Xiao Er suddenly changed his words and said: "Guest officer, I said the wrong thing, the shopkeeper Rong on the other side is no longer there, and he said these unlucky things." Li Zhuoran pretended to be curious, lowered his voice and asked, "Not here?" What's going on? Xiao Er was looking for someone to tell him what he had seen and heard, he looked around, and saw that the shopkeeper was not there, so he sat down and whispered, "Let someone give this." He rubbed his hand on his neck as he spoke.

Li Zhuoran looked around cooperatively and asked, "Yo, in a prosperous place like Leye Fang, kill people on the street." Xiao Er said: "Who said it wasn't, it was just after noon at that time, there were many people in our store, and there was always no business at noon on the shopkeeper Rong's side." You don't know, I didn't hear a sound, and suddenly I saw a group of officers and soldiers surrounding the place, and people came and went, saying that there were dead people inside, but I was busy in the store at the time, and I didn't bother to go out to see. Li Zhuoran pondered: "Who did it?" Selling some paper, ink, pen and inkstone, and it's not a treasure, how can you put your life into it? ”

Xiao Er said in a low voice: "I think, most of them were killed by the enemy, I didn't say these words when the government came to ask in the afternoon, the guest official is going to the rivers and lakes, not us, I dare to talk to you about some things." Li Zhuoran looked valued and said, "I want to hear about it." Xiao Er looked around again, confirmed the shopkeeper's absence, and said: "Our Jiangning City, in the past, was not as peaceful as it is today, in the past, it was the two big families of the Long family and the Bian family, and they had the final say." ”

When Li Zhuoran heard that the Long family was mentioned, he couldn't help but move in his heart, but he pretended not to know and asked: "Why is this far away, and it is going to the big family." Xiao Er waved his hand and said: "It's not far away, you listen to me, this shopkeeper Rong moved from Spring and Autumn Lane, and the entire Spring and Autumn Lane was originally the ancestral home of the Long family." Li Zhuoran said: "Oh, that is to say, the Rong family and the Long family are connected. ”

Xiao Er nodded and said: "Since Lord Zhao of Jiangning City repaired this Leye Fang, everyone gathered here from the small streets and alleys of Jiangning, so naturally they inevitably asked each other where they used to be, and I heard the shopkeeper Rong say that he originally rented the shop of the Long family in Spring and Autumn Lane, and later the Long family also bought a shop here, so he let him come over." Li Zhuoran said: "I didn't expect that the big family still has such affection, so they actually took away the old shop and gave the new shop to the Rong family." ”

When Xiao Er heard this, his expression was very complicated, and he said, "Where is the importance of affection? The guest officer didn't know that there were people in the Long family, and they had done a lot of evil in Jiangning City a few years ago, not to mention the matter of fighting for land and grabbing land, but just bullying men and women for a lack of morality, so I don't know how much they did. Back then, the daughter of the Tang family in the east of the city was forced into an outer room, and Tang Laohan broke the drum of injustice, and no one asked, who didn't know Jiangning City. He must have done this for his own convenience. ”

Li Zhuoran suddenly remembered the name he saw on the file of the Jiangning County Ya in the afternoon, and hurriedly said: "Yo, what year is this, I have a distant relative in Jiangning, also surnamed Tang, and I have been separated for many years, I don't know if it's them." Xiao Er was a warm-hearted person, and he helped him recall: "It had to be before Lord Zhao came to Jiangning, maybe seven or eight years ago." That old man Tang seems to be called Tang Dianwu, and the girl's name is Dudu, is it your relative? Li Zhuoran understood in his heart and said: "That's not, Xu is just the same surname, you can continue to talk about what happened just now."

Xiao Er looked at Li Zhuoran's wine jar and said with a smile: "I've been talking for a long time, and the little one is also dry." Haven't you asked the guest officer where you are from and what are you doing walking the rivers and lakes? Li Zhuoran took the two black pottery bowls on the table, poured wine, handed a bowl to Xiao Er and said: "My family is in Huizhou, there are many brothers and sisters in the family, the eldest brother left a few years ago, and before leaving, let me take care of the brothers and sisters below, but unexpectedly, the third brother had an accident again, I don't know where he fell in, I walked the rivers and lakes, just to rescue him." ”

Xiao Er took a sip of wine and sighed: "If you don't know where he is, it's hard to find, I don't know who the third brother's surname is, and what his appearance is, we can also help you inquire about guests from all over the world." Li Zhuoran had the intention to divert this matter, raised the wine bowl and said: "If you have to worry about it, I will paint a portrait tomorrow, write his name and birthday, and send it here, you can help inquire about it." ”

The shopkeeper was about to pat his chest to pack the ticket, and suddenly saw someone coming outside, so he hurriedly got up and said: "This guest officer, the shop is closed, and after a stick of incense, it will be curfew, and no longer entertain guests." The person who came took out some broken silver and handed it to Xiao Er: "I just sit and leave, no need to entertain." He bypassed Xiao Er, walked straight to Li Zhuoran's table and sat down, and said with a smile: "Zhuoran, I knew you would be here." I inquired about that. ”

Li Zhuoran saw that Xiao Er looked at himself and Shao Shoutie with some suspicion, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Lao, I have inquired about the whereabouts of my third brother, and we will go together tomorrow to find out." After that, he quietly made a color for Shao Shoutie. Shao Shoutie saw that Li Zhuoran was probably talking to Xiao Er, so he didn't speak again. Xiao Er came over and congratulated: "Guest officer, congratulations, there is news, I wish you a speedy reunion." ”

Li Zhuoran arched his hand and said, "Thank you Jiyan, you take another bowl, and there is still time for a stick of incense, and the three of us will drink this jar of wine." Xiao Er brought another bowl, sat down and said, "Thank you, guest officer." Li Zhuoran said: "Where did you just go?" Then you say, let's help the wine. Xiao Er took a sip of wine and said, "It's time to talk about the Long clan's bullying of men and women." Li Zhuoran hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, how do I remember, when it comes to the fact that the shopkeeper Rong was killed by the enemy." ”

The shopkeeper said: "Yes, let's just say that this Long family did all kinds of evil in the past few years, but since the two Qingtian masters Zhao and Lord Wang came to Jiangning City, they didn't dare to make a mistake, but there are some things, don't do it openly, it doesn't mean that you don't do it secretly, I heard other guest officials say that the shopkeeper Rong here, there is a special potion that can make the ink volatilize, and the Long family has used this method to pit several families." Maybe it was those people who couldn't find the Long family to take revenge, so they took the shopkeeper Rong and opened the knife. ”

Shao Shoutie exchanged glances with Li Zhuoran, and said with a smile: "Where in the world is there such a magical potion, I have never heard of it. Xiao Er saw that they didn't believe it, and hurriedly argued: "I can't say what it is, if you don't believe it, you can go to Qinhuaifang to inquire, there is a ghost market there, you should be able to buy it." Li Zhuoran drank the wine in the bowl and said, "Let's buy it for nothing, drink and drink." Then he filled the bowls of the three of them.

Li Zhuoran saw Xiao Er's two bowls of wine in his stomach, and he already knew everything, so he said: "Having said that, since you know that Shopkeeper Rong is a member of the Long family, who dares to act blatantly and is not afraid of offending the Long family?" Xiao Er scratched his head and said: "That's right, could it be that the Long family thinks that the shopkeeper Rong knows too many secrets, so he personally gave him-"

Before the words fell, the sound of a gong suddenly sounded outside, and a group of officers and soldiers came from north to south, shouting: "The second square is curfew, and the idle people are waiting to leave as soon as possible." Xiao Er jumped up when he heard this, and said: "Two guest officers, let's go, the shop is closed, and if you go slowly, you will be caught in the yamen and go to spend the night." Li Zhuoran and Shao Shoutie got up and walked out, and the shopkeeper walked to the door with a door panel, and said to them: "If the guest officer comes to Jiangning again, he must come to the store to sit down. ”

Li Zhuoran turned around and said, "Okay, this is indeed a good show." ”