Jinghong Tower

Chapter 327 Wind and Rain in Jinling City (two chapters in one)

After coming out of the flower house, He Hua wilted.

Like her, everyone was confused and their eyes darkened.

There is only one last line left. If that line also yields nothing, then she will not go back today. She would rather sleep on the street than go back to face Xiu Gu.

With He Jiajun's background, the old lady and the old lady are also different.

This aunt is the most different one among them.

He Hua is smart in all directions, but now she is helpless.

There is a thousand-year-old locust tree in Jinling City. In ancient capitals like Jinling, there are many places of interest and historical sites. There are also locust trees older than this one, but this one is the only one with spirituality.

It is said that making a wish against this ancient locust tree is particularly effective.

Therefore, throughout the year, the branches of the ancient locust tree are hung with sachets and cloth strips making wishes.

At this time, He Hua was standing under the ancient locust tree. Next to her was a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. The little girl blushed and threw the sachet in her hand high, but she was too strong. It was too small. I threw the sachet twice but failed to hang on the branch.

The little girl's eyes were red, and the wishing sachet could not be hung on the tree. Regardless of whether it was a bad omen or not, it was all bad.

Is the fate between her and the brother next door about to end?
"Little girl, let me help you."

A pleasant voice came from behind, and the little girl turned around and saw He Hua.

"Sister-in-law, can you hang it up?"

This sister-in-law is slender and probably not very strong.

He Huaxiao: "Believe me, I really can do it."

The little girl handed the sachet to her, looking forward to it.

He Hua circled around the old tree and pointed to a branch: "Just hang it there, that's the auspicious position."

The little girl was startled. There was also an auspicious position on the tree?

Is it because I didn't find the auspicious position that I couldn't hang it?

The next moment, He Hua had jumped up, raising her arms high and throwing the sachet upwards.

The little girl was a little disappointed. This sister-in-law jumped almost as high as herself, so she couldn't even hang on.

She lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Ah, it's hung up!"

The cheers were in her ears, and the little girl subconsciously raised her head. She recognized at a glance that the sachet hanging high on the branch was the sachet embroidered by her own hands.

"Sister-in-law, thank you!"

The little girl wiped her tears, thanked He Hua, and went home happily. She wanted the brother next door to invite a matchmaker to come to her house to propose marriage. She made a wish, and her parents would definitely agree to it.

He Hua watched the little girl leave. She pressed her sleeve lightly, and there was a sachet there.

Not only did she hang the little girl's sachet on the branch, she also took off the other sachet.

The little girl knew the sachet she had embroidered by herself, and He Hua certainly knew the sachet belonging to them.

He Hua's heart was heavy. The presence of the sachet proved that there was information. What could the information coming from the palace be?
It's definitely not something like losing a child.

He Hua didn't dare to open the sachet outside, so she had no choice but to go back to her shop.

The door of the shop is open, and there are usually aunts and ladies sitting inside and outside the door chatting.

A lot of information in Jinling City was obtained from the mouths of these aunts.

But today, the front of the shop was deserted, not even a sparrow.

Xiugu Da Ma Jin Dao was sitting there, the cold wind blowing from a distance still made people shiver.

He Hua sighed. If this ancestor came here a few more times, this shop would be closed.

He Hua quickly put on a fake smile and walked into the shop.

"Have you found it?" Xiugu asked.

A chill ran down He Hua's spine, and she forced a smile: "Oh, the smell of sweat on my body will make you old. Please wait a moment, I will go in and change clothes."

Xiugu snorted coldly, "This is the person Li Jinxiu brought out. They are trash from the inside out."

He Hua quickly walked into the back hall, closed the door, and checked everywhere in the room to make sure there was no one hiding, and then took out the sachet from her sleeve.

It's an ordinary sachet, but only nails like them can recognize it at a glance.

He Hua took out a piece of paper from the sachet. There were strange characters on the paper.

He Hua picked up a book on the table. The book was a storybook that had been circulated in the market two years ago. It was called "The Resentment of Flowers and Candles". The book was old and worn, showing that it had been read countless times.

He Hua searched the book page by page based on the characters on the paper.

She poured out a handful of incense ashes from the incense burner, searched in the book, and wrote the words she found on the ashes with her fingers.

There were more and more words written on the incense ashes, and He Hua's face became more and more gloomy.

Soon, two sentences appeared on the flat incense ashes. He Hua read the two sentences carefully to make sure that she had not translated them wrong.

She stretched out her hand and brushed away the incense ashes. The words on the incense ashes disappeared without a trace, but He Hua's eyes were stained with blood.

New Emperor!

It’s actually the new emperor!
No wonder he couldn't be caught, no wonder the government didn't even check him.

There was a knock on the door outside, and Xiugu shouted impatiently: "What are you doing? It takes you so long to change clothes?"

He Hua threw the note into the incense burner and put the book aside casually. She twisted her waist and walked to the door like willows in the wind, but she was thinking in her heart whether to tell the truth.

If so, with this fiery temper, I'm afraid he will break into the palace today.

But if she didn't say anything, who knew whether she would send someone to stir up trouble in the city.

The knocking on the door continued, He Hua gritted her teeth and opened the door.

Outside the door was Xiu Gu's angry face: "What are you doing in the house?"

He Hua shushed and said, "Ancestor, please speak softly, I have something to discuss with you."

Xiugu snorted coldly: "What's the matter?"

"Ancestor, why did the boss want me to open a shop here?" He Hua asked cautiously.

Xiu Gu glared at her: "Damn girl, you want to tell me that your shop is of great significance, and you can't alert the snake and ruin the layout of the boss, right?"

He Hua chuckled: "Ancestor, you are wise."

"Tell me, is there any big shot involved in the matter of losing the child?" Xiugu asked.

He Hua nodded.

Xiu Gu: "I knew it. Seeing those little turtles didn't even check, I knew it wasn't simple. Tell me which beast it is. I'll kill him!" Come, come, she brought her knife The stubborn knife came.

"Ancestor, I beg you, this matter is too big. We need to report it to the head of the family immediately. If the head of the family says to kill, then we will go and kill. I, like you, have given up my life since the day I came to Jinling. Don't be afraid, even if you die, you must listen to the boss," He Hua said.

Xiu Gu looked deeply: "Then what should we do now?"

He Hua breathed a sigh of relief: "Ancestor, you have many people, please help those families with girls."

Xiugu turned her face away, and after a while, she said angrily: "What are you still standing here for? Why don't you send the information out quickly!"

He Hua nodded quickly and turned around to go out.

Xiugu's fists clenched, unclenched, clenched again, and unclenched again, three times in a row, and finally suppressed the urge to kill.

In a private school, Huang Xiucai closed his book. The voice of the scholar's wife could be heard outside. Huang Xiucai smiled and said to the students: "After class, go home for dinner. Don't be late for the afternoon class."

The students saluted respectfully and walked out of the classroom in an orderly manner. They saluted and greeted the scholar lady standing outside, and then walked out of the private school one after another.

The talented lady took the vegetables she bought to the kitchen and said, "A'nan, A'nan!"

She screamed several times, but when she didn't hear her daughter's voice, she asked Huang Xiucai, "Where is grandma?"

Huang Xiucai shook his head. He was in class, how could he know where his daughter was?

"Maybe I went out to play with my friends."

His daughter was not yet seven years old, and it was time for her to be playful, but his wife always detained her to do needlework, which made Huang Xiucai feel distressed.

The scholar lady's face changed: "Who asked her to go out? There are many people throwing children on the street, don't you know? Why didn't you stop her?"

The scholar lady said as she walked out.

Huang Xiucai shook his head. Lost children happened every year, but they were all stupid children. His grandma was smart and clever. How could any kidnapper kidnap her? His wife was always a complete failure.

"You don't want to cook anymore?" Huang Xiucai asked.

"No more cooking, you'll be hungry!" the scholar lady yelled.

The alley was quiet and there were no children around.

The scholar lady asked all the families with children. No, they didn't see Grandma!
The talented lady ran out of the alley, shouted her daughter's name loudly, and asked people she met: "Have you ever seen such a tall little girl?"

"Who has seen the little girl, so tall and with big eyes?"

Half an hour passed, and an hour passed. The students went home to have lunch and came back to class, only to find that the door of the private school was open, and Huang Xiucai and Xiucai's wife were not there.

Aren't you afraid of thieves coming to steal things?

Huang Xiucai came to the government to report the case, but his daughter was missing!

"Those who lost their children? Oh, reporting the crime is in vain. There are too many people who have lost their children, and the government office is too busy. If you have the time, you might as well go worship the Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva will appear and your child will come back."

The people from the yamen sent Huang Xiucai out with a few words and took over the case, but they didn't say when to find him. Instead, they asked him to ask the Bodhisattva.

Huang Xiucai walked out of the Yamen in despair. He wanted to go home, and A-nan must have gone home.

Yes, she just ran away for fun and did not dare to go home for fear of being scolded by her mother-in-law. It was already past noon, and she should be hungry. She was hungry, so of course she had to go home. Grandma is so picky about food, so she just Love to eat home food.

Huang Xiucai returned home one step at a time. The door was open and his students were waiting there. There was no grandma, and his wife had not come back.

Huang Xiucai's legs became weak and he collapsed to the ground.

The scholar lady was looking for someone on the street like crazy, shouting her daughter's name as she walked, and accidentally bumped into someone. Seeing that she bumped into an old lady, the scholar lady quickly apologized.

The old lady's voice was cold: "Did you lose your child? Boy or girl?"

The scholar lady hurriedly said: "She is my daughter, my grandma. She is only seven years old. She is so tall, with big eyes and a small mouth. Have you seen it?"

The old lady hummed and asked, "When did you lose it?"

"You must have lost her around noon. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have gone out to buy groceries, and I shouldn't have left her at home. Her father has to teach, so he has no time to take care of her. It's all my fault." The scholar's wife burst into tears. It rains.

The old lady suddenly said loudly: "Did you hear everything? Go find her child, go quickly!"

The scholar lady was startled. Who was the old lady talking to?

But the next moment, the scholar lady saw many people running around. What were they going to do?
An hour later, Xiugu came outside an alley. Speaking of which, this alley was very close to He Hua's shop, and of course, also very close to the temporary palace.

Xiugu sneered, no wonder that stinky girl He Hua was so nervous, it turned out that the beast involved in the case was from the palace.

Before that, Xiugu only guessed that it must be a big shot, but she didn't know who it was.

If the matter of losing children was just a matter on the streets, then she would have asked He Hua to speak out.

But as soon as He Hua came back, she hid in the house and explained some common sense, and Xiu Gu understood.

This is no longer something on the street, but intelligence. This is intelligence to be sent to the capital.

That stinky girl He Hua underestimated her. She was just old, not stupid.

She is He Jiajun, and she was the shopkeeper of Jinghong Building.

If her subordinates inquire about information they shouldn't know, they will lose their heads.

"Ancestor, that person entered the house at the end of the alley."

A murderous intent flashed in Xiugu's eyes, she knew where this place was.

The beast in the palace acted hypocritically like a humble gentleman, so of course he would not openly put these little girls into the palace to raise and use them at any time.

And this house in this alley is where these children are stored.

It is very close to the temporary palace and can be sent there at any time whenever the palace needs it.

As for children, just put it in your pocket or put it in a box, and as long as the gatekeeper doesn't check it, you can send it in without revealing anything.

"I'll give you half an hour to find out about the residents around here."

The Jinghong Tower in Jinling has been burned down, but the people in Jinghong Tower are still there, and the spirit of Jinghong Tower is still there. What does it matter whether there is a Jinghong Tower built with bricks, tiles, wood and stones?
Xiu Gu looked arrogant. She wanted to let the big boss know that although her Xiu Gu had been away for many years, Jinghong Tower was still in her hands. She had nails and killers under her hands. Jinling City was her territory!

Half an hour later, Xiugu had grasped the situation of each household in this alley.

There are ten families in this alley, but there is only one family!

That's right, all the houses of these ten families have been rented by this family, and they have been rented for half a year!

The house has been rented for half a year, but until the past two months, there have been frequent reports of missing children in Jinling City.

What about the previous four months? Did those beasts not steal the children in Jinling, but in other places? Or are you buying the child from someone else?

After all, Jinling is the current capital, and the slightest disturbance will have a great impact.

The reason why they are reaching into Jinling City now is probably because Zhou Cangyue's mighty army is getting closer and closer, so the court's security measures are becoming more and more strict.

Not all levels can be greeted in advance like entering the palace, so now the cost and difficulty of purchasing children from outside have increased. Those in charge of purchasing simply do it in Jinling City to save trouble.

Xiugu sneered, since the one in the palace can't be killed for the time being, let's cut off his dog's claws.