In the city of Fennan, a quiet mansion occupies an extremely large area, and servants come and go. As soon as night fell, it was already dark outside, and the north wind rustled the leaves in the house, mixed with the whining sound of the north wind whistling, like a ghost crying wolf in hell.

In a small courtyard in the center of the mansion, the decoration is very exquisite, the bookshelves are full of all kinds of books, it can be seen that it is the study of the owner of the mansion, this kind of place except for the most trusted people, generally speaking, the master does not allow servants to enter and exit casually, so it also makes this courtyard quieter than the front yard.

In the study, an adult man was lying on a beard bed, his face was full of beard, his cheeks were white due to excessive blood loss, and he was seen resting with his head resting on the beard bed, his eyes closed, and his right arm was wrapped in thick gauze, and red blood stains could be seen on the outside, obviously injured. The man lay motionless, as if it weren't for the silence of the study, and the sound of his breathing could be heard, as if he were dead.

Suddenly, the door slammed open, and the silence of the courtyard was particularly piercing, like a boulder thrown down from a calm lake. The adult who was lying on the bed immediately opened his eyes, and then stood up briskly, his movements so smooth that if it were not for the thick gauze surrounding his right arm, it was obvious that he was injured.

Perhaps he stood up and used his strength to pull the wound on his right arm, and the bearded man frowned slightly, but he didn't make a sound, he tiptoed to hide.

After the door was pushed open, two people walked in, one of them was an old man dressed as a housekeeper with a food box in his left hand and a burning candle holder in his right hand, while the other was dressed in wealth and was obviously the owner of the house. ”

Hearing this, the bearded beard hiding in the dark relaxed his heart, let down his guard, and then walked out, clasping his fists and saying: "I'm sorry, because of a certain profession, I didn't mean to hide my defense." ”

When the master heard this, he smiled indifferently, "Now is the time for emergency, everything is better to be careful, Brother Wood has not done anything wrong, and the old man is not a stingy person, so there is no need to apologize." ”

Then the master took the food box and candle holder from the old man's hand, and instructed the old man: "Uncle dumb, go and wait outside the door first, you are not allowed to come in without my order, and you are not allowed to let others approach." ”

When the old man heard this, he respectfully withdrew, leaving only his master and the bearded man.

"Brother Wood, the news has been tight recently, and the Gao Yang thief has sent someone to check all the pharmacies in Fennan City very strictly, and he can't catch you medicine for the time being, so as not to cause trouble, I hope you understand, by the way, how have you recovered recently?"

The bearded man looked at the wound on his right arm, and then shook his head: "The wound will still bleed from time to time, the wound area caused by the army's crossbow is larger and deeper, if there is no drug treatment, it is indeed not easy to heal, although a person washes with salt water every day, it will not ulcerate and become inflamed, but I dare not guarantee it in the future, it is better to take some wound medicine." ”

The host nodded, "Bear with it for a few more days, and when the wind passes, I will find a way to get some medicine to heal my brother." ”

"Thank you very much!"

"You're welcome, they're all colleagues who work for the Lord, it's cold, and I've specially brought you a pot of good wine to warm up."

The host smiled gently, and then placed all the food in the food box on the table next to him, along with a pot of wine.

At this time, seeing the good wine and meat on the table, the gluttonous worms in the stomach were hooked, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and soon returned to normal.

Although the expression of the beard changed quickly, the owner on the side had already seen his actions just now, his eyes flashed, and he smiled faintly: "Brother Wood, please sit down and eat." ”

He smiled and sat cross-legged no longer politely, then grabbed the roast chicken leg on the plate with his left hand, nibbled on it, and devoured a large chicken leg.

The host smiled, opened a bottle of wine, and said with a smile: "Come and taste the Fenjiu that I have treasured for many years, this wine is really taken out of the spring water of the ancient well spring in Xinghua Village, and it is a good old wine after careful brewing." ”

"Oh? It's such a good wine, then I'll have to taste it. When he heard that this was the famous Fenjiu of Xinghua Village in Hedong, he couldn't help but let go of his essence, and immediately picked up the wine bowl and drank it all, shouting "happy" in his mouth.

He has three hobbies in his life, the first is good martial arts, the second is good money, and the third is good wine.

"Hehe, come, Brother Wood, I will give you a cup for my brother, and when he returns to the Lord one day, I hope you will have a few more kind words." The host saw that the wine in the bowl of the beard was gone, and then poured him another glass, and also poured himself a glass, picked up the wine bowl and said.

The beard hurriedly picked up the bowl and politely touched it with the host's family, "It's easy to say, don't be polite, brother, it's all your own people, and the time that my brother has followed the lord is not shorter than mine, don't kill my brother." ”

The host didn't refute either, and put it down after drinking the wine in the bowl in one gulp, "Brother Wood, the old man has a wine banquet in the evening, I can't drink more with you, I hope the old brother will forgive me, the coming day will be long, and we will have a good drink when we have time." ”

The beard was eating good wine and good food, so happy, especially this good wine was so mellow, he wished he had drunk it all by himself, and replied vaguely: "It's okay, brother, I'll invite you to have a good drink in the future." ”

The host looked at the beard and kept eating and drinking, smiled and didn't speak, just poured wine into the bowl of the beard, and from time to time put vegetables into the bowl.

The beard only lowered his head and buried his head in the bitter eating, not noticing the unconscious sneer in the master's mouth, and looking at him as if he were looking at a dead man.

After a while, the beard suddenly felt that his whole body was weak, and he thought that he had drunk too much, so he couldn't help but shake his head, "This wine is quite strong, and I usually drink more than that." ”

Suddenly, he suddenly felt a pain in his stomach, followed by a sharp pain, and immediately understood, looked at the master's house incredulously, and asked in surprise: "This wine is poisonous?" ”

The master still looked light and breezy just now, and smiled slightly, "That's right, it's really poisonous." ”

Hearing this, he was furious, and at the moment, regardless of the injury to his right arm, he grabbed the master's house with his hand as a claw, and wanted to force him to say the antidote, but he soon caught it, and was blocked by the master's backhand, and hit the wound on his right arm fiercely, so painful that the beard just wanted to shout out loud, but he didn't expect his mouth to be covered by the master's family, and then a knife broke his throat.

The beard fell to the side, stretched out his finger and pointed at the master's house, trying to say something but couldn't. The master on the side just looked at him with pity, took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, and then squatted down.

"Hehe, don't you want to ask me why I did this? Do you want to threaten me that the Lord will not let me go? Are you wondering why I'm okay even after I drink? ”

"Tut-tut, now the old man will tell you one by one, the reason why I killed you is completely the intention of the Lord, I don't know why.

Secondly, we drank the same bottle of wine, but the wine was not poisoned, it was the old man who took the opportunity to poison it later, no way, Brother Wood, your kung fu is not worse than mine, I was not sure to kill you when I won the whole victory, so I had to poison you.

But I know that you are very vigilant, and if you poison at the beginning, you will definitely suspect that I don't drink, and only when I drink alcohol will you let your guard down, and I will have the opportunity to poison you when you relax your vigilance.

That's the whole situation, don't hate me, after all, we are all people in this organization, alas, in the next life, if we are lucky enough to meet and drink again. ”

After listening to this, the beard whined a few times, and soon his eyes widened, blood flowed out of his mouth, nose and eyes, and he fell to the ground unwillingly and died.

The master saw the miserable appearance of the beard, and sighed again, he had no grievances with the beard, but the order of the superior made him have to do this, "Brother, in the troubled times, our fate is beyond control, I hope you don't blame the old man for being ruthless." ”