Murder

Song Beiyan thought to himself, could it be his companion?But there were only human voices but no shadows, but a vague scent of cooked meat.

The young man's face was illuminated a little by the fire, and Song Beiyan saw that his eyes were wrinkled, and there was an expression of embarrassment and shame on his face.

"...Shen Daxia?" He hesitated, and asked again.

The young man who called himself Shen Guangming scratched his head and waved his hands: "Don't, stop barking, I'm not."

Song Beiyan was confused, Shen Guangming saw that he was drenched, so he stuffed the fire bag into his hand, turned his head and left.He walked back to the firelight behind him, seeming to have an argument with someone.Song Beiyan could only hear that the person who sneered just now was still laughing, his voice was cheerful, and he said a few words "good, good, good, good, good, good, good".

After packing up the medicine bag, Song Beiyan didn't dare to stay for a long time, fearing that Shen Daxia's companion would not be easy to deal with, he shook the water beads on his head, and walked slowly with the fire bag.

After getting lost for a while, I finally walked back.Sima Feng and the others had already grilled meat and fish for him, but they would inevitably scold him before eating.

"Who said I'm going to lose you!"

"My guess……"

"What are you guessing, are you too free?" Sima Feng said while biting half of the fish tail, and the fish tail flicked between his teeth, "Even if you are really used by Wen Xuanzhou--sorry, here we are Bian Wenxuanzhou is a bad person—even if that's the case, we can't possibly abandon you..."

Before he finished speaking, the loose thorns and scorched crumbs from the fish's tail threw Chi Yebai beside him.Chi Yebai angrily pulled off his tail and threw it into the fire.

Sima Feng smashed his mouth, and was full of regret after the aftertaste: "We will take you back and torture you."

Song Beiyan: "..."

Gan Lele: "...Do you know how to comfort people? Do you know how to persuade people?!"

Sima Feng widened his eyes: "Gan Lele, don't talk yet! Xiao Song will have such thoughts, and nine out of ten have something to do with you!"

Both Gan Yuele and Song Beiyan were taken aback: "Why?"

"If you hadn't taken him to dig graves and dig corpses all day long, he wouldn't have been bored with our family. If he hadn't been bored with our family, he wouldn't have thought of being killed as soon as this kind of thing happened. Throw it away."

Song Beiyan couldn't figure out the logic behind these two sentences, and stood beside the fire, in a daze.

Gan willingly ignored Sima Feng's words, and greeted him: "Xiao Song, take the meat and fish, wipe off your tears and nose, and change clothes with me."

When the two of them were far away, Chi Yebai said slowly: "I know you want to make Song Beiyan smile, but what you said is not worth laughing at all."

"It's not to make him laugh, it's to tell him not to think about Wen Xuanzhou." Sima Feng put away the joking expression on his face and said seriously, "He really shouldn't know about Wen Xuanzhou. He knows , he will be suspicious of himself, and maybe he will also be suspicious of us. Fortunately, Song Beiyan is really a good person, he has thoughts about us in his heart, and he can speak out openly. He is willing to believe in you and me, so we said that we will not throw away Let him go, and he will no longer doubt it."

"It never really occurred to us to drop him, or drive him away."

Sima Feng fell silent and didn't make a sound.

Chi Yebai also fell silent, before speaking after a while: "Have you thought about driving him away?"

"I didn't think about it at first, but after you went to Shaoyi League and told me about Shenying Ce, I felt... I was a little scared, Xiaobai." Sima Feng hesitated, trying to talk to his side People fully express their thoughts, "Song Beiyan reacted to the word 'Shenying Policy', although he is fine now—he seems to be fine, but will he still respond to 'Shenying Policy' next time? Or Saying that 'Shen Ying Ce' has awakened him, he has actually been unconsciously collecting information for Wen Xuanzhou, or unconsciously sending information to Wen Xuanzhou?"

"...Do you think that Wen Xuanzhou's appearance in Shifang City, and even meeting me, has something to do with Xiao Song?"

"I hope it doesn't matter, but this kind of thinking is very likely to be a risk, or a fluke." Sima Feng said seriously, "Wen Xuanzhou obviously has a strong interest in Shenying Ce. He has no access to all the information of Shenying Ce Yes, only Ying Beishe can, and among Ying Beishe's people, he happened to have contact with you. Xiaobai, what if Song Beiyan actually came after you? If Wen Xuanzhou wants you to find him, The purpose is to dig out all the information about Shenying Ce from you?"

"But in fact, the information in Yingbeishe's basement is not a complete 'Condor Eagle Strategy'. King Lu was ordered by the court to establish a Condor Eagle Camp directly under the court, and then he built one himself. These two Ying Beishe has no way to collect all the information about the Condor Battalion."

"But it's already much more than what Wen Xuanzhou can find." Sima Feng whispered, "Don't take it lightly. Wen Xuanzhou is in the dark right now, and we are in the light. We must be careful in everything."

Chi Yebai could only nod his head.

The two sat there for a while, Sima Feng couldn't rest his hands and feet, so he quietly reached out and took Chi Yebai's hand.

Chi Yebai: "...Your hands are full of crumbs from grilled fish."

He was gnashing his teeth as he spoke, Sima Feng quickly let go, and hurriedly wiped it off on his clothes.To cover up his embarrassment, he had nothing to say, "Xiaobai, look at this sky full of stars, it really looks like the nights we had in Aunt Mountain in southern Xinjiang a few years ago."

"Yes." Chi Yebai nodded, "In those few nights, there were young and beautiful Miao girls who came to you every night, playing the leaf flute in front of your window, making it so noisy that people couldn't sleep well."

Sima Feng laughed loudly: "I can't sleep well either. If I had known this, I would have gone to sleep with you."

Gan Lele and Song Beiyan happened to come back after changing clothes.Hearing Sima Feng's words, both of them raised their hands to cover their eyes: "Do not look at evil."

Chi Yebai kicked Sima Feng away, and he didn't even want to sit with him for the whole night.

The next day, after walking for half a day, they passed an extremely narrow mountain road, and as expected, a huge canyon appeared in front of them.

There are many houses in the valley, and a thin mist rises from the valley, covering the houses.Only the bell ringing lightly, and the voices of people far away, this almost integrated building looks like a big town.

At the end of the road is a wide stone platform, and everyone stopped and dismounted on the stone platform.Song Beiyan looked up and saw three powerful characters written on the rock wall beside him: Jiezilou.

"Jiezilou is all the buildings in this valley." Sima Feng talked to the gang members standing on the platform, and Chi Yebai introduced to Gan Lele and Song Beiyan, "There are more than 300 buildings in this valley, all connected by one foundation. , as a whole. Jiezi Building has 86 floors in total. With the platform under our feet as the boundary, there are 66 floors above and 86 floors below. But in fact, except for the main building, the rest of the buildings are less than [-] floors, such as the left and right sides. The buildings on the side only have eighty floors."

Song Beiyan had never seen such a tall house except for the pagoda in his life, and his neck was sore.

"There are so many people in Jiezilou? Need so many houses?" he asked.

"Only the upper 66 floors are used for living and activities, and the lower 66 floors are like the basement of Yingbei House, which is specially used for storage." Chi Yebai said with a smile, "The structure of Jiezilou is very famous in the world. It is equivalent to placing a huge wooden box with a height of [-] floors in the valley first, and then building houses on the wooden box."

Song Beiyan suddenly realized.

I was seriously counting the floors of another house, when I heard running footsteps from the side, it was a few people coming out of Jiezilou.

Song Beiyan turned his head to look, and was shocked: the one who ran out first was Shen Guangming and Shen Daxia who saved his life last night.

Shen Guangming was obviously acquainted with Sima Feng and Chi Yebai. The two looked at him and smiled for a while before greeting the people behind Shen Guangming.

Standing behind Shen Guangming, apart from the Jiezilou gang in uniform, were two other men.One of them was tall, and even Song Beiyan could tell that his martial arts were strong: he had slender hands and feet, a straight back, and a cold sword on his waist.But this person has a good complexion and a peaceful appearance, which is very pleasing to look at.The other one was bookish, handsome and quiet, with a fair face, smiling at Sima Feng and Chi Yebai.

"Gan Lingshi, Song Beiyan, come here and introduce you." After Sima Feng said a few words to the visitor, he greeted Gan Lexi and Song Beiyan to go over.

"This is the owner of Jiezilou, a close friend of Chi Yebai and I, Tian Ku, the young master of Jiezilou." Sima Feng first introduced the scholar-like youth to them.

Tian Ku looked at Gan Lele curiously: "So you are Gan Le Gan Lingshi."

Gan Yue was a little shy: "It's all because of everyone's random yelling."

"Wu Zuo is not very popular in our dynasty. The name Ling Shi was also called Wu Zuo in ancient times. But many people don't know this allusion, so at first glance, 'Gan Ling Shi' sounds much better than 'Gan Wu Zuo'." Tian smiled wryly.

Sima Feng patted Gan Yueyue on the shoulder: "You don't know, do you? He suggested that we call you that."

Gan Le could not help being surprised.He studied art with his master, so he naturally knew that scribbling is a low-level job, which has always been done by slaves and untouchables, and he is not allowed to get on the stage.The Sima family deeply understands the importance of the work, so everyone respects Gan Le very much, and even the government in Pengyang City has this kind of atmosphere.But once out of Pengyang City, as long as you mention the work in other places, you will only get disgusted expressions.People in the Sima family call him Gan Lingshi outside. There are actually many people who don't know what Lingshi is, but these two words sound like an official name, and it is natural for Gan Lingshi to be happy with the "official master". A lot of respect.

It's just that Gan Lele never thought that it was actually proposed by Tian Ku.

He bowed deeply, and sincerely said "Thank you" to Tian Ku.

Tian Ku waved his hand, saying it's okay.Sima Feng continued to introduce the rest of the people to the two: "These two are apprentices of Patriarch Qingyang, this is Tang Outang hero, and this is Shen Guangming and Shen Shaoxia."

This time it was Song Beiyan who was taken aback.

Gan Lele seldom goes out to eat tea and listen to books, but Song Beiyan follows Ah Si Murong Hai and others all over the teahouses in Pengyang City, hearing so many legendary stories.In addition to court anecdotes such as the three kings seizing their heirs, among the most popular stories among storytellers and listeners, there must be a "Biography of the Patriarch of Qingyang".Patriarch Qingyang is famous far and wide. Legend has it that he split the towering peaks with one palm and leveled the mountains with one foot. He is a remarkable and magical figure.Now that there are two disciples of the patriarch in front of him, Song Beiyan was so excited that he couldn't hold back his admiration, and shouted loudly: "Hero Tang! Shen—Shen—"

He's stuck.

Shen Guangming patted his forehead and covered his face with his sleeve.

Tang Ou pulled his sleeves off, smiled and said to Song Beiyan, "Master Shen."

Sima Feng was stunned for a moment, then burst out into a burst of laughter: "Hero Shen??? Shen Guangming! When did you become a hero!"

"This little brother fell into the water by the stream last night, and Shen Guangming rescued him. After it was over, he asked this little brother to call him Hero Shen." Tang Ou still smiled, "Isn't it, Hero Shen?"

Shen Guangming blushed so hard that he turned his head and whispered, "Don't call me a hero, just a young hero."

Song Beiyan was stunned for a moment, inexplicably feeling that he wanted to save face for his benefactor, so he still sincerely called out "Hero Shen".

"A chivalrous man is not judged by his age, let alone by his strength in martial arts or his seniority in the world. Hero Shen saved my life last night. In Song Beiyan's heart, you are an indomitable hero." Song Beiyan said softly, "I don't care what other people say. No one can care what I want to call you."

Shen Guangming stayed on the spot, both surprised and grateful.The people around him looked at Song Beiyan and nodded repeatedly: "This kid is not bad."

Standing behind Song Beiyan, Gan Lele couldn't help but straighten his back, feeling that this cheap apprentice really made a fool of himself, and his figure seemed to be a little taller.

"Let's gossip again, let's go in first." Tian Ku said to Sima Feng, "You must be looking for something when you come here."