Chapter 127: The Frightened Bird
Myutedo is gone!
Instead, it was "Lee Kee Silk Village".
Shen Yun stood outside the unfamiliar shop, as if he was in a different world.
After a slight groan, he lifted his legs and walked away from the silk forging village.
"Little brother, what do you want to see?" immediately an enthusiastic guy greeted him.
Shen Yun tried to inquire: "I remember that this used to be a medicine shop......
I don't want to, the guy changed his face, and waved his hand impatiently: "Miaoshoutang, right? Their owner owes our master a lot of debt, threw down the shop and house, and ran away." β
How is it possible? The Wu family is so wealthy! Moreover, Boss Wu is also very shrewd and is a good hand at doing business. Shen Yun was suspicious in his heart, and he opened his mouth to investigate.
The guy wrinkled his eyebrows and raised his voice: "I said, do you still buy it?"
Suddenly, in the shop, the eyes of other people fell on the two of them.
"Sorry. Shen Yun didn't bother to talk to him, put down the conversation, and turned to leave.
The shopkeeper stepped forward and asked the fellow, "What's the matter?"
"Ask questions, ask questions......" the guy replied angrily.
"What did he ask you about?" asked the shopkeeper.
"The old pharmacy, Myokatedo. The man muttered, "Under the New Year's Festival, I can't even say hello to buy and sell, how can I have the leisure time to talk to him." β
Hearing this, the shopkeeper looked at the back of Shen Yun leaving outside the door, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and he waved his hand: "It's okay, you go and get busy." β
Boss Wu and Miaohandtang must have had an accident. Businessmen are very taboo about this kind of thing. Besides, it's a big New Year. Therefore, Shen Yun is not easy to inquire with the surrounding neighbors, thinking about waiting for the time to talk later.
Without stopping, he went straight to the market, intending to buy some dry food to eat on the way.
No, in the market, he actually met an acquaintance - the original Miaotetang sitting Lang Zhongqin.
"Brother Yun, it's really you!" Seeing Shen Yun, he chased after him from behind with a look of surprise.
"Mr. Qin!" Shen Yun almost didn't recognize him - he looked very bad now, taking off his green cloth robe, wearing a half-worn blue cloth cotton jacket, carrying a large bamboo basket, and selling bone-setting plasters along the street in the market.
Mr. Qin smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "Don't dare to be." β
"I just came from the shop. The shop changed, and I heard that the owner also had an accident. Shen Yun asked anxiously, "Mr. Qin, what's going on?"
At this time, Mr. Qin's stomach "gurgled", which was very loud.
Mr. Qin was embarrassed and sneered: "Since I came out in the morning, the business has not opened yet......
Shen Yun understoodβit was almost noon, and Mr. Qin hadn't eaten yet, and he was hungry.
"It's been a long time since I've seen him, so let's find a place to eat and talk. He dragged Mr. Qin into the nearest restaurant.
Mr. Qin was really hungry and ate three bowls of white rice in one go. With a full hiccup, his frozen pale face finally turned bloody.
"I'm sorry, I ...... It's been a long time since I've eaten rice. Mr. Qin clenched his fists in embarrassment to cover his mouth.
Seeing this, where did Shen Yun still have the heart to eat? He also put down his chopsticks: "What happened in the shop?"
Mr. Qin was gloomy: "It should be the trouble caused by the old lady and the eldest lady." Because of the eldest lady's matter, the owner lost a large amount of money to the Li Mansion. Maybe because of this, the owner made a big loss, and I don't know the specific inside story. After the Li Mansion took the money, we all thought that the matter was over. Who knows, early in the morning half a month later, the people of the Li Mansion rushed into the shop wearing linen and filial piety, without saying a word, beating people when they saw them, and smashing things when they saw them. The shopkeeper couldn't stop him, so he hurried to the back to invite the owner. Only then did I know that the back was also messed up. The owner and their family disappeared overnight. Later, a big housekeeper in the Li Mansion took the owner's shop and house, saying that the owner owed them and used them to pay off the debt. β
"Li Mansion?" a person popped up in Shen Yun's mind, "Is it Li Chang'an and their family?"
Mr. Qin nodded: "Exactly." β
"They deceive people too much!" Shen Yun slammed the table angrily. Wu Jiali's death, Li Chang'an and the brothers have no responsibility at all? Boss Wu has already paid them a large amount of silver, and they have to kill them all, which is too much!
Mr. Qin lightly pressed his hand, leaned over, and said in a low voice, "Li Changan and his cousin are dead. I heard that his neck was broken by someone in the night. That morning, the people who came to smash the shop in the Li Mansion were wearing filial piety, and it was because of this incident. β
"What?" Shen Yun was stunned, "Who did you listen to?"
"Shopkeeper's. Li Fu said to the outside world that he had died of an illness. The shopkeeper specially instructed me not to spread the word. Mr. Qin let go of his hand, "After the accident in the shop, we were all kicked out. The shopkeeper's luck was good, and he found a job again in the south of the city. I know where the shop is, and if you want to see him, I can tell you. β
"Thank you. Shen Yun asked him for the new address of the shopkeeper Wu.
Before leaving, in addition to paying for the meal, he also took out twenty taels of silver tickets and gave them to Mr. Qin.
The latter sleeved the silver ticket, burst into tears, and thanked him again and again - with this silver, he not only had the funds to survive the winter and solve his urgent needs, but also got some capital, so he could be a traveling doctor, and he no longer had to sell bone-setting pills along the street.
After separating from Mr. Qin, Shen Yun only felt dizzy. Li Changan and Liu Yuxing were both dead! At night, they were killed by breaking their necks! He immediately thought of four words -- killing people and destroying their mouths.
According to the information collected by Yu Tou, he was sure that Li Changan and the two of them would never be the murderers who killed Wu Jiali. However, the two of them are inseparable from Wu Jiali's death.
Now it seems that his guess was correct. Because Li Changan and Wu Jiali were killed by the real murderer.
Without hesitation, Shen Yun decisively went to Nancheng District to find the shopkeeper Wu.
According to Mr. Qin, the shopkeeper Wu is no longer the shopkeeper now. He worked as a warehouse clerk in a small and humble pharmacy. The treatment is also far less than before. This shop is not covered with food. Therefore, when business is light, the shopkeeper Wu will go to a small noodle restaurant to eat a bowl of Yangchun noodles.
"That noodle shop is called 'Four Seas Noodle Restaurant'. It's just across the street from where they shop. Mr. Qin told Shen Yun, "The shopkeeper goes every day." When the time comes, you will find him when you go there. β
Shen Yun walked all the way and found the Four Seas Noodle Restaurant in the future.
It is said to be a noodle restaurant, but it should actually be a larger noodle stall placed in the leeward part of the alley. There are only three small tables in total, and they are arranged against the wall.
It's past lunchtime. Two of the three tables were empty, and only one guest was seated at the second table.
Wearing a black cotton hat and a thick green cloth robe, he faced the alley, sat with his back to the outside, and said to the shopkeeper: "Old Wei, it's cold today, take two cloves of garlic." β
"Okay. "The owner is a strong man in his early forties. He poked his head out from behind the steaming cauldron and answered loudly.
That's right, it's the shopkeeper. Shen Yun took a long breath, tightened the small package on his back, walked over quickly, and sat down opposite the shopkeeper Wu.
The shopkeeper Wu is holding a chopstick noodle and sending it to his mouth. When I saw him, I was stunned on the spot, and all the chopsticks and noodles fell back into the bowl.
"Shopkeeper's. Shen Yun called softly.
Shopkeeper Wu's eyes turned red, and he said in his throat: "Brother Yun'er......"
At this time, the shopkeeper Lao Wei peeled two cloves of garlic, served them on a small plate, and sent them over.
Shopkeeper Wu hurriedly lowered his eyes and continued to eat noodles.
Obviously, he didn't want Lao Wei to see that the two of them knew each other.
Seeing this, Shen Yun simply pretended to be a passer-by who was eating noodles: "Boss, a bowl of Yangchun noodles." β
"Do you want garlic?" asked Lao Wei.
"No, give me more hot soup. Shen Yun unwrapped the small package and placed it on the table casually.
"Okay, little brother, wait a minute. Lao Wei did not doubt that he had him, and when he returned to the back of the cauldron, he opened it up sharply.
At this time, Shopkeeper Wu said quickly in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Maofengyuan Qianzhuang, C33Jiajiu." As he spoke, his left hand pushed over from the table.
When he retracted his hand, Shen Yun saw a small black wooden sign the size of two fingers placed next to his small package.
He quietly covered the wooden sign with a small package.
"After the owner left, he came back to me. He left something for you there. You have to be careful. After the shopkeeper Wu finished quietly, he didn't pay attention to him anymore, finished eating the noodles by himself, picked up the bowl, and drank the noodle soup. Three big coins were placed on the table, and he greeted loudly, "Old Wei, let's go." β
"Steward Wu, come back next time. Old Wei Fei ran over and collected the copper coins and empty noodle bowls.
Shen Yun sighed secretly, his heart sinking like iron.
There must have been a great danger, otherwise, the proprietor and the shopkeeper would not have been so careful, like a bird with a bow.
When he had lunch with Mr. Qin before, he just ate a bowl of rice with him. At this point, I'm really hungry. In addition, he was in a hurry to go to Maofengyuan Qianzhuang, yes, after the Yangchun noodles were served, he finished eating like a whirlwind, put down three big coins, and left in a hurry.
The shopkeeper Wu gave him a letter card for the bank. This kind of brand is a pair of two. The money dealer and the guest each hold one piece. Recognize the card and do not recognize the person. Anyone who takes the letter card to the bank, reports the number of the cash box, and then the bank takes out another letter according to the number. As long as the two lettercards match perfectly, the money bank will return the things stored in the cash cabinet to the guests intact.
Maofengyuan is the largest money village in the provincial capital, and there are semicolons on the main roads in each urban area. Shen Yun quickly found its Nancheng branch number.
I heard that I came to pick up something, so the guy took the person directly into a private room next to it. After asking Shen Yun for the cash box number, the guy served a bowl of tea, said "Please sit down for a while" and left.
After a while, he came back with a half-foot square wooden box: "Little brother, this is your money box." Then, he showed Shen Yun the white seal on the wooden box, "Look, has the box ever been opened?"
Shen Yun replied, "No." β
The man untied the letter card tied to the wooden box: "Little brother, please give your letter card to the small one." β
Shen Yun handed him the small wooden card.
The man closed the two letters, made sure they matched, and used them as keys to insert one into the keyhole on the front of the wooden box.
"Horn click", the lid of the wooden box is loose.
"Little brother, it's okay. The man reached out and made a gesture of please, exiting the private room, leaving Shen Yun alone.
Shen Yun sighed again and reached out to open the wooden box.
There was only one letter in it. Letter sealed with kerosene. The cover reads "Shen Yun personally opened". It is Boss Wu's handwriting.
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