There was a sudden silence in the courtyard, and then the screams of someone pierced the night sky.

"This ......" the city lord was also stunned for a moment, "there are assassins, immediately block the city lord's mansion!" ”

Jiangnan, Suzhou, night.

The rain is still falling, and it shows no signs of stopping.

The man stepped out of the inn, lowered his hat again, and strode into the rain, leaving only a faint smell of blood in the humid air.

"Brother Tang is a good skill." The city lord lowered his voice and said to the begonia beside him.

"Lao Huang, what do you mean by this, do you still suspect that I am doing something?" Begonia was surprised.

"Yes or no, you have your own know, the city lord looked at the crowd and guards running around, "There was such a big mistake at my Hangzhou banquet, and it was still my people who died, and I will definitely investigate this matter to the end." ”

"If there's anything you can do to help," Begonia chimed in, "I'm losing my appetite now, so I'll go first, and you can go with me." Begonia said, and was about to lead the old city away.

"Brother Tang is slow, anyone is suspicious of today's events, and Brother Tang and this girl are the same." The city lord said loudly.

Haitang glanced at the city lord with slanted eyes, then shook his head, pulled up the old city and walked towards the courtyard step by step.

"Stop!" The city lord raised his eyebrows and shouted.

Begonia turned around and just stared at the city lord quietly.

The two were at a stalemate, but the people around them were stunned when they saw this scene.

"Are you sure you want to stop me?" Begonia spoke, and the corners of her mouth hooked up into a somewhat playful smile.

"I have to stop it today!" The city lord shouted angrily, waved his hand, and a group of guards had already surrounded him.

"Then you can try it, I'll wait for your order." Haitang said, pulling up the old city and slowly walking out of the courtyard, but he didn't care about the guards around him at all.

"......" The city lord was furious, and there was a little hideous behind him, and after a moment, he finally watched the two of them walk out of the gate of the city lord's mansion.

"Don't think about leaving until today's matter is settled, increase martial law for me and impose a curfew!" The lord of the city shouted at his subordinates.

"Enough!" Begonia took the old city all the way to the outside of the city, and the old city finally couldn't help it.

"What are you guys doing, whether it's the City Lord's Mansion or the pen painting, and the day before yesterday you asked me not to go to the Nine-Story Building, you know the internal reasons for all this, right? I'm just an ordinary person, I'm here to travel in Hangzhou, not to participate in your affairs! ”

"Xiaocheng, I have no ill will towards you." Begonia explained.

"You don't deserve my trust." The old city snorted coldly.

"I may not be worthy of your trust, but what about your master?" Begonia stared straight into the eyes of the old city.

"My master?! Do you know my master? The old city raised her eyebrows.

"Zhao Wuya, the former imperial kitchen of the imperial court, was later deposed from the imperial court for some reason, and after leaving the imperial court, he began to travel all over the world, and it was at this time that he picked you up, and what happened later, I don't think you know it without me." Begonia said unhurriedly.

"Who the hell are you?!"

"Xiaocheng, as I said, I have no ill will towards you, and I can be regarded as entrusted by someone to hand over a thing to you."

"Where is my master now?" The old city has changed its problem.

"Come to my wine shop, and I'll explain everything to you." Begonia thought for a moment, and then said.

"......" The old city did not speak, but took the lead in the direction of the pen and painting.

The two didn't talk much along the way, and they seemed to be making their own calculations.

"Brother, you're here!"

In the distance, Xiao Yue's voice had already come, and when the two approached, they saw Xiao Yue in white clothes, standing outside the courtyard and looking at the two. The old city didn't pay attention to Xiao Yue, and walked straight into the courtyard, and Haitang just responded to Xiao Yue, and followed the old city to the wine shop.

"Say it." As soon as I walked into the wine shop, the old city said.

"Xiaocheng, there is no need to be in such a hurry," Haitang said, leading the old city to sit down at a table, "This is a long story, in fact, I have known your master for a few years, at the beginning of your travels, your master found me and asked me to take care of you, didn't I also say before that you have something here with me, in fact, this is what your master asked me to give you, but he said that he would give it to you at a suitable time." Begonia said, meeting the eyes of the old city.

"......" The old city did not answer, as if waiting for Begonia to get the next word.

"But obviously, this time has not yet come," Begonia tapped her finger lightly on the table, "and regardless of why the time has not come, let me first tell you a few things that you have been more confused about in the small town, first of all, I am really just a wine shop here, although there is indeed something special, but it will never be an evil place; Secondly, speaking of today's events, the relationship between the pen and the city lord is actually very complicated, for a period of time, the city lord seems to regard us as a big hidden danger, and seems to think that we will do something drastic. ”

"......" the old city still did not say a word.

"I know you still have a lot of doubts when I say this, everything shouldn't be like this, a few days ago I had a guest in this wine shop, and you have met this person, and it is because of some of his things that this situation has been caused."

"Jiu Chonglou, and the person who died today, he killed him?" The old city interrupted Begonia's words.

"Yes," Begonia admits frankly, "it's true that he killed him, but he did it for a reason, and these people all have a way to die." ”

"......" Old City was silent again, and after a while, she asked, "How do you prove that my master knows you?"

"This." Begonia said, handing something to the old city.

"Letter?" Old City took it, "This is, this is my master's handwriting!" ”

The old city was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly tore open the envelope and looked at the stationery:

"Xiaocheng, when you read this letter, you must have arrived at the border of Hangzhou and got acquainted with Begonia.

I wonder if your trip went well? With your ability in the small town, I think you must be able to taste all the delicacies in the four seas, and I am looking forward to the time when I return from my trip to the small town to show my skills.

Recently, the master also has some personal matters to deal with, Xiaocheng, you can temporarily settle down in the pen and paint Tang to wait for my news.

The shopkeeper who holds the pen is a very reliable person, and if there is such a thing on weekdays, even if he looks for him, he will always help him.

There are still many things you don't know about the small town, and you also know the identity of the master, some things are very complicated, so the master hopes that you don't listen to the wind is rain, think twice before acting, before I take the initiative to contact you, you might as well stay with Haitang, and listen to him more on weekdays.

Remember, if you see this letter, it proves that the situation has become more serious, and at this time, the master hopes that you must not be impulsive, and must obey Begonia's arrangement. ”

On the letterhead, there is the familiar handwriting of the old city.

"You, you ......" Old City was a little unresponsive.

"Xiaocheng, I said that I have no ill will towards you, I am entrusted by others, how can I be loyal, if you are willing to believe me, I will tell you more information."

“…… You say. Old City bit his lip.

"I'll start with your travels, your master actually wants not to affect you, so he uses the excuse of letting you go out to travel, but in essence, he is protecting you, because he has to do something he has to do. Recently, about your master, the situation is indeed more serious, but it is not serious enough to confess all this to you, but Brother Yao killed someone in Hangzhou City because of his own reasons, which led to the city lord who has been plotting for a long time to try to use this as a breakthrough to find evidence enough to ruin the reputation of the pen and painting Tang, after the city lord made such a fuss, it is really difficult to know the situation of your master, so he took you away at the banquet, but also to show my attitude, I am not afraid of his city lord's mansion. ”

"Then where is my master now?" Old City asked in a trembling voice.

"The exact location is unknown, but it's roughly in the Jiangnan region." Begonia narrowed her eyes.

"I'm going to find my master." The old city gritted its teeth.

"No, your master said let me take care of you, I hope you can follow my arrangement." Begonia retorted.

"My master may have said so, but I don't trust you, and what you've done has only made me hate you even more so far," Old City scoffed, "why should I listen to you?" If you are really my master's friend, I think you also know the identity of my master, although I don't know what the master is going to do, but you know, if the master is really in danger, you should stand up and help my master through the difficulties, since the people of Hangzhou have put you on the altar, you can prove it to me, use your omnipotent ability to help my master! If you can't, please don't get in my way. ”

Jiangnan, Suzhou, midnight.

There were occasional lightning and thunder in the night sky, and heavy raindrops violently slapped the ground with the fierce and wanton wind.

The door of the inn was pushed open again, the sharp creak of the wooden door was drowned out in the rain, and the figure wrapped in a cloak stumbled out of the inn.

"Hehe, hehehe." He tore off the mask he was wearing, but there was a nervous expression on his old face, his left eye was gone, his socket was deep, and blood gushed out, "You are really still soft-hearted, you are really still soft-hearted...... It's been twenty-two years, hehe, hahahaha......"

The old man stepped into the rain, letting the raindrops wet his clothes, and his withered hands touched his wrinkled face, and touched his sunken eye sockets.

"It's just one eye, what is it?" He muttered, his expression a little hideous.

The old man's body staggered and disappeared into the rain.