Xu Xiaoyi is fifteen or sixteen years old, his appearance is still very naïve, and he is short, he looks only eleven or twelve years old, younger than Shangguan Ru, ordinary people will always ignore such children, in fact, others are big ghosts, they are like fish and water in Nancheng, and being a servant in a brothel is considered a third-rate, stealing things can barely enter the second-rate, and inquiring about intelligence is the first-rate.

Ever since he mentioned at the dinner table that he had found rice grains in bed after the death of Marquis Gao, he had always been concerned about this matter and went out to wander around, and it turned out that he had heard a lot of news.

Gao Hou Ye was about to go bankrupt before he died, many people thought that his property would never be spent, in fact, it was just an illusion, Gao Hou Ye maintained this illusion, so as to continue to borrow, there is a rumor that Qiu She was the first to be initiated by Gao Hou Ye, coaxing people like Meng Wugongzi to pay money, and he secretly embezzled the money to pay off the debt.

This plan doesn't seem to be going well, because when the Marquis Gao died, a large number of creditors were dumbfounded, and those who started quickly moved all the things in the Hou Ye's mansion, and those who started slowly could only consider themselves unlucky.

The rice shopkeeper is one of the biggest unlucky eggs, the silver he lent is the public money handed over by the merchants of the rice and noodle shop, part of which is the protection fee, in other words, he lent the money that should be handed over to the Kun Society to the Qiu Society, and it will be exposed at the end of the month, so he is ready to flee.

Regarding the escape, Xu Xiaoyi speculated, "His family's servants went to buy a few Hedong horses today, you know, it is the kind of horse that grows short but has long hair, isn't this a sign that he is going to run away and escape?"

"It turns out that he is a traitor!" Shangguan Ru gritted his teeth, "Let's go, go and settle accounts with him." ”

The tenth prince gave an order, and the swordsmen and killers naturally responded in unison, Gu Shenwei was more cautious, feeling that Xu Xiaoyi's hearsay information could not be fully believed, so it was better to go and investigate first.

Gu Shenwei still has an unspoken reason, in case this is another trap, he is not willing to let the tenth prince get into danger again.

Shangguan Yushi understood Huan Nu's intentions and made an exception to agree with him.

So, Gu Shenwei led four killers to visit the rice shopkeeper's lair at night, and if the rice shopkeeper really wanted to escape, he would be arrested, and the others would stay in the house to wait for news.

This is a cold winter night, the cold wind is blowing, and five young killers are hiding around the rice shopkeeper's house, some squatting at the base of the wall, some lying on the roof, enduring the bitter cold that can freeze people to death, staring at every move of the rice house.

The Lotus Girl jumped into the courtyard to check on it, and when she came out, she reported that there were two carriages inside, one full of boxes and the other empty, and that the coachman was drinking to keep warm, and that the saddles were complete, and that it seemed that they were about to depart.

really let Xu Xiaoyi guess correctly.

The rice shopkeeper was worried, in order to inherit the status of the big cover of the rice noodle shop from Zhou Baozi, he had spent a lot of money, and he wanted to make a fortune from the high marquis, but he didn't expect that he would lose all his money, and all the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were lost, not only his savings were wiped out, but he also couldn't treat the merchants in the rice noodle shop and the deadly Kun society.

The tenth prince and Yang Huan came to visit unexpectedly during the day, and the shopkeeper became more and more weak and decided to escape from Biyu City as soon as possible.

He was waiting for the fifth watch, taking advantage of the deserted time in Nancheng to set off, and as for how far he could run, he didn't even dare to think about it.

As a result, as soon as the carriage was set, before he could take a step out of the courtyard gate, the shopkeeper Mi, his two wives and concubines, and three sons were blocked.

Five black-clad masked men descended from the sky, their swords unsheathed, like messengers of impermanence sent by hell.

The two drivers glanced at each other and crouched under the car with their heads down, indicating that they did not know anything and did not intend to see it.

The package under the arm of the rice shopkeeper fell to the ground, opened his mouth, inhaled a mouthful of cool air, couldn't spit out a word, and his wife and children stood behind him in a daze, only shivering.

Gu Shen beckoned, and the rice shopkeeper walked over as if he had lost his soul, his nose twitched with every step he took, as if he was about to cry, and as if he was expressing disdain.

"Shopkeeper Mi is going out?"

The shopkeeper heard the voice of the killer Yang Huan, finally closed his mouth, swallowed a large mouthful of liquid and cold air, and glanced back at his wife and children, "Please, Master Yang, kill me and let them go, the things in this car are enough for this month's expenses." ”

"Live today, die tomorrow. Gu Shenwei's tone was emotionless, he was telling the truth, as soon as the rice shopkeeper died, the debts owed could not be repaid, and his wife and children would naturally be retaliated against, and the person who was hired to do it was still the killer of Kunshe.

The shopkeeper didn't understand this truth, lowered his head, sighed gloomily, and then raised his head again, revealing a crazy look of the last struggle, "What if I reveal very valuable information?"

"The killer can't promise you, I'll have to hear what you have to say first. Gu Shenwei still remained silent, this was the interrogation method he learned from the Jinpeng Fort Heart Washing Academy, allowing the prisoner to dig out his own heart and not give the other party a chance to hide his secrets.

"I know who killed the Marquis Gao. The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he looked at the young killer expectantly, and before he could enthusiastically comply, his eyes slowly dimmed.

Say. ”

"Zhou Huan, it must be him. ”

Gu Shenwei vaguely had the name "Zhou Huan" in his memory, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

The shopkeeper seized the opportunity and revealed all the information he knew, "Zhou Huan, Xiao Zhou Baozi, the godson of Lao Zhou Baozi, Yang Ye may have seen him, this kid was originally a guy from the rice shop, and later climbed to Gao Zhi, he is Gao Houye's ...... Spoiling. ”

Gu Shenwei remembered, it was still when Tie Hanfeng was alive, he followed his master to meet Nancheng's big and small cover, and remembered that Zhou Baozi was followed by a handsome young man, that's all, although Zhou Huan was outstanding, but he didn't have a little twist, and no one could have thought that he would be someone else's pet when they met for the first time.

"Zhou Huan knows swordsmanship?" Gu Shenwei remembered that the handsome young man seemed to have no weapons on his body.

"Yes. As soon as he saw that the other party was interested, the rice shopkeeper immediately became interested, "It's not bad, but he rarely shows his skills, and he doesn't rely on martial arts to eat, so not many people know, as soon as I heard that Gao Hou Ye died of a sword wound, I knew that it was his hand, and the two of them have had a conflict recently, and the relationship is not very good." ”

"You didn't say it earlier. ”

"I ...... I don't want to get in trouble. ”

Gu Shenwei snorted coldly, he didn't believe this statement, if it was really Zhou Huan who killed Gao Houye, the shopkeeper should hate him to the bone, just because of this sword, the silver he lent out turned into ashes.

The rice shopkeeper's face flushed, "Actually, when you talked about rice grains yesterday, I thought it was him, Zhou Huan likes to eat raw rice, and he always carries a handful with him." Alas, it doesn't make sense to me anymore, if I catch the real murderer, I won't return the money. ”

"Who did you mention to the Tenth Prince?"

The shopkeeper looked stunned, "No, as soon as you two left, I was busy packing up my things, and I never saw anyone else." ”

"Where does Zhou Huan live?"

"Hengsheng Rice Shop, he used to be a guy there, and now he is the owner. ”

Gu Shenwei glanced at his companions and pulled out his narrow knife.

The shopkeeper kept shaking his hands in front of him, as if he could block the blade, "Yang Ye, Yang Ye, spare your life, I have said everything I know, and the silver will be given at the end of the month, and there will be no shortage of money." ”

"It would have been better if you had said it earlier. ”

Gu Shenwei waved the knife, and one of the fingers of the rice shopkeeper fell to the ground.

There is no need to kill a cover who owes money, it is the right choice to keep him and continue to pay the money, Gu Shenwei thought so, and explained this to the tenth prince after he went back.

Shangguan Ru didn't care much about money, she was more interested in Zhou Huan, "What is a pet?"

"A man who is pampered by a man. Gu Shenwei explained calmly, he figured it out, since this little girl was willing to be a boy, he didn't need to hide his embarrassment.

"Is this okay? Then the woman can also spoil the woman?" Shangguan Ru asked.

"Well, yes, anything. Gu Shenwei's heart moved, remembering the scene he overheard in the Meng family's garden, and he couldn't help but suspect that the tenth prince's words meant something, so he pretended to be more calm.

"Oh, you two, one asks boldly, and the other doesn't blush, what are you talking about, why don't you just arrest that person named Zhou Huan?" Shangguan Yushi couldn't listen to it.

It was Shangguan Yu who should be blushing, Gu Shen thought about it, but she was glad that she could divert the topic, "I'll spy on him in a while to see if there is anyone behind him." ”

If Shangguan wanted to join in the excitement, Gu Shenwei had to tell him how boring the monitoring task was, he couldn't move or talk, and he waited for half a day, and Shangguan also helped when it rained, and finally dispelled the enthusiasm of the tenth son.

This is not the first time, Gu Shenwei feels that he and Yu Gongzi often want to go together, because they have a similar purpose - to climb on the big tree of the tenth prince, the two are both enemies and the same kind.

Gu Shenwei wanted to spy on the suspect, because he still had a question in his heart, if Zhou Huan was a pet and a real murderer, why did Ye Shilang want to trouble the killer Yang Huan, with the relationship between Ye Shilang and Gao Houye, he should know the details of Zhou Huan and be the first to suspect it.

Gu Shenwei said that the surveillance mission was very boring, in fact, he didn't want to spend a whole day watching a rice shop, he planned to go straight to the enemy camp.

But he was still a step late, the sun was rising, the shops on the whole street were open, only the door of the Hengsheng rice store was closed, Gu Shenwei broke in hard to break in for breaking through the door, and found that there was no one inside, the shelves were neat, the rice cylinder was full, and Zhou Huan obviously ran away in a hurry.

A knife man inquired around the neighborhood and got the news that the Hengsheng rice store had not been open for three days.

The investigation started too late, and Gu Shenwei had already wasted the precious time of the first few days after the murder of Gao Houye.

Several knifemen searched the store carefully, and finally found an important "clue" in a rice jar: a young man died inside, his body covered in rice.

One of the knife men said with confidence that the man had been dead for at least three days.

Gu Shenwei glanced at it and vaguely recognized that this was Zhou Huan, the corpse was holding a sword in his hand, his neck was broken in half, his head was tilted to the side, the wound was like a laughing mouth, and the blood stained the rice grains red.

It looked like Zhou Huan wiped his neck, and Gu Shenwei got into trouble again.

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