"Old Li Tou, have you found out? Recently, there seems to be an influx of some foreign faces in Qingping County. ”

Flowing fire in July, clothing in September.

Before I knew it, it was autumn, and Wu Erxi, who was engaged in the tooth trade in Dongmenfang, sat in front of the noodle stall on the side of the street, looking at the pedestrians around him from time to time.

After Lao Li Tou of the noodle stall brought his choppy noodles, Wu Erxi ate two bites of noodles and opened the conversation to Lao Li Tou.

"What's so strange about this?" said Lao Litou, who was about fifty years old with gray hair and still looked strong in his body, while cleaning up the leftover dishes and chopsticks from the guests next to him. "Since there was a rebellion against thieves in Sizhou half a year ago, when will the county not see outsiders fleeing from the north?"

"It's different, it's different. Wu Erxi hurriedly shook his head and said. "Haven't you noticed that the extra faces in the county since last month are all people from the rivers and lakes with swords and swords?"

"I'm a little impressed to hear you say. Lao Li said thoughtfully. “...... I remembered that a few days ago I had called a few strange men who were in a hurry and had a bad face, and they asked me a question, intentionally or unintentionally, after I had eaten here. ”

"What did they ask?" Wu Erxi said curiously.

"They were inquiring about a man who, according to their description, seemed to be a teenager of seventeen or eighteen. Lao Li Tou thought for a while.

"Do you know why they are asking about this teenager?" Wu Erxi asked.

"I don't know. Lao Li Tou glanced at Wu Erxi angrily and said. When they inquired to no avail, they simply dropped the money and left...... I said, Wu Erxi, didn't you like to talk about things like to talk about teeth in the past? Why do you care about these things now?"

"Well, it doesn't hurt to tell you. Wu Erxi sighed lightly. "Do you know Ling Er from Nanmen Fang?"

"You mean that Ling Er dog?" said Lao Li.

"Yes, it's Ling Ergouzi!" Wu Erxi said.

"What's wrong with him?"

Of course, Lao Li Tou remembered Ling Ergouzi, after all, he was a famous pimp in Nanmen Fang, and he had eaten a lot of white food here.

"He's dead. Wu Erxi said with a heavy face. "And it was killed. ”

"What?" said Lao Li Tou with a sudden expression. "Who did he?"

"I don't know, but I heard from the people in the government that it should be someone from the rivers and lakes who killed Ling Er. Wu Erxi whispered.

"People in the rivers and lakes ......," Lao Li Tou whispered. "No wonder you talked about the matter of the face just now, you dare to suspect that it was the people in the rivers and lakes who came from outside during this time to kill Ling Er!"

"Eh, old Li Tou, be quiet!" Wu Erxi heard this, and hurriedly glared at Lao Li Tou and said nervously. "Don't you know that woe comes from the mouth?"

"......" Lao Li Tou immediately closed his mouth and was silent for a moment before asking cautiously. "Why do you think those people killed Ling Ergouzi? Although Ling Er behaved perversely on weekdays and offended many neighbors, he was just a bully and afraid of the hard, and he didn't dare to offend those people at all. ”

"I have a suspicion, but I'm not sure. Wu Erxi said cautiously. "Ling Er is a person from our tooth shop, although everyone looks down on Ling Er, but don't say it, Ling Er's tooth man is indeed not bad, because he can always get all kinds of business ......"

"Some time ago, someone found out that Ling Er actually had the money to go in and out of the Ning Xiang Building! You must know that the land of fireworks can't get down without two taels of silver, but Ling Er not only has the money to go, but also went there several times, and then someone accidentally heard when Ling Er was drunk that he recently got a big business, but he didn't say what the specific business was, so after Ling Er's death, I couldn't help but think that his death was likely to be related to that big business. ”

"Have you told the people in the government about this?" said Lao Li.

"Heh, do you think I'm stupid? How could I tell the government about this kind of thing!" Wu Erxi shook his head and said.

"Shopkeeper, a bowl of chop noodles!"

At this time, a plainly dressed and honest young man suddenly sat down in front of the noodle stall and said loudly.

"Okay, please wait a moment. ”

When Lao Li Tou was busy cooking noodles, Wu Erxi quickly ate the noodle soup in the bowl, dropped a few copper coins and left, and even forgot to say hello.

"Shopkeeper, there are rumors that there is a mountain god on your side of Qingping Mountain, is this true?"

When Lao Li Tou brought the boiled chop noodles, the simple and honest young man suddenly asked curiously.

"Answering the guest officer, there is indeed a saying that there is a mountain god in the Qingping Mountain Realm, but I don't know if the rumors are true or false. ”

Lao Li Tou smiled, and his eyes inadvertently glanced at the conspicuous burden that the young man was tied to his back.

"Does the shopkeeper believe that there is a mountain god in Qingping Mountain?" asked the young man after eating two bites of noodles.

"The old man didn't believe it. Lao Li Tou shook his head and said. "Because the old man has lived in Qingping County for decades, he has never heard the legend of the mountain god in Qingping Mountain before, and it is not until recent years that the saying about the mountain god has spread, if there is really a mountain god in Qingping Mountain, why does the mountain god not appear sooner or later, and only appears now?"

I see, the store has a point. ”

While the shopkeeper was talking, the boy ate the remaining chop noodles in two or two clicks, took out a few copper coins from his bosom and put them on the table, and then said goodbye to the shopkeeper and left.

Lao Li Tou quickly cleaned up the copper coins and chopsticks, and didn't care too much about the problem of the young man just now, after all, after the saying of the mountain god spread, Lao Li Tou had already met many people talking about this problem.

It didn't take long.

A group of tall men with fierce faces hurried over, and one of them stepped forward and violently pulled him by the collar after seeing the old Li Tou on the side of the street.

"Old man, did you just see a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy with a burden passing by?"

The other party's sudden and brutal actions almost frightened Lao Li, and he nodded subconsciously.

"Have you really seen it?!" In fact, the man who was tugging at Lao Li's head didn't think that the other party really knew, so his demeanor and tone became more impatient. "Tell me where he's gone!"

"Well, ...... over there"

Lao Li, who was strangled and had difficulty breathing, stretched out his trembling hand and pointed out the direction of the hideous man in front of him with all his might.

"Chase!"

The man who got the result casually threw down Lao Li's head, and the group disappeared into the street in the blink of an eye.

And Lao Li Tou sat on the ground and coughed a few times, and finally calmed down his breathing, at this time his head was completely blank, because he didn't know what happened to suffer this catastrophe, if he hadn't reacted in time, the other party might have "accidentally" strangled himself just now.

This is the people in the rivers and lakes.

An outlaw fanatic who has always acted unscrupulously!