After the punch, the hawker appeared. Looking at Lao Li who was holding his chest and panting, the hawker chuckled and said, "Brother Li, is my punch still worthy of your attention?"
At this time, the true energy in Lao Li's chest and abdomen was like an overflowing river, and it was in chaos. He could only gasp for breath. Lao Li gritted his teeth and replied: "Today, I was blind and did not recognize the master. I admit my defeat." At this moment, Li still couldn't figure out why he hadn't discovered the depth of his inner strength just now because this hawker was so strong in martial arts.
"You don't have to look like this." The hawker looked at Lao Li's doubtful eyes and said with a smile.
Looking at Lao Li's exhausted state, the vendor put his hands behind his back and walked slowly towards Lao Li, saying as he walked: "I didn't attack me when I was in the alley, so now I will give you a chance. "
Seeing that the hawker was not in a hurry, Lao Li secretly felt lucky and hoped to regain more internal strength, but the true energy in his chest and abdomen was disturbed. After a little exercise, Lao Li's old injury was beginning to recover, and the severe pain caused Lao Li to cough.
"You are walking around the rivers and lakes with no fixed place and no skills. Why don't you join us and we will become brothers. Once this is done, I will ensure that you will have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life, and you will never have to wander around the world again." The hawker has grown old. In front of Li, looking at Lao Li who was coughing non-stop, he said.
The hawker had indeed developed an appreciation for Lao Li during the encounter. He had been operating in Liangzhou for many years and had seen thousands of Jianghu people. But like this man with a scarred face, his mental skills and mental skills are all top-notch and can only be counted on one's fingers.
Previously, the man sent someone with a handwritten letter with a seal to summon his group. If he wanted to protect the brothers in Liangzhou, it would be nice to have more help.
If this scar-faced man is willing to join, he may have a chance to get rid of them if he confronts that group of people again, and it is not impossible to even get the thing back.
Although Lao Li had an old chest injury and could only breathe, he listened to the vendor's solicitation. It seemed as if the hawker had tapped his smile point, and he kept laughing wildly.
The hawker seemed to be irritated by Lao Li's ridicule, and he looked a little embarrassed. He said with a cold face: "Are what I said so funny?"
Old Li coughed violently due to his wild laughter, which calmed down the burning feeling in his chest. With a smile on his lips, Old Li said back to the hawker: "When I walked around the world, you were still a baby sucking milk. Don't follow me." Come here, look at what you are wearing, it is nothing more than kidnapping, extortion, and robbery. How could I be associated with you? My skills are not as good as others, I am blind, I want to kill or behead, just do whatever I want, just frown. With my brows, I am not a good man."
At this moment, the hawker somewhat admired the courage of this scarred man, and saw that Lao Li was unwilling to give in. The hawker's expression softened, and he said: "We are all from the rivers and lakes, and we are not people who do evil things. Brother, I don't want to, but I won't force you. This is because our whereabouts cannot be leaked. If you let you go, Our whereabouts were leaked. I feel sorry for my brothers in Liangzhou, so I would like to ask you to go somewhere to rest for a few days. When I finish waiting, I will naturally let you go."
Remembering that he had never harmed the lives of his brothers, either in the alley or during the fight with his men, the vendor still planned to spare Lao Li's life.
Lao Li held the hatchet tremblingly and was about to retort when he saw the hawker flash and come to Lao Li's side. If Lao Li's old injury hadn't resurfaced and he had a head-on fight, he could still get into a fight with the hawker.
Now that Lao Li has suffered internal injuries and an old illness has relapsed, he can only watch helplessly as the vendor takes action, sealing the large acupuncture points and throats all over his body, and sealing his mute points with lightning speed.
Seeing that the scarred man's acupuncture points were sealed by his boss, those shadowy masked men stepped forward and tied up Lao Li. They then took off their black clothes, revealing the ordinary Baixin clothes underneath.
After a while, everyone hailed a carriage filled with vegetables to drive into the alley, and everyone worked together to stuff Lao Li into the carriage carrying vegetables.
Then everyone looked at each other and dispersed, leaving only two or three men following the carriage as it slowly drove out of the alley.
In the Yuelai Building, in the private room on the second floor attic. Xue Hu looked like he was roasting goose on one side and chicken on the other, feasting happily. When he was in the mood to eat, Xue Hu picked up the wine jar, filled the cup with the worried Gu Xiao who was sitting beside him, and shouted: "Brother Gu, come here, Xue will give you a bowl."
Although Gu Xiao picked up the wine cup, he was not in the mood to drink at all. I had been searching for a long time but could not find Lao Li. Gu Xiao had no choice but to leave his mark and follow Lin'er and others to Yuelai Tower first.
A table of wine and food in the Yuelai building was ready, but Lao Li still hadn't shown up, and the faint worry in Gu Xiao's heart became more and more intense. So he found a boy in front of Yuelai Building who was delivering messages for guests. He gave the boy a piece of silver and asked him to go to the inn and see if Lao Li had gone back first.
Holding the wine cup, Gu Xiao stared at the street and thought. Uncle Li usually has some good wine, and he would never disappear for so long without any reason. Where did he go? Is it still related to Liuzhuang? But Liuzhuang has been completely burned by fire? Who could it be? With no clue in his heart, Gu Xiao could only frown and think hard.
Half an hour later, Xue Hu had cleared the table and shouted to the waiter to serve more food and wine.
The waiter entered the private room with a flattering smile. After listening to Xue Hu's instructions, he went down to prepare the meal. However, Gu Xiao, who had been thinking for a long time and had not spoken, caught a glimpse of the waiter. After sizing up the waiter, Gu Xiao's eyes changed slightly and he called out to the waiter.
"Brother, how long have you been working as a waiter in Yuelailou?" Gu Xiao looked at the waiter and asked with a smile on his face.
When the waiter saw that the guest suddenly asked him this, he was slightly startled at first, then put on a smile and skillfully put the sweat towel on his shoulders, bowed to Gu Xiao and said, "In reply to the guest officer, sincerely welcome me Since the Lailou was built, I have been busy in this shop, and no one else has."
When Gu Xiao heard this, he smiled and said: "That means I recognized the wrong person. You look like a distant relative of mine. Later, because he moved to the city with his family, we lost contact."
The waiter smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. I have a popular face, and many people say that I look familiar to you. If your guest has nothing else to do, I will prepare wine and food for you."
Seeing Gu Xiao nodding, the waiter bowed and exited the private room, heading towards the kitchen.
Lin'er saw that Gu Xiaojian's eyebrows were frowning even more after the waiter left, so he hugged Ta Xue who was sleeping soundly on his back after eating a full meal. He comforted Gu Xiao and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Li has been walking in the world for many years. Besides, he is very skilled in martial arts, and this is in Liangzhou City, so there won’t be any problem, maybe Uncle Li has returned to the inn.”
While Lin'er was talking, the messenger boy ran all the way into the Yuelai Building. He glanced around and saw the name of Ya on the second floor. He quickly went up to the second floor and knocked on the door of the private room.
"Sir, Miss, I have gone to the inn you mentioned, but I have not found the person you are looking for." After entering the private room, the messenger boy said to Gu Xiao.
After sending away the messenger boy, Gu Xiao seemed to have an idea and whispered to Lin'er: "If Uncle Li goes first, he will definitely tell me. Even if he can't find us, he will wait for me at the inn. It's so far away now." We can't find him, it's been several hours..." Gu Xiao said to himself, recalling everything that happened today.
Finally, I remembered that I had never seen Uncle Li in front of the old vegetable seller's stall. Putting down the wine cup, Gu Xiao said to Lin'er: "This matter is too strange. I have to go to the vegetable place in the morning to check it out."
Lin'er saw that Gu Xiao was worried about Uncle Li, her apricot eyes turned, and then she said: "In that case, I will accompany you to take a look."
Seeing that his master wanted to go with Gu Xiao, Xue Hu hurriedly put down the wine and meat in his hands, wiped his body with his oily hands, and wanted to go together.
Lin'er stopped Xue Hu and said, "We can't all go. You go back to the inn later. If Uncle Li comes back, you can go there to find us."
Xue Hu could not rest assured that his master would be out of his sight, but when he thought about it, he felt relieved again with Brother Gu beside him, so he cupped his fists and said, "Yes."
Gu Xiao stepped forward and whispered a few words to Xue Hu. Xue Hu nodded repeatedly, then glanced at the wine and meat on the table reluctantly, then went downstairs and left the Yuelai Building, looking in the direction of the inn.
Gu Xiao put down a piece of silver and went downstairs with Lin'er to go to the vegetable stall of the old vegetable seller and his wife. When he reached the door, he turned around and glanced at the inn, then looked away.
Lin'er saw Gu Xiao behaving strangely and asked softly: "Gu Xiao, what's wrong with you?"
Gu Xiao said: "Nothing, let's talk while walking."
Gu Xiao and Lin'er walked side by side towards the vegetable stall. As they were walking, a carriage passed by them. Gu Xiao stood up and looked back at the carriage. He saw that the carriage was filled with dishes and was parked in front of the Yuelai Building. The people in the car were shouting for everyone in the store to come and carry the dishes.
After watching for a long time, Gu Xiao looked away. Lin'er, who was accompanying him, was confused by Gu Xiao's continuous weird behavior. Lin'er was walking in the snow in her arms as if she had been awakened by the cold outside the store. She opened her dark eyes and looked around. Seeing Gu Xiao nearby, he hurriedly broke away from Lin'er's arms, followed Gu Xiao's cloak, and slipped into the cloak, leaving only his triangular head staring outside.
After soothing Ta Xue with his hands, Gu Xiao looked away from the carriage and rushed to the vegetable stall with Lin'er. Not long after, the two arrived at the place where Lin'er was listening to the story told by the old woman selling vegetables.
Although it is getting late, there are still people coming and going here.
Seeing the worry on Gu Xiao's face, Lin'er pulled off the exquisite mandarin duck pendant from her waist and said to Gu Xiao, "Let's search separately. If we find Uncle Li's whereabouts..."
"No, I had a vague feeling that something was wrong. Just now, do you still remember that I asked the waiter when Yuelai came to the building?" Gu Xiao interrupted Lin'er softly.
"Didn't you say that he looks like a distant relative of yours?" Lin'er didn't know what medicine Gu Xiao was selling in his gourd.
Gu Xiao pulled Lin'er to the street and whispered: "Outside the city, when you and I first met, the old shopkeeper once told me that the waiter from Yuelai Building had offended Liu by mistake. Yi, his hands were broken by Liu Yi and he became disabled."
"Ouch~ I understand. You just used words to test the waiter, but he said that since the Yuelai Building was built, he has been working in the store and no one else." Lin'er suddenly realized that Gu Xiao was in the Yuelai Building. Suddenly he called the waiter and asked him what he meant.
Lin'er looked at the young man in green clothes in front of him and couldn't help but admire his delicate thoughts, and then listened to Gu Xiao's words.
"This is too strange. Uncle Li has been missing for a long time. You and I will act separately. If anything happens to you again, let me know what to do."
After hearing Gu Xiao's words, Lin'er lowered her head for a moment and said softly: "If one day I also disappear, will you come to look for me like this?"
Gu Xiao didn't know the meaning of the girl's words, he just frowned and looked around, trying to find clues about Uncle Li's disappearance, and blurted out: "Of course, if one day, I will do the same, who made us friend."
After listening to the first half of the sentence, Lin'er felt happy in her heart, but when she heard the word 'friend', Lin'er couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. On the other hand, Ta Xue in Gu Xiao's arms seemed to understand the meaning of Lin'er's words, and tilted his head towards Gu Xiao. Xiao Hao bared his teeth. I'm afraid that if Ta Xue could speak human words, Gu Xiao would have been scolded bloody.
Liangzhou city is filled with heartfelt complaints, and the green clothes are as thick as hibiscus.
Qingshan is puzzled and has a long heart, and only cuddles the green hills against the sunset.
