When the beggars approached Qi Ning, Zhao Wuxian had already pulled out the big knife a few inches, and said coldly: "Are you going to rebel?" ”

All the beggars suddenly stopped, although they still looked at Qi Ning angrily, but they also showed a hint of jealousy, and at this time they did not forget that Qi Ning was the Jinyi Marquis of the Great Chu State. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although the beggar gang has countless gangs and is the largest gang in the world, they dare not really confront the imperial court after all.

The ghost golden sheep rudder is among the twenty-eight rudders of the beggar gang, and the strength and the gang under its jurisdiction are already the top three rudders, although the twenty-eight rudder owners have the same status and sit on an equal footing, but every time the beggar gang meets, Bai Shenghao's weight of speech obviously exceeds that of most of the helmsmen.

He has tens of thousands of people under him, and these tens of thousands of beggars and disciples all look to him as their heads.

It's just that the backbone of these ghost golden sheep rudders are very clear in their hearts, the beggar gang disciples are good and bad, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are rabble, even if they are in the top three in the twenty-eight rudders, but there are only a dozen people who really have a reputation in the rivers and lakes.

If there is really a conflict with the imperial court, it will undoubtedly be a catastrophe for the ghost golden sheep rudder at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

At this moment, he heard a coughing sound, Qi Ning followed the sound and looked over, only to see a person slowly walking out from the dark place in the corner.

The man was in his early fifties, and he did not wear white linen mourning clothes, but he had a white scarf wrapped around his head, and a bird's head staff was in his hand, and under the lamplight, the bird's head staff was black and glowing, obviously made of fine iron.

This person is slightly chubby, his eyes are bright, and there is a lock of goat's whiskers floating under his chin.

"There's something to say, there's no need to be sabre-rattling." The man's voice was low: "My beggar gang has no grudge against the Jinyi Marquis Mansion, and before the matter is clarified, it is harmonious." ”

Qi Ning glanced at Bai Shenghao, saw Bai Shenghao's body bowed slightly, his expression was slightly respectful, and he instantly understood, and arched his hand to the old man: "The senior is the Suzaku Elder of the Beggar Gang, right?" ”

The old man looked at Qi Ning and said with a smile: "Jinyi Hou has good eyesight. ”

Qi Ning thought to himself that these people are so respectful to you, even Bai Shenghao is so respectful in front of you, to guess your identity, in fact, you don't need any good eyesight.

"The Marquis of Jinyi called me a senior, which shows that the Hou Ye is also a person who understands etiquette and is measured." The old man raised his hand and said, "Get a seat for Master Hou!" ”

Soon a man brought a rather old chair, and Qi Ning was not polite and sat down in the hall.

"Master Hou just said that he wanted to prepare an antidote?" Elder Suzaku sat down opposite Qi Ning, still holding an iron staff in his hand, "The old man Huazi dares to ask, Master Hou knows medical skills?" ”

Qi Ning looked at the black iron rod, and saw it more clearly at this time, the body of the iron rod was uneven, it seemed that there was a snake coiled on the rod, the snake was carved very realistically, and the top of the iron rod was a bird's head, the bird's beak was like a long thorn, thinking that this person was the Vermilion Bird Elder, but I didn't know if this staff head was the Vermilion Bird?

If nothing else, this iron rod may represent the identity of Elder Suzaku.

"I don't understand, but someone does." Qi Ning said: "Elder Suzaku, you should know in your heart that if this poison is not solved, not only will your beggar gang suffer a catastrophe, but the entire capital will also face a catastrophe. ”

Elder Suzaku bowed his head and said, "Then does Master Hou know what kind of poison this is?" ”

"I don't know." Qi Ning shook his head and said, "And I think the most important thing now is not the time to figure out what kind of poison it is." ”

"Oh?"

"Elder Suzaku knows better than me, you beggar gang disciples have died a lot now, but this is just the beginning, if I guessed correctly, there are still a large number of people in your gang who have been infected with the epidemic virus." Qi Ning stared at Elder Suzaku's eyes: "After the outbreak of the plague virus, what kind of scene did the elder have, should the elder have seen it?" ”

Elder Suzaku's expression became solemn, and he said, "Extremely terrifying! ”

"Elder knows, it's not just your beggar gang disciples who are infected now, I don't dare to say anything else, but the Qinhuai River has begun to spread, and there are already people who have seizures." Qi Ning's expression was grim: "That is to say, as early as a few days ago, the epidemic virus has spread rapidly in the capital, and now how many people are infected, I can't determine the detailed number, but it must be an astonishing number." ”

Elder Suzaku frowned and said, "Master Hou came here tonight, does he really have nothing to do with anyone else?" ”

"You're talking about the Black Lotus Holy Sect?" Qi Ning said: "I don't know what Black Lotus and White Lotus are, I only know that if we continue to consume like this, more people will die." ”

Elder Suzaku said curiously, "What does Master Hou mean by this?" ”

"Most of your beggar disciples live together, and if someone has an epidemic outbreak, you can quickly control it and prevent him from running around." Qi Ning said: "And listening to your tone, you have realized the seriousness of the problem, but your eyes have been on the beggar gang, and in the past few days, you have been trying to solve the problem of poisoning the disciples within the beggar gang." ”

More than a dozen beggars around looked at each other, apparently guessed correctly by Qi Ning.

"You've been spying on our beggars?" A man on the side asked in a rough voice.

Elder Suzaku looked at the man abruptly, a cold light shot out from his eyes, and the man immediately lowered his head and stepped aside.

"Surveillance?" Qi Ning glanced at it and sneered: "We are not from the same world, I don't have time to spy on you. It's just that I know that the beginning of this epidemic started with your beggars. You can control the disciples in the gang to run around, but those innocent people are caught off guard, can you stop the family members around you from rushing to the streets and alleys? ”

Bai Shenghao's lips moved slightly, but Elder Suzaku was beside him, but he didn't dare to say more.

Elder Suzaku thought for a moment before he said, "There may have been some misunderstanding before, Master Hou, our beggar gang had nothing to do with your Jinyi Hou Mansion before, but tonight the people from your Hou Mansion suddenly came to the door and asked us to borrow a corpse, and said that if it is delayed, the beggar gang will be wiped out." These days, many disciples have died, and the brothers in the gang are all nervous, and they can't help but act impulsively. He said in a deep voice: "Release the people!" ”

Bai Shenghao hesitated, but still glanced at one of them, and the person immediately went down.

"Qi Feng came to the door to borrow a corpse to go back, so that we can prescribe the right medicine, figure out the reaction between the poison and the body, and prepare the antidote as quickly as possible." Qi Ning said: "If the antidote can't be prepared, you can really suffer a catastrophe for the beggar gang." ”

Elder Suzaku nodded slightly and said, "What Master Hou said is extremely true. In this way, there is a master on Hou Ye's side who can prepare the antidote? ”

"I don't dare pack the ticket, but we'll do our best." Qi Ning said: "This is not to save a certain person, nor is it just for you beggars, there are too many infected people this time, we must go all out." ”

Seeing Qi Ning's serious face, Elder Suzaku thought for a while, and finally said: "Don't hide it from Master Hou, our ghost golden sheep rudder also has a good hand who knows poison, when the poison first started, we really didn't notice it, we just thought it was a disease, but one after another the people who fell, we realized the severity of the problem, not only did the gang know how to use medicine, but also invited a few masters of the apricot forest on the rivers and lakes, and finally learned that it was an extremely powerful poison that spread among the beggars." Everything is as Hou Ye said, this poison is not only extremely toxic, but also contagious, in just a few days, the beggar gang has died more than 40 brothers, and two or three hundred people have been infected. ”

Qi Ning was shocked and said, "You beggars have already had two or three hundred people infected? ”

Elder Suzaku smiled bitterly: "The disciples of the Beggar Gang have always been in groups, and they move around each other, and the disciples of my ghost golden sheep love each other in harmony and love each other, and they have clothes and clothes, food and .......!" ”

"And where are these infected people?" Qi Ning didn't have time to listen to his nonsense, and asked directly.

Elder Suzaku said: "The old man Hanako knew that the situation was serious, and after discovering that this poison could be contagious, he immediately gave an order to divide the infected disciples into several places and place them, and sent people to guard them so that they would not appear in front of people. He got up and said, "Can Master Hou move?" ”

Qi Ning nodded, Elder Suzaku took a cane and led the way in front, Qi Ning followed behind, Zhao Wushu and the others were about to follow, Elder Suzaku turned around and said: "Don't worry, my beggar gang will not bring trouble on itself and will not harm Lord Hou, if you are willing, just follow." ”

The duty of Zhao Wuxian and the others is to protect Qi Ning, and they also follow.

Going out through the back door of the main hall, there is a large courtyard behind it, and there is a row of wooden houses behind it, which seems to be deserted for a long time and quite dilapidated, but there are still lights inside.

Elder Suzaku walked to the window, pushed open a window, Qi Ning leaned up and looked inside, only to see that in the not spacious room, there were more than twenty beggars, some lying on the haystack, some leaning against the wall, looking at their faces, one by one depressed and desperate, many of them had blisters on their faces, and blood flowed down from the blisters, extremely disgusting.

"Hey, yes...... It's him? Qi Ning swept a person, stunned for a moment, he made a sound, there were very few beggars looking up, the beggar Qi Ning saw also looked up and followed the sound, saw Qi Ning's face outside the window, stunned for a moment, and then stood up from the ground, walked looked very difficult, and walked straight to Qi Ning's side.

Zhao Wuxian followed behind Qi Ning, and when he saw the beggar coming to the window, he wanted to go to Qi Ning to protect him, but Qi Ning raised his hand to stop him, and saw the beggar come to the window and lean on the edge of the window.

Elder Suzaku frowned slightly, and the beggar looked at Qi Ning, but he had already shown gratitude, and his voice was weak: "Wait...... Master Hou, great kindness, no ...... I can't forget it, I can only ..... I can only repay ...... in the next life! Suddenly, he turned his head, covered his mouth, and coughed violently, as if he was afraid that the spit would splash on Qi Ning's body, and then he turned his head and smiled bitterly: "Xiao ..... The villain is going to die.....! ”

Elder Suzaku was puzzled, "Do you know Master Hou?" ”

The beggar said, "Go back to ...... Back to the words of the elders, that time...... I was kicked out of the pharmacy that time, was ...... It was Master Hou who helped us fight the grievances, and then ...... And then also helped us pay for the medicine .......! ”

Elder Suzaku's body shook, and Qi Ning sighed, "How is he now?" ”

This beggar was the beggar who took his companions to Jishitang for medical treatment that day, but was rejected by the pharmacy, and was later helped by Qi Ning.

"He'......!" The beggar naturally knew who Qi Ning was asking, and said with a wry smile: "He's already dead.......!" ”