Her soft little hands were slightly hot, and when she opened the curtain, she saw those beautiful brows that looked like smoke and were frowning, which made people pity her.
Xia Shang sighed silently in his heart, turned around and handed a glass of water to the half-awake woman. After drinking it, she turned around and fell asleep again.
The man next to the bed hesitated for a moment, then took off his clothes and went to sleep. He wrapped himself in the warm quilt snuggled by the woman, held the petite body smelling of alcohol in his arms, and began to caress her uncontrollably.
It was a pity that the woman was so drunk that she didn't respond for a long time. Xia Shang smiled bitterly and hugged her in his arms, and she fell asleep at some point.
When Xia Shang woke up in the morning, he had time to appreciate the shy beauty of Liu Ruyan who had just woken up. This time when he returned to Suzhou, Xia Shang had many things to do, and every one of them was urgent.
Among all things, the most important thing is that Chunjiao's whereabouts are still unknown.
Xia Shang took Xiaoyue to Baozhilin to ask Yu Ji to wait at the mansion, and he rode quickly all the way to Zhang Kui's mansion.
Xia Shang hated Zhang Kui with all his heart. Not only did this guy not care about his kindness, he forgot his roots and did evil after becoming powerful. He even made up lies to push himself into the pit of fire. This time, he came here to make this guy pay the price, and
They also want to force him to reveal the real place where Chunjiao is trapped.
Thinking of Chunjiao, Xia Shang became anxious. Now that one month has passed, Chunjiao has not been heard from at all. If she falls into the hands of a thief, her life or death may be in danger.
Therefore, Xia Shang hated Zhang Kui even more and wanted to beat him up before seeing him. But he never expected that when he arrived at Shunming Street where Zhang Kui's mansion was located, he found that
The Zhang Mansion, located on the main road of Shunming Street, has been transformed into the Li Mansion. The decoration inside and outside the courtyard has also changed greatly. You can even hear the sound of small workers renovating inside.
Xia Shang frowned and got off his horse. He happened to see a laborer entering the yard who thought he was carrying stones, so he stopped him and asked, "When did this become Li's Mansion?"
When the young worker saw that Xia Shang was dressed luxuriously, he immediately put down his work and responded politely: "Young master, don't you know? This place was bought by Master Li Tai of Suzhou Jiuqiao Jewelry Shop half a month ago."
“Isn’t the previous owner of this place named Zhang Kui?”
"This little guy doesn't know."
"Do you know if anything happened here? Why did the previous owner suddenly sell the house?"
"This little guy doesn't even know."
Xia Shang frowned, thanked the worker, and then went to the neighboring house to inquire about the situation.
After asking several people in the house, they all said they didn't know what happened. They only knew that the owner of the house suddenly changed, and Zhang Kui seemed to have disappeared from the world. He hadn't seen anyone for a long time.
The neighbors were still very happy about this incident. They all said that without the villain Zhang Kuina, everyone felt much more comfortable.
Xia Shang didn't want to listen to what the neighbors said, but the current situation was unexpected.
We don't know much about Zhang Kui and Xia Shang. Now that he has disappeared, there is no way to find him.
The only way is to ask the beggar.
Xia Shang had to ride to several places where beggars gathered.
It's easy to ask beggars for information. As long as you give them enough money, they will tell you anything.
I once heard Zhang Kui bragging that he was the beggar who ruled the entire Suzhou and that all beggars were brothers of the Beggar Gang. But in fact, very few beggars in Suzhou had heard of the Beggar Gang and knew Zhang Kui. Xia Shang asked more than a dozen
No beggar has any useful information.
It wasn't until I met a lame beggar at the back door of a restaurant that I got some information.
The legs of this lame beggar were broken by a group of villains who called themselves the Beggar Gang. At first, Xia Shang questioned the Beggar Gang. The beggar thought that Xia Shang belonged to one of them and was so angry that he wanted to fight him. Later, he found out that this
The Beggar Gang is a small evil force among the beggars in Suzhou. There are not many beggars who join the Beggar Gang, but there are more beggars who are bullied by the Beggar Gang.
In the eyes of ordinary beggars, the members of the Beggar Gang are not beggars at all, but famous bullies in Suzhou City. Not only do they bully beggars, but ordinary people also often suffer disaster. I heard that there was a murder case for raping a girl.
Xia Shang never expected that the development of beggar gangs would go as far as it did. He asked the lame man about Zhang Kui, but the other party did not know. However, he told Xia Shang a place, which was Wugu Street in the north of Suzhou City. He said that area was where beggar gangs gathered.
zone.
Wugu Street...
This is a novel name. Xia Shang thought about it for a long time, but he never thought that there would be an extra five-grain street in Suzhou.
Later I found out that Wugu Street is two streets behind the prefect's office. It was once a ruins with a ruined temple. Now a wealthy businessman wants to build a winery there, and it was later renamed Wugu Street.
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Xia Shang suddenly realized, isn't this where his winery is located?
It's a good idea that I can go and see how my winery is being built.
After wandering for more than half an hour, Xia Shang arrived at the nameless street where the ruined temple once stood.
But when I came this time, the dilapidated and corrupt streets were still completely different. Nearly a hundred craftsmen were busy from the street to the end of the street. The ruined temple was gone, and the smell of corruption in the street was gone. It was replaced by yellow sand, red mud and blue bricks.
In Uwa, weighing pillars are stacked neatly and orderly on the street. At a glance, you can see the foundations of many houses under construction.
The so-called waste is waiting for improvement, which is exactly what is happening before our eyes.
When Xia Shang saw this, he was surprised. A winery of this size had already started construction without its own overall planning. He was a little worried about whether there would be any problems, but after looking at it, he found that since everything was in order, it must be Ruyan's work.
Now that I think about it, having a woman like Ru Yan by my side really meant a lot for me, and only Ru Yan could complete such a project on her own.
After seeing the outline of the winery, I felt relieved.
All that's left is to focus on finding out Zhang Kui's whereabouts.
Now the entire Wugu Street is under construction, and the entire street has been circled. No idlers are allowed inside. Therefore, the only places where beggars can be found are around the street.
Xia Shang dismounted and walked around Wugu Street. He did see a lot of beggars. The beggars here were completely different from the beggars before. In terms of clothing, they were much cleaner than the beggars in other places, and they were even more similar to the beggars in other places.
What's different is that the beggar here doesn't dodge his eyes at all when he meets a stranger. Instead, he looks back menacingly, as if to warn others not to look too hard.
After walking around, Xia Shang had an idea in his mind. When he was about to find a beggar to question, the four or five beggars around him took the initiative to surround Xia Shang. They all had evil eyes and a hint of a bad smile, obviously.
Not a kind person.
One of the beggars, whose head was wrapped in coarse cloth and held a bamboo pole in his hand, took two steps forward and asked, "Who are you? I have been looking at you for a long time. I looked around us in a circle. Do you have any purpose?"
As he said this, the man was ready to push Xia Shang with his hand.
Xia Shang's eyes turned cold and he said "hmm" in warning.
Seeing that Xia Shang's clothes and demeanor were not like those of ordinary people, the other party retracted his hand angrily: "If you have nothing to do, don't wander around on our territory again, and leave quickly." (To be continued)