Murder

Bone Wall · Wedge

In the deep valley, bells sounded from afar.

The sound of this bell is different from that of Buddhist bells, and it doesn't have any pure meaning at first glance.There is only one ringing first, followed by thousands of bells, and these thousands of bells are different from each other, whether they are soft or heavy, or urgent or slow.Although they are different, they are not messy, and they only make people feel joyful and cheerful when they are in the ear.

This is the bell that wakes up Jiezilou every morning.

Jiezi Building covers a vast area, with more than 300 houses. According to everyone's preferences, different small bells are hung in front of each window.Every morning, people in the main building ring the big bell, and the sound and air waves blow out, starting from the main building, driving thousands of bells of different sizes, shapes and colors to ring.

When the bell rang, Tian Ku had already finished punching in the corridor.

When the servant brought breakfast, he thanked him softly and asked, "Where is Madam?"

"Madam went out to do the shopping, and said that she will add vegetables for you today." The servant replied.

"It's his brother who is coming, and it has nothing to do with me to add food to his brother." Tian Ku said.

The servant smiled and said: "But the young lady specially asked the cook to prepare the sauce for making the seven-flavored meatballs. The seven-flavored meatballs are the young master's favorite dish, and Shen Shaoxia never eats them."

Tian Ku's face was a little red, but he couldn't help showing a little smile: "Because he doesn't eat bitter gourd, he never eats such delicious Qiweiwanzi. But the Qiweiwanzi made by Madam is very delicious, right? ?”

The servant nodded with a smile.

Knowing that his wife still cares about him, Tian Ku is in a good mood.He finished his breakfast, walked around the building twice, and started his own book repairing process.

A thick "Annotations to Dragon and Snake Variations" had only been edited for a few pages, and someone came in to report.

Although he is the young building owner, his parents have long stopped asking about the affairs of Jiezi building, so he has to deal with many things in the building, large and small.

It was nothing more than that this gang asked Jie Zilou to donate a copy of some kind of martial arts secret book, and that gang asked Jie Zilou if there was a letter in which their deputy gangster conspired against him in a certain year and month, and so on.

The location and price of these items were informed one by one, and the basic affairs of the day were considered completed.

When he finished speaking, one person still didn't leave.

"Young master, there is something that we don't know whether we should talk about it or not."

"Tell me." Tian Ku said, "If you don't tell me, I will know in the end."

"It's the village in the Tiansheng Valley next door. There have been some unusual movements recently."

Tian Ku frowned: "What unusual movement?"

"People who went hunting in the valley said that there were often strange noises in the stockade, as if there were living things inside. They also found some footprints of beasts around the stockade."

"Is it an animal?" Tian Ku didn't care much, "That stockade was built in Tiansheng Valley, and no one has visited it for decades, and nothing can enter it except wild animals. Aren't its walls extremely strong?"

"Yes, then we don't need to take care of this matter?"

"Tiansheng Valley is not our land, so we can't control it." Tian Ku put down the book in his hand, raised his head and said with a smile, "It's hard to get into that stockade, and it's even harder to get out. Since wild animals have broken in, there's no need to worry about them coming out to hurt people. "

The gang member nodded quickly: "Then I told those hunters the same. Young master, does that village have a name? They all call it Bone Village."

"Without a name, it's just a village of bones." Tian Ku thought for a while, and a smile appeared on his face, "It's very interesting. The village is built entirely of bones. There are tens of thousands of bones. There are people and beasts."

-

·Bone Village

Sima Feng and Chi Yebai informed Lin Shaoyi of their plan to leave, and also told Lin Shaoyi of their plans.

The two of them went to Jiezilou this time to bring Gan Ley and Song Beiyan with them. One was to ask Jiezilou and Tianku if they knew anything about Shenyingce, or anything related to Wen Xuanzhou. The news about this person, and the second is to ask Tian Ku if there is a way to solve Song Beiyan's problem.

"The case of Shifang City gave me a particularly strong feeling." Sima Feng said solemnly, "Wen Xuanzhou is not only manipulating those who have the intention of harming others, but also leading us by the nose. .Since the imperial court wants to investigate Shenying Ce now, and he is obviously related to Shenying Ce, we must try our best to get in front of him and catch this man before he messes up the next thing."

Lin Shaoyi nodded: "Among the four of you, it seems that only you and Song Beiyan have seen Wen Xuanzhou. You tell me about Wen Xuanzhou's appearance in detail, and the portrait of Shaoyi League will be distributed around secretly, and Yingbeishe will be the same. If someone has seen Wen Xuanzhou, they can at least reveal some of his whereabouts."

Sima Feng actually thought of this, especially after experiencing the incident of Fang Changqing and Su Zhan in Shifang City, and now with the incident of Shenying Ce, he knew that it was impossible for him and Chi Yebai to find this person smoothly of.

Song Beiyan might not be willing to do this, so Sima Feng volunteered to describe Wen Xuanzhou's appearance.

Listening to his description, Chi Yebai moved his pen like flying.

Halfway through the painting, he paused with his right hand, and immediately dropped a huge ink dot on the paper.

"What's wrong? Can't draw?" Sima Feng wondered.

Chi Yebai looked at the eyebrows and eyes drawn on the paper, pursed his lips, and quickly finished the whole portrait without Sima Feng continuing to describe.Sima Feng went up to take a look, and the portrait was not the Wen Xuanzhou he saw when he was young, but the Wen Xuanzhou who was already a little older nearly 20 years later.

Gan Lele was greatly surprised: "You two have a good heart? How do you know this person looks like this..."

Before he finished speaking, Sima Feng had already eagerly grabbed Chi Yebai's shoulder: "Have you seen him?!"

"Yes." Chi Yebai said calmly, "I met him, met him, and said a few words. When we pretended to go to Dongcai Market that day, he happened to come out of Fang Changqing's house. I saw him Dressed up as a deputy literati, I asked and answered a few words with him."

He relayed in detail the content of Wen Xuanzhou's conversation with him.

Hearing Wen Xuanzhou ask Chi Yebai "Who are you looking for", Sima Feng felt cold sweat on his back.

What Wen Xuanzhou meant was clearly—you came to find me.

"...Isn't this man too courageous?" Gan Le was dumbfounded, "Chi Yebai, he didn't touch you, did he? No hidden weapon? Didn't he say anything strange?"

"No." Chi Yebai shook his head, "Nothing. At that time, I just thought that this person had a kind attitude, so I said a few more words."

He pushed Sima Feng's hand off his shoulder.Sima Feng used too much force, he pressed his wrist to signal him not to worry.

"It's okay, he comes whenever he comes, it's not something to be afraid of." Chi Yebai was very calm, "Let's go to Jiezilou as soon as possible. If the road goes smoothly, it will take two or three days at least."

It was inconvenient for him to tell Sima Feng some things in front of Gan Yuele and Lin Shaoyi.

He was indeed influenced by Wen Xuanzhou.The influence was so strong that he still dare not enter the "room" in his memory.

But during the days in Shaoyi League, Sima Feng was with her almost day and night.Now he can sleep peacefully, and no longer strongly fears those tragic text memories.

The four packed their bags, bid farewell to Lin Shaoyi and Li Yijin, and set off.

Like Pengyang City, Jiezilou is located in the lower reaches of the Yulan River, but it is far from the mouth of the sea, roughly between Pengyang City and Shifang City.If you take a boat, maybe it will be faster, but Jiezilou is on the edge of a tributary of the Yulan River, and it is hidden in a valley, so you can't lose your horses.Since Gan Le was more resistant to taking a boat, everyone rode forward.

Along the way, Song Beiyan was reticent and not very happy.Gan Lele thought that he had left A Jia and A B. These two new friends were not very happy, so he comforted him: After going to Jiezilou, he can go home, and there is a Si waiting for him at home. But tidy up the gossip along the way, and shake Ah Si after returning home.

Who knew that Song Beiyan didn't even have the spirit to respond to this proposal, which surprised Gan Lele very much.

Because the weather was fine, after walking for two days, the four of them finally turned into the tributary named Caiquejian.

Although it is named "Jian", the area of ​​the basin is actually not small.Chi Yebai explained to everyone that Caiquejian was originally only as wide as a stream, but because of an earthquake many years ago, the landscape of the mountains in this area was changed, and the flow of the river was also changed. Caiquejian was greatly widened. Wide enough to sail a boat.

"However, the closer you get to the foot of the mountain, the narrower the river becomes. Once you enter the mountain, it really is a veritable stream." Chi Yebai added.

Seeing the stream getting narrower and narrower, Gan Le's eyes became brighter and brighter.

There are a lot of herbs everywhere on the mountain, although they are not particularly expensive, but his hands itch when he sees them.Seeing that the sky was getting dark, the four of them found a secluded place to spend the night.

"This is already the range at the foot of the mountain, and we will be able to reach Jiezilou tomorrow." Sima Feng asked Chi Yebai to light a fire on the spot, and he went to hunt some wild game.Gan Lexi got off the horse and vomited for a while. After vomiting, he was very weak, so he dragged Song Beiyan to look for herbs.

Song Beiyan also understood this, the two moved quickly, and quickly dug up half a bag of herbs.Seeing that it couldn't fit anymore, Gan Le was reluctant to throw it away, so he pulled some grass leaves and taught Song Beiyan to weave a simple small basket on the spot.

"Weave it into a bag, and a small basket can hold ten trees, and then tie it up and hang it on your belt. It's very convenient." Gan Lele had forgotten the pain of the bumpy road, and was very happy, "Don't make it up yourself, Look at me. This one must be placed under this one..."

The two worked quickly, and finally installed all the dug-out things before it was completely dark.

Gan Yue urged Song Beiyan to go back, but Song Beiyan had a look of embarrassment and frustration on his face, which was clearly visible under the light of the torch.

Gan Lele stood still: "Xiao Song, what happened to you in the past few days? I vomited all the way, don't you want to take care of me?"

Song Beiyan shook his head.

"What happened then?" Gan Lele's face was stern, "Did you borrow money from someone outside? Can't you pay it back? Or are you going to gamble or whoring and dare not let me know?"

He spoke harshly, but Song Beiyan knew that Gan Le was caring about him.

That day when he sent Xin Zhong back, he saw Xin Zhong's nanny on the way, so he quickly turned back, and thus heard what Sima Feng and others said.Because in the Shaoyi League, everyone didn't deliberately listen to the surrounding movement, Song Beiyan listened blankly by the wall for a long time, only felt as if hit by a thunderbolt, his body was completely cold.

Feeling hot after cooling down: anger and anger.

He squatted on the side of the road for a long time, his anger gradually dissipated, and he remembered many things after he came out from Qingping Island with Sima Feng and Chi Yebai.They had never treated him harshly. Although they listened to them because they were afraid that they might still be in touch with Wen Xuanzhou, they still took him here and there, almost never letting him deliberately avoid anything.

He looked at Gan Lele, hesitated for a long time, and finally got angry, lowered his head and asked sullenly: "Am I a very dangerous person?"

"...What?" Gan Le listened to it, and was stunned for a moment, "Are you dangerous? What danger is there in your three-legged cat kung fu?"

"You... Aren't you afraid that I will summon Wen Xuanzhou? Isn't it dangerous for me to do so!" Song Beiyan held back all the way, not daring to ask, not daring to cry. Now that he finally said it out, he couldn't control it anymore. "Will I secretly contact Wen Xuanzhou in the future? Will I harm you? Brother Chi is such a good person, will I harm him?"

He cried out loudly: "If, if so, Brother Gan, you hurry up, hurry up and drive me away! Don't just leave me in this mountain, I don't want to die in the mountain..."

Song Beiyan thought about it for several days. What he was most afraid of was not that he couldn't stay in Sima's house, but that he, a gunpowder bomb that didn't know when it would explode, hurt them.

He finally understood Gan Le's inexplicable words, and thinking back, he really was an extremely dangerous gunpowder bomb.

Gan Lexi was at a loss, and quickly comforted him: "No! We brought you to Jiezilou just to find a way!"

"Is there... is there a way, here?" Song Beiyan heard this, and most of the crying stopped.

Gan Lexie saw Xin Chong crying a lot in the Shaoyi League, and now seeing him accepting it so quickly, he couldn't help being suspicious, raised his hand and slapped him on the head: "You bastard! Are you testing me! There is a way, definitely There is a way! Wipe your cat’s tears! Why are you crying, a man? I didn’t cry when I had an apprentice like you, but you are crying now because of something important? Are you going to die?”

While talking and hitting, Song Beiyan didn't dare to resist, but Nuonuo agreed.

Gan Le was panting with anger: "Damn, I knew I wouldn't bring you here, and let you fend for yourself!"

He threw all the medicine bags on his waist at Song Beiyan's feet: "Take it! You take it all!"

Song Beiyan hurriedly lowered his head to pick it up, and looked up after picking it up, and found that Gan Lele had gone far away.

Although he is not a serious master and apprentice, Gan Le seems to be really angry this time.Song Beiyan picked up the medicine bag that was stained with mud, but he didn't dare to go back immediately, so he went to the stream to wash it first.

After washing and washing, he felt that what Gan Yue said was completely credible.If you really want to leave him behind, you don't have to come here specially, as long as Sima Feng and Chi Yebai knock him out and throw him into a ravine on the road, he won't be able to get out.Thinking of this, I couldn't help feeling very guilty, rubbing my hands hard.

And because of too much effort, a medicine sac broke open, and a few herbs fell into the stream.Song Beiyan saw something bad, and hurriedly went into the water to pick it up.

But the stones by the stream were covered with moss, and he walked in a hurry, the soles of his feet slipped suddenly, and he fell into the water.

Although the water here is not wide, it is still very deep.Song Beiyan was knocked on the head by a stone on his head and feet, and became dizzy for a while, even after eating a few mouthfuls of stream water, his hands and feet couldn't help throbbing.

He knew water, but before he could figure out a trick, his waist suddenly tightened—he was directly lifted out of the water and thrown on the shore.

The first thing Song Beiyan did was check the herbs in his hand, and he finally caught them, so he breathed a sigh of relief and spit water generously.

After vomiting the muddy water in his stomach, he looked up at his savior.

The young man in front of him had wet shoes, lit a torch in his hand, and bent over to look at him: "Are you alright?"

There were two horses standing not far behind the young man, and there was a vague flame, but his companions were not seen, only he was alone.Song Beiyan saw that he was clever and approachable, with an indescribable romantic look in his brows, and he felt a little good in his heart.After watching Chi Yebai, Sima Feng and others for a long time, he had the illusion that "all good-looking people are good people". The illusion became more and more real, so he nodded quickly: "It's okay, it's okay, thank you hero for saving your life."

The boy raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Hero? Are you calling me?"

"Yes, yes. I haven't asked the hero Gao's name yet." Song Beiyan thought to himself that this man looked only a few years older than himself, but he was very skilled. He only wet his shoes when he entered the water, which shows that his martial arts must be very high , There is nothing wrong with calling him a hero, "I will definitely remember it in my heart, and I will repay you in the future."

These few words are not in vain, he learned them when he went out with Ah Si to have tea and listen to books.After learning for a long time, I finally had the opportunity to use it, so it was very smooth to say it in one breath.After he finished speaking, he looked eagerly at the boy—at his savior, at the hero, and waited for his answer.

The young man smiled happily, but did not answer immediately, but looked back behind him.Not far behind him was the fire covered by bushes, but Song Beiyan only saw two drafting horses, not a single person.

"Hero...well, cough, that's right, that's right." The young man turned his head, smiled happily, patted his chest and straightened his waist, slid his fingers around, and coughed lightly twice by his mouth. In Song Beiyan's eyes, he looked like a master, and couldn't help being a little more clever, "My name is Shen Guangming, and you can call me Shen Daxia from now on."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a very clear laughing sound from the distant firelight.

The author has something to say:

-

Little liar: Jiezilou is my brother-in-law's home stadium, which is also my home stadium!

Candied lotus root: Hehe.