My child's father is me

I don't know what kind of variegated horse it is? It's a breed, and it looks so ugly that Shen Huaibi put it in the stable?

Fortunately, Qi Mo didn't dislike its ugliness. Somehow, this horse also understands human nature, as if it knew Qi Mo's eager mood. It ran non-stop for half a day, even for a while? It didn't stop.

Or Qi Mo couldn't stand it anymore, stopped at a long pavilion, led the horse to the river, let it drink some water, and take a rest.

This place is no more than two or three miles away from the city gate of Jiangling. Looking from a distance, Jiangling's gilded red plaque is hanging above the city gate, shining like broken silver in the warm light.

It is really eye-catching.

In the long pavilion, there were pedestrians resting in twos and threes, and an elderly man sat vaguely inside, with a red bucket at his feet.

Qi Mo drove for a long time day and night, what? He didn't bring any dry food or water.He let the horse drink enough water, walked past the long thatched pavilion, and prepared to borrow the bucket, so that his already? dry mouth and tongue could be alleviated.

"Grandpa, can I borrow a bucket?" Qi Mo was afraid of himself? He was abrupt, and added: "I came here alone, what? Nothing? I didn't bring..."

The old man smiled very understandingly, and handed the barrel to him: "This man is very handsome, is he from another place?"

He speaks with a strong Jiangling accent, and has a calm and peaceful expression on his wrinkled face.

Qi Mo looked at him, and suddenly thought of his father, his nose was sore for no reason.

The old man hadn't noticed the change in him yet, maybe it was because no one had chatted with him for too long, so he muttered to himself: "Jiangling City, that's great! Water and soil support people, but it's a pity that it's just a city? Things are becoming more and more unruly, you see, you are so handsome, maybe you came here for the Huayuelou's Hua Niang?"

Qi Mo stretched out his hand to rub his sore eye sockets, but was startled when he heard this: "Hua Yue Lou?"

Did the old man know himself now? He was wrong, he smiled awkwardly, waved his hands and said: "Huayuelou, that place is a gold-selling cave! Recently, Huayuelou has a very famous singer. Tomorrow night It's time to shoot! Look, this is why so many people come to us? Jiangling, look, everyone is well-dressed, who knows what's hidden under the leather? "

At this time, Qi Mo had finished drinking the water, put down the bucket, and thanked the old man with his hands clasped.

His horse had already rested, and it kept snorting, as if urging Qi Mo to go on the road.

"Xiaohua, tell me... these days, this singer is so famous all over the city, so there are quite a few people. Now that the government is in turmoil, how many people don't want to save the country from the fire? , but to have fun all day long, with these actors and actresses as companions."

There is some sadness hidden in Qi Mo's words: "Then if the building is really about to collapse, where should these people go?"

Huayue Building, the back kitchen.

A bloated woman in rich clothes was standing at the door of the back kitchen with her hips akimbo, and she almost had the words bossy written on her face.

Because of too much fat, her face has piled up layers of wrinkles, but she prefers to apply makeup and powder, making it colorful, like a peacock with its tail open.

"Hey, hello!" Hua Peacock said, with deep dissatisfaction in his words: "I said you? Is it for? I came to work, or did I come? I came as a young master? If I don't say it, I won't know how to move it." Do you want me to follow you with a whip, and remind you every day? Right?"

The kitchen helpers who were reprimanded by her shrank their necks, preparing to bite the bullet and listen to her scolding.

"You guys really don't know what to do, we? Huayuelou will come tomorrow? There are so many distinguished guests. I don't want to provoke me to be blamed because of your slow hands and feet! If you rush to the distinguished guests! I see you? What? What to do!"

Hua Peacock blamed them, looked at them with nose or eyes? After a while, his eyes finally fell to the corner? The silent man who has been sweeping the floor with a broom.

She has long been displeased with these temporary helpers in the back kitchen. On weekdays, as long as she catches the opportunity, she will scold her head and face.Only the man in the corner, who has only been in for a few days, but knows how to wink, every time she comes, she can see him silently doing what he is doing.

But he is really handsome, but a hideous scar on his neck ruins the beauty that should be, and the flower peacock who always pays attention to beauty? I just looked at him for a while, then turned my eyes——

That scar is really scary. There is no war these days, so how can a small bump make such a big scar?

Maybe this man has a lot of background, but luckily it was just a temporary help? She hired Peacock as a helper, and when she was done with her work for a while, she would drive him away.

That man was still doing what he was doing today without saying a word. He didn't even lift his eyelids when he saw the peacock coming in.

If it was in the past, he would definitely be scolded by Hua Peacock.But today, against the backdrop of many of his peers, this person looks extremely strange, which greatly pleases Hua Peacock.

Hua Peacock pointed at him, with a sense of command: "Who is that? You give? I'll come! I think you are a nice person. The front hall is too busy these days. Can you go to the front hall? I will help for a few days, and you will get paid You are indispensable."

The helpers who were shrinking their heads just now widened their eyes——

You know, being a mistress in Huamanlou is not a hard job.The guests are generous, and the rewards they get are also peacocks? But ask, if you get it, it's yours. Life is easy.

Such a big happy event fell on the man, but he didn't seem surprised.The man was wearing a big hood that can be found in the back kitchen, and when he turned to look at her, he revealed a pale and handsome face:

Should have been sitting in the tent? Shen Huaibi, the strategizing general, wore a shabby linen overcoat, frowned, parted his thin lips, and said calmly, "Thank you, big sister."

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Just like what the old man said? There are indeed many people coming and going outside Jiangling City, most of them have a faint excitement on their faces. Because of this, Qi Mo guessed that they all came to Huayue Lou, attracted by the name to see the oiran who moved Jinghua.

Shen Huaibi still doesn't know where it is now, Jiangling City is so big, and the situation is unknown at this time, so Qi Mo doesn't dare to act rashly.

Such a bustling street, looking around, is full of crowds.

Shen Huaibi's power here is not dead, it's impossible for such a long time without even getting wind of it.Qi Mo guessed that he was still safe, but in the process of hiding? It is inconvenient to send out news.

Qi Mo was staggered by the turbulent crowd, and thought with some confusion: Shen Huaibi is not what? He is impatient, and it is absolutely impossible to do something exciting, but this person is very partial and arrogant. , never admit defeat.Now that he is alone in Jiangling City, he must be confident that he can get out safely.

but……

Anyway, Shen Huaibi also went there for him. If it wasn't for him, it would be nothing. How could Shen Huaibi put himself in danger?

Shen Huaibi once told Qi Mo that the favorite place for a nest of uneasy and kind people to hide is the romantic Goulan tile shop.

One of the reasons is that there are so many people coming and going every day, so there are too many information to inquire about.

People like them, who walk on the tip of a knife and lose their lives almost all the time, are naturally very welcome to this kind of place.

The second reason is that there are more eyeliners that are easy to insert.There are so many girls in Goulan Wasi, and a few of them are accompanied by high-ranking officials. They are placed next to them. They are just a pair of ears listening to them all the time.

Qi Mo still remembers Shen Huaibi sneering when he said this, with his usual snort in his expression: "In my opinion, this is just a nest of mice. I thought it was well hidden, but in fact, if you see it more If you do it, you will find that this kind of people are generally smart and go to the place with the highest risk. Nine out of ten are shot out of brothels."

Qi Mo tilted his head and asked, "Then there is another one?"

Shen Huaibi looked at him like he was looking at a fool: "There is another one because he is too stupid, so I confessed."

I have to say, he was quite right.

A place with a lot of traffic like Goulan Wasi is indeed the best place for a bunch of shady party members to hide.

The group of people who kidnapped Uncle Rong might have something to do with the behind-the-scenes instigation of Huaman Villa. They were able to capture Uncle Rong at such a coincident time. People have the opportunity to act.

In addition, it also explained one point--

In Shen Huaibi's military tent? It's not a pool of clear water. Only they? The few people around him know about Uncle Rong's return to Beijing. This person must have a lot of status.

What Qi Mo could think of, Shen Huaibi naturally could also think of.

Qi Mo collected his attention and looked at the name plaque hanging on the tall building in front of him. On it was written three large characters in regular script:

Huayue Tower.

Qi Mo didn't go in directly, but turned back to the road where he just came and saw a pawn shop——

His clothes are still tight-fitting riding clothes, why? It doesn't look like he came to visit a brothel.

But Qi Mo felt all over his body, but there was not a single copper plate? He didn't see it, only the white jade pendant that he had taken from Dahei before was still on his body.

Qi Mo frowned, and handed the white jade in his hand to the pawnbroker with a clean face.

The latter took it with squinted eyes, and carefully looked at the lines on it with a glass mirror.

After a while, the owner of the pawnshop remembered Qi Mo's existence, and handed him a whole bag of snowflake silver, and couldn't stop saying: "Little brother, there will be such a good baby in the future, remember to visit my shop more often for business." Ah! Silver taels are indispensable to you!"

"Here? How much silver is there?"

The shopkeeper of the pawn shop waved his hand very boldly, and said: "I see that you are so kind-hearted, little brother, and I don't want to bully you. There are 100 taels of silver in it, and 1000 taels of silver notes."

Qi Mo took the snowflake white silver, as if he was nostalgic, he looked back at the white jade pendant that was about to be put away by the shopkeeper.

He used the two ingots of silver he had pawned back from the white jade pendant to buy a suit of luxurious clothes, and there was still half of the ingot left over, and it was only a matter of time before Qi Mo carried it into his arms.

In Huayue Tower, there were a lot of guests. The flower lady standing at the door to attract guests saw Qi Mo's extraordinary clothes, and led him up to the private room on the second floor with a charming smile.

In Huayue Building? The sound insulation is very good, and the noise downstairs can hardly be heard.The flower lady who led him up ordered scented tea for Qi Mo on her own initiative, and then retreated with a smile.

Qi Mo was still watching the movement downstairs, and suddenly heard the door behind him slam, he knew that it should be the little brother who brought the tea, and when he turned around to pick it up, he suddenly froze——

Shen Huaibi was throwing off the hood on his head impatiently, looking at him fiercely:

"Who told you to come!?"