"Yesterday afternoon, was there anyone..." The maid stopped mid-sentence.
Xu Mu had no choice but to take out ten taels of silver again, and then the other party said: "I took it to Miss Biluo. I have to ask her where she went last."
"Can you take me to see Miss Bi Luo?"
"Of course, she probably hasn't received any business today, but let me remind you, she is very expensive!"
"Stop talking nonsense and let's go. Do you want any money to lead the way?" Xu Mu said angrily.
"Your Majesty, look at what you said, I am leading the way. How can I still collect money from you? Come with me." The maid happily stood up and led the way. She will definitely get some benefits from Biluo afterwards.
The restaurant and the brothel are connected by a long corridor, with a pavilion built in the middle. There is another corridor to the south of the pavilion, which, needless to say, must lead to the gambling house.
When the two passed by the pavilion, they saw a thirty-year-old man in white drinking alone at the stone table in the middle of the pavilion. There were four or five wine bottles on the stone table, as well as a long sword with a somewhat broken scabbard and a tassel.
It is even more sparse with only a few strands left.
The maid led Xu Mu around the man carefully. Xu Mu saw that the swordsman's hair was disheveled and his eyes were blurred. He seemed to be young, but his face was full of vicissitudes of life. The sword must be anything but ordinary.
Although the scabbard is old and broken, it can be seen that the surface of the scabbard is made of complicated gold and silver craftsmanship. Its exquisiteness is comparable to the ceremonial swords of the Qi royal family. I couldn't help but praise "What a sword!"
The swordsman seemed to move, as if he was too lazy to look back, and continued to drink. Xu Mu didn't ask until he was far away, "Is that the nurse your family hired?"
"It's the guardian invited by the city lord. Just don't mess with him and you'll be fine! This answer is considered a gift. When you arrive, you wait outside the door and I'll call someone." The maid led Xu Mu into an elegant courtyard and then went into the house to announce.
, not long after, he happily exited and asked Xu Mu to come into the house by himself.
Xu Mu felt a little nervous. This was the first time he visited a brothel alone. He straightened his clothes and pushed the door open. The room was filled with decorations from the Western Regions, and the colors were a bit exaggerated. Qingluo was sitting on the bed with a charming posture.
, smiling brightly, looking straight at Xu Mu with a pair of blue eyes.
I'm from a foreigner. I don't know if I can speak Chinese. Xu Mu thought to himself, worried that the other party wouldn't be able to explain clearly, but since he's already here, he might as well ask questions quickly: "Miss Qingluo, can you speak Chinese?"
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"Well, a little bit, how about it? Just now?" Qingluo took off the gauze scarf draped on her shoulders, revealing her milky white shoulders, and a layer of pale golden hairs could still be vaguely seen on her shoulders.
Xu Mu felt a wave of nausea and hurriedly waved his hands: "Why, don't you play the pipa first, sing a ditty or something?"
"No." Qing Luo replied with a smile, which was quite charming.
"No hurry, no rush, I have to ask a question first." Xu Mu said.
"explain."
"I heard that a young man in his twenties came here yesterday afternoon..." Xu Mu asked.
"I've been here several times, but I don't know which one it is."
"Wearing the clothes of the Northern Zhou aristocrats, the kind that are made of silk and satin inside and out..."
Qingluo's expression changed and she said: "You bastard! You won't give me the money, but you still want to rob me!"
"Where's that bastard?" Xu Mu asked hurriedly.
"He's been arrested and is in prison," Qing Luo said bitterly.
"Do you know where the prison is?"
"Sir, what do you want to do?" Qing Luo was a little suspicious of Xu Mu's purpose.
"You answer my question first, and you will not be short of money."
"In the outer city barracks, hum, no one can escape!" Qing Luo said.
"How can we release him?" Xu Mu asked.
"He owes me two hundred taels and robbed me of something worth eight hundred taels, so he has to pay five times the amount, which is 5,000 taels, before he can be released, and he has to add interest every day!" Qingluo said.
Xu Mu weighed the money around him. It was less than two thousand taels. Obviously, he couldn't redeem Helian Changji. Of course, he couldn't spend money to redeem him. He went in to confirm his identity. Killing the guy was enough. Thinking of this, he felt
After thinking about the countermeasure, he took out twenty taels of silver and put it on the table in the room, saying: "Miss Qingluo, these twenty taels are considered as money for questioning. I have to leave beforehand."
"Stop! The minimum you need to enter this house is two hundred taels!" Qing Luo was trembling with anger. She was one of the most popular girls here. Money is a small matter, but face is a big deal.
"I'll give you another ten taels, no more." Xu Mu took out another ten taels of silver and turned around to go out.
"Someone's coming! Someone wants to take advantage again!" Qingluo suddenly shouted at the top of her voice.
Xu Mu ignored it, but before he reached the entrance of the courtyard, four guards had already appeared in the courtyard, but they did not take action, waiting for Xu Mu to walk out of the courtyard.
Xu Mu looked outside the courtyard door and saw that the drunk man he had seen in the pavilion was already blocking the outside with his sword. He couldn't help but be shocked. He had only walked ten or so steps, but the other person was at least forty or fifty feet away. He was so fast.
That’s it! Of course, Xu Mu thought he could do it calmly, but the other party’s drunken state didn’t seem to be fake. He didn’t even see a trace of breath when standing with the sword in hand. It seemed that his cultivation level was not lower than his own.
, looking from the front, his appearance is also extremely handsome. I really didn’t expect that such a person would show up to a brothel or a casino!
"Get out of the way, what do you want to do?" Xu Mu asked.
"For the sake of your knowledge of swordsmanship, I will let you go as long as I make up the money." The drunkard said in a deep voice.
"I won't give you even one more penny." Xu Mu said, deliberately revealing his four energy channels, waiting for the other party to subdue him.
The drunkard didn't say much, took a step forward, and punched Xu Mu's right chest. It was actually the power of the four meridians.
Xu Mu could tell from the moment he made a move that the opponent also had hidden pulses. This punch was extremely delicate and could not be used by ordinary four-meridians. Since the opponent made a move, it was the best. Of course, it was impossible for him to hit the chest.
, he took a step back, his short shoulder moved diagonally behind him, preparing to be hit in the shoulder by the opponent and then surrender.
The drunkard obviously didn't expect Xu Mu to dodge so fast, and he insisted on hitting the original position with some stubbornness. When his feet moved, the punch flew to Xu Mu's chest.
How could Xu Mu be willing to suffer such a disadvantage? When Lan Shan moved, he still pretended to be unable to dodge and used his shoulder to catch the attack, but he inadvertently used the power of the six meridians.
The drunk man actually put away his fist and murmured: "The fourth pulse must be wrong, brat, if I can get away again, I'll let you go!" After saying that, the same punch came, this time using the sixth pulse.
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Xu Mu couldn't help but be horrified. The opponent's Liumai's punch didn't look any weaker than He Qizhou's, and his footwork was comparable to Lan Shan's step. If he kept hiding his strength, sooner or later he would be hit by the punch on his right chest. He was so desperate.
Next, his true energy surged, and his steps were wrong. This time he no longer dodged, but took the initiative to punch him.
The drunk man lost his temper again. He didn't expect Xu Mu to have such superior strength. Facing the punch coming straight at him, he neither wanted to apply more force nor dared to withdraw the punch, so he could only punch Xu Mu forcefully.
After a loud "bang" sound, Xu Mu clearly felt that even if the other party only used the six meridians, his internal strength was still better than his own. Fortunately, no one used their full strength. Seeing the rare opportunity, they hurriedly used their fists to collide with each other.
He stepped back, one arm pretended to hang down, and he said: "Your Excellency, you have done a great job. I admit defeat. If you want to kill or behead me, please do as you please."
The drunk man finally opened his eyes and glanced at Xu Mu, snorted softly and said: "Since you want to go in so much, then you can let me go." After saying that, he walked towards the pavilion without looking back, and walked far away.
The next sentence should be to the brothel guard: "Take him to jail, he won't resist."
A guard hurriedly and cautiously stepped forward, tied Xu Mu's hands with ropes from behind, and then calmly shouted: "Let's go!"
Xu Mu felt that the rope was made of beef tendon. Although it was strong, it could not help him, so he let the guard push him and followed the guards to the cell outside the city.
Walking out of the city, the guard might have seen the bulge in Xu Mu's waist and wanted to reach out, but Xu Mu kicked him in the wrist. The guard screamed out in pain, pulled out the scimitar from his waist, and tried to use it.
Another guard beside him hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Don't do anything stupid. Are you going to pay for the money he owes?"
"If you dare to touch me again, I'll kick you to death!" Xu Mu's kick was considered merciless. The man was the one who pushed him.
"Huh huh, if you don't have any money after you go in, just wait for death! Leave quickly!" The guard put away his knife and said harshly.
The inner city is very small, and the outer city is not big either. It took less than half a stick of incense to walk into a military camp. Seeing the prisoners being taken, the guarding soldiers said hello to the guards: "Why are there so many people who are risking their lives recently?"
?Which number has it been in the past two days?"
"The fourth one, there have been a lot of people coming from Zhou Dynasty recently. It seems that this one may not be able to make money." A guard said with a smile.
"Bring it in." The officers and soldiers on night duty at the military camp said.
"Are you still not going to search me?" the guard asked.
"No search." The officer replied affirmatively.
Xu Mu lowered his head and followed the guards through a row of stone camps. In the open space surrounded by the camps in front of him, there was a row of prison cells facing north and south. There were about ten cells, each of which was only one room.
It is ten feet square, and like the barracks, it is entirely made of large stones. The difference is that the prison door is made of iron bars.
From west to east, we passed three cells. The first cell held three people, the second cell held four men, and the third cell also held four men. When we arrived at the fourth cell, the stone cell was empty, and the four men held Xu Mu in the cell.
There was a pause here, and one of them shouted: "We're here, let's go in!"
Xu Mu was already suspicious at this time. He always felt that something was wrong. Everyone in the first three cells looked ashen, and Helian Changji was not included. He wanted to look further but was afraid of alerting the guards, so he finally decided
I decided to enter the cell first. The iron bars on the cell door were no more than the thickness of a finger, so there was nothing I could do about it. I could sneak out and have a look later.
Xu Mu stepped into the dark cell, and the cell door closed with a sound, but the guards did not lock it. After Xu Mu took two steps inside, he suddenly pulled out a secret door, and then quickly locked it! Four
The guard quickly left the cell door again, and one of them shouted excitedly: "Please take a look, sir, is this the one?"