Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 373 Exploding Gold Coins

Li Xuan calmed down, focused his attention on the Emperor's Bone Ring, and began to rummage around inside.

The vague memory told him that there was something he had forgotten.

After rummaging for a while, Li Xuan found a small wooden box, and he immediately remembered this thing he got from Hu Yulou's mother Zhou.

"When Mother Zhou was preparing to run away, she specially prepared this thing and stuffed a lot of paper into it."

At that time, Li Xuan guessed that it might be Hu Yulou's related assets, and he planned to open it and check it later.

As a result, I was busy dealing with the affairs of those two dudes, and actually forgot about it.

"Hey, if this little wooden box contains Hu Yulou's land deed, what are they going to auction this time?"

Li Xuan suddenly felt puzzled.

Moreover, the government later found out that Zhou’s mother died in the secret tunnel under Hu Yulou. How could they auction Hu Yulou’s assets on the pretext that Zhou’s mother ran away with the money?
Li Xuan immediately realized that there might be something strange in this.

Xiaocui's grandfather obviously didn't want his granddaughter to be involved.

"If it hadn't been for Miss Li that day, we would have died long ago."

Unknowingly, the carriage arrived at Baoningfang and stopped steadily in front of the alley where Xiaocui and her grandfather lived.

"Ms. Li is a good person and a capable person."

"I will definitely try my best."

"I heard people say that it's only in the past few days. If you want to go, you have to hurry up."

Xiaocui waved goodbye loudly and watched the carriage disappear into the crowd of people on the street.

As a result, while listening now, Li Xuan was distracted.

The West Market is a mixed bag, and there are also a large number of Hu merchants from the Western Regions. There is a lot of new news circulating on the streets every day.

The road in the alley was too narrow for the carriage to enter, so the grandfather and grandson could only be sent here.

"If I help her, maybe we can live a better life."

"But that might be dangerous. People like us can't afford to take risks, nor can we afford to lose!"

Xiaocui's grandfather froze, and all the words he wanted to continue to persuade were held in his throat and could no longer be vomited out.

Seeing Li Xuan bowing his head in deep thought, Princess Ankang did not interrupt him and continued chatting with Xiaocui naturally.

Xiaocui pursed her lips and nodded seriously.

"Grandpa, we can't afford to lose a long time ago." Xiao Cui said quietly.

Xiaocui and her grandfather got off the carriage and thanked Princess Ankang.

"Xiao Cui, don't forget what I told you before." Princess Ankang ordered.

"Miss, be careful on the road——"

"Miss Li, are you also interested in Hu Yulou's auction?"

Xiaocui's grandfather said with some worry.

Previously, it was Li Xuan who told Princess Ankang to ask her to inquire about some rumors about the Western Market with Xiao Cui.

But the truth and falsehood need to be distinguished carefully.

The grandfather and grandson walked towards the depths of the alley, which was their home.

Then, Xiaocui told a lot of interesting things about the West Market.

Princess Ankang smiled and nodded, but she was more paying attention to Li Xuan's reaction.

"Grandpa, let's go back."

"Xiao Cui, what Miss Li said just now..."

Xiao Cui lowered her head, but still expressed her thoughts.

The grandfather and grandson were silent, and suddenly felt that the alley in front of the house had become much longer.

"Miss, don't worry."

If the three little ones hadn't been witnesses to this incident, they probably wouldn't have been able to discern the basis for this rumor.

On the side, Xiaocui's grandfather looked at his granddaughter, and then at the luxurious carriage they were riding back all the way, with a complicated look in his eyes.

Seeing that Princess Ankang seemed to be interested in Hu Yulou's auction, Xiaocui said immediately.

Princess Ankang said, waving goodbye to her grandfather and grandson, and the carriage started slowly again.

The further you walk into the alley, the quieter it becomes.

Just like what Xiaocui said at the beginning about the female ghost seeking her life and the handsome young man, although there are facts to base it on, it really adds a lot of fuel and jealousy.

"Well, Xiaocui will go to West City to see you again when I go back."

"Isn't there a saying that 'the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish'?"

And time spent chatting and gossiping always flies by.

"Grandpa, I want to give it a try." Xiao Cui said, interrupting what Grandpa was saying.

"Grandpa, profits come from risks. It is impossible to win without taking risks."

Xiao Cui raised her head suddenly, her eyes bright.

At this moment, Xiaocui's grandfather seemed to see on his granddaughter's face those enthusiastic Hu businessmen who dared to cross the black storm.

He sighed silently, knowing that he could not persuade his granddaughter.

At this time, Xiaocui continued: "Grandpa, I'm just recording some of my experiences in the West City. It's not that dangerous."

"With my current ability, I probably can't take too big a risk."

"You can rest assured."

While the grandfather and grandson were talking, they came to the door of the house.

Xiaocui immediately took out the key, opened the door and entered, looking back and smiling carelessly at her grandfather.

……

There were only three little ones left on the carriage and Manager Shang who was driving outside the carriage.

Princess Ankang touched Li Xuan in her arms and asked:
"Axuan, do you want to develop Xiaocui into a secret agent?"

"She's just an ordinary girl. It won't cause her any trouble, right?"

Li Xuan opened his eyes slightly and thought in his heart: "Maybe this is also an opportunity."

Li Xuan then swung his tail and wrote in mid-air, so that Princess Ankang didn't have to worry.

Xiaocui will think it over clearly in the next few days, and it will be up to her to make the final decision.

Li Xuan just did it casually to see if he could make more friends outside the palace.

Although Xiaocui and her grandfather only set up a stall selling knots in the West Market, there was a lot of news circulating in the West Market.

What Princess Ankang asked Xiaocui to do was very simple, just record these gossips for Princess Ankang to check.

Li Xuan just wanted to put eyes and ears for Jingyang Palace outside the palace. Even if there are not many people who can see and hear it now, it is a good start, isn't it?

After returning to Xingqing Palace, Princess Ankang went to bed early under Yu'er's service after a tiring day.

Li Xuan said hello to Manager Shang and prepared to go out.

As a result, Manager Shang did not stop Li Xuan from going out today, he just nodded and let him go.

"Sure enough, the reason why I was asked to stay yesterday was more to let me think about some things clearly."

Li Xuan understood Manager Shang's intention and turned around and left Xingqing Palace.

After all, with Li Xuan's current strength, he wouldn't be able to play a big role in the face of an attack from a real master.

If Mr. Shang couldn't stop things, Li Xuan couldn't stop them either.

"It's still not strong enough."

Li Xuan shook his head and walked on the streets of the capital that were under curfew.

For a cat like him, curfew or no curfew means nothing.

He went straight to Dongshi, and on the way he fiddled with the small wooden box in the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

The small wooden box was obtained by Li Xuan from Zhou's mother, and it seemed to contain something very important to Zhou's mother.

It's just that this small wooden box is not simple. It is a very sophisticated mechanical product. There are many small buttons on it, arranged in the order of the heavenly stems and the earthly branches. It is not easy to understand at first glance. But Li Xuan had his own way.

Li Xuan found a quiet and uninhabited corner, took out the small wooden box, placed it on the ground, and then gently swept it with his tail, and all the contents of the small wooden box were put into the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

The Emperor's Bone Ring has the ability to retrieve objects from across the air. Although the distance at which the ability can be used is limited, it is more than enough to deal with small wooden boxes.

This ability is absolutely invincible when dealing with locked wooden boxes. It can directly transfer the contents into the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

Li Xuan couldn't care less about being proud, and quickly put away the small wooden box, and then checked the extra documents in the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

It was almost as expected by Li Xuan. Most of them were house deeds and land deeds. In addition to Hu Yulou's property, there were actually quite a few. They were all in some famous places in the capital, and their values ​​were almost the same.

From the cheapest house of 800 taels of silver to a three-entry house worth 60,000 taels of silver, there are all kinds of houses, with a total of more than ten house deeds.

In addition, there are land deeds, land deeds, and large-denomination banknotes, the value of which is difficult to estimate.

"Mother Zhou, is she going to change her career to real estate speculation?"

Li Xuan also never expected that Zhou's mother would have so many assets.

"Here, this is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, right?"

"Then why did Zhou's mother run away in the first place?"

Li Xuan swallowed and remembered the way Zhou's mother fled in a hurry, feeling full of confusion.

With so much money, any trouble can be easily solved, right?
Even if Hou San died in her Hu Yulou at that time, spending so much money would not leave too much trouble.

Now that I think about it, Li Xuan feels quite weird.

"Does Mother Zhou owe more outside?"

"If you open a brothel, the business is too big, right?"

This time, Li Xuan carefully put these contracts into the special space for storing valuables in the Emperor's Bone Ring, and never dared to be careless again.

If Xiaocui hadn't heard about Hu Yulou's auction this time, Li Xuan would have forgotten about the small wooden box.

"Hey, wait!"

"These bastards want to auction my Hu Yulou!?"

Only then did Li Xuan realize the seriousness of the matter.

"Damn it, isn't this bullying the little kitten?"

Li Xuan's eyes widened with anger.

But then I thought about it, this matter is not difficult to solve.

In the worst case scenario, just ask Manager Shang to come forward and transfer all the property to Princess Ankang.

However, Li Xuan didn't really want to do that.

"If you can solve it yourself, you should solve it yourself."

After the reward for repairing Jingyang Palace was given out, which caused them a lot of trouble, Li Xuan had his own plan.

"Emperor Yongyuan is Emperor Yongyuan, he has his own plans."

"After all, Jingyang Palace still has to rely on the three of us."

After Li Xuan made up his mind, he planned to try to solve the matter of Hu Yulou's upcoming auction by himself.

And when he was sorting out the documents left by Zhou's mother in the small wooden box, he found that there were some documents that he couldn't understand. The words on them seemed to be alien scripts.

When he was in the Western Market, Li Xuan had seen some similar writings, which were probably from the Western Regions.

"Most of the girls in Hu Yulou are from the Western Regions. I'm afraid Zhou's mother has been exchanging letters with them there."

Li Xuan guessed.

He plans to find an opportunity in the future to learn Western writing by himself.

He has never tried to use his talent to learn writing, and he doesn't know if it will work.

If you can't learn it yourself, find someone you trust to translate it when the time comes.

After Li Xuan got everything in the small wooden box, he headed into the alleys of Dongshi.

This place is still the same as before, but it becomes more lively at night, and a lot of noisy sounds can be heard in the distance.

Li Xuan found the courtyard in his memory all the way, quietly went up to the roof, and peeked inside.

A lamp was lit in the room, and a young man lit it and carefully read a book, with a dirty cat lying on his side.

"Lying with the cat and reading a book makes my life quite pleasant."

Li Xuan grinned, and when he saw that the real master was at home, he climbed in through the window without hesitation.

The young man who was reading in the room was startled by the movement. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw a cat breaking in. However, after taking a closer look, he immediately became nervous again.

"You, why are you here?"

Fang Muyang said nervously.

"What? You're not welcome?"

Li Xuan's tail danced slowly in mid-air.

Looking at the playful expression on Li Xuan's face, Fang Muyang shuddered.

Although Li Xuan claimed to be an auspicious spiritual beast, Fang Muyang always felt that this black cat was very evil.

"You kid has been doing well lately."

Li Xuan jumped onto the table unceremoniously and said hello.

Hui Hui on the table got up, sniffed around Li Xuan, and then immediately started to stick to Li Xuan.

"Hey, Brother Cat is still enthusiastic."

Li Xuan greeted Hui Hui and asked him what happened at home recently.

Fang Muyang probably never expected that Li Xuan would talk to Hui Hui as soon as he arrived.

"Just live like that."

Fang Muyang said casually, put down the medical book in his hand, and then asked straight to the point:

"You came to see me for something, right?"

Li Xuan helped him complete his revenge, and Fang Muyang never forgot this kindness.

And Li Xuan made it clear when he helped him that Fang Muyang could repay this kindness in the future.

Li Xuan did not write any ink and asked immediately:
"I heard that Hu Yulou was going to be auctioned. Didn't Ayimu ask you to help her get Hu Yulou's property?"

"What's going on now?"

Fang Muyang was surprised when Li Xuan came to ask about this matter, but he still said honestly:

"We searched all the places where Zhou's mother might have hidden things, but we couldn't find the house deed or land deed."

"Now that I think about it, it was probably burned along with Zhou's mother."

"But without these documents, it will be very troublesome to get Hu Yulou's property."

"Especially since Hu Yulou still has many creditors."

When Fang Muyang said this, he couldn't help but shook his head.

"Mother Zhou seems to owe a lot of money outside. Even if Hu Yulou is sold, she can't pay back the money. I don't know what these people were thinking at the time and lent so much money to Mother Zhou."

When Li Xuan heard this, his heart moved.

Those creditors are not fools and cannot lend money to someone who is unable to repay.

Moreover, through the documents in the small wooden box, Li Xuan already knew where most of Zhou's mother's property was.

"It would make sense if those property deeds and title deeds were bought with borrowed money."

At this time, Fang Muyang continued: "Those creditors did not want to suffer losses, so they united with the government and planned to auction off all of Hu Yulou's properties, including Ayimu and other girls, to repay their losses."

Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but smile.

Ayimu was quite arrogant before, but now she is so troubled that she is about to be auctioned off.

But with Ayimu's strength, these shouldn't be problems.

Moreover, Li Xuan was originally curious about Ayimu's purpose of lurking in Hu Yulou, and this time he could take the opportunity to test it out.

It can't be possible. Ayimu has great strength and is working as an oiran in Hu Yulou because of his hobbies, right?
(End of this chapter)