Chapter 571 Meeting with Zhihua

In the master bedroom of the villa.

"Zhihua will host a banquet for you at Tingxuan Tower by the Qinhuai River tomorrow to thank Zhima for saving you yesterday." Yue Ruyan read the invitation letter sent by Zhihua and relayed it to Chen Mo.

"Zhihua." Chen Mo raised his eyebrows slightly. Although he was surprised by Zhihua, he didn't take it too seriously. However, today's invitation made him feel that the whole thing was full of weirdness.

"It seems that Zhihua wants to throw herself into your arms. The incident of the carriage being frightened yesterday should be her special plan." Yue Ruyan said in a clear voice.

She still regarded Zhihua's matter as a deliberately created encounter in order to attract Chen Mo. Tomorrow's invitation should be a practical action.

Chen Mo rolled his eyes at her and then looked at Xiao Yunxi: "What is this Tingxuan Tower?"

"It's a high-end restaurant, opened on a ship, owned by the Qin family. Only dignitaries can afford to go there. It seems that Miss Zhihua is willing to spend money to thank you, her husband." Xiao Yunxi said with a teasing smile.

"You all think this is a romantic encounter. What if it's a beauty trap to plot against me?" Chen Mo glared at the two women and said.

"Then do you want to go to the appointment?" Yue Ruyan said.

"Go, I want to see what she is up to." Chen Mo said.

Yue Ruyan glared at Chen Mo and said, "That's it."

Chen Mo ignored her and looked at Xiao Yunxi: "How is the matter you asked Xiao Quan to investigate?"

"I'll go ask later." Xiao Yunxi said.

The Xiao family has a great influence in the whole of Jiangnan, and it doesn't take long to investigate a person.

Soon, Xiao Yunxi came over to tell Chen Mo what she had investigated.

"The situation is similar to what Zhihua said yesterday. Zhihua's original name was Xiaohua, which was given by the trafficker. After being sold to Huaxianglou, she was changed to Zhihua. There are still slave documents of Zhihua in the case library of the government office." Xiao Yunxi said slowly.

"Can the trafficker still be found?"

"My cousin said that the trafficker is not a local and is not in Jiangnan at present. According to the information currently investigated, the trafficker specializes in trafficking underage girls. He gets some orphans from all over the Song Dynasty and brings them to Jiangnan to sell." Xiao Yunxi said.

Yue Ruyan frowned and said, "Does the government in Jiangnan not care?"

Xiao Yunxi sighed, "There is no way to control this. The world is so chaotic now. The government has no way of knowing whether these girls in the hands of the traffickers are from legitimate sources or trafficked."

"Can this be done legitimately?" Yue Ruyan frowned and said coldly, "Travelers and inns should be killed even if they are innocent."

"Yes, when Emperor Taizu first established the dynasty, the country was in ruins and the economy was in decline. There happened to be a great famine, and grain prices soared. People began to eat each other, and more than half of them were killed or injured. So Emperor Taizu issued a special decree that the people could sell their sons and daughters in exchange for life-saving grain. Moreover, slaves can be bought and sold freely. In today's chaotic world, even if they are from a good family, if they have no background but are favored by the powerful, they can collude with the government, directly make them slaves, and then forcibly take them for themselves." Xiao Yunxi said.

"If that's the case, there is no way to investigate." Chen Mo said.

The next day, Tingxuan Tower.

The location where Tingxuan Tower is docked is one of the most beautiful places on the Qinhuai River. As the only two brothels in Qinhuai City, many literati and ladies are surrounded outside Tingxuan Tower.

According to Chen Mo, they all gathered here to "check in."

Although the same dish, in an ordinary restaurant, only needs dozens or hundreds of coins, but in Tingxuan Tower, it is more than ten times more, but even so, customers are still flocking to it. The three-story boat is almost full every day, and the private rooms are in short supply and need to be booked.

At this time, a carriage slowly drove over from not far away. Everyone's eyes swept over it, not because of how luxurious the carriage was, but because they had seen this carriage yesterday.

"It's Miss Zhihua's carriage."

They were a little surprised.

You know, Zhihua is a girl in a brothel. No matter how high-end it is, she is still selling her body after all.

Tingxuan Tower is a truly high-end place, where dignitaries go.

When the Xiahe cocktail party is approaching, Zhihua does not stay in Huaxiang Tower and runs to Tingxuan Tower. It is inevitable that people will think that some nobleman asked Zhihua out in advance and broke her virginity.

After all, the family tradition of the big family is strict, so they can only make an appointment in Tingxuan Tower to be more secretive.

The carriage stopped on the shore, and the horseman got off first, moved a small wooden step from the door curtain, placed it in front of the carriage, and then lifted the curtain. A graceful woman slowly walked down from the carriage.

She was wearing a gorgeous golden dress, tall, with eyebrows like a crescent moon, clear eyes like lake water, slender and graceful, like a thin willow, and black hair, bent into a high bun.

Tingxuan Tower hired three eighth-grade warriors as guards, one of whom stepped forward to lower the deck of the building ship.

"Is the noble here?" Zhihua said softly after stepping forward and bowing.

The guard of Tingxuan Tower was about to speak.

Not far away, the sound of "da da da" footsteps was heard, neat and orderly.

Everyone on the shore looked over.

A team of armored soldiers came slowly, and the sound of armor leaves rubbing against each other was heard as they walked. The sunlight shone on the bright armor, which looked extremely majestic and eye-catching.

The soldiers led the way, and a carriage with the Xiao family emblem drove over, and the passers-by in front of them made way.

"It's the Duke of Anguo."

There were exclamations from the crowd. In Jiangnan, the only family with soldiers and horses was the Xiao family. Although the carriage belonged to the Xiao family, the armor worn by the soldiers in front indicated that they were the personal soldiers of the Duke of Anguo.

"Why is the Duke of Anguo here? Could it be that the noble man mentioned by Zhihua is the Duke of Anguo?" someone whispered.

The armored soldiers stopped in front of Zhihua, then swept to the left and right, with the long spears in their hands sticking to the ground, and the tips of the spears emitted a chilling light. The young girls all stepped back three feet.

Zhihua went forward to greet the carriage.

The carriage stopped, and Chen Mo got off the carriage.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting." Chen Mo glanced at Zhihua and said with a smile.

"I just arrived too." Zhihua bowed to Chen Mo.

"Duke of Anguo, please." Zhihua said softly.

Chen Mo nodded, and the two walked towards Tingxuan Tower one after the other.

Sun Meng followed with his soldiers, and Chen Mo suddenly turned around and said, "Wait outside, don't come in and disturb without my order."

Sun Meng glanced at Zhihua and said yes.

However, this scene was naturally considered by outsiders to be that Zhihua was favored by the Duke of Anguo, and was going to be in Tingxuan Pavilion today, lingering.

"The Duke of Anguo really favored Zhihua."

"Zhihua is going to fly up to the tree and become a phoenix."