Murder

Fang Changqing sat down on the ground without saying a word.

Su Zhan didn't get a response, and became more and more frantic. He picked up the scissors and stabbed Mr. Zhang's thigh.Mr. Zhang was pressed by his mouth, and he couldn't let out the pain and screams at all, he could only whine.After Su Zhan calmed down a bit, he threw away the scissors, walked back to the corner and stood there blankly.

"It's you who's sorry for me...it's you who's sorry for me...it's all because of you..." He bumped the back of his head against the wall and murmured.

Fang Changqing tightly covered his ears, but he couldn't block the voice.

It was indeed he who was sorry for Su Zhan.He felt remorse and pain in his heart.

That year when he went back to his hometown to visit relatives, Fang Changqing found out that his aunt's family had been robbed, and there was no one left except Su Zhan.The villagers are poor. He was raised by his uncle and aunt since he was a child. Now that they are gone, he is the only one who can take care of his cousin Su Zhan.

Su Zhan is a dull person, usually he doesn't talk much, but he laughs when he sees Fang Changqing.Everyone in the village thought he was a bit stupid, but Fang Changqing only thought that he was too stupid because he had never read a book.

It took him a lot of effort to persuade Su Zhan to go to the capital with him.Su Zhan misses his hometown and doesn't want to go far away. Fang Changqing spent a lot of time talking about how lively and fun the capital is, before he finally persuaded Su Zhan a little.

The two brothers quickly packed their luggage and set off for the capital.

Fang Changqing was working in the prince's mansion at that time, he was good at martial arts, and he was honest, he did some unspeakable and unspeakable errands, turned upside down day and night, and always smelled of blood on his body.He rented a yard to live in. Su Zhan didn't see his cousin, so he could only play with himself. After playing for a few days, he got bored and pestered Fang Changqing to go home.

It was not easy to get a day off, and it happened that there was a temple fair in the evening, so Fang Changqing took Su Zhan to the temple fair to have fun.

He told Su Zhan that the temple fair was very lively, with shadow puppetry, lanterns, many good things he had never eaten or heard of, and people from far away mountains and seas, which was very interesting.Su Zhan was only a teenager, and his heart was moved when he heard it.

The temple fair that day was a bit chaotic because there were too many people.Fang Changqing took Su Zhan around a few times, and Su Zhan was finally attracted by an artist from Tianzhu and couldn't move his feet.

The man had a dark face, was wearing a heavy coir raincoat, and was holding a strange musical instrument in his hand, whining and whistling.There were three bamboo baskets in front of him, and there were snakes in each bamboo basket.The man didn't play very well, but the snakes in the bamboo baskets straightened up, twisting and turning to the music, which seemed to be satisfactory.

Like Su Zhan, there were many people who saw the Tianzhu snake dance for the first time.People have never seen such a spiritual snake, and they all look curious and nervous, and find it interesting, and are afraid that the black-faced man will suddenly drive the snake to bite people.Even so, there was still a thick circle of people around the Tianzhu artists.Fang Changqing had seen it several times in the prince's mansion, and he knew the mystery, so he didn't think it was novel.There were more and more people, and he felt very stuffy, so he asked Su Zhan what he wanted to eat, and he went out to buy it for him.

"Sugar man!" Su Zhan said loudly.

Fang Changqing agreed, told him not to run around, turned around and squeezed out of the crowd with great relief.

He didn't expect that he would never find Su Zhan again when he came back with the sugar figurine.

After asking all the vendors around, no one noticed where such a young man had gone.Finally, when I asked about the Tianzhu artist, I finally got some clues: it turned out that the Tianzhu artist had to take a break after playing a song.Su Zhan saw the crowd gradually dispersed, couldn't hold back his curiosity, and went up to ask the man how he made the snake dance.

The artist from Tianzhu could only understand some mandarin, so he couldn't have any in-depth communication with him, so he waved him away after making a few random gestures.It's just that Su Zhanren is very cute and polite, and when the Tianzhu artist is about to play a new song, he sees him standing beside him, looking at the musical instruments and snakes with twinkling eyes.

"You have to control them." The entertainer couldn't help but said, "There's a trick!"

"What's the trick?" Su Zhan asked immediately, "Can I blow on your thing?"

The man gave him the instrument, and Su Zhan puffed his cheeks and played for a long time, but the three bamboo baskets were all silent.The entertainer then laughed.Su Zhan blushed, knowing that he was being teased, he frowned and turned away.

The artist from Tianzhu never saw him again, and he didn't know where he went.Fang Changqing was at a loss, so he had to go back to the prince's mansion, and secretly asked a few close brothers to find him.He himself knew that there were a lot of people scattered at the temple fair, but until that night, all the people dispersed, and he stood on the roof with a few dead men from the prince's mansion, looking at the empty street and looking at each other.

Su Zhan disappeared like this for nearly a month.One month later, the prince's daughter disappeared. He spent a lot of money to hire two capable people to investigate the case, and found the location of the "Flower Banquet" all the way.

When Fang Changqing saw Su Zhan in the darkroom where the slaves were placed, he was so distressed that he broke the neck of the supervisor.

Su Zhan's waist was tied with a thick iron chain, and the iron chain was embedded in the wall, so he stood in the corner of the room all the time, unable to sit down.A lamp was lit in the room, and the ground was full of people, but when they saw someone rushing in, they just looked up numbly, and then lay down again.Passing through the groaning and injured people, Fang Changqing untied Su Zhan with trembling hands, and hugged him into his arms.Su Zhan was covered in bruises and was shaking in his arms. When he finally found out that it was Fang Changqing, his first reaction was not to cry or shout, but to open his mouth and bite off a piece of Fang Changqing's shoulder. Meat.

After spitting out the meat on the ground, Su Zhan stared at Fang Changqing with a ferocious and terrifying look.Fang Changqing took him out, handed him over to the accompanying doctors, and then went back to perform the task.

The prince's daughter was rescued, and Fang Changqing's captain knew that his cousin was also the victim of the "Flower Banquet", so he felt sympathy for him, and immediately reminded him, took Su Zhan to leave the capital overnight, and never came back.

Fang Changqing obeyed his words and left immediately with Su Zhan who had not yet recovered.He then quietly checked the whereabouts of his brothers.The dead men in the Prince's Mansion had been changed a long time ago, and all the people who knew about the Huayan case died, including the captain who kindly reminded him to stay away.

He escaped all the way, and finally settled in Dongcai Market in Shifang City.This is a three-way zone, where the sky doesn't care, the earth doesn't care, and the government doesn't care.With all his strength, he can support himself and Su Zhan, and he can also buy herbs to heal Su Zhan.

But Su Zhan is no longer his childish and dull cousin.

Su Zhan was still muttering to himself in the corner, Mr. Zhang was so hurt that he rolled over and over, but his hands were bound and he couldn't do anything.

Fang Changqing looked at him for a while, then got up and went out with the fish basket in hand.There is fish juice in the fish basket, and Mr. Zhang's clothes are also thrown.He took out his clothes and stuffed them under the bed, and saw that there was a blood-stained quilt under the bed.

He killed several people.

Fang Changqing looked back at Su Zhan.The position where Su Zhan stood was a little dark, and the leaking skylight couldn't shine through. Only the rhythmic crashing sound and his voice could be heard.

Fang Changqing walked past him and patted his head: "Don't be angry, I'll find you something to eat."

Su Zhan stopped talking.

Fang Changqing was striding down the alley, and he saw a thin green snake swimming across the green bricks and burrowing into the dark hole.

Chi Yebai and Sima Feng returned to Shaoyi League and immediately wrote a letter to Chi Xingjian.To investigate the surviving children in the Huayan case, it is impossible to rely on Shifang City to separate the houses.

The eagle flew back with the news, and that same night, two more came back with the news.

After receiving the message from Shifang City, Chi Yebai and Sima Feng immediately drove their horses into Shifang City.It was Yingbeishe's spies who found the escaped prostitutes.

The prostitutes didn't escape very far. They hid under the bridge outside Dongcai Market and waited for everyone to leave before returning home. Everything was as usual.

The girls all looked nervous and scared, Sima Feng asked as gently as possible, and finally asked some interesting things from their mouths.

For example, the dead young masters of Chen and Liu, the son of Xie Ankang, Zhuo Yong and the missing young master Zhang are all their guests.

These sisters are the most famous prostitutes in Dongcai Market, because they also have a pair of beautiful twins, who are very popular with customers.They don't care about the whereabouts of the guests, and just send them away after taking enough money.Therefore, although he knew that these sons were all dead, he didn't feel that it had anything to do with him: after all, he didn't die in his own home.

"Have you seen anyone notice these young masters?"

"I haven't noticed." The older woman replied, "The only one who can notice these people is the wonton seller at the intersection of Dongcai Market."

"When these young masters left, did any strange things happen?" Sima Feng asked again.

"No." The woman replied quickly.

As soon as she finished speaking, a girl behind her timidly raised her head: "Speaking of strange things..."

"How?" Sima Feng asked hastily.

"I heard the sound of fighting." The girl whispered, "My guest that day was the missing man from the Shaoyi League. After he went out, there was a strong wind. I was afraid that the lamp outside the door would be blown out. So I opened the door to check. As a result, I heard some disputes and fighting sounds at the bottom of the alley."

Sima Feng nodded, encouraging her to continue talking.

The older woman glanced back at the young girl.The girl was very nervous, hesitating, and didn't dare to look at her again.

"Someone... was fighting on the other side. I couldn't hear clearly, and I was afraid, so I didn't dare to walk too closely. But...but I know, it was the voices of two people. Neither of them is Mr. Zhuo from Shaoyi League " Her face was pale, "Mr. Zhuo often comes to see me, I know his voice well."

Sima Feng lowered his voice and asked her very gently: "Then can you hear what they said?"

"There is a person..." The girl paused for a moment, then suddenly said loudly like a broken can, "There is a person who called Brother Changqing!"

She had just finished speaking when the older woman turned around and slapped her.

Sima Feng quickly restrained the older woman: "What are you doing!"

"Children are ignorant, just talking nonsense." The woman said in a deep voice, "She is confused, so it's not surprising that she heard wrong."

Sima Feng narrowed his eyes and looked at the woman in front of him.

He remembered the title "Brother Changqing".It was the fish seller who stopped him from following Chi Yebai into the depths that day.

Chi Yebai waved at the leader of the sub-house who was following the two of them, the leader nodded immediately, turned around and left quickly.

"We will soon find out who Brother Changqing is." Sima Feng said with a smile, "What are you trying to hide for him?"

The woman lowered her head, tightened her sleeves with her fingers, raised her head after a while, and said word by word: "He is not a bad person. He is controlled by others."

"Who controlled him?" Sima Feng asked immediately.

The woman refused to speak any more, she lowered her head and her shoulders were trembling.