Chapter 22: A First Exploration of the Capital
The snow shadow came in an instant with the breeze and landed on Mu Yu's side, "It seems that there are some hidden guards in this garden." ”
"No, you don't! They come when they love it, no one can hurt me with you anyway, and the deeper the defense, the easier it is to arouse their interest! Mu Yu looked at the two jars of wine in Xue Ying's hand, as if he had smelled the aroma of wine.
Ling Shuang arranged for everyone and also went up to the attic, "Miss, there are two major events that have attracted a lot of attention in this capital recently. One is the emperor's birthday, in addition to the princes and generals of Changli, all countries will send envoys to congratulate the birthday, and the emperor will also give marriage to the "King Chen" and "King Yi" on the birthday day. Recently, all the important ministers of the court and the central government are secretly moving, vying to send their daughters to the palace. ”
The pastor nodded and motioned for her to continue.
"This second thing is the 'Shenmu Order'. It is said that a month ago, the 'Tsing Yi Gang' received news that in the Qinglong Mountains of Nanping County, Changli, someone was found to hold the 'Shenmu Order', so they sent 30 people to investigate, who knew that they were ambushed at the foot of the Qinglong Mountain, and more than 20 people died together with the holder of the 'Shenmu Order', and the 'Shenmu Order' was missing. According to the living people, as well as the traces left on the deceased's body, they are all believed to be the 'Divine Eagle Hall', therefore, it is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the 'Divine Eagle Hall' took away the 'Shenmu Order', and recently this news has spread all over the world, and the courts of the Three Kingdoms and the gangs in the rivers and lakes are ready to move. ”
Mu Yu leaned on the soft couch and looked at Ling Shuang lazily: "What do you think about this matter?" ”
"I think this must be someone behind the scenes, not to mention that the Tsing Yi Gang and the Liang Zi of the Eagle Hall have a strange relationship, just the speed and scope of the spread of this rumor seem to be deliberately done by someone, but I don't know what the purpose of the person behind it is?" Ling Shuang calmly expressed her opinion.
Mu Yu gave her an approving look, and said with a smile: "We don't need to bother to guess this, it is estimated that after Emperor Changli's birthday, the people behind this scene will definitely make some moves." Then he asked, "What is the situation of the shops in the capital?" ”
Ling Shuang didn't answer, but made tea and handed it to Mu Yu and Xue Ying, and asked the two mysteriously, "Guess, who is the biggest businessman in this capital?" ”
Snow Shadow looked at her smug expression with disdain, showing disinterest.
Mu Yu lowered his head and took a sip of hot tea, and replied with a smile: "It won't be Qingming!" ”
Ling Shuang's smug expression turned into affirmation: "That's right! It's him! I didn't expect him to be such elegant and handsome as a businessman. ”
Snow Shadow was bored on the sidelines, and shouted, "I said can you rest first and then eat?" ”
Ling Shuang glanced at him and took a sip of tea.
Mu Yu was silent in thought, and replayed all the details from knowing Qing Ming to the present in his mind.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Snow Shadow held his sword horizontally in front of his chest, resting his head on the chair, and closing his eyes to recuperate.
"He has been involved in the industries of money, pawnshops, jewelry, medicinal materials, cloth, and grain, and they all occupy a pivotal position, I really don't know how he did it!" Ling Shuang seemed to be still basking in the shock she had just heard the news.
Mu Yu put down the teacup in his hand and looked up at the starry sky that was gradually lighting up outside the window. After a moment, he said softly: "It's not that simple for him to be with Feng Yu, and befriending them will help us in the future." ”
"Miss, what are we going to do next?" Ling Shuang supported her head with one hand and sat at the round table.
"Now that we have decided to establish ourselves in the capital, let's count how much money we have, and how do we want to feed ourselves and the people in this garden, and cultivate our own power?" If you want to solve all kinds of doubts in your heart, I am afraid that you must be prepared for a long-term battle.
"Miss wants to do business?" Ling Shuang blurted out.
"Yes."
"So what shall we do?"
"It depends on what you find."
Ling Shuang spent a pillar of incense telling the situation he had found out about the situation, and the two carefully weighed it in combination with the current situation in the capital, and finally decided to open a ready-to-wear shop and an inn.
"Miss, it's no problem for us to open two shops with the money we have, but if we want to buy this garden, I'm afraid it won't be enough to add up all the money." Ling Shuang looked at the pastoral rumor with some embarrassment, although she came prepared for going down the mountain this time and brought a lot of tickets and silver, but she didn't expect that the young lady would buy a house with land.
"What's the matter with this garden...... "Mu Yu's eyes flashed: "Didn't you bring a lot of treasures?" "Any one of those things is worth a fortune.
"You're going to trade them for this garden? But those are all given to you by the young owner, aren't you usually the most precious of them? Ling Shuang was stunned.
Mu Yu was silent, and his eyes were a little gloomy. After a long time, he muttered: "Yes, it was all sent by my brother, but where is my brother now?" ”
Since three years ago, Xi Muyu has never been back since he left the "Snow Bath Villa", although he used to be away all the year round, but he always has to go back to the village several times a year, and there has never been any news like this for a few years. Finding his brother is also one of the purposes of Mu Yu's descent this time.
"Childe, why don't you learn the origin of this 'soul redemption' from Childe Qingming?" This 'redemption of the soul' was originally a poison inadvertently made by the young owner and the young lady, and if you follow this clue, you may be able to find the whereabouts of the young owner.
"I'm not at the point where I'm honest with them." It's not that she didn't think about finding Qing Ming to understand the origin of "Redeeming Souls", it's just that how she should hide her identity, probably Qing Ming also thinks the same, but everyone knows it.
Snow Shadow opened her eyes, glanced at the somewhat depressed pastoral rumor, and got up to pull her up: "Let's go, fill your stomach first, don't you want to drink, I'll accompany you in a while." ”