Chapter 178: Searching for People (5)
In the evening, Tao Zi knocked on the table, then stood up and said, "Sorry to bother you. Goodbye."
“No, no, girl, you…” The brothel mother hesitated to speak.
She smiled and said something irrelevant: "Start all over again and wait patiently."
The brothel madam immediately understood what she meant and said solemnly, "I understand."
The little fox's voice rang in his mind: "Tao Zi, you..."
"You're fine, why are you imitating the way a brothel mom speaks?"
It was extremely depressed and said, "I didn't. I'm not."
"Don't worry about it. This is our human business. Just pretend you didn't hear anything."
The little fox didn't say anything until she walked out of Zhaoyue Tower, then he said in her mind: "I don't care what you want to do, but don't die too quickly, it will implicate me."
Tao Zi patted its head and whispered, "Don't worry, I will cancel the contract before I die."
She walked slowly and met Hua Seng on the road and called out to him.
The flower monk said, "Fellow Daoist Tao, why do you look like this? I almost didn't recognize you."
She handed the fox in her arms over and said, "Brother Hua, can you help me take the little fox back?"
"Of course, aren't you going back?"
"No, I have something else to do."
After watching the flower monk take the little fox away, she slowly walked to the teahouse and sat down to rest, while in her mind she was sorting out the news she had received that day.
Brothels and teahouses were her hard work back then, and they were also the source of information for the Minglan Sect.
Whether it is a teahouse or a brothel, their connections are almost all controlled by her and Xing Tang. As long as Xing Tang does not betray him, Xu Qianjia's current situation will not be much better.
There was only one exception, a teahouse in central China, which was her second largest news business after Zhaoyue Tower. It was handed over to Xu Qianjia for management more than ten years ago.
Thinking of this, Tao Zi's eyes flashed with sarcasm.
A newly emerging sect has neither historical roots nor sufficient network resources. Even the elders within the sect are invited from other places.
In such a situation, if we do not resort to extraordinary measures but instead try to imitate others' noble conduct, we will probably end up in disaster.
Xu Qianjiasu looked down on her methods and didn't know how she felt now.
She laughed silently, took another sip of tea to suppress her smile. Take it slow, there is no need to rush. As long as she was still alive, even if she couldn't kill Qinglan Tianzun, she could always cause some trouble for those people.
Tao Zi sat there quietly.
It was getting dark, and the waiter came over and said, "Miss, I'm so sorry, it's getting dark, and we're about to close."
She nodded in agreement, stood up, put a piece of silver on the table, and walked out.
Tao Zi walked towards the outside of the city. When she was about to reach the city gate, she turned a corner and walked for about a quarter of an hour before arriving at an alley with small courtyards.
She did not enter the alley, but waited in a tree outside the alley.
As the second watch was approaching, a figure appeared at the entrance of the alley and she hurried in.
Tao Zi stayed on the tree for another quarter of an hour, and only after making sure that there was no one behind her did she enter a yard in the alley.
There was an oil lamp lit in the room and a woman was sitting at the table.
Tao Zi stepped in. The woman looked at her and made a gesture.
Seeing this familiar gesture, tears flashed in her eyes. She stood up and said respectfully, "Greetings, Master."
She nodded calmly and said, "How is your stay in the City Lord's Mansion?"
"The city lord treats Liu Yue very well."
"Did Mother Su ask you to come over?"
Tao Zi sat down at the table while the woman stood and whispered, "Yes, Madam Su said the master knocked on the table twice, indicating that we would meet at the second watch. Liu Yue came over then."
She looked at Liu Yue and asked, "Has anyone come looking for you in the past three years?"
"Yes, but Liu Yue pretended to be an ordinary person and avoided him."
"Where's Su's mother?"
Liu Yue whispered, "Mother Su has inquired about the master's identity several times, but Liu Yue always fooled her."
Tao Zi nodded and said, "You don't have to stand. You've suffered a lot over the years."
"Master, you're joking. The City Lord treats Liu Yue well." Liu Yue paused and continued, "What about the Punishment Hall?"
"The situation is unclear, there's no need to contact them."
"yes."
Tao Zi looked at her restrained appearance, finally sighed, and said, "Is there anything you want to ask?"
Liu Yue moved his lips, but finally lowered his head and said, "Wu, please give your orders, Master."
"Pay attention to the Cheng family's movements, help Mother Su leave Zhaoyue Tower, and start all over again."
Liu Yue's eyes lit up and she said, "Please rest assured, Senior Sister. We have been waiting for this day since what happened three years ago."
After she finished speaking, she realized she had made a mistake. Before she could correct herself, Tao Zi said, "No need. It's fine to call me Senior Sister from now on. I used to worry that others would notice something was wrong by calling me that, but that's no longer necessary."
In the eyes of outsiders, Yue Qiran was already dead.
Her words were equivalent to tacitly admitting her identity. Tears welled up in Liu Yue's eyes again. Tao Zi sighed helplessly and said, "Tell me about what happened three years ago."
She took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "Three years ago, news of Senior Sister's accident spread from the central part of the continent. Liu Yue didn't believe it at first, but the Punishment Hall contacted Mother Su and asked her to prepare a fake identity."
"Hmm?" Tao Zi raised her eyebrows. The news actually came from the central part of the mainland first?
Liu Yue looked over and said, "Continue."
"Later... I heard about Senior Sister jumping off a cliff. Liu Yue has been secretly trying to find the truth behind what happened, but has found nothing. He doesn't dare to contact the Punishment Hall easily. However, Liu Yue did find out some other news."
"explain."
"The first place to spread the news was a teahouse. The owner's surname was said to be Xu. Then, Liu Yue from the Liuyue Gang entered the Cheng family and heard other news - that the Xingtang had planned to kidnap my senior sister on the road that Sandaoyuan had to pass."
Tao Zi's face turned cold and he said, "Nonsense!"
She was a Jindan back then, and there was at least a Yuanying in the team escorting her. It was simply nonsense for the Punishment Hall to want to kidnap her with its strength.
"Liu Yue also felt something was wrong and sent people into the Punishment Hall. It is said that Xu Qianjia was also preparing to kidnap people at the time, and the Punishment Hall was just his deputy."
Tao Zi immediately looked over. What was Xu Qianjia thinking?
Liu Yue lowered his head and said, "Senior Sister said back then that we shouldn't have any contact with the Punishment Hall, but things happened so suddenly that Liu Yue wasn't sure if the Punishment Hall was reliable right now, so she had no choice but to send someone in rashly."
Tao Zi nodded and asked, "I understand, but why is the Punishment Hall so easy to enter now?"
"After Xu Qianjia took over the Punishment Hall, he began to change various rules and recruited a lot of people. The city lord wanted to befriend the Minglan Sect, so he pushed a few people over, and Liu Yue placed people there."
Xu Qianjia is so brave that he dares to accept outsiders into the Punishment Hall.
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