boyutpedia #381 - Take credit
#381 - Take credit
The woman wearing a black veil peeked out, quickly glanced around, and hurriedly retreated.
Seeing that Lu Jing was about to speak, she made a shushing gesture.
So Lu Jing had no choice but to shut his mouth as well. After waiting for a while, the woman glanced again, and seeing that there were no pursuers on the shore, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
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She said to Lu Jing, "Okay, we've escaped with our lives."
"Escaped with our lives, yes, but who escaped with their life is hard to say," Lu Jing said.
The woman wearing the black veil frowned upon hearing this, not quite understanding the meaning of Lu Jing's words, but she didn't dwell on it. She just looked at Lu Jing and said, "Hey, I saved you, and you don't even say thank you. Isn't that a bit impolite?"
Lu Jing opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he saw the woman wearing the black veil wave her hand and say, "Alright, it's not like I necessarily need you to thank me, and I certainly don't need you to repay me."
Although she said that, her eyes were fixed on Lu Jing, full of anticipation.
Seeing this, Lu Jing felt a little helpless and could only follow her words and ask, "How do you want me to repay you?"
"I said I don't need you to repay me, but…" The woman wearing the black veil changed her tone, "You can indeed help me with a small favor, go see someone. Don't worry, there won't be any danger. She just wants to ask you a few questions. If you don't want to answer, you don't have to."
"Sounds simple enough."
"I said it's a small favor, it's supposed to be simple," the woman wearing the black veil said.
"Then it seems I can hardly refuse."
About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea later, the awning boat stopped again. The woman wearing the black veil was generous, paying the boatman a full ingot of silver.
Then, she led Lu Jing ashore, but they went back a short distance.
Finally, the two stopped outside a small building by the river. Lu Jing looked at the small building in front of him, his expression slightly strange.
Because the place the veiled woman finally brought him to was actually a brothel.
However, this brothel seemed to be of a higher standard. There were no women in plain skirts and delicate waists, showing off their creamy chests and lightly holding their fragrant cheeks, throwing seductive glances at passersby from upstairs.
Moreover, there was no colorful gate in front of the building, and the furnishings inside were not particularly luxurious, but rather revealed a sense of tranquility and elegance.
However, this only reflected the different target clientele and did not change the essence of this place as a pleasure house.
The woman wearing the black veil didn't seem to find anything inappropriate and walked in swaggeringly. The madam inside the building obviously recognized her.
There was no obstruction, only a slight smile towards Lu Jing behind her.
One could tell that she must have been a beauty when she was young. No, even now, in her early forties, she still had a mature charm, concentrating on arranging a vase of flowers.
The woman wearing the black veil went straight to the third floor, to a room at the end of the corridor, and knocked on the door, saying, "Hey, I'm back, and I brought the person back too."
"Is that Qinglan outside? Come in quickly."
The sound of the zither stopped slightly in the room, followed by a lazy voice.
The woman wearing the black veil opened the door, but she didn't rush in. Instead, she gestured to Lu Jing behind her to enter.
Seeing this, Lu Jing didn't stand on ceremony and walked in.
To his surprise, there were actually two women in the room. One of them had willow-leaf eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, and her skin was as white as snow, giving people a feeling of being soft and boneless, charming to the core.
She was sitting by the zither, so the person playing the zither and speaking just now should have been her.
In comparison, the other woman seemed very quiet, just listening attentively to her zither playing by the table. Her clothes also looked very ordinary, and like the woman named Qinglan, she also wore a black veil, making it impossible to see the face behind the veil.
From the perspective of attracting attention, she was obviously not as good as the woman playing the zither, but the first thing Lu Jing noticed after entering the room was her.
Because she had a unique temperament that the woman playing the zither didn't have.
This kind of temperament is usually possessed by people who have been in high positions for a long time, and most of them are born with it, and it is difficult to cultivate it through acquired efforts.
In other words, this woman's background and origin may not be simple.
Seeing that Lu Jing only glanced at herself and quickly focused his gaze on her companion, a hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the woman playing the zither.
However, she obviously knew what was appropriate. Seeing Lu Jing enter, she didn't say anything or ask any more questions. She picked up the zither in front of her, gave Lu Jing a slight salute, and drifted away.
Then Qinglan, who came in afterward, took the opportunity to pinch the zither-playing woman's butt. Before the other party could react, she quickly closed the door again, and then muttered, "Is it my illusion, or does it feel better again? What is this guy eating all day long?"
The woman listening to the zither was a little helpless and glanced at Qinglan, but didn't say anything. She just pointed to the opposite seat and said to Lu Jing, "Please sit, young master."
Hearing this, Lu Jing didn't decline and sat down opposite the woman. He also grabbed a handful of candied fruit from the table and fed it to the black cat on his shoulder.
He could feel that the black cat was restless again at this time. Considering that it had just had a full meal not long ago, it was rare for it to regain its appetite so quickly.
Lu Jing was calculating how to borrow the fate from the woman, and the woman was also thinking about something while looking at Lu Jing. For a moment, neither of them spoke.
Instead, Qinglan spoke again, claiming credit to the woman, "You don't know how dangerous the situation was today. I found the little tyrants from the Mu Wang Mansion to help and first attracted the other party's attention. I secretly mixed in with their people and approached this kid, but this kid kept asking questions.
"It caused us to be discovered by the other party again. They wanted to come at us directly. Fortunately, I left a way out, and that's how I ran out all the way with him. If it had been any slower, you… well, you should still be able to see me, but you probably wouldn't be able to see him."
"Thank you for your hard work," the woman listening to the zither said.
Her voice was very gentle, but at the same time, it gave people a firm strength.
Then she turned her gaze back to Lu Jing, "May I know what your name is, young master?"
"Oh, my surname is Lu, you can call me Lu Dalang."
Without figuring out the other party's intentions, Lu Jing didn't immediately give his full name. After all, he was now a famous person in the Chen Dynasty. There were few people on the streets who didn't know his name.