Brothels are famous far and wide, especially those from ancient times. It seems that every time traveler would visit one. Although An Xin had no interest in brothels, she was very interested in the clues within them.
Having said that, he turned and walked inside.
Feng Yi was still trying to persuade her when he turned around and couldn't find An Xin. His expression changed abruptly, and he looked towards the brothel entrance. Sure enough, he saw her talking to the servant, and she even turned around and pointed at him. The servant immediately looked up at Feng Yi, his eyes lighting up. The heavily made-up women standing outside the brothel screamed and rushed towards Feng Yi.
Feng Yi was startled and took a step back. An Xin glanced back at him, a sly glint in her eyes, before swaggering inside.
The Green Gauze Pavilion wasn't luxuriously decorated, but the environment was pleasant. An Xin slipped to the side and saw a young maid carrying wine pass by. She swiftly struck, delivering a chop to the neck, and the maid fainted. An Xin took the wine from the maid's hand and then walked out.
She glanced around and saw three rooms. It seemed the girl was definitely going to one of them. After a moment of contemplation, An Xin slowly walked toward the first room. As soon as she stopped outside the door, she heard a loud groan, accompanied by the sound of flesh colliding, which madly stimulated An Xin's eardrums.
This wasn't the first time something like this had happened, so An Xin calmly pushed open the door and said, "Would you like some drinks, sir?"
A pillow came flying out. An Xin dodged it, stepped back, and continued walking towards the second room. She knocked on the door, and a deep voice came from inside: "Come in."
An Xin pushed open the door, and inside sat four or five burly men, each with a sinister look in their eyes. A cold knife was held against An Xin's neck. An Xin smiled slightly and said, "Sir, is this the drink you ordered?"
"no!"
An Xin smiled slightly and said, "Sorry to bother you." After saying that, she calmly withdrew, a cold and sharp glint flashing in her eyes, and turned to continue walking towards the third room.
She knocked on the door, and after a moment the door opened, revealing a handsome face. An Xin asked with slight surprise, "Sir, would you like some drinks?"
The other party exclaimed in surprise, "Miss An!?"
"Uh...it's me." An Xin looked through the person in front of her into the room, and her eyes met the person's. The person had naturally beautiful eyebrows and eyes, bright and youthful eyes, and a noble demeanor like a pearl under the moon.
When he saw her, the man raised the corners of his lips, and his smile was as captivating as a beautiful dream. He said, "Here are the drinks I ordered. Come in."
Minghe stepped aside, and Anxin calmly walked in, placed the wine on the table, and said politely, "Is there anything else you need, sir? The girls at our Green Gauze Pavilion are all incredibly beautiful and will surely serve you in a blissful way."
Minghe's lips twitched. It seemed the master was being treated like a customer of a brothel, and indeed this was a brothel...
Yan Zhen shook his folding fan, glanced at Minghe, and Minghe, who was willing to remain invisible, immediately and tactfully withdrew.
The room suddenly fell silent, with only groans coming from one after another. An Xin thought to herself, "Ancient buildings are not soundproof at all!"
"How did you end up here?" Yan Zhen asked casually, as if they were very familiar with each other. But were they really that close?
An Xin said, "Aren't you here too?" Men who come to brothels are never good men.
Yan Zhen smiled and said, "I'm waiting for someone."
An Xin assumed that she was waiting for someone, probably one of the girls here!
"Hmm, he's here." Yan Zhen suddenly pulled An Xin aside, covering her face with her folding fan, signaling An Xin not to speak. An Xin inexplicably shut her mouth, but in her heart she felt that it was probably inappropriate for her to stay here. If Yan Zhen was being affectionate with someone, wouldn't she be a bright and obvious third wheel?
The door was pushed open, and sure enough, a woman entered.
She had a seductive figure, but her back was to the two of them.
The man, looking guilty like a thief, poked his head out of the door and seemed to tap it left and right to make sure no one had noticed before letting out a sigh of relief and slowly turning around.
An Xin suddenly felt a pang of sympathy. What an ugly woman! Her eyebrows and eyes were painted terribly, and the thick makeup fell off when she smiled. Her lips were as red as if she had just drunk the blood of a dead man!
Yan Zhen's taste is really... heavy!
"Grandpa!" She gave him a charming wink, and An Xin shuddered inexplicably; that voice was unusually deep!
Yan Zhen shook his folding fan and said, "Speak human language."
The woman opposite her said charmingly, "I'm just speaking human language, I've missed you so much!"
Yan Zhen said expressionlessly, "I think you really want to die!"
The person opposite suddenly shivered, then strode over, picked up the wine, poured a full glass, and drank it all in one gulp. His charming and alluring appearance vanished instantly, and he looked more like a man.
"big……"
Yan Zhen gave him a cold glance.
The word "person" was swallowed back down his throat. Only then did he notice An Xin standing to the side. His eyes suddenly lit up, and he darted over, grabbed An Xin's chin, and said with a grin, "Little beauty, how about sleeping with me for a while?"
An Xin stared at his hideous face, her expression stiffening, her lips twitching: "Hey, hey..." Boss, are you a man or a woman?!
Chapter Thirty-Four: Cured
"Minghe, throw this bastard out and drown him in a pig cage," Yan Zhen said lazily, fanning himself with his folding fan.
Minghe appeared outside the door like a ghost, her lips twitching as she looked at the person with the heavy makeup. This girl is too bold, daring to flirt with even the woman next to the adults. Is she courting death?
Clearly, this person had no self-awareness. He pouted with a mouth smeared with thick blood and moved closer to An Xin's face. An Xin calmly punched him.
Someone fainted gracefully, and An Xin stepped over the "corpse" without looking at it. The "corpse" convulsed and foamed at the mouth, saying, "Little Chili... I like it..." The next moment, the person was dragged out by Ming He.
An Xin pondered for a moment. With so many rooms in the Green Gauze Pavilion, which room should she look for clues about Chen Guangzhi in? An Xin's gaze swept around. Judging from the three rooms she had just passed, each room was not large. Since Chen Guangzhi had drowned, there must have been something like a bucket in the room, as well as some kind of incense ash. But burning such inferior incense ash in this place could only mean one thing: there must have been something unknown in the incense ash, such as a bewitching incense.
With that thought in mind, An Xin walked out without thinking, completely forgetting about the other person in the room.
"Young lady, it's best to avoid brothels." The voice came casually. An Xin paused, then remembered that there was someone else in the room.
"Oh, really?" An Xin said in a question, but took another step outside.
Yan Zhen rubbed his temples. It seemed that some people were completely ignoring his words. He sighed and said, "We might as well wait for Jiang Lou to come back when we look for clues. He's the owner here."
This last sentence made An Xin suddenly stop in her tracks, and she asked in surprise, "Jiang Lou?"
Yan Zhen raised the corner of her lips and said, "Yes, it's the one you hit just now."
An Xin twitched her lips: "...The owner here has...quite a taste."
Yan Zhen smiled and said, "I think your taste is quite unique."
Just as An Xin was about to retort, she suddenly heard a commotion outside. She walked to the window, opened it, and looked out. The street was crowded with people, who seemed to be discussing something heatedly. An Xin frowned slightly and couldn't help but ask, "Yan Zhen, what has happened in Yi'an County recently?"
The name "Yan Zhen" was uttered unintentionally, yet it startled the person called Yan Zhen. There were few in the world who dared to call him by his name directly, but this was the only one whose name sounded most pleasant to hear.
"Is Chen Guangzhi's death a big deal?" Yan Zhen stood up, slowly walked to the window, her folding fan obscuring half her face, her eyes shimmering as she swept over the crowd.
An Xin pursed her lips and said, "I'm afraid it won't be that simple. I have a feeling it won't be."
Yan Zhen smiled and said, "Then, does the appearance of the Ancient Spirit Jade count as a matter?"
An Xin was taken aback, and asked blankly, "Ancient Spirit Jade?"
Yan Zhen shook his folding fan. This was originally a high-level secret, and it was also the main reason why he had come here again... Telling her? Perhaps it was inappropriate.
"The Ancient Jade is just a legend, said to be the key to unlocking some kind of mysterious power..."
An Xin suddenly trembled. What was the key to unlocking some kind of mysterious power?
"It is said that the Ancient Spirit Jade records a mysterious phenomenon. A hundred years ago, the nine stars aligned, and the heavens and earth trembled with wind and thunder. People thought it was the wrath of the gods and were all terrified, kneeling and praying. But in fact, a strange person descended from the sky, who knew everything about the past and present, and revealed the secret of the Ancient Spirit Jade..."
An Xin felt her breath catch in her throat. Wasn't this phenomenon time travel?!
Could it be that someone traveled to this time and space a hundred years ago?!
Does this mean that as long as she finds the Ancient Jade, she can go home?
Unable to conceal her surging emotions, her eyes shone brightly as she grabbed his sleeve and asked, "Is what you're saying true? Is it really true?"
Yan Zhen raised her eyes slightly, her gaze shimmering with unfathomable light, and fell on An Xin's face. This woman seemed to be unaffected by anything, and had never shown such an expression before. Although the Ancient Spirit Jade had already caused a stir in all directions, even alarming the people of the Southern Frontier and Western Regions, once involved with the Ancient Spirit Jade, it would surely come at the cost of blood and fire.
A myriad of thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and he suddenly raised his lips and smiled, saying, "I seem to have said that it's just a rumor."
An Xin's eyes flickered slightly. She had heard about the alignment of the nine stars before. Since she was able to travel here, she was sure she could travel back. No matter how strange things were here, she had to try.
An Xin raised an eyebrow: "Rumors? Oh, I see!" She turned to leave, but he grabbed her. An Xin suddenly swung her hand horizontally, but he just happened to grab her wrist with his other hand. He raised the corner of his lips slightly, "Still much slower."
An Xin glared at him: "Let go."
He smiled radiantly: "I knew I preferred you when you were more obedient."
An Xin raised her foot to kick his instep, but he slowly dodged it. An Xin raised her knee to strike, but he suddenly pulled her hard, causing her to stumble and bump her head into his body.
“I’ve already used that trick.” His fingers landed on her earlobe and pinched it lightly. An Xin’s earlobe suddenly turned a little red. “You need to change this habit of hitting people all the time. Hitting others is fine, but hitting me all the time is a bad habit that needs to be corrected.”
With her hands and feet bound, An Xin could only use her mouth. Too lazy to listen to his nonsense, she opened her mouth and bit him. This bite, however, was aimed at his neck. Just as she made her bite, the door was pushed open with a "bang," followed by complete silence...
---Aside---
There's not enough, I'll make up for it tomorrow.
Chapter Thirty-Five: Get as far away as you can.
Minghe's expression was beyond shocked; the scene before her was far too erotic and stimulating!
An Xin naturally heard the sound behind her and wanted to turn around to look, but because her hands and feet were bound, she could only keep her back turned. So, she opened her mouth and bit down on that jade-white neck.
Yan Zhen's body trembled suddenly, then stiffened for a moment. He subconsciously let go of her hand, and An Xin suddenly jumped out of his grasp. She raised an eyebrow and said, "I really do prefer you when you're more obedient!"
Minghe's jaw nearly dropped as her gaze involuntarily drifted towards the Right Prime Minister's flushed neck. A clear tooth mark was prominently displayed on his snow-white skin, clearly indicating that the bite was not clean, as there was even blood between the teeth marks.
Minghe was stunned. The Right Chancellor was actually injured!
An Xin turned around and asked expressionlessly, "Where is Jiang Lou?"
Minghe subconsciously replied, "It's in the Fragrant Warm Hall. I'll be right there."
An Xin said, "No need, I'll go find him!" Nonsense, if Jiang Lou comes, she might really be defeated by that bastard Yan Zhen. She's no match for him, staying would be the real danger.
Minghe glanced cautiously at the Right Prime Minister. The Prime Minister, who was always unmoved even by the most imposing circumstances, seemed... equally unfazed this time...
"Has the exact location been determined?" Yan Zhen waved his folding fan, his expression already normal, his gaze falling on a certain spot in the crowd through the window.
The sudden shift to the main topic caught Minghe off guard. He hurriedly replied, "Yes, in Beilong Mountain, Yi'an County. Also, I have already learned of their whereabouts..."
Yan Zhen's lips curled into an intrigued smile: "Oh? Since you managed to lure them out, this trip wasn't in vain. Shadow Gate, deploy a hundred guards and begin the assassination!"
Minghe's expression changed slightly as she whispered, "My lord, even those people might be no match for the Shadow Sect..."
A cold smile appeared between Yan Zhen's brows as he said, "What I want is to be outmatched!"
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