"Let's take a short break and then hurry to find the person. Since Lou Mingkou has been in contact with the Southern Qing, he might discover our whereabouts. So we have to find the evidence before him."
After having lunch at the inn, the group set off to look for clues.
When the group appeared at the door of the brothel, everyone was shocked.
Yuan Yuhan's whole mouth twitched. The last time he went to the brothel was quite a blow to him. Those women threw themselves at him like they were crazy. His face was ashen at that time.
Unexpectedly, just a few months later, he was standing at the door of the brothel again. He even wanted to turn back and leave this place of trouble immediately.
"Zhanzhi, is this where that person stays? So we're going in to find him?" Yuan Yuhan asked with his mouth wide open in surprise.
Jing Xunchao nodded as well, his brows tightly knitted.
Two extremely fat women walked up to the door of the brothel and swaggered in. The madam who came out to greet them was a sissy man. Seeing this scene, everyone's eyes widened in surprise and their mouths dropped open.
A Ru had lived for so many years and had never seen such a scene. The Southern Qing was really strange. Everything here was the opposite of other countries. Even in the brothel, it was men and women came here for pleasure. This was what she couldn't understand the most.
"Brother-in-law, are you sure we're coming here? You said that person is in the brothel?" A Ru asked puzzledly.
Jing Xunchao nodded helplessly. The information he had found led him here. But he was also worried about how to get in. He and Yuan Yuhan were men and couldn't enter the brothel unless they were sold into it.
A Ru's mouth twitched constantly. "But if we want to find the person, we have to go in. It's okay for me and elder sister since we're women, but how are you two going to get in?"
She was naturally timid and didn't want to go in to find the person with just elder sister. She would only feel at ease if they were with them.
Mu Fengqie saw the embarrassed looks on Jing Xunchao and Yuan Yuhan's faces and burst out laughing. "It's not difficult. Leave it to me."
Half an hour later...
"I quit! Zhanzhi, it's not that I'm not a good brother. How can I, a seven-foot man, dress like this?" Yuan Yuhan's whole face was full of refusal.
Jing Xunchao's face wasn't looking any better at this moment. It was the first time he had ever worn women's clothes. He felt that after putting on these clothes, he didn't even know how to walk properly and even breathing became difficult.
At this moment, Mu Fengqie and A Ru were already laughing so hard that they were rolling on the ground. They couldn't stop laughing when they saw the two of them, and their stomachs even started to hurt.
"Hahaha! Elder sister really has a way. I have to say that you two look quite beautiful in women's clothes. Your looks are no worse than mine! I'm sure that when you go to the brothel, the men there will fight to serve you!" A Ru laughed while covering her stomach painfully.
She was used to seeing the two men being serious on weekdays. Now seeing them in women's clothes was really funny. A Ru was even a bit worried that she would die of laughter here.
Yuan Yuhan glared at her fiercely when he heard this. He really rejected his current appearance. He didn't want his lifetime reputation to be ruined. If he was recognized like this, how could he show his face in the future?
"Zhanzhi, you guys go if you want to. I'd better wait for you at the inn. After all, too many people will attract attention, right?" Yuan Yuhan said helplessly while trying to negotiate.
But how could A Ru give him this chance? Without saying a word, she covered Yuan Yuhan's mouth.
"If you don't go, then who will protect me? Have you forgotten what you promised the Empress Dowager before we left? If you don't want to be with me, then go back." A Ru pretended to be angry and put her hands on her hips.
Yuan Yuhan shook his head helplessly. He had fallen for this girl for his whole life and was completely under the control of this just-of-age little girl.
"Alright, alright, don't be angry. I'll go with you. But you have to promise me that you won't laugh anymore!" Yuan Yuhan coaxed A Ru.
A Ru tried hard to hold back her laughter and nodded. "Since we're already dressed up, let's set off quickly!"
The four of them came to the door of the brothel together. This was the largest brothel in the Southern Qing. As soon as they stepped in, the sissy man rushed out to greet them. Looking at the group in front of him, his eyes were shining with gold.
"Oh! Ladies, come in quickly! You ladies must be here for the first time, right? You've come at just the right time. Today our Wind and Flower Tower is having a show. Come in quickly!"
The group was led in by the madam. The scene inside was really eye-opening. The men here were either bare-chested or dressed very revealingly. In short, it was really shocking.
When A Ru and Mu Fengqie saw this scene, they instinctively turned around. They were still young girls and really couldn't bear to look.
The scene inside also made Jing Xunchao and Yuan Yuhan's faces look a bit bad. They quickly found a place to sit down. They had never seen what that person looked like before and could only look for him slowly.
"Let's stay here first and see what the Wind and Flower Tower is up to. He has the fragrance of peach blossoms on him. We can find the descendant of the Ruan family just based on this clue." Jing Xunchao said in a low voice.
In less than a few minutes, more and more people came. There were all kinds of women inside. Some were sweet and cute-looking, while others were extremely ugly. Everyone sat down, as if waiting for something.
The group simply sat there patiently like the others and waited. After a while, the madam walked down from the upstairs.
"Dear ladies, you've been waiting for a long time. The show for today is officially starting. The first round today is a test of eyesight. Are you ladies all ready?" the madam said softly.
"Ready. Hurry up and start!"
"In this first round, it's a test of eyesight. There are twenty items on the stage, all embroidered by embroiderers. As long as you ladies can identify which one is the Su embroidery, you can throw the bamboo slips on the table into the flower pot in front of that item."
Hearing this, Mu Fengqie frowned. Although she was a woman, she didn't know much about these things. And Jing Xunchao and Yuan Yuhan were men, so they naturally didn't understand women's items. If they wanted to make it to the next round, they could probably only count on A Ru!