Zhao Wu took out a bamboo skewer more than an inch long from his purse, stirred the food, carefully observed and smelled the taste, and opened the wine jug to smell it.

Ding Gu asked puzzledly, "Master Zhao, didn't you say that silver needles are used for poison testing, how do you use bamboo sticks?" ”

Zhao Wubu raised his head and explained, "The silver needle can only test the poison of arsenic. The meals were for us to eat in the lobby, and they didn't dare to take that kind of drastic medicine. If they want to rob not only money, but also people, they will not be able to take that kind of medicine. After a moment, he raised his head and said, "It seems that there is a drug, maybe the amount is small, I'm not sure." ”

He had learned from Tang Tongzuo to discern the slight changes in the taste and color of several drugs and smoke.

Xu Lanyin took the bamboo skewer in Zhao Wu's hand and stirred it with the food, smelled it, and sniffed the wine again. After half an hour, he threw away the bamboo skewer and said in a deep voice, "There are drugs in the food and wine. I had smelled the sweat medicine eaten by the people of Min in Min Mansion before, and although the taste was very light, I could smell this smell. ”

Zhao Wu knew that Xu Lanyin's sense of smell was more sensitive than that of ordinary people, and said, "That's for sure, the amount is small, because he doesn't want us to fall asleep in the lobby immediately." When we slept dead at night, they did just the right thing to do. ”

His face sank like water. He got up and went to the door, looked at it, listened to it again, and returned to the table, saying, "The crack in the door should be wider, so that you can latch it with a blade from the outside." ”

He went to the window again and opened it, and knowing that someone must be paying attention to their window, he calmly looked out and closed it again. Turning around, he said, "The small window is a little bigger, so you can get in and out of the strong man." There was a big tree in front of the window to block the view, and under the window was their backyard, and they killed or tied people up, and lowered them directly from the window, and the people below quickly moved into the room after receiving them. People don't know, ghosts don't know. ”

Ding Gu panicked, "Arrange us in these two rooms, which means that as soon as we come in, the inn has a bad idea?" ”

Zhao Wu nodded.

Zhangqi was frightened and covered his mouth and cried. Xu Lanting hugged Xu Lanyin, and her body kept shaking. He also knew that he couldn't cry out loud, biting his lip and weeping.

Xu Lanyin comforted, "Don't be afraid, your brother Zhao's martial arts are strong, and no one can beat him." ”

Xu Lanting sobbed quietly, "One punch is hard to beat four hands." ”

Zhao Wu rubbed his little brother and said, "You underestimate your big brother Zhao too much, let alone four hands, even forty hands can be broken by Brother Zhao." He said to Xu Lanyin again, "The big tree outside the window is convenient for the people here, and it is also convenient for me." I've come up with a good idea, if it works, they won't have time to take care of us at night, and they can wait for reinforcements ......"

A few people looked at the pockmarks standing on a few and looked at the sky, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Lanyin and Ding Gu poured most of the food and wine into a piece of cloth and stuffed it into the cabinet. Zhao Wu poured the remaining little wine on his clothes and poured another little for Ding Gu.

After discussing for a while, Xiao Er knocked on the door and asked, "Guest officer, are you done eating?" ”

Zhao Wu replied, "I'm done eating." So he got up and opened the door.

Xiao Er entered the house and looked around first, the little baby crawled on the bed, and the little girl hung her head, looking very sleepy. The other adults blinked, as if they were sleepy.

He smiled, "If something happens, shout at the throat, the little one is downstairs." With that, he put the dishes on the tray and went out the door.

Zhao Wu said, "If you're tired, go back and rest, get up early tomorrow, and buy some things before you go." ”

Xu Lanyin took Xu Lanting and Zhangzhu back to her house and plugged the door shut.

Zhangqi was already frightened, his hands trembled, and Xu Lanyin had to light the oil lamp by himself.

She also didn't want to light the lamp, but not to make people suspicious. She first plugged in the window, checked under the bed and in the cupboard, and found nothing unusual, so she wrapped the latch of the door several times with the hemp rope that bound the things, and then gently lifted the table to the door with Zhangqi and blocked it. Even if those people pull the latch open, it will take some trouble to get in.

Zhao Wu and Ding Gu's house will do the same, and Zhao Wu will go out to run errands and take the small window.

Half an hour later, Xu Lanyin blew out the lights, giving the impression that they were sleeping.

Xu Lanyin walked to the window and poked a hole in the hairpin to look out.

There are two courtyards in the back, and the middle one is relatively large, where the kitchen, the barn, and the inn are all located. There is also a small cross-courtyard on the left, with a green wall of Daiwa, a corner of the cornice, and a green tree and red flower, even at night, you can see that the inside is carefully decorated, and it should be a "luxury room" specially prepared for the wealthy.

The courtyard at the back was long and narrow, with only three tiled houses, and two long rows of thatched roofs were set up in the courtyard, which was supposed to be a shack for carts and livestock to rest.

There was a towering tree growing on the left side of the window, covering half of the windows of their house, and the windows in Zhao Wu's house were completely covered.

This terrain is indeed as Zhao Wuyan said, which is convenient for the bad guys and convenient for him.

She laughed and softly comforted Xu Lanting and Zhangqi, who were still in fright, "Don't worry, Zhao Wu's ability is great." ”

She put the quilt under the bed and let Xu Lanting sleep there. She was lying on the bed with Zhangqi, unable to sleep, she held scissors in her hand, and Zhangqi held a pointed silver hairpin. I brought scissors just in case, but I didn't expect to use them.

The sound of the watch and the sound of the watchman in the distance occasionally came, making the night more quiet. The second and third watches, the chess game couldn't hold back the drowsiness and fell asleep, Xu Lanyin's eyes were still wide. She felt that Zhao Wu should start acting, but she didn't hear any movement.

I don't know how long it took, but there was a very soft noise outside the door. Xu Lan woke her up by covering her mouth, and the two didn't dare to move while holding the "weapon", for fear that the "creak" of the bed would be heard by people outside the door.

It was discussed before, if Zhao Wu's side was not successful, the thief here came first, and when the thief opened the latch and cut the hemp rope, Xu Lanyin and Zhangzhu shouted "help", and Ding Gu in the other room also shouted. Wake up all the people in the guest house, and Zhao Wu will also come back to help them.

With the dual protection of hemp rope and table, it is impossible for the thief to rush in quickly, so he has to escape. It's just that what Zhao Wu has to do is about to miscarry, and he will startle the snake.

Although there was only an extremely faint light in the room, Xu Lanyin's eyes had adjusted to the darkness, and she saw that the latch of the door had been picked open, and a blade had begun to cut the hemp rope again. The thief did not expect the latch to be wrapped around the rope, and the blade of the belt was not sharp, and the cutting was relatively slow.

Xu Lanyin's hand holding the scissors squeezed tighter, but she didn't shout immediately, and when she shouted out, Zhao Wu's side gave up all her efforts.

She had to wait, the hemp rope was the thickness of a little finger, and she would shout when it was cut halfway.

Little by little, the hemp rope was cut, and the sweat on her hands had soaked the scissors.

Suddenly, a frightened shout pierced the silence of the night, "Oh no, go water, go water, come and put out the fire......