[R18] Dali Temple.Qing (Shuangjie solves the case 1v1) – “Dali Temple. Qing (Shuangjie solves the case 1v1)” Chapter 38 Crisis [English]

The moonlight was cold and beside the rockery dotted with flowers and plants, Zhang Ren was standing next to a pot of roses with a pair of scissors, pruning the branches.

The flickering candlelight in the room reflected his thin outline, and his brows looked particularly sinister.

“Sir!” A guard held a newspaper in his hand, trotted to him, and presented it with both hands.

“Click——”

Several bright pink flower buds fell in response, and a few pieces of bright red were knocked off.He wiped his hands and handed the scissors to the maid beside him.

“What?” he asked, his voice unhurried and leisurely.

“A secret report from Sheng Jing.”

Zhang Ren was stunned, then turned around and took the white towel handed by the maid and wiped his hands clean.

The secret report unfolded, and his eyes scanned it.For a moment, two dark colors appeared in the originally leisurely deep eyes, the eyebrows were furrowed, and the expression was gloomy.

The guard was suspicious when he saw this, and sent away the maid who was waiting beside him before quietly asking: “But what’s wrong?”

Zhang Ren put the letter away and thought: “How many people did Zhou Yipu bring with him this time?”

“Two.” The guard thought for a while and affirmed: “One guard and one aunt.”

Zhang Ren was silent, his eyes fell on the broken rose branches that had just been pruned, and he said uneasily: “Is there anyone else?”

The guard was puzzled and just replied: “No more.”

“This is strange.” Zhang Ren fiddled with the flower branches casually and said to himself: “The letter said that Su Moyi, the minister of Dali Temple, and his two cronies have not appeared in Shengjing recently.”

“But…” Zhang Ren paused and then said: “Even if the Zhou Yipu in the house is not really Zhou Yipu, the aunt he brings cannot be a man pretending to be a man, right?”

The guard was stunned when he heard this, his expression froze, “This is impossible. Yueniang is waiting for her every day. If the aunt is a man pretending to be a man, it is impossible not to be able to tell the difference. Besides, the day before yesterday, Yueniang reported to her subordinates, Zhou Yipu and he, the aunt are indeed very Meng Lang in private. If it is against a man…”

“Well,” Zhang Ren nodded, then fell into deep thought again, “But it’s always good to be careful.”

He paused, his pupils suddenly shrank, and asked: “How are the preparations for the banquet I mentioned last time?”

“It’s ready.”

“Yes,” Zhang Ren responded, then added: “The secret report said that Su Moyi was injured a few days ago.”

Having said this, Zhang Ren deliberately stopped talking and gave the guard a dark look.

He twisted the sharp thorns on the rose flowers and said in a deep voice: “Then I will have to add something more to the banquet.”

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In the morning, Cebu recedes in the east.

The morning sun reflected an outline from the corner of Qian’s screen window, faintly, like a kiss that hadn’t faded yet.

Su Moyi turned over, staring at the sky speechlessly with two dark circles under her eyes that were about to fall to her chin.

Ever since the two of them discovered someone eavesdropping in the corner the night before, rocking the bed and reciting before going to bed had become Lin Wanqing’s obsession.

Regardless of whether there is anyone present, with the principle of being cautious, she will pull Su Moyi to perform it again with great emotion.

People who have no heart will fall asleep after the performance, while people who have a heart will hold back their internal injuries…

He sighed quietly, secretly thinking that the matter in Hongzhou must be settled as soon as possible.

There were rustling footsteps outside the door, from far to near, and the door was knocked at the right time, with two crisp “knocks”.

“Master Zhou, little madam,” Yueniang’s delicate voice sounded, “Master Zhang has invited Master Zhou to go to the mine today, and the servants are here to help you two wash and change clothes.”

Su Moyi heard the sound and was about to pat Lin Wanqing beside him, but saw she turned over in confusion, and then wrapped her hands and feet around him in an extremely skillful way.

Like a dodder flower blooming on he.

“…” Su Moyi’s already stiff body became even stiffer, and she forgot to answer the people outside for a moment.

“Come in~”

“Lin Sihua” who was wrapped around him spoke first, and after saying that, she didn’t forget to push her arms into his arms, rubbing her cheek against his slightly open chest, and putting her jade legs on his strong waist.

The maids filed in, the screen window was pushed open, and the light morning mist floated in with the fragrance of flowers. Lin Wanqing opened the bed curtain and stood up lazily.

Yueniang brought a plain white undershirt with dark patterns to Lin Wanqing, then arranged for several of her maids to put it on for her, and then turned to wait on Su Moyi.

Lin Wanqing kept a cautious eye and followed Yueniang.

She took a coat of the same style from the maid’s hand, and pulled away Su Moyi’s belt with a calm expression.

“What are you going to do?!”

A sudden question interrupted Yueniang’s movements.

Lin Wanqing had a sullen face, not caring that she had taken off half of her nightgown, stepped over in two steps, and pushed Yueniang away.

“I always change Mr. Zhou’s underwear myself.”

She scolded and took the robe from Yueniang’s hand. Her beautiful eyes glared and her lips pursed slightly, feeling aggrieved and unreasonable.

Su Moyi almost couldn’t hold back her laughter when she saw her easy jealousy.It took some effort to suppress the raised corners of his mouth.

The maids were all kicked out by Lin Wanqing with a cold face.

The voices faded away and the room became quiet again.Lin Wanqing then took two steps back and let go of Su Moyi’s body that was tightly held in her arms.

“What?” Su Moyi cleared her throat, but her expression remained as calm as ever, “Others can’t even change their clothes?”

Lin Wanqing didn’t take Su Moyi’s teasing seriously. She stretched her neck and looked outside the room, and said with a solemn expression: “I always feel that something is wrong with that Yueniang, but I really can’t tell what is wrong.”

Su Moyi didn’t answer, took the inner garment from Lin Wanqing’s hand, turned around and went behind the screen.

Lin Wanqing was outside, leaning against the screen, and said thoughtfully: “Sir, do you think Zhang Ren’s sudden invitation to you to go to the mine is a fraud?”

“Yes.”

The people inside gave the answer immediately without thinking.

“Then are you going?” Lin Wanqing suddenly became nervous. When she turned around, she saw Su Moyi’s strong back curve, staggered, and quickly turned her back.

Su Moyi didn’t notice, and still lowered her head to get dressed. After a while, she quietly replied: “I have to go.”

“To gain Zhang Ren’s trust, you must go through many tests. Now that you are here, these things should have been expected.”

While talking, Su Moyi had already put on her inner clothes, walked out of the screen, and handed the dirty clothes in her hand to Lin Wanqing.

Lin Wanqing took it naturally.

“But…” She was still worried and hesitated: “I always feel that Zhang Ren is not a simple person. How could he have been in Hongzhou for so many years, with official mines, fake silver, private soldiers… which one of them is not stepping on the emperor’s bottom line? These people do things with their heads up, they must be extremely insidious and should not be underestimated.”

Su Moyi straightened her clothes, looked at Lin Wanqing and said, “I know everything you said, but the only way to deal with it now is to take advantage of it.”

“Well…” Lin Wanqing chased Su Moyi to the door. She stretched out her hand to pull He’s sleeve, but Su Moyi stopped and stopped her.

“You are waiting for news from me at Zhang Mansion. If there is anything strange, I will ask Ye Qing to pick you up.”

He turned around and looked at her, his voice was deep and calm, just like he always did.

The room was not bright enough to see clearly his backlit face, but Lin Wanqing felt that his face was hot because of his gaze.

“Okay.”

She nodded seriously and watched him leave.

The hand that had not yet had time to touch he’s sleeve was cold in the air. Lin Wanqing shook it subconsciously, and tightened the other hand on he’s body temperature as he took off the underwear that still had body heat. She felt empty in her heart.

The inspection of the official mine went smoothly.

Zhang Ren took Su Moyi to visit all the large and small mines under his jurisdiction. Along the way, the two talked about a lot of topics about forging weapons and various minerals, and Su Moyi answered them fluently.

But apart from these high-sounding contents, Zhang Ren said nothing about the purpose of Zhou Yipu’s invitation this time.

It’s not good for Su Moyi to push too hard.

In the midsummer of July, the sun is fierce.

The two of them inspected from morning to night. Although some people held umbrellas and fanned themselves, they were still exhausted and their clothes were soaked with sweat.

It was not until evening that the two finally finished their inspection of the last mine and got on the carriage on the return journey.

The carriage shook slightly and made a soft rumble.

Su Moyi leaned against the car wall and pretended to close her eyes.Zhang Ren on the other side just sat calmly, occasionally lifting the curtain to look at the market passing by outside.

As the driver outside the curtain called for a stop, the carriage stopped.

Someone lifted the curtain of the car and said to Zhang Ren: “Sir, we’re here.”

Su Moyi still didn’t open her eyes, but judging from the distance and speed of the car, he knew that the two of them had not returned to Zhang Mansion.

“Master Zhou,” Zhang Ren on the side gently patted he on the shoulder, “We are here.”

Su Moyi then opened her sleepy eyes and looked outside the car, “This is…”

“This is the most famous Qin Lou Chu Pavilion in Hongzhou,” Zhang Ren said with a smile: “My young lady is not here today, so you can have a good time.”

Su Moyi smiled and said nothing, and followed Zhang Ren’s guidance and got out of the car.

This is a small courtyard surrounded by high walls. Apart from the clanging of the piano, there is no sound of music. On top of the red walls and blue tiles, blooming mulberry incense and purple jasmine occasionally come out.

If it weren’t for Zhang Ren’s guidance, Su Moyi would never have thought that the ordinary Qin Lou Chu Pavilion would be so elegant.

“Please.”

Zhang Renxing walked up to Su Moyi, extended his hand to invite, and the two of them entered the gate of the small courtyard one after another.

“Brother Zhou, have you tried the hot spring pool in your house?” Zhang Ren asked.

Hearing this, Su Moyi had a romantic smile on her face and responded, “I tried it.”

“Oh?” Zhang Ren understood and approached him and said, “Brother Zhou must try the hot spring here later to see if the taste is much better than the one at Zhang’s house?”

“Haha…” Su Moyi nodded, smiling but not answering.

Strangely enough, although this small courtyard is unique and quiet, it is too deserted today.It seemed that except for Su Moyi and Zhang Ren, there were no other guests here.

Su Moyi glanced at the people coming and going in the courtyard with her peripheral vision, and found that in addition to the girls who were still looking natural, there were many young men who were extremely wary, following the two of them with their eyes and never leaving.

He roughly knows that Zhang Ren’s real temptation should only begin now.

In the backyard with deep flowers and trees, the door of a large bathroom was pushed open.

For a moment, the heat is thick, the water mist is filled, and the white sky is like a fairyland.

Under the white mist, in the center of the room surrounded by jade pillars, a green bathing pool appeared in front of Su Moyi.

But what is more eye-catching than this pool of water is the women in gauze clothes standing in a row around it.

They all have exquisite figures and charming looks, wearing light robes. They have various snacks and drinks in their hands. They lower their eyebrows and lower their eyes, waiting for their blessing.

Su Moyi’s face darkened uncontrollably.

“Brother Zhou,” Zhang Ren asked with a smile, “Do you like it?”

“Yeah,” Su Moyi responded, his eyes sweeping over the women in front of him. His face didn’t show it, but he couldn’t help but feel a trace of disgust in his heart.

It turns out that as long as a woman wears less clothes, he will not be able to help himself.

“Then let her wait on Brother Zhou to undress.” Zhang Ren said and pointed to a flower girl.

Hua Niang approached Su Moyi and was about to raise her hand when she was blocked by he.

“Did you use incense on your body?” Su Moyi asked, looking serious.

The flower girl nodded bewilderedly.

“What’s wrong?” Zhang Ren on the side asked curiously when he saw this.

“Oh,” Su Moyi chuckled, with an expression of helplessness and reluctance, “Brother Zhang also knows the jealousy in my house. He didn’t even allow the maid to change my clothes this morning. If she smells the smell of another woman on Zhou, she will have to make endless troubles with me.”

Zhang Ren’s expression turned cold, but he still said as if he had no intention of doing so: “That’s right. I’ve seen the jealousy of the young lady before.”

After saying that, he chuckled twice, looked at Su Mo and said, “Brother Zhou, just take off your clothes yourself.”

Su Moyi agreed, turned around, walked behind the screen, and slowly began to take off his clothes.

Outer robe, middle robe, inner robe…

The robes were handed to the flower girl one by one, and then Su Moyi took a robe, wrapped herself up, and walked out of the screen.

Zhang Ren has already sat in the pool.

Su Mo Yi was about to step into the water, but was stopped by Zhang Ren.

“Brother Zhou, what’s your habit of wearing a robe and soaking in hot springs?” He raised the corners of his lips slightly, but the emotion in his eyes was extremely cold.

The color of the water in the pool was reflected, leaving a bright light in his dark eyes, as cold as a sword.

Su Moyi raised her eyes to look at he, but made no move.

Zhang Ren whispered softly: “Brother Zhou, you should take off your outer robe.”