The Enforcement Leaders of the Taoist Court had already infiltrated the place.
The Elder from the Situ Family was already there, drinking wine inside the brothel.
No sooner had Situ Fang entered than she was stopped.
The one who stopped her was a middle-aged to elderly female cultivator, heavily made up, dressed in bold reds and greens, with a smiling face but sharp eyes, possibly over a hundred years old.
This female cultivator was the female brothel keeper of the Hundred Flower Tower.
The brothel keeper detained Situ Fang with polite manners, yet there was a sarcastic tone in her voice:
"Oh, isn't this the Supervisor from the Taoist Court, Situ Fang? What brings you to our Hundred Flower Tower?"
The brothel keeper then pretended to be surprised:
"But... aren't you a maiden? Oh, now I see, perhaps you are... that kind..."
She drew out the last word, then covered her face with a lover's fan and let out a few unkind laughs.
Situ Fang's expression was stern, "I am here on official business."
The laughter from the brothel keeper ceased, and her gaze turned hostile as she said:
"What official business?"
Situ Fang glanced at Mo Hua.
Mo Hua then stepped forward, acting arrogantly and imposingly, "Someone from your Hundred Flower Tower has stolen my belongings!"
Theft...
The female brothel keeper breathed a slight sigh of relief and said with a forced smile:
"Our Hundred Flower Tower conducts legitimate business, and the girls are all very proper. How could they steal anything? Does the Young Master have any evidence for such an accusation?"
Situ Fang, standing to one side, felt her eyebrows twitching with irritation.
Legitimate business? Proper girls?
She wanted to tear the female brothel keeper's nonsense-spouting mouth to shreds.
Mo Hua let out a cold huff, "Isn't there a girl named Qinglan in your establishment?"
The female brothel keeper was slightly taken aback but smiled:
"Yes, there is such a girl."
"That's right," Mo Hua raised his eyebrows, "She stole my jade bracelet, which was a gift from Elder Su!"
"Elder Su..."
The female brothel keeper paused for a moment.
She remembered that Elder Su from the South Yue Sect had indeed visited a few days ago, and this Young Master seemed to have been accompanying Elder Su at that time.
And indeed, Elder Su had chosen Qinglan.
The female brothel keeper frowned slightly, beginning to believe the accusation to some extent.
These girls, accustomed to poverty and unfit for the public eye, might indeed take things that weren't theirs when they saw something valuable.
The female brothel keeper cursed inwardly: "This wretched girl has really caused me trouble!"
However...
The female brothel keeper was somewhat troubled, "Qinglan is currently attending to a client and it is not convenient. I will interrogate her later; if she really took the Young Master's belongings, I will make sure she returns them..."
"This little wretch, ignorant of her place, will be severely reprimanded and taught a lesson..."
The female brothel keeper gritted her teeth, her expression turning rather ugly.
Mo Hua listened with a chill in his gaze, but his tone only grew more unyielding:
"That's unacceptable. How do I know you won't protect her? Call her over right now for an on-the-spot confrontation."
The female brothel keeper hesitated.
Mo Hua sneered, "That jade bracelet is extremely valuable. If it goes missing, you won't be able to bear the responsibility!"
Having said that, Mo Hua added:
"I have asked Supervisor Situ to come as a witness. If your Hundred Flower Tower is protecting Qinglan and has embezzled my jade bracelet, then I will have no choice but to report to the Daoist Court and seek justice."
"This..."
The female brothel keeper felt cornered.
She did not wish to offend Elder Su, and with this Young Master's connection to Elder Su, she couldn't afford to offend him either.
And the Daoist Court was something she wanted to provoke even less.
Though the Hundred Flower Tower had been able to operate for so long by bribing the Daoist Court in South Yue City.
But the higher-ups in the Daoist Court were a pack of insatiable wolves.
Once alarmed, they would surely demand a hefty bribe. It would cost her not only Spirit Stones, but her girls would also be wearied for no gain.
The female brothel keeper bit her lip, "Fine, Young Master, wait a moment, and I will bring that wretched Qinglan here to find out the truth!"