02 Blood and Yarn (Part 1)

At dusk, the sun has not set and the moon has risen.

An Nianjiu came to the restaurant where he had lunch as promised and found that Manager Zhong had been waiting there in advance.

"How is it? Is there any result?" She was a little anxious and asked impatiently as soon as she met.

Manager Zhong wanted to greet her and liven up the atmosphere, but at this time he had to get straight to the point and answered: "I found that there are three companies selling the medicines such as Forget Soul Incense in the Yuling Black Market. For the sake of comparison, I bought all the goods from the three companies."

He signaled An Nianjiu to sit down, then took out three paper bags containing medicine powder from his sleeve and lined up on the table.

An Nianjiu took out the paper bag she got from Chen Lian from her arms, compared it with the three things on the table, and finally confirmed that one of them was the same as the goods in her hands.

She pushed the paper bag to Manager Zhong with an extremely affirmative look.

"Is this the case?" Manager Zhong nodded slightly, "Then I know who it is."

"who?"

"The man's name is Mu Jiulang. He is an orphan who has lost his parents since childhood. He lives in an alley not far from here." Zhang Guest Park said, "I heard that it was a brothel woman who brought him up. I don't know how he made friends with Dao, and since then he started a black market business in Yuling."

"Then you can take me to see him this time?" An Nianjiu said, "It has been confirmed that the medicine was sold from him, so I can also tell you the identity and ask."

"Are you sure?" Manager Zhong showed concern about her radical proposal.

"If you do this kind of business, you must be more serious than money. Just scare him."

Manager Zhong was a little unanimous, but in the end he couldn't resist An Nianjiu's gaze, shrugged and agreed, "Okay, then you come with me."

On the way to Mu Jiulang's residence, An Nianjiu couldn't help thinking about some minor issues. She finally couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Shopkeeper Zhong, are you really a businessman?"

"What's wrong?" The person in front of him did not stop and continued to walk forward calmly.

"In one afternoon, I found out the source of the Forgetful Soul Incense in the black market, and I was so meticulous that I had mastered the other party's residence... If the paper bag in my hand did not correspond to the medicine sold by Mu Jiulang, I guess you also found clues from the other two sellers?" An Nianjiu used her left hand to press the tiger's mouth against her pointed chin and pondered, "Your detection ability is a bit incredible..."

After hearing her words, Manager Zhong immediately laughed loudly. He said in a joking tone: "Of course, you must be a businessman to have a keen insight to seize all profitable opportunities. Otherwise, how could there be the saying that businessman will not be traitorous?"

"Don't be perfunctory." An Nianjiu suddenly changed into a cold voice from the inside out, "Since you can't get up early without any profit, why bother to help me?"

"Hey, I'm wondering, little girl, why can't you believe that I'm just a conscientious businessman?" He shrugged helplessly.

An Nianjiu curled her lips: "Do you look like this?"

Manager Zhong did not answer her, but suddenly stopped: "It's here."

An Nianjiu didn't pay attention to stopping her feet for a moment and immediately pierced her head on his back.

She rubbed her pain in the banging Qiong nose, and looked at him complainingly. After thinking that she had already arrived at the other party's door, she had to swallow the complaints that had reached her mouth.

Without discussing with her, Manager Zhong took the initiative to go forward and knock on the door.

After a while, the old wooden door was opened in a crack. From the gap, you could see a beautiful woman opening the door in the courtyard.

"Your Excellency is..."

"I'm disturbing. I'm in the Wuyue Shang Zhong Linqi. I'm looking for Mu Jiulang this time..."

The woman's expression changed slightly, and she said apologetically: "Kyuro is not here, are you here to do business with him?"

Manager Zhong’s face was full of surprise: “But people who know him in the market say that he often closes his stall early before sunset. Didn’t he go home today?”

"It was usually quite punctual, but today...ah, that dead man, maybe he's rich, he's going to have fun again." The woman sighed helplessly.

An Nianjiu walked up to interject and said, "Is Mu Jiulang your husband?"

The woman only then discovered that there was another person outside. She looked at An Nianjiu up and down, slightly surprised: "Who are you... this girl?"

"Sorry." Zhong Linqi turned sideways and blocked An Nianjiu behind him, and smiled at the woman, "The little girl is ignorant and a little rude."

Ha? This guy takes advantage of me... An Nianjiu almost couldn't help but attack Zhong Linqi.

"Mr. I'm still taking care of my daughter when I go out to do business." The woman couldn't help but cover her mouth and laughed.

"This child's life is miserable. Her mother left early. It's a pity that I want to leave her at home, so I just came out to see the world."

"I see."

"Since Mu Jiulang is not here, let's say goodbye first." After Zhong Linqi said that, he nodded to the woman, and then pulled An Nianjiu away without saying a word.

Behind him, the sound of a woman closing the door and inserting the door bolt came. An Nianjiu finally couldn't help it. She broke free from Zhong Linqi's hand and stared at him and said angrily: "Your mother has just left early!"

Zhong Linqi was not angry and said lightly: "You are right. My mother really left early. I was already alone when I was as old as you."

"Another time is in vain." She said quietly, her expression clearly indicating that she was sulking.

"If that woman just saw that you were a roster of Yunzhongjian, it would be a waste of time." Zhong Linqi said and patted her shoulder, "Let's go, you have to change your place if you want to talk."

"Why..."

"Just ask her about her relationship with Mu Jiulang just by coming up!"

An Nianjiu was frightened by a sudden low shout. This was the first time since we met, Shopkeeper Zhong spoke to her in such a harsh tone.

Soon Zhong Linqi also realized that he seemed to be a little inappropriate and inappropriate just now. He scratched his hair awkwardly and apologized to her: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, but I was also impatient. But you have to know that your questioning method can easily make others suspicious. Mu Jiulang is not doing a serious business, so the woman must know that if you ask them so urgently, you will alarm the snake."

"It's... I'm impulsive." After he said this, she realized that her words and deeds were inappropriate. Mu Jiulang had not appeared yet. If he accidentally scared the woman, it might be that the clues of her finally had a clue.

"But luckily it's okay. I should help you get over it. She doesn't seem to be suspicious." Zhong Linqi said with a smug smile.

An Nianjiu looked at him again with a scrutiny and speculative look: "The name you just reported is a pseudonym, right?"

"It's not a pseudonym either."

"I don't think about who you are. Thank you for helping me with all this, but let us Yunzhongjian do the next thing." An Nianjiu sighed as if she had finally let go.

Zhong Linqi hesitated for a moment: "Are you sure? You have to investigate the next thing alone? Can you do it?"

Only when he noticed that An Nianjiu's eyes showed an anger that seemed to be despised, he realized that he had lost his brain and hurt the young man's self-esteem.

"No, I don't mean to target you. I mean... After all, you seem to be a newcomer. Is it the first time you are on a mission?" Zhong Linqi carefully considered the words, "Let a newcomer investigate the murderer who committed more than a dozen lives in succession. I have to say that the Desolate Sect is a little harsh..."

An Nianjiu replied expressionlessly: "I didn't come alone. I have companions and seniors who lead us. Don't use your understanding of the Desolate Sect to speculate on us casually. That's it, I'll leave, and there will be a time later."

Zhong Linqi stood there with his hands in his arms, watching An Nianjiu go away.

"Little girl, this may sound a bit exaggerated, but I know more about the Desolate Sect than the whole team of you combined."
Chapter completed!