Hou Zhenbang's tone softened, and his expression was completely different from before, Wei Chiran felt that this old man was too weird, since this was the case, why bother before?

He Changqing said: "It's not early, you can close the stall, I have something to look for you." ”

Hou Zhenbang looked embarrassed: "Uncle Shi, I am no longer a person from the Iron Clothes Gate." ”

He Changqing's face sank: "What are you pretending to be here?" You are not from the Iron Cloth Gate, and the Iron Clothes Gate will send you here to guard the treasure under the Wuzhang Plain? ”

Hou Zhenbang looked at He Changqing in surprise, and then said to the monkey: "Tuxingsun, pack up your things, let's go home." ”

The monkey, who was called Tuxingsun, first put away the red cloth on the table and folded it, then jumped down, picked up the chess pieces one by one and put them back into the box, and then sorted out all the things and put them in the cabinet under the table, and then jumped into the grocery store and took out Hou Zhenbang's cloth bag.

Wei Chi noticed that Hou Zhenbang's cloth bag also had an abacus inserted in it.

After leaving the vegetable market, He Changqing and Hou Zhenbang walked ahead, while Wei Chiran and Tuxing Sun followed behind.

Along the way, Wei Chiran almost always looked at the monkey walking upright next to him, and Tuxingsun also turned his head to look at Wei Chiran from time to time, and finally simply climbed onto Wei Chiran's shoulder and looked in all directions.

At first, Wei Chiran was still scared, but the monkey was very docile, and one person and one monkey attracted many people to take pictures on the road. But it didn't take long for the monkey to jump down and run into the fruit shop, and the lieutenant hurried to follow.

Tuxingsun bought some fruit in the store, looked at Wei Chiran and pointed to the payment code next to him, and motioned for Wei Chiran to pay. Wei Chiran didn't think much about it, he helped the monkey pay, who knows, and then the monkey walked and bought things, and every time he finished buying, he would do the same action, that is, pointing to the payment code.

When a few people returned to the old building where Hou Zhenbang lived, Wei Chiran had already filled his hands with a large bag and a small bag.

He Changqing frowned and looked at Wei Chiran, while Hou Zhenbang said angrily: "You are blackmailing people again!" ”

Well? Extort? What does it mean? Wei Chiran looked at Tuxingsun next to him, and Tuxingsun grinned at Hou Zhenbang.

Hou Zhenbang stepped forward to help the lieutenant pick up the things hesitantly, and at the same time said apologetically: "I'll give you the money later, I'm sorry, I'm really embarrassed." ”

Wei Chiran said politely: "It's okay, it's not much, no need." ”

"Really?" Hou Zhenbang looked at Wei Chiran's eyes, "Really don't use it?" ”

Wei Chiran nodded slightly, and he was a little embarrassed to ask this.

A smile immediately appeared on Hou Zhenbang's face: "Then I'm welcome." ”

Wait, you're one monkey and you're setting me up, aren't you? Wei Chiran saw He Changqing shaking his head slightly at him, and smiled bitterly, presumably he had been played by this person and a monkey before.

The old building where Hou Zhenbang lives should have been built in the mid-nineties of the last century, and although it was renovated later, the external style and the facilities in the building still look so old.

Wei Chiran looked at the house built on the roof of the building: "This is an illegal building, right?" ”

He Changqing gave Wei Chiran a "don't meddle" look, and walked in with Hou Zhenbang, not long after entering, He Changqing pinched his nose and came out: "What does this smell like." ”

He Changqing came out with a table and a stool, apologized vigorously, and asked Tuxingsun to boil water to make tea.

The three of them sat around the table, waiting for Tuxingsun to boil water to make tea, and the so-called tea was very strange, like the stalks of some plant, and it smelled faintly fragrant.

"Blood vine?" He Changqing looked at the stalks in the teapot, "Your illness hasn't been cured yet?" ”

Hou Zhenbang nodded slightly: "There is no cure, I can only rely on blood vines to maintain, if I don't have this thing, I will die." ”

Wei Chiran really wanted to ask what the blood vine was? But he couldn't interject, so he had to look at Tu Xingsun from the side, Tu Xingsun was eating grapes at this time, and pointed to the durian in the box, signaling Wei to eat it late.

Wei Chiran took out a piece of durian and ate it, Tuxingsun immediately showed a strange expression, and Hou Zhenbang saw this and said: "What he means, why do you eat, he likes to watch others eat durian the most, this is a kind of hunting psychology." ”

Wei Chiran couldn't cry or laugh, and just about to say something, He Changqing went straight to the topic: "This is Wei Chiran, my apprentice." ”

"Apprentice?" Hou Zhenbang was surprised, "You actually accept apprentices?" ”

He Changqing said again: "We just came from Wudu, Sichuan, where we found the evil tower where Xia Shi hid the clues of the Ding Jia pot, and also learned about the location of Wuzhangyuan from the evil evil tower, and I thought of you for the first time." ”

Hou Zhenbang shook his head: "I don't understand what you're saying." ”

He Changqing picked up the teacup, sniffed it, and just took a sip: "Tieyimen has always known the specific location of the Dingjiaju, this is what I suddenly realized after seeing that map, how many people in Tieyimen are in the surrounding area of Wuzhangyuan, you and I know it, isn't this the three hundred taels of silver here?" I thought about it for a long, long time, and finally understood that in fact, Xia Shi was not a defector, he defected to the imperial court at that time according to the order of the secret hall, and then acted in a play with Tieyimen, the purpose was to put the Ding Jia pot under the nose of the imperial court. ”

Wei Chiran looked at Hou Zhenbang when he heard this, is it really the same as He Changqing said? What is the Iron Cloak Gate doing this for?

Hou Zhenbang still shook his head: "I said, I don't understand what you're saying." ”

He Changqing put down the teacup: "Zhenbang, don't you really know what's going on right now?" ”

Hou Zhenbang asked suspiciously: "What?" ”

He Changqing took out the phone and handed it to Hou Zhenbang: "Call Mi Zhentang, you can ask yourself, and then you will know." ”

Hou Zhenbang shook his head: "I am no longer a person from the Iron Cloth Gate." ”

He Changqing took back the phone: "It doesn't matter if you don't call, I will let the people from the secret hall look for you, and I will live in the chain hotel outside." After speaking, He Changqing left a phone number and led Wei Chi to leave.

After He Changqing and Wei Chiran left, Hou Zhenbang returned to the house, found his phone, turned out the number of the secret hall, hesitated for a while, and then dialed out.

After the phone was connected, Hou Zhenbang said: "He Changqing came to me, what happened?" ”

After the person on the other end of the phone finished explaining, Hou Zhenbang's face changed, he put down the phone, sat there thinking, and Tuxingsun next to him looked at him suspiciously.

In the chain hotel, Wei Chiran and He Changqing have checked in, after checking in, He Changqing took a shower, and his phone kept ringing, Wei Chiran didn't dare to answer, just took the phone to the bathroom door and said, "There is a phone." ”

He Changqing said in the bathroom: "I'll talk about it when I come out." ”

After a long time, He Changqing washed comfortably, changed his clothes and walked out, opened a bottle of Coke and drank it for the first time, and then called back, just said a room number and hung up.

Seeing this, Wei Chiran asked, "Master, what the hell is going on?" ”

He Changqing looked at the door and said, "You'll know when he comes." ”

Wei Chiran asked again: "Why does he call you uncle?" You two look about the same age. ”

He Changqing said: "Seniority has nothing to do with age, I have saved him before." ”

Wei Chiran still asked: "I mean, why do you have a rank in the Iron Cloak Gate?" What sect do you belong to? ”

He Changqing didn't answer the question, but remained silent, his silence seemed to condense the air.

Wei Chi didn't dare to ask, so he had to take a shower, and not long after he went in to wash, there was a knock on the door.

He Changqing got up and opened the door, glanced at Hou Zhenbang at the door, and Tuxingsun on his shoulder, and motioned for him to come in.

The lieutenant in the bathroom heard a knock on the door and subconsciously turned off the water. He Changqing walked to the door, knocked on the door and said, "Wash yours, it's none of your business." ”

Wei Chiran had to boil the water again, but the sound of the water could not make him hear what the two people outside were talking about.

Hou Zhenbang walked into the house, stood in front of He Changqing, and then knelt down on one knee to salute, and the Tuxing Sun next to him also drew a gourd and did the same.

He Changqing frowned and said, "No need to make a big salute, sit down." ”

Hou Zhenbang sat down: "The secret hall has already told me about the matter. ”

He Changqing nodded slightly, and did not speak.

Hou Zhenbang said again: "Is this a full-scale declaration of war?" Was the secret armor really taken away by the lone army? ”

He Changqing looked at the bathroom: "Yes, my apprentice is a witness, and he also participated." ”

"What? Participate? Hou Zhenbang asked suspiciously, "Who is your apprentice?" ”

He Changqing shook his head: "It's not clear, it's because I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I will take him with me." I ask you, what exactly is a Ding Jia pot, do you know? ”

Hou Zhenbang shook his head: "Uncle Shi, you don't know what the Ding Jia pot is, how can I know?" ”

He Changqing said: "My senior uncle is only nominally, in fact, there is no power inside the Iron Cloak Gate, I am just a medium between you and 517." ”

Hou Zhenbang smiled, and the smile was clearly mocking: "Media? I think it's like a chincha. ”

"Say whatever you want." He Changqing's tone was cold, "I know you are dissatisfied, but you also have to understand that if it weren't for 517, your ironclad gate would have disappeared long ago." ”

Hou Zhenbang's hand hidden in the sofa clenched, and then slowly let go: "Uncle Shi, your purpose is to take away the Ding Jia pot, and the secret hall also believes that it is safer to put the Ding Jia pot there in 517 than to hide it underground." ”

At this time, Wei Chiran came out of the shower, looked at Hou Zhenbang and nodded, Hou Zhenbang immediately shut up.

He Changqing glanced at Wei Chiran and said, "Don't scruple, you go on, now you should tell me why Tieyimen did that back then." ”

He Changqing's words were like an order, and Hou Zhenbang had to say: "What the Dingjia pot is, I don't know, after all, it's a long time, although I belong to one of the eight statues of the Yuan Fu Hall, but what I know is only on the surface." ”

He Changqing said: "Then say you know." ”

Hou Zhenbang's gaze fell on Tuxingsun next to him: "Xia Shi's betrayal was carried out at the behest of the secret hall back then. If he hadn't been instructed and arranged in advance, he wouldn't have been able to enter that place to get the Ding Jia Pot, where the guards were all first-class masters of the Iron Cloth Gate, and the secret hall transferred all the masters in advance, leaving only a part of the insiders, and preparing some corpses in advance, creating the illusion that Xia Shi was killing there, and those people who knew were equivalent to handing the Ding Jia pot directly into Xia Shi's hands......

Wei Chi sat on the edge of the bed, his eyes not looking at the two of them, but he kept listening carefully.