Chapter 52

"No way……"

Guo Luquan was stunned when he heard the words, and forgot to put the wine gourd in his hand, "This is an old shop in all over the world, could Ah Fu hear it wrong?"

Zhang Heng said in a muffled voice: "Ah Fu is super spiritual, and he has never missed this journey. Besides, what's wrong with Sihaimen, won't he open a black shop?"

He has deep opinions on Tang Zixiong, so naturally he can't understand Sihaimen.

"What do you idiot know..."

Guo Luquan shook his head and said: "Sihaimen is not simple. The world was in chaos 300 years ago. They organized salesmen to travel around the world and opened inns in the wilderness. How can they do it without any means?"

"The people behind them are very mysterious. They have a good relationship with the royal family of Great Yan and Southern Jin. They have never participated in court disputes. The inn is more comfortable than the inn. Whether it is traveling in the rivers and lakes, or a luxury business traveler, even court officials will stay there."

"If it becomes a black shop, will they still do business?"

Wang Xuan took out the jerky and fed it to Ah Fu and Xiao Bai, then looked ahead, "There are no absolutes in this world, just be careful."

"Yes, my lord."

The three of them walked out of the mountain road, and also saw the inn built against the mountain.

At this moment, just after Xu time, the lanterns of the inn were shaking in the cold night, people's voices were faintly clamoring, mules and horses were neighing, obviously there were many guests staying overnight.

Guo Luquan said with a smile: "Every year during the Lantern Festival, Fucheng is very lively. Three religions and nine streams gather together, and merchants have to ship goods in advance. It is inevitable that there will be some quarrels. Maybe Ah Fu will notice."

"It's okay, just be careful..."

Wang Xuan didn't care about it either, and continued to ride on the horse.

This Four Seas Inn is not small, with a huge flat ground in front of the door, and a row of stables on the side, and two guys are busy feeding.

Seeing the three people coming, the waiter hastily stepped forward to lead the horse, and at the same time had a silly smile on his face: "The guests came just in time, and there are still a few vacant rooms..."

Wang Xuan didn't talk nonsense, got off his horse and threw out a token.

The man took a look after receiving it, and hurriedly bowed and cupped his fists, "It turns out that they are some officials. The backyard has been prepared, please come with me."

Sihaimen is very good at doing business, and usually set up another residence to show the difference between officials and people. Although Wang Xuan mostly stayed in post stations in previous years, he also knew the way.

Seeing the token, the attitude of the two guys became more enthusiastic. One led the horse away, while the other led the way, leading them around the main entrance and up the side slope, and a row of five small courtyards appeared immediately.

Different from the hustle and bustle of the big inn in front, this place is much more elegant and quiet. Two of the courtyards are dimly lit, and the doors of the three are locked tightly, which is completely dark.

"It's dark, adults, be careful where you step."

The clerk stepped forward to open the door, lit the lantern, and after some busy work, he bowed and said, "The hot water will be delivered in a while, adults, would you like some wine and food?"

"Just bring whatever you want."

Wang Xuan looked outside the courtyard, "Who are the people in the other courtyards?"

"This..." The clerk looked embarrassed, "My lord, our Four Seas Inn has a rule that we must not disclose the identity of the guests."

Wang Xuan didn't care either, "Okay, let's go."

As soon as the buddy left, Zhang Heng snorted coldly: "This guy is dishonest, Sihaimen sells information from all over the world, and still keeps it secret for the guests?"

"One size fits one size..."

Guo Luquan smiled and said, "My lord, you eat first, I'll take a walk in front."

"Well, Mr. Guo, be careful."

Wang Xuan knew that Guo Luquan was going to test the wind to see if there were any dangerous people, so that he could know for sure.

After a while, the waiter brought hot water, wine and food, and the two of them simply washed and ate.

……

On the other side, Guo Luquan wandered to the front hall of the inn.

Compared with the elegant and quiet courtyard at the back, this place is much bigger, and the two-story building is like a "well".
" Arranged in a font, half of the dozen or so wine tables in the middle are full of people.

Although Guo Luquan lived and ate in the imperial court, he was like a down-and-out old man who found a place by himself, poured himself a drink, and observed secretly.

He has rich experience in Jianghu, so he quickly got a general idea.

Most of them here are business travel guards and entertainers who run the rivers and lakes.

No wonder, apart from these bitter hahas, who else would run around in this cold spring.

The rivers and lakes are displaced, and the scenery is always only a few.

Huh... the people from the Jin family class are also there?

Guo Luquan secretly smiled, guessed what was going on, pretended not to know him, got up and left after drinking a few more drinks.

Suddenly, the conversation of several guards attracted him.

"Hey, have you heard that the Bloody Thief has gone down the mountain again!"

"Why not? I heard that they were in Huaizhou, but this time they didn't enter the city. Instead, they robbed a mine owned by Sima's family."

"What are they going to do with the mine, the Sima family didn't do it?"

"Why not, dozens of priests chased into the mountains overnight, but unfortunately they didn't even catch the opponent's hair..."

Speaking of this, the guard looked around and whispered: "There are rumors that the Bloody Clothes have stolen a map of the Dragon Vein Cave in the mountains, so they can travel hundreds of miles without a trace, and many evil cultivators have already joined."

"Tsk tsk, it seems that things are getting serious, so you won't come to Bingzhou?"

"Bah, bah, you crow mouth..."

Guo Luquan lowered his head to drink, his brows were serious when he heard it.

He had recuperated in Yong'an for a whole winter, and the blood-clothed bandit was so powerful in such a short period of time, it might not be easy behind him...

Boom!
The door was suddenly knocked open.

Everyone was startled, Cang Langlang drew out his weapon.

Although the Four Seas Inn has its own guards, and the green forest thugs also sell Sihaimen's face and will not easily disturb them, but dogs will jump over the wall when they are in a hurry, let alone people.

To their surprise, it wasn't any bandits who came in, but a young and old man dressed in rustic clothes, supporting a pale-faced middle-aged man.

The guards are all watching with cold eyes, vigilant in their hearts.

Walking in the rivers and lakes, one thing more is worse than one thing less.

Seeing injustice on the road, why is everyone praised for being a chivalrous man?
It is because of less.

However, Guo Luquan's expression changed, "Qi Long?"

After all, the flickering figure has come to the front.

The guards were taken aback, they didn't expect that old man who didn't care much was actually a good hand?

The old and the young dressed in rustic clothes were the master and apprentice of the treasurer who Wang Xuan had seen, seeing Guo Luquan blocking the way, they were startled and wanted to pull out the iron spikes around their waists.

"It's my own."

Qi Long hurriedly stopped the two of them, and said with a pale face, "Old Lu, I've had a bad year, and I fell again..."

"Don't talk yet."

Guo Luquan's face was serious, and he left quickly with the three of them.

On the counter in the lobby, the shopkeeper who was doing the accounts frowned slightly, and called the clerk to order in a low voice...

……

Inside the house, the lights are bright and the smell of blood is full.

On the bed, Qi Long was already in a coma, blood flowed from five finger holes in his chest, and a large area around was scorched and festered, turning green.

"Corpse poison!"

Guo Luquan's complexion changed, his hands were like the wind, first he quickly scraped off the carrion with a knife, then used a cupping pot to pull out the poisonous blood, and took out the medicine powder from his arms...

After a while, I wiped off the sweat on my forehead and bandaged it carefully.

Behind the few people, the clerk of the Four Seas Inn held the plate, bowed and said without changing his expression: "What else do you need, my lords?"

Sihaimen's business is good, Guo Luquan had just brought Qi Long back to the small courtyard, and in a blink of an eye, some staff brought all kinds of wound medicine needles.

"no need."

Wang Xuan waved his staff away, stared at Bibaoren's master and apprentice, and said, "You two, we met again, what happened?"

"Needless to say!"

Guo Luquan was furious, "This is the old zombie's injury, he must have dug a grave!"

The little apprentice in the sheepskin jacket blushed: "Nonsense, our old Yang family only holds back treasures and doesn't dig graves. We are not the same as those local masters."

"Silly baby, shut up."

The old man in the sheepskin jacket stopped his apprentice, took down the pipe and pot from his waist, smoked desperately for a few mouthfuls and then wrinkled his face and said: "Since you guys are familiar with Lord Qi, the old man will not keep it from you."

"The bad boy and I make a living by taking care of the Xiao Family's Treasure Pavilion business, so we got to know Lord Qi. This time, we accepted the mission and went to do business with Muke in the mountains, but something happened."

"Moke?"

Wang Xuan didn't care about it at first, but he became interested when he heard it...

(End of this chapter)

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