C104 (1/2)

When was Mu Yanran planning in the dark? Mu Yunji was still in the south side of the city.

On the morning of the second day, a carriage from General Mu's estate left the General's Estate before the sun had risen, heading straight for the city gates.

After leaving the city, they walked westward for about two hours before stopping in front of a small town called White Horse Town. The horse carriage entered the town and stopped outside an inn.

The curtain of the carriage was pushed aside and two noblewomen came out. They were both wearing cloaks with their hats covering their faces. After entering the inn, Cui Yun quickly went to negotiate with the shopkeeper, ”The room we arranged last night.” As she spoke, she intentionally gave the shopkeeper a silver ingot, ”Clean the room so that he won't be disturbed.”

After receiving the silver, the manager was naturally happy and repeatedly agreed. After a while, the waiter cleaned up the room.

After a while, another carriage stopped in front of the inn and a woman alighted from the carriage. This woman was wearing a coarse wooden hairpin and looked like she came from an ordinary family.

However, her face was covered with a thick layer of rouge, and the dust on her face did not match her extremely simple clothing.

The moment she got off the carriage, Cui Yun immediately went to welcome her. and took her upstairs.

Hearing the knock on the door, Lady Liu called out that she had arrived.

Mu Yanran glanced at Lady Liu and said in a low voice, ”In a while, don't say anything. Listen to my arrangements.”

Lady Liu could only agree.

It was indeed the brothel's bawd from seven years ago. When she walked into the room, her waist was still twisted quite mesmerizingly. She took off a handkerchief from her side and shook it out of habit. ”Madam Mu, you're really punctual.”

She glanced over and saw Mu Wanyun sitting beside her. ”Yo, the Second Miss is also here. Judging from my memory, it should be Mu Wangfei. Greetings, wangfei.”

She had a nice time, but she picked up a stool and sat down.

She deliberately coughed. ”Madam, Princess, what business do you have with me today?” She was asking the obvious. In any case, the other party was asking for something from her. Even if she were to raise the price, she still had the capital to do so.

They were all people like that, so she was very clear about what she was thinking. Therefore, Mu Yanran went straight to the point, ”Isn't it clear what you need from us?”

Liu Shi also followed up: ”Just say it directly, do you have any evidence to prove that the child was really Jin Yu Lie?”

”Evidence?” The old procuress laughed greedily as she spoke.

”For this matter, I can't even do what I used to do. This madam and wangfei also knew about it. ”If I knew that the young lady was the eldest young miss, I would never have agreed to it, and my house was shut down by General Mu, which is also my retribution. But now that I'm this old, it's really hard to get old age, so the mistress and the princess only need to give me some money to support my family. As for this matter, I can tell you everything I know.”

”It's easy to ask for money.” Mu Yanran glanced at Lady Liu, who pinched the lotus pouches in her sleeves tightly.

Her savings!

When she received her daughter's gaze, she still took it out.

”Here!”

Cui Yun then handed the banknotes inside to the old procuress.

The bawd's face bloomed into a smile. She counted and confirmed the correct amount. Then, she quickly put the banknotes away.

”You've already accepted the money, can you tell me now?”

Only now did the old procuress tell Mu Yanran and Lady Liu the news of a large group of assassins searching the brothel on the night seven years ago.

If she hadn't said this today, not many would have known about it.

Mu Yanran was also lost in her own thoughts. It couldn't be such a coincidence.

”It's true. Although they didn't find it that night, I did find a cloak in the room. This cloak is not ours, so that means there was a third person in the room that night.”

”What about the cloak?” Mu Yanran cut him off.

”I don't know.” The old procuress shrugged her shoulders, ”Originally, I kept it, but later on, I disappeared. I think it was taken back by his owner.”

Mu Yanran looked at her and did not let go of any of the expression on her face. She was analyzing if she was speaking the truth.

”How can you be sure that person is Jin Yulai?”

”Princess, please think about it. If they weren't his, why would the Duke of Jin wear a green hat on his head?”

”Does anyone else know about this?”

”No, I've instructed not to let anyone know. However, only I know about the cloak. You can rest assured.” She had already said what needed to be said, so she naturally had to leave after receiving the money.

But, could Mu Yanran let her go so easily?

She gave Cui Yun a look, saying that Cui Yun had personally sent her out.

Lady Liu said anxiously, ”My daughter, if what she said is true, then the child might really be Jin Yu Lie's. This time you've really gotten yourself into big trouble! ”

Mu Yanran didn't say anything. She just sat there quietly, thinking non-stop.