Spring rain fell again in Lin'an City.

That's three days.

The dripping rain misted the entire Lujiang River, the splashed mist spread, put on a light veil to the river, the oblique wind and drizzle in Lin'an City, the stars are dotted, like the fluff of spring, brushing on the cheeks, slightly itchy and slightly cool.

Su Qi held a big umbrella, the rainwater droplets at the edge were dripping, and he walked from south to north and from west to east along the streets and alleys.

He stood on the bank of the Xinting River and watched for a long time, circled the lake, and walked along a path to the north city, where there are rich and noble families, large and small mansions are lined up one after another, he carefully recorded what he saw, and then passed through the main street of the north city, and went straight to the city gate.

Behind him were two monks from the Spirit Sea Realm, looking at him from afar, not approaching, but refusing to leave half a step.

The guards at the city gate refused his request to go up the city wall, and Su Qi thought for a while and beckoned back.

A general in a black hat walked out of the corner street, he glanced at Su Qi strangely, asked him what he wanted, and then threw a sign to the guard, and looked curiously at the pen and paper in his hand before turning to leave.

The city wall of Lin'an is as high as a hundred zhang, as wide as the streets in the city, Su Qi walked on the side of the city, walked slowly, and went around the city, which took a full day.

When he came down, it was late, the lights in the city were lit, and Su Qi's legs and feet were very sore, but he gained a lot.

He hurried into a carriage shop at the gate of the city, and called a coachman to take him back to the inn in the southern city.

Seeing that it was dark and cold outside, the coachman took a blanket, handed it to Su Qi to cover, and carefully closed the curtain of the carriage before driving towards Nancheng.

"This big brother, do you know what old houses there are in Lin'an City? After walking for a while, Su Qi was bored, opened the curtain, approached the front, and the cool cold wind blew in from the gap, Su Qi shivered, wrapped the blanket tighter, but still sat at the door.

"The guest officer can be careful of catching a cold!" The coachman moved his body, blocking most of the wind, and said, "There are a lot of old houses, there is an Anyuan Street in Beicheng, the old mansion is estimated to be seven or eight hundred years old, and there is also a stone tower in Dongcheng, it is said that this Lin'an City was first built when it was there, and I don't know if it's true or not, anyway, it's in tatters, and no one has gone to that place over the years." ”

The bluestone road was a little slippery, and a large pool of water had accumulated not far ahead, and the coachman shook his whip lightly, and scolded him twice, so that the horse turned a corner and went around the street.

The coachman asked casually, "The guest officer is here to play in my Lin'an?"

"Sort of, what can you recommend?" Su Qi wrapped the blanket around his chin.

"There are many good shops in the south city, and there are many fun in the east city, it depends on whether you bring your family. ”

As he spoke, the coachman laughed again, "Look, officer, you travel alone at night, you don't look like someone at home, why don't you go to the flower building and go around?" It's not far from where you live, guest officer." ”

"I've heard it there. ”

"It's famously tight! The first-class gold caves in the city, like the little son of the Qi family and the eldest son of the Wang family, are all frequent visitors there!" the coachman shook his whip, and his voice was crisp.

"The little son of the Qi family, is that Qi Rujun?"

"Have you heard of it?"

"I've heard that he doesn't have a very good reputation. ”

The coachman was silent for a while, then turned his head to look at Su Qi carefully, seeing that he really didn't look like a local, and then said, "This Qi family is not a good thing! That Qi Rujun has been a gentleman since he was a child, and the Qi family has only one son, how can he not be favored? A few years ago, there was a fatality, saying that he had ruined a woman from a good family, and then the deputy commander of the city came to the door in person and gave some compensation. ”

"The deputy commander of the city...... Wei Jue?"

"Yes, everyone calls him Wei Lao Dog and scolds him for being the dog of the Qi family. ”

Su Qi thought about the drinking man on the second floor of Jiushengzhai that day, and felt a little sad in his heart, and said, "That Wei Jue doesn't look like a bad person." ”

"It's not bad, where do we know these mud legs? It's just that everyone spreads it like this, and that's what we call it. ”

Su Qi remembered what he had just said again, and continued to ask, "You said that the Qi family is not a good thing?"

Not to mention anything else, just last year, there was a restaurant in the city, called Zhilou Zhai, the boss was a foreigner, and his business was booming, and it was said that he could earn one million taels of silver a year! Later, the Qi family saw that their eyes were hot, and they thought of a crime, and threw the boss into prison, and came out again a year later, and the restaurant had already been confiscated and the owner had changed. ”

"What about the eldest daughter of the Qi family?"

"Qi Ru is, this is really not very clear, I heard that the eldest lady of the Qi family was taken away by the immortals since she was a child, and went to the Lingxu Mountain Middle School Immortal Law, it is said that she looks like a fairy, but our old man does not have the luck to take a look, and I don't know how it is compared to the girl in Hualou. ”

"It's two arms and two legs. ”

"Haha, that's what the guest officer said. ”

The spring rain is as slippery as oil, and thousands of drops fall from the sky, and the rain is suddenly heavy.

The coachman sped up his whip, there were no pedestrians on the road, many of the shops along the street had been closed, only some restaurants and green buildings were still lit, and some guys were sitting in front of the door, looking at the heavy rain outside in a daze, seeing Su Qi's car and horse passing by, some people would shout a few words, and some people would not say a word, and they would not even look at the cars and horses a few more times.

After returning to the inn, Su Qi asked the boss for some hot water, ready to scald his feet, and the boss stopped talking to Su Qiduo after Wei Jue came to the door.

Zhao Riyue lay on the table in the room.

Hearing that Su Qi was coming back, he brought a large porcelain bowl with a tight cover as if offering a treasure.

When Su Qi opened it, it was a bowl of shredded chicken noodles, the shredded meat was cut evenly, the soup was rich and pale yellow, and the finely chopped green onions and coriander were spread on the meat, which was very good-looking.

"I've been using spiritual power to heat up!" Zhao Riyue invited credit.

"The spiritual power of the fire attribute is convenience. Su Qi praised it, just as Xiao Er brought hot water up, poured a full basin, put his cold feet in it and scalded it, wiped his hands with a towel, picked up the bowl of noodles, and took a big bite.

"On this day, I starved to death. ”

Su Qi devoured it, and Zhao Riyue smiled.

"How's it going to get you to investigate?" Su Qi asked vaguely.

"I've written it down! I went to ask the old people in the city about the places you explained, and I also listened to your orders, and inquired about the affairs of the Xia Wang and Mu families, it turned out that although Wang Han was the commander of the city guards, he could mobilize less than one-third of the manpower, and most of the real power in the city was in the hands of the Qi family......

The night gradually deepened, and when the water for soaking his feet was cold, after Zhao Riyue went back to sleep, Su Qi took out a large piece of white paper and sketched it carefully, painting everything he saw in his eyes and thought in his heart.