step on mountains and rivers

In the Shuxiang Building, a man in a bamboo green blouse is sitting in a spacious private room.

On top of his clean short hair was a turquoise headband, and a purple-black iron gourd was hung on his simple cyan-gray jacket. His eyes looked towards the door from time to time, as if he was waiting for someone.

He waited for a long time in Shuxiang Building, when he saw the steward coming from the door with two handsome young men, he immediately got up and complained:

"Old Tang, why did you come here!"

After Tang Qingfeng heard the young man's words, he looked at him and said with a smile:

"Old Jiang, I'm sorry, some things have been delayed. By the way, let me introduce you, this is Wudang Daoist Li Zhenwu, and he is also here to assist us in investigating the disappearance."

As he said that, he looked at Li Zhenwu beside him and said:

"Daoist, this is Jiang Ling, the chief disciple of the Beggar Clan. He is investigating the disappearance of a famous martial arts family."

"Yes." Li Zhenwu nodded, and said to Jiang Ling, "Brother Jiang is glad to meet you."

"Brother Li is lucky to meet you." Jiang Ling said to Tang Qingfeng after returning:

"Old Tang, I found some clues about the disappearance," Jiang Ling said.

"Tell me." Tang Qingfeng said, picked up a pastry and handed it to Li Zhenwu. Li Zhenwu looked at the pastry Tang Qingfeng handed over with a puzzled expression.Seeing that Li Zhenwu didn't respond, Tang Qingfeng smiled and asked:

"Doesn't the Taoist like sweets?"

Li Zhenwu looked at the smiling person in front of him, and when he was still thinking about how to push back, he heard Jiang Ling on the side say:

"Brother Li, eat it, this pastry is really delicious."

Seeing what Jiang Ling said, Li Zhenwu was not in a position to refuse, so he took the pastry and took a light bite.

The cakes are indeed very sweet and delicious.

Seeing that Li Zhenwu was very satisfied with his food, Tang Qingfeng smiled lightly, and then said to Jiang Ling:

"Old Jiang, tell me."

Hearing Tang Qingfeng urging him, Jiang Ling looked unhappy and said:

"Who is wasting time?"

"It's you now." Tang Qingfeng said expressionlessly.

"You, forget it, I don't care about you." Jiang Ling said seriously to the two:

"In the past two months, children from famous martial arts families have disappeared one after another. The young master of the Shen family, the young master of Qiushui Mountain Villa, the young master of the Wu family, etc. By the way, there is also the young master of the Lin family you mentioned. They all disappeared in an instant under the eyes of everyone. " Jiang Ling looked at Tang Qingfeng and asked:

"Old Tang, why do you think people can disappear out of thin air?"

"I don't know." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Disappear out of thin air?" Li Zhenwu asked.

"Yes." Jiang Ling recounted what happened in Qiushui Villa to the two of them.

"It's so weird." Li Zhenwu said in surprise.

After Li Zhenwu finished speaking, Tang Qingfeng looked at Jiang Ling and asked:

"What have you found out about these missing people?"

Seeing Tang Qingfeng asking, Jiang Ling immediately said:

"Young master of the Lin family, young master of the Shen family, young master of the Wu family, and the young owner of Qiushui Mountain Villa. These people don't have much in common, but I found out that they have all been to one place in common recently."

"Where?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"Mingyue Tower." Jiang Ling said.

"Mingyue Tower, the No. [-] brothel in Yangzhou. It is a place where literati, scholars and dignitaries gather. They are sons of famous families, so it is not surprising that they have been there." Tang Qingfeng said.

"No, Old Tang, the problem is not with Mingyue Tower," Jiang Ling said.

"That's it?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"Oiran." Jiang Ling turned back, then looked at Tang Qingfeng and continued:

"According to my investigation in Yangzhou in the past few days, these missing people all mysteriously disappeared at home after participating in the oiran auction."

"Oiran?" Tang Qingfeng thought for a moment and said:

"Go to Mingyue Tower to see tonight."

"Okay." Jiang Ling nodded in response.

In Shenshi, in front of Mingyue Building, Jiang Ling looked at the brightly lit tall building in front of him and said to Tang Qingfeng:

"Old Tang, what strategy do you use this time?"

Tang Qingfeng looked at him with a mysterious smile and said:

"Stay dark."

"Oh, I'm Chen Cang, right?" Jiang Ling said expressionlessly.

"Old Jiang, you have become smarter." Tang Qingfeng smiled.

"Oh, which time it was not like this, I'm used to all kinds of beauty tricks and bait tricks." Jiang Ling said indifferently.

"Lao Jiang, you have made progress. You don't need to waste my words, you can comfort yourself." Tang Qingfeng laughed.

Looking at the smiling Tang Qingfeng, Jiang Ling recalled the scene of being tricked before, and suddenly felt upset. He really wanted to punch his handsome face and see how he could smile.

"Old Tang, what exactly should I do?" Jiang Ling withdrew his mind and said.

"It's very simple, you go in to attract attention, and the Taoist priest and I will secretly investigate the news." Tang Qingfeng said.

"How do I attract attention?" Jiang Ling asked.

"It's a lot of money." Tang Qingfeng said with a smile.

"I have no money." Jiang Ling said.

"I have." Tang Qingfeng said as he took out a large stack of bank notes from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling finally saw it, heh, it was all one thousand taels, and it turned out to be the ticket number of Dazhou Bank.

"Tsk, Old Tang, if I were a woman, I would give you money, and I would definitely do everything possible to marry you." Jiang Ling sighed.

"Old Jiang, I have no feelings for you. Even if you are a woman, I will not agree." Tang Qingfeng refused, and then he looked at Li Zhenwu and smiled:

"If the Daoist is like this, I can accept it."

Hearing what he said, the two were speechless for a while.

Tang Qingfeng looked at the speechless two, and said to Jiang Ling:

"Okay, let's go."

"Okay, play by ear." Jiang Ling said as he walked towards Mingyue Tower.

After Jiang Ling left, Tang Qingfeng said to Li Zhenwu:

"Master, let's go to the roof."

"En." Li Zhenwu nodded, and the two jumped onto the roof.

After Jiang Ling walked into Mingyue Tower, he threw a stack of silver tickets at Mingyue Tower's mother and said:

"Mom, call all the girls, and serve the young master all the good wine and good food."

"Okay, okay, sir, wait a moment." Mom took the bank note with a smile on her face, and said to the girls in the building:

"You all come here and serve the young master well."

"Okay mother." The girl said and walked towards Jiangling.

Seeing Jiang Ling's generous shot, everyone looked at him and started guessing.

"Whose son is that, who is so generous?" One person asked.

"I don't know, I haven't seen it before." One person replied.

Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu jumped up to the top of the building. They lifted the tiles and looked down, only to see that the golden pillars of the carved beams and painted buildings were covered with all kinds of precious lighting decorations.The floor paved with mahogany is covered with a red carpet embroidered in Suzhou.

Around the vermilion round platform in the middle of the carpet, brightly colored blood-colored gemstones are inlaid.On the round platform, a group of stunning dancers are dancing.

Graceful stature, beautiful face, exotic music, and mellow wine make the air extravagant and attract people's imagination.

The precious red sandalwood table next to the round platform is filled with all kinds of dishes and fine wines. The beautiful woman is in her arms, chatting and laughing while refilling the wine.All the elegantly dressed nobles were in a daze, stumbling around.

When the two were carefully examining the situation in the building, they saw a pretty middle-aged woman walking quickly from the stairs to the round platform, and then said in a sharp voice:

"Dear guests, the oiran auction is about to start. The auction is determined by the price, and the guest who sells the most will win the favor of our oiran lady and accompany you for a spring night.

Next, we invite our Oiran lady to come on stage and perform a dance for everyone as a token of gratitude. "

After my mother finished speaking, she silently stepped back from the round platform.Immediately afterwards, a beautiful barbarian woman in a pink thin shirt and gorgeous jewels walked slowly onto the stage.

As the rich exotic music played, the beauty's slender waist twisted wantonly like a flexible water snake.The graceful figure wrapped in light gauze swayed lightly with the music.

With her enchanting dancing posture, captivating eyes, and imaginative movements, she kept teasing the people present, and attracted everyone in the audience to be distracted.

Tang Qingfeng looked at the oiran on the round platform, and said softly to Li Zhenwu:

"Daozhang, this oiran is indeed born well."

After listening to Tang Qingfeng's words, Li Zhenwu glanced at Huakui, and said:

"There is no such thing as beauty or ugliness in a person's appearance, but only in the original heart. Taoism cultivates the mind. For Taoist disciples, everything is a dog, and there is no difference."

"The Taoist priest is right. To me, although she is beautiful, she is not as good as the Taoist priest." Tang Qingfeng smiled.

Hearing what Tang Qingfeng said, Li Zhenwu glanced at him calmly and then withdrew his gaze.

At this time, the oiran danced to the end, and the auction began.

Only the sound of fierce bidding in the lobby can be heard, one after another.Everyone fought hard, and finally the oiran was photographed by Qiu Renyuan from Qiushui Villa at a price of 1 taels.

"Tsk, Qiu Renyuan is really willing." Tang Qingfeng sighed, looked at the departing oiran and Qiu Renyuan, and said to Li Zhenwu:

"Daoist, the oiran is gone, let's follow."

"Yes." Li Zhenwu nodded.

On the oiran roof, Tang Qingfeng took away the tiles, and the two looked down through the gap.

Inside the house, Qiu Renyuan looked at the oiran in front of him, and said coldly, "Where is Qiu Renxi?"

The oiran ignored his question, slowly peeled a grape and put it in his mouth, then handed another one to Qiu Renyuan, looked at Qiu Renyuan with tender eyes and replied: "Your guest looks at me like this, I am afraid. "

Qiu Renyuan pushed away her hand that offered Putao, and said indifferently, "Answer my question."

The oiran withdrew his hand nonchalantly, put down the grapes, walked slowly to Qiu Renyuan's side, sat on him coquettishly, put his arms around his neck, and whispered next to his ear:

"Your guest seems to have made a mistake. This is a gentle town, not a den of tigers and wolves. Naturally, I won't know the whereabouts of other guests."

"Go away." Seeing her like this, Qiu Renyuan scolded her coldly, pushed her away, and said:

"You'd better tell the truth, otherwise don't blame me for doing something to the woman!"

"Pfft...hahahaha, do it? Young Master Qiu, I'm so scared." Lady Oiran looked at Qiu Renyuan and sneered.

Seeing that the oiran was so proud, Qiu Ren screamed inwardly that it was not good, and then he felt dizzy, his eyes darkened, and he passed out.

Seeing that the man had been dazed, Hua Kui clapped her hands, and a burly maid came in from the door.

The oiran pointed to Qiu Renyuan and said to the maid:

"Take people away."

"Yes." The servant girl quickly carried the man on her shoulders and walked out of the room quickly.

Seeing this, the two people on the roof immediately followed after exchanging glances.

The two of them followed the servant girl out of Mingyue Building, and saw that she sent them into a black carriage, and the driver drove away immediately.

The two continued to track, and the carriage turned left and right on the bustling street. After half an hour, it finally stopped in front of a magnificent gate.

"Wuhou Mansion?" Tang Qingfeng looked at the gold-lettered signboard in front of him and said, "Wuhou?? I seem to have heard of this name somewhere."

Seeing his doubts, Li Zhenwu reminded him:

"Brother Tang, use martial arts to recruit relatives."

"Oh! It's the princess' father!" Tang Qingfeng suddenly realized.

"Why does Marquis Wu want to arrest these martial arts people?" Li Zhenwu asked.

"I don't know." Tang Qingfeng looked at Li Zhenwu and said, "If you want to know the truth, I'm afraid you have to go to Wuhou Mansion."

"Well, let's go." Li Zhenwu replied.

"Don't worry, Daoist. We are not familiar with Marquis Wu's Mansion, so if we go in rashly, we will startle the snake." Tang Qingfeng thought for a while and said, "Let's go back to Shuxiang Tower first. This matter needs to be discussed in the long run."

"Okay." Li Zhenwu nodded in agreement.