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After Li Shousi's murder case, Zhan Zhao heard Mu Li's name again, in an unremarkable breakfast shop at the end of Ma Xing Street one early morning.

There is a hint of coolness in the air in the autumn morning, but the smell of rice is warm in the small shop.On the wooden table in front of Zhan Zhao, there was a bowl of porridge and a few pickles.

Eating such a simple breakfast once in a while gave Yu Zhanzhao a rare sense of peace.However, before Zhan Zhao finished eating, this peace was disrupted by the blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

At that time, Zhan Zhao was sitting in the corner of the small shop. From this position, he could see the small shop in his eyes and at the same time attract the least attention from others.

So Douzi just rushed in and didn't see Zhan Zhao who was dressed in blue in the corner at all. Besides, he was in a hurry to share the important news he just learned with others. If he wanted to divert his attention, unless Zhan Zhao held a long sword to block His way, or throw the porridge he was drinking on the bean's head.

As soon as he was able to catch his breath, Douzi pulled Chen Dong, the waiter in the store, and said excitedly, "Da Chen, have you heard? There is a big accident in our restaurant!"

Da Chen was lazy, with a look of ignoring answers, flicking the towel in his hand, and said with his mouth curled up: "What big things can happen to your restaurant, is it someone messing up the place or someone kicking your legs again?" gone?"

Douzi let out a "bah" and said repeatedly: "Curse who is dead, you? Your store is dedicated to killing people!" After taking a breath, he continued, "This time the accident happened to our shopkeeper."

Zhan Zhao didn't care about it at first, but after hearing Douzi talk about an accident in the restaurant, he became more concerned. Li Shousi's case had just been closed a few days ago, did something happen to Taibaiju again?A few days ago, I heard from Zhang Long that some customers in Taibaiju got into a fight with the waiter because of the wrong dishes, and it really didn't stop for a moment.When the old shopkeeper was here, it was much more peaceful than it is now.

It seems that this wooden shopkeeper is not a worry-free material.

Zhan Zhao was in a trance when he heard Da Chen's exaggerated and startled tone: "Your shopkeeper... has died?"

Da Chen suddenly popped up such a literary word, Douzi was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, and after realizing it, he slapped Da Chen on the head, and immediately shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about! "

Da Chen didn't dodge, he covered his forehead and grinned: "I was just joking..." Seeing that Douzi was about to hit him again, he quickly said, "I'm wrong, can't I be wrong?"

Douzi was angry: "I knew you didn't have a door on your mouth, and you just yelled like crazy."

Da Chen giggled, rubbed the back of his head and said, "You said that in your store, people are dead? First, shopkeeper Li, and then Xiaojiang from shopkeeper Bai's pharmacy. That old bastard Li Shousi died as well. , You said Xiaojiang..."

Before he finished speaking, Douzi interrupted him. Douzi gritted his teeth and said every word: "Mr. Jiang didn't die in our restaurant, he died in the yamen, in the yamen!"

Da Chen sighed, as if he didn't hear it, and babbled to himself: "Tell me about Xiao Jiang, how nice he is, my old man's waist and legs hurt when it was rainy, and Xiao Jiang went to my house every day. Run, massage my old man's leg and get an injection, and my old man will heal. My old man was still talking about him yesterday, alas, you said Mr. Bao is good for everything," he said in a low voice, "it's just that he has no sense of humanity, Xiao Jiang People with such good character and good looks can..." He said with a heavy sigh, shook his head and put the towel on his shoulders, turned his head and went back to the kitchen to serve tea.As a result, he turned his head halfway and suddenly his shoulders tightened, and he was dragged back abruptly by Douzi, who was full of anger: "Where are you talking again, do you still listen to you?"

Da Chen made him confused by what he said, and he was stunned for a while before he realized: "Oh, what's wrong, your shopkeeper? Someone messed up the place again? It's two days and two days, and it's endless..."

Douzi snorted: "It's much more complicated than smashing the field." He paused deliberately, and was satisfied to see the curious little flames in Da Chen's eyes ignited clusters, then cleared his throat, and then continued: "Hey, you know the second son of Wang Yuanwai in the east of the city? Yesterday, just yesterday, while I was away on business, that little bastard came to our restaurant with a group of thugs. Ah Huang over there looked really good. Really, those thugs are all burly men, one can be as wide as two of you..." He lowered his voice and continued, "You also know that the guy named Wang is not a good guy. Our shopkeeper has gone, his mouth is dirty, that hand, ah, that pig's trotter is about to touch our shopkeeper's face..."

Da Chen couldn't be surprised when he heard it, he curled his lips and said: "I have known for a long time that Wang is not a thing, and the girls in the city will not detour when they hear his voice? I am rich and lawless." This is... hey, what's the matter, he took your little shopkeeper away?" He said with a grin, with a wretched expression on his face.

Douzi almost slapped him and slapped him again, spat and said, "You are full of dirty thoughts, that little bastard, if he dares to touch a hair of our shopkeeper, I will fight him with a knife!" Talking a little excitedly, he took a breath before continuing, "That little bastard had a lot of people, and I happened to be away, so I left Ah Huang, a coward, hiding behind, so scared that he didn't even dare to fart. Our shopkeeper will inevitably suffer, and guess what happened? The universe changed in the blink of an eye!"

Da Chen let out a hey, and said with a smile, "What's the matter? A divine soldier descended from heaven?"

Dou Zi spoke excitedly, swung his right hand violently, almost knocked off the towel on Da Chen's shoulders, and raised his voice sharply: "Just listen to that surnamed Wang screaming, swishing and falling backwards a foot away!"

Da Chen was taken aback, and said in a daze, "Your shopkeeper's hair...failed?"

Douzi choked for a moment: "Da Chen, you shouldn't be serving dishes here." Seeing the puzzled look in Da Chen's eyes, he added, "You should go to our restaurant to tell a story."

Da Chen gave Dou Zi a slap in the face: "Stop talking nonsense, be serious, what's going on, Er Shao Wang has a shofar wind?"

"Hey, if he really blows the shofar wind, he will burn incense. You didn't see the way he fell out, the blood on his face was sprayed out for more than a foot, and the group of people under him were also blinded." I thought their son was beaten by a ghost. In the end, our proprietress saw it. The one who shot was a handsome boy in white clothes with a fan in his hand. ..."

"Hey, hey," Da Chen pouted, with a look of disdain on his face, "I'm drooling all over, I thought you could come up with something, isn't it a hero to save the beauty? I can make it up better than you ...Hey, Mr. Zhan..."

Zhan Zhao nodded at Chen Dong, left a sentence, "The meal money is on the table." and walked out of the shop quickly.

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When Zhan Zhao walked into Taibai Residence, Mu Li was leaning behind the counter and flipping through a book, seeing Zhan Zhao coming in, he greeted him in a good mood and asked him, "What would Mr. Zhan want to eat today? The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, how about making two mooncakes for Mr. Zhan?"

Mu Li smiled happily, his eyes melted with laughter, Zhan Zhao couldn't help showing a smile, and said softly: "Zhan is here to find someone, Miss Mu, is there a guest surnamed Bai staying in these two days?"

Mu Li's eyes suddenly froze for a moment, as if he was in a daze, and before he could reply, a lazy voice came slowly from the top of the stairs:

"Yo, Master Yumao, long time no see."

Zhan Zhao and Mu Li looked up at the same time, and saw Bai Yutang, dressed in white, lazily leaning on the handrail of the stairs, seeing that Zhan Zhao was silent, he added: "Why, we haven't seen each other for half a year, don't you even know old friends?" ?”

The expression on Zhan Zhao's face remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "I haven't seen you in half a year, but brother Bai hasn't changed at all."

Bai Yutang put his hands on the railing, jumped down and landed firmly beside Zhan Zhao, reached out and patted Zhan Zhao's shoulder, but said to Mu Li: "Little Mu girl, please give me a hand!" Send two altars of good wine up, and I will reunite with Mr. Zhan after a long absence, so we have to go upstairs to catch up."

Mu Li let out an "hey" and watched the two go upstairs, then put away the scrolls and went to the wine cellar to get wine.

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As soon as he entered the guest room, Bai Yutang stretched himself into the chair and put his legs on the table, looking like he was asking questions.Zhan Zhao had expected him to be like this, so he didn't say much at the moment, dragged a chair and sat down, waiting for Bai Yutang to speak.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhan Zhao sat down, Bai Yutang sneered, and said slowly, "Master Mao, is this Beijing official comfortable?"

Zhan Zhao didn't feel annoyed, he smiled slightly and said, "Speak directly, there is no need to beat around the bush."

Bai Yutang snorted, put away the smile on his face, and said coldly: "I have nothing to say, whether you love being an official or a robber, it doesn't matter if you have half a hair on your face. Even if everyone else It's not Wu Ye who is talking about Nan Xia's greed for power and wealth, anyway, it's no one's turn to say anything to Wu Ye." After saying that, he closed his eyes and simply kept his eyes closed.

Zhan Zhao's expression paused for a while, and he said seriously, "Brother Bai, you and I have been wandering the rivers and lakes for many years, and you should know better than me about the chivalry. People, don’t they all really deserve to die?”

Bai Yutang raised his eyelids, and said expressionlessly: "Why, do you regret killing innocent people indiscriminately?" After a pause, he continued, "Under the sword of Wu Ye, he never kills innocent people. Does the person you kill deserve to die? , you know it better than anyone else."

Zhan Zhao said in a deep voice: "Even if you deserve to die, it shouldn't be up to you and me to decide. If anyone pretends to be a hero, he can take other people's life at will. No wonder there are so many hypocritical people who commit evil things in the name of chivalry and don't know how to repent. .”

Bai Yutang snorted, folded his arms and said, "Stop talking bureaucratically in front of me, saying that it's not Fifth Lord who says you're greedy for fame and fortune. Others love to be hypocrites, so I don't care what he does. Fifth Lord's own actions are straight and straight. , if someone really commits some evil deeds, Fifth Master will go and take his head."

Zhan Zhao said: "I followed Mr. Bao this time, because I figured out what you and I did in the early years. It was nothing more than killing to stop killing. Even if those bullies and robbers hear your name and shy away, it will not prevent them from continuing to rob houses. , even if you kill all the wicked people in the world, there will still be some people who will continue to do evil, and you may never stop drinking blood from the head of your sword. But Mr. Bao is unselfish and impartial in enforcing the law. To be intimidated by the natural group and obey the law is the real act of righteousness."

Bai Yutang's expression moved slightly, and he snorted after a while, and said lazily: "It's your own business that you are willing to follow Heizi, Fifth Master didn't ask you to explain." After a pause, he said, "It's your old man Ask me to bring you a word."

Zhan Zhao's expression froze for a moment, and he asked, "What are you talking about?"

Bai Yutang stretched his waist, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "What? Are you nervous?" After he finished speaking, he deliberately stopped talking, his expression was very meaningful, and seeing Zhan Zhao was about to punch him, this Then he cleared his throat, and said slowly, "Your old man asked me to tell you, he told you when you went out to wander the rivers and lakes, don't forget the ruler in your heart at any time. As for what others think Said," coughed again, picked up tea to moisten his throat, and then continued, "It's all fucking nonsense."

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