Chapter 154: The Nine Dragons Cup
() Qiao Zhengyu thought for a moment and said: "I heard that Hu Daxia treats people generously and boldly, and is known as 'Sai Meng' in the rivers and lakes, and there are 3,000 diners in the house, but is there such a thing?"
Hu Feiyao listened, smiled, and said, "This is the people in the rivers and lakes who raised me and gave me such a title." Although I, Hu, have some family property, I also know myself, how dare I compare with the ancient Meng Weijun.
"As for the three thousand diners, that is also the excessive boasting of the people in the rivers and lakes. In fact, there are only more than 1,000 people in the entire mansion, all of whom are people in distress. I couldn't bear to see them suffer, so I adopted them and provided them with free food and lodging. ”
Qiao Zhengyu heard this, and thought in his heart: "This Hu Feiyao is really rich, although it is only more than 1,000 people, but the expenses of these people for a day are not a small amount. ”
He also said: "Hu Daxia is heroic, and I admire him." However, I heard Fei Yizhi say that there are two white-eyed wolves among these people, and they don't talk about eating and living for nothing, and they even have the idea of Hu Daxia, but is there such a thing?"
Hu Feiyao was asked by him, his face changed slightly, and after a while, he said, "Don't hide it from Shaoxia, there is indeed such a thing." Those two people were refugees who had fled to the local area, but I saw that they were in good shape, so I stayed in the house.
At the beginning, the two of them were honest and responsible, and after eating and drinking enough in the house, they stayed in the room to sleep and rest, and never went out to cause trouble. But as time went on, the two began to get a little restless, getting drunk every day and going out a lot.
"One of them, in particular, went out every day and didn't come back until late, and he didn't know what to do outside. Later, I sent someone to follow him, only to find that he was often merry in some of the Flower Moon Lands in the city.
In a fit of rage, I found the man and warned him to go to that kind of place less. Although the man promised on his lips, he secretly still went his own way, until later, he even developed into a hand on the maid。。。。。。 ”
When Hu Feiyao said this, his brows furrowed, and when he pinched his two fingers hard, he saw that the wine glass was broken into several pieces.
"Good finger power!" Qiao Zhengyu secretly praised in his heart.
Hu Feiyao felt rude, slightly embarrassed, cleaned up the debris, and continued: "Later, another person came to intercede for him and promised me to arrest that person and hand it over to me to deal with. Now that I think about it, I was so stupid that I would have believed him and let them go. ”
Qiao Zhengyu shook his head and said: "You can't blame Hu Daxia for this, who knew that those two people were the same dog, and they joined forces to deceive you." If it were me, I was afraid that I would also be deceived by them. ”
Hu Feiyao nodded and continued: "After the two of them fled together, they disappeared from the rivers and lakes. I sent people to search for their whereabouts several times, but there was no news. Until that night, they came to the house and tried to kill them for money. Fortunately, I didn't deserve to die, so I was lucky enough to escape.
Later, since the murder failed, those two people have not appeared on the rivers and lakes again. For so many years, I have been visiting in secret, but there is no news. Now I guess maybe those two are dead. ”
Qiao Zhengyu listened and said, "Oh, so that's the case. There are two scum in the house, which is quite a headache, and it is common sense for Hu Daxia to send someone to arrest him, which is beyond reproach, but Hu Daxia's later behavior is incomprehensible.
"You first became suspicious of my friend, thinking that there was some connection between them that was going to be detrimental to my friend. Later
Asked the shopkeeper to put me in prison, and I was locked up for dozens of days, and I was entertained with good food and drink, lest I couldn't think about it for a while and committed suicide.
These unusual behaviors seem to tell me that Hu Daxia still remembers the events of the past, as if he will never give up until he finds out those two people. Even to the point where you want to see people in life and corpses in death. Although those two people do deserve to die, there seems to be another mystery in this, I don't know if I guessed right?"
After hearing this, Hu Feiyao got up and stood up, walked a few steps, and turned back and said: "It seems that my understanding of Qiao Shaoxia needs to be changed, Qiao Shaoxia is a young hero, extremely smart, which really impresses Hu." Admire. ”
Poured a glass of wine, raised his glass and said, "Come, Qiao Shaoxia, I'll toast you again." He touched Qiao Zhengyu's wine glass lightly, and then drank it all.
"Qiao Shaoxia, since I talked about this today, I won't hide it anymore. Hu Feiyao put down the wine glass, walked to the door in a few steps, and closed the door gently. He looked around for a moment, then returned to his seat.
"Yes, it's not that simple, because everything is so complex and changeable that it can't be explained in a single sentence. Qiao Shaoxia, if you want to know all this, please sit down and listen to me slowly. ”
With a solemn face, he took out a beautiful small box from his bosom and placed it on the table. Then he opened it, took out a jade cup, put it in his hand, and said, "Qiao Shaoxia, do you know what this is?"
Qiao Zhengyu stepped forward to take a closer look, but saw that the jade cup was crystal clear, exuding an amber color, and said: "The upper layer of the material used in this cup, in addition to being exquisitely made, I think it is just a very expensive cup." ”
Hu Feiyao didn't answer, gently put the wine glass on the table, and poured a pot of wine into the glass. After the wine glass was filled with wine, he put down the wine jug and said, "Qiao Shaoxia, you can take a look again, but what do you find." ”
Qiao Zhengyu stepped forward to watch, only to see that the wine glass was clear and there was nothing abnormal. Shaking his head, he said: "This wine glass is full of fine wine, except for wine and wine, there is nothing peculiar. ”
Hu Feiyao smiled on his face, took a candle from the side, and held it in his hand.
"Master Hu, what are you doing with candles in broad daylight?" Qiao Zhengyu asked curiously.
Hu Feiyao didn't speak, lit the candle, and then approached the wine glass.
"Qiao Shaoxia, take a closer look at the wine glass. ”
Qiao Zhengyu was curious, looked again, only glanced at it, and was stunned by the scene in front of him.
It turned out that under the light of the candlelight, several dragons were faintly visible, swinging their tails and swinging their bodies, swimming back and forth in the glass.
"This 。。。。。。 Qiao Zhengyu was stunned for a while, and he didn't know what to say.
Hu Feiyao said: "Qiao Shaoxia, don't hide it, this is the priceless Nine Dragon Cup." Legend has it that this cup was made by overseas immortals, trapping nine heavenly dragons in it, and as long as the wine is poured into the cup, it will loom out, hence the name 'Nine Dragon Cup'. If the young man doesn't believe it, you can click to see if there are nine dragons. ”
Qiao Zhengyu listened, stretched out his finger and pointed out, sure enough, there were no more, no less, there were exactly nine little dragons in the cup. I saw those little dragons with golden claws and scales, swimming back and forth in the wine glass, sometimes sinking to the bottom, sometimes floating, flickering and flickering, almost wanting to jump out of the glass.
"Well, it's a good baby. I was about to take a closer look, but I felt that it was dark in front of me, and there were nine in the cup
The little dragon has disappeared without a trace.
Seeing that Hu Feiyao had extinguished the candle, he put away the Nine Dragons Cup, and said: "This Nine Dragons Cup is unparalleled in the world, it can be described as priceless, and it is stored in the palace." Later, the stolen handsome Chu Liuxiang was stolen from the palace and lived among the people, and he didn't know where he went.
"One year in the imperial city disaster, I accidentally bought it from a beggar, and I was lucky enough to have this treasure, which can be regarded as a kind of heaven for me. This Kowloon Cup was originally a pair, and in addition to the one on me, there is another one that has been missing. ”
Qiao Zhengyu said: "Oh, this Nine Dragon Cup is a pair, so it should also be a pair when you bought it, how can there be one less?"
Hu Feiyao sighed and said, "Yes, just because I didn't keep it well, the other one was stolen." It was on the night of my assassination that it was stolen by the two diners. Ay. ”
Qiao Zhengyu suddenly realized when he heard this, and said, "Oh, I know, you mean that those two stole another Nine Dragon Cup." No wonder, for so many years, you have been secretly searching for their whereabouts, but it turned out to be for the Kowloon Cup. ”
Hu Feiyao glanced at him, nodded and said, "Indeed, this is also the reason why I can't forget those two people." The Kowloon Cup was originally a pair, but now there is one less, so how can I feel at ease. For years, I've been looking for clues about the two of them, but there has been no news. ”
Qiao Zhengyu listened, was silent for a moment, and then said, "Master Hu, I don't understand this." The two escaped by chance, and could have gotten away with it, without worrying about being caught by the owner. How could he suddenly come back one day and risk being caught stealing the Kowloon Cup? ”
Hu Feiyao said: "Well, this is also what I can't figure out, for this, I can't figure it out." However, when I thought about it later, I realized that there was a suspicion in it. Although the two of them have been in the house for many years, they usually dare not enter the main hall at will. Even when there is something to discuss, I usually arrange for them to discuss in the back room.
Therefore, those two people are not familiar with the environment of the main hall at all, and it is impossible for them to know the secret of the Nine Dragons Cup, let alone where the Nine Dragons Cup is placed. Strangely, however, I checked the scene that night and found that the modus operandi was clean and clear, and the culprit seemed to be very familiar with the scene and did not leave any clues. ”
Qiao Zhengyu said suspiciously: "What does Master Hu mean by this, is there an inner ghost in this village?"
"Shh。。。。。。h Hu Feiyao's expression was solemn, he quickly got up and came to the window, listened for a long time, and returned to his seat.
"Well, I don't rule it out. At the moment this is just speculation, not for sure. After all, few people know the secret of the Kowloon Cup, which has to make me suspicious. ”
Qiao Zhengyu said: "There are many diners in the village, and everyone has it, and this possibility is not ruled out." Does the owner of Hu Zhuang have any suspicions?"
Hu Feiyao was silent for a moment and said, "Yes, although there are more than 1,000 diners in the village, none of these people can enter the main hall at will, so it is unlikely that they will be suspicious." In addition to these diners, there is another person in the village who behaves suspiciously, because he can come and go freely in the village, and this person is the shopkeeper Fei. ”
"Ah!" Qiao Zhengyu's face changed slightly, and said: "How is this possible, I heard that Shopkeeper Fei has come to Guizhuang since he was a child, and he is sincere and loyal, how can it be him? ”