Chapter 42 Chapter 42: Clever Conspiracy

Xiao Yu'er ran several miles in one breath, and lay down on the desolate river bank.Tonight, the sky is full of stars again. After doing this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he seemed to feel a little relieved, but another heavy burden was added to him. He knew that when he left, Hai Hongzhu's heart must be broken. He didn't mean to hurt this pure girl, but he did hurt her. He looked up to the sky and said with a smile: "Don't blame me, there's nothing you can do about it...Although I don't want to leave, my whereabouts have been revealed, and I can't stay with you anymore."

The stars in the sky are like Hai Hongzhu's eyes, every eye is shedding tears, shedding tears to Xiao Yu'er, but Xiao Yu'er's eyes are closed. At dawn, Xiao Yu'er had already left this place far away.He walked forward aimlessly, no matter how poor or dirty, he didn't care at all. On this day, he came to a not-so-small town—the size of the town actually had nothing to do with him, he stayed away from the crowd at all. He didn't walk on the street, he only walked on the alley, and he stopped outside the back door of a kitchen unknowingly. To him, this was really ironic—all the noble aromas couldn't tempt him, but the world's most The vulgar and most ordinary taste tempted him.

The kitchen was huge, and the aroma was very strong. He stood there blankly, and after an unknown amount of time, suddenly a bucket of dishwashing water poured out, covering him all over. He was neither angry nor moved.Now, he knows what is worth his anger, and he won't be angry if you ask him to be angry about something like this. From the back door of the kitchen, a round and chubby face poked out, and said with an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry, I didn't see you." Xiao Yu'er smiled and said, "It's okay." The round face smiled, retracted its head, and after two cups of tea time, poked it out again, saw Xiao Yu'er still standing there, and said with a smile: "I still have some rice here, if you don't mind being dirty, Come in and eat."

Xiao Yu'er smiled again and said, "Okay, thank you." He didn't feel any embarrassment, nor was he polite. He ate as soon as he walked in, and he ate eight bowls in one sitting. After eating, he stood up and smiled again, saying, "Thank you." The round face kept looking at him, as if he thought the young man was very interesting, Xiao Yu'er cupped his hands and was about to leave, but the round face man smiled and said: "I still don't have a dishwashing person here, if you want to do it , you must eat every day." Xiao Yu'er thought for a while and said with a smile, "I eat a lot."

The round face said with a smile: "A restaurant owner, are you still afraid of a big belly man?" Xiao Yu'er didn't even think about it, he raised the bucket as soon as he stretched out his hand, and said, "Where are the dishes to be washed?" The next day, Xiao Yu'er knew that this was the kitchen of "Sihaichun Restaurant", and the round-faced man was naturally the master chef, whose name was Zhang Changgui. So Xiao Yuer started to wash the dishes every day.He found that if a person was hiding in a restaurant kitchen, no one would recognize him. The restaurant's business was not good, the customers left early, and when the stove was turned off, Zhang Changgui would often bring Xiao Yu'er to accompany him for a drink or a chat.

Although Xiao Yu'er drank a lot of wine, he never spoke more than three sentences. One day, when the oil in the pot was already hot, Zhang Changgui suddenly had a stomachache, so he threw down the spatula and ran away. Xiao Yuer took the spatula and cooked two dishes for him. When Zhang Changgui came back, he couldn't help feeling a little worried, fearing that the cooking would not be done well. Little did he know that the number one chef in the world was also in the "Valley of the Wicked". Xiao Yu'er had learned a lot of skills from him since he was a child. What's wrong with a person like Xiao Yu'er?

After a long while, the waiter outside suddenly called out: "The shredded shredded sheep tripe and spicy chicken that were fried just now, let's have two more plates as usual." This time, Zhang Changgui naturally wouldn't let Xiao Yuer do it again, but after a while, Si Haichun's Boss Peng suddenly walked into the kitchen, staring and said: "Just now there are two plates of shredded sheep tripe and spicy chicken, who made them?" of?" When the boss actually walked into the kitchen, Zhang Changgui was already beating drums in his heart, and smiled bravely, "Of course I did it."

Boss Peng said: "That taste is wrong, it's not your craft." Zhang Changgui had no choice but to tell the truth.Boss Peng walked up to Xiao Yuer, looked left and right, looked for a long time, suddenly raised his thumb, and said with a smile: "I admire, I admire, I can't see that you can cook such dishes at such a young age, even Xiong The boss clapped his hands and applauded after eating, from today onwards, you will be in charge." Xiao Yu'er lowered his head and said, "I won't." Boss Peng patted him on the shoulder and said softly, "Just do me a favor. From now on, Sihaichun will depend on you."

After Xiao Yu'er took over, Si Haichun's business miraculously improved, and people hundreds of miles away heard that Si Haichun had a famous chef. Boss Peng has already bought all the shops next to it, and added a room with a private seat. Naturally, there are more people in the kitchen. Xiao Yuer only needs to move the spatula every day. Even when he was using the spatula, he was thinking about the secrets of martial arts in the secret book. He was like a lovesick boy, thinking about it day and night. Now, others call him Master Yu, and what he says is authoritative. He doesn't allow outsiders to enter the kitchen, even Boss Peng dares not to enter.

But one day, Boss Peng still came in. With a look of excitement on his face, he rubbed his hands together and said with a smile, "Brother Yu, you have to work extra hard today—do you guess who is here today?" Xiao Yu'er said calmly: "Who?" Boss Peng laughed loudly and said, "A hero from Sanxiang came here today with honor. This is not only my face, but also your brother's honor." Xiao Yu'er's heart moved, and he said, "Who is he?" Boss Peng raised his thumb and said, "Master Tie Wushuang, people in the world call 'love talent like life', as long as the Sanxiang children mention this name, who doesn't know, who doesn't know?"

Xiao Yu'er said: "Oh, is that so?" His face was still pale, as if he was not moved at all, but when the dishes were finished, he went out quietly, the first time he walked out of the kitchen. The leader of Sanxiang Martial Arts, Tie Wushuang who "loves talent like his life", this name is too tempting for him, he really wants to see how this person who dared to adopt Li Dazui as his son-in-law just because of his love for talent looks like What is it like.A person dares to marry his only daughter to Li Dazui, this kind of person even Xiao Yu'er has to admire. Tall wooden screens surround elegant seats.Xiao Yu'er looked out from the crack in the screen, and saw an old man in brocade robe with white beard and beard and red face, sitting high on the main seat of the banquet. Although the smile on his face is amiable, there is a kind of dignity in his expression, which is the unique spirit of a person who is used to giving orders, and no one else can fake it. Xiao Yu'er only took one look, and already guessed that he must be Tie Wushuang. On the seat to the right of Tie Wushuang, sat a middle-aged man with high cheekbones and eagle nose, his gaze looked like a vulture. On the seat to the left of Tie Wushuang, there was Zhao Quanhai, the chief escort of the Seventeen Escort Bureaus in Lianghe, who "pulls the mountains and rivers, and shakes the central state with his fist and iron palm". Xiao Yu'er almost couldn't help laughing when he thought of the way this person kept calling himself "Senior Yu" in the six caves in the back mountain of Emei. Besides these three people, there were also eight or nine men with bright clothes and majestic expressions sitting at the banquet, and they seemed to be all famous figures in the Jianghu.But what caught Xiao Yu'er the most were the two purple-clothed youths standing behind Tie Wushuang with their arms down. The young man in purple on the left has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a purple-black face, like a black panther. His whole body is full of strength. The purple-clothed boy on the right has a handsome face, gentle and polite, and looks like a well-behaved scholarly boy, but when he occasionally raises his eyes, his eyes are as sharp as a blade! These two people were holding jugs, representing Tie Wushuang, and frequently persuaded the people sitting there to drink. It seemed that even if they were not Tie Wushuang's nephews, they must be his disciples. After drinking for three rounds, Zhao Quanhai suddenly got up long and made a circle around him. Yang first drank a glass of wine, then cleared his throat and said loudly: "Brothers came here today at the call of Senior Tie. Sitting here honestly, I got drunk and returned home, but before I got drunk, my brother had a few words in his heart, and he really had to say them." Tie Wushuang stroked his beard and smiled, "Say, just talk, how can you drink without talking." Zhao Quanhai stared, and said loudly: "The batch of bodyguards that Duan Hefei wanted to transport outside the customs was originally sent by our 'Two Rivers Joint Bodyguard' to Hefei first, and everyone in Jianghu knew about it." The eagle-nosed man smiled and said, "That's right, I've heard of it too." Zhao Quanhai sternly said: "Since Chief Escort Li knows about this, he shouldn't send people to Hefei to snatch up this business. Brother has heard for a long time that 'Hengshan Eagle' Li Feng is a hero of benevolence and righteousness, who knows...humph!" With a sound of "Bo", the wine glass in his hand was crushed to pieces. "Hengshan Eagle" Li Feng remained expressionless, and said with a faint smile: "Business is about comparing goods, and this has nothing to do with the morals of the world. Since Duan Hefei wants to find the 'Sanxiang Bodyguard Alliance', I have no way to do it." Zhao Quanhai said angrily: "So, are you saying that our 'Lianghe United Bodyguards' is not as good as your 'Sanxiang United Bodyguards'?" Li Feng said coldly: "I didn't say that, it all depends on what other people think." Zhao Quanhai's chest rose and fell, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay...very good!..." Turning suddenly to Tie Wushuang, he clasped his fists and said, "Although my brother came here today, I also know that Mr. Tie has a deep relationship with the 'Sanxiang Bodyguard Alliance', and I don't want to ask Mr. Tie to uphold justice for my brother. It's just..." He slapped the table with a "bang" and shouted: "It's just that since the 'Sanxiang United Darts' look down on the 'Lianghe United Darts' so much, we have to fight them, especially the one with the surname Li..." Tie Wushuang suddenly stood up, laughed loudly, raised his glass and said, "Brother Zhao, how about I toast you first!" Zhao Quanhai raised his glass and drank it all, saying: "Master Tie..." Tie Wushuang laughed and said: "Brother, you are right. I live in Xiangtan for a long time, and most of the people in the Sanxiang Wulin have some relationship with me. Li Feng can be said to be my nephew! In this case, old man If I let you go away in anger today, brother, wouldn’t it be a waste of decades.” Zhao Quanhai's hand had unconsciously clenched the handle of the knife, and the four big men beside him also changed color and got up from their seats.Li Feng had a sneer on his face, but his gaze was as cold as a knife. Zhao Quanhai said word by word: "Is it true that Mr. Tie wants to keep my brother here?" Tie Wushuang laughed and said: "I just want to keep you here and listen to the old man say a few words!" His complexion suddenly darkened, his eyes turned to Li Feng, and he said in a deep voice: "If the old man wants you to give up this business to the 'Two Rivers United Darts', what do you think?" Li Feng's complexion also changed greatly, and he said: "This... this..." Tie Wushuang said: "I will never force you, but I have investigated this matter clearly, and it is indeed your fault. If you accept my words today, I will give the tea forest in Mount Heng to 'Sanxiang' The public welfare under the Federation of Darts... In the arena, benevolence and righteousness come first, you should think again, think twice!" Li Feng was silent for a while, sighed, and bowed his head: "How dare the disciple not listen to what the old man said, but the tea forest is one of the few properties left by the old man, how dare the disciple accept it..." Tie Wushuang clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "As long as you care about martial arts morality, don't teach my Sanxiang disciples to be scolded behind their backs in the arena. My old man's mere property is nothing!" Zhao Quanhai was silent for a while, with a face full of shame, bowed his head and said: "Master Tie is so benevolent and righteous, but my disciple...but... I am really ashamed. This business should be underwritten by the 'Sanxiang Bodyguards'." Li Feng laughed and said: "I don't dare, this business was taken over by the 'Two Rivers United Bodyguard' first, so naturally Lianghe should underwrite it. If Chief Security Officer Zhao thanked me again, I would be ashamed." These two people were just now fighting with red faces, their swords were on the verge of breaking out, wishing to fight to the death immediately, but at this moment they actually gave in to each other. Xiao Yu'er couldn't help sighing when he saw it from the outside, and secretly said: "What a Tie Wushuang, he really deserves to be the leader of the martial arts, not only can easily eliminate a fight, but he can also influence others Become a modest gentleman." Tie Wushuang clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "Since you two are so modest, why not let the 'Lianghe United Bodyguards' and the 'Sanxiang Bodyguards United' co-guarantee this escort, wouldn't it be even more joyful for everyone?" Everyone applauded and cheered together, so the fighting turned into jade.Xiao Yuer wanted to leave too. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhao Quanhai raised his glass and said with a smile: "Brother Li, I hope you and I can work together this time, from now on..." When he said the word "I", the muscles on his face suddenly twitched, and when he said "from now on", his palms also twitched, and the wine in the glass splashed out all over him. Before he could finish speaking, "crash", all the dishes in front of him were swept to the ground.Others also fell down. Chaos immediately before the banquet!The four big men who came with him, some cried out in surprise, some rushed to help him up, and suddenly hissed in unison: "No, poisoned... the head of the bodyguard is poisoned!" Tie Wushuang's complexion changed drastically, and he said, "This...what's going on here?" A big man under "Two Rivers" was full of grief and anger, and shouted: "What's going on, I should ask you!" Li Feng slapped the table and said angrily: "Who are you talking about? We have also eaten the food and wine that he has eaten. Could it be..." Before he finished speaking, his limbs suddenly twitched and he fell to the ground. He also suffered from the same bad luck as Zhao Quanhai. Everyone was panicked and panicked, everyone was in danger, everyone ate the food and wine on the table, isn't everyone in danger of being poisoned?Where did this poison come from? Although Xiao Yu'er was clear to the bystanders, he couldn't figure out the reason for a while. In panic and panic, Xiao Yu'er suddenly caught a glimpse of the white-faced and purple-clothed boy slipping out quietly, Xiao Yu'er's figure flashed, and immediately retreated into the kitchen. At this moment, all the people in the kitchen have also come out in alarm, there is no one else, just as Xiao Yu'er retreated in, the purple-clothed boy also walked in quietly. Something big is going on outside, what is he doing in the kitchen?Xiao Yu'er squatted down, pretending to add firewood to the stove. The purple-clothed white-faced boy didn't notice him at all—how could people like them pay attention to a cook who was adding fire. He hurried through the kitchen, walked to the back door, and said softly, "Can Yun." A person outside the door responded: "The wind and the clouds." Xiao Yu'er glanced out of the corner of his eyes, and saw the white-faced boy take two steps back, and a figure from outside the door bumped into him. He was covered in black clothes and covered his face with a black scarf, and said in a hoarse voice, "Is it over?" The white-faced boy said: "It's done." The man in black said: "Okay." He only uttered nine words in total in the three sentences before and after, but Xiao Yu'er's heart moved, and he felt that the voice was very familiar, and he buried his head even lower, almost going into the furnace. The man in black still saw him, and said in a deep voice, "Who is this man?" The white-faced boy said: "It's just a cook." The man in black said: "You can't keep him!" The figures of the two flashed, and the man in black pointed to the "Shenshu" acupoint on Xiao Yu'er's back.This "shenshu" is located on the "ridge" point, which is one of the dead points of the human body. But Xiao Yu'er didn't even dodge, but with a secret twist of luck, the position of the acupoints slid half an inch to the side, using the most profound method of "moving acupoints" in martial arts, although Xiao Yu'er It has not been practiced to perfection, but it is more than enough to deal with this situation. As soon as the man in black pointed his finger on his "Shenshu" acupoint, he fell down without even making a sound. He decided that this person must die, so he sneered and said, "Who told you to stay here, you are looking for death." Road, but you can’t blame me!” The man in black said again: "Get out quickly, don't be suspected by others." The white-faced boy said: "Yes!" The two of them never imagined that a cook would possess the secrets of martial arts that had been handed down for a long time. out. Xiao Yu'er was still lying on the ground, motionless as if he was really dead, but his mind was spinning non-stop.The voice of the man in black was 80% similar to that of Jiang Yulang! If this person is really Jiang Yulang, then what does Tie Wushuang's disciple have to do with Jiang Yulang?What kind of conspiracy are they carrying out? Xiao Yu'er thought for a while, and thought of the "book box" that contained bottles of precious poison that he saw in Jiang Biehe's secret room that day. Although he only glanced at it briefly at that time, every bottle of poison in that box did not escape his eyes, and he still remembers it clearly: "Ecstasy powder...beauty's tears...seven-step heartbreak... Ming Dan... a drop of throat sealing... soul water... snow soul essence..." Xiao Yu'er suddenly lost his voice and said: "Snow Soul Essence... Yes, it must be it! Look at Zhao Quanhai when he was poisoned, it seems that even his muscles are frozen." He immediately jumped up, tore off his apron, and wrote the secondary prescription on the apron with coke—people who grew up in the "Valley of the Wicked" really have many benefits. The faces of Zhao Quanhai and Li Feng had turned into a strange dead gray color, their bodies were trembling and twitching, but they couldn't even move at this moment. The other people's bodies were trembling non-stop, and they didn't know if they were also poisoned?I don't even know when the toxicity will take effect. They sat there like prisoners waiting to be executed, and they didn't dare to run - they naturally knew that as long as they moved, the toxicity would attack faster. The smile on Tie Wushuang's face was also gone, he kept pacing and rubbing his hands, the old Jianghu who had been in the world for decades had lost his mind at this moment. He looked up to the sky and sighed, and murmured: "What kind of poison is this? Who put the poison on?" The purple-clothed white-faced boy was standing behind him again, and said: "Could it be someone from this restaurant?..." Tie Wushuang said: "From my point of view, this poison is definitely not owned by Central Earth. Otherwise, I have traveled the rivers and lakes for decades, how could I have never even seen it? If my guess is right, this..." Suddenly a person shouted loudly: "You guessed right, this poison is indeed not owned by Middle Earth, it is the 'Snow Soul Spirit' of Tianshan Mountain!" In the voice, a person flew past the screen like a swallow, dropped something after flying into the air, and continued loudly: "The prescription written on the apron can cure the poison of Xue Po essence, hurry up and prepare the medicine, and return it to me." There is help!" He spoke very quickly, but his figure was even faster, halfway through the speech, the person disappeared, and the last two words came from more than ten zhang away. Tie Wushuang lost his voice: "What a quick skill!" He snatched what the man had thrown down. It was just a greasy apron with a strange prescription written on it. Tie Wushuang glanced at it twice, and murmured: "Snow Soul Essence, it's Xue Po Essence... No wonder I couldn't guess it?" Everyone was overjoyed, and said in unison: "In this way, the head of the security guard can be saved!" The white-faced boy's face also changed slightly, but he said coldly: "Maybe this is also the villain's trick!" Someone reached out to touch Zhao Quanhai's hand, and said in a voiceless voice: "That's right, that fellow must have come to harm someone again, the person who was poisoned by Xue Po essence should have frozen to death, but he... But it's hot." Tie Wushuang said in a deep voice: "Do you know that people who freeze to death before they die, not only do not feel the cold, but feel as if they are being burned by a raging fire, this kind of feeling will never be imagined by others unless they experience it personally. " The purple-clothed white-faced boy couldn't help but said: "Then how would you old man know?" Tie Wushuang said slowly: "It's just because I was almost frozen to death once." The purple-clothed and white-faced boy lowered his head, not daring to speak again.But the corners of his eyes were still staring at the greasy apron. Xiao Yuer has left the town.He naturally knew that the "Sihaichun Restaurant" was no longer his hiding place, but he didn't want to show up yet, he had to wait! He had to wait until the day when he would cause a sensation in the world as soon as he showed up, and then he would come out swaggeringly and let others see what kind of person Xiao Yu'er really is! Now, he still doesn't want to be nosy, although he knows that the strange case of "Sihaichun" will definitely become a mystery in the world. Just because he knew that with his current strength, even if he took care of this matter, it would still be useless, and he might lose his life instead. He walked forward aimlessly again, still so dirty and so poor.But at this moment, his mood and martial arts are completely different from the past. The peerless hero has finally grown up! This day he walked to the river bank again, looking at the rolling river water, his footsteps unknowingly slowed down, did he wish to see that wrecked boat with a black roof again? Does he wish to see those people on the broken ship whose lives are mean but whose personalities are not mean?Did he wish to see those big bright eyes again? Boats came and went on the river, but the broken boat could no longer be found.Where did they go?Still not wandering, wandering... Xiao Yu'er stood beside the river bank, dazed for a while. Suddenly hearing the sound of the wind blowing from the sleeves behind him, one person said: "Your Excellency, I'm sorry for waiting for a long time." Although Xiao Yu'er felt strange in his heart, he didn't look back and didn't speak. The man said again: "Your Excellency, why is there only one person here? There are two more?" Xiao Yu'er still didn't speak. The man said angrily: "I came here according to my orders, why did you ignore me?" Xiao Yu'er finally turned around and smiled, "I'm afraid you have found the wrong person." Before he finished speaking, he had already seen the three people in front of him clearly. Reflected by the starlight in the sky and the fishing fire on the river, the person on the left is tall and big, wearing a shiny red dress, but it is the "red shirt and golden knife" Li Mingsheng! The person in the center is imposing, of course it is his father "Golden Lion" Li Di, and there is another person with a purple face and short mustache, but it is the "Purple Face Lion" Li Ting. When Xiao Yu'er saw these three people, he was really surprised, the smile on his face almost froze, luckily the three people didn't recognize him. "Golden Lion" Li Di frowned and said, "So it's a little beggar." Li Mingsheng shouted: "What are you doing standing here?" Xiao Yu'er lowered his head and said, "The villain has nowhere to go, that's why he's standing here." Li Mingsheng said: "You don't have to get out, I'm afraid when you are young..." Before the words were finished, Li Ting, the "Purple Face Lion", shouted in a low voice, "Here we come!" On the surface of the river, a light boat has come to swing. Sure enough, there were three figures on the light boat - figures in black.