Chapter 67: Light and Shadow
Just as a few people hesitated, they saw a light and shadow fly away into the distance.
The three of them looked at each other, "Chase!"
They chased the light and shadow all the way to the east, and when they were about to catch up, the light and shadow flew into Master Li's courtyard, and then disappeared.
"Why did they disappear?" because after they finished admiring the flowers, they went back after looking for some food, and at this time everyone in the Li Mansion had already rested. Tao Yao stood in the dark courtyard, looking around and trying to find the beam of light and shadow that the three of them had been pursuing.
"I guess I'm hiding in this yard. Mo Li looked at the peony flower king swaying in the moonlight, and approached with suspicion.
At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and the three of them hurriedly disappeared.
I saw Master Li come out of the door wearing clothes, although Master Li has passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, but because he loves to serve flowers and plants, his body bones are still very good. He walked a few steps to the pot of peony flowers, "Oh, it's going to be windy, and I forgot to bring my precious flowers into the house, how can this be if it is destroyed by the wind." As he spoke, he bent down, picked up the pot, and moved into the house. The peony flowers are very large, and the clay pot is full of moist soil, and Master Li is still a little struggling, and he walks a little slowly.
After Master Li returned to the house, the three of them came out of the shadow of the tree.
"Senior Brother Moli, are we still looking for it?"
Mo Li looked at Master Li's room and shook his head, "Don't look for it, let's go back first! ”
After the three of them returned to the inn, they discussed in Mo Li's room.
"What we saw outside the window of that house before was definitely not a human, but it's hard to say whether it was a monster or a spirit. ”
"That's nature, normal human beings definitely can't walk at that speed, and if you say that you are a cultivator like us, it doesn't make sense, you won't run away when you see us. Mo Li agreed with Ximei's statement.
"Senior brother, the look in your eyes when you saw the peony flower king was a little strange before, didn't you suspect that it had something to do with that flower?" Tao Yao just stood opposite Mo Li, so he saw Mo Li's expression in his eyes.
"I really think that flower is a little weird, I can't tell where it's different, but that scene must have something to do with the Li Mansion. Tomorrow, our soldiers will be divided into two routes, I will go to the Li Mansion to keep an eye on, and you two will go to the family in Fangcai, what do you think?"
"I disagree!"
"I disagree!"
Ximei and Taoyao spoke at the same time.
Tao Yao pursed her lips, and Ximei snorted coldly. The two of them now don't like each other. If it's okay to have Mo Li, the two of them won't be embarrassed, and if they let two people perform the same task, it won't be noisy.
Mo Li sighed, no wonder it was enough to train two people in the past, this time the master had to let him accompany him, these two people along the way, if they asked the opinions of the two people, it must be contradictory, unless the other person did not speak.
"That's it, I'll go to the Li Mansion tomorrow, Ximei, you go to that family to keep an eye on, Taoyao, you go to the neighborhood to inquire about the situation of that family, and what does this Li Mansion have to do with it. ”
Tao Yao, "Okay!"
Ximei, "No problem!"
Mo Li breathed a sigh of relief, and finally reached an agreement. I looked at the sky, and it was already bright. After deciding to take a short break, they set off separately.
Tao Yao went after sleeping enough, after all, she went to ask questions early in the morning, which did seem a little strange, but she didn't know if others thought so, anyway, she thought so herself. (My mother can't help but complain about two sentences, it's lazy, and I'm looking for such a high-sounding reason!)
The house was facing the street, and there happened to be a lot of gadgets selling at the corner of the street, so Tao Yao ran over to pick and choose.
"Auntie, your pearl flower is so beautiful!"
"That is, I have been selling beads here for many years, and everyone says that my beads are beautiful and the workmanship is good! Girl, look at Miansheng, are you from out of town?"
"Well, you can see it, you are too powerful!" Tao Yao nodded, gave a thumbs up to the eldest lady, and continued, "I won't tell you, I went back to my hometown with my brothers and sisters and passed by here, and I saw that the scenery here was good, so I stayed for two more days." ”
The eldest lady covered her mouth and smiled happily, "Hey, what kind of ability is this, I'm just here for a long time, and I have been here for a long time, and I have all the people in these ten miles and eight streets, and I naturally know the cold face." ”
"Auntie, do you know whose house it is?" he said, pointing to the family from yesterday.
"What are you doing here?" the eldest lady listened to her and looked at her with her eyebrows.
"Auntie, these beaded flowers are so beautiful, my sister must like it, help me wrap it up, I want it!" Tao Yao picked a few that looked good and handed them to the lady who sold the goods.
"Okay, good!" the eldest lady was naturally happy to see the business, and she was busy wrapping it up.
"Auntie, I won't tell you, I took a fancy to the peonies in front of his house. The elders in my family like to play with flowers and plants, so I thought about buying them and giving them away, but I don't know if they will sell them to me. ”
"It's hard to say what other people's houses are, but their families will definitely sell them!" the eldest lady quickly wrapped up the things and handed them to Tao Yao.
"Oh, why do you say that?"
"The family's surname is Luo. After his wife died, he sold all the peony flowers in the yard, saying that he was afraid of seeing things and thinking about people, so there were only a few plants left at the door. ”
"His wife is the one who planted the peony flower king?"
"Girl has heard of it?" Although this Lin Wan can be regarded as a celebrity in ten miles and eight towns, it is not so much that no foreigner knows it, and the eldest lady is a little puzzled.
"Didn't I say it before, I want to buy a few beautiful peony flowers and send them back to the elders of the family, I heard that Lin Wan planted the peony flower king, I originally longed for it, but I heard the little second brother of the inn say that it had been sold to the master of the Li family, so I could only sigh. That's why I thought about going out and seeing if there was anything else to worry about. Didn't you expect that the flowers that I looked at were actually in front of Lin Yunfu's house, and this is really a coincidence that there is no book!"
"Listening to the girl say this, it's really fate!"
"Isn't it? I think this Locke family son and that Lin Wan must be a loving couple, otherwise this Locke family son would not be afraid to see things and think about people. ”
"Not necessarily!" the eldest lady snorted disdainfully.
Tao Yao took the eldest mother's eyes into her eyes, it seems that this Luo family has other inside information, her gossipy little heart is fluttering, and she still pretends to ask casually, "Why did the eldest mother say that?"
The eldest lady sighed, "If you say that this Lin Wan is indeed a good one, if the neighbors have any difficulties, they will try their best to help each other, this Luo family kid has lost his parents early, and his family is poor, she has never complained." She also knows some pharmacology, and often collects medicines and gives them to poor people in the neighborhood who are in need but have no money to grab them. In the early years, the two were indeed in love and envied others. Later, Tian was jealous, Lin Wan suddenly fell ill and died in a hurry. The Locke kid cried with tears in his eyes. When we, the onlookers, saw it, we couldn't help but cry sadly. But now, how long has it been since Lin Wan went, and this Luo family kid actually looks at each other again. There was no resentment and regret in his tone, and there was a hint of sadness.
Speaking of this, he paused, patted the dust that did not exist on the cloth surface, and then continued, "I want to say what I wanted to say at the beginning, I don't want to see things and think about the people who sold those peony flowers planted by Lin Yun, but now I don't think it's necessarily why." If he didn't have those peony flowers, where would he be able to live such a free life, and he would have the money to marry again. Anyway, there must always be a wife to take care of the family, he has no parents, and no children, where is there anything to take care of, it is just that he wants to marry again. In the final analysis, it's just a person walking away from tea. ”
As he spoke, he seemed to feel that he had something to say, and smiled embarrassedly, "Don't mind, girl, I have a lot to talk about, in fact, I am just an outsider, so naturally I don't have the right to interfere in other people's private affairs, but I am just complaining for Lin Wan's grievances." His flowers are indeed good, you can buy them, otherwise it would be a pity to stay in his house!"
"It's okay, auntie, I want to thank you for telling me so much. When I go back, I will go to his house with my brother and sister to ask if I can buy it!" "Give you the money!"
"Girl, that's too much. ”
"It's okay, auntie, you're so good, I'll go first!"
"Eh, slow down, come to me if you want something!"
"Okay. ”
Immediately afterwards, Tao Yao went to other stalls to select some, and asked some by the way, and the results were not different from what the lady who sold pearl flowers said, so she knew it.
After a round turn, she returned to the inn to send a message to Ximei and Moli, telling them that she had investigated clearly.
Mo Li didn't move at all, he looked for a tree in the Li family's compound, and stood on it for a day, all he saw was the people going back and forth to play with the flowers and plants, then Master Li didn't go out today, just sat in the yard and watched the flowers for a day.
Ximei's side, I saw a few older women arrive at Luo's house, and they didn't stay for long, just to drink a cup of tea. None of them resemble yesterday's women.
When they received the message from Tao Yao, they all returned to the inn.
Tao Yao told the lady who sold pearl flowers what she said, and also learned the demeanor of the lady at that time ten times ten.
After listening to what Tao Yao said, Ximei couldn't help but guess. "Could it be that what we saw yesterday was the lonely soul of Lin Wan?"
"No, the number of lifespans in this world is recorded in the underworld, and if the hour comes, before it is reported, a ghost will already come to find it. I always feel that it has something to do with the peony flowers in Nali Mansion, so why don't we go to ambush around there tonight. Since the woman specifically went to the Luo family, since she didn't achieve her goal, she would definitely go again. ”
"Okay!"
"Let's say first, you two can't do it blindly, even if the woman goes, we must also observe carefully, and don't make a move unless we have to. Otherwise, it's not good to startle the snake!"
"Knowing it, don't worry!" Tao Yao patted her chest and said that she would definitely act according to the plan.
Ximei also nodded.
In this way, the three of them ambushed near Locke's house before nightfall, but when the sky was clear, they didn't find anything abnormal.