How to become a Taoist priest starting from a brothel

Actually, before Li Mozhu told Liu Yin that the story of "Ding Nu Hua" might be affected by the literary inquisition at that time, Aunt Liu had already visited with the head of the Shen family.

The book had just been printed and sent to the ship less than a night before they were already knocking on the door of the Liu residence.

"Aunt, Patriarch Shen, what brings you here?" Liu Yin was startled by the disheveled appearance of the two.

"We've caused trouble." The head of the Shen family said after taking a breath after drinking a cup of tea. "That Dingnuhua might be affected by the literary inquisition."

"How could that be? I wrote a story from the previous dynasty." Liu Yin frowned, somewhat puzzled.

"Others might not, but it's mainly this person in charge of the literary inquisition." Aunt Liu, having caught her breath, didn't waste any time and explained the whole reason.

Only then did Liu Yin realize that Li Linfeng, who was in charge of this matter, and the Zhang family, to which Liu's aunt had married, were political enemies. Moreover, Liu's maternal family had been impeached by the other side in a memorial to the throne.

"Doesn't anyone deal with Li Linfeng for acting like this?" Liu Yin asked, somewhat puzzled, since her aunt had described him as having countless misdeeds.

"How could I dare? He's a scoundrel who's a master of flattery. The current emperor trusts him quite a bit, and in recent years, because the emperor has become increasingly weary of state affairs, he's started to have the final say on many matters of the court," Aunt Liu continued.

"But I've never heard of this person before, and I've heard that those prime ministers and grand tutors are all virtuous people." Liu Yin emphasized the word "virtuous" heavily, as if it carried endless sarcasm.

"He wouldn't dare hold a high position, lest he leave a bad name in history. He's only a minor vice minister now, mostly serving in front of the emperor," Aunt Liu said with a disdainful sneer.

This made the head of the Shen family, who was standing next to her, somewhat envious. Although she was considered wealthy in Huaicheng and a well-known merchant in Lichao, she was always ostracized because she did not come from a prominent family. Even minor officials dared to treat her arrogantly. Now she naturally envied Aunt Liu, who could speak her mind and came from an official family. After all, she would never say these things out loud.

"What should we do now? Can the book be recalled?" Liu Yin frowned, somewhat worried. If she had just arrived in this place, she would naturally have been brave and unwilling to back down, but now that she had her mother, Mei Wuluanqin and others, as well as her aunt, cousins ​​and siblings, she naturally had a weakness.

"It's too late to recall them. Even if the recall was issued last night, the books printed locally have already started selling this morning." The head of the Shen family shook his head regretfully.

"Then let's just leave him be. These days, if the people don't complain, the officials won't investigate. We can only gamble that no one I dislike has connected this to this." Liu Yin considered several methods in her mind, but none of them worked. She could only sigh deeply and wait.

"But..." Patriarch Shen was reluctant to give up, but couldn't think of a good solution.

"If that doesn't work, we'll arrange for a few people to keep watch. We'll keep an eye on Qingyin Hall and the government office first. If anyone really has designs on us, we'll be prepared. As for the Prince Anle's Mansion..." Liu Yin thought for a moment and decided to arrange for people to keep watch. But when she thought of the Prince Anle's Mansion, she couldn't help but rub her temples.

"There's no need to worry about the Prince of Anle's residence. I think we'll have news in the next few days." Aunt Liu sighed deeply and rubbed her temples.

"What happened to the Prince Anle's Mansion?" Liu Yin had been in seclusion for a while, so she was a little behind on the information from the streets.

"The Prince of Anle who was patrolling the border has been arrested. The army has surrounded the Prince of Anle's mansion for the past two days, just waiting for the imperial decree to confiscate his property. I heard that a team has also been sent from the capital, and they will probably enter the city in the next few days," Aunt Liu said.

"Then let's leave it for now..." Liu Yin thought for a moment and decided to put these matters aside for the time being. After all, with their current power and influence, if the government really wanted to deal with her, they really didn't have a good way to deal with her. However, she also thought of Yuan Mingyou's influence, but she didn't want to expose it for the time being. Moreover, she didn't believe that anyone would deal with her. After all, she believed that she hadn't offended anyone since she arrived.

Of course, if we're really talking about it, Liu Yin hasn't openly offended anyone, but there are those who already dislike her and want to crush her in the mud.

"Master Sun, it's been so long since you've visited me," the courtesan, dressed in beautiful clothes, said coquettishly, pulling at her patron.

Although Qingyintang has not returned to its original appearance after another renovation, the lives of the famous courtesans are better now. After they started singing Liu Jianniang's songs again, their business has even improved. This makes Yuening, who wanted to surpass Liu Jianniang, even more resentful.

Looking at the old man in front of her, with his face wrinkled like an orange peel, his sparse white hair, and his dark mouth with only a few teeth left, Yu Ning felt her stomach churning. But thinking of her purpose, she endured it and held her wrinkled hands to her chest.

"Master Sun, my heart aches with longing." The man before her was someone she had forcibly taken from Xu Yueling. The reasons were simple: firstly, to deliberately make Xu Yueling feel aggrieved, and secondly, because of the man's special status—he was the father of Prefect Sun's chief steward.

To understand why Yuening sought out this special guest, we must go back to the time when Qingyintang restarted Liuyin's business plan and music. Ever since Xu Mama tentatively started playing Liuyin's music again, business began to improve. Later, at Xu Yueling's suggestion, the training program for Liuyin was restarted, which allowed Qingyintang to recover to about 70-80%.

However, because she relied more and more on Liu Yin, Yuening's position in Qingyin Hall became precarious. Although her pipa skills were top-notch, she had Liu Yin above her and male prostitutes personally trained by Liu Yin, so she could hardly be considered one of the best. In terms of appearance, she was far inferior, after all, the red-light district was never short of beauties.

Yuening's indenture was in the hands of Madam Xu, and she was rejected by her master. She wanted to find the person who had encouraged her to come, but the person had already disappeared in Huaicheng. She hated Madam Xu, but she hated Liu Jianniang, who was stronger than her, even more.

Ever since she heard about the literary inquisition from her patron, she had been eyeing Liu Yin, who was a writer. If she could find any mistakes in Liu Yin's writing, she might be able to use the literary inquisition to imprison her.

So when she learned that this Master Sun was the biological father of the chief steward in the prefecture, she had an idea. It wasn't that she didn't want to find someone with an official position like a sub-prefect or a chief steward.

However, ever since she became unscrupulous in order to earn money to redeem herself, her reputation has plummeted. Officials of that rank were unwilling to lower themselves to be with her, and the prefect's steward, who always kept himself pure, made it even harder for her to find an opportunity.

"What is it, my dear? Tell me and I'll help you." At his age, he was still able to win the favor of a young beauty, so Master Sun was naturally pleased. Regardless of whether he could actually do it, he had already made the promise.

Upon hearing this, Yuening's eyes lit up, and she handed the letter she had prepared in advance to the other party: "Grandpa, I'm here to present you with a reward."

"Oh, what merit has my beauty made for me?" Master Sun thought she was just flirting and couldn't help but pinch her.

"Master~" Yuening gave him a playful glare, "Have you heard about the literary inquisition...?"

Master Sun was already blinded by beauty and didn't care about anything else: "Of course I know, does the beauty intend to find a criminal to bring me honor?"

"Of course, I found it with great difficulty." After saying that, Yue Ning told him about her discovery in Liu Yin's book, but noticed the hesitation on Master Sun's face after hearing Liu Yin's name.

"Master, this is a tremendous achievement! If you don't report it, someone else will take the credit, which would be such a pity..." Yuening continued to urge.

"This..." At this moment, Master Sun's heart was already moved.

Seeing him like this, Yuening naturally tried her best to persuade him until he nodded. Then she served him with disgust in her eyes, but in her heart she began to imagine what would happen to Liu Yin.