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The knocking continued, though it was not as certain as it had been at the beginning.

"Come in!" Qiu Yue shouted as she stared at the door.

The door opened and the waiter who had brought a pot of tea before hurriedly walked in.

"Sir, I'm here to bring you some tea!"

The shop assistant walked over bravely while smiling. He glanced at the room and asked, "Do you want me to change the pot of tea for you?"

"Sir, what time is it now?" Luo Qiu said.

"In reply to the guest, it's already the fourth fragment of the night, it's time for the show!" The shop assistant laughed.

"It's already so late, do you still need to bring tea?" Spring Flower asked.

"It's already so late, isn't the guest room's light still on?" The shop assistant said with a fake smile.

"Well said, then I'll have to trouble you!" Camouflage raised his hand. "Reward!"

Qiu Yue took out ten taels of silver from her waist and passed it to the shop assistant. "Put down the tea. This is the reward my young master gave you!"

The shop assistant hastily placed the teapot on the table, after which, he rubbed his hands together, and with a face full of smiles, he received the autumn silver, smiling as he said, "Thank you, young lady, thank you young master! I will take my leave now! Guests, please rest early and don't disturb us anymore! "

Luo Qiu Shui watched as the clerk bowed and left the room. Just as he was about to leave, before he could close the door behind him, he suddenly shouted, "Zhang Cheng!"

The shop assistant was slightly startled, but quickly looked around: "Dear customer, my surname is Zhang, not Zhang Dacheng. If you have any other orders, please just call me! "

Luo Qiu Shui lightly smiled. "It's nothing, I just recognized the wrong person. Go back and busy yourself!"

The shop assistant gently opened the door and left the room. His steps were very light and he was humming a song. Anyone could see the excitement on his face. This was probably how a man who got a reward looked like!

"Young master, there must be something wrong with that person!" Qiu Yue said with certainty.

"I don't think there's any problem! Look at his expression, it's so natural, he doesn't look like someone from the martial arts world! Furthermore, just now when Young Master suddenly shouted out his name, he actually did not have any reaction. Spring Flower did not agree with Autumn Moon at all.

"I don't know if you've noticed a detail." Luo Qiu Shui played with an empty teacup in his hand.

"What details?" Spring Flower asked hurriedly.

"The first time he came, he was carrying a tray with a kettle on it. But this time, he came with a kettle." Luo Qiu Shui reminded him.

"What's so strange about that? He could take whatever he wanted, as long as he could get the kettle! "Besides, it's very likely that we're the only ones who need boiling water in this room!" Spring Flower argued.

"The first time he came with a plate, it showed that he really came to bring us tea. The second time, he came with a kettle, which just so happened to mean that he was up on the spur of the moment and didn't make any preparations in advance!" Qiu Yue added.

Luo Qiu gave a faint smile, put down the teacup in his hand and opened the lid of the teapot, "Look, there's only half a pot of water in the teapot! Moreover, the water is clearly not that hot anymore! "

"He took half a pot of water from someone else's room to fill it up? He really has a problem! " Spring Flower asked as if she had understood something.

"Therefore, although he denied that he was Zhang Sheng, but it just so happens that he is Zhang Cheng!" Qiu Yue laughed.

"Looks like we'll be in trouble soon!" Camouflage said flatly.

"You mean they're going to do something soon?" Spring Flower said.

"I'm not sure either. I just have a feeling." Luo Qiu said.

"Then what should we do? Could it be that we are waiting for them to make a move? " Autumn Moon said.

"Not waiting, but watching!" Luo Qiu Shui poured himself a cup of tea and said, "Let's just wait here and see what tricks they have in mind!"

"Then wouldn't we be in danger?" Spring Flower said in a vigilant tone.

"The more dangerous the place, the more interesting it is. Don't you think so?" Luo Qiu Shui laughed.

"Since Young Master has put it that way, I can only agree to it! Anyways, wherever Young Master is, we will accompany you there! " Spring Flower said.

The next day, the sky had already brightened. The early morning sunlight was like a thief that had accidentally entered a room, omnipresent yet silent …

Luo Qiu Shui had woken up a long time ago, but now she squinted her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Spring Flower and Autumn Moon slept soundly on the table. The early morning sunlight shone through the gap in the door and onto their bodies, causing them to unconsciously put on a layer of golden gauze. However, they were completely oblivious to it.

The shop assistant rubbed his eyes with all his might because the reflection of the sun on the autumn moon made his eyes uncomfortable!

He had been observing for a long time now, and even his legs felt sore. He could not help but knock on the door and ask, "Sir, I've come to send you some water to wash your face. Is it convenient for you to open the door?"

After shouting three times in succession, Qiu Yue finally lazily got up from the table. "It's here, it's here!" I was woken up so early in the morning by you, how annoying! "

He was still the same shop assistant from last night. At this moment, he was carrying a basin of warm water and standing outside the door with a smile on his face. "Sir, your washing water!"

"Come in!" Qiu Yue was too lazy to pick it up. Since she was sure that he had achieved great success, she wanted to use this opportunity to fill him up!

The shop assistant followed them in and placed the water on the bench. He smiled and said, "I didn't expect the three of you to be here. There's only a basin of water for washing faces. Do you want me to bring the two ladies?"

"Alright, alright!" Qiu Yue readily agreed, but she immediately felt that she shouldn't be so excited. Immediately, she reverted back to her original state. "I don't want warm water, just cold water will do!"

"Alright!" The shop assistant shouted and left the room.

Not long later, the waiter came in with two basins of water for washing his face.

Chun Hua said unhappily, "When did I say I wanted warm water? I want to get cold too! "

A look of displeasure appeared on the shop assistant's face, but a smile soon appeared on his face. "Miss, wouldn't it be too cold if you just put this water on for a while?"

"Are you saying that if I want to wash my face, I'll have to wait a long time for you?" said Spring Flower angrily.

"Since the lady has said so, I'll immediately go and change it for you!" The shop assistant took a pot of warm water and prepared to leave.

"Spring Flower, don't be rude! You can't make things difficult for little brother Zhang! " Luo Qiu Shui said as he wiped his face.

"Yes, young master!" Spring Flower pouted. "Alright, there's no need to change. Just leave it here!"

The waiter put down the water and continued, "Breakfast has already been prepared. Would the guests like to go out and eat? Or are you eating in the room?"

"Of course it's to eat in the room. Is there even a need to ask?" Spring Flower said.

"I'm talking too much, I'm talking too much!" The clerk bowed and left the room.

When Spring Flower and Autumn Moon saw the sorry look on the shop assistant's face, they could not help but laugh complacently.

"You two really shouldn't be so rude!" Luo Qiu Shui couldn't help but frown.

"He's pretending to be a shop assistant to fool us. It's only right that we play with him!" Spring Flower said.

"He has a small heart and loves to hold a grudge. If you piss him off, we'll be in deep trouble!" Camouflage said flatly.

"Trouble is trouble, who's afraid of who! I would like to see his ability! " Spring Flower said.

"Forget it, it's still early in the morning. Don't be angry at such a despicable person." Qiu Yue tidied up the table and sat down at the table. "Young master, we have no coachman. Should we hire another?"

"Of course. After breakfast, you guys go take a look around the city and invite a coachman back." Luo Qiu said.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" A dead man! This is incredible! Someone come quickly! "

The voice was tinged with fear and anxiety, but it was heart-wrenching!

"Young master, something bad has happened! The carriage driver's body has been found!" Spring Flower said.

"Calm down!" Let's take a look first! " Luo Qiu said.

At this time, the servant hurriedly ran in, "Dear guest, it's bad! Your coachman is dead in his room! "

Luo Qiu Shui glanced at the shop assistant who wore a terrified expression, "Really? Are you trying to scare me? "

"Really! I'm not lying to you! "When I passed by his room just now, I noticed that the door was ajar. I felt that something was wrong, so I went in boldly to remind him to wake up for breakfast. I didn't expect that he … he was actually dead!" The shop assistant said nervously.

"Since something like this has happened, call your manager over!" Luo Qiu Shui slowly stood up. "My people died in your store, there must be a reason for that!"

"Of course, of course!" The shop assistant rolled his eyes, "How about reporting to the officials?" Customer, how is the official reporting? "

"Great!" I also want to find the culprit and bring justice to my dead coachman as soon as possible! " Luo Qiu said.

"Dear guest, may I have a word with you?" The shop assistant nervously took a step forward.

"I'm all ears, speak!" Luo Qiu said.

"It's like this. Before this, similar incidents happened in the store. It was handled by the government officials in the past, but they often left it at that!" Guests should also know that the yamen now is too dark! If he doesn't give you the money to investigate a case and gives you too much money, we won't be able to afford it! "

The shop assistant leaned his head close to Luo Qiu Shui's ear and whispered, "Just a coachman. Spending some silver to send his family away would save him a lot of money. This lowly one is doing this for your own good.

"Then, according to you, what should I do?" Luo Qiu Shui laughed.

"If you really want to do this, then please nod your head. We will pay for a coffin and give it to you, and you can choose a Feng Shui treasure. You have to bury him as soon as possible, so that he won't have too much trouble!" After all, this happened in our store, and we were in the wrong, so the funeral expenses came from us! "You can spend some silver later and send it to the family of the coachman. This matter is over!"

"He died here, why should we pay him?" said Spring Flower angrily.

"Right, it's fine that we didn't pursue your responsibility, but you still dared to ask us to pay?" Autumn Moon said.

"If you don't want to, we will pay for the safety of the family! However, I still have to trouble you to personally deliver this silver tael to the coachman's house! " The shop assistant rolled his eyes and said, "If there are no objections, then we have a deal?"

Luo Qiu Shui gave a faint smile, "A life is lost just like that?"

"What are you going to do, sir? "If we were to poke our way into the government, not only would you have to spend a lot of money, but your reputation would also be affected. Young Master Wan Xiang, please consider the two of us for a moment!" The shop assistant said.

"It looks like I don't have a more suitable method right now! Let's do it this way! " Luo Qiu Shui nodded.

"Alright, I'll inform the shopkeeper right away and have him arrange it immediately!" The shop assistant left in a hurry when he said this.

"Wait a minute!" Spring Flower quickly stopped the shop assistant.

"Do you have any other orders, Miss?" The shop assistant frowned.

"How much is the cost of settling down? If we give too little, we won't agree to it! " Spring Flower said.

"One hundred liang, what does Miss think?" The shop assistant said.

"A hundred silver?" A single one of them is worth a hundred silvers? " Spring Flower made an exaggerated expression.

"We didn't kill him. One hundred gold coins is already not a small sum!" Furthermore, even if you're just a lowly commoner, you still won't be worth that much! " The shop assistant said.

"What do you mean? Although he is just a coachman, he still follows our young master! One hundred silver coins is still not enough to buy a dog for our young master! " Qiu Yue coldly said.

"Then tell me the number, and I'll discuss it with the shopkeeper!" The shop assistant said.

"If you want my opinion, it would need at least a thousand taels!" As Spring Flower spoke, he slapped the table.

The shop assistant nearly jumped out of his skin, "What, one thousand gold? Am I hearing things? "

"You didn't hear wrong! A total of 1000 silver taels, "Luo Qiu Shui lightly smiled," However, from the looks of it, your shop shouldn't be easy to deal with, what do you think? Five hundred silver from your store, and the rest of the five hundred silver from us. If you have no objections, then do it! "

"Ok, deal!" The shop assistant gave a thumbs up, "I like it this way!"

"Young Master, that's too easy on them, isn't it?" Spring Flower said unhappily.

"Then it's settled!" Luo Qiu said.

"Fine, if there's nothing else, I'll go out and take care of the aftermath." the clerk asked.

"You shouted so loudly just now that everyone heard you. If this matter were to spread out, what would happen?" Autumn Moon said.

"What a careful girl! You don't need to worry about this matter. "Farewell!" After saying this, the shop assistant did not linger and left the room.

"Gongzi, how do you think he will handle this matter?" Qiu Yue asked.

"He will definitely say that he was mistaken. That guest did not die, he just passed out from drinking too much."

"This reason is pretty cute!" Spring Flower laughed.

Qiu Yue was also smiling as her gaze inadvertently shifted to the window. After that, her expression immediately stiffened. "Young Master, look! "The trees outside …"

"Why did that tree wither and die?" Wasn't it fine yesterday? " Spring Flower couldn't help but cry out.

"That tree was poisoned and already dead!" Luo Qiu Shui said calmly.

"What poison is that? Why is it so overbearing?" Could it be that it has been famous for a long time in the martial arts world for its poison, 'Faceless Powder'? " A sliver of fear had crept onto Autumn Moon's face.

"Shameless Powder? What the hell is that? " Spring Flower asked in confusion.

"The Faceless Powder is one of the most powerful poisons in the martial arts world. The infected people will fester all over their body for a short period of time, until they turn into a pile of white bones! The duration of the effects of this poison is extremely short, and there is almost no cure! " Luo Qiu Shui's brows were locked into a deep frown.

"Who could use such a vicious poison? He must be a mad devil! " Spring Flower gnashed her teeth in hatred.

"I've heard someone say before that this poison was invented by 'Spicy Hand Guan Yin' Ling Qianye! However, this evil woman had disappeared after killing her man. "She hasn't appeared in the martial arts world for twenty years. Could it be that she has reappeared?" Autumn Moon said.

"What?" Kill my man? She was too abnormal! For a female devil like her, it is impossible for anyone to kill her. If I were to meet her, I will definitely let her have a taste of my strength! " said Spring Flower, clenching her fists.

"If her man wasn't fooling around behind her back, why would she kill him?" Luo Qiu Shui slowly walked to the window, "If it wasn't for her situation being understandable, how could she have been tolerated by a righteous person in the martial arts world? "How can you live in the martial arts world until now?"

"Could it be that the young master is also certain that the person who shot the poison needle was her?" Qiu Yue questioned.

"I don't think there's anyone else besides her!" Luo Qiu Shui slowly turned around and looked at Qiu Yue. "In this world, only she knows the formula of poison!"

"Then why did she secretly harm the Young Master?" Spring Flower said.

"That's what I want to know!" Luo Qiu Shui's eyes suddenly became unspeakably sad. "I hope that she isn't really my enemy!"

At this moment, a withered wutong tree leaf blew in the wind, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally landing lightly on the windowsill.

"Young Master, is she here?" As the autumn moon gazed at the withered leaves of the wutong tree, she suddenly grew nervous.

"What should come will come, what shouldn't come won't come!"

Luo Qiu Shui's voice was so low that only he could clearly hear it himself. He was afraid that if he raised his voice, it would shock the entire courtyard of the wutong tree!