Raising his hand to push aside a layer of snow on the ground, Gu Xiao discovered the mark of the carriage's wheels. After carefully studying the wheel marks of the carriage and looking up into the sky, Gu Xiao silently calculated the depth of the falling snow and the level of snow on the ground, made a rough deduction, and then stood up.
Lin'er on the side looked at Gu Xiao's determined eyes and knew that Gu Xiao must have discovered something, so he asked: "What did you find?"
"From the thickness of the snow covering the tracks of the carriage wheels on the ground, I roughly estimated the time, and remembered the carriage carrying vegetables when we left Yuelai Tower. The time and the floating snow are consistent, but I still need Go and confirm." Gu Xiao already had a judgment in his mind, but he still needed proof.
Having made up his mind, Gu Xiao said to Lin'er, "I'm afraid we have to go to Yuelai Tower again."
"Okay." Lin'er said without thinking.
"I had a few words with Brother Xue when I was in Yuelai Tower. Aren't you curious about what I said?" Gu Xiao thought of Xue Hu, and his request for help must have come to fruition.
I remembered that Lin'er was still angry for no reason outside the alley, so I wanted Lin'er to talk more.
Lin'er just wanted to help Gu Xiao find Uncle Li's whereabouts. Now she heard Gu Xiao talking about other things and thought of what happened outside the alley. She didn't know what happened to her. When she saw Gu Xiao's innocent eyes, she became angry. .
So he said angrily: "If you want to say something, you will tell me naturally. If you don't want to say it, I can't beat you, what else can I do to you?"
Seeing Lin'er look like that outside the alley again, Gu Xiao could only say: "I fought with Brother Xue outside the city and knew that Brother Xue was good at tracking, so I got rid of Brother Xue and went to the inn to check on Uncle Li. Have you returned to the inn? Secondly, I asked Brother Xue to check whether the Yuelai Building has changed owners."
When Lin'er heard Gu Xiao mention the tracking technique, a look of worry flashed across her face.
Although Gu Xiao was annoyed that he didn't understand his thoughts, he also knew that the most important thing at the moment was Uncle Li's whereabouts, so he stopped being angry and said: "Xue Hu only knows a little bit about tracking skills. I'm afraid that all the people in Liangzhou City If everything gets mixed up, I'm afraid it will be difficult to come up with any results. At the moment, we'd better go to the Yuelai Building you mentioned and have a look around, and then meet up with Xue Hu."
Gu Xiao nodded and said: "What you said is true, let's leave now."
The person who was watching at the entrance of the alley saw the man and woman coming out of the alley and walking quickly towards Yuelai Tower. After thinking for a moment, the person who was watching hurriedly headed towards Yuelai Tower to report the news.
In a secluded room in the back hall of Yuelai Building, Su Mei brought Chi Tianya to the desk in the room. Su Mei stretched out her hand and fumbled around on the desk. When she touched a bump, she pressed hard with her fingertips. Down.
There was a "click" sound on the ground under the bookcase, revealing a secret door. Under the secret door were stairs leading down. Then Su Mei looked at Chi Tianya's affirmative eyes and picked up an oil lamp from the bookcase. Lifting up his robe and walking slowly into the secret door, Chi Tianya followed Su Mei into the secret door on the ground.
After the two figures disappeared into the darkness on the ground, there was another 'click', and the secret door was closed, and there were no more two figures in the room.
Under the steps of the secret door was a low corridor. The two walked in the corridor for a while, and then Sumei saw a dark room in front of them.
Pushing open the door of the darkroom, the darkroom is not big. It is made of blue wall tiles on the ground, leaving only a small vent.
I saw a scarred man lying quietly on the bed. When she walked in, she saw the scarred-faced man looking at her with angry eyes. Suddenly, Su Mei knew that this man was the wanderer mentioned by his senior brother. Seeing that he was motionless, just staring at himself and Chi Tianya, he knew that his mute acupoint and all the major acupoints in his body had been sealed.
Esumei put on a flattering look in front of others, covered her mouth and pretended to be surprised, turned back to Chi Tianya and said, "Is it him?"
Chi Tianya was very cooperative with Esumei's performance and nodded: "Yes."
When Su Mei saw her senior brother winking, she immediately understood what he meant and decided to "sing the red face" herself. Then he pretended to be distressed, came to Lao Li's side, and said: "Scar-faced man, I see that you have been sealed for a long time, and I want to untie your dumb hole to slow you down. Don't yell. If you Agree and wink.”
Seeing the scar-faced man's eyes blinking uncontrollably, he covered his mouth and chuckled. Su Mei's slender fingers came out of his sleeves and tapped Lao Li's throat several times to open the acupuncture points for Lao Li.
I thought it was a curse, but the scar-faced man who opened the acupuncture point turned out to be extremely calm. He said calmly: "You don't want my life, and I don't have anything valuable on me. What do you want?"
At this moment, Esumei was really a little surprised, and couldn't help but admire Chi Tianya's eye for seeing people. This man was indeed a talent worthy of his senior brother. Being calm and collected in times of trouble is indeed something special.
When Jian Chi Tianya came to the bedside, Su Mei stepped away wisely and said softly: "You guys chat, I'll prepare some food and drink. I think this elder brother must be hungry too." After saying that, Su Mei closed the door and left.
"This eldest brother, my surname is Chi, and my name is Tianya. He is also a wanderer like Xiongtai. This time, I have no choice but to invite Xiongtai here. Please forgive me." After Chi Tianya said, He cupped his fists and saluted Lao Li.
Although Lao Li couldn't move, he introduced his name to the vendor in front of him and saluted him. Remembering that he was curious enough to pry into other people's secrets, the fire in his chest suddenly disappeared and he sighed: "Brother, there is no need to be polite. I can't stand up, so I won't return the courtesy. Today in Liangzhou Lane, I am the rudest person." First, I saw that you were acting secretly, so out of curiosity, I followed you all the way."
After a pause in his tone, Lao Li continued: "When I first met you, I thought you were thieves who robbed homes and homes, so I thought of doing justice for heaven."
Chi Tianya smiled and said, "Then why don't you kill me?"
Lao Li said helplessly: "How can you kill people without any evidence? Besides, I was discovered by you before I even opened my mouth, and you brought me here all the way. But along the way, I also figured out, if you are You evil thief, I'm afraid I'm dead now."
Chi Tianya put his hands on his hands and smiled and said: "Brother Mingjian, although our group of brothers are all skilled in martial arts, we are all people who keep their own rules."
"Then why do you still bring me here?" Lao Li was a little confused by the sudden courtesy of the 'hawker' Chi Tianya, and he couldn't help but ask.
"I'm ashamed to say that our group of people were originally a small sect in the world. Later, something happened and we fell into the world. But we don't want to become bandits. We just want to serve the people with peace of mind and do something with our own hands. Just make a living." Chi Tianya sighed and continued.
"There used to be a senior brother in my sect. Recently, my senior brother found us, brought the sect's seal, and ordered us to go to Lingzhou. Although I don't know what he wants to do yet. But as far as I know, my senior brother He has long been reduced to the scum of the world. Therefore, summoning us to go this time is definitely not a good thing." Chi Tianya frowned and said.
Lao Li had been wandering around the world for many years in his early years. After listening to Chi Tianya for a long time, he understood what he meant and said, "Do you want me to help you?"
Chi Tianya said sincerely: "If brother is willing to join us, I guarantee that brother will not have to wander around the world again..."
Lao Li was caught in a dilemma for a while. It was impossible for him to join Chi Tianya's group, but if he didn't agree, he would have to be locked up in this dark room for who knows how many days. The young master must have realized that he Missing, I'm afraid people are searching for me all over the city.
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Chi Tianya and Lao Li were talking in the dark room. Gu Xiao and Lin'er had already arrived at Yuelai Building and were about to enter when a rough voice stopped them.
"Master, Brother Gu." The voice came from Xue Hu.
When Xue Hu saw the two of them about to enter the Yuelai Building, he hurriedly pulled them aside. The big head looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so he said: "Brother Gu, there is no old man in the inn." Li's figure, the innkeeper also said that Lao Li has never come back. Another thing you asked me to find out is exactly what you said. Yuelailou just changed its owner a few days ago, and he said it was a beautiful woman. The woman bought this Yuelai Tower and gave her a total of eight thousand taels."
"Eight thousand taels? I'm afraid it's far higher than the market price of the restaurant, right?" Gu Xiao and Lin'er looked at each other.
"Yeah, I'm confused too. No matter how good the business of this restaurant is, buying the restaurant with eight thousand taels is really a generous deal." Xue Hu shook his big head and couldn't understand.
"In that case, let's go have another meal." Gu Xiaoxing narrowed his eyes slightly and made up his mind.
Lin'er also knew that this matter was too strange, and was ready to follow Gu Xiao to visit Yuelou again. Among the three people and one Diao, the happiest thing was that Xue Hu and Lin'er had Tuxue in their arms, and they could have a big meal.
Gu Xiao and his party stepped into the Yuelai Building again, and the waiter still stepped forward to greet the guests skillfully. Seeing Gu Xiao and the others, a look of alertness flashed across the waiter's face, and then he put on that familiar flattering smile. The waiter smiled and said, "Sir, why are you leaving again and again? I remember, I remember, How many of you have had a meal not long ago?"
Before Gu Xiao Lin'er could speak, Xue Hu's rough voice shouted: "Why, it's not like we didn't pay, so why don't you do business?"
Gu Xiao noticed the waiter's expression. When Lin'er saw Gu Xiao's expression, she raised her hand to signal Xue Hu to step back.
"We had something urgent just now, but it has been taken care of now. My eldest brother has a big appetite and is not full. Moreover, your dishes are very appetizing to my eldest brother, so I will come again." The dimples on Gu Xiao's cheeks showed slightly. Said with a smile.
The waiter rolled his eyes and responded immediately: "That's it, that's it. Guests are invited inside, but the lobby is full. Guests should be invited to the private room on the second floor!"
Gu Xiao and Lin'er looked at each other and then said: "It doesn't matter, just lead the way from the front."
Seeing this, the waiter hurriedly led Gu Xiao and his party to the second floor. Just when Gu Xiaochang and others were heading to the second floor, the person who was following him had also entered the Yuelai Building. Seeing Gu Xiao and others sitting down on the second floor, when the waiter went downstairs to pass the dishes, the man who was following him pretended to cough, which attracted the attention of the waiter.
When the waiter saw this person, his expression changed slightly, and then he nodded slightly to the person who was watching him, grabbed the waiter who was serving the food, gave some instructions in a low voice, and walked straight to the back hall.
Seeing this, the man who was following him pretended to get up and walked towards the back hall. The actions of these two people were clearly seen by Gu Xiao and Lin'er on the second floor.
I saw Lin'er whispering a few words in Gu Xiao's ear. Gu Xiao went downstairs in surprise.
"Are you sure this person has been following us since he left the blacksmith shop?" Gu Xiao asked Lin'er in a low voice.
Lin'er's almond-shaped eyes showed a look of pride, and her lips parted lightly as she said, "Of course, didn't I say that Xue Hu has only scratched the surface of his tracking skills, but my tracking skills are much better than his."
The dishes were not served yet, and there were only some snacks on the table. Xue Hu and Taxue were eating snacks. After listening to Lin'er's words, Xue Hu, who had his mouth full of cakes, came up and said, "I testify that the master's tracking skills are indeed better than mine." Much better."
"Did you see the look in the eyes of those two people just now?" Gu Xiao asked.
Lin'er said: "I saw it. The guy following us was winking at the waiter. They have known each other for a long time."
"Yes, I feel relieved now that they are so cautious." Gu Xiao whispered to Lin'er.
Lin'er understood and said: "Yes, the more cautious you are, it means there is a problem with the Yuelai Building and the blacksmith shop."
"I saw that the waiter and the people you said were watching went to the back hall together. I think that after a while, the people behind them will come out." Gu Xiao stretched his body and leaned comfortably on the chair. Quietly waiting for the person behind the scenes to appear.
