Chapter XXXVIII
The shopkeeper cut two catties of beef for Zhu Qing, and went upstairs excitedly, but was stopped by the stationmaster on the second floor, only to see the stationmaster muttering something in the ear of the shopkeeper, and then the shopkeeper was surprised on his face, and then entered the room with the stationmaster, and after a while, the shopkeeper came out of the stationmaster's room with beef, stared at the plate carefully, and changed his face to a nervous look.
The shopkeeper was about to go up to the third floor, but he was stopped by another person, who turned out to be Princess Ning'er!
"Gege, you...... Aren't you out of customs? "The shopkeeper naturally knows the princess, it can be seen that there is not only one post master, it is estimated that the entire Shanhaiguan post station has defected!
"Haven't I come back? Say, where is that suspicious teenager now? "Everyone knows that Princess Ning'er doesn't have to go around in circles with the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper pointed to room 301 on the third floor. Like the other guest rooms, 301 is brightly lit, and unlike other rooms, the doors and windows of 301 are open, as if waiting for the shopkeeper to deliver the beef.
Looking at the undisguised 301, Princess Ning'er smiled slightly and said to herself, "You kid is also a little arrogant!" Then she sniffed the beef in the shop's second-hand hand, and stared at the shopkeeper with disdain, "It's 'rootless' again, is the stationmaster the only trick?" ”
"Rootless" is a kind of poison, colorless, tasteless and undetectable, so the rivers and lakes are named "rootless", and the jar of poisonous wine given to Zhang Fa by the postmaster the night before was "rootless".
"That's what the stationmaster meant." Seeing that Ning Er's face was a little unhappy, the shopkeeper hurriedly explained.
"Where is he?" Princess Ning'er asked.
The shopkeeper pointed to the stationmaster's room, and Princess Ning'er walked straight over.
"The little one sent the beef up?" The shopkeeper wanted to ask Princess Ning'er for instructions, but Ning'er didn't respond. She kicked open the door of the stationmaster's room, went in, and did not close the door.
The shopkeeper hesitated, walked up to the third floor with the beef, and came to room 301.
"Guest, the beef you wanted." The shopkeeper came to the door and knocked on the door.
"Isn't the door open? Just take it in. Zhu Qing sat in the room, there was a wine jar on the table, next to the wine jar was a sea bowl, the bowl was empty, but it was already wet, it could be seen that Zhu Qing had already drunk wine.
"Guest officer, the beef you want, please use it slowly." The shopkeeper carefully brought the beef to the table in front of Zhu Qing and said, his voice trembling a little.
"Man, what's wrong with you? Is it cold outside? Seeing that the shopkeeper was a little trembling, Zhu Qing smiled slightly, picked up the wine jar, poured a bowl of wine, and handed it to the shopkeeper, "Come, warm up." ”
The season is just the first month, and it is windy at night, which is a little cold, but it is not cold. However, the shopkeeper was afraid for no reason, and Zhu Qing, who was a brocade guard, could naturally feel the fear emanating from the shopkeeper's body. So he quickly concluded that there was something wrong with the shopkeeper, but the enemy was still silent.
looked at the shopkeeper and shook his head. Zhu Qing sneered, grabbed a piece of beef, and looked at it, "Well, it looks good." Zhu Qing sniffed it again, and then said, "It's very fragrant!" Would you like a piece? Zhu Qing said and handed the beef to the shopkeeper.
"No, no, no, no......, guest officer, you use it slowly." The shopkeeper resigned again and again.
Zhu Qing nodded, then took a big bite and praised it, "It's delicious!" As he spoke, he picked up the big bowl and grunted a few times, and it was another bowl to the bottom.
"The guest officer is really good for drinking." Seeing Zhu Qing eat beef and drink another bowl of wine, the corner of the shopkeeper's mouth showed a smug smile.
"Where, where." Zhu Qing waved his hand, said modestly, and then picked up the wine jar again, wanting to have another bowl, but he was suddenly stunned, and the wine jar he picked up was put down again, only to see Zhu Qing shaking his head, his eyes were blurred, and he seemed to be able to sober himself up only by shaking his head.
"Hmph, what brocade guard? Master, I'll take your head to receive the reward tonight! Seeing Zhu Qing shake a few times, and then lying on the table, the shopkeeper took out a short knife from his waist and walked over to Zhu Qing cautiously.
Zhu Qing was still lying motionless on the table, and the shopkeeper had the courage to push it, and Zhu Qing's hand that was originally on the table slipped down and slid to his waist!
"Hmph, brother, the master wants your life, but I blame you for your bad life." As he spoke, the shopkeeper raised his short knife and stabbed it.
"Huh? How? ......" only heard a scream, and a human head fell to the ground! Still talking!
This is the legendary diamond wire! Golden Silk Slash!
It turned out that Zhu Qingfang was pretending! Seeing the corpse of the shopkeeper, Zhu Qing stood up, wiped the diamond wire, and put it away. Zhu Qing looked at the shopkeeper who was in a different place, sighed and said, "Brother, it's just your bad life." Immediately, Zhu Qing closed the door, and after a while, the sound of the jar breaking came from Zhu Qing's room!
"What did he drink?" In the stationmaster's room, Princess Ning'er glared at the stationmaster and asked.
"It's broken, it's broken, he just asked for a jar of apricot blossom village! How could I have forgotten?! Hearing the sound of the wine jar shattering, the stationmaster also regretted it, but he was more worried and frightened than regretful.
Because, in order to make money, the stationmaster in Xinghua Village under the 'drunken powder', this powdered medicine is dissolved in wine, and 'rootless', colorless and tasteless, but people with a little experience in the rivers and lakes know that those post stations that sell wine will generally put 'drunken powder', because in addition to increasing alcohol addiction, it also has another effect, that is, to eliminate fatigue, drink a bowl, no matter how tired you are, you can sleep and be refreshed the next day. Because of this effect, the average person will not hold the shopkeeper accountable. But the wonderful thing is that 'drunken dispersion' is the antidote to 'rootless growth'! Many people know about 'drunkenness', but very few people can perceive 'rootlessness' unless they are dying!
For Zhu Qing, these rivers and lakes are all small skills of carving insects! Because what he has seen in the factory guard training camp is several times more poisonous than this.
Princess Ning'er thought something was wrong, and then whistled three times, obviously these three weird whistles were some kind of code. As soon as the whistle came out, Ning Er drew her sword and rushed to the door 301 on the third floor, and after a while, room 301 was already surrounded by a lot of guards!
The stationmaster didn't follow because he was afraid, and he quickly closed the door! He also added a lock, removed his saber from the head of the bed, and kept an eye on the door, ready to defend himself against the enemy.
Princess Ning'er swung her sword to split the door of room 301 and saw a person lying on the table in the room, and the room was littered with fragments of wine jars. Princess Ning'er cautiously walked into the room, followed by more than a dozen full-man guards.
When she came to the table, Princess Ning'er picked the person who was lying on her stomach with her sword, and it was actually the shopkeeper! Princess Ning'er exerted a little force, and everyone jumped! Because the shopkeeper has already been in a different place!
"Not good! Hit the trick! Ning'er yelled and turned to go out.
On the second floor, in the stationmaster's room, the stationmaster stared at the door without waiting for Zhu Qing's shadow, but he was suddenly wrapped around his neck from behind by a diamond wire!
"Why did you betray Daming?!" Zhu Qing didn't strangle hard and asked.
The stationmaster knew that Da Ming Jinyiwei's methods of dealing with traitors were useless, so it was better to ask for a good time, so he said indignantly, "Hmph, Da Ming's qi is exhausted!" We, the shrimp soldiers and crabs, will guard the border for the Ming Dynasty for so many years, and if we haven't enjoyed it well, we will become cannon fodder, so it's better to plan earlier and give ourselves a way to live! The old man knows the methods of your Jinyi Guard! The old man doesn't want to be tortured, he just wants to advise his brother, people don't kill for themselves! ”
"Hmph, is that why you defected? No matter how bad the Ming is, there will still be a lot of money every year! And let us Jinyiwei protect your family, I didn't expect it! Zhu Qing said.
"Brother, we're doing this for our family! Think about it, if the Ming Dynasty collapses, what will we do? What about our family? The stationmaster said, his eyes turned red!
Although Zhu Qing is a brocade guard, he is not a ruthless person, after listening to the words of the post master, he is thinking about the reality, but his heart is half soft. Gradually loosen the diamond wire.
Just when Zhu Qing was relaxing, the stationmaster suddenly raised his knife and stabbed back, only to hear Zhu Qing roar in pain, and the stationmaster's head had already landed!
The stationmaster wanted to play tricks, but he didn't expect to lose his life. His head fell to the ground, his eyes widened, and his face was filled with incredulity.
Zhu Qing pushed away the body of the stationmaster, blood stained his waist red, and Zhu Qing was stabbed by the stationmaster!
Zhu Qingqiang endured the pain and stared at the stationmaster's eyes with contempt, "Self-inflicted!" He believed that the stationmaster could still hear his words, because, after Zhu Qing said this, the stationmaster's eyes closed.
Zhu Qing took out the black cloth that he had just used to wrap the wine jar from his waist, and was about to wrap the head of the post master. At this moment, there was a noisy sound of footsteps outside the door!
It's Princess Ning'er!
Zhu Qing touched the wound on his waist, blood stained his hands, he knew that it was not suitable to fight, so he quickly wrapped the head of the post master, jumped out, and jumped out of the window!
Princess Ning'er led someone to knock open the door of the post master's room, and saw the post master's body lying in a pool of blood. Everyone just took a look, and then ran to the window to catch up.
"Give me chase!" A man ordered.
"No need! He's riding my wind horse! Princess Ning'er looked at Zhu Qing on horseback and raised her hand to stop her subordinates.
Outside the gate, a young man rode a horse and galloped in the night, rushing to Guan Ning overnight, with a traitor's head on his back!