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I don't know if I can see the old shopkeeper again in the future, Qin Ke withdrew his gaze, and secretly hoped that the old man would have at least one old age lying on the bed, but he didn't know whether the old man would have any relatives who would accompany him until his bed The last moment of life.

"When are we leaving?" Qin Ke took the bamboo slip handed over by Gao Yishui, and read those few obscure joint codes under the candlelight.

"We're not leaving." Gao Yishui said.

Qin Ke looked up at him and asked doubtfully, "Aren't we leaving? Aren't we going to transfer?"

"Just don't leave now." Gao Yishui smiled and said: "There is a saying that the most dangerous place is also the safest place. Indeed, this place may have been exposed, but the old shopkeeper closed the shop and took people away After coming here, if there are people staring at this place, the old shopkeeper will naturally lead these people away. People always have some blind spots. Who would believe that in such a shop, there are still a few people who stay in place waiting to die without knowing their heights? ? and the opposite.”

He looked up at the lights outside the window: "Do you know how lions find their prey among the herds of cattle? They first approached the herd of cattle slowly, and then rushed out, trying to pounce on the herd of cattle in all directions. At this time, the herd of cattle is frightened, and they will naturally run around. At this time, there will always be one or two cattle that will be left alone, and naturally... it becomes their delicious meal. We have to prepare everything that should be prepared, but we don’t want to do it ourselves. Being confused, it gave others a chance. Sleep for a night tonight, and leave tomorrow."

Qin Ke frowned and looked at him: "You are... taking the shopkeeper as a lure..."

"He is willing to be the bait himself. What we have to do is to respect his loyalty." Gao Yishui interrupted him, his voice suddenly became colder, "Let's talk about you...Ah Ke, you are very stupid and very stupid." stupid."

Qin Ke was taken aback, not knowing why Gao Yishui suddenly spoke in such a tone: "What's wrong?"

"Some things, I thought you would comprehend them yourself, but your comprehension is too poor. I think I have to say a few words today." Gao Yishui said coldly, "Why did you let Abu come back alone?"

Qin Ke was frightened, Gao Yishui usually had a playful smile on his face, but when he was really angry, his voice was silent, but there was an invisible chill, like an ice pick, piercing deeply into his chest.

His voice could not help but weaken: "What's the matter... At that time, it was the most appropriate thing for me to stay."

"Most suitable?" Gao Yishui sneered, "Ah Ke, you were still a teenager when I was in Daoxiang Village, but I remember, you shouldn't be such a confident person? Obviously Abu's cultivation level is on par with yours, As for who is stronger and who is weaker, even if the two of you fight, it may be difficult to decide the outcome in a short period of time. Could it be that your strength alone is stronger than the two of you joining forces?"

"But I'm not going to fight, I just need to avoid being followed." Qin Ke said.

Gao Yishui sneered and shook his head: "So? You didn't have direct contact with the stalkers, how did you know that the people who followed you were related to those bandits? That's right, you have indeed returned to the inn safe and sound. But if something happened in the process What's the problem, do you think you can stand here and talk to me properly? What if that person's cultivation level surpasses yours? Even... there are more people lurking in the dark?"

"I..." Qin Ke's words suddenly stopped, and he suddenly realized that the decision he made at that moment was almost natural, without any thinking at all, and naturally there was no detailed explanation.

Chapter 239 Friends Side by Side

Qin Ke felt that this should be done at the time, so he did it.

Perhaps, he didn't think carefully about it.

Gao Yishui's voice was still quiet, but he could hear the reprimand: "After hearing what you said, Abu went back to the inn alone because he absolutely trusted you, but what about you? Your blindness Where does the trust come from? Or, when did it start?"

"Oh, I'm afraid you didn't think about anything at the time, did you?" Gao Yishui answered Qin Ke's question and sighed: "Sometimes, I'm just afraid that you don't think about anything. In Jiujiang City, we separated because Ning Xin needed protection. But now we are not in Jiujiang City, but Ding'an City in Tang Dynasty, for you, this is the land of tigers and wolves, you...you are too lax!"

Qin Ke knew that sometimes he took things for granted, so he lowered his head, looked at his toes, and said softly, "I was wrong."

Looking at Qin Ke's appearance, Abu couldn't help but want to stand up and say a few words of relief, acting as a peacemaker, but Gao Yishui waved his hand at him, and he could only sit back again.

"Do you know why the shopkeeper wants to act as this bait? Is it because you, Qin Ke, are kind? Or do you have any blood relationship with him? Neither. He is willing to be the bait for you, just because you are not just a person, your Behind him stands Zhuge Wanling, and stands the entire Jingwu."

"But even Zhuge Wanling needs people like the old shopkeeper, his spies, the officials of Jingwu court, big and small, and the countless people of Jingwu, to help him accomplish what he wants to do. It is a good thing that you are responsible, at least you have improved a lot compared to the previous cowardice. But is it useful to do things only with a brute force? If something happens to you, how can we explain it to Zhuge Wanling? You How will you explain to me and Abu? How to explain to your master? And... how to explain to yourself?"

Gao Yishui sighed: "You, many times you are in danger without knowing it, and you just follow your own feelings, but how can people be so lucky? Do you know how many chess games are ruined by wrong moves? With one move, everything will be lost in the end?"

Gao Yishui simply stood up and started pacing in the cramped room, "There are some things that you obviously don't need to memorize by yourself. If you do everything by yourself, what else do we need? Why don't we go back home? Wouldn’t it be best to continue playing the piano in Jiujiang City, and Abu continue to read his sage books in the Imperial Academy?”

Qin Ke stood where he was. He knew that Gao Yishui had taught him a lot along the way, and now, he was teaching himself a very important lesson.

Indeed, after Master left him, he has always defined himself as a solitary person. Naturally, many things will be considered and decided based on himself.

But he just forgot that the people around him are not necessarily burdensome, and sometimes they become his arms.

Finding the trace of Master is not only his business, but also Zhuge Wanling's business, Gao Yishui's, A Bu's business, and even the old shopkeeper's business and a group of secret eyeliners...

He lowered his eyes and said sincerely: "I really understand. But you just said clearly that I can try to enter the palace." Qin Ke suddenly raised his head and quietly looked at Gao Yishui's face, "If I go in alone..."

"I understand it, but I still don't understand it." Gao Yishui clicked his tongue, but he also knew that it would take a process for Qin Ke to fully understand it.

He has returned to his usual idleness, and even the way he scratches an itch can make people feel a little disgusted. Anyone who looks at him can't help but silently write the word "cheap" in his heart, but he is just so self-centered. While scratching an itch, he said: "Those hidden stakes and chess pieces in the palace, they will all be your helpers, you have to learn to use them, instead of doing it all by yourself."

He lazily sat down and stretched his waist: "I'm just reminding you, if you continue to think of yourself as a human being, if you continue to hold this kind of blind self-confidence...and enter the palace, oh, you will die .And, it will be a terrible death.”

Qin Ke was silent for a long time, thought for a long time, finally nodded again, and said, "I know, I won't be a hero."

Unexpectedly, when Qin Ke was about to thank him solemnly, Gao Yishui laughed and said, "However, there are also rumors among the folks about Mrs. Yang being a demon concubine. When the time comes, maybe not only will you not have to die, but you may also be blessed with a blessing in disguise and ascend to the top with the noble concubine of the Tang Dynasty..."

Then there was the sound of a chair being overturned. Qin Ke retracted one of his feet, looked at Gao Yishui in distress, and let out a cold snort from his nose: "I'm going back to my room to sleep, call me when I leave tomorrow."

With some vague emotions, Qin Ke went back to the room and lay down on the bed at once. He began to think deeply, thinking about the reprimand Gao Yishui said that was neither serious nor serious.

He knew that it was a kind of concern from a friend. Thinking of this, his heart felt a little warm, and he couldn't help but giggle.

He always felt that he was alone, but now he found that even the little duck lantern he put down, there was also a little duck of Cai Yan who would follow him everywhere, beside him was Abu, Gao Yishui, the old shopkeeper, Zhuge Wanling, Gao Changgong...how could he be alone?

"Ah Ke...you are really stupid, so stupid." Qin Ke scolded himself softly, thinking that they would have to move tomorrow, so he quickly turned over, closed his eyes and fell asleep slowly.

In the middle of the night, Qin Ke suddenly heard a few slight knocks on the door.

He fell into a drowsy sleep, but the sound of knocking on the door kept ringing around his ears, he couldn't help but shiver, and sat up immediately.

At a time like this, who would knock on your door?

Old people often say that knocking on the door in the middle of the night is strange, either a ghost or a...

But, that is usually a trick to scare children. What Qin Ke is worried about now is that although Gao Yishui said that the most dangerous place is the safest place, who knows if those people lurking in the dark will be cautious enough to want to Kill a carbine?

But the sound outside the door made him relax quickly.

"Ake, are you asleep?"

It's Abu.

Qin Ke covered his face and yawned, and said to the door, "Come in."

Abu pushed open the door, holding a candlestick in his hand, his cheeks were illuminated by the fire, his eyes were a bit sad, he put the candlestick on the table, looked at Qin Ke sitting under the quilt, and asked a little embarrassedly : "Did I bother you?"

"I'm awake." Qin Ke rubbed his temples, "It's not a disturbance, but you really surprised me when you knocked on the door in the middle of the night. I thought something was wrong, so... it's Lao Gao What new arrangement?"

"No." Abu blushed and said, "I can't sleep."

"Can't sleep?" Qin Ke looked at Abu, slightly surprised, "I remember that you slept like a pig every night in the Imperial Academy, and you couldn't even wake up."

"Are you sure you're not talking about Xiaoqian but me?" Abu recalled, "I think I'm still very alert when I sleep..."

"That's right. It's you." Qin Ke rolled his eyes, "I don't even bother to call Xiaoqian that pig."

"Okay." Abu sat helplessly on the edge of Qin Ke's bed, looked at Qin Ke quietly, did not speak, his eyes were full of worry, as if... there was still a little affection?

Qin Ke was terrified: "Abu, are you sure you didn't take the wrong medicine?" He stretched out his hand and touched Abu's forehead, wondering if this guy's brain is burnt out, right?

Abu smiled and pulled Qin Ke's hand away: "You just took the wrong medicine, but I'm...I..."

He babbled for a long time, but Qin Ke couldn't understand his cowardly language at all.

Qin Ke, whose mind was confused, waved his hand quickly, grabbed Abu's shoulder suddenly, and said seriously: "What are you going to say? Don't hesitate, a man can speak up when he has something to say!"

Abu's eyes were complicated, he swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva, and finally lowered his head and said, "I...I met a girl."

Chapter 2 Forty The Broken Finger

Qin Ke thought about it, and Gao Yishui really hit it off. When he came back, he saw Abu with a silly face... Although his usual expression was a little dull, but this time it was especially serious, as if he had lost his soul.

If he hadn't been scolded by Gao Yishui head-on and couldn't find Bei for a while, he would have gone up to ask.As a result, he came to the door by himself now, probably because he had something to worry about, so he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep?

Qin Ke rolled his eyes and said, "And then?"

"It's a long story." Abu said slowly, but seeing Qin Ke's eyes stare, he hurriedly said, "But I'll make a long story short."

Qin Ke groaned and glanced at him and said, "Forget it, take off your shoes and come up, it's late at night, we'll be crowded, you can talk slowly."

Abu looked at the corner of the quilt that Qin Ke had pulled away. He was wearing underwear now, with only a cloak on his shoulders. After all, both he and Qin Ke were Qi and blood practitioners, and their ability to resist the cold was much stronger. Extraordinary people, unless it is the twelfth lunar month, thin clothes are enough.

For a great practitioner like Gao Changgong, Qi and blood have already penetrated the whole body, which is enough to say that the cold and heat do not invade.

However, I can still feel the heat and cold, sitting on the edge of the bed to catch the cold and getting under the covers to keep warm, the latter is obviously more comfortable.

In the Taixuetang, everyone slept together, so Abu didn’t make too much fuss. He took off his shoes and socks and got into the bed. Qin Ke scolded in a low voice: “Did you not wash your feet? Feet smell."

"How is it possible... After walking such a long distance these days, I came to the inn today. I washed my feet and changed my shoes and socks."

"Okay then." Qin Ke pulled up the quilt and lay down neatly without propping up his waist. There is a saying that "standing is worse than sitting, and sitting is worse than lying down", feeling As the bed gradually warmed up, he let out a sigh of satisfaction.

Abu also lay down. Although his burly figure made the bed a little narrow, the Taixuetang was often crowded around by the drowsy Xiaoqian, and the two of them had already gotten used to it.

"So? You met a girl..." Qin Ke stared blankly at the ceiling, as if he was describing a particularly boring thing.

"She is very pretty……"

"Nonsense." Qin Ke scolded angrily, but for some reason, when the word "beautiful" was mentioned, the first thing he thought of was Cai Yan's indisputable profile, and his The white neck made him tremble twice, thinking that he must have lost his head, but he never had any hobby of liking men.

He hurriedly picked up Abu's words and continued: "Of course that girl is beautiful. If she wasn't beautiful, you must have slept better than me tonight. Why would you come here to talk to me in the middle of the night? Get to the point."

"The point is..." Abu thought for a long time, and finally sighed, and said, "I don't know how to say it, so let me tell you from the beginning."

Qin Ke hummed lightly, and folded his hands behind his head as a pillow.

However, in the darkness on the other side, a person bowed his head respectfully and said, "Master. He's already caught, right below."

Lu Ming nodded, put down the teacup in his hand, and stood up. There was no light in the room, but he didn't seem to need light to see things. Every step was extremely precise, even the scattered tables and chairs couldn't help. He was not blocked at all, but the person behind him seemed a little clumsy, bumping into the table legs several times on the way.

He raised his legs, stepped over a table that had fallen on the ground, walked out of the door, and walked towards the cellar. The door of the cellar was wide open, and a miserable begging voice came from inside: "Don't... I really don't know, I really don't know." I don't know..."

Lu Ming stopped suddenly, and the people behind him froze for a moment. They didn't know what Lu Ming meant, so they had to stop.

Lu Ming stood at the door of the cellar, closed his eyes, and listened quietly to the high-pitched voice of Wu Ting inside. Obviously, in order to make up for the mistake of losing Qin Ke before, he was now torturing the miserable man with all his strength.

"Are you still pretending to be a fool with me?" Wu Ting said fiercely: "Our master gave you gold to save face, but in the end you are shameless... and want to swallow Lao Tzu's gold? Black and black? Ah? Are you really serious? Are you a character? Quickly tell me, where are those letters hidden? Also, what happened to the fire and theft in the palace!"

Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of bones snapping, the sound was clear and clear, as if Wu Ting broke a carrot, probably Wu Ting broke a finger of the man with force, and the man roared and howled in pain.

"I really don't know...Master...I...really...don't know..." The man's voice was intermittent, as if he was a little delirious from the pain.

"I don't know? Do you dare to tell me that you don't know?" In the cellar, Wu Ting became angry, exerted force with his hands, and broke a finger bone of the man again, and immediately let out another scream like a pig being slaughtered.

At this time, Wu Ting's face softened, and his voice seemed to be comforting: "Then Master Wu, let me help you think about it? Didn't you say... there was a letter about the whereabouts of the Five Elements Sinan? "

Just as Master Wu recovered from the pain, Wu Ting yelled at him again: "Follow the letter! Say it!"

"I never said..." Master Wu's voice was weak.

In the end, there was another crisp sound of broken bones, and the screams rushed out of the cellar like a rising tide, but Lu Ming remained indifferent, just closed his eyes and meditated, as if he was waiting for something.

"I said, I said, I said... don't pinch, don't pinch..." Ten fingers connected to a heart, this kind of torture is really unbearable for ordinary people, even if Master Wu has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, he has experienced it and knows how many chops The scene of stomping his hands and feet, but he never thought that such a scene would happen to him one day.

Ding'an City is dark under the lights, and each has its own handicap. The porters, salt transport, gambling houses, and brothels in the city are all under their own jurisdiction...

Although it has not been peaceful all year round, the few frictions have turned into major incidents and minor incidents. At most, a few small people were killed or injured, and they would never run into a big man behind the scenes like him.

Make money with peace.

But this group of outlanders don't need land, property, and people when they enter the city.

Just to buy a message.

Master Wu has connections and backgrounds. Back then, he relied on his many connections to take advantage of the birthday of a eunuch in charge of the palace, Eunuch Zhao, to kneel down. From then on, Eunuch Zhao, who was quite powerful, became his Godfather - said to be a godfather, but in fact he was a money-making dog for Eunuch Zhao.

But he also knew that in this bustling city of Ding'an, he was born in a low class, how could he still earn money standing up?

Just this kneeling, how many people still wish for it.

The matter of the letter was also mentioned by Eunuch Zhao after he was drunk. Perhaps it was because the secret had been kept in his heart for too long and no one told him. He also used the strength of alcohol to speak out.

However, he would never dare to reveal this news hastily. The world of Ding'an City is the world of princes and nobles in the final analysis, and Eunuch Zhao is even an old man in the palace. If the news is leaked out, once Eunuch Zhao finds out, he will have to kill his whole family.

He also just wanted to take advantage of this news, take advantage of the situation, and make a fool of himself to steal the five hundred gold.

But what kind of ruthless people is this?

Only four people killed all the thirty thugs in his synagogue, and finally dragged him from the upper seat of the synagogue, and dragged him all the way to this dark cellar.

The piercing pain from his fingers made him finally understand one thing, that is, because of his greed at this moment, he kicked an iron plate.

He regretted that he did not enshrine and invite the practitioners in the gang to help out, he still underestimated the enemy, underestimated the enemy...

Thinking of this, he finally became afraid, and the pain in his hand made him tremble and cough even more, but he said with a mournful face, "I can't say..."

"Can't you say it?" Wu Ting looked at him ferociously. "Up to now, you are still doing this with me? Grandpa told you that Grandpa's mood is not very good tonight. If you had said what you should say earlier, Grandpa said Maybe if you are happy, I will let you have a good rest and ask a doctor to set your bones, if it makes grandpa unhappy..."

He didn't continue, but the threat on his face was beyond words.

Master Wu's face was covered with tears and snot. At this moment, he is no longer the high-ranking "guild leader" in ordinary times, but a prisoner whose life and death are in the hands of others, but he still cried: "I really can't say , if I say it, my godfather...is Eunuch Zhao, he must kill my whole family. This is a good man, Eunuch Zhao also said this matter, and I only heard a sentence or a sentence occasionally, you might as well go directly Ask Eunuch Zhao?"

Chapter 241 Father and Daughter

Wu Ting only felt that he was wasting time, so he stretched out his hand to grab his collar, and said viciously: "Go to find Eunuch Zhao? Why didn't you tell me to go to Li Qiuhuang? Ah?" Then he struck again, There was a fierce cry, and another finger broke under such a pinch. Master Wu fell to the ground, broke his front teeth, and rolled over for a while.