The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 717 Small House

Mocheng Hutong, Ma’s hometown.

It was Meng Shisan's first time here, and the neighbors kept sticking their heads out of the courtyard to look. Whenever they saw her, they would say that she was here to see Mr. Ma.

When the neighbors saw that she was a young girl, wealthy, dignified, extremely beautiful, and full of elegance, they knew she must be a lady from a noble family. They did not dare to criticize her, let alone ask her what she wanted to do when she came to see Mr. Ma.

Meng Shisan knocked on the door, and Ma Lao opened the door quickly. He bowed as he walked out of the courtyard: "Miss."

His face was smiling and his voice was respectful, which further established in the neighbors' minds that Meng Shisan must be the daughter of a wealthy and aristocratic family that they could not afford to offend.

Meng Shisan nodded: "It's a sudden arrival, please forgive me."

"Miss, please come in." Old Ma stepped aside, revealing the courtyard door behind him, and said loudly to the neighbors who were still peeking out, "This noble lady is the eldest daughter of Meng Tianguan's family. You don't have to worry. The eldest daughter has been very kind to me. She came here for serious business, not to cause trouble for me."

After hearing this, the old lady next door mustered up the courage to walk out of the courtyard and said, "That's good. We thought it was another bully who took advantage of the power of others..."

Before the old woman could finish her words, she was pulled back by someone inside the courtyard. A low and urgent voice reached the ears of Meng Shisan, who had just stepped into the courtyard of Ma's house: "Mother! Uncle Ma has said that this nobleman has done Uncle Ma a great favor. Mother, you can't say anything nonsense!"

"Hey, hey, I just talk too fast..."

"Don't be quick with your words!"

As the mother and son's conversation returned to the house, the sound became fainter and fainter until it could no longer be heard.

Old Ma turned around and explained to Meng Shisan, "In the past, a young master used his power to embarrass me. Both mother and son knew about it. When they saw the eldest lady coming, they misunderstood."

"Nothing." Meng Shisan walked into the yard.

Mr. Ma closed the gate and led Meng Shisan to the main room.

After entering the main room, Mr. Ma went to boil water and make tea, while Meng Shisan sat down in the old armchair on one side of the room.

As long as a monster puts a little effort into it, it can actually live a good life. At least it doesn't have to live in poverty like the Ma family.

After a while, Ma Lao came back with two bowls of tea and placed one of them on Meng Shisan's table: "Miss, please have some."

"Before I came here, I went to see where the two refugees lived." Meng Shisan started by stating the reason for his visit today.

Ma Lao said: "I also went to check on that shack, but I found nothing."

"That's right." Meng Shisan continued, "I guess they must have another place where they eat."

Mr. Ma also agreed with this point: "I have also asked some people today, but I haven't asked the second place yet."

Meng Shisan said, "I asked Baozhu to go and find out as well."

"Miss, did you come here specifically to ask about this?"

"I first went to my Mingyuedi store in Nanshu Hutong and met with Shopkeeper Yu. I also asked Shopkeeper Yu about some rumors about the incident and what Shopkeeper Yu had his employees see that night."

Mr. Ma asked, "Miss, do you want to check it yourself?"

"Since I asked you to investigate, I won't. I'll go to the inn today to ask if anyone has been besieged by Poppy. I'll also ask and take a look at the theater." Meng Shisan didn't plan to investigate the whole incident of the bloody fight by herself. She only wanted to explain one thing. "It's because you said that you couldn't see the true form of the two evil spirits. I wanted to see if I could find some traces in the place where the two refugees live." "Miss, do you want to find the true form of the evil spirit that possessed the two refugees, and then destroy it based on its weaknesses?" Ma Lao also thought that Meng Shisan's idea was a solution. "Then do you want to go to the Beijing jail in person?"

Meng Shisan nodded and said truthfully, "My sister Meijing's uncle is Wu Pinbai, the prosecutor of the Beijing Yamen, and he is also the official who presided over this case."

Then, she told Mr. Ma about the incident in which Wu Pinbo was hit on the head by one of the refugees with brute force while he was interrogating them.

After hearing this, Mr. Ma said, "So that's the case. For the sake of Miss Meng's uncle, the eldest lady must deal with the evil spirit in time. Is there anything I can do?"

He called Meng Shisan the eldest lady and Meng Meijing the second lady Meng. The addition of the surname Meng made a distinction between close and distant relatives.

"Don't worry about this. I'll let Baozhu tell you when there's a result. Just follow your progress and investigate." Meng Shisan said, "I came to you to first tell you about this matter and second to wait for Baozhu's news."

Mr. Ma understood.

The two then started chatting about other things while waiting.

When Baozhu finished her inquiries and went to Ma's house to report, it was almost noon.

Mr. Ma had not gone out, and there was no other direction to investigate, so he and Meng Shisan simply went to the second place that Baozhu had inquired about.

The second place is a small courtyard, located in a back alley three alleys away from the theater, near Nanshu Hutong.

Ma Lao looked at the boundary of the land and said, "This is the back alley between Datie Hutong and Nanshu Hutong."

"Yes, young lady, I have inquired about it clearly. This small house faces Nanshu Hutong in front, and faces Datie Hutong in the back." Baozhu found out the location. "And I heard that this small house was bought by a traveling merchant. Because he often travels between the capital and Jinling, most of the time in a year, it is empty."

"So no one knew about the two refugees moving in?" Meng Shisan expressed his doubts. "Then the merchant just left his small house empty?"

Although it was only a one-time residence, it was bought with real money. It was used as a place to live when doing business in the capital. How could I just ignore it?
Baozhu shook her head and said, "It's not that they didn't care at all. The merchant did ask the family next door to help look after the house and gave them some money. But the family next door also had their own work to do and didn't have the time to look after the small house all the time. That's why the two refugees had the opportunity to take advantage of it."

"How do I get in?" This question was addressed to both Mr. Ma and Baozhu. Meng Shisan looked back and forth between the two.

Both Ma Lao and Baozhu understood instantly.

Baozhu's face fell: "Miss, I failed to get the key that the merchant left at the house next door."

Now it was Ma Lao's turn to take action: "Then... I'll do it."

Meng Shisan understood: "Okay."

Baozhu didn't understand: "How is the old gentleman going to come?"

Mr. Ma smiled mysteriously: "Wait a moment."

After saying this, he went around to the back wall of the small courtyard.

Baozhu looked at Meng Shisan and asked, "Miss, does the old man want to come in through the back door?"

Meng Shisan didn't want to make a move, so she let Ma Lao make the move. They were all demons, so she didn't need to think about how they would make the move. She knew what the means were: "I don't know."