Chapter 68: 68 You Are Taking This Nun to a Brothel?

The next day.

Sleeping until noon, Ning Mu finally woke up leisurely.

After leaving Liu Qingmei's room last night, he had been busy ever since.

He wrote the planning proposal for Hua Man Lou, and then drew and drafted diagrams, only going to bed when the sky was almost bright.

Even Ning Xiaoxiu had fallen asleep under the table, leaning against his leg.

Because its face was pressed down, drool was flowing down his leg hair.

While he slept, Chunzhi and Xia Chan had already warmed the bed very comfortably.

After he fell asleep, the two sisters got up cautiously to tidy the desk and prepare breakfast.

After getting up.

Ning Mu went straight to the desk, opened an exquisite small box, and took out a stack of recorded papers from inside.

These were brought back from Ji Siniang at Hua Man Ge yesterday.

Inside were various pieces of intelligence collected on the hundreds of girls at Hua Man Ge.

Browsing through them one by one, Ning Mu made a rough distinction between what was useful to him and what was useless or temporarily unneeded.

Among them.

Two pieces of intelligence caught his attention.

The first: He Daqian, the president of the Grain Merchants Association, is a live-in son-in-law of the Tan Family; the Tan Family is one of the top-tier families in the Yonghang business world; his wife has a fierce personality, and He Daqian fears his wife, yet he often sneaks around behind her back to cheat, drink flower wine, and he even has ties with the Yonghang Prefect, Pi Taiyu.

Pi Taiyu's concubine was a gift from He Daqian when bribing him, but in reality, she is a "spy" planted by He Daqian beside the Prefect, and the two have an affair in private.

Even more shocking! The Prefect's son, Pi Kang, was killed five years ago, and the culprit behind it is none other than this He Daqian!

Tsk.

This is truly a bit abstract.

Looking at these intelligence reports gathered by Ji Siniang, Ning Mu felt as if he were watching an ancient blockbuster film of love and hatred.

And the other piece of intelligence concerned the Prefect, Pi Taiyu.

Pi Taiyu is prone to petty greed and bribery, and is addicted to lust; there are several witnesses who have bribed him who let things slip while patronizing prostitutes at Hua Man Ge, all of which were recorded by Ji Siniang.

He also has a daughter named Pi Yalu; rumors outside say this woman has high learning, yet she is very dissatisfied with her father Pi Taiyu's inaction during his tenure, and is determined to be admitted into the Great Qi's state-protecting sect, Jixia Academy, to serve the Imperial Court.

After thinking for a moment, Ning Mu collected these two related pieces of intelligence together separately.

At this time.

Xia Chan also entered.

"Young Master is awake, let me serve you with your washing."

Saying this, Xia Chan went out and brought back a basin of cool water, a towel, and items like a toothbrush.

While eating breakfast.

The vanished Xia Chan suddenly appeared before him again, spinning around vividly in front of Ning Mu, and showing off with a face full of vanity: "Young Master, do you think this outfit of mine is alright?"

"Hmm, not bad, but your way of speaking is a problem!"

Ning Mu's eyes lit up, and he nodded with a smile.

He saw that at this moment, Xia Chan was wearing a coarse cloth short jacket, dressed like a Servant, and her hair was all coiled up and bound, without any ornaments.

That fair and clean little face was brimming with youthful vitality.

Although one could tell at a glance that she was a woman dressed as a man, for some reason, Ning Mu actually felt a bit moved! He swore that he absolutely did not have any weird fetish for homosexuality!

"Oh right, it should be... this lowly one greets the Young Master!"

Saying this, Xia Chan even bent her knees and bowed, performing a salute in a comical manner.

The Young Master had asked her to accompany him out today to go to Hua Man Ge, so she thought that since everyone who goes to a brothel is a man, it would certainly be inconvenient for her as a woman, so she dressed as a man like this.

"Where is the First Madam?"

Ning Mu asked.

Last night had slight regrets, but overall, the harvest was good.

At the very least, he was only one final step away from the small goal of 80%!

"Replying to Young Master, the First Madam left early this morning. Before leaving, she asked me to tell the Young Master that she went to seek an audience with the Prefect to ask if the Imperial Court has any disaster relief measures, and told the Young Master to just busy yourself with your own affairs; if you have any needs, go to the government office to find the Second Aunt," Chunzhi replied from the side. Ning Mu nodded without saying anything.

On this trip to Yonghang, Liu Qingmei had no important business; she was purely "coerced" into coming by him.

Now that she saw the disaster victims outside the city, covering the mountains and plains, unable to fill their stomachs and eating soil to stave off hunger, she had found a new "errand."

To call her a Saint Mother would be a bit excessive.

Her long-standing affluent conditions had simply fostered in her a kind heart that could not bear to see human suffering.

After eating breakfast.

Ning Mu was just about to head out with Xia Chan.

Just as he reached the door, he met Liuli Shitai, who had disappeared for the night.

"Little Friend is going out?" Liuli looked at Ning Mu and performed a Buddhist salute.

Ning Mu's eyes lit up instantly.

"Shitai has returned at just the right time; this junior has a difficulty and would like to ask Shitai to resolve it for me!" Ning Mu said respectfully.

"What difficulty?"

Liuli's eyes also lit up, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, and a look of success flashed through those apricot eyes.

Little Friend Ning, oh Little Friend Ning.

In the end, there is still a time when you have to beg this nun, right!

Seeing you so eager, can you still refuse my request this time? "This matter is a long story; please accompany this junior for a trip, Shitai."

Ning Mu said this to Liuli, then turned to look at Xia Chan, who was dressed as a man, and instructed: "Xia Chan, you don't need to follow; if there is anything needed, I will send someone to call for you."

At this moment.

The servant Ye Xiaoqiu also led Lao Siji over.

Lao Siji was a bit mischievous, stubbornly refusing to be led; Ye Xiaoqiu exerted all his strength, his face turning beet red, yet he still could not pull it.

He dared not scold it aloud, let alone mistreat it.

After all, such a powerful demonic beast could take his little life just by sneezing.

What's more, this was the young master's beloved pet.

He dared not act recklessly even more.

Fortunately, Ning Mu glanced at it, and Lao Siji immediately became obedient, following Ye Xiaoqiu docilely; after walking to Ning Mu's side, it affectionately rubbed against him.

"Ah, Young Master~"

Hearing that the young master would not let her go, Xia Chan immediately acted spoiled, feeling somewhat displeased.

"Behave!"

Ning Mu frowned.

"Yes, Young Master." Xia Chan's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly lowered her head and bowed, realizing she had overstepped her bounds! At this moment, she also understood that she could not take advantage of the young master's favor to push her luck and lose her sense of propriety.

A maid is, after all, only a maid.

Xia Chan sighed in her heart, watching until Ning Mu mounted Lao Siji, Liuli Shitai leaped onto the tail of Lao Siji, and Lao Siji suddenly leaped up and moved away from the alley entrance; only then did she turn and return to the residence.

Liuli stood gracefully on the lion's tail, one hand behind her back holding a Whisk, the other hand pressed together in front of her chest, her slender fingers like crystalline jade.

Even though Lao Siji was bumpy, she remained completely motionless.

It was as if she were welded onto it.

Before long.

Lao Siji carried Ning Mu and Liuli to Hua Man Ge.

Entering the archway, Liuli frowned; smelling the scent of rouge and powder permeating the air, and then looking at the shadowy furnishings and decorations around her, she immediately realized where she was.

"Young Friend Ning, this is too much; how could you bring this poor nun into such a filthy place of pleasure?"

Liuli's face turned livid, she was extremely displeased, and her tone even contained a trace of rare anger!

(End of this chapter)