Unconsciously, Chen Qiuming came to Woma Bridge, which is one of the most prosperous areas in the entire Luoyang, not to mention ordinary people, even martial arts people with swords, there are a lot more.

More than two months ago, the master Xue Yang started from the White Horse Temple, chased it all the way here, killed the four grandmaster-level masters of the North Gate, and calmly left in the layers of surrounding, and the prestige of the North Gate in the rivers and lakes plummeted in an instant.

Chen Qiuming walked into the Dong family restaurant by the bridge, this shop, from the early Tang Dynasty to the present, more than 200 years later, is still the Dong family descendants are in business, but also the favorite place of many martial arts people, sitting in front of the window upstairs, you can clearly see the people coming and going on the bridge and many scenery on both sides of the Luo River.

Chen Qiuming came to the third floor, asked for a window position, ordered four dishes and one soup, and ordered a bottle of "Drunken Immortal Brew", which had long been sold by Jia Huan and Tang Qian all over the country.

Chen Qiuming drank by himself, and at the same time secretly "eavesdropped" a lot of information about the rivers and lakes in the building. A few days later, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Duanmu Xixi appeared in Luoyang, and the last few places that may go are none other than the Wei Wangfu, the Dong Family Hotel and the Jingnian Zen Temple in the suburbs.

In addition, there is another matter, that is, Zhu Wen offered a bounty of one hundred taels of gold for the "flower thief". Since he began committing crimes a year ago, he has committed many crimes in Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Bianzhou, and other places, and even went to Luoyang a month ago, committing three crimes in a row.

Every time this fang finishes adultery, he doesn't leave a living mouth, and he has to leave a few big words on the wall "The Great Thief Among the Flowers" Xue Yang came here to visit, but now no one believes that Xue Yang did it. Let's not talk about whether Xue Yang will do such a tasteless thing, just say that those words are like ghost paintings, which is also unbelievable.

Who doesn't know that Xue Yang's calligraphy and painting are unique?

What's more, after two months of the big battle, many people are now rumored that Xue Yang is the newly promoted Grand Master, otherwise he would never have such combat power.

Will the Grand Master be a flower thief? Are you kidding?

Chen Qiuming was interested in this, of course, not for the bounty, but to complete the task assigned by Xue Yang, Chen Qiuming planned to stay in Luoyang for a few days and then go to Yangzhou to find the flower thief who dared to use the master's name, but he didn't want to beat him and actually ran to Luoyang, the latest tragedy happened a few days ago.

Some people are analyzing, this fang likes to attack young and beautiful women with martial arts, especially women from official families, as long as they focus on this rule, they may not be able to catch it.

There are also people who meet to catch thieves together, after all, a hundred taels of gold is not a small amount, and it can be famous, and it is controlled at various high points in Luoyang City in the middle of the night every day, and when he sees a strange whereabouts alone, he will be interrogated.

Chen Qiuming almost laughed out loud, don't catch a lot of "flower thieves" at that time, it will be funny.

No one has ever seen this fang, and unless they catch the scene, how can they receive the reward without evidence?

Chen Qiuming was listening energetically, when suddenly, a voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Brother, can you share a seat?"

Chen Qiuming looked up and saw that a tall young man with a different appearance from the Central Plains, and some dusty young men were standing in front of him with a black knife and fists in both hands.

Chen Qiuming's heart was cold, although he was a little distracted, this person could actually get close to him quietly, he was definitely a master, you know, even if someone looked at him from a distance, he could also feel his heart.

However, looking at his appearance, it was difficult to feel bad, looking around, the surroundings were really full, Chen Qiuming still said happily: "Brother Tai, please sit down, Xiao Er, add a pair of dishes and chopsticks, and then a pot of 'Drunken Immortal Brew'." ”

The man said heartily: "Thank you, brother!" He sat down unceremoniously, not at all, but familiar with the suit: "In Xia Longsi, may I ask my brother Taigao's surname." ”

Chen Qiuming saw that he was not like a person from the Central Plains, but he could speak a straight and round official language, and replied with some curiosity: "Under Chen Qiuming, a person from Chengdu Mansion, Brother Long, I don't think you are like a person from the Central Plains, why is the official language of the Central Plains so good?" ”

Long Si smiled and said: "What is this, although I am from Qiuzi country, but my parents have taught me the official dialect of the Central Plains since I was a child, and there are not a few people who speak the official dialect of the Central Plains in the country." ”

Chen Qiuming's heart moved, the Western Regions, surnamed Long, and strong martial arts, is he not a descendant of the Long family? But Chen Qiuming didn't delve into it, but curiously asked Long Si about the social status quo and customs of the Western Regions.

Long Si is also a talkative person, and while drinking, he kept chatting with Chen Qiuming, chatting and chatting, Chen Qiuming found that this person was a little "vulgar".

I saw Long Si continue: "I'm Di Niang! The Central Plains is really the Central Plains, there is such a good wine, and there are so many delicacies, I knew that this was the case, Lao Tzu had already come, it was better than being chased around by my father. ”

Chen Qiuming was not disgusted, and asked, "I don't know what Brother Long is saying about coming to the Central Plains this time?" ”

Long Si took a sip of wine and said: "Don't hide it from Brother Chen, I can't stay in the Western Regions, I was chased and killed all the way, so I had no choice but to come to the Central Plains, and I almost died on the road, the desert, it's really terrible." ”

After speaking, Long Si also showed a frightened face, which showed that what he said was true.

Chen Qiuming immediately felt that this person probably had little to do with the Long family, with the prestige of the Long family, who would dare to hunt down and kill the children of the Long family in the Western Regions? But no matter who he is, it's rare that someone is like himself, he likes to speak in the vernacular, and he drinks a thousand glasses of wine for his confidant, so he drinks first.

Chen Qiuming opened his mouth and called for two bottles of wine, and Long Si said with some worry and embarrassment: "Brother Chen, let me say it first, but I am shy in my pocket, I only have fifty taels of silver on my body, and I can still pawn the jade with me, and you and I will not be able to pay the bill at that time, so I can only mortgage the knife in Xia, and I will not be able to return to the Western Regions in Xia for the rest of my life." ”

Chen Qiuming admired Long Si's straightforwardness, and said with a smile: "You can drink it, I have enough money on me, and I will never let you pawn the treasure knife." ”

Long Si was relieved at this time, and continued to drink and brag with Chen Qiuming, and the two of them drank until the time they were gone, and they felt almost the same.

As soon as he settled the account, he actually asked for one hundred and fifty taels of silver, Long Si gasped and said, "I'm Diniang, so expensive?" ”

Chen Qiuming was not surprised, the drunken immortal brew alone cost fifteen taels of silver a bottle, and the two drank a total of seven bottles, not to mention eating so many dishes, Chen Qiuming asked Xiao Er: "Cashier?" Xinglong Money. ”

Xiao Er smiled and said: "Collect, the silver ticket skimming shops of the five major money banks are all accepted." ”

Chen Qiuming took out a stack of silver tickets, first took out one hundred and fifty taels to pay the bill, and then took out a five hundred silver ticket and handed it to Long Si and said: "Brother Long, you and I are in love, this bit of silver, given to you, should be enough for you to spend for a while, and the larger money can be exchanged." ”

Long Si took it and looked at the silver ticket carefully, then looked at Chen Qiuming carefully and said, "Brother Chen, do you lack guards?" How about I be your bodyguard? ”

Chen Qiuming said with a smile: "I don't lack guards, I only lack brothers, you and my brothers, don't care, when the younger brother can use his brother in the future, he won't be polite." ”

Chen Qiuming's arrogance infected Long Si, and Long Si accepted the silver ticket with a smile and said, "What a brother!" No wonder my father often said that there is no shortage of bold people in the Central Plains, Chen Qiuming and Long Si remembered. ”

After saying goodbye to Long Si, Chen Qiuming staggered back to the inn a little, this Long Si, the amount of alcohol was not below him. Today, the two met in Pingshui, but they fell in love, and Chen Qiuming was not short of money, so he gave some to Long Si at will, not for anything in return.

Chen Qiuming likes to be spontaneous.

But Long Si was very moved, his entanglement was accidentally lost, along the way, almost by hunting for a living, and then met a group of blind horse thieves, only to grab some silver, but when he arrived in Luoyang, he spent almost the same.

Pawn the jade pendant in exchange for some silver, I wanted to eat and drink, but fortunately I met Chen Qiuming, otherwise it would not be enough to say that fifty taels was not enough to pay for a meal. He deeply remembered Chen Qiuming's appearance, and faintly felt that his fate with Chen Qiuming had just begun.

In the evening of the next day, Chen Qiuming came to Dongjia Restaurant again, and while continuing to inquire about the news, he analyzed the information of the flower thief.

This person is absolutely cunning and has strong martial arts, otherwise he would not have been chased by so many people, and he would not have shown the slightest clue. Besides, no one has ever seen his appearance, maybe this person is just like himself, eavesdropping on all kinds of information openly.

Thinking of this, Chen Qiuming's heart moved, and he ran the "Immortal Seal Method" to the extreme, carefully feeling the expressions of everyone in the restaurant, but he gave up after a while.

Although some people are "unusual", but still the same sentence, there is no evidence, unless, you can catch him picking flowers or committing murder on the spot, how do you know if he is a flower thief?

Chen Qiuming also heard a message that made him even more ridiculous, the children of the powerful people in Luoyang, led by Zhu Wen's son Zhu Youzhang and daughter Zhu Wan, formed a huge "anti-thief alliance", I heard that there are hundreds of members, but they are so "vigorous", it is strange that the flower thieves dare to come out, I am afraid that they will also affect their own plans to catch thieves.

Chen Qiuming had a little headache and didn't know what to do.

Hey, let's try your luck at night.

That night, Chen Qiuming flew out of the window with his sword, and on the roof, he sped south along Beihang Street, where the powerful gathered, and where flower thieves were most likely to haunt.

But after arriving quietly, Chen Qiuming hid under an eaves and found that there were many people flying around on the roof at night, and many of them were walking alone like him, and even Chen Qiuming saw a farce.

A man dressed in a night suit surrounded him on the roof of the house, and he shouted: "I am not a flower thief, I am out to catch a thief." ”

The leader said: "It doesn't matter who you are, take it back for trial first, and then talk about it, seeing that you are dressed like this, you clearly don't look like a good person." ”

Chen Qiuming hid in the dark and sighed, withdraw, don't be regarded as a flower thief in the future.