Chapter 041: Manhole Cover
Zhou Shenghai jewelry store, the tall and broad faΓ§ade is in the middle of a bustling street in the west district of the holy capital, which is very exquisitely furnished, low-key and simple with a high-end meaning, at a glance it is a very powerful shop. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Leaving Sesame to guard the door, the three of them pushed the door and walked in.
Just after lunchtime, there were no customers inside, but there was only a plump white-haired old lady standing in the three-sided container, her dress was very neat and clean, neither too simple, nor too outstanding, it looked a little down-to-earth, at this time she was wearing reading glasses to write the account book, she didn't know the people in the store, but she didn't look up.
It wasn't until Xue Ningqing walked straight up to her that she raised a somewhat cute round face: "Miss, you and your friends didn't look at things, is there something else?" "The voice is neither high nor low, and it sounds very warm.
Xue Ningqing was not polite, and directly took out the diamond ring and handed it over: "I want to come today to ask if this is something sold in the shop?" β
The old lady took the ring and took a closer look at her glasses, and said with a smile: "It's indeed sold in our shop, I'm a little old, I can't remember it for a while, it should be a few years ago, right?" β
"Madam, this should be bought by a student or tutor from the Academy of Noble Children, it should be a man." Xue Ningqing reminded that when she saw a little brilliance in the old lady's eyes, she seemed to have thought of something.
"Oh! The Academy of Noble Children? Male students often come and buy better things than that. But it seems that there was such a young man who came four years ago, and that young man is really beautiful......" The old lady looked down at the ring again, "yes, I remember, it is him, he said that he was going to propose to a female colleague who had been with him for many years, and he looked very happy, and I talked to him for a long time. But...... Didn't you end up proposing? β
Xue Ningqing hooked her lips and smiled: "It seems that there is indeed no marriage proposal, at least not to this female colleague." β
The old lady was surprised: "How come? I think he has made up his mind...... "But surprised, she still handed the ring back to Xue Ningqing, who hid the diamond ring in his waist pocket and did not put it back in the space stone.
The three of them walked out of the store, and as soon as Xue Ningqing greeted Sesame, a black wind blew from the flat ground, blowing past the three of them, like a black wall, knocking Xue Ningqing into a stagger, and seeing the black wind sweeping over his waist, his waist pocket was unexpectedly swept away by the black wind, and he fled into the distance in an instant.
Xue Ningqing gritted her teeth, jumped on Sesame's back and shouted, "Sesame, chase!" β
With a whistling sound, a blue light rushed forward, chasing the black wind, and at the moment of leaving, Tuoba Rongren of course jumped behind Xue Ningqing, throwing off Chen Lingfeng, who was slow to beat, and stood in place and sullen.
Tuoba Rongren hugged Xue Ningqing forward, leaned into her ear and teased: "Little monster, your huge amount of money has been robbed." β
Xue Ningqing didn't struggle from his hands, but just scolded: "You need to say it?" β
The black wind skimmed a few streets, smashing away the pedestrians along the way, and the direction of escape turned out to be the Academy of Noble Children.
Killing all the way from the gate of the academy, all the way across half of the academy, passing through Heyue Creek, in a clearing, the black wind rolled out of thin air and disappeared in place, and there was no trace of it, and it also disappeared Xue Ningqing's waist pocket, which not only contained the ring, but also the space stone that was searched from Ruoxing's body.
Sesame ran here to a stop, and the two jumped down to look around.
Just a prosaic open space, without buildings and trees.
Xue Ningqing was resentful in her heart, and looked around again.
"Little monster, you really lost a huge amount of money, how is it? Distressed? Tuoba Rongren crossed his arms and began to stimulate her again.
Xue Ningqing didn't have time to pay attention to his provocation, and his eyes caught a glimpse of a round copper manhole cover on the ground.
stepped on the manhole cover with one foot, stepped on it hard, and made a real fluttering sound, not a sonorous sound, which shows how thick this manhole cover is, Xue Ningqing frowned: "Tuoba, do you think you can pry this thing open?" β
Tuoba Rongren walked over slowly with his arms crossed, and said lazily: "Okay, what? You want to ask me to pry it open for you? β
Xue Ningqing sneered: "Hehe, I beg you? Can you do it? I'm just trying to ask you, you say you can pry it open, then I can pry it open myself, I just don't want to try it! β
Tuoba Rongren hooked his lips: "Oh? Okay, then you can pry it yourself. I'm watching you pry. β
Xue Ningqing raised her eyebrows: "Don't pry now." Sesame! Make a note of this place, and we'll come back again! β
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Tuoba Rongren stopped in front of him, and said with emotion in his silver eyes: "Little monster, since you don't pry now, why don't you go to Heyue Creek with me?" β
Xue Ningqing held a mouthful of old blood in her stomach, she had just lost a huge amount of money, and this guy in front of her actually wanted to ask herself to go to Heyuexi to fall in love with him?
"I'm not in the mood!" Turning around gorgeously, he walked in the distance with Sesame one after the other, and Tuoba Rongren smiled helplessly and followed.
The next destination is the Mentor's Academy.
In the tutor's courtyard, Li Xuanlang had just sent out two urgent letters, and his eyes were very sad.
At this time, Xue Ningqing and Tuoba Rongren pushed the door in.
"Ning Qing, Young Master Tuoba, are you here?" Li Xuanlang's tone was not hearty, revealing a trace of unspeakable pressure.
"Well, there's something I'd like to inquire about." Xue Ningqing sat down opposite him, while Tuoba Rongren sat on the sofa not far away, cocking Erlang's legs, and his eyes glanced back and forth on Xue Ningqing's body.
Li Xuanlang wanted to pour tea for Xue Ningqing, but was stopped by Xue Ningqing: "Xuanlang, don't be so troublesome, I'll leave after asking, don't stay long." β
Li Xuanlang nodded: "What's the matter?" β
"I want to ask a young male mentor of the Mage Academy who was expelled from the academy about three to four years ago, and it was said that it was because of his entanglement with Ruoxing at that time, I want to know if he left the Holy Capital after that, and who he was close to before."
Li Xuanlang pursed his lips and didn't speak for a while, as if he had spent a moment thinking about something.
Xue Ningqing was of course aware of it and looked at him with very sharp eyes.
In the end, Li Xuanlang said slowly: "That mentor was expelled four years ago. His name is Yu Yong, and he was originally a very good person, but it's a pity that he ......"
"And who did he associate with in the academy before? Did you stay in the Holy Capital after leaving the Academy? Xue Ningqing pressed forward step by step, and she could also see that Li Xuanlang seemed to have some unspeakable secrets.
Li Xuanlang naturally knew that she had already grasped some truths, and she didn't intend to hide anything: "When he was in the Mage Academy, he had a friend who could talk to him, and he was now the instructor of the senior class of the Mage Academy, named Xie Wanxin, and the two were better at that time. We ...... after he left the academy," after a pause, he continued, "I haven't seen him again!" β
He's lying! The previous ones were all true, and the last sentence was obviously a lie, when he said this last sentence, his eyes glanced at him, and he couldn't escape Xue Ningqing's eyes.
Not only had he seen that Yu Yong, but he also knew where he was now!
But not in a hurry to ask, Xue Ningqing said, "I want to know where this Xie Wanxin lives." β
Then, Li Xuanlang revealed the address of Xie Wanxin, the tutor of the Mage Academy, to Xue Ningqing in the academy, and she only listened to it once and memorized it in her mind.
Bidding farewell to Li Xuanlang, the two came out of the mentor's house.
Tuoba Rongren followed Xue Ningqing's side, couldn't hold back the embarrassing silence and finally spoke: "Little monster, don't tell me, you are going to go to the door to find the female tutor of the Mage Academy?" β
Xue Ningqing turned her head and smiled brightly: "Tuoba, I'm not going now, Sesame is hungry, we have to go eat first." β
Tuoba Rongren smiled evilly: "Then I'll accompany you to dinner." β
He didn't take two steps before he spoke again: "Little monster, don't you just want to get your huge sum back?" Why don't you accompany me to Heyue Creek every day, and I'll give you 80 million gold coins? Give you 100 million gold coins? How's that, is that a good idea? β
"Hehe, Tuoba, are you going to pursue me like this? Spend money to buy me to accompany you? Xue Ningqing smiled again, this was the first time she showed such a smile to Tuoba Rongren, Tuoba Rongren was stunned for a moment, and wanted to speak, but she preemptively said, "Hehe, of course I won't think so, I just think, you and Li Xuanlang know the same secret!" You all want to keep this secret a secret! β
Sure enough, this smile is not a good thing!
Tuoba Rongren came back to his senses, accustomed to Xue Ningqing's sharpness, and the meaty words he wanted to say were rotten in his stomach: "I have no secrets from you!" β
Xue Ningqing raised her eyebrows: "No secrets?" This is the best lie you ever tell! β
Tuoba Rongren shook his head, feeling a little nerve-wracking, so he changed the topic: "Little monster, then tell me, what did you find today?" β
"What did you find? It's very simple, my money was stolen from this female tutor named Xie Wanxin, but she just wanted the ring, so it is very likely that she will return the rest to me, but if I don't ask her for it, she will not return it to me. Xue Ningqing explained, and then said, "And! Don't call me a little monster! β
"Hah, then what do I call you? My name is Xiaoqing? What do you think? Xiaoqing, according to what you mean, she is also a murderer? Are you going to arrest her? Tuoba Rongren was a little sarcastic when he said this.
"Huh? I didn't say that. Catching the murderer and finding the huge sum of money are of course the latter important! β
"Haha, Xiaoqing, I found that you are still very cute, since the huge amount of money is important, then don't look for it, I'll give you 100 million gold coins, and you stay with me for a few days."
"Nope! Tuoba, I tell you, you can't buy it even if you have money! Xue Ningqing won another game, Tuoba Rongren already had an urge to beat people, how to talk to this woman more and more, in his opinion, such a simple matter, she had to choose a complicated road to go.
Isn't it easier and easier to accompany yourself for a few days to get 100 million gold coins?
At this moment, they just walked to the restaurant, and the two of them stepped in to eat.