Chapter II. 249

This is the second time that Shen Gui and Shen Gui have walked into the Great Wilderness City Gate. This time, he didn't bring Liu Banxian with him. First, in this dilapidated temple, in addition to a group of crippled beggars who are struggling on the line of life and death, there is only one Li Le'an who can play some tricks and embroider legs. If Liu Banxian is not left in the broken temple to 'support the scene', something really unexpected will happen, and the family will have to copy the back road.

After all, this great wilderness city is the Li family's base camp; That old man Li Gao, since he has colluded with Yan Tian and plotted for the position of the head of the Li family, then today's Great Wilderness City will never be a peaceful and prosperous world.

According to the confession of 'Li Gao', who was enjoying the ardent service of the 'little one-armed', Li Sanlin himself had been a little calm and abnormal in recent days, but Li Cai, the housekeeper in his house, had a hot fight with a Nankang merchant group. Shen Gui thought about it, probably because Li Le'an, the eldest lady of the Li family, 'just died', and Li Sanlin, the heir with the highest voice, in order to avoid suspicion, would send a henchman butler to connect with the other party on his behalf.

For these Li families, Shen Gui has long lost any interest. After all, now that Li Le'an is witnessing by his side, and he has been personally approved by Li Deng before he came, in his heart, he has already sentenced these profit-seeking villains to death.

And now what makes Shen Gui curious is the Nankang business group for no reason.

Since it can be called a business group, it must not be the size of one person. According to the news obtained by the fourteenth from his stalking outside the capital of Fengjing, the prince Yan Tian only sent the scar man to come; Thinking about it this way, this Nankang business group should have nothing to do with Di Ting, the prince, and even himself, and he is a 'new character' who doesn't know the details.

At this moment, in the Great Wilderness City, due to the Li family's rampant and domineering behavior, both the people and the merchants are all listless. Don't look at it at this time, it is already afternoon, but Shen Gui walked on the long street, and only felt that the scene of this great desolate city was a little more deserted than that of Fengjing City, which was besieged by Guo Xing.

According to Li Gao's confession, his 'work unit' is not far from the west gate of the Great Wilderness City. There is also a dim sum shop called 'Suyuzhai' opposite the house. Shen Gui walked in that direction and walked in front of the door of Li Caifu.

Butler Li is also known as a leading figure on the streets of the Great Wilderness City, but his master, Li Sanlin, is only a bookkeeper at this time; And he, the housekeeper, is only worthy of this kind of 'three houses with a small garden'.

The porter's master, 'Li Gao', is 'talking' with the little one-armed man at this moment, so naturally he can't be on duty; from the closed street door of this small courtyard at this time, he can also guess that Li Cai, the owner of this house, should still be on duty in Li Sanlin's house. At this time, even if there are people in the house, they can only be a few female dependents.

According to the rules of the rivers and lakes, in order to avoid the pretext of falling into the mouth of 'picking flowers', Shen Gui at this time should turn around and look for another opportunity. However, most of the housekeepers who work in large families are 'born to the family', and they eat, live, and marry in the master's house. However, Li Cai, as Li Sanlin's housekeeper, unusually bought a small courtyard for himself, so it seems that it is impossible to live and start a family just for the purpose of living.

Presumably, there must be something hidden in this courtyard that is inconvenient to see people.

Shen Gui first looked around the small courtyard, then took out a black covering cloth from his arms, looked left and right and found that there was no one around, and untied the Spring Rain Sword from his waist and hid it, and then jumped up flat, his hands on the courtyard wall, and as soon as his waist and abdomen competed, the whole person swung into Li Cai's mansion.

Climbing over the wall and entering the house in broad daylight, this is the first time for Shen Gui. Especially now that there may be female dependents in the house, it makes Shen Gui feel even more guilty of being a thief.

As soon as he landed, Shen Gui jumped out sideways, slightly hitting left and right, and could only hide behind a flower and tree that couldn't stop his figure at all.

It seems that this kind of small house with three houses and a garden is not only affordable, but also can make 'thieves' like Shen Gui have nowhere to hide.

There were already some thieves with weak hearts and nowhere to hide in the courtyard, which made Shen Gui's original extremely sensitive skills appear a lot of low-level mistakes. Frankly speaking, his 'infiltration operation' was a very failure, whether it was the sound of his clothes breaking through the air or the heavy footsteps coming from the landing, it would attract the attention of those who cared.

However, now the female dependents in Li Caifu's house are obviously busy with the things at hand, and they don't care that a 'thief' has come in.

The sound coming from the main house was not small, and Shen Gui didn't even need to pick up the roots of the wall, just stood behind the 'tree' and listened to it really.

Now in the main hall, there is a conversation between the two people. These two people are a man and a woman, and the tone of the dialogue is also quite sensual:

"I've told you a long time ago, so you've been coming here a lot lately. It's good that you've been here for three days...... Do you think the slave family will lie to you? ”

"Madam, don't blame, it's really your family's Master Li who is too powerful, if he knows about this matter, the villain will definitely end up dead without a corpse......"

"Oh, you little enemy's guts, are you tied to your trouser belt! Now that these pants are mentioned, the guts have become smaller! Giggle......"

At this point, the sound of gibberish and frolicking was heard again in the room; After a while, it turned into a coquettish and wheezing voice. Shen Gui, who was hiding behind the tree, was stunned when he heard such scenes, and secretly praised 'good body' in his heart.

After about half an hour of 'busyness' in the room, he turned back to sitting and talking about this 'show'.

"I've been here so often lately, isn't it a little unsafe? If your lord really hears any rumors, how can you explain them to him? ”

"I said, can you please stop mentioning that old ghost? What a disappointment! Forget it, I'll tell you the truth, lately, the one in our family has been busy helping his little master talk about business; Even if I go home occasionally, I come and go in a hurry, and I don't even have time to say hello. Can you rest assured now?? Besides, you are a merchant who sells needles and threads, and what kind of rumors can be spread from the business of visiting the house? ”

"My little friend, we have been together for less than half a year, and I have been to your house more than 20 times! It's enough to open a tailor's shop, and your master is not a fool, and the one he married back is not a spider spirit, why is it so costly? ”

Hearing this, Shen Gui completely understood!

The woman who wanted to come to the house was the wife of the housekeeper Li Cai. Because Li Cai has been on an errand in Li Sanlin's mansion for a long time, it is rare to return home on weekdays. And Mrs. Li, who has lived in the boudoir for a long time and is lonely, hooked up with a merchant who sold needles and threads.

In recent days, Li Cai has been busy welcoming the Nankang business group, and there are naturally very few times when he returns home; In this way, the two 'hard-working mandarin ducks' were given the opportunity to meet in private.

This matter is of course a very serious 'moral problem' for Li Cai himself, but for Shen Gui, who is a little discouraged, it is no less than a shot in the arm! Since she is not a woman from a good family with three chastity and nine spirits, if she does this, she will not be able to ruin her reputation; And listening to the jokes of the two now, it seems that this little merchant's 'body' is not bad, and he can just be a perfect cover for himself.

Of course, Shen Gui would not waste such precious time listening to the root of the wall, and now that there was the cover of the two of the 'own family', Shen Gui walked to the door of a wing room facing east and west, and gently pushed the door with both hands, and the figure flashed into the study.

Although it is a study structure, it can only be regarded as a 'multi-purpose hall' in Shen Gui's eyes at this time. It is true that there are several bookshelves in the inner hall, but judging from the degree of dust on them, it must be that Li Cai has not turned them over since he bought these things back to the house; In addition to a tea table and two Taishi chairs in the main hall, there are also several paintings and calligraphy on the wall, and a vassal and elegant taste comes to the face.

Shen Gui had no interest in these fake things at all, and walked lightly to the bookshelf, and sure enough, he found the good things he was looking for.

Thanks to this 'virtuous and virtuous Mrs. Li'! If she was diligent in cleaning on weekdays, how could Shen Gui find those finger prints left on the dusty bookshelves?

Judging by the traces of dust, the most clicked books are a few books with dark blue covers. Shen Gui didn't have much research on the account books, and for the bookkeeping method that was common in Huayu Continent, his head hurt after looking at it for a long time. So, after only a few pages, he closed the account book and stuffed it into his arms. Immediately afterward, he moved a few books with similar covers from other corners. After covering up the 'traces of crime', I turned all my attention to the small boxes on top of the bookshelf.

These four boxes are long and short, large and small. Depending on the dust on the box, the frequency of application also varies.

The first box Shen Gui chose was the size of a rice bowl, and the contents inside also felt very familiar to Shen Gui - it was the black-brown finished hibiscus cream. Judging from the fineness, it is a high-quality product from southern Yunnan Province, and it should be a 'sample of goods' given to Li Gao or Li Sanlin by Diting.

Next to the cigarette paste is a rectangular wooden box. Shen Gui opened it and found that there were three more account books, this time he didn't even have the heart to open them, so he casually stuffed them into his arms and took off the other two boxes.

The contents of these two boxes are good things that I like to see:

One contained a few land deeds of a real estate shop, and the other contained some gold, silver and jewelry. It seems that although Li Cai's residence is quite 'simple', his actual net worth is not thin at all!

Of course, Shen Gui, who returned with a full load, did not continue to 'listen to the root of the wall', but climbed over the wall in a lingering grievance and went out of the city again.

All because of the account books in his arms, although the numbers can still be seen clearly, the written records in them are either vague or incomprehensible, and they are obviously secret accounts written in some kind of code language. Considering the identity of the owner of the account book, Shen Gui thought that perhaps Li Le'an, the eldest lady of the family, could help him 'translate'.