Chapter 251: An Unexpected Harvest
Flower House.
It's only a few days. But it's very different. In the past, it was bustling, and the warblers and swallows were all gone, leaving only the cold and cold, and the courtyard was full of birds.
"Hey, two adults. I've finally brought you back. The ghost in charge of the Red Mansion used her keen guest perception to greet Peng Xiu and the others before they even stepped into the Red Mansion. She was followed by Richie, the patrol leader of Scenic City, and an old man she had never seen before.
"I've seen His Royal Highness the Prince, and I've seen the little brother of the Sun Shadow. Nicky greeted.
Peng Xiu waved his hand, which was considered a courtesy.
"I've seen a few. The shadow returned the salute and looked at the old man.
The old man had actually been observing them, and seeing that Sun Shadow had a gentle attitude, he obviously tapped his crutch hard in the direction of Sun Shadow, and said with a blow on his beard and glaring. "Your junior etiquette is so casual, so rude, why don't you greet the elders alone? ”
The old man didn't dare to reprimand Peng Xiu directly, and when he saw that he had no identity, he used the reprimand to set up a horse. Sunshadow was not angry, and leaned over to salute. "I've seen you, sir. Greetings to Mr. I wish Mr. is in good health, and he is not in a hurry because the flower building is closed and there is nowhere to play. ”
Knock knock, the old man angrily knocked the cane three more times, "Rude." Are you laughing at my old man?"
"Then you misunderstood me. "Sunshadow is humble. "I'm really worried about you. After all, I was angry when I saw you coming out of the Red Mansion, and I was afraid that you would be angry. ”
Every time Ri Ying mentioned the Red Mansion, the old man's beard flew higher angrily, which made Sun Ying find it interesting. The old man seemed to know that he was not the one who came to the Red Mansion to play.
"I said Third Master, don't make trouble for the little brother of the Sun Shadow, he is here to solve the problem. Nicky was reluctant to speak, so he couldn't help but say.
The ghost here also looked at the old man in fear, and stopped talking.
"Do you need me to salute you?" Peng Xiu snorted coldly, "Whether the door is closed here or not now, I have the final say." ”
Although this landscape city is a place outside the law, the hierarchy of rights is still there. The rights of the city lord and the relationship with Peng Xiu can be known with a little care, not to mention the old man in front of him who still has some power. He naturally understands that he can't offend Peng Xiu, so it's just for the embarrassment of Riying. But seeing that Peng Xiu opened his mouth, he naturally wanted to admit it. "I've seen Your Highness. I saw that the young man was ignorant, and I was afraid that he would follow you, collide with people, and lose your face. ”
"Where else is there anyone here besides the two of you, do you still need to give me face?" Peng Xiu didn't look at the old man again, but looked at Li Qi and Yan Ghost, and said.
The old man's face instantly turned into pork liver, and Nicky held back a smile.
"You!" The old man rebuked angrily. "Even the city lord wouldn't do this to me here. You yellow-mouthed child, give you a little thin noodles, and really take yourself seriously. ”
"If the lord of the castle is here, do you dare to say that?" said Sunkage in a fluttering tone, glancing behind him with his eyes, as if he were looking at someone from behind.
provoked several people on the other side to be so frightened that they hurriedly turned around, only to find out that it was a false alarm.
"If you don't dare to say it in person, it's not good if you say it to your tongue. We're here to solve problems, not to quarrel. It's not good to waste time. What you hope is for this red mansion to open the door, don't you?" Sun Shadow persuaded in a low voice, and the attitude of submission made the old man who was afraid of the city lord here also have the meaning of accepting it.
"Third Master, I don't think you should let Your Highness stand outside, let's have something to say. Nicky hurriedly came to Zhang Luodao.
Peng Xiu pulled the Sun Shadow and lifted his legs and went in, without looking at a few more people.
Not turning your face in public is already considered to have given face, respect is mutual, not pressed out by age.
"Do you know what it means to close the Red Mansion?" the old man still followed, looking at the deserted Red Mansion with a bit of melancholy on his face. "You rely on the city lord, and you just say that the pass will be closed, and you don't want to think about the impact on this place. ”
"What's there to think about. For you, no matter how many lives you have, it is not worth the business of the Red Mansion, but for us, it is the opposite. Every human life, even a sinner, is worse than this business, and the gap between our perceptions is too great, and it is useless for you to question us with such words. Sun Ying also looked at the empty Red Mansion and said expressionlessly. At this time, the Red Chamber was quiet, and the singing and dancing were no longer there, but he didn't feel anything bad, but it was quiet and easy to think.
If the Red Chamber is such a place, will the killings continue?
"Is this a matter of the Red Mansion? This is the matter of the whole Landscape City, without the Red Mansion, the vitality of the Landscape City will be gone. What do you outsiders know? When has there ever been a shortage of dead people in the city, but if you do this, the living will have no way to live. The old man continued without giving up.
Sunshadow and Peng Xiu began to go up. "Where is the scene?" Peng Xiu asked Xiang Liqi.
Nicky was busy leading the way.
Peng Xiu's ignorance, and the stubble of the Sun Shadow made Nicky and the ghost breathe a sigh of relief.
Peng Xiu's identity is there, and if he says that he is heavy, he will use his identity to oppress people, but he will not respond, but he will be more arrogant if he ignores it, and the strong dragon will not suppress the head snake, and it is not good to be in a hurry.
The sun shadow just made up for this, and the words were also dealt with, not heavy and unclear, so as not to tear the skin of the face, so that the old man could also vent.
After all, this Red House is too important to them.
This old man is representing the power of the city lord and a third party other than Marze, and the third party who is not as powerful as the city lord and less capable than Marze wants to gain a foothold in this landscape city, and what he holds tightly in his hands is the connections and business opportunities here.
The Red Mansion can be said to be the representative of the industry in their hands. Whether it is the flow of contacts or the accumulation of money, it is unparalleled, and the Red Mansion is unique to them.
The liveliness of this red mansion can be said to mean their power, its status and prestige in the landscape city.
But now that it is closed, it is still closed by an inconsequential outsider, in a word.
They can turn a blind eye to the dead, they can oppress their subordinates, they can wait to find the murderer, but when they close, they never expected it, they can no longer live behind the scenes, they need to come out and fight a thing or two.
Naturally, they didn't dare to go to the city lord, but the person who directly ordered the closure was not the city lord after all, and there might be room for them to slow down.
"It's only been closed for three or five days now, but if you don't check, don't you know what the consequences will be?" sighed. "Didn't they tell you who the last person to die was?"?
The old man turned his head to look at the ghost, his eyes were sharp, and the ghost trembled with fright. "You obeyed other people's orders to close the Red Mansion without permission, and you didn't tell me about it, and you didn't explain the situation to me? Have you lived enough?"
As the old man spoke, he took out a small flute from his bosom and put it in his mouth and blew it, and the ghost immediately fell down in pain, and almost rolled down the stairs, but was quickly grabbed by the Sun Shadow Eye.
"Enough!" Sunshadow shouted with an unkind face.
Seeing that the sun shadow, who had always been pleasant, suddenly changed his face, the old man was slightly stunned and stopped playing the flute.
"Just because I don't speak doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. You just called me Huangkou Xiaoer's account, and I haven't settled it with you yet. Peng Xiu said. "Do you want me to settle with you now, or do you do it yourself?"
Peng Xiu's originally restrained momentum was completely released. The old man shuddered.
Nicky looked back in front of him and looked stunned, such a prince and their city lord were really a little similar. is usually silent, but in fact, momentum can scare people to death. He didn't know what to say for a while, and looked at the ghost with some distress.
The atmosphere that was originally quite peaceful once again opened the tense strings.
The ghost who was supported by the Sun Shadow looked at the Sun Shadow and Peng Xiu gratefully, but she was not stupid, she could detect that His Royal Highness the Prince suddenly stood up for her, but it was not because of her. His Royal Highness the prince actually doesn't care too much about anything, and he doesn't care about the life and death of these little people at all. But he cares about the Hikage, and once the Hinatal is not satisfied, His Highness will immediately change his face.
"Thank you, Lord Nikkage, but I'm really fine, and I hope you don't get angry. It was because I was too scared that I didn't make it clear to the third master. It is also appropriate to let the third master be punished, so that the two of them laughed. The ghost leaned down and saluted.
"I'm just punishing my subordinates and teaching them a lesson, so Your Highness doesn't need to be angry. I was angry for a moment just now, but it was His Highness who scolded the old man first, I am not human. The old man argued forcefully.
Peng Xiu looked at the old man coldly and didn't speak, as if he was waiting for the answer to his question. He didn't speak for so long that the old man thought that he could get an inch, regardless of dignity or inferiority.
The pressure made the old man want to argue again, but when it came to his lips, he couldn't say it. Silently, he took out a small flute from his bosom and handed it to Sunshadow. "I know that this little brother has taken one of our girls here, and this is the flute on her body, which is used to control her. Now I will give this flute to my little brother, and I also ask His Royal Highness and my little brother to let my Red Mansion resume business regardless of their past suspicions. ”
"She also has that thing on her that made the ghost hurt just now?" Hikage was startled, he didn't know about it yet.
"Everyone has a girl here. Although we don't have so strict control over the girls here, after all, there are also people who harbor evil intentions, so we have to use some means. It was in every girl that he was hit by this worm. Blowing this bug flute will cause them some pain, but it won't be fatal. If you want to get the worm out, you can get it, but you have to use some means. I'll give this worm flute to you, little brother, now, and I'll dispose of it at your disposal. And you can rest assured, this insect flute is all one-to-one, and there is no second one in the world. The old man explained, looked at Sun Shadow, and then at Peng Xiu, and wanted Sun Ying to speak for him. He also lost his wife and soldiers, and after a meal, he didn't get anything, and he lost the chips first.
Sunshadow looked at the flute in his hand, remembering the conversation he had with Nemesis, who was about to talk to him about the flute. Was it because of the flute that the prophet asked him to ask Zila about the girls, did he know about the flute, or was it because of something else?
"Can Chira take out the worms?" asked Sunshadow.
"Who is Chila?" said the old man.
"Dorcot. ”
"He can, he provided all the eggs of this worm flute. If it's him, he may be able to take it out without using the flute, but if the other people take it, they must use the worm flute. But isn't he dead?" asked the old man.
It seems that Chira's identity is hidden, and not everyone knows the truth. And the old man's words made Rikage remember another stroke in his heart.
"I accepted the gift. Riying said, looking at Peng Xiu, he knew that this person was not afraid of him, but Peng Xiu got an unexpected gain with a look, and he didn't expect it. "Hugh, thank you. ”
Peng Xiu withdrew his gaze at the old man and looked at the sun shadow gently. "It's good if you're happy. ”
Some of the gains are really unexpected.