Mo Xiao was a little surprised. This girl's body was like a glutton. No matter how much internal energy was put into it, she would accept it all.
"Isn't it really haunted by evil spirits?"
At this point, Mo Xiao was a little unconfident.
"Hehe, what are you doing?"
Laughter came from the window, and two girls stood in front of the window with smiles, looking into the room.
Mo Xiao frowned for a while, but Wang Dahu was too big-hearted to worry about these girls disturbing Miss Wang.
Wang Dahu walked in
"Nothing, I told them, as long as they don't enter this house, they can play as they please."
Mo Xiao nodded.
"Mr. Wen, how do you like it?"
Wang Dahu lowered his body, and because he felt the pulse, Miss Wang's sleeves were lifted and he pulled them back.
"Little sister, haven't you woken up yet?"
The two girls flashed their big eyes and looked innocently at the girl on the bed.
Wang Dahu turned his head and showed a kind smile.
"Young lady is a big slacker and likes to sleep in. From now on, you should always call me to wake up, okay?"
"Um!"
Wang Dahu turned around and turned his eyes to Mo Xiao, who had been staring at him.
"They are all daughters of poor families in the city."
"I thought that this job didn't require much strength anyway, it was just for fun every day, and I could earn some food for the family, so I brought them over."
He turned his head again and looked at the girl on the bed silently.
"Xiang'er likes to be lively, so it will be lively and lively."
"Her name is Xiang'er?"
Mo Xiao asked.
Wang Dahu nodded.
"My wife picked it up."
"lady?"
Wang Dahu suddenly showed a meaningful smile.
"Mr. Wen is afraid that he heard the nonsense from people outside, saying that Xiang'er was born by my concubine. In fact, Xiang'er was born by my first wife. After she left, I didn't have any other children."
Mo Xiao felt that when he spoke about his wife, Wang Dahu's eyes were filled with infinite energy.
He seemed to have become a young scholar, full of ambition and passion.
Mo Xiao originally thought that Wang Dahu was a fat-headed and extremely rich man, but it had to be said that after just a moment of getting along with him, he completely changed his mind.
"Master Wang is really a kind man."
Wang Dahu wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
"Mr. Wen is laughing, but can you tell that Xiang'er is suffering from some disease?"
Mo Xiao frowned, sick? Aren't they haunted by evil spirits?
His eyes unconsciously glanced at the talisman on the bedside.
Wang Dahu noticed Mo Xiao's gaze and smiled.
"It seems that Mr. Wen knew a lot of things before he came here."
Mo Xiao nodded and said
"I have indeed heard it."
Wang Dahu's expression became a little melancholy.
"The Taoist priest did save the little girl's life, but he only treated the symptoms and failed to cure the root cause."
Mo Xiao thought for a while and said
"I need time to think."
"Okay, I'll ask Butler Lin to send you two back. You two can come in and out of my house at will in the past few days."
"Thank you, Mr. Wang."
"master!"
Butler Lin suddenly shouted at the door, his voice a little urgent.
"What's the matter?"
"Someone has come from the City Lord's Mansion and asked you to come over."
Mo Xiao's expression suddenly changed, but then he regained his composure and stood aside silently.
Wang Dahu hesitated for a moment, saluted Mo Xiao, and said
"Mr. Wen, I have something urgent to do, so I won't keep you here."
Mo Xiao remained calm and nodded.
"Little sister, let's go."
After leaving the palace gate, Mo Xiao immediately pulled Nuan Nuan and ran aside to a deserted place.
"Brother Mo, what's the situation? Miss Wang is really haunted by evil spirits?"
Nuan Nuan asked directly.
Mo Xiao shook his head, feeling a little dazed.
"The pulse is normal, but she is unconscious. It seems like there is something that has been sucking her energy and spirit... I don't have a clue yet."
"quick!"
At the main entrance, the housekeeper shouted urgently, and a carriage hurriedly left.
His stomach rumbled, Wen Nuan stuck out his tongue, and pulled Mo Xiao's sleeves like a baby.
"Let's go get something to eat."
After saying that, he looked longingly into the distance. There was a steamed bun shop on the street, steaming hot steam was coming out, and Nuan Nuan swallowed his saliva.
The two of them walked to the bun shop.
"Boss, how much does this bun cost?"
The boss was a middle-aged man. He smiled honestly and held out three fingers.
Wen Nuan was just about to say that it was too expensive. Three pennies for a bun was not cheap anywhere.
Unexpectedly, the boss said
"Three meat buns for one penny."
"so cheap?"
Even Mo Xiao was a little surprised.
Wen Nuan grabbed Mo Xiao's hand and said with a smile, calmly.
"Then give us three meat buns."
"okay."
After a while, the two of them were walking on the street, looking at the warmth with mouth full of oil, Mo Xiao was very puzzled.
"Why did you stop me just now?"
Nuan Nuan swallowed hard, patted his chest, and took a breath.
"Brother Mo, look at the street."
"What's wrong, isn't this just an ordinary street?"
Wen Nuan shook his head and asked Mo Xiao to look around.
"Don't you think there are no people on the street?"
After hearing what Wen Nuan said, Mo Xiao looked around again. There were not many people on the street, but they couldn't be too few either.
"It's okay, maybe this is not the busiest street in the city."
Nuan Nuan shook his head again
"This is where the Wang family's residence is. If you look at both sides, probably the best silk shops and the largest gambling houses are here. Logically speaking, this should be the busiest street in the city."
At this point, she changed the topic again.
"It's too quiet."
Later, Nuan Nuan pulled Mo Xiao and walked into a rouge shop.
"What do you want to choose, Miss?"
As soon as he entered the door, he was greeted by a flower-like lady with a smiling face, and the accompanying wind carried a fragrant fragrance.
However, there were no customers in the shop.
Those rouge boxes that look like they would make you expensive have prices hanging in front of them, but the prices are very low.
"just looking around."
The warmth is already dazzling.
"The things we have here are of high quality and low price. You can buy whatever you like. You can't buy things as cheap as ours elsewhere."
"Indeed, why is the rouge here so cheap? It can't be fake, right?"
When the lady heard this, she immediately became anxious and said hurriedly
"That's impossible. The price we have here is this."
Half an hour later, the two returned to the inn.
"How are you two?"
Xu Si'er seemed to have been waiting for a long time. As soon as he saw the two of them, he came up to them and asked about the situation.
"Go upstairs and talk."
Nuan Nuan winked at him, and Xu Si'er was smart and followed them upstairs.
"What else do you know about Miss Wang Xianger?"
After entering the guest room, Mo Xiao asked directly.
Xu Si'er lowered his head and thought for a while, and said
"Miss Wang's affairs are kept very secret by Mr. Wang. Outsiders cannot know about it, but there is one thing that everyone knows."
"What's up?"
Nuan Nuan suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at Xu Si'er.
"It is said that when the young lady was young, she liked the woods in the back mountain very much and often went there to play."
"We all know this. Is there anything about hauntings?"
Nuan Nuan was a little disappointed.
"It's haunted? It's true!"
Xu Si'er's expression suddenly became excited.
"Ever since it was reported that Miss Wang was unconscious, there have been occasional hauntings happening in the city in the middle of the night."
"Seven months ago, when Old Liu was working late at night, he met the spirit of Miss Wang at night!"
"Meet Hun'er?"
Nuan Nuan was surprised, could there be such a bizarre thing?
Xu Si'er nodded like a wooden fish stick and said in a confused voice.
"Old Liu said that Miss Wang was wearing a red dress and walked towards him face to face. She also smiled at him and frightened him so much that he crawled away."
"The next night, Lao Liu pestered his younger brother to accompany him on watch, but it was okay for a few days."
"A few days later, I met Miss Wang again. She was outside the palace wall, and she was dressed in red again."
"How do you know it's Miss Wang? According to this theory, Old Liu should be some distance away from Miss Wang. It's dark, how can you see clearly?"
Nuan asked.
Xu Si'er is quite sure
"It's true. Only Miss Wang in the city owns that red dress. Wang Dahu sent people to Taiyang City and hired the best tailor to make it. There's only one in the whole city."
Then he continued
"But this time, Lao Liu was a little bolder and moved a few steps closer. Miss Wang didn't move. She just looked at Lao Liu and kept laughing. In that scene, as many people as possible were penetrated. people. "
"and after?"
"Old Liu came closer again, but Miss Wang still didn't look at her, so Old Liu asked."
"Ms. Wang? It's so late at night, why don't you go back?"
"Miss Wang still giggled. "
"Lao Liu swallowed, then moved forward and asked again."
"Ms. Wang, do you want me to notify the people in the house and ask them to pick you up?"
"Actually, Lao Liu knows that in the middle of the night, everyone is asleep. Even if you knock on the door, no one may answer."
"He moved about ten feet, and finally he could see clearly. Miss Wang's hair was disheveled, and the hem of her red dress was wet and stained with a lot of water."
"Originally, he was still thinking about whether Miss Wang could sneak out, but when he looked at Miss Wang's feet again, he was scared to death!"
"When the wind blows, the hem of the skirt floats up, and there is nothing underneath it, no feet!"
"Looking at Miss Wang again, I saw that she was still giggling non-stop. Old Liu was so courageous that his legs went weak with fear and he almost peed! "
"He passed out immediately. When he woke up the next day, he found himself lying on the street. Then, he publicized the encounter with Miss Wang's ghost on the street."
"This didn't offend Wang Dahu anymore. He was beaten and calmed down, but the matter also spread."
Xu Si'er finished speaking in one breath, licked his tongue, Wen Nuan handed him a cup of tea, and he thanked him repeatedly.
"Then, has anyone seen Miss Wang's ghost since then?"
Nuan Nuan took the cup handed back by Xu Si'er and asked again.
"It happened one after another. After this matter spread, I heard about Miss Wang's ghost from time to time in various parts of the city, but it's hard for us to judge whether it is true or false."
"Snapped!"
Mo Xiao suddenly slapped the table and his eyes lit up.
"Do you think it's because of this that there are fewer people on the street?"
When Xu Si'er heard this, he leaned forward and lowered his voice and asked
"You two don't want to ask why there are so few people on the street, right?"
"yes."
Nuan Nuan said
"I see that there are no people on the street in front of the palace. Besides, the things here are so cheap, much cheaper than in other cities."
Speaking of this, Xu Si'er felt helpless
"When you two talk about this, it's because of this city's helplessness."
"The reason why things are so cheap here is because we experienced a great famine."
"Great famine? Has there ever been a great famine in Jiangnan?"
Mo Xiao was surprised and said that he grew up in Daomen. Kunzhou is not far from Daomen. Although he rarely goes there, things like the Great Famine should not be ignored.
"Those are all the mess left by the previous city lord. When the city lord was there, Kunzhou was considered prosperous, with good harvests year after year, and the people lived a prosperous life. It was considered a good time."
"Then how could there be a famine?"
