Chapter 160: Reality is not what you think
After asking some more about the murder and the murderer, Qiu Moli puffed out his chest and returned to the inn with a confident face.
Tonight, she wants Ruoshui to catch the murderer! As for why she didn't go by herself, joke, she wasn't a person with overflowing sympathy, if the water couldn't solve the predicament in front of her, she would have to go to Lingwu City alone, at least she could still give it a try.
"Ruoshui...... You can go for it......"
In the inn, Qiu Moli pulled Ruoshui's sleeve with a pitiful face, but during the whole process, Ruoshui didn't speak, but it was obvious that Qiu Moli's mention was refused.
"Ruoshui, you can go, it's a big deal that I'm protecting you in the dark, you see that now we don't have any silver in our hands, Duoduo is still so small, you can bear to see us sleeping on the streets?"
Speaking of Duoduo, Qiu Moli deliberately picked up the monkey, and Duoduo screamed with a special "whoop", looking so pitiful.
For Duoduo's expression, Qiu Moli nodded with satisfaction, who said that animals can't raise a family, this monkey who only knows how to grin at himself at the beginning, is not obedient to let himself kick vertically?
Speaking of which, this is thanks to the last time I was in Zhuyuan, I saved Duoduo, it seems that after that time, Duoduo is getting more and more honest, neither resisting his own hair, stroking, and even occasionally fiddling with its body, but it has not been looked at again.
"First of all, you don't even know who they are, what their origins are, how high their martial arts are, and who their next target is. Again, this is Liyun County, not Kyoto, and if something happens, there is no one who can help you at all. Do you think that there is such an uncertain factor, I will go and help you catch the murderer? And you're going to be on the road, I said that someone will send it to you tomorrow morning at most. ”
If Shui was not at all agitated by what Qiu Moli said, in her opinion, since someone would send the silver over, why should she bother. Doing these wasted things?
"Forget it, since you're so sure someone will send the silver, you just wait! I will earn the three hundred taels by my own ability. Saying that, Qiu Moli stood up and changed into clothes that were more convenient for catching the murderer later. Then push the door and go.
Ruoshui said that she didn't think about it, but many times, there is only one opportunity, and if you seize it, you will be one step closer to success. If not, there may never be a chance.
She didn't come out to play, she came out to adapt to the rivers and lakes, and her martial arts are gone, which doesn't mean that she has to be controlled by others everywhere.
Thought precedes action, Qiu Moli struggled to recall the news he had inquired about.
The eight people are all businessmen in the city, and the time is all midnight, so the next target is very likely to be a businessman, and it is also midnight. It's just a pity that she can't see the wounds of those people. If you can see it, you should at least be sure of what that person's martial arts are.
With this kind of thinking, Qiu Moli casually walked around a few larger shops in Liyun County, and then asked the guys about their boss, and the result was either that they went to Linxian or went far away, and it seems that they also know the similarities of these cases!
"There is no goal, where are you going to find someone in the vast sea of people?" Qiu Moli raised his head and looked at the sky. At this time, the sun has gradually sunk in the west, and in the distance, the afterglow of the setting sun. Sprinkled all over the streets.
Freedom, she has.
An unfettered life, she also got it.
But I always felt that something was missing.
But what's missing?
Qiu Moli opened his eyes and thought for a long time, and finally waited until the sunset gradually disappeared into the sky!
The night has finally come.
Can't go back to the inn so quickly, Qiu Moli has to be like a headless fly. Walking aimlessly through the streets, occasionally spotting one or two interesting gadgets, she would stop for a while, and the rest of the time she kept walking.
After dark, there were more and more men and women with lanterns on the streets, as if they were like her, aimless, but with a much happier expression on their faces than she was.
"Girl, do you want to go to enjoy the lanterns together and guess the lantern riddles?" Dressed in white and dressed in a bookish manner, the boy held the lantern in his hand and suddenly spoke.
Qiu Moli looked behind him, then to the left and right, and saw that there was no other woman, so he raised his hand, pointed to himself, and asked the son who had just spoken. "You're talking about me? We don't seem to know each other. ”
The boy smiled, "In Xia Tengziyu, Liyun people, seeing that the girl was alone, and she happened to be alone in Xia, I thought about asking for a companion and a partner." ”
Qiu Moli carefully glanced at the person in front of him, wearing a simple white dress, his hair was tied up high by a white headband, and the whole person was very bookish.
"Why do you think I'm going to be with you?" Qiu Moli hooked the corners of his mouth, and looked at the people who were close to him with interest.
"Intuitively, Ziyu feels that the girl will not only enjoy the lanterns with Ziyu, but also face Ziyu day and night for a long time in the future."
What Teng Ziyu said was not at all like what a scholar could say, but Qiu Moli was really interested.
"Is the day and the night relative? That young lady really wants to see how Childe and I face each other day and night. Qiu Moli didn't hide her curiosity, in her opinion, there was only one person who could say such things in the entire Great Zhou, and that was her master, ups and downs!
Master has his own self-confidence, but what kind of fish is this, where does he get his self-confidence?
"So what do we see? Otherwise, Ziyu and the girl make a bet, the girl starts from here, no matter which direction, after a pillar of incense, if Ziyu can find the girl, the girl will enjoy the lantern with Ziyu? ”
"Bet? It seems to be good, so it's decided. Qiu Moli nodded, it seems that he hasn't made a bet for a long time, even if he loses in the end, he won't suffer, right?
"The girl is not afraid that she is not a good person?" Qiu Moli's cheerful attitude made Teng Ziyu can't help but look sideways, but more clearly, her temperament is so straightforward, no wonder she can let that person personally beg her to protect her.
"Whether it's a good person or not, we'll see."
Saying that, Qiu Mo chose a random direction from himself, just a stick of incense, right?
But in fact, Qiu Mo didn't go too far, she walked slowly along a stone bridge, calculating the time of a stick of incense in her heart.
"Girl, Ziyu has been waiting for the girl here for a long time."
Tengzi fish holding a lantern. Standing at the end of the stone bridge, he looked like he had been waiting for Qiu Moli for a long time, if Qiu Moli didn't know the reason, then he was sorry for the words that he had seen.
"Alright! You win. Let's go enjoy the lanterns together! ”
After that, Qiu Moli and Teng Ziyu walked side by side towards the place with the most people, and Qiu Moli was quiet throughout the whole process, which was no different from those daughters of the family.
"You're not curious. Why is the fish standing there waiting for you? Teng Ziyu was a little curious, the man said that she was very smart, and since she was smart, she should know her own little tricks.
"Not curious!" Qiu Moli shook his head. "I just want to know, whose person are you?"
Liyun County's fast fishing, if the water, and the Tengzi fish that suddenly appeared, seem to imply that there is something related to themselves.
But if you think about it, you can let that catcher see yourself. Scared like that, she couldn't think of a second person except for Xuan Zixu. But this Teng Ziyu is also a person from Xuanzixu? Or Luo Chan's people?
"I'm not anyone's person!" Teng Ziyu replied.
"If you don't say it, forget it." Qiu Moli didn't bother Teng Ziyu, if it was Xuanzixu's person, then he didn't mean to go back by himself, and it wasn't his enemy, if it was Luo Chan's person, then they would be even less likely to be enemies.
Qiu Moli stretched out his hand. To Tengzi fish road. "Give me the lantern!"
Teng Ziyu handed the lantern to Qiu Moli, and then the two continued to walk forward.
"There seem to be a lot of people today, is it a holiday?"
"March Festival, a traditional festival in Liyun County. On this day, women in Liyun County do not have to be constrained by any rules, they can go to the street freely, meet their favorite sons, and come forward to express their likes. ”
"After that?"
"If you feel that you like each other, then the man will find a matchmaker to go and say goodbye. Naturally, it was a good thing. ”
"If you don't match your eyes?"
"Then let's regret it for life!"
Hearing this answer, Qiu Mo looked not far away thoughtfully.
A cute little girl in a pink dress, holding a bouquet of orchids, with a shy flush on her face, occasionally speaking, she also looked extremely happy.
The man, on the other hand, was a little impatient.
"Why do you think I'm going to like you?"
"Because you said that you like gentle women, I believe that I am gentle enough, Duan Lang, I ...... I beg you, will you be with me? ”
"Humph! I'm waiting for Tian Tian now, if you don't want to be embarrassed next, it's better to leave......"
After listening quietly to the conversation between the two, Qiu Moli shook his head.
"Think that woman is stupid?" Teng Ziyu asked.
"Fortunately, there is nothing stupid about my choice, it's just that this man's words are too hurtful." Qiu Moli sighed, "But after thinking about it, there are so many crazy men and women in the world, it is not that there will be a return for paying, maybe such a result is the best for this girl." ”
Teng Ziyu was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head.
It seems that the man has not yet won her heart.
It's just that it's really not like that person's style.
Maybe it's really so many crazy men and women, it's not that there will be a return if you pay!
"It seems that lantern viewing is also extremely boring." Qiu Moli shrugged helplessly, she didn't seem to be suitable for this kind of activity of her little daughter's house.
"Then how about we go and catch the murderer of the murder in Liyun County?" Teng Ziyu remembered what the man said, he likes to watch the excitement, and his brain is completely different from ordinary people, as long as he follows her.
"Yes, but first of all, the bounty is mine." Qiu Moli said cheekily, at this time, since someone is willing to be her own tool, then she can't forget that her own interests are not.
Teng Ziyu smiled, and then took out an all-black purse from his arms, the purse was bulging, and he knew that it contained a lot of things at a glance. "Take it, someone else asked me to pass it on to you, saying that you might need it."
Qiu Moli did not hesitate, took the purse, opened the ribbon of the purse, folded the neat silver tickets, and lay quietly in it.
"Huh!" As if he had touched a hard thing, Qiu Moli curiously stretched out his finger and pinched the thing out, it was a piece of white and flawless jade, the whole jade was like the shape of an animal's teeth, the pointed ones were long, but they were much larger than a tooth.
Qiu Moli was even more confused! With such a big deal, she really didn't know who to guess, but she had an answer in her heart, prompting herself, although she didn't want to admit it.
"Take the jade back, I want the money." After all, she is really short of money, and the money can be repaid, but if Yu takes it, it is estimated that it will not be easy to pay it back.
"Then don't do it!" As he spoke, Teng Ziyu pulled the purse out of Qiu Moli's hand, and the speed was so fast that Qiu Moli didn't even have a chance to resist.
"Hey, why are you like this, how can you take back what you give people." Qiu Moli complained dissatisfiedly, when she was a bully? If you want to give, you can give, and if you don't want to give, you won't give.
"The man said, if you don't want this piece of jade, it means that you don't need the silver, and in this case, it is completely natural to take back other people's things."
Teng Ziyu said this, and he was so angry that he jumped to his feet, but he was helpless.
Who made this person not only hide his martial arts, but also hide his identity.
"Then you can give it all to me!" It's a big deal to think that he has confiscated this piece of jade, Qiu Moli comforted himself like this, but can he really be indifferent?
Teng Ziyu had an expression that I knew would be like this, handed the purse to Qiu Moli, and then said. "Let's go, let's catch turtles in an urn tonight."
Accepting the silver ticket, Qiu Moli has become much brisker when he walks, anything, as long as it has not happened, there is a turnaround, and when the murderer is caught and three hundred taels of silver is taken, she will naturally think of a way to get rid of this person, want to get along with her day and night, and dream about it!
She is like this, she will take the benefits as she is, and she will not do anything that violates her principles.
The place chosen by Teng Ziyu is the home of the king in the east of the city, which is said to be an antique shop, and there are already several antique shops, and the shops are all over the five counties of the Great Zhou.
"Why Wang Yuanwai?" Qiu Moli couldn't help but ask.
"Because Wang Yuanwai and Boss Liu, as well as the previous Zhang, Li, Cheng, Zhou, Qian, Sun, and Zhao, all have one thing in common, a year ago they partnered to squeeze out the Ye family, the largest tea merchant in the entire Liyun County, and it is said that they sent someone to kill the Ye family."
"The government doesn't care?"
"Do you think the prefect of Liyun County will offend these people? Not all officials are like those people in Kyoto at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and they need to tremble to do things, the mountains here are high and the emperor is far away, whoever has money and power is God. No matter how bad you are, no matter how many hurtful things you do, no one else will care, and they dare not care. (To be continued.) )