“Eighth Young Master, Little Magpie is here to serve you.”

Ye Kong stared at the little girl standing before him, eyes wide. She was way too young.

“Get me someone else, someone else. Too young.” Ye Kong himself had no interest in this kind of child, and he figured Old Ancestor Yellow Springs wouldn’t either.

“So Eighth Young Master likes older sisters.” The two women accompanying the Lu brothers giggled. After a moment, a seductive woman walked in.

When Ye Kong looked, he recognized her. It was none other than Little Oriole, the girl he’d groped during that dinner with Fan Jiulong. She hadn’t been sent initially because she was currently serving another client.

Ye Kong was quite satisfied with this girl.

“Eighth Young Master.” Little Oriole walked over with a sultry voice.

“Hey, Little Sparrow… ah, Magpie, wait a moment.” Ye Kong’s heart wasn’t bad. He called back the little girl and tossed her two taels of broken silver. Only then did the child leave happily.

“Eighth Young Master, you truly have such a kind heart.” Little Oriole purred sweetly.

“Let’s eat first.” After giving the order, Ye Kong used his spiritual consciousness to wake Old Ancestor Yellow Springs, letting him see if Little Oriole suited his taste.

But who knew, this time Old Ancestor Yellow Springs was sleeping really deeply. No matter how much you called, he just wouldn’t wake up.

“Eighth Young Master, why aren’t you eating? Should this slave feed you?” Little Oriole was quite pleased and used her chopsticks to bring food to Ye Kong’s mouth.

Of course she was happy. Being able to accompany Eighth Young Master was her honor. This was the benefit of being famous. As an analogy, if Jay Chou came out looking for fun, those young ladies would be falling over themselves with joy, not the other way around.

Moreover, Little Oriole had been stuck with an old geezer before. That old bastard had started groping the moment they met, and his hands, like old tree roots, didn’t know their own strength. He’d pinched Little Oriole until it hurt. She was suffering under him and fondly remembering Eighth Young Master’s technique when someone called for her.

Little Oriole was happy, but that old geezer wasn’t. He was a big landlord from outside Southern Capital City. It was rare for him to come taste something fresh at Treasure Spring Pavilion, and just when things were getting interesting, the woman vanished without a trace.

“Damn it! Looking down on me, Qian Laocai! You’ll regret this! Acting all high and mighty! I’ve got people in Southern Capital City too!” Old Moneybags Qian threw a tantrum, chased away the replacement girl, packed his bundle, and left in a huff.

Truth be told, this Old Moneybags Qian really did have connections in Southern Capital City. His nephew was a bailiff at the City Guard Office. Don’t look down on bailiffs as small fry, but at least they wore uniforms. It was the same on any continent. Those in uniform could always oppress the common people.

Arriving at the City Guard Office, a bunch of bailiffs were gambling. Old Moneybags Qian found his nephew and explained the situation. His nephew patted his chest: “Leave it to me. It’s just Treasure Spring Pavilion, isn’t it? Iron Bailiff has been looking to cause them trouble anyway. We’ll drag out that punk who stole your girl and give him a beating to help you vent.”

Old Moneybags Qian quickly handed over more silver. His nephew took the silver to see Iron Bailiff. Old Iron was so bored his whole body was itching. When he heard the report and saw the silver, he immediately slapped the table. “Go!”

A crowd of bailiffs heard Iron Bailiff’s orders and grabbed their sabers, shackles, and cangues, pouring out in full force.

Before leaving, Iron Bailiff suddenly remembered that Magistrate Chen the Just had business tonight, so he arranged for two trusted subordinates to stay behind. Only then did he leave with peace of mind, heading for Treasure Spring Pavilion.

Inside Treasure Spring Pavilion, Ye Kong and the Lu brothers were basically full, rarely using their chopsticks anymore, mainly just chatting.

Actually, the Lu brothers didn’t want to chat. They were grown men. Once you’re full, you get down to business, right?

Ye Kong knew what they were thinking, but the key problem was that Old Ancestor Yellow Springs was sleeping and wouldn’t wake up no matter what methods Ye Kong tried. The old ancestor just had no response.

The only solution would be for Ye Kong to send his own spiritual consciousness into the golden light screen to physically wake Old Ancestor Yellow Springs.

However, Ye Kong would absolutely never do that. Although Old Ancestor Yellow Springs wouldn’t kill him for now and their relationship seemed friendly enough, if there was a chance to seize Ye Kong’s body, Old Ancestor Yellow Springs definitely wouldn’t hesitate!

Killing Ye Kong and seizing his body were two completely different concepts. Killing Ye Kong meant both Ye Kong’s soul and body would die, which wasn’t what Old Ancestor Yellow Springs wanted.

But seizing his body was different. Ye Kong’s soul would be devoured by Old Ancestor Yellow Springs, Ye Kong’s body would be occupied by him, and Ye Kong’s body, memories, and identity would all be inherited by Old Ancestor Yellow Springs. Old Ancestor Yellow Springs would even know Chinese. So Old Ancestor Yellow Springs would never kill Ye Kong, but would never pass up a chance to seize his body either.

Ye Kong couldn’t possibly give him that chance, so Ye Kong only called out to the old ancestor from outside the light screen using soul communication methods. But he just wouldn’t wake up.

“Eighth Young Master, this slave can’t hold her liquor anymore.” Little Oriole expressed her dissatisfaction in a cloying voice. Her face, flushed pink from the wine催, looked even more seductive. A pair of soul-stealing watery eyes gazed at Ye Kong as she felt depressed inside. Why was Eighth Young Master being so proper today?

“That’s right, that’s right. Eighth Young Master, you should retire early for the night.” The Lu brothers couldn’t wait to take their ladies back to their rooms.

“What’s the rush? Wait a bit longer!” Ye Kong glared. Lu Jun and Lu Yi had no choice but to sit back down obediently, though they were cursing up a storm inside.

“Crazy bastard, wait for what? What else is ​noodles​there to wait for? Everything’s ready to go, and we still have to wait? This is torture!”

But with this waiting, something really did happen.

“Treasure Spring Pavilion is harboring wanted criminals of the court! From now on, entry is permitted but exit is forbidden. Everyone stay in your rooms and wait for inspection!”

Iron Bailiff’s great roar echoed as he stood like an iron tower in Treasure Spring Pavilion’s main hall.

Feng Siniang saw trouble brewing. These bailiffs were here to stir up shit again. She could only force out a smile and walk forward.

“Iron Bailiff, where would we have any wanted criminals? We’re all law-abiding citizens here. Here’s a small token, please have the brothers drink some wine.” Feng Siniang stuffed a money pouch into Iron Bailiff’s sleeve.

“Get that away! All this pulling and tugging, what kind of behavior is this!” Iron Bailiff gave her no face at all, shaking off Feng Siniang’s hand and continuing to direct his men to seal the doors.

Feng Siniang was getting angry too. Her face turned cold as she said, “Iron Bailiff, every time you come you say you’re catching wanted criminals, but have you caught any? If you can’t catch anyone, I can charge you with disturbing law-abiding citizens!”

Iron Bailiff laughed. “Official business doesn’t allow for complaints from the likes of you women. Today we received a credible report before coming to arrest someone. If there really is a wanted criminal, we’ll take you back together to answer for the crime!”

“Iron Bailiff, that wanted criminal is in one of the upstairs rooms.” Old Moneybags Qian stepped forward at just the right moment, thinking: Hehe, you punks dare steal this old moneybags’ girl. Today I’ll show you what’s what.

Feng Siniang didn’t recognize Old Moneybags Qian. Seeing there really was an informant, her heart felt somewhat uneasy. If they really did pull out some wanted criminal from her establishment, she couldn’t escape involvement either.

“Upstairs, search!” With Iron Bailiff’s stolen contentorder, the bailiffs surged forward like wolves and tigers, clattering up the stairs.

If Ye Kong and the others were still drinking in the inner room, today’s incident wouldn’t have happened. Because the Lu brothers always drank in that room before, and Iron Bailiff would never provoke them on purpose.

But today Ye Kong and the others had switched rooms. How would Iron Bailiff know it was them? So he charged straight up. You could say this whole mess was caused by switching rooms.

Feng Siniang saw the bailiffs rushing toward that room and relaxed instead of tensing up, actually becoming pleased. This is you, Iron Bailiff, asking for trouble, kicking an iron plate. Can’t blame me for that!

“Wait!” Feng Siniang shouted delicately, blocking the doorway. She had to put on a show. She couldn’t let Ye Kong think she’d led Iron Bailiff here to cause trouble.

“Iron Bailiff, I already told you Treasure Spring Pavilion has no wanted criminals. The honored guest in this room is a VIP of Treasure Spring Pavilion. You’d better think carefully!” Feng Siniang said with a beaming smile.

“A VIP? You’re deliberately harboring a wanted criminal, aren’t you?” Iron Bailiff thought to himself, the only person in Southern Capital City I can’t afford to provoke is Eighth Young Master Ye. Even if he came, he wouldn’t be in this room. What else do I have to worry about?

Having thought it through, he waved his hand forcefully. “Drag this interfering troublemaker aside and lock everyone inside!”

At this moment, all eyes were fixed on that little pink flower door. The Treasure Spring Pavilion girls were also watching nervously, worried that they’d really pull out a wanted criminal from inside. Their life of selling smiles at the door was already miserable enough. If they got implicated in an official case, how could they survive?

Old Moneybags Qian, however, felt delighted inside. Kid, you stole a girl from me, Old Moneybags. You really kicked an iron plate! Hehe, while the girls are all standing out here, let me feast my eyes and see just how many pretty chicks Treasure Spring Pavilion has.

“Charge in!” Iron Bailiff roared威严ly, his big hand sweeping forward. If it was some ordinary person inside, he’d beat a confession out of them and implicate Treasure Spring Pavilion. If it was someone with money, he’d shake them down for a sum before letting them go. Either way, he wouldn’t lose out.

Those bailiffs’ eyes were gleaming with lustful light too. If they really could implicate Treasure Spring Pavilion in something, those prostitutes would all become prisoners. Then they could do whatever they wanted to them without even paying. Haha, fantastic.

But just then, the small door creaked open, and two people Iron Bailiff really didn’t want to see stepped out.

“Who wants to arrest us?” Lu Jun and Lu Yi walked out.

When Iron Bailiff saw it was these two, his heart filled with anger. He turned and glared furiously at Old Moneybags Qian, but that old bastard was standing at the stairway entrance looking down at the girls.

“So it’s the Lu brothers. Sorry about that. We bailiffs received a report that there’s a wanted criminal of the court inside. We also have a difficult job to do!” Iron Bailiff’s tone was soft but firm. After all, he was an official. How could he be afraid of some thugs? Even if he came here for nothing today, he still had to save face. Otherwise, if word got out that officials feared bandits, how could he keep operating?

“So you’re saying Iron Bailiff still intends to search?” Lu Jun was fuming inside too. You bastard already fell into our hands once. How come you still haven’t learned your lesson?

Lu Jun was angry inside and spoke harshly, but Lu Yi knew the person inside didn’t want to be seen. So he quickly pulled his brother aside and smiled: “Iron Bailiff, my brother is hosting an honored guest for dinner today. Since it’s a misunderstanding, I think we should just let it go. What do you say?”

When Iron Bailiff saw Lu Yi backing down, he felt immensely satisfied inside. But this punk had always been the type to press any advantage, never letting people off easy. He thought to himself, what kind of good person would these thugs be hosting? They’re still hiding and won’t come out. Maybe there really is something fishy going on. If I really do catch a wanted criminal of the court, let’s see what Eighth Young Master Ye has to say.

“A misunderstanding? You say it’s a misunderstanding and it’s a misunderstanding? Hiding their head and covering their face, not daring to show themselves. They must be criminals! Search!”