Sweet as candy

Chapter 88

That day Xiao Lang didn't return to the Wulin League until late at night. When Xue Shiji saw him, he had a teasing smile on his face: "How is it, Brother Xiao, are you in a better mood?"

The corner of Xiao Lang's mouth was still raised, and he stared at Xue Shiji with a half-smile, "So much attention to my private affairs? Don't forget the things I entrusted to you."

"Don't worry, don't forget."

The people Xiao Lang handed over to Xue Shiji to follow were all those who could make the Wulin League tremble by stomping their feet.Xue Shiji was afraid that he would be discovered if he followed too closely, so he repeatedly told his confidants to be careful.

And Xiao Lang personally went to the largest information selling organization in Jianghu, trying to find out the source of medicinal materials that the Laughing Buddha sold to those dignitaries.

I didn't expect this trip to be a surprise.

The Laughing Buddha is extremely careful in doing things. Those medicinal materials are scarce. In order not to be caught by others, he made an agreement when he traded with others. To ensure that the other party can finish the medicinal materials before being found out.

But what he never expected was that after an official bought medicinal materials from him, someone who wanted to curry favor with him sent the same thing.

It is probably because these so-called Jianghu people are not worth mentioning in the eyes of court officials, let alone a smiling Buddha who hides and dare not even show his face, the official quickly broke the original relationship with the smiling Buddha. It was agreed to give the extra share to his friend, and thus leaked the wind.

The reason why this medicinal material is so rare is that it was one of the banned drugs that flowed in from outside the Great Wall ten years ago, causing frantic snatching in the Jianghu.

All the banned drugs were confiscated by members of the Wulin League and sealed permanently.If it can reappear, either someone risked his life to sneak in with it, or the few copies in the Wulin League treasury were stolen.

All the items in the warehouse of the Wulin League have a corresponding list, but those that will be opened and used are put on one side, and those that are permanently sealed are put on the other.

Someone would check and check the warehouse every year. If the Laughing Buddha really stole from it, it would give him a chance to narrow down the suspicious area.

Xiao Lang was determined to check, and sent someone to bring the list, intending to open a warehouse and check it himself.

But there is still one difficulty - the movement of opening a warehouse is not small, and opening a warehouse for no reason will inevitably attract the suspicion of other people in the alliance, and if there is nothing missing in it, it will expose the clues I just got.

But to know whether this smiling Buddha has anything to do with the inner ghost in the Wulin League, he has to start with it.There are ghosts on the left and right staring at him, so he might as well take the risk and take the initiative to attack.

That night, Song Shuyan sneaked up to the warehouse with a medicine basket in his pocket.

She poked her head out cautiously, and saw the tired faces of the guards at the door.

A touch of white protruded from the edge of the medicine basket. Song Shuyan picked up the little rabbit in the basket with one hand, touched its ears along the way, put it down, and let it run all the way to the warehouse.

The guards were sleepy, suddenly they saw a small ball of Snow White jumping over, they were all awake, squatting with their mouths open, wanting to tease them: "Where did the rabbit come from?"

Song Shuyan hid behind the tree and watched for a while, and saw the two guards in front of the warehouse relax, waved his hands behind him, and ran in with a basket in a hurry: "Brothers, have any of you seen my rabbit?" ?”

"Miss Song, it turns out that this rabbit belongs to you." A guard held the rabbit ears and returned the rabbit to her: "I said, how come such a little thing comes here so easily."

"It's so naughty, it sneaked away without paying attention." Song Shuyan smiled at the two of them, and was about to say something when his expression changed, and he pointed behind them: "Who's there?"

The guard was startled, and turned around to look, only to hear a clang in his ears, and the lock on the storeroom door rattled.

A black shadow flashed past the warehouse with lightning speed, and Song Shuyan screamed: "There are thieves!"

A guard hurriedly chased after it, but the black shadow moved extremely quickly, and disappeared over several walls in a row.

The guard couldn't catch up, and ran back angrily and out of breath: "Well, why is this person so good at qinggong, he can't catch up at all."

Taking advantage of the panic of the two, Song Shuyan approached the storeroom, took out a small knife from his sleeve, swiped at the door lock, quickly put it away, and said with a panicked face: "There is a scratch on it. , Did that person steal something from inside?"

As soon as the two guards changed their colors, they stepped forward and saw that there were scratch marks on the lock.

But the two of them were standing here just now, how did the thief escape their eyes and come out from inside?Besides, the lock is not broken...

Song Shuyan said: "Let's report to the lord quickly, in case something is missing here, it's better to find out sooner rather than later."

The two were still hesitating, so she gave another reassurance: "Don't worry, I will testify for you. The two of you definitely did not leave your post without authorization. It was the thief who played tricks himself."

After finishing speaking, he raised the rabbit on his arm towards the two of them.

The two looked at each other, and finally decided to ask Xiao Lang to make a decision.

Xue Shiji rolled over from the inside, and just after changing his clothes, he ran over after Xiao Lang non-stop, still not breathing well.

Those two looked at him strangely, Xue Shiji waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

The two talked about the matter in a whisper, and Song Shuyan stood beside him, patted his chest and wanted to testify for the two that what they said was true.

Xiao Lang comforted the two of them calmly, expressing that he would definitely investigate strictly.

In a blink of an eye, someone delivered a list, Xiao Lang looked at the list calmly, and gently raised his hand towards the two: "Open a position."

Following his orders, the two brought the key and opened the door.Xiao Lang said softly: "I also hope that you two will guard the warehouse well. If there is any abnormality, take it down in one fell swoop."

His expression was serious, and the two of them suddenly felt that they had been entrusted with some great responsibility, and their chests puffed up: "Yes!"

Xiao Lang blinked at Xue Shiji, and the two entered the warehouse with the lamp in hand.

It has not been cleaned for nearly a year, and a lot of dust was brought up between the two of them when they walked.Xue Shiji coughed and covered his nose with his sleeve.

Xiao Lang left him at the door to monitor the actions of the two people outside, and walked straight in.

The warehouse would be returned to its original position every time the inventory was completed. Xiao Lang's eyes quickly scanned the rows of rare treasures, and walked through them to the row of medicinal materials.

Xue Shiji pretended to count things outside, and after a while, Xiao Lang came out again.

He asked with his eyes, Xiao Lang nodded with deep eyes, and the two said in unison: "The count is done."

"There is nothing missing inside." Xiao Lang smiled and said, "Perhaps the thief was discovered by you before he could steal it."

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, their hearts were alright, so they would not have to be punished.

Xiao Lang refolded the list, and asked casually: "The annual inspection of this warehouse, besides the warehouse manager, has anyone else been there?"

"Leader, the left and right elders, Hall Master Meng, and Hall Master Liu all came to inspect it before."

Xue Shiji went back to the room with a stern face, looked left and right for no one, and quickly closed the door: "How many things are missing there?"

Xiao Lang said with a smile: "When you return to your room, the door is closed tightly, which will easily attract suspicion."

He stepped forward to open the door, turned around and walked towards the case: "Three blood hibiscus, five sections of Hanshanmu, and other forbidden medicines, only one or two of each."

"It's the same as what was found out before, or even more." Xue Shiji said: "So, the Laughing Buddha really has a lot to do with that inner ghost of the Wulin League."

Xiao Lang tapped the table with his knuckles, and pondered: "The warehouse of the Martial Arts League is not accessible to ordinary people. The few people mentioned by the guards just now should be investigated."

"Okay." Xue Shiji propped his face with one hand, and his eyes swayed slightly following Xiao Lang's movement of tapping the table. Suddenly, he remembered something, and it was like an electric current suddenly passed through his whole body, and he turned pale instantly. Face.

Seeing that his expression was different, Xiao Lang restrained his expression and said in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

"Brother Xiao, do you still remember that I accidentally said something wrong and was reprimanded by Elder Zuo?"

"Correct."

"At that time I asked Elder Zuo and Elder Right where he had gone, and he said that he had gone to a temple for a vegetarian meal." Xue Shiji's voice was lower than the fluttering of a mosquito's wings: "Elder You believes in Buddhism, and he once interfered in the warehouse inspection, you said ...is there such a coincidence in this world?"

Not only that, Qin Xiao's name was also on the list Song Fengqingmo gave him.

Xiao Lang's face turned serious.