Yu Yazi is looking for his uncle and needs some time. Chu Shen cannot idle either. He may not be clear about others' qualifications, but the system can investigate the grade of their spiritual essence.

Spiritual essence is very important.

This is what he has currently determined.

Ning Xiangyue and Chen Ying, the two women, have a high grade of spiritual essence, which brings him more benefits than others. Moreover, their progress in cultivation has surpassed others.

It is very likely that spiritual essence is an important indicator of cultivation aptitude.

Unfortunately, there are not many outstanding individuals in Nanping City, and most families with some conditions do not allow women to go out freely.

What? The perfumes and essential oils sold at the Chu family's shop attract many women to buy them every day. Can he observe here?

Don't joke around. Most of the women who come to the Chu family's shop to buy things are married or servants buying things for their young ladies or mistresses.

Even if he, Chu, can do something to these women, how much risk does he have to bear?

Being the next-door neighbor is not easy.

So he focused his main investigation targets on three groups: women in entertainment venues like brothels, women who sell themselves in tooth shops, and homeless women without a place to go.

It goes without saying that if there really is a hidden treasure, Chu Shen is willing to spend money to redeem them.

The poor people in the dental clinic are even worse off, buying them is really giving them a way out.

The same goes for the refugee women.

So, during these days, several concubines of the Chu family were very unhappy. Their own master actually went to the fox's den!

But they couldn't do anything about it, who made each of them useless?

Three of them were pregnant, two were still soft, and the other two maidservants accompanied their masters softly, not one of them could fight.

Heartbroken!

The girls in the brothels were also dissatisfied.

The Chu family is now dominating, not only is the Chu family's shop booming, but they have also produced a good thing that drives countless women crazy, the Jade Skin Lotion. There are also constant rumors of collaborations with various important figures:

In the west of the city, the Chu family's fragrance powder workshop has started construction;

In places like Chenjiazhuang outside the city, they have opened up special material supply bases;

Almost all the businesses selling rouge and powder in the east, south, and west of the city have announced their participation in the Chu family's "chain alliance" and are planning a strategic expansion of rouge and powder from Nanping City...

A series of big moves, involving a silver money of over one hundred thousand taels, all the influential figures in Nanping City are rushing to cooperate with Master Chu. They have also recruited a large number of unemployed residents and homeless refugees to work. Not only has it brought vitality to the market and improved urban security, but there are also countless living people. Many families are offering incense and worshiping Master Chu...

This wealthy, famous, and young master, who also has a career, has been the envy of the girls in various brothels and red-light districts in Nanping City for a long time.

After all, it was rumored that the young master of the Chu family was extremely fond of fishing, and in just over a month, he had taken five concubines, three of whom were village girls or sold by tooth peddlers. This gave the girls a lot of fantasies.

If one could be taken in by Master Chu, wouldn't that change their fate?

Now, this master has finally started frequenting brothels like other masters, listening to music and enjoying the scenery, but all he does is admire them from a distance...

This makes the girls very angry.

Master, can't you give us a chance to show our abilities? I guarantee we're better than those yellow-haired girls in your family!

Unfortunately, Chu Shen is not here for pleasure. After looking around, he found that he couldn't find the person he needed in these entertainment venues, and he had no interest in further communication.

The situation is the same for tooth peddlers and the refugee community.

But Chu is still kind-hearted. He found that he couldn't find qualified women, but he couldn't bear to see these poor people fall into the abyss. So he waved his hand and sent them all to the powder workshop that was preparing to produce Jade Skin Lotion, or to the planting base that provided raw materials to the workshop. He earned a great reputation in the process.

Until one day during dinner at the Chu family, Chen Xiu suddenly heard a piece of gossip and was taken aback.

"What? The old couple next door died?"

Since the officials surrounded the neighboring mansion and found nothing, they took the old couple to search for their granddaughter outside the city. There had been no news since then, but today they heard news of their death.

Chen Xiu nodded, a bit angry, but still whispered, "Although the yamen issued a notice saying that the old couple died of a sudden illness, the rumors on the streets and alleys say that they were killed by the embroidered-clothed envoys."

"Why?" Chu Shen had a feeling that something was about to happen.

This time, Zhao Chulu replied, "I received some news from my family. It is said that the Imperial Envoy came to Nanping City this time to verify my husband's identity, but accidentally discovered traces of the rebel party.

The elderly couple next door is likely to be suspected of being rebels or accomplices. The so-called death from illness is probably a result of neglecting their old age after capturing them, causing them to die from excessive pressure!"

The women at the table immediately started discussing, and most of them believed that the Imperial Envoy had abused their authority. This kind of thing happened too often, otherwise the reputation of the Imperial Envoy wouldn't be so bad.

But Chu Shen knew that trouble was coming.

He remembered when Zhao Chulu and Hu Chuanshan came to his house, and he "greeted" them and gave a pair of yin-yang fish jade pendants as a gesture of goodwill. The other party's visit to Nanping City was a routine matter to verify his identity as an "outsider," but they were both soft and hard, clearly not a good person to deal with.

Later, something happened next door, and he didn't know what the other party had found out. Unexpectedly, it was related to the rebel party!

For the rulers, this was a serious crime that they would rather kill the wrong person than let them go. Even though the Chu family was just a neighbor, they might not be able to avoid the turmoil.

Fortunately, he didn't hold any hope for these people who operated in the darkness. He had made preparations early on, and now half of Nanping City had been mobilized by him, becoming his own force. If they wanted to make a move against him, the other party would probably have to think twice.

Moreover, he was an "outsider" who had just arrived at the Dongxuan Heaven not long ago. How could he have any connection with the anti-government forces of the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty?

Hopefully, that Zhou Gongzi would understand and not provoke him for no reason.

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