Chapter 104: Clues
In the end, the two didn't say anything, honestly handed over forty taels of silver, and then opened a room, and went upstairs to copy the cheats.
Why forty taels? Because there were two men, one twenty taels.
Wu Qian sat back with a smile and said, "I'll invite you this time, it's not enough for everyone to order more!"
Then he turned back to Xiao Er and said, "Little Second Brother, please have a few jars of wine, the kind that has not been drugged." ”
"Good...... Okay......" Xiao Er trembled and went to get the wine.
When the wine came up, he opened a jar and tasted it, and his eyes lit up: "Good wine!"
"Oh? Wu Qian said and poured a glass for himself and the coachman, and then he said to Xiaobai and the three of them: "Do you drink?"
Li Jianshi and Ye Qingxuan both shook their heads and refused, while the little white girl silently pushed the cup in front of Wu Qiao.
Wu Qian helped her fill it, and just as she was about to speak, another cup was handed to her:
"I ...... I want it too!"
Wu Qian raised his head, Li Jianshi held the cup, and his lips were pursed.
He chuckled and helped her fill it up: "Shi'er, if you can't drink it, forget it." ”
Li Jianshi's expression was a little complicated: "It's okay, I used to ...... Forget it, let's not talk about it. ”
[The person who drank with you in my previous life was me......]
Wu Qian smiled silently, everyone has their own secrets, Shi'er didn't say it, and he didn't plan to ask, just helped her fill the wine.
Pushing the cup and placing it in the lamp, half an hour has passed.
The torrential rain outside continues.
The few people who drank were not drunk yet, except for the coachman Brother Xu.
Oh, by the way, his name is Xu Qingyuan.
Wu Qian withdrew the gaze that stayed on Xiao Bai Shi'er's face, turned the cup in his hand, and asked inadvertently, "Brother Xu, do you have something on your mind?"
Xu Qingyuan, who was drinking with his head bored, was stunned and said with a wry smile: "Let Brother Wu see it." ”
"Yes, today is my wife's death day. His voice was low: "Two years ago today, my daughter was abducted by traffickers and has been missing since. A year ago today, my wife was so grief-stricken that she hanged herself at home. Today......"
With a hand on his arm, he looked up and saw a pair of deep eyes.
Wu Qian said: "Brother Xu, don't do stupid things. ”
Xu Qingyuan shook his head: "Do you want to hear my story?"
Without waiting for a few people to answer, he poured another glass of wine and said to himself: "Two years ago today, I took my daughter to the temple fair with Humble Jing, and she wanted candy people, so I left her two and went to buy sugar people alone. But when I came back, only Humble Jing was sitting on the ground crying bitterly, I hurried over, and she told me that someone had just come and snatched my daughter away. ”
He poured another glass of wine: "The two of us searched all night, but we didn't find our daughter. Later, I worked as a driver at the car dealership I owned, so that I could go all over the world looking for my daughter. ”
"But after looking for a long time, I have no news of my daughter at all, and I don't think about tea and dinner every day, and I gradually lose weight. On that day, exactly a year after my daughter's disappearance, I returned home, and Xiaoru ...... She ......"
He couldn't go any longer, and poured a sip of wine: "It's me who is sorry for them, if I hadn't gone to buy the candy man at that time......"
"It's useless to regret what has happened. Wu Qian took a sip of wine and said softly: "The important thing is what to do in the future." ”
"Yes, the important thing is later. Xu Qingyuan's voice was calm, he looked at Wu Qiang fixedly, and said, "Brother Wu, what if...... I beg you, will you help me get revenge. ”
Wu Qian raised his eyebrows: "Do you know where the trafficker is?"
"I only learned about it recently. Xu Qingyuan was still calm, but he could see that he was a little nervous in his eyes: "But I'm just an ordinary person who has practiced superficial kung fu, the other party is strong, I can't avenge the clumsy Jing, and I can't ask about my daughter's whereabouts, I wonder if Brother Wu can help me? ”
"If you find an enemy, I will help you. Wu looked at him steadily: "Keep the car dealership by yourself, there are still a lot of lives waiting for you in the future." ”
"Brother Wu said yes. Xu Qingyuan was silent for a long time, and said with relief: "Your words are enough." ”
He was suddenly in high spirits: "Come, come, come, drink! I'll toast everyone!"
“...... Good. ”
Half an hour later, the food was finished and the wine was dry.
Everyone went back to their rooms to get ready for bed.
Wu Qian sat by the window and sighed faintly, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Then he pulled out the magical conch.
.........
At that time, Wu Qiang's door was suddenly knocked on.
Wu Qiao, who had been cooking conch porridge with Her Majesty the Empress for a long time, opened the door with a calm face.
Outside the door, Li Jianshi frowned, and said softly: "Poor brother, Brother Xu was killed." ”
Wu Qiao's expression was calm, and he walked towards Xu Qingyuan's room. Li Jianshi silently followed behind him.
When they arrived at the house, Ye Qingxuan, Su Mubai, the innkeeper and the shopkeeper had already arrived.
"Brother Wu. Qu Se looked sad: "Brother Xu, he ......"
"Was Brother Xu killed? Wu Qiao's voice was low.
He was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Amitabha, Brother Xu, he ...... It was killed. He had no wounds all over his body, except for a sword in the chest. In addition to that, he clutched a note tightly in his hand. ”
He handed the note to Wu Qiang.
Wu Qian silently took the note and opened it.
A few words were scribbled on it:
"Eight, nine, ten, eleven. ”
Wu Qian finally couldn't hold back any longer, his voice trembled: "Brother Xu, do you want to know the answer to that question until you die...... But I really don't know...... But don't worry, I'll find the murderer and avenge you. ”
There is no need for a flash of lightning, and there is no need to bet on grandpa, the answer to this puzzle is almost as if written on the face of the puzzle.
He turned to the proprietress and said, "Boss, please call all the people in the inn, the rainstorm has not stopped tonight, and the murderer is among these people in the inn." ”
The proprietress frowned tightly, and nodded when she heard the words: "The concubine understands." Xiao Wang, you go and call all the people in the inn and wait for Wu Gongzi's orders. ”
"Yes!
After a while, everyone came one after another, most of them yawned, and they were still complaining, but after seeing the corpse on the ground, their expressions changed, they stopped talking, and stood silently aside, waiting for Wu Qian to speak.
"Everyone is here. Wu Qian's back was to everyone, and his voice couldn't hear any ups and downs.
The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Everyone in the store is here, please command." ”
"Originally, after we finished eating and drinking, we would happily go to Dingzhou tomorrow morning. But why, why ......" He Huo turned around, and there was no wave in his eyes: "Which of you will tell me, why did Brother Xu die?"
Everyone only felt suffocated, as if they were out of breath.
Fortunately, this feeling comes and goes quickly, otherwise, I am afraid that many people will suffocate to death.
Seeing that no one answered, Wu Qian looked at the shopkeeper with a frightened expression: "Little second brother, who was the first to find Brother Xu's body?"
"Amitabha. Jiese clasped his hands together and looked sad: "It was the poor monk who found out that Brother Xu had died." ”