I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 158 Fan Ming
"We need to talk!" Lu Xizhi said with a straight face.

Yuan Yanxi lowered his head and smiled, his eyes signaled that everyone else should go out first.

"Since it was discovered at the scene of the crime, why didn't you investigate further?"

"You girl, how do you know I didn't check?" He took a piece of pastry and put it into her mouth: "This is just made by the kitchen, your favorite rose cake, and red beans are specially put in it."

Lu Xizhi was gagged, and chewed habitually, um... the rich fragrance of roses, combined with the sweetness of red beans, every piece of taste buds danced with joy.

"Tell me, you must have found something." Chewing the pastry, she continued to ask vaguely.

About a hundred miles away from Yangcheng, there is a chanting building, which is actually a small island. There are two mountains on the island. Hou helped capture the traitorous general Xiao Nansheng for his meritorious service, and the emperor gave him this place as a retreat.

Later, Mrs. Hou Ye disliked the fact that it was near the sea and it was inconvenient to travel, so she handed it over to a distant relative to take care of it. Wealthy rich man.

In fact, since Yuan Yanxi took over Dongchang, he has noticed this luxurious and luxurious place. It is strange that, as a restaurant known to ordinary people, the security on the island is surprisingly strict, coupled with its privacy and geographical location. , he wanted to check more information, but was subject to many restrictions.

"Can't even go to the island with your identity?"

"Go." Yuan Yanxi stood up and walked behind the table, "Compared to the restaurants in the city, they are naturally more expensive and more refined. Other than that, what I saw was nothing different."

"However, the island doesn't use gold and silver to pay bills, and even gives it back to people..." He threw the copper coins in his hand, "If there is no accident, these two copper coins are likely to come from the Aria Building."

Lu Xizhi said with certainty, "You must have a way to secretly send someone to the island."

Yuan Yanxi nodded.

The Aria Building is an eight-story building, the entire outer wall is white, and there is a lot of traffic every day. famous rich man.For a period of time, some officials in the capital regarded visiting the Aria Tower as a kind of honor and a status symbol. You must be wondering, what kind of charm is there in that building that makes well-informed officials linger and flock to it.

"In the eagle's eyes, all the rabbits in the world are its food. As long as a rabbit is watched by the eagle, it will become its delicacy sooner or later." Yuan Yanxi said coldly.

In fact, this building looks a little rustic from the outside, but as long as you open the door, you will be a room full of luxury and money, spending time and wine, drunk and dreaming.The first floor is the reception counter, and there are special personnel to guide the way to all the floors of the Aria Building. What's ridiculous is that there is a calligraphy work with the four characters of "Fortune in Prosperity" mounted on the most conspicuous part of the gate.

Yuan Yanxi sneered disdainfully: "It's still Zhuang Shun's authentic work."

The second floor is the place to eat. In order to entertain his guests, the boss not only searched for good wine everywhere, but also spent a lot of money to hire a master chef with superb cooking skills from other places to cook the dishes himself. There are twelve private rooms on the second floor, which can accommodate about 60 people at the same time. For dinner, a lot of celebrity calligraphy and paintings were brought to each private room to decorate the atmosphere and be arty.

"From above, it is the real private place."

The third floor is a bathhouse for guests to bathe in. After drinking and eating, they can go there to relax. The boss has carefully selected many young and beautiful girls from all over the world to provide services for the guests.

Yuan Yanxi glanced at Lu Xizhi obscurely: "Each private bathhouse has a large wooden barrel that can accommodate many people, as well as a chaise longue for two people and a soft bed. Some guests can sit directly Rest after bathing."

"It's really disgusting and obscene." Lu Xizhi stuck out her tongue.

The fourth floor is a special place for guests to watch dances and listen to songs. There are not only private rooms, but also a large dance floor. Kabuki performers wear minimal fabrics to serve guests, sing and dance, and have fun.

The fifth floor is the guest room. Those guests who are still unsatisfied after taking a massage, bathing, singing and dancing downstairs can enjoy more services provided by women in those well-decorated guest rooms.

The sixth floor is the first-class guest room, which is even more luxuriously decorated. The spies came back and said that they even used real money to create the decoration. It is convenient for the guests who show their faces, the boss will directly hand over the portraits of the girls to the guests, and after they are selected, they will be arranged directly in the room.

You can't go up to the seventh and eighth floors, but according to the spies' reports, you often see the boss and the guests who have finished enjoying themselves go upstairs with some notebooks, which is probably the evidence of those power-for-money transactions.

Lu Xizhi said disdainfully: "The boss is really not easy. Think about it, if a person has experienced the one-stop service from the first floor to the seventh floor and enjoyed the one-stop service of the Aria Building, he will inevitably become a prisoner of the boss. From then on, It is up to those officials to serve up his wrongdoing and activities."

In the stairwell on the seventh floor, there is a painting of an eagle staring fiercely at a plump rabbit, with the inscription "Only me in the world" written on it.

"The boss behind the scenes is Xuan Pinghou?"

"No, Marquis Xuan Ping knew nothing about this matter, let alone the old Marquis, who was completely kept in the dark."

"Why are you so sure? If the Aria Building is really as arrogant as you said, there must be a huge person behind it as its protective umbrella."

"Although Marquis Xuan Ping didn't perform too amazingly after he became a prince, he kept a low profile. I sent someone to follow him for half a year and decided that this matter had nothing to do with him."

Lu Xizhi lowered her head, but thought of another thing.

"I remember, Fan Ming, Wei Buyi, Chang Renxin...they... seem to be very close to the prince?"

Yuan Yanxi smiled, "Your memory is very good."

"In the recent few cases, the contact with the prince is too frequent." Lu Xizhi also stood up and walked in front of him, "Including the corruption case of the Lu family, the tokens of the prince's guards are left everywhere, there will be Are there so many coincidences?"

A big blue sedan chair was carried by the bearer, and walked quickly through the bustling streets. Although the bearer's footsteps were fast, there was no bumps in the sedan chair. There was a handsome young man in the sedan chair. His skin is very white, just like those literati who sit at the table all day and shake their heads and memorize books. He is dressed in a light-colored robe, his hair is tied up with jade hairpins, and his posture is leisurely and elegant. His eyes look smart and proud.

It was Xuanping Hou Shizi, Fan Ming who had a relationship with Lu Xizhi once.

Although it looks like he is dressed like a nobleman, those who know him well know that Fan Shizi is a man with a deep city and a strong hand.

During the protracted battle to unify Dajin, the Xuanpinghou Mansion, together with General Xiao, made great contributions to the country, but later, he was also the main general who besieged and suppressed General Xiao Nansheng.

In the past few years, Marquis Xuan Ping successively proposed to Emperor Qi that he wanted to relinquish his military power and return to his hometown when he was old, but he was rejected by Emperor Qi on the grounds that the Marquis was highly respected, healthy, and could stay in office for a little longer.For Fan Zhengju, the fact that he was able to become an extremely human minister was all because of the kindness of the late emperor to him, and because of this, he took a step back when Qi Emperor repeatedly persuaded him to stay, and let his son take the title first, and then said that he He will cultivate a few capable generals, and when they can be alone, he will hand over the military power to Emperor Qi to make decisions. This year is the last year agreed by the two.

Although he proposed to stop, it doesn't mean that Fan Zhengju doesn't hear what's going on outside the window. Ever since he heard the rumors that Fan Ming and the prince were getting very close, he has been paying attention to the news of the turmoil in the court, but he didn't stop his grandson. Instead, he was waiting, waiting for the emperor to summon him, but recently, there was news that the old marquis was seriously ill.

Fan Ming's sedan chair passed by the palace, he lifted the curtain, and looked at the palaces with deep eyes.

As soon as it got dark in the imperial city, all the gates and small doors entering the palace were banned and closed tightly. The big and thick door bars fell heavily, and the doors were not allowed to be opened unless the emperor ordered them.During the day, with the sunshine shining, the quiet and majestic palace fully displayed the dignity of the imperial court and the nobility of the royal family, and the magnificent palace was even more imposing.

But once night falls, it will be completely different. There is no light in the magnificent hall, and it is dark, like a ghost temple.Even the square in front of the temple was not illuminated by a single lamp. It was empty and dark, giving people a sense of desolation and sadness.

There have always been many strange rumors in the palace, and the eunuchs in this palace are extraordinarily timid and suspicious. Therefore, after nightfall, there is no one in the palace. The daytime paradise is almost complete at this moment. Hades.

But it is this place that looks like the underworld, so many people yearn for it throughout the ages.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, the servant who led the lantern saw the lantern with the word "Fan" on it, and the big dark blue sedan chair of the Fan family stopped at a place on the east side of the palace.

"My lord, please get off the sedan chair!"

When the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted by the servant, Fan Ming walked out of the sedan chair with a serious expression. When he got off the sedan chair, he took out a jade pendant and gathered it tightly.

This is a piece of fine jade, carved in the shape of Avalokitesvara, it was a gift from the crown prince, rare things always attract people, this jade pendant has been carried around for several years since the crown prince gave it to him, as if it could really bring him good luck.Therefore, as long as you feel uncomfortable or anxious, you are used to touching it and begging it to give yourself a sense of stability.

It's so late today, and the prince violated the etiquette and summoned himself, so something must have happened somewhere, could it be that something happened there?

Thinking of this, Fan Ming felt a "thump" in his heart.

At this moment, the gate of the East Palace had been opened, and several guards with dangling swords and guns stood on both sides of the gate, and the eunuch beside the prince had already been waiting by the gate, seeing Fan Ming had got off the sedan chair, he hurriedly bowed to meet him.

"Fan Shizi, it's really hard to invite you here at such a late hour!" Xu said such compliments from his mouth countless times. Da Jin has many sons, but he knows that as the prince's favorite Fan Ming, I like this tune very much.

"It's troublesome, so I have to work harder. Eunuch, how are you doing recently?"

Naturally, Fan Ming would not be arrogant because of the compliments from the favored servants around the prince. He knew that such servants were the most narrow-minded and must not be offended.

Sure enough, a smug smile appeared on the eunuch's morbid face: "Thanks to my son, it's okay, but it's you, my son, you have to pay attention to your body."

After speaking meaningfully, the eunuch walked to Fan Ming's side and walked in front to illuminate him.

"It's getting dark, my son, go slowly." The eunuch took care of him in a tone that was close to what he usually said to the prince, and at the same time told the little eunuch nearby: "Things with no eyesight, don't light the lanterns brightly." Bright, lead the way for the son!!"

Several palace lanterns were lit together, with four opening the way in front and two guarding behind. In the middle, the eunuch personally accompanied Fan Ming, stepped over the gate, and walked towards the main palace, while the servants and bearers brought by the Fan family were stopped outside the door.

A group of people walked for a quarter of an hour, and finally came to the East Palace. The light here was obviously much brighter. When Fan Ming entered the front yard, his eyes even got used to it for a while before they gradually returned to normal.

After a while, the eunuch opened the curtain and said to Fan Ming outside the door: "Your Majesty, the Prince wants you to come in."

Fan Ming stepped into the threshold, first took a deep breath and stood still, then knelt down and kowtowed his head: "Fan Ming kowtowed to the prince, and the prince is a thousand years old."

"Get up." The crown prince said softly, and then said to the eunuch standing by the door: "Hurry up and bring a stool for the crown prince."

"Thank you, Prince." Fan Ming still didn't get up.

"Ziyu, I have something important to call you here today, and it may take a little longer to talk, so just sit down and talk slowly!"

Knowing that today must be a difficult time for Fan Ming, he thought about it quickly... The prince really has encountered a difficult time.

"Ziyu, I heard that Lord Hou has been ill for a while, and you have been waiting for me, but now, for the time being, I can no longer let you serve around me." Also looked worried.

"Prince...you mean the Skinner committed crimes again!"

Qi Yuzhang nodded and said, "The former Shaoqing, Qin Huaishi, is dead."

Fan Ming frowned, raised the corners of his eyes slightly, and pulled the corner of his mouth without a trace.

Rao was already mentally prepared, but when he heard the result from Qi Yuzhang, Fan Ming was still taken aback.

"Qin Huaishi is dead, but he still died in front of Yuan Yanxi." Qi Yuzhang took a sip of tea, "The people from Dongchang went to the Qin family's old house and heard that they saw a few strange things. Now they are fully responsible."

When Qi Yuzhang said these words, his tone seemed flat, but the worry on his face was not difficult to see.

While talking, the crown prince expressed his real concern: "Ziyu, Qin Huaishi caused you a lot of trouble by investigating the clues of the skinning case before, but now that scumbag has started committing crimes again, and it happened to Yuan Yanxi... hand, you say, what should I do?"

　Every March, I go to the hospital for a physical examination. The cervical spine is a big problem.

　　
　
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