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He seemed to be injured, and it was very serious. The violent attack just now had made him exhausted, and now he didn't even have the strength to get up from the ground.

Qin Ke was a little worried. He reached out to find the fire pocket from his waist, and picked up the distorted candlestick on the ground again. Through the light of the fire, he could clearly see the black shadow holding his chest with dull pain. He was just a four A 50-year-old middle-aged man with disheveled long hair, his eyes were piercing in the dark.

"Master Jiu, right?" Qin Ke asked with some uncertainty.

"Kill me." The black shadow seemed to have no strength to get up again, and his voice became hoarse from the previous sharpness, "I will not give you anything."

"Why would I kill you?" Qin Ke stared blankly at the black shadow, took a step forward, saw his hands covering his chest covered with blood, and exclaimed, "You... are bleeding!" He hurried He walked over quickly, and moved the black shadow's hand away. The wound was on his right chest, but the overflowing blood had already bloomed a delicate red flower on the skirt of his shirt.

"It's...not bad...the left side is the heart...the right side is fine...the right side is fine..." Qin Ke actually doesn't know much about medical science, but he also knows some common sense. Thinking of this, he pulled off his cuffs forcefully and folded them into After taking a small piece, he pressed hard on the man's chest.

"Aren't you one of them?" Black Shadow felt the pain in his chest, but he also felt that his blood was slowing down. He panted violently and asked hoarsely.

"Whose person?" Qin Ke couldn't understand, reached out his hand to take out the jade from his bosom and said, "Zhuge Wanling asked me to come to you."

The candle flames danced actively in the cellar, while the warm luster of the jade disc shone brightly in the firelight.Hei Ying was stunned, this was not the first time he had seen this piece of jade, but he did not expect to see him in such a place this time.

He suddenly laughed: "It's just in time!" Even though Qin Ke pressed his chest, he still struggled restlessly, and he didn't listen to Qin Ke's persuasion "Don't move you are bleeding", dragging his body When he came to a corner of the cellar, he bent his fingers like a hook, and quickly found a bamboo slip wrapped in linen from the loess.

"Take it!" Soi Ying's voice suddenly rose, "Take it to the oil shop on Lintang Street, and tell the shopkeeper that something happened to my ninth master, and he will understand."

Qin Ke took the bamboo slips almost without refusing, and watched the blood on his chest continue to help hold his chest.

"What is this?" Qin Ke asked.

"The account book..." Master Jiu grinned, "but it's not an ordinary account book. Just one book like this can determine the life and death of many people. I wanted to send him out by myself, but I can't seem to... Fortunately, there are You, you can definitely do it."

Chapter 59 escape

Qin Ke looked at the bamboo slips in a daze, he hadn't realized many things yet, he just felt that the inexplicable trust came too eagerly: "Why?"

Master Jiu was about to open his mouth, but a voice suddenly came from the oil shop: "You said that old ghost is nearby, why didn't you see anyone?"

"I don't know, but he did disappear just like that. There are many layouts in the old street that are hard to say. Maybe he is hiding in a corner that we don't know."

"Is it possible that he has escaped?"

"Impossible, the injuries on his body...it is impossible to support him to go very far."

Qin Ke held his breath, he remembered, this is the voice he heard in the hut last night!At the same time, he also discovered another thing: the entrance to the cellar had been opened by him, and it was too late for him to close it back now.

Master Jiu's face was a little pale, and he said softly: "Remember what I said." Then he slapped somewhere beside the wall suddenly.

The loess in the cellar has been baked, and after drying, it looks extremely hard. Even if he pats it hard like this, it will probably only fall some loess crumbs.

However, following Master Jiu's slap, the dry loess in that area suddenly fell off. This is just a false wall. Behind this thin wall, there is a place that can only allow one person to crawl. cave.

"Go in quickly." Jiu Ye said anxiously, he already felt that the two people were not too far away from the room, as soon as they arrived, they would immediately find them here.

"Let's go together!" Qin Ke got in, but turned his head again, just because the hole was too small, he could only see Master Jiu standing up slowly, clutching his chest through the gap between his crotch.

Master Jiu shook his head and smiled miserably: "It's useless, my injury, go away! I don't know who you are, but since you have jade bi, it proves that you have a chance to meet the prime minister, you just need to tell him Lao Jiu Just don’t regret it.”

With the sound of hurried footsteps on the floor, the two people above finally discovered the clues of the room and walked over quickly.

"Go!" Looking at Qin Ke who was still hesitant, Master Jiu shouted loudly!He suddenly rushed forward, picked up the dagger that Qin Ke had dropped on the ground, and bumped towards that end like a mad bull.

The person above had just jumped off the top, and before he even landed for a while, he was bumped into a mess by Lord Jiu. Then he gritted his teeth, took advantage of the situation, and stabbed deeply into the neck of this person.

Turning his head, he saw that Qin Ke was no longer in the cave, so he couldn't help smiling.

However, there was a figure in a white robe above, but it fell like a heavy burden from an army!

Jiu Ye's strength has already weakened under the collision, even though he struggled to stand up and wanted to stab the dagger in his hand again to fight a trapped beast, but the figure kicked the dagger away from his hand when it fell , and then fell, stepping on Master Jiu's chest.

The huge force crushed Jiu Ye's breastbone, and a fountain of blood splashed out from his original injured position.

Severe pain came crushing like a mountain, but he didn't cry out for pain, but opened his mouth full of blood, and bit down hard on the foot that was stepping on his chest!

With a "bang", as Master Jiu's head was kicked hard and fell to the ground, his eyes glared angrily, but he had already lost all vitality.

The man who had just descended into the cellar looked down and smiled: "Hare rabbits kicking eagles?" Then he shook his head again and said, "It's a pity."

With a "plop", another person fell from behind the man in white: "Mr. Yu, are you alright?"

The man in white turned his head, and the faint light above illuminated his handsome eyebrows and high nose bridge. He smiled and said, "It's okay, what can I do? I'm just an ordinary person who doesn't know how to practice. The battlefield, but it is still impossible to pose a sufficient threat to practitioners."

In Jingwu fashion, many practitioners like to wear white clothes. When they stand facing the wind, their beard and hair fluctuate with the wind, and the hem of the white clothes ripples like water waves.

And the beginning of this trend is because of the battle between Jingwu General Gao Changgong and the Tang State half a year ago. At that time, the Jingwu Kingdom was not stable. The trend of forcing the palace.

At that time, the Jingwu army did not have the current iron and blood, and the morale of the army was scattered because of the delay in food and payment.

However, Gao Changgong only led more than 20 elite cavalry troops from Jing and Wu, and went out on light cavalry, and marched rapidly in the territory of Tang. Invincible, no one in the [-] Tang Guotie Army can stop him.

It was also from that day on that the Qingzhou Ghost Riders became one of the three major cavalry armies in the world, and none of the common people in Jingwu knew Gao Changgong, the God of War in Jingwu.

After the war ceased, the gate of Jianye City was opened. Gao Changgong was wearing a white robe, carrying a white horse, and carrying a silver gun. He led the way back to the city and returned to the city. But Li is so proud.

Only the white robe was left in their eyes, and there was no one else.

The man in white shook his folding fan lightly. Although he was in this deep cellar, he still did not forget his demeanor, and said with a light smile, "It's really boring."

The person next to him was the one Qin Ke took orders to leave outside the hut that day. If he was a Jianghu person in Jingwu, he probably knew this face very well.

There are four major gangs in Jianye City, occupying the south, north, east, and west of the city respectively. He is the current leader of the Yulong Gang, the largest gang in the east of the city, Pang Hu. Relationship.

Under his management, the Fish Dragon Gang even vaguely wanted to expand to the west of the city.

It's just that he and the man in white are obviously not superior or subordinate, and his voice is respectful, with some hesitation: "Mr. Yu, do you want to chase?"

What he was talking about was naturally Qin Ke who was fleeing desperately in the narrow cave.

The man in white shook his head, obviously unwilling to get into such a narrow cave and dirty his white clothes just to chase a mouse. You will think that the snare we set up has already included him."

He turned his head to look at Pang Hu, and said with a smile: "Don't be so respectful to me. After all, I'm just a thug. At least three of your subordinates can rival me, and that blind man..."

Pang Hu shook his head, still cautiously and respectfully said: "It's not the same. You are an adult, and if you get mixed up with us stinky fish and rotten shrimps, you will lose your status. You should be respectful."

Qin Ke panted heavily, rather than saying that he was a mouse fleeing in a hurry, it would be better to say that he was an earthworm digging a hole.I don't know when the cave was dug. Although there is no corruption or insects inside, the cave is so narrow that it is almost impossible to pass through.

He could only twist his body ugly, because the speed was too fast, which made his waist start to hurt a little.

But the light was ahead, he couldn't stop, he could only grit his teeth, stretch out his hand vigorously, and continue to crawl forward.

It's not that he didn't hear Jiu Ye's roar, and the sound of his head hitting the ground made his heart sink even more.He thought Jiu Ye was probably dead, and he couldn't even look back to see who killed Jiu Ye.

But in the end, what's the use even if he knew who killed Master Jiu?He is not a warrior, nor is he a soldier, and he does not have a mission like Master Jiu that is worth completing even if he loses his life.He came to Jingwu just to know the news of Master, but the premise of knowing is that he needs to be alive.

With some guilt in his heart, Qin Ke finally reached the entrance of the cave, and as he moved with some difficulty, his spirit lifted a little.

"Ouch..." Qin Ke screamed as soon as he got out of the hole. The hole was not on any flat ground, nor was it in any house, but on a slope protected by stones on both sides.

The loess mixed with straw and plant ash fills the gaps between these stones, making the entire slope protection firm and stable, and the river flows quietly below, calm and soothing, showing the gentleness that Jiangnan Water Town should have.

Qin Ke broke out in a sweat, just now he came out so violently that he almost fell into the river.

A small boat passed by slowly below. The boatman was wearing a bamboo hat and holding a long penny, probably in a happy mood while humming.

Chapter 60 Treading Water

Qin Ke didn't care too much, jumped suddenly, turned over and landed on the boat, his body shook and the whole boat sank suddenly, and the boatman almost fell into the river in fright.

"Go, go!" Qin Ke said anxiously.

But the boatman was dumbfounded, motionless, looking at the shore and then at his boat, thinking that the water is not rising now, the height from the shore to the boat is at least a foot high, how could this young man just jump off without thinking about it? ?Are you afraid of breaking your leg?

He didn't regard Qin Ke as a cultivator, after all, this is Jianye City, a land of prosperity in Jing and Wu, Qin Ke is dressed in coarse linen clothes, with a rural atmosphere, he looks like a young man from a small place.

And those cultivators are usually either guarding the home for others, or some people even take the initiative to invite them to make offerings, so it shouldn't be so embarrassing.

In a panic, Qin Ke was afraid that someone would be chasing him from behind, so he reached out and took out a tael of silver from his purse and stuffed it into the boatman's palm: "Do you know about Lintang Street?"

The boatman was stunned for a moment, then said slowly: "I know, it's just..."

Qin Ke snatched his bamboo hat and put it on his head.The bamboo hat was so big that it could just cover his face. By the way, he stopped the boatman from continuing to speak, and said, "Go to Lintang Street, and the money will be yours." After a pause, he added, "Try to go as fast as possible. "

The boatman finally came to his senses, he blinked and looked at the tael of silver in his hand, feeling inexplicably happy, Lintang Street is not far from here, how can it be worth the tael of silver?

Suddenly, the way he looked at Qin Ke changed a lot.I just think this is probably a gentleman from some noble family who specially pretends to be this poor boy in order to tease his beloved girl?After all, Jianye City is the capital of Jingwu, even if a brick falls from the sky, it is very likely to hit a nobleman. It is not surprising that there are so many sons and brothers who are idle every day.

Grinning his mouth, the boatman showed his yellowed rotten teeth, and yelled in Jingwu dialect with a rural accent: "Okay! My son, please sit down, and I will send you to the place as soon as possible! "

But when the penny went down the first time, Qin Ke frowned, and saw the slope protection and railings on both sides slowly passing by, probably because this secret passage had already left the old street, and there were more pedestrians on the road, who could even hear Shouts from the bun shop.

But where is Qin Ke in the mood to appreciate the scenery of Jianye City at this moment?He raised his head nervously, looking at the dark passage that the boatman hadn't noticed yet, and it was still peaceful.It's just that his heart was beating wildly, and he always felt that a figure covered in blood would suddenly burst out there.

Thinking of this, he stood up unbearably, snatched the boatman's penny, and said, "Sit down, I'll come! Point me in the direction!"

"Ah?" The boatman was dumbfounded, and sat on the boat blankly, watching Qin Ke clumsily rowing the boat with a penny, but he couldn't make the boat grow much faster. He frowned and wondered where are you guys? Ever used something like this?Even if I give it to you, where can I go quickly?

But soon.His eyes changed.

It is true that Qin Ke has never spent a penny, but it is not because he is a pampered young man, it is simply because Daoxiang Village is not a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if he wants to play a rowing boat, the villagers use it to raise fish A fishpond is by no means a comfortable place.

But when he became familiar with the feeling of penny punting, his hands and feet gradually became brisk, and the qi and blood condensed from years of practice were transmitted from his beating heart to all parts of his body at this moment, giving him strength far surpassing that of a boatman. strength.

With just a push, the boat slid forward several feet on the water as if being propelled by a huge force.When he lasted a little longer, the boat moved forward crazily on the water as if riding a stormy sea.

"Right...no, no, no...not..., right, right, right..." The boatman stretched out his hand tremblingly, wondering if his eyes were in the wrong place, trembling, pointing in the direction with his crooked fingers, stammering, "Slow...slowly...will hit other boats..."

Qin Ke didn't pay attention at all. With his eyes narrowed slightly, he saw someone lying on the bow of the boat in front of him. While feeling the leisurely water town, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Qin Ke estimated the distance, and when he raised his hand, the penny broke through the water and hit the bottom of the river like a big gun!

A force was transmitted back along the penny, the whole boat swayed, and the stern of the boat suddenly rose into the air, and after a while, it hit the water again, almost within a millimetre, rubbing against the small boat. Passed swiftly.

A large amount of water splashed, splashing and slapping the face of the person lying on the boat.

"Who! You're going to die!" The people on the boat suddenly struggled to their feet in shock, yelling, but Qin Ke had already turned a corner and left, leaving only the surging water to prove that someone had just regarded a small boat as a rushing boat. Use like a horse.

When the boat finally arrived at a berth near Lintang Street in such a wild state, the boatman almost fainted.He has never seen such a crazy and desperate punting in his life, this is not sailing, this is clearly rushing for his life!Now he is completely sure that Qin Ke is a practitioner, otherwise, where did he get the strength to stab the long and heavy penny at the surface of the water like a spear?

Several times, he thought that his boat would capsize and he would fall into the water and drown himself, but Qin Ke would always pull out the pole again suddenly at such a critical moment, and adjust the boat back from the critical point again. No accident was brewed.

But the degree of sloshing made even the boatman who had been on the boat for so many years unbearable, his stomach churned, and he vomited as soon as he landed.

Qin Ke finally breathed a sigh of relief when he walked ashore. The distance between Antai Street and Lintang Street is not far, but there is still a lot of distance between them.In this case, even if the cultivator who killed Master Jiu chases after him, he shouldn't be able to track him down, right?Although it is true that this journey has gone too far, once a woman who was sitting on the bow of the boat holding an umbrella and looking forward to her beauty was frightened and fell into the water with a plop, but I think the woman who jumped into the water The boatman's water skills are not bad, and it's no problem to save someone.

Qin Ke went all the way up the steps, and the surroundings of Lintang Street were actually more deserted than Antai Street.Many of the shops here seem to have closed down long ago. The signboards are leaning against the door, and the thick spider silk is still stuck on it.

But when Qin Ke walked around, he met a blind old man, who was sitting lonely on a small bench, quietly playing the erhu. The air of aloofness is sometimes high, as if it wants to penetrate the clouds.

When Qin Ke relaxed, he was fascinated by the song. When the song ended, he couldn't help clapping.But looking left and right, where else is there other people besides him in this dilapidated old street?

After thinking for a while, Qin Ke went up and said, "This old man. No one will listen to you playing the erhu here. If you want to ask for some money, you should get out of this street and go to a lively place."

The blind old man raised his head slowly, and glanced at Qin Ke with empty eyes.

Qin Ke looked at him, feeling chills for some reason.

But the blind old man lowered his head, and said in a calm voice, "The sound of the zither is for someone with a predestined relationship. Since you can hear it, it means a predestined relationship. Why do you care about things like money?"

"Money is always good, otherwise I could have bought a few more meat-stuffed buns this morning." Qin Ke shook his head, looked at the same old linen clothes on the blind old man, and said, "Old man, you What about the family? Do you just let this one play the piano?"

The blind old man didn't answer any more, and played the erhu again. It was the same song just now, or the lonely voice just now, but his indifferent attitude clearly expressed his intention of seeing off the guests.

Qin Ke shook his head, did not continue to entangle with him, looked up a few times, saw the oil shop with an old sign, and walked over.The bamboo slips in his arms were warmed by his surge of energy and blood, but this warmth reminded him that Master Jiu's body was getting colder.

Even though he and Master Jiu met for the first time, he still felt that he should fulfill his last wish well.What's more, Zhuge Wanling asked him to find Master Jiu after he arrived in Jianye City. Now that Master Jiu was dead, he had to find this oil shop in order to re-establish contact with Zhuge Wanling.

He just twitched his nose a few times while standing in front of the door, and found something wrong again.

Chapter 61 The Sound of the Erhu

"The smell of blood?" Qin Ke is familiar with this smell. In the tomb of King Ye, the scene of thousands of snakes fighting is still vivid in his mind. The tumbling waves are like waves, and the disgusting smell of blood often reappears in his dreams. .

And before he opened the door of the oil shop, he already had an inexplicable sense of foreboding.

"Squeak" sounded.

The door of the oil shop was slowly pushed open, but inside was a scene like hell.

On the counter, an old man in coarse cloth was lying quietly, his head was thrown back to the extreme because it was hanging in the air.It even made people wonder if his neck would suddenly break the next moment.

And in his throat, there was a mouth of blood slowly flowing, along his beard, past his cheeks and uncomparable eyes, and slowly dripping to the ground.It hasn't been long since he died, but there are already flies hovering around him, flying around and then staying on the tip of his nose, their tiny mouthparts slowly licking the blood that is gradually thickening and turning black.

On the other side of the counter, two corpses sat side by side against the wall, staring blankly at the front, full of horror, and there was also a bloody gash on the throat, and the black blood stained their clothes .

Qin Ke only felt a chill running up his tailbone and penetrating into his brain!

He slammed the door shut, and the door of the oil shop collided with the door frame, making a muffled sound. He walked away from the door of the oil shop quickly, even like a thief fleeing in a hurry.