Two big things happened the next day.

One of them: Yuan Fang of Jingzhao Mansion led a large number of people to raid a secret prostitute in Jiuqu Lane, and the woman who was arrested took a long hemp rope and walked on Zhuque Street, attracting countless passers-by to watch.

One more thing: there are ronins making trouble in Qiongxian Tower, killing and injuring several people.

These two events happened so quickly that people were caught off guard.

At that time, Lu Anran was still 'fighting' with the old cat, and when he heard that the secret prostitute was investigated, the old cat was a little surprised, and then laughed at himself, "It seems that they are looking for me." ”

He brushed the hair from his mouth, looked up and said, "You don't hand me over to Jingzhao Mansion?" ”

Jingzhao Mansion dispatched, indicating that the imperial court had intervened, which showed that this case was indeed not simple, it stands to reason that Lu Anran should hand over the old cat anyway, and it was most appropriate for Jingzhao Mansion to investigate, but she remembered what Yunqi said before leaving.

He said—

"I trust you."

Lu Anran pressed her fingertips, she knew that the emperor had sent Yunqi to the southwest to investigate the case in the first step, and after she publicized it in the last step, she understood that Yunqi might just be the bait that the emperor spilled.

Furthermore, there may be a behind-the-scenes mastermind in the imperial court.

Lu Anran couldn't hand over the old cat.

She only went through these things in her mind, and she didn't need to explain them to the old cat, after thinking about it, Lu Anran said: "You are involved in this matter for Jiang Chao, if I tell you where Jiang Chao is, do you have anything equivalent that can be exchanged." ”

Maybe it's intuition, although the old cat has said a lot, Lu Anran thinks he can't say enough.

People like old cats, they grew up in the neighborhood since they were children, and then they mixed like a fish in water, developed a cunning character of a philistine, and will not simply be gullible to others.

The old cat's pupils shrank: "You know? No, by no means. It was from his mouth that Lu Anran learned that Jiang Chao was a person, and in just one or two days, where did she find Jiang Chao.

"You don't have to lie to me, I have nothing to exchange with you."

Lu Anran's eyes fell motionlessly on him, dark and dark, with a slight starlight, like the ancient universe, empty and vast without boundaries, and full of mysteries.

"He had a wound in his left rib, a scar from many years ago." She didn't argue and said lightly.

The old cat's eyes widened with shock, and he clutched a handful of straw on the ground, "Where is he?" ”

Lu Anran looked at him silently, the old cat saw the persistence in her eyes, and after struggling, she made up her mind and said, "Qian Mo is here with me." ”

Seeing that Lu Anran was going to ask something, the old cat raised his hand to stop it, "How to get the money model is my means, I will only tell you one thing." ”

In the gloomy firewood room, the old cat sat on the ground by the window, his hair covering half of his face, and the exposed places were also half-bright and half-dark because of the alternating light, "Counterfeit coins are all made in the capital, not the so-called southwest, none of you can think of it." ”

It's just that the southwest is remote, and it has become the first place for them to sell stolen goods.

"But why Southwest?" The old cat seemed to be talking to himself.

The southwest terrain is high, the hills are vertical and horizontal, the loess is high, there are many mountain thieves, easy to hide and difficult to suppress.

There are mountains all over there, just hide in a mountain, in a certain cave, not to mention that the government sent troops to exterminate it, even the shadow of a person can't be touched.

It is also for this reason that when the previous dynasty was overturned, a group of supporters of imperial power fled to the southwest, and were killed on the way.

Lu Anran's eyebrows moved, the thieves and bandits were entrenched overnight, and they had never heard of hoarding grain and buying weapons in a big way.

They know the bottom line of the court's tolerance, and now that they are harming one side, the court will occasionally send troops to stop it, but as soon as they retreat, it is impossible for the government to spend a lot of time with them.

But once the court finds out that you have the intention of rebellion, not to mention how deep you hide, even if you surround the mountain, it will consume you to death, and you will do everything you can to catch you out.

The bandits are not stupid, they don't want to die, and of course they won't touch the bottom line of the court.

"They knew that Qian Mo had fallen into my hands, and they thought that I had taken Qian Mo to the southwest, but in fact, I had been in the royal capital from beginning to end."

Even Lu Anran had to admire the old cat's strategy and courage, "Your friend is not just as simple as escaping to the southwest. ”

"I asked him to go to the southwest in my form, and by the way, I made an appointment with a few 'former ministers' to discuss business." The old cat raised his head sideways, and a sarcastic smile appeared at the end of his eyes, he was really as cunning as a cat at this time, "You should have thought of it, there is a hand in this matter." ”

With the Xia Wu Dynasty in mind, he tried in vain to disturb the southwest, and took the opportunity to rise up, not for the loyalty of the whole loyal monarch, but for the power that once stood at the top.

Lu Anran narrowed his eyes: "You want to scam the person behind it?" ”

"Not bad."

"But since they have been plotting for so long, how can they rashly believe in a person."

The old cat shook his head, "It doesn't matter if they trust it or not, what matters is: 10,000 taels of real silver to buy 1 million taels of fake money, what an attractive transaction." ”

And, "Don't forget, the money mold is in my hands." ”

Lu Anran took a breath, he never expected that this case would not only involve someone within the imperial court, but also have something to do with the old city of the previous dynasty, and the old cat's behavior of playing with fire like this directly added a handful of firewood to it, so he was afraid that it would not burn.

At the same time, she also deeply realized one thing - Yunqi who went to the southwest to arrest people was dangerous.

"Where is Jiang Chao?" The old cat let go of his crossed legs and stood up a little bit, his hair was messy, covering half of his eyebrows, and only his eyes were as sharp as a falcon, "How do you know about his old wounds?" ”

Lu Anran retracted his gaze and looked away, "I'm a puppet and I've examined his body." ”

"He's dead?!" The old cat shook his head to himself, "How come, won't ......" He hugged his head, his mind was blank, only Jiang Chao died a few words swirling in it.

"More than a year ago, he died." Before exiting the firewood room, he said to him: "The body has been placed in the criminal department. ”

Chunmiao locked the door and followed behind Lu Anran, "Miss, the male corpse at the bottom of the lake who lives in Ya is really an old cat brother?" ”

Lu Anran nodded: "Hmm." ”

"How could it be such a coincidence?" Chunmiao is staggered.

Lu Anran said: "Originally, there were eight or nine points of certainty, until I said just now that Jiang Chao's ribs were injured, and then I confirmed it from the old cat." ”

She wasn't very sure, but she just took it and found out, and sure enough, she gained something.

Wufang came back from outside, and Lu Anran asked, "How?" ”

"The owner of Qiongxian Lou died on the spot, and the old bustard and a few thugs were seriously injured and couldn't survive, and a few girls were injured." Hearing that there was an accident in Qiongxian Building, Lu Anran immediately let Wufang run away, "The scarlet girl is fine, the girl next to her fell and was trampled on, but it was fine." ”

Lu Anran nodded, whether it was an accident or not, she knew that Scarlet Smoke was safe now.

"Miss, as soon as the woman who secretly prostitutes was imprisoned in Jingzhao Mansion, Lord Yuan began to interrogate them one by one." Wufang turned out of Qiongxian Tower, and by the way, he also went to Jingzhao Mansion to explore the situation.

Lu Anran understood that she had caught the old cat for the time being, but she would soon find out that the old cat was here, "When it gets dark, take the old cat up the mountain and temporarily lock it up in the medical identification sect." ”

There are only three people in the entire medical discernment sect from top to bottom, and the two of them are wandering outside, so it has become Lu Anran's territory alone, and others usually dare not come.

Wu Fang said: "Although the medical discernment sect is hidden, there are many people in the Jixia Palace, so it is safer to put it in another place." ”

"Where?"

"Ya Leisure."

A hint of surprise flashed in Lu Anran's eyes, "The master behind Ya's idle residence is Yunqi?" Then he said with confusion, "If you don't say it, no one will know." ”

Wufang was silent for a moment and said, "The prince once said that his subordinates know everything about Miss. ”

This time, Lu Anran was silent.

Back in the room, Lu Anran took a pen and wrote a line of words and handed it to Wufang, "I'm going to let you do a dangerous thing." ”

—

As the sun sets, and to the sound of drums, a horse gallops along, a cloud of dust kicks up under its feet, and gradually disappears into its sight as the city gate slowly closes.

Lu Anran stood in front of the window of the Bafang Tea House, and did not turn around and sit down until he could not see.

"There's something very strange." This time, the person who accompanied her was Lu Taotao, and she threw a handful of broad beans into her mouth and bit them rattling, "I obviously want to harm you, why do I have to protect you now?" ”

Lu Anran was still thinking that he had no way to go, and he would be in danger along the way, but only by attracting all the attention in the royal capital could he give Yunqi time to deal with the people in the southwest.

Lu Taotao put his head on the table and slammed, "But I'm so pitiful, I'm poisoned, I'm going to die without an antidote." She raised her head and tilted her head, "Little sister, have you given me an antidote these days?" ”

"Eat."

"Oh."

After a while, Lu Taotao said again: "I have a question. ”

"Hold on."

"No, it's not." Lu Taotao supported the table with one hand, and the whole person jumped directly to the opposite side, squatting in front of Lu Anran and grinning: "Young lady, are you a little stupid, you have got that kind of fake money, let's keep it and study it secretly, it's not a big deal, it's a big move, what are you going to do in the southwest, it's not for Yunqi to hand it over when the time comes." ”

Lu Taotao's eyes rolled, "Huh? Sooner or later, it will be handed over to the government, and let Wufang send it to the southwest, are you stupid or is she stupid? ”

Lu Anran is not stupid, because the address given to Wufang is fake, and the money model is also fake.

The old cat refused to tell the whereabouts of the money mold no matter what, Lu Anran deliberately asked Wufang to make it look like he was taking things, and then left the royal capital overnight, just to make people believe that she really had a money mold in her hands.

There are a lot of vendors under the Bafang Teahouse, sachet jewelry, calligraphy, painting, brush and ink, and all kinds of indispensable snack gadgets.

Walking in front of an uncle carrying a sugar gourd, Lu Taotao bumped Lu Anran with his shoulder, flashing his big eyes, "I want to eat." ”

Lu Anran was already immune to someone's pretending to be coquettish, and wanted to pretend that he didn't see it, Lu Taotao smiled shamelessly and said, "Protection money." ”

After a while, the rich man of the big injustice bought another scallion pancake, two bags of candied fruit, and three bags of peanuts and melon seeds.

Until the corner, when no vendors finally appeared again, Lu Anran breathed a sigh of relief and passed by a woman holding a baby.

Lu Taotao bit the sugar gourd and tilted his head, his eyes instantly narrowed, and he pulled Lu Anran tightly.

However, in the next moment, there was still a blood line drawn out of the air, and Lu Anran felt a tingling pain in his arm when he patted it slowly.