Chu Qingliu snorted coldly and said, "I said that you have two hundred taels, you have two hundred taels, and I also have a way to ask you to take out two hundred taels, do you believe it or not?"

It's really hard to answer this, it's not appropriate to say that you don't believe it, and it's not appropriate to say that you don't believe it. Lao Ye shook his head and said, "I don't have two hundred taels." ”

Chu Qingliu said: "You are so shrewd, you have been a mule and horse broker for decades, and you say that you don't have two hundred taels of silver, do you believe it yourself?"

Lao Ye struggled for a long time and said, "Yes, I've been doing it for decades, but I just don't have two hundred taels." As he spoke, he burst into tears.

Chu Qingliu laughed, took the tea and drank it all, and said, "You take fifteen taels of silver, and this horse is yours." If this horse is sold to you for five taels of silver or ten taels of silver, I really can't help but give it to my friend. You remember, even if I'm a stranger, even if I'm doing business, I can't be too greedy. Lao Ye didn't believe it: "You only need fifteen taels?"

Chu Qingliu said: "As long as fifteen taels, take the silver." As he spoke, he stood up and found that his mind was dizzy, and he thought that there was really a drug in this tea. He simply shook his body a few times and said, "Your tea is really good, although it is not too drunk, but the strength is not small, I drink it, and I will be dizzy." ”

Lao Ye said: "It's not a good tea, it's just rare, you drink it back and go, and you will feel dizzy." I'll take the money. So saying, he went out and went to the upper room.

He went, and came back after a cup of tea, with a paper bag in one hand. Seeing Chu Qingliu lying crookedly on the chair with his eyes closed, he took a few steps closer and said, "Don't sleep anymore, the silver has arrived." Even after saying it a few times, Chu Qingliu was motionless, as if he had fallen asleep.

Lao Ye put the silver on the table, walked closer, and reached out to pat Chu Qingliu on the shoulder. Before the palm of his hand stretched out, Chu Qingliu yawned and sat up straight, and Lao Ye Dengshi was so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky, he took a few steps back, and fell to the ground in a hurry.

Chu Qingliu pursed his eyes and said, "Your tea is so powerful, I actually slept for a while." He got up and picked up the paper bag on the table with his fingers, looked at it, and said, "Although it is not full of silver, it is still silver, so I will take it." ”

Xiang Lao Ye nodded, out of this small courtyard, did not go to Nancheng, found a small inn to settle down, postponed until dark, then went out of the inn, and went to Lao Ye's small courtyard. He is a mule and horse broker, and there is a sweat medicine in his home, and the medicine is strong, not like an ordinary mundane thing, if he does not investigate and understand clearly, he always owes an explanation.

As soon as I turned into the small street, there were still about thirty steps away from the small courtyard, and a person came from behind in the dark. The man walked slower and slower, and when he reached Chu Qingliu's side, he whispered, "Friend, don't go any further, let's take a step to talk." Chu Qingliu also whispered: "I don't have any friends here, I still have something." "There is no intention of stopping.

The man whispered again, "You can't startle the snake, for if you alarm this person, you can't afford it." I know all the things you want to ask, you come with me, and I'll tell you. Even if it's a night walk, you can't be cautious. ”

Chu Qingliu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go with you." ”

The man nodded, turned around and walked back, and Chu Qingliu followed. After walking ten or so steps, he came to a small courtyard on the same street, raised his hand to push open the door of the false courtyard, and invited Chu Qing into the courtyard.

The door of the main house was open, the lights were burning, and there were five people seated. When everyone saw the two, they all went out of the room, and after greeting each other, they entered the room and sat down.

The person who invited the guest said: "My surname is Lu, this is my real surname, I won't report my name, so I don't have to report a fake name to deceive my friends." These friends don't even have to report their surnames. It's better to talk less about this sneaky errand here. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "If you are willing to show your true face and meet me, it shows that you have not seen me. It doesn't really matter what the surname is. My surname is Chu, and my name is Chu Qingliu. ”

After making tea, one person said: "Friend Chu's plan today is really clever, very clever. Since this old Ye is a livestock dealer, you will hand over to him under the name of selling horses, which is good, not bad. ”

Chu Qingliu smiled bitterly: "This is not a ploy, it was all met by chance." A friend of mine was looking for me to be happy on the road, and he took a plate and left first, and I couldn't pay the money for dinner, and I didn't want to owe people a favor for no reason, so I came here to sell horses. What kind of ploy is this, it can only be said that it was a mistake. ”

Another person said: "Friend Chu broke into the door today, maybe he has already startled the snake, what will happen to this thief, it's really hard to say." ”

Chu Qingliu said: "You say something like this, and if he says a word, the more I listen, the more confused I become." Since you have made an appointment with me, why don't you speak directly? I have something to do tonight, and I will not tell you that I will go out and borrow some silver. ”

The man surnamed Lu said: "Okay, let's talk about it." This surnamed Ye is involved in a very important matter, and if this matter is lifted, it will definitely cause chaos in the world. ”

One person said: "Lao Lu, you don't have to talk nonsense. Friend Chu, I can only say that this surnamed Ye may be involved in a major event, or maybe there is nothing. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "I don't understand. ”

The surnamed Lu said: "Not only do you not understand, but even we don't understand all of them, we only know so much." ”

Chu Qingliu said: "That livestock dealer, his real surname is Ye?"

The surnamed Lu said: "I don't know." Let's put it this way, we went up and were assigned by a very powerful person, and ordered us to find this person and take a good look. We have received great benefits from others back then, so how can we not do things for others? We have been looking for most of the world, and it is really like looking for a needle in a haystack, and the sky is pitiful, just three months ago, we found this thief. ”

One interjected: "It doesn't have to be a thief. ”

The surnamed Lu said: "Let's secretly follow here, buy a few courtyards around his small courtyard, and take turns to keep an eye on him day and night." He went out to do business, and we had people with him. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "Have you found anything?"

The surname Lu sighed and said, "Nothing." No one came looking for him, and he didn't go to anyone. This man is like a good man, no, better than a good man. In addition to the slippage in business, he rarely even goes out. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "It's better than a good person, but I'm afraid it's not necessarily." Listen to your accents, they're all from the original, aren't they?"

The surnamed Lu said: "Yes, this can't be hidden, we are all from it." ”

Chu Qingliu said: "This surnamed Ye, he also ran from the Central Plains?"

The surnamed Lu said: "Yes." ”

Chu Qingliu said: "What is that big event that stirs up the world? can you tell me?"

The surnamed Lu said: "Friend Chu, I want to say that we don't know anything, will you believe it?"

Chu Qingliu said: "Of course I believe it, how can I not believe it?" You have said so much, I can understand a little. ”

The surnamed Lu said: "You have been standing in front of the door with the surname Ye for so long during the day, and you have been in for so long, we can all see it." But you'll be here tonight, we didn't expect it. What did you say during the day? You can't be an accomplice with the surname Ye, right?"

Chu Qingliu said: "If I were his accomplice, if you asked me so, would I tell you directly? If I were an accomplice, would you join forces to keep me and torture me?"

The surnamed Lu said: "We are not so ignorant. It's just that in the past three months, only you, a friend from the rivers and lakes, have been here, or from the Central Plains. We only leave during the day, and come again when it gets dark, and we are really not at ease. Looking at your appearance, I know that you are going to spy at night, and I am afraid that you will alarm him, so I will invite you to come and sit. No matter whether this person has done anything or not, he can abandon his family and business and run to Liao Country alone, and he can be regarded as alert. If you are scared away, where are you going to find him?"

Chu Qingliu said: "You must have already known that this person has no martial arts, and if you want to escape from your hands just by being alert, I'm afraid you may not be able to." Today he drugged me and wanted to pat me on the shoulder, but his skills were really limited. ”

"If I tell him to my face and torture him again, he will not tell the truth, and I will not believe what he says. As the saying goes, if you want to know your confidants, you have to listen to what you say, and I want to come back after dark. With this thought, I pretended to be confused, saying that his tea was good, and I was dizzy after drinking it. ”

One said: "According to his appearance, even if you are a night detective, you will not be able to detect anything." ”

Lao Lu said: "Friend Chu, what you said is true?"

Chu Qingliu said: "It's not false at all. "At the moment, I hid my head and went to the end, starting from the two coins of silver and rice money, talking about the bargaining of horse price and silver, talking about Lao Ye serving Meng sweat medicinal tea when he entered the door, and talking about how he pretended to coerce him to two hundred taels of silver and forced him to almost do it. Finally, he said: "I said that he is not a good person, and I am not talking nonsense. ”

Lao Lu said: "Friend Chu, although you are not selling horses today as a strategy, it is more effective than a strategy. Now that we're done, do you want to explore again?"

Chu Qingliu said with a smile: "Then what else to explore? Even if I stay on the roof of his house for two nights, I won't be able to inquire about so many things." We're done, we're done with tea, and it's time for me to go. I have to borrow money. ”

Say goodbye, go back to the inn and put yourself to sleep. It wasn't until the red sun rose that he got up and walked out of the east gate of Datong City and went to Baishan Mountain.

When he found Sansheng Nunnery, Qu Lingyu had already arrived, and was chatting with the owner of the Nunnery in the Zen room. When the two met, they went out of the nunnery to talk in front of the mountain.

Chu Qingliu said: "Senior sister, you are busy robbing wealth at night, and you come to Zen again in the morning, this kind of elegant thief, this is really rare." ”

Qu Lingyu said: "Senior brother, could it be that you didn't become a thief at night? I am a thief, you are a vulgar thief, are you not all thieves? How much did you get?"

Chu Qingliu said with a smile: "I sold the horse and got fifteen taels of silver." How much did you get?"

Qu Lingyu smiled and said, "Senior brother, not only can you not be a thief, but you will also not succeed in trading. For such a good horse, you only sold it for fifteen silver, which is too little. What are you selling horses for?"

Chu Qingliu said: "What am I selling horses for, don't you know?"

Qu Lingyu said: "Of course I know, I brought all the silver, and you are penniless." But do you have to sell horses if you have no money? Well, I'm a big man, and I don't care who wins or loses with you. You didn't succeed yesterday, I'll stay at Sanshengan for one night tonight, you go to the city again, and we'll get more tomorrow morning." ”

Chu Qingliu said: "I ran all night, and I didn't get the silver, but I heard something, and if you hear it, maybe you will give me all the money you get." ”

Qu Lingyu said: "I ran to five families last night, the silver, I think it is tired, and I only took a few taels of pocket money." The rest of the people only picked gold and jade to take, and if they were exchanged for silver, there were more than 3,000 taels. If you want to lie to me for your real money by saying a few nonsense words, this calculation is too shrewd. Senior brother, you're getting more and more slippery. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "In this Datong City, there is a person who lives, this person is about sixty years old, he came to Liao from the Central Plains, he doesn't know martial arts, but he has sweat medicine at home. This person is said to be involved in a major matter, and if this matter is revealed, the Central Plains Martial Arts will be turned upside down. Senior sister, you say, is this gossip worth three thousand taels of silver?"

Qu Lingyu said: "This matter is worth five thousand taels of silver, ten thousand taels of silver, and twenty thousand taels of silver." But it wasn't me who gave you the money, it was you who gave me the money. ”

Chu Qingliu said, "Why should I give you silver?"

Qu Lingyu said: "You are talking about the twists and turns of the road like this, but you just want to ask me for an idea." If the person you ask for the idea doesn't pay for it, can you ask me, the person who made the idea, to give money?"

Chu Qingliu said, "Do you have an idea?"

Qu Lingyu said, "Do you have any silver?"

Chu Qingliu said: "No." ”

Qu Lingyu said: "If you don't have the silver, I don't have an idea." ”