White Jade Tiger

Chapter 25 Volume [-] Chili Lane

Volume [-] Chili Lane

Chapter 5 Chili Shop

In the evening, it was dinner time, and the chili alley was filled with the aroma of chili peppers, and every household was frying them in pots
chili.

In the eyes of these people, if there is no pepper when eating, it is like walking on the road without pants.

thought.

If you have never eaten chili, it is best not to go into this alley, otherwise your tears will be spit out immediately.

Tu Qiang was secretly wiping tears.

He couldn't guess where Lame Hu was going to take them to eat, because they didn't believe that there would be a restaurant in this alley

He could hardly imagine anyone eating in a restaurant in a place like this.

But by this time he had seen a restaurant.

A small restaurant with a dozen strings of bright red peppers hung at the door as a signboard.

So this restaurant is called 'Chili Shop'.

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The shopkeeper of the chili shop is a short, bloated fat man, surnamed Zhu, who is naturally good-tempered.

Even if someone calls him 'Zhu Bajie' in front of him, he will not be angry.

If you had been to the most expensive restaurant in town, 'Shouer Kang', a year ago, you would have thought it strange.

Because the shopkeeper of this chili shop was the big boss of 'Shouerkang' back then.

According to himself, he collapsed so quickly because of the tragedy that happened in April last year.

Three fellow villagers who came all the way from Sichuan to 'help' him suddenly died tragically in their upstairs seating at the same time.

Since that time, customers seldom came to the door, and 'Shouerkang' closed down.

So he had to come here to open a small chili shop.

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The business of this chili shop is not bad, there are seven or eight tables, and half of them are occupied.

What Ding Gang found most strange was that Jia Liu, the boss of the casino who always pays attention to food, also came.

Not long after they sat down, Jia Liu came, accompanied by a thin, withered young man who looked like a monkey.
He came.

Both he and Hu Liezi had met Boss Jia, but Jia Liu pretended not to recognize them.

The young man who looked like a thin monkey also ordered the same watercress carp and the same spicy chicken.

Jia Liu was eating with his head down. The heat made his face full of tears and sweat profusely.

Ding Gang was tortured even worse.

He really couldn't figure out why these people had to make themselves so hot to enjoy themselves, let alone Hu Liezi
What must bring them to this kind of place.

But he dared not ask.

Because this is the condition that they and Hu Laizi have already agreed upon.

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Hu Laizi is really not afraid of spicy food, not only is every dish special 'emphasized red', but he also eats raw chili, drinks burnt knives, and burns his face.

Not even a bead of sweat.

But Ding Gang found that there was another person in the store who was less afraid of spicy food than he was.

This man is an old man with a very long waist and straight back. He is wearing a blue cloth gown that has been washed white.
Bring a long dry pipe with a root in it.

A young man at the same table with him didn't even eat a bite of chili, but only ate a bowl of Yangchun noodles cooked in clear soup.

They were sitting at a table next to Ding Gang. Ding Gang's seat was facing this young man.

He seems to be only about twenty years old at the most, with delicate features and ruddy skin, just like an old lady

Mother, and shyer than the big girl.

As long as others looked at him, his face would turn red, if it wasn't because Ding Gang had already noticed that his chest was flat, and he didn't
It was wrapped tightly with cloth strips, almost thinking that he was disguised as a man.

Now they had finished and the old man was smoking his pipe.

The customers are also checking out one after another, and there are only three tables left in the store.

Except for these two tables, Jia Liu and the young man like the thin monkey did not leave either.

Boss Zhu, who made money in a friendly manner, of course did not urge them, but raised the door panel.

The store is closed, why don't the customers leave?
Ding Gang was wondering again.

The store suddenly became very quiet, only the old man was slowly smoking his pipe.

Jia Liu was still sweating and wiping away.

Ding Gang suddenly had a very strange feeling. He just felt that this small and dilapidated chili shop suddenly became indescribably eerie.

Mystery, as if catastrophe is about to happen soon.

At this moment, the young man who looked like a thin monkey suddenly called softly: "Boss Jia. '

Jia Liu seemed startled, stood up immediately, and said with a smile, "What's your order?"

This casino tycoon, whose eyes are always on the top of his head, is actually very polite to this young man who looks like a thin monkey.

A young man like a thin monkey said: "I invited you here, and I just want to ask you a few words." '

Jia Liudao: "Excuse me." '

The young man asked, "Did you go to Shouerkang with Zhao Wuji in April last year?"

Jia Liu's expression changed, and he said, "But I..."

The young man said coldly: "I just ask if you are, and you don't need to explain anything else." '

Jia Liudao: "Yes." '

The young man asked, "You walked with Zhao Wuji that day?"

Jia Liudao: "Yes." '

The young man asked, "Did you see him kill those three people?"

Jia Liudao: "Yes." '

The young man asked, "Did he get hurt afterwards?"

Jia Liudao: "It seems not." '

The young man said, 'Are you sure he's not hurt?'

Jia Liudao: "I... I can't be sure. '

The young man said: "You just stand there and watch him walk away, because even if he is injured, you dare not come out."
hand against him?"

Jia Liudao: "We were..."

The young man lowered his face and said sharply, "I just ask if you are?"

Jia Liudao: "Yes." '

The young man looked at him with no expression on his face, and said slowly: "It was you who wanted to kill him, but you
Watching him go, but didn't even dare to fart. '

He suddenly sighed, waved his hand and said, "I've finished my question, you can go." '

Jia Liu didn't seem to think that he could get away so easily, he looked surprised and happy, stood up and left.

Shopkeeper Zhu looked at him with a smile, and suddenly asked, "Did Boss Jia forget something?"

Jia Liudao: "What's the matter?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said, "Did you forget to pay?"

Jia Liupei laughed and said, "Yes, yes, I will pay. How much is it?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said slowly: "Today's account, plus last year's account, is a total of two coins, plus one life."

Jia Liu's face changed again, and he said, "One life, whose life is it?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "Your." '

He smiled and stretched out his hand: "Please pay the two coins first." '

Jia Liu's face turned blue, and he immediately took out an ingot of silver, threw it hard at Zhu's shopkeeper's face, and shouted: "There's no need to look for it." '

While drinking, his figure jumped up, trying to rush out from a window next to him.

However, the short and bloated shopkeeper Zhu who was sitting behind the counter suddenly blocked the window and looked at him with a smile.

, said: "Is the rest of the money considered small accounts?"

Jia Liudao: "Yes." '

Shopkeeper Zhu said with a smile: "The small account is ninety-two eight dollars, thank you." '

Jia Liu stepped back step by step, and suddenly fell on his back, for no reason.

After falling down, his body bounced on the ground and stopped moving.

Looking at his face again, it has become black, his tongue is sticking out, and his eyes are protruding, as if his neck has been strangled by an invisible rope.

The shop became very quiet again.

The short and fat shopkeeper Zhu had already sat back at the counter, and the old man was still smoking a pipe.

Ding Gang and Tu Qiang didn't move either, they were so frightened that their legs went limp.

They kept watching with their eyes wide open, but they couldn't see how Jia Liu died.

The young man like a thin monkey stood up slowly, holding a pair of chopsticks in his hand, walked up to Jia Liu, and suddenly stretched out the chopsticks

, pinched Jia Liu's throat, and picked up a needle.

A needle smaller than an embroidery needle, with a little blood on the tip.

A drop of blood also appeared on Jia Liu's throat.

One needle, one drop of blood, one life!
Such a powerful poisonous needle, so fast!
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The young man who looked like a thin monkey looked at the poisonous needles in the chopsticks, shook his head, sighed, and murmured: "It's a pity,
pity……'

He walked back slowly, washed the needle in the wine glass, took out a snow-white towel to wipe it clean, and then used this

Bu wrapped the needle and put it in his arms.

He didn't even look at Jia Liu again.

What he regrets is this needle, not Jia Liu's life.

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Ding Gang and Tu Qiang's palms were sweating all the time, and they really wanted to leave here as soon as possible.

Hu Liezi didn't even have the intention to leave at all, and his demeanor seemed to be very leisurely.

The old man smoking the pipe suddenly handed him the pipe.

Hu Liezi didn't speak, took a sip, and handed it back.

The old man took it, took a sip, and handed it to him again.

Two people, you take a sip, and I take a sip, silently smoking this stick of dry tobacco, the flame in the pipe is extinguished, and the smoke exhaled becomes more and more intense.
The thicker it is, the two seem to be waiting for the other to speak.

Hu Laizi finally said: "The person I was waiting for has appeared." '

The old man said: "Very good." '

Hu Liezi said: "This year he threw fourteen and three sixes in a row. '

The old man said: "Unexpectedly, his luck this year is still as good as last year." '

Hu Liezi said, "Yes." '

The old man said: "It's a pity that he will never have such good luck again." '

He continued to smoke, took a sip, and handed it to Hu Liezi: "Because of course he is a dead person now, and of course a dead person must never die."
No more luck. '

Hu Liezi said, "He's not dead yet!"

The old man said, "You didn't kill him?"

Hu Liezi said, "I haven't." '

The old man said, "Why?"

Hu Laizi said: "Because I'm not sure if he is the same person from last year. '

The old man said, "You are not sure?"

Hu Liezi said: "His appearance has changed, even Liao Ba can't recognize him anymore." '

The old man said: "A person's appearance will change from time to time. '

Hu Liezi said: "His martial arts have also changed." '

The old man said, "How do you know that his martial arts have changed?"

Hu Liezi said: "I went to see the bodies of Tang Hong and the others. From their fatal wounds, we can see that person's

Although the shot is ruthless, the strength is not enough. If the strength is insufficient, of course it will not be too fast. '

The old man said, "Where is this person this year?"

Hu Liezi didn't answer, but turned to Ding Gang and Tu Qiang: "Stand up and let this old man see your wounds." '

The wound wasn't deep, so they were able to get up and move around pretty quickly, and they got here.But at that moment he

But they must fall, because the sword stabbed exactly where they must fall, not only did not miss the point, but also had the same strength.
It was used exactly to the extent that they had to fall down, not one cent light, not one cent heavy.

The dry pipe is gone.The old man stared at their wounds, his face still expressionless.

He slowly lit the fire, lit a piece of paper coal, and lit the dry tobacco, then slowly asked: "Did you all know that at that time?"

Is it empty-handed?'

Ding Gang said, "No." '

Tu Qiang said: "I carry the Sangmen Sword, and he carries the Yanling Saber." '

The old man said, "You didn't make a move?"

Ding smiled wryly and said, "We didn't have time to make a move." '

The old man said, "Who was hit by the sword first?"

Ding Gang looked at Tu Qiang, and the two shook their heads at the same time, saying: "We can't remember clearly. '

The old man said, "Can't remember clearly, or can't tell at all?"

Tu Qiang looked at Ding Gang, and both of them could only admit it.

It's not that they can't remember clearly, but they can't tell the difference at all. The sword was so fast, it seemed that they were hit by the sword at the same time.

They couldn't even tell which leg hit the sword first.

The old man suddenly let out a long breath and said, "Okay, good swordsmanship!"

He handed the dry tobacco to Limp Hu again: "Did you see what kind of sword he used?"

Hu Laizi shook his head and said, "I only see that he didn't use Zhao Jian's Returning Wind Dance Willow Sword, nor Sikong Xiaofeng's ten sword sword.
The word Huijian. '

The old man said: "So you conclude that he is not Zhao Wuji?"

Hu Laizi was silent, and after a long time, he replied: "I can't be sure. '

The old man said nothing more.

The dry tobacco pipes were passed silently between them, and the smoke they exhaled was thicker.

In the bursts of flickering flames, there seemed to be beads of sweat on Hu Liezi's forehead.

After a long time, the old man said slowly: "Liao Ba, you didn't seem to bring it either?"

Hu Liezi said, "I can't bring him here." '

The old man said, "Why?"

Hu Liezi said: "Because he has been taken away by a friend." '

The old man asked, "Who is his friend?"

Hu Laizi said: "It's Zhang Youxiong and Zhang Erge, the "Jade Face Little Mengchang" among the seven Zhang brothers in Nanhai. '

Although the old man still had no expression on his face, when he heard the name, the corners of his eyes twitched.

Although the chivalrous traces of the Seven Brothers of the South China Sea rarely appear in the Jianghu, but their chivalry, wealth, power and martial arts are rarely unknown in the Jianghu.

Especially this second elder brother Zhang, who donates money generously and promises a thousand dollars. No matter who you are, you will think that he is a friend worth making.

No one wants to offend this friend.

The old man said slowly: "You have been here for almost a year, and you haven't done even one thing you should do." '

Hu Liezi said, "I can't do it." '

The old man closed his mouth again.

The dry pipe has been in his hands for a long time, but this time he did not hand it over to Cripple Hu.

Ding Gang was already sweating for Lame Hu.

He has seen the martial arts of this Hu Liezi, and he believes that Hu Liezi can definitely be regarded as a first-class master.

But these people in the chili shop, everyone seems to have a mysterious and evil power, they can dominate the life and death of others according to their will.

It seemed as if they could ask someone to fall over at any time.

The night was very deep.

Shopkeeper Zhu stood up suddenly, cleared his throat, and said, "I don't know if the man lame brother saw today is Zhao Wuji."

However, I knew he must have been injured that day. '

The old man smoking dry tobacco did not speak.

The young man who looked like a thin monkey didn't speak.

Of course that very shy and pretty young man couldn't speak anymore.

Lame Hu looked at them, then at shopkeeper Zhu, and asked, "Are you sure?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said, "Yes." '

Hu Liezi said, "But you were not upstairs at that time." '

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "Of course, although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I can safely conclude that he must have been injured!"

Hu Liezi said, "How can you judge?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "When Tang Hong came, I checked his ticket cloth, and he only received 23 poisonous thorns the day before he went out."

Chenopodium, and twelve or three money Duanhun sand. '

He added: "The two kinds he received were both ninth-grade, and they were tickets issued to him by Brother Que." '

Hu Liezi said, "That's right." '

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "After he followed Shangguan Ren to Hefeng Villa, he had already used one to kill a member of the Zhao family.

Poison Tribulus. '

Hu Liezi said, "Didn't he pull out that poisonous thornbush and take it away?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "According to him, time was running out at that time, and he had no chance." '

Hu Liezi said: "He just killed a servant, why did he use the hidden weapon of his sect?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "So I have dealt with him according to the family rules. He has been lying on the bed for half a month." '

Hu Liezi said, "Okay, let's go on." '

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "Except for that one, there are only 22 poisonous tribulus left on him, and the twelve or three coins of poisonous sand are still intact."
Do not move. '

Hu Liezi said, "That's right." '

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "The night before the incident, he asked us to find someone to rush to make two buckskin gloves for the old nurse's room."
Used by two brothers. '

Hu Liezi said, "You promised him?"

Shopkeeper Zhu nodded and said, "Because he said that the person he wants to deal with is Zhao Jian's son Zhao Wuji." '

Hu Liezi said: "How can the people in the old nurse's room have hidden weapons?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "He divided his poisonous thorns into sixteen pieces and gave them to them, and asked them to attack him back and forth.

Put Zhao Wuji to death. '

Hu Liezi said, "What happened later?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "After they lost their hands, I immediately sealed off the place and recovered a total of fifteen poisonous caltrops." '

Hu Laizi said, "Are they sending out a total of sixteen coins?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said, "That's right." '

Hu Laizi said: "Jia Liu and Liao Ba were also there at the time, did they take them away?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "Absolutely not, they dare not even touch it." '

Hu Laizi said: "So you judged that the poisonous caltrop that was missing must have hit Zhao Wuji?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "Besides, he walked in a hurry. Some people saw him walking unsteadily as soon as he walked out, and some people
Said his eyes were straightened. '

He thought for a while, and then said: "The strange thing is that a few days later, someone saw him again in Taibaiju at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain.
Brother Li and Brother Meng went there to look for it, but they never came back once they went there. '

Hu Liezi said: "Since he has been hit by the hidden weapon of our sect, why is he still alive?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said: "I can't figure this out either." '

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Now Ding Gang and Tu Qiang of course understand that the people in this chili shop, except for the two of them, belong to the same family.

Hu Liezi is neither Hu nor the shopkeeper Zhu's surname Wei, obviously they are both from the Tang family in the middle of Sichuan.

Of course, they knew about the hidden poison weapon of the Tang family in the middle of Sichuan, but they never imagined that the Tang family's organization was so strict.

It seems that everyone sent out is not simple, and all actions can be coordinated.

The thin monkey-like young man's attack had already surprised them, and the shopkeeper Zhu's carefulness made them even more admired.

The old man who has been smoking dry tobacco has been sitting still, as stable as Mount Tai. With this little stability, he has already

It can be seen that this person must be more complicated.

Except for the shy pretty boy, everyone has now given their assignments.

Hu Liezi's task is to monitor Liao Ba, waiting for the lucky leopard to appear again.

The task of the thin monkey young man is to deal with Jia Liu.

Shopkeeper Zhu's task is to lurk here and stay in touch.

Some of them were able to achieve their missions, while others failed. Regardless of success or failure, a report should be made to summarize.

The person who made the conclusion should be the old man who has been smoking pipes, but he didn't speak.

Is he waiting for someone too?
Who is he waiting for?
Ding Gang suddenly had a strange feeling that the old man was not the real master.

The real master must be someone else, someone they cannot see.

Only this person is the one who can truly decide the life and death of others!
This man has been in control of everything here since the beginning.

Everyone has to report their actions to this one person, and then wait for his judgment.

—Who is this man? Why have they been unable to see him?
Ding Gang's heart was beating.He had a faint feeling that this person was about to appear now.

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As the night got darker, a wind suddenly blew outside, and the wind blew on the worn window paper, making a 'plop puff' sound.

The old man was still smoking his pipe, and the flickering firelight shone on his coffin-like face.

The wind cannot blow through the windows and the smoke cannot escape.

The smoke in the chili shop was thicker.

(End of this chapter)