Nine Chapters of Strange Cases

Chapter 155 I caught you
As Zhou Zhao pondered this, he inadvertently observed the expressions of the two people opposite him.

Han Ze's face was flushed, and he looked somewhat excited, while Zhu Li was expressionless and had a very dull look in his eyes.

Nothing different from usual.

Sometimes Zhou Zhao even doubted whether his speculation was wrong, and whether the mole was among these two.

Thinking this, she nodded to Su Changying and the other two, mounted her horse, and headed towards the Court of Justice. The wind blew her hair, and the black and white hair ribbons, which were clear and unrestrained, floated in the air like a pair of black and white swords.

Once she figured out that the three men had disappeared from sight, Zhou Zhao turned her horse around, passed through a small alley on the right, and then galloped off towards Manmoji.

As they approached the gate, Zhou Zhao tied his horse to the front of a restaurant, slipped a few copper coins to the waiter who looked after the horse, and then disappeared from the spot with a light step.

The waiter rubbed his eyes, looked incredulously at the spot where Zhou Zhao had been standing, and then at the obedient horse standing to the side.

Then he rubbed his eyes again, and finally his gaze fell on the copper coin in his palm.

"My goodness! There really is someone with divine abilities! I thought I was dreaming!"

Zhou Zhao tiptoed and hid in the corner of the wall.

Su Changying, Han Ze, and Zhu Li were still standing under the willow tree. Su Changying said something, but it was hard to hear because of the crowds in the market.

Zhou Zhao glanced at Su Changying and saw her put her hands behind her back as Han Ze and Zhu Li left together.

She flashed away, about to go out, but unexpectedly discovered that at the same time, two other people in the market had also followed. One of them was a spoiled old man carrying a birdcage. When he walked, half of his face was turned to the sky, and he looked like a troublesome person who thought the heavens were second only to him.

The other was a young man wearing a straw hat and carrying a crane pole.

Looking at that familiar profile, Zhou Zhao had the illusion that he was still in Tianying City and had not returned to Chang'an City.

Don't think that just because one of them is pretending to be an old man walking his bird and the other is pretending to be a fisherman, she won't recognize that they are Tian Quan and Xu Yuan.

After the fall of Tianying City, the two disappeared without a trace. Unexpectedly, they reappeared in Chang'an City and became Su Changying's subordinates, tracking Zhu Litong and Han Ze.

Zhou Zhao's eyes flickered, and he quietly followed.

"Old Zhu! Why are you always so quiet! When you don't say a word, I feel like there's a corpse standing next to me. I thought I, Han Ze, would be surrounded by beautiful women, incense, and fruit all my life! I never imagined... sigh... that I'd be more like a night watchman than a night watchman himself!"

As Han Ze spoke, he jumped around Zhu Li, sighing repeatedly.

"Walking around day and night, my legs have gotten thinner! I go wherever there are assassins! I'm really worried that if I encounter some murderous maniac, he'll see my noble air and stop killing me, instead kidnapping me to get my father's ransom."

My old man, if he doesn't like me, he'll give me whatever money I ask for, after all, I'm the youngest son. If he does like me, back when Zhou Zhao pecked my bottom with a bird, he not only stood there clapping and cheering, but also pulled my brothers into a circle to watch me howl!

Han Ze shook his head as he spoke, then suddenly jumped in front of Zhu Li. He kicked his legs and stretched out his hands, unable to stay still for a moment.

"The good thing is that my brothers have always sympathized with me and have been going along with my wishes until now; the bad thing is that as soon as they heard that Zhou Zhao had joined the Court of Justice, they immediately kicked me into the Northern Army, fearing that I would cause trouble and Zhou Zhao would come knocking on our door, making our whole family beg for mercy!"

"What do you call this? It's like sacrificing your friend to save yourself! It's like they've washed me clean and sent me here to be pecked at!" Han Ze said, seeing that Zhu Li still didn't say anything. He curled his lip in boredom and pointed to a two-story building by the roadside, "Zhu Li, let me treat you to Furonglou! They have a dish called Boiled Hibiscus Flowers, and the broth is chicken soup that's been simmering in a copper cauldron all night. You'll be better off doing business when you're full!"

As Han Ze spoke, he dragged Zhu Li into the Hibiscus Pavilion.

Zhou Zhao sniffed; the aroma from the restaurant was so enticing that it made her feel a little hungry. Just then, she noticed a piece of hibiscus cake being offered to her from behind. Startled, Zhou Zhao turned around and saw Su Changying standing behind her.

She winked at Su Changying, picked up the hibiscus cake, and put it in her mouth.

A sweet fragrance instantly fills the air.

Zhou Zhao ate to her heart's content, some crumbs of pastry falling onto her robes. She reached out and dusted them off, then caught a glimpse of a man who looked to be about forty years old walking out of the main entrance of Furong Tower.

He had a goatee, and a mole on his right cheekbone with a small tuft of black hair that looked particularly eye-catching.

When the diners who entered the restaurant brushed past him, they were half a head shorter than him, and their height should be about the same as Su Changying's.

Zhou Zhao narrowed his eyes, gestured to Su Changying, and followed her directly.

The man with the goatee walked a winding path for a while, then went into a mutton soup shop and bought a roasted lamb leg. He then went to a tavern and bought a pot of Hongliang wine. He walked and stopped along the way, and finally went to a pastry shop and bought a bag of millet cakes before finally turning into a small alley.

As soon as Zhou Zhao approached the alley, he smelled a strong scent of cosmetics.

This is a very deep alley. In front of every house in the alley, there is a long pole with a red silk cloth of varying ages hanging on it.

The man with the goatee gently knocked on the door, knock, knock, knock, knock...

Zhou Zhao pricked up his ears to listen. The door creaked open, and a sinister old woman revealed half of her face. Her half-face had been burned by fire, making it look pockmarked and particularly frightening.

She glanced at the goatee in front of her, about to speak, when suddenly she turned sharply in Zhou Zhao's direction and shouted, "Who's there!"

Zhou Zhao was startled!
She's been discovered!
As she was thinking, she saw the old woman with half her face flick her wrist and shoot a handful of soybeans toward Zhou Zhao's direction.

As Zhou Zhao felt the power, her expression turned serious. These were no soybeans; they were clearly deadly weapons. She was certain that if she couldn't dodge them, each soybean hitting her would leave a bloody hole.

This woman with only half her face is an absolute master.

With nowhere to hide, Zhou Zhao could only leap lightly out of the shadows of the alley.

When the goatee saw Zhou Zhao, his pupils contracted sharply, and he was about to run away. But after only a few steps, he stopped. He saw a tall figure standing on the other side of the alley, like a tower that could suppress a soul, even though it was just a back view.

Goatbeard felt as if he were hearing a lament.

He turned around abruptly and looked at Zhou Zhao, meeting Zhou Zhao's defiant eyes.

"caught you."