Chapter 841: The golden cicada sheds its shell
At dusk the next day, Taishi Xiao received a report from Steward Xiao about the whereabouts of Xiao Lingzhi's master and servant.
"Taishi, the eldest lady went to Xiangmao Street today and entered two rouge shops and three tailor shops." Steward Xiao said respectfully: "The old slave sent six people to mix with the crowd and followed the eldest lady all the time. ”
"Are there any visions?" Taishi Xiao put down the scroll in his hand.
Steward Xiao hurriedly said: "There is no vision, but the eldest lady looks in a trance and does not seem to be in good spirits." ”
Taishi Xiao sighed lightly and said, "Got it." If the eldest lady wants to distract herself, you can send someone to follow her, don't alarm her. After a pause, he said slowly: "If you are just strolling around the street, you only need to keep an eye on a few of you, but if the eldest lady leaves the East Street, you will immediately send more people to follow, and you must report to the old man immediately!" ”
"The old slave understands."
Taishi Xiao nodded and motioned for Steward Xiao to go down.
He shook his head gently, Xiao Lingzhi knew that she was going to marry Han Cang, and she was definitely not in a very good mood, so it was understandable to go out for a walk.
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Dongcheng Xiangmao Street.
This is the favorite street of the official wives and ladies, just because this street has the finest rouge gouache in Yan Kingdom, the most expensive silk jokes in Yan Kingdom, and many beautiful and luxurious jewelry.
The goods here are naturally not something that ordinary people can bear.
Horse-drawn carriages came and went on this street, and several carriages were parked more or less in front of the shops, and the ladies and ladies dressed in fur coats or coats of hair got out of the carriages and entered into a shop in a graceful manner.
On the long street, Xiao Lingzhi and Xiao Jun were both dressed in wool brocade, wearing hats on their heads, covering their faces with black veils hanging from the edge of the hats, walking lightly, walking on the long street, the shadow guards of Xiaofu who were staring at the two of them in the crowd, always monitored the two of them within their sight.
Yesterday, the master and servant had been shopping on this street for most of the day, and today they seemed to be in great interest, and they visited several shops in a row, and Xiaojun also had an extra package in his hand, which was naturally a purchase.
The words from above, as long as they keep an eye on Xiao Lingzhi and the others, there is no need to be alarmed, so the whereabouts of the six shadow guards are very hidden, but whenever Xiao Lingzhi's master and servant enter a shop, the six shadow guards act quickly, three are guarding the front door, and the other three are feeling the backyard of the shop as fast as possible and staring at the back door.
When Xiao Lingzhi's master and servant entered a tailor shop, the six shadow guards were still separated from the front and back, staring at the front and back doors of the shop.
"The eldest lady seems to have entered this tailor shop yesterday?" A shadow guard hidden in the corner of the room frowned.
"A woman makes clothes, and it is not a day to do it." A shadow guard next to him obviously knew a lot about women's clothes: "I was afraid that I came here yesterday to measure my body, and today I have to choose silk." ”
When the other shadow guard heard this, he said no more.
It's just that there are some doubts in my heart, there are countless high-quality materials in this Taishi's mansion, and there are even first-class tailors, so why do you need to come here to buy clothes.
It's just that these things, a little shadow guard, are naturally not qualified to take care of them.
Although time passed little by little, the shadow guard did not blink, staring at the door.
The tailor's business was not good, but it was not bad, and people came and went from time to time.
Most of the hours passed, but Xiao Lingzhi's master and servant still didn't come out, and the two shadow guards frowned, feeling that something was wrong.
"You take a closer look." A shadow guard commanded in a low voice.
The other shadow guard nodded, pulled down the brim of the hat on his head, covering most of his face, and was about to pass, when the shadow guard beside him had already whispered, "No need, they are out!" ”
Sure enough, Xiao Lingzhi's master and servant each carried a package and came out of the tailor's shop, covering their faces with black veils, and like a square talent, their steps were light, and they continued to walk along the long street.
The Shadow Guard immediately followed.
Another inconspicuous carriage stopped in front of the tailor's shop, and the coachman lifted the whip in his hand and shook it in the air, making two crisp sounds.
Soon, two women came out of the tailor's shop and quickly got into the carriage, and the carriage turned its head and left the tailor's shop very quickly.
Everything is so natural that almost no one notices.
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The six shadow guards followed Xiao Lingzhi's master and servant out of Xu Yuan, walked for half an hour, had already left Xiangmao Street, and even turned two streets, but Xiao Lingzhi's master and servant didn't seem to stop.
A few shadow guards only felt that things were a little strange, but the orders from above, as long as they were watched, should not be alarmed, so they could only follow them all the way.
The two women's foot strength was not bad, and they turned two more streets and came to a pink shop.
Several shadow guards were suddenly surprised, the eldest lady of the small family of the dignified Taishi Mansion, what did she do when she came to the Fan Building?
Things don't seem right.
One of the shadow guards made a gesture, and the four shadow guards immediately dispersed, and he brought one of his own shadow guards to follow quickly, and followed Xiao Lingzhi's master and servant into the powder building.
As soon as he entered, he came up again, and before he could speak, the two shadow guards had already raised their hats slightly to cover their faces, and the cold killing intent on their faces actually scared several fans away, and they didn't dare to step forward.
The two shadow guards looked ahead, only to see that Xiao Lingzhi's master and servant, who they had been staring at, had already taken off the hat on their heads at this time, and seemed to sense what was happening behind them, and turned around at the same time.
Looking at those two unfamiliar faces, the expressions of the two shadow guards changed greatly, and the two people in front of them, who were Xiao Lingzhi's master and servant, were actually two unfamiliar faces that they had never seen before.
The two shadow guards understood in an instant that they had fallen for the golden cicada's plan to get out of their shells.
The two of them were full of murderous intent, and quickly stepped forward, grabbed one by one, and dragged the two women who were pretending to be Xiao Lingzhi's master and servant directly into a private room next to them. ”
The thugs were momentarily frightened by the murderous aura emanating from the shadow guard's body, and they really didn't dare to step forward.
Pulling the two women closer to the private room, he closed the door with his hands back, and threw them on the ground, and a shadow guard stared at the two women who had lost their faces with viper-like eyes, and asked in a cold voice, "How did you get this garment?" Why did you two end up at that tailor shop? Where are the two women dressed like you? ”
The two women huddled together and sat on the ground, shivering and speechless for a while.
"Don't say it yet!" Another shadow guard had already taken out a cold glittering head from his body and pasted it on the face of the woman dressed as Xiao Lingzhi, and her smooth and fair face was stuck to the cold knife, and the woman screamed.
Shadow Wei took out a silver ingot from his arms, put it on the table, and said slowly: "Say, this silver is yours, don't say it, there will be at least five scars on your face." ”
The woman said in a trembling voice, "I said ......! ”
"Speak quickly!"
"Someone came to us in the middle of the night, and gave us these two suits, and let us put them on, and we must hurry to the tailor's shop before three quarters of the day, and if we do as he says, we will get a hundred taels of silver in the tailor's shop." The woman trembled and said, "We arrived there at three o'clock today, as he said, and waited inside for a long time, and last night the man finally appeared, gave us a hundred taels of silver, and told the two of us to leave the tailor's shop, and not say anything, but only go all the way back here...... We also saw the two women you were talking about, and we wondered why they were dressed exactly the same, but ...... But how dare we ask more ......! ”
The two shadow guards glanced at each other, knowing that they had fallen into a careful plan.
Xiao Lingzhi entered the tailor's shop just after three o'clock in the afternoon, that is, before they entered, the two women, who were dressed in the same clothes and even roughly the same figure, were already staying inside.
The other party is obviously well-planned, and the two women who were chosen, although their appearances are very different, their figures are seven or eight points similar to Xiao Lingzhi's master and servant, especially the height, there is almost no difference, and they are wearing a big hat, covering their bodies, wearing hats and black veils, and their faces are unrecognizable, these two stand-ins are naturally carefully selected.
"Do you know the man who commanded you to do this?" A shadow guard asked coldly.
He actually understood that the other party was so carefully designed, and these two women were just two chess pieces, and it was impossible for them to know too much.
Sure enough, the two women looked at each other, their faces blank, and they shook their heads.
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When Steward Xiao reported the matter to the Grand Master, the Grand Master Xiao closed his eyes and pondered for a long time.
"Those two women really don't know anything." Steward Xiao said cautiously: "The people in the tailor shop have also interrogated, they have also seen the eldest lady, and at that time they wondered why the eldest lady was wearing exactly the same clothes as the two women, but they didn't dare to ask more. Other than that, they really don't know much. But they saw that after the two women left, a carriage stopped in front of the tailor's shop, and the eldest lady and the little maid got into the carriage and left. ”
A faint smile appeared on the corner of Taishi Xiao's mouth, and he sighed lightly: "It was the old man's negligence, I didn't expect this child to really leave the old man." He opened his eyes and said calmly: "Yesterday, Lingzhi girl went out, naturally to send a letter to Han Mo, the old man is strange, how did she send the letter through the tailor shop?" ”
"Taishi, the shopkeeper of the tailor shop mentioned that a guy in their shop was working well in the shop, but he suddenly didn't work in the shop today." Steward Xiao said softly: "The old slave sent someone to investigate, and the young man's family has gone to the empty house, and there is no trace of them." "Glanced at Taishi Xiao, "The eldest lady should have sent the letter through that young man, and Han Mo is only afraid that he will also reward that family with a lot of money, or he will already kill people." Old Slave ...... The old slave has sent someone to continue to investigate, to find out where the young man's hometown is......! ”
"No need." Taishi Xiao shook his head lightly: "Since Han Mo has done it, he will not leave you any clues." The old man already knew that he had done it, so what if he found the young man? Could that young man still prove that Han Mo abducted my Xiao family's daughter? ”
Steward Xiao frowned, and said softly: "Master, the Holy Lord will give you a marriage, someone from the Han family will definitely come to the door in a few days to agree on the marriage date, according to the past practice, after the Holy Lord gives the marriage, you will have to marry at the latest three months...... But the eldest lady is now gone, how can we explain to the Han family? ”
At this moment, there was a sound outside the door, and Steward Xiao knew that someone had something to report, so he quickly went out, and soon came in, holding a letter in his hand and presenting it to Master Xiao.
"Taishi, this is a letter left by the eldest lady!"
Xiao Taishi took the letter, took out the letter, opened the letter, and inside he was beautiful, which was Xiao Lingzhi's handwriting.
"Unfilial piety Lingzhi worship: seven years of kindness, unforgettable for a lifetime, difficult to repay in this life, if there is an afterlife, I am willing to become a grandfather's children, two lifetimes of kindness, one life of retribution. Grandpa takes care of his body, don't stay up late, it's cold in winter, and I hope that my body is healthy. The unfilial daughter Lingzhi worshipped. ”
Taishi Xiao's eyes showed pity, he shook his head, pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Find someone who is good at copying the Fa and let him come to see me!" ”