Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

"I have never seen jade of this quality in the palace..." said Concubine Mei.

"But I did hear that Burma once presented a set of jade stones of varying colors as tribute. The Emperor... ordered the Imperial Household Department to forge them into jade pendants. The Empress has a piece of green jade, but as for which other concubines have any, I don't know."

"You can go to the Imperial Household Inspection Office and check. The type of jade tribute, the style of craftsmanship, and for whom it was made... are all recorded. You can find out easily."

The lights in Changlefang were charming, and the girls and men in the building were hugging each other, chatting and playing.

Guo Yuanqi wore a smoky blue cross-collared military robe and went up to the second floor with his hands behind his back. His subordinates pushed open the door of the wing room and he stepped in.

Behind the beaded curtain in the room, two wealthy businessmen dressed as officials came out with smiles on their faces.

"Oh, General Guo is finally here, please come in."

Guo Yuanqi walked in with a smile. There were two lovely beauties standing beside him. He glanced at them and sat down.

"I just came out of the training ground. Sorry to have kept you waiting."

"That's not the case. General Guo is very busy with military affairs, unlike us common people." The slightly plump official flattered.

The tall man winked at the beauty, who immediately came over with a smile and sat next to Guo Yuanqi to pour wine. He put his arm around the beauty's shoulders and opened his mouth to drink the wine handed to him.

"What do you two want from me?"

The tall man and the slightly plump man looked at each other and said with a smile, "It's all for my son. I want to ask the general for a job."

Guo Yuanqi didn't look at them, but stared at the beauty with a smile in his eyes. He touched her, and the beauty squeezed her legs together and said something coquettishly.

"Disgusting, so bad."

Guo Yuanqi smirked and leaned over to kiss her on the cheek. "You two should know the market situation. Only 100 households can enter right now."

The two men took out the silver notes and placed them on the table. The tall one said first, "This is ten thousand taels of silver. General, please take good care of my son."

The beauty continued to feed Guo Yuanqi wine, and he said with a smile: "It's easy to do if you pay me."

After three rounds of drinks, the two officials left tactfully. Guo Yuanqi was slightly tipsy and smiled as he took the two beauties into the private room.

He sat on the edge of the bed, leaning back with his hands on the bed, watching the beauty slowly take off her gauze dress, leaving only a pink bellyband, which was stretched tightly by her breasts. She twisted her slender waist and sat on his crotch, her eyes and brows full of charm.

"Young Master is so handsome, Yan'er can hardly bear it."

After finishing his mission, Lu Ziqing did not return to the Marquis' Mansion directly. He kept thinking about the Imperial Household Department and walked alone on West Street at dusk.

The colorful clouds in the sky are scattered, dyeing the white clouds orange.

My ears are very quiet today, without those two people making noise around me.

What he didn't know was that Su Chengfeng and Wu Ji were assigned by the eunuch to cut endless amounts of medicine today, so they couldn't leave on time.

It was not yet dark, and the shops on both sides were still open. Long lanterns were lit on the doors of each shop, and vendors selling small items were shouting loudly.

Lu Ziqing walked through the crowd, lost in thought.

Royal Supervisor!

He muttered three words to himself.

It's considered good luck that I found some clues after just a few days in the palace.

I'm not familiar with the people and things in the palace yet, so the time hasn't come yet for me to enter the Imperial Household Department. As long as I know the direction, I won't have to worry about missing opportunities in the future...

Lu Ziqing's mind wandered, and he didn't know how long he had been walking when he suddenly smelled a fragrance. He withdrew his attention and his stomach growled in response. Only then did he realize that he had not had dinner yet.

Lu Ziqing turned his head to follow the aroma and saw a noodle soup shop full of diners.

The big boiler stove was steaming hot, and a long cloth sign was hung on the door - Bawang Beef Noodles

Lu Ziqing walked over and said to the boss, "Boss, a bowl of vegetarian noodles without meat."

The boss looked at him in surprise for a moment, "Okay, table number ten, a bowl of vegetarian noodles."

Soon, a bowl of steaming and fragrant noodles was served on the table.

The sky was a little darker than before, but the road was still clear, and the orange lights on both sides of the street seemed even brighter.

Lu Ziqing had been in the capital for many days, but had never seen Chang'an Avenue at night. After finishing his noodles, he looked around and took in the picturesque night view.

On the way, I also went into a fried food shop and bought some fried small yellow croakers that the two noisy guys liked to eat.

The hawkers' shouts gradually faded away, and all I could hear was the laughter and chatter of diners in the attic of the tavern.

Near the end of the street, the charming laughter of a brothel girl from the next street could be heard.

Lu Ziqing turned into the narrow alley. The light inside was dim, and there was a pile of straw half a person's height in the uneven corner of the wall.

As he approached, the straw pile rustled twice, and his heart tightened, and he thought subconsciously.

"It's dark and gloomy, there won't be any snakes in the haystack, right?"

Lu Ziqing kept an eye on the dark corner and gradually quickened his pace. After taking three steps, he heard two coughs from the haystack.

Lu Ziqing: “…”

This time I could really hear it, it was a human voice!

Although he was a grown man, anyone would be a little scared if they heard someone hiding in a dark corner in this narrow alley.

"Who's there?"

After waiting for a while, there was no response from the haystack, so he said again: "If you don't come out, I will report it to the police."

Still no movement.

Lu Ziqing turned around and left. At that moment, a louder rustling sound came from the haystack behind him.

He turned his head at the sound, but before he could turn completely, he felt a chill on the side of his neck. His brain immediately realized that it was a knife.

I froze in place, not daring to move, and only heard the man's voice behind me speak with some discomfort.

"If you dare to report me to the police, I will kill you."

Based on Lu Ziqing's experience, this sound should be due to physical discomfort, and he is hiding here, so could it be that he has some difficulties?

The laughter of men and women in the alley was cheerful. He stared at the lights of the brothel not far away and dealt with the people behind him.

"You are hiding here quietly and not making any noise, so I have no choice but to report to the authorities."

There was no response from behind, and the knife on the side of his neck was shaking slightly. He was silent for a moment and then asked again.

"Or do you have something to hide? I sound like you're feeling unwell. I'm a doctor. Do you need any help?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the knife on Lu Ziqing's neck swayed back half an inch, and the person behind him spoke with difficulty.

"You...are a doctor?"

Lu Ziqing lowered his eyes to pay attention to the knife on his neck while responding to the words.

"Yes, you are not feeling well. I can take a look at you."

Sure enough, the blade gradually moved outward.

His eyes were slightly cold, and he took advantage of the situation to turn around quickly. Just as he raised his palm to hit the man in the chest, the man fell onto the pile of straw.

what's the situation?

Lu Ziqing leaned forward to take a closer look. The man was nearly middle-aged and had a faint smell of blood on him.

He squatted down and saw that the clothes around his waist were torn into a big hole. "Are you injured?"

"Quick, go look over there."

"This kid can't run far if he's injured."

There were several hurried voices coming from the back of the alley. The man suddenly panicked and stood up, grabbing Lu Ziqing's wrist for help.

"Save me, they are here to kill me."

"There's a dark alley ahead. Let's go there and take a look."

The voices gradually approached, and the man looked at Lu Ziqing with his eyes full of hope for survival, and said anxiously: "Please save me."

Su Chengfeng got off work too late today and did not go to Yang Zhounan's place. After returning to the Marquis' Mansion and having dinner, he sat at the table, biting a toothpick and thinking.

"Where on earth did Ziqing go? The housekeeper doesn't know either."

Wu Ji burped, patted his chest, and said, "Maybe he went out shopping and hasn't come back yet?"

"What the hell are you doing strolling around? It's curfew now." Su Chengfeng retorted, his brows gradually furrowed. "Could he have gone to a brothel?"

"What's a brothel?" Wu Ji asked stupidly, "A brothel? But..."

He pondered and said, "I see that all the buildings on the street seem to be red, or black, or... Oh, Brother Lu will definitely not go to a fancy dinner without telling us, don't say anything nonsense."

"Eat, eat, eat. That's all you do." Su Chengfeng said to him, "Go away and don't bother me."

Wu Ji snorted and left. Su Chengfeng paced around the room restlessly, his mind seemed very conflicted, and the more he thought about it, the more irritated he became.

Half an hour later, he walked to the bathroom, wanting to take a bath and have a good sleep.

When he lifted the curtain with the dry clothes, he saw Wu Ji sitting in the bathtub with only his head sticking out, staring at him in surprise.

"what are you doing?"

Su Chengfeng put the dry clothes on the cabinet next to him and took off his clothes.

"Did you eat too much and become stupid? You came in to take a shower, what else could you do?"

Wu Ji wiped the water off his face and said to him, "You have to wait until I finish washing before you come in. You are not allowed to come in."

"What time is it now? Everyone has gone to bed. Let's just make do with it for tonight."

Su Chengfeng was shirtless, with strong muscles on his back, waist and abdomen. He untied his belt facing people. Wu Ji screamed and poured water on him.

"Go away. I won't take a shower with you. Go away."

The water in the bathtub splashed far away, soaking the curtains and cabinets next to it, and even Su Chengfeng's dry clothes, and the water flowed all over the floor.

"What are you crazy about?" Su Chengfeng wiped the water off his face and yelled at him.

Wu Ji said, "If you leave, I won't water you."

Su Chengfeng grabbed the clothes on the cabinet and wiped them on his body without looking at Wu Ji.

"Every time I take a shower and change clothes, I hide away by myself, like a young girl or a young wife. What's so good about a grown man's body? Don't worry, I don't like men."

Wu Ji snorted, "Brother Lu doesn't like being seen even when he's taking a bath and changing clothes. Is he a young lady or a young wife?"

"Hey, you..." Su Chengfeng raised his clothes to hit him, but after thinking for a moment, he retracted them and said, "Forget it, forget it. I won't wash it."

Lu Ziqing held the man's arm and walked to the front of the alley.

"Brother, there seem to be footsteps in the alley."

"Come over and have a look."

Lu Ziqing and the man felt a tightness in their hearts. They quickened their pace to get out of the narrow alley, stepped into the bushes on the side and squatted down. Several masked men followed them out.

"Hey, this is weird. I clearly heard footsteps, but why is there no one here now?"

The masked brother didn't respond, but looked around. After a while, he looked towards the bushes.

The man was hiding in the bushes, and through the branches he just happened to meet the masked brother's eyes. He shuddered with fear, and the bushes suddenly shook and made a sound.

Several masked men approached slowly with knives in hand. Lu Ziqing and the man dared not breathe, and sweat kept coming out of their temples.

He opened the mechanism buckle hidden in his sleeve and was about to fire when a "squeaking" sound suddenly came from the grass behind him.

A big rat jumped out from behind them, startling the masked men. They couldn't see what it was for a moment and took several steps back.

"Damn it, it turned out to be a rat. I thought it was that kid."

At this moment, a figure passed by their side, and the masked elder brother said anxiously: "He's over there, chase him!"

After they left, Lu Ziqing came out carrying the man.

It is curfew now and I can't go back to the Marquis' Mansion. If I hang around on the streets, I'm afraid the killers will come back to find me again.

Lu Ziqing stuffed the fried small yellow croaker into the man's arms and picked a handful of wild flowers from the grass in his hand.

She carried the man and walked crookedly into the place he hated most in his life.

A brothel called Xianglanyuan.