Volume 1 Corruption Investigation
The hawker had already heard Luokui's fake words, glared at Luokui fiercely, and said angrily: "Smelly girl, what nonsense are you talking about? Go away, go away."
Luokui raised her eyes and smiled: "What's the name of your hairpin?"
"Name. What name do you want? What name do you want for a hairpin?" The vendor snorted coldly, his eyes evasive, already feeling a little guilty.
Kong Qing took a step closer, tilted his head and said, "No, you just swore so clearly that this was the love token between Baili Shuang and Shui Manjing three hundred years ago."
The hawker immediately choked up, a sneer appeared on his lips, and he cursed in his heart, I said yes, you are really stupid, there are a few people like you in the world who are stupid and have a lot of money, so naturally you will cheat one by one.
The night was dark, and the people in the ghost market seemed to be swept away by a gust of wind. In an instant, everything was empty. Only Kong Qingluokui was left confronting the vendors, while Jingmo and Qu Lian stood not far away, thinking about various things. , looking at the two of them with gloomy eyes.
The night wind blew through the water under the Soul Bridge, carrying a faint smell of blood. Qu Lian leaned close to Jing Mo's ear and whispered softly: "Look, he is Kong Qing, isn't he very good-looking?"
Jingmo glanced at Luokui calmly, pursed his thin lips and said: "Is this the gentleman you said is unparalleled in the world? He is very ordinary." He glanced at Qu Lian, pursed his lips and said: "You guys I still have too little knowledge and was easily deceived by a playboy."
"Dandy, he seems to be more of a gentleman than you." Qu Lian looked at Jingmo tenderly, and saw his face darken inch by inch, and she pursed her lips and smiled gently: "You said, he buys things for such a girl as a gift. What, I see, that hairpin was bought as a gift to Luokui."
Jing Mo's face was so gloomy that ink dripped from his face, like the clouds before a rainstorm, heavy and low-pressure, and he couldn't help but move forward and say a few unpleasant words.
Qu Lian pulled him, as if she was completely unaware of his anger, but her gentle voice added fuel to the fire: "If Luokui hadn't been interested in him, she wouldn't have accepted his bracelet. Don't you think so? I heard that he He also lent Luokui a thousand taels of silver to redeem Dingxiang's life. Tsk, tsk, tsk, he was really generous and his family was rich. However, Luokui is the princess, and he has never seen any wealth, so why would he be tempted by him? Maybe ." She paused for a moment, then leaned against Jing Mo's ear, her tenderness and sweetness flowing through the thick mist: "Maybe, maybe he has some powerful abilities that others don't have."
Yan Yan's laughter seemed to be unintentional, but every word was like a knife cutting into Jing Mo's heart. He hated it so much that his back molars hurt, and his eyes widened with anger, glaring at Luokui and Kong Qing fiercely. Talk and laugh in close proximity without saying a word.
On the other side, Luo Kui sneered and pressed closer. The vendor finally admitted that she had told the origin of the hairpin. A cold smile appeared on her lips and she said slowly: "So, do you know the relationship between the two of them?" Is the love token originally intended for someone?"
The hawker gritted his teeth, secretly hating Cheng Yaojin, who had killed a thousand people, and pursed his lips without saying a word.
Kong Qing looked back and forth at the two of them and answered each other one by one. He didn't know what to say, so he leaned close to Luo Kui's ear and smiled faintly: "This golden hairpin is actually a token of love. Then I bought it just for use."
Luokui was slightly startled, thinking that he bought it as a gift to the person he liked, and did not think about it deeply. He chuckled: "It's lucky that you met me, otherwise you would have given someone a fake. This is a joke." She looked at the speechless hawker, shook her head and sneered: "You don't even know the true origin of this golden hairpin, and you still dare to sell fakes. No wonder the fakes are not so authentic. Shuiman Jing was originally engaged to be married to Su Hexiang. This golden hairpin was originally made by Su Hexiang himself and was intended to be given to Shui Manjing. But later, Shui Manjing and Baili Shuang were engaged to each other for life, so Su Hexiang engraved the seal on the back of the thing. After marrying Baili Manjing, I gave them the words "Love will never leave", but behind your golden hairpin, there is a bare patch without even a single word, which shows that it is really a fake." After saying this, she secretly wiped away her guilty conscience. tears. In fact, she didn't know what happened to the old incident three hundred years ago. Everything she just said was just speculation, but it was enough to scare people.
The hawker was a bit stern but unwilling to give in easily. He just looked at her fiercely and said, "How do I know whether what you say is true or false about such a secret matter?"
Luokui narrowed her cold eyes, moved her lips, and chuckled: "Do you know who I am?" She slowly took off the golden hairpin from her hair, compared it with Kong Qing's hairpin, and raised her lips
Jiao sneered and said, "I am the daughter of the Shui family. This is the golden hairpin handed down from my Shui family ancestors. Do you want to take a look?"
The two hairpins were placed together, and the top and bottom were immediately visible. She stretched out a hand and said, "Bring me two taels of silver, and I'll return the tatters to you."
Seeing the hawker's hesitation, Luokui looked up at the sky. It was pitch black all around, without even a lamp. It was indeed a deserted place that everyone and even ghosts despised. She glanced at the hawker and smiled: "At this moment, Mr. Fu Yin is afraid
You must have rested." She took a step closer, her eyes flashed, and she tilted her head to apply the knife: "Do you think that if you drag Mr. Fu Yin out of Furong's tent, will he become angry and reward you with a hundred and eighty?
A big board.”
After the matter was over, Kong Qing followed Luokui step by step and returned home with her, insisting on staying at her house and learning the art of antiquities from her.
Luokui looked inside and outside the courtyard. There were too many secrets in the home that were not open to outsiders. She rashly moved in with a stranger. She was afraid that her own eyes were not enough. She couldn't help but frown and felt embarrassed: "Kong Qing, it's not
I don’t want to keep you here. Our Shui family has a long-standing rule that the law should not be passed on to others. If you want to learn it, you must seriously worship me as your teacher."
But Kong Qing pursed his lips and smiled: "Just become a disciple, what's the problem?" As he said that, he flicked his clothes and immediately knelt down to salute.
Luokui was greatly embarrassed. Kong Qing's behavior seemed to be quite up to standard, and he was obviously a model of a gentleman. However, she didn't expect that he was afraid that he would default on the debt and not pay back the money. In order to rely on her, he even gave up his face. She jumped out with a scream.
Lao Yuan, blushing anxiously, stared into the cold eyes and said: "You, what are you doing? You are my savior. If I accept you as my apprentice, isn't this going to shorten my life? I'm not alive yet."
That’s enough.”
Kong Qing was in a dilemma: "That's great. Actually, I don't want to learn very deeply. I only know a little bit about it. Just let me save a little money."
Jingmo had been wary of Kong Qing for a long time. He took advantage of Luo Kui's opportunity to jump away and blocked the door. He didn't let Kong Qing take a step forward, nor did he let him see Luo Kui. He just curled his lips and said in disgust.
: "I have already said that the law will not be spread to outsiders. You are a big person, and it is shameless for you to keep pestering me like this."
The night is as dark as ink, and the clumps of wild chrysanthemums in the courtyard have been stained by the autumn frost and are in full bloom. The flowers move in the wind under the moonlight, and the cold moonlight casts a faint silver light on the slender deep orange and light yellow petals. The fragrance of wild chrysanthemums is quiet and quiet.
It's bitter and cold in the heart.
Kong Qing raised his head, looked at Luokui across Jingmo, and kept her face firmly in his deep eyes. He looked at her with a good look, and shamelessly continued to work hard: "Luokui, I don't want that thousand taels of silver.
You can always teach me a few tricks."
Jingmo stood on tiptoes, trying to block Kong Qing's face. Unexpectedly, he stood on tiptoes and was still a little shorter than Kong Qing. Unconsciously, he became angry and shouted: "You can also call Akui's name.
Who do you think you are? Let’s go, let’s go.”
Luo Kuijingmo poked out half of his smiling face with a narrow smile: "It's up to you whether you want the money, and it's up to me whether you want to teach me. If you really don't want the money, I'll be disrespectful."
Kong Qing frowned and choked hard. This time it was really hard to steal the chicken but lose the rice. He was determined to follow Wen Yuan's teachings and carry forward his shamelessness to the end. He stretched out his hand to grab the door frame and squeezed in. While squeezing, he said: "Then
No, you have no intention of showing mercy to others."
This time really pissed off Jing Mo. He took a deep breath, pushed Kong Qing away, and his tone became even worse: "Let's go, let's go. This house only has so many rooms, and it can't accommodate so many people."
, if you sleep on the street and freeze out, we can’t afford to pay for it.”
The autumn wind was howling, and in the dead of night, the noise in this compartment was non-stop, which had already alarmed the neighbors. They turned on their lights and stuck their heads out to watch the excitement. Luokui saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly pulled Jingmo away and let Kong Qing in.
In the courtyard.
Qu Lian looked aside for a long time, her thoughts swirling. If Luokui had someone else in her heart, then it would be a matter of time before she and Jingmo broke off the engagement. She made up her mind and joked: "Jingmo, you are making so many excuses.
I don't want to allow Kong Qing to live there, I'm afraid it's because he looks better than you and has a richer family than you, and you feel ashamed of yourself." She took a step closer and paused slightly: "I think he lives in the same room as Su Zi.
The house is just right.”
I don't know when, Su Zi leaned quietly at the door of the courtyard. I don't know what he was thinking, but he grinned at Kong Qing: "If you don't mind, just live in the same room with me. But, this
You always have to pay for room and food.”
Luokui grabbed Su Zi and complained in a low voice: "Su Zi, I still owe him a thousand taels of silver, how can I ask for his money."
"You ask me for it right now, but I don't have it either." Kong Qing grinned and shook his sleeves: "I'm so poor right now, my pockets are cleaner than my face." He dug into his sleeves.
After a while, he took out two taels of silver and said, "Here, this is what Luokui got back for me just now."
"Then we have to let you live. We can't let you live on the street." Su Zi turned sideways and chuckled maliciously at Kong Qing: "You are a person from the Zhiyang Dao, but you still have to ask for our bloodthirsty Dao.
How can I let this day go so easily?"
Kong Qing was slightly startled, and instantly felt that he had fallen into a trap.
Su Zi didn't give him any chance to think about the path, and said with a clear smile: "Kong Qing doesn't want to learn the secret skills of our Shui family. What can't you teach? Besides, he saved your life, and the grace of saving your life is just
I asked you to repay him by teaching him some skills in recognizing ancient relics, but you refused. If you refuse to repay your kindness, you will lose the foundation of our Shui family."
Luokui pursed her lips and said helplessly: "In that case, then you can stay in the West Room. Although it is a bit hot, Su Zi has always been noisy. If you live in the same room with him, I'm afraid it will disturb your purity.
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Chapter completed!