Chapter 53: Temptation of Another
Zhen Niang looked out of the door, the autumn colors in the yard were gradually dewing, the white, red and yellow chrysanthemums were blooming petals, and the water droplets were rolling slightly on the petals.
"Hmph, this Liu family is also in vain. The maid next to her snorted quietly.
Zhen Niang sighed silently: "You are wrong, how can the top-grade grandmaster be in vain, from beginning to end, he was not confused by me, and today he let me go." ”
From the moment Liu Han entered the house, she used the Demon Gate Supreme Demon Skill Heavenly Demon Female Skill, but what disappointed her was that she had already practiced the Heavenly Demon Female Skill of the Nine Grades, which had no effect on Liu Han at all, and moreover, Liu Han did not launch a counterattack, if she fought back, she would not be able to escape Liu Han's hot hand today, and she would have become Liu Han's slave from now on.
The maid was very surprised, looked at Zhen Niang carefully, and saw that she didn't seem to be telling a lie, so she couldn't help muttering: "Look at his color, his eyes are about to fall off." ”
"Silly girl, he is pretending," Zhen Niang felt a sense of frustration in her heart, her tone was full of gloom, her hand was holding her cheeks, and her eyes still fell on the chrysanthemums in the yard.
The maid looked surprised, but didn't say anything, silently packed up her things and withdrew, Zhen Niang was still in a daze, and sighed silently for a long time.
Coming out of Zhen Niang's house, Liu Han also sighed, Zhen Niang's charm is very powerful, he almost said, the Demon Gate Exercise is worthy of its name, this Zhen Niang has not crossed that threshold, if she crosses that threshold, I am afraid it will not be so easy to get out today.
It's a pity that this woman is the one he doesn't want to touch!!
After walking around the street, seeing that there was no one behind him, he walked towards his home, and when he arrived near his home, he found that the people under surveillance had been withdrawn, so he hesitated and did not go in, but turned around and left.
When he arrived outside Li Yan's yard, he was boiling water, and when he saw Liu Han coming in, he hurriedly got up, Liu Han signaled that he didn't need to be busy, he squatted beside him, looked at the red flames in the stove and asked, "How is it?"
Li Yan shook his head with a wry smile: "I walked again, I went to every island, and I didn't find it." ”
Liu Han was silent for a while: "It seems that it is not in Changchun Lake." ”
"What about Hudong?" Li Yan frowned slightly, and Liu Han sighed: "Hudong has already gone, these hundred workshops are hidden tightly enough, you say, did we misjudge?"
"Hudong has already gone?" Li Yan was a little surprised, Liu Han nodded: "After I arrived in Yangzhou, I contacted the Yangzhou internal guard, and I asked them to check." ”
Li Yan didn't speak, just stared at the fire in the stove, and after a while, the water boiled, he got up and was about to take the tea, Liu Han took out a bag of tea and threw it to him, which he bought on the road.
"This year's new tea. ”
Li Yan didn't say anything, opened the paper bag, picked up some tea leaves into the teapot, scooped boiling water and poured it into the teapot, and after a while, the fragrance of tea wafted out, and he lifted the teapot and poured tea for himself and Liu Han, Liu Han kept squatting in front of the stove, looking at the fire in the stove.
Li Yan said hello, Liu Han got up and sat at the table, Jiangnan folk customs are different from the north, the north is generally tatami mats, while Jiangnan uses tables and chairs.
Liu Han picked up the teacup and held it in his hand, the tea was very hot, but he didn't feel it, his brows were twisted, and Li Yan asked tentatively: "Yangzhou internal guards?
"I'm afraid not," Liu Han said: "There is a big incident with the internal guard in Yangzhou, and the head of the internal guard was assassinated by his concubine." ”
"The concubine was assassinated?" you mean," Li Yan was incredulous, and suddenly remembered, and shouted in surprise: "The Gu family ,....."
Liu Han nodded: "Yes, Gu Shuo is the head of Yangzhou Internal Guard, and he was killed by the concubine, which is really surprising, no wonder the Hundred Workshops have not been able to find out for a long time." ”
Li Yan was still shocked, and only sighed after half a sound: "What is this Gu Shuo doing! How can this be!"
Liu Han blew hot tea and didn't answer, Li Yan couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, and after a while, Li Yan suddenly asked: "If there is such a big problem with Yangzhou internal guards, is their investigation effective?"
Liu Han was stunned, and said weakly after half a sound: "It should be effective, besides, although Gu Shuo has a problem, the people below are still experienced, and they should be able to believe it." ”
At the end of the day, his tone became weaker and weaker, and he was obviously not confident.
Li Yan thought about it and asked tentatively, "Do you want me to check it again." ”
Liu Han didn't answer, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, what is Li Yan going to do? Do you really want to go to Hudong to investigate, or is it just to test your attitude.
"Hearing you say this, this Yangzhou internal guard really can't be reassured," Liu Han said slowly, and sighed softly: "I originally wanted you to check it, this Gu Shuo's assassination, has anything to do with the Hundred Workshops, okay, you go to Hudong to have a look." ”
"Did the concubine catch it?" Li Yan asked again.
"What to catch, I don't understand yet," Liu Han sighed again: "If she is still alive now, I will write the willow character upside down." ”
Speaking of this, he paused slightly before continuing: "I set a trap, the clues released by the Gu Mansion are fake, I designed them, the purpose is to re-check Hudong, if you want to go, it is okay, you have to pay attention, there are no people from the Hundred Workshops here, but you must come back before fifteen." ”
Li Yan nodded, and then asked, "Before fifteen?"
"The shopkeeper of the Hundred Workshops asked me to meet at the Pearl Painting Boat on the night of the full moon, and when the time comes, you will meet me outside. ”
Li Yan breathed lightly: "My subordinates understand." ”
Liu Han drank a sip of water, put down the teacup, lifted the teapot and poured a cup of tea, and then said: "This time, our trouble is not small, this bowl of rice in the palace is not delicious, you must be careful, there are many masters on the other side, that shopkeeper, I estimate that the threshold has passed, in addition, they may also be a master of the great master." ”
Li Yan Zhengse responded: "Thank you for reminding me, my subordinates must be careful." ”
Liu Han drank three glasses of water in a row, put down the teacup, and asked faintly: "Brother Li, did you say that we checked the wrong direction, the nest of this hundred workshops is not in Yangzhou City at all, it may also be in Jiankang Wu County, Jiangnan is so big, where is the bottom?"
Li Yan smiled bitterly, as soon as they arrived in Yangzhou, they locked Changchun Lake, but during this time, they checked Changchun Lake and found nothing, which had to make people wonder if they were going in the wrong direction.
Li Yan didn't know how to persuade him, so he complained in the middle of the ring: "Isn't there even any information in the palace? Let us check like this, like a headless fly, scurrying around, the world is so big, let's go up there to investigate." ”
Liu Han smiled bitterly: "You didn't ask the palace for information, the palace information was all given to me, I have seen it all, there is no real thing, the palace let the Yangzhou internal guards check it twice, and the information is thick, but the palace analyzes, none of them are true, alas, if the palace really finds out, do you still need to send us to Yangzhou to investigate this matter!"
Li Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, drank three cups of tea in a row with hatred, and put the teacup heavily on the table, Liu Han didn't speak, still frowning deeply, and the room fell into silence.
Halfway through, Liu Han got up and said, "Let's do this first, no matter what, Hudong will check again, if you still don't find it, let's find other clues." Li Yan nodded yes, Liu Han pushed the door and left, Li Yan sat at the table, half a sigh of relief, there was a touch of relaxation in his expression, he picked up the teacup, only to find that there was no water in it, so he lifted the teapot and poured a glass of water.
Liu Han found himself very busy, coming out of Li Yan, he went to Gu Mansion again, most of the three people in the Gu family are still connected with Baigongfang or other people, among these three people, Gu Heng can be temporarily ruled out, Gu Jian and Gu Wei are both suspicious, but from the perspective of methods, Gu Jian's suspicion is even greater, Gu Wei is a son of a family, his parents and family are in Gu Mansion, he wants to betray, the family has to die, judging from that person's operation methods, there will be no such loopholes.
What is beneficial to Liu Han is that from the very beginning, he knew that Baigongfang was just a tool for collecting money, and there was another person behind him, and he started directly from that person's habits, so he took a lot of detours.
Halfway through, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and walked towards Ruyi Casino, crossing two streets, he suddenly found two slender figures in front of him, these two figures were somewhat familiar, he couldn't help but slow down and quietly followed behind them.
Both women wore long white dresses and veiled hats on their heads to cover their faces, but the two women's outfits were very eye-catching on the street.
"Aren't they in the imperial capital? Why did they come to Yangzhou again?" Liu Han was very puzzled, how could they be so flamboyant in the imperial capital at the beginning, and so publicized in a blink of an eye.
The two girls didn't walk fast, they looked around as they walked, as if they were looking for something, and after a while, the two girls walked into an inn, Liu Han followed them to the outside of the inn, and just saw Xiao Er leading the two girls to the backyard.
Liu Han frowned slightly, did not follow up, but went to the counter, took out a waist card, and the shopkeeper was settling accounts at the counter, and suddenly saw the waist card, and hurriedly put down the account book.
"My lord, I don't know what's going on? ”
"There is something wrong with the Yamen, I will take a look at the accommodation register. Liu Han said in a calm tone.
The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly took out the registration book, and said without words: "My lord, I haven't seen it before." ”
"Less nonsense. Liu coldly scolded, took the registration book, flipped to the back, looked back and forward, read more than a dozen pages, closed the registration book, took out a wanted warrant and put it in front of the shopkeeper.
"Have you ever seen this woman?"
The shopkeeper smiled when he saw it, and shook his head again and again: "I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it, I'm going to see it, I'll go to Gu's mansion to get the silver." ”
Liu Han put away the wanted warrant and said, "If you find this woman, immediately notify the fast arrester." ”
"Yes, yes, sir. The shopkeeper's smile didn't take it to heart at all.
Liu Han turned around and came out, but he was relieved, he was wrong, these two women were not Qin Wanqing and Wen Wanyun, but Fang Rou and Fang Ya, and Lu Yin was from Wu County.
Leaving the inn, he soon arrived at the Ruyi Gambling House, which has now opened, but it is still early, there are not many gamblers, and a few dealers are shaking the color cup weakly.
Liu Han is a new face, but no one pays attention, Liu Han swept his eyes and stood in front of the color cup, this casino is far inferior to God in terms of decoration and others, and it is not even first-class in Yangzhou.
Liu Han lost a tael of silver on the table, and soon lost, he continued to bet on the small, and a tael of silver, and lost, the next hand, he bet five taels of silver on the big, this time he won, so he gambled a dozen or so, there were losses and wins, he lost seven or eight taels of silver, this kind of win or loss will naturally not attract the attention of the casino, a few men watching the scene looked at the people in the room silently on the side.
"Buy it and leave!" The dealer shouted, Liu Han had already heard it, this time it was two two or four small, and he thought about it a little and then placed five taels small.
The dealer opened the lid and shouted, "Two, two, four, small!
Saying that, he pushed ten taels of silver in front of Liu Han, Liu Han put it in his hand disapprehantly, his eyes swept down occasionally, and he didn't see the knife, this guy hadn't arrived at this time.
The dealer raised the color cup and shook it vigorously, and was about to put it down, when suddenly his expression froze, Liu Han knew that something was wrong, he didn't look back, the corners of his eyes swept to both sides, and several big men on the side stared at this side with serious expressions, and a man hurried upstairs.
"If you don't play, if you don't play, let it go!"
A lazy voice sounded from the side.