"Who says it's not the case? Ten years ago, after the city lord left, the situation in the city suddenly plummeted. Bank accounts took away a large amount of money, leaving a pile of short bills with no place to exchange them. Rice merchants also took away most of them. The food left with the former city lord."
"Just overnight, the entire Kunzhou was filled with mourning. If it weren't for the current city lord and Wang Dahu, we would have no money, no food, and we wouldn't be able to survive for half a year. Even so, ten years later, we still can't survive. The prosperity of the past has not been restored.”
After listening to Xu Si'er's words, Mo Xiao had a better impression of Wang Dahu.
"Even if the city lord and the king want to help the people in the city, how can they get so much money and food to help the people?"
"I don't know. Anyway, as soon as the new city lord arrived, he announced a one-month grain ration. With the grain in the city, it was barely able to turn over."
"Then, Scholar Wang in the city suddenly took over all the banks and grain stores, claiming that all invalidated banknotes could be exchanged for 30% of the money."
"Although it's only 30%, it's still better than nothing. Those small merchants who had banknotes in their hands immediately came to exchange the money. Now, the merchants in the city took a big breath again."
"Some small merchants had money and bought some grain from other places. Under the control of the City Lord's Mansion, although the price of grain was higher, the people could still barely afford it. In this way, we supported each other and we got through the most difficult period. One year."
"After this battle, Wang Dahu established goodwill, and those banks began to operate again. Later, the business grew bigger and bigger, and most of the businesses in the city became his industry."
Nuan Nuan stared at Xu Si'er with an unkind look. Xu Si'er felt Nuan Nuan's gaze and felt a little scared in his heart, so he asked
"Miss, why are you looking at me like that?"
He said with a warm smile but not a smile
"You seem to be very aware of things in Kunzhou City, but it seems that you are not very old. Ten years ago, you were only a child of about ten years old."
Xu Si'er said
"This matter has been rumored in the city for many years. Anyone who has stayed in Kunzhou for a long time will have their ears ringing from hearing the gossip of those old people."
"This Kunzhou City has not recovered its strength after ten years, but Wang Dahu spends a lot of money. It is completely opposite to the scene among the people."
Wen Nuan grinned, and his tone of voice didn't seem to be praising someone.
"Okay, go ahead, thank you."
Seeing Xu Si'er exiting the room, Mo Xiao said straightly
"You ask what these messes are for, can they cure Miss Wang's disease?"
"ha!"
Nuan Nuan stretched out and looked out the window. After struggling for a long time, it was almost dark.
"I can't tell. These things seem to be slightly connected, but they don't seem to be related at all."
Nuan Nuan was lying on the table, his big eyes full of distress.
Mo Xiao stroked her head.
"If you don't see it, just take a rest and think of a solution tomorrow."
Then he opened the window and was about to jump out, and Nuan Nuan suddenly felt excited.
"Brother Mo, what are you doing?"
Mo Xiao turned his face and said
"I will go to the palace to explore again, and I still feel that something is wrong with Miss Wang."
"Oh fine."
Nuan Nuan lay back again and gave Mo Xiao a round head.
Mo Xiao shook his head and jumped out.
His figure was leaping high, constantly moving towards the palace.
In the evening, it always gets dark very quickly. Mo Xiao rushed to the palace, but within a moment, the sky had completely darkened.
But this was not a bad thing for him. Taking advantage of the night, he walked quickly on the courtyard wall.
Along the courtyard wall, we came to the top of the inner courtyard.
At this time, the girls playing in the forest happened to be preparing to go back to the house.
In addition to the hut deep in the woods, there seemed to be many other houses hidden among the woods.
Mo Xiao was hiding in a tree.
At this moment, a girl in a pink skirt walked to a nearby big tree, looked around to make sure there was no one around, and squatted down, not knowing what she was doing.
Mo Xiao recognized at a glance that this girl was one of the two girls who were lying in front of the window before.
After a while, the girl stood up, her hands covered with mud, holding a dirty rag doll in her hand, with a smile on her face.
"hehe."
The girl chuckled, but it alarmed the other side.
"Squeak!"
A hidden wooden door was opened, a tender hand waved, a little head popped out, and softly shouted to the girl
"Go back to the house quickly, the big bad guy is coming!"
The girl suddenly stiffened and quickly ran towards her house.
"Bastard?"
Mo Xiao whispered.
The sky is getting darker and there is no one around.
A gust of breeze blew, and a man jumped into the wide open window.
After a while, Mo Xiao stood up and looked at the girl in white lying quietly on the bed.
Check her pulse again.
But soon after, he withdrew his hand in disappointment, no different from the result during the day.
Suddenly, his eyes stopped at the talisman on the bedside, and he gently took off the talisman.
Naturally, he couldn't understand the Taoist talismans, but judging from the strength of the drawings, the person who wrote the talismans did have some inner strength.
"Ah sneeze!"
A gust of cool wind suddenly blew from the open window, and Mo Xiao couldn't help but sneeze.
As soon as his hand was released, the talisman flew away with the wind and fell under the girl's pillow.
Mo Xiao blushed and comforted himself:
"Miss, don't be surprised. I didn't mean to offend."
As he spoke, he tremblingly reached out to the back of Wang Xiang'er's neck to take out the talisman paper.
"Um?"
But while taking it, his hand accidentally touched the back of Wang Xiang'er's neck.
The back of my hand actually touched a bump!
His expression changed, and he turned Wang Xiang'er over without caring about the difference between men and women.
But there were two slender scars on the back of Wang Xiang'er's neck!
"Is this a scar? Or a birthmark?"
Mo Xiao couldn't understand how a well-dressed young lady could have two such long scars on the back of her neck, but they couldn't be birthmarks. One scar could be a birthmark, and two identical birthmarks appeared in similar locations. , the possibility is too small.
Suddenly, his consciousness tightened, and a chill ran straight from the top of his head into his back.
The master-level reaction caused him to turn around suddenly at the moment of awakening.
But outside the window, I saw a woman in red with disheveled hair, looking straight into the window!
It's only a foot away from him!
The woman's hair was disheveled and her true appearance could not be seen clearly, but Mo Xiao could hear the "gurgling" sound coming from the woman's mouth continuously!
The chill instantly hit his whole body. He only felt his scalp numb and his teeth were chattering!
But the next moment, he looked hard, gritted his teeth, pulled out the knife, and shouted angrily
"How can Xiaoxiao act so arrogantly here!"
The inner strength wall instantly unfolded, and the whole person rushed directly towards the window.
But it was all in vain!
When he turned around, he saw that he was already standing in the woods, but the woman in red was still giggling at him.
Mo Xiao was furious
"Monster, take a stab at me!"
"Wow!"
In the forest, a white sword light cut through the darkness and rushed straight towards the woman in red.
The woman in red did not dodge, but when the sword light penetrated her body, her body suddenly became void, and then, the sword light was swallowed for no reason!
Yes, it was swallowed directly by her body.
Mo Xiao rubbed his eyes in surprise and couldn't believe it.
The night wind lifted the long hair of the woman in red, and Mo Xiao saw her face clearly.
But his jaw almost dropped in shock.
That face is exactly the same as Wang Xiang'er!
"Is it possible that Wang Xiang'er is the evil ghost?"
But he looked out the window and saw the girl in white lying on the bed.
Two Wang Xianger?
"hehe"
Although Wang Xiang'er in red looks scary, her innocent face is not so scary once she smiles.
"Are you here to play with me?"
Xiang'er, the king in red, actually spoke!
Mo Xiao clearly remembered that in the story Xu Si'er told, Xiang'er, the king in red, could only laugh but never speak.
"Are you Wang Xianger?"
Mo Xiao spoke cautiously, holding the knife in his hand with an evil look.
Xiang'er, the king in red, moved his head forward to talk, looked at Mo Xiao with interest, and then nodded.
"Who are you and why are you in my house?"
But then she shook her head again
"Forget it, you are the first person who is willing to talk to me. They are all afraid of me and call me the big bad guy."
Mo Xiao suddenly remembered that the big bad guy that the little girl just said was worthy of Xiang'er, the king in red?
Remembering the rudeness just now, he cupped his hands and said
"Sorry, I didn't know it was Miss Wang just now, I thought someone broke in."
Wang Xiang'er in red looked at the knife in Mo Xiao's hand and said
"The aura on your body is so familiar, as if I've only been exposed to it recently."
Mo Xiao was stunned, but he had never seen this red-dressed king Xiang'er.
"Since you are Wang Xianger, is the one inside a fake one?"
Mo Xiao pointed at the girl in white and asked.
Unexpectedly, Wang Xiang'er in red shook her head
"Don't worry about her. I finally came out. Come walk with me in the woods."
As he said that, Wang Xiang'er in red floated directly to Mo Xiao's side, startling him.
He wanted to hold Mo Xiao's hand, but the moment their hands touched, Wang Xiang'er in red actually let out a scream.
She pointed at Mo Xiao in horror.
"you!"
Then, it quickly turned into a ball of red smoke and disappeared!
Mo Xiao was shocked. Just when he was wondering why, he realized that he had accidentally grabbed the talisman in his hand!
"Is this talisman really useful? Is the red king Xiang'er really a ghost?"
"Tap tap tap!"
The crisp sound of treading water came from the front yard.
Mo Xiao's eyes moved and he jumped to the tree nearby.
After a while, the housekeeper led Wang Dahu into the inner courtyard.
Because of the brief battle just now, the forest seemed a bit messy, which naturally could not escape the eyes of the two of them.
"what happened?"
Wang Dahu quickened his pace and walked towards Wang Xiang'er's boudoir.
When the housekeeper saw this, he looked very panicked and followed closely behind.
Push the door open and enter.
Except for the sound of the wind outside the window, everything in the house was as usual. Seeing this, Wang Dahu breathed a sigh of relief.
But when he walked behind the screen and saw Wang Xiang'er lying on the bed, he became furious.
"Snapped!"
He gave the butler a loud slap in the face with his backhand.
"Trash, someone broke in and you didn't even notice!"
