The immortal of the Tang Dynasty, but the game starts at Xuanwu Gate?

Wang Bai was inwardly miserable. What happened to not panicking and staying calm?

You're not calm either.

"Sir...I...I can't take it anymore."

No kidding, he really felt like his shoulder was about to break.

"Where is he?!"

Chen Huai'an loosened his grip, his voice extremely low, revealing neither joy nor anger, but Wang Bai was terrified, his hair standing on end. He had followed Chen Huai'an for so long and had never seen his master like this before.

"At...at the official soup kitchen at the city gate, Xu Zhang from the Ministry of Revenue sent people to protect her." Wang Bai replied through gritted teeth, "The ones who kidnapped your sister were three local thugs surnamed Huang. According to the disaster victims, they came with the refugee caravan."

Chen Huai'an abruptly released his grip, and Wang Bai's legs went weak, almost causing him to collapse to the ground: "Find it for me!!"

"Search the entire city of Chang'an and find him!!"

"Yes, sir."

Wang Bai didn't dare to breathe and hurriedly nodded.

"..."

Inside the Eastern Palace, Li Shimin listened to Zhang Anan's report with a strange expression.

"You mean, Chen Huai'an's sister and niece came to Chang'an with the disaster victims, but were kidnapped by three thugs when they were almost there?"

"Your Majesty, that is indeed the case." Zhang Anan carefully chose his words and continued, "I heard from that little girl named Xiao He that her mother's name is Chen Sujin, which is the same as the name of the Duke of Anguo's sister. Moreover, many people saw Xiao He's appearance at the time, and she looks very similar to the Duke of Anguo."

"It can be basically confirmed that Chen Sujin, who was kidnapped, is the sister that Duke Anguo has been searching for, and Xiaohe is Duke Anguo's niece."

Li Shimin remained silent for a moment, then stood up and chuckled, "This Chen Huai'an..."

"I'd like to see how you'll claim to be all alone from now on."

Having said that, he put his hands behind his back, closed his eyes, and said, "Go ahead and search. Have the Jingzhao Prefecture immediately close all the city gates, allowing only entry and no exit. Mobilize all the constables in Chang'an, along with the patrolling military officers, to search every house!"

"Any place where illegal human markets are set up must be shut down first, then investigated!"

"Find him safe and sound for me!"

Zhang Anan respectfully replied, "This servant obeys the decree!"

He slowly retreated and went to find someone as instructed by Li Shimin.

Within a single day, all forces in Chang'an, whether black or white, righteous or evil, sprang into action.

There is only one target—Chen Sujin!

"Wind and frost, wind and frost!"

Li Zhen and Tang Heshang, the two little guys, came to the Cheng family and found Cheng Chumo. They hurriedly told him about Chen Huai'an's sister being kidnapped.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Chumo's eyes widened, and he slammed his fist on the table, roaring, "Outrageous! What kind of 'Three Fiends of the Huang Family' are they? They even dared to arrest your sister! I think they don't respect the Three Heroes of Chang'an!"

"Bo Bing, Monk, let's go!"

Cheng Chumo immediately summoned all the guards and servants of the Cheng family, along with Li Zhen and the people brought by Tang Heshang. The three brothers led a large group of people out.

Seeing this, Cheng Sunshi became somewhat worried and couldn't help but say to her husband beside her, "Won't something happen if we take so many people out?"

Cheng Yaojin stroked his chin: "Don't worry, nothing will happen. Let them look for them. Duke Anguo has taken such good care of them; it wouldn't be right for them not to help now that something has happened."

"Besides, there are countless people who want to curry favor with Duke Anguo these days. This is such a good opportunity that it's been handed to them for free. It would be a great favor for Duke Anguo. Those people outside won't let it go."

"The people these three brats brought are no match for those people."

Cheng Sunshi asked in surprise, "Is it really that exaggerated?"

"It's much more exaggerated than you think."

Cheng Sunshi asked doubtfully, "Then why must Duke Anguo owe a favor? I remember Duke Anguo has offended quite a few powerful families. Couldn't they just capture Duke Anguo's own sister and use her to blackmail him?"

Cheng Yaojin curled his lip: "Such a woman's view. What's the point of threatening Duke Anguo? Isn't that just plain stupid?"

"What's the point of this other than offending everyone to the death and causing a lose-lose situation?"

Cheng Sunshi was speechless, her eyebrows furrowing: "Whose womanly views are you calling 'that'?"

Cheng Yaojin: "..."

"..."

Inside the Drunken Flower Pavilion in Pingkangfang.

Facing the madam, Huang Laosan said with some dissatisfaction, "You should take a good look at this woman. Her figure and face are top-notch. If it weren't for the fact that we brothers are short of money, I wouldn't be willing to sell her to you."

"You think you can get rid of us with five strings of cash?"

"Oh dear, sir." The madam's smile vanished. "This woman's figure and face are indeed quite nice, but look how thin she's become! Her hair is so dry and yellow, and she's seriously injured. I'll need to let her recover for a long time before she can serve customers normally."

"This place, inside and out, must have cost money, right?"

"Besides, judging from how dirty she was before, she must have come with today's disaster victims. Who knows if she has any diseases?"

"If that's the case, then I've made a losing deal."

Huang Laosan looked down at the unconscious Chen Sujin and felt a pang of regret. He shouldn't have been so ruthless; now he couldn't get a good price for her.

Even so, he still felt that with Chen Sujin's figure and appearance, she shouldn't be worth only this much money.

"Don't give me that nonsense. Ten strings of cash. If you don't sell, I'll go find a human trafficker. I was thinking of coming here before, maybe I could get more, but it's only worth this much!" Old Huang's attitude was very tough.

The madam hesitated for a while, her eyes fixed on Chen Sujin's thin but undeniably delicate face, and then nodded.

"Ten strings of cash it is, just consider it an introduction to the three gentlemen."

"Someone come here, bring the money."

Huang Laosan remained silent. Ten strings of cash had already met his expectations and were enough for them to live a carefree life for a while.

Immediately afterwards, he signed a contract with the madam and received the money.

The three brothers turned and left.

Once the group had left, one of the girls said to the madam, "Grandma, those three men didn't seem like good people, and this woman's background is probably unknown as well. Should we just take her in like this?"

The madam glanced at the unconscious Chen Sujin and waved her hand casually: "In this world, are such things rare?"

"So what if your origins are unknown? Once you enter my Drunken Flower Pavilion, you become one of my people. Rather than waiting to die with those disaster victims, at least you can survive here."

"Besides, such a figure and appearance shouldn't be wasted."

The madam stared at Chen Sujin, a hint of fervor in her eyes: "Perhaps, this Chen Sujin can become the new famous courtesan of my Drunken Flower Pavilion."

"..."