Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 125 Mid-Autumn Festival Parade
Compared to the bustling South Street where I went yesterday, the North Street in the town seemed a bit quiet.

As the saying goes, a cultured people should not be associated with a martial people. Yesterday, there were people beating drums and gongs on the South Street, while on the North Street, most people were doing business.

Xiao Ran came to the North Street and took a look. Every household had two open doors, white walls and black tiles, and the streets were clean. It was obvious that all the families here were of some means.

Xiao Ran was holding a banner and walking on the street, singing as he walked.

"I've been traveling around the world, and I know every county and city well. I'll sell it for money or not, but I'll make my own way around. I've come to your port, and I don't sell ointments or sprays, I only sell the immortal's treasure."

Xiao Ran's clear singing attracted many people's attention.

Only after finding a cool place did Xiao Ran continue to sing: "They say that magical medicines are treasures of the gods. They are inevitable for injuries and bruises. Elderly people with weak bodies take Feng Ke, and people with back pain take Eucommia. Today I have a precious medicine. If men take it, women can't stand it. If women take it, men can't stand it. It can pour water across the mountains and pry open the bed board."

The words Xiao Ran sang were very disturbing, but everyone liked to listen to them.

Soon a lot of people gathered around Xiao Ran, but most of them came to listen to Xiao Ran singing, and no one really came forward to ask questions.

After singing for a while, Xiao Ran sat down and put the banner next to him. On the ground, the three words "Pry Across the Mountain" were written with stones.

Upon seeing this, everyone dispersed immediately.

Xiao Ran was not in a hurry either. The reason he chose this place was because of the brothel nearby.

No worries about having customers.

Xiao Ran had no idea about the Wang family's situation, and it would not be a good idea to ask rashly, as he might be discovered by the Wang family and that might lead to bad things.

What's more, how would ordinary people know what was going on in the Wang family? If they wanted to find out, they could only find the wealthy local gentry. These people were difficult to approach, and they couldn't just walk in with a knife and start killing everyone and sewing up their bodies one by one.

This method is not bad, but Xiao Ran still can't do it.

After all, this place is different from the campus. The students on campus are already in a constant state of transformation. They are so cruel that they will kill each other if they want.

But the family here lived happily and looked no different from ordinary people, which made Xiao Ran unable to bring himself to do anything cruel.

That's why I thought of sitting here under the identity of selling medicine to see if there is any breakthrough.

After a while, a man in his early forties came over. He was big and strong with two pockmarks on his face. He walked up to me and asked in a low voice, "Are you a doctor?"

Xiao Ran nodded.

The man stepped forward and said, "Then take a look at my body."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand. Seeing this, Xiao Ran stretched out his fingers and placed them on the man's pulse. He narrowed his eyes for a moment and said, "You have kidney deficiency."

"You fart!" The man started to curse as soon as he heard it.

"I can cure it."

"Miracle doctor! Please take a look at what is wrong with me."

The man's eyes flickered and he grabbed Xiao Ran's sleeve. His fleshy face turned kind.

"It's simple. I have a magical medicine. I guarantee you'll get better if you take it when you get back."

Xiao Ran said this, and calmly took out a bottle of Red Bull from his arms and handed it to the man.

I don't know if it worked, but I remember that every time Guo Lingfei went out to have sex, he would drink coffee and Red Bull.

The man took it and looked at the jar with curiosity, but his expression became alert: "Sir, how much is this medicine?"

"This medicine is not cheap, but doctors are like parents. Since you found me, it is our destiny. Please remember the money for this medicine."

Hearing Xiao Ran's words, the man was overjoyed: "Okay, okay, thank you, doctor."

After coaxing the pockmarked man away, Xiao Ran continued to receive several patients one after another.

Most of them were just there for fun. Xiao Ran pretended to treat these people, but in fact he was just guessing. However, he didn't charge for his treatment, so people were not sure whether he was a liar or not.

However, if he came across people with broken bones, he would take out the old man's silver needles and prick them a few times, and soon the people would feel less pain.

Xiao Ran was not making this up blindly. Last night, he obtained a set of [Twenty-eight Acupuncture Methods] from the old man, which were specifically used to treat blood circulation problems and injuries.

It came in handy today.

After working for a whole morning without seeing any breakthrough, I was about to leave when someone called me.

"That doctor, please go away!"

Xiao Ran turned around and saw a sedan chair coming from behind with a maid standing next to it.

The little girl ran to Xiao Ran and said, "My girl asked you to go over and take a look at her."

"Your girl?"

Xiao Ran shook her head: "I'm not a gynecologist, I won't see you."

As he was about to leave, he heard a teasing voice coming from the sedan behind him: "Why, take a look at your body, how much time can it take you?"

Xiao Ran felt the voice was familiar and turned around to see that the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted a crack, revealing a fierce face.

This woman was none other than Mo Ju, the courtesan in the brothel last night.

Seeing that it was her, Xiao Ran walked over to the sedan chair and said with a smile, "What a coincidence?"

Mo Ju said to the maid outside, "I'll let the master take your pulse. You go and rest aside."

"Ugh!"

The maid nodded and took the sedan bearer to the side to wait. She said she was waiting, but her eyes never left the sedan. "When you shouted just now, I recognized your voice. I have been lying on the rooftop listening to you singing for a long time. You said you are a thief, but why are you pretending to be a doctor?"

Then he looked as if he had suddenly realized something, and lowered his voice, "Did you take a fancy to someone's baby and come here to step on the plate?"

To step on the plate means that the thief comes to scout the place.

Xiao Ran curled her lips: "Don't talk nonsense."

Xiao Ran didn't know what this woman was thinking. She liked watching him being a thief so much.

"Humph, you men never tell the truth." Mo Ju naturally didn't believe what Xiao Ran said, and then her big eyes swirled around Xiao Ran: "Are you also here for the Wang family's treasure?"

Seeing that Xiao Ran didn't say anything, Mo Ju continued.

"After you left last night, many strangers came. They were dressed in strange clothes and had short hair like you. You didn't want to spend money to buy a girl's comb, but they bought three at once and are going to bring her home tonight in a sedan chair carried by eight people."

Xiao Ran couldn't help but frown when he heard this.

It seems that not all beginners go to the inn after arriving.

I don’t know if these people are in the same group as the bald guy last night.

These people who spend money to buy human perfume must have roughly figured out the effects of this human perfume.

"Sure enough, there aren't many easy-to-follow people among the beginners."

"Hey!"

Seeing Xiao Ran lost in thought, Mo Ju called out to him, "You are wasting your time here. If you really want to enter the Wang family, you should at least prepare a birthday gift."

"What birthday gift?"

After Xiao Ran finished speaking, he immediately regretted what he had said, as this statement exposed his purpose.

Mo Ju showed a proud dimple on her face: "The Wang family is very wealthy, so forget it if you want to give me some gold, silver or jewelry, but it's not difficult to enter the mansion if you really want to. The day after tomorrow afternoon, wait for me at the back door of Laihua, and then I will take you into the Wang Mansion."

When Xiao Ran heard this, his eyes suddenly became sharp, staring straight at Mo Ju: "What do you want?"

There is no good thing in the world without reason.

I have only met the other party once, so there is no need for him to help me like this.

What? Personal charm?
Nonsense, in this cannibalistic place, Xiao Ran would rather believe that Mo Ju was a spider spirit that took yang to replenish yin, rather than believe that the other party was attracted by his poor charm.

Mo Ju suppressed the smile on his face and whispered, "Just kill one person."

"who!"

"Second Master Wang."

The four words seemed to be squeezed out from between Mo Ju's teeth. Xiao Ran noticed that Mo Ju's hands were clenched into fists. It was obvious that there was an irreconcilable feud between the two.

Before Xiao Ran could open his mouth, he heard a task reminder.

[Trigger side quest: Wang Mansion]

Mission requirements: Sneak into the Wang Mansion and look for an opportunity to kill the second master of the Wang family.

Mission Tips: Once you enter Wang Mansion, you will be suppressed by various rules, please be cautious.

Mission Difficulty: E

Mission Reward: E-level

(Note: The closer you are to the truth, the closer you are to death.)
Xiao Ran was lost in thought as he looked at the side quest that popped up. Before he could think about it carefully, Mo Ju couldn't wait to ask, "Will you help me?"

"I thought you wanted me to help you kill the madam of the brothel."

"Kill her?" Mo Ju was startled, then shook her head. "If you kill her, how will the other sisters in the brothel survive? Who would be willing to accept a thing that has been slept with by thousands of people and ridden by tens of thousands of people? They can still survive and have a meal in the brothel, but how can they survive outside?"

"Well, can you bring three more people?"

Xiao Ran didn't forget Niu Yan and the others. As good brothers, they should share the happiness.

Mo Ju took out a piece of silver from her sleeve, handed it to Xiao Ran from the sedan chair, and shouted to the maid not far away: "Don't just stand there, take me to buy rouge quickly. If you go back too late, be careful that mom will peel off your skin."

Then he nodded towards Xiao Ran and lowered the small curtain on the window of the sedan.

Xiao Ran took the silver, took two steps back, waited for the sedan chair to go farther and farther away, then put away the banner and returned to the inn to wait for news from Niu Yan and the others.

Around night time, Niu Yan and the other two came back.

Everyone was covered in dust and dirt, obviously having gained a lot outside.

The four of them met and followed Xiao Ran to the upper room on the second floor, where the sound insulation would be better.

After entering the room, Bull Eyes was leaning against the door, while Bull Kidneys and Bull Legs were sitting on the table, and they began to complain about the hard work of the day.

Xiao Ran took out some food and drinks and shared them with them. After they calmed down, Niu Yan said, "This place seems to be more evil than we thought."

"Oh, what do you mean?"

Xiao Ran turned back to look at Niu Yan, who in turn glanced at Niu Shen, who explained;
"The three of us tried to find out today. Did you know that the so-called Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the God Festival here? Every household has to untie the red cloth on the shrine to parade the gods. Therefore, the guests invited by the Wang family did not have any living people at all. They were all these so-called guardian gods..."

(End of this chapter)