But after sitting for a while, the servant came to ask if he wanted to stay overnight for the two distinguished guests, the storyteller's name was Zhao Qing, and he wanted to shake his head, but I don't know why the young man who was standing not far away suddenly looked back.

"Staying overnight? Ling, how's that? ”

Sang Ling nodded and considered:

"Yes, too."

Master Zhao's death is strange, this is weird, in the end, he wants to see it.

Then, Zhao Qing saw the dangerous young man smiling at him, and under the residual sun, the originally cute and cute tiger teeth flashed at him.

"Then stay down, thank you Young Master Zhao for staying overnight."

"No thanks, no thanks."

Zhao Qing's head shook into a rattle, where did he dare to continue to stay. The soles of the feet were anointed with oil, and the rest was arranged by the servants.

The servant led the two to a small courtyard, near the lotus pond, and when you pushed the window, you could see a lake of half-thanked pink lotus. The east and west wings of the two are facing each other, and the house is all furnished, and it seems that it is a courtyard specially used for entertaining guests.

When the servants came back to invite them, it was already dinner time. Because Sang Ling and Su Luo were the distinguished guests left by the Zhao family to entertain, Zhao Qing placed the place of reception in the flower hall in the daytime and set up a banquet right to receive the wind.

The round table in the middle of the flower hall has all kinds of meals, but they are all light vegetarian dishes, obviously because they are still mourning, and it is not easy to use meat.

At this time, Zhao Qing arrived early in the morning, and after a simple greeting, he was invited to take a seat. It's just that he hasn't moved his chopsticks, and he frequently looks outside the house, obviously waiting for someone. It's just that he can't wait left or right, and he is a little embarrassed to say:

"I also told my brother that he agreed to come, but I don't know if he was delayed."

Sang Ling has no opinions, Zhao Qing's younger brother is also a member of the family, according to rumors, he is also a key object of observation, and said casually:

"It's nothing, just wait."

After waiting for another half a pillar of incense, Su Luo was impatient and was about to leave, when he suddenly saw a person coming from outside the flower hall. The same tall man was hunched over and drunk.

Zhao Qing looked up, and his face immediately became ugly.

"Are you drinking again? My father hasn't been buried yet, how can you drink it! ”

When the man got closer, he found that his face was somewhat similar to Zhao Qing, but his eyes were swollen and his face was dark, and at first glance he was a person who had been immersed in wine all year round, not as thin as Zhao Qing's.

This person is Zhao Qing's younger brother, Zhao Bai.

Zhao Bai's eyes swept the room in confusion, his eyes were blurred by the smell of wine, and he couldn't see the faces of the guests in the flower hall clearly, only hearing Zhao Qing's disgusting words, he immediately started a fire and turned around to leave.

"You want to take care of me! Lao Tzu is here to give you face, if it's annoying anymore, I'll go. Anyway, my father's money also has my share, so I'll take the money and live a free life by myself. We return to the bridge, and the road returns to the road, and no one cares about anyone! ”

"Dad died yesterday, you said this today, and you want to divide the family property in a hurry, it's just an unfilial son!"

Zhao Qing stood up suddenly, pointed his fingers at Zhao Bai fiercely, and gritted his teeth with hatred.

Zhao Bai snorted coldly, ran over in a few steps, and immediately landed in front of Zhao Qing, staring viciously, his eyes were not like looking at his brother, but like looking at the enemy.

"I'm not filial, my father wouldn't have died if it weren't for you!"

Zhao Qing's face turned white.

Sang Ling's eyes lit up.

Su Luo stood up suddenly.

"What do you mean?"

Zhao Bai blinked, trying to identify who this person was from his blurred vision, and suddenly felt that his body was being pushed, and it was Zhao Qing who pushed him away with a pale face and fell down.

didn't want him to stand still, so Zhao Qing pushed him again, with great force, and almost didn't drop him.

Where did Zhao Bai remember the question just now, his face suddenly turned red and white, and he was half angry.

"Zhao Qing, what do you mean! Keep pushing me to do something! ”

Zhao Qing didn't want to answer his question at all, and with a wave of his hand, he had already called the servants in the flower hall to come over.

"Take the young master down, I'm really drunk and confused, I have to talk about everything, and I'm not afraid of the jokes of the distinguished guests."

The last sentence was said to Sang Ling and Su Luo.

Su Luo frowned, and wanted to say something, but Sang Ling immediately replied:

"Indeed, where is there any mantra after drinking, let's have dinner first, and I want to go to see Master Zhao's yard again last night in the evening, I heard some bad rumors in the city, I'm afraid it's not good for you, I always want to check it first."

Retreat.

Zhao Qing hesitated, but he felt that he couldn't refuse, so he nodded and agreed.

"I'll let the servants take you."

After finalizing the matter, the three of them casually ate the banquet and dispersed.

At the third watch in the middle of the night.

At this time, everyone in the house was resting, and it was so quiet that only the sound of insects and birds chirping.

The servant who had led the way before was waiting at the door with Hutche, and as soon as he saw them coming, he immediately stood up, and whispered as he went:

"The eldest young master has already instructed the younger ones to listen to the two distinguished guests, and the younger ones will lead the way."

As he spoke, the servant lit the lantern and stepped into the night.

Sang Ling followed, and said with a faint smile:

"I'm in trouble, I don't know how your eldest young master and little young master are doing now, and the dinner doesn't seem to be very pleasant."

The servant had also heard of this matter a long time ago, and when he saw Sang Ling's words, he seemed to be worried, and he didn't doubt it, so he said directly:

"They all slept separately, the little master likes to drink, and always likes to make trouble, we know it. The eldest young master was not angry, but before going to bed, he told us to send the little young master sobering soup, and he was not angry. ”

The prosperity of the Zhao Mansion is just less than two days, and the little young master's love of drinking and making trouble is already known in the house, but it is also a good thing not to go out, and bad things to spread thousands of miles.

The road was quiet, the flickering candle flame could not erase any darkness, and the group meandered along the stone path through the garden to the east of the Zhao Mansion.

After walking for some time, the servant stopped in front of a courtyard with a closed door, stretched out his hand and pushed the courtyard door open, but did not rush in, but placed the lantern on the ground in the middle.

"The old man died on the east side of the main house, and the little one won't go, so the two distinguished guests will please."

As he spoke, he took a few steps backwards and quickly left, as if a ghost was chasing him behind him.

Sang Ling raised her eyebrows, picked up the lantern casually, and walked straight towards the doorway.

Su Luo paused to look around, and found that the shadows of the trees were swaying, and there was nothing ghostly, and he also walked into the courtyard.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw two rows of neatly packed flowers and plants on the left and right, and directly opposite was the main house, with rooms on both sides of the main house, and a hall without a door in the middle. The east side of the house is not big, and it is dark inside, so I can't see anything clearly. It's just that the door is locked, so it's not easy to enter the house to check.

I had to carefully inspect the front and back of the house and the west side of the house, but I didn't find any clues.

Sang Ling had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

"It turned out that Zhao Qing agreed happily, but he didn't want to lock up this house."

Su Luo flipped the lock back and forth with two fingers, and the heavy one in his hand was actually ironcast, fine-tuned his eyebrows, and increased the strength in his hand.

"I can just break it."

"Nope."

Sang Ling shook her head. "We can't startle the snake, and our current identity is mortal, so it's only troublesome if we break it."

Su Luo reluctantly threw away the lock and glanced into the room. It's all dark and dreary night, and I can only vaguely see furniture ornaments or something, it should be a study, and there is nothing abnormal.

Sang Ling wanted to stay awake in the middle of the night but found nothing, and didn't want to bring unexpected surprises on the way back.

Su Luo looked at the sneaky person in front of him who was drilling the dog hole, gently pulled down Sang Ling's sleeve, and pointed at the person.

The two of them had the idea of stalking, and immediately covered their breath, falling far behind them, Zhao Bai in front of them was completely unaware, and after coming out of the dog hole, he spat fiercely on the ground, and his mouth opened and closed several times to say foul language.

When the movement was quiet, he was already limping into the alley, not knowing that there were two people behind him.

After a while, he stopped somewhere, nodded hello to the man at the door, and slipped in.

Sang Ling subconsciously wanted to follow, but suddenly Su Luo stopped, grabbed her shoulder, and stopped the person.

"You can't go there."

Sang Ling turned her head sideways and saw a banner hanging above the dilapidated house outside the alley, on which was written a big word "gambling".

The door of the gambling house is not large, and the house is connected to the surrounding area, so it is impossible to tell how much area it is. There were a lot of strong and burly men standing on the left and right of the door, looking around with fierce eyes, seeing what faces approached, all staring, and the other party would not let them in.

Only acquaintances, or those brought by acquaintances, will be interrogated and put directly in.

It was the second half of the night, and there was silence all around, but it was noisy and noisy, and there were people screaming and wailing just by standing on the opposite side.

Four words, heaven and hell.

Sang Ling waited outside for a while, and found that the other party didn't want to come out at all, and was hesitating to find a way to get in.

Sang Ling: ?!!

Su Luo also heard it, his eyes were facing each other, and his eyes were bright.

After a while, I saw a fat man come out of the alley, followed by two cowering teenagers, like weak chickens brought out by their parents to see the world.

The thug glanced at it and had already guessed the approximate situation, but he still interrogated the fat man according to the process.

"Liu Qi, what are these two boys doing?"

Liu Qi drank a lot, and his tongue was even more knotted.

"Haha...... My brother...... Hiccup~ I, I'll bring it over to see the world! ”

This was similar to what the thug guessed, and after a few more glances at the raw face, he found that there was nothing abnormal, and then he put the person in at the first point.

The door of the gambling house in front of him opened a hole to the three of them, and the bustling noise in it poured down instantly, and there was a lot of commotion, and the fat man's eyes were full of light, and he was familiar with the way to find a stall.

The other two followed with their necks hunched and waited for the fat man to enter, then hesitantly stepped over the door and walked in, the door behind him slammed shut.

All around, there was a lingering smoke and the smell of alcohol, which mixed together into a kind of stench that just wanted to cover your nose. The eyes were full of gamblers who were shaking dice and slapping the table in front of the gambling table, and some of them were even blushing with excitement, taking off their shirts, and looking at the silver coins piled high on the table with their eyebrows fluttering, and their eyes were green. But more than that, he lost all his money, and his lips trembled on the table, and he couldn't believe that he stopped the money in front of him and didn't let the dealer take it.

A miasma of black smoke.

Sang Ling held her breath for a while, then stood on the edge of Zhao Bai's card table and followed him to place a bet. However, he lost a lot in three or two strokes, Sang Ling frowned and pinched the silver money in his hand and stopped for a few rounds, and saw that the money in front of Zhao Bai was getting less and less, and it was already two-thirds less in an instant, which was very abnormal.

Su Luo's eyebrows moved, and he looked at the dealer who shook the dice. Soon he smiled slightly, and said in Sang Ling's ear:

"This dealer has a ghost, and Zhao Bai bets on the opposite."

Sang Ling understands in seconds, and the dealer is a thousand. Next, the silver in her hand was increased in piles, and finally provoked the dealer several times. After the dealer noticed, he deliberately adjusted the routine, in order not to attract the attention of these forces, Sang Ling also deliberately lost a few games, and returned one-third of the silver money, only to calm the attention of the other party.

At this time, Zhao Bai next to him had already lost everything, and he got down from the table with white lips and a blue face, and walked towards the back door with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Sang Ling casually withdrew her gaze, and deliberately lost a few more times, before she seemed to be very disappointed and got off the table and went straight to the back door.

Behind the gambling house is an even more broken alley, with potholes and puddles.

Zhao Bai had lost his mind, and not long after Sang Ling left, he saw people. She and Su Luo quickly intercepted it and blocked Zhao Bai in a dark corner.

The two of them looked vicious, and they were still dressed up deliberately in order to enter the gambling house, looking like a gangster, Zhao Bai was already frightened, and his face was full of panic.

"I, I've paid it back, what else do you want to do?"

"I don't do anything, I just want to ask you why you got rich. Your family, why did you suddenly have money? ”

", I don't know anything!"

Zhao Bailu stood up and bumped into it, and ran desperately in the direction of the gambling house without looking back, obviously trying to move the rescuers.