Chapter 373 Exploding Gold Coins

Li Xuan concentrated his mind and focused his attention on the Emperor Hong bone ring, and began to search for something inside.

His vague memory told him that there was something he had forgotten.

After searching for a while, Li Xuan found a small wooden box, and he immediately remembered the thing he got from Hu Yulou's mother Zhou.

"When Zhou's mother was about to run away, she specially prepared this thing and stuffed a lot of papers into it."

Li Xuan guessed that it was probably Hu Yulou's related assets, and he wanted to open it and check it later.

As a result, he was busy dealing with the two dandies and forgot about it.

"Hey, if this small wooden box contains Hu Yulou's land deeds and house deeds, what are they auctioning this time?"

Li Xuan was immediately puzzled.

Moreover, the government later knew that Zhou's mother died in the underground secret passage of Hu Yulou. Why would they auction Hu Yulou's assets on the grounds that Zhou's mother ran away with the money?

Li Xuan immediately realized that there might be something strange here.

"Miss Li, are you also interested in Hu Yulou's auction?"

"I heard that it will be held in the next few days. If you want to go, you have to hurry up."

Xiao Cui saw that Princess Ankang seemed to be interested in Hu Yulou's auction, so she said immediately.

Princess Ankang smiled and nodded, but she was more concerned about Li Xuan's reaction.

Seeing Li Xuan lowering his head in thought, Princess Ankang did not interrupt him and continued to chat with Xiao Cui naturally.

Before, it was Li Xuan who told Princess Ankang to ask Xiao Cui more about the rumors in Xishi.

As a result, Li Xuan was distracted while listening.

Then Xiao Cui talked about a lot of interesting things in Xishi.

The Xishi is a mixed bag, and there are also a large number of Hu merchants from the Western Regions. There are a lot of new news circulating on the streets every day.

But the truth of it needs to be distinguished carefully.

Just like what Xiao Cui said at the beginning about the female ghost taking the life of the playboy, although there is a factual basis, it is really exaggerated.

If the three little ones had not witnessed this incident, they would probably not be able to tell the basis of the rumor.

And the time spent chatting and gossiping always passed quickly.

Before they knew it, the carriage arrived at Baoningfang and stopped steadily in front of the alley where Xiaocui and her grandfather lived.

The road in the alley was too narrow for the carriage to enter, so they could only send the grandfather and grandson here.

Xiaocui and her grandfather got off the carriage and thanked Princess Ankang.

"Xiaocui, don't forget what I told you before." Princess Ankang instructed.

Xiaocui pursed her lips and nodded seriously.

"Miss, don't worry."

"I will definitely try my best."

On the side, Xiaocui's grandfather looked at his granddaughter, and then looked at the luxurious carriage they were riding all the way back, with a complex look in his eyes.

"Well, Xiaocui, when I go back, I will go to Xishi to see you again."

Princess Ankang said, waving goodbye to the grandfather and grandson, and the carriage started slowly again.

"Miss, be careful on the road--"

Xiao Cui waved goodbye loudly and watched the carriage disappear into the crowd on the street.

"Grandpa, let's go back."

The grandfather and grandson walked deep into the alley, where their home was.

The further they walked into the alley, the quieter it became.

The grandfather and grandson were silent, and suddenly felt that the alley in front of the house had become much longer.

"Xiao Cui, what Miss Li said just now..."

Xiao Cui's grandfather said with some concern.

"Grandpa, I want to give it a try." Xiao Cui spoke up and interrupted the rest of his grandfather's words.

"Isn't there a saying that 'the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish'?"

"Miss Li is a good person and a capable person."

"If I help her, maybe we can live a better life."

Xiao Cui lowered her head, but still expressed her thoughts.

"But that might be dangerous. People like us can't take risks, and we can't afford to lose!"

Xiao Cui's grandfather obviously didn't want his granddaughter to be involved.

"Grandpa, we can't afford to lose a long time ago." Xiao Cui said faintly.

"If it weren't for Miss Li that day, we would have died long ago."

Xiao Cui's grandfather's body froze, and the words he wanted to continue persuading were all stuck in his throat and could no longer be uttered.

"Grandpa, profits come from risks. You can't win without taking risks."

Xiao Cui looked up suddenly, her eyes shining.

At this moment, Xiao Cui's grandfather seemed to see those fanatical Hu merchants who dared to cross the black storm from his granddaughter's face.

He sighed silently, knowing that he couldn't persuade his granddaughter.

At this time, Xiao Cui continued, "Grandpa, it's just recording some of what I saw and heard in the West Market. It's not that dangerous."

"With my current ability, I'm afraid I can't take too much risk."

"Don't worry."

While the grandfather and grandson were talking, they came to the door of the house.

Xiao Cui immediately took out the key, opened the door and entered, and turned back to smile at her grandfather heartlessly.

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On the carriage, only the three little ones and the Shang steward who was driving outside the car were left.

Princess Ankang stroked Li Xuan in her arms and asked:

"Ah Xuan, are you trying to develop Xiao Cui into a spy?"

"She is just an ordinary girl, she won't cause any trouble, right?"

Li Xuan opened his eyes slightly and thought to himself: "Maybe it's an opportunity."

Li Xuan then swung his tail and wrote in the air, telling Princess Ankang not to worry.

Xiao Cui will think it over in the next few days. It depends on her final decision.

Li Xuan just did it casually to see if he could make more friends outside the palace.

Although Xiao Cui and her grandfather only set up a stall to sell knots in the West Market, there are many news circulating in the West Market.

What Princess Ankang asked Xiao Cui to do was also very simple, recording these gossips for Princess Ankang to check.

Li Xuan just wanted to plant spies outside the palace for Jingyang Palace. Even if there is not much to see and hear now, it is a good start, isn't it?

After returning to Xingqing Palace, Princess Ankang, who was tired all day, fell asleep early under Yu'er's service.

Li Xuan said hello to Shang Zongguan and prepared to go out.

As a result, Shang Zongguan did not stop Li Xuan from going out today. He just nodded and let him go.

"Sure enough, I stayed yesterday, more to let me think about some things clearly."

Li Xuan understood Shang Zongguan's intention and turned to leave Xingqing Palace.

After all, with Li Xuan's current strength, he can't play a big role in the face of a real master.

What Shang Zongguan couldn't stop, Li Xuan couldn't stop either.

"It's still because of insufficient strength."

Li Xuan shook his head and wandered on the streets of the capital city that had been under curfew.

For a cat like him, curfew or not is meaningless.

He went straight to the East Market, and on the way he fiddled with the small wooden box in the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

The small wooden box was obtained by Li Xuan from Zhou's mother, and it seemed to contain something very important to Zhou's mother.

However, this small wooden box is not simple. It is a very sophisticated mechanical product. There are many small buttons on it, arranged in the order of heavenly stems and earthly branches. It is not something that is easy to solve at first glance.

But Li Xuan has his own way.

Li Xuan found a secluded corner with no one around, took out the small wooden box, put it on the ground, and then gently swept it with his tail, and all the things in the small wooden box entered the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

The Emperor Hong bone ring has the ability to retrieve objects from the air. Although the range of the ability is limited, it is more than enough to deal with the small wooden box.

This ability is invincible when dealing with locked wooden boxes. It can directly transfer the things inside to the Emperor Hong bone ring.

Li Xuan didn't care about being proud. He quickly put away the small wooden box and then checked the documents in the Emperor Hong bone ring.

It was almost the same as Li Xuan expected. Most of them were house deeds and land deeds. In addition to Hu Yulou's property, there were actually quite a few. They were all in some famous markets in the capital, and their value was not bad.

From the cheapest household with 800 taels of silver to a three-story house worth 60,000 taels of silver, all kinds of house types are available, with a total of more than ten house deeds.

In addition, there are land deeds, land deeds, and large-denomination silver bills, the value of which is difficult to estimate.

"Is Mother Zhou going to change her career to real estate speculation?"

Li Xuan never thought that Mother Zhou would have so many assets.

"This, this is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, right?"

"Why did Mother Zhou run away at that time?"

Li Xuan swallowed his saliva, thinking of how Mother Zhou hurriedly fled at that time, full of confusion.

With so much money, all troubles can be solved, right?

Even if Hou San died in her Hu Yulou at that time, so much money would not leave too many troubles.

Thinking about it now, it makes Li Xuan feel quite strange.

"Could it be that Mother Zhou owes more outside?"

"This brothel, the business is too big, right?"

This time, Li Xuan carefully put these contracts into the space in the Emperor Hong Bone Ring that is specially used to store valuables, and he dared not be careless again.

If it weren't for hearing about the auction of Hu Yulou from Xiao Cui this time, Li Xuan would have forgotten about this small wooden box.

"Hey, wait!"

"These bastards are going to auction my Hu Yulou!?"

Li Xuan realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Damn it, this is not bullying a kitten!"

Li Xuan was so angry that his eyes were wide open.

But then he thought that this matter was not difficult to solve.

In the worst case, ask General Manager Shang to come forward and transfer all the property to Princess Ankang.

However, Li Xuan didn't really want to do that.

"If you can solve it yourself, solve it yourself."

Since the reward for repairing Jingyang Palace this time was issued, it caused them a lot of trouble, and Li Xuan had his own plan.

"Emperor Yongyuan is Emperor Yongyuan, he has his own plan."

"Jingyang Palace will eventually rely on the three of us."

After Li Xuan made up his mind, he planned to try to solve the upcoming auction of Hu Yulou by himself.

And when he was sorting out the documents left by Mother Zhou in the small wooden box, he found that there were some documents he couldn't understand, and the text on it seemed to be foreign text.

When he was in the West Market, Li Xuan had seen some similar texts, which were very likely from the Western Regions.

"Most of the girls in Hu Yulou are from the Western Regions. I'm afraid that Mother Zhou exchanged letters with them."

Li Xuan guessed.

He planned to find an opportunity in the future to learn the Western Regions text by himself.

He hadn't tried to use his talent to learn characters yet, so he didn't know if it would work.

If he couldn't learn it, he would find someone he trusted to translate it.

After Li Xuan got everything in the small wooden box, he headed for the alleys of the East Market.

It was still the same here as before, but it was even more lively at night, and you could hear a lot of noisy noises from afar.

Li Xuan found the courtyard in his memory all the way, quietly climbed onto the roof and peeked inside.

A lamp was lit in the house, and a young man was reading a book seriously by the light, with a dirty cat lying beside him.

"It's a pleasant life to pet a cat and read a book."

Li Xuan grinned, and seeing that the owner was at home, he climbed in through the window without any hesitation.

The young man who was reading in the house was startled by the noise, and was relieved to see that it was a cat that broke in, but after a closer look, he immediately became nervous again.

"You, why are you here?"

Fang Muyang said nervously.

"What? Are you not welcome?"

Li Xuan's tail danced slowly in the air.

Looking at the playful expression on Li Xuan's face, Fang Muyang shuddered.

Although Li Xuan claimed to be an auspicious spirit beast, Fang Muyang always felt that this black cat was very evil.

"You've been doing well lately, kid."

Li Xuan jumped onto the table unceremoniously and greeted him.

Gray on the table climbed up, sniffed around Li Xuan, and then immediately started to get close to Li Xuan.

"Hehe, cat brothers are still enthusiastic."

Li Xuan greeted Gray and asked him what happened at home recently.

Fang Muyang probably never thought that Li Xuan would ask Gray questions as soon as he came.

"Just live like that."

Fang Muyang said casually, put down the medical book in his hand, and then asked directly:

"You came to me for something, right?"

Li Xuan helped him complete his revenge after all, and Fang Muyang has not forgotten this favor.

And when Li Xuan helped him, he made it clear that it was for Fang Muyang to repay this favor in the future.

Li Xuan didn't hesitate and asked immediately:

"I heard that Hu Yulou was going to be auctioned. Didn't Ayimu ask you to help her get Hu Yulou's property?"

"What's going on now?"

Fang Muyang was surprised to see Li Xuan asking about this, but he still said honestly:

"We searched all the places where Zhou Mama might hide things, but we didn't find the house deeds and land deeds."

"Now that I think about it, it is very likely that it was burned with Zhou Mama."

"But without these documents, it would be very troublesome to get Hu Yulou's property."

"Especially Hu Yulou has many creditors."

Fang Muyang couldn't help shaking his head when he said this.

"Zhou Mama seems to owe a lot of money outside. Even if Hu Yulou is sold, she can't pay back the money. I don't know what these people were thinking at the time, lending so much money to Zhou Mama."

When Li Xuan heard this, his heart moved.

Those creditors are not fools. It is impossible for them to lend money to someone who can't repay.

In addition, through the documents in the small wooden box, Li Xuan already knew where most of Zhou Mama's property was.

"If those house deeds and land deeds were bought with borrowed money, it would make sense."

At this time, Fang Muyang continued: "Those creditors are unwilling to suffer losses, and they have joined forces with the government to auction off all of Hu Yulou's properties, even including Aimu and other girls, to repay their losses."

Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but smile.

Aimu was quite arrogant before, but now she is about to be auctioned off.

But with Aimu's strength, these should not be a problem.

In addition, Li Xuan was curious about Aimu's purpose of lurking in Hu Yulou, and this time he could take the opportunity to test it.

It can't be that Aimu has a good strength and is a courtesan in Hu Yulou because of her hobbies, right?