The snow in Jincheng seems to show no sign of stopping. Even though winter has been over for several months, white goose feathers still fall from the sky from time to time.
After a carriage stopped in front of a pawn shop, a person who couldn't tell whether he was a man or a woman got out of the carriage.
He got into the pawn shop, and soon a waiter came out. After looking around, he lifted the door panel and closed it.
In the back hall of the house, the person who came in just now took off her black cloak and headscarf, revealing her true face.
This person turned out to be Lu Jinshuang.
She was sitting on a Taishi chair, seemingly waiting for someone, with no expression on her face.
About a moment later, two people walked in from outside the door.
The leader was a woman wearing a veil, and behind her was a woman dressed as a maid.
After seeing the two people come in, Lu Jinshuang quickly stood up, lowered her head and clasped her fists: "Palace Master."
"Sit down."
"yes."
Since the sacred object was stolen, the palace owner chased him all the way to Jincheng. During these days, Lu Jinshuang lived in fear every day.
After all, the loss of the sacred object has a lot to do with him. If he still can't find the sacred object after some time, I'm afraid...
"Shuang'er, let me introduce you." The veiled woman slowly said, "This is Ji Shanyu, Miss Ji."
Then she said to the woman dressed as a maid: "This is my disciple Lu Jinshuang."
The two looked at each other, and Lu Jinshuang hugged her fists.
"Palace Master..."
Lu Jinshuang originally wanted to say something about the sacred object, but she was interrupted by the palace master: "Shuang'er, please arrange Miss Ji to the Cuihong Building and don't allow anyone to disturb her. After the heavy snow is lifted, Ji will be moved to the Cuihong Building."
Send the girl out of the city."
Hearing this, Lu Jinshuang was a little confused and glanced at Ji Shanyu. She had an ordinary appearance and did not look like a martial arts practitioner. Why did the master let her place her in the Cuihong Building?
As if seeing her doubts, the palace master said: "You can just do what I tell you. There is no need to ask any more questions."
"yes!"
After the palace owner nodded with satisfaction, he looked at Ji Shanyu standing aside.
After the two looked at each other, Ji Shanyu said to Lu Jinshuang, "I'm waiting for Miss Lu outside the house."
After she went out, the palace master frowned, as if he had a different face, and stared at Lu Jinshuang: "Is there any whereabouts of the holy objects?"
"Go back to the palace master, he should be there."
"oh?"
"Li Qi has contacted Tianji Pavilion. As long as someone from Tianji Pavilion comes forward, they will definitely be able to find the ground mouse." Lu Jinshuang said.
"Have you found out about Li Qi?"
"After checking it out, he should be a young master from a family in trouble. He came to Jincheng on his way to seek refuge with his relatives."
"A young master in trouble?" The palace master sneered, "This time, you can't let the ground mouse escape again. If you dare to steal things from my Heartless Palace, you must let him know how powerful you are!"
"yes!"
Lu Jinshuang replied, hesitated for a moment and said: "Palace Master, that Ji..."
"I told you, you don't need to ask about her identity. Just hide her. All the bad guys who came to Jincheng recently are looking for her."
Hearing this, Lu Jinshuang was shocked.
Did the bad people she met before turn out to be here to find her?
Logically speaking, bad people usually live in Beijing or Dadu, and rarely come to places like Jincheng, unless it's something important.
"You must not inquire about her affairs, do you understand?"
"clear."
"Okay, go down and report back as soon as possible if there is any news about the sacred object."
"yes."
…
When Li Qi sneaked out of a gold shop, he had a look of pain on his face.
For a gold hairpin, I spent a lot of money!
He never thought that repairing a gold hairpin would cost so much, but if he got Lu Jinshuang's money then, it wouldn't be a loss.
Thinking that he returned to Cuihong Building, after arriving in the room, he took out the golden hairpin and looked at it carefully for a while.
After making sure that there were no clues on it, he carefully put it into the brocade box.
Although Li Qi didn't know what the jade strip inside the golden hairpin was for, he still had a fake one carved and put in it, and it really stayed with him.
No matter what the use is, there is nothing wrong with keeping it anyway.
"Master." Xiaoman called at the door.
"Come in."
Xiao Man pushed the door open and came in. He saw his young master making the bed, and asked with some confusion: "Master, what are you hiding?"
"Who hid something? I'm just sorting it out..."
"Are you sure?" Xiao Man asked with some disbelief.
Li Qi pushed her aside angrily: "It's not food anyway... I bought you so much food during the day, and you've finished all of it?"
"No."
"Then why are you running here?"
"Didn't you say that if Lu Jinshuang comes back, you will be notified?"
"She's back?"
"Well, I just arrived at the door and brought back a maid."
"Bring a maid back?"
Li Qi was a little strange. Could it be that she has been poaching people these days?
Even if she still has some conscience, she knows that she is still the shopkeeper of Cuihonglou.
Just when Li Qi was thinking, he found that Xiao Man beside him was missing. When he turned around, he saw that the dead girl had climbed onto his bed, sticking her butt out and making a mess on the bed.
"What are you doing?!"
Li Qi rushed over and pulled her up, only to see a jade stick in her hand: "Master, what is this?"
"Give it back to me!" Li Qi gritted his teeth and said.
Xiaoman jumped around, slipped under Li Qi's arm, and ran a few feet away.
"Stop!"
Xiao Man made a face at Li Qi: "Slightly, slightly..."
When Li Qi rushed over, Xiao Man walked around the table to the other side.
"I rebelled against you! Stop right there!"
After circling the table several times, Li Qi still couldn't catch Xiao Man, and he was still panting from exhaustion.
"Master, what on earth is this?"
Xiao Man held the jade stick between his two fingers, held it up in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, licking his lips from time to time.
"That's not food, it's... for me to pick my teeth with!"
"Tooth-picking person?" Xiaoman curiously put the jade stick into his mouth and scraped his teeth twice in a formal manner.
"Look, I didn't lie to you." Li Qi smiled and said, "Hurry up and give it back to me."
Xiaoman was dubious, so he licked it with his tongue, then put it on his teeth and bit it twice.
But then a voice suddenly came from the door: "What are you doing?"
Looking for the sound, Lu Jinshuang appeared at the door at some unknown time.
Li Qi was startled, glanced at the jade bar in Xiao Man's hand, and winked at her crazily.
Xiaoman seemed to be tired of playing, and threw the jade bar towards Li Qi.