On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Li Yan was worried about being late, so he simply ordered a guard to drive the carriage and motioned Liu Da to get in the carriage with him to talk in detail.

Liu Da was afraid that he would misunderstand him as a womanizer, so he first distanced himself from the matter: "I didn't do anything wrong, I just drank and listened to music."

It’s not that he wants to keep himself clean, but he wants to get married. At this critical moment, if word gets out that he’s hanging out in brothels, the duck in the bowl might fly away.

What's more, the duck that he wanted hasn't fallen into his bowl yet?

Li Yan glanced at him and said unhappily, "If you are not afraid of contracting syphilis, just go to the brothel every day."

Why are the elders in this noble family so keen on giving their children and grandchildren beautiful concubines? It is because they are afraid that their children and grandchildren have limited self-control and will be bewitched by the prostitutes when they go to places with beautiful women.

As for the girls in the brothels, their red lips are kissed by thousands of people. Who knows what kind of syphilis they may get? If they get infected, they will at least get covered in venereal disease, even if they don’t die.

Therefore, if they are really the children of wealthy families, even if they go to a brothel for social events, they will not touch the girls there, except for the prostitutes.

If a man really takes a fancy to an Oiran, he must make sure that she is not sick before he will secretly redeem her and keep her in another house.

It is very rare to bring an oiran home as a concubine. Otherwise, who would know whether one's colleagues, superiors, and subordinates were the oiran's former patrons?

Therefore, Li Yan also specifically instructed his two close followers.

"I dare not." Liu Da changed the subject: "I accidentally saw the fifth master of the Gu family was also there, so I quietly followed him to the back room and found that he was talking to the madam about buying some girls from outside."

"Later, they went into the inner room. I didn't dare to get too close to them, so I couldn't follow them in. I just kept an eye on them. After nearly a quarter of an hour, Master Gu Wu came out and returned to the private room."

After Liu Da finished speaking, he looked at him and said, "Master, do you think that brothel is the private property of the Gu family?"

"No matter it is true or not, we have to get to the bottom of it." Li Yan was also inclined to believe that the Gu family was secretly running a brothel.

Although officials are not prohibited from visiting brothels, they are explicitly prohibited from operating brothels.

If he could get solid evidence this time, he would make the Gu family suffer a lot: "Take Abin and the others to investigate carefully. Don't alert the enemy."

Although there is an old saying that a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.

But one general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers.

How can one become a general without top-notch martial arts and knowledge of military tactics?
Some soldiers were bandits who were recruited.

There were also some soldiers who were tired of the life-and-death struggle on the battlefield, but were unwilling to make a living by farming after retiring.

Li Yan selected more than fifty people from his former subordinates who had good skills or who he liked in other aspects. He first arranged them to work with his father-in-law and then made several trips to Mingzhou with him.

Later, Xiao Xiao took over the charity. For Xiao Xiao's safety and also to prevent the Gu family from doing something behind the scenes, he simply took advantage of Xiao Xiao's large-scale recruitment to arrange those people to serve as guards at the charity.

It just so happened that Xiao Xiao had bought the entire mountain, so she asked the guards to choose a site here as well and allowed them to find someone to build the house themselves.

This is what Xiao Xiao said, saying that it should make them feel a sense of belonging.

Li Yan didn’t know whether his subordinates had a sense of belonging, but he knew that they were all very grateful to Xiao Xiao and had become more loyal.

If we ask them to investigate now, most of them are strangers and will not attract the attention of the Gu family.

Liu Da responded and smiled at him in a frivolous way: "Master, this can be considered a great achievement, right?"

Li Yan was relatively easygoing with his followers: "Do you want money or a house?"

"I want a house and a wife." Liu Da approached him with a drooling face and said, "Master, you have established a family and a beautiful wife, but I am still single?" Li Yan pushed his head away with his hand and said unhappily, "Didn't I urge you to get married before?"

Liu Da peeked at his expression before he dared to speak: "I want to marry Miss Meng Hui."

Li Yan was stunned: "Didn't I reject you last time? Don't even think about me promising her to you."

He kindly advised him: "Isn't that girl named Linglong pretty good? She's good-looking and has a good personality."

The most important thing is that if Liu Da likes Linglong, he can promise her to him.

But Meng Hui was the eldest girl beside Xiao Xiao. He had also heard Xiao Xiao talk about Meng Hui, saying that she was steady and careful, and she wanted her to be with her daughter in the future.

Just for this reason, Li Yan didn't dare to take on too much.

Although he felt in his heart that it was a blessing for any maid that his two personal attendants took a fancy to.

But he seemed to be losing his sense of authority as a husband now, and if he dared to do so, he was afraid that Xiao Xiao and himself would be angry.

Liu Da quickly defended himself: "I was not familiar with Miss Meng Hui before, so she was unwilling.

"We have met frequently in the past few months, and she now has a new understanding of me."

Then he looked at him with a horrified expression: "And Ah Shuang likes Miss Linglong, can't you break them up?"

Linglong is pretty, and Chunxiang and Qiuxiang, who were later accepted by the grandmother, are also rare beauties.

In terms of appearance, neither Menghui nor Yiqing can compare to them.

But Menghui and Yiqing are the eldest grandmother's confidants, and now they can learn to read and manage accounts from a female teacher. The attention they receive is something that Linglong and the others can never catch up with.

He thought further ahead. After the old man passed away, the master would definitely divide the family property. Then, as long as Meng Hui did not make any serious mistakes, she would definitely be a housekeeper who would be valued.

He is a man of no great ambition and has never thought of leaving his master. He just likes to live a stable life.

Then Menghui is a good choice for me.

Unfortunately, he also knew that he looked a little ordinary, not as tall as He Shuang, and not as handsome as his master. Fortunately, he still had martial arts skills.

Fortunately, in the past few months, Menghui and Yan's mother were often ordered to go to the charity hall. Every time at this time, he would rush to be the driver. After a few times, Menghui finally saw his good side.

If I propose sincerely now, who knows, Meng Hui might agree.

Anyway, as long as Meng Hui hasn't promised it to anyone, I still have a chance.

Li Yan looked at him seriously and asked, "Are you sure about Meng Hui?"

"Yes." Liu Da also put away his playful smile and said seriously: "She has a good temper, can write and count, and is not a beauty lamp that will fall down with a gust of wind. I don't have to worry about her and the child when I go out in the future."

His intentions towards Meng Hui were indeed impure, but he really liked her.

Anyway, he didn't even think about showing his affection to Yiqing.

Li Yan also sighed softly: "Okay, you find a chance to ask Meng Hui first, if she is willing, I will go and ask your grandmother."

He carefully considered the news Liu Da had told him before, and when they were about to reach the palace, he warned him: "Keep a close eye on that place. I suspect that some of the women in the brothel may have been picked from the charity hall." (End of this chapter)