On the street of Beiyuan, Xia Hu and Han Di dressed in men's clothes and went into a wine shop to drink.
They didn't ask for a private room or even a table. They squeezed in among a group of laborers and came to the counter.
Xia Hu didn't say anything, but took out two copper coins and lined them up on the counter.
The waiter didn't ask any questions and poured a bowl of wine for each of them.
This wine shop is called Qingjianyuanzi. The cheapest water and wine are only a penny a bowl, which is especially suitable for those poor people who work hard to make a living.
Every evening, the paid laborers come to the hall and wait. The shopkeeper brings out two barrels of water and wine on time, and the waiter pours them one bowl at a time and collects the money penny by penny until everything is sold out.
If a person who comes to buy water and wine gives an extra copper, the waiter can cut two pieces of fat for him.
There are many people in this kind of place, so Xia Hu and Han Di will take shelter here for a while.
Didn’t you say you were going to the Zhu Skull Teahouse? Why are you at the wine shop?
Xia Hu couldn't help it, she couldn't get rid of the people following her.
The man's cultivation level was above the fifth level, and it was impossible to tell with the help of a sin karma child. He must be a powerful general under Long Xiulian.
If he were allowed to follow him to the Zhu Skull Tea House, even Lu Yanyou would not be able to protect himself.
A man walked through the door of the wine shop. He seemed to be about fifty years old. He had thick eyebrows, bright eyes, and square lips. He was dressed in a green shirt and held a folding fan. Looking at his aura, he knew he was a wealthy man.
He paused in front of the wine shop for a moment, and Xia Hu felt a chill running down his spine.
It's him, following!
There are two wine shops and a teahouse on the street. He probably didn't see which shop I entered.
Han Di wanted to look back. Xia Hu kicked Han Di and signaled her not to look back.
Just standing in this crowd, drinking silently, it was considered luck to avoid him.
The shopkeeper was in a good mood today. He brought an extra bucket of water and wine, and the guests kept cheering.
Seeing the commotion in the wine shop, the man looked elsewhere. Feeling that his breath was gone, Xia Hu let out a sigh of relief.
I'm really lucky today!
Wait a little longer, wait for him to go further!
After waiting for a while, Han Di couldn't bear it anymore. The low-grade wine and the pungent smell of sweat made her choke.
She glanced back and saw that the man was no longer there. She lowered her voice and said to Xia Hu, "That man is gone, let's go too."
This sentence caused trouble.
The whole wine shop immediately fell silent.
From the moment she walked in until now, Xia Hu hadn't said a word, but Han Di unexpectedly spoke.
What's wrong with saying something in such a noisy wine shop? Can anyone hear me?
That depends on who said it.
If a burly man had been talking here for half an hour, no one would have noticed.
But Han Di's voice was incompatible with this wine shop.
There are almost no women visiting this wine shop, especially the standing drinking counter, which is so densely packed and crowded with men that there should be no women here.
The whole wine shop fell silent instantly.
Han Di looked at Xia Hu awkwardly, and sweat broke out from Xia Hu's forehead.
I was pretty lucky, so why did I have to take her out with me!
The coercion on the ridge appeared again, and the middle-aged man who had left suddenly took a few steps back and came to the door of the wine shop again.
Xia Hu didn't look back. He took out a handful of money from his purse and handed it to the waiter. He said in a hoarse voice: "Find me a private room."
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The waiter was stunned for a moment, collected the money, and took the two of them to the private room.
The private room was on the second floor. Xia Hu led Han Di into the private room, opened the window and jumped out without even touching the stool.
Downstairs from the elegant room is the backyard of the wine shop. When the two wine delivery guys saw Xia Hu and Han Di, they were stunned for a while.
Xia Hu remained silent, pulled Han Di, and jumped out along the courtyard wall.
The two of them passed through several yards one after another and came to the street.
After running along the street, the two turned around and entered a deep alley.
After exiting this alley, you will arrive at Zhu Skull Teahouse.
Before the man could catch up, Xia Hu pulled Han Di and ran as fast as he could. Not long after running, he suddenly saw the man in green appearing beside him, and started running side by side with Xia Hu.
"Xia Zhonglang, where are you going in such a hurry?"
Xia Hu didn't answer, her mind went blank.
She didn't know what to do, she just ran forward as hard as she could.
In fact, running is useless, her speed is much slower than her opponent.
The man in green suddenly stood in front of Xia Hu and said, "Xia Zhonglang, why don't you answer my question? I have no ill intentions towards you."
Xia Hu gasped: "Are you a subordinate of Long Zhongzai?"
The man shook his head and said, "You guessed it wrong. I am not a subordinate of Ryutsuka Zai. I am Ryutsuka Zai."
Xia Hu's head buzzed, and he turned around and continued running.
You have to run, even if you know you can't run, you have to run. Even if you are caught up and killed by him, it is better than being captured alive by him and being humiliated by him!
Long Xiulian appeared next to Xia Hu again: "Xia Zhonglang, why do you always run away? Why do you always bring a servant with you?"
Yes, why do I always take her with me?
Xia Hu let go of Han Di and let her run for her own life!
I shouldn't have let her go, I should have kept her here for me to marry. This is what a slave should do.
Maybe after staying with Xu Zhiqiong for a long time, my character has changed.
That thief Pi always treats his servants kindly!
Long Xiulian stopped in front of Xia Hu again, and the smile on his face became more kind: "Xia Zhonglang, I came to you today because of a good deed for you.
Everyone in the Capital Punishment Department knows that you and Ma Shangfeng are an affectionate couple. They are usually inseparable, but you don’t even have a status.
You two are my subordinates after all, so I might as well act as a matchmaker for you. You first go to Zuka Zaifu with me, and then I'll call Ma Shangfeng, what do you think?"
Xia Hu turned around and ran again, and Long Xiulian caught up with him: "But I heard that Ma Shangfeng has a somewhat romantic temperament. He is too ambitious to stay in Yu Xianguo. I'm afraid he won't come back.
How about this, I give him something from you, maybe a hand, a foot, or an eyeball, what do you think?"
Xia Hu gritted her teeth and ran as fast as she could.
Long Xiulian frowned and said, "Why do you always say nothing?"
Before he finished speaking, Xia Hu had a bloody gash on his left knee, staggered and almost fell down.
She didn't know when Long Xiulian took action, nor what weapon he used.
Long Xiulian's speed was completely beyond her range of perception.
"You should answer my question and tell me what is suitable for Xu Zhiqiong?"
Xia Hu didn't answer.
Long Xiulian struck again, hitting the crook of his left knee. Xia Hu fell to the ground.
Long Xiulian stood in front of Xia Hu, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "Think about it carefully, I think it's better to choose the eyeball. If I dig out one of your eyes, you will still have one eye left, and you can still see things, and your hands and feet will be preserved."
, don’t delay things!”
Xia Hu struggled to get up, limping on one leg, and then ran forward.
Long Xiulian smacked his lips and said, "It's really hard to talk to you."
After saying that, there was another cut on Xia Hu's right knee.
She struggled several times and failed to stand up.
Even if she couldn't stand up, Xia Hu crawled towards the entrance of the alley.
Long Xiulian sighed: "That's it, you can crawl. I'll let you climb, but we have to make an agreement. When you climb out of this alley, you have to decide what to give me. Just listen to my advice and give it to me."
You have the best eyes, I'll put them in a glass bottle for you, I'm sure Ma Shangfeng will like them too."
Xia Hu gritted her teeth and moved towards the entrance of the alley.
You bastard of a bitch, kill me now if you can!
As long as I have a breath, I have to run as fast as I can!
Seeing Xia Hu crawling to the entrance of the alley, Long Xiulian laughed and said, "Okay, I'll assume you chose the eyeball."
He raised his hand and was about to go forward and dig out Xia Hu's left eye when he suddenly saw a middle-aged man walking up and supporting Xia Hu.
"Girl, what's wrong with you?"
Xia Hu looked up and saw that the man was in his fifties, wearing coarse clothes, with fair and thin cheeks, and a goatee on his chin.
He looks familiar, but I don't know where I've seen him before.
The man helped Xia Hu up and onto the bench next to her.
There are tea stoves, teapots, and various tea bowls. It turns out that this man is a drink stall owner.
Have you seen him before?
The man looked at Xia Hu and said, "Girl, sit down and have a drink. There is osmanthus tea, lychee honey, cold soup with ice, and freshly brewed hot tea."
While talking, Long Xiulian walked out of the alley.
Xia Hu struggled to get up and run away, but the owner of the drink stall made Xia Hu sit down again: "I bought this bowl of drink. Girl, drink it steadily."
Long Xiulian stood behind the drinker stall owner, still with a kind smile on his face and said: "Who are you?"
The stall owner quickly turned around, rubbed his hands, and said with a simple smile: "Seller of drinks, would you like to have a bowl to try?"
Long Xiulian looked around, but there was no one around.
He looked at it with the child of sinful karma and couldn't see the man's cultivation level.
This man is definitely not an ordinary stall owner, he has a way of concealing his cultivation.
There is no need to say anything to such people, just kill them.
Long Xiulian smiled and said: "How do you sell this drink?"
The stall owner smiled and said: "It depends on what you want to drink. Lychee honey costs 4 renminbi, adding some ice shavings costs 7 renminbi. Osmanthus tea is cheap, just 3 renminbi for a bowl. If you still think it's expensive, I still have..."
Long Xiulian suddenly raised his hand.
Xia Hu couldn't see him raising his hand at all.
There was a small knife hidden in his palm, and he slashed it across the stall owner's neck without leaving any trace.
Blood splashed, reflecting Long Xiulian's smiling face.
There was indifference and ridicule in the smile.
In his eyes, this stall owner seemed not to be a person, or even a life at all.
Xia Hu gritted his teeth!
She didn't want to hurt this innocent person, but she couldn't do anything now.
She struggled, stumbled, and then crawled forward.
Long Xiulian ignored Xia Hu, and the smile on his face froze.
The blood splattered was not that of the stall owner, but his own.
From the wrist to the fingertips, a layer of skin on the back of his hand was torn off, exposing Mohu's flesh and blood.
The other side was unscathed!
Underestimating the enemy!
The opponent took action later than him, but was faster than him!
Talk and laugh about peeling!
This is a third-grade eunuch.
The stall owner held a piece of human skin in his hand, shook his head and said with a smile: "Sir, it's just a drink for a few cents, so you don't need to give me such a big gift."
Long Xiulian was still surprised when he saw the stall owner taking action again.
Long Xiulian hurriedly parried and felt another sharp pain in his left wrist.
Orchid bone crushing.
The stall owner showed off his orchid finger and cut off a piece of his wrist bone.
Long Xiulian saw his situation clearly.
The judge is most afraid of opponents who are faster than himself.
If the distance between the two sides is far enough, the outcome is difficult to predict.
Now that the distance was so close, it was impossible for him to defeat the eunuch opposite him.
If a third-grade eunuch approaches him, even if he turns around and runs away, he can't escape him.
There was absolutely no benefit in continuing to fight. Long Xiulian did not hesitate, tapped his toes on the ground, and disappeared without a trace.
He went directly back to Tsukazaifu.
…
The stall owner picked up a broken bone from the ground and threw the human skin into the charcoal fire.
Xia Hu was behind her, still struggling to crawl, and the stall owner supported her on the bench again.
"You are Xu Zhiqiong's woman, I have met you before."
Xia Hu asked tremblingly: "Who are you?"
The stall owner smiled and said: "A year ago, Xu Zhiqiong and I were enemies. Now, I should be considered his nobleman."