Kong Ruixiao stayed overnight, and the journey was very smooth, and his journey was also fast, so he arrived in Qingshui Town on the afternoon of the eighth day, thinking that there was one more day before the agreed time, and he had no way to send a message to the Mine Valley, so he planned to stay in Qingshui Town for two more nights, and by the way, check the whereabouts of the stationmaster of Qingshui Town.

Kong Rui walked to the inn where they stayed that day, and the innkeeper seemed to remember Kong Rui, so he hurriedly greeted him and said to Kong Rui: "The guest officer is back." ”

Kong Rui smiled faintly, and asked the innkeeper, "Shopkeeper, is there a room this time?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly nodded and said, "Now there is, now there is." He hurriedly beckoned Kong Rui in.

Seeing that the business in this inn seemed to be much worse, Kong Rui asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, why is the business here so bad this time?"

The shopkeeper sighed and said, "After the guest officer left last time, there have been several murders here, and there are many rumors that Zhao Er sent someone to do it in the mining valley, and many people were scared away. So all of a sudden, business was out again. ”

Kong Rui had already expected such a thing, so he asked, "Do you believe that Zhao Er did it?"

The shopkeeper said: "I won't believe this, that is, in the early years, Zhao Er and they wanted to fight out of the mountains, and they didn't kill innocents indiscriminately when the army was defeated, so they came out to kill people indiscriminately after all the soldiers and horses were withdrawn?"

Kong Rui thought that if such an innkeeper didn't think that Zhao Er did it, then those shrewd businessmen naturally wouldn't think so, so he nodded and said, "That's good, so I'm back again." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly flattered: "The guest officer is really smart, you will definitely be able to make a fortune." Kong Rui smiled and did not answer.

Before it was dark, Kong Rui rushed to the field house first, and carefully investigated, but found no sign of people; he walked around the street and found nothing unusual, and Kong Rui didn't know how the scheming man planned, this Qingshui Town was as usual, as if nothing had happened.

That night, the more Kong Rui thought about it, the more strange it became, could it be that the scheming people would be so willing to revoke all the monitoring of the mining valley? This is simply impossible for the always strong scheming people, but how can they be lured out? Kong Rui thought about it left and right, and finally, he came up with a trick, so he went downstairs and said to the shopkeeper: "The shopkeeper, I'm a little tired today, don't bother me tomorrow." The shopkeeper hurriedly nodded in agreement, and Kong Rui returned to the room and meditated and rested with peace of mind.

Before dawn the next day, Kong Rui changed a set of clothes and quietly went out through the window, and only walked back to the inn when it was dawn in the morning, but at this time Kong Rui was wearing a mask and looked like a middle-aged man with a full beard.

As soon as he entered the inn, Kong Rui first took out an ingot of ten taels of silver and put it on the counter, and pretended to say to the shopkeeper mysteriously: "Shopkeeper, do you have any dishes such as scallops and shark fin here?"

The shopkeeper was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "This guest officer, the small shop is remote, and there are no such precious seafoods. ”

"There is no seafood, what are the delicacies of the mountains?" Kong Rui pretended to be very wide and continued to ask.

"The guest officer is too demanding, and there is no such thing in a small store. The shopkeeper's face was difficult to look at at once, and he shook his head as well.

"The shredded rabbit meat, the roe deer legs should always have it, right?" Kong Rui asked.

"These are also high-priced dishes, and the shop is not stocked now, so I just have to go out and try my luck and see if I can buy them in the town. The shopkeeper said honestly.

Kong Rui pretended to be generous and said: "Okay, you go and buy it now, this ingot of silver will be placed here for you first, and you will pick up some good things to buy, and there will be distinguished guests in the afternoon." I'll check it out at noon, and if I don't buy it, your big deal will be gone. ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly nodded and agreed, anyway, the family had already paid, and it seemed that this distinguished guest was also a generous master, and it would be good if this big deal was made.

Seeing Kong Rui go out, the shopkeeper hurriedly beckoned his men to help him take care of it, and he hurried to the street to find those who sold mountain goods daily to help buy some such high-priced dishes.

Sure enough, the shopkeeper was so full of Luo in the town, and this Qingshui Town was not big, and soon many people knew that a rich man was coming to the town, so the shopkeeper Zhang Luo bought some good food. Soon, Yuan Ping, the stationmaster of the Qiqian people in Qingshui Town, also heard about it.

Yuan Ping has been very depressed these days, not to mention the duck in his hand, and later the two late-stage demon cultivators who came from the two reinforcements in Qingshui Town were also killed at the same time.

Fortunately, Yuan Ping and his boss also knew that if the two late-stage demon cultivators were killed at the same time, it would prove that the water here seemed to be too deep, and they all thought that it was very likely that there were late-stage spirit disciples among the bodyguards brought by the merchant, and the means were high; 。

Yuan Ping's boss and others knew that those merchants were leaving at that time, and there was no way to find out who they were or where they were going, so they had to suppress the matter first, and let Yuan Ping continue to monitor any changes there.

Now that there is only one person left under Yuan Ping, he is even more cautious. On this day, Yuan Ping and the others both heard that a rich high roller was coming to Qingshui Town, and they immediately cheered up and watched the inn to see who was coming.

It was almost noon, Kong Rui arrived as promised, and when he saw the shopkeeper, he asked: "The shopkeeper, have you bought some good things in the back?" When the shopkeeper saw it, he hurriedly reported to him: "I bought a few flying dragons, some deer tendons, white fungus, large-mouthed mushrooms, bear paws, etc." ”

"Are there any civet cats?" asked Kong Rui, who was already picky.

"The civet cats can't eat it, and it is said that it is easy for people to get a disease that kills people, so I didn't dare to buy it. The shopkeeper hurriedly explained.

"My young master knows that you lack this and that here, and he has decided not to come. I'm staying here alone today, so I've made all these good things. Kong Rui said with a big grin.

The shopkeeper was disappointed, but he didn't dare to reveal it, and said: "That's okay, this will open a room for the guest officer." Kong Rui answered, and the guy took him upstairs.

As soon as he entered the room, Kong Rui immediately released his divine sense and listened carefully to see if there was anything unusual in the shopkeeper's place.

Sure enough, Kong Rui heard someone asking the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, you didn't seem to be very happy just now, did that person do something excessive." ”

"It's just that I can't come, but I first took the money to entertain me. "The shopkeeper said angrily.

"What is it that can't come and make the shopkeeper so angry?" the man asked.

"I don't know where to get a gentleman, I sent someone to order a lot of delicious food and drink first, but I bought some here and there, and they didn't come, you said that people are not angry. The shopkeeper complained.

"The shopkeeper doesn't need to be angry, it's good to make money. The man smiled and persuaded.

"It's for the money's sake. Who else would want to be entertained like this?" agreed the shopkeeper. Kong Rui knew that there must be something wrong with this person who inquired about him, so he immediately changed his clothes, removed his mask, and walked down from upstairs Shi Shiran.

As soon as the shopkeeper saw Kong Rui, he didn't care about talking to that person, and hurriedly greeted Kong Rui and said, "The guest officer is sleeping, is lunch sent to the room or eaten below?"

Kong Rui knew that this person would definitely stay to monitor "himself", so he naturally didn't worry about him running away, so he said to the shopkeeper: "Let's eat here, have two specialty dishes, and then a pot of wine." ”

Kong Rui had seen too many drunken people at the Zhiyi Inn, and although he couldn't get drunk, he found that this wine was really a good thing, which could make people accidentally tell the truth, and it could also disguise himself well.

The business of this inn is not good, and there are not many people eating, Kong Rui pretended to be a person after drinking two glasses of wine, and said to the man: "That big brother, see that you are fine, can you accompany the younger brother to drink two glasses?" ”