A knife in love

Chapter 762

Li Qiufeng was shocked and angry in his heart, when he saw the wine and vegetables rolled on the ground, he was slightly startled, but turned his head to look at Monk Xuanji.There were two plates of vegetarian dishes and a bowl of corn and rice on Monk Xuanji's table, but there was no trace of chopsticks being touched.Li Qiufeng pondered for a while, and said to Shopkeeper Hu: "Tell me about the situation after we entered Taibai Residence in detail. If you deliberately deceive, believe it or not, I will burn your tavern down?!"

Shopkeeper Hu was frightened, and nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "I know, I know, the villain must know everything and say everything."

He said this in a hurry, he held his breath in his throat, he couldn't breathe for a moment, his eyes rolled white, his hands crossed his neck, his face muscles twisted, as if someone was choking his throat.Seeing him like this, Situ Qiao and Changsun Guangming were both angry and funny, and they were about to step forward to help him, but they finally swallowed the breath when they heard a "goo" from shopkeeper Hu's throat.Seeing his pale face, he rubbed his painfully swollen chest, and then said: "You guys arrived at the shop at noon..."

Li Qiufeng snorted, and said, "Please explain clearly, who are the people here together?"

Shopkeeper Hu was startled, looked at Li Qiufeng and the others, and then continued, "It's you four masters!"

Li Qiufeng knew that Shopkeeper Hu was talking about himself, Situ Qiao, Changsun Guangming, and Su Yan, which was the same as when he entered Taibai Residence, so he nodded and said, "Go ahead."

Shopkeeper Hu said: "Yes, after the four masters arrived, they ordered food. After a while, the great monk also arrived. To be honest, the shop is worshiping the Supreme Lord, so I didn't want to rejoice. But the great monk has kind eyes, looks like a great virtuous monk, so the villain reluctantly asks the great monk to sit down and eat. It's just that the elders seem to be a little tired, and soon after sitting down, one of them fell asleep on the table .”

Shopkeeper Hu pointed to Su Yan at this point, and said: "The one who fell asleep on the table is the young man. As for the three of you, you are all sitting on the stool with your eyes closed. At first, the villain thought that The three just rested with their eyes closed. It's just that when the villain wanted to ask the three if they would like to add a pot of medicinal wine unique to the shop, he asked several times, but no one answered. Sitting and fell asleep. Looking at the faces of the travel-worn people, I think it was quite hard to walk all the way, and the villain did not dare to disturb the uncle to rest. Fortunately, the meal is not ready yet, and there is no need to wake up the few. It's just that the uncles seem to be having nightmares, and they make strange noises from time to time..."

Shopkeeper Hu carefully looked at the faces of Li Qiufeng and others while talking, for fear of offending a few people with his words.Changsun Guangming glanced at Monk Xuanji, and said to shopkeeper Hu, "What is this great monk doing after we fell asleep?"

Shopkeeper Hu said: "The great monk sat at the table, but he also closed his eyes. At first we thought that the great monk was chanting Amitabha Buddha, but later we wanted to ask him if he wanted to drink some wine. But the great monk also said the same thing. Without saying a word, we discovered that the great monk had also fallen asleep."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qiufeng pointed at the mysterious old man and said, "When did this old gentleman come?"

Shopkeeper Hu breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "When the elders seemed to be asleep, Lao Yan had arrived. He is the most famous expert in herbal medicine in our ten miles and eight villages. Only Lao Yan can find the medicinal materials. When he came to the shop today, he brought the dragon dan grass, which is essential for brewing medicinal wine. I remember that when Lao Yan entered the door, the elders seemed to have not fallen asleep, and even sent their heads. I took a look at Lao Yan. Later, I was only focused on talking to Lao Yan, and didn't pay attention to when the uncles fell asleep..."

Li Qiufeng and others carefully recalled the previous situation, and vaguely remembered that when the old man surnamed Yan entered the store, the Yang family father and son, Gao Lishi and his four followers had already entered Taibai Residence.Why didn't shopkeeper Hu mention Yang Ye and others at this time?Li Qiufeng glanced at Lao Yan who was standing on the side, and saw that the old man was in his 70s, with a ruddy complexion, like a baby, and although his clothes were covered with patches, they were very clean.This appearance is indeed the same as when I first met him in memory.

Li Qiufeng was in doubt, and when he was about to speak, he heard Situ Qiao sneer and said to shopkeeper Hu: "You old boy, what you said is not true. Before this old man entered the store, there was nothing but Besides the four of us and this great monk, there are eight other people. Why don't you mention these eight people?!"

Shopkeeper Hu was taken aback, turned to look at the waiter who was hiding by the door tremblingly, and then said to Situ Qiao: "Master, you are joking, even if you add me and Erhu, there are not enough eight people. ..."

"Bah! You two are not human!"

Situ Qiao said viciously.It's just that as soon as the words came out of my mouth, I immediately knew that the words were wrong, so I had to continue: "I mean that the eight people don't include you and this brat!"

While speaking, Situ Qiao pointed to the direction where Monk Xuanji was sitting, and said: "Three people arrived later than the four of us. These three people brought this monk into the store together. Later, five people arrived, The leader is a guy in a big red robe. This guy in a red robe also wanted to buy the horses of the three people who arrived first, but he was rejected. Later, one of his followers even knocked the shop waiter into the air, and asked you The road to the Skeleton King Temple, can't you forget all these things?"

When shopkeeper Hu heard the words "Skeleton King Temple", his face changed drastically, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said in a trembling voice: "My mother! No wonder today is so evil, it turns out that the Skeleton King has appeared..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he only heard a "plop", but the waiter in the shop was frightened, his legs softened, and he sat down on the ground.

Li Qiufeng and the others were a little bit surprised when they saw the shopkeeper Hu and the waiter in the shop so frightened.Situ Qiao let out a "bah", and said in his mouth: "What the fuck is the skeleton king! If you don't tell the truth, I will screw off the heads of you and this brat as a chamber pot!"

Shopkeeper Hu was so frightened that his whole body was shaking like chaff, his teeth chattered up and down, rattling.He said in a trembling voice: "Four masters, after you arrived at the small shop, where did eight people come?!"

When he said this, he stretched out his hand and pointed to Monk Xuanji first, and then pointed to Lao Yan, and said: "After the four masters have arrived, this great monk will follow. Then it is Lao Yan who came to send the Dragon Pill Grass. Little man When I was talking to Lao Yan, that dead ghost arrived at some point..."

When shopkeeper Hu said this, his face suddenly changed again, and he couldn't help but looked at the corpse on the ground.

Seeing Shopkeeper Hu's appearance like this, Li Qiufeng knew that there must be something weird in it. Seeing that Shopkeeper Hu kept silent, he asked, "Is there anything wrong with this person?"

Shopkeeper Hu said tremblingly: "If the uncle didn't ask, the villain wouldn't think there was anything wrong. But think about it now, this person, this person seems to have suddenly appeared in the store out of thin air, and the villain, the villain can't think of it." How did he get in..."

When he said this, he turned his head and said to the waiter who was sitting paralyzed by the door: "Er Hu, do you remember when this dead ghost entered the shop?"

The waiter's eyes were dull, with a frightened expression on his face, when shopkeeper Hu suddenly asked him, his body trembled suddenly, and he said in a trembling voice: "No, I don't remember... He, he, he seems to have suddenly drilled, drilled, drilled from the ground. It's like coming out..."

Seeing that the old and the young were so frightened, Li Qiufeng didn't seem to be faking it, and then asked, "What happened next?"

Shopkeeper Hu's face was pale, and he said in his mouth: "This damn ghost started talking nonsense to us after ordering wine and food. He said that Shanxi is a good place, and that the prosperous Tang Dynasty originated from Shanxi. He also said that Tang Gaozu Li Yuanlong prospered Taiyuan, Tang Taizong Li Shimin also left many legends in our Shanxi, and finally mentioned the Yang family general in the Northern Song Dynasty..."

Li Qiufeng, Situ Qiao, and Changsun Guangming listened to Shopkeeper Hu's words, confirmed the previous encounters one by one, and found that all the characters in the strange incidents they encountered had been mentioned by the dead man in gray.The more the three listened, the more frightened they became. In the end, sweat was dripping from their foreheads.

Seeing the appearance of Li Qiufeng and others, shopkeeper Hu only said that several of them had a problem with the man in gray, and he was even more careful when speaking.I just heard him say: "Grandpas, this dead ghost has an ugly face, he must not be a good person. When he was talking to me, his eyes were piercing, and they couldn't stop rolling around these gentlemen. By the way, villain I also remembered one thing. After the uncles fell asleep, this dead ghost once took advantage of the opportunity when the villain and Erhu went to the back room to clean up the food for everyone, and sneaked up to the uncles. It's just that the villain and Erhu He came back early, so he had no choice but to stay far away. Thinking about it now, this dead ghost is probably a thief, and he wanted to commit crimes here. Fortunately, God has eyes, and took him away before this dead ghost made a move... ..."

Li Qiufeng thought that in the illusion before, he noticed people approaching him several times.It's just that every time he was startled, he would draw his sword and fight back.It's just that the man saw the opportunity very quickly, and disappeared suddenly before he could draw the knife.Could it be that the man in gray wanted to attack him repeatedly in his sleep, but he was afraid of his martial arts skills, or being discovered by shopkeeper Hu and the waiter, so he couldn't stop?

Shopkeeper Hu said: "Grandpas, villains dare not lie. This dead ghost is the last customer who came to the shop today, and there is no one else. As for the eight people that this master said , the villain has never seen it."

When shopkeeper Hu said this, he turned his head and said to Lao Yan: "Old Yan, please tell a few uncles whether those eight people have been in this store or not!"

When Li Qiufeng and others pressed shopkeeper Hu, Lao Yan stood aside and did not speak.At this time, shopkeeper Hu asked him to testify, so he opened his mouth and said: "Several guest officers, shopkeeper Hu is right. After the little old man arrived here, there was no one in the shop except the four guest officers and this great monk. Other guests. Later, this unfortunate guest officer came at some time, and indeed, as Shopkeeper Hu said, this person slipped to the tables of several guest officers many times. The little old man looked at him really strangely .”

(End of this chapter)