"Little demon, where is your Qinghe sister? Isn't she with another man? Standing at the entrance of the inn, Hu Lao San grabbed Lian Xiang and asked suspiciously."

  "What if it's another man, can you still be afraid of him?" Seeing the inn was quiet as usual, Lian Xiang couldn't help but giggle and spin around lightly in the main hall, like a dark cloud floating away from Hu Lao San's side.

  Jian and Hu Lao San's face gradually turned gloomy, and only then did Lian Xiang, who had been smiling, shoot him a glance with her eyes, cleverly laughing: "My sister may be with others, but it's not a man. Not only is it not a man, but also an absolute beauty, I'm afraid you don't have the ability to take all three of my sisters."

  "Cut, I've been in the capital for so many years and I'm not afraid of anyone! Even if you're a little demon like this, my big gun will take care of all of you! Anyone who dares to block me, no matter who it is, I'll knock them down! Which man would admit to being unable to handle it? Not to mention three times in one night, even seven or fourteen times, that's also something to be 'said'. As a man among men, Hu Lao San is naturally the same."

  Only to see Old Hu suddenly lift Lotus Fragrance onto his shoulder, without caring that the demon was struggling, he headed straight inside.

  Fortunately, it was already late at night and the guests in the hall had all left. Even the shopkeeper and a few apprentices who had been guarding this inn in Nanjing for many years were not surprised by such absurd things, and they didn't even bother to pay attention, nor did they even bother to raise their eyelids a few more times, at most they just felt that Lianxiang, dressed in black, looked a bit familiar.

  Moreover, the reason why this inn was opened here in the first place was to do business with those girls from the brothels. People like Hu Lao San were a common sight on ordinary days. Therefore, although Lian Xiang called out shyly and coquettishly, it didn't attract much attention from others.

  After the two entered the sky well, Lian Xiang finally struggled down.

  Pointing to the only separate courtyard in the inn, Lian Xiang chuckled and said: "Hey, my sister is inside. Not just my Qing He sister, but also that unparalleled beauty I mentioned."

  Lotus fragrance was about to smile a few times, and couldn't wait to go forward and call the door, but was caught off guard by Hu Lao San's grasp of her wrist.

  Looking back, she saw Hu Lao San with a regretful expression, and Lian Xiang's heart also felt an inexplicable thrill of joy, even though she couldn't understand why she had this feeling.

  On the other hand, Hu Lao San looked at the courtyard gate and felt that he was really unlucky today. He thought to himself, "I'm afraid of what's coming!" After thinking for a moment, he felt unwilling to give up, so he pulled Lotus Fragrance's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure it's this place?"

  "What's wrong? You're not afraid to come in, are you? My sister is right inside, or should I call her for you?" Lian Xiang looked at the Lu man in front of her, who suddenly showed a fearful expression, and a playful look appeared in her eyes.

  "Ah...this..." Old Hu held his big hand on his messy hair, rubbed it for a while, and finally squeezed out a sentence: "Why don't we just find an innkeeper to open up a room upstairs, take a bath and go to bed early..."

  "Huh?"

  Lotus Fragrance was shocked and couldn't utter a word when the courtyard door suddenly swung open from inside, revealing a small face full of anger but with an air of childishness: "Who's chattering outside again? Don't you know it's almost 10 o'clock at night?"

  When she saw Lian Xiang in a simple outfit, her face suddenly changed to a surprised expression: "It's actually the second young lady, come in quickly, the young lady has been waiting for you anxiously." As she spoke, she lifted up her sleeve and pushed the courtyard door open again.

  "It turned out to be you, little Luzhu." Lianxiang was even more delighted when she saw this person, and hurriedly walked forward to help Luzhu push the door.

  It was just a slight effort, but I found that the door seemed to weigh thousands of pounds, and it was extremely difficult to push open. Even with two people working together, they could only push it open a crack that would barely allow one person to pass through, and even then, only someone as petite as Lian Xiang could squeeze through, while someone like Hu Lao San wouldn't be able to get in even halfway.

  "How can this door be so hard to open?" Lian Xiang finally squeezed in, feeling that her whole body was already covered in sweat, and couldn't help but use her embroidered handkerchief to fan herself a few times. Only then did she notice that Old Hu was still standing awkwardly outside the courtyard, and she couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with you, sir? My sister is right inside!"

  As she spoke, a sly glint flashed across Lian Xiang's eyes.

  Although I don't know why, Lianxiang discovered that the big man with the waist card of Cheng Wangfu seemed to be unwilling to approach this yard. Or more accurately, he was completely unwilling to get close to Su Jin - just look at how he listened to the possibility of serving him together with his sister earlier, Lianxiang could confirm that Hu Lao San's current appearance was definitely not because he was afraid of his own sister Qinghe.

  In that case, in this compound, apart from Qinghe sister who was like a female Zhuge, there was also the famous Su family in Nanjing.

  Thinking of Su's family, Lian Xiang suddenly thought of her own sister's warning, and felt inexplicably annoyed in her heart. More than that, she was unfair to her sister: "I don't know what Su Jin relies on to sit firmly in the position of the eldest lady, my sister doesn't want to fight for it herself, but I want to fight for my sister, let Tan Menghua know the relationship between me and my sister."

  With this momentum, a strong seductive aura suddenly emanated from Lian Xiang's face, but it made Hu Lao San stunned again, feeling that the big stick under his crotch almost jumped up instantly, and the thick crotch cloth was supported like a big tent.

  "This demon!" Hu Lao San cursed under his breath, desperately wanting to pull Lin Xiang out from that door, but he didn't dare get close to the courtyard gate.

  He knew that if he really did something so rude this time, it would not be just a few lessons, and he might even be driven out of the Wang's mansion. It was also possible to be killed by someone and thrown into the chaotic tomb. The Su family in the courtyard, Su Jin, was liked by the king himself. If he acted rashly here, wouldn't that be slapping his own king's face?

  To put it bluntly, that's like stealing a woman from your own king - even if it's Lian Xiang, isn't that just asking for death?!

  Hu Lao San let out a disgusted snort, not because he was heartbroken over the lost silver - after all, it had come easily and hadn't cost him any blood or sweat. It's just that he felt like he and this so-called Su family were naturally at odds: "It's all because of these damned Su family members that things have gone wrong! Even finding a woman has become a problem! Can't old Hu even avoid them? Spit!"

  At this point, Hu Lao San was also a bold and daring person, not only in military campaigns but also in romantic affairs. Knowing that he couldn't get what he wanted now, he didn't bother to continue the conversation, and without even saying goodbye, he turned around and left. Just as he reached the entrance of the main hall, about ten meters away from the gate of the courtyard, Hu Lao San suddenly heard a soft cry, followed by a scream.

  This cry was extremely familiar to Hu Lao San, if it wasn't Lin Xiang then who else could it be. However at this moment, Lin Xiang's voice didn't have that seductive tone, instead there were a few hints of panic, which made Hu Lao San's heart involuntarily tighten up.

  To be honest, this kind of thing, for Lian Xiang this woman, Hu Lao San still has a lot of thoughts in his heart. After all, such a good servant is hard to come by, even in the capital city, Hu Lao San rarely sees one, and even if he does, it's usually serving some noble young master, not someone like him.

  So, what Old Hu said earlier about bringing Lianxiang back to the capital wasn't just empty talk. However, after what happened just now, Old Hu somehow started hating Lianxiang again.

  If Tan Zhong were here now, he might be told that loving deeply is the same as hating, and hating deeply is also loving. Unfortunately, Tan Zhong is currently locked up in the great prison of Nanjing Prefecture, and someone is holding a Su knife against him, so there's no time to give him such guidance on love.

  It's just that saying goes like this, one has to consider the monk's face as well as the Buddha's face.

  Although Old Hu had it in for Lianxiang, at this moment he was too lazy to care even when he heard her cry out in surprise. But then there was also Su Jin behind Lianxiang. If something happened to Lianxiang, Old Hu might still be able to bring himself to walk up and spit a mouthful of saliva to show his indignation. But if something happened to Su Jin and he didn't take action, it wouldn't just be a matter of spitting a mouthful of saliva - he'd probably end up getting beaten until he spat blood!

  After all, it's still what Hu Lao San thought before, Su Jin and he are naturally incompatible!

  "Good thief, now you're in my hands, Hu's grandfather! You can't get away!" Turning his head, he saw that indeed two people dressed in black were about to rush into the courtyard. Hu Lao San couldn't help but let out a loud roar and suddenly picked up a broken chair from the corridor, without thinking, and threw it over with a "whoosh".

  Good fellow, this thing is called a half-leg chair, but in fact it's a real stool: the top is a board made of jujube wood, and the bottom has four legs made of Chinese fir.

  This thing is just a solid board on the surface, but those legs are really not secure, and they break easily. And Hu Lao San can be the personal bodyguard of his own king, how small is the force in his hands? This half-leg chair was just thrown out of his hand, and before the black-clothed man could hear what he said, an unlucky one was hit squarely on the back by this half-leg chair.

  After a burst of crackling sounds, this half-leg chair was completely finished - three legs were broken and the wooden board was split into two pieces. The black-clothed man also fell to the ground without any suspense, still twitching at this moment - although not dead, it's almost the same.

  Another person seeing Hu Lao San's fierce appearance, couldn't help but feel terrified in his heart, and his legs were shaking uncontrollably. The cow ear knife in his hand also fell to the ground with a clang, and he was on the verge of kneeling down and begging for mercy.

  "This fool, really can't take a beating." Hu Lao San rushed up two steps, first kicking the sharp knife away, then squatted down to check the pulse of the unlucky devil's nose. Seeing that although his breathing was uneven, he wasn't dead yet, he pushed open the courtyard door and threw the unlucky devil inside, leaving him unattended. He walked over to the guy who had been scared silly, patted his face, and sneered: "This friend, I don't know which gang's dragon you are. Are you here to rob or kill?"

  Hu Lao San didn't know that these two fools weren't any fierce dragons, but rather just two young rascals from the Nanjing government. This time they received an order from the Wang Fu and were to come to this inn to kidnap Su Jin.

  Who would have thought that the gate, for some reason, seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and no matter how hard the two of them pushed from outside, they couldn't budge it. The two were discussing whether or not to go in when they saw Old Man Hu arrive with Lianxiang, so they hid aside. Afterward, the gate opened by itself from inside, and the two waited until Old Man Hu was far away before darting out of the shadows.

  If it were in peacetime, the two would have definitely become sworn brothers, but they did not expect that the door was actually too small, and the two could not squeeze in at all. They could only hold the knife to threaten Lianxiang and Luzhu to open the door, but unexpectedly, Lianxiang let out a scream and brought Hu Lao San back again.

  According to the two men's plan, even if they couldn't catch anyone, at most they would be caught by the night patrol soldiers and thrown into a big prison. But this time, the two of them were doing things for the Wang Mansion, with the name of the Wang Mansion, how could they still suffer? Who would have thought that Hu Lao San would come over and beat someone to death, leaving only half a breath left?

  Not only that, but two capable people pushed the door for half a day and couldn't budge it, yet Hu Lao San was able to push it open with one hand. What kind of strength is this? It's no wonder that Hu Lao San can smash someone into such a miserable state with just one swing of his stool.

  This young punk in the Nanjing government is just taking advantage of the Wang family's name to eat and drink, although he has also fought with people, but who has seen such a momentum as Hu Lao San, like a fierce tiger. He was scared silly. At this moment, when asked by Hu Lao San, he suddenly woke up, and immediately there was a dripping sound, and the ground was wet in an instant.

  "Pshaw, I didn't expect you to be a bumpkin!" Hu Lao San was too lazy to ask more questions now, and with one swift motion, he pulled off the bumpkin's waistband and expertly tied him to a pillar in the courtyard.

  Before he could leave, the door of the master bedroom was opened, and two stunning beauties walked out from the living room.

  Old Hu recognized one of them, who was none other than Su Jin, the Su family's young master that their own Wang Ye couldn't stop thinking about. The other one had a pale complexion, and must be Qing He, the sister that Lian Xiang had mentioned before.

  At this point, Hu Lao San stared at Qing He for a long time, feeling that indeed, as the little demon had said, although she wasn't overly flirtatious, she was still an extremely beautiful woman. What's most precious is that this beauty's face still carried a hint of heroic spirit that couldn't be found in any brothel, making her even more exceptional than Su Jin by his side.

  "What's going on in this Nanjing prefecture that all these monsters keep popping out, even the brothels have women like this, it's really strange!"

  "It was actually Hu San Ge." Su Jin saw Hu Lao San among the group of people, and didn't seem to be surprised at all. She just slightly bowed her head and then turned around to say to Qing He: "I told you earlier, Lian Xiang must have had someone noble helping her, or else how could something like this happen."

  "Sister said, Qinghe thanks you, Hu San Ge." Qinghe said, slightly bowing to Hu Lao San as well. Her eyes had somehow welled up with a few tears: "Luckily my sister is fine, otherwise I fear Sister would be unable to forgive herself even in death."

  "What did sister say, isn't little sister okay?" But Lianxiang didn't know why Qinghe was crying. She only saw that Qinghe was crying so sadly and her heart wasn't feeling well either. After thinking for a while, she suddenly thought of something and quickly pulled Qinghe to the side and whispered: "Sister, what kind of person is Hu San?"

  Qinghe was also choked with sobs, but after crying for a while, she stopped when asked by Lianxiang in a mysterious tone, and countered: "If you have something to say, just say it, don't be so ambiguous."

  "Hehe, sister knows me." Lianxiang giggled and secretly pointed at the waist card that had slipped out of Hu Lao San's waistband: "Look at that waist card, it's from Cheng Wang Fu. I spent a lot of money today, otherwise that old lady wouldn't have let me come out with him."

  "Cheng Wang Fu!" Qing He's face changed in surprise, and she turned her head to see that Su Jin and Hu Lao San were talking about something, but before long, Hu Lao San went over to ask the person tied to the pillar, beat him up, and then the man cried out in a mournful voice, saying something. Unfortunately, they were too far away, and Qing He couldn't hear what was being said.

  "Did you see clearly, little sister?" Qinghe was still a bit worried and saw that Hu Lao San seemed to have finished asking questions and was about to leave with the two men in black clothes, so she hastily asked.

  "Sister, rest assured that I didn't misjudge things. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to bring me here before the curfew. I was even afraid of being caught by those soldiers." After saying this, Lianxiang chuckled and continued: "However, I listened to sister's advice and didn't give Hu San any advantage in the courtyard today either."

  "Well, this is a good thing. Now that we have the guarantee of Sister Su's family, you and I can follow Master as a virtuous family. I've inquired with Sister Su, and it turns out that Master doesn't have any marriage arrangements yet. After Sister Su passes away, she'll be the head of the household, and although I'm just a concubine for now, if Master becomes an official in the future, I can also become his legitimate wife."

  "Hmph, I don't know why sister is in such a hurry to do something with that Tang Menghua. I'm afraid that bookworm is still waiting for us to rescue him in the big prison." Lianxiang's words were full of dissatisfaction with Tang Zong.

  "Silly sister." Qinghe sighed softly and said, "In this world, it's common to add flowers to brocade, but it's rare to see someone sending charcoal in the snow. Now that Master is imprisoned, if I were you, wouldn't you be afraid that Master would abandon you later?"

  "Hum, what's wrong with that? I see in that book, this kind of scholar is the most unfortunate. Even the 'Dragon Army Master' of the previous dynasty wrote a story about Chen Shimei."

  Qinghe saw Lianxiang and said something so childish, she didn't even bother to talk to him about the importance of a scholar's reputation. Instead, she pulled her silly sister's hand and walked in front of Su Jin, saying softly: "Sister, just now I heard Lianxiang say that this Hu San seems to be from the Cheng Wang Fu in the capital. I don't know if this person can help with the matter of the Marquis."

  "Oh?"

  Su Jin's gaze towards Qing He suddenly flashed a sharp light, and then quickly retracted. This sudden flash was extremely swift, so much so that no one had seen it.

  "If Master Su needs to rely on external forces even for this little hardship, how will he navigate the officialdom in the future?" Su Jin said with a smile gradually appearing at the corner of her mouth: "We sisters only need to quietly wait here in the inn. I'm afraid that by tomorrow morning, our master will be back. At that time, I'll explain the relationship to Master Su and allow you to enter the house. By then, we'll all be daughters-in-law of the Tan family."

  "Thank you, sister." Qinghe let out a soft sigh, and the stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.

  "This matter is finally settled." As she thought about it, Qinghe suddenly felt a pang of melancholy, feeling that this happiness had come at a great cost, and was even hard-won...

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