Relief

After dinner, I went downstairs, the puppet show was over, and the smell of fireworks in the hall was still there, and the theater troupe was packing their equipment.The waiter in the shop was still the same, and he could tell that they had foreign accents, and said: "If the two guests come to Suzhou for sightseeing, Fuyunju, which is opposite the restaurant, is adjacent to the Shantang River. It has beautiful scenery and is a good place to stay. The most important thing is Fuyun In order to receive merchants from the north, there is a dome, with tall umbrella bones, where even giants can live.”

Wu Li gave the reward and said with a smile, "You're quite clever."

The waiter in the shop said enthusiastically: "It should be, it is our duty to consider the customers. Oh, by the way, if you two want to get acquainted with wealthy businessmen in Suzhou City, then you must not miss the night show presented by Chun Zunxian! We invited people who sang Zhugong Tune, because the story was told very well, rich gentry from far and near loved to listen to the excitement, and often came to the night party."

Xie Zhixu said: "Thank you, little brother."

They walked out of the restaurant, on the marble steps, the fourth child was still sitting blankly, but his eyes were looking at the Shantang River where the boats and rafts passed.

Passers-by all looked sideways at the giant.

On the temporary food table in front of the fourth child, the meat basin was empty, leaving a few traces of oil and sauce.

There was also a jug of wine, sealed and placed beside the meat basin without moving.

Wu Li picked up the jug and looked at it. On the jug was written, "The spring bottle is full of lamb wine, not like the spirit buds flooding the golden ou".It is the top brand offered by Chunzun. The lamb amazed wine brewed with water from Taihu Lake has the sweetness of almonds and the lightness of woody fragrance.

The mouthfeel is full of aftertaste, Xie Zhixu and Wu Li have only drank a pot, but they didn't give the fourth brother any points.

"Who gave this?" Wu Li asked.

The waiter at the door had a good memory and replied: "Just now a guest put it on the table, put it down and left without saying anything."

Xie Zhixu only felt that the person who put the wine might come back to get it later, so he said, "Let's put it back as it is."

But Wu Li asked the waiter: "Then what does the guest look like, and how many people are with him, do you remember?"

Xie Zhi humbly thought, the person serving the wine could not be...

Thinking about it, it's really possible, after all, such an iconic figure as the fourth child, if you are an acquaintance, you can know at a glance that they have come.

The guy said: "It's a lady in green. She's alone. I don't know what she looks like."

In this way, it doesn't look like the second senior brother and his party. After all, the senior brother is a cripple, and he can't do without people wherever he goes.

Wu Li asked again: "For travelers from other places, would you recommend Fuyunju on the opposite side?"

The clerk smiled shyly: "Hey, guest officer, it's a combination of board and lodging."

Wu Li laughed: "Very good!" He put his arm around Xie Zhixu's shoulder, and slapped his elder brother with the other: "Let's go, Sier, let's go to Fuyunju to meet the guest who brought you wine !"

Like Chunzunxian, Fuyunju is also the largest inn in the local area, with a constant stream of travelers, and its door only reaches the chest of the fourth child.

The clerk commanded: "A little higher, go forward, okay, put it down and let it go..."

The fourth child stepped on the stepping stones, crossed the wall, and entered the backyard of Fuyunju.Wu Li sat on the shoulders of the fourth child, where the buddy said he would point a bamboo stick in his hand, and worked together to move the fourth child in.

Fuyunju occupies quite a large area along the bank of the Shantang River, and a dome has been built in the backyard, just enough for the fourth child to bend down and get in to lie down.

After settling down the fourth child, the clerk squeezed the sweat on his brow: "You two's room is upstairs, please follow me."

When Xie Zhixu was a young master in Xie's family, he used to spend a lot of money on food and clothing. Later, when he entered the teacher's school, he had to find his husband to support him, so he saved a lot of money.But before he went to several suburban counties to investigate the case, he could only make do with food and lodging. After finally entering Suzhou City, he wanted to take a rest, so he booked a room.

A screen separates the inside and the outside, and there are two couches in the inner room.As soon as Wu Li entered the door, he threw himself on the couch and slackened off: "Comfortable, comfortable. The road is full of dust and dust, which is really unbearable. Xiao Wu, thank you for your hospitality!"

Xie Zhixu is undressing, ready to take a bath with hot water for a while, when he heard Wu Li say this, he was a little confused: "Why am I entertaining you, third senior brother, isn't the room fee shared equally by us?"

Wu Li sat up: "Didn't you pay for the meal earlier?"

Xie Zhixu said: "That's right, but I have already recorded the account, you have to remember to pay me half of it."

Wu Li couldn't believe it: "No, Xiao Wu, did you forget to ask your husband for money before going out? How can you be so stingy?!"

"It's very embarrassing to live and eat for free in Shimen. Of course, the money given by the husband should be used sparingly, otherwise I am really embarrassed to let the husband pay the money."

Xie Zhixu blushed and said: "Senior brother, it's actually very good that you can come and share the travel expenses with me."

Especially with the fourth child, saving a lot of money to buy a horse and rent a car.

Wu Li's shocked expression faded immediately, and he said with a wooden face, "Then you still come to stay in the most expensive inn in Suzhou City."

Xie Zhixu said strangely: "It's not senior brother, you said that second senior brother might also live here, so we came to investigate? Actually, it's best to find second senior brother earlier and go back earlier, which can save a lot of expenses on the journey."

Wu Li carried the lamb wine brought back from the opposite restaurant, and left the room without looking back: "Okay, I'll look for it right away, I'll look for it now, if I find someone today, I'll go back to the teacher's gate tomorrow, and I won't have to go shopping for anything." no."

Xie Zhixu smiled, took off his robe, and the silver pattern in the sleeve pocket fell heavily.

The master never treats a few disciples badly with money, but Xie Zhixu feels very uncomfortable when he thinks of eating and living for free and getting money for free, so he saves the money as much as possible after paying once, so as to avoid the embarrassment of asking for money in the future.

When the hot water was brought up, someone knocked on the window several times.

Xie Zhixu pushed open the window, and saw Wu Li sitting on the shoulders of the fourth child, the height was as high as the second floor, holding Kaifeng's lamb wine in his hand, with a mellow aroma overflowing from the bottle.

"Brothers, I'm going to the street to find someone. See you at Chun Zun tonight!" Wu Li waved the bamboo stick in his hand.

Xie Zhixu agreed with a smile, and after taking a bath, he was also going to go to the street to inquire.After all, this is the first time I have had the opportunity to serve my husband, so I must do my best.

Most of the streets in Suzhou City are not streets, but criss-crossing waterways. You have to cross a bridge within two steps, the Huandong Bridge with a rainbow and waves, the beam-style bridge with bright lines, and the flat bridge with a reed crossing... the white wall Daiwa, the front street and the back river, have their own melodious and melodious feelings in the mist of water.

The watery Jiangnan girl pointed the way in Wu Nong's soft words: "Crossing this bridge is Tongyou Lane, and the fifth house you enter is the Su family."

Xie Zhixu looked at the laneway extending towards the Zhenhe River, the eaves were densely clustered, and the direction of the fifth household was not clear.

The girl said with a coquettish smile: "The Su family has a large territory, and the door lintels are twice as big as others. You will know when you go."

Xie Zhixu cupped his hands gratefully: "Thank you, girl."

The girl blushed and turned back to laughing among her female companions.

Entering Tongyou Lane, there are occasional peddlers carrying goods in the lane.

Counting to three or four households, I saw a family in front of me. There was a stone Yazi standing at the door, with the body of a jackal and the head of a dragon, with its mouth facing upwards, and a ring-headed knife stuck in its mouth.

A real steel knife.

Xie Zhixu approached, and recognized Su Zhai written on the lintel.

In the second case, the bride who died was working as a maid in the Su residence before returning home.Xie Zhixu knocked on the door knocker, intending to ask the doorman for some information.In the end, after knocking for a long time, there was no sound of footsteps, and the door did not open. The voice was very impatient: "I said that my master is not at home, so come back tomorrow!"

Xie Zhixu was stunned.

"No, I..." Before he could finish speaking, footsteps left behind the door again.

Just as he was feeling baffled, he was about to knock on the door again when a voice came from behind him.

"Are you also looking for the Spring Thunder Swordsman?"

Qing Lingling's voice has a rising tail, and the tone is very vigorous.

Thanks for turning back.There was a young man squatting on the wall of the neighbor's courtyard, wrapped in a fur coat in the warm spring breeze, with pure black fur, the tips were faintly orange-red, and under the light, there was a sparkling fire color.

"Spring Thunder Swordsman?" Xie Zhixu didn't understand.

The young man squatted on the wall, stretched out his finger from the fur coat and pointed at the stone yaz at the gate of Su's house.

Xie Zhixu leaned over to observe, the ring-headed steel knife stuck in Shi Yaizu's mouth, the blade was bright and cold, and the blade was sharp. When you touched the blade with your fingertips, you could feel the splitting air flow across the blade.

It is a good knife.

There is a line of small characters engraved near the handle of the knife - Chunlei first startled.

Xie Zhixu stared at the line for a while, then raised his head and said to the young man who was expecting his response, "Who is Spring Thunder Saber?"

The young man was silent for a while, stretched out his hand from the fur and slapped his forehead, looking very speechless, he fell down from the wall.

Before Xie Zhixu had time to be startled, he saw the young man stepping on the wall, walking vertically on the flat ground like walking on flat ground, and walked towards him.

So easy.

When he got closer and looked at Xie Zhixu, he realized that the young man looked heroic, but his face was very pale, as if he had not recovered from a long illness, no wonder he was still wrapped in a leather jacket in mid-spring.

"Chunlei Swordsman!" The young man spoke with great enthusiasm, "You are from the Central Plains, have you never heard of Su Jinglei's name? The former head of the Jiangling Prefecture Wei Guards Bureau, with the Chunlei Saber skill to overwhelm the bandits, guarding the bodyguards He has not missed a single shot in 30 years, and heroes from all walks of life respect him very much. He just left his post and returned to his hometown two years ago, living in seclusion in Suzhou."

The Jiangling Mansion Wei Guards Bureau heard that Xie's family was originally in Jiangling Mansion, but the name Chunlei Swordsman was unknown.It may also be that Xie Zhixu is relatively ignorant.

Xie Zhixu said: "I'm sorry, I really haven't heard of it, I didn't come here to find this old escort." After speaking, he went to knock on the door.

This time the doorman came very quickly, the door opened a crack, and poked his head out: "Are you finished? It's been knocking for an hour! I said the master is not at home or—"

Xie Zhixu interrupted: "Little brother, sorry for bothering you, I am not looking for your master."

Only then did the doorman realize that the replacement had been made: "What's the matter with you?"

Xie Zhixu: "That's how it is. I came from another place to look for an old friend named Ni Tang. I heard that I was working in your residence. I came here to meet her. I also brought some news from my hometown to her."

Ni Tang is the name of the murdered bride.

Doorman: "I haven't heard of it, I don't know, you should ask the steward about the servants in the house."

"Then can I trouble my little brother to introduce you?"

The door boy said: "Nurse is going out with the old lady and the master, just wait." After the door closed, Xie Zhixu almost got his nose pinched by the door knocker's animal button.

The young man in the fur coat behind him smiled: "Whatever, you have to wait!"

Xie Zhixu rubbed his nose, wondering what the young man was so happy about, just wanted to say no need, I don't intend to waste time here, the young man said: "I have already found out, their family is going to Fengqiao today Listening to the play, the time has passed, the show is over, and I will be back soon. Just wait patiently for a while."

Having said that, Xie Zhixu gave up the idea of ​​climbing over the wall and entering the courtyard, and decided to wait at the door with the young man.

The young man seemed to have no bones, he couldn't stand upright, and squatted in the corner with his back against the wall.

"Hey, are you also from the martial arts world?" The young man poked Xie Zhixu's saber around his waist.

Xie Zhixu saw that he was very curious, so he took it off and handed it to him: "Because this sword is inherited from the family, I always wear it by my side. In fact, I don't know even half of the martial arts. Listening to what Xiongtai means, could it be a weapon for practicing martial arts?" people?"

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