Chapter 23: Mo Qingqing

At night, Ji Fan met alone with Jinran, who had long been ambushed on the roof of Youxiang Pavilion, both of them were dressed in black night clothes, hiding their figures very well, lying on the roof of the building to observe the courtyard in the backyard of Youxiang Pavilion, only to see that the courtyard was blinded by black lights, and the front yard was brightly lit, dancing and singing, and it felt inexplicable.

Jin Ran spoke, "Your Highness, I have been lying here to observe since it was not dark, but the lights in this backyard house have never been turned on, this is almost time, I said that there is no one in this house."

After speaking, he wanted to turn over and go into the courtyard to investigate, but he was pulled by Ji Fan, and he was puzzled, why did Ji Fan pull him at this time, "Wouldn't it be better to investigate if there is no one, why, Your Highness, you still want to peek on the roof?"

Ji Fan glanced at him and motioned for him to look in the direction of the courtyard.

Jin Ran turned his head to see that the lights were actually lit up in the room that had just been blinded by the black lights.

Jin Ran looked at Ji Fan puzzled, and whispered, "No, Your Highness, I'm not mistaken, no one has gone in, why did this light suddenly turn on?"

"It's true that no one went in," Ji Fan said.

Jin Ran was stunned, touched his shoulder in fright, and spoke

"Your Highness, don't scare me, I've been timid since I was a child, you know this"

Ji Fan glanced at Jin Ran with disgust, and then spoke in a normal tone

"What this king means is that the man has never been in this place all along."

Ji Fan was talking, Jin Ran's eyes widened, and he saw that the light in the room went out again, and Jin Ran immediately spoke, "Your Highness, Your Highness, the light is out again"

Ji Fan looked at the room in the courtyard, his eyes were cold, and he spoke

"Let's go, let's see"

Jin Ran really felt that there was something strange about this matter and spoke

"Why don't we come back tomorrow and call a few more people, it doesn't feel so simple."

Ji Fan didn't speak, and flew directly to the ground. Walking lightly in the direction of the courtyard, Jin Ran wanted to stop it, but it was too late, so he had to bite the nail and fly to the ground to follow.

Ji Fan and Jin Ran walked to the courtyard gate lightly, one left and one right, listened carefully to the movement in the house, Jin Ran raised his head and shook it, meaning to tell Ji Fan that there was no one in the house, Ji Fan looked at Jin Ran and nodded, looked at the door, and then gently pushed open the door of the backyard, and the two collapsed in unison. As soon as he entered the house, Jin Ranli turned around and closed the door.

Looking around, there was really no one in the house, Jin Ran had a bad premonition in his heart, and said to Ji Fan, "There is really no one, what is the matter with the light just now being bright and off"

Ji Fan didn't speak, and began to grope for the ornaments on the shelves one by one, looking at Ji Fan's actions, Jin Ran suddenly realized, "I know, Your Highness, do you suspect that there is a secret passage or a secret room"

"Don't hurry up and find it," Ji Fan's tone was full of impatience.

"This is coming, this is coming" Jin Ran also began to check the items displayed in the room one by one.

Ji Fan's bookcase was all searched, and no suspicious was found, and then he came to the bedside, touched down the edge of the bed, and suddenly touched a groove, pressed it hard, and there was a click behind the bed curtain, Ji Fan opened the bed curtain and looked, a stone door slowly opened, leaking out of the dark tunnel.

"Jinran, I found it" Ji Fan said towards Jinran.

Jin Ran sniffed and leaned closer to the bed to take a look

"I just said, I didn't see anyone entering, how could this light still turn on and off, it seems that it really came out of here"

Then he said to Ji Fan, "Let's go, Your Highness, go down and see who is doing the demon, but this son is frightened"

Ji Fan nodded in agreement, and took the lead in the dark passage, followed by Jin Ran.

After walking for a while, Jin Ran said softly, "This dark passage is really long enough, I don't know where it is."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Ran immediately noticed that something was wrong, and there was a slight sound of footsteps not far in front of them, people who practice martial arts, their hearing is naturally excellent, and Ji Fan also noticed it.

He Jinran looked at each other and nodded to each other, and then saw the two of them stop on the beam on the top of the dark passage like a dragonfly.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and it was obviously a woman's, and I saw the woman walking quickly in the direction where Ji Fan and Jinran came, and did not find the two people on the beam.

Listening to the footsteps gradually disappearing, Ji Fan and Jin Ran both landed on the ground.

Jin Ran said, "Could this be Mo Qingqing?"

Ji Fan didn't speak, and continued to walk in the direction where the woman had just come.

Jin Ran glanced at Ji Fan, shook his head helplessly and followed.

After walking a stick of incense, I reached the end, and at the end of the secret passage was a wooden door, looking at the material, it should be the back of a bookcase or wardrobe.

As soon as Jin Ran saw the end, he stepped forward and touched the wooden door

said, "What if there are people in this room here, then we are not trapped in this dark passage?"

"Bet on it, if there is anyone, this king will immediately step forward to restrain him and see if he can ask for any news" Ji Fan said.

Then he stretched out his hand to open the wooden door of the secret passage, and when Jin Ran saw this, he immediately made a posture of being ready to shoot at any time, and the wooden door slowly opened.

There was no one in this room, it was a study. The two were also relieved.

Jin Ran glanced at the study and said

"It's hard to fight here, it's a place where the people behind the scenes discuss big plans" and then immediately ran to the desk and picked up the folds on the desk, and looked at the books one by one, Ji Fan swept it away, only to see a pear flower in the vase on the desk. opened it delicately, and then glanced at the entire room furnishings, and said to Jinran

"This room belongs to the woman just now"

Jin Ran was flipping through the contents of the book

raised his head and looked at Ji Fan suspiciously, and asked "why"

"Look at the pear blossom in your book, as well as the furnishings of this house, although it is not excluded that some men like to insert a pear blossom on the desk, but the color of this bed curtain is similar to the color of the bed curtain we just came to Youxiang Pavilion, and it is mainly the elegant pink that women like."

Jin Ran looked at the bed curtain, and sure enough, it was the same color as the bed curtain that had just discovered the secret passage.

Then I saw Ji Fan step forward and walk to Jin Ran's side, took the book in Jin Ran's hand, looked through it for a while, and then spoke

"The font on this book is very beautiful, and it looks like it was written by a woman"

Jin Ran immediately picked up a few books on the desk and flipped through them casually, and sure enough, they were all in Juanxiu's slender font.

Then Ji Fan spoke

"She just came here and went back, she could have rested here so late, but she still hurried back to the backyard of Youxiang Pavilion, and at this hour, Youxiang Pavilion will not have any urgent matters to deal with, it can only mean that she has something to do in Youxiang Pavilion tomorrow morning, and she has something to do early, and it is too late for her to wake up tomorrow morning and rush back from here."

Ji Fan said, looking at Jinran here. Jin Ran answered clearly

"So, whether this person is Mo Qingqing, the top brand of Youxiang Pavilion, but the people who have to get up early to do things in Youxiang Pavilion are either the handymen who get up early to clean up, or the Youxiang Pavilion mother who gets up early to name the girls, anyway, it can't be those girls"

Speaking of this, Jin Ran suddenly realized, "The mother of Youxiang Pavilion is not simple, what is the relationship between her and Mo Qingqing?"

Ji Fan looked at the brazier in front of the desk, there were a lot of ashes from the burning of letters, and then opened his mouth to Jin Ran, who was flipping through the books

"Let's go, it doesn't seem like there's any clue here."

Jin Ran was stunned and said, "Why, so many haven't been turned yet?"

Ji Fan pointed to the brazier in front of the desk, and Jin Ran stepped forward to take a look.

sighed, "It's all burned, it seems that I can't find anything."

Then Ji Fan and Jinran slipped out of the back window, and as soon as they went out, Ji Fan found that this was actually the previous Dexin Residence, and saw that the patrolling people were about to walk to the courtyard where the two of them were, and the two immediately left the Dexin Residence with light skills.

Out of Dexin Residence, Ji Fan opened his mouth and asked Jin Ran, "How is the matter of Gu Ning, the deputy envoy of the Salt Division, who asked you to investigate?"

"I checked, he is a person who is three o'clock and one line every day, the palace salt mill, the Gu family's mansion, and the Youxiang Pavilion, there are basically very few people who have contact with him, so I think that if you want to find out the person behind Gu Ning, you still have to start with his good friend Mo Qingqing."

"Okay, then you send someone to keep an eye on Mo Qingqing, and Gu Ning also sent someone to keep an eye on it."

Jin Ran took out a handful of salt from his arms, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and handed it to Ji Fan to speak

"Your Highness, this is the salt I just came out of it, you can find someone who knows how to see what is wrong with this salt."

Ji Fan took the opening and said, "It seems that you are not completely useless"

"Hey, Your Highness, I don't like to hear you say this, what do you call me not completely useless, I am your most powerful assistant"

"Okay, go back, remember that there is news and come and tell this king immediately" Ji Fan said

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Yahouli Zhuo Ranshe

Jiang Guantong was already ready to fall asleep, and suddenly remembered that Ji Fan had given medicine to his eyes last night, and thought that since this medicine had already been used, it was naturally not good to use it intermittently, and he still had to use it all the time to get a quick effect.

When I arrived at Ji Fan's courtyard, Ji Fan was not there. Jiang Guantong opened his mouth incomprehensibly

"Where is this man at such an hour?"

Later, Mama Wang asked Ji Fan's whereabouts.

Mama Wang also said that she didn't know, but she only knew that Ji Brahma left as soon as it was dark.

Since Ji Fan was not there, the medicine naturally couldn't be applied, Jiang Guantong thought that Ji Fan had something important to deal with, so he went back to rest the same way.

Ji Fan took the salt given to him by Jinran and went to the palace, found an older Imperial Physician Zhao, and showed it to Imperial Physician Zhao to see if there was any problem with the salt, Imperial Physician Zhao took the salt and sniffed it, there was no peculiar smell, and then dipped a few with his fingers and tasted it, which was also the taste of ordinary salt.

Then he opened his fist towards Ji Fan

"Your Highness, please forgive me for being old and stupid, I really can't see what's wrong with this salt, and I ask Your Highness to ask for another mastery, maybe you will get something."

"Imperial Physician Zhao, please get up, since there is no problem, then the king will leave" Ji Fan replied.

Out of the palace, Ji Fan went straight back to Zhuoranshe.

Remembering that Jiang Guantong's medicine was still with him, he walked to Jiang Guantong's courtyard and wanted to send the medicine to Jiang Guantong, just arrived at the gate of Jiang Guantong's courtyard and happened to see Xiaoxiao coming out of it and was about to close the door. Ji Fan spoke

"Your princess is asleep"

"Back to Your Highness, the princess has just fallen asleep, you have something important to look for her," smiled back.

"It's nothing," then took out Jiang Guantong's medicine from his sleeve, handed it to Xiaoxiao, and then spoke

"This is her eye medicine, you can put it on her," he said and left.

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