Guo Mansion

The wine game continued, looking at Zhao Yan who was dodging his gaze on the other side, Guo Jia leaned a little closer, and whispered in his ear in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"But I don't seem to want to see Brother Zhao, could it be... Brother Zhao didn't really make friends with his brother, but had other plans? ”

"Don't dare, Lord Guo... The grass people can worship with Fengxiao, which is naturally something that I Zhao Yan can't ask for! Zhao Yan had already drunk a lot of wine at the moment, and his mind was a little sober, and coupled with Guo Jia's deception, he suddenly seemed panicked, and even stammered a little.

Seeing this, Guo Jia knew that the other party's heart was in turmoil at this time, and it was the best time to inquire about the news, so he continued to speak: "I know why Brother Zhao is reluctant to bow to Jia, because Brother Zhao knows that Jia will die unexpectedly soon, but I don't know if Brother Zhao has ever thought that even if you and I don't worship, Brother Zhao can live a few days longer than Jia?"

Trusted aids are eliminated when they finish their mission; The high bird is exhausted, and the good bow is hidden; I believe that Brother Zhao knows better than Jia the truth that the enemy country is broken and the ministers are killed, otherwise... The jar of wine that Brother Zhao gave to Jia won't be so clean, am I right? ”

Zhao Yan was already on the verge of collapse, and when he heard Guo Jia's heart-wrenching words, he couldn't help but completely lose his square inch, hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said with tears in his eyes: "Greatly... Adults, the little ones don't know anything, they just want to live, the little ones..."

Seeing this, Guo Jia couldn't help frowning, made a silent gesture, and then walked outside, closed the doors and windows, and then returned to his seat, and looked at Zhao Yan for a long time and said: "Jia Fangcai's words are not alarmist, you and I are indeed in a relationship with cold lips and teeth, and now Brother Zhao can only tell what you know and tell each other, and we will have a trace of vitality!" ”

"No, Lord Guo, you don't understand their methods, if they want to let people die in the third watch, no one will survive the fifth watch!"

Looking at Zhao Yan with despair in his eyes, Guo Jia frowned and said: "Calm down, the other party is just some flies and dogs hidden in the shadows, what is there to fear?" What's more, isn't Guo alive now? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yan gradually calmed down, and looked at Guo Jia with a look full of longing for life.

"Yes, yes! I, Yan Chao, once had a meal with two immortals, and the immortals once said that they had helped me change my life against the sky, and I should live to be ninety-nine years old! Yes, as it should be! How could I die? The other party is an immortal, how can he deceive me as a mortal? ”

Looking at Zhao Yan, who was gradually going crazy, Guo Jia couldn't help but be speechless, and said in his heart: 'This guy can't be scared crazy, right?' How can you talk so nonsense? ’

However, Guo Jia still captured some information from the other party's self-talk.

After about a stick of incense, seeing that Zhao Yan gradually calmed down, Guo Jia spoke: "Jia will call Your Excellency Brother Zhao for the time being, dare to ask Brother Zhao, and now ask Brother Zhao to tell everything you know." ”

Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, Zhao Yan had no choice but to tell the truth.

"It's a long story, Zhao... Hey, my name is Yan Chao, born in Pingguo County, Youzhou, since I was a child, I followed my father to run a local wine shop, although I am not rich, but I am also worry-free! It wasn't until about seven or eight years ago that a member of the Witch Gu Sect suddenly found me, lured him to him, and explicitly said that he wanted to fund the opening of a store in the Central Plains, and was willing to provide funds, of course, he would not help in vain, as long as I regularly delivered messages to him!

Chao knew that things were by no means as simple as they said, and they wanted to oppose it, but they forcibly fed me a pill, and said that this was a poisonous Gu, and that the antidote must be taken every other year, and it could only be completely eliminated after ten consecutive years, and once the antidote was not taken on time during these ten years, this poisonous Gu would wake up and gnaw at Chao's organs!

Super helpless, I had to accept their request! So Chao opened a wine shop in Shouchun with their funding! And I am responsible for finding out the news of all parties, and the Witch Church regularly sends people to collect the information I provide and take most of the proceeds!

Just when Chao thought that things would go on forever, one day two years ago took a turn for the better!

On that day, the Xu brothers of the Yuedan Review and Yuan Juan, a staff member of the Yuan Mansion, inadvertently talked about the scourge of witches in my restaurant, because of the word witch Gu, so Chao paid special attention to it and passed the news back to the sect!

Later, when the congregation in charge of the communication returned, he told Chao that the news I had passed on was very important, and said that as long as Chao was doing the last thing for them, he could give Chao the antidote in advance! In the future, as long as Chao is tight-lipped about the witch cult, he can live an ordinary life!

Then Chao has been waiting for the day to come, who knows that it will be two years, until some time ago, a person who seems to be quite powerful in the sect found Chao, let me come to Xuchang under a pseudonym, and go to the 'Yunliang Pavilion' to try to get his old bustard Yunniang to send a few jars of wine to Lord Guo's mansion, as long as this is done, I can be free.

At first, I was quite excited when I heard the news, until the man came to me again and said that things had changed, and asked me to go to Lord Guo in person and send another jar of wine to Lord Guo's mansion!

Chao has been running a wine shop for many years, and he has seen some storms, and he knows that there must be something wrong with this wine, and once something happens to Lord Guo, Chao will definitely become the biggest object of suspicion.

However, there is no good way to do it for a while, so I can only secretly replace the wine in the altar and drag it out for a while... It's just that I didn't expect all this, and Lord Guo had already seen through it! Everything I know has been said, and I would like to ask you to help! ”

After listening to Yan Chao's narration, Guo Jia closed his eyes and groaned, and only spoke after a long time: "I have a few questions, I want to ask Brother Yan!" ”

"First of all, what the hell is going on with the Witch Gu Sect?"

"Chao only knows that they will have someone to give out an antidote to Chao once a year, and if there are special circumstances that need to be reported to the teaching, Chao only needs to draw a 'ten' character in front of the wine shop, and draw a short horizontal line on each of the four sides of the 'ten' character! There will be people in the sect who will come to inquire, and as for the others... I don't know. ”

Hearing this, Guo Jia couldn't help but gasp, since there is Yan Chao's wine shop, it is likely that there will be a second and third... Doesn't this mean that all parts of the Central Plains are actually full of the eyeliner of the so-called witch Gu Sect? As if thinking of something, Guo Jia continued to ask: "During your Shouchun period, have you ever seen the same sign appear in front of other shops and restaurants?" ”

"Ever since I agreed to the Witch Gu Sect to come to Shouchun, I have paid extra attention to it on weekdays, and I haven't found similar signs in other places."

Although Yan Chao gave a negative answer, Guo Jia couldn't relax his vigilance, with Guo Jia's knowledge, he naturally knew that the sign Yan Chao said was the meaning of 'witch' in the ancient text, and there was no such sign in other places, it didn't mean that there was none, it was likely to convey the news in a more secret way! Only using a simple word 'witch' to convey the message also shows in disguise that this Yan Chao should be nothing more than the outermost member of the Witch Gu Sect, or even the kind that may become an outcast at any time!

In this way, even if the major forces want to investigate, they have no way to start!

"Just now you said that it should be a high-ranking member of the Witch Gu Sect who is looking for you this time, how did you know that?" Guo Jia continued to ask.

"In the past, some people dressed like drinkers or merchants came to look for me, but this time it was completely different, this time the person who came was quite mysterious, except that he left a word to say that I met in the dense forest, and this man was hidden in the carriage from beginning to end, but... Chao has been running a wine shop for many years, although the other party deliberately changed his voice when he spoke, and he looked hoarse, but Chao could still hear that this person should not be very old! ”

"Does Brother Yan have any heirs?" Guo Jia suddenly asked.

"Hey, Yan is in such a situation, how dare he ask for an heir, I can't hide it, Yan is still thirty and two, and he hasn't married a wife yet!"

"So good..."As if thinking of something, Guo Jia asked curiously: "What about the immortals that Brother Yan said before?" ”

Hearing this, Yan Chao was also helpless, his nervousness actually revealed the biggest secret in his heart. But the matter has come to this, and he has no other way but to slowly open his mouth and tell a story of the past of 14 years in the dust!

"This happened when Yan was nineteen years old..."

A warlock named Guan Lu met nineteen-year-old Yan Chao on a tour one day, and at a glance he could see that his face was "angry", and he knew that he would die soon. Father Yan was very anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly asked the manager to help find a way. Guan couldn't resist Yan's father's kneeling request, so he had to say to Yan Chao: "When you go home, hurry up and prepare a jar of good wine and a plate of roasted venison." Tomorrow, you will go to the south of the village under the big mulberry tree, where there are two people sitting and playing chess against each other, you must not say a word, just serve carefully, so you will be saved. ”

On the second day, Yan Chao went as he said, and saw the two of them playing chess over there. Yan Chao only poured wine and added meat, speechless. After the results were separated, the man in the north came back to his senses and asked Yan Chao in surprise: "What are you doing?" ”

Yan Chao hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, without saying a word, and the two of them who were playing chess had just eaten his wine and meat, and they were helpless and had to help.

The man in the south picked up the paperwork on the side, looked at it, and said to Yan Chao: "Since we are destined to meet, I will increase your life expectancy by eighty years!" Then with a stroke of the pen, the word 'nine' was added in front of the original nineteen!

Yan Chaoda bowed and returned with joy.

…

After listening to Yan Chao's narration, Guo Jia pondered for a long time...

Originally, Guo Jia didn't believe in such absurd things, but this period of personal experience made Guo Jia know that the world may not be as simple as he imagined...

the inheritance of the four sons of the dragon; What Jia Xu and Zhuge Liang said; The existence of witchcraft cults like maggots attached to bones made Guo Jia have to believe in those unbelievable existences.

'The two of them play chess... North and South... Longevity... Southern Dipper, Big Dipper? Nandou is born, Beidou is dead... No wonder the other party is reluctant to bow to me, who can live to be ninety-nine years old who wants to bow to a short-lived ghost... If you look at it another way... Maybe it's not a loss? It's better to make a name for this Yan Chao...'

Thinking of this, Guo Jia's eyes looking at Yan Chao were full of unconcealable... Desire?