"This is exactly what it is: bending wood will bend in the end, and it is difficult to raise wolves as dogs. The ink dyed the cormorant black for a short time, and the whitewashed crow was not white. Candied coptis must be bitter in the end, and strong melons and fruits cannot be sweet. Good things must always be done by good people, how can mortals be immortals! Zhu Qiu is very happy! But Zhao Xiaoxia is in prison, how to get out of danger? I want to know what will happen, and listen to the next decomposition!" Xu Shao was shocked, this time the book was finished, everyone in the audience applauded again and again, and Lin Zheng, who had no intention of listening to the book, couldn't help but nodded.

When Xu Shao bowed and stepped down, he gestured to Li Suifeng with his eyes. Li Suifeng immediately understood, and several people got up and followed Xu Shao to the backstage.

"The younger Li Suifeng has seen Mr. Xu. ”

Xu Shao hurriedly helped up Li Suifeng, who was in trouble, and said, "The little friend with the wind has tormented the old man." Although I don't know where Xiaoyou is taught, the few moves that Xiaoyou used in Huanmenglou, such as Mianzhang, Treading Wind Tour, and Guiyuan Sword Qi, are not ordinary sect martial arts. The old man didn't dare to call himself a senior in front of Xiaoyou. ”

"The gentleman praised it falsely. Li Suifeng said: "I came here because I wanted to ask Mr. about something. ”

Xu Shao shook his head and said, "If Xiaoyou wants to inquire about the snitch, it is inconvenient for the old man to say more. That's a court matter, not my Jianghu business, and my Tianji Teahouse won't get involved. ”

Lin Zheng's face suddenly changed, and he said: "Jianghu people are Jianghu people, they only know that it is not their own business!" After speaking, he left angrily. Seeing this, Yang Youshan knew that his identity was inconvenient here, so he retired with a gift.

Xu Shao glanced meaningfully at Jiang Ci, who was looking around, and then at Li Suifeng. Li Suifeng knew what Xu Shao meant, so he had to say vaguely: "If people are not in the court, they are in the rivers and lakes." ”

"That's it, the old man reminded the little friend. Xu Shao waved his hand and said, "A thief at night must be a night walker." ”

Jiang Ci frowned slightly and said, "Isn't this nonsense?" ”

Li Suifeng suddenly realized and said, "Thank you, Mr. for mentioning it." ”

"It's just a word, it's nothing. Xu Shao said, "Little friend, please take a seat." Let's talk about what you'd like to inquire about. ”

After Li Suifeng and Jiang Ci sat down, Li Suifeng poured a cup of tea for Xu Shao and said, "Sir, eighteen years ago, was there a couple in Siyun Mansion who abandoned the baby after giving birth or lost the baby?"

Xu Shao nodded and said, "Eighteen years ago, it's a long time ago. The two little friends waited for a moment. He got up and went into the inner room, and a moment later he came out with a few books in his hand and placed them on the table. "Eighteen years ago, no babies were lost," he said. There are six abandoned babies, and their whereabouts are all here. However, these six people do not practice martial arts, and according to the old age, there is nothing peculiar. ”

Li Suifeng only looked at it casually, and said with some disappointment: "Mr. said that there is nothing peculiar, then there is nothing peculiar." ”

Xu Shao smiled meaningfully: "If you want to find out someone's life, a major event in the rivers and lakes eighteen years ago may be useful. ”

Li Suifeng's eyes immediately lit up and said, "Sir, please speak!"

"Eighteen years ago, the number one force in the rivers and lakes was still Tianyan Mansion, not the Zhengqi Alliance. At that time, Li Xiaoxiao, the lord of Tianyan Mansion, and Chu Hejiang, the swordsman of Xingchen, were famous chivalrous couples on the rivers and lakes. After Li Xiaoxiao became pregnant, she and Chu Hejiang quietly came to Siyun Mansion to recuperate and have a baby. The whereabouts of the two were very hidden, and they didn't even know about my Tianji Teahouse at that time. ”

"Then how do you know now?" Jiang asked quickly.

Xu Shao just took the opportunity to take a sip of tea and said, "The news of Li Xiaoxiao's birth somehow leaked out. As soon as the child in her womb was born, she was attacked and killed by dozens of masters, including four worldly masters above the ninth grade. Although Chu Hejiang and Li Xiaoxiao are both masters above the top ten grades, Li Xiaoxiao was weak after giving birth, and his husband and wife were weak after all, and they died in it. It was also at that time that I learned that the two of them were in Siyun Mansion. However, because the two finally set fire to the house and set themselves on fire, leaving only two charred corpses, they could not distinguish their identities, and no one had seen them die with their own eyes, so there may be a possibility of fake death. ”

"It's all charred corpses, will it still be fake death?" Jiang asked puzzled.

Li Suifeng looked sad and said lightly: "There is indeed such a possibility, it is not that no one has used it on the rivers and lakes." ”

"Isn't there a guard by the side of the Tianyan Mansion Lord?" Jiang Ci asked again.

At that time, there was indeed a guard by their side. However, with the scene at the time, there was not much point in having one more guard. In the battle that day, the Tianyan rudder of Siyun Mansion was also killed and wounded. As soon as the two nine-rank masters of the rudder took a look, they were already in a different place. After that day, three more rudders in Tianyan Mansion were destroyed. However, after more than ten days, there was no news of Tianyan Mansion on the rivers and lakes. The news that the Tianji Teahouse is trying to find out with all their might is just chasing after the wind. After that, the Zhengqi Alliance sprung up and became the number one force in the rivers and lakes. ”

"The strife in the rivers and lakes is so terrifying!" Jiang Ci sighed.

Li Suifeng hurriedly asked: "What about the children of the two of them?"

He was rescued by the guards beside Chu Hejiang and his wife. Xu Shao moistened his throat and said, "The guard was strong at that time, holding the baby in his arms, and desperately fighting his way out of the encirclement. Since then, this guard has made occasional appearances in the capital, and it seems to be related to several murders, but it cannot be confirmed. The only thing that can be confirmed is that his strength has reached above the ninth grade. The last time he was seen was in Tokai County. As for the baby, he was nowhere to be found. ”

"What's the name of the guard?"

"Chen Zhufeng. Xu Shao took out several scrolls from his arms, handed them to Li Suifeng, and said, "I don't remember the details of the old past. Regarding this incident, the news found by the Tianji Teahouse is recorded in the scroll, but many of the contents lack circumstantial evidence, so they can only be suspicious. ”

"Chen Zhufeng. After Li Suifeng secretly wrote down the name, he asked, "Mr. Xu, can you lend me these scrolls for a few days?"

"If you want it, take it. I have a copy in this teahouse, so it's okay. Xu Shao smiled: "It's just that you can't give it to others at will." ”

"The juniors know. ”

Outside the door of the Tianji Teahouse, Jiang Ci asked puzzledly: "Brother Suifeng, what you did today, I really don't understand." ”

"What's wrong?"

"It's just a thief, but I stole a little silver. It's not difficult to catch him, wouldn't it be nice to hand it over to the patrol of Siyun Mansion. Yang Youshan and Yang Youxing are fighting for such a thing, even the Tianji Teahouse says that it is not a matter of the rivers and lakes, such a boring thing, why do you have to get involved?"

Li Suifeng was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Brother Jiang, follow me." ”

Jiang Ci followed Li Suifeng to a market. After the two of them casually found an open-air sugar water shop on the side of the street and sat down, Li Suifeng pointed to a vegetable vendor on the street and said, "Brother Jiang, do you know how much he earns a day?"

"I don't know. Jiang Ci shook his head and said, "I don't know him." ”

"Coriander, spicy green peppers, tender pickles, eggplant, lentils, cucumbers, winter melons, big tomatoes, turnips, carrots, flat radish, toons with tender sprouts, garlic and leeks—" The vegetable seller shouted and walked, and Li Suifeng couldn't help laughing: "I'm still a vegetable seller from the north." ”

"So what?"

Li Suifeng said: "Vegetable vendors go out early every morning, go to the farmers outside the city to buy vegetables, and then walk the streets and alleys in the city, at the end of the day, at most one or two dollars of silver, if the business is not good, there may only be a few copper plates or even no grains!"

"So little?"

"If Brother Jiang doesn't believe it, you can go and ask him. Li Suifeng said: "For Brother Jiang, ten taels of silver is a day of squandering. But for them, ten taels of silver is the 'lifeline' that they have saved after months of hard work and frugality. A theft overnight is no different than a request for their lives. ”

"This ......"

"Rivers and lakes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. The court, where there are people, there is a court. If the country and the people are not safe, how can there be a happy life for the people of the rivers and lakes? If the people are not allowed to live and work in peace and contentment, how can there be a struggle for power and profit in the court? To put it more seriously, if the people of the world are not able to make a living, even if they are high emperors, there is only one way to die. ”

"What are you talking about!" Jiang Ci's eyes widened suddenly.

Li Suifeng said: "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat." Raising silkworms and reeling silk, cultivating land and planting vegetables, all kinds of crops in the world need to be done. If they do not plough the land, nor grow vegetables, nor reel silk, or weave cloth, where will they have food for us to eat and drink, and where will they have cloth for us to wear?"

"Someone told me that. ”

Li Suifeng nodded and said, "They support the emperor in the court, because the people in the court can give them a stable life." If we do not give them anything in return, wouldn't it be too shameless for our generation of people to pursue a happy life, but they also need the food they grow and the cloth they make?

"So, we're going to be the same as the court?"

Li Suifeng smiled and said, "It's the same but it's different. What the rivers and lakes and the court seek is the stability of the world. But we are using a body of martial arts to eradicate the injustice in the world. Those people in the court used their mouths to make a way to make noise, and they issued layer by layer, and there were more rules, but they could benefit the world. ”

"So, isn't that the same true of the army over there? Eating the grain grown by the people, they use their blades to block foreign enemies to keep the people from being disturbed?"

"Brother Jiang is smart. ”

"Then why didn't Brother Suifeng become an official or join the army?"

Li Suifeng drank a bowl of sugar water and said, "Because, the stability of the world is our great pursuit." As for their own small pursuits, they have their own merits. For example, now, what I am pursuing is this bowl of sugar water. ”

Jiang Ci slapped his thigh and said, "I see! Then I am willing to help Brother Suifeng arrest the thieves! It is also interesting to be chivalrous and righteous and eradicate the injustice in the world!"

Li Suifeng thought to himself: "Jiang Ci is pampered and does not understand the world. The well-known truths of chivalry in the rivers and lakes, he doesn't understand it if he hasn't seen it with his own eyes. Now walking the rivers and lakes and experiencing it is also good for him. ”

"Then you inquired about what happened eighteen years ago? and brought back all the scrolls. Jiang Ci asked suddenly.

The smile on Li Suifeng's face froze, and he hurriedly said, "This is my private matter." ”

"You said before that you were just looking into some old things, and others listened to it and didn't get in the way. ”

Li Suifeng said: "It's not okay for others to hear these news. But I can't say much about the reasons for this now. ”

"You and my brother, what's the point of talking?"

"It's really hard to say. ”

"Let's talk about it. ”

"Don't say it!"