Shui Sheng burst into the private room marked with the character "Winter," and was met with a scene that completely defied his expectations.
Chuxue and Sun Yixie were sitting in the room outside, talking, but not in the usual manner; they were using rolled-up books as "sound tubes" to shout into each other's ears.
In the inner room, the person responsible for banging gongs and drums was none other than the young maid...
Anyone who saw this scene would understand, Chuxue and Sun Yixie had the maid make noise to prevent eavesdropping, while they themselves went to the outer room to converse using the childish method of passing messages.
Though the method might seem childish, it was actually effective. Other than Shui Sheng, none of the spies that Mr. Zheng had placed in the brothel were able to hear what was being said in that room.
At that moment, seeing Shui Sheng burst in, the two ceased talking.
