Chapter 70: Two Souls in One
In the building manager's room.
The building manager who called herself Qingmei was dressed neatly in a loose, opaque goose-white robe and sat properly on the bed.
She looked extremely calm, as if she had no desires or requests.
The difference of just putting on one more piece of clothing is much better than the helpless look just now.
Part of the reason was that Ying Chengjiao was sitting next to a half-person-high tripod table, one meter away from her and no longer within her reach.
"Why didn't you show up last night?!"
Ying Chengjiao had a gloomy face, and his anger was rising rapidly, and he couldn't stop it.
Almost there, just a little bit.
If only the beauty in the tower came up one step later, if only the people from the Imperial Medical Bureau arrived one step later.
The secret guard Qingmei died last night.
The death was so silent that no one knew about it.
"Qingmei knows her mistake. Please don't be angry, sir. Don't get sick from anger because of Qingmei. It's not worth it ." Qingmei said softly.
But when Ying Chengjiao heard this, his anger increased instead of subsiding. He was really tired of hearing such words of admitting mistakes these days.
Ying Fusu, who is still imprisoned in the Zheng Palace, admits his mistakes in this way every time!
"I just asked you why you didn't show up, and you just need to answer truthfully." Ying Chengjiao approached Qingmei step by step, taking each step very slowly.
Every step she took seemed to be stepping on Qingmei's heart, giving her great psychological pressure.
Qingmei rubbed the long sleeves of her clothes with her slender hands, and covered herself with the quilt behind her unnaturally.
"The first duty of the secret guards is to protect the young master and His Majesty. Both the young master and His Majesty were away last night, so Qingmei should not have shown up."
After speaking at a very fast speed and with very clear pronunciation, Qingmei lowered her eyes and saw that Ying Chengjiao stopped walking and no longer moved towards her.
While I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, I also felt a slight sense of loss in my heart.
"I told you that your own safety is equally important. When the housekeeper committed suicide last night, you should have appeared quickly to take over the body. Why didn't you show up?"
"If Qingmei shows up and does something that doesn't fit her identity as a housekeeper, someone will know that Qingmei has two souls in one body. If we follow this clue and investigate further, Qingmei's identity as a secret guard may be exposed, and then all officials will know that there are secret guards monitoring the tower. Qingmei's death is a small matter, but the evil young master's arrangement is a big deal."
The tower was the only entertainment venue in the Qin State.
All the officials of the Qin State had been to the tower and slept with the beauties here.
The pavilions were filled with beautiful women and indulging in wine and women. The strict Qin law made a detour when passing by the pavilions and left them out.
Compared with the Qin State outside, which is serious, cold and like an ice-cold machine, the tower is a paradise where you can completely relax.
Most people are least guarded when they are on high ground, and that's when they are most likely to let down their guard.
The Qin officials would chat and laugh loudly in the tower, and countless pieces of information would be circulated in the tower every day.
If the laughter and conversation on the tower that day were reported to Xianyang, it would be enough for the people of Xianyang to talk about for the rest of their lives.
Most of this information is useless information that guests brag about and praise each other, such as:
"Chang'an Jun was fined three years' salary, which is really gratifying. Let's see how he can compete with us for the beauty."
"Brother Zhang charged into the Zhao army formation alone and killed more than a thousand Zhao soldiers. Marquis Wucheng praised him personally, saying that Brother Zhang is the next Wu'an Jun of Qin. You should all serve him diligently."
"Brother Li, you are too kind. Those are all rumors. I only killed more than 800 people. Brother Li's ability is shocking. If Brother Li had not sneaked into the Zhao army camp at night and assassinated Li Mu, my Qin State might still be fighting to the death with Zhao State."
But there are always some secrets that are revealed inadvertently, such as:
"A few days ago, a young Yan woman with a baby in her arms entered the Wucheng Marquis's mansion. It is said that the baby is the Marquis's friend."
Qingmei's responsibility is to collect these secret information, analyze the useful information from the useless information, and then report it to Ying Chengjiao.
The original purpose of towers for the Qin monarch was to make money and have fun.
But after Qingmei entered Loutai and became the female manager, the biggest role of Loutai became collecting intelligence and monitoring the officials.
"How long have you and I known each other?"
Ying Chengjiao took a step forward, crossing the distance between them, and before Qingmei could react, he was in front of Qingmei's bed.
He gently pinched Qingmei's pointed chin and lifted it slightly so that Qingmei could no longer escape his gaze.
Qingmei's obsidian eyes kept shaking and dodging, but the two of them were too close, less than three inches apart.
No matter how Qingmei shook and dodged, all she could see before her was Ying Chengjiao's face with a hint of anger.
"On March 8th, the 24th year, Sir, please respect yourself and follow the Secret Guard Rule No. 1, um!"
The lips felt a touch she had never experienced before, and Qingmei's already tense body became even tighter, like a spring stretched to the extreme!
She was obviously an old hand at romance, a teacher who taught many beautiful women knowledge about postures, but at this moment she seemed to be kissed for the first time.
She was in a panic, as if there was a rabbit running and jumping around. Her mind affected her body, and she had the illusion that the rabbit seemed to jump from her heart onto her body.
wrong!
Qingmei's beautiful eyes widened even further.
The strange sensations coming from her body told her that she was not hallucinating.
If this continues, Qingmei feels that she will not be able to help but make a mistake today.
no!
I can't stand it!
Substitution!
Qingmei closed her eyes and her heart sank.
Her watery eyes were really overflowing with tears, and two drops hung at the corners of her eyes, looking like they would fall with the slightest movement.
"Don't go back, this is an order."
Ying Chengjiao glared at Qingmei fiercely, and used his other hand, which was eager to do something, to gently wipe away the beads of tears from the corner of Qingmei's eyes caused by the sudden pain.
"Sir, don't..."
Qingmei's eyes were full of pleading.
"Don't want what?"
