Chapter 138: The Whims of Fate (1)_1
Over on this side, the Punishing Shopkeeper quickly conveyed Mo Yan’s request to Yan Junyu. For Junyu, it was just a small effort; he dispatched someone overnight to conduct a covert investigation of the secret brothel.
The spy sent out was very efficient, and early the next morning, he laid out all the intricacies of the secret brothel before Yan Junyu.
Looking at the several familiar names that appeared on this stack of papers, a bewitchingly charming smile surfaced on Yan Junyu’s beautiful face, causing Guan Yu to shudder in fear. What sort of trouble was the ancestor planning to stir up this time?
"Take these to the WuChengBingMaSi and tell Sir Xiao that this lord has been cheated out of twenty thousand taels of silver by these people," Junyu said, tossing the stack of papers to Guan Yu before he continued to break bread to feed the fish in his pond.
Guan Yu rolled his eyes secretly but put on a fawning face, "My lord, if it’s just a matter of cheating silver, Jingzhao Yin should be handling it. It might be problematic for Sir Xiao to intervene."
Yan Junyu gave him a kick, "Can’t you come up with another excuse? How can you still be so stupid after all these years of following me?"
Guan Yu dodged nimbly and ran off, giggling, "Then I shall say that you were targeted for assassination, and the assassin fled into that place, definitely in cahoots with those people there."
A twitch appeared at the corner of Yan Junyu’s eye, utterly speechless. How despised must he be to have been targeted for assassination twice within just three short months?
After Xiao Ruiyuan finished the morning court session and arrived at the Bureau of Military Office ready to deal with official business, he received news that Yan Junyu had been targeted for assassination, which prompted him to personally seal off a secret brothel. He didn’t even know what to say for a moment.
However, upon reviewing the information covertly handed to him by Guan Yu, Xiao Ruiyuan’s expression turned solemn, and he immediately appointed two hundred troops to storm the secret brothel...