The worst is the next cousin

On the seventh day after the journey, strange things happened one after another.

It was already dawn, and everyone was sleepy, and no one could fall asleep peacefully when the accompanying people were found dead one by one in the early morning of the next day.

A figure slowly passed the door.

"Already nearly ten people have died. Strengthening the guards, is it useful to strengthen the guards? Ye Jintian himself is very good, why are all his subordinates useless." Jin Chen complained dissatisfied.

No one answered, Xu Qi sat by the bed, holding Fu Dong in front of him, Fu Dong was playing with his sword tassel.

"During dinner, Ye Jintian looked very calm. He didn't seem surprised or flustered. So many people died, and none of the members of the Qinglong Gang escaped, which is surprising." In addition to arranging more people to watch the night, Ye Jintian didn't make more investigations, and they were still on their way all day long.What surprised Mao Xiaofei the most was that the members of the Qinglong Gang, although everyone was in danger, had died for four consecutive days, and none of them had escaped.

"It may be because everyone is in the Qinglong Gang, or it may be for money, or the Qinglong Gang has other means to make their subordinates loyal. Compared with the general Jianghu gang, it is true that the members of the Qinglong Gang are more loyal to their leader."

"Brother Xu, do you feel that this kind of allegiance is not like a gang, but a bit like a well-trained servant of the court." Mao Xiaofei was taken aback by what he said, but thinking about it carefully, whether it is the Qinglong Gang from top to bottom The structure of the subordinates, the cultivation of hidden guards, and the loyalty of his subordinates.An idea flashed in Mao Xiaofei's mind, "And that night in the bathing place, there was a Jianghu gang with many beautiful maids, and they called themselves 'servants', isn't it strange? At least the servants of the Qinglong gang passed by Strictly selected, unlike maids bought casually from the market, their manners are also well-trained."

Xu Qi nodded, "That's a bit..." He struggled to speak, and rolled his eyes left and right, "Including the house built by the main altar, it's also extremely luxurious. There are all kinds of birds in the forest, and it's not like he's not addicted to pleasure However, there are few places where the layout is so similar to... an official residence."

"Ye Bajiang is absolutely impossible to be born out of nowhere. He was not young when he made his fortune, so there must be some origins." Mao Xiaofei turned his head and took a look, and another person walked past outside, it was a member of the Qinglong Gang on patrol. Consciously say, "I hope no one dies tonight."

"Let's not separate. I think one room is enough. The three of us can sleep no matter what." Jin Chen pursed his lips, a trace of fear flitted across his face, "I don't want to die yet, Xu Qi, I won’t quarrel with you anymore, husband and wife for a day..." Seeing that Xu Qi's face was not right, Jin Chen quickly changed his words, shook his hands and said, "Brother, I was talking nonsense that day, I slept like a pig every night, How could it be possible to know if he peeped at you at night, you are all a few years older than me, so don't bother with me, I'm talking nonsense."

"Great for life and afraid of death." Xu Qi said coldly.

Jin Chen's face twisted a little, but he suppressed it and said, "I'm greedy for life and afraid of death. I'm still young and I don't want to die yet. You have to protect me."

Mao Xiaofei patted him on the shoulder, "Then let's sleep together tonight, there are bedding in the closet, and we can sleep on the floor."

Jin Chen went to open the cabinet, took out the quilt and spread it on the floor.

"I don't need it, I can sleep with two stools." When Jin Chen was about to make the second floor, Xu Qi finally talked to him.

Jin Chen's eyes lit up, but he still muttered: "I didn't intend to help you spread the quilt, you can use it if you feel cold at night, I have enough."

In the middle of the night, there was a sudden movement in the room. Mao Xiaofei was a light sleeper. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Xu Qi was fully dressed and holding a sword in his hand.

"What's wrong?" Jin Shen's voice was in a daze.

"I'll go out and see."

Unexpectedly, Jin Chen hugged Xu Qi's waist, and rubbed against his waist shamelessly, "What are you going to, isn't there someone watching outside? Can you not hold the mouse? Go to sleep."

"Let go." Xu Qi said coldly, Jin Chen was no match for him in terms of strength, he was pushed on the bunk for a long time before he could react, Xu Qi had already left the door.

"Fuck." Jin Chen cursed, and got up to get dressed.

"Are you going too?" Mao Xiaofei's voice sounded.

There was still no light in the room. Fu Dong was sleeping soundly with his head resting on Mao Xiaofei's belly. Mao Xiaofei raised his upper body. For the first time, he saw Jin Chen carrying things on his body. Jin Chen picked it up and hid it everywhere on his body.In the end, Jin Chen patted his chest triumphantly, "Don't worry, with these treasures I brought, no matter who they are, they will tell him to come and go."

The door slammed shut.

Mao Xiaofei hugged Fu Dong, touched his soft curly hair, and unconsciously fiddled with Fu Dong's auricles twice, those were smooth and warm little ears, very cute.Mao Xiaofei took out his dagger under the pillow with his other hand. He couldn't fall asleep, he lay upright, the light in the corridor penetrated, and he could see that there was no one in the corridor, but he still heard the sound of footsteps, carefully walking like a cat's footsteps a little closer.

Mao Xiaofei turned over with cold sweat all over his back, and bent over to protect Fu Dong in his arms.

After a while, Mao Xiaofei listened with his ears upright, but he couldn't hear any sound, so he had to wonder if he heard it wrong just now.

Suddenly relaxed, surrounded by silence, Mao Xiaofei was a little sleepy, and fell asleep involuntarily after a while.

It wasn't until the shouts outside woke him up that Mao Xiaofei realized that he had fallen asleep just now. At this time, Fu Dong also woke up. He rubbed his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Is that murderer coming again? Dad, don't look at it." Fu Dong His mouth was deflated, he was very confident when his mouth was full of murderous weapons, but now he has no confidence at all, so he can only limply hug his father's arm and play a fool.

"I won't go, stay with you, are you sleepy?" Mao Xiaofei patted Fu Dong's head, "You sleep for a while, I won't leave."

Fu Dong hummed in a soft voice, then leaned on Mao Xiaofei's arm and stopped talking.

It is not sure whether his son is asleep or not, but Mao Xiaofei can't sleep at all. The noise outside has not stopped, and someone is passing by the door. Although he can't tell who it is, at least Mao Xiaofei saw the tenth son running past. Personally, apparently something happened downstairs.

After a while, it was quiet outside.

The head of the child in his arms was motionless, Mao Xiaofei carefully moved him to the pillow beside him, and pulled the quilt over, not daring to move too much.

There was no one in the corridor outside the door, Mao Xiaofei closed the door behind him.

A group of people gathered outside a room downstairs, the innkeeper turned pale with horror, and kept nodding and bowing to them.

"What's going on?" There were many people standing in front, Mao Xiaofei motioned to a member of the Qinglong Gang, and pointed to Xu Qi who was checking in the room.Many oil lamps were lit in the house, illuminating the guest room for four people.

Jin Chen watched Xu Qi fiddle with the dead man's head with a strange expression.

"Brother." Noticing Mao Xiaofei, Jin Chen greeted him, walked over, and stood beside him.

"What's going on? How did people die?" As he asked, Mao Xiaofei was also looking at the dead people on the ground. Four of them died. They seemed to live in the same room. Their chests were all pierced by sharp objects. It was cut open with a sharp knife, leaving only a thin layer of skin connecting the head and body.

Jin Chen just looked at this person, his cheeks couldn't help agitating.

"You go out first, and come back after vomiting."

Jin Chen covered his mouth and rushed out of the crowd without saying a word.

Xu Qi has basically finished the inspection. The boss is a middle-aged man with a hunched back and his forehead is shiny with sweat.

"The profit of the small shop is thin, so I can't stand the toss. Do me a favor, gentlemen. If you offend any enemies, the small shop can't provoke the big gods. The villains will pay for it. What do you think of the heroes?"

"I can't control them." Xu Qi had already stood up, holding his right elbow with his left hand and his chin with his hand, lost in thought.

The shopkeeper looked around in a daze, and finally a person came down from the upstairs. As soon as Jin Su appeared, the members of the Qinglong Gang saluted him one after another, and made way for him.

Glancing at the ground, Jin Su walked up to the store, "Have you reported to the officer?"

"Just about to ask someone to go..." Before he finished speaking, the shopkeeper suddenly opened his eyes wide, and looked down at his palm in disbelief, golden light leaked from the gap between his fingers, he quickly closed his palm, and stared at Jinsu.

"It's all ours. It's a personal grievance. There's no need to report it to the officials. We'll only stay for one night, and we'll leave at dawn tomorrow. This is money for the aftermath. You deserve it. Make it better." There was a cruising green dragon on the signboard, and he fiddled with the signboard twice intentionally.

The boss rolled his eyes, nodded heavily, and said through gritted teeth, "I'll follow your orders."

Mao Xiaofei and the other side saw clearly, pretended to yawn, stepped forward to call Xu Qi, came out and ran into Jin Chen who came back from vomiting, winked, and the three of them went upstairs.

"The person who used the knife should be the same person as yesterday, one was pierced through the lung, and the other two were pierced through the chest by hidden weapons." Xu Qi took a sip of water.

"Uncle, have you washed your hands?" Jin Chen glanced at Xu Qi with lingering fear.

Xu Qi glanced at him, got up and went to wash his hands.

"It seems that they just want to kill, the method is not important, the murderer is also very random." Mao Xiaofei said.

"Casual because you are not an opponent at all. The martial arts of these four gang members are average. Judging from the calluses on the palms, the time to use weapons will not exceed two years." Xu Qi wiped his hands with a handkerchief, his eyes fixed, and thought about it After thinking about it, he continued, "It stands to reason that after so many gang members died, Ye Jintian, as the young master, should come out to appease the gang members. Jin Su has always been the one who stepped forward, and the people below are not too panicked. Why don't you ask Jin Su when? , What’s going on with them? If things go on like this, two to four people will die a day. We have to drive for a month, and all of them will die before we reach them. I don't want my life."

"Some of the deceased looked less than 20 years old." Mao Xiaofei also felt strange, as if everyone in the Qinglong Gang was covering up a big secret, which was not a secret to their members, but it was very strange to others.

"At least the dice have been rolled tonight. If it's not our turn, we'll just go to bed. We'll be on our way tomorrow. I can't take it if I don't rest at night." Jin Chen blinked and pinched Mao Xiaofei's arm coquettishly. , "And the big benefactor is gone, brother, what should I do with the money promised to me?"

Mao Xiaofei was suddenly embarrassed.

"I'll give it to you." Xu Qi said.

"Really?" Jin Chen smiled openly.

"come here."

Jin Chen passed by, Mao Xiaofei climbed onto the bed, carried his son over, and he glanced at the roof.

"Hey, didn't you give me the money? How do you do it... ahhhhh!" Jin Chen's voice changed, "Bastard, I know you have no good intentions, so there is always money, right? This is what my elder brother promised me, and I don't want you Fu, why are you in such a hurry to clean me up!"

Mao Xiaofei closed his eyes, covered one ear with the quilt, and quickly fell asleep.

In the afternoon of the next day, members of the Qinglong gang entered the city, and Ye Jintian's subordinates immediately came to greet them.

Jin Su came forward and told the subordinates who were waiting for instructions: "Don't stay in the gang, find a bigger hotel, and you need to accommodate 72 people."

"If you have a place to live, you have to stay in a hotel. If you have too much money, you can give it to me. I'll spend it for him." Jin Chen's complexion was not good, and he had two huge dark circles under his eyes. Ugly.

"Are you tired? Fu Dong, come here." Xu Qi stretched out his hand.

Fu Dong glanced at Mao Xiaofei hesitantly, let Xu Qi hug him, but whispered to him: "Don't spank my ass."

Xu Qi ignored him and asked Mao Xiaofei if he slept well last night.

"I couldn't sleep in the first half of the night, but I got sleepy in the second half of the night. It's okay. Don't worry about me. I'm not that weak. I used to be a personal servant, and I could only sleep for an hour a day. I managed it." I wanted to say something, but I only moved my lips, but I didn't say it in the end.

The author has something to say: I went out on something yesterday. When I got up this morning, my computer had problems. It has been sent for repair. I am updating it with another one. There is another chapter in the afternoon~