Chapter 53 Tea Shop

In the afternoon, Qu Xin sat on the counter of the tea shop in a daze as usual.

What was placed in front of him was not tea, but water.

There is a saying that "those who sell salt drink light soup, and those who weave straw mats sleep on bare beds." Qu Xin, the tea shop owner, can be regarded as agreeing with this - he drinks without adding any salt every day. Boiled water with a little tea leaves.

The taste of water is very bland, and it needs to be paired with some "seasonings" to make it taste good.

The tea shop opened by Qu Xin is just a place for people to chat.

Qu Xin is just forty years old this year. He looks very ordinary in both height and appearance. Even the regular customers of this tea shop don’t have a deep impression of him as the shopkeeper, because they usually The people responsible for greeting customers are the shop assistants, but he just sits there, like a mascot.

No one paid attention to him, and no one would have thought that this seemingly ordinary tea shop owner would be the third figure in the organization "Shadow".

Wuchang is one of the most important water and land transportation hubs in Dashu. As an organization that mainly collects and exchanges intelligence, it is logical that Shadow would set up its base camp here.

When Gu Qiying was away, the person who had full authority to manage the organization on his behalf was Qu Xin.

Qu Xin’s martial arts skills are naturally not as good as Gu Qiying’s, nor as good as Shen Youran who is younger than him. He may even be better than some of the killers in the organization...but it’s him. , firmly sitting on this third spot.

He relies on two things: first, his excellent logistics dispatching ability; second, Gu Qiying’s trust and respect.

Of course, this "trust" is only relative.

The only person Gu Qiying "truly trusts" is Shen Youran. As for the others... no matter how much they trust, they will inevitably be tricked by him.

Qu Xin is no exception.

However, the poison in him is different from that of others - members of the shadow will have different poisons according to their level; people of Qu Xin's level will have different poisons. , the intervals between the attacks of the poison on his body would be very long, which not only showed Gu Qiying's "trust" in him, but also made it easier for him to act independently in a place far away from Gu Qiying for a long time.

In addition, Qu Xin also holds in his hands the recipe for continuing the poison for all people whose levels are below him; please note that it is a recipe for "continuing the poison", not for "removing the poison". In other words, the function of this medicine is to relieve the next attack of the poison, rather than to completely eliminate the poison.

I have to say that the system Gu Qiying came up with really works... Because of the existence of this system, the organization did not fall apart even after he "died".

After the Luoyang incident, Qu Xin took over the command naturally and maintained the operation of Shadow as usual.

In the past few days, in addition to continuing to collect all kinds of intelligence from the world, the people, and the government and the public, members of Youying at all levels have also had an additional key task: to keep an eye on Huang Donglai and try to get it from him. LordNotes from an adult.

Every reader must have understood after seeing this... The "fourth person" lurking in the darkness on the roof of the inn in Xinyang that night was none other than one of Youying's spies.

The ambush at the post house last night was also caused by the shadow; the leader of the killers who led the nine killers in was none other than Qu Xin himself.

However, Qu Xin has stayed in the "sitting position" for too long after all. His performance in leading the team on the front line was not very good. His silly voice when he rushed into the house last night Even his subordinates wanted to complain about Haha's "Follow me".

Originally, the order he issued last night was: Except for Huang Donglai, who must be captured alive, the other two people can live or die, depending on whether they resist fiercely or not.

As a result, when he yelled, it became more intense even if it wasn’t violent...

If it weren’t for his roar, maybe the brothers would have rushed in and quickly put the knife into the necks of the three of them. After a fight, the matter was settled, and the three of them were captured alive without any fighting. But now, ten of them went out, and only three came out in the end. A total of seven brothers were revealed there, and the martial arts of these seven were not weak.

Although it can be said that due to the intrusion of Ran Ling, a master, they will fail no matter how they respond, but without his stupid behavior, at least a few people would have died less.

The truth... is this truth.

Unfortunately, no one will say these words.

This is also the drawback of Gu Qiying's "control system" - no one dares to offend his superiors.

However, last night's setback obviously caused doubts about Qu Xin's commanding ability within the organization; facing these subordinates who dared to be angry and dare not speak out, Qu Xin was also very stressed. ...

Because those people are not stupid, they all understand: if we can't get the Lord's notes, the person who will be hurt the most is not us, but you, Qu Xin.

Although our voodoo cannot be solved, we can at least "continue the voodoo" to maintain it. But how to alleviate your Qu Xin's voodoo, only the Lord knows; now the Lord is no longer here, wait. Your poison has reached its onset. If you haven't got the notes yet, you'll be in serious trouble.

Right now, Qu Xin is sitting here, seemingly in a daze, but actually he is thinking about this matter.

At this moment, several familiar figures passed in front of him...

"Hey, four masters, come on, come on, please come in, There is a seat here." The waiter in the store greeted Ran Ling, Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji to an empty table.

At this moment, Ran Ling was naturally dressed in casual clothes. If he came here wearing a royal outfit, he would definitely scare away all the guests in the room.

Sun, Huang, and Lei also put on their normal clothes and no longer wore the tattered disguises.

"Pick up the tea and bring some plates of dried fruit snacks." Ran Ling casually ordered the waiter while sitting down.

“Hey~ Okay! "The guy responded and turned back to work.

Before he had gone far, Lei Buji whispered to Ran Ling: "Brother Ran, didn't you say you would take us to investigate the case? Why are you here drinking tea? "

When Ran Ling heard this, he glanced at Lei Buji and replied unhurriedly: "Drinking tea here is to investigate the case. "

"Huh? "Lei Buji didn't understand.

But Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai understood.

"Brother Ran means...that intelligence can be collected here? "Huang Donglai answered softly.

"Not bad. Ran Ling also lowered his voice slightly and replied, "This tea shop has the best business in the city. The clerks and regular customers here also like to gossip... There was such a big thing in the posthouse last night. Today, we are here Someone will definitely talk about it here. We might as well sit here for a long time and listen to what they can chew out that we don't know... We should be able to gain something. "

They whispered these few words, but not a single word escaped Qu Xin's ears - they were listening with their ear skills.

Maybe they were worried about the shopkeeper" "I was in a daze" and was so absorbed that I didn't notice the appearance of these people. At this time, another waiter in the store walked to Qu Xin and whispered: "Shopkeeper, look..."

This is like trying to find a place without even trying.

It takes no effort at all. , Qu Xin couldn't help but made a gesture to the waiter under the counter. The meaning was very simple: add medicine to the tea.