Dong Minglan was suspicious, Ah Ci took out the hosta from his arms, handed it to Dong Minglan and said: "She is a noble person in the palace, this is also what she gave me, it is said to be a tribute from the Western Regions, mother, you take it first, anyway, we don't need it now." ”

"Then you said you were going to see that son, what about him?"

Ah Ci smiled reluctantly, "Mother, I'll rest for a while, and you can take the money and exchange the deed of sale with the old bustard." ”

After speaking, he stuffed the money bag and hosta into Dong Minglan's hands and left the room.

As soon as he closed the door, he tripped over something, and lowered his head, it turned out to be the electric fox before. Ah Ci was surprised and delighted, and bent down to pick it up, and the electric fox looked at her innocently with blue eyes, as if to blame her for leaving herself alone.

Ah Ci held its snow-white fur and sighed: "I didn't expect you little guy to like me so much, I have gone so far and you have followed." Since you have to follow me, then I'll give you a name, how about calling Liuli? ”

The electric fox squeaked, stretched out his pointed mouth and touched Ah Ci, Ah Ci smiled even more heartily, "It seems that you agreed, and I will call you Liuli in the future!" ”

Ah Ci raised the glass high and turned around, and the original depressed mood disappeared all of a sudden, at this time Dong Minglan happened to change her clothes and went out, and when she saw Ah Ci holding a fox, she couldn't help but wonder: "Ah Ci, where did this little fox come from?" ”

"This is the electric fox, I saw it on the road before, and now I'm back, I didn't expect it to follow, it's also fate, let it follow us in the future!"

Although Dong Minglan didn't like this fluffy little animal, she had no choice but to nod when she saw that Ah Ci liked it so much.

"Let's go, mother, let's go find the bustard." Ah Ci held Liuli with one hand and Dong Minglan with the other, and the mother and daughter went downstairs together.

The old bustard reluctantly took out Dong Minglan's deed of sale, and after Ah Ci took it and carefully checked it, he handed the money to the old bustard, and was about to put away the deed of sale, but Liuli suddenly jumped up, opened his mouth and snatched the deed of sale, and swallowed it in a few bites.

The old bustard was dumbfounded, she was going to send someone to snatch the deed of sale back, and now the fox cub ate the deed of sale—

Ah Ci and Dong Minglan were also surprised, and hurriedly hugged Liuli back, "It's okay, just eat it, it's not a good thing after all." ”

The mother and daughter went upstairs to pack their things, and Dong Minglan smiled: "This little fox is quite human." ”

"No, you have to follow me if you run so far with me!"

When the two left Yihong Courtyard, the old bustard and a group of girls stood at the door to see each other off, but Dong Minglan just had a faint smile, the old bustard cried a handful of snot and tears, Ah Ci sneered in his heart, but he was worried that after Dong Minglan and himself left, Yihong Courtyard's income would be reduced a lot.

Ah Ci had already rented a carriage and was going to go to the neighboring Ningcheng, and when he arrived that night, Ah Ci took Dong Minglan to book an inn, but there was only the last vacant room left, and this vacant room had already been booked. Ningcheng is smaller than Tai'an, there are only two inns in total, and there is another one that has to go a long way.

"Shopkeeper, do you have any extra quilts? It's okay for us to share a table downstairs and sleep overnight, and we're leaving tomorrow. Ah Ci had no choice but to say.

The shopkeeper glanced at the two of them in embarrassment, but finally nodded and said, "Okay, be careful yourself." ”

"Shopkeeper, I don't want that room, let this lady and girl live." An elegant man's voice suddenly came from beside him, Ah Ci looked up, only to see a man in white handing a piece of paper to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper glanced twice, nodded, took out the deposit from the drawer and handed it back to the man.

The man accepted the silver tael, turned around and was about to leave, but Ah Ci hurriedly stopped him, "Thank you, Childe." ”

The man in white turned around and smiled slightly, "You're welcome, but the girl is so beautiful, it's better to be careful at night, remember to lock the doors and windows." ”

Ah Ci was stunned, and when he came back to his senses, the man in white had already left the inn, and the shopkeeper handed the key to Ah Ci and said: "Recently, Ningcheng is not ** Ning, what do you say that there are flower thieves, and you don't catch the girls in Ningcheng, only those women who pass by Ningcheng and stay overnight in Ningcheng." After glancing at Ah Ci twice, he shook his head and sighed, and said, "Girl, the shop doesn't dare to guarantee your safety, but it's better to live in an inn than outside." ”

Ah Ci nodded, smiled sweetly, and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper." ”

After saying that, he pulled Dong Minglan upstairs, Dong Minglan was obviously still worried, Ah Ci patted her shoulder comfortingly, and said: "Mother, don't worry, I will do some kung fu and run very fast, and we still have Liuli, if there is really a flower thief, Liuli will definitely inform us first, right?" ”

Liuli snorted and rubbed Ah porcelain obediently.

The two entered the room, because they were tired after a long afternoon's journey, so they cleaned up a little and went to bed, the bed in the inn was big enough, and the mother and daughter were both slender, so they slept on one bed.

Ah Ci didn't sleep with Dong Minglan for a long time, and when she smelled the fragrance on her body tonight, she had the illusion of returning to more than ten years ago, and she was really tired, so she fell asleep quickly.

But Dong Minglan had trouble sleeping.

They left Yihong Courtyard, but they were sold into a brothel since they were girls, and they had no other skills except for being able to play the piano, sing and dance, and the same is true for Ah Ci, and the silver given by Ah Ci's friends can't be used by their mothers for too long, and the hosta herself doesn't dare to be a tribute, after all, it's a tribute. How can we survive in the days to come?

Dong Minglan was worried about her future livelihood, there was a slight noise outside the window, Dong Minglan remembered the flower thief that the shopkeeper said before, so she immediately shook Ah Ci, Ah Ci fell asleep in a daze, and muttered: "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

"There's someone out there."

This sentence completely woke up Ah Ci, she turned over and sat up, but there was no gray shadow outside the paper window, and no one was seen.

"Mother, did you hear it wrong?" Ah Ci sighed and lay down again, Dong Minglan was still a little uneasy, so she got out of bed to check it, just walked to the window, and suddenly the figure hanging upside down from above almost scared Dong Minglan, she screamed and fell to the ground, Ah Ci was awakened again, and when she saw the figure outside, she was so surprised that she couldn't speak for a while.

In the early morning of the next day, the news of the death of the inn in the middle of the night had spread throughout Ningcheng, and the yamen sent a catcher to ask Ah Ci and Dong Minglan, Dong Minglan was frightened a lot, after all, Ah Ci had seen a massacre before, and it was slightly better, and he could still answer the question of catching a quick catch.

Not long after, a young boy came to the inn, dressed in an ill-fitting catcher suit, leaning lazily against the door, opening his mouth and yawning.

As soon as he saw Ah Ci, his eyes lit up, Deng Dengden ran over, and the catcher who had asked before saw the young man, and hurriedly bowed, "Yu catcher, you are here." ”

The little boy waved his hand casually, only staring at Ah Ci, and his dark eyes smiled like a crescent moon, "This sister, you are the first person to find the corpse?" ”

Ah Ci glanced at Dong Minglan, who was in a trance, and then looked at the young man in front of him, who was much younger than himself, and nodded: "Well, it's the people's girl." ”

"Then come with me to the yamen, okay?"

"Okay." Ah Ci stood up, but Dong Minglan grabbed her, "I'll go with you." ”

Ah Cihui held Dong Minglan back, "It's okay." ”

The two followed the little boy to the yamen, the little boy didn't stop talking all the way, and the catcher who followed behind repeatedly supported his forehead, this young man caught the head and everything else, smart and easy-going, that is, when he saw a beautiful woman, he couldn't move his legs, and he was still young next year.

"Sister, my name is Yu Ying, I don't know what to call my sister?"

"Ah porcelain."

"Is my sister an outsider?"

"Tai'an."

I didn't sleep all night, Ah Ci's mood was really not high, and he ignored Yu Ying's questioning, but Yu Ying didn't seem to notice, chattering and talking all the way, and finally arrived at the Yamen, Ah Ci and Dong Minglan knelt down and saluted to the magistrate, and the body found last night was still on the side.

The person who died was a woman from other places who stayed in the inn, and her death was not terrible, her face was scratched, her clothes were torn to tatters, her body was stabbed several times, her eyes were wide open, and she was not blind. But the servant said that the woman had not been violated.

Regardless of whether this woman is still innocent or not, everyone has concluded that the woman was the victim of the flower thief who was rumored before, Ah Ci didn't have the heart to think about who killed this woman, and the county magistrate had almost asked her before asking her, and she replied again, and was told that she could go back.

Ah Ci carried Dong Minglan back to the inn, settled the bill, packed the luggage, took the glass and was about to leave, but as soon as they stepped out of the inn door, Yu Ying blocked them.

"Anything else?" Ah Ci rubbed his eyebrows, the glass in his arms moved, and his blue eyes stared at Yu Ying.

Yu Ying glanced at Liuli thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "Sister Aci's little fox is so cute. ”

"It's nothing, let's go first."

Originally, I planned to settle in Ningcheng, but since this Ningcheng is so dangerous, it is better to find another place.

"Hey, Sister Aci!" Yu Ying caught up with her in a few steps and stopped in front of her, "Don't go, now that the flower thief has not been caught, Sister Ah Ci should not go around, or go to my house to live first, I can guarantee the safety of you and your mother." ”

Ah Ci's eyes lit up slightly, but Yu Ying's thinner body and delicate face still made her see the reality clearly, "Forget it, little brother, you better take care of yourself, you are also a delicate flower!" ”

Yu Ying had already changed out of the fast trapping suit, wearing an emerald green robe, which looked like a tender bamboo, Ah Ci couldn't help pinching his face, Yu Ying's face was too white, and a red mark was left with such a slight pinch.

"We go during the day, and the flower thieves only act at night, so it's okay."

"But I don't think the murderer is the flower thief before." Yu Ying hugged her arms, rarely showing a serious expression.