Kaifeng Shuangmeiji

The next day was the [-]th day of May. The rain that had been raining for several days finally stopped, but the sky did not clear up. There were still thick dark clouds in the sky, which seemed to be gathering strength and bursting out again.

Early in the morning, the two went to the post office where they gave Qin Qi Lu'an tea yesterday. It was the first time for Zhan Zhao to visit the post office set up by Qin Qi's division. Although it was not a big place, there were many people coming and going. , In and out in an endless stream.Go inside and look again, and find that the setting of the letter level here is very detailed.There are three levels of ordinary, urgent, and urgent, and the categories are divided into family letters, official affairs, and physical objects.There are different charging standards and delivery times to choose from.Even physical post offices will add security deposits based on the value of the items sent. You only need to pay an extra [-]% of the money to guarantee double compensation if the items are lost.However, the determination of the value requires the handwritten appraisal of the highest appraiser of the Yan Family Pawnshop, the largest pawnshop in the city, to be approved.

"This kind of management method of the post office, is it your idea?" Zhan Zhao asked Qin Qi curiously after hearing Qin Qi's explanation of the post office's work, and after getting a positive answer, he couldn't help admiring her even more At the beginning, he had already admired Qin Qi by sorting out the old files of Kaifeng Mansion, but now he feels that Qin Qi is so smart.

Seeing Zhan Zhao's proud expression, Qin Qi stuck out her tongue secretly. In fact, she simply copied some practices of the express delivery industry in later generations, and it was not her own originality.Feeling ashamed, I had no choice but to say nothing.I hurried to the back hall to find the guy who gave her new tea yesterday.

"Xiao Liu, yesterday you said that you brought this tea back when you went to Lu'an to deliver the letter?" Fortunately, the guy who delivered the letter yesterday is still here today, so Qin Qi asked him directly what they wanted to know after finding him.

"Miss Qin, you are here again. Is the tea you brought back yesterday still delicious?" Xiao Liu is already the number one guy in the post office at Qin Qishi's gate, and he often delivers letters to the mountains, so I recognize Qin Qi.Although he is young, he is quite clever and responsible, but he is sometimes glib.

"The tea is good, thank you very much. But we want to know if you delivered the letter in person in Lu'an?"

"I went there in person. The lady who wanted to deliver the letter chose urgent family letters, so I had to go there myself. What's wrong, Miss Qin? What's wrong?"

"Where did the little lady send her family letter? Is she from Fengyang City?" Qin Qi hurriedly asked after hearing that it was a young lady.

Xiao Liu saw that she was very interested in this lady, and immediately explained briefly: "The little lady is not from Fengyang, and what I want us to send is a letter from my family in Lu'an. That family seems to be a big family in Lu'an. The gate of the mansion is so imposing. It is said that it is in the cloth business. The letter that the lady dragged us to deliver was addressed to the third wife of that family, and the servant girl in front of the third lady took the letter and brought it in. I saw that the letter had been delivered safely. , and turned back."

When Qin Qi heard that he was a big family in the cloth business, she was even more certain, and quickly confirmed: "Is that big family surnamed Zhou?"

"That's right, how did Miss Qin know?" Xiao Liu was surprised and puzzled.

Qin Qi and Zhan Zhao looked at each other, and in each other's eyes, they both saw joy and a sigh of relief that they finally had a clue.Xiao Liu saw that the two of them paid so much attention to this woman, and saw that the old man who was with Qin Qi was tall and upright, with official boots on his feet, and seemed to have a close relationship with their family, so he rolled his eyes to please the two of them The idea popped up.Let them go to the main room in the backyard, poured tea and served them, and told Qin Qi and Zhan Zhao everything he knew about the little lady surnamed Zhou and her appearance in detail.

Coming out of the post office, the two felt relieved. Judging from the news from Xiaoliu, the lady who delivered the letter to Lu'an must be that Zhou's lady. Although she is not sure whether she is definitely with Sha Qianli, she is a key person. If you let her know, you will have further clues!Seeing that it was still early, the two of them immediately decided to go to the address that Xiaoliu had given to them at that time, Zhou Si's mother, to find out about the situation.

The address left by Zhou Niang is in an alley far away from the market in the south of Fengyang City. Most of the people living here are tenants. Many businessmen and people who are looking for relatives will rent a yard here and live temporarily for a month.Because most of them are merchants, it is very quiet during the day, and no one moves around.

I used some hot food at the restaurant at the entrance of the alley, and after meeting the bill with him, I gave him a tael of extra silver, and asked him to take care of the two horses they rode. He agreed, and took the horse to the barn next to the restaurant to feed the grass.

The two entered the alley where the address left by Zhou Si's mother was located, and saw that it was a small courtyard with a single door.The courtyard wall was not high, and the gate was closed tightly. After sticking to the door and listening, there was no movement inside.I was also afraid that if I was standing at the door, if I was bumped into by Zhou Niang who came back suddenly or even Sha Qianli, I would inevitably startle the snake. I looked at the direction of the yard and found that the yards of the two families on the left and right were empty houses. I looked around and saw that there was no one around. , the two jumped into one of the deserted courtyards as soon as they raised their breath.

It seems that no one has lived here for a long time. The weeds in the courtyard are more than one foot high, and the courtyard is very muddy due to several days of rain.The partition wall shared with the house where Zhou Si's mother lived was a little shorter than the door, and the two of them climbed onto the wall very easily, and carefully looked into the courtyard.

I saw that the yard was not very big, only five feet wide, with only one main room and two side rooms. There was a small kitchen on the right hand side of the entrance, but it was locked, and it seemed that it was not used.He looked at the door of the main room again, but it was unlocked, but it seemed that no one was inside.

"Brother Zhan, do you think it's here?" Qin Qi whispered to Zhan Zhao who was beside him.

Zhan Zhao looked at these courtyards, thought for a while, and nodded: "The courtyard here is extremely quiet, and it should be a lively moment, but there is no one passing by in the alley. And look at the courtyard The location, the courtyards on both sides are uninhabited, if you only choose such a courtyard, it is really hidden enough to be difficult to be found!"

After hearing this, Qin Qi also felt that it made sense, so she asked again: "Then shall we go in and look for the pearl now?"

"No, it's better to make sure that this place is indeed Zhou Si's mother's temporary residence."

Seeing that there was really no one in the yard, the two temporarily got off the wall, picked up two stools in the yard that were discarded by the former owner and put them under the wall, and they sat down.Because they didn't know when someone would come back from the nearby courtyard, neither of the two dared to leave here, so they had to concentrate on watching the movement.

After finally surviving until sunset, the two of them suddenly heard the sound of the courtyard door being unlocked, they both stood up quickly, leaned against the wall and looked into the courtyard.Sure enough, I saw a beautiful and exquisite lady with a basket on her shoulders. It was getting late and I couldn't see what was in it. She looked like she came back from the market.The lady came in from the door, closed the door, turned around and walked to the main house.With sharp eyes, Qin Qi saw that there was indeed a tear mole under her right eye, just as Xiao Liu at the post office said, it was about an inch below her right eye.Busily told Zhan Zhao this discovery in a low voice, Zhan Zhao nodded to show that he had seen it too, and said in a low voice, "It seems that this person is indeed that Zhou Niang."

In a blink of an eye, Mother Zhou had already entered the main house and lit the lamp.Judging from the shadows cast by the lights, this room should be a suite, the entrance is the main hall, and the bedroom to the left should be.Just when the two were hesitating whether to follow the past to find out what happened, they suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside the courtyard, and Zhou Zhou's mother hurried out of the house to respond: "Here it is, who is it?"

Qin Qi immediately got goosebumps when he heard this voice, it was so numb, he subconsciously looked at Zhan Zhao, seeing that he didn't seem to respond at all, and was still staring at the people in the courtyard warily, he couldn't help secretly delighting that he really He is an honest gentleman, and he didn't even respond to such an ecstatic voice.

Just when she was distracted, Zhou Niang had already opened the door, and from the perspective of Zhan Zhao and Qin Qi, she couldn't see who was outside the door, but she could only hear Zhou Niang calling out in a softer voice: "You kill a thousand swords, why don't you kill me?" I just came back, come in, Sharon—"

Sharon? !It's Sha Qianli! ! ! !

The two of them were startled when they heard this greeting, and Qin Qi even sensitively noticed that Zhan Zhao beside him tensed up instantly, his eagle-like eyes fixed on Sha Qianli who had already entered the yard.But neither of them acted hastily. Apart from doing this thousands of miles away, they also need to find the Pearl. If they start at this time, it may be difficult to find the Pearl.Besides, Si Niang is still one of the missing women this week, and they still don't know what relationship she has with Sha Qianli.Although judging from the tone and title she used to call Sha Qianli just now, the relationship between the two of them may not be that simple.

"Si Niang, I'm not here these few days, is it okay for you to be home alone?" Sha Qianli stepped forward, hugged Si Niang, and pretended to go into the house.

"Oh, you dead ghost, let go, your body is full of mud, and it's all over the place." Zhou Niang slapped off Sha Qianli's hand that was wrapped around his waist, and begged him with her palm upward: "If you don't come back for a few days, once I've been thinking about this since I came back! I don't care, what about the golden hairpin you promised to give me?"

"This... oops, I came back in a hurry, I forgot to bring it, next time, next time I will supply it to you."

"It's next time again, no, you have to buy it for me today, and you have said it several times!" Zhou Niang shouted in disbelief, and she turned around and retreated from Sha Qianli's arms, "If there is no gold hairpin today , you don’t want to enter my door!!”

As he said that, he was about to go to the room. Sha Qianli was so annoyed that he hadn't seen her for a few days, so he hurriedly pulled her back and persuaded, "Okay, okay, I'll take you to buy it, so let's do it now. Let's go The largest Jinmanlou in the city, the jewelry there is not your favorite."

Only then did Mother Zhou's anger turn into joy, she smiled charmingly, twisted her waist and walked out of the yard with Sha Qianli, locked the gate and walked away.

Seeing them walking away, Qin Qi and Zhan Zhao turned over and jumped into their yard from the wall. They carefully entered the main house, and before entering the house, they carefully wiped off the mud under their shoes so as not to dirty the floor after entering the house. , were discovered by them.

The Jinmanlou mentioned by Sha Qianli just now is in the east of Fengyang City. If it takes about an hour to go back and forth, they still have some time.

"Xiao Qi, it seems that Zhou Niang and Sha Qianli are in the same boat this week. The two of them must have lived in Fengyang for a while, and Sha Qianli went out a few days ago. That's why we couldn't find out about him in the city."

"Well, Zhou Niang is really shameless this week, leaving a good girl instead of being a good girl, and wanting to be with this villain who abducted her!" Qin Qi couldn't help shivering when he thought of Zhou Niang's coquettish voice just now, "It looks pretty, and the voice It's also seductive, but it's really bad temper."

Zhan Zhao gave her a strange look, and didn't say much: "Let's look in the house first, maybe we can find the pearl."

Qin Qi didn't say any more, and the two started searching in the house.

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