Heavenly meteor, crossing into the imperial concubine

  "Be careful, your figure isn't bad, huh?" As soon as the words came out, they received a predictable glare from Lan Lingxuan, but Nangong Ran had long been accustomed to it and didn't mind at all.

  "What's wrong, is Prince Yu envying and jealous?" The two of them spoke recklessly, but Lan Lingxuan couldn't listen to it anymore.

  "What's going on that you're calling us up like this?!"

  "Hey, King Xuan, don't be angry, I've brought back good news. For this news, Chu Taizi and I even sacrificed our dignity, how can you hurt me like this?" Nangong Ran said with a pitiful expression.

  Lan Lingxuan was barely holding back the urge to slap him to death, gritting his teeth and squeezing out a few words from between them, "Speak quickly!"

  "Alright, alright. Tonight, I and Crown Prince Chu went to the largest brothel in Weicheng." As soon as he said this, An Chuyi's face turned unnatural, "From a girl called Die'er, I found out that two little girls were caught early this morning and are now locked up in the backyard. These two people might be Princess Xuanwangye's sisters."

  "Damn it, Nan Gong Ran, why didn't you say so earlier!" An Wei Xin raised her hand and knocked Nan Gong Ran on the head, "Let's hurry up and find Ling Er."

  An Weixin and Lan Lingxuan changed their clothes and prepared to go out, originally intending to call An Chuyi and Nangong Ran along, but unexpectedly those two people were unanimous in refusing to go.

  Lan Lingxuan held An Weixin in his arms, "So fast." An Weixin did not object, and the two of them arrived at the brothel that Nan Gongran had mentioned within half a cup of tea's time. They jumped into the courtyard from the back wall and turned the entire backyard upside down but couldn't find anyone, which made An Weixin suspect that Nan Gongran had falsely reported military information for a moment. The two stood outside the last door, with the door open a crack. Lan Lingxuan pushed the door open, and inside it looked like a woodshed, with two ropes on the ground. The two exchanged a glance, unsure whether the person was gone or had been taken somewhere else.

  "It seems necessary to have a talk with the madam." An Wei walked towards the stone table in the backyard, "You go ahead, I'll wait for you." After a while, Lan Lingxuan returned, holding something unknown in his hand.

  "Ow!" Blue Ling Xuan threw the unknown object in front of An Wei Xin, kicking up a cloud of dust. "Ahh, my butt is killing me." The unknown object shakily got to its feet, clutching its sore buttocks and staring at the two people in front of it who clearly didn't mean well. "Y-you, who are you?"

  "Hey, don't be afraid, we're good people." An Wei Xin smiled and walked up to pat the old woman's shoulder, those two pats made the old woman tremble all over. "We just want to ask you a few questions, as long as you answer honestly, nothing will happen! And it's best if you don't shout, otherwise... hehe." An Wei Xin smiled with ill intentions.

  "What do you want to ask?" The old procuress's face was full of terror, especially when she saw Blue Leng Xuan, she was so scared that she trembled with fear.

  "I asked you, were two little girls brought here this morning?"

  The old procuress heard An Wei's words and her body trembled, "No!"

  "Really not?" An Weixin leaned in close to the old woman, clearly seeing the evasiveness in her eyes. "Do you want to suffer a bit before telling the truth?" An Weixin suddenly pulled out a whip and 'slapped' it on the ground next to the old woman's feet, scaring her so much that she shuddered all over, her flesh trembling along with her. "I'll ask again, is there or isn't there?"

  The old procuress looked at An Wei with a ruthless gaze and swallowed hard, her voice trembling as she spoke, "Yes, yes."

  "Where are they?"

  "She, they ran, have run."

  "Run away? When did this happen?"

  "Just a moment ago." An Wei Xin and Lan Ling Xuan exchanged a glance, it seemed they were too late.

  "You'd better not cheat us, otherwise I guarantee that this brothel will be closed tomorrow!"

  "Yes, yes, I didn't cheat you, absolutely not!" The old procuress was about to swear to heaven.

  "What should we do now?" An Weixin turned her head and asked Lan Lingxuan beside her.

  "Go back first." Lan Lingxuan wrapped An Weixin and jumped up, disappearing into the dark night. The old madam patted her chest with a lingering fear, suddenly remembering something and hastily getting up to run outside.

  In the darkness, two figures followed closely behind the old procuress, and indeed, they were An Weixin and Lan Lingxuan who had just left. The old procuress called over a young servant and said something to him, then the servant ran off, after which the two followed the old procuress to a mansion, where from the rooftop, they looked down into the house, seeing that the old procuress was pacing back and forth restlessly inside.

  "Hmph! I knew that old man wasn't telling the truth." An Wei's heart was pressed against the roof, peeking through the gaps in the tiles to see the old woman's dissatisfied muttering. Before long, there were movements in the courtyard, and judging by the figure, it should be a man. The man was shrouded in a black cloak from head to toe, making his face indistinguishable.

  "You've arrived, have those two dead girls been found?" The old procuress asked anxiously.

  "What's going on?" The sharp voice was unpleasant to hear, and An Wei couldn't help but furrow her brow.

  "Just now there was a man and a woman looking for someone, I'm afraid..."

  He fell silent for a moment, "I see, it seems we need to act quickly."

  The two people on the rooftop exchanged a glance, it seems that this person should be related to the missing persons in Weicheng, and Ling'er should also have been caught by them.

  The two people in the house went out of the mansion and went in opposite directions. Lan Lingxuan and An Weixin followed the man in black, but not too close, watching him turn into an alley, Lan Lingxuan quickly followed in.

  "It's gone." The alley was a dead end, and when Blue Lingxuan rushed over, there wasn't even half a shadow of a person in the alley. After checking around, they didn't find anything unusual, and the houses on both sides of the alley were just ordinary residences, except for the one on the left which seemed to be an abandoned house.

  "Let's go back first." When the two returned to the inn, it was almost dawn. Everyone in the inn except for Lan Mei'er was gathered in An Wei Xin's room waiting for news.

  An Wei returned to her room and saw several people, stunned for a moment, "You can't all be awake, right?"

  "Yes, how come there are only two of you? Is the information incorrect?" Nan Gong Ran asked disbelievingly.

  "The news is correct, but when we went there, the person had already escaped. However, there's a new clue." An Wei Xin took a sip of tea and continued: "The madam of that brothel has something to do with the missing persons in Suicheng, and Ling'er was sold to the brothel by them. Although Ling'er has escaped now, we must find her as soon as possible, or she might be caught again."

  "You all go back and rest first, we'll go find people again when it's daylight."

  "Alright." Everyone else went back to their rooms, leaving only Lan Lingxuan still standing there.

  "Everyone else has left, why haven't you?"

  Lan Lingxuan didn't say a word and directly scooped up An Weixin, heading towards the bedside. An Weixin was startled by his sudden action, "Hey, you, what are you doing?"

  Lan Lingxuan walked to the bedside, put An Weixin on the bed, and then lay down himself. He stretched out his arm and hugged An Weixin in his arms, and then closed his eyes motionless.

  "Hey!" An Weixin nudged Lan Lingxuan with her hand, but he didn't budge. Before long, even breathing sounds could be heard, "...". An Weixin helplessly rolled her eyes at him and soon fell asleep as well.

  ……

  The man in black dragged him into the alley and then to a courtyard on his left, where he felt his way into a room and under the bed. With a creaking sound, the flat bed slowly lifted up, revealing a dark opening. The man in black crawled into the tunnel and covered the bed board. The tunnel was very winding with several forks in the middle, and it took many twists and turns to reach the destination. It looked like a secret room, which was quite large, with many iron cages inside. Inside the cages were the boys and girls who had gone missing in the city recently.

  The man in black lifted his cloak, revealing a dark and rugged face with a scar over an inch long on his left cheek. When the face appeared, many girls instinctively turned their heads away. "Brother, we must act quickly," he said. "The old woman said that two people are looking for two little girls today, and they might be them." The man in black pointed to a cage on the left, where Blue Spirit and her maid Xiao were being held.

  "Uh-huh, get ready and we'll set off in two days."

  "Yes!" The two exited the secret room, which made everyone in the cage breathe a sigh of relief, but thinking about their previous conversation again made them very frightened.

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