After waiting for a while in Houjia Village, Luo Taiping negotiated the price with the village chief, and the village chief personally drove Luo Taiping and Zhou Xiaolong back to Jinhai City.

In front of the public security building, Luo Taiping and Zhou Xiaolong got out of the car, and after the village chief drove away, Luo Taiping used WeChat to transfer a part of Zhou Xiaolong's remuneration, which was not very much, only 20,000 yuan.

Zhou Xiaolong didn't think that there was little money, because this time he helped Luo Taiping get rid of the drought in Houjia Village, and the main purpose was not to make money, but to want to know some information about Zhao Gongshan.

When they were about to break up, Zhou Xiaolong walked around to the front of Luo Taiping and asked, "Boss Luo, there were outsiders in the car just now, and I wasn't embarrassed to ask you ......."

"Zhou Daoyou, what do you mean by this, do you think you have less money?"

"It's not about the money."

"Oh," Luo Taiping exhaled, "Hehe, that's good, what's the problem?" ”

"Didn't you say that if I helped you, you would tell me the clues about Zhao Gongshan?"

"Oh oh, you said Zhao Gongshan, in fact, I don't know him very well," Luo Taiping seemed to have thrown this matter out of the clouds a long time ago, "What do you want to ask, just ask!" ”

"Who is Zhao Gongshan?!" Zhou Xiaolong thought about it and asked directly.

"Zhao Gongshan, he is a collector of magic weapons, but also a master of making magic weapons, this person, now should be very old, has long since withdrawn from the rivers and lakes for many, many years, in the eighties, sometimes there will be one or two times, but recently it has completely disappeared, some people say that Zhao Gongshan is very old, maybe he has died, therefore, some of the magic weapons made by Zhao Gongshan have been hyped up by merchants with ulterior motives...... Because the things signed by Zhao Gongshan are very expensive, it is difficult to sell those things, and there is only one thing in my store, which is the compass ......"

"That's all?!" Zhou Xiaolong felt disappointed because there were no meaningful clues.

"That's all, I haven't seen Zhao Gongshan, and I don't know if he is still alive now...... Okay, that's all I know, you help me, I help you, we're clear now. ”

"Alas......" Zhou Xiaolong let out a long sigh.

After saying this, Luo Taiping smiled at Zhou Xiaolong rarely, it was more ugly than crying, "Zhou Daoyou, I hope we can cooperate more in the future, if I take on any big jobs in the future, I still need Zhou Daoyou's help......"

Zhou Xiaolong could only smile noncommittally, "Okay, let's talk about it later, I should go home too!" ”

……

Back at home, Bai Zimo came back early, he was already waiting impatiently, bouncing around on the sofa.

Seeing Zhou Xiaolong open the door, the fat bird immediately flew towards him.

Zhou Xiaolong told Bai Zimo what Luo Taiping said about Zhao Gongshan, but Bai Zimo didn't seem to be very interested in Zhao Gongshan's affairs.

It's strange to say that this fat bird actually let out a burst of "giggle" laughter at Zhou Xiaolong.

When he was in the melon field in Houjia Village, Zhou Xiaolong saw Bai Zimo smiling at him, smiling mysteriously.

Zhou Xiaolong has always wanted to ask for clarification, but he didn't have a chance, "Uncle Shi, why are you so happy today?" ”

"Xiaolong, hehe, the deity saw a baby today, you say, can I be unhappy?"

"Baby, what baby?!"

"Right next to the drunkard's grave, don't you see?"

"Ah, the feng shui is extremely poor there, what treasure can there be?!"

"Uh, okay, let the deity remind you," Bai Zimo said with a gesture of wings, "You recall, what are the things around the drunkard's grave?" ”

"Isn't it all melon fields around there?"

"Hey, why are you so stupid?" Bai Zimo let out a long sigh, "Okay, okay, let the deity tell you directly that there is a big locust tree near the drunkard's grave, right?" ”

"Yes, Uncle Shi, are you saying that the big locust tree is a treasure? However, I can see that the locust tree is almost complete......"

"That's right, the old locust tree is about to become a fine, that's why the deity said that the locust tree is a treasure!!"

"But...... But...... The locust tree has been burned by fire, almost burned to the ground, and it is estimated that the tree has been burned to death......"

"The old locust tree, said innocent, in fact, is not innocent, today's fire, was originally burned drought, but the locust tree suffered with it, perhaps, in the dark, there is a certainty, it is time for the old locust tree to die......"

"Uncle Shi, what do you mean by saying this for a long time?"

"Let me tell you straight, so an old locust tree, I don't know how many years it has grown, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, has become a semi-spiritual body, just like a fox refining pill, even if it is a big tree, there will generally be an inner pill in the body, of course, the tree is not called the inner dan, but called the heart of the tree, today it was burned by the fire, the deity is condescending, I have seen the heart of the old locust tree burned out, let's go to Houjia Village again tonight, and take the heart of the old locust tree, which is a rare material for making magic weapons in a hundred years!!"

Zhou Xiaolong suddenly realized, it turned out that this was the reason why Bai Zimo was happy.

Since ancient times, the disciples of Xuanmen or the Taoist priests of Maoshan have always been inseparable from magic weapons, such as peach wood swords, jujube swords, etc., but Zhou Xiaolong has never heard of using locust trees to make weapons.

Bai Zimo's temperament is very anxious, after seeing the baby in Houjia Village, he can't go to get the Huaimu heart during the day.

Because there were many people talking at that time, especially when Luo Taiping was present, if Luo Taiping knew about the matter of Shuxin, he might still fight.

It is better to be quiet in the dead of night, Zhou Xiaolong and Bai Zimo went to Houjia Village for the second time to pick the heart of the locust tree.

Since Bai Zimo, an expert, said that the heart of the locust tree is a treasure, of course Zhou Xiaolong will not let go of this opportunity.

In this midnight operation, Zhou Xiaolong hid from Xia Xue and Qian Duoduo.

In this way, at about two o'clock in the middle of the night, Zhou Xiaolong and Bai Zimo quietly walked out of the house.

During the day, Bai Zimo flew all day, and now he was very tired, so he hid in Zhou Xiaolong's backpack.

Zhou Xiaolong went downstairs with a backpack on his back, walked on the road for a while, and found a taxi.

But the taxi driver was reluctant to go that far, so Zhou Xiaolong took out five hundred yuan, which was considered tonight's charter fare.

For the sake of the RMB, the driver reluctantly agreed.

I drove very fast at night, because there were few cars on the road, and it didn't take long to arrive at Houjia Village.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of the villagers, the taxi went directly to the back of the melon field, and Zhou Xiaolong got out of the car with a backpack on his back, and told the driver that he would be back in half an hour at most.

Far away from the taxi, Zhou Xiaolong opened his backpack and let the fat bird Bai Zimo fly out quickly to breathe.

Bai Zimo flew in mid-air, stretched his body, and then led the way in front, and soon, they saw the old locust tree that had been charred.

Zhou Xiaolong walked quickly to the locust tree and took out the kitchen knife he brought out from home, the kitchen knife was the kitchen knife that Xia Xue usually used to cook.

Bai Zimo suggested that the charred bark be cut off with a kitchen knife first.

The bark of the big locust tree has been scorched, it is very brittle, and it is not very laborious, and Zhou Xiaolong is also very powerful.

After cutting off about half of the bark, when Zhou Xiaolong went to the knife again, he felt that it was very hard inside.

Bai Zimo leaned over, checked it carefully, and said in a low voice: "Don't cut it, don't cut it, this is the heart of the old locust tree, Xiaolong, be careful, see if you can get the heart out of the tree?!" ”