Chapter 223: It’s quite a big deal!
However, not long after the two of them washed up and fell asleep, they were awakened by the noisy footsteps coming from the long street and the entrances of the alleys.
Ran Qingxuan opened his eyes in a daze and was about to ask, but was pressed into the quilt by Gu Yanchen.
"You take a rest first, I'll go take a look."
"Oh..." After replying, the extremely sleepy person fell into a deep sleep again.
This night is destined to be restless!
Many people go in and out of Shuangling City every day, but unlike in the past, today the entire Shuangling City is almost shrouded in a haze.
For a time, people were in a panic. The doors of shops along the street were all closed. There were only a few people on the street, and most of them were soldiers who were searching everywhere with portraits.
When Ran Qingxuan dressed neatly and went out, he saw two people sitting by the small stove and talking, while on the table were three bowls of steaming vegetable porridge and boiled eggs.
"Is this the breakfast you made?"
Pushing the porridge over, Qu Feng said, "Lu Hunter and his men made it early in the morning, and they were just about to call you!"
"Where are they?"
Qu Feng drank a mouthful of porridge and pointed towards the side courtyard.
"I'm eating in the room!"
It was already seven o'clock in the morning. When Ran Qingxuan saw this, he immediately remembered that he still had important things to do.
"Aren't we going to go outside the city to exchange for An Er and the others? Why didn't you call me?"
"Duan Chengyi ordered the city gates to be temporarily closed after he led his troops back to the city this morning. The notice said that there were monsters in the city and the city gates would not be opened until a comprehensive search was conducted."
When she heard him mention the word "monster", Ran Qingxuan immediately thought of what she heard the guards from the City Lord's Mansion shouting last night.
"The demon they are talking about, could it be that the property in the mansion disappeared out of thin air, and then..."
Qu Feng smiled with a playful look on his face and said jokingly: "Isn't this talking about you?"
Gu Yanchen also explained: "Ever since the treasury was stolen, Emperor Mingde believed that it was the work of a demon, and he had already ordered officials in various places to investigate.
The money in those five rooms disappeared last night, and it was night time, so Duan Chengyi thought that the people were still in the city and had not left. ”
"The government has sent a large number of people early in the morning to search every household."
When Ran Qingxuan heard this, he realized that the noise they made last night was quite a big one.
But as long as the Gu family is not in the city, there is no harm in waiting.
"Have the officers and soldiers searched our place?"
"Not yet, but soon."
Ran Qingxuan quickly finished the porridge in his hand, put down his bowl and chopsticks, stood up and prepared to go find Lu Liehu and the others.
"Where are you going?" Qu Feng looked up and asked.
"To be on the safe side, go and say hello to Lu the Hunter and the others, so that you won't have trouble explaining when the soldiers come."
When she knocked on the door and went in, Lu the Hunter and his companions were worrying about what had happened today.
"We are living in someone else's house for free, which is not a big deal. We thought we could leave today, but we didn't expect that the City Lord's Mansion would be looted by monsters."
"I'm afraid the search for the demon won't be over for a while, why don't we go out and ask if there's a cheaper inn, so as to avoid causing trouble for Madam and the others."
After hearing this, He Zishi's face was filled with sorrow and he couldn't help but sigh.
"When I took Qingqing to see a doctor, he charged us ten taels of silver just for the checkup. Now we only have a few taels of silver left. Even if we stay in the cheapest inn, the food there is still expensive..."
"I still have ten taels of silver that my wife gave me to buy a cat, and I can use it."
"That won't do. No, no, no." He Zishi knew that this cat had nothing to do with their family, and the money from selling it had nothing to do with him.
Ran Qingxuan heard every word they said. He raised his hand and knocked on the door. It was Adong who opened the door.
"Madam? Why did you condescend to come here?"
"I came to check on Qingqing's injuries. Sorry to bother you guys with your meal."
He Zishi stood up and saluted to her, feeling very grateful in his heart that Ran Qingxuan was still concerned about his daughter's injury.
Ran Qingxuan went forward to check on He Qingqing and gave her another dose of medicine.
"She is recovering well. She will take the medicine on time after returning home. She will be cured after a few changes of medicine."
While the three of them were grateful, Ran Qingxuan started talking about what happened today.
"I'm sure you all know what happened in the City Lord's Mansion last night. There is something I want to talk to you about first."
He Zishi thought she was here to chase him away but he couldn't say it directly, so he tactfully started packing up his things.
"Uncle He, what do you mean?"
He Zishi lowered his head in shame and said very embarrassedly: "Madam said that day that she would leave today, but we are ignorant and refuse to leave. Let's pack up now..."
"No, no, Uncle He misunderstood." Ran Qingxuan quickly explained.
"I'm not here to talk about your departure, but to tell you that the soldiers will come to search soon. I'm afraid the officers will cause trouble. So we should call each other distant relatives in front of others. What do you think?"
The three of them were stunned and immediately blushed at the misunderstanding.
"Madam is really thoughtful. We will talk less and not cause any trouble for you."
Ran Qingxuan smiled and nodded, then continued.
"I don't know where you live. I want to know the details so that I can answer the questions from the officials when the time comes."
"We are neighbors, living in Huangling Village in Qingshui County, ten days' walk from Shuangling City."
"It's so far away. Why don't you sell the prey you hunted in Qingshui County? Why do you have to go so far?"
He Zishi explained: "Qingshui County is too poor, and the only restaurant in the county is not well-patronized. In order to make a living, we have to move a little further away.
However, although the journey is long, we will also hunt along the way, and the price from the goods sold in Shuangling will be split equally between the two families, which is also a considerable income. ”
They were right. The average monthly salary of servants in the shops in Shuangling City was only one or two taels. It would be the wisest choice for several people to bring them here to sell.
Ran Qingxuan silently took note of He Zishi's words, gave him a few more instructions, and then left.
In order to prevent their faces from standing out too much, Ran Qingxuan asked Gu Yanchen to go back to the room. Just as they were dressed up in disguise, there was a hurried knock on the door.
When they reappeared, they looked nothing like they did yesterday.
Ran Qingxuan painted Gu Yanchen's face a little paler, his eyes became single eyelids, and his facial shape was changed. In short, at first glance, he looked like a sickly scholar.
In order to hide his own edge, Gu Yanchen deliberately lowered his shoulders and held a collection of works in his hand as a cover.
Ran Qingxuan tied up her long hair, raised her cheekbones, and changed the shape of her eyes into a long and narrow one, giving her a sour and mean look at first glance.
Taking advantage of the dress to cover her appearance, Ran Qingxuan also put on a pair of ten-centimeter-high white platform shoes.
When the two came out, Qu Feng was stunned.
"It's us."
Ran Qingxuan reminded them quietly, and they immediately came back to their senses.
Without waiting for them to say anything, the knocking turned into banging on the door, and the people outside began to become impatient.
"Official business, open the door quickly!"
"You're dilly-dallying. Are you looking for death?"
“Here it comes…”
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