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Chapter 363
"Oh?" He Lingjiang put down the jade hairpin in his hand and sat upright, "Let's listen."

Qiongzhi cleared his throat and told the story one by one.

The oil seller walked around the streets all day long and met a lot of people. Qiong Zhi stared at them for a while, but he didn't notice anything wrong.

When she was depressed, she discovered that this man had secretly gone to the brothel in Pingkangfang in the east of the city.

For a man in his prime, going to a brothel doesn't seem like such a novelty.

However, this brothel called Lanyinguan is located in Pingkangfang, and most of the people come and go with high-ranking officials and nobles, which is not something that a poor oil seller like him can afford to patronize.

Qiongzhi became suspicious, so he asked people to investigate carefully, only to find out that this person had a lover, and he was a servant in the back kitchen of the Lanyin Restaurant.

Since he was only a servant girl, and although the oil seller was a little poor, he had a good-looking face, and the resemblance between the two seemed reasonable.

Qiong Zhi originally thought that this time she returned in vain, and thought of simply trying to test it out. If there is no result, then give up and search in another direction.

She pretended to be a rich man who was having fun, and pretended to be drunk and bumped into the oil seller who had just come out of the back door of the brothel, knocking him off his feet in one fell swoop.

In the confusion, the oil seller actually dropped a letter in his arms.

He seemed to attach great importance to the letter, his face suddenly became tense, and he immediately put the things into his arms, even ignoring the money that the rich man wanted to pay him, he left in a hurry.

There are tricks!Qiongzhi was sure.

Sure enough, two days later, the oil seller came to the corner gate of He Mansion again, met the maid in the courtyard, and handed her a letter.

I don't know what was said in the letter, but since then, the maid has completely settled down and has no other actions.

"Qi Niangzi, there must be something wrong with the prostitute servant who met the oil seller, right?"

He Lingjiang narrowed his eyes slightly: "It doesn't look that simple."

She bent her index finger slightly, and tapped lightly on the table: "However, although it is the servant girl who showed up, she may not be the only one who has a problem."

Qiongzhi nodded: "My maid also thought so before. There may be other people in this brothel who also have problems. Maybe this servant is really a hand they have placed, or maybe this servant is just a cover. Secretly conveying information to others.

"In this way, in this brothel, the bustards, stewards, slaves, or prostitutes may have problems with the maids around them..."

He Lingjiang nodded lightly, and her voice was low: "Maybe, it's not just these individuals that are the problem, but the whole brothel."

Just like that shrine, in order to find out the news, they opened bookstores and gambling halls. It seems that it would be no surprise if they opened another brothel.

"Have you checked, who is the owner behind this Lanyin Pavilion?" He Lingjiang asked.

Qiongzhi nodded, and her tone was somewhat cautious: "It's Zhongshu Ling Zhao's family. The place was kept a secret, and the servant girl found out after going around several detours."

Zhao family?

The mother of King Duan, Concubine Zhao Xian's natal family?
It is not surprising that the rich and powerful have their own livelihoods.

But the matter of opening a brothel has always been shameless for the Qingliu family.

The Zhao family can be regarded as relatives of the emperor, and the head of the family holds an important position in Zhongshuling, so he actually owns a brothel in Yingdu?

If Yu Shitai knew about this matter, it might lead to impeachment, and having that Zhongshu made me quite a headache.

However, since he has been safe and sound so far, he thinks he has his own means.No way, even if there are censors, they just turn a blind eye.

Throughout the ages, people who use those women who cannot control their fate to open brothels only ask for two things.

One is seeking money, and the other is seeking news.

Money is easy to ask for, and for the Zhao family, which has jumped from a humble family to a prominent family, it is not something that cannot be obtained.

The key is the personal information behind it.

The brothel is a place of three teachings and nine streams, and it is opened in the Lanyin Pavilion in Pingkang Square, and most of the contacts are high-ranking officials and nobles.

As the Zhao family, the reason for setting up this Lanyin Hall privately is probably for the news of contacts, on the one hand, it is beneficial to my own affairs in the court officialdom, and on the other hand, I am afraid it is for the virtuous concubine and King Duan in the palace. ?

Although the crown prince has been on the throne for many years, after Linchuan's private mining incident, his position as crown prince is on the verge of crumbling.

Earlier, on the eldest princess's birthday, the emperor released the prince who had been imprisoned in the East Palace for many months. The prince was determined to win the emperor's favor again, but the lost sacred heart could not be earned back so easily.

But King Duan has always acted well, and has always been praised by the emperor.

With such a powerful opponent by his side, it's not that he wants to stare at the crown prince under his ass.

Although King Duan did not come from the main palace, isn't today's saint also on the Ninth Five-Year Plan as a prince and concubine?

He Lingjiang met Prince Duan once before at the eldest princess's birthday banquet. He was four years older than the crown prince, and his speech and behavior were mature and steady.

Compared with the prince who was a bit more refined, he was more imposing and imposing, and his eyes also revealed a bit of depth.

He Lingjiang has been traveling with his master since he was a child, and he claims to have read countless people.

Such a person is undoubtedly ambitious.

If the crown prince's position was considered stable before, after the Linchuan private mining case, wouldn't Prince Duan's heart start to stir?

It's not even certain that he made a move earlier.

He Lingjiang has always been suspicious that the spies in her courtyard were placed by the Jingu, but now they are inexplicably involved in the Zhao family.

This spy was placed in Yingdu by his family before they arrived.So, the Zhao family and Duan Wang were the ones who set their sights on her before entering Yingdu?
However, there are so many powerful families in Yingdu, and the He family, who has been away for many years, returns here, and their influence is not very prominent among them.

Although He Lingjiang made some achievements in Linchuan and Yaozhou, which attracted everyone's praise, and because of this, the emperor attached great importance to it and rewarded her, and even ordered her to be admitted to the department of failure.

But at that time, all her deeds were only passed on to the public.

In the eyes of the world, no matter how powerful she is, she is only the seventh lady of the He family, and she must obey the orders of the Patriarch of the He family.In the He family, He Xiangshan is the master.

At that time, she had not yet arrived in Yingdu, if the people in the court wanted to stare at the He family, they would only focus on He Xiangshan, the head of the family, so how could they focus on her alone?

This spy, she has observed, from martial arts to character, he is not to be underestimated, it is not easy to find.

With such a person placed beside her, the people behind it obviously felt that, compared to He Xiangshan, her movements required their close attention.

Wishing to stare at her all the time and get rid of her, He Lingjiang only thought of one——the shrine that she had foiled many times and punished the congregation.

Could it be that the Zhao family has another collusion with the Jingu?

(End of this chapter)