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Chapter 214 Accidental Discovery

Lu Jinping has watched film and television dramas in modern society, and has also reported news reports, and has seen countless tragic phenomena after the dam breaks. He also knows some basic protection methods, so this time, after summer, the rain is relatively small and less, and in this case, it is a sign of concentrated outbreaks.

Because if the rain in the rainy season in the summer is scattered and landed, the river's ability to withstand it can be accepted. However, if more than half of the rain in the summer are concentrated for one or two days, the disaster caused is absolutely terrifying. Judging from the rain this year, he was really worried. Because it was dark like the bottom of the pot, and he could also hear the thunder faintly. This has been the case since the morning.

Lu Jinping patiently persuaded Governor Feng to strengthen flood prevention preparations. Finally, he said something that moved Governor Feng. He said: "Flood prevention must be foolproof, otherwise there will be no mistakes. Once a place is not considered well, it will be disastrous to the people. We should work harder, even if we do useless work, don't take risks with the lives of the people."

Governor Feng was shocked by Lu Jinping's words. He pondered for a long time and finally nodded and said, "You are right. You can't take risks. You would rather spend more time. I ordered all the people and soldiers to invest in flood control, prepare sandbags, and formulate emergency plans. Once the flood is found to flood the embankment, the city gate will be blocked immediately. At the same time, people will be sent to patrol along the river and observe the river water level at any time. Once danger occurs, we must first ensure the safety of the people in the city."

When Lu Jinping saw that Governor Feng had adopted his suggestion, he was very happy and said goodbye. When he arrived at the door of his house, he was about to get back in the carriage, when someone suddenly called him out. When he looked back, he was the staring maid Zuixiang.

Zuixiang smiled and said to Lu Jinping: "Sir, our girl invites you to Chunhualou. I wonder if Sir has time?"

Lu Jinping looked at the dark sky like the bottom of a pot and said, "You girls chose such a day to invite me. The dark moon and windy night is the time to kill people. Don't you want to do anything else, right? Hahaha."

Zuixiang giggled and said, "Justice is really good at joking. Our girl said that she didn't know that today would be like this. She just said that today is Jushi's rest day. Last time I couldn't talk and drink well with Jushi. Today, Jushi was just free. He personally made a few exquisite side dishes and asked Jushi to taste a glass of bitter wine. I wonder if Jushi is interested?"

When Lu Jinping heard this, he immediately thought of the terrible smell of bitter wine, but the feeling of floating and ecstasy after drinking it was particularly reminiscent of it. When he thought of it, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva and said, "Your girl's wine is really unique. Although it is extremely bitter, the feeling after drinking it is more comfortable than ordinary wine. Now I think I would rather endure that kind of bitterness than that kind of sweetness. So I went for this."

Ye Qingqing was a little unhappy and said, "That woman is so weird, so let's not go."

Lu Jinping smiled and said, "What's weird? I've checked it before. It's normal. The case has nothing to do with her at all. Moreover, I have never refused if someone is kind enough to invite me to drink. Okay, you don't have to accompany me. Go back, I'll come back after I finish eating. Don't worry, I won't get drunk."

Ye Qingqing pouted and said, "I won't get drunk yet. Last time you were so drunk that I was unconscious, but I took you back."

Lu Jinping felt a little embarrassed and said embarrassedly: "I don't know that the wine is so powerful, I underestimate the enemy. I know this time, I won't drink so much, don't worry."

After saying that, before Ye Qingqing could speak, he got into Zuixiang's carriage. Zuixiang bowed to Ye Qingqingfu, and then got on the carriage. The coachman whipped away.

The carriage soon arrived in front of Chunhua Tower, and after getting off the car, he followed Zuixiang to the backyard. Because Ning Mou personally invited Lu Jinping to drink, he did not tell the rich man Ma and **, so they didn't know.

When he entered, Lu Jinping deliberately reminded Mr. Turtle who opened the door not to report to the rich man Ma, and Mr. Turtle repeatedly agreed.

After entering the yard, I arrived at Ning Mou's yard and saw Ning Mou standing under the main hall, looking at him like water.

Lu Jinping was a little surprised and said, "Did the girl wait for me all the time? Or did she hear my footsteps come out? Why is it so coincidental?"

Ningmou said, "That day, I felt that I was not very happy to drink by the Tongzhou River. Today, I would like to let the Lord taste the bitter wine and play the piano for him."

Lu Jinping was overjoyed and said, "Okay, you can also appreciate the sound of the pinging girl's piano. It's really a fairy-like enjoyment. OK, OK."

Ningmu said, "Just go to the attic."

Lu Jinping looked up and saw a small five-story pavilion between the woods, pine, cypress and bamboo behind his yard, which was a large height above the surrounding buildings. He didn't care before and now he found that it was unique. Unexpectedly, there was a towering attic in Ningmou.

Ginging his eyes and walking upwards, Lu Jinping followed him and said, "This is really interesting. I didn't expect you to have such a tall building, like a tower."

The maid Zuixiang, who was following behind, helped explain: "This has been there for a long time. Master Ma specially modified the courtesan yard of Chunhua Building. Only the courtesan has such a building. As a courtesan, we girls have to live here. It is comfortable to have this attic. The wind is very cool in the summer. A few days ago, the girl said that she would invite the Lord to come here, but the Lord has not had time in the yamen. Today, she finally has free time, but it seems that it will rain heavily."

Lu Jinping said: "Is it not good to rain heavily? I like it raining the most. The heavier the better. It is so refreshing to listen to your girls playing the piano and drinking in the wind and rain."

Zuixiang said: "That's right, in fact, we girls also like it rains. Whenever it rains, she always looks at the raindrops by the windows, and sometimes she even writes poems."

Ning Yin, who was walking in front, seemed to have not heard them talking, and still climbed up the steps. He walked to the top floor, opened the door and walked in. Lu Jinping followed up and said in surprise: "Is this your boudoir? It's so comfortable."

The house is classically elegantly decorated, with a dressing table and an embroidered bed, which is a fragrant boudoir.

Ningmou said, "Yes, I think this place is quiet, so I moved here. There is also a place to enjoy the scenery on the top floor. Drinking and playing the piano are all the best places. Why don't we go up to the top floor?"

"Okay, I also like drinking on the open pavilions. It's better to rain a little, it's even more enjoyable."

Gingting nodded, walked to a large antique cabinet, pulled open the copper ring, and took out a bronze wine cup and a few small glass wine glasses from it.

Just as she was about to close the cabinet, a buzzing sound came from the cabinet, like a bee making a sound.

Lu Jinping was a little curious because it reminded him of the Yufeng raised by Xiaolongnu in Jin Yong's novel "The Return of the Condor Heroes". Could it be that this cold and icy gazing has the same hobbies as Xiaolongnu?

Ningming turned around and handed the bronze wine cup and wine glass to the maid Zuixiang. The moment she turned around, Lu Jinping's eyes fell on the pairs of shoes on the bottom layer of the large wardrobe. On the tip of one of the embroidered shoes, there were two peonies made of red silk.

However, before he could see clearly, in a flash, Ning Ming turned around and blocked his sight. Lu Jinping wanted to look sideways and then, Ning Ming had already closed the door of the cabinet.

Isn’t these peony embroidered shoes the iconic shoes of the last courtesan Fengdie? How did they appear in Ningmou’s cabinet? Is Ningmou really related to Fengdie’s death?

Ning Ming's feet were placed in the morgue in the yamen. The morgue was sneaked into it, but there was no trace left. The solid copper lock was also twisted and taken away. The copper rings on the door were twisted and deformed, showing that the person entering the morgue was extremely skillful in martial arts. This coincided with the martial arts that Ning Ming was accidentally revealed. Could it be that the feet that the Fengdie wore peony embroidered shoes were actually Ning Ming?

Moreover, the gazing eyes were extremely strange. She had no breathing, no heartbeat, and her body was cold. She also drank an extremely strange bitter wine, which made people feel like they were so bitter after drinking it. Fengdie died in the toilet and was burned to death. The only thing left was the head and feet left, and her entire body was burned to a high carbonization, but the time was very short. Normal flames could not achieve such an effect at all. I am afraid that only by using abnormal means can it be done. The weird gazing eyes made Lu Jinping feel that he could do it. Because he himself had many incredible things. Only incredible people could do incredible things.

In order to hide his distraction for a moment, Lu Jinping hurriedly said, "It seems that there are bees in the cabinet."

The maid Zuixiang on the side of her certainly couldn't have thought about Lu Jinping so much at this moment, but there was no strange expression on Lu Jinping's face, so she didn't notice anything, and she still smiled and said to Lu Jinping: "That's not a bee, that's..."

Ning Ming turned around and glanced at her, her eyes were not very sharp, but Zui Xiang immediately shut up.

Ningmou took off an antique Yaoqin from the Yaoqin rack, held it in his arms, turned around and said to Lu Jinping, "Please please, sir."

She led Lu Jinping to open a double floor-to-ceiling door, passed through the walkway outside, and saw a wooden staircase. She walked up the stairs and reached the top floor.

There are only four pillars on the top floor that support a glazed tile ceiling, with no doors and windows around it, or even railings, just exposed. The glazed tile is semi-transmissive, so the entire top floor looks like it is alone in the air.

Lu Jinping said, "It's really rare that you are here. You don't even have a fence. Sitting here is like being in the clouds. Look, the houses of all sizes in Tongzhou City are at your feet, which is really refreshing, but if it's a storm, will it blow people away? Hahaha, but the girl's martial arts skills cannot be blown away, so I can't do it. So, to be safe, I'd better tie myself to the pillar with a belt."

The maid Zuixiang giggled and covered her mouth with her hands and said, "The Lord is really good at telling jokes. With our girls here, no matter how strong the wind is, it will not blow away the Lord."
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