"Master, where have you reached?"
Xiao Hei waited at the city wall for a while. Not seeing Huangfu Yue arrive, although she believed Huangfu Yue would be fine with her abilities, she still felt a bit worried. She asked in her heart.
"I'm almost at the city gate," Huangfu Yue replied. She had been maintaining contact with Xiao Hei, so she knew Xiao Hei had reached the city wall long ago.
Huangfu Yue knew Xiao Hei had been waiting for her for a long time and quickened her pace towards the city gate.
"Master, did something happen on your way? Otherwise, with your speed, you should have arrived much earlier," Xiao Hei asked with concern.
"Something did happen. I saw a couple being killed earlier, and they had some connection to Chang Qing. Xiao Hei, do you know about Chang Qing opening a brothel in his private residence?" Huangfu Yue asked.
She hoped Xiao Hei knew and could provide useful information.
"I know, I've heard a little. But all I know is that he secretly gathered beauties and kept them in his private residence to open a brothel, entertaining his colleagues and lobbying officials. I don't know where the brothel is located, or in which private residence of his...
I didn't care about these things before, so I didn't investigate," Xiao Hei replied.
"Master, you said the couple you just mentioned had some connection to Chang Qing and were killed. Are they related to the brothel Chang Qing opened?" Xiao Hei, being very intelligent, had already guessed.
Huangfu Yue responded with an "en" and said, "The murdered wife had worked as a servant in the brothel Chang Qing opened. Her husband suspected that she did more than just work there and had also served other men. He thought she had cuckolded him and was enraged, wanting to kill her...
Before he could kill her, they were both murdered. I suspect they were silenced intentionally, and the people who silenced them were most likely Chang Qing's men...
The other party feared they would reveal the matter of the brothel. At that time, the officials had already arrived and were interrogating the husband."
She thought about it and concluded that Chang Qing's men were the most suspicious. Chang Qing's men, hiding in the dark, saw that the husband was about to reveal Chang Qing's opening of a brothel and thus killed the couple to silence them, ensuring they would never leak Chang Qing's secret.
Chang Qing opening a brothel to entertain high-ranking officials was definitely a secret, something Chang Qing could not let people know. If Leng Yusheng, the Dali Temple Shaoqing, found out, it would be disastrous. Leng Yusheng would definitely investigate Chang Qing, and then Chang Qing would be finished.
For an official to open a brothel specifically to entertain dignitaries was a grave crime!
"Master, did you catch the killer who silenced them?" Xiao Hei asked.
"I caught him, but he committed suicide by poison, so I couldn't interrogate him or find anything out," Huangfu Yue said, feeling frustrated as she brought this up. She cursed Leng Yusheng in her heart again.
If it weren't for him, how could she have let that killer have the chance to commit suicide by poison?
"What do we do now?" Xiao Hei asked. "Should we continue investigating?"
"No need to investigate! Three people are dead, and the officials won't stand idly by. They will definitely investigate. Let the officials handle it," Huangfu Yue said.
She believed Leng Yusheng would not ignore this matter. He would definitely investigate, find out the identity of the killer who committed suicide by poison, carefully investigate the identities of the murdered couple, and thus find out why someone wanted to silence them.
Leng Yusheng was so capable; he would definitely find out about Chang Qing, so she didn't need to worry about this matter anymore.
"En," Xiao Hei agreed upon hearing Huangfu Yue's words and said nothing more.
A few minutes later, Huangfu Yue arrived at the city gate.
"Xiao Hei, I've reached the city gate," Huangfu Yue notified Xiao Hei.
"I've already seen you, Master."
"I see you too," Huangfu Yue said, looking up at the sky. Her sharp gaze quickly found Xiao Hei hidden in the darkness.
"Let's leave the city," Huangfu Yue said, walking towards the city gate.
A large number of soldiers were still stationed at the city gate, chatting leisurely...
"How long do you think we have to guard here?" a soldier yawned, clearly tired and wanting to sleep.
"I don't know... I guess we'll have to guard all night," someone replied.
"I can't stand it! I don't know what the higher-ups are thinking, making so many of us guard here. The thief who stole from the national treasury would never leave the city at this time. So many of us guarding here is completely in vain!
No matter how foolish the person who stole from the national treasury is, they would know that once the theft is discovered, the higher-ups would definitely order a city-wide search and dispatch a large force to guard the city gates, preventing any suspicious individuals from escaping. Coming to the city gate would be walking into a trap. They would never be foolish enough to choose to leave the city these few days, especially in the dead of night.
People leaving the city in the dead of night are not even checked; they are immediately arrested." Another soldier, also looking sleepy, yawned twice and complained.
"Exactly." Many soldiers nodded in agreement with his analysis.
Huangfu Yue glanced at them and curved her lips.
They didn't know that the person who stole from the national treasury dared to come to the city gate at this time to leave, right under their noses. It was a pity they couldn't see her.
Huangfu Yue, smiling, passed through the heavily guarded city gate and successfully exited the city.
Xiao Hei had already flown out of the city to wait for her. After exiting the city, she quickly found Xiao Hei and asked Xiao Hei to fly ahead while she followed.
Once the master and servant were a distance away from the city wall, and Huangfu Yue was sure that the people on the city wall couldn't see them, she took off her invisibility cloak and revealed herself.
Xiao Hei immediately flew to Huangfu Yue's side. "Master, I finally see you!"
Hearing the hint of joy in its voice, Huangfu Yue smiled. It seemed Xiao Hei hadn't gotten used to talking to her without being able to see her.