Chapter 023: Night Crisis
"Okay, applying this medicated oil will quickly reduce the swelling." Put down the medicine jar in his hand and let out a long breath, and comforted Chu Jiu who was still sobbing softly, "Good, don't cry, with me and Aunt Chen, no one can bully you anymore." ”
Aunt Chen stood aside, her face was not as relaxed as her words: "Jiu'er, in the future, go to the front yard to deliver things to the girls, walk with your head down, and avoid those stinky men." ”
"What to hide, to be a man is to hold your chest high and raise your head. If there is anyone who comes to make trouble and bully Jiu'er, you can't let Jiu'er walk with her head down for the rest of her life because she is afraid of causing trouble. Yan Liwu did not agree with Aunt Chen's statement, and pulled through the ninth year of the first month in distress.
"It's one thing to be missing, especially when the boss lady is not there, and I can't explain to the boss lady when it's too big." Aunt Chen sighed, and confusion gradually rose, "Red Lotus, why do I feel that something is wrong?" Those people seem to be from rich backgrounds and have some backgrounds, and they are so aggressive that they make trouble and suddenly run away, isn't it strange? ”
Yan Liwu frowned slightly: "Well, I also feel a little abrupt. Forget it, whatever, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, if they don't come, they will just come, and if they dare to come, they will kick directly into the stinky ditch across the street. ”
"Sister Honglian is so powerful, just like the proprietress in the future, the sisters in the building will no longer have to be afraid of those bad guys!"
Aunt Chen and Yan Liwu glanced at the innocent Chu Jiu, looked at each other, and then laughed out loud.
A turmoil subsided, and the girl in the building admired Yan Liwu even more, especially the little girl Chu Jiu, who almost became the most loyal fan of Yan Liwu, and she followed Yan Liwu wherever she went, and the guests rewarded her with some gadgets and candy things, all of which were stuffed into Yan Liwu.
"That child has a poor background, she is very sensible at a young age, and the proprietress hurts her very much. Now that there is someone who can make her work in peace, and the proprietress doesn't have to be distracted anymore, you can take care of it more. In the early morning when the snoring was getting louder and the night was dark, Aunt Chen suddenly ran to Yan Li's room, carefully took out a dilapidated wooden box, glanced at Yan Liwu, and gently pushed it to her hand, "This is left by Jiu'er's father when he sold her, and it is said to be related to Jiu'er's mother." The proprietress was worried that Jiu'er would worry too much about it, so she kept it for me all these years, and now, I handed her over to you. ”
Yan Liwu hesitated for a moment, and slowly opened the wooden box.
On the red coarse cloth was something that looked like a hairpin but was not a hairpin, and a copper receptacle the size of a bird's egg was slightly thin, and it was carved with a pattern that had never been seen before.
"I'll keep this thing first, whether I can find Jiu'er's mother or not depends on fate, if there is fate, their mother and daughter will definitely be able to meet again." Yan Liwu put the wooden box into the safest place, and smiled at Aunt Chen, "I think Aunt Chen and the proprietress are both kind people, so the Drunken Wind and Snow Moon Building will be different from other Qinglou, and Jiu'er is also a blessing here." ”
Aunt Chen chuckled helplessly: "What is not a blessing, I just follow the proprietress to mess around." She said that if you want to be a good person, I will do good deeds, and she said that if you want to be a wicked person, then I will not be afraid to kill people and set fires, and do all kinds of evil. Okay, you rest early, the boss lady is not here these days, you are busy before and after, everyone has lost a lot of weight, go to sleep. ”
After sending Aunt Chen away, Yan Liwu sat alone at the table for a long time, a little dazed and a little emotional.
People are always not satisfied, and when they are displaced, they only seek a place to live, and when they have food and clothing, they will pursue other things, even if it is something that may ruin the comfortable status quo. Yan Liwu and Xiao Fengyue's point of view are similar, she doesn't want Jiu'er to pursue the mystery of her life experience, what if she finds out the sad truth?
It's better to be here with peace of mind, enjoy the comfort and try your best to repay the benefactor who gave it all.
Yan Liwu was thinking about it when there was a sudden noise outside the door, as if someone was outside. Yan Liwu thought it was a girl, asked but no one answered, walked to the door full of doubts, hesitated for a moment before cautiously opening the door and looking out.
There was no one in the hallway, but a corner of the clothes flashed at the staircase and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
At this time, the girls should all be resting, who came in the middle of the night to pretend to be scary? It can't be a thief, right? Yan Liwu never believed in strange powers, put on his coat, picked up the oil lamp, closed the door and chased after him in the direction where the corner of the clothes disappeared.
In the early hours of the morning, the sky will be bright, it is the quietest time of the day in the Qinglou, Yan Liwu walked in the dark and tortuous building, except for the footsteps not far away, nothing could be heard. The footsteps seemed to be deliberately leading to chase away from the worries, and they always sounded clearly when she thought she was lost, although she had doubts in her heart, she didn't doubt them - this is in the drunken wind and snow moon building, who would dare to commit this murder? Besides, she hasn't made any enemies in less than half a year since she arrived, so no one should target her.
With such a mentality, he walked farther and farther away, and walked farther and farther, until he walked into the warehouse where the firewood was stacked, and he realized that something was wrong.
If it was really a thief, would he give up the jewelry in the house and run for worthless firewood?
Yan Liwu no longer had the courage to continue the pursuit, and wanted to hurry back to her room, but it was too late, when she turned around and was about to leave, she suddenly found someone standing behind her, and then a flower in front of her, with a choking smell of cloth was pressed to the mouth and nose.
Qingbaipo is a highland less than ten miles outside the small city where the drunken wind and snow moon building is located, there is no grass and tree stream around, only yellow sand is everywhere, and the bright moon hangs high.
"You people are really haunted, my aunt and grandmother went out for a walk and came back, and you called the girls here before they could take a look at the girls in the building. In the middle of the night, if you have anything to say, you have to continue to hurry. ”
The rude words undoubtedly came from the drunken Fengxue Yuelou's proprietress Xiao Fengyue, there was another person behind her, the narrow sleeved long skirt set off the exquisite curves, the sword at the waist was half-held in the slender hand, and the eyebrows and eyes were more beautiful under the Qingming moonlight, but the cheeks were covered with a thin white veil, and the eyes could not be seen comprehensively.
"There's nothing I don't want to bother the proprietress about, it's just that you're not drunk in the past few days, and the Moon Building is not very peaceful." The woman took a deep breath, and her voice was extremely low, "The prince of Pingxi has been to the Drunken Wind and Snow Moon Tower, and he led people to make trouble in the building and was taught a lesson, and then fled in embarrassment. ”
A look of surprise flashed, and Xiao Fengyue pretended to be careless and said, "Really? Then he really deserves it, who is not good to provoke the girl in my building. When I go back, I have to ask who is the old lady in addition to this evil breath, and I must reward it again. ”
"Knowingly ask, don't think I don't know about you teaching her martial arts." The woman wearing the veil seemed to be very dissatisfied with Xiao Fengyue's actions, and her tone was light and cold, "The prince of Pingxi often messes around in the palace, and he has met the Qinglian King many times, and I suspect that he has recognized the identity of the Qinglian King. If that's the case, I'm afraid that someone will come to the door and attack her recently. ”
Dizzy, ringing in the ears, he woke up from his slumber to a desperate darkness.
"Awake? Does the prince still recognize me? Tsk, look at my carelessness...... Quick, don't let the prince out yet! "Someone's voice is yin and yang, muffled, male.
There was a wha in his ears, something was withdrawn from his eyes, and the sudden influx of light pierced Yan Li's eyes, and it took a long time to gradually get used to it.
Yan Liwu remembered that he was in the warehouse of the Drunken Wind and Snow Moon Building before he passed out, but at this time he was in a wood, and it seemed that he had been asleep for a while. Stopping the panic and looking carefully, there was a middle-aged man with a cold face standing directly opposite, and there were three people behind him, all dressed in navy blue suits, with different styles of weapons pinned to their waists, obviously not good at stubble.
"Who are you? What are the intentions? Yan Li moved his wrist worriedly, and was unexpectedly tied tightly, so he simply gave up the struggle and looked up at the middle-aged man.
"The prince is really a noble man who forgets things, in the past, the prince and my prince used to communicate back and forth, and I Yan Tie Dart ran errands, why did you ask me who I was? Loaded, right? The man who called himself Yan Tie Dart turned around Yan Liwu twice with his hands, squinted his eyes and sneered, "It was said that the Qinglian King was missing, but I didn't expect to be found by me, and I didn't expect that the self-proclaimed Qinglian King would run to the brothel to hide, if it weren't for the prince of Pingxi who happened to bump into it, I might not have been able to get this credit!" ”
The prince of Pingxi? It's the boy who came to make trouble a few days ago and suddenly ran away, right? Yan Liwu really had no problem with the face of the Qinglian King, who was recognized everywhere he went, and raised his head helplessly: "If I say that I am not the Qinglian King, you will definitely not believe it." That's fine, you just say what you want, if it is I can give you a guarantee that you will not leave anything behind. ”
"Good! I just like the refreshment of the prince! Yan Tiedart praised hypocritically, suddenly lowered his body and leaned closer to his worries, and suddenly lowered his voice, "Since the prince has something to say first, then please hand over the roster quickly, so that you can suffer less flesh and skin." ”
Words are away from worry, and the hidden worries in my heart have become a reality.
Just now, she was wondering if Yan Tiedart's gang also came for the roster, and sure enough, she moved her mind and Yan Tiedart explained her intention. Yan Liwu was very curious about how influential that roster was, so big that everyone from Wen Moqing to the master behind Yan Tiedart wanted to snatch him, or ......
Will the "Lord of My Family" mentioned in Yan Tie's mouth be someone related to Wen Moqing?
"Why did the prince hesitate now? If I don't hand over the roster obediently, I can only use some local methods to get the prince to speak. Yan Tiedart's sneering expression changed, yin and fierce, and the tip of the dagger more than a foot long was close to Yan Liwu's chest.
"The roster is not in my hands, didn't you check it all when you bloodbathed the Qinglian Palace?"
Yan Tiedart was stunned for a moment: "What does the bloody Qinglian Palace have to do with me?" Don't play tricks, quickly tell where the roster is, otherwise you will look good! ”
Unconvincing words naturally won't make Yan Tiedart believe it, and Yan Liwu didn't expect him to let her go because of this, but Yan Liwu finally had a spectrum in his heart - Yan Tiedart and his gang should have nothing to do with Wen Moqing, but belong to a third-party force and have a close relationship with Qinglian Wang.
The dagger moved all the way up along Yan Liwu's chest, the cold metal peculiar to the white cheeks stopped, Yan Tie Dart raised the corners of his mouth obliquely, and his gaze wandered unscrupulously on Yan Liwu's body.