HLnovel Chapter 401 Go report this to the authorities!
Chapter 401 Go report this to the authorities!
Lu Yangyang turned and left angrily, and even kicked the rickety door when she got to the door.
Once outside the courtyard, Lu Yangyang glanced at Sheng Junyi, who was leaning against the wall waiting for her: "Do you know where the backyard of Nanfeng Pavilion, the Wine Immortal Courtyard, is?"
Sheng Junyi's expression changed slightly: "What are you doing in a place like that? Could it be that the child you mentioned was sent there?"
Lu Yangyang frowned: "Explain it more clearly."
Sheng Junyi: "...Never mind, let's go first."
After saying that, he mounted his horse first, and Lu Yangyang quickly followed.
Sheng Junyi knew the location of Nanfeng Pavilion, so this time he didn't waste any time and quickly found the place. It was in the South Alley, which was next to the river. Most of the riverside buildings were brothels, and Nanfeng Pavilion was no exception. Even though it was past midnight, the area outside Nanfeng Pavilion was still bustling with activity, and the painted boats on the river were all lit up.
Lu Yangyang caught a glimpse of the entrance to Nanfeng Pavilion and was about to step inside when Sheng Junyi grabbed her after she had only taken two steps: "Come with me."
Lu Yangyang glanced at him.
Sheng Junyi didn't explain. He led her directly through the alley to the backyard of Nanfeng Pavilion. Glancing at the wall that was at least ten feet high, Sheng Junyi put his fingers on her shoulder, grabbed her, and climbed over the wall.
After landing, Lu Yangyang saw several houses with lights on in the middle of a garden lake in the distance, and could faintly hear the sound of music.
“That’s the Wine Immortal Courtyard.” Sheng Junyi pulled her behind a tree and pointed it out to her. “See those people patrolling outside? They’re all thugs from the South Wind Pavilion. If you go in through the front yard and alert them, you won’t find anything.”
Lu Yangyang never expected that a brothel would have such intricacies. The brothels she had seen before were just large courtyards, and even if they had thugs, they were very few. What was going on with this brothel? This Nanfeng Pavilion alone had dozens of thugs patrolling around the Wine Immortal Courtyard! What kind of place was this?
She was really out of touch; even among the high-ranking families in the capital, she had never seen such tight patrols.
Seeing the confusion on her face, Sheng Junyi didn't explain. "Saving people is the priority. You wait here. I'll go get two sets of clothes and sneak in. There are patrols around that house. Any movement on the lake will be noticed. Once we're inside, look for people first. Don't alert them or attract attention."
Lu Yangyang nodded.
She had absolutely no experience with these things; all she cared about was saving people. Otherwise, if she made a mistake due to her impulsiveness, she might harm Xiao Qi.
Sheng Jun agreed with her and turned to disappear into the night.
A short while later, he brought over two sets of clothes. He gave Lu Yangyang a maid's outfit, while he himself wore a patrolman's uniform.
Lu Yangyang found a place to put her clothes on, and then used the light to slightly tidy up her face, making herself look extremely inconspicuous. After she finished getting ready, Sheng Junyi also changed her clothes, and she looked at her questioningly, asking what to do next.
Sheng Junyi waved to her, then led her in a swaggering manner toward the only connecting corridor leading to the house in the middle of the lake.
They even slipped a tray out of nowhere along the way, with two jugs of wine on it.
Lu Yangyang: "..."
This is the first time I've discovered that Sheng Junyi has this talent; he'd definitely be a professional if he were to go undercover.
They walked for about fifteen minutes, but were questioned no less than seven or eight times. However, Sheng Junyi easily fooled them all. When they passed through the corridor and arrived at the Wine Immortal Courtyard, Lu Yangyang was almost vomiting from the overwhelming smell of alcohol before she even got close.
From a distance, the Wine Immortal Courtyard doesn't look very big, but once you get closer, you'll find that it actually has twenty or thirty rooms arranged in a circle. The corridors are decorated with lanterns of various colors, and even the flowers and trees in the courtyard are adorned with colorful lanterns.
When it lights up in the darkness, it's like a fairyland.
"No matter what you see later, don't act impulsively," Sheng Junyi carefully reminded her.
Lu Yangyang found it increasingly strange.
But soon, her face froze completely, and she finally understood why Sheng Junyi had been hesitant to speak ever since he heard "Nanfeng Pavilion." It turned out that the so-called "Nanfeng Pavilion" was just a homonym.
The guests coming and going here, and the people serving them... are all men.
Lu Yangyang's mood plummeted to rock bottom.
If Nanfeng Pavilion is such a special place, then the fact that Xiao Qi was sent here...
Lu Yangyang could hardly imagine what would happen next.
She suppressed her anger and followed Sheng Junyi, searching room by room. After wandering around for most of the room, she found nothing. Just as she was starting to get anxious, she suddenly smelled an unusually strong smell of alcohol, mixed with a faint smell of blood.
The strong smell of alcohol masked much of the fishy odor, but as a doctor, Lu Yangyang was always sensitive to the smell of blood.
She hurriedly looked at Sheng Junyi, whose expression hardened slightly, clearly having noticed as well. Just as she was about to speak, Sheng Junyi suddenly grabbed her, slipped into the shadows, evaded the patrols outside, found the location of the washroom, jumped inside, and hid behind the screen in the cubicle, peering into the room.
Upon seeing this, Lu Yangyang almost couldn't hold back her laughter.
Sheng Junyi instinctively reached out to cover Lu Yangyang's eyes, but it was too late.
This is a very large room. In the middle of the room is a circular pool. Around the pool stands a row of naked little boys, all of whom are blindfolded. Most of the children are covered in wounds, and few are unharmed.
In the rest of the room, about a dozen or twenty bloated men were excitedly abusing a child.
The edge of the pool in the middle was already mostly empty. Through the gap, Lu Yangyang saw that the water inside had turned light red. The strong smell of alcohol mixed with the stench of blood that she had smelled was coming from there. It was alcohol, and the color was the blood from the children.
Lu Yangyang dug her nails into her palms. Suddenly, she saw Xiao Qi among the group of children.
He was covered in wounds, his legs were taut and straight, and his toes were gripping the ground tightly.
A hand reached out from the pool, glided past the ankles along the edge, and landed on one of the slender ankles.
Little Seven!
The cold sweat on Xiaoqi's brow dried and then reappeared, over and over again. He kept praying in his heart, while the sounds of people falling into the water behind him grew louder and louder. He had lost count of how many there were, and he couldn't count how many of those faint cries for help were drowned out time and time again.
Then a hand grabbed his ankle.
His eyes, covered, closed in despair, and a tear slid from the corner of his eye, wetting the blindfold.
Lu Yangyang could no longer hold back and took a step forward.
Sheng Junyi grabbed her and lowered her voice, "I'll go."
Lu Yangyang took a deep breath, turned her head, moved her fingers which were stiff from being pinched, and said firmly to Sheng Junyi, "I'll deal with them, you go and report it to the authorities!"