Before lunch time came, Mo Li had changed back into the same clothes as before going out and appeared in front of everyone again.
About an hour and a half was enough for her to explore Li's house and find some clues elsewhere.
As she said, it is not difficult to find out whether there is any connection between Li Mansion and the Red Clothes Sect.
Li En originally came from a mediocre family, how did he achieve his current Xuanhe family status?
In this world, it is relatively easy to run a business and provide enough food and drink for a family without any background.
But once you want to expand your business, you need to open up many links. In short, you need to have a good relationship with the black and white.
Interestingly, in the business world of Zhongzhou, the joints on the white road need to be unblocked secretly, while the opposite is true on the underworld.
Moreover, most government officials only need yellow and white things to clear the way, but they are closely connected with the cooperation with Jianghu forces.
In this way, the Li Mansion, which not only runs a rice shop, a winery, a tea plantation, but also sells silk and cloth, must have someone to protect it on the road.
The gang on this road is called Linbei Gang.
The Linbei Gang had never joined the Kyushu Four Seas League, which was at its peak in the Spring and Autumn Period.
In fact, this third-rate small gang is not strong enough to become a member of Kyushu Sihai.
However, it has been able to establish a firm foothold in southern Fujian for nearly 30 years.
It can't be said that everyone in the local area knows it, but as long as anyone has been around on the road, everyone will mention the name of the Linbei Gang.
Without digging too deep, Mo Li found out that the thread behind Linbei Gang was indeed controlled by the Red Sect.
After the collapse of the Red Sect, the Linbei Gang did not show much signs of defeat.
However, the matter involves confidentiality. I am afraid that only the middle and higher-ups of the gang know the stakes between the gang and the Red Sect. Now these people should try their best to erase the traces of their dealings with the Red Sect.
However, if Yulinlong and Sha Qing arrive, even if the Linbei Gang no longer wants to have anything to do with the Red Sect, they will inevitably succumb to the force of the two.
There are three points that Mo Li has not yet been able to verify.
Has Yulin Long reunited with Sha Qing?
Did the two of them get in touch with the Linbei Gang?
Are the two hiding in Li Mansion?
The last two points can also be done together.
After years of development, the Li Mansion has undoubtedly become a cash cow for the Linbei Gang.
Unless restaurants can bloom everywhere like Zui Hongyan, no gang can give up a piece of fat like Li Mansion at a time of life and death!
Mo Li has been able to confirm that the tracking method she used on Yulin Long has been discovered. The reason why it has not been removed may be that Yulin Long wants to use his trick to lure them into taking the bait. Presumably, just a few of them watching Yulin Long are not enough to control his life.
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Moreover, with Yu Linlong's intelligence, if he can get in touch with the Linbei Gang first, it would be logical for the Li Mansion to contribute.
If they had hid in the Li Mansion first, the Linbei Gang would not be able to turn a blind eye.
Mo Li did his best in the limited time.
If you want to dig deeper, it will take time.
If you have most of the remaining day to investigate without sleep, you will have plenty of time.
Secondly, it depends on luck.
If you're not lucky, you might never come back.
Fortunately, it is not bright in the east but bright in the west.
Mo Li worked conscientiously, and the others did not just stay in the inn waiting.
Bing Yi and Meng Fang took the five girls to walk around the streets and alleys of the town and gained something.
The seven of them went to the Babao Ink Mud Branch and the Hongdou Embroidery Shop that Xiao An mentioned.
Both locations are operating in an orderly manner as usual.
Two stewards who are familiar with Xiao An bluntly said that no one from the top has visited or received any secret messages in recent days.
The older steward of the India Ink Shop obviously sensed something unusual from this high-profile visit and Xiao An's inquiry.
He pulled Xiao An aside and asked several questions until Xiao An was completely overwhelmed, and finally found out the truth behind it.
——Their big boss behind the scenes collapsed.
The old steward who asked for the answer himself was kind-hearted and reciprocated by telling Xiao An what he had observed not long ago.
It turned out that after Li Mansion went to the streets to spread the news about the salt application, the old steward happened to see three official servants in the Yamen heading east of the city together.
According to the old manager's estimation, they should have gone to verify the authenticity of the salt news with Li Mansion.
If the Li Mansion wants to apply salt, the Yamen may not necessarily want to take a share of the pie. After all, this matter is a big deal in the town. The government must be responsible for maintaining order in the town. They must first go to the door to understand the situation and specific implementation details, and then determine whether to dispatch official officials to cooperate.
excusable.
But when Xiao An relayed the news to Bing Yi and others, everyone immediately became alert.
Once the government gets involved, if they want to have evil thoughts against the Li family, it will not just be a Jianghu matter.
That is blatant confrontation with the government!
At this moment, Bing Yi suddenly realized why he was not in a hurry to apply salt and made it public with great fanfare in advance.
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"If the jade loach dares to stay in the town, it is so confident!"
Meng Fang took a big mouthful of noodles, wetted his beard, and muttered.
From the bottom of my heart I am dissatisfied with these calculating and dirty people.
"After all, it is a wise and strategic person who can be entrusted with important tasks in the Red Sect. As long as he has enough resources, it is still difficult to deal with him."
Bing Yi swallowed the duck meat and gave a fair evaluation.
In the noodle shop, eight people sat at two tables, eating noodles and whispering to each other.
At first, the conversation between the two of us was mainly about the pasta and duck meat.
The salted duck meat served with water in the noodle shop is supposed to be a local delicacy, but due to the impact of the salt cut, the noodle soup is completely bland, and even a little salty-sweet flavor can be tasted from the duck meat.
Later, the topic slowly turned to the Yulin Dragon.
The eight people didn't mind what they discussed being heard by the noodle shop owner, waiters or other customers.
From the moment they entered Longxi Town, they had already turned from darkness to light.
After all, both the Linbei Gang and the Li Mansion have more informants in the town.
The whereabouts of the eight people were probably exposed under the eyes of Yulin Longyan.
But the Yulin Dragon is always hiding in the dark.
In this way, the eight people acted with less scruples.
As long as Li Mansion and Shi Yan are not mentioned directly in public, they will not attract the attention and hatred of the people.
As long as you don't jump into the thunder pool of Li Mansion, you won't encounter any trouble for the time being.
However, those informants who temporarily exist in assumptions will see what they see and hear what they hear, but it is difficult for them to give back information in a timely manner.
Just because the higher the frequency of transmitting information to Yulin Dragon, the greater the possibility of revealing the truth, and the easier it is for the eight people to follow the clues and find a way to deal with it.
Therefore, in the opinion of the eight people, after Yulin Long resorted to Li Mansion's plan to apply salt, he would probably not do anything before tomorrow, let alone send people to keep a close eye on him. If he was caught, the gain would outweigh the loss.
Applying salt tomorrow is equivalent to a declaration of war.
If everyone in Sanrenju dares to take it, we will come tomorrow to decide the winner and decide life and death.
Before that, if the eight people had not made any rash moves, the Yulin Dragon would not be able to kill the enemy, so how could it care about how they fought?
"So, in fact, we can't go to the places that everyone can go tomorrow, or it's useless to go."
After Mengfang finished sucking the noodles and drank all the soup, he seemed to have an epiphany and said something that although difficult to pronounce, was not difficult for everyone to understand.
Yes, tomorrow's Li Mansion will become the center of Longxi Town, and it will be crowded with people. They will have no chance to do anything there, and if they do, they will be in trouble.
Mo Li, who had less than half a bowl of noodles left, hesitated when he heard this and said: "Maybe the battlefield chosen by Yulin Long for us is not there in the first place."
That naturally refers to the Li Mansion.
"Damn it, we've been bypassed again." Meng Fang was angry and wanted to clap his chopsticks down. Thinking that there were many guests eating here and clapping the table, it would definitely frighten people, so he stopped the momentum before clapping his chopsticks down.
, put down his chopsticks and folded his arms, sulking to himself, "This person is really heartbroken!"
Bing Yi still calmed down and asked: "When Ah Li just went there, did you find any traces of a secret room there?"
Mo Li said: "Secret rooms are set up in secret places. It is impossible to observe deeply and carefully, and it is difficult to gain anything. However, wealthy families always have various considerations, so there is nothing wrong with setting up some secret rooms."
Bing Yi nodded and said: "Yes, we should consider it as if the Yulin dragon is hiding in the secret room."
At this time, a slightly hoarse voice timidly said: "If there is a secret room, will there also be a secret passage?"
"Secret passages?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard the words. They searched for the source of the voice and found that it was actually spoken by Xiao Ying, the most taciturn person.
Bing Yi agreed: "Yes, we can't miss the secret passage."
Xiao An and Xiao Lian gave a thumbs up to their sisters who both came from the dye house.
Mrs. Wanqi, Mengfang and Nangong Hanyu followed the words and thought about the use of the secret passage.
Mo Li was distracted for a moment, thinking back to the scene when he first met the three girls in the dyeing workshop, and the details of getting to know them all over the past few days.
Xiao An was abducted into the Red Sect's private property when he was still young, and he was also the relatively mediocre in appearance among the three.
Because of this, even though he had worked in three places similar to dyeing workshops and had mastered good skills, he was never qualified for "promotion" and was assigned to the branch directly under the red branch. He could only rely on his seniority to live a somewhat stable life.
Some stewards should be in charge.
Years of confinement made her learn to be submissive, but when she met people like them and became free again, she seemed worried about gain and loss, and often behaved too cautiously.
Xiaolian was the more direct and simple-minded among the three girls. She was sold into a dyeing workshop as an apprentice along with her younger sister. However, within two months, her younger sister, who was born more lively and pretty, was tortured to death.
Xiaolian, who only learned of her sister's death many days later, has been silently waiting for revenge one day.
Today, the murderer who killed her sister may be dead, but Xiaolian still wants to recruit more remnants of the Red Sect to bury her with her.
Xiaoying was abducted to the dyeing workshop just a few months ago. In just a few months, she quickly became an apprentice from a handyman with her ingenuity, and after the same batch of dancers were transferred, she will become the next
A group of dancers.
The days in the dyeing house were smooth sailing for Xiaoying, but everything was shattered after the arrival of Yulin Long.
Xiaoying was one of the six girls who were called into the quiet room on the first day after Yulin Long arrived.
She suffered an unknown amount of pain that day, but she could not make a sound, and finally she fainted from exhaustion.
She was carried out of the quiet room by other sisters, but everyone was frightened. They accidentally mixed garlic with their feet and hit her forehead.
Even though Sha Qing kindly came to help apply the medicine, the injury on her back has not healed yet, and her eyes were also blurred due to the bruise on her forehead.
Even so, Xiaoying considers herself lucky, because there are sisters who have lost their breath after leaving the quiet room.
Since she is still alive by chance, it is up to her to avenge the sisters.
Xiaoan is meticulous but too shy.
Xiaolian has a carefree personality but is very tolerant.
Only Xiaoying has always been dull.
Now that this sharp opinion suddenly appeared, Mo Li felt an indescribable feeling.
Too abrupt?
No, Xiaoying probably just talks less and may have always been very perceptive.
Thinking of this, Mo Li's eyes couldn't help but stop on Xiaoying's face.
I didn't see anything unusual about this girl, I could only imagine her pitiful experience from the fading scars on her forehead.
And those slightly lifeless eyes...
Mo Li narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that there was an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
"You can't go to the Li Mansion."
"Secret passage, secret passage..."
Bing Yi's whisper beside him broke up Mo Li's distracted thoughts.
Mo Li shook his head gently to put away the unreasonable speculations, but a person who seemed to not be here always appeared in his mind.
Bing Yi repeated the two sets of keywords in her heart, and suddenly her eyes lit up!
He said firmly: "It seems that Yulin Dragon has prepared another place to welcome us."
Mrs. Wanqi also followed the train of thought and said: "While guiding the people in the town to gather in one place, at the same time they fled in the opposite direction through the secret passage to get rid of us?"
Mo Li said: "It doesn't have to be fleeing in the opposite direction. No matter which way you flee, other than going to the sea, the risk of being caught up by us is not small."
Nangong Hanyu clapped his hands and said: "Qiaonan Pier! Although Qiaonan Pier is a small boat that can only go offshore, you can go north to Zhanggang. Once you get to Zhanggang, isn't it true that the sea is vast and the fish can jump?!"
Bing Yi confirmed the conjecture of the three women, and then went on to check and fill in the gaps, saying: "But the South Bridge Pier is on the other side of the river, and if a secret passage needs to be dug across the river, it will no longer be a secret passage. Everyone in the town must know it!"
Mrs. Wanqi said: "If the secret road cannot cross the shore, then why not dig it to the end of the bridge?"
Bing recalled: "The area near the bridgehead is very wide, and our manpower cannot be spread out."
Mengfang listened to the words of the people, and the mystery in front of him seemed to suddenly become clear. He relieved the stagnation in his chest, and said boldly: "Anyway, Jade Loach always has to board the boat at Qiaonan Pier, so we will go to Qiaonan Pier.
Wait for him on the only way!"
Nangong Hanyu shook his head repeatedly and said: "The area south of the bridge has complex terrain and many fruit trees, which is suitable for an ambush. I am afraid that we will fall into a trap."
Mengfang waved his big hand and said: "Don't be afraid! I will protect you!"
Bing Yi said: "It's really inappropriate."
Mengfang said dejectedly: "What should we do?"
At this time, Xiaoying's timid and hoarse voice sounded again: "How about we just stay on the bridge?"
When Mengfang heard this, he clapped his hands and applauded: "Xiaoying's idea is good. If the loach wants to escape, he has to cross the bridge. Let's squat on the bridge for him!"
Everyone thought about it for a while and found no better ideas, so they agreed with this view and left the remaining details to be discussed in detail back at the inn.
No one noticed that Mo Li's eyes stayed on Xiaoying after he spoke again.
After thinking hard for a long time, Mo Li raised an imperceptible smile!