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By the time Luo Xingyun took the boat to the next county, it was already dark, and the pier where he disembarked happened to be a night market. The place was brightly lit, making people feel very lively.

Luo Xingyun took a small bag and wandered in leisurely, and found an inn with a beautiful roof to rest.

This inn is considered to be the tallest inn in this small town, and the Tianzihao room on the third floor can have a glimpse of the scenery along the river from the window.Luo Xingyun asked for a Tianzi brand room in order to satisfy his habit of going to the roof for sightseeing.

In front of the inn is a bustling night market street, and it is still early in the day, naturally there are many people strolling below, just as he poked his head out of the window to watch the bustling night market below, a figure suddenly caught his attention.

I saw that man was wrapped tightly in a black robe from top to bottom, his sneaky posture didn't even show half of his face, leaving only a pair of evil eyebrows and mouse eyes wandering around.Luo Xingyun laughed, there are actually people who want to hide their heads and show their tails more than assassins, I'm afraid they are not good people, they look like a big mouse running around in the street, very conspicuous.

But this person looks like he doesn't want people to see his appearance, and walks so swaggeringly, isn't it very contradictory?

He saw a sedan chair in front of that person being carried over. The sedan chair was hung with expensive silk and decorated with exquisite pearls and jade. The people in the sedan chair were either rich or noble.Then the two passed by, the sedan chair just blocked the man, but after the sedan chair walked away, the man in black robe disappeared.

"Huh?" Luo Xingyun frowned, a little surprised.

The man disappeared suddenly, but the passers-by looked normal and didn't notice it, including himself standing on a high place and looking at the whole place, but he couldn't find the trace of the man. There was only one person who had such a high level of concealment in his impression. That's the guy who put silver needles on him many times before.

So he raised his eyebrows, ready to avenge his revenge, he jumped out of the window, and after he landed firmly, he followed up enthusiastically.

The sedan chair in front walked very steadily and not too fast, but considering that guy's concealment skills were too strong, Luo Xingyun didn't dare to follow too closely, so he could only watch from a distance behind.

Soon the sedan chair was carried into a place with a large number of houses, which are usually the mansions of rich families, and ordinary people will not come here idle.

"...Huo Mansion?" Luo Xingyun couldn't help being a little dumbfounded when he saw the stopped sedan chair, any beggar in this county could tell a thing or two about the Huo family's deeds.

The Huo family is a big family, and it's not an ordinary big family. There are capable people in the family who run the Huo's Bank, and there are branch villages in several surrounding counties, that is, all the money in this area is under their management.

The Huo family has a lot of money, so they must have certain contacts in the court. It is said that they have bribed high officials in the court and connected a large number of merchants to do business.After making a lot of money in the past few years, it's rare that they haven't done anything that would be unacceptable in the eyes of the big family, so the people nearby have a good impression of the Huo family.

What did Zaifu send someone to find the big landlord?Don't you have no money and want to borrow money from the Huo family?But it shouldn't be sending a...someone like that, no matter how you look at it, it looks like they want to kill people to silence them.

When Luo Xingyun guessed wildly, the sedan chair had already been carried into the Huo Mansion, and then the vermilion gate was closed.

After hesitating for a moment, he walked around to the south side of Huo Mansion to avoid the gatekeeper's servants climbing over the wall to enter. It can be said that he was very familiar with sneaking into the room that night.

But the problem is... Huo Mansion is too big.

Look at the glazed tile promenade that winds around and leads to nowhere, and the well-cultivated flowers and trees exude a fragrance, but in Luo Xingyun's eyes, they are all the same.

The last time he sneaked into the Zaifu, Luo Xingyun was shocked by the opponent's layout of seven steps, one pavilion, ten steps, and first floor. He kept cursing in his heart that Zhou Pei didn't know how many people's fat and people he searched for. A smaller version of Zaifu.

"Does the Patriarch of the Huo family have so much money that he has no place to spend it? Can people live in this way?" Luo Xingyun, who was scorning the taste of the Huo family, suddenly heard the sound of something falling to the ground.

"...Master? What's the matter with you, Master?!" The maid's panicked voice sounded, pointing Luo Xingyun in a timely manner.

"It's okay! Let's go! Go to bed early tonight, I'm tired!" A middle-aged man's deep voice came from inside the room. At first glance, it seemed to be nothing, but there was anxiety in the words.

But the little maid couldn't tell, she just thought it was Master Huo losing his temper, and ran away with a white face.Luo Xingyun swept over, restrained his breath, and approached the house quietly.

He felt two auras in the room, the faster one should be Mr. Huo, and the other was the black-robed man who sneaked in, the other one was so weak that it almost disappeared.

"What deal do you have with Liu Qin?" The black-robed man's voice was cold and heartless, but Mr. Huo didn't say a word, he seemed a little impatient, "This is a question from Mr. Zhou, if you don't give it When the answer comes, I have to go see King Yan tonight."

"Hey, where's the deal?! Master Liu and I just have some...money exchanges! There's nothing else!" Mr. Huo was so frightened that he trembled.

"If you don't tell the truth, how would it feel if you said that this silver needle made a hole in your head?"

"My lord, please spare my life! I will give you whatever you want!! I beg you to spare my life!!"

The black-robed man's gaze was stern, and then a silver light flashed in his hand, wanting to give this dishonest old thing a little color.

Master Huo saw how fierce the other party was, so he didn't care about begging for mercy, and quickly rolled on the ground like a lazy donkey and was about to run out, but that speed must be inferior to Yinzhen.

"Ding!" A stone flew out of the window suddenly, piercing through the window paper and blocking the needle.Master Huo looked back and heaved a sigh of relief, he hurriedly opened the door and ran out.

Seeing that the matter was interrupted, the man in black chased him out, but as soon as he went out, he saw Master Huo hiding behind a man in a black gown.

He sized that person up, his face suddenly changed, obviously he recognized Luo Xingyun.

"Your Excellency... Heh, Luo has received a lot of favors from you a while ago." Luo Xingyun held a sword in his left hand and smiled very happily, "In the past, Your Excellency used to attack secretly, but I didn't know that he dared to come here so clearly." Don't dare to fight with me?"

The biggest advantage of a sneak attack is that the enemy is clear and the enemy is dark, and as a person who is good at sneak attack, if he loses this advantage, he will undoubtedly die.So he thought very clearly, and ran away almost without any hesitation.

The corner of Luo Xingyun's mouth twitched, probably because he didn't expect someone to be so useless and wanted to chase after him, but Master Huo stopped him from behind: "Young man, please stay! There is a small forest at the other end, and there are many trees in it. It is really dangerous for the hunting agency to rush there!"

Luo Xingyun turned around when he heard his call, and began to look at Master Huo.Although he looked quite timid, he couldn't suppress the grandpa's air in gold and silver, so he politely replied: "I... I have no intention of breaking into your mansion at night, but I saw that just now outside. There is some grievance between people and the subordinates..."

"It's okay! Speaking of which, I would like to thank the young hero for saving my life!" Master Huo smiled with a little more peace on his face.

Luo Xingyun was smiling but he would think of the previous events, obviously life and death were imminent, but the old man didn't call anyone to come, but ran away with his head in his arms, if he hadn't shot it himself, the needle would have pierced into his body.

In this way... Either the old man knew that someone was out there and would save him, or he was confident that he could dodge this trick.

But in any case, the old man was very strange.

"Cough! Master Huo, it's late at night. Since I'm already running away, I don't want to disturb the master's rest." Luo Xingyun made up his mind to take a stroll around here for the next few days, waiting for the black-robed man to appear again.

Master Huo touched the two mustaches on his mouth, and said with a smile: "That's fine, that's fine." He looked at the back of Luo Xingyun's departure, but his somewhat cloudy eyes burst into light.

That black-robed man will definitely come again, even though he is not invincible, but Zhou Pei will always be suspicious if this person dies in his territory, but killing people with a knife...is different, not to mention that the knife is still as good as others have origins.

Master Huo walked two more steps with his hands behind his back, feeling a little upset in his heart.

Why did Zhou Pei track him down?Once Liu Qin died, all the secrets should disappear without any evidence. Could there be some accident?Just in case there is an outsider, let's call some people, because it's not time for me to be exposed yet.

It has to be said that the financial resources and connections of the Huo family are very terrifying. Although Luo Xingyun did spend a day wandering the streets unscrupulously, it is a pity that the Huo family came to invite someone the next day.

The Huo family also knocked on the door very politely: "Young Xia Luo, Master Huo invited you to visit Huo's house to repay Shaoxia Luo's kindness. I wonder what Shaoxia means?"

Luo Xingyun thought about it, but couldn't figure out what kind of tricks the master wanted to play, so he agreed.As the saying goes, if you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, he doesn't believe that the landlord who values ​​profit over righteousness will want to repay something because of this little thing. Most of them are looking for him to discuss something, and it is very likely that it is about the black robed man last night.

So in this sunny afternoon, Luo Xingyun was led to Huo Mansion.It was too dark last night so he didn't take a closer look. It's really unusual to enter through the main entrance.The two mahogany doors are made of century-old mahogany, and the market price is close to 4000 taels of silver per catty. If you think about it, such two big pieces are used as doors, which is extremely luxurious.

Then he saw the main hall, and a smell of rotting gold and silver came to his nostrils, but Mr. Huo didn't seem to plan to meet him in the main hall, and the servant took him directly to the place where he lived in the backyard.

In this way, Luo Xingyun is even more sure that Mr. Huo must have some kind of secret when looking for him.The servant took him to the small gazebo in the side yard. The person sitting and drinking tea in the pavilion was Mr. Huo.

"Master. Shaoxia Luo brought it here."

"You step back." Master Huo sent off his servants with a serious expression, then smiled at Luo Xingyun, "Young Xia Luo, please sit down."

Luo Xingyun sat down with a very polite smile, but after all, he is not good at all kinds of beating around the bush, so he said directly: "I don't know why Master Huo asked Luo to come here?"

Master Huo's expression changed, and he dismissed his thoughts of trying to test it out. Since the other party was so straightforward, he went straight to the point: "Hehe, Shaoxia Luo is a straightforward person, so I don't want to talk nonsense anymore. I invite you You came here to ask you to help get rid of that black-robed man."

Luo Xingyun raised the corners of his mouth, changed his usual posture, and said in a detour: "Then I don't know... what benefits can I get?"

benefit?

Master Huo thought to himself, didn't you also have a grudge against that guy, so I brought it up?

But there is nothing wrong with the world, and he also knew that what the other party said meant that there was a door, so he took a sip from the teacup: "1000 taels of gold."

Luo Xingyun was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly felt that he still regarded the life of the man in black as too cheap, so he pretended not to be surprised and said lightly: "1000 taels of gold...is it too cheap? If Mr. Huo doesn't care much, I won't bother to do this."

Master Huo suddenly sighed in his heart, after all, he still underestimated the people in the Jianghu, didn't they all say that the people in the Jianghu value righteousness over profit?Why is this...Young Xia still has the intention of bargaining?

However, Mr. Huo is rich and powerful, so he tried to speak out before reaching his bottom line anyway: "Then how much is the opinion of Young Hero Yi Luo?"

Luo Xingyun thought that this guy would take his life and wanted to save money, so he said, "Twice, 2000 taels."

Master Huo frowned. If it wasn't for the planning department's leak, he wouldn't need to find someone else, so he said in a negotiating tone: "2000 taels of gold seems a little too much, right? You must know that this is enough for those big inns for a year." income."

Luo Xingyun changed his words quickly: "That's 800 taels."

Master Huo's interface is faster: "One thousand and four hundred taels."

Luo Xingyun blurted out: "One thousand seven hundred taels, no less."

Master Huo also said: "One thousand and six hundred taels, no more."

Luo Xingyun continued: "One thousand eight hundred taels."

Master Huo gritted his teeth: "One thousand and seven hundred taels, really can't be more."

"Then it's 700 taels of gold, thank you Master Huo for the gift!" Luo Xingyun gave the final word and smiled, and the light-colored eyes that seemed a bit indifferent on weekdays also brought a hint of softness.

Master Huo: "..."

Master Huo's heart was bleeding this time, thinking that he had worked so hard to help manage the bank for so many years, and his business skills were probably eaten by dogs, and he couldn't even beat a man in the world.

"Then I wonder when Master Huo wants to lure him into the urn?" Luo Xingyun made a fortune this time, and was in an unprecedentedly happy mood.

"Just tonight." Master Huo said.

Of course, the sooner this variable is dealt with, the better, and all unfavorable developments must be strangled in the bud.

"How do you guarantee that he will show up tonight?"

"My Huo family is going to worship their ancestors tonight. According to the custom, as the head of the family, I will go to the mourning hall to sleep for a night alone. During this period, no one will wait around. This is the best opportunity."

Luo Xingyun raised his eyebrows, thinking what the hell custom is to sleep alone in the mourning hall so weird, ordinary people only do this when they have funerals, but this Huo family is lucky, it has directly become a celebration and comes here every year.

So he probably asked about the process of worshiping the ancestors and went back, quietly waiting for the black-robed man to throw himself into the trap.

The author has something to say: This chapter... is a pure chapter...? (●'?'●)