Murder

Sima Liangren nodded and let Chi Yebai speak first.

The news came back from Yingbeishe's spies from Qinghe City, saying that there was a strange murder case.

Qinghe City is not far from Pengyang City, and it is also a city near the sea, but its geographical location is not as good as Pengyang City, there are no big rivers passing by, and the port is narrow and shallow.

This so-called "murderous case" happened in the middle of the night a few days ago. An old couple and their granddaughter were beaten to death with a hammer. The death was miserable and terrifying.The murderer was caught at the city gate in the early morning of the second day, when he was wearing blood-stained shoes.

"Since we've caught it, what else do we need to do?" Sima Liang asked in surprise.

"Because the murderer was a bit weird, he admitted the fact that he killed himself soon after he heard that he was arrested." Chi Yebai said, "He is very skilled in sneaking in and killing people. The government suspects that he is more than this murder case, but even if torture The results."

Sima Liangren nodded, indicating that he understood.Chi Yebai invited the group into the Yingbei House, and Chi Xingjian, Yingsuo and his wife were already waiting in the lobby.

Because Yingbeishe is an information dealer, the design of the house is quite different from other houses. When I first walked in, I was a little surprised: although there was a high wall outside, I found that the inside was very empty.Except for the long corridors and the flowers and trees everywhere, there are no traces of intelligence dealers in the rest of the place.

However, Yingbei House, which was built according to the cliff, has actually dug through the entire rock under its feet, stored all the intelligence materials underground, poured iron and cement grout on all sides, and sealed it tightly.That place was heavily guarded, and Chi's family members were not allowed to enter. Although Sima Feng was very curious, he never asked Chi Yebai to go in and have a look.

The highest part of Eagle Bay House is the Eagle Shed, but because it is built by the sea, it is only six or seven floors high.There are stairs in the eagle shed, all the way up, all the hawks raised by the Yingbei house are in the eagle shed, except for the hollow iron block underground, the eagle shed is the most important part of the eagle berth.

Yingsuo is a disciple of Sima Liangren, and he and Fu Guqing are sisters who have a very good relationship. The four of them chatted briefly and then began to sit and drink.Chi Xingjian asked Chi Yebai to take the rest of the Sima family to the wing, and told him to arrange Sima Feng near his wing.

"Lingrui's eyes hurt, take good care of him." Chi Xingjian said, "Don't lose your temper."

Sima Feng was happy at first, but when he heard Chi Xingjian say his own words in a casual tone, he immediately felt depressed again.

It's really ugly...too ugly.

Since childhood, Sima Feng has often come to Yingbeishe to play, that wing room is not a guest room, it is actually his residence here in Yingbeishe.

His yard and Chi Yebai's yard are next to each other, sharing a low wall.Sima Feng used to bring food and drink over the wall to find Chi Yebai, but now he has to do a full set of acting, he can't climb over the wall, so he groped forward.

It was already late at night, Ah Si brought him some food for supper from the kitchen, and then visited Murong Hai's house. Sima Feng walked very cautiously with the food and wine.

"Why don't you come and help me?" He said angrily after almost tripping again.

"I'm all blind, why are my eyes still so accurate?" Chi Yebai smiled softly, "I put four stones on this path, and you can kick them accurately even backwards."

"Don't bother me anymore?" Sima Feng raised his head and smiled.

Chi Yebai stood on top of the wall, a cold shadow in the still night.

Although Sima Feng couldn't see it, he seemed to be able to see it: the young man's face was calm, the corner of his mouth was slightly smiling, his clothes made his whole body clear and bright, his waist was long and his legs were slim, and the scabbard of his sword was shining in the moonlight. There are silver stars shining in it.

He grinned, raised the food and drink in his hand: "I came to find you for a drink."

Chi Yebai jumped off the wall, landed in front of him, thought for a while, and stretched out his hand.Sima Feng couldn't see it, and didn't know his action, so he still held up the food and drink and looked at him with a smile.Chi Yebai took what was in his hand, grabbed his palm and led it to his yard.

The wine is still warm, and the side dishes are also hot.Shaoyimeng's sweet-scented osmanthus brew is very strong, Chi Yebai dare not drink too much.

"Is it fun to lie to me?" he asked.

"I didn't lie to you, I really couldn't see it." Sima Feng replied.

"You lied to me that you couldn't ride a horse, so how did you come here today?"

"..." Sima Feng finally understood the reason why the other party didn't greet him when he saw him, and quickly smiled, "This horse is not the other horse, it knows me well, even if I can't sit still on the horse, it won't throw me off .”

Chi Yebai snorted.

Sima Feng suddenly felt that he liked the silence very much, so he put away the playful expression on his face, groped on the table, and pinched Chi Yebai's fingers.

Chi Yebai: "?"

Sima Feng hesitated for a moment, then quickly pulled his hand up and touched it to his lips.

Chi Yebai's hand was stiff and trembling imperceptibly, but he didn't pull it away.

"...what to do?" he asked in a low voice.

Sima Feng gained a little courage from his pampering, and kissed again, staying longer this time.Chi Yebai still didn't pull his hand away, he only squeezed his fingers together and grabbed Sima Feng's hand tightly.

"Thank you, my savior." Sima Feng smiled. "Now I don't have pen and paper, so I can't make a contract. Just treat it as if I have an agreement with you. In the future, you can make a request to me. I will do everything for you in heaven and earth." You do it."

"...No one is so grateful to the savior." Chi Yebai said, "Relax, I'm going to be angry."

"You won't be angry." Sima Feng said.

There was a little smile in Chi Yebai's voice, as if he was a little curious: "Why aren't you angry?"

Sima Feng's chest felt hot, and he blurted out: "Because I'm your favorite."

At this moment in Murong Hai's house, the three people sitting around the small table were all very excited and their faces were full of joy.

"Take a ride together!" Murong Hai's wife grabbed her husband's hand, "Ah Hai, take a ride together!"

Murong Hai's arms hurt from being grabbed by her: "Yes, yes, why don't we just ride a horse together, and there is no need to be happy so early."

"The horses are shared..." Mrs. Murong smiled from ear to ear, "Is there any more? Let's talk about it?"

Ah Si talked dryly, and the teapot was empty again.

"Although we ride together all the way, Master Chi always has a bad face towards my young master. I feel bad." Murong Hai got up to fetch hot water, Ah Si continued, "Young master is very pitiful, you haven't seen it, He has wounds all over his face and hands."

Mrs. Murong clutched her chest: "Oh, what a cruel trick."

"The boss must have seen that it was a bitter plan." Murong Hai said, "He just didn't tell the truth."

"Why don't you tell the truth? Afraid that my young master will lose face?" Ah Siqi said, "My young master has always been shameless in front of your master, what are you afraid of?"

Murong Hai and Mrs. Murong smiled and shook their heads at the same time, with mysterious expressions on their faces.

Ah Si: "Why? Why?"

Mrs. Murong: "Si, you haven't liked anyone, have you?"

Ah Si blushed slightly: "What does this have to do with me?"

"If you don't tell the truth about one thing, it may be because you are afraid that the other party will lose face, or you don't want to say it." Mrs. Murong whispered, "If you say it, how can you ride a horse with your young master?"

Ah Si said "oh" slowly, half understanding.

"You mean, Young Master Chi... also likes my young master?" Ah Si felt that something that he had only dared to ponder in his heart suddenly became clear, and couldn't help getting excited, "Then why is Young Master Chi?" So... well, maybe my young master is too shameless, so it's normal for you to be like that?"

Murong Hai brought over a new pot of tea and filled it up for his wife first.

"The boss and your young master have completely different temperaments, and they think about different things." Murong Hai said, "Even if he really likes your young master, he will never say it out, let alone take action."

Ah Si: "Why?"

Mrs. Murong smiled and said: "Because he is not alone, he has the whole Yingbeishe on his shoulders."

Ah Si: "The young master also has the entire Sima family on his shoulders."

Murong Hai shook his head: "It's not the same. The Sima family has a deep relationship with the imperial court. Even if something happens, there are two ways to solve it, the official way and the Jianghu way. Yingbeishe is purely a Jianghu gang. If the head of the family can fight with other big gangs If you get married, then Ying Beishe can stand firmer, otherwise...you know, Ying Beishe is an information dealer, and he must have offended quite a few Jianghu people and Jianghu gangs."

Ah Si was stunned for a long while, then he said, "Is there no other way?"

Mrs. Murong ate a candied fruit: "Actually, I think there are other ways, but in the opinion of the master, none of them are as reliable as this way."

"The head can't take risks." Murong Hai added, "The old head has only one child, and everyone in Yingbeishe is looking at him. He has no conditions to take risks."

After Sima Feng said the words that made him feel hot, he realized that Chi Yebai was stunned for a while, and silently took his hand away.

... Isn't that right?

Sima Feng became nervous: "Xiaobai?"

"After drinking, go back and rest." Chi Yebai got up and said, "We have to leave early tomorrow morning, so don't sleep too late."

"...Are you angry?" Sima Feng quickly changed his words, "I was wrong, you are the one I like. It doesn't matter if I am..."

"Not angry." Chi Yebai paused, and lowered his voice, "not only not angry, but also a little happy."

Sima Feng stood up abruptly.

The smell of alcohol made their faces heat up.Sima Feng stood very close, and Chi Yebai smelled his body, it was sweet-scented osmanthus wine, and other things, in short, they were all smells he didn't hate.A warm smell, a smell that made his cheeks burn.

He blinked hard, and said, "Forget it, go back to sleep."

Sima Feng frowned in surprise.Chi Yebai seemed to understand what he said, but also didn't seem to understand - he suddenly realized that Chi Yebai didn't understand, but was avoiding clumsily as before.

"...I think I'm stupid." Sima Feng whispered, "I'm stupid, you are too hateful."

He lowered his head and picked up half a glass of residual wine on the table and drank it in one gulp, then turned around and strode towards the low wall.He has turned over the wall hundreds of times at least, even if he can't see it, he knows where it is. He reached out to climb the top of the wall and landed firmly on it.

"Chi Yebai, let me say it for nothing." Sima Feng turned around and said, "You coward, you bastard."

Chi Yebai: "You're drunk."

"I'm not drunk. Everything I said was sober, including the one you pretended to be confused." Sima Feng said viciously, "Is this interesting? Do you think it's interesting?"

"It's boring." Chi Yebai was aroused by his tone, and his voice didn't feel raised, "You understand, why bother to tease me again and again? It's really boring, so I'll just say it!"

Before the words finished, Sima Feng jumped back.

Before departure the next day, Ah Si went to the courtyard to call Sima Feng.

After entering, I found that Sima Feng had already woken up, and was lying on the low wall to peek at Chi Yebai's house next door.

"Master." Ah Si called him from behind, "Master Chi got up early, and was still practicing on the eagle shed in the middle of the night."

Sima Feng turned around: "What kind of kung fu are you practicing?"

"I don't know. Murong Hai said that when Master Chi was upset, he would just sit on top of the eagle shed, but no one dared to say that he was in a daze. They only said that Master Chi was practicing. It rained a little last night, but he Didn't come down either."

Sima Feng thought to himself, no wonder it was so silent.He jumped off the wall and asked, "Now? Where is the man?"

"Everyone is waiting for you outside the door."

"Let's go, let's go." Sima Feng urged repeatedly, striding out with all his clothes on.

He jumped back to his courtyard last night and regretted it as soon as he landed.The words he said were a little heavy, and some were irrelevant, which made him feel anxious.But he regretted it and regretted it, he felt a little embarrassed, he tossed and turned and slept all night, lying on the wall early in the morning to wait for Chi Yebai, who did not expect it at all.

Everyone was really waiting outside, Sima Feng pricked up his ears to listen carefully, and found that Chi Yebai and his horse were standing far away, the farthest away from him.

He was very annoyed, wishing he could rush back to last night and push back the self who jumped on the wall and said harsh words.

All the way forward, the sound of horseshoes.This place is not far from Qinghe City, and not long after the sun rose, I heard Ah Si beside him saying that he had seen the city gate.

In the increasingly noisy voice, Sima Feng heard Chi Yebai leading the horse and coming in front of him.

"Are you sober?"

Sima Feng cheered up: "I'm awake——no, I'm not drunk."

"Come down." Chi Yebai stretched out his hand to him.

Sima Feng immediately grabbed hold of it, and shyly got off his horse.

The crowd led their horses into the city, and just after crossing the city gate, they heard the sound of bustle rushing towards their faces.Chi Yebai whispered beside him what was going on in front of him.After entering the city, Sima and Fu Guqing went to the government together. Because Sima Feng had Chi Yebai by his side, they were very relieved.

Ah Si still followed Sima Feng, took advantage of Chi Yebai's opportunity to meet the spies from the Qinghe branch, and asked, "Master, have you reconciled with Master Chi?"

Sima Feng was stunned for a while before realizing that what Ah Si was talking about was not what happened last night, so he replied perfunctorily: "Okay."

There was pity in Ah Si's eyes: "Master..."

Sima Feng: "What?"

Ah Si: "I think Master Chi is not willing to be angry with you."

Sima Feng: "Oh?"

Ah Si nodded repeatedly, feeling very reasonable: "Otherwise, why would you always make him angry, as long as you show your kindness, he would immediately forgive you?"

Sima Feng raised his eyebrows, and felt that what he said was very reasonable.At this time, Chi Yebai had strode back.

"Let's find Gan Yue's senior brother." Chi Yebai said, "His senior brother is Gan Hao, and he is an idler."

Gan Lele has been learning art from the old teacher since he was a child, and Gan Hao is the son of the old teacher and also Gan Le's senior brother.

In the eyes of Yingbeishe's intelligence dealers, Gan Hao is a very popular figure.He is good at making and detoxifying poisons, and he doesn't have strict conditions when saving people: he will give you the detoxification if you like it, and he will give you the detoxification if you have enough money if you don't like it.Every day, countless people from the rivers and lakes handed over real gold and platinum, bought good news from the dealers in Yingbeishe, and then came all the way to find him.

"So easy to find?" Sima Feng was taken aback, "I thought it was some kind of quack, the kind who sees the head but doesn't see the end."

"It's true that you can't see the end." Chi Yebai said, "It's here."

Sima Feng sniffled in the noisy crowd, only smelling a strong bloody smell: "Where is this place?"

"Butcher shop." Chi Yebai said, "I'm willing to open a butcher shop."

The three of them were standing in front of Gan Kee Butcher Shop.The strong man wielding a bone-chopping knife in the butcher's shop looked up at them from time to time, and let out a sneer from his nose: "Hey."