Qianchen Volume: Concentrate on Cultivating and Hiding Hatred, Exploring the Rivers and Lakes to Provoke Old Enemies Chapter 23 Luring the Snake Out of the Hole
The person who wants to leave will never be able to stay, just like the clouds on the horizon will always disappear one day. It's just that the years have flown away, taking away too many memories that I want to keep but can't keep. When the monk found the owner of Guxiao and said that he was leaving, the owner of Guxiao Village was not surprised at all, but instead told him a few words, and thanked him for his guidance to Gu Xing and Xiaoqi these days.
The monk looked up at the owner of the village and said, "Buddhism is cause and effect, since the cause is planted, it will bear fruit, and the owner of the village has relieved the crux of my heart for many years, and I should be grateful." When I go back, I will tell Master what the owner has said, and I think he will be very happy. The owner of Guxiao Village was still indifferent, but said lightly, "I haven't seen him for so many years, you tell him, I will definitely go to see him in my lifetime, and I will not see him or leave." The monk did not agree, so he turned around and left. At this time, the owner of the lonely village was slightly moved, and a little tears dripped from under the mask, but no one noticed.
The hall fell into a deathly silence, and a woman in red slowly walked out and asked, "Do you need me to follow him?" "No need, when he goes back. My wish has been granted, and the next step is to settle the old accounts. It's just that before settling accounts, it is necessary to prepare the plan carefully, and there can be no mistakes. The woman in red was Chixin, she nodded and agreed, "Gu Xing has worked very hard over the years, and he has done a good job of guarding his heart, and he no longer trusts anyone except Lingding." Judging from the strength at this stage, the force has reached the fourth-order upper grade, and the medical attainments are even greater. It seems that Gu Lingding's true biography has been purified. ”
"Excellent! Very good! Very good! Gu Xiao said three sentences in a row, and seemed to be very satisfied with Gu Xing's growth. looked at Chixin and said, "Arrange it, it's time." Chi Xin smiled, hugged his fists and saluted, and turned to leave. And in these years, Luo Xiu, who was far away in the capital, was entangled with Mingyue Tower, although Mingyue Tower was damaged from time to time, but it did not hurt the vitality after all, but this long-suppressed anger was almost uncontrollable after all.
On a dull afternoon, Luo Xiu also came to the capital wine shop to drink as usual. For so many years, he has always sat by the window, alone, with a pot of wine, pouring himself a drink, without words, and no one dares to provoke him. Xiao Er of the wine shop was no longer surprised by him, and when he saw him come in, he dusted off the "special seat", then took out a jar of wine from the wine cellar, walked to Luo Xiu and said, "A pot of drunken red dust, a plate of sauce beef, keep accounts." ”
The shopkeeper didn't even raise his head, but kept clicking on the abacus a few times, and wrote something on the rough yellow paper with a forked brush. Today, I don't know if I didn't get scolded by the shopkeeper or what, Xiao Er suddenly became interested and said to Luo Xiu: "I came so early today, is there a job?" ”
After that night a few years ago, although Xiao Er and Luo Xiu are not familiar with each other, they greet each other like this every day, and he thinks that he has some affection. So, I dared to ask today. Rotheu unscrewed the flask and slowly poured out a glass of wine, which was poured just right, without spilling a drop. He picked it up unhurriedly, raised his head and drank it all. I grabbed a few more pieces of beef and chewed them, without the intention of taking care of Xiao Er.
Xiao Er saw that Luo Xiu didn't pay attention to him, and he didn't get angry, but he just squinted at the shopkeeper, and saw that there was nothing to do in the store, so he continued to ask next to Luo Xiu: "Do you want to do it tonight?" "Although Xiao Er of the wine shop is not a person who licks blood from the knife edge, but in the rivers and lakes, he will eventually have some ears and eyes, and he yearns for happiness, if he doesn't know that he is not that material, maybe he will join a certain sect and go to the happy revenge.
Luo Xiu stopped his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with his hand, raised his head and looked at Xiao Er at the wine shop and said, "Your curiosity will kill you." Xiao Er of the wine shop was not angry, and then said: "This is a matter of the rivers and lakes, I will just watch from the sidelines, just curious, don't do it, don't do it." ”
Luo Xiu poured another glass of wine, looked at Xiao Er with a smile and said, "Then let's trouble the little brother." When Xiao Er heard that Luo Xiu wanted to trouble him for help, he immediately came to his senses, shook his shirt and said, "Hero, even if you ask." Luo Xiu laughed a few times, waved his hand and said: "The hero doesn't dare to be, it's just a speck of dust in the rivers and lakes, please help me pay attention, from now until I leave, how many people will ask the shopkeeper to inquire about me, I will wait for you at the mouth of Sanli Hutong later." ”
After speaking, he began to pour himself a drink again, and stopped talking. The liquor shop Xiao Er seemed to have received such an important commission, and pretended that nothing had happened, and began to walk around. Don't look at the ordinary people in the wine shop, but in terms of observing words and looks, Luo Xiu is not as good. It's okay for him to kill people, but it's really difficult to calculate those people coming and going.
Besides, there is something to do tonight. The problem of the second child in the wine shop also made him vigilant, after fighting with Mingyuelou for so many years, it was time to close the net. Not long before Luo Xiu came to the wine shop, he received a secret order from Lone Roaring Heights, asking him to attack the main altar of Mingyue Tower tonight, and kill Nalan if he had the opportunity. He had been waiting for this opportunity, for many years. Because of this incident, he can return to the villa and live the days of idle clouds and wild cranes, and no longer have to be trapped in this smoky miasma, living like a year.
There was another person who came with the news, a person he knew very well and knew him very well, a charming and touching woman who loved to laugh very much - Chixin. This time, the two of them joined forces, which was to inflict a heavy blow on Mingyue Tower in one fell swoop. But Luo Xiu didn't know that the news brought to him by Chixin was not concealed, and he would act when the opportunity came.
In the secret room of the Imperial Palace in the capital, Nalan put the long sword in front of him and was closing his eyes to recuperate. At this time, a person hurriedly walked in, knelt down on one knee and reported to Nalan Yu, "Landlord, Lonely Roaring Heights has action tonight." Nalan didn't open his eyes, just snorted coldly. The man continued; "They seem to be attacking the lord of the country and blaming us for Mingyue Tower."
Hearing this, Nalan suddenly opened his eyes, after all these years of tempering, he seemed to be more cold and ruthless. "Is the message accurate? When to get started? "According to reliable sources, it should be between the time of the month and the time of the sea, and it should be the time of the change of shifts in the inner palace."
Nalan suddenly laughed and said, "Very good! I'll wait for them here. With a wave of his hand, the man withdrew. When the man walked away, Nalan stood up, took out a jade pendant from his waist, stared at it for a long time and said to himself, "After hibernation for many years, it is time to go to the rivers and lakes for a walk." ”
When Nalan was planning to deal with it, Luo Xiu's wine was almost drunk, and he saw that his slightly drunk face was flushed with wine, and he staggered to his feet, and turned around and left with a silver ingot towards the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper took the money, checked it with his hand, and immediately smiled, immediately put it into his sleeve, and began to calculate and write again.
And the wine shop Xiao Er watched Luo Xiu leave, so he pretended to have a stomachache, complained to the shopkeeper, and ran away. The shopkeeper scolded and scolded, but his hands kept moving, and the smile in his eyes was still there. It seems that the amount of silver ingots just now is quite sufficient.
Luo Xiu walked for a while, observed the surroundings and immediately dodged and hid, while the people following him suddenly lost their target and began to scatter to find them. Luo Xiu turned left and right, stopped in front of Lao Zhangtou's coffin shop, and pushed the door in without knocking.
By the time those Mingyue Tower gangs chased here, they were gone. You have to look elsewhere. When Luo Xiu walked into the coffin shop, the old staff only glanced up at him, and then went back to the work in hand. Luo Xiu didn't speak, just watched silently. After a while, he heard a rush of footsteps, and Luo Xiu jumped out one by one.
Lao Zhangtou didn't even raise his head, just looked at the place where Luo Xiu was squatting just now, picked up a few ingots of silver, he knew that there was a "big deal" waiting for him tonight, but he didn't know who was lying in it tonight.
It was none other than Xiao Er of the wine shop who came running with hurried footsteps, and he said to Luo Xiu breathlessly: "Uncle, there were five waves of people asking the shopkeeper about your news just now, but the shopkeeper didn't fully explain, you can rest assured." Luo Xiu took out another silver coin from his waist and threw it to Xiao Er, who was much larger than the shopkeeper, Xiao Er's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thanked him repeatedly.
Luo Xiu suddenly pulled him up and flashed into the coffin shop, and there was a whisper outside the door, and it disappeared in a flash. At this time, Luo Xiu lowered his voice and said to Xiao Er, "You wait and go back first, and when it is near, you will come here to meet Lao Zhangtou, someone will definitely look for you tonight." After you accompany you to do this time, you will leave with Lao Zhangtou, and he will arrange it for you. ”
Lao Zhangtou was still busy with the work at hand, and didn't seem to care about the affairs of the two of them. Xiao Er of the wine shop suddenly had a sense of excitement about personally participating in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Lao Zhangtou, "Don't ask anything, the more you know, the faster you will die." As soon as this sentence came out, Xiao Er of the wine shop was scared, and when he came back to his senses, Luo Xiu had already disappeared.
Xiao Er of the wine shop glanced back at Lao Zhangtou, Lao Zhangtou was still busy with the work in his hand, and Xiao Er had to open the door and walk out. When he saw the scene outside the door, his hands and feet suddenly went limp. There were five or six people lying in front of him, all of whom had been fatally killed by a single blow with their necks broken. Xiao Er seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly ran to the wine shop.
After Luo Xiu came out of the coffin, he easily solved these "followers" and came to the woods outside the city to meet with Chixin. Chixin seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and when he was bored, Luo Xiu came to him. Chi Xin asked coldly, "It's all arranged?" "It's arranged, just wait for it to get dark." Luo Xiu said expressionlessly.
"The owner of the village commanded that this time it should be clean and neat, and at the same time, it should also lead Nalan to the Lone Whistling Heights, understand?" Chixin seemed a little uneasy, and repeated the previous words. Luo Xiu replied, but his eyes became a little sharp, and said, "Although I don't understand the owner's intentions, I will do it." "You don't have to understand, you'll know when the time comes." After Chi Xin finished speaking, he covered his mouth and laughed a few times, his voice was still sweet and cute, but it was so cold and harsh in Luo Xiu's ears.
As the sun set, the two of them stood still, quietly waiting for the darkness to come......