C120 (1/2)

Bang! The door was slammed shut. The sound of soldiers chasing came from outside.

Jin Xiaolou stood in a daze for a long time, and only after the voice had disappeared did she carefully open the door and take the chance to escape. Before she left the Mountain Note, he didn't forget to bring along the silver she had earned recently.

When he returned to Deer Lane, he had just reached Yin.

Gui Zhi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. When he saw Jin Xiaolou, he heaved a sigh of relief, but after knowing that Jin Xiaolou had actually sneaked over to the Mountain Note, his heart tensed up again.

He quickly brought over some hot tea for Jin Xiaolou to drink before he went back to the cold air.

Gui Zhi had a lot to ask, but he was afraid that he would be delayed for a while longer. It was already dawn, and seeing how exhausted Lou Cheng looked, he quickly took off his clothes and went to sleep.

On the morning of the second day, Jin Xiaolou woke up and went into the kitchen.

He knocked open the eggshell, scattered the egg juice and mixed the flour before waiting for the hot oil in the wok to boil. Then, he picked up the bowl and poured the egg paste into the wok.

Sprinkled with green onions and black sesame seeds, the sweet fragrance of the baked egg mixed with the green onions was so fragrant that it made people feel like they were falling asleep.

The cake was served to the table. The five adults and the little guy finished it in the blink of an eye.

After resting for a while, Jin Xiaolou took out a piece of silver, which was one hundred liang, and gave it to Zhou Shuli: ”Take the money to the village and give it to Uncle Sun. For the time being, don't let them deliver the goods to Mountain Note.”

Although Jin Xiaolou was bailed out, she did not remove the suspicion, thus, she was not able to leave Xin Ning City. The hundred silver was just for the sake of settling the villagers.

With the Mountain Note sealed, for the time being, he was unable to take the goods. If he did not take out some silver and put it in there, the people in the village would be in turmoil.

After that, Jin Xiaolou took out another thirty silver, passing it to Gui Qi and the others, and said with a loud voice: ”I shall pay you silver, and you two can enjoy yourselves while the Mountain Note is closed.”

Lv Yun pushed the silver but did not accept it. She looked anxious: ”Innkeeper, how can we be so heartless? The Mountain Note has just passed through a crisis, you tell us to go play by ourselves …”

He then turned his face away and said, ”Anyway, I have no intention of doing so!”

Kuang Ruyue followed: ”Lv Yun is right, no matter how much it is, we should at least help out.”

Jin Xiaolou laughed: ”Who said that if you go and play, you won't be able to help?”

Seeing the three of them looking at her with suspicion, she continued: ”Take the silver and go to the restaurants, restaurants, and teahouses in Xin Ning City to play and help with Mountain Note.”

Jin Xiaolou carefully thought about what Gao Lang had said.

If the murderer was Ruyi's enemy, it would be much easier to kill Ruyi, there was no need to do so many tricks, thus he did it all for the sake of wronging himself.

Either the culprits came for him, and only the people from the Jin Family had a motive, or they wanted the Mountain Note to close down. There were many other shops in the city that were jealous of the Mountain Note's business, and there were probably a lot of people who would turn their backs on him for money.

”All of you, enter the shop and take a good look at every shop assistant, including the shopkeeper. If you see anyone with a foot injury walking around, let me know immediately.”

Jin Xiaolou also carried Lin'er, pocketed the silver, and looked for someone to eat and drink.

The first place she went to was the autumn moon wine house, because before Mountain Note's opening, Qiu Yue was one of the best in the city. After Mountain Note's opening, it was also the first time she went to the same way with her Mountain Note.

Based on this, it seemed like Qiu Yue was the most envious of the Mountain Note.

He brewed three cups of tea in the autumn and looked the shop assistant up and down, but there was no inconvenience at all.

Just like this, for three days, Jin Xiaolou and the other three people practically went back and forth across all the restaurants and tea shops filled with Xin Ning. They had tried all the special dishes in every house.

On this day, almost noontime, Jin Xiaolou carried Lin'er to the Jing Zhi Zai teahouse which was a little further away. At the corner of an alley, there were rouge shops on both sides of the street, facing a gambling den, which was not flourishing at all.

Jin Xiaolou found a place with a wide field of vision and sat down. She called for a Green Spring and drank tea while sizing up the shop assistant.

This was the last house, Jin Xiaolou was a little worried, if the killer's luck was that good, yet he did not manage to step on the wooden thorn, and his leg was not injured, how could he be able to find it?

Just as she was thinking about where else she could start from, a Attendant with a white handkerchief came over. He called Qian'er and said to her: ”Miss, the honorable guest of the Ya Pavilion upstairs has invited you over.”

Jin Xiaolou put down her tea cup, hugged the Lin'er who was staggering in front of him, and asked curiously: ”Esteemed guest? ”Who wants to see me?”

The Attendant truthfully reported: ”Young Madame County Magistrate Mansion, said that it is a long time since I have last seen you, Miss, and would like to talk about old times with you.”

Jin Xiaolou laughed coldly: ”Goodbye, I have no relationship with that noble one, go back to her.”