Chapter 40: The Hunchbacked Old Man
The two lower rooms of the inn were settled, and the hardwood bed board could make a few creaky noises when the wind blew it. In the middle of the room, there was what was barely called a table, and most of the paint on it had fallen off, and there was a leg that was wobbly and wanted to fold on the spot at any moment.
Zicheng looked around, then at Su Yu, and asked speechlessly: "The old lady has already ordered someone to clean up the room, why don't you live in the general's mansion?" ”
Su Yu crossed his waist, shook his head, and said honestly: "I always feel useless, a little weak-hearted, besides, I am clear with your master, I live in his house, is it unreasonable?" ”
Zicheng casually continued: "You are all a legitimate husband and wife, why not?" ”
"It's not."
"Yes!"
"Not at all!"
"Indeed."
Su Yu saw that Zicheng had decided on the reason for his death, and changed his tone and said: "Don't talk about this, just say that I entered Beijing this time, purely for private matters, Liang Hong once sent people from Mingyue Tower to arrest me, but they never succeeded, so once they find out my whereabouts this time, they will definitely not give up." As Master Zhizhou said, Mingyue Tower is very dangerous, if I live in the General's Mansion, wouldn't I bring danger to the two old people, in that case, I will feel very guilty in my heart. ”
Zicheng heard that Su Yu had her own plans, and knew that she was a delicate mind, but looking at the environment of this inn, he asked in a low voice: "Does the lady choose this place with her own plans?" ”
Su Yu shook his head, "Definitely." ”
Zicheng's expression froze, and he didn't know why, but he heard Su Yu sigh and replied: "It's just that I'm poor and don't have the money to set a room." ”
"......" Zicheng was speechless to his master and wife, so he only turned around and walked out of the room, and shouted to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, change two upper rooms, I have money!" ”
Su Yu listened, touched the emptiness of his pocket, and felt very envious of Zicheng, the rich man of the land, in his heart.
In the middle of the night, Su Yu finished washing and lying down in his clothes, closed his eyes and rested for a while, he felt a little groggy in his mind, and the window that he only listened to was slightly blown open by the night wind, and a breath of tea drifted into the house and probed into Su Yu's nose.
Everything in this world, the more you come into contact with it, the more you will naturally become familiar with it, just like the taste of this incense, Su Yu thinks that she has seen it in Zhulin since she was a child, and she has eaten more salt than she has eaten, so even if you add a touch of tea, it can't hide the essence of it.
Biting the tip of his tongue, the sudden pain made Su Yu wake up instantly, touched Feng Ming next to him and turned over, with a crisp low groan, Feng Ming sword out, stabbing towards the person hiding outside the window.
The man dodged very quickly, and when he saw a black shadow flash, he disappeared.
Su Yu jumped out of the window, flew on the roof of a house, sank down and sniffed twice, and suddenly stabbed under the eaves like a swallow hanging upside down.
I only heard a stabbing sound, and the sound of a broken cloth came, and the black shadow with a strong aroma of tea stood still in front of Su Yu, revealing its figure.
Through the hazy moonlight, Su Yu vaguely saw that the person who came was a white-haired old man with a rickety body, hunched over his shoulders, and the whole person was like a scalded shrimp, unnaturally hunched over.
The man stood still on the roof, holding a cane much taller than him in his left hand, and a small pitch-black jug in his right hand, the spout of which seemed to be steaming hot, and the night breeze blew the aroma of tea.
In the face of Su Yu's sabre-rattling, the hunchbacked old man was leisurely, raised the teapot in his hand and handed it to his mouth to take a sip, before looking at Su Yu and said, "Sure enough, as Yueling said, you woman, you are really fast." ”
Su Yu thought about it again, among the people who had fought with her, there didn't seem to be a person named Yueling, but if you think about it, this should be a woman's name, and there are only a handful of women who have fought with her, and she doesn't know her name, only a few days ago, that made her fall for the bewitching woman.
Su Yu held his sword vigilantly and asked, "Are you from Mingyue Tower?" ”
The man nodded, "That's right! Yueling said that it would take some effort to catch you, and she didn't want to waste that time, so she gave it to the old man to catch you and hand it over to the employer. After saying that, the hunchbacked old man raised his hand again and took a sip of tea.
Su Yu thought for a moment, looked at the confident old man in front of him, but stepped forward, and said with a chuckle: "That Yueling can't catch me, do you think you can catch me?" I can find the smell to puncture your sleeve, and I have the ability to kill you! ”
"What a rampant female doll!" The hunchbacked old man rubbed the teapot in his hand and swept Su Yu with cold eyes, "If it weren't for that person who confessed that he wanted to live, the old man would have killed you a long time ago."
Su Yu said sarcastically: "I don't know when the famous Mingyue Tower became a lackey for Liang Hong!" ”
In a word, the hunchbacked old man was furious, "You! ”
"What? Am I not right? Su Yu sneered twice, and said tentatively: "The people of Mingyue Tower arrested my two masters of Qingyunling for Liang Hong a few days ago, and arrested my disciple Zhu Lin of Qingyunling, and now they have to be shy for him to arrest me Su Yu, you say that you are not lackeys, what are you?" ”
"Phew!" The hunchbacked old man took a sip, "Since ancient times, what I have done in Mingyue Building is to collect money and do things for others, as for the fat man named Zhulin, he is just a lust obsessed with his mind, and he is willing to enter my Mingyue Building." ”
Su Yu listened, his eyes rolled for a moment, and he immediately affirmed in his heart, first, Zhulin should not be in danger of life, but for some reason, he actually entered Mingyue Tower, and secondly, this hunchbacked old man never denied that Liang Hong had arrested two masters, and he wanted to come to Mr. Nine times out of ten, they were in Liang Hong's hands.
Looking at the hunchbacked old man in front of him, Su Yu's thoughts moved, and he knew that the other party was skilled, so he didn't hit it hard, but simply took a few steps back, and said to the old man: "I still have some things today, don't entangle with you more, say goodbye!" As he spoke, Su Yu's long sword made a false move, and while the hunchbacked old man was dodging, he quickly retreated and jumped off the roof.
The hunchbacked old man saw that Su Yu was about to run, so he suddenly followed and chased a few steps, but seeing that Su Yu's light speed was really fast, he stopped there on crutches, took a sip of cold tea in the pot, looked at the departing figure in front of him, and sighed: "The old man has not met such a cunning girl for many years." With that, he turned around and staggered towards a certain part of the city.
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People always need a disguise in the world, just like Su Yu looked at the shop selling coffin paper money in front of him, how could he never have thought that the true face of this place is the mysterious Mingyue Tower, a gathering point in the dark.
But if you think about it, this Mingyue Lou will indeed do business, not only collect people's money and take your life, but also make a fortune from others, which can be described as a real businessman's black heart.
After entering the courtyard of the coffin shop, Su Yu held his breath and saw the hunchbacked old man swaying and entering a room, and then heard a low rumbling sound of stone slabs rubbing, and then, the room that the old man entered was quiet only reflected in the window, faintly burning candles.
Su Yu quietly went over, stabbed a hole in the window with wet fingers, and looked inside, seeing that the room was really empty, and there was no trace of a human figure, the hunchbacked old man should have gone to the secret room hidden in this house.
Quietly pushed the door into the house, Su Yu looked, the old man is really a tea lover, the bottles and cans in the room are all kinds of tea and tea-making utensils, and there are two huge bookshelves against the wall, which are full of books such as "The Book of Tea". However, the hunchbacked old man was indeed a little sloppy, and the tea and books in this room seemed to be read from time to time, and they were quite clean, and a thick layer of dust had fallen on the other places, even if he picked up a pen and wrote on the dust, it was estimated that the strokes could fall half an inch deep.
As for where the mechanism in and out of the dark room was, Su Yu glanced around and began to look for it slowly.
After a while, Su Yu found that there were very few books on the entire bookshelf, and the only ones were thrown away in the corner that seemed to be random, and among the few discarded books, there was a book of words, which seemed to be often flipped through, and the dust on it was relatively clean compared to others.
Su Yu thought for a moment and reached out to take it, but when he started it, he saw that the book was pressed a little tightly, and he felt like a slate in his hand.
After thinking for a moment, Su Yu raised his lips and chuckled, the hunchbacked old man cherished tea books very much, and didn't care much about anything else, so he refused to use the tea scripture to make the switch of the dark room and use it to pull all day long, so he chose the most casual book, but a person who doesn't like the poetry and songs next to him, but this book has no nutrients and has been groped a lot, isn't it also a flaw.
With the strength of his hand, Su Yu pulled out the book a little, only to hear the same as before, a muffled rumble came immediately, and another bookshelf against the wall next to it, as if it was pulled by some mechanism, slowly turned the direction, and the wall on which the bookshelf was leaning also slowly turned open a thick stone door.
Su Yu thought for a moment at the door, thinking that if she went down like this, although most of the secret rooms would have exits for escape, but if the design of the exit was secret, wouldn't she be like a turtle entering the urn and throwing herself into the net?
After thinking about it, Su Yu still raised her leg lightly and stepped in, thinking about life and death in her heart was no longer a person, only thinking that if she didn't take risks, wouldn't it be difficult to find the two masters and Zhulin forever.
If it was her who was trapped, Su Yu didn't have to think about it, she knew that no matter how dangerous it was, several masters and Zhu Lin would also go to save her, comparing their hearts to their hearts, they were Su Yu's closest people in this world, whether it was Longtan Tiger's Den or Huangquan Hell, she dared to break through.