Tang Da and his entourage happened to be standing outside the restaurant, with butchers and tailors in front and vendors in the back. At this critical juncture, the closed door of the restaurant suddenly creaked open.

A short, stocky old man came out of the door. He was wearing a rather elaborate satin shirt, with a mustache, and a kind smile on his face, and when he saw Tang Da, he bowed his hand and said: "Oh, Tang Dashao, you can count it, the small shop has been waiting for a long time, please come in, please come in." ”

While talking, he turned sideways and let Tang Da and his party into the restaurant, looking really like the shopkeeper of the restaurant.

Tang Da didn't have time to hesitate, no matter what, it was better to enter the restaurant than to be attacked by the enemy on his back. He nodded slightly, and led everyone into the restaurant.

The door was closed, and the danger was temporarily closed.

But as soon as Tang Da looked up, he saw an acquaintance, a thin old man with a goatee, holding a swarthy abacus in his hand, Tang Da was stunned, this person was the abacus in the thirteen kills that assassinated him with the hidden sword before!

He hurriedly turned his head and looked at the chubby shopkeeper-looking old man vigilantly, but the fat old man didn't make any other moves, and walked straight to Tang Da and gave a salute: "Tang Da Shao has worked hard all the way. ”

Tang Da was a little surprised and asked, "You...... Who are you?"

The fat old man smiled: "Tang Dashao still can't think of it?"

Tang Da hesitated a little: "Aren't you the shopkeeper in the Thirteen Cold-Blooded Killings?"

The fat old man nodded: "The so-called smiling face is poison, and harmony is a knife, and I am the shopkeeper." ”

He turned around and pointed to the abacus next to him: "You have already seen this abacus, but he is a younger brother." ”

The abacus owed slightly, and Tang Da found that his clothes between his chest and abdomen were wrapped in a white cloth, presumably injured by Jiang Mubai's sword qi that day.

Tang Da was a little puzzled: "Didn't the Thirteen Kills be hired to kill me, why did you relieve me of the siege?"

The shopkeeper laughed: "The thirteen killings have no friendship with each other, they are just killers who collect money to do things." Someone can pay them to kill you, and someone can ask us to protect you. ”

Tang Da was stunned: "Who invited you here?"

At this time, a voice came: "Naturally, it's me." ”

A person sat on a wooden wheeled cart and was pushed out by the person who looked like a shopkeeper behind him. His naked upper body was wrapped in a thick white cloth, and there were still faint traces of blood oozing, it seemed that he was seriously injured, but a fist-sized jade on the hairband on his head was still so conspicuous, this person was Tang Yu, who had been missing for many days!

When Tang Da saw him, he was overjoyed, he had been worried about Tang Yu's disappearance for several days, but now Tang Yu not only appeared in front of him safely, but also helped him out of the siege, how could he not be happy.

He took Tang Yu's hand, looked at his wound, and asked, "Fourteenth brother, who hurt you?

Tang Yu smiled and straightened up, but as if the wound was involved, his brows furrowed, and said: "It's a long story, I fled to this town after I was injured and contacted the hidden stake that our Tang Sect had arranged here in advance, so I hid here to recuperate." Two days ago, someone came to drive away all the merchants here, I didn't think it was right, and sent someone to investigate and found that several of the thirteen killings were coming, so I sent someone to contact the shopkeeper. It's too late to elaborate now, the people who assassinated me in Tingtao Villa are likely to continue to do it, Ye Feng and they are in danger in Tingtao Villa, you have to rush over as soon as possible. ”

Tang Da nodded: "I know." Now the butchers, tailors and sellers in the thirteen killings are all outside, and there are still many people from the 36 villages of the green forest. The more they try their best to stop us, the more it means that the situation in Tingtao Villa is critical, but now that you and Abacus are injured, with our current ability, ......"

He didn't say any more, but everyone understood that now according to the terrain of the restaurant, it may be okay for them to protect themselves temporarily, and if they want to rush out to break the siege outside and rush to Tingtao Villa, it is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Everyone was silent, and then the shopkeeper walked up to Tang Da and said loudly: "Tang Dashao don't worry, he needs to rush anyway, my brother is willing to be the striker." ”

Everyone was taken aback, these two old men were just killers, collecting money to kill, why did they work so hard?

The shopkeeper saw their surprise and smiled slightly: "Tang Dashao, do you know why my brother wants to be a killer?"

He looked directly into Tang Da's eyes and asked, "Do you know about the tragedy in Songjiazhuang in western Sichuan thirty years ago?"

Tang was clever in his brain, Songjiazhuang in western Sichuan? Could it be that these two brothers are related to Songjiazhuang? No wonder they seem to have a western Sichuan accent when they speak.

The shopkeeper said loudly: "Thirty years ago, an official army was ordered to go to western Sichuan to clear the Liukou, passing by Songjiazhuang. The whole village thought that they were the righteous teachers who eliminated violence for the people, and the whole village warmly welcomed them. Unexpectedly, at night, this official army actually went on a killing spree, killing all the more than 300 men in Songjiazhuang, cutting off their heads, and leaving only more than 100 women and children. As long as it's a man, even a doll a few years old won't let go, it's simply inhumane!"

When the shopkeeper said this, the fat round face overflowed with indignation: "It turns out that this group of officers and soldiers cannot catch up with the rogue gangsters, and the imperial court deadline is approaching, and in a hurry, the officers headed by them actually ordered the slaughter of civilians and the killing of good and meritorious deeds! Poor Songjiazhuang more than 300 ordinary crop men have become rogue in this way, their heads are still hung on the tip of their guns, and their horses are taken back to ask for merit and reward." There are only more than 100 old and weak women and children left, all of them women, how can they make a living?"

Hearing this, everyone sighed. Cheng Sansi asked, "Doesn't the government care?"

The shopkeeper laughed miserably: "The official government? After this official army went back, the officer headed by the officer was promoted several levels because of his military exploits, and was transferred to the forbidden army of the Beijing Division. ”

Cheng Sansi was so angry that his beard trembled: "How can this be?

The shopkeeper said: "There are still heavenly principles." The government didn't dare to take care of it, but an old man surnamed Tang came to Songjiazhuang and heard about it, and after seeing the tragic situation of the widow in Manzhuang, he told everyone that he would seek justice for Songjiazhuang. In less than a month, the camp where the officers and soldiers were stationed was suddenly attacked, and all the heads of 1,000 officers and soldiers were cut off, and it was later found that all these heads were enshrined in a mass grave outside Songjiazhuang to pay tribute to the more than 300 men who were killed that year. The government was frightened, but this matter involved a scandal involving the killing of good people and meritorious, and they did not dare to pursue it, and in the end it was still closed. ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Sansi couldn't help but high-five and shouted. After a while, he asked, "Could it be that the old man surnamed Tang is ......?"

The shopkeeper nodded: "That's right, that old man is the head of the Tang Sect in Shuzhong back then, and it is the master of the Tang Sect in Shuzhong who avenges the people of Songjiazhuang!"