Seventeen shook his head: "Back to the master, he insisted that he didn't know anything. Do you need your subordinates to pry his mouth open? ”

Murong Chu lowered his eyes slightly and pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Don't torture him yet, think of another way to let him say it." Send more people to various places outside the city, and temporarily obey Mu Gongzi's arrangement, and don't make a noise to the outside world. ”

"Subordinates obey." Seventeen clenched his fists and retreated.

Murong Chu turned his head to look at Mu Qingyun, and wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth but didn't say anything, and walked away with a flick of his robe sleeves. Mu Qingyun looked at his back and shook his head helplessly, and sighed: "The thousand-year-old iron tree has finally bloomed, but it has such twists and turns. ”

In the evening, Mo Li's carriage had already crossed Jingyang and arrived at the next small county town. Wu Sanqing directly parked the carriage at the door of an inn, and Ma Licheng, who had arranged accommodation in advance, was already standing at the door waiting for them.

Mo Li got out of the carriage, rubbed his stiff waist, raised his eyes to look at the inn that was not too big, and asked Yu Mingxi in a low voice, "Is it safe for us to live here?" ”

"Don't worry, Uncle Cheng has already arranged it." Yu Mingxi said as he raised his feet and entered the inn, Mo Li was still not very relieved, but he could only follow in.

Wu Sanqing handed over the carriage and Deng Yizhen's horse to the guys at the inn, and the five of them went to the small cross-courtyard on the west side under Ma Licheng's charter.

The courtyard is not big, there are only three rooms in total, and Mo Li stood in the courtyard, hesitating and not knowing which one he should go to. Yu Mingxi pointed to the door in the middle and said, "You live here, Uncle Cheng and I live on the left, and Brother Zhen and Sanqing live on the right."

Mo Li threw a grateful smile and went straight into the middle room. In line with the cross-courtyard specifications, the room is also very small, except for a wooden bed and a set of tables and chairs, there are no other furnishings.

On the small square table, there was a teapot and a few tea bowls placed in the warm kiln, Mo Li reached out and touched it, the pot was a little hot, obviously the tea they had just made before they arrived.

took a tea bowl and poured a cup of tea, and before he could drink it, he heard someone knock on the door, and Wu Sanqing's voice came from outside: "Young Master Cousin, you can go to the front to eat." Mo Li replied casually, and from this "Young Master Cousin", he knew that Yu Mingxi had already explained it to them.

When I came to the dining hall in front, there were four people there, and the food was already on the table. Seeing Mo Li coming in, Yu Mingxi pointed to the position beside him: "Moxi, come and sit." ”

Mo Li sat beside Yu Mingxi with kindness, the food on the table was very simple, two meat and four vegetarian dishes, a big bowl of green vegetable and egg drop soup, and a large plate of white flour steamed buns, and he didn't ask for wine. Several people did not speak, and ate silently.

Wu Sanqing served a bowl of soup to each person, and when he put it in front of Mo Li, before she could thank her, she heard a noise outside. Mo Li's body stiffened instantly, because she heard someone ask the shopkeeper if he had seen the young man in the portrait.

The shopkeeper replied no, and the people who came had to look around, and before the shopkeeper refused, the sound of chaotic footsteps came. Mo Li became even more nervous, and a slight sweat oozed from her forehead. Yu Mingxi gently patted her arm twice, giving her a reassuring look.

Three men dressed in casual clothes then entered the dining hall, and only their table of guests were eating in the dining room, so the three men naturally went straight to them. The shopkeeper couldn't stop it if he wanted to, so he could only take his buddies to follow behind and babble: "A few masters, you will affect the business like this." ”

Yu Mingxi tilted his head slightly and showed a gentle smile at the visitor: "Is there anything wrong with the people?" ”

A square-faced man who seemed to be the leader hugged his fists and said, "We're going to find someone to disturb you." ”

With that, the three of them looked at the five of them one by one. Mo Li turned his back to the door and didn't look back, and the square-faced man walked up to her side and said, "Trouble this little brother to turn around." ”

Mo Li was helpless, so she had to turn her head and show a harmless smile. When the square-faced man saw Mo Li's face, his expression was obviously a little disappointed. But he still took the portrait in the other person's hand and compared it for a while, and then said to a few people: "I'm sorry to disturb your meal, you continue." He turned to the shopkeeper and the man behind him and asked, "What about the other guests?" ”

"There is also a master and a servant, who seem to be merchants, who went out at noon today and have not yet returned." The shopkeeper frowned and replied, "There are still a few guests who have already settled out and left this morning. ”

The square-faced man nodded, and stuffed a piece of broken silver to the shopkeeper: "If you see the person we are looking for, try to keep him, and send a man to Chen Ji Mixing in the east of the city to say something." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly responded, hugged Mo Li and the others, said "sorry", and walked out with three men.

Mo Li finally breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his eyes to meet Yu Mingxi's inquiring gaze: "It seems that your background is really not small." The voice was very low, but it was enough for Mo Li to hear clearly, she lowered her eyes and did not make a sound, and continued to nibble on the steamed buns in her hand.

After eating, several people went back to the small cross courtyard together, Yu Mingxi did not go back to his and Ma Licheng's room, but followed Mo Li to her room.

Mo Li poured a cup of tea a little crampedly and put it in front of Yu Mingxi, who was sitting at the small square table with Erlang's legs crossed, sat down opposite him, sighed and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it, if you don't want to continue to help me, then I'll go by myself." I don't want any of the two hundred taels of silver, as long as you don't hand me over. ”

Yu Mingxi took a sip of tea, rubbed his fingers on the cup, and said with a smile: "If I don't want to help you, I won't take your business." ”

Mo Li was a little confused, so a pair of clear eyes looked over with questions.

The smile on Yu Mingxi's face became even stronger: "It seems that you are really a simple little girl." You think a few words can fool us? ”

"You...... You...... When did you find out? Mo Li's eyes widened, stammering at the point where she didn't know what to say.

"I think what kind of woman Yu Mingxi has not seen when I go south and north, can't I tell a male and female. You'll know when I see you the first time. Yu Mingxi put down the cup in his hand, "But don't be nervous, I won't hurt you." The good father also has a little friendship with the late Ding'an Taishou Li. ”

"Taishou?" Mo Li was shocked, it seemed that she was really too careless, she didn't think that Yu Mingxi would investigate herself, but fortunately, she knew that the former Ding'an Taishou was surnamed Li, and it seemed that the name she made up at random was still crooked.

"If you're really a son who wants to run away from marriage, I don't bother to care about you. At that time, I saw a little girl, who was so anxious to leave Ding'an, and made up such a set of rhetoric, which I thought was interesting and agreed to you casually. Later, when I saw you go back to the Taishou Mansion, I thought that you said that your surname was Li, so I guessed that you were a family member of Lord Li. Now that there is no one else in Taishoufu, it is normal for you to want to leave, so I decided to really help you. Yu Mingxi shrugged, "But now it seems that things are not so simple. Can you tell me who you really are? ”