The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 297 Missing (Please subscribe, please collect, please vote for the monthly ticket and recommend the ticket)
"A real dragon? Are you sure you're not kidding?"

Dongfang Liuyun was stunned after hearing this.

Although Su Mu did not say it explicitly, after entering the city, Dongfang Liuyun made some inquiries and immediately found out what had happened.

When Dongfang Liuyun heard others say that it was a real dragon that led away the flood, he was dumbfounded.

Others may not know, but Dongfang Liuyun knows that Su Mu has a demon pet.

Mo Xuesong's demon pet was killed by Su Mu's dragon demon pet.

But that was just a dragon.

Not a real dragon.

Or does Su Mu have a second demon pet?
He hid it too deeply.

"Everyone in the city saw it. It was Su Zhenfu who brought the real dragon and saved Songjiang Prefecture."

Wu Yiqi, the fourth-rank inspector of the Songjiang Prefecture's Supervisory Office, said seriously.

He is really convinced now.

If Su Mu had not forced them to relocate the people in advance, even if the real dragon had taken action later, no one knows how many people would have died in the flood.

It was because Songjiang Prefecture evacuated the people on both sides of Songjiang in advance that only a few people died in this flood.

"Tell me, since Songjiang Prefecture is fine, why is the governor so angry that he has to chop Chen Yougong into pieces?"

A Taiping captain who came back from outside the city with Dongfang Liuyun asked curiously.

"You don't know something about this."

Wu Yiqi sighed and said, "Captain Luo came back and told us that in order to divert the flood, Ao Qing - oh, Ao Qing is the real dragon I mentioned, it paid a great price.

Ao Qing is Su Zhenfu's partner. It was severely damaged by the flood. Su Zhenfu must be angry.

If I were Su Zhenfu, I would not forgive Chen Yougong either.

But it's amazing that Su Zhenfu was able to find Chen Yougong so quickly."

"The main reason is that we have been tracking Chen Yougong. After the incident, even if Su Mu didn't rush over, we would have captured Chen Yougong."

Dongfang Liuyun said.

Suddenly, a voice came from the side.

"Sir, you said that Envoy Su had Chen Yougong cut into pieces? Is that true?"

Dongfang Liuyun and his companions turned their heads and saw that the person who was speaking was a young man who looked to be about 27 or 28 years old.

The young man was wearing a clean white suit and had a handsome face with a faint smile on his face. He seemed elegant and polite, yet had a sense of aloofness and independence.

"who are you?"

Dongfang Liuyun looked at the other person with a pair of pupil-less eyes and spoke slowly.

Wu Yiqi's eyes also fell on the other person, somewhat puzzled about his identity.

Now the whole city of Songjiang Prefecture is cleaning up the mess, even he is covered in dirt.

Just on this muddy street, there appeared such a guy who was so clean that he was almost too clean. Everyone who saw him would find him suspicious.

"Oh."

The young man smiled and said, "I forgot to explain myself. My lords, I am the owner of Huajianlu. My surname is Hou and my given name is Wuque. People in the martial arts world give me face and call me Young Master Huajian."

"Flower Prince? The tortoise prince?"

A Taiping captain spoke frankly.

The smile on Hou Wuque's face froze, and his entire movement seemed to pause.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Dongfang Liuyun scolded angrily, "Mr. Hou runs a brothel, how can you say he is a pimp?

They are playing with the word "elegant", selling art but not their bodies, do you think it is that kind of place?"

Several Taiping captains held back their laughter and said yes.

Dongfang Liuyun turned to look at Hou Wuque and said, "So it's Mr. Huajian. I've heard of your great name for a long time. Seeing you today, I find that your reputation is well-deserved."

"Master Dongfang, thank you for your praise."

Hou Wuque said somewhat awkwardly, his originally otherworldly temperament suddenly seemed to be covered with dust.

He is not a fool, how could he not hear Dongfang Liuyun's sarcasm?
Aren’t you also a fortune teller? What qualifications do you have to look down on me?
My Huajianlu is not an ordinary brothel. Poor guys like you don’t even have the qualifications to enter!

"Master Huajian is also friends with Chen Yougong?"

Dongfang Liuyun looked at Hou Wuque with a half-smile and spoke.

"We had a chance encounter."

Hou Wuque said, "The Huajianlu I opened in Songjiang Prefecture was originally purchased from Chen Yougong.

But I didn’t expect that Chen Yougong was so cruel and he was actually a member of the Pure Land Sect.

I just want to ask, is Chen Yougong really dead?

The government won't take back the house he sold to us, right?"

Chen Yougong was one of the richest men in Songjiang Prefecture. There were at least eight hundred people doing business with him, if not a thousand.

Not everyone knows Chen Yougong's background.

Naturally, it was impossible for the government to arrest everyone just because of Chen Yougong.

In fact, after Su Mu came back, the Taiping Division, the Supervisory Division and the Songjiang Prefecture government had formed a joint team and began to investigate all those who had dealings with Chen Yougong.

This Huajianlu is naturally also within the scope of investigation.

However, as long as it is normal business dealings, the Songjiang government will not take back their houses.

To put it bluntly, Su Mu and Lu Mingyang gave Chen Yougong a lot of benefits in order to repay Chen Yougong for his contribution in building the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture.

Many shops at the foot of Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture were sold to Chen Yougong at low prices.

Later, many of those shops were sold by Chen Yougong.

Hou Wuque's Huajianlu was also purchased at that time.

Huajianlu is quite famous in Songjiang Prefecture and even in the whole Xiangzhou.

Huajianlu is a brothel. The women in it are both beautiful and talented. Those who go in and out of Huajianlu are either rich or noble.

It is rumored that the cost of one night in Huajianlu starts at at least one hundred taels of gold.

Moreover, it is not enough to have money, you also need talent. If you cannot catch the eyes of the girls in Huajianlu, no matter how rich you are, you will not even be able to see the faces of the girls in Huajianlu.

Logically speaking, with Huajianlu's behavior, its business would have failed long ago.

But the business is doing very well and they have opened several branches in various places.

The owner of Huajianlu, Huajian Gongzi, is also very good at networking. Some big shots relied on their power to sleep with the women in Huajianlu, but in the end they were all defeated by him.

In short, Hou Wuque is also a powerful figure.

There are also rumors in the martial arts world that Hou Wuque is the illegitimate son of the leader of the Baihua Sect.

The Baihua Sect practices the art of combining Yin and Yang. Many of its disciples go out into the secular world to practice, and many of them hide in brothels to gain experience.

Rumor has it that the leader of the Baihua Sect was once an over-the-top prostitute when he was young.

According to gossip in the martial arts world, the leader of the Baihua Sect slept with someone at that time and gave birth to Hou Wuque. It is said that she slept with so many people that she didn't even know who Hou Wuque's father was.

The gossip even described the postures used by the Hundred Flowers Sect's leader that night in great detail. Thinking of the gossip he had heard before, Dongfang Liuyun couldn't help but chuckle twice.

"If you have done nothing wrong in your life, you won't be startled by a knock on your door at night."

Dongfang Liuyun said, "If Mr. Huajian has nothing to do with Chen Yougong, then you don't have to worry. As long as it is a normal business transaction, Songjiang Prefecture will protect your rights.

As for Chen Yougong, he committed many evil deeds and has been captured alive. What we just said about him being cut into pieces was a joke.

It would be difficult for him to die until Chen Yougong explained everything clearly.

Of course, even if he confessed clearly, he would still be cut into pieces."

When Dongfang Liuyun was speaking, the other Taiping captains remained silent.

Everyone was looking at the Young Master of Flowers, Hou Wuque.

Although Dongfang Liuyun did not discuss it with them, as soon as Dongfang Liuyun opened his mouth, everyone immediately understood his intention.

Chen Yougong is more useful when he is alive than when he is dead.

If those who had a relationship with Chen Yougong knew that Chen Yougong had fallen into the hands of the Taiping Division alive, they would either try to kill him to silence him or flee for fear of being punished.

Dongfang Liuyun is testing the Young Master Huajian, Hou Wuque.

Hou Wuque, the Young Master of Huajian, remained calm and said calmly, "This extremely evil and insane demon deserves to be cut into pieces.

Such a beautiful Songjiang Prefecture was ruined by him like this.

If I met him, I would stab him a few times. "

“I didn’t know that Mr. Huajian was also in Songjiang Prefecture?
Why didn't I see you when the flood broke out before?"

Wu Yiqi looked at Hou Wuque and asked.

He glanced at Hou Wuque's clean shoes and socks.

After the flood receded, the streets of Songjiang Prefecture were littered with residual mud. It was amazing that Hou Wuque was able to keep them so clean. His lightness skill of walking on sand without leaving any trace was truly amazing.

This person's cultivation is unfathomable.

Wu Yiqi said to himself that after what happened to Chen Yougong, he now found everyone very suspicious.

The Supervisory Department monitors the world, and when he sees someone suspicious, he instinctively wants to investigate.

"I heard about the disaster in Songjiang Prefecture and rushed here from Xiangzhou Prefecture overnight."

Huajian Young Master Hou Wuque looked directly into Wu Yiqi's eyes and said slowly, "I specially brought a hundred carts of food from the prefecture, hoping to do a little for Songjiang Prefecture.

To be honest with you, my Lords, I have been to Songjiang Prefecture before and I liked it very much.

The girls from my Huajianlu are in Songjiang Prefecture and still need the care of you gentlemen."

His words were flawless, but Wu Yiqi still looked at him scrutinizingly, and instinctively felt a little disgusted with him.

Perhaps because he had seen many warriors, he naturally disliked Hou Wuque's behavior.

A pimp and a playboy.

Wu Yiqi thought with disdain in his heart. He turned around and started to busy himself with his own things, too lazy to pay attention to this sissy.

Dongfang Liuyun, on the other hand, started chatting with this playboy with great interest.

After a while, Young Master Huajian Hou Wuque said goodbye and left.

Dongfang Liuyun returned to the team and continued to help clean up the collapsed houses.

"Did you find anything? Is there anything wrong with Hou Wuque?"

Wu Yiqi moved a beam away and asked casually.

"I don't know if there is any problem, but this Hou Wuque does have some skills."

Dongfang Liuyun said, "He is not only a Jindan realm expert, but also knowledgeable in medicine, divination, and astrology.

To be honest, I think this kind of person is no less capable than Su Mu."

"He is so strong, why isn't he the world's most talented person?"

Wu Yiqi frowned.

"Don't be fooled by his young appearance. He is actually over fifty years old."

Dongfang Liuyun chuckled.

"I heard that the old lady who is the leader of Baihua Sect is nearly a hundred years old, but she still looks like a little girl, with skin so tender that you can squeeze water out of it."

"How do you know? Have you pinched it yourself?"

Even someone as aloof as Wu Yiqi would subconsciously join in the conversation when talking about women.

“I have never fought with the leader of the Baihua Sect, but I know which brothel in Songjiang Prefecture has disciples of the Baihua Sect. I would like to invite you to visit it later, brother.

Old Wu, I think you are still a virgin, right? Listen to me, it’s right to find a disciple of Baihua Sect for the first time, that feeling is moist. "

Dongfang Liuyun said with a look of aftertaste, "By the way, I'm treating you, you pay. Everyone knows that you, the disciples of Shennong Baicao Sect, are rich."

Wu Yiqi: “…”

A hint of excitement also appeared on his face. He had never been to that kind of place. Was it really as good as Dongfang Liuyun described?
…………

Taipingsi Yamen of Songjiang Prefecture.

This place was also affected by the flood.

The house did not collapse, but most of the files in the yamen were soaked in water.

Fortunately, most of the Taiping Division's files have backups, so there won't be any adverse effects.

Su Mu asked people to sort out the news coming from the Taiping Divisions in various places in the past six months.

At this moment, he had found the file on the missing Taipingsi patrol team mentioned by Mingyi Hou Zhang Songtao.

The post-disaster reconstruction of Songjiang Prefecture would naturally be presided over by Lu Mingyang, and the Taiping Division would only be responsible for assisting and preventing any monsters from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos.

Su Mu himself directly lent 100,000 taels of gold to Songjiang Prefecture. With this money as a foundation, there would not be too many problems with Songjiang Prefecture's post-disaster reconstruction.

As for Su Mu, he focused on the official duties of the Taiping Division.

Before leaving, Zhang Songtao, Marquis of Mingyi, specially assigned him this task.

Investigate the disappearance of the Taiping Division patrol team. If they are dead, we must find them dead.

"Within half a month, a team of more than a dozen people suddenly disappeared during their routine patrols.

Afterwards, someone searched the route they disappeared along and found no signs of a fight.

Su Mu looked at the records in the file, a thoughtful look on his face.

There was someone he knew among the missing team.

The pacification envoy of Xiangzhou Taiping Division, Fu Qingzhu!
When Su Mu first came to Xiangzhou to take up his post, it was Fu Qingzhu who came out on behalf of Li Tingkui to welcome him.

Fu Qingzhu is the Taiping Division's pacification envoy of Xiangzhou prefecture. When Li Tingkui is not in Xiangzhou, Fu Qingzhu is always in charge of the affairs of the Xiangzhou Taiping Division. It is no exaggeration to say that he is Li Tingkui's right-hand man.

Later, when Su Mu started a war in Songjiang Prefecture, Fu Qingzhu personally brought people to support Su Mu.

Although Su Mu was unable to use Fu Qingzhu later, he always kept in mind the person's timely help.

He didn't expect that something happened to Fu Qingzhu.

"The place where they disappeared is a hundred miles outside the capital of Xiangzhou. The reason we patrolled there is because not long ago, some people reported that there were monsters nearby..."

Su Mu tapped his fingers on the file. He couldn't tell anything from the file alone. He was afraid he would have to go and see it in person.

　Second update. I was too tired yesterday, so today's writing is not very smooth. I am ten minutes late, please forgive me~
　　
　
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