Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 87: Red Sleeve Tower

Yun Yi thought that there was a benefit to these two people acting this way. Tie Hong's return couldn't be concealed for too long, and countless eyes were secretly watching this place. Cui Wuming's pretense of being unruly was also an indirect way of showing that the emperor had no intention of interfering in Crescent City.

Prince Xian, Prince Duan, Dayan, and Futian Pavilion, Crescent City will probably have no peaceful days in the future.

Yun Yi followed the instructions of the communication talisman to find Song Xinci, and soon arrived at the house in the alley.

He gently pushed open the door, and then saw Song Xinci and Zhuque sitting there drinking tea like a pair of sisters.

When he saw Zhuque, his reaction was exactly the same as Song Xinci's, "You seem to have lost weight?"

Zhuque said aggrievedly: "If you don't get Nangong Zhuozhuo away, I'll be worried sick."

Yun Yi didn't know what was going on at this point and was completely confused: "Is it that serious? Where's Zhuozhi?"

Song Xinci took a sip of hot tea and said calmly, "It's lost."

"What, another one?"

Misfortunes never come alone. This saying is indeed true.

Yun Yi and Zhu Que exchanged some information and found out that Nangong Zhuozhuo and Ye Nianyi happened to be missing, which was really a headache.

Let’s put Ye Nianyi’s matter aside for now, after all, people from the City Lord’s Mansion are also looking for her in secret.

Yun Yi asked, "Have you looked for all the places Nangong Zhuozhuo likes to go to?"

Zhuque replied, "The group of people fishing by the river said they hadn't seen her. I've searched everywhere, including the flower shops in the East Market, the two post stations in the north and south of the city that keep exotic beasts, and the delicious restaurants throughout the city, but there's no sign of her."

"Given her girlish nature, she went out just to eat, drink and have fun. Or maybe she got into trouble during the blockade of Crescent City and was detained."

"It's not like similar things haven't happened before, but those people detained her for money. It's impossible that there hasn't been any action until now."

Yun Yi and Zhu Que looked at each other and recalled their experiences in the Feitian Secret Realm. They both felt that Nangong Zhuozhuo, the peach blossom spirit, except for his poor acting skills and eccentric personality, was not the type of person who would suffer any loss.

Yun Yi said, "Besides, she is at the Spiritual Transformation Realm. If she really makes a scene, it will definitely cause a lot of noise."

Zhuque echoed, "She's a troublemaker. If she hadn't disappeared too, I'd have thought she had something to do with the city lord's daughter's disappearance!"

When the situation became deadlocked, Song Xinci suddenly asked, "You said before that she had been to the gambling house?"

"Yes, she is curious about everything."

Yun Yi suddenly realized, and he and Song Xinci asked in unison: "Brothel?"

He sighed, "It seems eating, drinking and having fun are no longer enough to satisfy her. Now she's actually turning to eating, drinking, whoring and gambling."

Zhuque thought this guess was quite absurd, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it made sense.

Nangong Zhuozhuo, a worldly-wise woman who had never seen the world, had never been to a brothel before. She must have been itching to go after hearing about it. But Suzaku refused to take her there, so she had no choice but to go there secretly on her own.

Song Xinci seemed to have anticipated what Yun Yi would say next, so she stared at him quietly with her sharp eyes, showing no emotion.

Yun Yi felt uneasy when she looked at him. "We should definitely go to the brothel to look for her. If it's inconvenient for you two to go, I'll take the trouble to go."

Suzaku tilted his head: "Bound?"

Song Xinci: "How do you suffer?"

Yun Yi actually stuttered: "I mean to run errands to the East Market to ask around."

Song Xinci: "Why are you so nervous?"

Suzaku: "That's right."

Yun Yi: "The more you talk, the more mistakes you make. I'll leave first as a token of respect!"

After saying that, Yun Yi turned around and left, looking as if he was fleeing in a panic.

Song Xinci looked at his back and asked in confusion, "What on earth are men thinking about?"

Zhuque looked at his young lady curiously, thinking, I don't know what men think, but if a woman is curious about a man, it is probably... well, can't think about it any further, the young lady is practicing Tai Shang Wang Qing.

Could it be that she will kill her husband to prove her faith?

Who will I help then?

……

Yun Yi didn't know that he had been to the "gates of hell", and Zhuque had even almost thought of the eulogy.

He rode at full speed to the East Market. For some reason, the "Hongxiu Tower" that Cui Wuming and Luo Tong had mentioned emerged in his mind.

After some inquiries, he learned that Hongxiu Tower was indeed the most popular brothel in the East City. It had a dazzling array of beauties and also had programs specifically for monks, which could be said to be a catch-all for both the elite and the common people.

Yun Yi felt curious when he heard people talking about it, and he felt that with Nangong Zhuozhuo's personality, he would definitely be even more itchy.

It was getting dark and dusk was approaching. Yun Yi thought it was better to go now than to wait for another day, so he decided to go directly to Hongxiu Tower to look for her.

In his previous life, Yun Yi was not a person who was greedy for beauty. He had only been to places like brothels a few times, and not for pleasure.

For most cultivators, this place was too ecstatic, significantly impacting their cultivation speed and state of mind, and hardly a serious place. But he was a man after all, having lived two lives as a man, so entering a brothel was like a fish in water.

There was still sunlight outside the building at this time, but the lights inside had been lit early, and the doors and windows were covered with green gauze curtains, making the light dim and unclear.

The lobby was bustling with activity, guests were toasting each other, and the air was filled with the aroma of fine wine and the scent of various spices from women.

On the stage directly in front of them, several graceful women were dancing. Their dance wasn't traditional Daxia, but rather rather exotic. They were dressed in golden gauze gowns, barely visible in the dim light, their graceful curves clearly outlined.

The lead dancer was particularly eye-catching. Her hair was tied up high in a bun, and a few strands of hair fell playfully on her cheeks, adding a bit of charm.

As the music boomed, the woman twisted her slender waist and waved her arms lightly like a butterfly flying through flowers, sometimes spinning and sometimes swinging slowly, which made the guests in the audience cheer and fall in love with her.

Yun Yi couldn't help but take a few more glances and felt that this woman was indeed beautiful, and was probably no less beautiful than Zhuque, who also liked to wear red gauze.

She and Zhuque should be from the Great Yan Dynasty.

However, Yun Yi did not forget his business. He kept looking around. In addition to looking for Nangong Zhuozhuo, he was also looking to see where Cui Wuming and Luo Tong were.

A plump, beautifully dressed woman noticed Yun Yi seemed to be looking for someone, so she approached him and asked, "Sir, who are you here for?"

Yun Yi handed over two spirit stones, and the woman immediately understood what he meant, and her smile became even more sincere: "According to the rules of Hongxiu Tower, entertaining the immortal master must go to Linlang Pavilion. Please move on, immortal master."

Linlang Pavilion, you know how to name it.

Yun Yi, guided by the woman, left the lobby through a side door and walked through a long corridor. Along the way, he saw a dazzling array of flowers and plants, a truly breathtaking sight. The fact that such a large number of flowers and plants could be planted in a northwestern location like Crescent City showed that a lot of thought had gone into this place.

The woman asked, "Master, is this your first time visiting our Hongxiu Tower? Would you like me to recommend something to you?"

"No need. I'm looking for two men. One has a fair complexion and no beard, and the other is wearing armor. Both are cultivators. They should have been here for an hour."

The guests in Linlang Pavilion were all practitioners, so naturally there were fewer of them than outside. The woman immediately identified herself with the guests and thought of Cui Wuming and Luo Tong.

"I'll take you there right away."

"Do you occasionally see women among the guests of Hongxiu Tower?"

"Sir, you're joking. What kind of woman would come to a place like this? Even if she were truly curious, she would probably disguise herself as a man."

"Well, have there been any suspicious guests here in recent days?" Yun Yi said as he handed over two more spirit stones.

The woman didn't want to say much, but she felt obliged to take advantage of someone, so she pretended to think for a moment before saying, "It's not that I'm trying to be perfunctory, sir. It's just that our Hongxiu Tower is a troubled place. After the blockade of Crescent Moon City, people are in a state of panic, and our guests are all in a bad mood. So there have been so many strange things recently, and I really don't know what to say right now."

Yun Yi got straight to the point and asked, "For example, is there a young girl in her twenties sneaking in here?"

"I've never seen this before." The woman smiled, but even though she had seen countless people, she had long since mastered the skill of lying without changing her expression.

Yun Yi still saw a hint of hesitation in her eyes.

He actually lied. There must be something wrong here.

Yun Yi secretly used his spiritual power to investigate and discovered that the fat woman had no cultivation skills, so it didn't seem like she was faking it. Linlang Pavilion was filled with a faint spiritual energy, probably due to the many spiritual plants planted there.

The person behind the brothel that could build such a large scale in Crescent City must have a complicated background, so it is not a good idea to confront him directly.

Maybe Nangong Zhuozhuo is really here, and any rash action will only alert her and scare her away.

So Yun Yi did not continue asking questions. After being taken to a pavilion by the woman, she bowed slightly and turned to leave.

Yun Yi first took a look inside the pavilion and saw Cui Wuming and Luo Tong being served wine by two women. Nothing shameful had happened, so he walked over with confidence.

If Cui Wuming knew that Yun Yi had such thoughts, he would definitely cry out in injustice.

"Brother Yun? Why are you here?!" Cui Wuming was shocked when he saw this.

Luo Tong also instantly lost the smell of alcohol, and thought to himself, since you have come back, please don't hide it from your wife, otherwise when the matter is exposed, my two brothers will be implicated and die with you.

Yun Yi found a place to sit down and said, "The person I'm looking for is missing. I suspected she might come here, so I came to take a look."

Luo Tong breathed a sigh of relief: "Really?"

"Why did I lie to you!"

"Ha, what's the point of looking for someone? It's so hard to get here, let's drink!"

Luo Tong winked at the beauty beside him, and the beauty understood and immediately came to Yun Yi to pour wine.

Yun Yi, however, was not greedy for wine and asked, "You two are enjoying yourself, but the general and the city lord are worried to the point of having their hair turn white."

"Nonsense, my general has no hair at all."

"Oh, let them worry about it themselves. Crescent City is facing a difficult situation this time, and even if His Majesty comes in person, he will be helpless."

"What good would it do for the little emperor to come? His two brothers would be so eager to ride on his heads and shit on him, but he hasn't done anything."

Cui Wuming didn't refute, but drank a cup of wine in frustration. "If the princess were still here, she would definitely not let Prince Duan and Prince Xian act so recklessly."

(End of this chapter)