The road that has just been repaired is full of pedestrians, one by one carts to carry the burden, Ah Wei did not appear at the crossing, which made us somewhat surprised, but we met the money shopkeeper of the only tavern in Hongjia Town, these days I eat there every day, and there is only him and a guy in the store, so I am very familiar, seeing that we are carrying bags, the money shopkeeper greets us from afar.

He trotted all the way to catch up with us empty-handed, his short and fat figure wore a light gray robe, and he ran trembling like a bucket, which was very funny, and when he got closer, his cheeks were red on his jade plate-like face, and beads of sweat rolled down from his beans, and while wiping his sweat with a hand towel, he panted and said, "You two are leaving?" ”

The two of us are well-known in the town, women and children all know, Ah Wei took the arrest of us as a credit, bragged everywhere, and said how Uncle Nine begged him, and in the end he had to open up the net with his talents, so that the two of us could not make meritorious contributions.

The second master said: "Well, your town is too small to accommodate our brothers."

The money shopkeeper is a businessman, very shrewd, and said with a smile on his face: "That's, where is our town where the two of you can be accommodated, I heard that Zhao Xiaowu's case was solved, and the two of them are really brave." ”

I felt extremely uncomfortable when I heard this, so I quickly changed the topic and asked, "Why don't you see Ah Wei?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Ah Wei was called by Uncle Nine early in the morning, saying that he was discussing the aftermath of the Zhang family. ”

"Oh, the money shopkeeper, what are you doing here?" ”

"Hey, don't mention it, let's talk while walking, that's the case, I have a nephew who is a buddy in Deyue Building, Xialin Town, sixty miles away, this is not a few days ago when the family told me about family affairs, just got married, it happened that the marriage was a few days, it happened that the road was broken, I didn't go to it, today the road is good, I am an uncle, how can I go to see it." ”

The second master said: "Then this is a good thing, why don't you go by yourself, sister-in-law?" ”

When the money shopkeeper heard this, he smiled bitterly on his face: "Don't mention my brother, my mother-in-law turned the sky upside down on the spot when she heard that I was going to go to an ocean ceremony, from last night to this morning, and finally said that she didn't say anything, no way, you said that I am an uncle, my nephew is married, and the ceremony of the ocean is not too much, right?" Hey, it's hard to be a man. ”

The second master said, "You two are really a good match, hey?" Since your nephew is also working as a partner in the restaurant, why don't you let him work in your shop? ”

"Hey, you don't understand this, the most afraid of doing business is to use relatives, that is to say that you can't say, you can't scold, people are not happy when the salary is less, the salary is more, I earn this to him, and I am his partner." ”

After listening to him, the second master laughed and said, "You say, it's really so reasonable." ”

The money shopkeeper asked, "Where are you two going?" ”

"Tsokang. ”

"Yo, this isn't close, you two are going to walk like this?" ”

The shopkeeper Qian's powerful words made the second master very unhappy, "What are you kidding, are we poor and sour people?" When I got to the bigger town in front, I bought mules and horses. ”

"It's okay to have money, it's okay to have money, but the biggest town in front of you is Xialin Town, where the livestock city is the largest within a radius of sixty miles, and to go to Cuokang, Xialin is the only way to go, and it just so happens that we have a person to talk to each other," the money shopkeeper knew that he had just said the wrong thing, and diverted the topic.

In this way, the three of them talked and laughed along the way, and went straight to Xialin Town. The distance of sixty miles is not far away, and it is said that it is close to walking for more than half a day, and it is nearly noon when it comes out of Hongjia Town, and it is already dark when it arrives in Xialin Town.

This forest is really a big town, the lights are red and green, the people are noisy, there are not only the Tibetan restaurants with brilliant colors and unique shapes, but also the ordinary taverns with floating banners and red lanterns, there are Tibetans with hats and flower boots on the street, and there are also Han people in robes and coats, bustling and lively.

We said goodbye to the shopkeeper and followed the direction he pointed out to the largest Eight Immortals Hotel in Xialin Town.

Listen to the boss of Qian said that the original name of the Eight Immortals Hotel is the Eight Immortals Inn, just renovated, the two-story Western-style Western-style building is brightly lit, two light bulbs at the door, in the left and right sides of a lantern against the backdrop of a particularly conspicuous, stepping into the lobby, one side is the Western-style counter, the other side is placed for the guests to rest on the sofa and coffee table.

The two asked for two upstairs rooms, went into the house to put down their things, washed up briefly, and went downstairs to the street to prepare for dinner.

The second master was clamoring to have a good meal, saying that the oil and water in Uncle Jiu's had dried up in the past few days, and he faced the coffin every day, and he didn't even have an appetite.

But it is true that since I hit Hongjia Town, I haven't eaten a serious meal in peace, he said this, I was also hungry, the two hit it off, found the restaurant with the most family and walked in, after the guy brought it to the seat, the second master ordered a table of beef and mutton, asked for a pot of wine, and waited until the meal was served, the two bowed their heads and said nothing, and the sea stuffed up.

This restaurant is called Yuelaizhuang, upstairs and downstairs is overcrowded, the sound of fist ordering, calling friends to lead the voice of companions one after another, it is not lively, we have been eating until our hands are full of oil, and our waist is round and the belly is hard, so we have to straighten up and drink slowly.

The two were chatting and gossiping and drinking, and suddenly I had a feeling of being watched, put down the wine bowl, looked around, but did not find anything abnormal, and the second master asked me: "What's wrong?" ”

I shook my head, thinking that maybe it was because of so many things that had happened recently, not enough rest, and nervousness, so the two of them continued to drink, and when they were full of wine and food, they came out of the checkout, and the second master had to pull me shopping.

I thought that it was still early anyway, since I came, it was indeed a pity not to look around, the two of them walked along the avenue one after the other, just a few steps, a person came out of the tavern next to him, a body of wine, swaying towards us, to the front, a stumbling foot, fell directly on me, I quickly held him, this person looked at me, did not speak, burped and left.

After turning around, I found that Lin Zhen is slightly similar to Dehua, if it weren't for the Tibetans passing by from time to time, there was really an illusion that he was suddenly in Dehua.

The second master kept eating the special snacks on the side of the road, and after the two of them wandered around aimlessly, they returned to the Eight Immortals Hotel, I just entered the room and was about to close the door, the second master strode over from next door, made a "shhhh

As soon as he entered the house, he didn't turn on the light, but went straight to the window, stood behind the curtains, and secretly peeked downstairs, I also walked over curiously, followed his gaze and looked down, only to see that there were no pedestrians on the street, and I didn't find anything abnormal after looking at it for a long time, the second master sighed, and then turned on the light.

I asked him what was going on, and he said, "You don't feel like someone is staring at us during dinner?" ”

I nodded and said, "That's why you're pulling me around trying to get rid of that guy?" ”

"What are you doing dumping him, I just want to catch him, see who it is, come on, it's okay, sleep, hey, don't sleep to death, be awake." ”

I nodded, and when he was gone, I went back to the window and looked down, and suddenly I found an unkempt man standing in the street, constantly tossing something in his hand, although I couldn't see what it was, but the shape looked very familiar, as if it was a square sign.

I subconsciously touched my neck, suddenly shocked, opened the door, ran to the next door, pushed open the door of the second master and said: "Oh no, the sign on my neck was stolen, the thief is downstairs, I'll chase it first." After speaking, without waiting for him to reply, he rushed downstairs.

The second master was taking off his shoes, and shouted after listening to me: "Wait"! I've reached the first floor.

The man was standing four or five hundred meters outside the hotel, and when he saw me coming out, he turned and ran, and after him, a strong smell of alcohol wafted from the front, and I remembered that he was the drunkard who hit me in the street.

This person is very familiar with the terrain, and ran into a narrow alley, I stood at the mouth of the alley, looking at the darkness inside, afraid of an ambush, hesitating to go in, thinking about it, I put my heart sideways, pulled out the gun, and was just about to step inside, suddenly the second master shouted at me from afar: "Don't go in!" ”

When he got closer, he was panting against the wall, waving at me, and when he gasped, he said: "You are stupid, we are not familiar with this place, and we were careful of being ambushed for a broken brand, come on, go back, I will find Jinlou to play a gold medal to send you, let's go." ”

I couldn't tell him the origin of the brand, so I shook my head, followed him back to the hotel, lay on the bed and tossed and turned, couldn't sleep, thinking, this man can take my brand in such a short time, unknowingly, it seems that he is not an ordinary little thief, with such a high means, why not steal some gold and silver money, but come to steal a brand I don't know what it is for?

And after stealing it, he was still spying on us outside the hotel, who is he? After thinking about it, I think the only possibility is that he is Li Wanshan's person, and he is similar in age to me, I am afraid that he is a grandchild, why do Li Wanshan's people always follow us? Is it because of this brand? If that's the case, now that they've got the brand, I'll be cleaner.

The more I thought about it, the more my head hurt, so I simply turned on the light, took out the letter from Uncle Nine to me, and only looked at it a few times, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

The letter said that Li Wanshan has been struggling to find a family surnamed Lei, when he was young, he had traveled all over the country, but he could not find it, and later lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain, and began to accept disciples to preach, but he had a condition for accepting disciples, he must be homeless, no care, that is to say, only orphans, and later when this group of apprentices was mature, they were dismissed down the mountain, and they continued to look for the Lei family all over the world instead of him.

As for the grievances between the two families, although there are various rumors on the rivers and lakes, Li Wanshan has never told it in person, and his apprentice is also secretive.

Later, I heard that one of Li Wanshan's apprentices was named Li Ruhai, and finally found the Lei family, and the two sides broke out a huge conflict, the corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, and finally Li Ruhai exterminated the Lei family, but coincidentally, there was a maid with a little boy who had just completed the moon, escaped the catastrophe, and then secretly sent the child out, as a result, Li Wanshan's apprentice in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, looking for the whereabouts of the child everywhere, and the maid committed suicide by jumping off the cliff in order to protect this secret.

Since then, the whereabouts of the boy have become a mystery, and everyone only knows that there is a very special birthmark on the child's back.