Chapter 107: Investigation
This Sikong Mansion is really easy to find, Zhang Xiao casually asked a few passers-by and found it, the scale of Sikong Mansion is like a small palace, you can see the towering wall far away, and there is a moat around the wall, which can be described as meticulous. [Ran^Text^Library] []
When Zhang Xiao came to the gate of Sikong Mansion, the sun was about to set, and it would soon be night, but Zhang Yao and Yuan Li were still nowhere to be seen, and Zhang Xiao was inconvenient to stand like this, so he checked back and forth on the street at the gate of Sikong Mansion.
This street can be said to be as spacious as the main street of Xuchang, but there are no business hotels and shops, despite this, there is still an endless stream of pedestrians, which makes Zhang Xiao have a trace of vigilance, and after careful observation, it is found that most of these pedestrians are from Sikong Mansion, and they should be dressed as court officials.
This Cao Cao is really diligent, it is already dark and people keep coming and going, going in and out, as if something big is going to happen, and Zhang Xiao also found that there are some people on this street who seem to be the same as himself, they are wandering back and forth on the street, looking left and right, not like ordinary people, such a person Zhang Xiao once heard Zhang Jiao discuss the uprising, and he was a scout who specialized in vigilance work.
It seems that this Sikong Mansion is even more difficult to break into than he imagined, not only has a moat, but also scout patrols, it seems that this Cao Cao is a very cautious person.
Wandering around here again would definitely attract the attention of these scouts, so Zhang Xiao had to go to the other end of the street, find the nearest tea stall, order a pot of tea, and wait for Zhang Xiao and Yuan Li slowly.
Drinking tea is just a disguise, Zhang Xiao naturally won't really drink it, and then kept staring at the door of Sikong Mansion to see if he could find something useful.
Soon Zhang Xiao saw a familiar figure, it was a woman, but it was not Zhang Yao, but Su Layer, only to see Su Layer walking out of Sikong Mansion without hindrance and walking in his direction.
Zhang Xiao was shocked, she didn't expect her to be able to enter and exit the Sikong Mansion so smoothly, it was not Cao Cao's subordinates, and she had just reported the news, but this idea was vetoed by Zhang Xiao, and she did not reveal her whereabouts, she should not know, but it can be speculated that there are likely to be ghost cultivators in this Sikong Mansion.
Zhang Xiao was very happy that he had found another important clue, but he didn't have time to be happy, Su Layer was getting closer and closer to Zhang Xiao, Zhang Xiao knew that if she got closer, she would discover her breath, so she tried her best to hide her aura, and sat next to the corner, trying to avoid Su Layer.
Although Su Layer didn't pay attention to this tea stall, the owner of the tea stall took the initiative to find Su Layer, which made Zhang Xiao inevitably a little worried, and shrank in the corner to listen carefully to the conversation between Su Layer and the owner of the tea stall, hoping that she would not notice her.
When the owner of the tea stall saw that Su Layer was about to pass by, he immediately chased after him, and said eagerly: "Miss Jialan, Miss Jialan, I didn't expect to meet you here, Xiaomin has a request for Miss Jialan, I don't know that Miss Jialan may be fulfilled." ”
Su Layer heard someone calling behind him, stopped and looked back, and saw a man in his forties running over and replied, "This uncle, I don't know what is going on, if it is within the ability of the little woman, I will definitely do my best to complete it." ”
Seeing that Su Layer was so easy to speak, the owner of the tea stall eased his mood and said: "Xiaomin was originally from the north, but he came to Xuchang because he fled, and he barely made a living from this tea stall, and his life was okay. ”
After the tea stall owner finished speaking, he glanced at Su Layer, and saw that she was smiling, blinking and looking at herself, without feeling bored at all, so she let go of her courage and said: "It's a pity that Xiaomin doesn't have a good source of tea, and only in the hands of tea sellers can you buy some inferior tea, which is bitter and expensive, and the Su family is the largest tea merchant in Xuchang, and Xiaomin suffers from having no doorway and can't buy the Su family's tea. ”
It turned out that this was the case, Su Layer understood the meaning of the tea stall owner, and said: "The tea seller has always been criticized by the tea industry, and the reputation of the tea merchant has been ruined, boss, it is the honor of the Su family that you are willing to buy the Su family's tea, you take this tea seal first, and the little woman will order the tea to go down, and you can only come to the Su family to buy it then." ”
The owner of the tea stall took the tea seal very flatteringly and put it away carefully, and said very gratefully: "Thank you so much Miss Jialan, no matter what the Su family orders in the future, Xiaomin will definitely go all out." ”
Seeing the tea stall owner's promise, Su Layer hurriedly said: "Don't say that, everyone relies on tea to eat, mutual benefit, these are all as they should be, don't be so polite, but now it's getting late, the little woman needs to go home quickly, so I won't accompany you much, please forgive me." ”
The owner of the tea stall saw that it was already dark, and a girl from the Su layer was still talking to him here, which was really inappropriate, and said: "It's all to blame Xiaomin for delaying Miss Jialan's time, Miss Jialan, please walk slowly, be careful all the way." ”
Su Layer didn't say anything anymore and turned to leave, and the owner of the tea stall watched Su Layer leave before returning to the tea stall and continuing to do business.
Zhang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Su Layer had finally left, how could he feel that Su Layer just now was a little different from when he was with him, and he was much more reasonable, so he asked the boss: "Boss, who is this Miss Jialan?"
The owner of the tea stall seemed to be very happy, smiled and walked to Zhang Xiao's table with a pot of tea, and said: "Little brother, you just came to Xuchang, this Miss Jialan is a celebrity in Xuchang, she is the young lady of the Su family, the leader of the tea merchant in Xuchang, not only beautiful, but also empathetic, it is rare to meet her today, this pot of tea is sent, please use it slowly." ”
The owner of the tea stall put down the teapot and continued to greet other guests, Zhang Xiao was a little worried when he saw that there was another pot of tea, and he couldn't guess for a while whether Su Layer was a decent person or a cult deliberately.
At this moment, Zhang Xiao appeared at the tea stall, slapped Zhang Xiao hard, and said, "Cousin, I didn't expect you to be the first to arrive, how are you, are you ready? ”
Zhang Xiao was suddenly patted by someone, and was immediately shocked, and found that it was Zhang Yao, and immediately persuaded: "Cousin, tonight's action is going to be canceled, there are demon cultivators in this place, and I also found out that they also have people in Sikong Mansion, it seems that Qingyu Sword has to think about it in the long run." ”
Zhang Jiao was also surprised, hesitated a little, and inferred: "When did Xuchang have a demon cultivation sect?" Oh, by the way, this Xuchang has been developed in the past few years, maybe the demon cultivation sect saw that there were many people here, so they moved here. ”
Zhang Xiao agreed with Zhang Xiao's statement, and then said: "So we should first understand the origin of this demon cultivation sect before making plans. ”
To confirm that the Qingyu Sword has to understand the demon cultivation sect here, this is too troublesome for Zhang Yao, and he said with some luck: "This may be extraneous, anyway, we will come and go quickly, we will act tonight, and we will leave before they react, so there is no need to worry." ”
Zhang Xiao knew that this was Zhang Yao's consistent style, but now he couldn't let Zhang Yao do this, in case something happened, it would not be so simple, and she had to be convinced.
So Zhang Xiao told Zhang Xiao some of his experiences and said: "I just met a demon cultivator here, we can learn some about the situation here from her, and when we confirm the nature of this demon cultivation sect, we will not be too late to act." ”
Just when Zhang Xiao wanted to continue, Yuan Li led a person here, and when he heard Zhang Xiao's words, he immediately said, "Don't worry, you two will continue to go ahead as planned tonight." ”
Zhang Xiao and Zhang Xiao saw that Yuan Li had finally arrived, but when they found that he had brought someone with him, they stopped talking, only to see that this person was a head shorter than themselves, but his figure was very solid, the strength suit on his body was bulging, and he kept a smile on his face, and he knew that he was a person from the rivers and lakes at a glance.
Yuan Li saw that Zhang Xiao and Zhang Xiao were looking at the person he brought with him curiously, so he introduced: "This person is a good friend of mine, the people in the rivers and lakes are called fishing in the bag, you can know this friend's ability by listening to the name, he has sneaked into Sikong Mansion several times, and he knows Sikong Mansion well, and he will lead the way tonight." ”
Before Zhang Xiao and Zhang Xiao could speak, they sat down at the table and said to Yuan Li: "Engong, why is there still a woman here? ”