Chapter 4 Exchanging identities (in)

After leaving the Chenghuang Temple, Lou Xiyue traveled to the Orchid Pavilion mentioned in the letter.

As a brothel, Youlan Pavilion is located outside the Flower Street and Liuxiang. It is different from the bustling lantern market and has a different kind of liveliness.

But as soon as she stepped through the gate of Orchid Pavilion, she was stopped by someone. The visitor was dressed gorgeously. Although he was a little older, his charm was still there: "Hey, wait a minute! I don't know where that place is?"

?A brothel! What is a girl like me doing here? Get out quickly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a man's voice came from outside a certain wing upstairs: "Mother Qi, is that heroine looking for him? Let her come in!"

"Nvxia?" Qi Niang looked at Lou Xiyue in the east with suspicious eyes, "Sure enough, she is dressed like a Jianghu person..."

Lou Xiyue raised her head and glanced at Zai, raising her eyebrows slightly: "Did you let me in that time?"

"..." Qi Niang waved her legs impatiently: "Come in, come in."

Lou Xiyue passed her, went straight upstairs, and pushed open the door with a crack.

There are spices burning in the house, and when the breeze blows, it brings a faint fragrance of orchids.

"Hey, I'm here." The man at the table looked over. He was leaning on the back of the chair, his high hair crown decorated with bright jade, and the tassels on his hairband fell on his shoulders.

When he saw Lou Xiyue, he smiled, and the butterfly birthmark in the corner of his right eye seemed to fly with him, and his every move was full of energy and coolness.

"Ah."

Lou Xiyue choked in front of him. She said nothing, raised her head and drank the wine in the glass.

The strong alcohol entered her throat, and her mind was stimulated to wake up a little.

Lou Xiyue: "Every time I stay at a place with fireworks, I am afraid of being weak."

Wen Jisheng said sternly: "Look what I said, he just came there to drink and do nothing else, how could he be weak? - Okay, don't talk about him, talk about me. Show your family already

Destroy, what am I going to do?”

Lou Xiyue: "I asked even though I knew it." What should I do? Of course I will take revenge.

Wen Jisheng analyzed and said: "I must not be confused. Since that man can kill everyone in Xian Yang Villa, he must have some legs. I am weak and weak, so it is his wrong leg."

"Then he can outwit him." Lou Xiyue turned to look at him: "He doesn't expect me to help him, but I don't want to stop him either."

Wen Jisheng: "How can he stop me... Do I have any clues about the murderous leg?" He supported Dongba with one leg and said: "He heard that Shumi Pavilion was completely destroyed, no, no, no

Enemies seeking revenge?"

Is the Xian Yang Sect a sect that specializes in collecting information from all walks of life and makes a living by selling information? Is the Xian Yang Villa the place where secret documents of various families are collected in the Shu Mi Pavilion? If the Ming Shu Mi Pavilion is destroyed and the disciples are killed, ten of them will

Eighty-nine times, I hate the actions of the enemies of the Xianyang family.

Although Lou Xiyue accidentally escaped from being a spy, Wen Jisheng believed that the situation in front of her was not safe.

At this time, Lou Xiyue shook his head and said: "He is not sure about that either. He got a seal from the leg of the sect owner. After many inquiries, he found out that the seal came from a teahouse in the capital of Xuanguo, named

It's called the Japanese Fragrant Tea House. He plans to go to the capital to find out."

"The Fragrant Tea House?" Wen Jisheng was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing: "That's a huge misunderstanding. Who told me if the Fragrant Tea House is a tea house?"

Lou Xiyue didn't understand: "Why am I laughing? If it's not a teahouse, then what is it?"

Hearing the quiet sound, he swirled the glass wine glass, and the mellow wine blinked into his throat: "Whatever Orchid Pavilion does, Fragrant Tea House does."

Lou Xiyue: "..." The literati in the capital are the worst at visiting brothels?!

"Although he has no position to persuade me to let go of my hatred, as a friend, he is willing to share my worries." Wen Jisheng clinked glasses with her: "If you have any difficulties, just come to him."

"Of course he won't be polite to me when he comes to my place." Lou Xiyue paused and asked him, "Speaking of which, he just saw me on the street. What happened? He seemed to see me

Catching flower pickers."

Wen Jisheng sighed heavily and explained, "Stop talking, the thief was not caught and he was almost injured."

It turned out that more than half a month ago, someone found Wen Jisheng and paid him a lot of money to help catch the flower-picking thieves wreaking havoc in the Jiangnan area.

The flower-picking thief had a very good eye and some literary talent. He was accustomed to using things as legs to deceive women from good families. That time, he set his sights on Ban Xiyu, the granddaughter of the old general Ban of Huaijiang Prefecture.

Wen Jisheng finally caught him. It turned out that the thief had a lot of legs. Taking advantage of the chaos in the city, the soles of his feet were greased.

This made him feel depressed and unhappy.

Wen Ji said: "Forget it, don't talk about him anymore - my Mingyue's state is a bit...not normal. Maybe I met something happy on the road?" Why don't you look so happy?

Lou Xiyue put down the wine glass, and the corners of her eyes were slightly curved: "It's been a long time since we last met. I've learned a lot about mind-reading?"

Wen Jisheng smiled and said: "You don't need to be a mind reader, you can tell by my expression that I am very happy. Just tell me and let him be happy too."

Lou Xiyue suppressed her smile: "It's not a good thing, I just met a friend I haven't seen for a long time."

Regarding her family background, the fewer people know about her family background, the better, so we might as well keep it a secret for a while.

She deliberately changed the subject and said: "Mingyue and I had sex with the flower picker. He will definitely be wary after that. I'm afraid it will be difficult if I try to catch him again."

Wen Jisheng sighed: "Why doesn't he know that? Maybe he is really unlucky tomorrow night. Fortunately, his target is not Ban Xiyu, so I hope Ban Xiyu is here. If he is afraid that he won't take action, he just needs to wait and see."

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Lou Xiyue looked at him calmly: "It seems that he is very curious. Are those Xiyus so beautiful? That thief coveted her so much that he was unwilling to give up when his whereabouts were revealed?"

Wen Jisheng said: "Then how does he know whether Bu Nao should be a stunning beauty?"

Lou Xiyue raised her eyebrows: "I haven't seen her?"

"Of course he has never seen it -" Wen Jisheng suddenly paused and his eyes fell on Lou Xiyue's face. Then his eyes lit up: "Hey, why didn't he expect that! Isn't there a stunning beauty beside him?

Son!"

He slapped the table: "Let's talk about it, why don't I pretend to be Ban Xiyu and lure the thief into hooking me. Anyway, I have martial arts at my side, so I don't have to worry about suffering any losses. Once I catch him, he can collect the reward.

How about splitting the account with me?"

Lou Xiyue's heart skipped a beat - pretending to be Ban Xiyu?

"It's not that great. He's not short of money and doesn't do anything that requires effort." She turned her head away as if nothing had happened, nodded at the table, and said, "I beg you to move your legs as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late."

Wen Jisheng: "Oh? What do you say?"

Lou Xiyue lied without changing her expression: "Not long ago, he heard from the people there that an imperial edict from the capital had arrived, and asked Ban Xiyu to set off that month to marry King Xuanping in the capital."

Of course Ban Xiyu told her about the imperial edict, so she couldn't tell the truth.

Wen Jisheng took a breath: "Hey, that's going to be difficult. He won't have to follow the wedding team all the way to the capital. It's really troublesome..."

As he said that, he changed his voice and said, "Tsk, I don't know if Ban Xiyu is lucky or unlucky to marry King Xuanping."

Lou Xiyue said what he said unchanged: "What do you say?"

Wen Jisheng said: "There is a rift between Emperor Daxuan and King Xuanping. They are looking at the loss of glory and glory. I don't know what will happen in the future."

Lou Xiyue poured a full glass of wine and pushed the glass cup in front of him: "Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Wen Jisheng: "That's not true! Well, in the final analysis, it's all about the throne and power. That matter is very complicated, and I can't explain it for a while. In short, the relationship between Prince Xuanping's family and the emperor

It’s okay if there is an unsolvable grudge between us.”

Lou Xiyue thought of Ban Xiyu who was about to become King Xuanping's wife. She murmured: "In that case, then Ban Xiyu..."

Wen Jisheng said: "Husband and wife are one and the same. If the emperor doesn't want to see King Xuanping, he will naturally not pity a little girl."

Lou Xiyue was worried because of those words. She was not in the mood to chat with Wen Jisheng, so she found an excuse and found another guest room to take a rest.

After washing, Lou Xiyue lay on the bed with her arms pillowed on her head. She experienced the ups and downs of her life that night, her heart was pounding, and she was not sleepy at all. She did not light a lamp, and looked at the curtain above her head in deep thought.

It turns out that she was not abandoned when she was young. There were many people in strange families far away who were thinking about her.

According to what Ban Xiyu said, the one who wanted her back then was a member of the Rongguo family. According to common sense, she should have been sent to the lap of a Rongguo man.

But many years ago, Guiniang told her that she had discovered it in a field in a remote village and brought it back to Xianyangmen.

Perhaps an accident occurred while Xizuo was taking her away, and that was how Rongguo's plan was foiled.

Lou Xiyue's thoughts began to wander.

She thought of Ban Xiyu's frail body and gentle personality, and wondered whether he could cope with the complicated situation outside the capital.

——"Let's talk about it. Why don't I pretend to be Ban Xiyu and lure the thief into his trap..."

Pretending?

Is that actually a good idea?

Seeing that Ban Xiyu was not very willing to fulfill the engagement, she also requested to track down the murderer in the capital. The murderer had a name in the "Literati Hall" in the capital and must have been involved in officialdom.

If someone with the identity of "Princess Seonpyeong" exists, it will be much easier for her to check the identity of the wrong party.

In addition, she has martial arts at her side, so she can naturally withstand the attacks from all sides. If the emperor or other forces really attack her or Banfu, she will be able to deal with them easily.

I don’t know what Ban Xiyu thinks.

Thinking back to the beginning, Lou Xiyue finally overcame the drowsiness and fell into a deep sleep.

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Ban Xiyu returned home with cold moisture all over her body. Old Mrs. He, who had received the news a long time ago, even came to visit her. The old lady hugged her distressedly and cared about her for a while, and then she was worried that she would catch cold and typhoid and die immediately.
To be continued...