The maid was stunned for a moment, then raised her head and asked, her eyes soft, "What else do you have to say?" ”

Yao Kang didn't speak, like a vicious eagle staring at its prey, his eyes seemed to be shining. He stared at the maid's eyes for a long time, smiled for a while, pointed five fingers, let go of her arm, took the glass of wine she poured just now with his left hand, handed it to the maid, and said in a soothing voice: "The girl has worked hard, why don't you drink a cup with me on behalf of your boss, it will also be counted as a piece of my heart."

The maid smiled slightly, her face did not change, she was still gentle and quiet, her eyes blinked, like a talking star, and said generously: "Okay, since the adults have said so, I naturally have to be respectful and obey."

After that, the maid poured another glass of wine for Yao Kang, then held the cup just now with both hands, and said in a steady voice: "On behalf of my boss, I wish you a prosperous official fortune and a bright future."

In the private room of "Canghai" next door, Gu Zhan and Ah Ying are swimming beautifully, eating side dishes and tasting wine.

"This wine is really good, no wonder the business is so good."

Ah Ying raised her eyes and glanced at Gu Zhan, and said suspiciously, "Are you really just here to drink?" I'm a little bit unconvinced. ”

Gu Zhan put down his chopsticks, "Guess who I saw just now." ”

"Who? Could it be Zhao Qingluan? Ah Ying guessed.

Gu Zhan immediately showed a look of appreciation, "Yes, in the column of maids at the door just now, there is a figure that looks very similar to her. ”

Ah Ying put down her wine glass, "What is she doing here?" Could it be that someone is going to be assassinated? ”

"I don't know."

Ah Ying took a breath, looked at Gu Zhan, and said with a straight face: "Uncle, can you judge that it is her based on a familiar back, if it is, it's fine, but if it's not, then wouldn't we be delaying time again."

Gu Zhan looked at Ah Ying seriously, and said seriously: "The so-called sharpening of knives does not mistake woodcutters, even if it is not, we are at most just delaying a meal, but if it is Zhao Qingluan, first, we can say goodbye to her by the way, and secondly, we can ask her about Xuan Bingyu, after all, Lingxiao Palace and Gou Lutang are opponents, they must understand the truth of knowing themselves and knowing each other, Zhao Qingluan must know Lingxiao Palace better than us."

Ah Ying thought about it for a while and felt that this was the truth, and said with a smile: "You mainly want to say goodbye to her, after all, this time, it is estimated that the possibility of seeing her again in the future is not very likely."

Gu Zhan slapped Ah Yu on the head and coughed, "What's the matter, you are envious." ”

"Me? What do I envy, really, don't be some people who are self-inflicted! That's so sad! ”

The two of them were still choking each other, and suddenly they heard a faint ping-pong sound from the next room, like a wine jug falling to the ground, and it seemed like someone was fighting?

Gu Zhan and Ah Ying immediately lowered their voices and leaned to the wall to listen carefully, but there was no movement.

"Let's go outside."

Ah Ying nodded and walked towards the door, Gu Zhan grabbed her back collar and lowered her voice, "Hey, hey, here, I'm talking about entering through the outside window, and you eavesdropping on entering through the door of others." "Gu Zhan dislikes her niece very much, sometimes she is really smart, and sometimes her head is like a straw block.

The two climbed out of the window and slowly moved to the left along the edge of the wall, the window next door was closed, and the moving figures inside could be vaguely seen, Gu Zhan had just gained a foothold, but the window opened violently outward, and it hit Gu Zhan's face with a snap.

Ah Ying was startled, raised her leg to block, and blocked Gu Zhan's backward body.

Gu Zhan didn't blink, he turned over with the help of a turnover, jumped into the window, kicked his feet, and directly overturned the oncoming person on the spot.

Gu Zhan touched his sideburns, but before he could see who was coming, he only felt that the wind was blowing in front of him, and the weapon came through the air.

Gu Zhan's feet immediately flashed, and on the side of his body, he only heard a buzzing sound, and a sharp dagger was inserted into the window.

"Stop, own people!"

The familiar female voice immediately stopped the other party, cold and low.

Zhao Qingluan was wearing a thin skirt, with high temples, jade bell earrings swaying gently, Gu Zhan looked carefully, unfamiliar faces, familiar eyes.

Rao is as shrewd as Zhao Qingluan, and he didn't expect Gu Zhan to suddenly appear here.

Yao Kang was lying on the ground, his body twitching, and there was a thick and sharp wooden branch stuck in his chest? He never imagined that this most fatal blow would come from an old friend he trusted. He didn't know what he had done, but someone wanted his life.

Zhao Qingluan walked over step by step, her eyes were cold, she squatted in front of Yao Kang, put her hands on her knees, for a long time, as if she was reminiscing, and said slowly: "You have lived so long, it's time to go down."

Yao Kang was still struggling, snorting, but he couldn't say a complete sentence, his mouth was foaming with blood, and his face was like ashes.

Zhao Qingluan didn't want to hear what he said at all, so he leaned into his ear and said something softly, and then moved his hand and pulled out the wooden branch on his chest fiercely, and blood spurted out at once, Zhao Qingluan's eyes didn't blink, looking at the person in front of him whose face was distorted due to pain, and his slender neck was splashed with blood spots, there was a strange beauty of blood.

Zhao Qingluan seemed to be reminiscing about something, and Gu Zhan could only see her soft curly eyelashes fluttering slightly.

"Wait a minute, you go first, and we'll take care of the rest."

Zhao Qingluan said to Liu Song who was standing aside. Liu Song bowed his head slightly, turned around and took out a set of cloaks from the cabinet and handed it to Zhao Qingluan, then opened the door and left, his clothes fluttering, not taking away a trace of dust.

Ah Ying didn't expect that the little brother in white who he saw in the stairwell just now was Zhao Qingluan and his gang, their temperaments were obviously very different, they didn't belong to the same kind of people, who would have thought that such a person full of righteousness would be in the company of the Gou Lutang killer, no wonder someone fell on the road.

"How did you get here?" Zhao Qingluan looked at the two of them.

Gu Zhan pointed to the side and said, "We were next door, we heard a movement, and we came from the back window."

Zhao Qingluan flicked his cloak, circled it back, and draped it on his body, covering the blood stains on his body.

"Go back the way you came."

Zhao Qingluan doesn't seem to be in a good mood today, Ah Ying feels that she is a little inexplicably sad? As soon as he returned to the next door, Zhao Qingluan sat down, poured a glass of wine, and drank it to himself.

"Why are you here?" Zhao Qingluan's voice was cold, and his eyes were as clear as mist.

Ah Ying glanced at Gu Zhan and replied, "We saw that you didn't come back for a day, and we were worried that something would happen to you..."

"What can happen to me?" Zhao Qingluan looked up at her, feeling a little funny, seeing the burden on the side, Zhao Qingluan seemed to guess something, and said, "Did you encounter something?" ”

Seeing that the other party had seen through it, Ah Ying simply told the truth: "My sister in the family was seriously ill some time ago, and now her condition is getting worse, we have to hurry up and rush back." ”

Zhao Qingluan nodded, "Well, after all, it's still family matters first, so you can put aside the case of Yuan Zhou for the time being." ”

Seeing that Zhao Qingluan didn't seem to care too much, Gu Zhan clasped his arms in his hands, stepped forward and sat down, and said, "Do you already know who the murderer is?" "This is a statement, not a question.

Zhao Qingluan's raised hand on the other side paused, she blinked her eyes and smiled at Gu Zhan.

Gu Zhanxin said, Hmph, sure enough, this guy deliberately let the two of them be busy here.

"Don't tell us, you just found out." Gu Zhan saw that she was drinking vigorously, and also picked up the wine jug and poured a glass.

Zhao Qingluan still had the same smile just now, and there seemed to be more relaxation in her cold voice, she nodded and said, "Well, you're right, I really just knew, I didn't have time to tell you, I'm sorry." After speaking, he changed his words and said: "However, this matter involves my own family affairs in Goulutang, and there are some situations that are not suitable to talk about, so please forgive me." ”

Ah Jin, who was standing on the side, saw that the two of them were drinking, and she didn't feel burdened at all, as if the person she killed just now was as ordinary as slaughtering a pig, she also stepped forward, propped her hands on the table, and said: "It's good if the murderer is found, then we won't follow the fun." ”

Zhao Qingluan glanced at the gauze on Ah Jin's hand and asked, "I'm not here this day, why did you hang up the color." ”

It's okay not to mention this, but when I mentioned Ah Ying, she was annoyed again, she sighed and said: "Don't mention it, I went to the north of the city with Ruan Lingyu yesterday, and I calculated for someone, and I accidentally fell into that person's way." ”

"You lack experience in the rivers and lakes, how can you meet so many good people so easily."

"Well, I won't take it so lightly in the future. But there is one thing, I still have to tell you after thinking about it, the person we met when we went to the north of the city yesterday was obviously a killer, and he was very skilled, and he wanted Xu Annian's life as soon as he came up. Yuanzhou should be the territory of your Goulutang, and there must be a good chance that the killer is also your person. ”

Zhao Qingluan's eyes narrowed and said, "Do you remember the characteristics of that person?" ”

Ah Ying didn't think about it and said directly: "Bai Zhixiang, that person has a very special Bai Zhixiang." ”

Zhao Qingluan seemed to be in deep thought, looked at the wine glass in his hand, shook it gently, and said for a long time: "There is such a person in Yuanzhou's rudder, and she has been famous in the rivers and lakes in recent years, but I haven't seen her, and I don't know if it's..."

"Looks like you don't know enough about your people." Gu Zhan interjected.

Zhao Qingluan smiled lightly and said: "There are nearly a thousand people up and down my Goulu Hall, unless I have made a name for myself in the rivers and lakes, otherwise, how can I write down all of them with so many people." Besides, Yuanzhou is not under my control, and if it weren't for the involvement, I wouldn't have come here. ”

"Sister Qingluan, have you ever dealt with the people of Lingxiao Palace?" Ah Ying took the opportunity to ask.

Zhao Qingluan glanced at her and said, "It depends on what kind of deal you said 'dealing', you have also seen that the contradiction between Gou Lutang and Lingxiao Palace is very big, and there are often conflicts." What, you're interested in Lingxiao Palace? Zhao Qingluan's phoenix eyes slanted slightly, and the corners of her mouth curved into a beautiful arc.

"We are not interested in Lingxiao Palace, we are only interested in their treasures." Gu Zhan put down his wine glass and propped it on the table with one hand and his knee with the other.

"Baby?" Zhao Qingluan tilted his head and thought for a while, "They have a baby?" How I don't know. ”

"Lingxiao Palace Xuan Bing Jade, don't say you haven't heard of it." Gu Zhan raised his eyebrows and said.

Zhao Qingluan seemed to suddenly realize, "Oh, that's what you're talking about", Zhao Qingluan chuckled: "It's just a piece of good-quality mutton fat jade, because it comes from the ice lake, it feels cold to the touch, and it is still said to be a treasure." ”

"Then according to you, this jade is not as valuable as the legend?" Gu Zhan asked.

"Then I didn't say it, it's just my personal opinion, the people of Lingxiao Palace are precious to it."

"Is this jade really under the care of the Palace Master of Lingxiao Palace all along?" Gu Zhan asked again.

Zhao Qingluan stared at him and asked, "Do you want to find this jade?" Is it the sickness of the 'sister in the family'? ”

Gu Zhan nodded.

Zhao Qingluan picked some vegetables to eat, and said while eating: "This is easy to say, you wait for me for a day, and I promise to give you what you want." ”

"Really?" Gu Zhan's face was full of disbelief.

Zhao Qingluan put down his chopsticks and said: "When did I, Zhao Qingluan, say big things, look at the melancholy faces of you one or two, presumably you are not lying, so since you are saving people, why should I lie to you, besides, you have also helped me a lot in the past two days, and you have been favored by others, and you should be reciprocated." ”