Crown Sword

A head popped out of the crack of the door, but it wasn't the moon of the ram.

"Alu?"

When his name was called, the schoolboy simply squeezed in and looked around. Seeing Chao Chen was sweating profusely, he couldn't help being a little flustered. He went over to grab his sleeve, very anxiously: "Sir, what's wrong with you?"

With the letter still tucked in his sleeve, Chao Chen avoided it calmly, and pushed his vest out: "It's okay, come here and pack a few things for the burial. How long. Why are you here? The Ram Moon is gone?"

"Not yet, Master Yu can't get away. Seeing that you haven't come back for a long time, let me come over and have a look." As he spoke, Alu deliberately put on a look of disgust, "Bah bah" twice, "Mr. is right, it's all true. Clever words and tricks, confusing the eyes and ears, little five and little seven have already been confused by the rumors."

Chao Chen locked the door and greeted A Lu: "Go to the study to greet the villagers who came to express their condolences, and I will go to Brother Yu right away."

Alu wanted to speak, but in the end he didn't say anything.

When Chao Chen found the courtyard, Yu Tong was leaning on the knife, dozing off with his chin on the handle, but Gong Yangyue had long since disappeared.He squeezed the letter tightly, and couldn't help sneering: "It's so nice to say, why don't you still run away, heh, sure enough, I can't believe this person's nonsense for the rest of my life!"

Hearing the murmur, Yu Tong woke up startled, looked around, and gave himself a mouthful: "Grandma's, I lost it."

Without waiting for him to continue blaming himself, Chao Chen took the man back to the room, took out the things he found, and spread them on the table: "With this evidence, Gong Yangyue can't escape, I want to see the seven If he loses the contract with the sun, will he blame himself and make a statement, or will he commit suicide and make an apology?"

It's rare that Yu Tong didn't open his mouth, turned his head to look, and kept staring at the seal on the bamboo book.Chao Chen hurriedly explained to him: "Master Gu is..."

"I know, I don't see Chang'an!" Unexpectedly, Yu Tong's face became more serious when he said this, and he hurriedly rolled up the things and stuffed them back into Chao Chen's arms: "I am also a member of the organization. Brother Chao, to tell you the truth, this time To come here is to take the first step and deliver a message for the teacher. You should put this thing away first."

"Have something happened to Mr. Hua?" Chao Chen hastily blurted out, "But it's related to this matter?"

Yu Tong glanced at him, nodded, but didn't continue, turned his back, and punched the wall hard, sending powder flying everywhere: "It's his grandma, it's still too late, call Gongyangyue Nasi!" Hand, what is the seven-day covenant of Lao Shizi, I should have broken his neck just now!"

"The matter has come to this point, it is useless to regret, we still need to think of a perfect way to catch him." Chao Chen comforted.

"Mr. Chao, don't worry, the brothers will arrive soon, and I will definitely rescue the child." Yu Tong patted his arm and walked out, but he hesitated a lot when he reached the door, "Actually..."

"But it doesn't matter."

Yu Tong didn't know how to speak, Chao Chen asked, "Is there something unspeakable?"

After struggling for a long time, Yu Tong sighed three times, and then he took the big knife to finalize: "Brother Chao, don't blame me, in the words of you scholars, what is your name? What is your body? I have to discuss it with my brothers first, and I can't involve you in vain. Afraid of Chao Chen's insistence, he added, "I heard from those Confucian scholars outside that the Old Master Gu valued you the most when he was alive, and he also said that after a hundred years, if you want to take over his mantle, you will have a good life." No see Chang'an 'It's not as simple as you think. Recently, none of our brothers have come out in the early days because of the serious internal injuries in the past few years. If you don't pay attention, you will be killed!"

"However..." Yu Tong changed his voice, "Brother Chao is so warm-hearted, but Brother Yu has something to ask for. The owner of the museum has mentioned your tutor to you, and I don't know if he has mentioned anyone else. This matter is implicated. It is very wide, and it may cause trouble, and it needs to be warned as soon as possible!"

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On the other side, in the Jincheng Restaurant, as soon as Gongyangyue entered the room, Shuangli followed, whistled, pointed to the purse in hand, quite proudly: "I just said, there is no news that I can't deal with." .”

After finishing speaking, he sat down and poured a cup of tea, gulped it down, then raised his hand and threw the purse to Qiao Min, who picked it up with his sword in distaste, and threw it into the brazier.

"Hua Yi, nicknamed 'Fang Zunyou', likes wine vessels, a collateral line of the Pingyuan Fahrenheit family, one of the ancestors did not cross the river with the scholar-bureaucrats, and lived in seclusion in Yanshan..."

Gong Yangyue tapped his knuckles on the table: "Get to the point."

"What's the reminder, reminder!" Shuang Li slapped the table and choked, "A month ago, Hua Yi was indeed intercepted and killed by unknown people, and she has disappeared under Yanshan Mountain. I am afraid that something unexpected will happen. Hua Yi is good at giving advice, and I have been here for years. There are dozens of people he taught, but they are all just passing by, and there are only three people who can barely be called disciples, including Yu Tong."

"Yu Tong, a native of Boling, Jizhou, has practiced martial arts since he was a child. He is a hero in Hejian. He uses big swords but walks briskly. People in the rivers and lakes gave him the title 'Catching Shadow Knife'. He is eight feet tall, with a black face and a big beard. The mole, the forearm of the left elbow was pierced, so there is a pimple. The temper and impulsiveness are no different from what I saw that night." Shuang Li paused, and added: "Oh, yes, he He left Yanshan half a month ago, in order to deceive others, he must have crossed Taihang Baxing, and the last time he showed up was in Lingqiu County for supplies."

"No more?" Gong Yangyue rubbed her chin and thought.

Double Carp shook his head.

"It's a shame that you are still old man Wenda's apprentice, just this little news? Seeing that you were in a hurry just now, I thought you stripped out both of their obscene pants," Gong Yangyue teased her, pointing at Qiao Min, "Let Seventeen Say, he can tell. You have to be careful, in case you are kicked out one day."

Shuang Li blushed, like a firecracker, and said at one point: "No one talks every day, pretending to be a ghost? He is the sword guard of Goguryeo. I don't believe that good prince doesn't have any spies in the four counties of Liaodong."

Gong Yangyue was enthusiastic, and followed her words: "When you meet people, you talk about people, when you meet ghosts, you talk nonsense, who are you talking about?"

"You!" Shuang Li bit her tongue, she couldn't speak to him, she just squatted on the ball mat and sulked, secretly slandering: I am Wen Da himself, should I sweep myself?But she didn't dare to speak, and held back severely.The news naturally came back with the orb and Lingyu, and along with it was the news of the state of Jin that she had obtained, which she hadn't explained to the bottom, for fear that Gong Yangyue would be worried, otherwise she would have to scold her again, and the world would not be happy. Will fall pie.

Thinking of the mess in Jin State's mind, Shuang Li was immediately worried.

Seeing that the little girl was acting uncharacteristically, Gong Yangyue went to coax her again: "So stingy?"

Shuangli glared, tried to laugh, and pretended to be teasing: "I'm not angry, I'm not angry, if I'm so angry, I can't go to the Emperor Shi Pavilion to see Master Shiang. If you want me to say, Lao Yue, you really should ask for a wife , if someone is in charge of you, you won’t just point at me and bully you.” As she spoke, she suddenly had an idea, and said: “Speaking of which, I think that Mr. Chao will be fine, and he will be easy to follow. You're right, didn't you get someone's broom to beat it out today?"

Gong Yangyue was silent for a moment, then knocked her on the head with the hilt of his sword: "If you don't fight for three days, you will go to the house to expose the tiles, you must be dizzy, you can't even tell the difference between a man and a woman!"

The little girl hugged her head, and said "Ouch" twice to hide from Qiao Min. The latter retreated and was forced to the corner by the grievance pitifully. She couldn't bear it anymore, and then interrupted: "Gongyangyue, if you check this news, you may be suspicious." Yu Tong?"

"No," Gong Yangyue's eyes sank, she stopped joking, "I suspect that Yu Tong is the next target, and he probably came with Huayi's deathbed entrustment."

Shuang Li, who was eavesdropping with ears pricked up, suddenly lost face: "Ah? You don't want to save that big bastard, do you?"

"What does his life have to do with me?" Gong Yangyue said indifferently.

There is no benefit in saving Yu Tong, but the timing of Gu Zai's death is too coincidental, as if a caring person doesn't want him to talk.After all, the person is dead, the clues have been cut off, and according to the rules of Qianqiu Palace, the killers are all connected through one line, it is basically impossible to track down the benefactor, so we can only start with this person.

Gu Zai I know what, Hua Yi has a good idea, so this entrustment is probably the most critical.Thinking of her father whose whereabouts have been unknown for more than ten years, Gong Yangyue unconsciously crushed the small cup in her hand——

Maybe he died at the hands of those people long ago, after all, according to Zhengdao, the Gongyang family is not clean.

"Which way did Yu Tong come from?"

Gong Yangyue's expression frightened the two of them, and Shuang Li was tongue-tied: "According to...according to the footsteps, he should have arrived long ago. From Lingqiu to Jinyang, the slowest is only five days, but he arrived last night. It took a day, since it is a letter delivery, there should be no delay."

Qiao Min guessed: "The library is in the south, take a detour? Could it be that we are in trouble."

"No." Gong Yangyue vetoed it. In the previous fight, Yu Tong was obviously in a good state. If he was in trouble and was intercepted, it would not be so easy for him to catch his own sword.

"Then there's only confusion, did he do it on purpose?" Qiao Min asked again.

Gongyang Yue dipped his index finger in tea and drew a picture on the table: "The Taihang Xing Road runs east-west. Starting from Lingqiu, you must go to Dai County. Otherwise, it will take time. Dai County is in the north, so you can only go north." , four and a half days, no more."

Shuang Li counted with her fingers: "Actually, it's a day and a half late?"

"Yu Tong is a veteran of the rivers and lakes, so he was naturally afraid all the way safely. He was afraid that someone would stare at him directly in Jinyang, which would not be good for Gu Zai, so it was not suitable for him to travel from east to north, so he detoured to the west and deliberately pretended to be a visitor from outside the Great Wall. We fought last night. At that time, the clothes he was wearing were obviously changed from the Guishuang robes of Da Yueshi, as you said, he has a black face and a big beard, so he looks like it."

"But that only takes half a day, what about the rest of the day?"

Gong Yangyue got up, and while tying up her wide sleeves, she walked out: "Check it out and you'll know. If you go around from the west, you must pass the Xiling Fen Waterway. I'll go and have a look."

After finishing speaking, he winked at Qiao Min, who nodded and said, "I will handle what you said properly. My request remains the same, you can take your time to think about it."

Shuang Li didn't understand what kind of riddle they were playing, but grabbed the word "Fenshui Road", slapped his head, and suddenly remembered Liu Zikuo, and didn't know where that guy was hiding, whether it was safe or not.She chased after two steps, wanting to ask Lao Yue to take a look, but felt that the current situation was unclear, so it was better not to add to the confusion.

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After dusk, it will be night, and everyone in the "Jushe" library gathers in the study.Every day and night, there was a crying ceremony, and everyone came in full clothes, sad and solemn.

Catch up with cold food, no open fire, Chao Chen wiped away tears, arranged for someone to fetch porridge to share with others, looked back for a long time, but did not see Yu Tong, asked the porter, and found out that he had left before the meal door, saying that he was going to meet the brother.He did mention this matter during the day, so he didn't think much about it, and went back to his study to keep a vigil.

This watch lasted until Haishi, but people still did not return.

Chao Chen was a little flustered, explained to Alu beside him, put on a cloak, and headed for the city gate with a torch.Sitting in the room, Ah Lu looked at the flickering candles under the white banner, feeling uneasy, and when he left, he turned around and called the other gentlemen in the library.

Yu Tong said that his people would come from the west.

All the way to the west gate, I saw that the gate was open, and there were no people inside or outside.

Now there is no fighting, no curfew, Chao Chen picked up a wooden stick, and scanned along the base of the wall, there is no trace of fighting here, but the weeds growing in the hidden corner were bent under the soil.He was a little bit puzzled, but he didn't think about it. Instead, he searched for the door and went out for another mile. Suddenly, he saw the bent trees on both sides, and the cut marks on them were eye-catching, and he was shocked.

"Brother Yu?"

Chao Chen tried to call out, but no one answered. After walking two more steps, he tripped and took a closer look, it was a dead body.There were more than five corpses, all dressed in bunts, holding weapons, lying scattered on the side of the road. The fatal wounds were narrow and thin. They were definitely not caused by big knives and heavy weapons, but matched with swords...

Could it be the month of the ram?

Chao Chen murmured inwardly that it was not good, suspecting that Yu Tong's purpose in coming here had been exposed, and that he had become the next target.After searching around again, he didn't find the swordsman's body, so he breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head to identify the remaining traces, and chased all the way to Fenshui.

The traces were broken on the tidal flats, and Chao Chen suspected that someone was crossing the river, but unfortunately there was no boat to pursue, so he could only wait on the shore, and turned around to bring rescuers.Just two steps away, there was a noise from a low cliff above, and he immediately went around to the back, using his hands and feet to push aside the weeds and bushes and climb up.

"Brother Yu? Is that you, Brother Yu?"

Suddenly a black shadow flashed by, Chao Chen held up a torch and looked back, but found nothing.Just as he was about to tighten his outer shirt and continue to move forward, he was hooked by vine thorns, pulled him several times, felt a pain in his calf, bent his knees and fell to the ground, and rolled out.

Luo Ding raised his head, there was a person directly in front of him, he was not very clear, but with a broad back and a hunchback, he could vaguely discern it was Yu Tong.Chao Chen hurriedly went to pick up the torches, when Yu Tong yelled "Don't come over", suddenly there was a wind in his ears, someone fell to the ground lightly, and rushed forward.

Then with a "plop", Yu Tong fell into the water, Chao Chen swept the torch away, the person standing on the edge of the short cliff with a sword was not Gong Yangyue, and the one stuck on the ground beside his soap boots was Yu Tong's shiny nine Huan Da Dao.

He couldn't go head-to-head, staying in place could only be a target, Chao Chen's first thought was to run, he swung the torch in the opposite direction, and slid down the path.But he doesn't know light work, he can't run the Ram Moon, and he was caught after a few ups and downs.

The latter pressed his shoulder: "What are you running for?"

"Don't run away and wait to be silenced by you?" Chao Chen struggled.

"I didn't kill him, I just..." After searching along Xiling to Fenshui Road, but found nothing, Gong Yangyue was about to return, when he heard Chao Chen's shout when he turned around, thinking that Yu Tong was in ambush, he followed come over.Just now when Chao Chen fell to the ground, he was afraid of being cheated, so he jumped over to rescue Yu Tong first, but Yu Tong was seriously injured and fell into the Fen River, now it seems that it was clearly a plan that had been made long ago.

It's a good idea to frame and blame.

Gong Yangyue couldn't argue with her words, if she killed Chao Chen at this moment, wouldn't it make the people behind the scenes happy.He immediately let go, since the person in front of him didn't believe in him anyway, it would be useless to talk, so he turned his head away with his sword back.It's just that the torches in the distance light up one after another, like a winding snake, the people from the library came to find it, and Ah Lu ran at the front.

"Mr. Chao, it's not good, Chao Xian..." After seeing Gong Yangyue clearly, he backed away in fright and stepped on Xiao Qi's shoes.

"Alu!"

Chao Chen was startled and angry at the same time, so there must be an accident in the library for mobilizing the teachers so much.

Xiao Qiyu cried: "Sir, the museum owner...his body is gone!"

Several helpless students covered their faces and sobbed, and the child was crying hoarsely. Chao Chen suddenly turned his head and stared at Gong Yangyue: "It's you!"

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Hmm...it seems to be blamed again, but don't panic, the next two chapters will find out the murderer and beat him up ==

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