"How do you know?!" Duan Qi exclaimed in surprise, staring at Xiao Yue with round eyes in disbelief.

"It doesn't matter how we know, what matters is-" Haitang took over the conversation and looked at Duan Qi's round face, "Your business." ”

Duan Qi was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, he didn't think about where the people in front of him got his source, at this moment, he just wanted to know how these people in front of him could find their treasures.

"Qiankun Ding, how can you help me get back Qiankun Ding?"

"According to what you said, your house is very well guarded, and Qiankun Ding was stolen in your bedroom, and you woke up the next day to find that Qiankun Ding had been dropped, right?" Begonia asked.

"Yes, that's it."

"Did you leave the room in the short time between you woke up and came into contact with Qiankun Ding?"

"No, the first thing I usually do when I wake up is to make sure there's anything unusual in Ding."

"So you've been checking for so many months, do you have any suspicions?"

"It's strange to say," Duan Qi frowned deeply, "It stands to reason that only people from our own family can steal Qiankun Ding, but the people of our family have been thoroughly investigated from beginning to end several times, and they have found some small problems that they don't notice on weekdays, but nothing related to Qiankun Ding has been found." ”

Duan Qi was silent for a while, and swept around the few people in front of him with a hopeful eye: "Why don't you go to Panyu with me?" ”

"Do you want to go to Panyu with you?" Haitang shook his head slightly, "I still have some things to deal with at hand, I'm afraid I won't be able to go far for the time being." ”

Duan Qi suddenly became anxious: "As long as you are willing to go with me, as long as you can help me find Qiankun Ding, I can give you whatever you want, I have money!" ”

"And what if we want your life?"

"Uh......" Duan Qi couldn't answer at once.

"Don't worry," Xiao Yue waved her hand, "We don't do you any good with your life." ”

Haitang thought for a while and said: "That's it, you go back to Panyu first, you check your family a few times, and at the same time I have a suggestion, you go and find the things left by the ancestors of your Duan family, and see if you can find any information related to Qiankun Ding." We will come to Panyu to find you when we finish dealing with the matter in hand. ”

Duan Qi's face was a little tangled, but no matter how much he persuaded him, Haitang just said, "I'll go to you when I'm done dealing with the things in hand", and in desperation, he had to accept this arrangement.

Nothing was said all night.

On the second day, only Jiucheng went to Hangzhou to run his own restaurant, and Haitang and Xiaoyue stayed. Duan Qi rested here for the night, and was also going to meet up with his subordinates who remained in the city, and then go back to Panyu.

"You must come as soon as possible," Qi kept repeating to the Begonia brothers and sisters before leaving, "I am counting on you, you must come as soon as possible." ”

"Xiaoyue, what do you think about this matter?"

After Duan Qi left, Haitang drank Xiao Yue's freshly brewed tea in the wine shop and asked slowly.

Xiao Yue sat down opposite Haitang with another cup of tea, and after putting the teacup away, she crossed her hands on the table and dragged her face: "I feel...... It didn't seem as simple as the fat man described, and I was very interested in this so-called 'artifact'. ”

"By the way, brother, why did you refuse to follow him to Panyu to investigate?"

Haitang shook his head: "Duan Qi knows about our existence because Huang Yi told him, Huang Yi is quite ungrateful, I think he dares to leak our news, he must have other plans," Speaking of this, Haitang showed a playful smile, "I want to see what Huang Yi is up to...... idea"

"Brother, you don't praise me," Xiao Yue pouted, "I guessed his source last night!" ”

"Silly girl," Haitang didn't have a chance to protest from Xiao Yue, he reached out and rubbed her head indiscriminately, "How could I not guess, I don't have my own thoughts, it's better for you to mess up my plan." ”

Xiao Yue was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Begonia's expressionless face with some embarrassment, Begonia looked back and made a helpless grimace: "No matter what the relationship between Duan Qi and Huang Yi is, looking at his appearance yesterday, he shouldn't intend to expose his sources, but after what you said yesterday, the sources he didn't want to expose were exposed, and he would definitely contact Huang Yi to inform him, so that Huang Yi also knew that he had revealed the news to Duan Qi, and my original idea was to secretly see what Huang Yi wanted to do. But now he will definitely be much more cautious, and he may even stop what he is doing," Haitang tapped the table with his knuckles, "But it doesn't matter, no matter what, Huang Yi can't make much waves with him." ”

Having said that, Haitang was still a little curious about Huang Yi's plans. At the beginning, with their help, Huang Yi became the city lord, and with their help, he solved some troubles, although Huang Yi didn't know their background, but he still knew their skills.

Huang Yi agreed to reveal their identities to the outside world, and the former even issued an order to the residents of Hangzhou City not to mention the painting outside of Hangzhou. In fact, for the residents of Hangzhou, they don't know where the pen painting is, and even many people doubt the authenticity of the existence of this wine shop.

But Huang Yi is different, he not only knows where the pen painting tang is, he also knows the connection between the mountain high water and the long teahouse and the pen painting tang wine shop. Therefore, a foreigner can come to the teahouse to inquire about the news of the wine shop, but Huang Yi can only leak the secret.

Although Haitang was very curious about where Huang Yi got the courage and confidence to drive him to make such a move, as he said, he was not worried about what Huang Yi could do to him, what he was worried about was whether Huang Yi would leak their existence to more people.

"Girl, pack up your things, let's go to Panyu too." Begonia said suddenly.

"What, what?" Xiao Yue was stunned.

"Huang Yi's matter will be used later, you also said it just now, Duan Qi's matter is not so simple. I want to go to Panyu to investigate by myself and then go to Duan Qi. Begonia pondered.

In Haitang's opinion, there is an inexplicable place in Duan Qi's words, if his treasure was really stolen by the Duan family, it is impossible to find out nothing until now; And if it is stolen by an outsider, it is impossible not to leave any traces. Haitang knew that there must be something strange in this, Duan Qi had been unable to track down the thieves so far, the thief must also be paying attention to the movements of the Duan family, and if they went to Panyu with Duan Qi, the thieves would definitely notice them, but obviously, it would be easier to investigate when the thieves didn't notice them.

A few days later, Panyu.

Although the temperature in Panyu is not low in winter, the temperature in summer is relatively high, and it is only a not very hot early summer in Hangzhou, but here it is already a midsummer when the temperature is enough to make the soil crack.

The city gate of Panyu was finally opened, as Duan Qi said, it is unrealistic to keep the city closed.

Under the huge city gate, the number of people guarding the gate seemed to be abnormal, Haitang and Xiaoyue were far away in the long queue into the city, and the people at the front of the line were subject to strict inspection one by one, and the speed of inspection seemed to be abnormally slow.

"Brother, it's hot," Xiao Yue kept fanning the wind with her hands, "This family is a good skill, so that the government can come forward to seal the city, and it can also make such a big battle to welcome us." ”

Haitang heard the meaning of this, and he looked at the soldiers guarding the door: "Few people want this kind of welcome. ”

The two chatted with each other, and in Xiao Yue's words, the team was like a huge earthworm. The "earthworms" squirmed slowly, and they had been in the ranks since noon, when the sun was at its strongest, and now that the sun was about to sink over the distant hills, they were still in the group.

"You two, come here."

Finally the brother and sister arrived, and after a tedious inspection with the soldiers, they entered the city.

"Brother, it's so dangerous, we're the last to enter the city today." Hearing that the soldiers guarding the city behind him seemed to be yelling for the others to come back tomorrow, Xiao Yue said with a grin.

"As always, find an inn first, and then go to the street tomorrow to find out the news." Begonia said.

"Brother, you said that Panyu is so remote, why are there so many people waiting to enter the city at the city gate?" Xiao Yue asked a little puzzled.

"It's definitely not decent on weekdays," Haitang replied casually, "You think, Panyu has been locked down for several months before, whether it is in or out, you have to wait for the day when the city gate is reopened, and the city gate has not been opened until the last day or two, so this number is naturally more." ”

The two had been walking for a long time while talking, and at this time they finally saw a shop with the words "Taiping Inn" written on the plaque.

"Guest officer, come to stay at the hotel?"

At the door of the store, there was a little second who was sweeping the ground with a broom, and when he saw a man and a woman walking not far away, he grinned and greeted him. ”

Haitang nodded: "Do you still have a vacant room here?"

"Yes, yes, the guest officer comes with me." Xiao Er said and introduced the two into the store.

The shop seemed to be ready to close, and in the lobby, many people were cleaning. The account room on the other side of the counter seems to be sitting there checking today's incoming and outgoing accounts, and the man who looks like a shopkeeper is watching the bookkeeper's fingers that are flexibly flicking on the abacus.

"Shopkeeper, someone is coming to stay in the hotel!" Xiao Er, who brought them in, shouted towards the counter, and the man who was watching the accounting room raised his head and looked at the two Begonias: "You still came to stay in the hotel so late, did you just enter the city?" ”

"Yes," Begonia stepped forward, "Shopkeeper, please give us two spare rooms." ”

The shopkeeper smiled slightly: "Okay, I remember that we have two empty rooms left, or next to each other, let me see...... You go to the second floor to the left, and the innermost two rooms are," he paused, looked the brother and sister up and down, and then spoke, "I'm afraid you've suffered a lot of sins in the queue, and I guess you haven't eaten yet, and the city is about to be closed for martial law, so why don't you have a meal with us later," he added as if he remembered something, "I won't charge you for this meal." ”