Sandalwood burned in the house, and although the aroma was faint, only the rich could afford to enjoy it.

On the table is a bamboo leaf aged wine, which is only slightly more mellow than ordinary wine, but it can only be enjoyed by the wealthy.

The same is true of everything else in the room, whether it's a table or a chair, it's all worth a lot.

It stands to reason that staying in such a room should make people feel happy, but in reality this is not the case, the three members of the room are not happy, they have worries, annoying hearts.

"It's really bad, I like this flower trail very much, but I didn't expect to be discovered by outsiders." Luo Yuanwai was the last to read the letter, put the letter on the table, and looked around at the faces of the other two Yuanwai. He and Zhang Yuanwai are the same age, both in their forties, but his body is relatively thin, his face is as yellow as paper, his cheeks are slightly sunken, and his eyes are slightly sunken.

"Since it's a secret, the less people know about it, the better, if it is known by someone who shouldn't know, hehe, you have to punish this person a little." Zhou Yuanwai sneered and played with the money dart in his hand, this money is a blade, and it is fatal enough to hit a person. Among the three members, he is the only one who has martial arts. And he's the youngest and the hottest.

"The problem now is that I don't know who this person is, and I don't know how to find him out." Zhang Yuanwai shook his head and said. Behind him, Wei Buxiao stood with a long body and a face yīn owl.

"The three of us have worked together to complete several transactions that are not easy to do, and this little thing is difficult for us." Zhou Yuanwai said confidently, his eyes as bright as the money in his hand.

"This matter is trickier than buying and selling, he is in the dark, and we are in the light." Luo Yuanwai yīn Shen Dao.

"He claimed to have found a secret passage under a dry well, and we can go there first to find clues." Zhou Yuanwai suggested.

"I was just about to ask. What's going on with the secret passage under the dry well? Why are there five bones there? Zhang Yuan interjected, with a casual complaint in his tone.

"I sent someone to kill those five people, and they tried to escape before they could finish digging the secret passage, and I had to do it." Luo Yuanwai frowned and replied.

"It's just a matter of killing, but why would you bury the body where it was?" Zhang Yuanwai was the closest to the secret passage, and now when he thought of the five corpses buried next to the dry well, he felt a faint chill in his heart.

"It's a hassle to transport the bodies, and I think it's a pleasure to bury those five people in the secret passage I've dug myself." Luo Yuanwai continued to reply. Among the three of them, he is the most evil, and he often does things that make his scalp tingle, even when it comes to playing with women, his gameplay is the most eccentric. He likes to burn women with fire the most, and he can only laugh when women scream, and his smile is as little as Wei Bu's laughter.

"Alas," Zhang Yuanwai shook his head, "in that case, why don't you bury that secret passage properly?" Fortunately, that secret passage has been discovered, and a few of us have been blackmailed. ”

"I've buried that secret passage in earth, and I don't know why anyone found it there." Luo Yuanwai thought for a while and recalled, "By the way, there were a total of six workers in charge of digging the secret passage, but my subordinates did not do well and let one go, and I never caught this person again, maybe this person leaked the news." ”

"Who is this man?" Zhang Yuanwai thought that this was an opportunity and stood up anxiously.

Luo Yuan reported the name of a person, and then shook his head and said: "But even if you know this person's name, it's useless, he has no relatives, and he lives alone in the county doing odd jobs, and after he escapes, all the clues are broken, and he can't be found at all." ”

"It's all your fault that you didn't do well, which caused us trouble, and you will be responsible for the ten thousand taels of silver." Zhou Yuan snorted outside.

Luo Yuanwai was greatly displeased when he heard this, glanced at Zhou Yuanwai deeply, and said slowly: "Okay! I'll pay for it myself, but don't regret it, you two. Then he got up and left.

There are a lot of business dealings between these three people, and if there is a conflict over 10,000 taels of silver, it is really not worth it. Zhang Yuanwai immediately stood up as a peacemaker, stopped Luo Yuanwai with good words, and reprimanded the young Zhou Yuanwai lightly, which stabilized the situation.

The three of them sat down again, but this time they no longer complained to each other, but instead discussed countermeasures.

"What do you two have to say about this?" Zhang Yuanwai asked.

"This riddle written on his letter is very interesting, I don't know what the purpose is." Zhou Yuanwai held the money in his hand, lit the letter paper on the table, and read, "Look at the small people and win the trust of the world." ”

"I thought about it for a long time before you came, but I didn't have a clue." Zhang Yuanwai shook his head and said.

"Maybe only after you get to Bird and Flower Street can you guess the meaning inside." Zhou Yuanwaidao.

"Reasonable, we have to go to Bird and Flower Street in advance." Zhang Yuanwaidao.

"Not only Flower and Bird Street, but also the dry well in the south of the city and the vicinity of your house have to be investigated, I think this is good, the three of us are divided into three ways and act separately. You asked around your house if anyone had seen anyone who had tied a letter to a wild dog, and I took the letter to Bird and Flower Street to find a way to guess the riddle in the letter. Zhou Yuanwai looked at Luo Yuanwai, who had a stiff face, "As for Brother Luo, just deign to go to the dry well in the south of the city, where you should be most familiar, after all, you buried the body there." ”

"Alright, that's it, the three of us split up, and then come back to me before nightfall." Zhang Yuanwai agreed.

Luo Yuanwai didn't say a word and acquiesced to this plan.

In this way, the three members went to different places for the same thing.

Three people, three places, naturally have to be told separately.

First of all, Zhang Yuanwai, he hid from the yellow-faced woman at home, and sent a few henchmen to the vicinity of his home to secretly inquire about the person who tied the letter around the neck of the wild dog, but after a few hours, he failed to find out any useful news. The man was like a shadow, leaving not even a trace.

Then he said that Luo Yuanwai first went home, and then took the two most powerful nurses and went straight to the dry well in the south of the city. He first took people down to the dry well to investigate, and found that the secret passage was tightly sealed, and after digging it up, the five corpses inside were gone. On the floor of the secret passage, there were traces of sweeping, and all the footprints were gone. It can be seen that the person who discovered this secret passage was very thoughtful, and even took into account details such as footprints.

It stands to reason that Luo Yuanwai should take someone to inquire about the people around him and ask if anyone has recently gone down to a dry well. However, if such a big move is made, it will definitely arouse suspicion and cause more people to become interested in the bottom of the dry well, which will only make things worse, so after exploring the dry well, Luo Yuanwai took people away, leaving one person to watch near the dry well.

In the end, he said that outside Zhou Yuan, he carried the blackmail letter in his sleeve, and came to the only flower and bird street in the city alone, patrolling back and forth, and silently reciting the sentence in his heart as he walked, "At a glance, everyone is small, and the trust of the world is won". The vendors on both sides of the street saw that he couldn't stay for a long time, and thought that he was going to buy some flowers, birds, fish and insects, so they kept talking to him, which made him tired of it.

"These little people who do small business are really annoying, even if they sell those flowers, birds, fish and insects to me, they can make a few bucks." Zhou Yuanwai secretly disdainful in his heart, shook his head, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, "Little people, little people, everyone is small at a glance, how can you see everyone at a glance?" Of course, only those who stand on a high place will feel that there are some little people below! He read the first half of the riddle, and his heart was excited, and he immediately raised his head and looked around, looking for the highest place on the street.

It was not difficult to find the highest place on a street, and Zhou Yuanwai quickly found this place.

Manhualou, the highest building on Flower and Bird Street, this building has a total of four floors, the building specializes in flowers, it is relatively deserted in this season, and business is very good in the summer and summer seasons of chūn. There are many flowers and bonsai in the building, enter it, the nose is full of flowers, and during the stroll, it is like being in the fairyland of Qionglou.

Zhou Yuanwai doesn't know flowers, doesn't love flowers and doesn't raise flowers, so he is not familiar with this store. He stopped in front of the flower-filled building, looked up, and pondered the answer to the second half of the riddle.

Win the trust of the world, what can win the trust of the world?

Zhou Yuanwai couldn't think of it, but he saw it.

Just above the roof of the Manhualou, there is a birdcage, if you don't look carefully, it's easy to ignore this birdcage, only those who look up can see it.

There are many clues brought by this birdcage, first of all, only a martial artist can go to such a high place, which proves that the blackmailer has martial arts, and secondly, the bird in the cage is calling, making a cooing sound, which sounds obviously the call of a pigeon.

If it is a carrier pigeon, it can naturally take the "letter" in the world, which is the second half of the riddle.

Full of flowers, rooftops, carrier pigeons.

It turns out that the person who collects the money is not a person at all, but a carrier pigeon! Just tie the silver ticket to the pigeon and let it go, and the pigeon will fly away and send the money to the blackmailer!

Pigeons can fly, but people can't, no one can catch up with pigeons, not even horses.

Although a martial artist with a very high realm can catch up with the carrier pigeon, it is impossible for the three of them to invite such a master for a mere 10,000 taels of silver, not to mention, even if they are willing to invite, there is no such master in Qibao County to invite them.

If they went somewhere else to invite the masters, it would be too late, and the blackmailers only gave them one day, and once it was past noon tomorrow, the news of the Flower Path would spread all over the streets and alleys, causing endless trouble for the three of them.

Now it seems that if the three of them are unwilling to let the secret of the Flower Path be made public, they will have no choice but to pay obediently.

It's impossible for them to find out who is behind the blackmail, and it's a flawless game.

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Zhou Yuanwai was not angry but laughed, although he was the losing party, but he had to admire the blackmailer behind the scenes. This 10,000 taels of silver, he admitted it, and he couldn't admit it.

With some effort, Zhou Yuanwai jumped up to the roof along the windowsill of the Manhualou, and got the birdcage in his hand, and the carrier pigeons in the cage cooed, as if laughing at him. A roll of paper was tied to the pigeon's feet, and when it was opened, it read: "Tie the silver ticket to the pigeon's foot and release it, so that the contemptible can obtain the silver ticket." Thank you for your help, and I hope that a few of you will be able to do it yourself in the future. ”

"Ten thousand taels of silver, this is not a small amount, but it really hurts." Zhou Yuanwai smiled bitterly, and then returned to Zhang Yuanwai's house with the birdcage.

After the three of them arrived, Zhou Yuanwai told the mystery and the matter of the carrier pigeon, and then said: "We can't escape this money, let's discuss how much everyone should pay." ”

Luo Yuanwai stared at the carrier pigeon in the cage and said fiercely: "I really want to slaughter and eat this pigeon now." ”

Wei Buxiao also showed a cold gaze, he wanted to kick the blackmailer to death when he handed over the money, but he didn't expect that it was a carrier pigeon who was responsible for delivering the money, which completely ruined his idea.

"I advise you not to do that, or there will be endless trouble." Zhou Yuanwai smiled bitterly again.

"It's acceptable to give him 10,000 taels of silver, but I'm afraid that after the money, he won't keep his promise and still shake off the matter of finding the flower path." Zhang Yuanwai said worriedly.

"There's no other way, if you have a better idea, I'm willing to listen." Zhou Yuanwai spread his hands, he thought he could deal with the blackmailer, but now he knew how terrible the blackmailer was.

Zhang Yuanwai opened his mouth and closed it obediently. When it comes to intelligence, he thinks that he is not as good as this Zhou Chen, since he can't even help Zhou Chen, then he can't help it.

All three of them had no choice, so they could only choose to pay obediently. 10,000 taels of silver, the three of them shared equally, because it was Luo Yuanwai's profile who leaked the secret of finding the flower path, so he spread a little more, out of 4,000 taels.

Now that they had decided to pay, there was no need to wait until tomorrow, and the three of them bundled silver tickets for the pigeon and prepared to fly.

But at this moment, Zhou Yuanwai suddenly shouted: "Slow! ”

The other two members were stunned, and Zhang Yuanwai also grabbed the carrier pigeon's hand and took it back.

"Although the money must be given, we can make a little trick on the money and leave a mark. In this way, the mark can be used to find the blackmailer. Zhou Yuanwai smiled, this time it was a smug smile, not a bitter smile.

The silver ticket of 10,000 taels is by no means a small amount, and it is very rare in the vicinity of Qibao County, as long as you send someone to tell the money banks in Qibao County and surrounding towns that once they find that there are 10,000 taels of silver tickets marked with a mark, they will be notified immediately, and they will be able to get clues from the blackmailer and find out the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes.

The other two men clapped their hands and immediately did so, took off the silver ticket, left a mark in an inconspicuous place with a pen, and then tied the marked silver ticket to the carrier pigeon and released it again.

The carrier pigeon flapped its gray and white wings and disappeared into the darkening sky.

……

Full of flowers, full of flowers, I would like to pay tribute to the late Mr. Gu with this name.