If I add money to become a layman, I can cultivate immortality

Chapter 29: Another layman who wants to increase money appears?

Three poles in the sun.

Ding Xiu had a comfortable breakfast, freshened up, and then walked down the stairs whistling.

After a while, Pei Lun also walked down with a happy face.

But if you look closely, you can see that the circles under his eyes are slightly darkened, but fortunately he is still energetic.

"go!"

The two walked out of Chunxiao Tower side by side.

Under the leadership of Pei Lun, the two came to an inconspicuous small courtyard located on the southeast side of Fang City.

Unexpectedly, the courtyard is unremarkable from the outside, but it is extremely exquisite inside, with strange rocks, famous flowers, exotic herbs, rockeries, corridors, lotus ponds, and arch bridges.

All this shows that the owner of the courtyard must be an elegant person.

There are two women in their forties and slightly fat who are busy in the courtyard. One is pulling weeds and the other is pruning flowers.

Pei Lun stepped forward, raised his hands to the woman who was pulling weeds, and asked, "Excuse me, has Mr. Luo gotten up?"

The woman glanced at Pei Lun and asked, "Is something wrong?"

"Yes, I have some business to discuss with Mr. Luo."

Hearing this, the woman turned her head and lazily called out: "Master Luo, someone is looking for you!"

"Who is it?"

A vicissitudes of sound came from the house.

After a while, an old man about fifty years old, wearing a green gown and a goatee, came out, holding a cigarette pot bag in his hand.

Ding Xiu was speechless when he saw the visitor.

I thought he was a refined man, but he turned out to be as good as a fortune teller who runs a street stall.

Pei Lun took a step forward and clasped his fists: "Master Luo, are you okay?"

"Oh? Who is it? It turns out to be Mr. Pei!"

With such a toothy smile, his cigarette teeth were exposed, just like smoked bacon.

After a few polite words between the two parties, Mr. Luo led the two of them towards the front hall.

What Ding Xiu didn't expect was that when he passed behind the woman who was pruning flower branches, Master Luo actually raised his hand and slapped her round buttocks.

"Death..."

The woman turned her head and said coquettishly.

"Hahaha!"

Mr. Luo smiled happily, twirled his fingers, and then raised his hand to smell it.

Ding Xiu: "..."

He had to admit that compared to Master Luo, he was still a little too young.

Pei Lun smiled meaningfully: "Master Luo is always strong and has a very unique eye for people."

Mr. Luo looked proud: "That is, only superficial people will pay attention to a person's appearance. When I look at people, I mainly look at their minds and explore their connotations and depths..."

So profound.

Ding Xiu couldn't help but turn around and glance at the two women.

He would rather be a superficial person.

After coming to the front hall and chatting for a while, Mr. Luo took the initiative to ask: "I wonder what news you two adults want to inquire about here?"

Pei Lun glanced at Ding Xiu.

Ding Xiu replied: "I would like to ask Master Luo about two people."

"who?"

"They should be two Jurchens, they look like... Can Mr. Luo lend me some pen and paper?"

"Haha, of course no problem."

It didn't take long for Ding Xiu to draw the appearance of the two middle-aged men he saw last night based on his memory.

Although the painting is not very professional, it roughly depicts the characteristics of the opponent, which is enough to identify him.

"Ok?"

Master Luo stepped forward to take a look and frowned.It seemed like he should know at least one of them.Pei Lun couldn't help but ask, "Do you know Mr. Luo?"

"This... when a person reaches a certain age, his eyesight becomes a bit awkward..."

Ding Xiu kept his composure, took out a 50-tael banknote and handed it over.

Mr. Luo's eyes lit up: "Hey, I seem to have remembered something."

Pei Lun was afraid that Ding Xiu would touch the money again, so he quickly stepped forward and said, "Master Luo, just recognize two people. There is no need to be so shady, right?"

"Haha..." Master Luo stroked his goatee: "Master Pei, if they are just two ordinary people, why would you two come to me?

I have never seen one of these two people before, but this person..."

Mr. Luo stretched out his hand and tapped the portrait on the right: "I know a little bit about him. If you two really want to find out his details...you have to pay more!"

Ding Xiu: Damn it, is this old man stealing my lines?

Pei Lun frowned and replied: "That's it, 60 taels of silver."

Mr. Luo smiled: "Master Pei, 60 taels is fine, but I can only tell you things worth 60 taels."

"100 taels!" Ding Xiu took out another 50 taels of silver notes and handed it over.

If you don't have money, you can make it again. Besides, he is not short of money now and has more than 5000 taels of silver notes on him.

"Hahaha, this gentleman is so happy." Mr. Luo took the banknote with a smile, and he seemed to be satisfied.

"This man's name is Lin Hu, a native of Guandong. He opened a leather goods shop in our workshop five years ago and has many clerks.

However, these are only superficial cover identities.I believe that the two adults also have doubts about his identity. Yes, he is actually a Jurchen.

This person likes gambling and often goes to Hongyunfang to gamble.

The background of Hongyunfang is a bit complicated. The owner is a woman named Su Niang, 27 and [-]. She looks like... How should I put it? In my eyes, she is an ugly woman. "

Hearing this, Pei Lun couldn't help but ask: "Master Luo, what is the background of this Hongyun Gambling House?"

"I can only tell you that he has a government background. As for who it is, if you don't want to spend money, you can check it out yourself. It shouldn't be too difficult for you guys."

"Yeah!" Ding Xiu nodded: "For a woman to be able to establish a foothold in this mixed place, or run a special place like a gambling house, there must be someone behind her.

"Master Luo, please continue talking about Lin Hu."

"This Lin Hu is still very low-key. Of course, it is difficult for me to judge whether he is a Jurchen's craftsman or not.

However, I know some of the places he often goes to and the people he has close contact with..."

Half an hour later, Ding Xiu and Pei Lun left Sichengfang together.

The two of them are not going to Hongyun Casino for the time being. They will go back first to find out who the master behind it is.

……

In the capital, the undercurrent is turbulent.

The Donglin Party has turned around, so it will naturally spare no effort to suppress the Eunuch Party. Revenge is the second priority. The main reason is that it is afraid that the Eunuch Party will form a new situation and make a crazy counterattack.

As a result, it is inevitable to carry out rounds of cleaning.

Jinyiwei is the main force.

However, under Ding Xiu's reminder, Lu Jianxing and others devoted almost all their efforts to the hunt for Hou Jin Xizuo.

Catching eunuchs is certainly a meritorious service, but it will also offend others.

The network of relationships in the court is too complex. If one move affects the whole body, arresting one person may offend a group of people invisibly.

Although Ding Xiu is not afraid of offending others, such as Zhao Dezhu, he will go to death even if he knows that he is Zhao Jingzhong's nephew.

But that's because he and Zhao Jingzhong are already at odds with each other. Either you die or I die, so naturally they don't care whether they offend or not.

In short, Ding Xiu's principle is to fish in troubled waters, use what you can, try not to offend what you can, and seek maximum benefits for yourself.

After some covert and covert investigations, the master behind Hongyunfang finally emerged.

On the surface, Hongyunfang was founded by Su Niang, and the operation of the gambling house was also managed by her.

Secretly, there is an ambiguous man behind her.

It was precisely because of this man's existence that she was able to thrive in Sichengfang, a place where people were mixed.

The Jurchen whose pseudonym is Lin Hu seems to have some ulterior relationship with the man behind Su Niang.

……

(End of this chapter)