These buyers and patrons probably didn't know that Jiangmei had such a habit of keeping account books.
Shen Lie continued to scroll down, and the words "Feishuang Pavilion" did not appear again.
Shen Lie heard about Feishuang Pavilion from Xia Zhaoyi.
When chatting at night in Xizhou, Xia Zhaoyi mentioned that before leaving Hengxiang, she went to a pawn shop to "act randomly", and then sent someone to follow the pawn shop clerk. The place she followed was Feishuang Pavilion.
This Feishuang Pavilion is closely related to Bian Yuanfeng's pearls, and can directly be involved in Qiao's death over the past hundred years.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yiqian, who was accidentally captured by Wang Fengnian today, turned out to be a key figure. Not only did he have contacts with Jiao Jinhu of Kuozhou, he was also a member of Feishuang Pavilion.
Thinking of the four letters on his body, except for the two letters from Jiao Jinhu and one from Zide from Dongping Academy, the remaining letter written in a secret language may become the key.
However, the top priority is to find Lin Shuanglan and Feng Anan, whose lives are in danger at any time.
Shen Lie thought for a moment, looked at Wei Dongyou, handed over the account book, and asked him to go back to Wang Fengnian.
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In less than half an hour, the shopkeeper of Jingyun Tower had prepared carts, manpower, and the wine flag of Jingyun Tower.
Bai Ling took out a banknote from his pocket. It was the banknote number of Ning'an Bank of Zhao Ning, worth thirty taels of silver.
The shopkeeper's eyes lit up and he hurriedly thanked him after receiving it.
Bai Ling didn't say anything about keeping it secret. Once the banknote was cashed at Ning'an Bank, whether it was kept secret or not was a cloud of doubt.
The team gathered in the backyard and followed Bai Ling away.
The shopkeeper hurriedly went back to his room and looked down from the window to see where they were going.
After passing two corners, we stopped in front of a house.
The yard of the house is not big, so Bai Ling asked people to go into the wine cellar to move the wine.
One tank after another of wine was carried out, and after five large carts were filled, the wine flags of Jingyun Tower were placed, and they came out one after another.
The shopkeeper took out the banknotes from his arms and frowned in confusion.
For such a trivial matter as transporting wine, why pay such a high price?
All these drinks combined are not worth the thirty taels.
Qiong Yao wine? Or... death money?
When he thought of this, the shopkeeper couldn't stand anymore, turned around and ran outside.
As soon as the door opened, he met the boy he sent away before.
Both were frightened by the other.
"Shopkeeper, where are you going?" the waiter asked.
"What about you?" asked the shopkeeper, "What did Mr. Youjian say?"
"I can't find him," the clerk wiped the sweat from his head. "When I first went to Dongping Academy, many gentlemen came out, saying they were going to Ning'an Building to see Xia Jiajun. I looked over one by one, but I didn't see Mr. Youjian. .I went to Dongping Academy to inquire again, and I was told that my husband had disappeared long ago."
"Gone?" The shopkeeper frowned, "What do you mean missing?"
"No one has seen him, and no one knows the last person who saw him."
"What's going on?" The shopkeeper was puzzled and suddenly said, "Well, you first go to Feishuang Pavilion and ask! See if the people over there know where Mr. Youjian is."
"Okay, little one, let's go right now!"
The man who had been running all morning couldn't even catch his breath, so he turned around and hurried downstairs.
The shopkeeper closed the door, suddenly remembered that he had something to do when he came out, and immediately ran downstairs.
As soon as I got down to the lobby, I saw a group of tall soldiers wearing armor coming in.
The leader was very burly, with a serious and fierce face, and his bright eyes swept across the hall, which was as silent as a chill, and stopped on the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper shivered and his hands and feet became weak.
"Are you the shopkeeper here?" Zhu Chang shouted.
"Young man, that's right," the shopkeeper came over, "Master Jun, what are you..."
"Taoliuli Bridge, is it in this area?"
"Yes," the shopkeeper pointed to the back with his trembling hand, "the place behind this is called Taoliuli Bridge."
"You can see a woman who is said to be very beautiful. She is the crimson-browed girl from Yanchun Tower."
The shopkeeper almost bit his tongue: "No, I have never seen it."
"What about you?" Zhu Chang looked at the drinkers and diners in the lobby, "Who has seen Jiangmei?"
"I've only heard of it, but I haven't seen it anywhere." One person said bravely.
"I have seen her before, but it was only three days ago. She is so beautiful, like a fairy!"
A thin man with a playful smile and an oily face smiled slyly: "Master Jun, are you looking for her because you want... Hehe."
Zhu Chang pointed his hand: "Hit him!"
The Tanzhou soldier behind him was already full of ruthlessness. Hearing this, he immediately stepped forward and kicked over the Eight Immortals table in front of him. The three soldiers beat him.
Zhu Chang's voice was full of anger: "Whoever sees this woman named Jiangmei must report to the Yamen immediately. There will be many rewards, Mrs. Qu's reward! And if anyone knows and does not report, this is the fate!" He said to that person
The thin man who was beaten pointed.
The whole hall fell silent for a while before someone nodded in response.
"You should also pay attention to me!" Zhu Chang glared at the shopkeeper, turned around and walked out of Jingyun Tower.
Tanzhou soldiers and horses followed and left.
The sound gradually returned to the lobby.
The shopkeeper immediately collapsed to the ground.
Several waiters rushed forward to help him: "It's the shopkeeper!"
"Give me, give me..." the shopkeeper asked a waiter, "Give me a change of pants."
When Zhu Chang led people to take a detour to Taoliuli Bridge, they happened to see the wine flag flashing past at the bend in front.
Zhu Chang looked intently and saw a piece of clothes hanging to dry in the wind under the clear sun.
There were not many people here during the day, but these people ran very fast when they saw them from a distance.
People from Zhuchang dispersed and went from house to house to check.
Along the alley, all the doors were banged, and the people who came out to open the doors were all pale and confused.
A soldier suddenly shouted to let Zhu Chang pass.
Zhu Chang hurriedly ran and entered the small courtyard. A foul smell hit him. Six people were kneeling in the courtyard, two men and four women, shivering.
Judging from the situation, the leading woman is the madam, the two men are the thugs, and the three women behind are the prostitutes.
The soldiers were shouting because a body was found in the cellar.
Several soldiers dragged it out. The body was highly decomposed and covered with flies and maggots.
Zhu Chang frowned and went up to look at the body. It was a woman, but she was a bit old, so she probably wasn't the two missing ones.
"It's not them." Zhu Chang said.
"Then this..."
"It's not our responsibility, business matters are important." Zhu Chang said, turning around and preparing to leave.
The bustard mother, who was sweating like a pea, quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"No!" Zhu Chang stopped at the entrance of the courtyard, turned around and looked at the madam, "If you don't care about this kind of thing, tie up this bitch who sells human flesh! Tie them all up!"
The bustard mother hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.
The Tanzhou soldiers immediately stepped forward and kicked her, then bundled up ropes and dragged her up.
