Liu Yu and his team of guards were not many. Qu Zhu was accompanying Liu Yu. After the disbandment of the Imperial Army, Qu Zhu, the former Imperial Army president, has been composing the intelligence investigation behind Liu Yu. With the help of his sister Qu Shu, the leader of the Che and Horse Gang, Qu Zhu did better and better in intelligence investigations.

Qu Zhu was reporting to Liu Yu about the investigation that the spies were rushing to sort out. Although the investigation was relatively general and still needs to be further detailed, what Qu Zhu found was basically the specific situation in Dongning Mansion.

Qu Zhu reported on the situation of population, geography, administration, past officials and current officials for a while, and Liu Yu listened without saying a word. He was not very concerned about what Qu Zhu reported. After all, these are too overly over paper, and everyone will know as long as they go to check.

Liu Yu walked to the entrance of a lively brothel called "Twilight Tower" and felt that although the brothel in Dongning Mansion was not as magnificent as the brothel in Chang'an City, it was also elegant, and there was no sense of incongruity between guests entering and leaving at the brothel. The guests were as calm and natural as if they had gone in and visited the vegetable market.

"Old Qu, this... how many brothels are there in Dongning Mansion?" Liu Yu stopped and asked at the door of the Yuelou.

Qu Zhu was a little surprised by Liu Yu's name. This was the first time Liu Yu called him "Old Qu" so politely. He used to be the title of Commander Qu and General Qu.

"There are 63 brothels in Dongning Mansion that have been filed in the government. As for secret prostitution and secret place, it has not been found yet."

Liu Yu thought for a while and said, "More than 60 families, many of them are there, how many are there in Chang'an City?"

"More than four hundred places."

Liu Yu smiled. There are more than 400 brothels in Chang'an City, of course, they are divided into different types. Many of them went bankrupt due to bad experiences. Then their girls were sold to other brothels. In the ancient brothel industry, women were their biggest assets, except for secret prostitutes. Any girl in brothels is a fortune, which means they cannot help but retire.

"Who else is there in Ling Daoqi's house?"

Qu Zhu replied: "Prince Ling's parents died early, they had a wife and two concubines, and a eldest daughter is currently seventeen years old. She is studying literature in the girl's bookstore in the city. In addition, Li, the second concubine in the Ling's second wife, just gave birth to a son last year and is still in her infancy."

Liu Yu nodded. The Ling family was considered to be a small population. If he hadn't married a concubine, he might not have even inherited the incense. Ling Hui was originally an imperial examination, and it would be difficult for a poor scholar to reach this point today.

"His father-in-law is Yu Hui, the former Minister of Personnel?" Liu Yu suddenly asked.

Qu Zhu nodded and said, "That's right."

Liu Yu sighed: "No matter how capable you are, if you don't have a background, you will not be able to sit firmly in your official position. Although Yu Hui has retired and returned to his hometown, he is also considered one of the powerful officials."

Officials like the Minister of Personnel have students everywhere, and many people are willing to curry favor with them and form a circle of officialdom with them as the core. They take care of each other. Liu Yu also knows this very well.

Liu Yu was particularly concerned about Yu Hui because of the relationship between Yu Hui and the old emperor. When Liu Yu suspected that the old emperor was entrusted his or her orphan, he thought of Yu Hui too much. But because Yu Hui retired and returned home, the emperor was far away, and finally Yuan Bolang inherited the important task of entrusting his orphan.

Liu Yu then wondered, would this Yu Hui have a certain relationship with King Su Zhe of Chu?

When the King of Chu paid food in Huaibei, the old emperor should have greeted Yu Hui and asked Yu Hui to provide assistance in the local area. Later, the old emperor Bintian was very close in time, so it was very likely that this aspect was also possible.

"His daughter, have you betrothed?"

"Not betrothed yet," Qu Zhu said, "This woman is very talented and famous in Dongning Mansion, and she is beautiful and beautiful. There are many people who propose marriage in Dongning Mansion, but the Ling family refused one by one. Even the dignitaries and nobles in the capital came to propose marriage, but Ling Hui refused in person."

Liu Yuxin said, it wasn't the imperial concubine prepared for King Su Zhe of Chu?

Liu Yu thought about it for a moment and felt that it might be too ignorant. But this line needs to be carefully checked no matter what. Thinking of Ling Hui's ignorant appearance and thinking of him having a beautiful daughter, Liu Yu felt an undepressed evil fire in his heart.

Before leaving Chang'an City, Liu Yu felt that he treated women like a gentleman, and even Li Zheer had never touched him. But after leaving Chang'an City, Liu Yu felt that he was dyed black by a large dyeing vat, and he always felt a throbbing in his heart.

Liu Yu stood at the gate of the Moon Tower for a while, but did not go in. Instead, he watched some people who described as vulgarity enter an alley. Liu Yu looked into the alley and immediately felt relieved. There was a gambling hall in the alley, and those people were gambling.

In the Dashun Dynasty, there was no explicit regulation prohibiting gambling, and only persuading the people to stay away from the game by educating the people. But people always have times of greed. The stimulation of gains and losses in gambling can be said to be an entertainment method that extremely satisfyes people's psychology, so gambling has a great breeding ground among the people.

Small gambling is good for love, while big gambling is harmful to the body.

Gambling halls are not like brothels that need to be opened in downtowns to attract attention. The so-called wine is not afraid of deep alleys. Generally, gambling halls are opened in alleys. Although they lack the advertising effect of the storefront, there are still constant gamblers. Gambling mainly relies on the publicity of gamblers.

"How many gambling halls are there in Dongning Mansion?" Liu Yu asked again.

Qu Zhu looked at the paper on his hand and said, "The investigation is not detailed. There are about a dozen companies, and there are also many of them secret gambling shops that have not been filed in the government."

"oh."

Liu Yu nodded and said, "Let's go in and take a look."

Qu Zhu said: "A general should not go there when the gambling house has complicated product flows. You will know when the subordinates send someone to check it."

"Don't worry, we just treat it as ordinary gamblers. There will be no problem with going in and gamble for two." Liu Yu took the first step, and then Qu Zhu and the guards followed closely.

Liu Yu's idea is very simple. As Qu Zhu said, this gambling shop is a place with complex quota, but it is also a shelter station for intelligence. The people are easily fooled by local officials. However, these gamblers who often have a big ups and downs often have a unique view of the world than the people, and they themselves have no fear and do not have to give face to local officials. Of course, they get more information here than the outside world.

Liu Yu arrived at the entrance of the gambling house, and there were two wise men standing at the entrance of the gambling house. Seeing that Liu Yu, the official young man, had a lot of followers, the wise men in the gambling house were obviously a little afraid.

"Why, why don't you invite us in?" Liu Yu asked with a smile.

One of the experts said: "The two must not be locals, but knowing that the emperor is now in Dongning Mansion?"

Liu Yu smiled and said, "I know what, but I don't know what?"

Zhike said: "The government has a notice that industries that damage local storefronts will temporarily be rectified and closed down, and gambling houses are not allowed to open to welcome guests."

"Then do you still open the door to do business?"

The next to him, the words of Zhike became much more vulgar: "The emperor doesn't want to come to the street. He lives in his palace and has a large army of imperial guards. What's the matter with us opening our gambling house?"
Chapter completed!