"Brother Chai, hurry up! The wine and food at home are on the table, and you will be waiting for you alone!"

After Shi Lei went home, he told Xu Chen that Chai Qi was leaving tomorrow, and Xu Chen also knew that he couldn't keep it after learning about it, so he asked people to go to the store and order a few tables of banquets, and after they were ready, he asked Shi Lei to go to the fishing boat to invite Chai Qi to come to the house.

Shi Lei jumped on the fishing boat and walked into the cabin, where the lights were still on.

Shi Lei walked into the inner room, and suddenly felt a strong wind hitting the back of his head, and subconsciously used the body technique he had learned during the day to squat down suddenly.

"Huh!"

It's a pity that the gap is too big, and the sneak attacker only slightly increased his strength, and Shi Lei passed out.

……

At the moment, the young man's home, a small courtyard with two entrances, the front yard is two rows of bungalows, except for Lu Ying, the rest of the young people are five people in a room, and the room is a bunk bed similar to the student dormitory built by Xu Chen asked the carpenter to build. The backyard is two rows of closed houses, only Xu Chen can enter, and there are some strange things inside.

The hall in the middle is now brightly lit, and several large round tables are filled with food and drink.

"Why did the stone go and haven't come back for so long. Lu Hao said.

"Oh no! Something happened!" Xu Chen woke up suddenly, he guessed that Chai Qi's enemy might have come looking for him.

"Fourth, take half of the people with me, Zheng Tai, you stay at home!" Xu Chen immediately gave an order.

"Bring the guys!"

Everyone hurriedly went to the room to get weapons, and a few moments later, a dozen young people were assembled in the courtyard.

Xu Chen led everyone to the wharf on the edge of East Lake quickly.

"Daddy Jiang, did you see the little stone just now?"

"Oh, it's Brother Xu. See, he just carried a small boat to the lake by himself. ”

The old man's surname is Jiang, a fisherman on the edge of East Lake, who is also a beneficiary of the fish market, and is very grateful to these teenagers who have changed their family's life.

"What's wrong, is something wrong?" asked Jiang Laohan.

"Oh, it's nothing, the meals at home are ready, and this kid hasn't come back yet, so he has to come out to look for it. ”

"Oh. Jiang Laohan didn't ask much.

Xu Chen borrowed two fishing boats on the dock, and he didn't ask for a boatman, everyone was a teenager from the water town, and he still had the ability to row a boat.

Xu Chen ordered the lights on the boat to be extinguished, and swung from the reeds in the north to the fishing boat where Chai Qi was.

Xu Chen waited in the reeds with two boats for a quarter of an hour, and observed that the lights on the fishing boat where Chai Qi was still lit, and a small boat was leaning on the side of the boat, which was thought to be the one supported by stones. Other than that, there was not a single movement.

"Little stone, you kid aren't going home for dinner!" Xu Chen suddenly shouted.

Xu Chen guessed that if someone really came looking for him, he must be coming for Chai Qi, he hadn't done anything recently, and it was impossible to provoke any enemies. As for Xiao Shi, he was just an orphan before, and the most he offended was some ruffians, and with the current strength of his brothers, it is impossible for any ruffians not to open their eyes.

As for what Xiaoshi's previous family members came to find, maybe it is still a big family, and Xiaoshi was abandoned as a last resort for the sake of the family's succession, and now he has come back to look for it. Please, this is a historical drama, not a romance drama.

Therefore, the person who can be found is either Chai Qi's enemy or Chai Qi's friend. And there is not even one other boat around, which can only show that he is a master, and after listening to a day about the masters of the rivers and lakes, such a thing as crossing the river with a reed must still exist.

Such a master, if it is an enemy, it is unlikely that he will not even make a single movement, although Chai Qi has been injured, he is also a master. If there really was that kind of enemy who could subdue Chai Qi silently without the slightest notice, Chai Qi would not have been so seriously injured, he would have died a long time ago.

Therefore, it is very likely that the person on the ship is Chai Qi's acquaintance, and according to Chai Qi's words at the end of this day, he only mentioned his master, and it is very likely that the one on the ship is his master.

If such a master wanted to kill the stone, the stone would probably have died long ago, so the words shouted would not make the stone's situation more dangerous. Now the lights on the ship are still on, and the other party is putting on such a posture, it is estimated that he is waiting for the rabbits, and he is waiting for his own rabbits.

In fact, Xu Chen originally planned to call out the "seniors" directly, but suddenly the news he got from Zhu Da these days flashed in his mind, and he came to an incredible and very surprising inference.

If the inference is true, I'm afraid this level will be difficult tonight.

As soon as Xu Chen shouted out this sentence, he reminded the other party that he was coming, and after shouting, Xu Chen led two fishing boats to row out of the reeds generously.

After the boat approached, Xu Chen jumped onto the boat with the three righteous brothers, and said to the remaining young men: "You all stand back, withdraw a mile away, no one is allowed to approach without my order!"

"Yes!" Although they didn't understand what Xu Chen meant by doing this, the teenagers still habitually obeyed Xu Chen's orders.

After everyone else retreated, Xu Chen saluted the cabin and said, "I don't know that the seniors are coming, and I hope the seniors will forgive their sins!"

Lu Hao glanced at each other and saluted one after another. His eldest brother is always so unexpected, but his judgment will not be wrong every time.

Sure enough, not this time.

After a moment, an old voice came to mind in the cabin: "Come in!"

Xu Chen led the three of them into the cabin, and when he entered the inner room, he found an old man sitting on the bed. The old man had a white face, no wrinkles on his face, a short bun on his head with a wooden hairpin, and his half-black and half-white hair was meticulously arranged.

Next to the old man stood a young man, it was Chai Qi, and there was a young man curled up in the corner, it was Shi Lei, Shi Lei's eyes were round, there was no rope on his body, and there was no cloth tied to his mouth, but he was motionless and did not make a sound, only using two big eyes to express his anger.

Seeing this, Xu Chen guessed that this might be the legendary point.

"Senior, I don't know if my brother has offended my senior, I, as an elder brother, am here to apologize to my seniors, and I hope that my seniors will not worry about a nine-year-old doll. Xu Chen gave another salute, Xu Chen knew that he had to seize the initiative at this time. Pointing out the age of the stone made him wonder, after all, everyone who has seen the stone will inevitably ask when they see such an ageless body, and then point out that if a master of the other party's grade is angry with a little doll, the legend is that he is only afraid of damaging the other party's face. As long as the other party couldn't help but speak, Xu Chen was sure to lead the topic on.

"Young man, how did you find me?" The old man could see that Xu Chen didn't know martial arts, and even if he knew martial arts, he could still find himself even if he deliberately hid it, which could only show that the other party's martial arts were stronger than his own, and this was obviously impossible.

In fact, as soon as he heard Xu Chen's shout just now, the old man immediately grabbed Shi Lei who was in a coma, woke him up and lit his acupuncture points.

It wasn't until later that he saw Xu Chenping retreating from the crowd and walking in that he relaxed, so he was very curious about how the other party found him.

Xu Chen had no choice but to say the guess in his heart just now.

After hearing this, the old man was a little surprised, this young man was able to accurately guess his arrival based on these clues alone, and the rigor of his thinking could be seen.

After hearing this, the old man fell silent again.

Xu Chen was in a hurry, the other party came, obviously the person who came was not good, if he used words to dispel the other party's killing intent tonight, he might have to explain here.

"Since you're so good at guessing, young man, guess what I'm here for tonight. The old man was obviously interested, and even his name changed.

Xu Chen knew that this was his last chance, and he couldn't go around in circles with him anymore, so he gritted his teeth and said, "The kid dares to guess that the seniors are coming tonight...... It's to extinguish the mouths of the seven brothers!"

As soon as these words came out, the room was shocked! Chai Qi stared at Xu Chen with wide eyes, and at the same time turned back to look at his master.

"Hehe, little baby, guess very accurately!" said the old man with a smile.

When Chai Qi heard this, his face was shocked, if Xu Chen's words just now only made him feel a little surprised, then the master's confirmation brought him despair.

"No! impossible!" Chai Qi shook his head vigorously, and looked closely at the master's calm face, and said the words that were just a joke from the master's mouth, but the master did not say it, but turned his head to him and said.

"Child, do you know why the teacher named you Chai Qi?"

"No...... I don't know, it's good to use the name chosen by the master. Chai Qi hasn't recovered yet.

"It's because the six senior brothers and sisters in front of you are all dead. The old man said calmly.

"Either someone killed someone who failed the mission, or I killed someone after the failure. ”

Chai Qi was completely desperate, he couldn't believe it! Is this still his amiable master? What's wrong with the master today? Is he evil?

Ignoring the desperate Chai Qi, the old man looked at Xu Chen.

The young man in front of him made him more and more curious, "How did you guess this time?"

"The seniors came here to look for the Chai Qi brothers, if they just want to take him away, then no one can stop them, now this place has long been empty, the reason why the seniors are waiting here, I think it must be to wait for us. The predecessors not only wanted to kill the Chai Seven Brothers, but also kill all the people who had seen the Chai Seven Brothers. Waiting for us on the boat, when the time comes, knocking us unconscious, throwing us into the water, and then sinking the boat, making it look like an accident, I think the head catcher in the yamen will gladly accept such a result. Who made us just orphans? Xu Chen smiled self-deprecatingly.

"The seniors must have been around for a while, right? I must have found out the whereabouts of the Chai Seven brothers since they were injured, the people who have seen the Chai Qi brothers, and the condition of these people must have also been investigated. But I would like to remind my seniors that only half of us have come here today, and half of us are waiting at home, and if we can't go back before dawn, they will scatter and hide. Therefore, the idea that the predecessors want to catch them all and create an accident may be in vain. The seniors can only solve us quickly, and then run to our house to get rid of the other half of the people, and the address must be clear to the seniors. ”

"Are you threatening me?" said the old man calmly.

"Hehe, senior, have you ever seen such a weak threat?" Xu Chen laughed.

"Oh, by the way, the seniors must know that it was the abbot of the Huangcheng Temple, Master Huineng, who healed the Chai Qi brothers. ”

"What's the matter? Can an old monk who doesn't know martial arts increase his weight?"

"Don't know martial arts?" Xu Chen thought in his heart, he had always thought that this unfathomable abbot master was a peerless master, but he didn't expect that he didn't know martial arts, this is bad!

"Young man, you said so much, just to make the old decay not kill you. Okay! You can give me a reason not to kill you, and see if you can move me. ”

The cards are all played, there is no way, you can only make a trick!

"Dare to ask the seniors if they want to take revenge on your master's family?" Xu Chen said loudly.

"What are you talking about!" The old man was shocked for the first time, not because he was not focused enough, but because the deepest secret buried in his heart was suddenly revealed, he subconsciously saw his reaction, and when he realized that something was wrong, he realized that it was too late.

"Guessed right!" Xu Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

"Seniors, don't worry, you can listen to me slowly! There is still a lot of time before dawn. Xu Chen calmed down again.

"Second brother, pour a glass of water for the seniors!" Xu Chen said to Lu Hao, relieving the tension of the brothers first, which can also be beneficial to the next development.

"Okay!"

Xu Chen drank a cup of tea, moistened his throat, and then said: "The seniors don't know, the kid is not talented, and there are also some sources in this Yuzhang City. ”

"In the past month or so, the big families in the city have been stolen one after another, and they have reported to the Yamen that they have lost a lot of gold, silver and jewelry at home, and these must be the masterpieces of the Chai Seven Brothers! We have been to the small courtyard near Nanpu Street, sorry! Brother Chai, we didn't tell the truth yesterday, in fact, we found Brother Chai earlier on the night of the temple fair, at that time Brother Chai must have just been seriously injured, and was rushing to the small courtyard, and was found by our brothers in the middle of the road, so our brothers followed the blood stains left by Brother Chai all the way to the small courtyard. Xu Chen smiled apologetically at Chai Qi.

Later, the body of the thieves was found in the cellar in the backyard, presumably by the Chai Seven brothers, and a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry were found next to the corpse. Later, I learned that these people turned out to be water bandits on Changshan Island, and this group of water bandits could steal in Yuzhang City, which is far away from Poyang Lake, for more than a month. ”

Xu Chen knew that it was impossible to convince this old man with these superficial things, so he continued.

"In addition, for more than a month, the price of grain, medicinal materials, and iron tools in Yuzhang City has been on an upward trend. This shows that someone is slowly hoarding these things behind their backs, although the rise is not large, ordinary people can't detect it, even boy, I also traced the previous market price to find out. This is absolutely not something that ordinary people can do, and even some wealthy people will not hoard these materials that are not profitable at all in peacetime, not to mention that this is still a taboo thing. The person who does these things must be a big family, and what is he hoarding these things for? There is only one possibility! If he wants to make a move on someone, it must be another family that is worthy of his help. I think the seniors and the seventh brother of Chai must belong to one of these two parties. Xu Chen stretched out a finger and gestured at the old man.

"Why do you say that? From the Chai Qi brothers' use of these bandits, it can be seen that the two of them are by no means simple people in the rivers and lakes, not to mention that there are many families with good strength in the families of those who were stolen, and it is not something that any man in the rivers and lakes can do if he wants to find out the hidden vaults of these people. Therefore, the two must be the worshippers of the two families, and they are the ones who take the initiative to attack! The role of these bandits must only be thrown out by them to confuse each other, and the task of the Chai Seven brothers is the most important. ”

"As for why it is said that the seniors have a deep hatred with their own master's family, to be honest, this is just a boy's guess, I can only speculate that there is a gap between the seniors and the master's family, why do you say that? Because this group of bandits is just the abandoned sons of the predecessor's master's family, and there is no direct connection with them at all, even if they are caught, they will not be involved. Moreover, if it were me, I would let this gang of bandits be discovered by the government, knowing that the area around the small courtyard has been surrounded by the yamen's fast catchers. As long as this group of water bandits is arrested and caught quickly, and then give the drawings of their own house to this group of water bandits in advance, let them come to their own house and steal it, they can pick themselves up cleanly, making the opponent even more confused. Why don't you use such a good method? Could it be that they are afraid that they will confess to the Chai Seven Brothers? Aren't the Chai Seven Brothers already regarded as outcasts?" Xu Chen said with a smile.

"Since there are so many benefits, why did the Chai Seven brothers drag their seriously injured bodies and risk going back to clean up these bandits even though they didn't know in advance that they were already outcasts? There is only one possibility, and that is the order you gave to him from your seniors! Why should the seniors make their own decisions without the orders of the master? You must know that the seniors can be selected to complete such a task in the decisive battle related to the fate of the family, and the main family must have great trust in the seniors. I don't know, but it could be a fight between family factions, so I had to say something tentative. ”

After listening to this, the old man stared at Xu Chen tightly, and the shock in his heart could not be calmed for a long time! Such an ordinary teenager could feel the movements of the master family clearly with only such a small amount of information, and it was ridiculous that his own son was still there and said proudly, this method was hidden, and absolutely no one could detect it, and when the time was ripe, he would definitely be able to send out a thunderous blow.

"You're right!" said the old man flatly, "but it would be child's fun to dare to say that you want to help me avenge me just because of your few nonsense words!"

"Hehe, for the predecessors, we orphans are just some ant-like beings, whether to kill or stay, it's all in your thoughts. Leaving me alive is not a loss for you, on the contrary, you may be able to reap unexpected surprises. ”

"How long will you take?"

"Five years!"

After hearing this, the old man's brows relaxed, if Xu Chen was ashamed to say something for a few months, he would definitely kill him without hesitation.

"No, two years!"

"Two years is too short, four years!"

"Three years!"

"Okay, deal!"

Saying that, Xu Chen stretched out his hand and struck the old man three times, and then placed his palm flat and signaled to the old man.

"Hehe, you're conscious!" the old man laughed.

"Hehe, people are self-aware!" Xu Chen knew that it was impossible for him to trade with the old man on an equal footing, and the old man would inevitably impose some means on himself, so that he could control himself.

The old man took out a black pill and placed it on Xu Chen's palm.

Xu Chen didn't say a word, swallowed it! Immediately, there was a sharp pain in his abdomen, as if thousands of insects were biting his flesh and blood.

"Big brother!" Before Lu Hao and the three of them could stop it, Shi Lei's eyes were so wide that his eyeballs were about to fall out.

"This is Miao Jiang's Gu poison, after taking it, the pain in your abdomen is like thousands of insects biting your flesh! Don't think it's just pain, after seven days, these Gu will turn into real worms, bite your belly, and devour your flesh and blood. The old man explained.

"Presumably, the seniors wouldn't let the kid die so easily, right?" Xu Chen tried to make a smile, and his forehead was already covered with beads of sweat.

"Hehe, this pill is the antidote, but it can only relieve the pain and suppress the toxicity, and it will be invalid after a month. The old man took out another yellow pill.

After Xu Chen took it, he swallowed it immediately, and after a while, the pain disappeared immediately.

"That senior, our deal is considered to be reached, and I asked my senior to release my brother. Xu Chen regained his calmness.

The old man walked to the corner and patted Shi Lei with his hand, and Shi Lei immediately jumped up and ran towards Xu Chen.

"Big brother, are you okay? It's all my fault! If I don't go to find any masters, don't learn any martial arts, big brother, you won't be poisoned! It's all my fault!" he said and twitched his mouth hard.

"That's enough! This qiē is my own choice, big brother! Don't learn from Lao Tzu there! You're still not a man!" Xu Chen shouted.

Ignoring Shi Lei, who was stunned, Xu Chen said to the old man: "Senior, since you have started to cooperate, then I want to make a request! I want him! He is now a dead man!"

Chai Qi had been keeping his head down since just now and didn't say a word.

"Yes!" said the old man after a moment's thought.

"That'...... Can my predecessors help my brother Shi Lei build a foundation? In this way, I can be regarded as a capable helper, and the great revenge of my predecessors can be avenged one day sooner. ”

"Big brother, I don't want it!" Shi said urgently, he didn't want this villain to be his master.

"Shut the fuck up!" Xu Chen shouted.

"Who do you think you are? You are just a pawn under my hands, and your life is mine, so what qualifications do you have to make conditions with me?" the old man said lightly.

……

A quarter of an hour later, the old man and Xu Chen agreed on the place of their next meeting, and left.

Xu Chen also led everyone home, and on the way, he didn't forget to tell everyone: "Don't say anything after you go back, eat well, stones, especially you! If you want to avenge your eldest brother, give me more food and more strength!"

Xu Chen didn't feel that there was any loss, he had two masters for nothing, and there was a more powerful intelligence system, which would provide more convenience for his future plans, as for the worms in his stomach, it was once a month anyway, so it should be treated as menstrual cramps!