Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 224
In heavy rain, it can cover up many traces.

The line of sight is obstructed, pedestrians walk in a hurry, even if there are fights on the street, no one will stop to watch.What's more, it's just a strangely dressed pedestrian on the road...

Such a rainy day is actually not weird anymore.

He was wearing a bamboo hat, wrapped in a coir raincoat, with a scabbard around his waist, dressed like a Jiang Hu.It's just that the bamboo hat is wider than usual, covering most of the face, and the edge of the black hood is exposed under the bamboo hat, the whole face is shrunk inside, and nothing can be seen.

The exposed palm has wide knuckles and long fingers, it is a man, but the skinny hands are only a layer of skin, which is a bit scary.

He quickly walked through the streets and alleys, disappeared in the vast rain, until he came to the door of a certain teahouse, and walked straight past the dozing Xiaoer at the door.

The cold wind hit Xiao Er's face with the rain, Xiao Er woke up suddenly, saw the man dripping the rain all the way, and immediately became angry, "Hey! Stop, what's the matter with you old beggar What! Do you know that your dirty body has polluted the land of my house!"

A person stood out from the stairs, with a square Chinese character face, and with a wooden expression, he threw a piece of silver towards the downstairs, and whispered, "Shut up!"

The broken silver rolled down and rolled to the feet of Xiao Er who was chasing him. It was stained with muddy water. Xiao Er picked it up with a smile on his face, wiped it on his clothes, blew on it, and held it in his palm facing the building. Shang nodded and bowed, "You are busy! Guest officer, you are busy, call the villain if necessary."

Looking up again, there was no one at the stairway.

As Xiao Er walked towards the door, he looked at the broken silver in his hand. In the dark light of the rainy day, the little silver seemed to be shining brightly. tooth.

Xiao Er smiled happily.

……

Upstairs, the bamboo hats and coir raincoats were taken off, revealing a thin figure wrapped in black robes.He bowed to the man who poured himself a drink behind the smoke, "Your Highness, Mrs. Ye has a message saying yes, the pills were stolen." His voice was seriously damaged, hoarse and unpleasant.

"Stolen?" Li Yuqi, who was sitting opposite, slowly put down the wine glass in his hand, frowning slightly, "Are you sure you're not too old, and you forgot?"

"Probably not. It is said that I have searched inside and outside, but I can't find it. Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Ye have long been at odds because of their marriage, and they have already lived in separate houses. In Mrs. Ye's room, except for the Except for the nanny who came here as a dowry, no one has ever been in or out..."

The voice was harsh, Li Yuqi frowned, and asked after a while, "When did you lose it, do you know?"

"I don't know."

Swaying the wine glass in his hand, Li Yuqi propped his chin and smiled playfully, "This is interesting... Recently, why are thieves so rampant, throwing things everywhere."

No one answered.

After a long while, he raised his head and asked the Chinese-character face behind him, "Have you heard about Qian Momo?"

"It's probably been two days. The old lady before couldn't even see her face, and couldn't find out anything." Guo Zilian nodded, and stated with a dull expression, "My subordinates found Qian Momo to 'study' outside. His son was hiding from his debts. His subordinates promised to pay off his debts, as long as he asked who his boss was. That kid was hiding from his debts. He heard that someone was paying his debts, let alone asking his boss. It is estimated that he would be willing to sell his mother, but no, he has already returned."

Li Yuqi nodded silently, his face looked a little better, "You owe a lot?"

Guozilian nodded, "Many."

Li Yuqi continued to ask, "Is it enough to buy my life?"

"enough."

"That's it." Li Yuqi took a sip of his wine, and gently and patiently told him, "Don't treat him badly."

"Yes."

This matter was over, Li Yuqi looked at the man in black again, frowning slightly, but his expression was calm, and he seemed to be in a good mood, "Why don't you leave? Is there anything else?"

"Yes." The man in black seemed to nod his head, the wind blowing in from the open window hit him, the black robe was blown to the ground, and he swayed like a bamboo pole supporting his clothes. The voice also seemed a little empty, "That girl from the Shen family is still investigating the dark room in the back mountain, why don't you find someone to do it?"

"No." Li Yuqi denied it without even thinking about it, "Not to mention that she is the daughter of Shen Qian, the censor, but Xu Siniang is a good match? Her daughter has an accident, do you believe she can take care of her?" Did the sky poke a hole out?...Hasn’t everything in the dark room been emptied, and if she wants to check it, let her check it out, what else can be found?”

The man in the black robe lowered his head and did not speak.

In the silence, the wind was blowing, and the sandalwood incense in the room was blown away just as it rose. Li Yuqi stared at the incense burner, his eyes froze for a moment, he looked over slowly, and his voice was cold and deep , "You...what else did you leave in the darkroom?"

The man in black knelt down with a "boom", but remained silent.

"Say!" Li Yuqi was furious, and threw the wine glass in his hand towards the opposite side.

The shattered tiles bounced and rubbed the cheeks under the hood, and soon, blood dripped out, flowing slowly along the jagged grooves on the face, and the itches on the cheeks, like ants crawling, The man in black didn't even raise his hand to wipe it, he just knelt down, "...at first I didn't pay attention to it, and it was only when I saw the girl of the Shen family checking the grounds recently that she seemed to be refusing to give up until she found something, so I remembered that under the incense table , there is a secret compartment, inside which is an original dementor incense."

The situation was better than imagined, Li Yuqi stabilized his mood, "Then you go and take it out, she doesn't stay in the back mountain all day..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yuqi froze for a moment, his face was as if stained by the cold rain outside the window, and he asked word by word, "Did she find it?"

"Yes……"

The rain is getting heavier.

The raindrops hit the window with crackling noises, making the room even more depressingly quiet, only the sound of Li Yuqi's fingertips tapping the table was left.

After a while, he stood up slowly, turned around and walked to the window, facing the wind, closed his eyes on his back, "This matter...you don't have to worry about it. You can't go to the back mountain. These days, you are in the city Find a foothold outside, hide safely, and wait for me to find you. As for the rest... I will deal with it."

Grasshoppers on the same rope don't have to blame each other at this time.

How to minimize the crisis is the question that should be considered at this moment.As for the pursuit of responsibility... don't worry, all accounts will be settled one day.

"Go away." He said, "For your own life, don't appear in front of Ben Gong recently."

The voice is filled with autumn rain and coldness, which makes people tremble.

The man in black got up halfway, bent down and stepped back.

It's just... when the door was closing, he suddenly raised his head, half revealing a ferocious face and eyes full of hatred in the crack of the door.

(End of this chapter)