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Didn't the princess know that the day was coming when she wanted to hear the story? At this moment, it was completely dark, and the atmosphere was very eerie.

The houses here have basically all been abandoned. Originally, we were also in the fireworks business, and those years of business were also very good, but after the death of the plague a few years ago, our business declined by leaps and bounds. Originally, there were only a few families left here, but due to the extreme loneliness, they all moved away. Now, only the two of us who are too old to walk are left! "

"Moreover, my wife and I are old and we don't have much strength to farm land, so we changed our business and did this kind of business. All these years, which family would come here to purchase a funeral? We could barely make ends meet …"

"I'm not sure about this. It's not that I don't want to hang this sign up, but I've been too old to hang this up!"

"General Li, help the old man!" Liruo listened quietly while her eyes wandered around. She could hear the sound of an old lady coughing in the room. It did seem like it was happening, but her instincts told her that things would not be so simple.

Think about it, who would be doing a paper business in such a degenerate place?

Even if the old man's words were true, since he was old enough to not be able to move, how would he be able to stock up?

Could it be that all these things were made by him?

Alright, even if I have to take a step back, these things really were made by him, then, he also needs materials. Thus, his words cannot be trusted at all.

General Li did not understand, but he felt that if Li Ruo did not know how to do boring things, he would not care about the old man stopping him. He picked up the wooden board and placed it on top of the old mark.

Although it was night time, Ruo Ruo could clearly see what was happening. She unconsciously looked towards the place where the wooden board was placed, but other than it was extremely clean, there was nothing special about it.

"Thank you, young ladies. You are really good people!" The old man cupped his hands in thanks and nodded without leaving a trace behind.

Since he was just an old country bumpkin, why wasn't he surprised to see General Li display his Qing Gong?

"Uncle, it's not easy for us to come from outside the city. We only found you here at this time, could you give us some water to drink?"

"Come in!" Liru even saw the glint in the old man's eyes, so when the old man turned around to enter, he told everyone not to drink the words that only a few people could hear.

"Miss, the wind is strong outside. Come in quickly!" The old man had already been inside for a long time, but when he heard no sound, he called out.

"Leave a few people to guard outside. If anything happens, quickly think of ways to notify me. General Li, bring the rest of the people and follow me in. Remember, don't eat, don't drink, look more." Take the opportunity to act. "

"Hey, you're here!" "Yes," Li Ruo replied softly, turning around and entering first with General Li following closely behind.

The old man's room was very strange, no, it should be said that many paper shops were made of this kind of makeup. The small room was filled with all sorts of paper and fire, cattle, horses, maidservants, children, etc. From time to time, the old man's wife would cough, leaning against the corner of the room without saying a word, and when she saw them enter, she would raise her head and greet them.

"Miss, this was just prepared by my wife. You should drink while it's still hot. I've wronged you all by coming here for nothing in this cold weather!"

"Okay, thank you, uncle!" Liruo smiled and looked very well-behaved. She tapped the bottom of the bowl with her finger and sniffed. Then, she shook it gently. She was right, there was something in the water.

"Come, come, come. You all have had a hard time. Drink some!"

"Thank you, uncle!" General Li was the first to sit down. When no one was looking, he glanced at Li Ruo.

"Uncle, did you make all these yourself?" Seeing Liruo gently shake her head, he put down the cup and walked around the small house.

"That's right. In my entire life, I've only had this little bit of craftsmanship!"

"Uncle, since there's no one living around here, why don't you move to a better room? I just heard that your wife is not well, so it'll be difficult to bear the winter here!" Liru took the opportunity to change the topic, placing the teacup next to her mouth and taking a sip.

As he wished, he saw a smile in the old man's eyes.

Unconsciously, her eyes found the only cupboard in the old man's room, and Liru became curious.

"Uncle, why is there such a box in your house again?" After a slight pause, Liru walked briskly toward the black box.

"Hey, girl, don't move. This isn't a box, it's my original counter …"

"How could that be? This is clearly a chest made from sandalwood, how expensive! I saw an identical one before, there's even a lock on it!"

As Li Ruo spoke, she started to knock on the black sandalwood box. Her expression seemed to be one of curiosity, but it also caused the old man to break out in a cold sweat.

"Lady! You aren't here to buy something right? " Seeing that he was unable to control himself, the old man's face turned cold as he spoke the truth.

"Yeah, I'm here to investigate a case!" Liru was straightforward and spoke of his purpose.

After feigning for so long, he was not without any gains. At the very least, he was certain that there was something wrong here. It was no longer a problem to reveal his identity.

"What have we done that requires the princess to be here personally?" The old man leaned against the black cabinet. His tone clearly changed.

"Don't you know what you've committed?" Li Ruo smiled, not caring at all that this person already knew her identity.

"Heh, that will depend on whether the princess has the ability to catch us!" The old man pulled at his face, instantly turning into a thirty to forty year old middle-aged man. Even the old woman in the corner had turned into a young and beautiful woman after she had torn off her face.

This … Li Ruo wasn't surprised at all, because even though they had just learned something very similar, their figure was something that couldn't be changed.

The old man had just walked steadily, so he was obviously an expert. Although the woman was lying down, Bai Zhe's neck and slender fingers could still be seen.

"You can try!" After Liruo finished speaking, she used the time when the man wasn't paying attention to make a backhanded move to stop him. The man's martial arts were not bad, he quickly broke free from Liruo's restraints, and the woman behind him also charged towards the crowd.

"Pah!" Although the few people outside were timid, they could still be considered to be alert. They hurriedly fired the signal detonators. Beautiful fireworks burned in the night sky as Xuanyuan Mo and Mo Shang hurried over. At the same time, they hastily sealed the various exits.

In just a few moments, the entire paper shop was in chaos.

"Aren't you …" The man panted heavily. Looking at the still energetic Li Ruo, his face was filled with disbelief.

"Haven't I already planted your drugs?" Li Ruo pursed her lips. You want to enchant her with such a shoddy drug? This was simply a joke. Not to mention that she didn't even drink it earlier, even if she did drink it, this kind of medicine didn't really matter to her.

"You actually know about it!" The man frowned. It seemed like that man was right. Li Ruo was a character that couldn't be underestimated.

"Cut the crap, open the cabinet!" Ignoring the sounds around her, she rushed forward and restrained the man with a few steps. Her petite hand held onto the man's throat, but luckily, the man was not very tall, so she did not feel it was strenuous at all.

"Open!"

"If you have the ability, open it yourself!" The man seemed to have predicted that Li Ruo wouldn't be able to open it, and that the words he spoke would also be incomparably domineering. Or it could be said that he actually didn't care about life and death anymore.

His mission was to buy as much time as he could. Now that he had completed it, it didn't really matter whether he could survive or not.

Li Ruo's eyes turned cold as she suddenly understood his intention.

She immediately kicked him to General Li's side. General Li quickly subdued him and tied him up with the woman he had captured earlier.

With a clank, the man thought that Li Ruo wouldn't even be able to find the lock, yet he opened the sandalwood in the blink of an eye.

A series of noises came from the door, and only now did Li Ruo realize that the place where the wooden boards were placed was the entrance to the secret passage.

"Leave the three of them here to wait for the general and Lord Mo, the rest of you follow me!" After carefully inspecting the ropes that were tied to them and making sure they would not be able to escape, Liru drilled into the hole.

General Li originally wanted to let him scout ahead, but Liru didn't give him the opportunity. He entered first.

At this moment, it was night again, and it seemed rather gloomy. Deep within the cave, there was a pair of old men who were tightly tied up, and upon seeing them enter, their faces were filled with fear. It was certain that the two people in front of them were the real owners of the store.

"Don't be afraid, we're here to save you!" Liruo sighed slightly. It seemed like this tunnel led directly to the back. It seemed that they had arrived a step too late this time. But fortunately, this pair of elders were fine.

"Tell me, what are the characteristics of these people?"

Li Ruo helped the old man up and asked gently.

She had always been nice to a real old man. Previously, she had been teased by Su Lin to say that she was a fickle woman, and she also felt that she should develop in the field of acting.

However, a joke was always a joke. In the end, the performing arts industry wasn't the place she wanted to go.

"There are more than a dozen of them, and all of them are vicious, but the one leading them is a very handsome young master!"

"Well, did you hear what plans they had?"