At the beginning of the day, Mulian Town began to wake up, and many merchant ships and fishing boats had already walked away on the lake, and the steamed bun shops and porridge shops on the street had also opened their doors. Shen Congrong and Feng Muge stood by the window and watched a medium-sized merchant ship, there was a purple-robed man standing at the bow of the ship, and the surrounding boats would greet him when they saw him, and he also responded one by one, on the shore, the second shopkeeper of Qingyangju, Xiao Er, the cook, and a few young men were waiting.

"It seems that this is the big shopkeeper of Qingyangju, the popularity is very good, the ship is likely to be made of demon blood, and the single beef noodles are still very eye-catching. Shen calmly looked at the ship and said.

Feng Muge looked at the people on the shore and analyzed: "These two shopkeepers have been determined to be demons, we have no substantial evidence for this cook and those little guys, and we can't be sure yet, if the big shopkeeper is not unexpected, he must also be a demon, and now it is just the beginning of the year, they also have to carry the goods, look at this posture, get the second junior of Chenchu will introduce the big shopkeeper to us, are we preparing something during this time?"

Shen Congrong thought for a while and said: "Buy some realgar, sprinkle it in an orchid pot, prepare two sachets, buy some seven-leaf and a lotus, and test his habits." ”

Feng Muge nodded and went to do it.

Looking at the guys who were carrying things from the boat on the shore and the big shopkeeper who was talking to the second shopkeeper, Shen calmly's eyes shifted to the cook who was directing the guys to work, as the leader of the back kitchen, shouldn't he follow the guys in to guide them how to place these ingredients, how could they command here. "There must be something wrong with this cook. Shen Congrong made a preliminary conclusion.

Turning his eyes to the shore, the second shopkeeper reported the recent situation to the big shopkeeper, because he was reporting through the account book and spoke slowly, but if you observe carefully, his tongue will have strange movements when he speaks, and the big shopkeeper does not reply much, just one or two words to indicate that he understands, but his tongue also has strange movements. These small movements, because they were far away, Shen calmly did not see them.

"Okay, the rest come into the store and say, I'll reconcile the accounts. Seeing that it was almost time to move, the big shopkeeper interrupted the report of the second shopkeeper and shouted to the cook: "Zhou Tu'an, you also come to report the records of the back kitchen." ”

In the store, the big shopkeeper stood behind the counter with an abacus and counted the account books, checked the silver taels in the cabinet, Zhou Tuan stood next to him with the kitchen records, and the second shopkeeper commanded the guys to clean up the situation in the store.

"Shopkeeper, can you cook now? Prepare me two bowls of beef noodles and two side dishes, and then a jar of bamboo leaves. Shen calmly called the second shopkeeper who was busy, but looked at the big shopkeeper behind the cabinet.

The second shopkeeper was stunned for a moment and said: "Ah? Yes, but it hasn't officially opened yet, and the big shopkeeper is coming to check the accounts, so the chef is reporting, you have to wait for a while." ”

"Well, that's as soon as possible. Shen Congrong didn't embarrass the second shopkeeper, she just wanted to order some food, the important thing was the altar of bamboo leaves, by the way, take a look at the big shopkeeper in advance.

"Eh, don't worry, as soon as possible. The second shopkeeper said and walked in the direction of the back kitchen, probably to guide the guys on how to place the ingredients.

When Shen calmly went upstairs, the big shopkeeper was still calculating the accounts, his eyes were turning in the account books and abacus, and he asked softly, "Is that her?"

Zhou Tu'an put the kitchen record on the table and said: "Yes, it's her, and there is a man, who should be her guard, I don't know why it's not the man who came down, but the man has a walnut sword, these two people should be cultivators, I heard that Daqin is recently preparing to let a woman take over as the supervisor of Qintian, it is very likely that it is her." ”

Hearing the five words of Qin Tian Jian Zheng, the big shopkeeper raised his eyebrows and took a deep breath and said: "Qin Tian Jian Zheng, then these two people can't move, they should have received the rumor, and they are going to use here to help her take office to shock the world, you go to the back kitchen to cook first, this account will not be finished for a while, don't let her feel sluggish, you will call Sun He to the room to reconcile the account in a while." ”

Zhou Tuan picked up the kitchen record and went to the kitchen to cook, and the big shopkeeper thought for a while and continued to reconcile, as if nothing had happened.

When they arrived at the back kitchen, the second shopkeeper had already instructed the guys to place the newly arrived ingredients on the ship in the designated position. "Everyone has worked hard, Master Zhou is back, let Master Zhou cook breakfast for you in a while, go to rest and wash up first, and prepare to open. Seeing Zhou Tu'an coming over, the second shopkeeper commanded the guys to disperse.

"Sun He, I'll cook for Lan Yuan's first, you take the ingredients made of demon blood to the cellar first, and then follow me to the room to report to the master. Zhou Tuan took off his apron and said to the second shopkeeper while wearing it.

After listening to Zhou Tu'an's words, Sun He knew that things were not so simple, looked around and saw that there was no one around, closed the kitchen door, stood on the bowl rack on the west wall, found the news of the mechanism and twisted it, the west wall opened inward, revealing a tunnel, and picked up a jar of demon blood ingredients and walked down.

Lan Yuan, Feng Muge quickly bought the things back, Shen Congrong took the realgar powder and the sachet containing the seven-leaf lotus and said: "When the wine and food are delivered, you can start to prepare, I want to see what kind of cultivation this big shopkeeper is." ”

Knock knock, knock knock, the door was knocked by Xiao Er. "Guest, your meal is ready. Xiao Er stood at the door and shouted.

Feng Muge opened the door and took the tray, Xiao Er said with a smile: "Guest officer, you eat first, the big shopkeeper is still reconciling, and when the meal is finished, I will introduce you to the big shopkeeper and let him come over and tell you where the craftsman for this decoration was invited." ”

"Well, I'm sorry for the trouble. Feng Muge nodded and replied.

"Hey, don't worry, guest officer, use it slowly, I'll go down first. Xiao Er finished speaking and left.

Opening the wine jar, Shen calmly took a small bowl, poured the wine into the bowl, took some realgar powder, sprinkled the realgar wine on the orchid, and sprinkled the remaining realgar powder in the flower pot, and hung the sachet of seven-leaf and lotus on his waist to guard against possible dangers. After doing this, they checked all the food and confirmed that there was no problem, and the two of them began to eat.

In the big shopkeeper's room, Sun He and Zhou Tuan had already arrived.

"You mean, they already investigated last night, but they didn't find anything substantial?" asked the big shopkeeper to Zhou Tu'an.

"Yes, but they're clearly suspicious, what should we do next. Zhou Tuan replied respectfully.

The big shopkeeper rubbed his chin and said: "They can't do anything without substantive content, but it's not a good thing to be targeted, stop all actions first, I'll go and meet them first later, if you can send these two gods away, it's even better, if not, you have to think about what to do next." ”

"The subordinate has an idea, I don't know what the big treasurer thinks. Zhou Tuan said.