storyteller

absurd!Would he tolerate this man sleeping in his bed and playing with him?Will he let him mess up his life, and let such a person who came from nowhere and with any purpose interfere in his future?

"Why? Because of your thick skin?" He asked, Qiu Lingfu was very contemptuous of his Arabian Nights.

"Because I live all over the world and have no fixed place to live, and I told you the secret I heard, you have to repay my promise." The beggar said naturally.

I don't know if the secret that sounds like this is made up or not, I won't be fooled.Qiu Lingfu thought so.

"No, you must have other plans. You want to harm my mother, or me." Without beating around the bush at all, he actually expressed his suspicion.

"What you asked is really straightforward," the beggar said in a high-pitched tone, and approached Qiu Lingfu again, "but you can't beat me, you can only let me bully you with such doubts, there is nothing you can do. Think about it , if people who want to harm you or your mother come to you, and you can't do anything, you can only watch them being devoured raw, what should you do?"

Qiu Lingfu was taken aback, and he couldn't help listening to his words in his heart, but the panic and confusion that surged up at that point were quickly overwhelmed by his own arrogance and shallow understanding of the world, and he said: "No matter what There are ways to deal with it.” My mother said this sentence, “Swallow it raw? People should not eat indiscriminately, not only will they have indigestion, but they may even get sick... I really feel sorry for the I swallow people whole."

He sighed, saying that, he is not afraid anymore.

In fact, it is very rare to meet someone with such high attainments in martial arts, and I don't know what kind of shit luck I have had, to get entangled with this beggar.But is it possible that the opponents he will meet in the future will all have such superb martial arts?That would be too bad luck.

Qiu Xinsu's set of Suxin swordsmanship was galloping all over the rivers and lakes back then, and after more than ten years of precipitation, it has become more proficient. Qiu Lingfu now inherits the essence of his swordsmanship, and most people he meets in the rivers and lakes will not be his opponents, and even if he really fights But why not run?

The beggar stared into his eyes, "Qiu Lingfu, your tricks can't fool everyone. And I haven't done anything to you now, it's not because of your tricks."

Could it be that this stalker who knew the details of himself and Qiu Xinsu so clearly could not let himself go because of his conscience and compassion?Qiu Lingfu almost laughed his teeth out: "That's because you are hateful, you want to pretend to let me go, and then...Anyway, there is another purpose, although I don't know, but you are definitely not a good person. Don't tell me you lit my Acupuncture, do you still want to say that you are a good person?"

"What about your Bingchen? Are you a good person?" The beggar laughed.

"I'm not." Qiu Lingfu said shamelessly and regretfully, "Because I wasted the ice dust and didn't sprinkle it on you."

"You are really shameless." The beggar put a pair of smiling eyes on him and did not leave. He said again, "What purpose do I have, am I a good person, why don't you find out slowly in the future?"

I will ask this question with a sword around your neck, Qiu Lingfu bit his lower lip, affirming so resolutely.

"Who are you?" He asked again, the beggar's blood became more and more beautiful on his white face like jade.

"A beggar," he said, "a lonely ghost, a stray dog, a lowly stalker, Ah Po."

Headache, really headache.

Xu Bichuan watched Qiu Lingfu rummage through the box, taking out the treasures that Palace Master Ding sent yesterday to play with one by one, throwing them all over the floor, alternately disgusted or excited expressions on his face.

Last night Qiu Lingfu didn't know where he went crazy, and when he came back, he asked himself with that meaningful expression if he chose to defect to Hua Yuye or to cheat Palace Master Ding's money, and encouraged himself to defect to Hua Yuye without being idle.

This morning I saw myself as if thinking of something, I want to see what kind of gifts Palace Master Ding gave.Said to take a look, Xu Bichuan had already seen Qiu Lingfu pick up a few good things and put them into his arms.

It seems that this kid overheard his conversation, otherwise, how would he know that he accepted such hot money from Palace Master Ding?Xu Bichuan rubbed his forehead, as long as there is someone like Qiu Lingfu by his side, all the people around him probably have no privacy at all.

Although this Ruyi building is exquisite everywhere, the most important thing to prevent the eyes and ears is not the house, but the sharpness of the six senses.Inside and outside the house are just two boys and two clerks, both of whom have their ears and eyesight but have undergone strict training. Small traps have been set up around the Ruyi Building to amplify the sound, and the secrets of the conversation can still be monitored. , but if you really meet someone with superb martial arts, I'm afraid it's hard to guard against thieves.

After calling Xiao Tong to ask questions, I realized that Qiu Lingfu jumped on the roof last night, but Xu Bichuan was talking with people downstairs, from the roof, how do you hear it?Small tricks such as prying tiles are not used in Ruyi Building.

The upper part of the room where I received guests was the place that the little boy would pay attention to. There was nothing wrong with it last night, and I don't know what method Qiu Lingfu used to hear the conversation.

Qiu's mother and son and Hua Yuye have long been indiscriminate between you and me, so it's not a big deal after hearing it, but the more you can't figure out the reason, the more Xu Bichuan will not let it go.Seeing that Qiu Lingfu answered vaguely, he quietly left Qiu Lingfu alone.

In broad daylight, Xu Bichuan found an inconspicuous place and flew onto the roof. With a glance, he saw a little snow-like white powder left on the indigo-colored tiles.After a careful look, it turned out to be a few scattered pinches of ice powder.

This cold ice had nothing to do with eavesdropping, but Xu Bichuan couldn't help frowning.

The sky is slightly cloudy, and the lights are just coming on. Ziyu is a place where heroes and writers come and go. The place of fireworks is full of laughter and laughter, and it is full of excitement.

Go a little outside this busy city, and walk along the Zihe River, which is dotted with lights, the lights are getting colder, and the moonlight is shining.Just between the warm light and the cold moon, there are still some teahouses and small restaurants that have not closed, and a few guests are scattered, drinking tea in a deserted manner.

Among them is a floor called Zijiang Building, which is a tea house under Jiang Hai Lou, a well-known and elegant place in Huaijing.

Literati, poets and heroic knights like to come here to get together, accompanied by a pot of tea, two or three dishes, and talk about the feelings of the world.But more of them are little people, who make appointments with friends in twos and threes, and also like to come here to chat.

Whether it's Jianghailou or Zijiangzhu, the dishes and tea are first-class, and the melody of the piano is refreshing.Although Zijiangzhu's Yousi guqin is not as famous as Jianghailou's idiots, it still has a melodious sound and an antique flavor.

The luthier playing the piano is behind the misty and waterfall-like veil, and the sound of the piano floats into the ears of the tea guests. At this time, the emotional atmosphere is just right.

At this moment, a white-haired old man in ragged clothes, with twisted grass rope around his waist, disheveled long beard reaching his chest, and thin braids came in from outside the door, carrying a jug of wine and sniffling.

All the tea guests here couldn't help looking up a few times, and some people quickly ignored them. After all, there were always a lot of weirdos in Ziyu, some of them had their eyes lit up, and started whispering to their friends with their mouths covered.

The old man came to the center of Zijiang Zhu with the wine, coughed loudly, the shopkeeper Liao of Zijiang Zhu hurried over, and said respectfully: "Old rice and wine senior." The old man looked at the shopkeeper Liao with his eyes hanging, and said vaguely He said twice, and then said: "I'm a book addict, I'm going to talk about it here tonight." He said stubbornly, "Don't stop me, whoever stops me, I will beat him." , Said and pretended to wave his fist twice.

The shopkeeper Liao didn't seem to dare to say much to the old man with a strange temper, so he turned around and said to the room full of only 20 people: "The old man of rice and wine has traveled all over the world, and today he is lucky to come to Zijiangzhu. Liao is here to mention to you all Wake up and say hello."

As the sound of the piano faded away, the luthier stopped, stood up and was about to leave.

"What time is it? How can a storyteller tell it at night? We want to listen to the piano, not the book!" Some people don't understand Jianghailou Zijiangzhu's always accommodating old people who eat and drink with exception, and they don't understand this story Old Jiu's strange temper caused a quarrel.Those who want to hear stories come during the day, and those who stay at night are chatting with friends.Some people present naturally felt indifferent, and some people were naturally unhappy when they heard it.

The one who made a fuss wasn't some literati, poet or Jiang Hu. Judging by his temperament, he was probably a little person with little knowledge.

The old man Fanjiu looked at that person, his face was full of displeasure, and he snorted: "I'm going to talk today, if you don't listen to me, go away! If you make trouble again, I'm afraid I won't have a subject for a story next time, so I have to tell your story Already! Do you want the story to start when you were thrown into a latrine, or when your sons and daughters offered incense to you and told it backwards?"

This is obviously an old man with a white beard, but his words and deeds are childlike, making some guests secretly laugh.

The man blushed when he heard the laughter, and sneered loudly: "You old man! You are crazy, you tell a book at night, and you don't know what's wrong? Shopkeeper Liao! Shopkeeper Liao!"

He called the shopkeeper again.The guy next to him whispered to him, hoping that the matter would not cause trouble. After all, this old man of rice and wine was an unwritten existence in Jianghailou.

Shopkeeper Liao smiled helplessly, and was about to go forward, but the old man Fanjiu took out a thing from his sleeve, staggered two steps, turned over and jumped in front of the man, and took out the bright and sharp thing in his hand with a smile.The man took a look, only to see that it was a sharp and terrifying needle, and the old man Fanjiu grabbed the man's head and stabbed it somewhere on the man's head!

The man was so frightened that he struggled back, and the old man Fanjiu let him go without holding back, and laughed loudly: "I'll make you behave! I'll make your ears deaf for a few days and your throat hoarse for a few days, so you won't make trouble with me." , I don't bother you either."

The man just saw that old man Fanjiu moved his mouth but made no sound, he just wanted to shout a few words, but found that he couldn't say a word, he was terrified, he beat and kicked like crazy.His companions had no choice but to restrain him, seeing that old man Fanjiu was crazy and not easy to mess with, one of them hurriedly explained to the deaf-mute what Old Man Fanjiu said to comfort him, the other talked to shopkeeper Liao, and gave Fanjiu again The old man apologized.

"Let's go!" Several people dragged the guy who caused trouble, and they thought they were unlucky, and left Zijiangzhu in despair.

The old man Fanjiu rolled on the ground laughing, laughed for a while and then got up from the ground, played with his beard, muttered "that person is stupid" and "that person is stupid", then walked back to the jar of wine, Full of interest, he went straight to start his own jokes with the remaining half of the guests: "What am I going to say today? By the way, I will first talk about the Buddhism that eats vegetarians! Meat, no wine, no money. If you don’t drink or eat meat, it’s like you haven’t been to Paradise..."

The trip of Qiu Lingfu and the others was postponed.

Originally, they planned to rest and play in Ziyu for a day to recharge their energy before continuing to Huayuye, but a news came that night, which not only delayed the departure time of the three of them, but also alarmed most of the people. purple field.

This Qiu Lingfu played with Qiu Xiaoshi all day, and was exhausted. When he returned to the Ruyi Building, he wanted to take a shower and wash up before going to sleep. But when he entered the Ruyi Building, he saw Xu Bichuan sitting on a carved wooden chair inside. , a cup of tea is deserted on the table, with a serious look on his face.And a little boy seemed to have just finished reporting something to Xu Bichuan, waiting to be dealt with, and stood silently by the side.

The atmosphere in Ruyi Building froze, but Qiu Lingfu seemed to turn a blind eye, and said vigorously, "What's wrong?" Then he guessed, and wailed, "—is the food from the kitchen stolen?"

Xu Bichuan coughed, is the thief in the kitchen the worst thing in Qiu Lingfu's mind?He didn't hide anything, just said: "Today, when Minzhi came back from the market, he heard that Lao Er Fanjiu had appeared in Zijiangzhu an hour ago, and revealed the news that Qiu Xinsu was in Ziyu."

Zijiangzhu is a teahouse property of Jianghailou in Ziyu. Jianghailou is not a Xiangshui palace. It is a teahouse that is sincerely engaged in business.But when the industry grows, it always wants to consolidate and consolidate, and opened such a teahouse in Ziyu.

Hearing what Xu Bichuan said, Qiu Lingfu just laughed and said, "Xu Bichuan, you still trust old man Fanjiu! After hearing this, you have to search through Ziyu to find out my mother? Just now you were thinking hard over there. Yes, are you thinking about how to find my mother in Ziyu? Isn’t it? I’m not afraid of being tricked by Fanjiu!”

He laughed and asked, Xu Bichuan couldn't help but relax, but said: "Then you don't seem to believe it at all?"

Qiu Xiaoshi rolled his eyes at Qiu Lingfu, and said coldly, "He is a charlatan himself, so naturally he doesn't believe anyone."

But Xu Bichuan said slowly: "This old man has always been talking nonsense and unconstrained, and it is rare to spend so long on one thing one after another. Even if I don't believe what he said, I believe that there must be something wrong with this old man. Qiu Xinsu I don’t know if he’s in the Purple Region, but this old man must be in the Purple Region.”

The simple-minded Qiu Xiaoshi was startled by Xu Bichuan's simple analysis and said: "Xu Zhuge is indeed Xu Zhuge... I never thought of it, but you, you are thinking about the trouble of finding this old man ?"

"Trouble?" Xu Bichuan thought it was funny, "I'm sure I'm not the only one who thought of this detour. Naturally, other sects of the world will trouble him, but it's okay for us to find a way to meet this old man."

Although Qiu Lingfu was exhausted after playing for a day, he suddenly became radiant and said, "Not bad! This old man sounds like a ghost. I didn't look for him in Huaijing before, but now I want to see him too."

Then he turned to Xu Bichuan: "Are we going to Zijiangzhu?"

Qiu Xiaoshi looked at Qiu Lingfu's excited look, eager to do something, and couldn't help but annoyed, holding Qiu Lingfu, as if he could hold his interest: "Young master! Let Zhuge handle this matter, what do you do? It's lively, and I don't think you're making trouble!"

Qiu Lingfu snorted at him, not knowing what to do.

Xu Bichuan said with a smile: "But it is said that this old man Fanjiu disappeared after he released the news. If you go to the door and ask Zi Jiangzhu directly, I'm afraid you won't be able to find it, but it may not be impossible. Leave this matter to me." , but I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you to stay for a few more days.”

Xu Bichuan still had something to explain to the two children, so Qiu Lingfu and Qiu Xiaoshi went upstairs, ready to wash up and have a good sleep.

After saying goodbye, the two went to their own rooms, but Qiu Lingfu pushed the door halfway, then stopped, closed the door again, and suddenly shouted like an assassin being assassinated: "There is an assassin!"

There are no more than seven people upstairs and downstairs in Ruyi. One of the two men is cleaning the pots and pans in the kitchen, and the other is resting next to the boiler for boiling water. Hearing the shout, they stopped what they were doing and rushed out of the kitchen. , flew up to the second floor; the two children were only eleven or twelve, and although they were young, they calmly took precautions; Qiu Xiaoshi came out of the room in a panic; the door.

Xu Bichuan entered the door and saw that the Wuya Fan in his hand hadn't opened halfway, then suddenly stopped, and searched around again, the table was a table, a chair was a chair, there was no thief or assassin.

Looking back, the two guys came in and looked around with vigilance on their faces, and saw Qiu Lingfu looking calm, and then Qiu Xiaoshi came from the next door panting.

Xu Bichuan put away the folding fan, doubting in his heart that Qiu Lingfu was playing tricks, but he still asked patiently, "Where is it?"

Qiu Lingfu walked in and looked around, but his eyes finally stayed on the tightly closed window. Before he could speak, Xu Bichuan went to the window and took a closer look. Finally, he came to a conclusion in his heart, which was rare. Gritting his teeth sullenly, he said, "Young Master Qiu..."

After thinking about Qiu Lingfu's height, which was almost as tall as his own, he forced himself to comfort himself that Qiu Lingfu was just a naive one, so don't get angry with him, and said with a dark face: "At this moment, don't joke around." He waved his sleeves , Let the two guys follow him.Those two guys obviously have never seen the world, and they are still baffled at the moment.

Qiu Xiaoshi was stunned for a moment, and then scratched his head to understand what was going on. He couldn't help showing anger, glared at Qiu Lingfu, turned back to his room, and slammed the door behind him.

Seeing that one or two had left, Qiu Lingfu opened his mouth in a daze and realized that he didn't know where to start, so he sighed, turned stiffly, and closed the door behind him.

Suddenly there was a movement behind him, and when he turned around, there was indeed a person standing in front of the window, with a cynical smile on his lips, looking at him with folded arms.

Qiu Lingfu remained vigilant, "What are you doing here? Don't be afraid if I can't beat you. Can't I call someone?"

"Didn't you call just now?" Apo laughed.

Qiu Lingfu stared at him with a pair of glass-like deceptive eyes, and took a step back: "I can't call someone, so why not run?"

"Didn't you run away last night?" Ah Po pressed on step by step.

Qiu Lingfu seemed to lose all energy.

Last night, I pretended to compromise and tricked the beggar Ah Po to release the acupuncture points for me. Once I was free, I immediately ran away without hesitation.But before leaving, why let him see the smiling eyes of the beggar as if everything was expected, so as to wipe away his secret joy at the success of the scheme.

Seeing the strong guard in Qiu Lingfu's eyes, Ah Po suddenly wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything.

Qiu Lingfu pulled out the chair and sat on it with a big thorn. In fact, he was not a prince. It was just that Qiu Xinsu got a lot of money from somewhere, so he didn't have to worry about eating and drinking.No, it is more detestable than those who cause trouble. He can be said to be infected with all the bad habits of street thugs and officials' children.

He took some delicate white porcelain teacup and poured some herbal tea, which was not too cold, and he drank it in one gulp, but it was cold tea, but it tasted like drinking to relieve his sorrow.

He looked at Ah Po, as if he was not so flustered, and said again: "You follow me...what are you going to do?"

"What are you afraid of?" Ah Po said with a smile, "This is how people in Jianghu come and go, are you afraid?"

"Yeah, I'm afraid you'll eat my snacks." Qiu Lingfu snorted coldly.

"I just want to work with you and find Qiu Xinsu." Ah Po said concisely, "But the food..." He stopped talking.

Qiu Lingfu didn't hesitate, "What are you looking for her for?"

"I have something to ask her." Ah Po said.

"Find it yourself." Qiu Lingfu turned his head and poured the tea again, his eyes flowing.

"I want to be with you." Ah Po leaned over without knowing what to do, flipped his clothes, and sat in front of Qiu Lingfu's table, with the high bunch of hair behind him swaying slightly behind his waist.