"It's not madam, we are brothers now..." Bai Ling looked around cautiously and lowered his voice to emphasize.
Shangguan Yu sat beside him, looking at Bai Ling's expression of fear of being discovered, and found it extremely cute.
The corner of his eyes glanced at the gauze on Bai Ling's hand, but he couldn't help but tighten his eyes.
"Ling'er, can the wound on your hand be replaced with dressing? Let me see..." Shangguan Yu said, reaching out to take Bai Ling's hand. He was about to remove the gauze to check, but Bai Ling was interrupted.
He shrank back nervously.
"Brother Shangguan, my injury is not serious, so there is no need to worry about it. But please don't make any fuss in public. It's unbecoming." Bai Ling said seriously, holding a folding fan in both hands.
"You and I are in love, why should we care what others think?" Seeing Bai Ling's serious look, Shangguan Yu suddenly became interested, and he grabbed her hand blatantly, and spoke affectionately.
The waiter at the tea stall was coming over with a plate of snacks. After hearing the conversation between the two people, he shook his hand and threw the plate out.
Upon seeing this, Shangguan Yu reached out his hand to catch the plate and put it back on the low table in front of him calmly.
"I'm sorry, sir, I didn't mean to do it..." Seeing that he had gotten into trouble, the waiter hurriedly lowered his head and apologized.
"It's okay, my dear friend likes chestnut cakes. Could you please go buy some?" Shangguan Yu said, taking some broken silver and putting it on the table.
"Ouch, what a coincidence. There used to be a shop not far away from Li's house, but something happened to Li's house recently. The old man who sells cakes has not been out for several days because he is worried about being affected."
The waiter in the shop wanted to earn money for running errands, especially when he saw Shangguan Yu spend a lot of money. But the pastry man didn't come out of the stall, so he could only look at the money he got, greedy but unable to eat it.
"What happened to the Li family, that even the cake seller at the door is so afraid?" Shangguan Yu did not rush to put away the broken silver on the table, but continued to ask seemingly casually.
"Are you two from outside? The affairs of the Li family have been causing quite a stir recently. Everyone in this town knows about it." The waiter looked at the two people in front of him and asked with some surprise.
"My little brother also likes to hear anecdotes. Why don't you tell us about it and I'll reward you with this silver." Shangguan Yu said and handed half of the broken silver on the table to the waiter.
"It's simple. Just a few nights ago, we were late closing the stall, and we happened to see a carriage carrying several monks in robes coming. They came to the door in the middle of the night. It must be nothing good. We will listen to it the next day.
It is said that the Miss Li family killed her unmarried aunt, which is a huge murder, and I heard that the Miss Li also escaped, and the Li family is offering a reward!"
The waiter was very excited when he talked about the gossip, but what he said was not much different from what Bai Ling had heard before, except for the carriage of monks in robes.
Well, why did the family invite these people to come late at night?
Is it really because someone died in the house?
But according to what Li Xiaomei said, she seemed to be a complete victim. She didn't know what happened. She knew that she was locked up, her engagement was broken off, and she was abused...
It seems that there is indeed something weird in the Li family!
"Second brother, what's going on with the Li family's aunt? I've done business with Mr. Li before, but I haven't heard of the news that the Li family is going to marry my aunt..."
"I heard that he used to be a singer and was attracted by Mr. Li. After all, I heard that he is as beautiful as a flower, just like a fairy!"
The waiter couldn't help but lick his tongue when he spoke. He was probably a charming and beautiful person. Even if he couldn't get it, he would give her more preference in his heart.
He obviously also joined everyone in hating the Miss Li family who killed his aunt, and talked about knowing people but not knowing people.
Bai Ling listened on the sidelines, with a lot of thoughts in her mind. She intuitively felt that if this was a conspiracy, then the target to be framed was Li Xiaomei. Who would go to such great lengths to frame a boudoir girl who was about to get married?
Or is there another conspiracy hidden in it?
"Little brother, did you see those monks later?"
"I have seen a young monk who comes out to do shopping every evening. He will pass by here in a while... If you are curious, please sit here for a while. There are so many guests. I have to go and get busy first.
,Thank you both for your money!"
The waiter said, licked the hot tea for the two of them, and then went to greet the guests.
Shangguan Yu handed the snacks that the waiter brought to Bai Ling: "Ling'er thinks there is something wrong with the monk?"
"Well, it's very problematic. People usually choose an auspicious day. No one would invite a group of monks to the house late at night. If so, then there is either a problem with the family or the monk!"
Although this town is remote, she still knew some of its customs when she first came to this town.
People in the town have never believed in ghosts and gods, but they do believe in blackmail. Monks are for praying, and only wealthy families can afford them if they spend a lot of money. Warlocks are the ones who can get rid of evil spirits.
Now the Li family said that someone died violently, but they invited a monk to come in the middle of the night and let the monk stay at the house for several days. This is obviously unusual.
"In that case, let's wait here for the monk to come out. Maybe we can find some clues." Shangguan Yu took a leisurely sip of tea and looked in the direction of the Li family not far away.
From a distance, a young monk wearing a coarse robe walked over carrying a cloth bag.
The little monk looked to be in his teens. He was so chubby that when he walked with a cloth bag on his back, the fat on his belly could not be hidden.
The waiter was right. The young monk did pass by the tea stall when he was going out. Bai Ling and Shangguan Yu gave him tea money after he passed by, got up and followed him.
In order to avoid being discovered by the young monk, they did not follow too closely, but after following for a while they discovered that the young monk was indeed here to make a purchase.
The things they bought were just ordinary daily necessities, as well as cakes and snacks. Bai Ling and Shangguan Yu followed him and walked to several stores along the way, but they didn't find anything new and they couldn't feel it. They thought about whether they were looking for something.
Wrong direction.
Just when Bai Ling was about to give up following the young monk to find clues, he saw the young monk entering Zuiyan Tower.
The young monk went to the restaurant?
As soon as this information came out, Bai Ling suddenly became energetic and forgot that he was wearing men's clothes. He grabbed Shangguan Yu and followed him into the restaurant.