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Eunuch He entered as Gu Jiao"s servant. He couldn"t leave Gu Jiao alone and had to let her follow him.
"I want to go over there." He pointed to the east wing where there were more people, making it easier to hear any news.
Gu Jiao curved her lips and said, "That will cost you extra."
Eunuch He reluctantly took out another ten taels silver banknote!
Gu Jiao accepted the silver banknote and led Eunuch He to the eastern side of the first floor.
Gu Jiao wasn"t a regular customer at Heavenly Music House, but every time she appeared here, she would be Mo Qianxue"s special guest, so the ladies at Heavenly Music House more or less remembered her.
Along the way, many girls cast flirtatious glances at her.
Gu Jiao put her hands behind her back, adopting a nonchalant demeanor, which only made the ladies like her even more.
Eunuch He couldn"t stand her, but he couldn"t get rid of her either. He felt quite frustrated.
Eunuch He underestimated the att.i.tudes of the guests and ladies alike in the Heavenly Music House. As a servant, no one wanted to talk to him. In desperation, he had to turn to Gu Jiao again, "Can you ask something for me?"
Gu Jiao smiled at him, "Asking questions is a separate service."
Eunuch He felt a twitch at the corner of his mouth and took out another ten taels silver banknote!
"Ten taels are not enough." Gu Jiao said.
Eunuch He gritted his teeth and took out another ten taels!
Gu Jiao accepted the two silver banknotes, saying, "What do you want to ask?"
Eunuch He took out folded paper portraits and handed it to Gu Jiao, "Ask if they have seen the people in these portraits."
Gu Jiao said, "Using props also costs extra."
Eunuch He: "..."
In the end, Eunuch He was forced to pay a hundred taels of silver all in all, with fifty taels being recorded as an IOU.
There were four portraits in total, one of which was wearing a mask while the other three didn"t.
Gu Jiao immediately recognized that these were portraits of the Dragon Shadow Guards.
Strange, why would the Emperor investigate the Dragon Shadow Guards? Could it be that the Dragon Shadow Guards had disappeared? Three of them, in fact?
The masks of the Dragon Shadow Guards were identical. But whether they revealed their true faces or wore masks when in Heavenly Music House was uncertain.
Gu Jiao was also unsure if Eunuch He had confirmed a connection between the Dragon Shadow Guards and the Heavenly Music House or if he was just conducting a thorough search.
She didn"t ask.
Today, Mo Qianxue didn"t come out to see her, so Gu Jiao boldly guessed that Mo Qianxue wasn"t inside the Heavenly Music House.
She tucked the portraits away and went upstairs.
She didn"t have to make much effort to choose a lady as someone came forward on their own accord.
"Aiya, young master, long time no see."
A beautiful woman in a pink embroidered dress approached Gu Jiao, her face half-covered by a folding fan.
Gu Jiao remembered her—— she was the second sister of the Heavenly Music House. Last time, she tried to seduce Gu Jiao but was slapped by Mo Qianxue. Gu Jiao referred to her as the second sister because her status in the Heavenly Music House seemed to be second only to Mo Qianxue.
What was her name again?
Hua...
"Xiyao greets the young master." She gracefully greeted with a bow.
Gu Jiao"s gaze lingered on her for two seconds, seemingly contemplating some possibilities. In an instant, she took out a notebook and wrote: ‘Miss Xiyao, no need for excessive formalities.’
Hua Xiyao straightened up, using a cover to hide her brows and eyes. She charmingly smiled, "Is the young master here to find Sister Qianxue? It"s a pity, Sister Qianxue went out with a guest, and who knows when she"ll return. If the young master doesn"t mind, would you like Xiyao to keep you company?"
Gu Jiao nodded.
Alright.
Hua Xiyao was extremely surprised.
The man who had slept with Mo Qianxue actually developed an interest in another woman so easily? Wasn"t the speed of this change of affection too much of a slap in Mo Qianxue"s face?
"I"m afraid Sister Qianxue will be angry." Hua Xiyao bit her lip and said with a pretentious voice.
Gu Jiao swiftly wrote: ‘Don"t be afraid. Even if the sky falls, I"ll bear it for you.’
Hua Xiyao chuckled and reached out to hold Gu Jiao"s hand, but Gu Jiao casually avoided it.
Hua Xiyao"s gaze flickered slightly, "What? Sister Qianxue can touch you, but I can"t?"
Gu Jiao: I"m just afraid I won"t be able to resist hitting you.
Gu Jiao wrote: ‘It"s hot, and my hands are sweaty. I don"t want to dirty the lady"s delicate hands.’
Eunuch He felt the corner of his mouth twitching again. How could a woman be more romantically eloquent than a man!
Eunuch He wasn’t allowed to enter the room, so he could only wait outside.
He felt a bit anxious about this matter. The girl named Xiyao seemed like trouble at a glance, and this was someone else"s territory. If Gu Jiao revealed something later, he would have to go and save her himself——
Just as the thought crossed his mind.
Creak——
The door opened.
Eunuch He looked at Gu Jiao in shock, "You, you were kicked out?"
Gu Jiao glared at him, "What are you talking about? I’m done asking, that’s all."
Eunuch He incredulously peeked inside and saw all the maids fainted, except for Hua Xiyao, whose condition was eerie, as if she had lost her soul.
It was rumored that the maids of the Heavenly Music House were skilled in martial arts, and they were all experts. How did they all collapse inside the room? He didn"t hear any fighting at all!
Also, Gu Jiao said she was done asking, but how did she ask exactly?
Of course, Gu Jiao wouldn"t tell him that she had used an anesthetic and hallucinogen, just like the one she used on Tang Ming"s servant during the previous interrogation. It was just that she didn"t expect this Hua Xiyao to have some ability but such weak mental fort.i.tude. She immediately blurted out the truth.
Gu Jiao found a secluded corner, took out a portrait, and pointed to the mask on it, saying, "Three people wearing these masks have visited the Heavenly Music House. It"s uncertain whether they are the three people in the portrait because they have never taken off their masks."
Eunuch He could almost confirm that those three people were His Majesty’s Dragon Shadow Guards who went missing.
He didn"t expect this. They actually had a connection with the Heavenly Music House!
"Where did they go?" Eunuch He asked.
"To the border." Gu Jiao replied.
Eunuch He furrowed his brow suspiciously and took in a sharp breath, "The bor-border? That means—"
"Young master!"
A woman"s voice suddenly came from the end of the corridor.
The two people immediately stopped talking.
A young woman dressed in green approached Gu Jiao. Her face didn"t look too unfamiliar; Gu Jiao had seen her at the Heavenly Music House, but they had never spoken to each other.
The woman in green came before Gu Jiao and bowed, "Young master, please don"t take to heart what Miss Xiyao said to you earlier. Sister Qianxue didn"t go out to attend to a guest. She did leave the Heavenly Music House some time ago, but she didn"t go to do something that would betray you. She..."
She glanced around, lowered her voice, and leaned closer to Gu Jiao. She whispered, "Sister Qianxue went out of the capital to handle matters for the Owner."
‘When did she leave?’ Gu Jiao wrote.
The woman in green looked at the words in Gu Jiao"s notebook and thought for a moment. She shook her head, saying, "I don"t remember the exact date, but it has been a while. I believe Sister Qianxue should be returning soon."
Mo Qianxue wasn’t in the capital, and the Dragon Shadow Guards were also not in the capital. They both left not long ago. Was it just a coincidence?
If it was, it was too coincidental.
If it wasn’t, could it be that Mo Qianxue also went to the border?Raz P."s Thoughts
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