OBS Chapter 138 Worry in vain
Chapter 138 Worry in vain
Yutang Pavilion is located on the street of Lingfeng County. Since this county is not small, the people who come and go here, whether they are the shopkeeper or the waiter, are quite knowledgeable.
But no matter how much they have seen, the most powerful person they have ever seen is the county magistrate.
How could they have ever seen such a grand scene? At this moment, everyone in the Jade Hall stood tremblingly in the corner of the hall with their heads bowed, not daring to breathe, for fear of disturbing the nobles in front of them.
From time to time, they secretly glanced at the person sitting in the main hall. That person had a very good-looking face, beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and a gentle and refined demeanor. It was truly the most handsome person they had ever seen in their lives.
A relative of the shopkeeper of Yutang Pavilion was the person Su Yi brought with him this time, so that person brought Su Yi and a group of guards to Yutang Pavilion to rest.
Su Yi was sitting in the main hall, dozing off with his hand on his forehead. He had been awake for three days and three nights straight, and except for the time for eating and drinking, he had been rushing on the road. Finally, he arrived in Lingfeng County in the evening of the third day.
This journey would have taken five days, but he only took three days.
Along the way, even the secret guards who had been traveling long distances all year round to collect information almost couldn't catch up with Su Yi.
Ling Feng and Ling Yu were even worse. When they just arrived at Yutang Pavilion, their legs were shaking so much that they could hardly control it, as if those legs did not belong to them.
Ling Feng was holding up a few portraits and showing them to the crowd of people standing in front of the hall.
But no one had any impression.
Ling Feng stepped forward and said to Su Yi: "Master, they all said they have never seen it."
In the afternoon, a secret guard said that an old lady had seen Mu Jin and Nangong Min in a village not far from Lingfeng County.
They learned that Mu Jin and Nangong Min had once appeared in that family's house to rest. Hearing that there was a River Lantern Festival in Lingfeng County, Mu Jin was very interested. After saying goodbye to the farmer, he went to Lingfeng County with Nangong Min.
At this time, a secret guard came back with several vendors.
The secret guard said, "Master, these two vendors said that they had seen Miss Mu during the River Lantern Festival that night."
Su Yi opened his eyes, raised his head and looked at the two vendors who were kneeling in front of him and trembling with fear.
Su Yi looked at one person and said, "You speak first."
The man was selling masks. He didn't know who the man in front of him who looked like a banished immortal was, but he was definitely someone that ordinary people like them couldn't afford to offend.
He trembled and said, "I am Wang Wu, a mask seller near the city gate. The two men in the portrait bought two fox masks, one black and one red, from my stall. They left after that and I never saw them again."
"What about you?" Su Yi pointed at another vendor and asked.
The man was so scared that he kowtowed to Su Yi several times. He didn't know what Su Yi did, but he knew that it was always right to kowtow to an important person.
"I am Li Si, a lowly man selling river lanterns by the river. That night, two men wearing fox masks, one black and one red, bought two river lanterns from my stall."
Su Yi sneered when he heard it: "Wearing masks, how do you know it was them?"
Li Si hurriedly said, "I didn't lie, because after these two bought river lanterns from my stall and released them into the river, they both took off their masks and hugged each other. I got goosebumps when I saw them, two grown men hugging each other without caring about others, so I was deeply impressed."
"Hug together?"
Su Yi clenched his fists immediately, stopped smiling carelessly, and asked again: "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
Li Si didn't know what he had said wrong just now. The man in front of him had been asking him questions with a lazy smile just now, but why did his face suddenly become gloomy?
Li Si kowtowed again and said, "I swear I am not mistaken. Both of those young men are extremely handsome. I guarantee I am not mistaken. They are the people in this portrait."
Su Yi looked at Li Si in front of him with a cold expression, and remained silent. After a long while, he sneered and said to Ling Feng beside him, "Give them a reward and let them go back."
Wang Wu and Li Si accepted the reward, kowtowed to Su Yi repeatedly to express their gratitude, and then left.
Ling Yu suddenly caught a glimpse of the shopkeeper of Yutang Pavilion, who looked pale and hesitated to speak. He walked up to the shopkeeper and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"
The shopkeeper suddenly heard Ling Yu asking him, and his legs were shaking with fear. He lowered his head and knelt down: "Please forgive me, sir. I have something to say, but I don't know if I should tell you."
Ling Yu scolded: "Hurry up and tell me."
The shopkeeper felt that he was in bad luck today. His cousin who worked in the capital suddenly appeared in his Yutang Pavilion today and said that he and his master were passing by Lingfeng County today and wanted to borrow a place to rest for a while. He also offered him one hundred taels of silver.
He thought that not only would he get money, but he might also be able to meet an important person in the capital, so he agreed immediately.
He didn't expect that he would be such a noble person. He really regretted going to his grandmother's house. How could he possibly get close to such noble people?
When he heard Wang Wu say that the two men were wearing a black and a red fox mask, he couldn't help but think of the two men who guessed the lucky number correctly on the night of the River Lantern Festival.
But when he was thinking that saying more would only lead to more mistakes, he decided to keep silent. However, he did not expect that these people's eyes were so sharp that they could actually see what he was thinking.
"On the night of the River Lantern Festival, the prize of my Yutang Pavilion was indeed guessed by two men wearing one black mask and one red mask. If one of the men won the prize, he would get a fine white jade hairpin and a jade rabbit lantern."
The shopkeeper swallowed his saliva again and said, "The man wearing the black fox mask took out the fine white jade hairpin he won from the brocade box and inserted it into the hair of the other man wearing the red fox mask."
"I felt very strange at the time, but the people present cheered loudly for the two men, and gradually, I didn't think it was a big deal anymore."
After the shopkeeper finished speaking, Su Yi remained silent. The hall was deserted and silent.
It was not until the secret guards outside came back one by one to report that Nangong Min and Mu Jin had bought dry food, tents, and clothes in the city that Su Yi, whose face was becoming increasingly gloomy, slowly asked.
"Where is she now?"
"The guard said that Miss Mu and her guard left Lingfeng County on the second day of the River Lantern Festival. According to their walking speed, they are probably already in Zhishui County. It will take them another four or five days to reach Nangong Divine Sect."
Ling Feng and Ling Yu, who were standing nearby, couldn't help but be shocked when they heard these people's description of Mu Jin's series of information.
It seems like something must have happened between Mu Jin and Nangong Min in these few days that caused their relationship to develop so quickly. This is a pace that their masters can't catch up with even if they run themselves ragged!
Just when Ling Feng and Ling Yu were filled with shock, they heard Su Yi suddenly laugh.
It could not really be called a laugh. It was as if something was choking in the throat, and the voice was hoarse and low, making people's hair stand on end when they heard it. Then they listened to Su Yi.
"Good! Good! Good! I was worried about her for nothing!"