Xiao Yao rode out of the village, chased all the way to the town, and soon saw the figures of the two, in order not to startle the snake, Xiao Yao always kept a considerable distance from them, with the alertness of the two, it was definitely difficult to find themselves.

When I arrived in the town, the lights were first released, the traffic was busy, and Xiaoyao followed closer, following all the way to the corner of the street, seeing the two of them walking to the gate not far away, turning over and dismounting and entering the door, Xiao Yao only showed his figure. Led the horse to walk in front of the door, turned his head to see the word "Zhu Fu" engraved on the door plaque, muttered twice in his mouth, and suddenly a person flashed in his mind, and said in his heart, could it be him?

There is a way that people die for wealth, and birds die for food. Last time, he used a little trick to bluff the businessman surnamed Zhu, could it be that he was a thief again, and he didn't dare to know it, so he outwitted it instead? While thinking in a corner, I saw the door of Zhu's Mansion open, and three people walked out of it. Two of them are the two people that Xiao Yao is following, and the other one, Xiao Yao looked at it fixedly, and he really guessed correctly, who else could there be if it wasn't the merchant surnamed Zhu?!

The three of them walked into the street, in a hurry, and Xiao Yao quietly followed the three to a restaurant. Before entering the door, I raised my eyes and looked, "Zhu Ji Restaurant", and then followed in. The business is really hot, the customers are boiling, the guests are gathering like a tide, the door is like a market, and the guest officials who come and go have come and gone.

The shopkeeper at the counter saw the three people entering the door, hurriedly put down the account book in his hand, and walked out of the counter to say hello, as if he had received the order of Master Zhu, and led the three of them straight to the backyard.

Xiao Yao found a window seat and sat down, called Xiao Er to order two dishes at random, and asked inadvertently as if chatting: "The business in your store is really hot, the boss must be a shrewd person." ”

Xiao Er wrote down the food ordered by Xiao Yao, put the handkerchief on his shoulder, and replied with a smile: "Guest officer, you don't know something, it's a long story, the business of this store was originally bleak, and it was going to close down, half a month ago, it was bought by the town's Master Zhu, I don't know where to invite two wine-making masters, the wine is rich in aroma, more luscious and mellow than ordinary wine, and it has been popular with everyone once it was launched." Look at the present~" said with his hands outstretched, looked around, and proved that what he said was true.

After he finished speaking, Xiao Yao nodded with satisfaction, took out a few taels of silver from his cuffs, handed it to him, and said, "Bring me a pot of newly brewed wine from your shop, and the extra money will be rewarded for you." ”

"Well, thank you, sir, wait a minute, the wine and food will be here soon." Xiao Er accepted the money, retreated with a smile, and went to serve food and wine to Xiao Yao, who was very diligent. Xiao Yao sat there looking at the guests around him, and basically had the answer in his heart.

Soon, Xiao Er brought the wine and food, seemed to have a good impression of Xiao Yao, and chatted a few more words, "I once overheard the shopkeeper say that Master Zhu recently released news that he would open a new restaurant in the near future, and even threatened that on the day the new restaurant opened, more high-quality wine would be launched!" "When I left, I was still infinitely emotional, and the business must be more prosperous than now! This is really a lot of money every day, and the money is rolling.

Xiao Yao grabbed the wine jug, poured it into the bowl and took a sip, and after tasting it carefully, he couldn't help frowning, the taste was very similar to the wine brewed in the Xinghua Village Wine Workshop, but he always felt that there was a trace of mellow aroma. After thinking about it carefully, I came up with the key to it, and it turned out to be the reason for the water quality!

Although they stole all the key points of the brewing process from the brewery, the only thing that could not be copied was the water in the sake well! Xiao Yao had long heard that the Xinghua villagers had already heard that the wine made by the villagers of Xinghua was taken from the well water in the wine well, so it had such a taste. Thinking of this, I thought of what Xiao Er said before, and I was a little shocked, are they going to pay attention to Sakai?

After a simple two-bite meal, he went straight out of the restaurant and turned over and walked away. On the way back to Xinghua Village, Xiao Yao thought in his heart that it would be difficult to prevent thieves day and night. If the person surnamed Zhou colluded with outsiders, and the inside and outside should cooperate with the outside to help outsiders steal the water of the wine well, how could those simple villagers prevent it?! I don't know how to lure the wolf into the house, and let people sell it and still help others count the money, but they treat the wicked as benefactors, hey!

Riding on a horse and looking at the Xinghua Village in front of me, my heart was entangled. At this time, the patriarch surnamed Zhou became more and more famous in the hearts of the villagers, and he would not believe that he would do anything to betray the village.

Entering the village, the streets were deserted and there were not even cats and dogs in sight, and the houses were closed, which was completely different from the night in Xinghua Village that Xiao Yao had seen before. The crisp sound of horses' hooves echoed through the streets, and it was particularly distinct.

When he returned to Wang Dali's house, he also saw that the door was closed, and he buckled twice, and he heard Xiao Yao's voice inside before opening the door, which made Xiao Yao even more surprised. It was early summer, just after the end of the day, and the old and young in the village were usually in a group of three people on the street, and a group of five people chatted about homely things.

Let Xiao Yao into the courtyard, Wang Dali opened the door and looked around, and when he saw that there was no movement, he closed the courtyard door again, plugged in the bolt, and accompanied Xiao Yao, who was full of suspicion, into the house.

"What's going on in the village? Why is it so abnormal? As soon as he entered the room, Xiao Yao asked.

Wang Dali lifted the curtain and took Xiao Yao into the inner room, where there was a small square table on the kang, and there were several plates on the table, the plates were covered with a drawer cloth, and there was a wine jar next to the table. There were three other people in the room, Xiao Yao was also familiar with them, they were the top three winners of the day's wine meeting, and they were all working as senior winemakers in the winery at this time.

Seeing Xiao Yao enter the house, the three of them all got up and hurriedly saluted Xiao Yao, since they entered the wine shop, their lives have suddenly become rich, so they are sincerely grateful to Xiao Yao. After greetings, they each sat down, and Xiao Yao asked them about the strange phenomenon he had just seen.

Wang Dali sighed heavily, and the other three people also showed bitterness on their faces, and they told Xiao Yao what happened during this time.

One night nearly a month ago, everyone had dinner as usual and chatted about their home affairs in the street, when the winery was not finished, and a group of horse bandits from the west end of the village broke into the village, all of them fierce, each with knives and axes, and there were 100 people.

The group of horse bandits went from house to house, robbing money with money, robbing food without money, and did not harm people's lives. Sent people to the town to report to the government, but he was even more helpless, and he didn't even see the face of the official, and the master only said that there were too few servants under him, and said that the whereabouts of the horse bandits were erratic, and he refused to send people to come.

It is called that the sky should not be, the earth is not spiritual, and the government can't count on it, everyone is afraid, and every time night falls, they close the door early and put the bolt on. Strange to say, the group of horse bandits entered the village and locked the door of each house, and did not break in, but bumped into each house a few times, but could not open or stay, and then went to hit the next house.

After a few times, the people in the village used this method, so at night they often heard the sound of horses' hooves crossing the street, and they didn't care about him, and everyone had nothing to lose anyway. Every time, a few families suffered, so they had to consider themselves unlucky.