Sir, this sword is a keepsake

It's not a problem for the body to just float like this.As Zhao Renzhong's woman, she seemed to be more courageous and insightful than ordinary people, and she took the initiative to help Shen Fang Zhuangli fish up the body.

The three of them were silent for a while around the corpse, Shen Fang looked at the cut surface of the wound, while Zhuang Li was careful not to block Shen Fang, while paying attention to the woman's eyes, carefully looking for the sword manual and other valuables.

"No?" Shen Fang asked Zhuang Li.

Zhuang Li shook his head, and took away some pieces of broken silver.

The woman finally spoke. "How did he die?"

Shen reassured, this is not obvious, the thigh was severed with a sharp knife, and the blood was almost bleeding.That thigh... Just as he was thinking about it, he passed over the woman's shoulder and saw a dead white thing protruding from the green algae in the corner of the pool.

It seems that the blood that fell on the young lady's face came from the wound of the broken leg.

The woman lowered her head to look at the corpse, but she didn't realize it, and asked herself, "He has so many enemies, and I don't know who did it... I'm also stupid, I believed his idiot's dream."

It seems that she didn't express her meaning just now, what she wanted to ask was who killed him.

Shen Fang was also very concerned about this issue, because "Zhao Renzhong" didn't have a sword manual on him, and except for the person who killed him, Shen Fang never thought that someone else would take the sword manual.In the absence of a clue, the more complex the assumption, the more difficult it will be to start.

He paced along the pool, but saw Zhuang Li chatting with the woman.

He is not very interested in Zhao Renzhong's family affairs—whether it is a big treacherous person or a petty thief, at a certain stage, there will always be the thought of relinquishing the prodigal son, and having to spend the rest of his life in peace with one person. It's not something new to be lamented about.

In this chase about the sword manual, the big fish eat the small fish, and the small fish eat dried shrimps.Since this "Zhao Renzhong" dares to take it, he must not only have the ability to catch it, but also have the awareness to be targeted by others.Death was indeed an outcome that he should have considered long ago.However, because he also just lost an important person, somewhere in Shen's heart, he can still feel a thing or two about that woman's mood.

Death is like a lamp being extinguished, but the shadows left behind live in the hearts of those who live forever.

Shen Fang walked all the way to the bottom of the cliff, hoping to find some traces.The Zhang-wide cliff is covered with moss, and occasionally protruding stones are exposed and staggered upwards.The surface of the stone is wet, and ordinary people cannot stand firmly.Shen Fang's eyes brightened.Although this is not something he can climb up, but——

"Zhuang Li, apart from Feixu, what kind of lightness skill is that you use to sneak around?"

……

Zhuang Li went up and down, like walking on flat ground, and soon returned to Shen Fang who was waiting at the bottom of the cliff.

"This set is called Liuyun." He clapped his hands and dusted off the dust, "Sure enough, there are still many footprints on it, some big and some small, from the edge of the cliff to the forest behind the mountain, but once they arrive The outer edge of the woods spread out, which seems to be done on purpose to prevent people from being followed."

Strangely, Shen Fang frowned. On the one hand, it was because there was more than one person who killed Zhao Renzhong. On the other hand, he didn't know if he was thinking too much. He always felt that Zhuang Li had some emotions at this time.

Could it be because I let him climb the cliff?No way, for him, this is simply effortless.

Shen Fang couldn't help but ask tentatively, "What's wrong with you?"

"What's the matter?" Zhuang Li was immersed in his own analysis expressionlessly: "At least there are a lot of people throwing away the corpses, but that makes sense. It is indeed very likely that people from Wuxianglou did it."

Shen Fang was slightly taken aback, "Wuxianglou? Where did you get the news?" After asking, he knew that he was unnecessary, obviously it was the woman who just said it. "What else did she say?"

"She said that the owner of Wuxiang Building had sent someone to look for that man, and said that he was willing to exchange ten thousand gold for "Spring and Autumn Nineteenth". Presumably he betrayed Bi Luodao because of this, and wanted to take the money and take the woman away."

After Zhuang Li finished speaking, Shen Fang looked strange, "What's wrong with Wuxiang Building?"

"If Wuxianglou makes a move, it will be a little troublesome." Shen Fang muttered.

"Are they great?"

"It is indeed very powerful, but it may not be as powerful as you imagined. They have mysterious martial arts, and there are not many people who have experienced it in the world. They will hardly make a move unless it is absolutely necessary. However, they are rich and well-connected. , but the world knows it.” Shen Fang paused, “Money can turn ghosts around.”

Zhuang Li seemed to be fascinated by Wuxianglou, but he said with a bit of depression: "Money can make people become ghosts."

"Wuxianglou is in Yushan City, Lanzhou. Why did you come to Qingzhou from thousands of miles to destroy your reputation and do things like killing people? Not to mention the ten thousand gold promised to Zhao Renzhong. It is said that Wuxianglou is only worth There are twelve boxes of jewels in Liancheng, gold and silver are piled up like hills, and cellars have been built in hidden places in the seven states to store wealth."

Just as he was analyzing, Shen Fang thought about it again, the financial resources of Wuxianglou were too mysterious, no one had seen it before, and many people said it was an exaggeration.

Could it be that Wuxianglou deceived and used "Zhao Renzhong"?

Shen Fang didn't know the man's real name yet, but he wasn't too interested either.With a glance, he met the red rabbit-like eyes of the woman who was looking up.

Shen Fang watched her walking towards him and Zhuang Li.That walking posture, waist with hips, hips with waist, Shen Fang has never seen his mother and Lu Ying walk by like this.

"You two young heroes, can you lend me some money for the little girl..."

Shen Fang was worried that she would ask him to avenge her, but he didn't expect to worry too much, so he took out the broken silver and wanted to pay her, and sent her away, "You can find someone to bury your husband."

The woman froze halfway out of her outstretched hand, waved her hand repeatedly and shook her head, resolutely vetoing: "My master is an official appointed by the court, how can he be a country and reckless man like him! He has a wife and daughter, but he tricked me into giving up everything and being with him for thousands of miles. Running around..." Speaking of this, the woman seemed to feel that the past was like a dream, everything was empty, her eyes were empty and there was only grief and anger.

"I'm originally from Yuzhou, and I was brought here by this man surnamed Liang. Now that he's dead, I... I'm at a loss." Speaking of which, she twitched again.Shen Fang couldn't help it, he turned his head and asked Zhuang Li to save him, who knew that there was no shadow of Zhuang Li behind him, after looking around, Zhuang Li had already flashed far away, as if he had nothing to do with him.

Hearing the woman's chatter for a while, Shen Fang suddenly realized: So this woman is someone else's concubine, she ran away with this man, and the man's wife and daughter were still kept in the dark and stayed in Fengpu Town Biluodao's people were confused in his home.He couldn't help clicking his tongue, knowing where Zhuang Li's emotions came from.

At this time, from the corner of my eye, I happened to catch a glimpse of Zhuang Li going up the mountain along the original road.

"It's getting late, you should go down the mountain, this corpse...you can bury it if you want." Shen Fang stuffed the broken silver into the woman's hand, and went after Zhuang Li without waiting for her to say a word.

"Why don't you wait for me and leave."

"You will catch up anyway." Zhuang Li blurted out, thought for a while and added, "If I am willing to let you catch up."

Shen Fang smiled.

The two walked briskly to the top of the mountain.They just saw an open and flat place on the top of the mountain halfway up the mountain.Shen Fang was thinking about how to ask Zhuang Li, but he heard Zhuang Li say: "I don't think you were surprised when you saw the corpse, so you guessed it earlier?"

The two looked at each other, and Shen Fang nodded.

Zhuang Li looked at the road under his feet, "It seems that you deliberately sold the loophole that night, so that the sword manual could be stolen."

Shen Fang said frankly: "On the day the sword manual was stolen, one of the reasons why I broke the wild snow blade was to send a letter to my father to inform him about it. When he released the news that the sword manual had been stolen, Those who covet the sword manual will know that the sword manual has been stolen by others, and it is not in my possession."

"In this way, we can also try to find out who is plotting evil, and let them kill each other."

Zhuang Li said slowly: "Dare to use Spring and Autumn Nineteen as a bait, jump out of the situation first, watch from the sidelines, and finally sit back and enjoy the success, it is indeed a very bold strategy, but..."

"But what?"

Zhuang Li met Shen Fang's eyes with a sense of playfulness. "Shen Fang, you are neither reckless nor stupid, in fact, you have quite a plan."

The corner of Shen Fang's mouth raised, "But my father and mother discussed it and left it to me to handle it. If it's really a plan, my mother came up with most of the ideas."

He said it casually, but felt that Zhuang Li's expression was a little evasive after hearing it.

The two didn't say much, and walked up the mountain in silence.

At the top of the mountain, the night just ate away the last touch of rosy clouds.The two walked into a wind and rain pavilion standing alone on the top of the mountain.The vision in the pavilion is excellent, looking down, Fengshan is in a state of desolation, the color of the lake is like black jade, like an inkstone lying quietly at the foot of the mountain.

"Is this the place you chose for us to stay tonight?" "Is there anything to check here?"

The two spoke at the same time, then stared at each other and fell silent.

Zhuang Li spoke first, and said with a bit of helplessness: "I was leaving casually, seeing that you had no intention of turning back, so I thought you were going up the mountain to look for Wuxianglou."

Shen Fang said unhappily, "The cliff you climbed by yourself should know that those people are going to the back of the mountain. Why did I come to the top of the mountain... Forget it, you should also taste the taste of eating and sleeping in the open."

"You are not afraid that the longer you delay, the more times your precious sword book will change hands." Zhuang Li hesitated, "I was chasing Zhao Renzhong earlier today, and he died in a blink of an eye, so we have to go after Wuxianglou again." Who knows if Wuxiang Building will be razed to the ground when I wake up tomorrow morning."

"I think what you said is very reasonable. How about this? You are fast on your feet, and you can catch up with the wind and the moon. Why don't you go to the Wuxiang Tower for me and get a sword manual?"

The more Zhuang Li listened, the more outrageous he became, and he frowned, "Shen Fang, what exactly do you want to do? At first you told me that it was to avenge your senior brother, but after you got the clue of the whereabouts of the sword manual, you started looking for it again. Sword manual, now it looks like it's none of your business..."

"What do you want to say?" Shen Fang walked around the top of the mountain, lazily walking back like a beast patrolling its territory.

"What do I want to say"

"Your master just asked you to accompany me to deliver the sword manual. He didn't ask you to accompany me. The sword manual is gone. As I told you at the beginning, you can leave it alone."

"Also, you have asked me so many questions, have I ever asked your master about anything?"

"..."

What Shen Fang said made Zhuang Li speechless, and his beautiful eyes were foggy, staring at Shen Fang quietly.

"You may have good intentions... I am not angry with you." Shen Fang's tone softened a little, "I want to avenge my brother, and this matter will not change from the beginning to the end."

After an awkward silence, Zhuang Bie turned away, patted the pillars of the pavilion, and spoke first.

"Here, this pavilion is just big enough for the two of us to lie down. I'm not afraid of rain and wind at night. I'm very satisfied. Where's Mr. Shen?"

How could Shen Fang fail to hear Zhuang Li's teasing, "I have no problem sleeping here, but I want to take a bath..." After all, they had been on the road for days and picked up a corpse today.

"I've been itching on my head and body for several days, and I've got lice, I think I should wash it—" Zhuang Li said while scratching his own itch.

Before he finished speaking, Shen Fang's complexion changed abruptly, and he jumped out of the pavilion in a comical step, "Why didn't you say it earlier!" After speaking, he began to shake his clothes.

Zhuang Li burst out laughing, bent his waist so much that his nose was wrinkled, and his eyes were like two crescent moons.The stalemate between the two was immediately resolved by this presumptuous and unscrupulous laugh.

Knowing that he had been cheated, Shen Fang looked embarrassed and let him laugh helplessly.Zhuang Li laughed enough, supported the pillar with one hand and said, "There are many shallow ponds around here, you can choose them.

He paused and looked around, "I have some flint on my body, let's start a fire here first, so as not to catch cold later. I'll go pick up some branches and leaves, you go..."

"I'm going hunting." Shen Fang naturally understood the division of labor.

"Within a hundred meters?" "Come back after a stick of incense?" The two stood on both sides of the Wind and Rain Pavilion, before turning their heads, they said in unison again.

"okay."