Chapter 495 A Gift for the Miss

Chapter 495 A Gift for the Miss

Chapter 495 A Gift for the Miss
Seeing that his words were effective, Lou Xiu was secretly delighted. It went so smoothly that he was not able to say some of the things he had prepared, which also surprised him a little.

Since he could achieve his goal without any nonsense, he naturally bowed and said, "I obey your command."

"Go ahead." After Li Xianghong dismissed him, she called the maid outside the pavilion in and raised her chin towards Lou Xiu's departing back. "As he wishes, let's see what he wants to do."

Without saying a word, the maid understood and left immediately.

Without anyone around, Bai Qiru asked, "Do you want to test him with this?"

Li Xianghong: "Then what should I do? There is no evidence. I can't just send a letter pointing out that there is something wrong with my subordinates. I will just arrest him and interrogate him, right? Will he admit it? If that's the case, then I will be too easy to deal with. A few more letters will bring down my city."

Then he looked in the direction where Lou Xiu left, "I hope it's just a coincidence that he just happened to mention A Xun's body."

As he spoke, he took out the letter again, opened it again and read the contents, muttering to himself, "What is the intention of the sender? Who will benefit if Louxiu collapses..."

Outside a row of storage rooms dug out of the mountain, guards from the City Lord's Mansion were personally guarding them.

Lou Xiu came with the tax collector and his gang, and the city lord's personal maid was already waiting there.

Seeing the maid's surprised look, Lou Xiu immediately pointed at Mei You and his group and explained, "Most of them have gone to the city for inspection, and some on duty are not easy to move. Their tax inspector just happens to have nothing to do, so he transferred them here to take over."

The maid nodded slightly, "Lou Tixia, please take over first."

Instead, he personally took the group to check out the relevant stone chamber.

Upon entering, he saw the bodies of dead people or monsters, a total of more than ten. After Lou Xiu secretly counted them, he found that the one he cared about the most was missing, so he immediately asked, "Why can't I see the body of Master Xun?"

The maid explained: "Lord Axun's identity is there. After all, he has to report to Shenshan, so it's not good to mix with them, so he is placed alone next door." After saying that, she stretched out her hand and gestured for him to follow me.

So Lou Xiu followed her in and out and came to a nearby stone chamber.

On a board in the room, there lay the body of a five-foot-long red-eyed black marten, with all its fur burnt off and its body charred.

Lou Xiu looked around and sighed, "How could this happen?"

His eyes then fixed on some objects placed next to the corpse, including accessories and a Qiankun bag, all of which were burnt black by fire.

He pointed at the items and asked, "Are these all the relics of Master Xun?"

The maid nodded, "Yes."

Lou Xiu asked: "Have you collected everything?"

The maid held out her hand and said, "Everything that can be found at the scene of the incident is laid out here."

Things were simple afterwards, and both sides completed the handover of the remains and related relics.

After taking control of this place with his own hands, Lou Xiu, who personally sent away the city lord's personal maid, felt relieved. From now on, he could enter and exit here freely.

After turning around and giving Mei You a wink, he quickly entered the room where A Xun's body was placed.

There was nothing else to do, just looking through A Xun's belongings carefully. The main point was to pour out the items in the Qiankun bag and look through them one by one, trying to find out what the person hiding in the dark was looking for.

He didn't believe that the other party would be interested in all of Axun's belongings. He concluded that there was something among Axun's belongings that the other party wanted. What could it be?

He then counted everything, even opened all the bottles and jars, and checked every pill himself, but the doubts in his mind were not resolved.

No one knows what is hidden in A Xun's belongings, nor does anyone know what the person hiding in the dark is doing.

After checking again and again, he had to put things back where they should be and put them away.

He did not take these relics away, but memorized various samples, and then quickly returned to his residence to forge and imitate the samples he had just seen.

The process is actually simple. A Xun's things are not unique in the world. Many of them are common things. At least for him, it is not difficult to buy a batch.

That is to say, they were roasted over fire, and the things in the Qiankun bag were roughly packed into it according to the types of items recorded.

Afterwards, he secretly went to the place where the bodies were kept with something in his pocket and quickly replaced A Xun's belongings.

During this period of busy work, we worked very hard without any delay.

He had no choice. People from Shenshan would definitely come. If Dazhicheng couldn't give an explanation to Shenshan as soon as possible, Shenshan would definitely intervene. He had to solve the current trouble before Shenshan intervened.

The whole process of the replacement went quite smoothly, but after a whole night of hard work, the sky was just beginning to get light.

After standing on the edge of the mountain and facing the sky and taking a deep breath, he turned around and went back to his own house, closed the door and was alone. He took out the mother-and-child talisman given by the mysterious man, and sent a contact message to ask: Are the ten tax inspectors still alive?
Deep in the pavilions on the top of the mountain, Bai Qiru was smoking his pipe with one hand and playing chess with Li Xianghong across from him with the other.

As long as things didn't come to a conclusion, the two of them couldn't rest in peace for a moment.

The maid hurried over and leaned over to whisper in Li Xianghong's ear: "Lou Tixia has replaced all of Lord Axun's belongings."

The two women playing chess looked up in surprise.

Li Xianghong frowned, "Is there anything special among Xun's belongings?"

The maid was a little embarrassed and said, "I did check it before, but the killer didn't take away Master Xun's belongings after he succeeded, which showed that he didn't care about them. So I didn't pay much attention to Master Xun's belongings, and it seems that I didn't find anything special." Li Xianghong asked again, "Did they replace all the belongings, not just one?"

The maid replied, "Not just one thing, but all of them."

Li Xianghong looked at Bai Qiru who was standing opposite her. "If there really was a deal with the kidnappers, could it be that the item the kidnappers wanted was A Xun's relics?"

Bai Qiru asked back, "What does Lou Xiu want from the kidnappers? It can't be to save my wife, right?"

Li Xianghong snorted, "If you really want to do this, you won't be so sneaky."

At the back door of the library, Shi Chun half-exposed his body and looked at the light on in the kitchen in the corner of the yard. He knew that Dong Liangyi had gotten up early as usual and was preparing breakfast for the family.

He had no interest in Dong Liangyi's breakfast because it was not tasty.

He suddenly took out a talisman, hid behind the door, read the message on it, and replied directly: They are all dead.

He didn't lie to the other party. He knew without asking that they were all killed by Wu Jinliang and it was impossible for them to be left alive.

Lou Xiu's face twitched. This was not good news for him. The tax inspector suddenly disappeared at this time, which was hard not to arouse suspicion.

But what can I do? Should I terminate the transaction with the other party just because of this?

The disappearance of the ten tax collectors could still be compensated, but if the current deal could not be reached, he would not even have the chance to make up for it. The entire Dazhi city was blocked, and he could not escape now.

After temporarily putting this thought aside, he asked again: What guarantee can I get if I give you the things?
Shi Chun replied: I can't give you any guarantee, and I don't want you to expose this deal. I don't know if this counts as a guarantee? As for whether you are willing to go through with this deal, it's up to you. I won't force you.

Lou Xiu's face twisted again. After clenching her fists for a while, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask: I've already got the things, how do we trade?

Shi Chun: Please close the large formation that blocks the city and conduct the trade outside the city.

Lou Xiu: It was the city lord who ordered the city to be sealed. How can I just open it if I say so?

Shi Chun: Sir, you are in charge of the inner court. Since you can easily get the relics of A Xun, I think your words in front of the city lord are still important. It is estimated that it is not difficult to get the city lord to open the ban. Why not give it a try? If we trade inside the city, if Sir has bad intentions, it will be difficult for me to escape. We must trade outside the city. When Sir finds a way to open the city, we can talk again.

The two ended their contact.

Lou Xiu's face was gloomy and ugly. After thinking for a long time, he took out the Qiankun bag with a burnt surface. His eyes were uncertain for a while, and then he took out a mother-and-child talisman, the kind that can be used for positioning, and threw it into the Qiankun bag.

He immediately collected his things and left.

Shi Chun also put away the mother-and-child talisman in his hand, raised one foot and put it down several times, and finally stepped into the backyard and walked towards the kitchen.

He walked carefully and quietly along the way, observing his surroundings from time to time. When he reached the kitchen door, he deliberately made his footsteps louder.

The slender figure busy under the kitchen light turned around and saw it was him. The two people inside and outside the door looked at each other.

Shi Chun finally stepped in and showed the plate of fruit in his hand, "I'm here to deliver the plate. Thank you for the fruit, Miss."

Dong Liangyi gestured to the table beside him and said, "Just put it there."

For Shi Chun, the test paid off, and he got the final confirmation that the fruit plate was indeed sent by this woman. He immediately expressed his gratitude and said, "I did go out at 10:00 p.m., thank you Miss for keeping it a secret for me."

Dong Liangyi immediately turned around and went back to his own business, responding with his back to him, "You're welcome. I know you couldn't have killed the messenger of Shenshan, who is such a powerful person. I also know that you usually don't go out, and you're always called out by Gao He. Your salary is not high, and it's not easy to save some money. I think it's better for you to go to those kinds of occasions with him less often."

What kind of occasion? Shi Chun was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized that he was implicated by Wu Jinliang.

How could he accept such dirty water, especially since he came prepared?

He took out a beautiful hairpin from his sleeve and presented it to her, saying, "Gao He didn't ask me to go out. I went out on my own and bought a little thing. I don't know if the young lady likes it."

Of course, the things were not bought. He himself didn't know where Elder Xia Fuli from Wukang Mountain got them.

Dong Liangyi looked back and his eyes fell on the hairpin. He was stunned, with surprise and disbelief in his eyes.

Shi Chun offered it with both hands, "I hope the young lady won't despise it."

Dong Liangyi put down the work and turned around, waving his hands in panic, "No, no, no, it's not suitable. I don't need it. You can keep it and give it to someone else."

A bit incoherent.

Shi Chun didn't bother to argue with her, fearing to alarm other people in the courtyard, and simply put the hairpin on a shelf nearby, "If the young lady doesn't like it, just throw it away."

After saying that, he turned around and walked away. When he reached the door, he turned back and added, "In my eyes, the young lady is the most beautiful woman in the world."

Dong Liangyi's face turned red.

Shi Chun didn't see it because he just ran away after saying that.

There was no other way. He was afraid that if the woman didn't expose him, there would be repercussions. It was not appropriate to silence her at the moment. After thinking it over, this was the most suitable method. If the woman dared to expose him, she would face the fact that he bought her a hairpin being exposed. Based on his understanding of the woman's personality, she would be embarrassed to reveal the truth unless it was absolutely necessary. This should be enough to calm the woman down.

(End of this chapter)