twin moon

Chapter 99 No.12 Scene [-]

Ever since Ning Yue and Granny Cen lived in Jingshu City, it has already been severe winter.

Jingshu is the largest city in Sizhou.No matter passing through the Hejian Corridor to go north to Qinglan Mountain, or going west to Wanzhou from the Mangdang Plain, or going south through Suoyang Pass from the north, it is a necessary place for land and water routes.Therefore, this place is not like the city in Wanzhou, which contains the delicate and gentle water town, nor is it like the northern city, which always carries some rough lines of sand and dust.

The girl gradually integrated into the life in the city, just like when she entered the twilight cottage at the beginning of the year, new things that she had never seen before could be found everywhere.However, she could no longer find that kind of carefree innocence, instead, she felt endless sadness and loneliness in her heart.Now, no one will buy her various delicacies in the street market with the salary he saved, and no one will lead her around the streets and alleys, telling her all kinds of interesting anecdotes.

The food in Jingshu City is not as exquisite and varied as in Ye Kingdom.Most of them are beef and mutton, supplemented by various spices, cooked by steaming, souring, roasting, simmering and other methods, the juice is thick and fragrant, tender, crisp and refreshing.Pair it with all kinds of pastries made of wheat and millet, and it tastes really special.

However, the lack of changes in diet still makes it difficult for the girl to adapt.She has only lived in the city for a few months, and she is already impatient. All day long, she only wants to have the opportunity to eat the white balls and roasted dumplings on Zitong Street, or taste the red salmon soup from Jiayunzhai again. Or go to the beach next to Baisha Camp to bake some seafood, even if it is good to eat dumplings made by Sister Jia again.

This kind of thought made her become more and more forgetful about food and drink, just wandering around the city all day long, hoping to meet a few traders from Wanzhou, and get even a little bit of the land that she missed from them. relevant news.

Fortunately, there are several markets in Jingshu City, where shops of all kinds are densely distributed, and there are many hawkers who travel all over the world. If you choose a crowded street corner, you can set up a simple shed and sell for half a day.This gave Ning Yue enough reasons to stroll from sunrise to sunset, gradually becoming the only thing that wasn't so boring.

One day, she accidentally met a cripple pushing a unicycle at an alley in the east of the city.

There are many hills in Weiliang, and the wheelbarrow can't play a big role, so few people use it.Judging from the way the cripple was dressed, he looked like a farmer from Wanzhou.The red-haired girl was so excited that she almost jumped up, she walked quickly to the man and opened her mouth to ask:
"Uncle, are you from Ye Country?"

The cripple just kept his head down and hurried on his way.Ning Yue opened her mouth suddenly, which startled her, and the wheelbarrow in her hand swayed from side to side, no matter how hard it was to drive steadily, it was knocked by a protruding bluestone slab on the road, and it fell completely tilted to the ground.The goods piled up on the car also scattered with a crash, falling all over the street.

"Oh, you girl, what are you talking about?"

The cripple was also brought down to the ground by the car, and he struggled a few times but failed to get up.Seeing this embarrassment, the girl giggled, hurriedly walked up to her, and stretched out her hand to help him up:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Who knew you were so timid. I just want to ask about the current situation of Ye Kingdom. If uncle knows, please tell me."

"What are you talking about? Didn't you see that I'm busy? If everyone on this street stops me to inquire about the affairs of the Ye Kingdom, I don't want to work anymore? Let's go, let's go!"

The lame man shook off Ning Yue's hand angrily, and returned to the car with difficulty picking up the scattered goods one by one.

"If you don't say it, don't say it, why are you so fierce..."

The red-haired girl couldn't help puffing up her cheeks.She knew that her rashness was indeed inappropriate, and the other party's temper at her had already made her lose the interest to continue asking.

But just when Ning Yue was about to leave, she saw a group of soldiers marching neatly at the corner of the street. They were the soldiers of Guan Ning who patrolled the city day and night.

The armor on the soldier's body looks much thicker than the Xuanjia of the boat master of Ye Kingdom, but it is pure silver.This shows the extraordinary blood relationship between the Lord of Wei Liang and Yu Jing's royal family, and it also gives these tall soldiers a sense of arrogance and nobility.

There are many mountains and hills in Weiliang, and there are two screen-like mountains, Tongyan and Qingying, in the north.There are many bears and beasts in the mountains, which makes Weiliang people born with a toughness.On the breastplates of the soldiers, there is a golden coat of arms with staggered gold, and they walk like a tiger.Coupled with the strong physique brought about by the local diet, each of them looked as tall and powerful as the barbarians in Shuobei.

Ning Yue immediately felt the strong sense of oppression brought by the other party, and involuntarily took two steps back.Unexpectedly, the lame man next to him who was still cursing in his mouth suddenly begged her in a low voice:
"Girl, girl, can you help me?"

"Are you not afraid that I will delay your business again?"

Ning Yue turned her head and gave the other party a blank look, but didn't step forward to help.

"Girl, the tone of my words just now was really bad. However, Weiliang people are notoriously unreasonable. It is already very difficult for me to make a living with a small business. If they target me again and steal a few gold baht, the business will be ruined." But it’s a waste of time. We’re all from the country of Ye, so I’ll make it up to you!”

Seeing the lame man sweating profusely and speaking Wanzhou dialect, the girl's heart suddenly softened, and she finally turned around to help him re-stack the goods on the car one by one and bundle them neatly .

"Thank you, girl, I knew it. You won't die. Those soldiers patrolling the streets are not easy to mess with. You should leave quickly."

The lame man breathed a sigh of relief, and with both arms he picked up the unicycle and started on the road again.At this time, his face was already flushed with exhaustion, and the sheepskin hat he was wearing on his head had been lost somewhere. The steaming heat continued to radiate from the top of his head and neckline, and he kept turning his head to glance at the Guan Ning soldier. Before the other party approached, he breathed a sigh of relief and whispered:
"Hey, I almost delayed the big event. You Bozhou guys, think that wearing a lump of iron on your body will make you invulnerable? Just relying on my carload of things is enough to make you dead!"

"Just wait a minute."

The red-haired girl suddenly frowned, and was about to stop him again—from the moment they met, she felt that the lame man looked flustered, and the cargo on the car was extremely heavy, not only could she smell a pungent smell when she got close , and the outside is densely wrapped in oil paper, it doesn't look like ordinary groceries at all, and it doesn't look like a local product shipped from Wanzhou.Hearing his muttering at this time, she felt more and more that this matter was not as simple as it seemed.

"Do you have anything else?"

The lame man also seemed to realize that what he just said was inappropriate, so he pushed the front of the car and continued to walk forward without looking back.But Ning Yue suddenly dodged and blocked his way:

"What's in this truck of yours?"

"What else is there, just some souvenirs."

The lame man was startled for a moment, and then he smirked.But the red-haired girl didn't like him, and put on a posture that wanted to break the casserole and ask the end:

"Since it is a special product brought from Wanzhou, how about selling some to me? I have been away for a while, and I want to satisfy my hunger."

Ning Yue was not sure whether her suspicion was accurate, her blue eyes rolled slightly, and she continued to catch the other party's words.

"That can't be sold to you either. These things are pre-ordered by a customer in the city. I have to deliver them quickly, otherwise the work will be delayed, but wages will be deducted."

The lame man rejected the girl's request without any hesitation.This made Ning Yue lose her mind for a while, but she was still a little unwilling, and still refused to give way.

"Girl, since everyone is from the same town, I advise you, don't ask more about things you shouldn't know, so as not to get yourself into trouble!"

The cripple grinned, and winked at Ning Yue maliciously.The red-haired girl heard the threat in the other party's tone, so she had to take a half step back, watching helplessly as the cripple walked away.

She turned her head, looked at the team of Guan Ning soldiers dozens of steps away behind her, and looked at the back of the cripple who was hurrying, and bit her lower lip hard:

"This guy behaves strangely and suspiciously. He must have hidden some ulterior secrets in the car. What is the dangerous thing that can make people lose their bones?!"

For some reason, the powerful cannons that she had seen on Hailing Island reappeared in front of the girl's eyes. The more she thought about it, the more terrifying a thought appeared in her mind.For a while, she didn't care about so many things, Dang even raised the corner of her skirt, and chased after the lame man in the direction where he left just now.

The lame man in front of him walked fast and slow, turning his head from time to time to see if anyone was following him.However, Ning Yue's footsteps were very light, and she even deliberately covered up her red hair, so that she didn't arouse the other party's awareness along the way.

Soon, the girl discovered to her surprise that the other party's lameness was faked, and she became more and more unwilling to let it go.The two walked around the city for three incense sticks one after the other before stopping in front of an inconspicuous house in the downtown area.

The lame man knocked on the mahogany gate, and the people in the courtyard seemed to have been waiting here, and they gave him a few signs through the door before letting him in.The girl following behind finally realized that it was absolutely impossible for her to continue to follow this house, so she could only secretly note down its location, planning to tell Granny Cen what happened first, and then make a long-term plan.

"...That's how it happened. I'd like to ask my lord to decide."

An hour later, Granny Cen had led the girl to report to Kun Jie about the lame man.Who knows, the other party didn't put down the book in his hand because of this, and didn't even raise his head:

"Understood, you go down first. If there are any arrangements in the future, I will send someone to inform you."

Kun Jie's reaction obviously made Ning Yue feel a little unhappy:

"But if it's delayed for a long time, I'm afraid the cripple and the whole truckload of goods will disappear!"

The man before the case finally withdrew his attention from the book, looked at the girl's anxious face, but laughed and said:

"Then—how does Miss Ning Yue want me to arrange it?"

"I would like to ask Master Kunjie to send some experts to sneak into that mansion with me tonight, and find out exactly what the lame man brought to this city from Ye Kingdom after traveling so far."

The red-haired girl didn't know how to restrain herself, so she actually began to speak out.The old woman on the side immediately wanted to stop her, but Kunjie blocked her with his gaze:
"After all, I still haven't been able to hear it until now. What is the relationship between that cart of goods and the fire bolt?"

"Isn't that obvious enough? There is a faint pungent smell in those goods, which should be mixed with a lot of sulfur. And the lame man pretended to be lame in front of people at first, but he completely disappeared after thinking that no one noticed. It's back to normal. It must be weird to deliberately conceal it, shouldn't you be suspicious?"

Ning Yue didn't expect that the other party would have such an indifferent attitude, so she couldn't help being a little anxious, and stepped forward to raise her voice.Unexpectedly, after this, Kunjie laughed even harder:

"Miss Ning Yue, is this your evidence? It's all subjective speculation, plus some speculation. If I really sent people to infiltrate that mansion because of this, it's fine if nothing was found. If something goes wrong and the government is attracted, wouldn't it be arson?"

"But--"

"No need to say any more. To tell you the truth, the owner of that house is also a famous hero in this city, and he has quite a personal relationship with me. Those of us can step back to the I would like to thank him for his help. I can be sure that this person does not know our identities, and has no way of knowing the legends and holy cities of our family. No matter what he and the cripple did in private Any shady transactions will never, and will never have anything to do with the firebolt and the things we want to investigate, understand?"

Originally, the red-haired girl wanted to argue, but what the man said made her speechless.Seeing this, Granny Cen quickly took the reckless girl out of Kunjie's study.

However, Ning Yue always felt that there was a voice in her heart telling herself that there were many things wrong with this matter, which made her miss the black-eyed boy who had always taken care of her in the past three years:

"If Jiang Yan is here, he will definitely support me unconditionally and help me to find out. I don't know where he is now, and has he thought of me..."

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