Chapter 59: The Rich and the Common
"The people who enter and exit the Red Cloud Tower are all dignitaries, and people are always easy to take it lightly in the party, so the Red Cloud Tower has almost mastered countless secrets of the whole city, large and small, on the bright side is the fireworks Willow Lane, but in fact it is the eyes and ears of the Xuanmen Pavilion in the city. Yuru told her what she knew in one breath.
The cat jumped on the table and licked its paws lazily: "Cut, what the man said in that wind and moon, there can be a few words that are true." After that, Wuge always felt a cold light staring at her, and when she looked back, Mo Xing's handsome face was like iron.
The cat was stunned: "Don't look at me, how many words are written in the book." ”
Mo Xingran's face softened when he heard this, and his tone was a little more teasing: "You forget, there are more than girls in Hongyun Building. Immediately, the cat shivered and remembered the beayan-eyed man in the Red Cloud Tower.
"Exactly, there are still men in the Red Cloud Building, and many large women have dozens of noodles in private, and even some high-ranking officials like to raise them... Catamite. Yuru was silent, most of those children were sent from the surrounding towns, and there were too many men in the family to raise them, so they sold them to people.
Smoke Cloud City is a prosperous and rich place, but often the richer the place, the more chaotic it is.
The cat tilted her little head and sneered: "I'm not afraid of retribution for earning this black money!"
Mo Xingran lowered his eyes and pondered, Huanchang has always been a place to hide filth and dirt, if you want to collect information about the size of the city, this Red Cloud Tower is indeed the best choice.
Coincidentally, Yanyun City is located at the edge of the Heavenly Trench Sea and the Eternal Heavens, not far from the boundary monument site of the Fanqing Realm, and it is the place where the territory of the 'gods and men' meets, and the move of the Xuanmen Pavilion can't help but make people doubt his wolf ambitions.
"Miss Yuru, I still have something I want you to tell you. Mo Xingran raised his eyes: "What is the relationship between the city lord and the Xuanmen Pavilion." ”
"All I know is that Dongyan and the city lord often meet in private, but when they meet, it's the middle of the night, and no one is present. Yuru sighed: "I was also curious, but I didn't get any results from many inquiries. ”
Mo Xingran nodded, sitting on the side of the desk and not knowing what he was thinking, the cat yawned and glanced up at the window: "What else do you have to ask, if not, let's go, the sun has set." The implication was that she was tired and had to go back to rest.
"Where are you going?" Mo Xingran put his chin on his hand, "We'll live here during this time." ”
"Huh?!" the cat jumped three feet high, almost bouncing off the table to the ground: "Why?"
"It's convenient, you don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at you secretly?" Mo Xingran ignored the cat's struggles and took her into his arms: "There are many people in the restaurant, so it's not as safe as here." ”
He deliberately lost his breath when he went out today, and even so, he still found a lot of 'tails' along the way... It's just that I don't know anything about these songs.
The cat fluttered twice, and when he saw that he had made up his mind, he said aggrievedly: "Then you have to compensate me, I want to eat the braised crucian carp from Decui Building, the stewed crab from Yu Guangxuan, and by the way, the cuttlefish balls from the food shop on Fangcai Street..."
Mo Xingran walked to the main house with the cat in his arms and said with a smile: "Okay, it's all up to you." ”
This deserted courtyard was what he was looking for, and it was because of its proximity to the main street and the city lord's mansion, and of course, it was also to take into account Wuge's increasingly tricky appetite in recent days.
The cat swallowed her saliva, thinking of the smooth and fragrant fish balls, and urged: "Then you go quickly, if it's late, the food shop will be closed." ”
But Mo Xingran didn't seem to hear it, closed the door by himself, and deleted the latch by the way, "What do you want, if you want to eat, it's tomorrow, go to bed early tonight, we still have important things to do tomorrow." ”
The cat stared at a pair of big eyes in disbelief, and exploded in anger......
So, that night, there were bursts of wails from time to time in the main house, mixed with strange sounds of 'Boom la Bla'.
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In the early morning of the day, before dawn, a tall figure appeared in the Chishui Alley in the east of Yanyun City.
While the sky was still a little dark, Mo Xingran investigated in the alley, and finally came to an old house in the depths of Chishui Alley, raised his eyes and looked at the mottled door plaque with illegible handwriting: "This is it." "East of the city, the old house of the criminal family.
He pushed the door and found that the latch was closed and could not be opened from the outside, and by this time there were already voices in the alley, and the early vendors had come out of the house with their burdens, ready to go to the market to catch the morning market.
Joon's face was a little cramped.
The gate of this courtyard is a little high, and if he jumps into the house at this time, it will inevitably be discovered, and besides, this is the realm of the Qing Dynasty, unless it is inconvenient to attract attention as a last resort.
"Cut, it's up to me. The cat yawned in the ink star dyed sleeve robe and jumped to the ground: "Wait." As he spoke, his light body jumped up and reached the wall in the blink of an eye.
The cat looked around vigilantly at the top of the wall, and finally glanced back at Mo Xingran, and there seemed to be something in his eyes - what is the matter with disdain?
As the cat jumped behind the wall, there was a soft 'click', the door opened, and Mo Xingran walked in quickly.
This is a small mansion that you can see at a glance, and according to Ruyu, it has been handed over to the creditor, but it seems that no one is occupying it at the moment.
Mo Xingran took the cat to the apricot tree in the courtyard, pinched it with his fingertips, and saw the soil under the tree loosen and roll up.
The cat paced lazily under the tree: "Why are you looking for that score?"
"I can't say a word, but it's for you. Mo Xingran looked around the thick apricot tree and frowned: "No." ”
This is strange, there is only one apricot tree in this court, is it possible that the music score can still run with long legs?
The cat didn't think about it: "Yuru must have lied." ”
Unexpectedly, Mo Xingran said categorically: "No, Yuru didn't lie. ”
"The soil under this tree has been turned over, and it must have been not so long ago. Mo Xingran said in a deep voice: "The score must have been taken away." ”
"But Yuru's words flickered yesterday, didn't you notice?" the cat circled around Mo Xing's feet, and said reluctantly: "It's not impossible for the guards to steal themselves. ”
Mo Xingran didn't answer, his body jumped up like a swallow, his toes dotted on the branches, and his long body stood with his hands in his hands.
At this time, he held his breath and concentrated on his eyes, and the structure of the house was suddenly clearly presented in front of him, there was a stack of old books under the kang mat in the main house, and there was a nest of rats behind the firewood pile in the stove room...
After a while, he opened his eyes: "Found it." ”
The cat was boredly fiddling with the apricots falling from the tree: "So fast, where is it?"
Mo Xingran jumped off the branch and walked towards the earthen wall behind the wing, and the cat followed with four short legs.
Under the earthen wall, there was a man-high dead grass, and Mo Xingran lifted the dry grass, and a small dog hole appeared under the wall, and the cat teased: "What do you mean, the dog has taken it away?" This hole is only one foot wide, and people can't get in.
Immediately after, a faint gaze stared at her, and the cat instantly shivered: "Mo Xingran, you dare!"
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Outside the earthen wall is not a laneway, but another courtyard.
At this time, the cat shook off the dirt on his body, scratched the skin of the wall fiercely, and the poor earthen wall fell straight to the dust.
Mo Xingran dared to force her to drill the dog hole, and threatened her not to sell fish balls if she didn't drill, very good, no one would want to sleep tonight.
From behind the earthen wall came the cat's angry voice: "Come here, no one." ”
A figure as fast as lightning jumped over the wall, and Mo Xingran fell to the ground: "Hmm, I know no one." His graceful figure was in stark contrast to the gray-faced cat on the ground.
"I just want to see you drill the dog hole. His eyes bent into crescent moons, and the cat trembled when he heard the words, and suddenly jumped to his shoulders with sharp claws to carry the wind, and beckoned to his handsome face: "Trick old lady, I think you are..."
Mo Xingran raised his hand to hold her little paws, and scratched her fluffy chin by the way: "Don't make a fuss, to be serious, don't you notice that this yard is a little strange?"
The cat was stunned, and raised her eyes to look around.
"Nothing strange. ”
In the ordinary courtyard, there are some chickens and ducks in the courtyard, the door of the stove room is open, and the stage is tidy, and it can be seen that the hostess is very virtuous.
"No dogs. Mo Xingran groaned, "Besides, don't you think this family seems to be too rich?"
On the beam of the stove room hung a dissected pig, the pig's head had been cut off, and a wooden basin was placed under it, and the red and clear pig's blood was coagulated to the brim.
"You see people eating pork, are you greedy?" the cat squinted at him.
Mo Xingran sighed, he didn't know the suffering of the world, now in these years, all the demons in the Qing Realm are rampant, and the crops are not harvested, this family is just ordinary people at first glance, can they afford to buy a whole pig?
He looked at it for a moment and was surprised, "Not only that, but there is also a chest full of gold in the main house!"
"Huh?" When Wuge heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little more vigilant: "A box of gold?
At this moment, there was a heart-rending cry of a baby in the house, and then a woman's hurried voice came from outside the courtyard gate: "Lang Zhong, please come in, you hear my son start crying again, how is this good." ”
The cat was stunned: "Someone is coming, what should I do?"
"What else can I do, run. Mo Xingran took the cat in his arms, and jumped over the wall the moment the woman pushed the door in, and it was only a breath before and after.
The hostess pushed open the courtyard door and rubbed her eyes: "Lang Zhong, is there something on the wall?"
Lang Zhong shook his head with the medicine box on his back: "No." ”
"Hey, it must be because I haven't been able to sleep well lately, and my eyes are spent. The hostess sighed lightly: "Come with me, please here." ”
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Mo Xingran hugged the cat and listened to the root of the wall for a long time, frowned and said, "This family is different. ”
The cat struggled out of his arms and fell to the ground: "Money is also in your way?"
"It's not just about having money. Just then he noticed that there seemed to be a deep chill in the main house of the small courtyard, and he didn't look carefully because of the urgency of time.
After a while, Mo Xingran said in a deep voice: "Let's go, it's noon, let's eat." He pushed open the courtyard door and walked out.
The cat then jumped into his sleeve robe happily: "What are you eating?
"What fish balls?" Mo Xing was stunned.
"Hey, why are you like this, yesterday you promised me braised crucian carp, steamed crab, and cuttlefish balls, and now you take me there!"
Mo Xingran raised his eyebrows in a scowling: "Oh, when did it happen, why don't I remember?"