Chapter 18 Finding the Cause of Distress

When he arrived in Gaojia Village, he saw that the houses in the village were cold and overgrown with weeds, and Hu Xianxian saw an old man in tattered clothes in front of a thatched hut in the outermost part of the village.

"Old man, let me ask for directions, do you know where Gao Youbao's family is?"

The old man raised his cloudy eyes and promised impatiently: "I don't know, you go quickly." “

Hu Xianxian didn't understand why he replied like this, and said, "He is from this village, I have something to ask him." “

The old man half-narrowed his eyes, "What can you do with him?" Go back, this is not the place you should be. “

Hu Xianxian was a little disappointed, and asked him again: "What about Gao Youde?" Can I find him? “

The old man's expression was even more annoyed, "I don't know! Hurry up, don't bother me. I just want to squint in the sun for a while. “

Hu Xianxian returned to the car in frustration, and said with a smile: "Didn't find anyone?" The person you asked is the temple of the North Gate Land Temple, his small temple has been occupied by the people of Gaojia Village, he was forced to come here, he will be happy to tell you? “

Hu Xianxian asked in surprise: "Do you know about them?" “

"How many of the people at the north gate don't know about them?" You people in Nantong Street are familiar with foreign merchants, but they are not clear about the affairs of this city. However, most of the restaurants and shops on Nantong Street are opened by powerful people, and they can't afford to provoke them, so they don't go there much. “

The bolt told her that the land in Gaojia Village was more rocks than mud, and it was impossible to grow crops, and this Qinglong Mountain was a gloomy black forest, and there were not even a few wild boars and hares, and they couldn't hunt.

Therefore, most of the strong men in the village went to other places to beg for a living. And most of the people are working as coolies in the mines, but a few years ago, there was a Gao Youbiao who became the second master of Panlong Village, and several people in this Gaojia Village were unwilling to be coolies, and began to do some things in the north gate area. Gradually, more and more people in Gaojia Village have embarked on this path.

The bolt was spitting on this, and the old man walked up behind him silently and knocked him on a cane!

"You know what a fart! If it weren't for the fact that everyone in the village was killed and wounded in the mines, who would want to do those things? “

The bolt was beaten, and he was about to scold him, but he leaned into the bolt's ear and said, "You guys go quickly, the people from the village are coming." “

The bolt suddenly understood, it was Hu Xianxian who came twice to attract the attention of the ruffians in the village, and he pushed Hu Xianxian to get into the car and raised his whip to catch the car.

But they hadn't taken a few steps before they were stopped by a wooden pestle, and there were several men carrying large knives standing on both sides of the road.

The bolt whispered: "Miss Hu, I'll go out and beg them later, don't come out." After saying that, he got out of the car with a sad face and walked over with his head down.

Hu Xianxian watched the bolt kowtow to them through the small gap in the curtain, and he didn't know what he said, and those people withdrew from the pestle. Hu Xianxian's heart was relieved, and when he saw the bolt and was about to run to the side of the car, a big man with a knife suddenly chased after him.

The bolt ran violently, and he jumped into the car and tried to urge the horse to go quickly, but he was still a step too slow, and the big man had already pulled the reins.

The bolt yelled in a hurry: "You promised to let us go!" I'm carrying the good friends of the three masters of Panlong Village, the second girl of Qu! “

The big man got out of the carriage with a bolt, "Uncle, I'm so deceitful, aren't I?" If I hadn't been reminded by Quan'er, I'd have fallen for you! “

He pulled the curtain as he spoke, and Hu Xianxian had no choice but to get out of the car.

The big man glanced at Hu Xianxian a few times, and said with a smile: "This girl is okay, she is more beautiful than Qu Chunrao." “

Then he said to the bolt: "Yes, you are not lying to me, you really carried a beauty." You can drive back by yourself. “

Hu Xianxian heard from the meaning of his words that the bolt was lying and said that she was Qu Chunrao, and she could only put on a hard face at the moment and shouted loudly to stop the big man who wanted to move his hands and feet.

"You're looking for death! If you dare to touch my fingers, the three masters will pick your skin! “

The big man stretched out his hand to pull her, "Don't pretend, haven't you seen the second girl of Jinhualou?" ”

Hu Xianxian slowly leaned closer to the bolt, and said blindly: "I didn't say that I was Qu Chunrao, the three masters didn't like her for a long time!" Hmph, my aunt and grandmother are the hearts of the three masters! ”

The big man didn't pay attention to what she said, just pulled and pulled, and the other big men also gathered around, and they all surrounded her and said some obscene things.

The bolt was so anxious that he shouted: "You blind people, she is really the new good friend of the three masters!" If you touch her, you'll all die! You have broken hands and feet, bald heads and rotten mouths, and you have no asshole when you give birth to a son! If you die, the dogs won't eat it! All the women in your family have to sell ......."

His roar had no effect, and Hu Xianxian's clothes were torn. She kicked away the person who was pulling her clothes and tried to run away, but was grabbed by the waist by another person. She pounded and picked so that the people who hugged her couldn't hold her tight, which made the others even more angry, and they all laughed and moved their hands and feet.

A man shouted and took out a rope: "What are you doing with all this spare effort to tease her?" With a bundle of hands and feet, no matter how fierce a woman is, she can only be at your mercy. ”

Hu Xianxian's hand was held down by several people, and he twisted her hand and tied it up. She was on the verge of despair, and wanted to bite her tongue and kill herself. When she was about to bite the tip of her tongue hard, the pain from the tip of her tongue made her heart flutter.

Hu Xianxian suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and no longer harmed himself, but shouted: "Heroes, I have something to hand over to you three masters!" If you make a mistake, he really won't spare you! “

A big man said with a smile: "What do you pay?" What else do you have to make friends with besides your body? Do you feel that there are too many brothers and it is not easy to serve, so you want to see the three masters who serve him alone? “

The men laughed, and another said, "Don't waste any time, this carriage is good, and you don't have to go back to the village." “

As he spoke, the man picked up Hu Xianxian and pressed her to the carriage.

Hu Xianxian shouted: "The real Buddha treasure is hidden in my inn!" “

Those people were still making noise, and the bolt suddenly understood the purpose of her screaming, grabbed a stone and threw it at the man who hugged her!

"Damn, didn't you hear what she said?"

The man who was holding her was smashed and hurt, so he let go of his hand, and Hu Xianxian struggled violently and fell from the carriage to the ground!

Those people were stunned by her ruthlessness, and she hurriedly got up and shouted, "The real Buddha treasure is in my inn, if you miss the matter of the three masters, it is not enough for you to die a hundred times!" “

The big man who came over first with a knife sneered and said, "You have a lot of tricks, but we have all three masters of that treasure, and we have to send it back to the village tomorrow." Niu'er is good, what flowers are there to use later, so that you can have a good experience. “

Hu Xianxian tried his best to make his body tremble less obviously, and asked rhetorically with a confident look: "Can you guarantee that the Buddha treasure is real?" “

Several other big men rushed over impatiently, they didn't want to hear what Hu Xianxian said.

But one person grabbed them and said in a sad voice: "Stop for a while!" What she said may be true, I lived in her shop, and the Taoist priest who stole the treasure was quite close to her. “

Hu Xianxian saw that the person was one of the fishmongers who pretended to be that day, "Are you a master and a whole?" Take me to meet the three of you. “

She knew that it was impossible for her to get out and return to the city at this moment, but they showed that the Buddha treasure had not been sent to the stockade yet, and it was possible for her to see Cheng Haofeng if she saw the three masters, and it was possible to escape if she saw Cheng Haofeng.

When she was secretly calculating, Gao Youquan had persuaded the others to disperse, and he blindfolded her, "I'll take you to see the three masters, and you are not allowed to ask questions on the way." Keep your coachman waiting here, don't come along. “

Hu Xianxian asked the bolt to wait with peace of mind, and was pushed into the carriage, and Gao Youquan turned around and drove towards the village.

After about a pillar of incense, the car stopped, and when Hu Xianxian was pulled out of the car and walked around with a pillar of incense, someone finally helped her loosen the tie.

As soon as Hu Xianxian's hand was released, he quickly tore off the black cloth that was blindfolded, and in front of him was a handsome man who was smiling like a spring breeze, and he was drinking tea.

After waving his hand and supporting Gao Youquan, he said to Hu Xianxian: "Come, you can taste the freshly brewed 'Bitan Drifting Snow'." “

Hu Xianxian suspected that Gao Youquan was in the wrong place, this is a two-story wooden building with a courtyard in the courtyard, and an osmanthus flower in the courtyard is exuding a rich fragrance. Under the osmanthus tree, a low table, a few small stone piers, a man is sitting on the small stone pier leisurely drinking tea.

Hu Xianxian really couldn't connect such an elegant and elegant scene with the cottage bandits, but she knew that there was no possibility of taking the wrong place.

She straightened her crumpled dress, tried her best to look chic, and said, "I didn't expect the three masters to be such a leisurely person." “

As he spoke, he picked up the teacup, "It's really good tea." It's just that...... The water used to make this tea is river water? If you use the water of the clear spring, you will really call it fairy nectar. “

The man smiled even more proudly, nodded lightly and said, "Miss Hu is also a person who understands tea?" I, Ye Guanying, finally have to meet a soulmate. Unfortunately, there is no good spring water in this poor country, and next time I will invite you to drink the tea brewed by Jingquan. “

Hu Xianxian secretly said "luck" in her heart, she couldn't taste the difference between the tea made from the spring and the tea made from the river. It's just that the third uncle likes to drink "Bitan Drifting Snow", and he often says something about how to make tea to taste good, but Hu Xianxian just copied his words.

She tried her best to make her smile soft and moving, and said softly: "Ye San is in charge, please forgive the immortals for not knowing the level and taking the liberty to evaluate the tea art." “

Ye Guanying waved his hand freely, "Miss Hu is a person who understands etiquette, and I like to deal with people who are knowledgeable and reasonable." Come, let me ask you to take a look, there is a person here who only knows how to collect money and does not know how to count etiquette. “

Hu Xianxian followed him to a hut on the right side of the patio, which was empty. As soon as he pressed a painting on the wall, it rolled up to reveal a doorway that only one man could pass by.

She followed him into the doorway, which was a closed stone chamber, the floor tiles of the stone chamber were arranged in an orderly manner, and he stepped on a few stone slabs in some order, and a tunnel entrance was revealed on the ground.

Hu Xianxian followed him into the tunnel, and after walking a few steps, he pushed open the iron door and entered a room.

The room was dimly lit and smelly, and there stood a fat man on the edge of the wall, with chains around his waist and hands tied behind his back.

As soon as they came in, he yelled, "Don't think about your grandfather handing over the jade mine!" Lao Tzu didn't bother to get it cheap, you turtle grandsons! “

Hu Xianxian's eyes adapted to the darkness, and she saw clearly that it was Pan Zongqiang who was tied up, "Master Pan? “

Pan Zongqiang sneered: "Hmph, it's me!" You thief mother-in-law, why did Lao Tzu enter your thief's den? If it weren't for the collusion between you and Qu Chunrao's rotten goods, how could Lao Tzu end up like this! Do you want Lao Tzu's jade mine? You can't get it when Lao Tzu is dead! “

Hu Xianxian listened to him scolding and understood that he had been tied up because of his newly acquired jade mine. No wonder he never let his entourage send a message asking his family to give a ransom, and the people who tied him up didn't pay attention to that ransom money.

She glanced at Ye Guanying beside her and said, "Master Pan, I didn't join forces with Mrs. Qu, don't blame me." “

Ye Guanying smiled at Pan Zongqiang, the same warm smile as before, but this time it made Hu Xianxian feel a chill down his back.

"Master Pan, I invited you to be a guest, but you are not polite at all. You see, Miss Hu is sensible. “

Hu Xianxian grinned, and Ye Guanying said again: "Miss Hu, I won't do this to you." Miss Hu, I'll go to Cheng Daochang, and you will confront each other to see who is telling the truth. “