"My name is Duan Qi," the group sat by the lotus pond, and the middle-aged man with a big belly was still a little dazed at the moment, "You say, you are the shopkeeper of this wine shop?" ”

Haitang smiled slightly, looked at the surrounding scene, and finally turned his gaze to the man who called himself Duan Qi: "That's right, I'm the shopkeeper here." ”

Duan Qi was slightly stunned, and then suddenly his eyes widened, bloodshot in his eye sockets collapsed, and his face full of fat was squeezed out by him A few huge green tendons, he trembled as if he saw a life-saving straw and said, "Help me, help me!" ”

Several people were taken aback by his sudden change, and Begonia glanced at Xiao Yue, who nodded and turned around and walked towards the wine shop.

"Don't be in a hurry, say something slowly." At the same time that Haitang glanced at Xiao Yue, the old city was also comforting Duan Qi on the side.

Duan Qi didn't seem to hear the words of the old city, and repeated the words just now: "Help me, please, help me!" ”

Haitang frowned slightly, no matter how much the old city tried to comfort Duan Qi on the side, it was pointless—this person just repeated the same sentence in a hurry.

"If you want us to help, then sober up, a strong god, we don't understand what you're saying." Xiao Yue walked back with a cup of tea at this time, and said impatiently as she put the teacup in front of Duan Qishen.

Duan Qi still kept repeating that sentence, but when he saw that a cup was placed in front of him, he seemed to habitually pick up the teacup and pour a big mouthful, and then coughed violently.

"It's freshly brewed tea, it's hot!" Xiao Yue's eyes widened.

"It's okay," it seemed that after the tea was so hot, Duan Qi finally calmed down, he coughed violently a few times, and finally said in a hoarse voice, "My name is Duan Qi, I am from Panyu, and I ...... a few months ago."

May ago, Panyu.

At this time, it is a harsh winter, although Panyu is not like spring all year round, but even in the harsh winter, the temperature is not so unacceptable.

If you want to talk about Panyu in detail, whether it is the scale of the sea or the degree of luxury, it is naturally inferior to Hangzhou and other places, this place is relatively remote in the territory of the Qiang country, and the people who come and go are much less than other regions, if any official in the court commits something, the possibility of being degraded to this place is not small, and it is precisely because of these reasons that the imperial court's supervision of this place is also a little lax, which makes thieves rampant here, and in recent years, the city lord of Panyu is not effective, and the suppression of Kou can not be counted on, The people's grievances against the city lord's mansion have only increased.

The Duan family is the largest merchant in Panyu, they travel all the year round, from Panyu to and from Hangzhou, Jinling and other places, but over the years, the Duan family's road to running business seems to be getting narrower and narrower, quite a bit sluggish.

"Which of you stole my baby?!"

In the compound, Duan Qi's face was red, and in front of him were a group of people, from the housekeeper to the guards guarding the door, the courtyard was crowded and full of people. As soon as Duan Qi said this, no one responded for a while, not to mention who stole it, even if he didn't steal it, no one dared to be a bird to anger Duan Qi in this situation, they knew that their old man's temper was very bad, and if he provoked him to go crazy, he would have to shed his skin if he didn't die.

"Talking, you're dumb?!" Duan Qi was furious, "Lao Tzu asked you who stole my treasure!" ”

"It's not me ......"

"I, I don't know."

"It's not ...... me either"

Seeing that Duan Qi seemed to be really going crazy, the people in the courtyard muttered and spoke.

"Li Cheng, you come in with me." Duan Qi seemed to reluctantly suppress the anger in his heart and said to the housekeeper. The housekeeper responded in fear, and followed his master into the hall of the Duan family tremblingly, leaving only a large group of people looking at each other in the courtyard.

There was no one in the hall at this time, Duan Qi walked to the main seat and sat down, took a deep breath and said, "Li Cheng, you used to follow my father, and now you follow me, I think about it, at least you are something I can trust." ”

"The master is wise," the housekeeper named Li Cheng said with a smile, "I, Li Cheng, will never give up my life, never give up!" It's just that I don't know what the treasure you have been stolen is, sir, I have never heard you talk about any treasure before? ”

Duan Qi glanced at Li Cheng and narrowed his eyes, as if he was recalling something: "I had a dream that day, and in the dream I saw a fairyland, where plants and trees are luxuriant, and all things coexist...... I also saw Hongjun Daozu and his four disciples. ”

Duan Qi said, but the anger on his face seemed to have decreased a little, replaced by an almost obsessive look of intoxication: "It is said that the three disciples under the Hongjun Dao Ancestor Seat, Taishang Laojun, Yuan Shi Tianzun, and Tongtian Sect Master, but the world does not know that he has a little disciple, just because this little disciple does not abide by the door rules, he was expelled from the sect by Hongjun Dao Ancestor early." ”

Duan Qi's expression had become more and more erratic, and his anger swept away, leaving a quiet smile on his face that was completely opposite to anger: "Hongjun Daozu promised to fulfill a wish of the little disciple, and the little disciple asked Hongjun Daozu for an artifact called 'Qiankun Ding'. Later, this little disciple changed his name and surname to wander in the world, relying on Qiankun Ding soon pulled up his own side of the force, perhaps in the life of the fairyland made him unintentional to fight with people with knives and guns, so his family has always been a businessman, although the merchant has never been welcome, but his family is very rich, passed down from generation to generation to the present, this family still exists. ”

Duan Qi's words made Li Cheng directly stunned, Duan Qi stopped here, as if thinking about what to say next, which gave him time to digest the huge amount of information in these few sentences, and then Li Cheng finally mustered up the courage to ask: "Master, these, are your dreams?" ”

Duan Qi smiled slightly, with an unfathomable look: "You listen to me first." The surname of this family is 'Duan', and I am the descendant of this family, our Duan family, in fact, has always had such an artifact passed down from generation to generation in hand, but unfortunately my father left suddenly and couldn't tell me the news about this artifact. Fortunately, I dreamed of the image of the ancestor being given an artifact, and then I knew that this artifact existed. ”

Duan Qi looked at the astonishment on Li Cheng's face and seemed to be very useful, he looked around the hall with a proud smile, and finally retracted his gaze to look at a place that seemed to be only he could see: "I know you are doubting that all this I said is my fantasy, but, although it is not easy, I still found this artifact that my father put in the secret room, and I have been keeping it in the bedroom since then." This thing is very wonderful, it has the effect of turning stones into gold, didn't I conjure up a lot of gold for you to buy items for me a few days ago, this is how the gold came from, speaking of which, I remember that I also rewarded you with a few pieces of gold, do you have a good life to collect? ”

The flesh on Li Cheng's face twitched a few times, and then responded: "I will take all the pieces of gold that the master gave me, the master is so generous, but I am flattered by the others." ”

"You can talk," Duan Qi said with a smile, "I relied on the effect of this Qiankun Ding to turn stones into gold, and I made a lot of gold, but who knows-" Speaking of this, Duan Qi's expression suddenly became cold, he clenched his teeth, and his teeth rubbed against each other to make a "creaking" squeak, "Qiankun Ding was actually stolen by thieves, and when I used Qiankun Ding today, I found that it can no longer turn stones into gold, it must have been dropped by someone." ”

"If I want to know who dares to beat my idea, I will make his whole family die a good death!" At the end, Duan Qi added hatefully.

Li Cheng also frowned after listening to Duan Qi's words, and he touched his somewhat gray beard: "The Duan family has always been heavily guarded, not to mention that it is your bedroom, master, if you want to steal the things in the master's bedroom, the person who stole is afraid that he is very familiar with the Duan family, maybe he is a member of the Duan family, and he is not an ordinary subordinate of the Duan family, because ordinary attendants don't have the ability to know so much about the Duan family-that's why you suddenly summoned us, master, do you suspect that someone among us stole your treasure?" ”

Duan Qi nodded heavily.

"Li Cheng, do you have any solution?"

The old housekeeper groaned slightly: "If the thieves steal your things, they will definitely run away immediately, but the people in the compound are less suspicious at this moment, I should be able to start with the people who are not present today," Li Cheng paused slightly when he said this, as if he was thinking about something, "First find a way to close the city, and then investigate carefully." ”

"So you guys have been checking for two or three months, and you haven't found anything?" Xiao Yue picked up a stone from the ground, and then threw it diagonally towards the pond, and the stone bounced several times on the surface of the water before sinking into the water.

The old city hesitated for a moment, and then said: "How can such a mysterious thing really exist, are you hallucinating?" ”

"Hallucinations?" Duan Qi was furious, and his voice suddenly raised a lot, "You think it's a hallucination?!" ”

"And whether it's a hallucination or not," Begonia, who had been silent, interjected, "You sealed the city, and then checked it for a few months, and the result was fruitless, this is a fact, right?" ”

"That's right," Duan Qi replied, while not forgetting to glare at the old city, "because there is no way, it is obviously unrealistic to keep blocking the city gates, I was already completely desperate, but then a friend of mine said that there is a place where any wish of the guests can be fulfilled, and he himself has benefited a lot from that place, so I followed what my friend said, and found it all the way." ”

"You want us to help you find your treasure," Haitang narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at the old city beside her with a look of grievance, and then looked at Xiaoyue, who was still playing with the stones, "It's not difficult, but do you know the rules of my pen and painting?" We're not doing things for nothing. ”

"I know, I know" Duan Qi immediately replied with a smile on his face as soon as he heard Haitang say that it was not difficult to help him find Qiankun Ding, "My friend told me that you only help people who are destined, and the reward you want is something that guests will definitely be able to afford." If you really help me find Qiankun Ding, no matter what you want, I will definitely be able to give it to you! ”

Looking at Duan Qi's face full of ardent anticipation, Haitang and Xiao Yue glanced at each other, and the latter shook the stone in his hand again, and said while throwing the stone:

"The friend you have been mentioning in your mouth, I'm afraid it's not the city lord of Hangzhou, Huang Yi?"

"Plop plop", the stone bounced on the water a few more times, and then fell into the water.