Chapter 8: Chen Yin
Qiao Yiling secretly thought: Could he be a snitch, testing me?
But Qiao Yiling didn't want to be wronged, so he immediately turned around: "I'm just here to have fun, so I don't really mean it." What's more, there is no shortage of beauties in the Spring Festival Pavilion, and I am not very picky, and you ...... brother" Qiao Yiling looked at him with a smile: "Since you have to take away love, it is not easy to take back what you said, then Miss Rou'er will be handed over to you."
Qiao Yiling secretly rejoiced in his heart: I'm still afraid that I will bear this huge sum of five hundred taels and lose it in vain! Since you have to rush to help me save money, why don't I do it!
He was obviously stunned for a moment, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
The bustard's mother took advantage of this to come out of the round: "Then dare to be kind, the son is generous, I will definitely choose a good girl for you who does not lose to Rou'er." He walked towards Chen Gongzi with Rou'er in his arms, and smiled flatteringly: "Childe, Rou'er is your person tonight!"
He sneered and picked up Rou'er's jaw, glanced at Qiao Yiling quietly, then took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and handed it to the old bustard, then picked Rou'er up and went to the room.
There was an uproar all around, and it didn't take long for it to return to its old state.
The old bustard walked to Qiao Yiling's side with a smile: "Childe, our Qin girl here is also very delicate, you see?"
"No need, I'll drink and dance tonight, and come back next time." Qiao Yiling was thinking about what she was going to do next, and hurriedly refused.
Seeing her general interest, the old bustard was a little regretful, and he didn't want to say anything, so he had to say politely: "Okay, son, I'll arrange for the wine and food to be delivered immediately."
The old bustard turned around and left, and Qiao Yiling suddenly stopped her again: "Hey, please wait a minute!"
"Call me Aunt May." The old bustard smiled and shook the embroidered fan back.
Qiao Yiling asked with a smile: "Aunt Mei, who was the one who robbed Miss Rou'er just now?"
Aunt Mei glanced upstairs and told Qiao Yiling: "Don't be surprised, Childe, he is our old master here, his name is Chen Yin, he is a good gambler on weekdays, and he comes to play when he has time." He is also very generous, but he doesn't care much about beauties, and it's not unusual for him to grab someone with you today. ”
When Qiao Yiling heard the word "good gambling", he determined that he was the one in the gambling hall, and God helped me. He continued to ask: "Is he a local, and what kind of business does he do?"
"He only came here a few months ago, and he doesn't know much about business, but he is straightforward and has a good character."
"I'm also an outsider, I heard that there are snitches in the county, Aunt Mei, do you know?"
"Childe, don't panic, just be careful in everything. This snitch committed a series of crimes half a month ago, and no one has seen his real body, and the county government has repeatedly set up nets to arrest him but has found nothing. Alas, the yamen has no Lin Zhutou, just like an empty set! This snitch, I don't know where the demon came from. Aunt Mei's face was indignant.
"Heaven is clear, he can't run away." Qiao Yiling said this firmly, and said to Aunt Mei: "Aunt Mei, go get busy, I'll continue to watch the show."
After sending Aunt Mei away, Qiao Yiling returned to her chair and thought about it: I entered the county a few months ago, gambled, and had an unknown business, so there seems to be nothing to doubt, after all, I can squander the family's money for a long time. It's just that I always feel that it's not simple when I see his expression.
Qiao Yiling was upset and wanted to follow Chen Yin to investigate, but she didn't know if he would spend the night here, and it was not good to ask Aunt Mei again to make her suspicious.
After thinking about it, Qiao Yiling called the servant to take her upstairs, and she asked the servant sideways, "Where is Miss Rou'er's room?"
The little guy only said that he never forgot to lose Rou'er, so he pointed it out to him.
Qiao Yiling asked again: "Who lives next door to Miss Rou'er?"
The little girl was a little puzzled, but still answered truthfully: "It's Miss Qing'er, she is performing downstairs at the moment."
"Take me to her."
Qiao Yiling found Miss Qing'er, took her to a hidden place after her performance, took out a heavy silver ingot, and said, "I need your room, and you can help me find someone to perform the play, and I will reward her afterwards." Then whispered in Qing'er's ear.
After a while, Qing'er went upstairs with a female companion, and Qiao Yiling probed around the corner to signal.
Walking not far from Rou'er's room, the two slowed down, Qing'er deliberately raised her voice and talked to her female companion: "I didn't expect to be able to wait for a big business boss today, it's really generous!" I really want to accompany him back to Qingfeng Tower to see the night pearl he trafficked. ”
The female companion hesitated slightly: "But he doesn't want to add six hundred taels, do you say that the night pearl is true?"
"This is the shrewdness of businessmen, I am afraid that Chen Gongzi is our trust, if he raises the price, he will continue to raise the price and kill people. Besides, he didn't plan to stay overnight, so he didn't feel the need to spend such a big expense. But look at the silver he rewarded everywhere when he just watched the show, at least there were five hundred taels, right?"
"Yes! It's a pity that he's going to leave tomorrow morning, and if only he were willing to redeem me. ”
"Silly girl, stop dreaming, change your clothes!"
Qing'er said as she glanced at Rou'er's room, then pushed open the door and turned her head to give Qiao Yiling a look.
Qiao Yiling quietly flew into Qing'er's room, and Qing'er and her female companion followed closely behind and closed the door.
After closing the door, Qiao Yiling gave them another ingot of silver, and told them to find other sisters to sleep for one night tonight, so as not to be discovered by others.
Although the two were a little confused, they still quietly took the money and acted according to their words.
Qiao Yiling hid in the room, secretly monitoring Chen Yin's movements.
Late at night, the lights were turned off in all rooms, and Qiao Yiling also blew out the red candle and watched at the door as usual.
In the middle of the night, Qiao Yiling was a little sleepy guarding the door, and Chen Yin's room was still not moving.
Could it really not be him?
Qiao Yiling was about to give up, took a nap a little slack, and wanted to go to bed to rest, but suddenly heard a slight sound of pushing the window.
An alert, Qiao Yiling ran to the window to listen, and there was a gust of wind, and someone jumped out of the window!
Qiao Yiling gently opened a window crack and looked, sure enough, it was Chen Yin.
He looked up downstairs for a while, and Qiao Yiling hid in the dark to avoid him. After seeing him leave, Qiao Yiling followed him out of the window and followed him dozens of meters away, trying not to let him notice.
Chen Yin is also very cautious, and he has to stop and pay attention to the movements around him after walking for a short time.
Qiao Yiling held his breath and concentrated, but fortunately he was quite calm, hiding in the alley and waiting quietly, but he was not noticed.
Chen Yin walked briskly, but it didn't take long for him to suddenly slow down, and he always felt as if someone was following him.
Qiao Yiling noticed something unusual, and immediately retracted his poked head, and stood still while holding his breath. Thinking again and again, this was too risky, so he turned his head to find his way, and quietly walked into the depths of the alley, hiding his figure.
Chen Yin was really cunning, walking and walking suddenly turned around, and walked back to the same way as he was walking. After walking for about one or twenty meters, he reached the alley where Qiao Yiling was hiding, walked a step or two inside, and then stood still.
Qiao Yiling's heart beat tightly, holding her breath to stabilize her figure. Chen Yin found that there was no movement in front of him, and continued to wait for a while, but there was still no surprise, and then he continued to turn around and walk briskly.
Qiao Yiling couldn't guess Chen Yin's intentions, he hadn't been walking in the direction of Qingfeng Tower, what was he going to do?
Qiao Yiling estimated the time, and only after the surroundings were quiet did he walk out cautiously.
Now that Chen Yin is gone, although she is a little discouraged, she is still sixty percent sure that Chen Yin will go to Qingfeng Tower, the bait as big as the night pearl, and it is expected that Chen Yin will never miss it. So he no longer hesitated, and ran directly to Qingfeng Tower.
When he arrived outside the Qingfeng Building, Qiao Yiling first went around to make sure that Chen Yin had not arrived, and then he was not in a hurry to go back to the room, but jumped to hide among the lush locust branches outside the restaurant, so that he could glimpse the movement outside the guest room on the second floor.
Not long after Qiao Yiling hid his body, he saw a person in night clothes walking on the tiles from a distance, running towards Qingfeng Tower.