In the "Five Ghosts of Jingshan", Fang Yikui has been assisting Fang Liuhe in charge of logistics on the mountain, it is relatively rare to go down the mountain, few people have seen him on the rivers and lakes, and usually no one knows him, but he still dresses up a little and goes down the mountain as an ordinary businessman who does grain trading, he is in charge of logistics, and he is very familiar with food, and it is very suitable to go down the mountain to activities in such an identity.

After Fang Yikui went down the mountain, he went to many wine shops and inns to inquire, he talked with the shopkeeper of the wine shop about selling grain, went around in circles, and asked if anyone had ever brought four children to their place to eat; he talked with the guests, shopkeepers, and shopkeepers of the inn, and lamented that the grain business was difficult to do, and asked if other businesses were easy to do, and asked the shopkeeper whether the business of the inn was good? Of course, he also very cleverly inquired if anyone had brought four children to stay in the hotel?

On the evening of the third day after going down the mountain, Fang Yikui went to a small inn in the suburbs of Nanjing, the location of this small inn is relatively remote, and there are not many people, Fang Yikui has a feeling that such a small inn is very suitable for guests who don't want people to know, so he decided to stay here for a night to get to know the guests who have stayed recently.

"Shopkeeper, is the business very good, is there a clean guest room?" Fang Yikui asked.

"This guest officer, look at what you said, according to your meaning, it seems that this inn is full of unclean guest rooms, what kind of guest rooms do you want to live in?" asked him sharply.

"Haha, this little two is articulate, I mean, help me find a comfortable room, I'll stay here at night!" Fang Yikui said.

"Well, I'll give you a superior room. Are you just going to stay overnight?" said the shopkeeper.

"Stay for one night first, I'm in business, stay for one night, if the business is negotiated tomorrow, I'll leave, if the negotiation is not good, maybe I will continue to live!" Fang Yikui said.

"Then you better stay overnight, Xiao always can't expect you to have a bad business just to let you stay in the hotel!" said the shopkeeper.

"Haha, you ghost elf, it's interesting. So be it. Take me to the guest room in a moment, you go and get me some food and drinks, and if you are not busy, you can go to the room and have a few drinks with me. You're smart. I love talking to you. Then I will reward you with silver dollars. Fang Yikui said.

"You are very generous, and the little one is busy with you. However, just accompany you to eat some food, drink a cup of tea, the small one has to greet other guests, wine is not drinkable, look at you alone, talk to you, let you be lively!" said the shopkeeper.

"Okay, you take me to the guest room, and then you go and help me get food and drinks!" Fang Yikui urged.

Fang Yikui ate and drank alone in the guest room for a while, the shopkeeper came to knock on the door, Fang Yikui asked him to come in and invited him to eat, the shopkeeper first ate and drank water, and later, under Fang Yikui's repeated urging, he also drank three or four glasses of wine, and after a stomach, he talked more.

Fang Yikui asked, "Who do you usually live in this inn, are they all businessmen like me?"

The shopkeeper replied: "There are many businessmen who come to stay in the hotel, but there are also small officials, some countrymen who want to go to the capital to find something to do, and some who go to visit relatives and friends and stay overnight, and so on. ”

"Are there many regular customers? Like us, most of us who are in the grain business are looking for regular customers, and the same is true for inns?" Fang Yikui asked.

"Old customers account for forty percent, but sometimes there are some unexpected guests, the business of the inn is actually difficult to say, what we can do is to serve customers better, try to strive for some repeat customers to stay in the hotel. The shopkeeper said.

"It seems that you are quite good, the boss should let you be the shopkeeper, by the way, what unexpected guests did you say?" Fang Yikui asked.

"For example, two days ago, two customers came to the countryside, leading four children to the city to go to a friend's wedding banquet, but the little one felt very strange, two big men led the children, no lady together, this is not very reasonable, and, after staying in the hotel for a few hours, there were two large sedan chairs to pick them up into the city, the two customers did not look like countrymen, and the sedan chair was quite magnificent, in the small view, these two customers were unexpected!"

When Fang Yikui heard this, he was very interested, he thought: "These two 'customers' must be the ones who kidnapped the child, I didn't expect me to find the clues so easily, great!" He asked: "You observe very carefully, what do those two customers look like, how do you know that they are not from the countryside?"

"They look like officials or gangs, they speak very decisively, they are very experienced, they are very knowledgeable people, but the country people are not like that at all, and those children do not look like they are from the country, the country children either have not seen the world, are very timid, or they are very naughty, and the children they brought, although they are also a little scared, can feel that they have seen some of the world, very much like the children in the city. When the shopkeeper saw Fang Yikui ask him, he was very happy, and he drank another glass of wine and laughed.

"You have a set, you have a very good way of observing people, come, I'll toast you with a glass of wine, dry!" Fang Yikui said.

"Thank you! I can't drink this cup anymore, and I have to serve customers!"

"Okay, you can do whatever you want, it's okay if you don't drink it, what you said is very interesting, tell me again, where did those two customers and the children go?" Fang Yikui asked very attentively.

"A very grand man came and took them away, this man rode in front, and the customers and children followed in sedan chairs, and went to the city, not knowing where they went. The shopkeeper replied that after a while, the shopkeeper thanked Fang Yikui for inviting him to drink, and then took his leave.

Fang Yikui stayed in the small inn for a night, the next day, he came out of the small inn early, and walked in the direction of the capital, he walked all the way, all the way to inquire about the roadside shop, and asked if anyone saw a horse riding and two large sedan chairs, probably because the sedan chair was relatively large, easy to remember, some people in the small shop on the road told him that they had seen it, and they went to the city, Fang Yikui inquired all the way, and finally knew the general whereabouts of the two "customers" with children: they finally went to the "Xingfang Pavilion" Qinglou by the Qinhuai River.

Fang Yikui couldn't figure out why those two people would enter the Qinglou with their four children? In order to understand clearly, he entered the "Xingfang Pavilion", asked for a private room, chose a sophisticated woman who liked to talk in the Qinglou, and drank with her.

Fang Yikui pretended to be drunk in the "Xingfang Pavilion", chatting with the guys, guards, etc., still couldn't ask what he was interested in about the news about the child, later, he saw a drunk man who seemed to be a frequent visitor to the "Xingfang Pavilion", he invited him to continue drinking, from the drunken man's mouth he learned that the "Xingfang Pavilion" is the Qinglou opened by the Yashan faction, and the specific person responsible for the management is the fourth of the four righteous brothers under Zhou Bagua, Lu Zhongkun, and there is a very famous old bustard called "Wild Chrysanthemum" in this Qinglou, who is very good at dealing with guests and helping guests choose Fengchen women.

Fang Yikui pretended to ask a prostitute to accompany him, he asked the drunk to call "Wild Chrysanthemum", he pretended to be drunk and chatted with "Wild Chrysanthemum", and intended to inquire about all kinds of news, but he didn't dare to ask directly about the child, he knew that if the child was kidnapped by the people of "Xingfang Pavilion", once she inquired about "Wild Chrysanthemum", she was likely to report to the people behind the scenes, and then she was likely to transfer the child away.

In the idle conversation with "Wild Chrysanthemum", Fang Yikui felt that this "Xingfang Pavilion" has been in the erotic business for a long time, and it is one of the most famous green buildings in the capital, and this green building has a mysterious color, and "wild chrysanthemums" are often hidden in conversations, which makes Fang Yikui feel very mysterious.

"Wild Chrysanthemum" is an experienced bustard in Fengyue Field, and in her conversation with Fang Yikui, she has already felt that the "drunk" guest in front of her is not an ordinary prostitute, he has asked too many questions, and he must have another purpose.

And Fang Yikui also realized that in order to cover up his purpose, he asked "Wild Chrysanthemum" to call two prostitutes and let them accompany Fang Yikui and the drunk man to drink, the drunk man was very happy and regarded Fang Yikui as a close friend, and the two continued to drink, and the drunk man was even drunker.

Fang Yikui asked the drunkard: "Good brother, you often come to 'Xingfang Pavilion', right? I see that you are very familiar with this place, what is the best fun here?"

"Brother, tell you, I often come, sometimes with a few friends to gamble and play, more often to drink, to play with the young lady, but now the young ladies here have become bad, I often get drunk, sometimes they don't like to accompany me, and they don't come, sometimes they run away when they see me drunk, which makes me very angry, and I also pay the money, why don't you accompany me? Wild Chrysanthemum's quarrel began, and a few bastards beat me, and then I found a big brother on the road to tell their boss that they were nicer to me, and that I could drink with you today, and I was very happy, and you told this young lady not to run away today!" said the drunk.

"Brother, don't worry, I'll let them not go, you continue to drink, play with them, you must have fun!" Fang Yikui said, he gave the two young ladies more silver, and said to the two young ladies: "You are not allowed to run away in advance today, I have a way to let your boss discipline you, serve better, come to this young lady, kiss my brother!"

The young lady sitting next to the drunk man smiled and kissed the drunkard's mouth hard, and the young lady sitting next to Fang Yikui saw that Fang Yikui was very generous, and also kissed him very provocatively on the face.

Fang Yikui thought back to the conversation with "Wild Chrysanthemum" just now, he thought: "This 'Xingfang Pavilion' is extraordinary, the scene is very complicated, the water is very deep, it is very likely that someone behind the scenes did the kidnapping of the child, but why the kidnapping of the child, it is really difficult to figure out, if I continue to investigate here, it is likely to expose my true purpose, it is better to go back to Bauhinia Mountain first, I will discuss the situation that I have found now with the head and the second brother." ”

Fang Yikui paid the silver and let the two prostitutes continue to accompany the drunk, and he left the "Xingfang Pavilion" after saying goodbye to the drunkard. (To be continued......)

PS: It has always been very complicated in the Fengyue field, of course, martial arts stories are inseparable from this complex scene, in this kind of scene can deduce a wonderful story, society is a big stage, the ancient Qinglou, is a very important scene in this stage, good guys, bad guys, chivalrous villains, often compete openly or secretly in this place!