"Oh?"

Gu Panxi and Shi Feiqing glanced at each other, and they both saw a strong interest in each other's eyes.

This is wonderful, since this Jiawen dares to insist that these people are not ordinary bandits, there must be something inside them.

Sure enough, as soon as Jiawen's words came out, the other Qinglou women changed their faces. Especially with Hongliu, she turned around in a panic and whispered a few words to Jiawen, but Jiawen shook his head stubbornly and said: "Sister, although you and I are Qinglou women and are despised by others, we can't despise ourselves." If we can't be open and honest in the face of our life-saving benefactor, then how can we stand between heaven and earth? ”

It was an inspiring statement.

Gu Panxi groaned slightly, feeling that he wanted to reassure these Qinglou women, so he opened his mouth and promised: "Ladies and gentlemen, please rest assured, what you say today, Mrs. Ben promises, it will never be spread outside." ”

Hongliu listened, and although the embarrassment on his face decreased slightly, it did not completely fade. Her eyes couldn't help but slant to the left, Gu Panxi followed her line of sight, and found that what she was looking at were the two bandits at the feet of Liu Qingyan and Mu Wanwan.

Oh~ but a man who walks on thin ice.

Gu Panxi couldn't help but admire this Qinglou woman named Hongliu a little, she turned around and glanced at Liu Qingyan and Mu Wanwan, the two of them understood, and they shot a hand knife together to knock the bandit under their feet unconscious.

"In that case, you can rest assured, right?"

Seeing Gu Panxi's bright smile and acting so resolutely, Hongliu's heart suddenly struck, and she felt a little scared.

Jiawen's attitude was diametrically opposite, she had a good impression of Gu Panxi, blessed a blessing, and said, "Thank you Madame for your understanding." In fact, the reason why Jiawen thinks that this group of people is not an ordinary bandit who loots for a living is because their behavior is strange. ”

Gu Panxi narrowed his eyes, "What's wrong?" ”

Jiawen bowed down and responded: "After these people get on the boat, they don't care about their property, they just arrest people." ”

"Huh?"

Gu Panxi thought about it, looked at Jiawen again, and said a little embarrassed: "This, it doesn't seem strange, right?" ”

The voice outside the words is that the woman in the Qinglou herself is a valuable property.

Jiawen understood what Gu Panxi meant, and first thanked Gu Panxi politely: "Thank you, Mrs., for still taking care of the faces of us Qinglou women, and trying not to say ugly words as much as possible." ”

Then he straightened his waist and insisted on his opinion: "It's just madam, if these bandits really want to take Jiawen and his sisters away as wealth, why don't they just care about arresting people and not just looting the gold and silver?" ”

That's a doubt.

If these people are really a group of bandits who loot for a living, then they must only be too little, not too much, for valuable property, and it is indeed strange that they do not loot property. You must know that when Gu Panxi was a criminal police officer in his previous life, he encountered many examples of intentional homicide or passion killing, and deliberately took away the victim's property in order to fake it as robbery and murder to clear suspicion. Attitude towards property is an important basis for judging motives.

But Gu Panxi is not such an easily impressed person, she is thoughtful and logical, so she will naturally not be easily persuaded by such a doubt.

"What else?" Gu Panxi pinched his earlobe, "What other doubts can support your inference?" ”

Jiawen said categorically: "There is. Madame, may as well send your subordinate......"

"They are not Mrs. Ben's subordinates, they are Mrs. Ben's subordinates and friends."

Is there any difference between a subordinate and a subordinate?

Jiawen was slightly stunned, but seeing Gu Panxi's serious expression, he changed his words according to her words:

"It's Jiawen's mistake. If you don't mind, Madame, you may wish to ask your subordinates or friends to see where the family on our ship has gone. ”

Gu Panxi glanced at Zhao Zhong, Zhao Zhong went immediately, and came back after the tea time to report: "Madam, the boat family, I don't see you." ”

Gu Panxi narrowed his eyes again.

Jiawen added: "The boatman of our ship, after hovering the boat to this position, the boat that this gang of gangsters was in appeared. Before we could react, the boatman had already jumped into the river, and the gangsters immediately grabbed and looted. Isn't that strange? ”

Gu Panxi tilted his head to the side and said, "This can only mean that the boatman was bought by them." It cannot be proved that they had other intentions. ”

Jiawen nodded and nodded, secretly praising Gu Panxi's clarity, and even more blue-eyed her, and said, "There is a third doubt." ”

"You say."

Gu Panxi put his hands around his chest and waited solemnly. Unconsciously, the atmosphere between her and Jiawen seemed to be unfolding an inquiry back and forth.

Jiawen said: "Jiawen and several sisters are just Qinglou women, with low status and no freedom at all. According to the original date, we should have had lunch tomorrow before leaving Liu Gongzi's mansion. But because something unexpected happened, we decided to leave on the spur of the moment.

The reason why he was able to get out was that Jiawen took advantage of Liu Gongzi's coveting heart for Jiawen, and he reluctantly won such an opportunity. These gangsters, however, were able to catch up with our ships in such a sudden situation, and there is no doubt that they have been keeping an eye on them. Madam, do you think that it is just a group of Qinglou women, is it worth the hard work and trouble of these gangsters? ”

Gu Panxi looked at Jiawen, grinned, and asked, "Mrs. Ben is telling you the truth, for your sake, Mrs. Ben thinks it's worth it." ”

Jiawen's heart tightened, and he immediately blessed Gu Panxi, and replied: "Thank you Madame for your love." As Mrs. said, even if Jiawen speaks loudly, he must say that this incident is probably committed by these gangsters against Jiawen in a premeditated manner. However, their purpose is not to kidnap Jiawen and sell it for money, let alone loot property, but to pretend to be kidnappers and imprison Jiawen, so that the entire Yanyu Building can be in his pocket! ”

"Hey, what?"

Gu Panxi was confused when he heard this, and he couldn't figure out what Jiawen was talking about, and asked: "You are talking too much about this, why do you have no beginning and no end, and suddenly you came out and pocketed Yanyulou?" ”

Jiawen didn't answer Gu Panxi's question directly, but glanced at Mu Wanwan and said, "If Jiawen is not mistaken, this friend of Mrs. should be Miss Mu of the Deciduous Sect who has a relationship with many girls in Jinling, right?" ”

Hearing Jiawen say this, everyone's eyes were cast on Mu Wanwan.

Mu Wanwan spread her hands nonchalantly and said, "I didn't expect the girl to recognize me." ”

"Who in Jinling doesn't know Miss Mu?"

Jiawen smiled bitterly.

It seems that Mu Wanwan's efforts to pretend to be a mirror grinder in the past ten years have not been in vain, but when she encounters such a group of Qinglou women in Yanyulou, she can be recognized by Jiawen at a glance, and it seems that she has indeed won the name of Qinglou Bo Xing.

Shi Feiqing quietly took Gu Panxi's hand, pulled her farther away, and then took a step forward, separating her from Mu Wanwan.

Jiawen continued: "Madame doesn't know what Jiawen is talking about, but Miss Mu should understand." ”

Gu Panxi turned his head to look at Mu Wanwan, and said strangely: "Wanwan, do you understand?" ”

Mu Wanwan was stunned for a moment, then fell into deep thought, and after a while, he raised his head and said, "Could it be that Yanyulou participated in this year's Hundred Flowers Banquet?"

”

Jiawen bowed his head slightly and said, "Miss Mu really deserves to be a famous ...... in our Jinling."

"Alright, alright, stop. That's not a boastful girl! Mu Wanwan glanced at Jiawen and hurriedly stopped her words.

"Hundred Flowers Banquet?"

Gu Panxi whispered the word again, which was even more strange, but he could vaguely guess that this was a grand gathering for a group of Qinglou to choose their own oirans.

There is no doubt that with Jiawen's appearance and temperament, she must be the Oiran of Yanyulou. It's just that what kind of bet is this, what's going on?

Gu Panxi was still staring at Mu Wanwan, obviously asking her to give an answer. Mu Wanwan coughed dryly twice and said: "This Hundred Flowers Banquet is a grand event in which all the Qinglou in Jinling will send out their own Oiran to compete for beauty and choose the champion of the Oiran." The so-called betting, that is, these Qinglou who participated in the Hundred Flowers Banquet can use their own signboards as bets to bet against their opponents, as long as their own Oiran won the crown of the Oiran champion in the Hundred Flowers Banquet, they can take down the opponent's signboard. ”

Removing the signboard should mean that the entire green building has been pocketed.

Hehe, that's a lot of fun.

Gu Panxi couldn't help but grin.

If Jiawen said the doubts before, there were just traces to follow, but when Gu Panxi heard the Hundred Flowers Banquet and the bet, she began to believe Jiawen's inference. With Jiawen's national color and fragrance, the opponent may not have much chance of winning, and only by letting Jiawen disappear can there be a turnaround.

"Just ......"

Gu Panxi pinched her earlobe again and asked, "Miss Jiawen, what you said, Mrs. Ben basically understands." But if it's really as you said, these gangsters are sent by your opponent who is betting against Yanyulou and wants to get rid of you, why don't they just kill you, but go to great lengths to kidnap you? ”

Gu Panxi's question was to the point. When Jiawen and Hongliu heard this, they couldn't help but be frightened, and felt that if this was the case, it would be too terrifying.

Jiawen smiled bitterly for a moment and replied: "Don't you know that we Qinglou women are all sold to Qinglou, not to individuals?" If Yanyulou really loses in the gambling and wants to give it away, Jiawen's deed of sale will naturally be transferred to the opponent's hand. When the time comes, the other family only needs to put on a big drama and pretend to redeem Jiawen from the kidnappers...... Then, Jiawen can only make cattle and horses for them. ”

"I see. This is indeed a good calculation. ”

Gu Panxi nodded, feeling that this Jiawen was also a little not simple, after experiencing what had just happened, instead of panicking, he calmly thought about the ins and outs of the matter.

This is a clever man.

Gu Panxi secretly praised Jiawen, and another thought suddenly came to his heart.

If there was such a clever person, working with Mu Wanwan for her intelligence base, wouldn't it be like a tiger with wings?

This thought suddenly ignited Gu Panxi's desire, and her attitude towards this trip to Jiangnan suddenly became full of interest.

Gu Panxi grabbed Jiawen's hand and asked, "Miss Jiawen, when will this Hundred Flowers Banquet be held?" ”

Just by looking at Gu Panxi's shining eyes, Jia Wen could feel her enthusiasm suddenly surge, and for a moment, she was a little overwhelmed, and replied truthfully: "In five days." ”

Five days later. Gu Panxi and they took the waterway to reach Jinling, and it took a day to travel (a day and a half faster than the land route). In other words, the Hundred Flowers Banquet was held four days after Gu Panxi and Shi Feiqing and his entourage arrived in Jinling.

"Wonderful! It's said that it's better to come early than to come by chance, Miss Jiawen, if you don't mind, please come with us! ”

(End of chapter)