Chapter 131

After giving Zheng Fan the silver and parting ways, the Sixth Prince didn't return directly to his residence. Instead, he followed the alley behind him, avoiding the bustling streets, and walked back to the dark brothel.

The red curtains on both sides of the entrance swayed in the wind, not knowing how many men's hearts they stirred.

They swayed and swayed, from thousands of years ago to now, and they would sway and sway, destined to sway for thousands of years to come.

The Sixth Prince walked in again, to the same compartment, with the same foreign mare, blonde and blue-eyed,妖异勾人.

The foreign mare got up to salute, walked to the back of the compartment, opened the door panel, and the Sixth Prince stepped in.

Down below was a secret room, lit with torches.

A woman in a green brocade robe was calculating with an abacus while keeping accounts. Seeing someone enter, she looked up, immediately left her seat, and paid her respects.

"Sixth Master."

The Sixth Prince sat down in the chair.

He said calmly, "Speak."

"Yes, Sixth Master."

The woman took a porcelain bottle from a box on the table, pulled out the stopper, and handed it to the Sixth Prince.

"Sixth Master, take a sniff."

The Sixth Prince put the mouth of the bottle under his nose, took a light sniff, closed his eyes, and began to savor it slowly.

He said, "This is the smell of gold."

"Sixth Master is wise."

"Where did it come from?"

"The goods came from a Western merchant family in Tumancheng."

"Tell our firm over there, eat as much as you can, don't worry too much about the price. Get the goods out, then go to the capital, and then take a trip to the capitals of Qian, Jin, and Chu."

"This servant has already given those instructions."

"You've done well."

The Sixth Prince took out his purse, took out a piece of broken silver from it, and threw it to the woman.

"A reward from me."

"Thank you, Sixth Master, for the reward."

"But if it was just this matter, it wouldn't be worth it for me to come back here."

The Sixth Prince picked up the teacup on the table and slowly rotated it in his hand.

"Sixth Master, do you need this servant to help you investigate the person you brought in with you earlier?"

"Investigate him?" The Sixth Prince smiled and said, "What's wrong with him?"

"The girl in the compartment he went into had her monthly issue today and wasn't there at all. If he was pretending, that would be one thing, but there were women's voices coming from inside."

"What if he's good at ventriloquism?"

"You're joking, sir."

"I'm not joking, Cuiping. Have you been in charge of the affairs of Beifeng County for too long? Is your heart starting to wander?"

"This servant wouldn't dare!"

Cuiping immediately knelt in front of the Sixth Prince, drenched in cold sweat.

"I told you all the rules a long time ago: you're not allowed to have any designs on the people around me.

The affairs of the company are for you to manage; I'll take care of my own affairs."

"This servant knows her mistake, please calm your anger, Sixth Master."

The Sixth Prince raised the tip of his shoe and pressed it against Cuiping's jaw, slowly lifting her face.

Cuiping looked at the Sixth Prince, her eyes filled with tears.

"Don't cry. I'm not blaming you; I'm pitying you."

"This servant understands."

"No, you don't understand."

"This servant forgot that he's Sixth Master's lifesaver."

"Heh, yes, a lifesaver. A man who could get the Left Guli King of the barbarians to help him build a ladder before he died, is someone you little girls can investigate as you please?"

"..." Cuiping was speechless.

"Besides, that man is quite interesting; I like talking to him.

People, once they've been thoroughly investigated, are like a piece of sugarcane, chewed until it's dry and tasteless, and there's no point in it anymore. Do you understand?"

Cuiping looked at the Sixth Prince with a dazed expression.

"Forget it, you don't understand, so you can only be a shopkeeper."

"It's this servant's blessing to be Sixth Master's shopkeeper."

"Alright, is there anything else?"

"Yes, Sixth Master, we caught Xu Wenzu nearby."

"Xu Wenzu? The Recruitment Envoy from the western part of Beifeng County?"

"Yes, Sixth Master."

"How did you catch him?"

"He sneaked into the city and was discovered by this servant's men. Because he's too fat. No matter how much he disguises himself, it's useless."

"Heh heh, yes, I remember him. He is indeed fat. Interesting that the Recruitment Envoy from the western part of Beifeng County would secretly sneak into the Marquis's mansion."

"Sixth Master, this servant only heard him say a sentence in his sleep before he woke up from his dream."

"What sentence?"

"He said, 'Fortunately, I got out of the carriage to relieve myself at that time.'"

"Got out of the carriage..."

The Sixth Prince's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Does he know who you work for?"

"He doesn't know. He won't say anything when he's awake either, Sixth Master. Do you need this servant to use torture?"

"No need. What he's secretly trying to do at the Marquis's mansion right now is obvious, heh heh. There are always so many self-righteous smart people in this world.

Give him a horse—tsk, forget it, give him two horses.

Give him some dry food and money, and let him go back where he came from."

"Yes, this servant understands."

"Alright, I don't have much time; I have to go back."

"This servant will see Sixth Master off."

Cuiping walked in front, holding a candlestick, leading the Sixth Prince out of the secret passage. However, when they returned to the compartment, Cuiping's gaze suddenly froze. One hand immediately covered her mouth, afraid that she would scream.

Inside the compartment, the original foreign mare was still sitting on the blanket, but her eyes were wide open, and her left hand was raised, making a gesture of greeting.

Obviously, she was already dead.

The most terrifying thing was that after dying, she was still like a doll, maintaining the pose of a beckoning cat.

The Sixth Prince bent down, looked at the dead woman, and said, "You see, I told you not to casually investigate the people around me. Heh, this one encountered an expert. She knew what this red curtain was for a long time ago."

"This servant, this servant..."

"It's nothing; it's just a greeting, it's not a big deal, not a big deal."

After speaking, the Sixth Prince also raised his hand, waved at the dead woman, and called out, "Hi."

......................

On the desert, a man leading a horse, with a boy sitting on his shoulders, was slowly moving forward.

Suddenly, the man stopped, and the horse beside him also stopped.

The boy sitting on his shoulders immediately took out a dagger from his clothes, his eyes glowing green as he vigilantly scanned his surroundings.

After a while, the man reached out and patted the boy's leg on his shoulders, signaling him not to be nervous.

In the darkness ahead, a woman's figure appeared, as well as a woman's voice:

"Oh my, this is just too coincidental. This desert is so vast, how did I run into you?"

"I don't know either."

"If a blind man were here, he would definitely be playing his erhu while singing: 'It must be a special fate...'"

Si Niang approached a little closer, looking at Liang Cheng and the child on Liang Cheng's shoulders.

The child was also staring at Si Niang.

At this time, Si Niang had already removed her makeup, revealing her original appearance.

The child excitedly reached out and grabbed Liang Cheng's shoulders, saying in broken Han language, "Woman... beautiful... grab her back... give you babies..."

Obviously, the child meant to let Liang Cheng grab the beautiful woman in front of him to reproduce.

The worldview of desert peoples is so simple and unadorned.

"Hey, I say, you three haven't been in the desert for long, right? How high is your efficiency? You've even produced a child? You zombies are breeding almost as fast as cockroaches."

Si Niang joked while carefully sizing up the boy.

She said, "It's a wolf cub."

"I'm bringing him back to prepare in Hutou City first. A Ming and Fan Li are leading his tribe to migrate behind us."

"Tsk tsk, so that's how it is. You've really found the manpower?"

"I was fortunate enough to not fail my mission."

"Not bad."

"What are you doing here?"

"I was just about to go back. By the way, the Master is in the oasis not far ahead."

"The Marquis's mansion?"

"Looks like you've learned your geography well."

"Is the Master in danger?"

"Danger, there's danger everywhere. A normal person can choke to death while eating. I guess it should be an opportunity. In the evening, the Master just prostituted with the current Sixth Prince of Great Yan."

"That's quite a leap."

"I thought so too, but that prince isn't an easy character either. I was afraid that the Master would be looked down upon by him, so I gave him a greeting before I left."

"The Master can't be without someone by his side."

"Isn't this just a coincidence? How about this, you go back first, and I'll return to the oasis to accompany the Master."

"Alright."

"Let me tell you about what's happened in the past few days so that when you go back and see Blind and the others, they can know the situation."

"Alright."

Liang Cheng put the boy down from his shoulders, then took out dry food from his package.

"I have wine and meat here; eat mine."

Liang Cheng nodded and accepted the wine and meat that Si Niang handed over.

The boy grabbed the meat with one hand and the wineskin with the other, taking a bite of wine and a bite of meat.

He ate very heroically.

"This little wolf cub is quite cute."

Si Niang teased.

The boy could probably understand Han language, but he couldn't speak it fluently. At the moment, because he had drunk wine, he was somewhat full of heroic spirit.

He said, "Woman... beautiful... when I grow up... I'll snatch you... give me babies..."

"Oh, you're really ambitious."

A child's praise is the purest, although this child is a little precocious.

Liang Cheng ignored the boy for now and looked at Si Niang.

He said, "Has your relationship with the Master progressed any further?"

Si Niang looked at her hand.

She said, "Well, it has."

"Mm."

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Liang Cheng slapped the boy, who was full of heroic spirit, to the ground, burying the boy's head in the yellow sand.

"You're not allowed to defile the Master's woman."

The boy struggled to pull his head out and sat aside, a little grumpy, continuing to eat vigorously without crying or fussing.

"Oh, hehehe... I have to say, it feels really good to be the mistress."

Just then, Liang Cheng suddenly stood up and faced the direction of the oasis.

Si Niang also put away the smile on her face and said seriously, "What's wrong?"

"I feel it..."

"Feel what?"

"Someone is using evil energy to turn a corpse into a zombie!"