After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

Yuan Yi brought in the hot food and placed it on the table, "Master?"

Yuan Qing was taking apart the hair crown on her head, and in a fit of anger she even pulled out a few strands of hair.

Yuan Yi sighed, stepped forward and grabbed his master's hand, untied her crown himself, and straightened her messy black hair.

After dinner, Yuan Qing sat on a stool and thought, "What was the name of last year's runner-up?"

"Lu Huaizhou." Yuan Yi replied without raising his head.

She remembered that she had taken a few maids to the capital to watch the fun.

The top two candidates both rode on tall horses to accept congratulations from the crowd, but the runner-up was not seen in front of anyone.

Later she found out that Lu Bangyan had long been sent to a local area by Wen Chengyu to help him carry out a secret mission.

According to Wen Chengyu, Lu Huaizhou is also his good friend and he can trust him.

Lu Huaizhou is originally from Beicheng and knows everything about Beicheng. If you have any questions during the investigation, you can go to him.

[Roudun'er, help me find the location of this Lu Huaizhou.] Yuan Qing said in a deep voice.

【OK. 】

Rouduner turns on the small world search function.

【Please enter keywords. 】

Yuan Qing thought about it carefully and said: [Humble and polite, knowledgeable. ]

She had never seen this Lu Huaizhou, so she could only describe him based on what she had heard and the world information in her mind.

[Also, he is male, was born in a well-known declining family in the North City, and may be unmarried.]

[A search is underway in this area... A total of 109 people matching the description have been found. Do you want to further narrow the search scope? ]

She couldn't think of any more search criteria, after all, she had never even seen the person.

This is all we can do, so we have to let Roudun'er transfer all the information of these one hundred people into her memory.

Wow, that’s a lot of work.

Well, forget about sleeping tonight.

The next moment, something flashed through her mind.

No, since Lu Huaizhou was hiding in North City, he must not be using his real name, and he might be disguised.

Headache……

How can you find someone with just a fake name?

[Clear all previous searches, search again: The man beside Mo Si who arrived in North City last year.]]

[Starting search, please wait... There are 58 people who meet the criteria, do you want to further narrow the search scope? ]

[No.] At this point, she can no longer rely on the system and needs to make careful judgments step by step.

[The first person is a coachman, responsible for the transportation of the ladies in the harem. He has no access to core secrets, so he is killed.

The second person, Mo Zhuzhu's lover? Will he have a chance to get in touch with Mo Si's secrets? Stay and mark him. 】

……

The screening process for one person and one pet lasted all night.

The sky was already bright, and Yuan Qing's eyes were slightly blue.

When Yuan Yi came in the morning, he looked at her two panda eyes and knew that she had stayed up late again.

Without saying a word, he turned around to get hot water, soaked a handkerchief, and gently placed it on her eyes.

Yuan Qing closed her eyes comfortably, tilted her head back and let Yuan Yi serve her.

After a while, the handkerchief became a little cold, and Yuan Yi took it off.

"Master, do you want to take a rest before setting off again?" Yuan Yi asked.

"No need, let's solve it as soon as possible and return to the capital as soon as possible." Yuan Qing put on his coat and mask, "Today you just need to follow me."

"Yes."

Because Yuan Qing was not in good spirits, Yuan Yi only brought one horse and the two of them rode together.

He held Yuan Qing in front of him with one hand and held the reins with the other, running towards his destination at a leisurely pace.

Yuan Qing fell asleep as expected, with her head tilted and leaning in Yuan Yi's broad arms.

He tightened his arms.

Even though it was wrapped in several layers of cloth, I could still feel the warmth emanating from it.

Yuan Yi's fingertips trembled.

He knew that such behavior was outrageous, but he only dared to indulge his own desires under such circumstances and selfishly took everything from his master for himself.

Although his master often teased him, he never mentioned it after each time, leaving him alone with his wild thoughts.

When will the master accept him?

Yuan Qing felt itchy because of Yuan Yi, so she moved her body, then found a more comfortable position and continued to sleep.

Yuan Yi's face changed, and he stiffened his body and slowly moved back a little.

He protected her carefully, clamped his legs around the horse's belly, and quickened his pace.

About half an hour later, they arrived at one of the shops.

The two men dismounted swiftly and looked across the street at a person standing opposite them.

After she and Roudun'er spent a night investigating, they finally narrowed down the number of more than fifty people to three.

The identities of these three people are:

Lu Mu, the adopted son of Mo Si's steward, has been working by his side ever since he helped Mo Si block a knife last year, and he has become quite famous.

The cooperating businessman Sun Liuguang, together with Mo Si, secretly sold banned goods and made huge profits.

The last one is the martial arts master Kuang Ce, who currently serves as Mo Si’s personal bodyguard.

If you want to confirm which of these three people is Lu Huaizhou in disguise, you can only know by personally meeting him.

The man across the road is Lu Mu.

Now he is using an abacus to calculate the wages for the workers.

He made a crackling sound on the wooden abacus as he calculated and took notes. After a while, he had finished most of the work.

The person who can do a set of accounting procedures smoothly is indeed a rare talent.

They observed for most of the day but didn't find anything wrong.

I had to get up and head to the next destination.

To be honest, she found the second person unlikely.

Although Lu Huaizhou also ranked second in the imperial examination in his previous life, he was ostracized and lived in poverty all his life. He cursed the darkness of the Yuan Dynasty officialdom until his death.

As a good friend of Wen Chengyu, he studied hard for another ten years before he got a chance to make a name for himself.

How could a person who cares so much about the country and the people be a profiteer like Sun Liuguang who would do anything for money?

They went straight to where the third person was.

Finding him is the easiest thing.

Wherever Mo Si is, there Kuang Ce is.

After all, he is a personal bodyguard, and the main thing is to emphasize the word "personal".

When Yuan Qing followed the map to where Kuang Ce was, he looked up and his eyes widened instantly.

Yuan Yi's face immediately turned dark.

In front of them was the largest entertainment venue in the northern city - Paradise City.

Yuan Qing had also heard of it, but thought it was just some ancient stuff.

Now she realized that she had been thinking too naively.

What you can think of is here, and what you can’t think of is also here.

The content inside can be as open as possible and can definitely meet the various needs of various guests.

Similarly, this is also the largest dark trading location in North City.

It is a city of bliss, but also a den of hell.

"Let's go in." Yuan Qing said.

Although he knew that his master did not come here voluntarily, he still felt very uncomfortable.

She could only be extremely alert and keep her master closely by her side to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to get close to her.

When the servant guarding the door saw them coming, he did not go out to greet them enthusiastically. Instead, one of them stayed at the door to stop them and wait for news, while the other went in to report.

Quite cautious.

There is indeed a problem here.

Not long after, the servant who went in to report came out, followed by a charming woman who looked like a brothel owner.

The woman looked them up and down, "New here?"

"This is my first time in North City. I heard from people that this is a good place, so I wanted to come and see it for myself." As he said this, he gestured to Yuan Yi to put the silver into the woman's handkerchief.

In order to disguise himself, Yuan Qing even changed his accent.

He sounds like a young, innocent kid, so there shouldn't be any problem.

The woman rolled her eyes and took them to the first floor where the auction of the Oiran was taking place.