Chapter 923: In a predicament
Shi Yingying took the time to go to Jinting Pavilion in person, where a strange shopkeeper came, the new owner who claimed to be the owner of the house last time was not there, and I heard that he never appeared in the store, and the owner of Jinting Pavilion became a mystery again.
Regarding Shopkeeper Feng or Boss Tao, there is still no news from Yuan Tianlin's side, approaching the end of the year, there are many things, Shi Yingying can't always grasp the unfounded things to find trouble, so she simply throws it aside for the time being, and takes care of the business of the two stores first.
Mother Liu brought two apprentices, and with helpers, Zhu Zi and Jin Chu'er no longer had to stay in Ruyi Building, and followed Shi Yingying to run the shops on both sides, fortunately, the two stores were adjacent to each other, and it was very convenient to shout if there was something.
Today's winter is particularly cold, cotton is in short supply, Shi Yingying just tuned cotton, don't worry about bad business, bought goods in the silk village, go out into the Ruyi Building to eat a bowl of oil noodles, cold days, hot and spicy noodles to eat, not to mention how beautiful.
The two stores are full of people, lively and lively, Shi Yingying sees it in her eyes, and her heart is also beautiful, in less than a year, she opened two stores, and the business is not bad, it is not in vain.
Seeing that the weather was good on this day, she took Jin Chu'er to the street to buy some candles and incense sticks to prepare for the ancestral tablet during the Chinese New Year.
The two of them walked around the bazaar, picking and choosing, and suddenly, Jin Chu'er pulled her sleeve and whispered, Madam, look at the person in front
Shi Yingying followed her gaze, and sighed in her heart, it turned out to be the former owner of Jin Ting Pavilion, who was not as rich as that day, but it was not bad, standing in the rouge stall and looking down at something.
A big old man is actually looking at rouge and buying it for the lady in the house, still
Shi Yingying said, let's follow him and see where he goes?
After a while, the man bought a few boxes of rouge, stuffed them into his arms, and walked away.
Shi Yingying and Jin Chu'er hurriedly followed, the man didn't seem to realize that he was following people behind, walking unhurriedly, Shi Yingying and the others were also unhurried, when they were about to leave the market, there was no crowd as a cover, Shi Yingying was afraid of being discovered by him, so he and Jin Chu'er walked separately one after the other. She is in front, and Jin Chu'er is broken.
When the man entered the alley, he suddenly sped up his pace, Shi Yingying was like flying, staring at him, so turning around, the alley was getting deeper and deeper, Shi Yingying felt that something was wrong, and when she looked back, Jin Chu'er didn't keep up, she was a little worried, afraid that Jin Chu'er would get lost in the alley.
was hesitating whether to turn back to find Jin Chu'er, as soon as she looked up, the man in front of her was gone, she stretched her neck to look forward, in front of her was a slanting deep alley, criss-crossed, like a maze, she wanted to find that person again, it was no longer possible, she sighed in frustration, turned around and walked back.
Just after walking a few steps, the door of a courtyard on the side suddenly opened, and two people rushed out, one pulling and the other pushing, and got her into the door.
It was too sudden, Shi Yingying didn't come back to her senses at all, but she didn't struggle or shout, and was obediently pushed into the house. As soon as they entered the house, before they could stand firmly, the two men quickly locked the door.
After hearing the footsteps of the two men gradually disappearing, she quietly walked to the window, pushed the window hard but couldn't push it open, so she had to spit a little, poke a small hole in the raw edge paper that pasted the window, and squinted her eyes to look out.
Outside is a courtyard, the scenery is actually not bad, there are green pines and cypresses, proud frost chrysanthemum and purple chrysanthemum, the plum trees on the side are full of small flower bones, I am afraid that I will wait for the heavy snow to press, I am willing to bloom to the fullest.
It looks like it's a pretty big compound, but it's unusually quiet, there's no one outside, and the two men who grabbed her in don't know where they went.
Shi Yingying frowned, what the hell is this place?
She looked at the furnishings in the room, whether it was an embroidered stool or a small round table, all small and exquisite, and the pink tulle hanging by the bed against the wall, she walked slowly, and smelled a faint orchid. Stretched out his hand to pick up the account, the big red mandarin duck quilt pillow, looking like whose happy bed, standing next to the bed, the aroma became even stronger, and it was a little choking.
She frowned again, walked to the table and sat down, and reached out to hold the pot, which contained water, indicating that someone should have come to this room on weekdays.
Shi Yingying held her cheeks and began to ponder, the reason why she didn't struggle and scream was because she felt that the truth she had been trying to figure out might be here, she came with the former owner of Jin Tingge, that person went to Yanchun Tower last time, if she guessed correctly, the place where she stayed now was Yanchun Tower.
The reason why it is so quiet is because it is not yet night, and the girls have not yet gotten up. The small and exquisite furnishings prove that this is the girl's boudoir, the aroma in the room is the smell of fat powder, and the mandarin duck quilt pillow is a commonly used thing in the Goolan Courtyard, which means that the day is new.
She touched the dagger on her waist, carrying a knife with her is a habit she developed in the northwest, there are many bandits and beasts in that place, and a person must always be on guard when he goes out, but he didn't expect to go to the capital, he still wants a knife to keep his body, she sighed softly, bandits and beasts are not terrible, what is terrible is those who smile on the surface, but stab the knife in the back.
If you have a knife, you are not afraid, except for Jin Chu'er and a few people who came from the northwest, no one knows that she can actually deboning, at that time and Du Changfeng quarreled, and she always suffered a loss when she moved, she was not convinced, she wanted to learn kung fu, but she knew that she would not be Du Changfeng's opponent if she practiced for another ten years, so she followed Jin Chu'er and her father to learn deboning, this is not kung fu, but the knife skills are tricky and fast, and the occasional sneak attack is also very useful, after learning, she slaughtered the sheep herself at the post station, and also used a wooden knife to knock the back of Du Changfeng's hand into a blue and purple piece, and has the experience of winning, So she has no fear. Besides, Jin Chu'er is not stupid, if she can't find her, she will definitely go back for help, but it really can't be done, so ask her General Du to step on this Yanchun Tower.
Time passed little by little, she sat for too long, she was a little sleepy, but she didn't dare to sleep, her throat was a little thirsty, and she didn't dare to drink water, so she stayed up like this. But no one came, and the people who captured her probably forgot about her.
She walked to the window to look again, and this time she saw two people in black standing faintly at the moon cave door, which seemed to be the two who caught her in, and she knew that the Goolan Courtyard specially raised some minions to deal with those jealous benefactors, or disobedient girls, these two were probably these.
So, there was no way for her to escape.
She went back to the table and sat down, cupped her cheeks, wondering when Jin Chu'er would bring someone to rescue her
At this moment, the lock card outside clicked, and the door creaked open, and she looked back and immediately stood up, is it you?
The person who came widened his eyes and looked very surprised, Boss Shi, why are you?
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