Tao Zang Xuan Zhi

"Although I have never met those people, I have heard people say that those people are very miserable and pitiful. In front of others, they dress luxuriously and have thousands of men and women spend their money on them. In private, they are beaten and tortured. They are covered with diseases and often do not live long.. Therefore, there are often people trying to escape over there, but they are often found and caught. And if they are caught back, they will inevitably be subjected to more cruel punishment and torture. This time, the band did not hesitate to entrust us. It must be that the woman hid it too well. Zhong

Wanling put down the rice cake in his hand and said softly:"Senior Brother Mu, do you mean we should let that person go?""

Mu Xiaochuan was noncommittal. After all, the two of them had already accepted the task.

Zhong Wanling thought for a moment and said,"Actually, there is a reason why I took this task. Zhong Wanling paused,"A few days ago, my uncle introduced me to a person in private, Mr. Zhang Xiuzhang, the inspector of the City Patrol Department." Master Zhang told me something and hoped I could help."

Mu Xiaochuan knew that the uncle Zhong Wanling was talking about was Zhang Xu, the Minister of Civil Affairs. He didn't expect that this little girl had a wide range of business and had already been involved in officialdom at a young age. This experience was indeed a bit scary, but he listened to her words calmly.

"Master Zhang told me that he felt something bad was happening in the city. The number of missing people reported to him by his centurion was higher than usual, but the missing people were either refugees or insignificant traffickers. These people themselves are very mobile and live like floating ducks. Few people care about their existence, and it is even harder to investigate their whereabouts. His subordinates also comforted him, saying that these people would leave eventually and there was no need to worry about them. However, Mr. Zhang always felt that something was wrong. It was common for these people to come and go, but the sudden increase in number might be a sign of something. Therefore, he found his uncle and wanted to entrust Lao Xianmen to do the math."

Mu Xiaochuan understood."Junior sister, do you think this is not a sign, but something that has already happened?"

Zhong Wanling nodded and took out the power of attorney that was crumpled by her."Yesterday, I just wanted to pick a simple task at random to complete the grade points, but when I saw this commission, I remembered for no reason what Mr. Zhang told me. of this matter."

Mu Xiaochuan realized something, but he also had doubts."But the missing person should be... a musician, which is different from a refugee or a trafficker."

"However, they are also like duckweeds."

Mu Xiaochuan was speechless.

During the conversation, the carriage had already driven onto Kangping Street.

Kangping Street is the main street in Beili. Even though Zhong Wanling and Mu Xiaochuan have never been there, they have both heard of the reputation of Kangping Flower Street.

Zhong Wanling originally She guessed that this area was chaotic, dirty and filthy, so when she opened the curtains and looked outside, she was still a little surprised to see the streets on both sides were orderly. However, at this time, Kangping Flower Street did not look like those playful people. The aristocratic family described it as lively. There are many shops on both sides of the street, and the inns and restaurants are close to each other with carved railings and painted buildings. The road is wide and flat, but I don’t know what happened. The doors of the shops and restaurants on both sides of the street are closed, and even The main door of the inn was also half-open. Occasionally, a waiter-like person yawned and leaned against the half-open door. He took a bucket and a broom and swept the ground in front of the door perfunctorily.

Mu Xiaochuan guessed it. Zhong Wanling was puzzled and said:"It's not surprising, most of the shops here are open at night, and they are still closed now."

The car turned a corner and turned into an alley. On one side was the bustling Kangping Street, and on the other side was Chachoengsao Lane where their destination was. The doors and windows were old and dilapidated, and only the courtyard walls on both sides were special. It was so tall that it completely covered the courtyard. A lot of the plaster on the walls had peeled off, and they were mottled like figures struggling and shouting on the wall. After a while, Mu Xiaochuan found where they were going. That music shop.

Mu Xiaochuan knocked on the wooden door with peeling paint, and the head of a seven or eight-year-old girl who was yellow and thin was poked out of the door. Mu Xiaochuan explained the purpose of his visit, and the little girl looked sleepy. His eyes suddenly widened, he opened the door in panic, and tremblingly asked Mu Xiaochuan and Zhong Wanling to wait at the door, then hurriedly shouted"Mom, Mom" ​​and ran into the yard. After a while, a fat man The woman hurriedly put on her clothes and arranged her hair, then followed the yellow and thin little girl to the door.

This woman looked to be about fifty years old, with a plump figure and still some charm. It was obvious that she was a beauty when she was young. , but in the eyes of Mu Xiaochuan, who had opened his spiritual eyes, Zhong Wanling could not be more than thirty-five years old at most. The woman hurried to the door, and when she saw Zhong Wanling dressed as a young man, she stopped at her feet. She looked at countless people. At a glance, she could tell that this boy who seemed to have no hair was a woman, but when she looked at the tall Mu Xiaochuan, her heart returned to her stomach again, and she came up to him with a smile:"You two Immortal Master, you are finally here. Come on, please come inside. He called to the thin girl next to him:"Go and make a pot of fragrant tea. Put the Biluochun on the top shelf.""

The woman claimed to be the steward of this music studio, her surname was Liang, and she warmly welcomed the two people into the hall. The inside of the door was exquisite and elegant, and the walkways were smooth and clean. Only occasionally you could catch a glimpse of the old inner courtyard through the decorated leaky wall. House.

Mother Liang didn’t say much. After a while, the thin Huang girl made a pot of tea and brought it into the hall tremblingly. Mother Liang took the tea tray and cursed in a low voice:"Why is it so bad? You're sensible, don't you know how to prepare some pastries? I don’t know how I was taught at home before, but I couldn’t do this."He turned around with a bright face, and respectfully placed the teapot and teacup on the coffee table between Zhong Wanling and Mu Xiaochuan. Seeing that he was disheveled again, he bowed slightly embarrassed and said,"Two immortal masters, just a moment. After waiting for a while, I went to change my clothes. He turned around and scolded the thin yellow girl in a low voice:"Why don't you hurry up and wake up those aunts and sisters of yours!""The thin yellow girl immediately responded in panic and ran towards the backyard.

Zhong Wanling and Mu Xiaochuan did not touch the tea on the coffee table. They sat quietly on their pearwood armchairs and observed the surroundings. This courtyard hall is as close as the outer wall. The windows and doors of the side room are different. They have a bookish aroma and are well maintained. It seems to be specially used to receive guests. After the two of them waited for a while, Liang’s mother hurried over with three or four young girls. , those women were all pretty, the oldest was only about twenty years old, and the youngest was only eight or nine years old.

Mother Liang took the girls and gave a big salute to Zhong Wanling and Mu Xiaochuan.

Mu Xiaochuan stopped Liang Mom wanted to introduce to them the plans of the women behind her, and said:"We are not here to listen to music, so just say what you have to say. Mother Liang apologized repeatedly and said,"Master Immortal has misunderstood. These are all the sisters of the missing girl." I guessed that maybe they knew where the girl was. Oh, the missing girl’s name is Min Jun. She is the leading musician in our village. She is good at playing, playing and singing, especially the pipa, which was praised by the empress in the palace.……"

Mu Xiaochuan stopped Mother Liang's boasting:"Let's get to the point. Since these girls know the whereabouts of Miss Minjun, why do they come to us?"

Mother Liang said with a smile, and then glanced at the trembling girls behind her. He complained:"I don't think so. These girls are very tough-talking. No matter how much I try to persuade them, they just refuse to say anything. Now that the Immortal Master is here, I call you bitches. This time you are still in front of the Immortal Master." Can you be so stubborn? Come on, tell me, where did you hide Minjun?"

Several girls knelt down in a ball, shaking like chaff, and said one after another:"Mom, we really didn't hide Minjun. Something happened to daddy and the others, and at home, There is nothing left, only here and a place to stay. Where can we hide her?"

"Sister Minjun has nowhere to go, and she will not leave us behind."

Mother Liang didn't believe the cries of these women at all. She rolled her eyes and lamented with self-pity:"Hey, my life is really miserable, and I raised a white-eyed wolf out of kindness. I taught her how to play the piano, bought her clothes and jewelry, and even helped her raise trash like you. How could I be sorry for that damn girl? You actually hid her. You don’t even think about it, who else among you can make money besides her? If not, who will support a big family like yours? That is to say, Mom, I have a kind heart, but if it were anyone else, I would have kicked you out a long time ago."

A few girls were afraid to refute. One of the older women said forcefully:"No, mom, Minjun will never run away. She may have encountered something unexpected, and she won't run away.."

Mother Liang glared at the woman who was speaking fiercely. The woman was so frightened that she quickly covered her face with her sleeves and said angrily:"What can happen if we are so good in the courtyard? What could happen that no one would know about?"

The older woman did not dare to speak. A girl of thirteen or fourteen years old next to her supported the trembling woman and said timidly:"Maybe there was an accident while going out. Sister Minjun was out before she disappeared."

Mother Liang scolded:"You stinky girl, you are also full of lies! Do you think I haven't asked? The bearers who sent Minjun to the banquet that night all told him that they had clearly sent him back.

The older woman cried and said,"No, no one came that night.""

Mother Liang snorted and pointed at the thin yellow girl kneeling at the back."Is this the girl who said that? She was keeping vigil that night. This girl had been lazing around and telling lies all day long. She might have dozed off somewhere, and then she would come out and talk nonsense again.

The thin yellow girl was so frightened that she kowtowed repeatedly and cried,"No, mom, really no, I really didn't see anyone coming that night.""

Mother Liang was so angry that she took two steps over and pulled up the yellow thin girl's hair, revealing a long scar that was originally covered by her hair. She dragged the yellow thin girl out of the hall in two steps, and picked up the door outside the door with one hand. He whipped the thin yellow girl with a bamboo stick. While beating him, he cursed:"You're such an ugly monster with a bad heart and a dog's heart, you're so lazy and can't do anything, and you still have a bad face! It's been eight lifetimes of bad luck for me to fall in love with you sisters. The only cash cow is gone!"The yellow skinny girl screamed and cried"Mom, mom". The older woman who was hiding her face and crying ignored her fear and threw herself on the yellow skinny girl and held her in her arms.

Zhong Wanling grabbed Liang Liang Mom waved her bamboo hand."That’s enough."