The next day.
Morning.
Xiao Yu took a nap and got up.
Uncle Liu didn't know when he had led the donkey out of the door. The sun was shining brightly, and Xiao Yu stood at the door, yawning and stretching.
intersection.
A group of farmers in the town hurried to the city with their bags of vegetables. Xiaoyu asked curiously: "Hey, is there any happy event in the city today? Everyone is picking up so many vegetables to go to the city!"
One of the farmers picking Chinese cabbage smiled and replied: "Isn't it? In the next few days, the owner of Gejiazhuang in the city, Ge Changshou, will celebrate his 40th birthday and will have a banquet for guests. He has been buying dishes these days. There are many dishes needed. Now, the neighbors from all over the country are rushing to sell vegetables. Instead of setting up stalls at the vegetable market every day, it is better to sell them to this big owner together and save worry."
Xiaoyu listened and replied: "Oh, that's it."
Seeing everyone drifting away, Xiao Yu thought to herself: If Ge Changshou is celebrating his birthday, wouldn't it mean that Ge Ming is also going? These two are brothers. Ge Changshou is the older brother. He is the dog-walker who fell in love with An Ning a few days ago.
Father. Ge Ming is the younger brother and the leader of the Mingyi Sword Sect. Both of them are on the list to be killed. There is no other way around, so I will go to Gejiazhuang today to explore, maybe there will be a chance to take action.
Gejiazhuang is in the east of the city. If you go east from Huatan Temple, you will have to go by land unless you take the Xiyun Lake waterway.
Xiaoyu closed the door of Liushu's tavern, hummed a little tune, and hurried to the east city.
Lanterns were decorated in front of Gejiazhuang, and the entire wide alley was filled with vegetable farmers queuing up to sell vegetables. In front of the Zhuang Mansion, the servants and maids were busy coming and going.
At a noodle stall at the intersection, Xiao Yu was leisurely drinking noodle soup and seemingly chatting casually with the half-century-old noodle stall owner.
"Boss, this Gejiazhuang is so lively. Is there any happy event going on?"
The noodle stall owner replied:
"The owner of Gejiazhuang has his birthday on the first day of April this year. He is turning thirty-nine years old. He is celebrating his fortieth birthday. How can it not be exciting!"
Xiaoyu asked doubtfully: "Didn't you say thirty-nine years old? Why do you want to celebrate your fortieth birthday?"
The noodle stall owner looked at the young man and explained:
"Young man, don't you know? There has always been a folk custom of not celebrating the birthday of someone who is thirty-nine or forty.
'Everything is perfect, and if it is full, you will suffer losses', which is of course unlucky.
Therefore, people will advance their ten-year-old birthdays to the birthdays of nine years old. "Nine" and "Jiu" are homophonic to express that the life span is not over yet. "
Xiaoyu heard this and replied: "So that's it. I've learned a lesson."
The noodle stall owner chuckled and pointed to the rich middle-aged fat man standing at the door of Gejiazhuang not far away, "We ordinary people don't just expect this big family to hold more happy events every year and make money." Just living life with some money and water... Well, that's Mr. Ge of Gejiazhuang!"
Xiaoyu heard the words, took a look, and thought to himself: Ge Changshou, his face shape is somewhat similar to Ge Ming, the leader of the Mingyi Sword Sect, he has a good name, and he is a rich person. If he has not done anything harmful to nature, he might be able to survive. He is in his eighties and is enjoying his old age. But if you meet yourself, I'm afraid your life will be short rather than long.
Thirty-nine, for him, is probably the end.
"Where is the young master? Can you see him?" Ge Changshou asked a servant.
"The young master went out to walk the dog and hasn't come back yet." The servant replied.
After hearing this, Ge Changshou ordered the servant: "Go find the young master and ask him to take someone to Ba Dao Gate in Chunhua Valley to deliver an invitation to his uncle Wang."
The servant replied: "Yes, sir."
...
Xiaoyu gave the face money and prepared to go for a walk near Huatan Temple, hoping to get news about the temple.
The information given by Seventh Floor and Zhou Feng about the Tong family murder case was generally consistent with the five main conspirators: Ge Ming, Ge Changshou, Lu Fang, Lu Wei, and Wang Heng.
These five people are now giants in Jiangnan.
Once one of these people dies, the others must be cautious. No matter how difficult it is to succeed, if Xiao Yu wants to kill them, he must plan the time, place, and retreat.
There are still three or two days before Ge Changshou celebrates his birthday. These two days are the time to send invitations. Ge Changshou wants to send invitations to Wang Heng, which shows that the relationship between their families is not shallow.
To kill these five people, Ge Changshou's birthday is an excellent opportunity.
Xiaoyu thought for a while, maybe it would be possible to do it on their way to the banquet in the morning.
Thinking of this, he needed an invitation, an invitation from Ge Mansion to invite guests from all over to a banquet.
He does not need to have the invitation in hand, he only needs to know the content on the invitation. To be precise, he needs to know the time when the invitation is posted to invite everyone to the banquet.
He remembered the conversation between Ge Changshou and his servant that he heard just now on the side of Gejiazhuang.
"You go find the young master and ask him to take someone to Ba Daomen in Chunhua Valley to deliver an invitation to his uncle Wang."
Li Luo said that day that Ge Yang was Ge Changshou's son, and Ge Ming, the leader of Mingyi Sword Sect, was his second uncle.
Ge Changshou asked Ge Yang to go to Chunhua Valley to deliver invitations!
Thinking of this, Xiao Yu smiled slightly and headed towards Yu'an Ancient Town outside the city.
It was still morning, and the sun had not yet fully risen. If Ge Yang wanted to go to Chunhua Valley, he had to pass by Liushu Tavern and Yu'an Ancient Town.
Xiaoyu grew up with the master and the old man, two old gangsters, and was often involved in sneaking around. It shouldn't be difficult to get the invitation from Ge Yang.
Coincidentally, the stinky tofu from Lao An's house in Yu'an Town is very delicious. Xiaoyu hasn't eaten it for a few days, so he is a bit greedy, so he went to try it first.
When the time comes, find a place to wait for Ge Yang and his party at the corner of Yu'an Town, and steal his invitation to Chunhua Valley!
On the way back, he passed Liushu's Tavern. Before Xiaoyu reached the three-way intersection, he heard a familiar voice.
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, are you at home? Xiaoyu!"
After hearing this, Xiaoyu hurriedly pulled away and hid under the tree on the roadside.
At the door of the tavern, two girls stood next to the old locust tree. Their voices were familiar and their figures were familiar.
It was Li Luo and An Ning.
Xiaoyu didn't have time to take care of these two girls at this time. He had to go to Yu'an town to do some serious business, and he couldn't be delayed by Li Luo.
An Ning said to Li Luo from one side: "Miss, stop shouting, Xiao Yu is not in the tavern. You see, their taverns are closed, the courtyard doors are locked, and there is no one inside."
Li Luo pouted, regretfully, and shouted "Xiao Yu" several times to the yard.
At this time, Uncle Liu came over from another side road not far away carrying a basket of spring bamboo shoots, "Who is calling Xiaoyu?"
Li Luo turned around and saw this uncle, who was a bit unfamiliar. On the morning they came to the tavern, Uncle Six had not returned from Aunt Li's house. The only two people they saw in the tavern were Uncle Liu and Xiao Yu.
Therefore, they don’t know Uncle Six.
Li Luo saw Uncle Liu leaning the basket of spring bamboo shoots on the ground and taking the key from his arms to open the courtyard door. He asked curiously, "Uncle, are you from this tavern too?"
Uncle Liu pointed to the signboard "Uncle Liu's Tavern" under the wooden board with the word "out of business" on one side and replied: "Well, I am Uncle Liu, the owner of the tavern! Girls, what do you want to do with Xiaoyu?"
