"Now, we have to find out who is the person who is with Ma Xiucai first, so that we can know where Ma Xiucai was taken by him?"

"Your Majesty, the servant will go to the shopkeeper again, and ask him to tell the characteristics of the person who paid the money for Ma Xiucai, and the servant will draw a portrait of that person, and then go to find someone. ”

"Okay! Xingde, you go to the shopkeeper's portrait, and after the painting is completed, hand it over to the Li guard, and ask him and Liu Gongzi to find someone. Kangxi said and assigned tasks to Nalan Rongruo and Li Hengyao.

The two of them received the order, and Nalan Rongruo first went down to find the portrait of the shopkeeper and adjusted it several times. Finally, with the confirmation of the shopkeeper, the portrait of the suspect was drawn.

Li Hengyao got the portrait to find Yu Niang, and the two took the portrait overnight to find someone to compare in Yizhou City.

After a day and a night, I found a person who said he had seen the person on the portrait. This man was a poor scholar selling paintings in Yizhou City.

When Yu Niang asked him with this portrait, he recalled the process of meeting him that day:

This person should be a scholar, at that time, Xiaosheng was selling calligraphy and paintings on the street, looking at the clothes should not be bad, holding a folding fan in his hand, looking graceful.

When I came to the villain's booth, I turned over all the calligraphy and paintings, and I thought the villain's calligraphy and paintings were not good. He also mocked: "Are you embarrassed to sell these calligraphy and paintings?"

The villain was embarrassed by what he said. In fact, the villain can't help it, the family can't afford to buy paper and pencil and can't practice painting, so he usually practices on the sand.

Later, when the family was in real difficulty, the villain took out the paper left by his father and painted it, hoping to sell some silver to prepare for this winter.

didn't think about it, he was devalued by the son, and the calligraphy and paintings were not sold, and the villain was very angry at that time and quarreled with him.

"Then where did that person go?" asked Yu Niang.

"The villain's calligraphy and paintings were not sold, and he quarreled with the guests, and then no one came to buy the calligraphy and paintings.

However, strange things happened, and the guest came back later, and bought a pair of calligraphy and paintings of the villain, as if he was in a good mood, and left without asking for the money he had given him.

Later, the villain didn't know where he went. Oh! I remembered, he came out of the Bright Moon Tower. and laughed with one of the girls. ”

Yu Niang and Li Hengyao glanced at each other, Li Hengyao took out two taels of silver from his arms and handed them to the scholar and said, "Thank you!"

The scholar refused to do so, shook his head and left. Li Hengyao stepped forward and quietly put the silver into the scholar's painting bucket.

Then, he walked into the Mingyue Tower with Yu Niang.

Yu Niang was trained as a thin horse in her previous life, and before she was sent out, she also sang and danced to people.

I feel very sympathetic to these people who have fallen into the dust, and I have a feeling of sympathy.

So after entering the Mingyue Tower, I saw the masked woman dancing on the stage, and stared at it for a while, with sympathy in my eyes.

The mother in the building thought that she was interested in dancing women, covered her mouth and snickered: "Alas! Another son who was attracted by our Ruyue, some time ago there was a son who did not hesitate to throw a thousand taels of silver, just to see the true face of Ruyue once."

If this little boy really likes my family Ruyue, he can throw flowers for her. A bunch only costs ten taels.

Whoever votes for more flowers, we will choose whoever is like the moon. When the time comes, it is not a problem to spend a good night together. ”

Yu Niang and Li Hengyao were surprised when they heard that someone had smashed a thousand taels of silver, just to see the moon. The two glanced at each other, and Yu Niang asked, "Mom, I don't know who is the person who threw so much silver?"

"Yo! Look at what you said, our Mingyue Building is open to welcome guests, and we only recognize silver and not people. Mom only knows, this silver...... They all came out of the government. Hahaha......"

Yu Niang saw that her mother and mother were talking about him, but she didn't answer positively, and she didn't plan to ask again, so she said to her: "Mom, when Miss Ruyue finishes dancing, let her come and sing us two songs." ”

"Childe, it's no problem to sing this little song. However, this silver ......," said his mother, who also made a gesture to collect the money.

Seeing this, Li Hengyao took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, took out two of them and put them in his mother's hand, and his mother immediately put away the silver with a smile and said, "Son, wait a minute! Mom will go and call Ruyue to come over to accompany the two sons." ”

Seeing her mother leave with a smile, Yu Niang asked Li Hengyao curiously: "Brother Li, how much silver did you give your mother just now?" to make her so happy. ”

Li Hengyao stretched out a finger, Yu Niang thought it was one hundred taels, nodded and said, "One hundred taels is not much, the girls in the Qinglou are very pitiful, give them more and they can live better." ”

"It's a thousand taels. Li Hengyao shook his head at Yu Niang and said.

"Poof! a thousand taels?" Yu Niang just took a sip of tea, and was shocked by what Li Hengyao said, but fortunately, there was a table in the middle.

Yu Niang hurriedly apologized to Li Hengyao, and asked someone to put the table away, before whispering to him: "One thousand taels, isn't it too much?"

"Don't worry, before I went out, the young master gave me 20,000 taels of silver tickets for me to spend as I please. ”

"Sure enough, it's the second ancestor, and he's quite good at eating, drinking, and having fun. Little brother is willing to bow down!"

Regarding Yu Niang's words, Li Hengyao disagreed: "Don't say that about my young master, our third young master is not what you think? ”

"Yes, your third young master is very powerful. Well, it's a lot of money. ”

Li Hengyao wanted Yu Niang to change his opinion of Kangxi, but he couldn't reveal Kangxi's identity, so he could only drink tea there depressed. Fortunately, Ruyue's arrival rescued Li Hengyao.

Ruyue covered her face, walked in with a piano in her arms, saluted the two of them first, and then asked, "I don't know what music the two sons want to hear?"

Yu Niang had been a courtesan herself in her previous life, so she didn't care about what kind of song she had at all, and said to Li Hengyao: "You can order the money you gave out!"

Li Hengyao is a guard, he has either studied or practiced martial arts since he was a child, and it was very difficult for him to order, so he said: "You can sing two songs you like!"

"Yes, the slave family will sing a water marriage song to the two sons!" Ruyue sat down and began to play the piano after speaking.

Ruyue's piano skills are superb, and the clouds flow smoothly between her fingers, and Li Hengyao is fascinated by it. Yu Niang also appreciates Ruyue's piano skills.

However, Yu Niang did not forget her purpose of coming to Mingyue Tower, and after playing the song Ruyue, she saw that Li Hengyao was still in a daze.

Yu Niang opened her mouth and praised: "What a beautiful piano sound, Miss Ruyue's piano skills are unmatched, my brother Li is fascinated by what he heard, and he hasn't come back to his senses yet!"

After Ruyue got up and saluted, she replied modestly: "The son has praised it, and the sound of Ruyue's piano is just ear-catching." If the two sons have nothing to do? Ruyue retreated. ”

"Well, don't worry! Come, come over and have a drink! We have two questions for Miss Ruyue. Yu Niang said and poured a glass of wine and placed it in the empty seat next to her.

Ruyue couldn't put it down, so she had to come to the table and sit down. However, the place where Ruyue sat was far away from Yu Niang, but very close to Li Hengyao.

Yu Niang herself is a woman, usually away from men, and naturally closer to women, not to mention these people who can't help themselves. But she forgot that she was wearing men's clothes now.

Ruyue regarded Yu Niang as the same as the disciple she usually met, so she would naturally stay away from her, and compared to Yu Niang, she believed in Li Hengyao more.

Seeing this, Yu Niang shook her head and said, "Miss Ruyue, don't be afraid, I just ask you some questions, and you can leave after answering." ”

Ruyue didn't believe Yu Niang, and sat on the spot and replied, "What's the question?"

"Have you seen this person in the portrait?" asked Yu Niang, who took out the portrait drawn by Nalan Rongruo from her cuffs.

"Yes. ”

"When did you see him? What is his name?

"What are you asking all this for?"

"He went out with a friend of mine, but recently both of them have disappeared and everyone is looking for them. ”

"Oh! Some time ago, it was rumored that he was the one who spent a lot of money, as if his surname was Fang? As for the name, the slave family didn't know? I heard that he was passing by here on his way to Beijing to take the exam. ”

"Did he come back to Beijing to take the exam?"

"I came twice later, and I haven't been back recently. ”

"Do you know where he went?"

"I don't know. I only heard him tell the slave family that he originally had money to redeem the slave family.

Later, he said that the mother in the building was too hateful, and she asked for more silver than before, and she didn't bring enough money on her.

He also said, "Someone is even more hateful, and he told me to wait for him, and said that he would go and get some silver in the next few days."

If the man doesn't know each other, he divulges them out.

But the slave family didn't know what it was. The slave family is also waiting for him, if you find him, please let me know. ”

The clue provided by Ruyue was very important, and the two Yu Niang naturally agreed to her request for help.

Yu Niang connected all the news she got: The students who went to Beijing to take the exam from other places went to Ma Xiucai at the inn, and then took him away and handed him over to someone?

It's just that later the other party didn't talk about integrity, and only half of the silver was given, so that he encountered difficulties when he redeemed Ruyue, so he wanted to go to the other party to get the half back, and then he took Ruyue back to his hometown.

In this way, if Ruyue changes his identity, no one in Yizhou will know him, and people in his hometown will not doubt him.

As for Ma Xiucai's disappearance, he couldn't be found, he went to the inn once, there were so many people there, who would notice him.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, he is still seen, and he is still very impressed.

Now that Fang Xiucai, the key person in Ma Xiucai's disappearance, has been found, as long as Fang Xiucai is found, he can know where Ma Xiucai is.