The noisy atmosphere makes people have a great appetite, with all kinds of good wine and good dishes on the table, Zhao Bufan and his party finally swept away the previous unhappiness and ate and drank to their heart's content, most people don't like to eat in a depressing atmosphere after all, which will make people lose their appetite. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a while, Zheyuezhi filled her stomach, looked at the gambling game in the distance, and said with great interest: "Brother Fanfan, let's go over there to play a few games and try our luck?"

"What's so fun about this, wouldn't it be better to go downstairs and listen to a little song!" Compared to playing gambling equipment, Zhao Bufan is obviously more interested in looking at beautiful women, even if Zhiyuezhi next to him is a big beauty, but sometimes it is too familiar but there is nothing to look at, and the eye-catching degree is not so high.

Zhi Yuezhi immediately rolled her eyes, and scolded angrily: "They are not as beautiful as me, what is there to look at, besides, if you go back to Tokyo this time, you will marry my younger brother and sister and go home, no matter how romantic you are, you will not be in such a hurry! You will become a general in the future, wives and concubines will naturally be indispensable, don't become a womanizer at a young age!"

Zhao Bufan's eyes glared: "Whoever told you that you have ideas when you look at beautiful women, I will just look good and lively!"

"Then just look at me, your sister and I are big beauties, when I play later, let you watch enough from the side, now accompany me first!" Zhi Yuezhi urged repeatedly, pulling his arm and leaving.

Zhao Bufan's forehead was bruised, and he complained softly: "What do you have to look at, I look at it every day, I'm tired of it!"

"You say it again?" Orizuki glared angrily.

"What did you say? I didn't say anything?"

The appearance of the two of them made Lu Fang and Guo Sheng secretly laugh, and even Hao Siwen, who had maintained a clear water face all year round, couldn't help it.

Zhao Bufan glared at them and got up helplessly, but this hand habitually touched the burden, and instantly felt a chill in his heart, and said in a lost voice: "Oh no, the burden has fallen!"

"Don't make excuses, your sensitivity is very strong, plus your current internal strength cultivation, how can you lose your burden!" Zhi Yuezhi looked at him suspiciously, obviously not convinced, because it was not the first time that Zhao Bufan had done this in front of her.

Zhao Bufan frowned, lowered his face and said, "It's really gone!"

Zhi Yuezhi looked left and right, and made sure that Zhao Bufan did not hide the burden in his clothes, and suddenly became anxious.

"Thy seal and decree are in the baggage?"

"The seal is on me, but the holy decree is indeed in the baggage!" Zhao Bufan replied with a gloomy face.

Zheyuezhi was also really anxious, and her pretty face was full of worry.

"This is terrible, you go back to Beijing to face the saint this time, and you still need the holy decree to prove your identity, if you let people know that the holy decree is lost, then you will be killed!"

The atmosphere between the few people gradually became tense, Lu Fang and Guo Sheng put down their wine bowls, stunned, and a little at a loss!

Hao Siwen's mind was much calmer, he was not in a hurry to complain, he recalled carefully, and suddenly interjected: "When we sat down earlier, our subordinates also noticed that the general was still carrying a burden, so it must have been stolen by someone when we were eating just now, but according to the memories of our subordinates, few people approached our table just now, only when the shopkeeper was serving, a thin man followed him and walked behind the general." ”

With his words, Zheyuezhi also quickly remembered, and immediately nodded: "Yes, I also remembered, there is indeed such a person!"

In fact, Zhao Bufan also thought of that person in his heart, and at that time he felt that the person's appearance and figure were more distinctive, but he really didn't feel that the other party had any abnormal behavior.

"If it was really stolen by that thin man, then his light skills and theft skills were really terrifying, and with my sensibility, he was able to make me unaware, it was incredible. ”

"He should have taken advantage of the second shopkeeper to serve the food, and our attention was attracted by the dishes, when the shopkeeper introduced the dishes, and the general had focused on the conversation with him. Hao Siwen continued.

"Call the shopkeeper, he should have seen this person to see if he knows the details of this person!" Zhao Bufan said urgently.

Lu Fang and Guo Sheng didn't express their opinions, they got up immediately, and brought the shopkeeper after a while.

The shopkeeper looked hurried, and as soon as he got closer, he couldn't wait to ask: "Big official, I heard that you were stolen?"

"Yes, you know a thin man with long hands and legs, and small but very bright eyes!"

As soon as Zhao Bufan's words fell, the shopkeeper almost did not hesitate, lowered his voice and scolded: "Aren't you talking about that guy from Shi Qian? I can't imagine that he dares to steal from us? I really ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall!"

"He came after you earlier, and he should have done it while you were serving!" Hao Siwen asked in a deep voice.

The shopkeeper was frightened in an instant, and hurriedly shook his head and explained: "A few big officials, I really didn't know that he was following me, if you don't say it, I don't know that he came back again, he lost all his money in the field over there earlier, bought a pot of wine and left!"

Zhao Bufan remembered the name Shi Qian, and interjected: "This Shi Qian is nicknamed Flea on the Drum?"

The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly: "It is this person, he is a native of Gaotang County, Bozhou in the south, he often acts in the surrounding counties on weekdays, he is engaged in stealing, proficient in tomb robbery and grave digging, good at flying eaves and walking walls, understands a kind of martial arts called skillful hands, and calls himself a thief who robs the rich and helps the poor." ”

When Lu Fang heard this, he was very angry, and hurriedly asked, "Since you know that he is a thief, why do you still let him in?"

The shopkeeper explained with a bitter face: "Official, this is open to do business, how can there be a reason not to let people in, besides, we are funded by the post house here, which can be said to be an industry under the name of the government, at that time, I would not have done it in this kind of place, but I thought that today it is very unconventional, and I have the audacity to steal the burden of a few officials!"

"Why didn't the government arrest this person?" asked Guo Sheng suspiciously.

The shopkeeper spread his hands and said: "Because there is no evidence, everyone knows that he is skilled, and it is suspected that the theft is related to him, but this is also suspicion, it is impossible to determine at all, and the government has no way, just like today's events, if there is no evidence from him, the government has no legal crime, not to mention that at this time, it is to steal property, never hurt people, and sometimes help the government to arrest key criminals, and the people of the government also have a good relationship, over time, no one cares about him, if he steals money, it is all regarded as a good deed." Because every time he steals money, half of it will be used for his own food and drink, and half will be given to the poor!"

Hao Siwen was obviously not interested in this, and asked urgently, "Do you have a way to find him?"

The shopkeeper shook his head: "He has always been alone, and he has no relatives, and the little one can't be sure." However, he was very confident, and when he saw that several officials were foreigners, he was afraid that he would think that he would not be able to find him, so he would not care at all. He had bad luck here tonight, lost all his money, and in the end he didn't even eat, only bought a pot of wine, and at this moment he stole the baggage of several officials, so he should have gone to eat and drink nearby. ”

"Then where does he usually go nearby?" Zhao Bufan asked.

"He doesn't go to the city, the restaurant and gambling house in the city are not allowed to go in at all, this neighborhood generation, except for us here, there are only three wild shops dare to receive, the nearest one is ten miles away in the east, the shopkeeper is called Jiao Ting, is a wandering Jianghu man, built a grass house next to the official road, and picks up customers for business, because his ancestral sumo wrestling skills are good, and he is still a man, and he never delays paying taxes, so the government also let him settle there. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Bufan didn't hesitate anymore, and spoke up decisively: "Xiao Er, you help me pay attention, if you move back here, you will quietly go to the opposite post house to report the news, be sure to hold him, this person stealing my money is still a trivial matter, there is a top-secret official document of the imperial court in that baggage, and he must not be allowed to escape, if he does this well, he will be rewarded!"

The shopkeeper was shocked, and nodded again and again: "Okay, if he comes back, I will definitely do it!"

A few people were talking in the corner, careful to keep their voices low, so they didn't attract attention from the surroundings, and the noisy inn still seemed as if nothing had happened.

Bidding farewell to the shopkeeper, Zhao Bufan quickly led everyone back to the post house, each led a war horse, and galloped to the small shop overnight.

It didn't take long for them to see a bright light in the forest next to the official road from a distance, guessing that it had arrived, Zhao Bufan was worried that the sound of the horse's hooves would startle the grass and snakes, so he immediately got off the horse and ordered Guo Sheng to watch the horses, and only took Zheyuezhi, Hao Siwen and Lu Fang to walk on foot.

When you get closer, there is a noisy sound coming from the row of thatched huts, which seems to be quite lively.

"This little shop seems to be doing very well. Lu Fang said with a grin.

"Don't make a sound!" Hao Siwen scolded urgently.

Zhao Bufan slowed down and got closer, and suddenly saw a few tables in the courtyard, and a row of lanterns and torches were lit in the corner, illuminating the courtyard as bright as day.

After a little observation, he quickly noticed the thin time migration, at this time he grabbed the chicken leg in one hand and nibbled on it, stepped on the bench with one foot, and surrounded the table with many men, shouting loudly: "Big, big, big, big!"

The dealer slammed the lid open and burst out laughing.

"Hahaha!!!Sorry everyone, it's small!"

With the words, the dealer impatiently took all the money on the table in front of him, and smiled from ear to ear, but Shi Qian, who lost the money again, seemed extremely annoyed, beat his chest, and shouted again, obviously fully engaged.

This lively scene attracted a lot of people, and even if the other guests were not participating, they would sometimes look at each other.

Zhao Bufan observed from a distance, and found that only a person dressed as a fortune teller in the corner was indifferent, and even looked over with a smile, obviously finding their group of people, but they didn't look malicious, and when their eyes were facing each other, they nodded with a smile.

This person looked very kind, Zhao Bufan also responded with a smile, but didn't pay attention to him, strolled over, and came directly to Shi Qian, who was already completely fascinated.

He glanced at the table slightly, patted Shi Qian's shoulder, and said with a casual smile: "Brother, this one still has to be bet big!"

Shi Qian slapped it away irritably, and didn't look back.

"You know a fart, I've lost six times in a row, you can't be wronged by me?"

Zhao Bufan smiled and said: "You have lost, the dealer is becoming popular, the more you press, the more popular he is, what you bet on, he will not give anything, if you want to continue to gamble, then you have to beat his luck." If you insist on pressing big, he will never keep opening small, catch him a few handfuls, and then stop a few hands, and catch him a few more, then his luck will naturally come down, and then there is a possibility of turning the tables, even if you lose, you won't lose too much, unless the other party cheats!"

As soon as these words came out, the dealer on the opposite side was not happy, frowning and scolding: "Hey, hey, what's the matter with you, if you want to play, just make a place, don't gossip next to you!"

Shi Qian, who was about to deposit money, paused and said in surprise: "This brother has some truth, I listen to you!"

While speaking, he involuntarily turned around, and when he saw Zhao Bufan who was smiling, he was instantly stunned.

In a moment, his face turned pale, and he turned to run.

Zhao Bufan's eyes were quick, he grabbed him by the collar, grabbed him like a chicken, and asked with a smile: "What are you running for, brother?"