Chapter 224: hard-working peddler
Chapter 224 The Hard-working Hawker
On the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the peddler Wang Ermazi pushed his trolley to the busiest street to sell mung bean cakes steamed by his mother-in-law.
However, it was only 10 o'clock, and there were already many hawkers on the street he frequented to grab a seat.
Finding the best relationship in the weekdays, Wang Ermazi leaned over with a smile and said, just to tease: "Why, I managed to go home early yesterday, so I woke up so early today? Shouldn't I...sleep all day long?"
The other party looked around cautiously, and then suppressed his voice and said, "Still sleeping three poles a day? I hardly closed my eyes all night!"
Wang Ermazi opened his eyes wide curiously, and asked, "What's wrong? Why haven't you slept all night?"
"Don't mention it, doesn't my house live by the city gate? If there is any movement, I can say that I can hear it clearly. It was last night. I guess it was around three o'clock in the ugly hour, and suddenly there was something different at the city gate..."
「In the middle of the night...why is there a sudden change of movement?」
"Listen to me! I listened to the movement and sneaked out to have a look, and then I saw... Our Lord Chief Assistant, full of murderous looks, was talking to Jingcheng Shouzheng..."
"Hiss... full of murderous intent? Who dares to offend our Chief Assistant? Don't you want to die!"
"No! Do you know what else I heard? It seems that the young lady of the Ruan family was injured!"
Wang Ermazi touched his head in a daze, and said in surprise, "Miss Ruan was injured? No... I didn't quite understand what you said! Didn't you just say that Master Shoufu was angry? Why did you suddenly... "
"You elm head! You don't know the relationship between Miss Ruan and Master Shoufu? It is said that Master Shoufu took Miss Ruan to go out to admire the moon, and then... met an assassin!"
"Assassin... Assassin? Someone still dare to assassinate our lord Shoufu and that young lady of the Ruan family? Are they tired of their jobs? Ah... no... the young lady of the Ruan family went to watch the moon with Lord Shoufu in the middle of the night? This... Isn't it a bit out of order?" Wang Ermazi was still wondering why such an incomprehensible person would assassinate Gu Shoufu and the others, but in the end, he was rewarded by Lord Shoufu and Miss Ruan in the middle of the night. Things like Yue diverted attention.
But the other party reached out and patted his shiny forehead, and said in a bad mood: "You have the courage to talk about Lord Shoufu! What's more, the two of you, but The betrothal gifts are all over! Marriage is not just around the corner! What do you do with this! The point now is that Lord Shoufu and Miss Ruan were assassinated! And Miss Ruan...was injured! You know...no one in the entire capital would dare to assassinate these two together."
When Wang Ermazi heard this, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.
His eyes widened in shock, Wang Er Mazi half covered his mouth with his hands and lowered his voice following the other party: "You mean...the envoys from other countries did it?"
「We don’t know which messenger…but…it must be related to them!」
After the two men muttered a few more words with serious expressions, they dispersed because there were a few passers-by who wanted to buy something.
After a while, Zhao Dazui, who was on the other side of Wang Ermazi, suddenly approached, and asked curiously what Wang Ermazi was chatting with others just now.
Wang Ermazi didn't want to say it at first, but Zhao Dazui was soft and stubborn.
As the sun rose higher and higher, when Wang Ermazi left, he found that his old acquaintance had also left at some point.
At this time, the person who had just spat with Wang Ermazi was standing in front of Gu Changan respectfully reporting to him the mission he had just done.
"Master, my subordinates have said everything they need to say. As for how they spread the word...it's their business. After all, that Zhao Dazui is a well-known fast mouth in the well of the capital. It's just...Master, let your subordinates Rumor has it that you and Miss Ruan family watched the moon in the middle of the night...would it damage her reputation...after all..."
"Youqing brought it up by herself. Since she brought it up, she is as smart as her, and she can definitely think of the possible consequences. Since she doesn't care, I don't care, why should I care about those irrelevant people? What about the rhetoric? Although people’s words are scary, you still have to look at your own heart.”
"Then master... what is the next task for this subordinate?"
"Continue to go to the streets, and say that the killers' corpses have some unique marks of Nanting people on their wrists."
"yes."
…
Because of being in a foreign country, Baili Huaijin didn't sleep very comfortably these days.
The sky had already turned pale, and he was just about to fall asleep when he heard the panicked voices of servants outside.
Baili Huaijin concealed the gloom on his face, and replaced it with an approachable smile.
He has always been used to disguising himself in front of people.
Even for his subordinates who get along with him day and night, he has never really felt at ease to show his true self to each other.
After all... it was too dark.
But it doesn't fit his image of a gentle and jade-like Mr. Pianpian at all.
At the same time, Baili Huaijin walked out slowly with a gentle smile.
"His Royal Highness!" Seeing Baili Huaijin go out, the visitor immediately knelt on the ground, as if something was wrong.
"I have something to say slowly, don't panic." Seeing this, Baili Huaijin was a little dissatisfied, but he still spoke very calmly.
"His Royal Highness! In the early hours of this morning, Gu Shoufu of Ningguo and that young lady of the Ruan family were assassinated outside the city!"
A dark look quickly flashed in Baili Huaijin's eyes, and then raised his eyebrows slightly, pretending to be worried: "I met an assassination? But who did I offend? Also, were those two injured? If so...the orphan ...Should I go and visit? After all...it can be regarded as an acquaintance..."
"No, His Royal Highness, this is not the point! The point is...the point is that they saw...the marks of our Nanting people on the corpses of those killers!"
The smile on Baili Huaijin's face immediately froze, and a haze began to pervade her body.
"what did you just say?"
"Subordinate...subordinate heard...the killer who assassinated Gu Shoufu and Miss Ruan...had...the imprint of our Nanting people!"
However, after seeing Baili Huaijin's sinister expression, his voice became less and less confident.
"Someone actually wanted to frame us!" Baili Huaijin tightly held his hand, and he didn't let go until he felt a little pain, and then continued word by word: "Go! Order! Help Ningguo Someone find out the real culprit behind this assassination! Gu wants to see who is going to pour this dirty water on Gu!"
"yes!"
"Also! Go...invite Mr. Guz, the wizard, and talk to him about something important!"
(end of this chapter)