Xiao Man's brainless words, obviously because he didn't fully understand the case, Jing Mo was completely confused, and Shang Yuanji had no choice but to be stunned on the side. However, since Nie Xiaoman said this, Jing Mo couldn't ask anything, so as not to disturb Nie Xiaoman's thoughts anymore, and Jing Mo's incomprehension and confusion had to be stuffed in his stomach.

After the three of them were dull like this for a moment, Nie Xiaoman spoke again, took Shang Yuanji's white towel and wiped his fingers, he turned back to Shang Yuanji and said, "Have you seen that master surnamed Li yourself?" ”

Shang Yuanji nodded and said, "Yes, my lord, I forgot to tell you." He arrived in the middle of the night, and only spoke to me in a few perfunctory words, and did not say a word about the matter. But he was in my aunt's room, chattering and whispering in his ear for more than half an hour. ”

Later, after Shen Shi, he came again.

"What did I tell you then?"

"Nope. I didn't go downstairs, but I heard his voice. I also seemed to hear another man's voice, and I guess it might be the one surnamed Tang. But I didn't see them coming in or going out. They didn't stay long either. ”

When Nie Xiaoman and Shang Yuanji were talking in a low voice, Su Jingmo on the side kept an eye on the door at any time, but no one came to eavesdrop.

Nie Xiaoman covered the wooden box, asked Shang Yuanji to put it under the bed again, and whispered to Shang Yuanji, "Doesn't Chongming live in the pavilion?" I'm going to go in and have a look. ”

Shang Yuanji was puzzled: "His door is locked." ”

Xiaoman said lightly: "Then it's okay, I have the key." ”

The three of them then walked out of the door, and Nie Xiaoman came to the door of the pavilion on the right side of the stairs and stopped. Xiao Man first touched the door lock with one finger, then took out a bunch of keys from his trouser pocket, picked one and inserted it into the lock hole, twisted it, couldn't turn it, and pulled it out and replaced it. As soon as the second key was inserted ~ into the lock hole, it was immediately opened.

I saw that the pavilion was disorganized, and the bedding on the bed was messy, and it looked very dirty. A few clothes were piled up on the chair, and a pair of mud-stained moire scalp boots lay across the middle of the floor. In front of the small shelf bed was a half-new waistless table, on which were placed some basins, large teapots, cups, small porcelain jars, mahogany combs, etc., all disorderly. There was a small wine pitcher in the corner of the table, and the lid was open, presumably empty. The countertop was scorched and scorched, and the incense ash was all over the table, but the small porcelain incense burner was placed spotlessly in name. Jing Mo stood behind Nie Xiaoman, and when he saw this scene, he felt uncomfortable.

And the little window was tightly closed, and the air in the little room was dull and unpleasant. Jing Mo felt that he couldn't see why, so he wanted to quit first, but suddenly saw Nie Xiaoman open the drawer of the table, muttering something in his mouth, Jing Mo turned around and came over to look at it.

"Hey, here's a pawn ticket, a few dice...... What is it? Hey, it's a lid and two levers, and there's a few bone chips here, and it seems that this guy really deserves to be a good gambler, hehe. Xiao Man smiled softly, but his hands were still rummaging through the drawers, "Oh, what kind of picture is this?" ”

Jing Mo heard this, and hurriedly took a step closer, only to see Nie Xiaoman holding a small piece of white paper, turning over to look at the reverse side of the paper. I saw that the paper was written: "I am watching the mountain view from the castle tower"

These seven characters are written in small block letters, and the glyphs are too clumsy to be. The paper was very thin, faintly revealing the other side and the pictures. Nie Xiaoman stared at the eight ugly little block letters in a daze, but he didn't turn the paper over again. Jing Mo didn't wait for Xiao Man to say anything, and took the paper from his hand. It was a rough piece of jute paper, and on the other side was a figure drawn of something.

The proportions of this portrait are still somewhat decent, and it should have been imprinted. But this human form is not like Zhuge Liang written on the stage or in the romance novel, and the lyrics of the empty city plan written later seem to be incompatible, and there is a snail-shaped ink ball next to it, and a two cards. The combination of these things is simply incomprehensible!

Jingmo asked, "What's the meaning of this painting?" ”

Nie Xiaoman's gaze stayed on the small mysterious drawing that Jing Mo was holding, and he didn't seem to hear Jing Mo's question, and then Xiao Man began to mumble to himself again.

"Oops! Is that trick again? But how does that end? Ouch! This is a real inconsistency! Weird, weird. ”

In this way, Su Jingmo couldn't hold back anymore and asked, "Nie Xiaoman, what are you talking about?" What the hell do you think? Can you make that clearer? I don't understand what you're saying at all. ”

But Nie Xiaoman still didn't answer, and was still in a daze. Suddenly, his eyes rolled a few times, and he listened with his ears sideways downstairs.

Then, Xiao Man said in a low voice: "Well, it's probably Master Li's time, it's time for us to play." ”

Jingmo didn't get Nie Xiaoman's answer, but he didn't have time to ask again. Moreover, it seems that Xiaoman didn't pay attention to this strange picture he found at all, and didn't even take a few more looks. Jingmo felt that this thing was not simple, so he stuffed this piece of paper into his pocket.

This long-time Li Dege, Master Li, is forty-six or seventeen years old, with wings behind a square scarf on his head, wearing a cyan plate-collared shirt with a dark horse coat on his body, and a pair of black satin shoes with black striped leather on his feet. His face is slender, his chin is particularly sharp, his nose is high, his eyes are like crows, and he has two dog-fat mustaches on his upper lip.

He spoke Jianghuai official dialect, and the hypocritical politeness when he looked at his face was enough to prove that this was an old monster who was about to cultivate into a demon in the six doors. Li Dege, Xiaoman and Jingmo passed each other's names, Xiaoman and Jingmo did not mention their identities, so Li Dege naturally pretended not to have such a thing. Before the two sides could sit down, the Hao garrison also came in from outside. Nie Xiaoman hurriedly stood up and introduced, but did not explain Hao Shoubei's official position and identity.

At this time, the people who came to open the door and deliver refreshments were all the old Jiangbei mothers. Jin Chuan was still hiding in her room, the door was closed, and her mother, Lai, had never seen her.

Li Dege said with a smile: "Brother Nie, the contemptible people came to Jinling this time, originally entrusted by their cousin, and wanted to talk about the family property with their nephew Shang Yuanji. Unexpectedly, after I arrived here, I learned that Yuanji, the child, had a lot of things due to various misunderstandings. I think you must have been entrusted by Shang Yuanji and have been working on my family's affairs for a long time. In fact, this is just a misunderstanding. ”

Speaking of this, Li Dege turned his head to look at Shang Yuanji, who was sitting on Nie Xiaoman's left, and said, "Yuanji, you are also too suspicious, running around with workers out of thin air. Good boy, in fact, it's all because you are too careful. ”

Shang Yuanji sat on the square stool at the door of the hall, his small glowing eyes, he looked at Li Dege with a complicated expression, and still closed his mouth and did not answer, but there was a hateful look between his eyebrows.

Nie Xiaoman usually has a rare smile, and it is even more difficult for him to squirm, so at this time, he had to reluctantly squeeze out a strange smirk, and pretended to respond kindly: "Brother Li, I also agree with your opinion. I also believe that this matter is not as powerful as Brother Yuanji thought, although this is a family matter of the Shang family, but since we have been commissioned, we can't help but investigate. I also hope that Brother Li will be aware of this. Besides, if this matter is due to a misunderstanding, the cause of the misunderstanding should also be explained as soon as possible, I think it is good for everyone. ”

Li Dege nodded busily and replied, "Exactly, exactly." Brother Nie has a high opinion, and I completely agree with my junior brother. But I don't know what the results of your investigation are, can I ask for advice first? ”

Nie Xiaoman replied slowly: "I'm ashamed, I can't talk about any results." Therefore, I thought that instead of us groping in the dark and going astray, it would be better to have a face-to-face conversation with Brother Li. Now it's best to ask Cousin Ling to come out again, and tell everyone what happened openly and honestly, so naturally there will be no misunderstanding. ”

Li Dege's eyes were fixed on a plate of Jinling's famous dish, gourd beauty liver, on the square table, and he was stunned for a moment, as if he was considering whether Nie Xiaoman's request could be accepted, and at the same time avoiding Xiaoman's sharp gaze.