Chapter 35
The incident happened
Author: Sigui Beihong
The incident happened
That night was also a night with few stars. Mo Yunxiao was sitting alone in the pavilion, looking at the bright moon in the sky.
The night when Baocheng was killed. The same night wind was blowing, and the same moon was as bright as day. Mo Yunxiao looked at the bright moon, his thoughts were flying, and his heart was confused.
She secretly laughed at herself for being stupid, actually wanting to use someone else's body to fight against the so-called evil forces. What a trick of fate, the original owner of this body might be a member of the evil forces. Thinking of this, she burst into laughter.
While she was thinking wildly, she suddenly heard a baby crying loudly. She was startled and turned back to look at the source of the sound. The crying sound seemed to come from behind the rockery in the courtyard.
"Dalang, don't be too fierce and scare this baby. Come on, let me hug you." The speaker was Li Xianmo, coming from the same direction.
Mo Yunxiao became curious, so she lightened her steps and walked tiptoe towards the rockery.
"Do you think our Minglou is Anjiyuan?" Mo Chenglin's voice was always serious: "You can fool my ignorant daughter, but you can't fool me. Humph! How can a strong man like you look like this?
Fleeing from famine? Even if you are escaping from famine, when you come to Tokyo, you should report to Kaifeng Prefecture. The government has its own government to resettle the refugees, but why are you here here?"
"Master, please be clear!" The man clasped his knees, knelt down, and bowed down again and again, and said: "To be honest, master, today's government is exploiting people at all levels, and the relief grain allocated by the court is only a few grains of brown rice in our hands.
How can I survive? I only have so little flesh and blood, and I really can’t bear to die, so I came to seek refuge in Minglou." He said with deep emotion, and kowtowed "dong dong" after speaking, even Li Xianmo couldn't bear it.
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While comforting the child, she said: "Dalang, look, what he said doesn't sound like a lie."
Mo Chenglin asked again: "In that case, you are strong and strong, why don't you go to the canal to make a living by stretching?"
"The little one does have this idea." The man replied: "It's just that when the little one left, there was no one to take care of the baby in his arms. This is a girl. I heard that the Caobang has some kind of ghost fan outside the city.
Lou, they specialize in girls, and the younger one is afraid that the baby will be abducted by them."
"Ghost Fan Tower?" Mo Chenglin frowned, quite puzzled, and said, "Fan Tower is Fan Tower, why is it called Ghost Fan Tower?"
The man sighed and said: "Everyone in Tokyo knows about Fan Lou. But Fan Lou earns clean money. But the ghost Fan Lou is a completely evil shop. They kidnap, buy, or deceive good families.
The woman went off to do that frivolous thing. Every night, the lights are on, the woman cries and the man laughs. Because they only do business at night, they are called Ghost Fanlou. And...and..."
The man hesitated to speak, and Mo Chenglin couldn't help but get angry and asked: "And what?"
"They also threatened that one day they would kidnap the three girls from the Mo family and make them the top princesses!" the man said.
After hearing this, Mo Chenglin slapped his palm on the stone table, glared with a pair of angry eyes, and shouted: "I didn't expect that the emperor's feet would be so filthy! Doesn't Shengzhang just care about it?"
The man said solemnly: "I'm afraid Master Sheng will come here often."
"This is really unreasonable!" Mo Chenglin jumped up from the stone bench, clasping his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth, looking indignant.
Mo Yunxiao, who was hiding behind the rockery, saw this and had mixed feelings in her heart: "I think the old man really loves his daughter. But that ghost Fan Lou is indeed very hateful, and he actually did such an evil thing!"
"The baby doesn't cry, the baby doesn't cry..." Li Xianmo comforted the child in his arms, then raised his head and said to Mo Chenglin: "Dalang, why bother meddling in other people's business. There are so many injustices in the world, how can you do it?"
I can take care of everything!”
Mo Chenglin ignored her. He paused, turned around and asked the man, "What's your name?"
"The younger one's name is Yuan Lu." the man replied.
"Yuan Lu?" Mo Yunxiao was surprised and thought: "I seem to have heard this name somewhere, but I couldn't remember it for a while."
Mo Chenglin added: "Okay, you come with me to this ghost mansion. I want to see which of them dares to kidnap my daughter!"
Li Xianmo also got up in a hurry and advised: "Da Lang, don't act out of anger. Why should we bother with these idle men asking for a verbal advantage?"
Mo Chenglin glared at her and said, "Just stay at home and I'll be right back." After that, he left.
Mo Yunxiao hurriedly greeted him and called: "Daddy!"
Mo Chenglin and Yuan Lu were both stunned and looked at each other. Mo Yunxiao looked at Yuan Lu and felt that he looked very familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen him. But he had no time to care about anything else at the moment.
He only said to Mo Chenglin: "Dad, my daughter can't stop you, why don't we go together. I know some skills and can protect you."
There was a trace of affection in Mo Chenglin's eyes, but this affection was fleeting and turned into a gaze as firm as a sharp blade.
"You also stay at home and don't go anywhere. When I come back, I will prepare for your marriage." Mo Chenglin walked a few more steps and suddenly said: "In case... I won't be able to see you even if I go underground."
Your mother." After saying that, she took Yuan Lu and strode away.
After hearing this, Mo Yunxiao was moved in her heart. She didn't know whether she was happy or sad. She looked at the backs of Mo Chenglin and Yuan Lu and frowned unconsciously.
"He Lu." Li Xianmo came up slowly and said worriedly, "I'm afraid your father's death will be unlucky."
Mo Yunxiao forced a smile and said, "Third grandma, take it easy, dad has his own sense of proportion."
Li Xianmo gently caressed the back of the baby in her arms, who had already fallen into a deep sleep. She also smiled faintly and said, "May the Bodhisattva bless you and make everything go smoothly for Dalang."
Mo Yunxiao smiled and said, "Third Grandma believes in Buddhism?"
Li Xianmo was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm ashamed. I have worshiped the Bodhisattva for ten years."
"Oh." Mo Yunxiao said, "I believe that the Bodhisattva will keep my third grandma in mind and will bless my father."
Li Xianmo said nothing, still feeling uneasy in his heart.
At this moment, Li Xianmo and Mo Yunxiao seemed to have turned enemies into friends, and it was as if the rift between them had never existed.
The night markets in Tokyo are as brilliant as daytime. From Tianjie to Majie to West Street, especially the two sides of the Bianhe River are really crowded with tourists, and the shouts of shopkeepers come and go.
Mo Chenglin and Yuan Lu each led a horse and walked through the crowd. Their faces were stern and they walked fast, which was in sharp contrast to the surrounding environment.
After they crossed the Zhouqiao Bridge, the number of pedestrians suddenly decreased, and they all rode their horses towards the Zhuque Gate.
There were a few sparse soldiers guarding the Suzaku Gate. Mo Chenglin didn't take it seriously and was about to pass by. However, the soldier flashed his halberd and shouted: "Who is breaking through the door!" Mo Chenglin will
As soon as the horse's reins were tightened, the horse neighed and stopped.
Mo Chenglin was a little surprised. On weekdays, the city gates were wide open, allowing merchants and tourists to come and go as they pleased, but why were they being questioned today?
But he still did not dismount, and replied condescendingly: "Master Jun, I am Mo Chenglin, the shopkeeper of Minglou. I am going out of the city to do some errands. I hope it will be convenient for Master Jun."
When the soldier heard that it was Mo Chenglin, he couldn't help but laughed ferociously: "Oh, it turns out to be Mo Da, the shopkeeper of Minglou. I heard that your daughter-in-law wanted to choose a son-in-law a few days ago, which caused uproar in the city. What? Could it be that the new uncle doesn't want to serve this person?"
The female Yama ran out of the city, shopkeeper Mo went after her herself?"
After saying this, all the soldiers burst out laughing.
Mo Chenglin felt angry, but after all, the other party was the Forbidden Army, but it was not easy to offend him, so he had to say: "No, I am going out of the city to meet an old friend. Isn't this allowed?"
The soldier laughed and said, "If it had been anyone else, I would have agreed to it, but Shopkeeper Mo would not have allowed it."
Mo Chenglin stared and asked, "Why is this?"
"Hey, then you have to ask our enemy!" the soldier said and pointed behind him, and sure enough he saw a military leader walking out of the shadows while chewing sugar cane. This man had two small mustaches.
Squinting and smiling.
Mo Chenglin was startled and knew something was wrong. "Yuan Lu! Yuan Lu!" He looked around, but Yuan Lu was nowhere to be seen.
"Oh! I've been fooled!" Mo Chenglin suddenly realized. That Yuan Lu was clearly colluding with Qiu Yuhou to frame him.
"Okay, stop yelling." Qiu Feng chewed the sugar cane and said impatiently: "Shopkeeper Mo has always been cautious. If he didn't love his daughter so much, he wouldn't come here rashly. I'm really moved."
Mo Chenglin snorted coldly and said, "I am a legitimate good man. Even if the government wants to harm me, there must be a crime."
Qiu Feng suddenly threw down half of the sugar cane in his hand and said angrily: "You still dare to be so arrogant! You were originally a junior high school in the Western Army. You escaped during the military chaos thirty years ago and then started the tea business. Huh! I said
It’s neither right nor wrong!”
Mo Chenglin was startled and asked: "You said I was a deserter from the army, do you have proof?"
"Your mount is proof!" Qiu Feng shouted sternly, then smiled coldly, looked at the white horse, and said, "As I expected, what Shopkeeper Mo is riding is clearly a big horse used in the army.
Wan Mingju!"
After hearing this, Mo Chenglin felt a little panicked. He was indeed a deserter from the army, and he also took away more than a dozen good horses. On weekdays, his horses were raised in the stables, and occasionally Mo Chenglin
Yun Xiao would ride it and gallop outside the city. However, although this horse is a sacred horse, not many people know it. Even Yin Shengzhang of Kaifeng Prefecture has never seen such a good horse. So it has never had any accidents in decades.
But this Qiu Feng happened to be from the Western Army. He took a quick look and knew it was a military horse.
When Qiu Feng saw that he was silent, he said proudly: "How about it? Will Shopkeeper Mo go with us by himself? Or will the brothers invite you to go?"
Mo Chenglin suddenly glared. His gaze was like an arrow and a halberd, and all the soldiers, including Qiu Feng, retreated in shock.
He suddenly raised his head and laughed loudly, saying: "I didn't expect that I would end up being cautious all my life, and that I would end up in the hands of this fool! Forget it! I will fulfill your merits!"
Chapter completed!