Chapter 29 The Mysterious Woman
Xiao Shumou flashed out from behind the rockery, smiled and walked towards everyone, the women saw Xiao Shumou and were all blessed, Xiao Shumou asked them to go to Fanghuazhai to wait first, and after these women left, Xiao Shumou looked at the man again.
The man's name is Lu Zhongyang, and he is a hot musician in the imperial city recently. I heard that he could attract a hundred birds to sing when he played a song, but the authenticity of it was unknown. Xiao Shumou had just passed by this courtyard, and he happened to see the bird with a champa tied around his neck, but he didn't expect that before he could make a move, the bird was called down by this Lu Gongzi.
"Lu Gongzi used to be able to call birds without stroking the qin, and it seems that the world still praises Gongzi."
Lu Zhongyang was horrified in his heart, hearing that several young ladies of the Xiao family just now called this squinting man to be the third uncle, he must be Xiao Shumou, the third master of the Xiao family. Xiao Shumou has been away all the year round and is extremely mysterious, but he didn't expect his martial arts to be so high that he can completely hide his breath. People say that the Xiao family, a famous family in Wuqi country, is only supported by Xiao Shuyong, who is the prime minister, but now it seems that this is wrong.
Lu Zhongyang took out the square handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Xiao Shumou, and said softly, "Zhongyang's small skills of carving insects are difficult to get into the hall of elegance, but I didn't expect to be ugly in front of Xiao Sanye today." ”
Xiao Shumou took the champa with a smile, read the small words on it, and his displeasure flashed. He put away the champa and said to Lu Zhongyang, "I heard that Lu Gongzi came to the imperial city to find someone?" If you don't dislike it, Xiao is willing to help Lu Gongzi. ”
Lu Zhongyang smiled bitterly and thanked him when he heard this, and then said goodbye to Xiao Shumou and went to Fanghuazhai.
After he left, Xiao Shumou took out a champa from his sleeve and looked at it again, but there was no smile on his smiling face.
Two days later, Xiao Shumou appeared in Fali Temple, and when he saw Monk Xuan, Xiao Shumou pretended to be angry and said, "Why hasn't the murderer who injured my son been found?" ”
Xuan Bai glanced at him, "Let you look in the imperial city, isn't there no clue." ”
Xiao Shumou squinted his eyes and smiled when he heard this, "What about Lingxiao and Feng Ming?" ”
As soon as Xiao Shumou finished asking this, he heard footsteps outside.
Xiao Lingxiao pushed the door and entered, followed by Xiao Fengming and Bao Rong'er.
Xiao Fengming's injuries recovered at an unbelievable pace, and he is now able to move freely. And after Xiao Lingxiao said something heavy to him that day, Xiao Fengming was only depressed for one night, and returned to his original appearance the next day, screaming at Xiao Lingxiao as a sister, so that Xiao Lingxiao had no way to push him further.
His injuries healed, and the hearts of the people were much lowered. The search for the man was progressing very slowly, but neither the demon wolves nor the Six Princes, who had been tracking down the flower thief, could only spin around like headless flies.
It was inconvenient for the demon wolves to enter and exit the imperial city, so they could only entrust Xiao Shumou to find suspicious people. Unexpectedly, within a few days after the news passed, Xiao Shumou came.
Xiao Lingxiao respectfully saluted after seeing Xiao Shumou, and said, "The third uncle has hands and eyes to the sky, it should be good news, right?" ”
"It's still Lingxiao girl who can speak." Xiao Shumou got up with a smile, came to Xiao Fengming's face, grabbed his wrist and signaled the pulse, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Thanks to Xuan's usual likes to collect good things in the royal family, Fengming, you pick the best thing in his hand to eat, don't feel distressed." Take care of your body as soon as possible, so that your father does not worry about you. ”
Xiao Fengming nodded with a smile when he heard this, although Xiao Shumou's words were like a joke, but he felt that there was a half-truth in his words, it was just for expediency, Xiao Fengming called Xiao Shumou a father, but now Xiao Shumou really has a lot of pampering and concern in his eyes when he looks at Xiao Fengming.
Everyone sat down, and Xiao Shumou took out the piece of handkerchief and handed it to Xiao Lingxiao.
Xiao Lingxiao unfolded the champa and took a closer look, and saw that it was written, "The night is long and palpitating, the wind is passing through the grass, the sun and the moon are embracing, do not hesitate to extinguish, and will never hesitate to perceive it, and eliminate future troubles forever." ”
These words are obviously threatening, and they are extremely murderous.
After a few people circulated it, Xiao Shumou said, "This thing is someone who wants to pass it out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, I don't know who the person who spread the news is, but I can guess who that person is going to get rid of the troubles forever......" After that, Xiao Shumou looked at Xiao Lingxiao.
Xiao Lingxiao smiled bitterly and snorted, "The sun and the moon embrace each other, and they will not hesitate to die, the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion who can say such lingering and ruthless words, except for my mother, I can't think of anyone else." ”
Others don't know the true face of the eldest lady, but Xiao Lingxiao knows best.
Five years ago, Xiao Lingxiao happened to pass by the small garden of the Prime Minister's Mansion and heard a sound in the small wooden house where the flowers were stored in the small garden, so she sent her over to take a look. As a result, I bumped into a couple of men and women cheating in the wooden house. Xiao Lingxiao was so frightened that she turned around and ran, which alarmed the man and woman in the cabin. In a panic, Xiao Lingxiao only saw that the woman was the eldest lady, but she didn't see the man clearly.
Xiao Lingxiao didn't tell anyone about the eldest lady's cheating, and then one after another happened, and she didn't have a chance to tell others about it. Now the eldest lady is bent on killing Xiao Lingxiao, precisely because she is afraid that she will tell her about this incident back then.
The sun and the moon embraced each other, not hesitating to extinguish, these two sentences were clearly the eldest lady warning the man, the two of them are now grasshoppers on a rope, one is prosperous, and the other is lost.
"The person who should have received this champa must have been the man who had an affair with the eldest lady in the first place. If my guess is correct, that man is also the flower thief that the Six Princes are tracking, and he is also the person we are looking for who injured Feng Ming. ”
After Xiao Lingxiao said this, she looked at Xiao Shumou. She exposed his brother to his face that he was cuckolded, and Xiao Shumou's face really became ugly.
It's just that the facts are there, and no one can refute anything.
At this time, I heard Xiao Fengming say, "I fought with that man that day, and his martial arts were weird and very powerful. But in the end, I was whipped, and I guess the injury was not light. He may have been hiding in the Prime Minister's Mansion before, but since the eldest lady passed on this champa, it means that he is hiding outside now. Speaking of this, Xiao Fengming asked Xiao Shumou, "Father, how did you get this champa?" ”
Xiao Shumou said that he saw Lu Zhongyang summoning the birds in the courtyard, Xiao Ling Xiaoxiao was curious, she didn't expect that there was such a character in the imperial city, and she secretly wrote down the name of this musician.
The bird flew away, and they couldn't go down the vine to find the man.
After a few people discussed, Xiao Lingxiao asked Xuan to summon all the demon wolves back. Since the eldest lady has no intention of giving up, and is so eager for the man to kill her again, then even if she can't find the other party, the other party must find a way to find her. Xiao Shumou was very worried about this, and definitely returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find the suspicious characters who had existed before and now left the Prime Minister's Mansion.
After he left, Xiao Lingxiao asked Xuan, "Do you know the Wanjin gambling that Wanguanzhuang is going to do recently?" ”
When Xiao Fengming and Bao Rong'er next to them heard this, they immediately said in unison in surprise, "Are you still thinking about this?" ”
Xiao Lingxiao glared at them as a matter of course and said, "Of course!" This is a once-a-year opportunity, and if I miss it this time, where will I get the money? ”
Liao Xuan said to Xiao Lingxiao with a bitter face, "Master, that so-called Wanjin gambling is not a simple gamble, there are always many people who come to participate every year who die here. You're going to participate, it's too dangerous. If the master wants silver, I can give it to you......"
"No way!" Xiao Lingxiao shook her head and said, "It's because this gamble is extraordinary, that I must participate!" ”
At the beginning, Xiao Lingxiao left behind cruel words before leaving the Xiao family, and wanted the old lady and Xiao Shuyong to kneel and ask her to go back, if she wanted to do this, Xiao Lingxiao had to take some risks. What's more, if you want to gain a foothold in this world, how can you not do something that shocks the world? Xiao Lingxiao firmly believes that only by standing on the cusp of the storm can we see deeper and farther.
Li Xuan couldn't stop Xiao Lingxiao when he saw it, so he had to tell everything he knew.
The identity of the owner of Wanguanzhuang is very mysterious, and even Xuan has never seen it. Every year, the owner of Wanguanzhuang only appears on the day of Wanjinhao's gambling, and some people spread rumors that the owner of Wanguanzhuang is a beautiful woman.
"Women?" Xiao Lingxiao exclaimed in surprise.
I didn't expect that in this kind of world of absolute male superiority and inferiority, there are still women who can maintain such a big gambling house.
Although it is just a rumor, since this news appeared, the number of people who come to participate in the Wanjin gambling every year has increased a lot. Among them, there are many children of wealthy families and those who do good deeds on the rivers and lakes. It is said that if you can win the Wanjin Hao bet, you will have the opportunity to kiss Fang Ze......" Speaking of this, Liao Xuan glanced at Xiao Lingxiao with some embarrassment, and said, "So, most of the people who go to participate in the Wanjin Hao gambling are ill-intentioned prodigal sons, master, you should think about it again......"
Xiao Lingxiao did think about it carefully, but the things she considered were completely different from what Xuan was worried about.
At the beginning, Xiao Lingxiao only wanted to participate in the gambling just to get money and fame, but as soon as she heard that the person with such a big family business turned out to be a young woman, Xiao Lingxiao couldn't sit still. She originally thought that in this world, there would be no more women who wanted to be independent and ambitious and had the means to have a modern mind, except for her, a person who had traveled through another world and had modern thoughts, but she didn't expect that someone would have been one step ahead of her and had done a good job.
As the so-called heroes cherish heroes, Xiao Lingxiao was very excited to meet this strange woman when she dreamed back at midnight.
However, a few days later, Xuan, who specifically tried to inquire about Wanjinhao gambling, brought Xiao Lingxiao a cold water splash of news - this year's Wanjinhao gambling post has been posted.
In other words, Xiao Lingxiao couldn't enter the market at all.