() The shopkeeper saw that there were not many things left in the basket, thinking that Qiao Zhengyu wanted to open it again, nodded secretly, and the smile returned to his face.

On this day, he put away the basket and shouted downwards: "Young Master Qiao, you have been wronged these days. But you wait patiently for a few more days, my master has something to go out these days, and I believe that there will be results when I come back. ”

Qiao Zhengyu looked disgusted, and waved his hand at him: "You say this sentence every time, I'm tired of hearing it, please can you change a fresh word." ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "Mr. Qiao laughed, but I didn't lie to you this time, this time it's true." My master left the next day after receiving a secret letter, and I don't know where he went.

"I've been with my master for many years, and I've never seen him so panicked, so I suspect that something must be a new development, and I believe that the matter will soon come to light. ”

Qiao Zhengyu listened, sat up from the bed, and said, "I don't want to know who your master is, and I don't want to know him." I just wonder what you keep saying that things have come to fruition, what is it, and what does it have to do with me?"

The shopkeeper was stunned for a while, and said: "This matter is confidential, and you can't talk about it casually, but I think Qiao Gongzi is kind-hearted, not like that treacherous thief, even if it is a little penetrating." ”

cleared his throat and said: "Childe doesn't know, my master is also a well-known figure in the rivers and lakes, just because he is bold and generous, and likes to make friends from all over the world, so he is known as 'Sai Meng'."

"And my master also intends to imitate Meng Weijun, and has raised 3,000 diners at home, and he is carefully entertained with big fish and meat every day. This is a lot of money, but fortunately, my owner is good at running it,。。。。。。 ”

"Enough, I don't want to hear this. Shopkeeper, you still want to get to the point. Qiao Zhengyu interrupted him and said impatiently.

"Well, since Gongzi Qiao doesn't want to hear this, then I'll get to the point. The shopkeeper was not angry, smiled, and continued: "One day, my master was resting in the room, and suddenly a diner outside the door asked to be treated. My master called him in, and then gave him a seat to sit down.

The man sat down, but he fidgeted, and after a while, he spoke. When my master didn't listen, he immediately jumped up from his chair, lifted the man up, and shouted, 'Say what you say, say it again!'

"The man turned pale and said helplessly: 'I know that all this has been done wrong, and it is useless to regret it.' But please rest assured that since this matter has happened, it is my responsibility to solve it. Please also give me a chance, I will definitely tie up the thief to see you in person. ’

"When my master heard this, he hesitated for a long time, and then he put the man down and sighed, 'Well, the matter has come to this, and I don't want to make it bigger.' Do what you promised me, or I won't bypass you. ’

The man was relieved when he heard this, nodded and said, "Thank you Hu Daxia, I'm going here." With that, he hurried away. ”

"Wait a minute, I don't understand after you talk for a long time, what is it that makes your master so angry? Also, after listening to you for so long, I only know that your master's surname is 'Hu', but I don't know what the name is?" Qiao Zhengyu asked with a frown.

The shopkeeper smiled again and said, "Look at me only talking about things, but I forgot about this." My master's surname is 'Hu', his name is 'Feiyao', a person from Xiangyang, his ancestors have practiced martial arts for generations, and he is an official in the court, and he is also regarded as the queen of the gate. The old man is free of the surname 'Fei', the name is 'Yizhi', he has been doing chores in the house since he was a child, and he is half a relative with the master.

As for what the man reported, it was actually related to a rape case. It turned out that one of the 3,000 diners had committed an atrocity against a maid in the house after he had eaten and drunk.

"No matter how big my master is, he will never allow this kind of thing to happen in the house, I wanted to arrest that person and come back to ask for the crime. But the messenger took the initiative to ask for help, and my master saw that he was very sincere, so he agreed to him. ”

"Oh, I see, but what does that have to do with me, you don't seem to get to the point. The more Qiao Zhengyu listened, the more strange he felt, and continued to ask.

"Don't worry, Gongzi Qiao, this matter doesn't seem to have anything to do with Gongzi Qiao, but everything today started from this incident, if Gongzi wants to know the reason for this, please listen patiently. ”

Fei Yizhi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and continued: "After that incident, my master has been waiting for news from that person. But when the man went, he was never heard from again. This includes the person who committed the crime, and the same, as if these two people had never been in this world at all, and disappeared without a trace. ”

"How is this possible, your master is very popular in the rivers and lakes, and it is not easy to find two people?" Qiao Zhengyu shook his head and said, with a trace of doubt on his face, obviously not believing what Fei Yizhi said just now.

Fei Yizhi smiled bitterly and said: "Although Qiao Gongzi's words are reasonable, but in fact it is true, since that person left, those two people seem to have evaporated from the world, no matter how we look for it, there is really no eyebrows."

"Later, as time went by, this matter became more and more faint in everyone's hearts, and so did my master, who wanted to pass it and not pursue it again. However, an incident occurred a few days later that made the owner very angry, and vowed to arrest the two men and deal with them according to family law.

"It was one night when my master was resting in bed. Just as the owner was about to fall asleep, there was a slight movement outside the door. My master immediately jumped out of bed, drew his sword, and quietly hid behind the door.

He had barely taken cover when he saw the door pushed open, and two men entered. The two men were dressed in night clothes, their faces covered in black veils, and each carried a long sword in their hands.

"I heard one of them whisper, 'It's almost time, we're going to kill him!' and the other nodded and walked to the bed, then stabbed the bed with his sword. The two of them were extremely vicious, and after a burst of stabbing, they found that there was no one on the bed, and they panicked in their hearts, and turned around to escape.

"I was stopped by my master and met him with a sword. The three of them fought in the room, but the two of them were not bad at martial arts, and they fought with their masters for dozens of rounds, but they were never chaotic and barely tied.

"My master sees that the enemy is not weak, and even if he is out of the house. The two of them were difficult to resist, and after a few more rounds, the black veil on their faces was cut off by the master's sword, but it turned out to be the two long-disappeared diners. ”

Qiao Zhengyu shook his head slightly when he heard this, and said, "I don't understand this, didn't those two escape, but why did they want to go back."

Isn't this self-defeating? ”

Fei Yizhi smiled bitterly and said, "Young Master Qiao, you don't know this." Although my master is a character in the rivers and lakes, he usually likes to collect some antique calligraphy and paintings, so there are many valuable treasures in the house. The two of them loved money as much as their lives, and they must have wanted to steal something valuable from the mansion, so they ventured back to steal. ”

"Oh, I don't understand even more, there are so many valuable things in this world, is it only your master? They know that your master is strong in martial arts, how dare they take such a risk, aren't they afraid of being caught by mistake?" Qiao Zhengyu shook his head and asked rhetorically.

"Uh。。。。。。。 Fei Yizhi paused for a while, and then said: "I don't know about this, but they were fully prepared when they came, otherwise, even if they were given a hundred guts, they would definitely not dare to come." ”

Qiao Zhengyu was suspicious: "Oh, what do you mean by this?"

Fei Yizhi didn't answer immediately, but said with a smile: "Young Master Qiao, before answering this question, I want to ask you a question. I don't know if Qiao Gongzi has ever heard of 'Nine Dead and Grass'?"

"Nine dead and still alive?" Qiao Zhengyu read a sentence, shook his head and said, "I don't know, I don't know anything about herbs, and I've never heard of it." ”

Fei Yizhi smiled and said: "Young Master Qiao, this is an extremely poisonous herb, which usually grows in the place of suspense cliffs, and there are poisonous snakes waiting next to it, so it is extremely difficult to pick." The reason why those two dared to steal was also because of this thing. ”

Qiao Zhengyu listened, nodded and said, "I understand, you mean that those two people want to use these nine dead grass to harm your master, so they are so unscrupulous." ”

"Well, Mr. Qiao is really smart. Fei Yizhi nodded and smiled, and said, "Those two people know that my master is powerful, so they deliberately picked the grass that is still alive from the dead, and wants to use this to harm my master." The Nine Dead Grass can be used both internally and externally, and the effect is the same.

So while the master was sleeping, he sprinkled the powder of the nine dead herbs into the room. The two of them acted cautiously, which could have been said to be seamless. But the two of them forgot one thing, since my master supports his family in a medicine shop, he naturally knows a lot about medicinal materials.

"Although the Nine Dead Grass is highly toxic, the smell is also unique, just like the feces, and the smell is incomparable. My master knew it as soon as he heard it, so he was prepared, so he escaped the catastrophe. ”

"I see, your master is also lucky, if you fall asleep, all this is not easy to say. However, those two people are really hateful, eating and drinking for nothing in your master's mansion is not counted, and they still do this kind of thing, it is really better to be human-faced and beast-hearted. What happened to the two of them?" Qiao Zhengyu said again.

"Later。。。。。。 Fei Yizhi shook his head and sighed: "Don't say it, when the master saw the faces of those two people clearly, he was also stunned at that time." At this moment, the two took advantage of the gap and fled from under their master's sword. Since then, my master has never seen these two men again, and I don't know where they have gone. ”

Qiao Zhengyu listened and said, "It's a pity that I let them go like this." Still, the whole thing sounds like it's over, but I still don't understand what it has to do with me?"

Fei Yizhi was silent for a moment and said, "Young Master Qiao, in fact, it's not, have you forgotten what I just said about nine deaths and still living grass?"