That night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and Zhiming came to the foot of Wuhu Mountain in night clothes, and approached Daozhuang step by step.

The surroundings of Daozhuang are dead silent, eerie and terrifying, and in the reflection of the night, the architectural style of the village courtyard also looks very strange, and the appearance is like a large tomb.

Zhiming came to the gate. The door was locked, as if it were a zombie that could not see the light.

He peeked through the crack in the door and saw a faint light in the room next to the courtyard. He plunged into the compound and walked through the courtyard to the outside. The light on the paper window reflected the shadows of the three people in the room, and judging from their postures, they were discussing the matter, and it seemed that the timing was just right.

Zhiming pressed his ear to the wall and clearly heard the conversation in the room:

Master Daoren: "What will happen if you say that the Prime Minister knows about this?"

Shiqing: "I can't tell. Although he is not a good thing, he is not so bad that he does not care about the life and death of his people, at least not in this matter. ”

Yuan Qing: "Don't let the prime minister know." ”

Master Daoren: "Shiqing, go and inform General Bai Mei tomorrow morning that our goods are running out of goods." ”

Shiqing: "Yes, I'll leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Master Daoren: "Yuan Qing, you go to Ghost Hong tomorrow and get our money back." He is a ruthless character, but after all, he is a subordinate of General Baimei, as long as the general is used to suppress him, he should not dare to make a mistake. ”

Yuan Qing: "Ghost Hong still lives in the Chijin Inn?"

Gen Daoren: "Of course, where else would he go?"

Yuan Qing: "Okay, I'll go to him early tomorrow morning." ”

Gen-la Daoren: "Be sure to get all the money back, it's the result of our hard work for almost a year. ”

Shiqing: "Master, isn't it a bit for us to do this..."

Master Daoren: "It's a bit lacking in morality, isn't it? After all, we didn't kill people and set fires, but we were forced to do it by the troubled times, and if it weren't for General Bai Mei's threat, we wouldn't have done this." You all know the power of that group, we will never be able to fight, and if we don't obey the order, there is only one way to die. I heard that people who have taken the elixir will have seizures within a year and become crazy, so we can't stay here for long, in case someone has an early seizure, it will be troublesome. Remember, we must not let the fourth person know about what we left in three days, especially General Bai Mei, otherwise we will be killed. ”

Shiqing, Yuanqing: "Understood, Master." ”

Gen-la Daoren: "That's the end of tonight's meeting. Alas, it's a pity that this village was built by him at the beginning, and I was really a little reluctant. ...... Don't talk about it, go to bed early, and be in good spirits tomorrow. ”

The lights went out.

From their conversations, Zhiming could tell that the "goods" they were talking about meant the elixir, and the elixir was provided by General Bai Mei; Master Daoren obviously felt that this work could not be done for a long time, but he did not dare to tell General Bai Mei directly, for fear of being killed, so he asked his apprentice to deliberately go to the other party to get the goods, so that he would not be suspicious, and then find a way to take the money and run away, and the money was in the hands of General Bai Mei's subordinate Hong Gui. Obviously, this so-called "elixir" is not a good medicine, people will have a seizure within a year after eating, and the final symptom of the attack is to become "crazy like a demon", as for the extent of madness, it is not yet clear. He could have kicked open the door and interrogated the three of them—his martial prowess was enough to deal with them—but he was afraid of startling the snakes and couldn't figure out who was behind them.

Since Yuan Qingming was going to the Chijin Inn in the morning to find a guy named Hong Ghost, then start investigating from this place, Zhi Ming thought.

He rolled out of the courtyard and returned to the inn, where he lay down in bed and carefully recalled every word he had heard that night.

Zhiming analysis: Since the mastermind behind the scenes is called the 'general', and the incident happened in the capital, it is very likely that it is someone from the DPRK. There is a possibility that this is a conspiracy that General Bai Mei has been planning for a long time, but he has never had a chance to realize it, and it just so happened that he saw the three of Master Daoren coming to the capital to deceive, so he used this opportunity to threaten them and make them do as he was told, and promised them a certain reward. Of course, the three mages were resistant at first, after all, they just wanted to eat together, and they didn't want to do such a hurtful thing, but they were afraid of General Baimei's power, so they had no choice but to comply. So, they worked like this for almost a year, because they knew that the attack period of the elixir was approaching, and they had to plan to escape for fear that something big would happen. General Bai Mei is also not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he sends his subordinates to seize a part of their due remuneration, and firmly grasps their weakness of valuing money as their life. However, time does not allow the three to wait any longer, and they must try to get the remaining money back as soon as possible and fly away. At present, the only breakthrough point in the investigation is the Hong ghost who lives in the same Red Gold Inn.

He decided not to sleep tonight and follow the only clues he had so far to find out.

Before dawn the next day, Zhiming went to the corridor to guard. The inn had not yet opened, and there was silence up and down.

He yawned deeply, and was eager to jump into bed and sleep with his head covered, but he finally restrained himself.

Soon, a sleepy-eyed man opened the door to the inn. As soon as it was dawn, the man stretched and went back to his room.

After a while, the old man walked into the counter humming a little tune, swept the dust with a feather duster, and sat down, ready to welcome the guests for the new day.

Soon, a person walked in, it was Yuan Qing. The old man stood up with a smile and asked, "Morning guest officer, are you here for morning tea?"

Yuan Qing looked around and said, "No, I'm here to find someone, his name is Hong Ghost." ”

“... Oh, it's him. The old man was very impressed by the name. He took out the roster, flipped to the "silver room", found the name, and pointed it out to Yuan Qing.

"That's right, it's him. I'm his friend, in which direction is his room?"

The old man showed him the way. Yuan Qing thanked the old man and walked up the stairs.

When Zhiming saw him coming up, he quickly hid back in the room. It turned out that the Hong ghost lived next door! This was convenient for Zhiming, and he saw Yuan Qing walking to the silver No. 8 room and knocking on the door through the crack in the door.

"Who?" asked a gruff voice in the room.

"It's me, Yuan Qing. Yuan Qing whispered, "My master asked me to come to you to get something." ”

“...... Wait a minute. "The people in the room had apparently just been woken up, unprepared and in a hurry.

After a long time, the door opened. As soon as Yuan Qing entered, the door quickly closed.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one now, Zhiming carefully put his ear on the door, and the content of the conversation inside was clearly reflected in his ears:

Yuan Qing: "This money..."

Hong Ghost: "Don't worry about it, or I'll kill you!"

Yuan Qing: "This is what General Baimei promised to give us extra!"

Ghost Hong: "That's right, he originally agreed, but have you earned less during this time? You have already been paid accordingly, and this money belongs to General Baimei!"

Yuan Qing: "You dare to disobey the general's orders?"

Ghost Hong: "What disobeyed orders? That's what the general meant, I'm just doing what I'm told." Don't forget, if there were no generals, the three of you would still be moving bricks on the streets!"

Yuan Qing: "Nonsense, this is not the general's meaning at all, you made it up! Take me to see him!"

Ghost Hong: "There's no need for this, the general won't discuss this matter with you anymore!"

Yuan Qing: "You...... I see, you want to keep this money to yourself! Didn't we make an agreement before? Do you want to go back?"

Ghost Hong: "You... Go back and tell that stinky Taoist priest to hurry up and pack up his baggage and leave Xuchang, and don't worry about money anymore, otherwise he will die!"

Yuan Qing: "You dare! Okay, in that case, I will tell the prime minister about your conspiracy!"

The gate of the Yuan Qing Dynasty came, and the Hong ghost stopped him. Zhiming realized that something was wrong and quickly hid back in his room.

Yuan Qing didn't expect Hong Ghost to make such a response, and said angrily: "You go away, I will make the ugly things you do public!"

"Shhhhh

"Why are you afraid that others will know?"

"Aren't you involved in this? Besides, do you think anyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion can enter casually? Finally, I would like to advise you to go back and get out with your master before I get mad!"

"Don't think about it! If you want to leave, you have to get our share back first! If you want to kill me, or I'll denounce me!"

"It's really a toast and don't eat and drink! This is what you said, don't regret it!"

The next door fell silent all of a sudden. Zhiming felt strange, and just wanted to go out to find out, the door over there suddenly opened, and the lock fell - the Hong ghost broke the lock in a panic.

Zhiming saw a bearded, big-shouldered and round-waisted guy walk out through the crack in the door. The Hong ghost covered the door and hurried downstairs with a burden on his back.

Zhiming came to the corridor and saw Hong Ghost talking to the old man at the counter, as if he was checking out. He gently pushed open the door and looked, and as expected, Yuan Qing had been poisoned! He touched his neck, and his neck bone was broken—a single move.

"One fatal move, this person is a professional killer!" Zhiming hurriedly went to the corridor to see that the Hong ghost had already left.

Zhiming understood, it turned out that General Bai Mei had promised Master Daoren that he would give them an extra reward, and the money would be transferred by Ghost Hong on his behalf. Previously, Master Daoren had made an agreement with the Ghost Hung that he would give him a small part of the money as a token of appreciation. Unexpectedly, the Hong ghost was insatiable and wanted to swallow all the wealth without the knowledge of General Bai Mei, so the above scene happened.

Zhiming hurriedly locked the door and chased him out, he expected that the Hong Ghost would definitely go to Master Daoren first.

Sure enough, after the Hong ghost left the inn, he went straight to Wuhu Mountain. He was going to warn Master Daoren and persuade them to leave Xuchang immediately, otherwise the same fate would happen. Hong Ghost knew in his heart that once General Bai Mei knew about his embezzlement of wealth, he would have to accept the punishment of the organization.

The Hong ghost marched quickly, he knew that Yuan Qing's body would soon be discovered, and it was better to leave early.

After leaving the city, Hong Ghost instinctively sensed that someone was following him from behind. Professional killers have a keen instinct and can always tell if they are in danger.

The stalker's footsteps grew closer, and he pretended not to know and continued on his way. Daozhuang is just ahead.

When he was still more than a hundred meters away from Daozhuang, Hong Ghost turned his head sharply and saw a person standing not far behind him, so he asked, "Boy, who are you and why are you following me?"

The stalker was stunned for a moment and said, "When did I follow you?" I go my way, you go your way, why do you say that I follow you?"

"You don't pretend to be garlic!Tell me, why are you following me?"

"You're so unreasonable, I'm also on this path, why do you insist that I follow you?"

"There's only one place ahead, where are you going?"

"I'm going to find Gen Daoren. ”

“...... What are you looking for him for?"

"I want to consult him about the truth about the elixir to cure diseases and save people. The stalker said unhurriedly.

Taken aback, Ghost Hong asked, "Who are you, and why do you care?"

"I'm your neighbor. ”

"Neighbors?"

"I live in the silver No. 7 room on the third floor of the Chijin Inn. Ghost Hong, you killed Yuan Qing!"

Hong Ghost involuntarily took a step back and asked, "Are you Prime Minister Cao's secret agent?"

"No, I don't know any prime ministers at all. You are General Bai Mei's subordinate, nominally to help Master Daoren, but in reality you are spying on them. Those elixirs were provided to them by General Bai Mei!"

"You... What else do you know?"

"You are not satisfied with the small amount of money given to you by Master Daoren, you want to embezzle all their honorarium, and you also falsely claim that it is General Baimei!"

The Hong ghost was speechless for a moment. The two confronted each other for a moment, and suddenly, the Hong ghost laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhiming asked.

"I laugh at you for not knowing what to do, you are so nosy at a young age, you are really impatient!" said the Hong ghost viciously.

"I told you your secret, what can you do to me?" Zhiming didn't scare him.

"You... What an arrogant tone!Do you dare to fight me?"

"Let the horses come!" Zhiming defied.

Ghost Hong was so angry that his face was flushed, and he couldn't imagine that a yellow-haired boy would dare to talk to him in such a tone. He threw down his baggage, shouted loudly, and rushed over......