On November 26, when Duan Qianqiu came to the Yuanyu Inn early in the morning, there were not many people, he didn't come to stay in the hotel, but later he stayed in the largest and best room in the store.

Because when he showed Xiao Tietang's name sticker and told the innkeeper that he was coming to find Li Yuhe, the young man of Donglai Commercial Bank, the old shopkeeper who smiled like a fox handed him a note.

The note reads: "When you travel far away in the rivers and lakes, you will be dusty and tired, so you will have a room and a little wine and vegetarian food to relieve the hard work of the trek." If you don't give up, your brother will talk to your brother one day later and talk about your life. "It's Li Yuhe.

The wording of the words is very elegant, and it is also very ordinary, which is the usual message from the inn to the guests, which is very common.

However, Duan Qianqiu greeted this ancestor of Li Yuhe ten thousand times in his heart, because he was chased away like a dog, not only could he not see the person he had made an appointment with, but he also wanted to stay stupidly in this dilapidated and small inn for a day for no reason.

Duan Qianqiu didn't give up, and he asked the shopkeeper again, how did Li Yuhe look.

The old shopkeeper put down the pen that was keeping accounts, barely opened his faint old eyes, thought for a long time, and then said that he had forgotten. While making calculations neatly, he pointed to his head, indicating that he was old and had a bad memory.

Duan Qianqiu had always been a very open-minded person, so naturally he wouldn't bother with an old man, so he soon came to his guest room, the biggest and best room that the shopkeeper said.

The room was really big!

In the countryside, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and even the pigsty built is very large, let alone where people live.

Duan Qianqiu originally planned to lie down on the bed for a while, but when he saw that the bedding was only cleaner than the rag he used to wipe the floor at most, he dispelled this idea.

He found a relatively clean stool to sit down, and when Xiao Er fetched hot water to him, he rewarded Xiao Er with a few copper coins, and then asked about Li Yuhe, but Xiao Er said with a blank face that he had never seen this person.

Duan Qianqiu suddenly had a feeling of being calculated.

Gradually, it was getting dark, and the inn was getting more and more deserted, and there were still a few flies flying in the lobby, but there were fewer guests than flies.

The old shopkeeper's eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and he kept staring at the door, as if waiting for someone.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard outside the door, and after a while, a man stepped in from the door of the inn.

He wore a hat on his head, and a black veil hung from the hat to cover his face. This person went straight to the counter where the shopkeeper was standing, lifted the black veil, and said in a deep voice: "Stay in the hotel!"

The old shopkeeper looked around and saw that there was no one around, and even the shopkeeper didn't know where to run to be lazy, so he said softly: "Please come with me." ”

The two of them entered a room downstairs, and someone took off the hat, only to see him with ape arms and bee waist, a majestic body, and a rough and cold face, which was exactly the same as Xiao Tietang after Duan Qianqiu's disguise!

The shopkeeper opened a pair of dim old eyes, looked at him and said, "Well, it's very similar!

"It's going well! Our people lurking in Cai Mansion have cooperated well with us, and we should be there later. ”

"That's good, that's good! It's almost time. The old shopkeeper muttered, and there was an indescribable desolate and sad taste in his tone. With that, he took out a pill from his sleeve with trembling hands and was about to stuff it into his mouth.

The person who came raised his hand to block it, and said in a sad tone: "Does it have to be like this? Brother Yuhe! Is there no other way?"

The old shopkeeper smiled faintly and said: "The people of my generation have received the great favor of the sect leader for generations, and the sect leader is a god in the world, how can he be wrong! Brother Yuntong, your kindness is appreciated by the old man. ”

It turned out that the person who came was actually Du Yunlong, a thousand-handed fox who was a prominent master of disguise art in the rivers and lakes, and even the human skin mask on Duan Qianqiu's face was made by him, and he imitated others vividly.

Du Yunlong said: "The sect leader's holy power is unpredictable, we will obey it, but what I don't understand is why I have to find an outsider to kill Shen Weijing?" he said as he pointed to his face, meaning Xiao Tietang after Duan Qianqiu's disguise.

The old shopkeeper said with a smile: "Although this person is also wearing a human skin mask made by you, no one knows who his true identity is, but I just heard Qin Yulou say that he also took over our task in the blood list three years ago because of black jade blood ginseng, and the sect leader felt that his martial arts talent was very suitable for assassinating Shen Weijing, so he used black jade blood ginseng to lead him out of the mountain again." But then again, this person can still get rid of everyone's tracking and arrive here safely under the sniping of many top masters in the Shen Mansion and the Cai Mansion, looking at the rivers and lakes, how many people are there? If we hadn't made an appointment with him to meet here in advance, how could we know his whereabouts, this person really has the ability of ghosts and gods!"

Du Yunlong sighed and said: "Having said that, Wang Bingwang has the trust of Shen Weijing, and he will do it." Why bother with all the troubles?"

"Wang Bingwang has other important things to do, and our side only needs to lead the people from Cai Xun's Mansion to Huaiyin Mansion. The old shopkeeper sighed.

Du Yunlong wanted to ask again, but the old shopkeeper raised his hand to stop him, swallowed the medicine pill in his hand, and then said: "Brother Yunlong, the minister of power, Cai Xun, has been standing in the court for a long time, the tree has deep roots, and everyone in the house is not easy to match, we have to do it more carefully and realistically, so as to lure them into the game. ”

Du Yunlong clenched his fists and slammed it towards the old shopkeeper, and when he got up straight, there were already tears in his eyes. He didn't say anything more, pushed open the window and jumped into the dark night outside.

The old shopkeeper watched him leave, then he closed the window and returned to the counter in front of the hall.

His face returned to the innkeeper's usual smile.

A smile like an old fox!

Duan Qianqiu, who had been in the biggest and best room upstairs for a long time, was so stuffy that he was about to go crazy.

He had already looked around the inn in the morning, and found that the people staying in the hotel were very ordinary, the rooms were ordinary, and the second child was ordinary.

Everything is very ordinary. However, the food was very good, especially the banquet for him.

There are two meals of the day, and the dishes at each banquet are not the same.

Tonight's banquet was especially good.

The wine is the famous wine pear blossom spring in the Huaiyin area, it is intoxicating to feel clear and intoxicating without drinking, the dish has four cold dishes and four hot pots, respectively, asparagus bacon, crystal elbow slices, ice palace meat, warm conch, sweet and sour carp, stewed crab roe lion's head, small fried meat, spicy chicken, and one preserved fruit and one green fruit plate, and the dessert is osmanthus yam cake.

The most amazing thing is that the food and wine come in are all twenty-eight years old, pure and beautiful beauties, the pomp is big, the momentum is strong, as if they are afraid that others will not know that there is a distinguished guest here.

The food was very good and the wine was very fragrant, but Duan Qianqiu ate very little.

There is no problem with the food and drink, there is no poison and no drugs.

In terms of poison and drugs, Duan Qianqiu has had his own unique identification method and special immunity since he was a child. Since he was four years old, the old man who taught him martial arts and took him on a journey has deliberately trained him in this area, and it can be said that he has always grown up eating poison and drugs. So trying to bring him down with poison or drug is as hard as trying to drown a fish with water.

Duan Qianqiu sighed, then took a sip of wine, and after sighing dozens of times in a row, there was still half a glass of wine left.

At this time, there was applause at the door, and a person stepped into the room, but it was the innkeeper, the shopkeeper who seemed to be old and dizzy, but smiled like a fox, and as soon as he entered the door, he said: "Congratulations to the guest officer, congratulations to the guest officer!"

Duan Qianqiu smiled and said, "I don't know what to do?"

"Distinguished guests come from afar, there are friends to set up a feast to wait, this one joy, the guests drink without friends to echo, I will immediately come to drink with the guests, this two joys. Isn't it gratifying to congratulate you on the arrival of double happiness?" laughed the old shopkeeper.

"Reasonable, reasonable, when a big white is revealed. Duan Qianqiu said, and drank all the wine in the cup.

After the old shopkeeper sat down, he withdrew from the beautiful servant next to him, poured himself a drink, toasted three glasses in a row, and then sighed: "Why don't you ask me, why hasn't Li Yuhe come yet?"

"I don't have to ask. ”

"Why?"

"The handwriting on the note is the same as the handwriting on your account book, and I asked Xiao Er at the counter, there is no one who called Li Yuhe in the store to invest in the store in the past few days, there are not many customers in your store, Xiao Er can't be wrong." So you're Li Yuhe, why should I ask again?"

The old shopkeeper clapped his hands and laughed: "Your guests' eyes are like torches, and they are really extraordinary." Then why don't you expose me?"

"If you don't admit it, will I kill you?"

"Then you should at least invite me over for a drink, and maybe I'll admit it when I'm drunk!" sighed the old shopkeeper.

Duan Qianqiu looked at the old shopkeeper coldly and said, "Since you have already left me here for a day, you should also tell me what I want to know, right?"

The old shopkeeper Li Yuhe said miserably: "Life is short, why rush for a while?"

"Even if you don't have to be in a hurry, why are you showing up now? Didn't you say on the note that you would talk about it tomorrow?"

Li Yuhe said calmly: "The guests who should be invited have all arrived, can you still not hold a banquet?"

Duan Qianqiu's guest room was on the second floor, and at this time, someone began to climb the stairs, and their steps were very light, as if a cat was stepping on the tile roof.

It's normal for someone to go upstairs, but it's very problematic for a group of people to deliberately walk upstairs, because it means that this group of people doesn't want people to know that they are coming up.

Duan Qianqiu suddenly clasped Li Yuhe's left hand vein, and said coldly: "What's the matter, say! If it's a little bit late, don't blame me for being ruthless." With that, his hands tightened, and Li Yuhe's wrist made a bone cracking sound, and he snorted, sweat oozing from his forehead.

I only heard him say: "Huaiyin Mansion Xianyunju Teahouse, Yuntao Private Room on the third floor, on December 5, the brocade box was handed over to Wu Qixiong, who participated in politics in the Caoyun Governor's Mansion. ”

As Li Yuhe spoke, his face had begun to turn dead gray, and his lips had gradually turned black.

He continued to Duan Qianqiu with difficulty: "I have already taken the poison in advance, you hurry up, the big thing is not competitive, the way of heaven is difficult, it depends on you." ”

Duan Qianqiu wanted to ask again, but at this time, someone broke into the door, Duan Qianqiu no longer hesitated, he picked up the long knife, carried the brocade box, and came out through the window.

The night outside the window was dark and dreary, the wind and clouds were swaying, lightning was streaked in the distance, and there was a faint sound of thunder.

Some of the intruders came out through the window to pursue Duan Qianqiu, and some people surrounded Li Yuhe.

Li Yuhe retreated to the corner, and suddenly quickly put a note in his hand, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it in his stomach.

Several people rushed to capture Li Yuhe, but Li Yuhe was bleeding black from his mouth and was already dead.

The leader said in a deep voice: "Disembowel, dig out the note he swallowed." ”