[Comprehensive] One Hundred Ways to Rob the Protagonist

Qin Long is dead.

Qin Long woke up with the guards in the tent, and when it was time to change shifts, he found that the team leader went out to look for him before he came back.In the end, in the dark woods outside the gate of the post station, I found Qin Long hanging on a branch.

His body was cold and stiff, his neck was twisted, and his clothes were torn and made into ropes and hung on the branches.

With a sullen face, Chu Jing ordered Qin Long's body to be carried back to the yard, and personally searched for traces left by the murderer, but it was too dark and cold to find anything.

When he returned to the station yard, he saw Xie Kun standing at the door of the room, arms folded, looking indifferently at the guards carrying Qin Long's body, wondering what he was thinking.

"Go find that dumb servant!" Chu Jing felt that the servant was very suspicious. The last time he passed by here was when he returned to Tokyo with the body of the old Patriarch. It was less than two months ago. At that time, there was no such dumb servant in the station.Before Qin Long died, he only had conflicts with this dumb servant, and the others were his own people. Maybe this servant held a grudge against Qin Long secretly?

Chu Jing arranged the matter and went to ask Xie Kun: "Brother Xie, is the Patriarch awake?"

Xie Kun shook his head: "She was probably tired and slept soundly, so I didn't call her."

Chu Jing nodded in agreement: "That's good. The Patriarch has never suffered such a hardship before, and the journey is too tiring for him. Let him rest more. If there is anything, it's not too late to talk about it tomorrow. "

The next morning, after Chu Tianshu heard about Qin Long, he didn't have much fear, but was a little more angry after being shocked: "Have you found any clues about the murderer?"

Chu Jing frowned and mentioned the dumb servant.I searched all night last night, but I didn't find that servant—the dumb servant who was supposed to rest in the firewood room was gone.

This is even more suspicious.

Chu Jing asked someone to call the fat and thin postman to inquire carefully, only to find out that the dumb servant had only appeared at the post station a month ago.His face was burned and his face was disfigured, and his voice was even more incapable of speaking. Fortunately, his limbs were sound, his strength was strong enough, and he was diligent in doing things.It happened that the rough envoy and servant before the inn had an accident at home a few days ago, and the inn needed someone to do rough work, so he stayed.

The fat and thin postman didn't know his surname, he only knew from his gestures that he was from outside the pass, his family members died at the hands of the Khitans, and he himself was burned like this, it looked very pitiful.

The fat postman said with a mournful face that he didn't expect the dumb man to be so narrow-minded and cruel, because he would kill people just because the passing guests scolded him.

Chu Tianshu sighed, and ordered Qin Long's body to be cremated first, packed in a jar and taken to the car, and brought back to Tokyo.

When no one was around, Chu Jing said worriedly that he thought Qin Long's death was a bit strange. "The method of breaking his neck is obviously the most common method used by the Khitan people."

He made a gesture to let Chu Tianshu see clearly the difference between the Khitan people's techniques and the Song people's common techniques.

Chu Jing grew up outside Yanmen Pass, very similar to that dumb servant's experience.His family was kidnapped by the Khitans, and his life and death are still unknown.His parents tried their best to hide him, but without the blessing of his family, he lived very hard.It wasn't until Chu Wanwan's caravan passed by that he ran to help in the caravan and begged the caravan to accept him, so he had a way out.

Later, with his loyalty, bravery and cleverness, he won the trust of Chu Wanwan, changed his surname to Chu, and became Chu Jing with his original surname.

Because of this experience, he knows the Khitan people very well.Looking at the servant's actions before, I didn't see any traces of Khitan people.But this way of twisting the neck is obviously Khitan's way.

Chu Tianshu also frowned: "You mean, the one who killed Qin Long was a Khitan? That dumb servant was a Khitan spy? Why did they kill Qin Long?"

Chu Jing was not sure if it was the dumb servant who killed Qin Long, but he believed that the one who killed Qin Long was probably a Khitan spy.As for why the Khitan spies killed Qin Long, he guessed that the most likely reason was that Qin Long left the gate of the post station in the middle of the night and accidentally discovered some secrets of the Khitan spies before he was silenced.

"Then why didn't the Khitan spies bury Qin Long's body, but hang it on a branch? Isn't he afraid that we will discover his tricks, guess his existence, and bring him unnecessary trouble?" Chu Tianshu raised his own doubts.

Chu Jing was stunned, unable to give an answer.

"Let's rest here for two days." Chu Tianshu stood up and looked at the gloomy sky outside the window, "It's going to snow."

The auxiliary system prompted this morning that there will be heavy snow this afternoon.If you go on the road, you will probably be blocked on the road. This roadside is very desolate and there are few people. If you sleep outside, you might as well wait at the post station.

Chu Jing was stunned: "Is it going to snow?" He looked at the sky and thought it was very likely, so he went out to arrange manpower to protect the goods so that they must not get wet.

Sure enough, not long after lunch, the sky began to sprinkle fine snow particles.

When it was almost evening, the snow particles had turned into heavy snow.

Fortunately, none of the shopkeepers in the caravan were newbies. They covered the carts full of goods and stacked them neatly in the yard.Fire pits were dug in the room and in the tent, and a fire was lit. The caravan members in heavy overcoats were each given a glass of shochu, and sat around the fire ring on the thick floor mat to warm up. It was not too sad.

There are not many grains and vegetables in the post station, but fortunately, the caravan has a lot of them.Although the dinner is not too rich, it is hot soup and rice, meat and vegetables, and everyone can get a few pieces of meat.In this snowy day, there is wine, meat, hot rice and hot soup. Sitting by the fire and watching the snowflakes flying outside, I feel a little happy.

While eating dinner, someone knocked on the door of the station, which had already been closed ahead of time.

The two postmen who were having dinner by the fire glanced at each other, muttered a few words, if there is anyone coming in this snowy day, they went forward to open the door.The fat postman went to open the door, and the thin postman stood guard by the door with a knife in his hand.

As a result, the fat postman froze in place as soon as he opened the door, motionless.

The thin postman saw that he was wrong, and just about to go forward, he saw the fat postman's expression changed, with a smile on his face, and he stretched out his hand courteously: "Please come in, please come in."

"Then get out of the way." A lively female voice sounded, a horsewhip came in, pushed it against the chest and pushed away the fat postman blocking the door, and a long leg wearing black knee-high leather boots stepped forward. Come in.

As soon as the thin postman saw the appearance of the visitor, he understood why the fat postpost had such a reaction.

It turned out to be a beautiful woman of eighteen or nineteen years old.

She was dressed in black riding attire, tall and long-legged, with a heroic figure and pretty features—this fat postman liked beautiful women the most. When he suddenly saw such a beautiful woman on a snowy day, it was no wonder that he froze at the door for a long time.

If this was a man, the fat postman would have told him impatiently that there was no room and he could not receive guests.

The beauty in black was pulling a black steed, and the fat postman staggered up to lead it, but was pushed away again with a whip against his chest: "Don't come here, my horse has a bad temper, I don't care if I kick you."

The fat postman was not annoyed, and followed behind him with a shy face.In this place where the birds don't shit, he can't see a woman for a year or so, let alone such a beautiful and delicious woman, how can he be willing to leave.However, a woman who dared to come out alone in this weather on a horse was definitely not a good person, so he could only indulge his eyes and dare not offend her.

There were no vacant rooms in the post station, and to make room for the caravan, the two postmen shared one.The fat postman proposed to give up the room of the two of them to this beautiful woman surnamed Tie, and the two of them would spend the night guarding the firepit in the lobby of the post station.

The thin postman was not very happy.But the beauty in black threw a silver ingot to him without hesitation, and his face immediately changed: "Don't worry, Iron Lady, I still have some unused bedding here, I'll pack it up for you immediately!"

Iron Lady gave him a bright smile: "Thank you then." She looked at the food on the table, her eyebrows slightly frowned, "Can I order?"

The skinny postman followed her eyes and looked at the two of them who had just eaten a few mouthfuls of food. Seeing that the iron lady didn't like their simple food, he couldn't help but smiled wryly.If it wasn't for the Chu family caravan's recent stay, they would be able to cook some porridge and eat some soup cakes in this snowy day. Where can they have vegetables and meat?

Seeing his expression, Iron Lady's eyebrows frowned: "The simple one, do you have fried three silks? No? Do you have braised meatballs? There should be braised pork, right?"

She asked one, and the thin postman shook his head.The fat postman followed behind, seeing the other party's behavior and listening to the other party's request, he knew that this was not from an ordinary family.But in this snowy day, how could this little lady of your family appear in this remote place alone?

"Forget it, let's eat the same food as you guys." Iron Lady said disgustedly, followed the skinny postman through the yard, and was not too surprised when she saw tents and carts full of yards.

Just now when she sent the horses to the stable, she saw so many mules and horses, the fat postman said, this is the caravan of Chu Wanwan's family in Dongdong, Song Dynasty, and they are resting here.

Holding the black riding whip with a gold thread wrapped around the handle, the Iron Maiden followed the skinny postman across the courtyard without haste.

When walking through the corridor, the door on one side just opened, and Chu Tianshu came out of the room, just in time to meet Iron Lady head-on.

Iron Lady's eyes lit up, and she sized Chu Tianshu from top to bottom. A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she walked towards Chu Tianshu: "What's the name of this little official?"

The fat postman hurriedly stepped forward and introduced: "This is the owner of the Chu family's caravan, a senior official of Chu." He turned his head and smiled apologetically at Chu Tianshu, for fear that Chu Tianshu would criticize him.After all, they gave a lot of money at the beginning, and agreed that no one else would be allowed to live in except the family members of the officials. Today, he took his own initiative and brought in an iron lady.

"This iron lady, it's not easy to travel in a snowy day, so stay with us and make a point."

When Iron Lady heard about Chu Tianshu's identity, she looked at Chu Tianshu with brighter eyes: "You are that Chu Wanwan's son? Chu Wanwan just passed away a few months ago, how dare you come to the Northland?"

Chu Tianshu didn't look at her, but nodded to the fat and thin postmen: "I won't say much about the two people who brought you here. Just don't go out at night, so as not to cause misunderstanding."

Seeing that Chu Tianshu didn't even look at her, Iron Lady turned her head and was about to leave after speaking, with a hint of anger on her face, she reached out and hit Chu Tianshu's shoulder from behind with a whip.