Chapter 11 fourth quarter

Xiumi was thinking wildly with her head down, when she suddenly heard Han Liu say: "Third Master, you are too caring. This small island is usually inaccessible, and the cook is also sent by you, so it is safe. Take a step back and say that someone deliberately made a mistake. Poison should also be poured into wine..." Qingfu sneered and said, "That's true. I can't drink this wine until you have tasted it first." The cook then poured wine for everyone and a glass for himself.The cook drank the wine first.Qingfu pointed at Han Liu again, and said: "you."

Seeing that Han Liu had also drank, he paused for a while before Qingfu picked up the wine and drank it down in one gulp.Then he wiped his lips, sighed, and said to Han Liu: "Sister, don't laugh at me, that second master is such a smart and meticulous person, every day he drinks and eats, he must be tasted by someone for two hours, and he is willing to use it when he sees nothing. Unexpectedly, after exhausting all the tricks, Qingqing's life was still missed in the end. As the saying goes, if a wise man has a thousand worries, he will definitely make a mistake; if he is not afraid of the unexpected, he is afraid of the ten thousand."

"Second master is dead?" Han Liu was taken aback. "Dead." Qing Fu said, "I was just buried two days ago." "Okay, how did the second master die?" "After the general was killed, I suspected that the second master was coveting the power, and secretly attacked him. His death shows that the general was not killed by the second master. It is obvious that there are other masters, but they have not yet shown up." "How did the second master die?" Qingfu took another sip of wine and said, "It's not that someone poisoned his bowl. The assassin is not only cruel, but also extremely intelligent. He knew that the second master would test the poison before every meal, so he wiped the poison on his face beforehand. At the bottom of the bowl, wait for it to dry before serving the rice. The family tasted it, and there was nothing wrong with it, but when the second master finished eating, he vomited blood and died of poison. Alas, Long Yu is the guest. This person is hiding in the dark, thinking hard , If you want to end up with your life, you cannot prevent it.”

"This man...does the third master know it well now?" "Except for Xiaosheng, the remaining three men are all suspects. The uncle and the second uncle died one after another. Counting with your fingers, it will be my turn to be the next one. I don't want to be like a snake, trying to guess the unpredictable life and death. Mystery." Speaking of this, he glanced at Xiumi and said with a smile: "I just hope that my sister will take pity on me this time. After tonight, I will have no regrets in this life. If I die on my sister's pillow tonight, That would be the best, if God let me linger and live for a few more days, I might have to ask my elder sister to accept me as an apprentice in the future, and I will follow my elder sister to find a clean temple, with green lanterns and long companions, to burn incense and chant Buddha, you What do you think?"

Qingfu's words were extremely sad.The girls Hongxian and Bijing also took out their handkerchiefs to wipe away their tears. Han Liu took the opportunity to persuade: "As the saying goes, everything is up to others, and life is always arranged by fate; if you have wine today and get drunk today, you can live for two hours a day. The third master should also think about it." "Well said, well said." Qing Fu said repeatedly.Afterwards, he drank three or four bowls of wine in one gulp, and said to the girl standing beside him fanning him, "Bi Jing, you can also sing a song to cheer up the wine."

The one named Bijing was just picking up a bayberry and putting it in her mouth. Seeing that the third master asked her to sing, she spit the bayberry into the palm of her hand before she could chew it. After thinking for a while, she opened her mouth and sang: At the end of the song, Na Bijing suddenly let out a mournful cry, weeping unceasingly.Qingfu became dazed at first, then waved his hands impatiently at her, hesitated to speak, stretched out his hand to grab the flagon, poured the wine, but refused to drink, rested his chin with his hands, and was in a daze again. Seeing that everyone was frozen there, Han Liu was worried that Qingfu would become angry due to extreme grief, and it would be difficult to deal with it when he had a fit, so he smiled and said to Qingfu, "Third Master, when I was practicing in the temple, I was also in the flower garden. I have learned a few tunes from the master, if the third master doesn't dislike it, I'll make a fool of myself and join in the fun."

Qingfu rested his chin, squinted his red eyes, and looked at her motionlessly, with a half-smile.It seems that he is six or seven points drunk. Then Han Liu sang: After singing, he persuaded Qingfu to drink two more bowls. "There is still poison in this wine." Qingfu said suddenly, "Otherwise, why would I feel like my heart is going up and down, and I feel like I'm about to die?" Han Liu smiled and said, "Third Master is depressed, and he drank the wine in a hurry, so he is just a little drunk. If this wine is really poisonous, we would have died early? Third Master might as well sip two red bayberries and drink a cup of light wine. Tea, sober up, that's all."

Sure enough, Na Qingfu picked out a red bayberry from the fruit plate, held it in his mouth, turned the head around, looked at Xiumi and said, "When my sister was at home, did you ever read a book? Can you compose poetry?" Seeing that Xiumi didn't respond, he said: "Tonight, the moon cage is hidden behind the window, and the breeze blows against our faces. You and I, why not go for a walk by the lake, combine poems and sentences, and have a walk to sing about the cool night. I don't know what my sister thinks? " After that, he stood up, walked around the table, and was about to pull her when he came over.In a panic, Xiumi dodges left and right.Seeing this, Han Liu quickly ran over, dragged Qingfu back, and said:

"Third Master, don't even look at it. It's extremely hot outside. Bats cry at night, mosquitoes sing like thunder, and fireflies fly wildly. How can there be any cool weather or breeze? While saying that wonderful word, but at the same time want to crackle Wouldn’t it be a big spoiler to beat up mosquitoes, and ruin your beautiful articles in vain. Besides, there are no lights outside, and if you accidentally fall, you may break a few ribs, and it will be boring in the end. San Ye’s poems are already on the rise, and the arrow is on the string, but he has to send it out, why don’t we just drink wine and compose poems in the room, and have a lot of fun.”

After speaking, Qingfu nodded frequently.Han Liu helped him back to his original place and sat down, then squeezed his shoulder twice.I saw that Qingfu's eyes suddenly shone brightly, he stroked his sleeves, and said loudly with a bit of drunkenness: "When it comes to writing poetry, you women are my opponents. How about we just answer the sentence? I will say the first sentence, and you will come to the next sentence. I will hit the table with the fan bone, and the limit is ten blows. If the time is not correct, how about three bowls of wine as a fine?" "What if we come out against each other?" Hong Xian said.

"I punish myself with a bowl of wine." Han Liu, Hong Xian, and Bi Jing all agreed.Only Xiumi bowed her head and remained silent.Qingfu poured another bowl of wine, picked it up and drank it down, and said something casually: "The warbler is in a hurry on the branch of the crabapple." Then he knocked on the table with the fan bone. When he hit the third time, Bijing said: "Swallows speak frequently in the shade of green bamboos." "Good sentence, good sentence." Qing Fu praised.She glanced at Xiumi lewdly again, and said, "It's just that my 'Yingsuo' is very hard..." One sentence made Hong Xian, Bi Jing's face turn red.Qingfu laughed as if no one was around. After laughing for a long time, he said the second sentence: "A strong man has a three-foot sword in his waist." Qingfu picked up the fan and was about to knock it, but Han Liu blurted out, "Isn't it 'a man with five books in his belly'?" Qingfu said: "Elder sister is quite right, but it's just out of the box. I said strong man, you are very rigid with men. How about changing 'man' to 'daughter'?" "What about 'daughter'?" "How about two piles of snow on my daughter's chest?" Qingfu giggled, and said, "Sister Han's sentence of 'a man's belly is full of books' is also correct, I will drink a bowl of it myself." Picking up a bowl of wine, he drank it down his neck.He was about to continue, when Han Liudao said: "It's not just the third master who tests us, we also test him, and if he fails, he will be fined three bowls of wine." "Since the eldest sister said so, I have to learn from you." Qingfu cupped his hands, "Which one of you will speak first?" "Miss Hongxian, you have a hard time for the third master." Han Liu said. The girl Hongxian frowned slightly, and said casually: "The lone goose has lost its way, the moon is dark and the clouds are high and the town is far away." "This sentence is so common, how can it fail me?" Qingfu glanced at her dismissively, and said with a smile, "I'll give you the right answer: Dulong maze, peach thick pear light flower path slippery." After finishing speaking, he hugged her After crossing Hong Xian, he put his hand under Hong Xian's skirt and fumbled for a while, and said frivolously: "Let me see if it is slippery or not." Although that Hong Xian was smiling, his body was writhing around, struggling to get free, when the two were playing, they suddenly heard someone laughing twice outside the door. Just then, Xiumi heard Qingfu's words, her face was obscene, and her face was burning with shame.It's not right to go, it's not right to not go, I can't wait to find a crack in the ground and get in.He just lowered his head and scratched the dirt on the table with his nails, not knowing what to do.Suddenly I heard someone sneering outside the door. I thought I had heard it wrong. When I looked up, I saw that everyone was standing there with their mouths open, as if they had been immobilized by a mage, and they all sat still.I couldn't help but get goosebumps all over my body. After a while, she heard Qingfu ask in a trembling voice, "Who was laughing just now? Did you all hear that?" When he asked, several people also looked at me and you, but they didn't speak.A gust of wind passed by, and two of the three oil lamps on the table had already been extinguished. Fortunately, Han Liu had quick eyesight and quick hands, so he quickly grabbed the unextinguished lamp with his hands.When Xiumi looked up, everyone's faces were blurred.Several people were still in shock, and there were two more "hey" outside the door. This time, Xiumi heard it very clearly.The laughter seemed to come from an octogenarian, and it seemed to come from a young child.Xiumi couldn't help taking a deep breath, her hair stood on end, and her back was completely chilled. Looking at Qingfu again, he has already drawn his sword.The wine is also mostly sober.The cook also found a large butcher knife from under the stove, and the two of them opened the door and went out of the yard.The two Hong Xian and Bi Jing hugged each other in fright, leaning against the table, trembling, making the table creak. "Could it be that besides the two of us, there are other people on this island?" Han Liu fixed his eyes on Xiumi, obviously asking her.When Xiumi's eyes met hers, she couldn't help being shocked again. It didn't take much time, and both of them came back.As soon as Qingfu entered the door, he shook his body twice, and the long sword in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. His body slid down slowly as he hugged a beam with both hands.The cook panicked when he saw it, and was about to step forward to help him up, but Qingfu was already lying on the ground and vomited.Han Liu took out a handkerchief from his armpit to wipe his mouth, and said to the cook, "You guys just went out, did you see anyone?" "There may not be even one ghost shadow." The cook said. Han Liu didn't say anything anymore, and after Qingfu finished vomiting, he helped him to a chair and sat down.He went under the stove to fetch a basin of water for him to rinse his mouth and wash his face.Hong Xian and Bi Jing came over to beat his back and rub his chest for him. After a long time, Qing Fu finally recovered his breath. "Could it be him? How could it be him?" There was great horror in Qingfu's eyes.After muttering to himself, he shook his head again, "It can't be him, it can't be." Hongxian asked: "Who is the 'he' the third master is talking about?" When Qingfu heard this, he suddenly became furious, pushed her hard, and yelled, "Where the hell am I going to know!" Hong Xian staggered, almost hitting the corner of the table.She got up from the ground and dusted off the dust herself, but she didn't dare to get angry, speak out, or cry.Han Liu brewed a cup of fragrant tea and handed it to him. Qingfu took it, took a sip, stared at the door blankly, and muttered over and over again: "Listen to the voice, it's clearly him. I'm drunk Wine, and no entourage, he wants to kill me easily, why didn't he do it?" Han Liu stepped forward to persuade him, "Since he didn't kill the third master, it means that he thinks more of you than others. Maybe the third master can turn the calamity into a blessing." "Not necessarily, not necessarily." Qingfu waved his hand and said dumbly, "He just wanted to tease me. No, I can't stay here for a moment." After finishing speaking, he stood up suddenly and quickly scanned the show Mi glanced at him, nodded inexplicably, and sighed: "No. I have to go. Even this night, he will not let me go." Qingfu picked up the long sword from the ground, said "Farewell", greeted the girl and the cook, and rushed back to Hua's house overnight. "He's still scared after all." Xiumi said coldly. It was nearly midnight.There was silence all around, and it was pitch black outside.The two of them didn't bother to clean up the house, the table was messed up, and the dirt on the floor gave off a stench. "Whoever changes, everyone will be afraid." Han Liudao, "I just tried to persuade him to drink more wine, so that you will suffer less at night, but I didn't expect this to happen. Up to now, I'm still five The cat scratches the heart, and there is nowhere to go." "That person—" Xiumi said, "Is that person still on the island?" When Han Liu heard this, he hurriedly got up, went to close the gate, fastened the bar, and pushed against a round wooden pole.Then he leaned against the door and panted: "Judging from the tone of the third master just now, he seems to know who did the murder, but he can't believe it. This shows that this person seems to be the one that ordinary people are not easy to guess. bit." "Guess what he's doing?" Xiumi said, taking out the pair of scissors from her pocket and putting them on the table, "I've prepared this pair of scissors before, if that old dog wants to get on me, I'll kill it with one blow." Although the matter of Huajiashe is strange, it is simple to put it bluntly. The matter is obvious here: two of the six leaders have died, and the one just now has lost half of his life, and the remaining ones Several people will inevitably die one by one, and the last one will be the new head of Hua's House. There is no need for us to waste our efforts." "It's true." Han Liudao, "You said this third master Qing, can he live until tomorrow morning?" The ninth day of October in the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu.sunny and cool.Yesterday, Chen Xiuji, the owner of Chenji Rice Store in Cheung Chau, sent someone to deliver a letter. There was news about Lu Kan, who had been missing for several months.At dawn, Yun Er took Bao Chen and several others to Cheung Chau to find out.Since I had nothing to do at home all day, I proposed to Baochen to go to Cheung Chau together, which was also considered a relief.Unexpectedly, before leaving, Yuner and Xiumi had a fierce quarrel. Xiu Miyuan refused to go to Cheung Chau.Unable to stand her mother's soft words, she reluctantly complied.But when Yun'er heard that I was going with her, she immediately changed her mind and let Xiumi stay at home.How can Xiumi not be in a hurry when she contradicts her promises like this?Thinking about it carefully, it really happened because of me.At first, Yun'er insisted on letting Xiumi go to Changzhou together, the root cause was that she didn't want to let her have the chance to spend time with me alone.And once I decide to go, she may feel that there is no need for Xiumi to go with her, not to mention that she is an unmarried woman, according to the customs of the country, it is really inappropriate to show her face in front of strangers.Yun'er thought very deeply and carefully.Although Xiumi noticed it, she didn't know why.I am the only one who can see clearly.