Jiaochu

Chapter 165 Yangzhou Governor ([-])
The next day, Yuan Luo brought a group of men to Chunfeng Tower, but he was the only one who went in, and his men stayed outside. It seemed that he did not want to disturb the business in the building out of good intentions, but a group of officers and soldiers with swords stood outside the door, thinking The guests who came in did not dare to come in, and the guests who wanted to leave did not dare to come out.

Seeing the red and black embroidered clothes, the guests in the building quietly looked at what the "Jade Faced Yama" was doing here.
When Tanxiang came over with a waiter to salute, Yuan Luo still stretched out his hand to give him a hand, with an elegant smile on his face and a kind voice, "I don't know if the beggar that the girl noticed yesterday is You got news?"

"My family only heard that the beggar entered the east market and went to the alley to the west. I haven't found out where he went after that. I hope you will forgive me." Sandalwood bowed again.

Yuan Luo nodded and said: "The girl is right, the beggar did go in that direction." At this point, he changed the subject, "However, I received news that someone saw the beggar entering Chunfeng Tower from the back door. .”

Sandalwood's expression changed slightly, and she said sincerely: "There is absolutely no such person in the building. I hope you will learn from it."

Yuan Luo smiled and said: "I am also willing to believe the girl, but this beggar is involved in a human life, and I cannot be selfish. If something goes wrong here, I will not be able to explain it to the superiors." He scanned the Glancing at the guy walking upstairs, he said, "Please call everyone in this building to come to the lobby." There was an edge that could not be refused in his kind tone.

Sandalwood gave instructions to the waiter behind her, and soon, the waiters upstairs and downstairs, and the cooks and handymen in the backyard kitchen gathered in the lobby, a total of more than ten people.

Yuan Luo waved his hand, and the opponent's subordinates who were guarding outside the building filed in. After entering the building, they were divided into two teams. One team went to check upstairs, and the other team went to the backyard to check. The actions were orderly and neat.

The other two men were responsible for interrogating the dozen people.

During the cross-examination, Yuan Luo invited Tanxiang to sit down at an empty table and asked casually, "Is the girl's employer in the capital?" Tanxiang replied, "My employer will come to check the accounts at the end of the month, and he doesn't usually come to the building. My employer When I came to check the accounts last time, I said I was going to Yuzhou next month to buy tea and then to Qingzhou to buy porcelain. I guess I haven’t come back yet.”

Yuan Luo picked up a smooth and delicate celadon teacup on the table and looked at it. His eyes fell on the wall of the cup with elegant patterns. The light reflected from the wall of the cup into the slender tail of his eyes, revealing an unpredictable meaning, "Shanghai The second girl said your boss’s surname…” At this point, he stopped, as if he couldn’t remember the surname for a moment, and it seemed like he was testing.

"My lord, my host's surname is Qiu." Tanxiang replied.

"By the way, it's Boss Qiu." Yuan Luo answered and put the celadon teacup in his hand back to its original place, "I have a question, I don't know if I should ask it or not."

"Sir, please speak." Tanxiang said.

Yuan Luo tapped the table twice and glanced from upstairs to downstairs, "I wonder if Boss Qiu has a wife?"

"My lord has misunderstood. My boss is the proprietress of the building." Tanxiang replied.

"Ah..." Yuan Luo groaned, not knowing what he was thinking, "I don't care about women, because I am shallow." He changed the topic and asked again, "When did this restaurant open? I kind of forgot."

Tanxiang replied: "This restaurant was originally called Chunfeng Restaurant. The owner bought the restaurant two years ago. The previous owner's surname was Jia. He heard that he had a gambling debt and was unable to repay it, so he sold the restaurant to pay off the debt. The owner said that Chunfeng Restaurant The name has a good meaning, so I didn’t change it.”

Yuan Luo tapped the table twice, not knowing what he was thinking.

"The business here is so good, Boss Qiu is really good at running the business."

"Your Majesty, you are too generous. If you don't have your Majesty's protection, how can the people live and work in peace and contentment?"

Yuan Luo smiled and seemed generally satisfied with Sandalwood's knowledge.The guests in the building saw that Sandalwood acted gracefully and generously in front of Yuan Luo, and they admired this girl's magnanimity and knowledge even more.

At this time, a subordinate came back from the backyard and reported that a residence was locked. Sandalwood explained that it was the owner's residence. Because the owner did not come to stay often, it was always locked.

"Girl, do you have the key? Can you go in and have a look?" Although Yuan Luo had a gentle and elegant smile on his face, he had already stood up.Sandalwood said "Sir, please" and led Yuan Luo and the subordinate to the backyard.

Arriving at the locked flower door, Tanxiang took out the key and unlocked the door. When he entered, Yuan Luo asked casually, "Does the girl always carry the key with her?" Tanxiang replied, "They are all here. The slaves don’t dare to neglect the things belonging to the master, so they always carry the keys with them.”

Yuan Luo said "Ah...", turned his eyes to the small building hidden in the shadow of the trees, and asked, "Is there anyone inside?" Tanxiang replied, "My boss occasionally comes to stay for a while." Yuan Luo said "Ah..." Luo glanced around and didn't ask anything else.

When they arrived at the door of the small building, Tanxiang opened the door and stepped aside. Yuan Luo walked in with two of his men. Tanxiang asked the men to wait outside, and she followed into the building.

There are two rooms on the first floor. One is filled with various books, and the other is filled with calligraphy, paintings and antiques. Yuan Luo walked around in these two rooms and came out.

"Boss Qiu lives upstairs?"

"Yes, the room on the right is where the owner lives."

Yuan Luo asked his two men to stay downstairs, and he followed Tanxiang to the second floor.

There are also two rooms above, one is arranged as a study and the other is arranged as a bedroom.

The light in the study was bright, and the shadows of the trees outside the window were not blocked. Only a few branches and leaves swayed on the window screen, like small butterflies.

There is a painting of a beautiful woman hanging on the wall of the study, which is as tall as a person. The beauty in the painting is holding a plum branch in her hand, her dress is flowing, only half of her face is exposed, and her facial features are not very clear. Instead, it adds a feeling of "half holding a pipa". The charm of "covering one's face" is mysterious and hazy.

"The one in this painting is not Boss Qiu?" Yuan Luo looked at the beauty in the painting, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes condensed into a long and narrow light at the end of the slender eyes.

Tanxiang replied: "This was painted by my boss himself. He said that landscape paintings were boring, so he painted a picture of the Twelve Flower Gods. It is still the first month of the year, so he hung this picture of the Plum Flower God. It will be replaced next month. The apricot blossoms are so beautiful."

"That's it." Yuan Luo answered, glanced at the pen holder and inkstone on the desk, and then left the room.

The light in the bedroom next door is much thinner, and most of the light shining through the window is blocked by the branches and leaves outside the window, but when the weather is fine like this, it is not dim.

Compared with the last time Meng Tianlan came in, the light in the room was obviously brighter, the hanging gauze curtains had been rolled up, and the figure hiding behind the curtains had disappeared.

The entire room is clearly visible and there is no hiding place.

(End of this chapter)