Outer History of Martial Arts - One Horseman

, She raised her hand following the sound, and retracted her hand, pinching a pink rose flower with a thin stem between her fingers.

Everyone looked up and saw a restaurant on the side of the road. A window facing the street on the second floor was wide open. A handsome young man in black held the window sill with one hand and greeted this side with a smile: "Fourth Aunt Hua, Wuxia Qiao !"

The young man in black was really kind-hearted, and both of them were a bit puzzled. After thinking about it for a while, Fourth Aunt Hua suddenly realized, and smiled at Qiao Wu: "Isn't this Fang Shaoxia, Shen Xianggong's friend, whom we met in Renyizhuang?" .”

Only then did Qiao Wu remember, and said with a smile, "That's right, look at my brain, Fourth Sister is more careful."

Fourth Aunt Hua's cheeks were slightly red.Then I heard Fang Xinqi calling from the second floor: "Fourth Aunt Hua, Wuxia Qiao, if the two of you don't mind, why don't you come up and have a glass of water and wine?"

Qiao Wu laughed and replied: "There is a treat, why don't you go? Fourth sister, let's go."

Just as she was about to take a step, Fourth Aunt Hua suddenly turned her head to the side, looked at Wu and Qi at the side, frowned, and asked softly, "What's wrong with you?"

I saw Wu and Qi looking at each other, their faces turned pale.The one surnamed Qi said: "Brother Wu, tell me." The one surnamed Wu shook his head and said, "Old Qi, you are more eloquent than me, so you should say it."

Fourth Aunt Hua's face became more and more suspicious, Qiao Wu also frowned, and asked patiently: "You two can speak directly if you have something to say."

The two hesitated for a moment, the surname Wu sighed, and said: "Dare to ask you two, just now..." He pointed to the second floor of the restaurant, and continued, "But you two are friends?"

Fourth Aunt Hua and Qiao Wu looked at each other strangely when they heard this question, and Fourth Aunt Hua asked, "So what?"

Wu Laoliu sighed: "The two of you probably also heard about the killing of several elders of the Beggar Gang in the suburbs. The murderer who murdered the elders was... I heard it was..."

"What is it?" Fourth Aunt Hua asked.

Wu Laoliu said: "I heard that he is a young man in black, and his appearance is similar to that of the one just now..."

He didn't need to finish, Fourth Aunt Hua and Qiao Wu already understood what he meant.The faces of both of them became serious, Fourth Aunt Hua hurriedly asked: "Where did you hear these rumors, do you have any solid evidence?"

"If there is evidence, I'm afraid I'll be hacked to death by the heroes of Jincheng long ago. How can I sit here and drink in peace." Ordered Xiaoer to set up a table full of wine and food, Fang Xinqi asked Fourth Aunt Hua He and Qiao Wu sat at the table, sighed, and said with a wry smile, "What kind of people are the three elders of the beggar gang and the hero Xu? Even if the younger brother has great abilities, how can he murder them unscathed?"

Qiao Wu remained silent with a sullen face, Fourth Aunt Hua quickly glanced at Fang Xinqi's waist, and said with a smile, "I can't blame others for suspicion, among other things, why did Daxia Xu's purse, which never left his body, come to your waist?" where?"

Qiao Wu didn't notice this at all. Hearing what Aunt Hua said, he also looked at Fang Xinqi's waist.I saw that there was indeed a delicate purse inlaid with gold and silver embroidery, which was exactly what Xu Ruoyu was seen hanging on his belt during the Renyi Village gathering.Anger appeared in his eyes, and he was about to explode, but Fang Xinqi had already smiled and said: "This purse is indeed Xu Daxia's, but please think about it, how can a murderer wear the victim's relics on his body in a fair and honest way?" ?”

Fourth Aunt Hua smiled and said: "That's reasonable, but if Fang Shaoxia can explain how the purse came from, everyone will naturally stop being suspicious."

Fang Xinqi nodded and said, "Of course, it's just that it's not the time yet."

These words were really like an excuse. As soon as he finished speaking, Qiao Wu's face darkened again.

Sitting on all sides in this restaurant are all people from the rivers and lakes with swords and knives.These people had already heard the rumors, so as soon as Fang Xinqi showed up in the city, he was already targeted by them.It's just that the rumors are rumors after all, there is no real evidence, and the second is that this person is unknown, and these martial arts people don't want to be the first bird in vain, so they just monitor and have not acted yet.

Qiao Wu was about to speak when he suddenly saw Fang Xinqi staring directly at the downstairs, as if he had seen something extraordinary.He and Fourth Aunt Hua turned their heads to look together, only to see an old man walking in from the gate.The old man's back was straight and he was dressed in brocade clothes. He looked extraordinary, but there was nothing particularly weird about it.

Seeing the three of them staring at the door, the other martial arts heroes also looked at the old man.But the old man was oblivious to the gazes of the crowd, he picked up a table in the corner and sat down, ordered a table full of fine wines, bowed his head and poured himself a drink.

Fang Xinqi had already retracted his gaze, looked down at his wine glass, and shook it slightly, the water in the glass rippled. He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned his wrist and poured the glass of wine out of the window.

He whispered to Qiao Wu and Fourth Aunt Hua: "Do you two know who this old man who just came in is?"

There were seventeen or eighteen wine jugs on the table in front of the old man, plus dozens of wine glasses, almost covering the entire table.Some of the martial arts people around him were still looking at him, while others looked away in disinterest.But no matter whether others looked at him or not, the old man turned his face from beginning to end, sipping the wine carefully, as if there was nothing worthy of his concern in this world except the wine in front of him.

Qiao Wu and Fourth Aunt Hua were sitting at the same table with Fang Xinqi, the dishes in front of them were still steaming, and the wine glasses were filled with fine wine, but they didn't even bother to look at them.Qiao Wu turned his head and stared out of the window, Fourth Aunt Hua looked at Qiao Wu, only Fang Xinqi was drinking and eating, looking very relaxed.

Suddenly Qiao Wu's expression changed, Fang Xinqi put his chopsticks on the mouth of the wine glass, turned his head to look out of the window, and said with a soft smile, "Brother Shen and the others are finally here."

The group of people passing by on the street under the window were not Shen Lang, Panda Er, Zhu Qiqi and the others, even Liu Yuru and Master Tianfa were among them.

Panda'er had smelled the aroma of wine a long time ago, and rushed into the tavern before Shen Lang, and then went straight to the second floor.Without saying hello, he picked up the wine jar by the table and drank it with his head upright. Half of the wine splashed on the front of his clothes. He wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "It's so good!"

Zhu Qiqi smiled and said: "Come all the way, but this cat is so greedy." In Yingying's laughing words, she had already walked up with Shen Lang and others.

Seeing Liu Yuru and Master Tianfa, the fourth aunt Qiao Wuhua was a little surprised by each other.Everyone sat down around the table, talking about their goodbyes, Shen Lang asked Fang Xinqi: "Is everything you said in the letter true?"

Fourth Aunt Hua hurriedly asked, "What letter?"

Fang Xinqi looked at her and smiled secretly. Before Shen Lang and the others arrived, he had told Fourth Aunt Qiao Wuhua that he had sent a letter to Shen Lang, telling him about the killing of the elders of the Beggar Gang, and asking them to come and help .Now Fourth Aunt Hua knowingly asks the question, obviously she can't trust him, so she wants to find out what Shen Lang says.

Shen Lang said: "Is it true that the three elders of Zuo Gonglong and Daxia Xu were killed outside the city?"

Fourth Aunt Hua nodded and sighed, and everyone couldn't help but show regret on their faces.Fourth Aunt Hua looked at Shen Lang, and then said: "I heard that it was the murderer of King Happy, but unfortunately the murderer is still missing."

Fang Xinqi smiled and said: "The whereabouts are unknown, but it's not necessarily true. Brother Shen, someone will buy you a drink later, so don't refuse."

Except for Qiao Wu and Fourth Aunt Hua, no one knew what it meant.Shen Lang was about to ask, when he suddenly heard someone behind him say: "Master over there, I wonder if I can have a few drinks with you?" The voice was neither forceful, nor high-pitched, nor sharp, but in Qiao Wu, Panda'er Amidst the deafening laughter of many people, this voice can still be heard so clearly—this peaceful and slow voice, like something tangible, is sent to your ears word by word.

Shen Lang frowned slightly, and looked back, but it was the weird old man sitting in the corner and drinking by himself.The old man's desk was full of jugs and wine glasses, Shen Lang's heart moved, he suddenly guessed who it was, he clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Since I have been loved wrongly, I dare not obey my orders."

The old man nodded slowly and said, "If that's the case, then come here."

Zhu Qiqi frowned, tugged on Shen Lang's sleeve, and said, "This old man is so arrogant...Shen Lang, I'll accompany you there."

The old man didn't even look at Zhu Qiqi, he slowly held his wine glass and said slowly: "I never invite women to drink."

"You!" Seeing that the old man was so rude, Zhu Qiqi slapped the table and was about to explode when he heard Shen Lang call "Qiqi", he had to bite his red lips and sat back unwillingly.

Liu Yuru was still thinking about what Fang Xinqi said before, and when she saw Shen Lang getting up and walking towards the old man's table, she couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Fang Shaoxia, how dare you ask who that old man is?"

Fang Xinqi smiled, but didn't answer, picked up the jug and shook it, and asked, "Miss Liu, what do you think is in this jug?"

Panda laughed and said, "The jug is naturally filled with wine, otherwise, it could be vinegar."

liqueur?

Liu Yuru's expression darkened suddenly, and he exchanged a glance with Master Tianfa, and whispered softly, "Could that man be the servant of the Happy Throne?!"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Zhu Qiqi and Panda also changed.Fang Xinqi nodded and said, "It's this person."

Zhu Qiqi couldn't help standing up, and said: "You, you know...you let Shen Lang pass by! Shen Lang!" She turned her head and was about to run towards Shen Lang, and Fourth Aunt Hua who was closest to her He hurriedly wanted to stop him, but Zhu Qiqi was also a martial arts practitioner, and his lightness kung fu was not weak. Fourth Aunt Hua stretched out her hand, and her snow-white figure was already a few feet away.

As Zhu Qiqi ran, she saw that Shen Lang had already taken the wine poured by the old man and was about to drink it. She was anxious and hurriedly shouted: "Shen Lang, don't drink! That person is the servant of the Happy Throne! you do not