Money can really do whatever it wants

"The building is full of flowers." The travel-stained young man with a haggard complexion introduced himself like this.

Qin Mo narrowed his eyes. If it was him a few days ago, he would never know who Hua Manlou is, but now, the plot of the original novel has been filtered in his mind.

Huamanlou, the good friend of the protagonist Lu Xiaofeng, is a gentle and refined gentleman even though he suffers from eye disease. Most importantly, he is also the seventh son of the Hua family, the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River!

"Are you looking for me?"

"I find you."

"What's the matter with me?"

"I have a friend who is missing, and I want to ask my husband to help me find it."

This was beyond Qin Mo's expectation. He said slowly, "Do you know who I am?"

"I know." Hua Manlou smiled, probably because he was too worried about his friend, even if he smiled, there was still a bit of melancholy in that smile.

"Mr. started to walk around the rivers and lakes half a year ago. He just acted in a low-key manner and his reputation was not obvious. Until more than a month ago, what you did in Ruyi Building was known to everyone. The people of Huaizhou City respected you as a living god, sir. I have heard the name before."

"I know my reputation." Qin Mo said indifferently: "Ordinary people don't have much knowledge, they tend to listen and believe, and they tend to follow blindly. I don't believe it, I'm probably just a charlatan in your eyes."

When he said it bluntly, Hua Manlou paused for a moment, and then smiled wryly, "I really don't believe in ghosts and ghosts. If it was two months ago, I would probably have laughed off these rumors from Mr. Wang and didn't take them to heart. .”

"Now you believe it?"

"Some things have happened, so I can't help but not believe it."

Qin Mo nodded, "I'm interested in hearing your story."

Hua Manlou smiled, a slightly bitter smile.

Things started two months ago.

Lu Xiaofeng's friend is going to get married, so call him over for a wedding, of course Lu Xiaofeng won't miss this excitement,

Then he went, and never came back.

Huamanlou was the first to notice Lu Xiaofeng's disappearance. Originally, for a prodigal son, no one would doubt him if he didn't show up for a year or so. The prodigal son is here today and there tomorrow. They have no home. But for Lu Xiaofeng, any brothel in the world could be his home.

And the reason why Huamanlou realized something was wrong so quickly was because they made an appointment to go to Luoyang to see flowers on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, but Lu Xiaofeng did not come as scheduled that day.

Anyone who knows him knows that the four-browed Lu Xiaofeng is a man who promises a lot, not to mention that Hua Manlou is his best friend, and he will never break his promise to a good friend.

Nothing and nothing could prevent him from going to a friend's appointment, unless he couldn't come.

Huamanlou didn't think that something would happen to Lu Xiaofeng who has nine lives like a cat demon, at most he thought that he caused some troubles, but out of concern for a friend, he went to investigate, and then he found that since he went to drink After that friend's wedding, he never appeared in the arena again.

Even his soon-to-be-married friend, along with the entire welcoming party, disappeared.

Realizing that something was wrong, Hua Manlou immediately left for the bride's hometown - Yujiazhuang.

It was a very remote village, almost isolated from the rest of the world.

Yujiazhuang is the same as other ordinary villages, but it is also different. More than 100 years ago, Yujiazhuang was famous. Most of the screen and painting fans made by Yujia were paid tribute to the royal family. hard to find.

But later, when the dynasties changed, the Yu family was affected and fell silent.

These were all specially investigated by Huamanlou before going to Yujiazhuang.

He sighed, politely declined the owner of the teahouse, and poured tea for him personally, just right.

As a blind man, Qin Mo admired him for being able to do this.

He raised the teacup and took a sip, and put the rest in front of the blue bird eating melon seeds, and said, "You went to Yujiazhuang, and then what?"

"Then." Hua Manlou's expression was a little strange, "Then I encountered something very—strange." He paused, and still used the word strange, and he couldn't think of other words besides this word Describe the weirdness of this thing.

"The people in the village are very xenophobic. It took me a lot of effort to stay there and start investigating Lu Xiaofeng's whereabouts. Unfortunately, the progress was not smooth. No one could tell me exactly what happened that day. , Where did those people go, I know that night, I——heard some voices."

He closed his eyes and frowned, "That's the sound of suona. I followed that sound and entered a courtyard. There was a wedding banquet in the courtyard. People were drinking, talking, and congratulating each other——I heard Lu Xiaofeng. He was helping the groom's official hold back the wine, and when he was slightly drunk, he started singing again, and the singing was ugly."

"But there is no one, there is no one in that yard."

Hua Manlou tapped the corners of his eyes lightly, and said, "I can't see, but my ears are fine. That was the first time I wondered if there was something wrong with my ears."

Qin Mo tapped on the table, "And then?"

"Then I was chased away by the owner of the yard." Hua Manlou picked up the teacup, even though the cup was crudely made and had a small chip on the rim, he insisted on drinking it with an elegant taste

, "The next day I went outside and invited someone back."

"who?"

"Ordinary people, ordinary people with eyes that can see."

Hua Manlou said in a deep voice: "When the sound rang out again at night, I took people to that yard."

Qin Mo sighed, "If it's just an ordinary person, that person should be quite frightened."

Hua Manlou nodded, "Yes, he was scared away."

The guests who stopped here to rest have left wave after wave, and the small teahouse has gradually become empty. The blue bird has been eating melon seeds. It's really strange that melon seeds are so proficient, the little girl couldn't take her eyes off it.

"It's really a weird thing. It's normal for ordinary people to be scared." Qin Mo changed the subject and said, "But that's someone else, I still don't think you will be affected by this and you need to come to me the point."

"Mister thinks highly of me." Hua Manlou smiled wryly, "I'm not much better than the person who scared away, but there is indeed another thing."

His dim pupils constricted, and he said in a deep voice, "When I was arguing with the owner of the courtyard, I accidentally touched his wrist, and that person has no pulse."

The blue bird stopped eating melon seeds, and he tilted his head, looking cute.

"Dead?" Qin Mo raised his eyebrows.

"A dead man who can walk and move and speak clearly?"

"This is quite interesting." Qin Mo stroked his chin and asked, "Ah Qing, what do you think?"

"Chirp!" I don't know.

Hua Manlou is a considerate person. Although he was curious about his serious question about a bird, he didn't ask much.

"That's the way it is. I don't know if Mr. Wu is willing to accompany me on this trip?"

"Yes, yes, but my fee is not low."

For Huamanlou, anything related to money is not a problem. He readily took out all the money on his body and asked, "Is it enough? If not, I will make up for it later."

Qin Mo glanced roughly, good guy, they are all 1000 taels, about six or seven, much more than what he saved this month.

As expected of the son of the richest man, he immediately added a label of focus to him in his heart.

Seeing his appearance of bending over for money easily, Qingniao jumped up angrily and pecked him, 【Reserve!You look so much like a charlatan! 】

[Aren't I? 】

Qin Mo put away the bank note in a good mood, and then promised: "Don't worry, I will definitely rescue your friend!"

"Then I'm sorry, sir."

Taking people's money to do things for others, although Qin Mo loves money, he does things very neatly, and immediately set off on the road after receiving the money.

Hua Manlou did not go with him, he still had things to do.

He is going to find someone.

Lu Xiaofeng is a prodigal son, he has no home, no relatives, no wife and children, but he has many friends.

These friends may not see each other very often, but when they meet occasionally, they also get drunk together, and they will leave early tomorrow morning. When a friend is in danger, he will go thousands of miles to save his friend even at the cost of his own life.

It is these friends of Lu Xiaofeng that Huamanlou is looking for.

Huaxi Town.

This is the nearest small town to Yujiazhuang, but this is the closest, and it still takes two hours to walk.

Huaxi Town is very small, with a remote location, and there are very few merchants coming and going. If one comes here occasionally, it can be strange for a long time.

Therefore, when Mu Taoist from Wudang appeared on the streets of Huaxi Town with a sword on his back, he was treated as a spectacle.

The old man didn't feel uncomfortable at all, he squinted his eyes and smiled kindly. Occasionally, when he met other people's eyes, he even bowed back, making others turn away in embarrassment.

Looking out of the corner of his eye, he saw a chubby figure.Just as the old man was about to wave hello to the person who came, the person had rushed over like a monkey.

Daoist Mu didn't even have time to let go of his hand, so he immediately chased after him, shouting while chasing: "Stop! Why are you running?!"

A circle of curious eyes shot over from all around, and the chased person not only didn't stop, but ran even faster.

Mu Daochang's qinggong is good, he wanted to catch the opponent several times, but he slipped out like a fish.

The other party is fat and fat, but his skills are extremely flexible.

The two escaped one by one and chased after the other. The speed was extremely fast, and the escaped people quickly entered a building. Taoist Mu followed without hesitation.

This is an inn, the only inn in Huaxi Town. It is said to be an inn, but because there are few customers and losses all the year round, the owner of the inn also started a teahouse business, which prevented the only inn in the town from closing down. .

The two of them went up to the second floor one after the other. This place has already been booked, and the person who booked the teahouse is sitting by the window drinking tea.