng responded. Opening and closing the door? There was a sound of the door, and soon only Lou Sheng was left in the room.
To be precise, it was Lou Sheng alone, as well as Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke who were hiding.
There was the sound of glass beads colliding, and Lou Sheng walked into the compartment. Li Chaoge tensed up in the gap of the cabinet, and put his hand on the dagger unconsciously. While she was tense, a cool hand was placed on the back of her hand, signaling her to be calm.
Li Chaoge glanced at Gu Mingke, the two were close at hand, breathing and hearing each other. Li Chaoge breathed as lightly as possible, and looked outside through the looming gap in the curtain.
Outside the curtain, Lou Sheng untied the brocade bag tied around his waist, and took out a luminous pearl from inside. Li Chaoge remembered this bead. During the last search, Lou Sheng said that it was given to her by a benefactor.
The luminous pearl shines brightly in the light, and it really deserves its name. Li Chaoge realized that Gu Mingke's fingertips on the back of her hand moved. Li Chaoge understood it, raised his head and silently said to him, "You are for this pearl?"
Gu Mingke was very calm, and signaled her not to move around with his eyes. Outside, Lou Sheng knew nothing about the movement behind the curtain. Standing in front of the hairpin painting, she pulled out a red string from the scroll, carefully tied a knot in her hand, and then Hold the bright pearl, pray a few words in a low voice, and lightly shake the night pearl on the hairpin picture.
A strange thing happened, the woman in the hairpin picture gradually moved, slowly floated down from the paper, and became a living person. At this time, there are no ladies with hairpin flowers in the picture, only a single cluster of flowers left.
Li Chaoge's eyes widened in surprise, and he stared outside.
At this moment, Lou Sheng didn't know that her secret had already been seen by the other two. The women's clothes and jewelry floating down from the painting are exactly as depicted in the painting, and there is indeed a red thread tied on the wrist, which is connected to Lou Sheng's wrist. Li Chaoge immediately understood, no wonder Lou Sheng wanted to tie a knot on his wrist with a red thread just now. It seems that Li Chaoge's guess was correct. The woman's wrist in the painting was indeed tied by a red thread, and the end was hidden under the clothes. It extends all the way to the outside of the drawing paper, and is pressed into the scroll by Lou Sheng. Lou Sheng tied the red thread first before he dared to let the person in the painting out.
Most of the people in this painting are Fei Tian who escaped, and for some reason they were found and trapped by Lou Sheng. It seems that Lou Sheng has also mastered the method of manipulating Fei Tian? Lou Sheng shook the red thread on his wrist, and said, "You can't escape. According to our previous agreement, you help me finish this dance, and I'll let you go free."
The curtain swayed slightly, and the shadows of Lou Sheng and Fei Tian loomed outside. Li Chaoge wanted to see Feitian's whole picture, so he couldn't help but straighten his upper body, trying to see Feitian's face through the gap. She was so focused on flying into the sky that she accidentally hit something on her forehead.
Li Chaoge looked up and found that she was very close to Gu Mingke. Just now, her forehead hit Gu Mingke's chin? When she first came in, Li Chaoge tried her best to stick to the wall. It was Gu Mingke who pressed her lips. Now the situation is completely reversed. Squeezing forward, even hit Gu Mingke's chin.
There was a muffled sound when the two collided, and Li Chaoge looked sorry. Gu Mingke gave her a helpless look, signaling her to be quiet and not to disturb the two people outside. Fortunately, Lou Sheng was so focused on talking to Fei Tian that he didn't notice any other noises in the room. Lou Sheng gave Fei Tian the precautions for dancing tonight, afraid that Fei Tian would not understand, and specially reminded: "When you will be on stage, put on your veil, don't say a word, no matter who asks questions ?make a ?voice. When the dance is over, don't you delay, go straight to the back of the stage, and I'll be there for you."
Fei Tian nodded slightly, he seemed to be manipulative, very well-behaved and harmless. Lou Sheng felt relieved, took Fei Tian to the closet, and said, "Come and change quickly, Mama Zheng is in a hurry to wait."
Lou Sheng pulled Fei Tian straight to the hiding place of Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke, Li Chaoge's back straightened instantly. Gu Mingke pressed her hand and motioned her to wait. Lou Sheng didn't seem to find someone in the gap between the cupboard and the wall. She quickly opened the closet and took out a set of clothes that were exactly the same as her own. To Fei Tian: "Hurry up and change into some clothes, or there is no time."
Gu Mingke has been very calm since he came in. He was obviously stunned when he heard Lou Sheng's words. Li Chaoge's eyes were wide open, and he stretched out his other free hand, and was about to cover Gu Mingke's eyes immediately. Gu Mingke was forced to hold Li Chaoge's hand, and mouthed helplessly: "Don't move."
Li Chaoge also stared angrily, and opened his mouth to signal: "Close your eyes!"
Gu Mingke closed his eyes, and at the same time closed his hearing. Although Li Chaoge is a woman, she has no habit of peeking at other women changing clothes. She has nowhere to look, so she can only stare at Gu Mingke's face.
Ever since Li Chaoge had memories, Gu Mingke had always been calm, calm, and unhurried, and this was the first time he had shown a state of embarrassment. Li Chaoge stared at Gu Mingke, and found that his bones were smooth, his neck was slender, his skin was fair and clear, and he couldn't see any impurities. He was really good-looking. He closed his eyes, and the indifference in his eyes was covered up, making him look much softer, with a sense of innocence.
Li Chaoge himself thought she was crazy, she would think that Gu Mingke was innocent. Li Chaoge stared at Gu Mingke intently, trying to ignore the sound of changing clothes in his ears. I don't know if it's an illusion, but Li Chaoge always felt that Gu Mingke's ears were red.
Li Chaoge was quite unbelievable. She thought it was impossible, and thought to herself, it should be because of the light.
At this time, there was a voice of inquiry from outside the house, Lou Sheng hurriedly answered, put on a veil for Fei Tian, and pulled her towards the door: "Remember, when you leave this door, don't talk anymore .No matter what people ask you, you don't? Pay attention to it."
Lou Sheng wanted someone to dance for him and become famous, but he couldn't expose Fei Tian, so he could only design a tall, cold and mysterious image of a dancer from the Western Regions, so that Fei Tian would not speak and pay attention to others. After Fei Tian finished the dance, the person who came out was changed to Lou Sheng, so naturally Lou Sheng could say whatever he wanted.
Fei Tian nodded slightly. Lou Sheng hid behind the door, watching Fei Tian wearing the same clothes as her and going out alone. When people outside saw a person wearing a veil coming out of Lou Sheng's room, they all complained: "Sister Lou, you are too airy, you have to ask three times and four times to invite you out. Hurry up. Come on, all the guests are waiting for you."
Fei Tian really didn't say a word, and left surrounded by everyone. After everyone walked away, Lou Sheng stood up quietly, hid the hairpin flower picture in his sleeve, put on a black cloak, and quickly walked to the secret passage behind the stage.
Both Lou Sheng and Fei Tian left, and only Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke were left in the room. Li Chaoge breathed a sigh of relief, she leaned back against the wall, and after a while, she found that Gu Mingke was motionless. Li Chaoge was surprised for a moment, and suddenly remembered that Gu Mingke closed his eyes and seemed to have closed his hearing, naturally he didn't know that the two had left. Li Chaoge took some time off, stared at him and admired him for a while, and after confirming that he didn't know anything about the outside world, he shook his arm with a smile: "Okay, they're gone."
Gu Mingke opened his eyes, let go of Li Chaoge's hand calmly and calmly, and came out of the gap in a flash. Li Chaoge didn't seem to see through Gu Mingke's embarrassment just now, slowly lifted the curtain, walked into the room, and looked at the surrounding decorations: "Gu Shaoqing, what a coincidence."
While Li Chaoge was amused, he also felt rare in his heart. Which man is not lustful, and what's more, there is a pretty figure in the painting undressing in front of him. It is estimated that it is difficult for a man to resist not to peek. But Gu Mingke really closed his eyes and closed his hearing, obviously no one could check him, but he was able to strictly do not listen to evil or see evil.
This self-control is comparable to that of rare animals.
Gu Mingke performed the Qingxin formula, suppressed the embarrassment, and after regaining his usual calmness, he turned around calmly and said, "Isn't the princess here too?"
Li Chaoge tried his best to control himself, so as not to laugh out loud: "I? Come here? Investigate the case."
"Me? I'm also investigating the case."
When Gu Mingke spoke, his face was high and cold, with awe-inspiring justice. Li Chaoge thought of the scene just now, laughed a little, and quickly held back, saying, "I? Check slowly, I? Go after someone."
After Li Chaoge finished speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for Gu Mingke's reaction. Gu Mingke's goal is Ye Mingzhu, but Li Chaoge's goal is Feitian. Now that Lou Sheng and Fei Tian are outside, of course Li Chaoge has to catch up and take a good look.
Li Chaoge walked quickly all the way to the stage. At this moment, there is no need to identify the direction, and the place where the noise is the loudest is the stage. Li Chaoge walked a few steps, and suddenly came the old bustard at the opposite side of the corridor. Li Chaoge felt a chill in his heart, and it was too late to hide at this time, so Li Chaoge could only take a step back, leaning against the door and window, lowering his head to cover his face.
The old bustard had seen Li Chaoge himself, and Li Chaoge was not sure if he could fool the old bustard. Behind the old bustard was a little maid. She was going to go to Lou Sheng's room, but the old bustard was walking in the corridor and felt that something was wrong with the maid in front.
The old bustard has spent more than 20 years in the field of love and moon, and his eyes have been cultivated to be very experienced. He is especially accurate in seeing women. This woman's tall and slender figure, slender legs, excellent figure, and the jaw line exposed when she lowered her head always gave the old bustard a very familiar feeling.
It seemed that she had only seen this woman not long ago.
The old bustard slowly approached Li Chaoge, looked at her vigilantly, and asked, "Who are you? Standing here? What are you doing?"
Li Chaoge lowered his head, did not respond, his body tensed up quietly. Seeing the old bustard's appearance, he became suspicious. Li Chaoge probably couldn't get past it, so he had to force his way in.
Seeing that Li Chaoge didn't answer, the old bustard became even more suspicious. The old bustard pressed on, and asked sharply, "Who the hell are you? Look up."
Li Chaoge's arms were tense, and when she was about to make a move, there was a sudden sound of unhurried footsteps behind her. Then, a burst of fragrance hit, and Gu Mingke stepped into the corridor calmly. When the old bustard saw Gu Mingke, he immediately changed his smile and said with a smile, "Master Gu! Why are you here, Mr. Gu?"
"It's boring in the box, just come out and walk around." As he spoke, Gu Mingke glanced at Li Chaoge lightly, and said, "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you come here quickly."
The old bustard was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and said with an ambiguous smile: "So this is the girl Mrs. Gu ordered. Mrs. Gu said it earlier. The slave almost misunderstood just now."
As she said that, she looked at Li Chaoge, and said in a more emphatic tone: "Hurry up and serve Mr. Gu! I will serve you well in a while, don't want to disappoint Mr. Gu."
Gu Mingke was still aloof and cold, and his demeanor was as clean as the breeze and the moon, but he didn't make any excuses when facing the old bustard's explicit words, and silently acquiesced. Li Chaoge lowered his head, using Gu Mingke's figure to cover up, and brushed past the old bustard.
After walking a certain distance, Li Chaoge heard the old bustard talking to the maid behind her back: "Look, that's what men do. They look tall and clean like gods on the outside, but they also go to brothels in private. I heard that he is still a senior official of Dali Temple."
"Mom, who is the woman Mr. Gu ordered? I? I don't think I've seen it before."
"I don't know. This kind of indifferent people are usually very depressed in their hearts. Who knows what they like. Maybe Master Gu will like this."
"..."
Li Chaoge smiled softly, raised his eyes, and stared at him with a half-smile: "Master Gu, a box in a brothel? Do tricks? I really can't see it? Come on, is this how you ruined the reputation of Dali Temple outside?"
Gu Mingke sighed softly: "The situation forced me to do so in order not to arouse suspicion."
Li Chaoge sneered coldly: "I'm in vain? You praised you just now, thinking that your character is not enough to visit the place of fireworks. It seems to be me? Misunderstood. Heh, man."
Gu Mingke was helpless. It was obvious that he was trying to track down the lost evidence, but Li Chaoge was so unreasonable, and Gu Mingke had just rescued her, and now she was sneering at her benefactor. The little one has no conscience.
Gu Mingke led the way, and soon the box arrived. Gu Mingke gestured: "It's the second room in front."
Just as he was about to approach, the door of the box next to him suddenly opened. Gu Mingke quickly grabbed Li Chaoge and pushed her behind him. He Lanqing was also taken aback by the people outside. He looked up and saw that it was Gu Mingke, quite surprised: "Gu Shaoqing?"
Gu Mingke nodded slightly, always hiding Li Chaoge behind his back: "It's me?"
He Lanqing didn't actually? Note that there are women, but Gu Mingke's obvious protective action made He Lanqing care. He Lanqing glanced back, only seeing the woman's black hair top and snow-like skin. Gu Mingke sensed He Lanqing's movements, stretched out his sleeves to cover Li Chaoge, and said, "I
Without waiting for He Lanqing's answer, Gu Mingke walked away with Li Chaoge in his arms, his body always blocking his view from behind. When he arrived at the second box, Gu Mingke pushed the door open, wrapped his sleeves around the woman in his arms, and sent her into the box.
From the beginning to the end, He Lanqing did not see the woman's appearance.
He Lanqing raised the corners of his lips curiously, and his eyes brightened because of excitement. Interesting, now he is more and more curious, who is the woman who is protected by Gu Mingke like this
Gu Mingke was afraid that Li Chaoge would be seen out? Now that the brothel ruined her reputation, Li Chaoge himself didn't care much. She entered the private room, looked around, and said with a half smile: "Gu Shaoqing, you are really like a fish in water in the brothel."
Look at the quick reaction just now, the one-stop movement, hasn't it been done many times? Li Chaoge stared at Gu Mingke with piercing eyes. Gu Mingke didn't bother to pay attention to the white-eyed wolf who wanted revenge. He walked to the box, put down the curtain completely, and said, "Whatever you think. Be careful, don't be seen."
Li Chaoge frowned, and asked, "Why, are you afraid that people will see you and me in a brothel, and you won't be able to explain clearly after you go out?"
She really doesn't know a good heart, Gu Mingke is clearly afraid that her reputation will be damaged. Gu Mingke drew the curtain, sat down unhurriedly, and said lightly, "You are not afraid, me? What are you afraid of?"
Li Chaoge was caught off guard by these words. She felt that the meaning behind this seemed a bit strange, but before she could think about it, the sound of music and booing suddenly sounded outside.
Li Chaoge looked up and saw a woman standing on the stage, posing in a dancing pose, and the performance was about to begin.