Outside the tavern, three dark shadows stood against the wall in the thick darkness of the night. Yuexi had two big dark circles under her eyes, and whispered to the pair of unscrupulous brothers and sisters beside her: "That Xue Da shopkeeper is inside." ”

Gongsun Lan leaned over in a long black cloak and glanced at the tavern, the dim light reflected several shadows through the pavilion window, and the voice was chaotic and noisy, and it was impossible to distinguish any useful information. "Are you sure he did something in those grains?"

Yuexi stretched out her finger and pointed at her eyes, and said helplessly: "Miss, look at it!" I've been staring at him for days! ”

Gongsun Xian said: "In short, one thing can be determined now, this person is afraid that others will store a large amount of rice and grain and affect him, so he must be the one who has been secretly buying grain." ”

The brother and sister glanced at each other and already had an idea.

Gongsun Lan wasted several days of effort, hoping that the eldest prince Beishan Liao could "understand" her meaning and proposed to "exchange grain for soldiers" with Da'an, but the eldest prince didn't know whether he really didn't expect it or deliberately didn't take this pot, and he couldn't think of this idea! And their own initiative is too risky, and they have no choice but to hit the idea on the person who has ulterior motives to collect food.

But this Xue Da shopkeeper was extremely careful, Gongsun Xian had already sent someone to look for it before, but he found nothing. Gongsun Lan sent people to look for it in the city for a long time without eyebrows, and finally Yuechen came up with such an idea, sending people to collect chaff rice at a high price to lure the snake out of the hole.

The shopkeeper Xue was really fooled and sent someone to do something in the rice they received.

"It's better to arrest him directly, torture him, and make him tell where the food is hidden!" Yuexi is disgusted with this Xue Da shopkeeper to death, mixing rat poison into good food is not something that people can drive out at all, wasting food is already a sin, and eating human life is an unforgivable evil deed!

"You can't come hard, this person is obviously not just to earn a vote, there must be other purposes. If we alarm him, the people who instructed him will probably dispose of the grain first, and then we will only be left empty. "Gongsun Xian is also very anxious in his heart, if he can get the grain in the hands of this Xue Da shopkeeper, it will solve the urgent need." It's best to think of an idea, get the grain, and then touch the melons along the vine to find out who the shopkeeper Xue is instructed by. ”

"It's better to ...... It made him feel like something was wrong with his food. Gongsun Lan's heart moved, and he said, "Lead him to the place where the grain is stored to check." ”

"How?"

Gongsun Lan turned his head and smiled at Yuexi, and Yuexi grinned: "Miss, can you change someone to torture ......"

"You have to do this, who made you bold? Yuechen is afraid of mice, so she can only let you take someone to catch it! ”

"Catch ...... Catching mice?? ”

"It's still easy to catch mice in this season, and a pound is a nest."

"Miss wants to make a rat plague in the city and let the shopkeeper Xue go to see her own food?" Yuexi was taken aback, and then understood, and at the same time despised Yuechen very much in her heart, thinking that she must drag him along.

"Xue Da Shopkeeper may not act in person, as long as it is his person, he must keep an eye on any abnormal movement, this thing must be done! When the food arrives, let's rest assured that it will not be too late to torture him! ”

……

The wax moon is coming to an end, and the chill is deep. A few days after the comfortable days of Xue Da's shopkeeper, there was another rat infestation in the city somehow.

Sun Shan wondered: "How did you do it!" Are these rats stupid? Didn't stock up on food before winter? ”

Wang Er laughed, "The food is in our hands, and there is no food left in the rat's house, so I have to brave the cold to come out and find something to eat." ”

Xue Da shopkeeper glared at him, Wang Er quickly smiled, and said, "But if you sprinkle some rat poison, you can do it for the small ones!" ”

"Be careful not to slip the line out!"

That food is his life!

Wang Er knew the severity, and replied in a row; "Yes, yes, the little ones know. You can rest assured. ”

There was still a lot left over from the last time I used rat poison to make hands and feet, and I even saved the effort of buying medicine. Wang Er waited until it was dark before leaving the city. He tightened his cotton clothes, went out of the city to find the carriage that had been stored in advance in the field, and drove to the Baicui Nunnery by himself.

Yuexi and Yuechen had already made preparations, wrapped the cloth on the horse, and fell far away without hurry.

The location of Pakzui-an is slightly remote compared to the location of other temples and nunnery. The incense is not very vigorous, and there are only about a dozen nuns practicing here. On the road for nearly an hour, Wang Er felt that his bones were frozen, got out of the carriage and quickly poured a sip of wine, rubbed his hands and stepped forward to knock on the door.

The two of them looked at each other, and their expressions were a little weird. Who would have thought that the shopkeeper Xue would actually hide the grain in the nunnery? The two of them tied the horse far away and touched it lightly.

Wang Er knocked on the door bolt in front, waited for a while, the faint light of the lantern flashed through the crack in the door, and a voice asked, "Who is it?" ”

"It's me, the big shopkeeper asked me to come over and open the door."

There was silence inside, the deadbolt sounded, and a nun opened a crack in the door from the inside, and Wang Er quickly dodged in.

The nun led Wang Er into a quiet room, and then turned around and went out to find Master Jingjue. After waiting for a long time, it was too late for Jingjue to come. She was in her thirties, with thin eyebrows and a calm expression, and she was the person in charge of this nunnery. If it weren't for the fact that Jingjue was not good-looking, Wang Er would even suspect that this nun was a good friend of Xue Da's shopkeeper. Otherwise, how could she take such a big risk to hide grain for Xue Da's shopkeeper.

Jingjue seemed to be a little surprised that Wang Er came over at this time, waited for the little nun to serve hot tea, exited the room, and asked slowly: "The donor came here late at night, but what are the instructions of the shopkeeper Xue?" ”

Obviously said that he would not send food again, did he change his mind again?

Wang Er had nothing to say to a nun, and said directly: "Oh, it's nothing, it's just that there have been rats in the city recently, and the shopkeeper is not at ease, let me take a look." ”

Although Jingjue didn't think that there would be any rat plague in the nunnery, he didn't refute it, and said directly: "You come with me." ”

In the simple meditation room, Jingjue lifted her bed, and there was no trace of abnormality in the tightly fitting bed board below, she squatted down, her hand groped under the bed for a while, and a wooden board on the side of the bed popped out of it with a click, and it turned out to be a dark box. Inside was a long, flat box with a small delicate lock hanging from it.

Jingjue carefully opened the lock, took out another key from inside, and went out through the back door to open the door of the storeroom. "Donor, please go in and check it out."

The two of them squatted in the dark at the base of the wall, and their hearts finally fell to the ground. When the food was found, they went back and arrested the Xue Da shopkeeper who had lost his conscience!

In the city, the shopkeeper Xue was about to go to bed, and the candle flame placed in the corner of the table shook violently and suddenly went out.

He was startled, only to feel a cool breeze passing by him, piercing his muscles and bones, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to move. "Who? Who is it? ”

No one answered, but the shopkeeper Xue felt that a hand was on his shoulder, and then a dull pain hit, and he didn't know anything.

……

Early in the morning, Gongsun Lan happily fiddled with a few newly folded plum blossoms in the yard and said: "After a few days of snow, the plum blossoms are blooming more and more. Yuexi smacked her lips and said, "It would be nice if the twilight rain was here, the plum blossom cake she made was the most delicious." ”

Gongsun Lan glanced at her with a sneer, "You can't forget to eat at any time." ”

Yuexi said: "My subordinates don't have such a good body as Miss, I must eat and drink well to make up for it in order to resist Miss Zhu's support!" ”

Gongsun Xian pushed the door in, stuffed a white fox fur into Gongsun Lan's arms, and said: "No matter how good your body is, you are afraid of tossing, and it is inevitable that your hand will be injured some time ago, so you should pay more attention." It's a good thing, you wear it, so that you don't go back to my brother-in-law and blame me for not taking good care of you. ”

Gongsun Lan glared at him with a red face and asked, "Where are the people locked up?" ”

"Found a secluded place, when are you going to go?"

"No hurry! He has the courage to do such a thing that harms the interests of the garrison, and it is estimated that it is also a hard bone. I've got to think about how I can squeeze something out of his mouth. Shut it off for a few days...... When his spirit is gone, it's not too late for us to deal with him. ”

"This surnamed Xue is gone, a few of his subordinates will definitely be chaotic, see if they will make any moves."

Gongsun Lan nodded, "Well, there is also those grains from Baicui'an, as soon as possible, it seems like a safe way." ”

……

In the dim room, Xue Zhishan's rickety body woke up from the drowsiness again, and the dim candle flame was burning in a trance, if it weren't for the pain all over his body, he almost thought that he was just a dream. He had been hanging here for several days, there was still no one around, there was a sharp pain in his wrist, he struggled to raise his head to look at the iron rope on his wrist, his tongue was still numb, he was fed medicine, and he couldn't even bite his tongue to kill himself.

Xue Zhishan couldn't wait to pass out again, when did he suffer like this......

Squeak! The door opened......

Xue Zhishan was in pain, hungry, frightened and frightened, and he didn't have any strength in his body, and the iron cables on his hands and feet made a rattling sound because of his trembling.

A few people came in from outside the door, led by a black cloak, covering himself tightly, and only the sharp chin could be seen, but this person was tall but very slender, obviously a woman. Xue Zhishan's pupils constricted, and the master told him that he should be careful of the brother and sister of the Gongsun family! This must be Gongsun Lan......

Unexpectedly, I was careful and fell behind, and I was caught by her! His mind was spinning as fast as it could, it must have been ...... The one who collects grain at a high price! It's a trap! A "mousetrap" specially prepared for him! His tongue did not listen, and he muttered two words in a muffled manner. "Gongsun ......"

Gongsun Lan smiled slightly, "Xue Da's shopkeeper has good eyesight." She took off her cloak and took a few steps forward with her hands behind her back, "Moon breath, feed the antidote to Shopkeeper Xue, and let him talk to us well." ”