Back in the city, everyone made an appointment to meet again on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and then parted ways. Xu You stood on the side of the road for a moment, watching a white-haired old man skillfully simmering roasted taro, and Zuo Yan walked over from the shadows. Although the threat of darkness was eliminated, he still couldn't be careless, and when he ascended today, Zuo Yan had been following the crowd to guard from time to time, without the slightest relaxation.

"Have you seen a corpse?"

"Well, almost smashed into a pulp, unrecognizable, and unable to detect any useful information. Someone has already reported to the official, Du Sansheng is rushing to the county government with the officials, and it is estimated that he will soon know the identity and origin of this person. ”

Xu You was noncommittal, and asked with a smile: "Uncle, do you sell this taro?" ”

"Huh? What the? Wheat, no, no, this is taro, talk about good taro, the best taro! ”

Xu You raised his voice and said, "Is taro also good and bad?" ”

"Xiao Langjun, you are right. There are 17 kinds of taro, gentleman taro, hub taro, tan good taro, hundred fruit taro, nine-sided taro, elephant empty taro and so on, among which the best good taro, easy to ripen, long taste. Nine-sided taro is not good, it looks big, but it is not beautiful to eat. There is also an empty taro, big and weak, and the more you eat, the hungrier you become......"

Xu You sighed to Zuo Yan: "Where is not learning? If it weren't for today's words, you and I may not know that there are so many differences between small taro. Take fifty wen! ”

Zuo Yan took out fifty wen from his sleeve pocket, Xu You handed it to the old man who roasted taro, and said, "I'll buy two good taro!" ”

"If it weren't for so much, the three pennies would be enough!" The old man hurriedly excused himself and wanted to return the excess to Xu You, Xu You smiled and said: "Taro is worth three yuan, but my uncle's knowledge is worth one hundred yuan, to put it mildly, I still earned it!" ”

Not long after Xu You left, Shi Qiyu wandered the street leisurely alone, and when he passed by the old man, he heard him mutter, and stopped curiously: "Fifty Wen buys knowledge, hey, there are all good people in this world" "Two taro sold for fifty Wen, and people still think that they have earned, this little Langjun is not dizzy", probably listened to a few words, and asked with interest: "I don't know what kind of knowledge the Lang Jun spent fifty Wen to buy the old man?" ”

"What is not learned, I can't read, but I just talked about this taro ......"

After listening to the old man's words, Shi Qiyu laughed. Since Wu County left home, she rarely has such a cheerful time, if there is, on Longshi Mountain, I met the Xu You who wrote about the peach blossoms on the human face, the dark fragrance floating, and the writing of Sandu Fu is a case, and this will listen to the story of the old man is another one, although Qiantang is not as prosperous as Wu County, but the Jingmei people are interesting, and it is not worth the trip!

"I also bought two taro, this is 100 Wen, my husband will take it!"

"Huh?"

The old man panicked, what's the matter today, a windfall from the sky is either a blessing or a curse, and he hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, saying: "Lang Jun, don't scare me, I don't want the taro money, send you two, let's go quickly!" ”

Shi Qiyu put the money in the old man's hand and said: "What Lang Jun said is very true, but the money is less, and the old man's knowledge is worth a hundred wen, take it!" ”

After speaking, he wrapped two hot taro with a delicate silk scarf embroidered with plum blossoms, and he was not afraid of soiling such a valuable personal belongings, and sprinkled it away, leaving the old man standing stupidly, holding one hundred and fifty yuan for unknown reasons.

In the south of the city, not far from Qiantang Lake, there is an old house with two entrances, although it is not big, and the outer wall is relatively dilapidated, but the inside is very elegantly decorated. Shi Qiyu pushed the door in, and the seven or eight servants who were cleaning in the courtyard immediately stopped what they were doing and stood aside respectfully. Shi Qiyu bowed slightly, his feet did not stop, and when he walked to the gate of the second entrance, Qing Zhi greeted him, his eyes were full of joy, and said: "Lang Jun, you are back, Qing Luo is on a hunger strike in the room." ”

Shi Qiyu shook his head, didn't say anything, and walked towards the main room. Qing Zhi followed the side and said, "Did Lang Jun meet Xu Weizhi again at the top of the mountain?" ”

"Encountered!"

"That's a good feeling, Lang Jun is not far away for hundreds of miles, running around tirelessly, isn't it just to meet this Xu Langjun? Who wants to be beautiful, and before he went to visit, he met him on Longshi Mountain. ”

Saying that, she secretly glanced at Shi Qiyu, and she couldn't see her face through the veil, but she knew her own Langjun best, and her mood should be much better than when she left Wu County, so she pursed her lips and smiled: "But I see that this dark night Yiguang doesn't seem to be as powerful as the legend, and his appearance is at most middle and upper-middle, and he is far from Gu Fujun......"

Shi Qiyu stopped, and his eyes faintly revealed a bit of reproach. Qing Zhi immediately realized that she had said the wrong thing, and said with a sad face: "I, I was wrong, I shouldn't mention Gu Fujun, Lang Jun also punished me to do the nine-chapter arithmetic problem like Qing Luo!" ”

Gu Yun's name is a taboo in the mansion, especially in front of Shi Qiyu, Qing Zhi was so quick that she was so anxious that she almost burst into tears. She is not afraid of punishment, but afraid of making Shi Qiyu unhappy, and finally begged her mother from Wu County to Qiantang to relax, if she is in a bad mood because she is open-mouthed, she will be guilty of ten thousand deaths.

"Alright, go get some hot water, I want to change my clothes!"

"Hey!"

Qing Zhi hurriedly agreed, went to the kitchen to boil hot water and brought it to the room, entered the inner room, through the gauze curtain, and said, "Lang Jun, the water is here!" ”

Shi Qiyu turned his back to Qing Zhi, and his white jade-like warm hand was gently raised, and the small crown was removed, and the green silk poured like autumn water, hanging down on his waist. Unbuttoned the robe, revealing the moon-white close-fitting coat inside, at that moment, the graceful and delicate shadow brought spring to the whole room.

She's really a girl!

The quiet of Jingyuan has returned to its usual place, and after the end of the day, the New Year's Day is almost over, the officials go to work, the merchants open, the people work, and the hard work begins year after year. He Wei returned to the gold shop with Cangzhu and other parts, and there was still a large backlog of orders received a year ago, and they had to be completed in a hurry. Xu You purified his hands and face, and fell into deep thought around the stove. Qiu Equinox knelt next to him, staring at Xu You's side face, his big eyes blinked, he wanted to speak but was afraid that he was thinking about something important, after a while, his body twisted restlessly, Xu You turned his head and smiled: "What's wrong, like a little monkey?" ”

"Xiaolang, I heard that someone died in Longshi Mountain today, is it true?"

Xu Youqi said: "Who did you listen to?" According to the time calculation, he went down the mountain after the man jumped off the cliff, and there was no delay halfway, and he lived in a deep house on the autumn equinox, even if he could get the news, it should not be until the afternoon or later, and it was impossible to know it clearly as soon as the front foot arrived home.

"Half an hour before Xiaolang came back, someone was shouting outside that Longshi Mountain was dead, Wu Shan went out to inquire, it seemed that everyone was talking about it......"

In other words, as soon as the man jumped off the cliff, rumors spread in the city, Xu You suddenly raised his head and said, "Go and call the winter solstice!" ”

Dong Solstice hurried over, Xu You expressed his doubts, and said, "Go check and see who is secretly agitating!" ”

"No!"

In the afternoon, the rumors spread more and more, and some said that the monks of Dade Temple forced people to death, just like forcing the Gao family to death; It is also said that there are black clouds shrouded above Dade Temple, and there will be demons and evil spirits in the near future, and Qiantang will be in chaos; Some people even say that they have noses and eyes, and Buddhism is a Hu sect in the Western Regions, which is good at seducing people's hearts and fornicating with the Northern Wei Dynasty, so that Middle-earth will become a vassal of a foreign country. The world is so ignorant that rumors can blossom and bear fruit, and if you add celestial phenomena and prophecies, you can grow to a terrible level overnight.

Zuo Yan strengthened Jingyuan's vigilance, and sent someone to inform He Wei, asking the gold shop not to open for the time being. By noon on the second day, the sky was overcast, first with a little drizzle, and then heavy rain pouring down, completely destroying the peace of Qiantang City. The people who could still watch coldly were also shocked by the sudden heavy rain of the six gods without owners, the person jumped off the cliff shouted "the words are true, the day is raining" has been fulfilled, indicating that the previous rumors are very likely to be true, many people began to spontaneously gather in groups, flocked to the temple gate of Dade Temple, shouting the monk out of Qiantang, the demon sect to leave Jiangdong slogan, and even some people poured filth on the door wall, pushing and injuring two monks guarding the mountain gate.

Seeing that it might lead to civil unrest, Lu Hui could no longer sit still, and personally led Zhu Cao Peng's officials, dozens of officials, and village elders and Li Zheng to disperse, first intimidating with national law, and then persuading with favors, and it took a lot of effort to rely on the prestige of the government to persuade the crowd to leave.

"Xiaolang, I've found the whereabouts of those people."

The intelligence network laid by the winter solstice in Qiantang is gradually taking shape, although the business level is not comparable to that of the ship, let alone the sharp detection of abnormalities from the clues, and to achieve the purpose of early warning, but knowing that the crisis is about to occur, the ability to follow the map is still there. After a day and night of searching, a suspicious object was identified among the crowd gathered in front of the temple of Daitoku.

There were five people in total, dressed differently, tall, short, fat and thin, scattered everywhere to provoke, instigate, spread rumors and cheer. One of them was the guy who spread the dead people in Longshi Mountain in advance around Jingyuan yesterday, and Winter Solstice found him first, and then found the other four people through various tracks.

"Good!" Xu You was overjoyed, the winter solstice was able to complete the task in such a short time, it can be seen that the huge investment in the past six months has not been in vain, he pondered for a while, and said: "Quietly disclose this information to Du Sanxing, remember, don't let him know that it is your arrangement!" ”

"Understood, Xiaolang rest assured!"

When Du Sanxing was full of sorrow, he received a report from his subordinates that he had found several strange people in a house adjacent to the City God Temple, which seemed to be related to the chaos of the day, and he immediately reported it to Lu Hui. Lu Hui didn't understand the name of the punishment, and thought that the rebellion of Dade Temple was just an accident, and the person who jumped off the cliff and died was just a fool who hated Buddhism. Hearing that Du Sansheng said that someone must be secretly bad about this matter, he was suspicious, agreed to his request, and ordered fifty officials to cooperate and go to arrest him.

Breaking into the door, the five people in the house were blocked, unwilling to be captured, four people were killed when the knife resisted, one was captured alive, and then committed suicide by taking poison. Du Sanxing was slightly injured in the arm, and seven of his guards were seriously injured and three died, which was a tragic victory.

Xu You received the news and heard that so many people had been killed and injured, and suddenly remembered the words of Longshi Mountain Master Qiyu when he was leaving: If it really rains heavily tomorrow, I don't know how many people in Qiantang City will die!