Chapter 214: Teahouse Shadows
Hengshan faction
In the early morning, the sky was white, the morning sun passed through the clouds, shedding a faint light, birds fluttered their wings and swept through the air, making a crisp chirp, and the miscellaneous disciples waved their brooms to sweep away the dust on the ground.
At this time, the bell rang in the mountains, dull and distant, and it did not disperse for a long time, and the disciples quickly put on their clothes, rubbed their sleepy eyes, and hurried out, gathering in groups of three or five, talking in a low voice.
There is nothing strange about the bell ringing in the morning and starting the day's life, but this bell seems to be different from the usual, like a death knell!
"Is it the death knell?" a young disciple smacked his lips, "Who has passed away, haven't heard of it!"
"The senior brother has not returned from the mountain for a long time, I am afraid that there is an accident, I heard that a few days ago, the head of the family received an urgent official letter, and he was in a hurry to get sick...... "Another young man who is about the age of dancing spoons said in a matter-of-fact manner.
"Shhhh
"The death knell has sounded, and I am still secretly talking about what to do, I can't say it generously......"
At this time, Mo Xuan hurriedly passed by with Ouyang Ze's change of clothes, looking worried, and one of the disciples of good deeds quickly stepped forward to stop Mo Xuan, "Senior Brother Mo!"
Mo Xuan stopped and looked at him carefully, this disciple was about the age of bunching his hair, dressed in lilac clothes, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, his eyes released a calculating light, Mo Xuan frowned in disgust, "Something?"
"It's... What's going on? Why is the death knell ringing, who has passed away?"
Mo Xuan sighed heavily, "Senior Brother and Hall Master Shen were mistakenly calculated by the villains and buried in the fire. The death knell will be sent today, and he will send someone to find the body and bury it one day. Boss, he ......" Mo Xuan said and shook his head, brushing his side and walking by.
This news exploded in the crowd of introductory people, and Mo Xuan walked away without looking back, which confirmed his guess, Li Zifeng and Shen Zhiping died, and the head Ouyang Ze was in a hurry, and he couldn't afford to get sick!
This disciple looked at Mo Xuan's figure getting farther and farther away, and seemed to shout unwillingly, "What is Senior Brother Mo doing in such a hurry?" When the words landed, several more people surrounded him, and there were many discussions......
Mo Xuan hurriedly walked to the corner where there was no one and secretly swallowed his tears, he didn't believe that Li Zifeng died like this. Shen Zhiping didn't understand, he couldn't think about it, but he was just a senior brother...
It is no exaggeration to say that from his entry to becoming Ouyang Ze's attendant disciple, and then to becoming the head of the attendant disciples, every time he grows, Li Zifeng's help and teaching are indispensable, and now there is only one news that he was buried in the fire, no matter what, he doesn't believe it.
At this time, there was an inaudible sigh in his ears, Mo Xuan looked up, and hurriedly saluted, "Second Senior Brother." ”
Xu Zining was dressed in green clothes, his face was haggard, and in his seemingly calm eyes, it was difficult to hide his grief, "Have the words been passed down?"
Mo Xuan nodded, "Senior brother, don't worry, I saw that he was talking fiercely, so I took the opportunity to go over and spread the word." ”
Xu Zining sighed slightly, "Go on! Shang Qingyuan's play, you must do it enough, count the hours, Elder Yaodan should have passed, you go back quickly!"
"Yes. ”
Watching Mo Xuan walk away, two lines of tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, after learning the news, he wanted to go down the mountain to find someone, thinking frantically, even if it was just a corpse, but Ouyang Ze ordered him to forbid him to step out of the mountain gate for half a step, so he kept holding back, and endured the news that the people sent out brought back the clues, but there was nothing.
After waiting for the news to no avail, Ouyang Ze decided to go down the mountain to find it in person, even if it was a corpse, he had to bring it back for burial, and the matter of the mountain gate was handed over to the solemn elder Hai Yi and the second disciple Xu Zining, and the old master Ouyang Tian secretly sat in charge, and after arranging everything, he took people down the mountain overnight, and when he left, he instructed Xu Zining and Mo Xuan to pass on the news, and said that the head was in a hurry and was bedridden.
In this way, it can also paralyze other uneasy forces, let them relax their vigilance and get carried away, and on the other hand, they can also secretly deal with some things in Wei'an City.
Xu Zining held back his tears, secretly in a daze, and in his blurred vision, he seemed to see his senior brother walking towards him again, and urged him to practice martial arts with a straight face.
"Uncle Ning......" Not far away, Qingyun's voice came, with a hint of grievance.
Xu Zining came back to his senses suddenly, quickly wiped away the tears that flowed, turned around and saw Qingyun pouting, with faint tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, and then beckoned to him, "Qingyun... Come. ”
Qingyun ran over and pounced on Xu Zining, "Where did Uncle go, why didn't he come back?"
Xu Zining was slightly stunned, the tears that had just stopped overflowed again, and his voice could not hide his chokedness, "You study hard and practice martial arts diligently, as soon as your uncle is happy to get the news, he will be busy with the matter at hand and rush back to see you." ”
When the words landed, tears suddenly welled up, and I don't know whose tears soaked whose clothes......
At the same time, a carriage galloped to the road to Wei'an City, the carriage of the carriage was relatively spacious, simple and generous, it looked like the car of a merchant who did not like publicity, the horse's hooves stepped on the dust, moving forward steadily, and the person sitting in the carriage was Ouyang Ze, who was disguised as a foreign merchant, and the person who drove the car was the accompanying disciple Wufeng beside Ouyang Tian, and the secret guard and Xiao Wushuang were secretly accompanying and protecting.
When arriving at Wei'an City, it was the time when it was lively at noon, there were more people in the city, pedestrians and carriages passed by, most of them were merchants from other places, the sound of small merchants and hawkers came and went, people in teahouses and restaurants came in and out, and Xiao Er was busy shuttling back and forth in the flow of people.
According to what was said in advance, Wufeng drove the carriage directly to the Hengxiang Inn, after the fire, the Hengxiang Inn was repaired as quickly as possible, and purchased by local businessmen, reopened, and hired a local person as a shopkeeper to help take care of it, the inn's shopkeeper is named Yin Yuchen, very well-behaved, after taking over the Hengxiang Inn, only doing the inn restaurant business in a regular manner, in Wei'an City, I have never heard of the relevant discussion of the beauty contest.
After the attack and killing, the business of Hengxiang Inn is not as hot as before, and the flow of visitors is much worse than that of other restaurants and teahouses, but the flow of customers is continuous every day, and the money earned from a day's livelihood can also be on the basis of filling the stomach, and there is some surplus, so it is only a matter of time before this inn becomes popular again.
Xiao Er saw someone coming, and walked forward to greet him with a smile, "The distinguished guest is coming?"
Wufeng lifted the curtain and greeted Ouyang Ze in disguise, Ouyang Ze was dressed in brocade clothes, his gray hair was tied high above his head, and his beard was shallowly hooked between his upper lips, just like a merchant.
Xiao Er took the carriage, Wufeng took out two taels of silver from his body and handed it over, "Live in the store." Lead the horse to feed some good forage, don't slack off, our lord is here to talk about big business with people, don't slack off. ”
"Yes, yes, yes..."Xiao Er nodded repeatedly.
Ouyang Ze looked around and walked into the inn with Wufeng. It's just that they just followed the shopkeeper up the wooden steps, Lingxi and Li Zifeng passed by the Hengxiang Inn in disguise and went straight to the Tianhe Teahouse.
At this time, Li Zifeng was dressed in gray clothes, wearing a hat, blindfolded with a black cloth, and holding a blind cane, accompanied by Lingxi, Li Zifeng suddenly stopped and tilted his head back slightly, "We just passed by Hengxiang Inn?"
Lingxi looked at it, "yes! What's wrong?"
Li Zifeng frowned, "It feels weird." ”
Lingxi sneered and said softly, "Don't be allergic, we've all inquired before, and everything is normal after the reopening, and there is nothing suspicious." ”
Li Zifeng was a little helpless, "I didn't mean this ......"
"Alright, let's go, I'm dying of thirst..."
“......”
On the second floor of Hengxiang Inn, Wufeng was busy tidying up the house and tidying up his bags, Ouyang Ze walked to the window and opened the window, looking at the people coming and going on the street, he always felt that there was an inexplicable sense of familiarity in the flow of people!
(End of chapter)