ps: It's okay, the old man accepted his fate, no one watched, but no one watched. Alas~

Since ancient times, no matter which dynasty, there is a special market that is not officially recognized, and naturally, Haoguo is the same. About the time when the second watch was approaching the third watch, a corner of the southern city of Jingshi slowly became lively.

The lanterns here are black, and the air here is cloudy. The faces of the people who came and went were each wearing a strange mask, with different shapes, which was the function of hiding their identity, after all, in this place, no one dared to speak with their real identity.

At the third watch, Li Xiao moved with Zhou Shu and walked slowly into the black market in the south of the city with the little girl Chu Chu. The lights were dim, illuminating the shadows of the three of them, and they were long.

Li Xiao didn't want to take the little girl with him, but he couldn't bear the latter's complaints, saying that he didn't follow him today and felt guilty. In this way, I can only take her with me.

Walking all the way inside, there are several stalls, selling all kinds of rare things, Western porcelain, Northland scimitars, and even many palace utensils. Walking inside, Li Xiao also saw a shop that produced fake official documents, there were quite a lot of people in it, but it seemed that they were all scholars, and what they made should be certificates for lawyers, talents, and horse driving licenses.

Shaking his head, he continued inside. I don't know how long I walked, but after walking a long distance, the three of them finally stopped in front of an alley. Zhou Shuyi pointed inside and said, "Childe, this is the place to buy news." ”

Li Xiao glanced inside, the lights in the alley were very dim, much darker than those on the street outside, drowsy, and if you looked closely, it seemed that the innermost part of the alley was a table, and the furnishings on it were shining with golden dark light.

With doubts in his mind, he walked inside, and in a short time he came to the table, and saw a man sitting there, dressed in a Taoist robe, with a white beard, and no mask on his face, so that he could clearly see the wrinkles on his face.

Vendors here don't have to wear masks.

The man noticed that there was someone in front of him, opened his deep eyes, smiled and waved his hand, motioned for Li Xiao to sit down, then spread out a piece of paper, and said in a hoarse voice: "I don't know this son, but what is it?" ”

Li Xiao turned his head and glanced at Zhou Shuyi suspiciously, did he take the wrong place in his heart, how do you look at it, the person in front of him is a fortune teller in the rivers and lakes, are you sure that this is the place to buy and sell news?

Zhou Shuyi knew what Li Xiao was thinking, nodded lightly, and then spoke to the old man: "My son-in-law doesn't tell his fortune, he is here to buy something." ”

"Shopping?" Lao Dao smiled, pointed to the yellow paper in front of him, handed over the pen that had been stained with ink in front of him, and said, "Then please write down what you want to buy." ”

Taking the pen, Li Xiao was about to start, raised his head and asked, "Dare to ask, how to count silver?" ”

"Look at the value of the news, but the reserve price is fifty taels." Lao Dao stroked his beard and said lightly, as if fifty taels was nothing in his eyes.

"Fifty taels!" The little girl snorted softly, stretched out a small hand in surprise, and looked at it.

Li Xiao didn't say anything, lowered his head, wrote, and after a short time, he wrote, and then handed the pen and paper back to Lao Dao.

The old Taoist priest glanced at the paper scroll in his hand, stroked his beard, knocked on the wooden door beside him, and handed the paper scroll in his hand, then turned his head, looked at Li Xiao, and said with a smile: "Please wait a while." ”

Li Xiao didn't speak, turned his head slightly and looked around. This is a habit he has developed since the Wencheng Street incident, and he is familiar with the surrounding environment, so that he can quickly evacuate after the incident.

"If Childe is fine, why don't you test the words?" Lao Dao clasped his chapped feet and said with a smile.

"No need." Li Xiao subconsciously held his breath, but he still vaguely smelled the faint strange smell in the air.

Since he didn't want to, Lao Dao stopped talking, and continued to buckle his feet, waiting for news from the courtyard.

About a cup of tea passed, there was a sound in the courtyard, and there was a creak, and the scarred wooden door was opened, followed by a bamboo tube and a small piece of paper.

Lao Dao took the bamboo tube and the paper roll, and without looking at it, he handed the bamboo tube to Li Xiao, and he glanced at the paper roll and frowned. After only three breaths, he knocked on the door again, and said something to the person inside the door that Li Xiao couldn't understand, which roughly meant, "Why is it only such a small amount of money, it's not wrong, but he asked three questions." ”

The man in the door replied, "No, it is the account of the head himself." ”

Since this is the case, there is nothing to say, Lao Dao coughed, and said to Li Xiao: "Childe, your news is already available, whether there is a result or not, you need to give silver." ”

"How much?" Li Xiao didn't raise his head, and asked casually.

"The reserve price is a total of one hundred and fifty taels, and if you say the news, it is also one hundred and fifty taels." Lao Dao sighed. The three messages were only sold for three hundred taels, which is really less, and if it were placed in normal times, it would be at least nine hundred taels.

Three hundred taels is indeed not much, at least for the current Li Xiao. waved his hand, motioned for the little girl to give money, then stood up and walked out. The little girl is reluctant, three hundred taels, it will be gone after a while, Li Xiao doesn't care, she is very distressed, but forget it, the silver is rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor, if it is gone, it will be gone, with the ability of her own son, it will not be difficult to earn silver.

Put down the three hundred taels of silver tickets, turned around and left with Li Xiao.

The alley was not long, and the three of them quickly disappeared in place. After a while, a person came out of the courtyard, dressed in gorgeous clothes, and after an appointment of not confused, his face was wrinkled.

"Head." Lao Dao got up quickly, looking respectful.

The man didn't speak, but looked at the direction Li Xiao and they left, holding his hands, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Xiao didn't know about the changes in the alley, and when he got the news, he quickly took Zhou Shu and them out of the black market, which was not a safe place.

Out of the black market, avoid several teams of city guards, and head all the way north. In front of Jingzhao Yin's Mansion, Li Xiao broke up with Zhou Shuyi, and then took Chu Chu to prepare to return to Wan'an Temple.

Just after crossing a street, there was a sudden commotion on the west side of the city, which caused the city patrol guards everywhere to rush there. Just when I didn't know where to go tonight, the commotion in the west of the city slowly spread, and it seemed that the people who had been making trouble all night came from the east of the city.

Li Xiao frowned, and his heart was about killing a thousand knives to cause trouble. Haoguo has a curfew, but it is not very strict, that is, after the Wencheng Street incident, it will be like this, if it is discovered by the city patrol guards, it will inevitably get into trouble.

It was extremely dark, and the moon shyly hid in the clouds, not revealing a single light.

Li Xiao looked around, gritted his teeth, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, hugged the little girl and turned into the house beside him.

Hearing only a clang, he landed steadily on the grass, frowning at the old porcelain scattered all over the ground behind him, secretly worried.

……

Since the Wencheng Street incident happened more than ten days ago, Gao Changyu's heart has been uneasy, after all, Li Xiao was assassinated after leaving the palace of the king of Yu that day, not only because of guilt, but really worried about Li Xiao.

Fortunately, she heard the news of Li Xiao's wake up a few days ago, which made her heart relax.

Mainly because of her identity and status, Rao is procuratorate and Dongchang knew where Li Xiao went that night, and no one would come to ask her, after all, how could a county lord who was so downtrodden that he couldn't be in a down-and-out situation that he had the ability to do such a big game.

King Luo Bin is not a fool, and neither is Xu Youzhen. If Gao Changyu has this ability, how can he escape the eyes of the two families.

The evening breeze was blowing, the heat of the day gradually dissipated, and Gao Changyu, who had been busy all day, lay on the bed, looking up at the flickering moon in the sky, sighing faintly.

These days, Jingshi is no longer peaceful, there are spies from the procuratorate and Dongchang everywhere, as well as the figures of various yamen of the Criminal Department, so that she can't touch porcelain in public. After lying at home for days and still not opening, she began to worry about what to do next.

"Sister Chunlan's injuries are almost healed, but she still needs medicine to warm up, although there are no big expenses in the house, but the daily livelihood still needs to be maintained......" Gao Changyu turned over, buried his face in the quilt, and shouted in a muffled voice.

Time passed minute by minute, and the watchmen outside the house had already sounded the gong of the third watch, wandering in the quiet night. Next door, Qiu Xiang and Chunlan were already asleep, and the sound of breathing was gently transmitted in the courtyard.

Gao Changyu turned over and scanned the room, trying to find some valuable things, but unfortunately, the valuable objects that originally belonged to the palace had already been taken away by those old ladies in the palace, and what was left behind were some things that no one wanted.

"Alas......" she sighed, and the sigh dragged on for a long time.

At this moment, the street outside suddenly became lively, and the footsteps were hurried, accompanied by shouts.

Gao Changyu frowned, turned over and tried to cover his ears. As soon as he turned over, he suddenly heard a noise outside the moon gate, like the sound of those useless porcelain pieces piled up in the corner of the wall.

She subconsciously got up, and she couldn't help but feel scared.

Is it a thief, or an assassin? The palace is so ruined, after so many years, even thieves don't bother to come in, why is there any movement today, isn't it just picked up the night thief who caused the commotion?

Picking up the rolling pin in the corner, he opened the door slowly, and he caught a glimpse of Qiu Xiang also opening the door, and behind him was Chunlan, who had just recovered from a serious injury. The three girls glanced at each other and walked out of the moon gate together.

"Your Highness, but ......" Obviously, the two daughters also heard the sound outside the moon gate, and then woke up.

Gao Changyu made a silent movement, quietly lying on the moon gate, and looked out.

In the dark night, there seems to be a man and a woman, and because of the night, I can't see the faces of the two people clearly, but you can see that the man is holding the woman at this time, and his movements are quite frivolous.

"Isn't it a male and female thief?"

Gao Changyu glanced at the second daughter beside him, gritted his teeth, clenched the sturdy rolling pin in his hand, and rushed towards the two with a loud shout.

With a stick in her hand, she riveted enough strength to eat milk and beat it with a stick. Unfortunately, the man reacted, and as soon as he grabbed it, the rolling pin stopped in the air.

The moon rose and the clouds shone on the faces of all the people in the courtyard.

"It's you!" Gao Changyu looked at the familiar face in front of him and exclaimed softly.