Princess of the Past and Present

The old bustard with the round fan twisted her waist, her wrinkled face was full of smiles like a flower, "Hey, the two young masters are so handsome, they seem to come from other places."

Mu Jin looked at the bustard, "Oh? How can you tell?"

The old bustard smiled and said: "You two young masters are dressed like this, and you can tell that you are either rich or noble. If the rich young masters in Lingcheng were as handsome as you two, everyone in the city would have known it by now. "

Mu Jin and Mo Shuang looked at each other and smiled.

The procuress half-covered her lips with a round fan, "The two gentlemen are handsome, but the girls here are also beautiful, worthy of the appearance and identity of the two young masters!"

With that said, he called the girl at the door.Several flower girls surrounded them and escorted Mu Jin and Mo Shuang into the brothel.The old bustard opened her lips painted bright red, and said in a loud voice: "The two gentlemen are distinguished guests, the girls quickly take the two young masters upstairs to the private room to serve them!"

Hua Niang firmly held Mu Jin and Mo Shuang's hands, as if she was afraid that the guests would run away.

A flower girl who was holding Moshuang's arm said shyly, "Master, he is the most beautiful man the Lu family has ever seen."

The other one also said: "That's right, for a beauty like Young Master, I'm afraid even Sister Liu in the building would be ashamed of herself."

Mo Shuang came to this place of fireworks for the first time, and really didn't know how to resist, so she only smiled back in an interfering manner.

Mu Jin didn't care what the flower girl beside him said, seeing Mo Shuang being held so close by the two flower girls, he felt angry for no reason.Being led upstairs into a private room, Mu Jin took his hands from the arms of the two flower girls, looked at the two flower girls beside Mo Shuang, and said with a dark face, "Let go of him."

The faces were very serious, the two flower girls hesitated, and with some reluctance to withdraw their hands, Mu Jin pulled Mo Shuang to his side, and the atmosphere suddenly became stiff.

The old bustard who followed behind smiled abruptly, "If the two young masters don't like these girls, mama, I will call the town house treasure in our building to serve the two young masters. I guarantee that the young master will meet you soon." like."

Mu Jin said with a cold face, "No, I have something to do here this time, and Madam Lao called the girl from the building over, I have something to ask."

The old bustard curbed the froze on his face, then smiled and said: "There is only one thing that this man can do when he comes to the flower building. The young master wants so many girls in one night, how can he bear it?"

The veins on Mu Jin's forehead twitched, "I just have something to ask them!"

"Then if this is the case, the young master has found the wrong place. Our Wanhualou girls are all busy, so how can we call all the young master over?"

Mu Jin said: "If you want to call one over, I will give you five taels of silver, depending on how many you can call."

Seeing the money, the old bustard silently calculated that there were more than 50 girls in the building, and if they called all of them, it would be a lucrative business.There was a smile on his face again, "Yes, yes, but the girls all have guests, so they can't be called over at once, young master, look at this, if you ask questions, the nanny will call you three and three, you see how?"

"Yes." Mu Jin thought for a while, and then said: "However, let me make it clear in advance that if you miss one of the girls in the building, I will deduct five taels of silver."

The old bustard squinted her eyes and smiled, "Don't worry, Mammy promises not to miss you."

The slightly fat old bustard immediately ordered: "Hurry up, warm a pot of wine for the two gentlemen, and bring some snacks over!"

Mu Jin and Mo Shuang sat down at the table, and the bustard called people over one after another. Mu Jin took out the portraits from his sleeve and asked them to recognize them one by one.

I asked more than 30 flower girls in a row, but none of them had seen this person.

Until I asked Liu Jingjing, the oiran in Baihualou.

"This grandpa has seen it before."

Mu Jin was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "When?"

Liu Jingjing said: "I saw him just seven or eight days ago. A few days ago, he would come every three to five times, and he was always looking for servants from the slave family. The slave family is still wondering why he hasn't come for several days."

"Did he say what his name is?"

"I didn't say that, but this master wears a mask every time he comes, and he takes it off when he arrives in the slave's house. At first, the slave family thought that the master had a scar on his face, so he had to wear a mask. Seeing his true face Only then did I know it wasn’t.”

Liu Jingjing had some doubts: "I don't know, who are the two sons of this master?"

Mu Jin coughed lightly, without blushing and heartbeat, "Old friend."

When Liu Jingjing heard that these two young masters were old friends of that master, she said: "Speaking of which, this master left a letter at my slave's house before leaving that day, and my slave's family thought that he would come back to get it, so they kept taking it for him. Take it, I wonder if the two sons can hand it over to him for the slave family."

When Mu Jin heard the letter, he said, "Naturally."

"The letter is not in the servant's possession."

"where?"

"It's in the slave's house. I'll go get it right now, please trouble the two young masters to wait here."

"It's okay."

Liu Jingjing turned and went out, Mu Jin looked at Mo Shuang beside him and said, "It seems that the corpse is Liu Fushan, who sent someone to kill him, most likely the mastermind behind the robbing of the official bank."

Mo Shuang pondered, "And he fled here, he must still have contacts with the mastermind behind the scenes, exposing his whereabouts, and thus incurring the disaster of killing himself."

The corners of Mu Jin's lips curled up, "It makes sense."

Liu Jingjing came in with a letter and handed it to Mu Jin with both hands, "My lord, this is the letter."

Mu Jin took the letter and hurriedly opened it.

Mo Shuang said, "Young lady."

Liu Jingjing stared at Mo Shuang's face, lost her mind for a moment, then covered her lips with a silk handkerchief, and smiled, "Young master, you are welcome."

Mu Jin raised his eyes to look at Liu Jingjing, only to feel that she looked at Mo Shuang ambiguously, put the letter in his sleeve, and took Mo Shuang's hand, "Let's go."

Just as she opened the door, she happened to meet the old bustard. She pointed to the three girls behind her with a smile on her face, "My lord, there are three more."

"No need." Mu Jin held Mo Shuang's hand and tried to avoid her.

The procuress stood in front of him with her fat body, and said, "My lord, you have just counted, you have called 36 girls in total, and one girl is five taels of silver, that is 180 taels. There are still a few girls that the master has not called. Yes, the nanny will only charge you 150 taels if it is cheaper for you."

Only then did Mu Jin remember the five liang of silver he had promised to the old bustard, and looked at Mo Shuang, "Do you have any silver on you?"

Mo Shuang also looked at him, "No, Brother Mu brought it?"

"same as you."

When the two said this, the old bustard's expression immediately changed, "Master, you are joking. Seeing how you are dressed, how could you not have any money with you? However, Mammy also accepts cash receipts..."

Before she finished speaking, Mu Jin and Mo Shuang went back into the room, leaped and flew out of the window, the old bustard hurried to the window, but they were nowhere to be seen.

The old bustard stomped anxiously, gnashed her teeth and said, "It's unreasonable, even my mother dares to fool me!"

Liu Jingjing, who was still in the room, covered her lips with a handkerchief and smiled, the old bustard looked bitter, "The money is gone, you still laugh." Come over quickly, hold her hand and say: "My good daughter, What are you still doing here, hurry up and serve the guests."

Mu Jin and Mo Shuang went back to the inn, took out the letter and read it for details. The letter said: I will offer you the money within one month, please wait patiently and avoid revealing your identity.

There are only these two lines on the letter paper, and there is no signature on the letter.

"From this point of view, the reason why Liu Fushan fled to Lingcheng, which is not far from the capital, is just to get a share of the spoils." Mu Jin looked at the two lines on the letter and fell into deep thought, "It's just, who sent this letter? ?”

Mo Shuang said: "Since it involves official bankers and internal and external support, it must be an official of the imperial court. When His Highness is reviewing memorials and official documents, have you ever noticed the handwriting?"

Mu Jin nodded in agreement, "The handwriting is somewhat familiar, but I can't remember who it is."

"It's not difficult, as long as you go back and take out the documents of the civil and military officials and check them against each other, it will be clear at a glance."

Mu Jin put down the letter, thought for a moment, looked at Mo Shuang and said, "The business in Lingcheng has been done, why don't we go back to Beijing tomorrow."

"Ah."

On the way back to Beijing, there was a rain, which delayed the trip and arrived in the capital in the afternoon of the third day.

Back at the mansion, the butler Chen Bo greeted him.

Mu Jin ordered: "Go and prepare hot water, the Palace and the Crown Princess need to take a bath."

"Yes, the old slave is going."

Mu Jin and Mo Shuang walked into the hall side by side, the maid immediately brought hot tea, and Mo Shuang was about to take off the fox fur on her body, but Mu Jin stopped her and said, "Put it on first."

Mo Shuang sat down and drank a cup of tea, feeling a little strange that the girl Dong Ling had surrounded her like bees on weekdays.But today when he came back, he didn't even see half of her.

After drinking tea, Chen Bo said that the hot water was ready, and Mo Shuang took off the fox fur to take a bath.

When she got out of the bath and changed clothes, there was still no sign of Dong Ling, Mo Shuang felt very strange.

Mu Jin came up and said, "You're tired these days, go have some food first, and rest early later."

"Ah."

When we came to the dining room, there were several dishes on the table, both meaty and vegetarian.Mo Shuang casually asked the maid behind her, "Why didn't you see that girl Dong Ling?"

The servant girl shook her body and whispered: "She, she is in the woodshed."

"What are you doing in the woodshed?"

The servant girl was a little afraid to say, "She, she..."

Mu Jin couldn't stand it anymore, "Tell me clearly, how is she?"

"Yuan Liangdi said she was disobedient, so she was punished to face the wall in the firewood room and think about her mistakes."

"When did it happen?" Mu Jin asked.

"Three days ago."

Mo Shuang stood up from the chair unhurriedly, and said calmly, "Your Highness will use it first, and I will take a look."

Mu Jin also stood up, "I'll go with you."

The two came to the firewood room together, and there was a lock on the outside of the firewood room. Mo Shuang frowned, and Mu Jin said to the maid beside him, "Open the door!"

"Key, the key is with Yuan Liangdi."

Mu Jin shouted: "Go and call her over!"

"Yes."

After a while, Yuan Yuzhi was called over by the maid.

Seeing Mu Jin's return, Yuan Yuzhi was overjoyed, "His Royal Highness..."

Before she finished speaking, Mu Jin interrupted her, "Open the door!"

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