"You're late."

In a private room in an ordinary local restaurant.

"Xue Qing."

After leaving the inn, the young man wandered around to the private room of this restaurant.

Under the leadership of the waiter.

Not long after entering the door.

A middle-aged man in a gray-brown robe and elegant face was sitting at the table, staring indifferently at the young man walking towards him.

"I'm late?"

After the young man sat down naturally, a little thought appeared on his handsome face.

"Yes, you should have appeared here in the afternoon, but you made me wait for a long time."

The middle-aged man said expressionlessly.

"After afternoon..."

Xue Qing thought something.

"Is something going on?"

The middle-aged man was keenly aware of something wrong.

"I don't know, but I seem to have forgotten something."

Xue Qing frowned slightly.

"Can you tell me specifically?"

The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

"Of course, and I have one thing I want to ask you."

Said.

Xue Qing told the middle-aged man about the strange things and suspicions that happened to him without any concealment.

"…Do you suspect that your memory makes people tamper with you?"

After hearing this, the middle-aged man stared at Xue Qing with bright eyes.

"Yes, but I have no evidence to prove my guess."

Xue Qing said calmly.

"…So, what you want to ask is which inn is there? Do you think there is something wrong with that inn?"

The middle-aged man pondered for a moment.

"That's right."

Xue Qing said frankly.

"I have heard of this inn, but what I know is probably very different from what you think."

The middle-aged man said.

"Oh? What's the difference?"

Xue Qing immediately became interested.

"Since we talk about this inn, we can't avoid the shopkeeper of this inn..."

The middle-aged man started slowly without beating around the bush.

"The shopkeeper's surname is Xia, and his name is unknown because he has never mentioned his name before others. Usually others call him Xiaoxia, Laoxia, or Xia."

"He is not a local person, but came to our place from another place more than 20 years ago, but his specific hometown has never been mentioned to anyone. In short, this is an ordinary person with a mysterious identity."

"After we arrived at our place, we set up a small inn. From then on, we made a living by running the inn. When we were young, we were a very hardworking, down-to-earth and kind person. In addition to busy with the inn business, we often helped neighbors and neighbors at other times. One year, we even adopted four lonely little beggars, that is, the young men you see in the inn. Therefore, his reputation is very good among the local neighbors..."

"Until Zhang Gun Xia is older and the adopted children are adults, he seems to be a little unwilling to run an inn, and his temper becomes more and more weird. All the inns are handed over to the adopted children to take care of. He chooses to be a hand-off manager. He either lie on the counter or sleeps with neighbors every day, so he looks like he is idle all day..."

"For more than 20 years, many neighbors have witnessed him from a young man to middle age. Although many neighbors have told him about marriage, he declined with different excuses. As a result, he is still alone and widowed. But he himself doesn't care. He even often tells his neighbors that he has four good children, and he has someone to take care of when he is old, and even if he doesn't get married, it's nothing..."

"I have to say that the four children adopted by Manager Xia are indeed very good-natured. I heard some time ago that these four children seemed to be secretly plotting to make a marriage for Manager Xia. Perhaps they all felt that the shopkeeper is a little dissatisfied now."

"You think there is something wrong with Manager Xia, and the inn he runs, too. I don't deny this, but if you guess your memory is related to both, it's a bit hard to believe it."

"Because I have lived here for too long, I can't hide all the local affairs, big and small. If the inn run by Zhanggui Xia and he really have the problems you mentioned, do you think this can be hidden from me?"

"...Forget it, let's talk about the serious business."

After hearing this, Xue Qing was silent for a while.

"This is your new mission."

Without saying a word, the middle-aged man took out a jade slip from his arms and slid it on the table and towards Xue Qing.

Xue Qing took the slippery jade slip and gently pressed it on his forehead.

moment.

He put down the jade slip.

He easily crushed the jade slip into powder.

“The goal this time is a bit tricky.”

"I know, I will do my best to help you at that time."

The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

"If nothing else, I'll leave for the time being."

Xue Qing nodded, got up and prepared to leave.

"Do you know that Yan Chong and Shan Pi Qi Fei from Yujianmen had a fierce battle in the woods east of the city today?"

The middle-aged man suddenly thought.

"Yan Chong and Shan Pi Qi Fei?"

Xue Qing was stunned when he heard this.

He wasn't stunned by the battle between these three.

Instead, he was stunned and suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling.

I feel like I have seen these three people somewhere.

"Yes, I heard that the three of them met by chance in the woods of the city in the afternoon. After a fierce battle, Yan Chong was accidentally injured and ran away. Shan Pi and Qi Fei brothers and sisters kept chasing each other. They still don't know what the specific result is..."

The middle-aged man explained.

"Yan Chong escaped with injuries?" Xue Qing was immediately attracted by attention. "Yan Chong's martial arts is not a match for Shan Pi Qi Fei? Is it impossible?"

"But it is true, because some people in the local area have witnessed their battle with their own eyes."

The middle-aged man shook his head and said.

"Is it because the senior brother and sister Shanpi Qi Fei deliberately hid their strength? Or did the two master some joint attack technique to enhance each other's strength?"

Xue Qing guessed.

"As far as I know, Yan Chong is not far from the realm of the innate Grand Master. If the brothers and sisters of Shan Pi Qi Fei join forces to have the strength of the innate Grand Master, they will indeed have the ability to severely damage Yan Chong..."

"The strange convenience lies here." The middle-aged man frowned. "I went to the scene of their battle to investigate, but the remaining breaths around showed that neither side had exerted the power of touching the innate master..."

"It seems that the specific situation still needs to be confirmed from the parties involved."

After saying that.

Xue Qing waved his hand at the middle-aged man and turned around and walked out the door.

"But this is something you need to care about, so I'll go back first and contact me if you have something to do."

"good!"

The middle-aged man had no intention of keeping him.

After watching Xue Qing leave the room.

He was still sitting upright at the table.

It seems that someone is still waiting for the arrival of someone.

Dongdongdongdongdong-

"Customer? Are you back? Please come in and please come in!"

There is an inn.

When the heavy wooden door sounded knocking.

Xiao Ming, who was lying on the long table, immediately stepped forward and opened the wooden door. When he saw Xue Qing with a smile outside the door, he greeted with a warm smile.

"Please trouble you."
To be continued...