The next morning, Chu Ling returned to the inn alone. Although Xiao Yan'er woke up in the morning, she was not as sad as last night, she was still depressed and unwilling to go back to the inn, and she didn't want to see Yun Xingyue now. Chu Ling had to ask Xiao Xi to stay and take care of Xiao Yan'er, and went back alone. Calculate the day, Duke Xiangguo and others were about to arrive in Beijing, and she still had a lot of time to deal with.

As soon as he returned to the inn, Yun Xingyue rushed up. Chu Ling flashed and let him go and frowned and said, "What are you doing?"

One night passed, Yun Xingyue was still wearing the clothes she had yesterday, and she looked very haggard and embarrassed. She obviously didn't sleep the whole night last night. But Chu Ling didn't feel sympathy for him at all. She didn't sleep in the middle of the night to comfort Xiao Yan'er last night, and she was sleepy now.

"Where is Yan'er?!" Yun Xingyue asked. Chu Ling looked at him, raised her head and rolled her eyes, "Don't you know where Yan'er is?" The sleepy person naturally won't have a good temper. Yun Xingyue didn't know Boss Huang, so Xiao Shi could follow people to find where Yun Xingyue couldn't find it? Yun Xingyue looked at the empty door behind Chu Ling, and said sadly, "She refused to come back?" Chu Ling reached out and patted his shoulder, saying, "Young Master Yun, I suggest you give up."

"Why?" Yun Xingyue waved her hand unhappily. Chu Ling looked at him with interest for a while and said, "You won't tell me that you really fell in love with Yan'er, are you?" Perhaps it was because he had learned from his mistakes all night last night, but Yun Xingyue's speech was not as difficult as yesterday, or perhaps because Xiao Yan'er was not here, "So what?"

Chu Ling sneered, "If you like her, you must follow you? Who do you think you are?"

"You!" Yun Xingyue gritted her teeth and glared at Chu Ling. Chu Ling sneered and said, "Yun Xingyue, no one in this world will always wait for you in the same place. Once the two intersecting lines are staggered, they will never intersect again." Although the earth is round, the two people who missed may meet again, the premise is that you have to have the ability to walk through a whole circle. As for looking back, who stipulates that you must look back? Who stipulates that you must wait for you to catch up with you when you turn back.

No longer watching Yun Xingyue's ugly face, Chu Ling walked into the yard.

"Princess." Li Dan, who was sitting in the yard, naturally saw the two of them, but the atmosphere between them was obviously not very harmonious, so Li Dan did not come to disturb him. Chu Ling calmly stepped on her feet and looked at Li Dan, "Are you better?" Li Dan was a little ashamed, "Princess Lao is worried, it's okay." He was indeed the weakest among the group. He almost fell ill after a few days after arriving in Shangjing. Fortunately, he was not very ill, and it was almost cured after taking two doses of medicine.

Chu Ling waved his hand and said, "You have just arrived in the north, and it is normal for you to not adapt occasionally. I guess Duke Xiangguo and the others will arrive in the next few days. You can prepare well."

Li Dan nodded and said yes. Yun Xingyue, who was standing at the door, looked at the two of them, gritted her teeth, waved her sleeves, and turned around and went out.

Li Dan glanced at the door with some concern and frowned, "Young Master Yun... It won't be a problem, right?" Chu Ling said, "What can I do if I am a big old person?" Li Dan nodded and asked no more. He was still young and was at a time when he was full of career. He was not very interested in other people's love, hate and affection. As long as it did not affect the serious business or Xiao Yan'er's safety, he naturally would not care too much. In the past three years, although Li Dan and Xiao Yan'er are not very good, their friendship is still good after all, at least it is much better than Yun Xingyue who often runs around.

Two days later, neither Boss Huang nor Lingxiao Trading Company had any news about Tuoba Zan, and Chu Ling was also a little anxious. Although Tuoba Zan was not very prominent when the late emperor was reigned, he is now a prince. After all, he has not seen anyone in the court for so many days.

On this day, Boss Huang came to invite Chu Ling to a party with a smile. Chu Ling naturally knew that Boss Huang would not do meaningless things, and when he received the post, he just raised his eyebrows and responded. Although he didn't know what kind of party it was, the venue of the party was quite interesting. It was actually on the famous flower street in Shangjing, and it was the most famous flower building in Shangjing... Nanxiangyuan.

Chu Ling changed into men's clothes and appeared in the place on time. Boss Huang was already waiting for her outside. As soon as he saw her coming from the end of the street, he immediately came up enthusiastically, "Mr. Ling, you are finally here. Why are you here? You would have known that you would have gotten off the carriage to pick you up." Chu Ling was playing with the folding fan in his hand, while looking around and laughing, "It's rare to come to such places, and you have a long experience all the way."

Boss Huang smiled and reached out to invite Chu Ling to go in with him.

The two walked side by side inside, and there were endless guests at the entrance of Nanxiangyuan, far ahead of other nearby flower buildings.

Chu Ling followed Boss Huang and said curiously, "I remember... the flower building in the capital in the past few years is not called Nanxiangyuan, right?" Boss Huang laughed and said, "This... Is it normal for business to lose money and make profits, and it is better to have ups and downs? In the past two years, Nanxiangyuan has become famous in Shangjing." Chu Ling asked, "Why? Could it be that some stunning beauty has appeared in Nanxiangyuan?"

Boss Huang squinted his eyes and seemed to be thinking about something. After a while, he nodded and said, "He is really a rare and beautiful beauty."

Chu Ling was not very interested in the so-called beauty. After all, she was a beauty herself. If she really wanted to see it, she could look in the mirror. Yang Wanyin, who was known as the number one beauty in Pingjing, was beautiful, but Chu Ling thought she was not as good as the word "beauty". She raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "So, Boss Huang invited me to see the beauty today?"

Boss Huang waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile, "Young Master is joking, so naturally he dared to invite you only if you have a serious business."

"Look at me with your ears."

Boss Huang looked around and lowered his voice to Chu Ling and said, "Do you still remember the destruction of the black market?" Chu Ling certainly remembered that not only remembered that the destruction of the black market had a direct relationship with him. He was a little puzzled, "What? Is this Nanxiangyuan related to the black market or does it have to do with Ming...?" Tuoba Liang became the emperor and still opened a flower building? Is this too unprotected?

Boss Huang shook his head and smiled mysteriously, "Of course not, but the young master should know...some things exist because there is demand. Since the black market is gone...there are naturally other alternatives."

Chu Ling couldn't help frowning when she heard this. She really had no good feelings for the so-called black market. Boss Huang obviously understood this point and said, "Don't worry, this place is a bit interesting, so it's not as unqualified as the black market. After all, it's open on the surface. Even if the people of the Clan are worse than those of the Clan, they still want to make themselves look like personal on the surface. "Recently, waiters and merchants from all over the world have gathered in Shangjing, and the master behind the Nanxiangyuan thought of inviting some powerful people to gather together, so there will be many people here tonight."

Chu Ling asked, "Who is the master behind Nanxiang Pavilion?" Ordinary people don't have the ability and the confidence to invite so many people, right? After all, it's not familiar to Shangjing, so it's hard to say whether they will give him face.

Boss Huang's voice became a little lower, saying, "I heard that it is Princess Zhaoguo."

"Tuoba Mingzhu? What does she want to do?" Chu Ling was a little surprised. Boss Huang shook his head and said that he didn't know.

While talking, the two had already entered the backyard of Nanxiangyuan. The backyard was brightly lit and people were even more lively than the hall in front. Chu Ling looked over and found that people wearing various clothes and different looks gathered in the yard, which looked even more complete than Emperor Yongjia's birthday. After Boss Huang showed the invitation, the two were invited into the yard. The music sounded from afar, the music was heard from the distance of the garden, and the music was bright and gentle, accompanied by cheerful drum beats, which was completely different from the style of the Central Plains.

Chu Ling and Boss Huang were walking in the yard while whispering, "Boss Huang is really sure that you will get something for you when you come here today?"

Boss Huang smiled and said, "Young Master has searched all over Shangjing, but he has not found the whereabouts of that person. Although he is not afraid to say that he is omnipresent, Shangjing is well-informed but still has not found any trace. I guess that... if he was not secretly imprisoned, he would hide his identity and hide in a place we can't guess."

"Do you think he will come here?" Chu Ling asked.

Boss Huang smiled and said, "If he is still free, he can't really hide in nothing and keep his name in the rest of his life. If he wants to do something, wouldn't it be very convenient for this place to be mixed with people from all walks of life? In addition, I wonder if the young master has ever thought of a question?" Chu Ling asked, "What?"

"If His Majesty hadn't captured that person, why would he suddenly disappear? As far as we know, he did not really disappear at the same time as General Tuoba was arrested. Although he rarely appeared in front of people after the general was imprisoned, his whereabouts were not found were three days before the young master entered Beijing." Chu Ling was stunned and looked at Boss Huang and said, "Boss Huang means he is hiding from me?"

Boss Huang smiled and said, "I don't know this... I'm going to tell the young master what I found."

Chu Ling didn't speak for a long time, and the two walked forward to the most lively place in the garden. Sure enough, they saw a group of enchanting Hu Ji dancing on an open space in the garden. Many guests gathered around to admire Hu Ji's singing and dancing, and many people sat around talking and laughing in groups of three or three. Chu Ling noticed that there were several people sitting or standing in an inconspicuous small building not far away. There was a vague appearance of a woman in the crowd, but it was not Tuoba Mingzhu that could not see clearly.

Chu Ling leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Does Tuoba Mingzhu want to make money or collect information?"

Boss Huang said, "Make money and collect information." He himself is in the intelligence business, so the news is naturally very well-versed. "Does the princess know how much money can Nanxiangyuan make in a year?" Chu Ling naturally didn't know, but the business of Lingxiao Commercial Bank is now in her hands. She can probably estimate a number, "About 100,000 taels?" The flower building makes a lot, but it also costs a lot. Not to mention anything else, it takes a lot of money to cultivate an excellent flower courtesan. Unless a newly opened building like Nanxiangyuan, Tuoba Mingzhu must have bought it five or six years in advance, those girls must have bought it. It is hard to say whether the cost can be recovered now.

Boss Huang shook his head and compared a number to Chu Ling.

Chu Ling frowned slightly, "Three hundred thousand?"

Boss Huang nodded with some envy, "This is just the money for the girls in Nanxiangyuan, and it is not a big deal."

Chu Ling said, "What else do Nanxiangyuan do?"

Boss Huang said, "Do everything."

“Do anything?”

Boss Huang said, "Murder and rob, sell news, people, as long as they can make money, they do anything." Chu Ling frowned and looked at the small building not far away. "The person behind Nanxiangyuan cannot be Tuoba Mingzhu. Is there a problem with Boss Huang's news?" Boss Huang looked at her in surprise, "What do you say about the young master?" Chu Ling said, "I don't doubt Tuoba Mingzhu's courage, but... Tuoba Mingzhu doesn't have this ability." Tuoba Mingzhu may have some ability, but if he could build such a large and clear organization in two or three years, Chu Ling didn't believe it.

Boss Huang said, "I'm afraid the young master will be disappointed. My news... should not be wrong. I don't know who the master behind Nanxiangyuan is, but I don't know very little in the capital. Princess Zhao is the queen's daughter. She has made great efforts in getting to power in recent years. Therefore, Your Majesty doesn't care that she has some of her own property." Of course, if Tuoba Liang knew that Nanxiangyuan had some other activities in secret, Boss Huang didn't know.

Chu Ling was about to speak, but suddenly his eyes flashed and closed his mouth. Boss Huang looked at her in confusion. Chu Ling stared at the front and said, "I have something to do, I'm going to lose my companion first?"

Although Boss Huang didn't know what she wanted to do, he didn't care and said, "Young Master brings the invitation, you can enter and exit Nanxiang Pavilion tonight. If you have something to do, you will still be here." Chu Ling nodded, and walked quickly towards the path ahead without saying anything. Chu Ling followed the path forward, and the more he walked in, the quieter it became. Looking at the dark path that was empty in front of him, Chu Ling frowned slightly and thought for a moment, and flashed into the back of the flowers beside him.

After a while, two figures walked out of the fork on the other side. The person following behind him whispered, "Young Master, what's wrong?"

The other person replied, "It seems that someone is following us just now?" The person behind him immediately became alert, took two steps forward and looked around, and looked back at the man and said, "Young Master, have you looked carefully?" The man shook his head and said, "No, I just feel that someone is following us. Maybe... there are too many people in this garden, so I'm a little too careful. Since there is no one, then leave, and the time has been delayed."

"Yes, young master." After that, the two of them turned around and walked forward, and disappeared at the end of the path after a moment.

Chu Ling came out from behind the flowers and looked at the direction where the two people left in front of him and thoughtfully.

Qin Shu?

It is not surprising that Qin Shu will come here tonight. According to Boss Huang, there are many powerful people in Shangjing who come to Nanxiangyuan tonight. Because tonight, Nanxiangyuan will not only auction the courtesan of Nanxiangyuan, but also select a guest of the curtain. It also has to auction a few rare treasures gathered from all over the country. It is said that they were brought by merchants from all over the country. These people did not have a channel to send these treasures to the palace as the emperor's birthday gift. It is naturally much more profitable to auction in such a place where powerful people gather, than to find someone to sell them.

However, Qin Shu obviously did not come here for both. But obviously for...who did he meet? Was it for the King of Western Qin? When brothers met outside, they were afraid of arousing suspicion from Tuoba Liang, so they chose to meet in such a place?

No matter what Qin Shu wanted to do, Chu Ling still followed quietly.

Qin Shu led his people to the depths of the garden, and he was obviously not unfamiliar with this place. Walking forward, the quieter and darker, and even the noisy and noisy sounds seemed to be far away. Since Nanxiang Garden was backed by the Princess Mansion, the area would naturally not be small. Qin Shu walked along the way and walked for nearly a quarter of an hour before he stopped. Behind a flower tree in the northwest corner of the yard was an inconspicuous small courtyard. There was no one on duty outside the yard, so Qin Shu took the people to walk in.

Chu Ling stood under the flower tree outside the yard, watching Qin Shu walk in and frown.

Qin Shu obviously does not seem to be a stranger, but in the industry under Tuoba Mingzhu's name, Qin Shu can come and go freely. Why is this for? It's probably because Qin Shu and Tuoba Mingzhu have any cooperation? He was hesitating whether to follow in, but suddenly he heard a breeze passing by behind him. Chu Ling's expression changed slightly and turned around without hesitation and stabbed him. The visitor obviously had expected her to take action, so he sideways and avoided the knife and reached out to grab her wrist. Chu Ling's other hand was about to slap her, but the familiar touch made her slightly stunned, and then she was pulled into a slightly cool embrace.

"Why are you here?!" Chu Ling looked up at the person coming, and there was a little surprise in his voice.

The eyes of the people in the night are as quiet as stars, with a faint smile.

"A Ling, why are you here?"

Chu Ling blinked and keenly identified a bit of disdain from his voice. Then he quickly turned the blame, "Boss Huang brought me here."

"Boss Huang."

Chu Ling felt guilty and said sorry to Boss Huang in his heart, and then changed the topic, "You didn't tell me that you were coming to Beijing." Of course, the person who came would not be someone else. It was the late Princess Shenyou Princess Jun Wuhuan, the current lord of Cangyun City Yan Fengxiao. Jun Wuhuan sighed lightly and said, "How can I feel at ease when you come to Beijing at this time?" Chu Ling's heart was slightly sweet, and his voice softened a little, "Don't worry, I won't do dangerous things. By the way, just now..."

Jun Wuhuan shook his head and said, "You can't go in, Baili Qinghong is inside." Although Qin Shu's strength can be ignored, Baili Qinghong cannot be underestimated. At least it is impossible for them to peek around casually.

"Baili Qinghong?" Chu Ling frowned, and Jun Wuhuan pulled her out and said, "Let's leave here first."

Jun Wuhuan pulled Chu Ling away from the courtyard and found a remote and uninhabited Xiaoxuan in.

"You haven't said that, why are you here?" Chu Ling looked at Jun Wuhuan and said. Jun Wuhuan looked down at her with a smile, "Don't A Ling want to see me?"

Of course not. It has been a few days since I went to Cangyun City last time. The two have been together for the past three years. It is naturally very delicate to see Chu Ling in Shangjing. Jun Wuhuan pulled her to the soft couch by the window and sat down. Without lighting the light, she looked at her face with the moonlight from the half-open window. Although she was wearing men's clothes and her face was decorated, Jun Wuhuan recognized her at first sight as soon as Chu Ling followed Boss Huang into the yard.

He sighed softly and said, "I just entered the city this evening. I originally planned to see you again tomorrow morning to give you a surprise."

Chu Ling raised her eyebrows, "Is it your surprise to visit the flower building tonight?"

Jun Wuhuan laughed and said, "Of course not. There is one treasure auctioned tonight. I think you should like it." Chu Ling asked curiously, "Oh? What?"

Jun Wuhuan said "Yantian Sword."

"I don't use a sword." Chu Ling said. It's not that she can't use a sword, but she is not good at using a sword. Jun Wuhuan smiled and said, "Do you know whose sword this is?" Chu Ling blinked, not concealing her ignorance. Jun Wuhuan said, "It's Chu Lie, the former Regent of the Tianqi, and this is his sword. However, after Chu Lie committed suicide and died in his country, the sword disappeared on the battlefield."

Chu Ling said, "I remember... Chu Lie must have a grudge against you, right?"

Jun Wuhuan nodded, "Chu Lie's sword has no grudge against me. The most important thing is that even if you don't like this sword... it will be of great benefit to you to bring it back to Tianqi." Chu Ling naturally knew that Chu Lie was a person who was once powerful and even the emperor was suppressed by him. How could his sword have an ordinary qualities?

"Okay, you've passed the test." Chu Ling said.

Jun Wuhuan smiled slightly, gently raised her chin and lowered her head and said, "A Ling, you haven't said that... Why are you here with Boss Huang?"

"I have something serious." Chu Ling said with confidence.

Jun Wuhuan looked at her for a long time before sighing softly and said, "I really want to take A Ling back to Cangyun City." Chu Ling rolled her eyes unhappily and said, "Young Master Changli, Lord Yan, just visit a flower building. Will you be worried when I visit Nanfeng Pavilion one day?"

"A Ling still wants to visit Nanfeng Pavilion?" Jun Wuhuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his voice slightly cool.

"..." I thought a little, but Jun Wuhuan looked a little fierce and dared not say it.

Jun Wuhuan said softly, "It must be that I have been with A Ling for too little time, which made A Ling have such an idea. This time, I will stay in Shangjing for more days, and be a husband... I must accompany A Ling well."

"..." Actually, it's not possible. For some reason, Princess Shenyou couldn't help but shivered, and felt something was wrong.

As if I heard her heart's voice, Young Master Changli gently stroked her bright red lips with his slender fingers and said softly, "I want it. Although A Ling rest assured, it's rare that I'm not busy lately."

"..." You'd better be busy.

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