Chapter 377 Looking for someone
The sound gradually faded away. Wang Cong and Tao Yanbai pretended not to hear it. Pan Yun and others in the carriage also sat quietly. After the car was on the bridge and far away, the three of them lifted the curtain and looked out quietly to see if they could catch a glimpse of the people who were going to arrest them.

As soon as they stuck their heads out, Wang Cong on the shaft of the cart coughed lightly, then leaned in and stared at them.

The three of them sat up straight immediately.

Wang Cong gave them a final warning look before lowering the curtain and sitting back down.

Only after they left the city gate did the three people, the fox and the ghost in the carriage become lively. They opened the window curtains and poked their heads out.

The beauty was too lazy to transform into a human, and still looked like a fox, also sticking her head out to look out.

Even Xiaohong couldn't help but come out of the hairpin, avoiding the sunlight and turning her head to look out the window.

Wang Cong also relaxed and leaned against the car door, swinging the rope in his hand.

Pan Yun poked his head out and asked, "Cong'er, will they interfere in the affairs of Master Lu and Master Chen?"

"Unless someone offers a big price, the Taoist priests of Tianshifu will not interfere in worldly affairs," Wang Cong said. "The Tianshifu branch in Changzhou Prefecture is not short of money, so I don't think they will interfere."

The Taoists in the Tianshi Mansion really had no intention of intervening in the fight between the Lu and Chen families. They only captured monsters and strange people who used magic indiscriminately and alarmed the people.

As for the Lu family and the Chen family, the fighting in the secular world has never stopped. The Tianshi Mansion is aloof from the world and doesn't care about these things.

The Taoists didn't know that it was precisely because of their attitude, coupled with their determination to catch the five people who caused trouble on the boat last night, that the people on the boat refused to say a word.

Even Aunt Xue, who was greedy for money and power, warned her girls and men, "The masters saved us, we cannot be ungrateful. From now on, no matter who asks, no matter what their intentions are, you are not allowed to talk about their appearance. Forget everything you saw and heard on the boat last night."

Everyone responded in unison.

Therefore, when the Taoist priests checked around and came back to them for confirmation, the girls held their foreheads and pretended to have a headache, and said weakly: "Master Taoist, I really don't remember. I was scared to death last night. First there was a fire, and then I fell into the water. Whenever I think about it, I get a splitting headache. How can I remember anything?"

"When I asked you last night, didn't you say that the master held you and landed on the boat? And you saw that his eyelashes were very long and his face was glowing?"

"Really? Did I say that? I don't remember. I was probably scared to death, choked by the water, felt dizzy, and had hallucinations." She looked at the Taoist priest with wet eyes and leaned towards him. "When I encounter difficulties, I like to imagine that a hero will come down from the sky to save me from suffering. Last night might have been true, or it might have been a dream I had when I was dying."

The Taoist took two steps back and dodged sideways. The girl's body tilted and she almost fell.

The girl was unhappy. She threw her handkerchief at him in shame and anger, snorted, twisted her waist and left.

The Taoist priest had a gloomy face and could only go to ask another girl.

The girl was still wearing a yellow dress. When she saw him, she wiped her tears and lifted her sleeves to let him see. "My foot was stepped on last night and my skin was broken. At that time, all I could see was the foot. How could I remember the tall man and the short man?"

The Taoist priest was so angry that he drew his sword. "When I asked you in the early morning, you clearly said excitedly that you were the one who received the expert. It's only been half a day, and you don't remember it?"

E Huang pressed the corner of his eye, his face flushed, and whispered: "Slave, I was talking nonsense. The sisters on the boat said that they entertained us. I also said that when we go out in the future, we can make more money with this gimmick."

She immediately grabbed the Taoist's sleeve and said coquettishly with tears in her eyes: "Master Taoist, I didn't mean to deceive you. Our mother is in big trouble. It will cost a lot of money to rebuild the painting boat. I'm afraid all of us sisters will be sold."

"Look at my face and figure, where can I sell it to a good place? I just wanted to borrow the name of a master, hoping to sell it to a better place. I didn't know that the Taoist priest would ask so many detailed questions. This... I dare not lie anymore."

"You!" The Taoist looked at her and thought that she was average looking and too old. He thought that the strange man would definitely look down on her, so he looked at those who were good looking.

Other girls: ...

Others may not know, but how could they not know?

The most amazing thing is that she and another sister serve together. I feel jealous just thinking about it.

The Taoist priest asked around but couldn't get anything useful out of him. Even the questions he asked last night and early this morning were denied one by one.

If you ask again, either you saw it wrong or you are bragging.

The Taoist priest became increasingly angry, "You were burned by fire, and you don't even remember how the fire was put out?"

The girl covered her face with a handkerchief and cried, "My house was on fire, and I was panicking and only wanted to put out the fire, so how could I pay attention to how the fire was put out?"

"I have forgotten how I started the fire. Whenever I think about what happened last night, my mind goes blank."

The Taoist priest was so angry that he kicked the stool away and left.

Master Chen was so angry that he smashed the stool. "You surrounded Lu's house early in the morning, and you don't even know where the people have gone. What are you doing?"

"Sir, the servants of the Lu Mansion insisted that Master Lu did not return home last night."

"Sir, there are many people standing in front of the government office. They are all the people on the pleasure boat last night. They are asking the master to make a decision. The master wants you to go to the front yard."

Young Master Chen was so angry that his mouth twitched. He suppressed his anger and asked, "Have you found Hongyan and Xiaohong? They can testify for me that it was Lu Jiannan who smashed the lantern last night."

"Sir, I have searched everywhere, but I can't find it."

"Go ask in every inn. I don't believe we can't find them. Those three..." Master Chen gritted his teeth and said, "Master, they are young boys. The two people with them are a teenager and a young man. They are very conspicuous." "They are so powerful but they still sneaked onto the boat. It shows how poor they are. Go to those small inns and find them."

Master Chen sneered, "Auntie Xue refused to testify. Those people on the boat wanted to get benefits from my father, so they put the blame on me. I can only ask them to testify. If they want to tear me apart, forget it."

He said, "Don't make it public until you find the person. Tell me. If I can't spare the time, I'll go find the butler and ask him to talk to them. I'll make them insist that it was Lu Jiannan who started it first and that he was the one who set the fire!"

"Yes." The servant hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sir, how much money should we give them?"

Young Master Chen glanced at him and asked, "What money?"

The servant immediately stopped talking and bowed and left.

Alas, sir, you want to use your power to suppress others, but those five masters last night did not look like people who could be suppressed by force.

Based on his experience of observing people's words and expressions over the past decade, the servant knew that those five people would respond to soft tactics and not to tough ones.

At this moment, the servant hoped that he would not find those five people.

Because, the housekeeper said that the master had inquired about it and found that although it was Lu Jiannan who started the provocation last night, it was the young master who started it first, and the lantern was also smashed by the young master after he uncovered Lu Jiannan...

Three people died. It doesn't matter about Hua Niang, but Mr. He and Mr. Su who fell into the water were famous local gentry sons. The He and Su families would never let it go because of the loss of their sons.

If we only use the owner of the pleasure boat to take the blame, I'm afraid the two families will not be satisfied. One of his young master and Mr. Lu must be handed over.

But Master Lu had considerable influence in the local area. Not to mention his prestige among the gentry, even in the prefectural office, many officials expressed their opposition and put all the blame on Master Lu. Instead, they demanded that the prefect find out the truth and give justice to the He and Su families, as well as to the people.

They just chatted with each other and enjoyed a leisurely life, but the people working under them suffered.

Ugh……

It's hard to be a slave.

The servant boy lowered his head and went downstairs to look for someone. He checked every small inn in the city. He passed by Fu'an Inn, the best in Changzhou Prefecture, several times, but when he saw the huge storefront, he just passed by it.

They asked once, and Fu'an Inn didn't have it. That makes sense. If they had the money to stay in the best inn, could they board the flower boat openly without money?
The servant led the family servants out from the other side of the alley. There were a lot of people blocking the way ahead, occupying most of the road.

The servant frowned, pushed through the crowd and asked, "What's wrong?"

The onlookers gloated: "The young scholar of the Zhou family was scratched on the face by a cat. Ouch, his face is covered with blood. The Zhou couple are cursing in the street and vowing to find the owner of the cat."

The servant lost interest when he heard this and asked, "Brother, have you ever seen a young man with an older boy and three younger boys passing by?"

"The three little ones are about this tall." The servant gestured beside his ear.

The onlookers shook their heads and said, "I didn't notice. There are a lot of people on this street. There are so many people coming in and out every day. How can we remember them all? If they are from other places, they will definitely stay in a hotel. You can go to the inn and ask them."

The servant hung his head and said, "I have asked everyone, but they all said they have never seen it."

"Then we have to find someone who rents out houses privately, especially in the south of the city. There are many houses that are rented out privately, and they are cheaper than staying in an inn."

But those are all secret doors, and sometimes they even run secret prostitution businesses, so most tourists don’t dare to stay there.

The servant's heart tightened, and he felt as if the mountain on his shoulders had become a little heavier, but he had to go.

He went south of the city, getting farther and farther away from Fu'an Inn and the truth.

The Taoist priest from Tianshi Mansion, who couldn't find any trace of Pan Yun and the other four, went to the prefectural government office to question Chen Han.

Chen Han didn't want to pamper them, so he asked directly, "Can you help me solve this disaster?"

The Taoists refused, saying that this was a worldly matter and they would not interfere.

Chen Han snorted coldly: "If you don't want to help me, why should I offend five masters for you?"

Did he feel that he wasn't dying fast enough?

Chen Han directly served tea to see the guest off.

The Taoists were so angry that they left in anger.

When we walked out of the prefectural gate, a Taoist priest said indignantly: "The disaster was caused by them. If it weren't for those five people, at least thirty people on that boat would have died. I went to see them today, and the black aura on their faces has not completely dissipated. It can be seen that they were really pulled back from the gates of hell."

"Not only is he unrepentant, he is also only concerned about his own interests."

"Brother, if that's the case, then those five people did a good deed. Even though they made a mistake, they did save the people on the painted boat."

Several people were silent together.

　I have been confused for two weeks. I have tried all kinds of weird methods. Finally, I made some adjustments today. I hope I can continue to stick to it tomorrow. As long as I stick to it for a week, my work and rest schedule will be adjusted. Good night.
　　(End of this chapter)