You're late. ”

In the private room of a local ordinary restaurant.

"Xue Qing. ”

After leaving the inn, the young man wandered around to the private room of the restaurant.

Under the leadership of Xiao Er.

Shortly after entering the door.

A middle-aged man in a gray-brown robe with an elegant face was sitting at the table, staring indifferently at the young man who was walking towards him.

"Am I late?"

After the young man sat down naturally, his handsome face showed a little thought.

"Yes, you should have been here in the afternoon, but you kept me waiting. ”

The middle-aged man said expressionlessly.

"Afternoon ......"

Xue Qing said thoughtfully.

"Did something happen?"

The middle-aged man was keenly aware that something was wrong.

"I don't know, but I seem to have forgotten something. ”

Xue Qing frowned lightly.

"Can you tell me more about that? ”

The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

"Of course, and I have one more thing I want to ask you. ”

said.

Xue Qing told the middle-aged man about the strange things and suspicions that happened to him without concealment.

“...... Do you suspect that your memories are tampering?"

After hearing this, the middle-aged man stared at Xue Qingdao.

"Yes, but I have no evidence to prove my guesses. ”

Xue Qing said calmly.

“...... So, what do you want to ask is which inn is there? Do you think there's something wrong with that inn?"

The middle-aged man pondered for a moment.

"That's right. ”

Xue Qing said calmly.

"I've actually heard a little about this inn, but I'm afraid what I know is very different from what you think. ”

The middle-aged man said.

"Oh, what's the difference?"

Xue Qing suddenly became interested.

"Since we talk about this inn, we can't avoid the shopkeeper of this inn in the first place......"

The middle-aged man didn't beat around the bush and began to speak slowly.

"The shopkeeper's surname is Xia, and his name is unknown, because he has never mentioned his name in front of people, and usually others call him Xiao Xia, Lao Xia, or Xia Shopkeeper. ”

"He's not from our locals, he's coming to us from out of town more than 20 years ago, but his specific hometown has never been mentioned, and all in all, he's an ordinary person with a somewhat mysterious identity. ”

"Shopkeeper Xia came to us and set up a small inn, since then he has been running the inn for a living, when he was young, Shopkeeper Xia was a very hard-working and kind person, every day except for the accident of busy inn, other times often help the neighbors, and even adopted four lonely little beggars one year, that is, the young guys you see in the inn, so his reputation is very good among the local neighbors......"

"Until the shopkeeper Xia is old and the adopted children are adults, he seems to have some no intention of running the inn, and his temper has become more and more weird, and all the affairs of the inn are handed over to the adopted children to take care of, and he chooses to be a hands-off shopkeeper, and he either sleeps in the counter every day, or has a family affair with the neighbors, so he seems to have nothing to do all day long......"

"For more than 20 years, many neighbors have witnessed him from a young man to middle age, although many neighbors have told him to kiss, but he has declined with different excuses, resulting in him is now lonely, but he himself feels that it doesn't matter, and even often tells the neighbors that he has four good children, and they are taken care of when they are old, even if they don't get married, there is nothing ......"

"I have to say that the four children adopted by the shopkeeper Xia are indeed good, and I heard some time ago that these four children seem to be quietly plotting to find a family affair for the shopkeeper Xia, perhaps they all feel that the current shopkeeper is a little unpresentable. ”

"I don't deny that you think there's something wrong with Shopkeeper Xia, and there's something wrong with the inn he runs, but if you guess that your memories have something to do with both, I'm a little hard to believe. ”

"Because I've lived here for too long, I can't hide any local things, big and small, if Shopkeeper Xia and the inn he runs really have the problems you said, do you think these can be hidden from me?"

“...... Forget it, let's get down to business. ”

Xue Qing was silent for a long time after listening.

"This is your new assignment. ”

The middle-aged man didn't say a word, he directly took out a jade slip from his arms and slid it towards Xue Qing from the table.

Xue Qing took the slippery jade slip and pressed it lightly on his forehead.

Moment.

He put down the jade slip.

casually crushed the jade slip into powder.

"The goal this time is a bit tricky. ”

"I know I'll do my best to help you when the time comes. ”

The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

"If nothing else, I'll go first for the time being. ”

Xue Qing nodded, got up and prepared to leave.

"Do you know that Yan Chong and Shan Pi Qi Fei of the Imperial Sword Gate had a fierce battle in the woods east of the city today?"

The middle-aged man suddenly thought.

"Yan Chong and Shan Bi Qi Fei?"

Xue Qing was stunned when he heard this.

He wasn't stunned by the battle between the three men.

Instead, he was stunned and suddenly had an inexplicable feeling.

I felt as if I had seen these three people somewhere.

"Yes, I heard that the three of them met by chance in the woods on the outskirts of the city in the afternoon, and after a fierce battle, Yan Chong was unexpectedly injured and fled, and Shan Pi and Qi Fei's brothers and sisters have been chasing and killing the past, and I still don't know what the specific result is......"

The middle-aged man explained.

"Yan Chong was injured and fled?" Xue Qing was immediately attracted to attention. "Yi Yan Chong's martial arts are actually not Qi Fei's opponents, is it impossible?"

"But it did, because there were people on the ground who had witnessed their fighting. ”

The middle-aged man shook his head and said.

"Could it be that Senior Brother and Sister Qi Fei deliberately hid their strength, or did the two of them master some joint attack technique to enhance each other's strength?"

Xue Qing guessed.

"As far as I know, Yan Chong is not far from the realm of the Innate Great Grandmaster, if the Shan Pi Qi Fei brothers and sisters join forces to have the strength of a half-step Innate Great Grandmaster, they do have the ability to hit Yan Chong head-on......"

"That's where the weirdness comes in. The middle-aged man frowned. "I went to the scene of their battle to investigate, and the residual aura around me showed that neither side had exerted the power to touch the Innate Great Grandmaster......

"It seems that the specific situation still needs to be verified by the parties. ”

After speaking.

Xue Qing waved his hand at the middle-aged man, turned around and walked towards the door.

"But this is something you need to care about, I'll go back first, and contact me if I have something. ”

"Good!"

The middle-aged man didn't have the slightest intention of retaining.

After watching Xue Qing leave the room.

He was still sitting at the table.

It seems that someone is still waiting for it to arrive.

Knock Knock Knock –

"Guest, are you back? Please come in, please come in!"

There is an inn.

When there was a knock on the heavy wooden door.

Xiao Ming, who was lying on the long table for a long time, immediately stepped forward and opened the wooden door, and when he saw Xue Qing smiling outside the door, he also greeted with a warm smile.

"I'm sorry for you. ”

Xue Qing smiled and nodded towards Xiao Ming.

Bypassing the other side, he walked directly into the lobby, while his eyes glanced in the direction of the counter without a trace.

"Huh, where's your shopkeeper?"

Xue Qing retracted his gaze and said seemingly casually.

"Back to the guest officer, after nightfall, some neighbors will call my shopkeeper to eat and drink, I wonder what the guest officer wants to find my shopkeeper?"

Xiao Ming hurriedly replied.

"It's okay, I'll just ask. ”

After speaking.

Xue Qing went straight to the guest room on the second floor.

"There are a lot of guests staying tonight. ”

When walking in the corridor on the second floor.

Xue Qing, who had a keen sense of the five senses, naturally noticed that the guest room on the second floor was occupied by some guests.

If it were an ordinary person, Xue Qing wouldn't care.

However, there was a guest room, but he sensed an unusual atmosphere.

Monk's breath.

He's a little weird.

How could a monk stay in such a small inn?

Think about yourself, though.

Xue Qing is not qualified to say this, maybe people also think this inn is interesting and choose to stay.

He didn't bother.

After all, this is a very rude thing, and the slightest carelessness can easily lead to disputes.

Again.

This time, he has a task on his shoulders.

Let a sleeping dog lie.

It was late at night.

The whole inn became quiet.

Until the middle of the night.

There was a loud movement at the back door of the inn.

"Shopkeeper, have you drunk too much tonight?"

The first time.

Xue Qing woke up from his cultivation, and then he heard the anxious voice of the junior second in the hall.

"Drink too much? How can I drink too much? Lao Pi, that guy, isn't it just that his daughter-in-law gave birth to a baby, he actually laughed at Lao Tzu so old and there is no woman, not even a biological son and daughter, you look at what he said, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill him. ”

“...... This, the shopkeeper, I think Lao Pi also cares about you, after all, you are still alone when you are so old, maybe he just wants to provoke you......"

"Get out! In the past, there were women who stuck to Lao Tzu and Lao Tzu, do you think Lao Tzu is a person who lacks women?"

"Shopkeeper, I don't know how many times you've said this before......

"How many times have you said it, Lao Tzu just has no shortage of women......"

"Okay, okay, I know the shopkeeper, I'll send you back to your room to rest......"

"Don't help Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu can walk ...... by himself"

After Xue Qing, who was in the guest room on the second floor, listened to the noisy sound that gradually subsided at the back door, the whole person suddenly felt a little bored.

If the shopkeeper is such a shopkeeper, it is really boring.

Come to think of it.

Xue Qing continued to concentrate and began to operate, and Zhou Tian cultivated.

Meanwhile.

In the private room of the restaurant where Xue Qing went before.

"Lao Fang, do you have anything to say today?"

Table-facing middle-aged man.

No one would have thought that the person sitting there would be a handyman in an inn.

Ade.

"Xue Qing came to me today and specially asked about the inn. ”

The middle-aged man looked sluggish.

"Xue Qing?"

Admore said, rubbing the teacup in his hand.

"It's the young man who is staying in your inn now. ”

The middle-aged man said.

"Who is he?"

Ade raised an eyebrow and said.

"The black card killer of our organization. ”

The middle-aged man said.

"So he's here on a mission?"

Adedao.

"Yes, the target of the assassination is Qin Ji, the young master of Dongshan Gate, and according to our estimates, he will pass through here in the next ten days. ”

The middle-aged man said without concealment.

"I know, if there is anything else, remember to let me know as soon as possible. ”

After speaking.

Ade casually drank the tea in his cup.

In the blink of an eye, he disappeared in front of the middle-aged man.

Moment.

The middle-aged man's eyes returned to clarity.

But he got up and left the room as if nothing had happened.

It's as if there's no memory of what just happened.

Inn.

Lobby.

An oil lamp was lit on the long table.

Amin, Ade, Chao, Bear.

The four of them gathered around the long table.

"Is the shopkeeper asleep?"

Ade sat next to the bear and asked in the direction of Amin.

"Sleep, don't you hear the shopkeeper's snoring......? You also know the situation of the shopkeeper......"

Xiao Ming said helplessly.

"I just inquired from outside, and the young man named Xue Qing who was staying upstairs really suspected that we were here. ”

Ade said lazily.

But he was only suspicious at the moment, and he didn't notice any clues, and after this time, he probably forgot about it like the people before. ”

"I'll keep an eye on him. ”

Ah Chao, who has always been silent, said suddenly.

"People are to be stared at, but the other party's target seems to be the young master of Dongshan Gate, don't let the two of you meet in the inn when the time comes, although it's not a big problem, but I don't like trouble. ”

Ade thought for a moment.

"Is there a young master of Dongshan Gate? I know this person, just a gentleman with a little strength. ”

Little Bear spoke.

"As far as I know him, he wouldn't be interested in our inn. ”

"It's a bear!"

Hearing this, Ade hurriedly looked at the bear and flattered.

"By the way, there is a monk who stays before closing tonight, his strength is the completion of the Qi training period, and he is only a line away from building the foundation, he is a guy who should not be underestimated, Xiao Xiong, how much do you know about him?"

Xiao Ming looked at Xiao Xiongdao thoughtfully.

"I don't know, I listened to your description before, but in the information I have, I don't remember this person, it should be from outside the Asuka Dynasty. ”

Little Bear said expressionlessly.

"Aren't you from the Asuka Dynasty?"

Xiao Ming said in a deep voice.

"Whatever, he's a guy who hasn't reached the foundation building period anyway, if he finds something, just do something to his memory. ”

Ade grinned.

"Have you forgotten the shopkeeper's teachings?

Ah Chao suddenly stared at Ade again and spoke.

"Otherwise, what's going on with Xue Qing today?!"

"Okay, okay, I know wrong, I'm a little sloppy today. ”

Ade pouted.

"This is the end of the day, and we have more important things to do. ”

Ah Ming said with a serious expression.

As soon as the words fell.

Ade, Chao, and Little Bear all immediately shut up and looked at Armin with solemn faces.

"We're going to be here in three days, are you ready?"