wind geese

The small courtyard is illuminated by the twilight morning light, dew drips from the tip of the grass, and smoke rises from the chimney of the kitchen.

A burst of noisy footsteps disturbed the tranquility of the morning. Immediately afterwards, the courtyard door of Luo Xunfeng's house was slapped vigorously, and a male voice came from outside the door, "Quickly open the door! Open the door!"

Su Yu frowned, put down the pot cover in his hand, and walked out of the kitchen. Through the fence, he saw several people standing outside the courtyard, some of them were wearing the clothes of a Yamen policeman, his heart tightened, he walked to the door, and asked in a deep voice , "Why knock on the door?"

The voice outside the door became more and more impatient, "Open the door quickly, the Yamen handles the case!"

"!!!" Su Yu's expression froze, and a faint murderous aura emerged.

There was movement behind him, he turned his head and saw Luo Xunfeng leaving the room in his robes, the two exchanged glances, Luo Xunfeng nodded to him.

Su Yu opened the door, and saw that the person who knocked was a dark-complexioned head catcher with a knife in his belt. The head catcher sized him up, then turned to the person behind him and asked, "Is this the 'Su Yu' you mentioned?" ?”

"Yes, that's him." A person behind him hurriedly replied.

Su Yu saw that there were two young police officers standing behind the head catcher, and they were carrying a stretcher, covered with a white cloth, with some water stains on the cloth.Two other villagers came together, and it was one of them who answered the question, Su Yu recognized that person, it was a neighbor Liu San'er who lived not far from them.Another villager was thin and flinched. When Liu San'er confirmed his identity, he cast a hesitant look at him, then lowered his head, covered his eyes with one hand, and whimpered intermittently.

"Good boy, come with us!" The head catcher stretched out his hand and grabbed Su Yu's shoulder.

"Dear officials, may I ask why you took my servant away?" At this time, Luo Xunfeng had already walked to the door quickly. He glanced at the situation outside the door and asked, "Father Ping'er, Liu San'er, why are you here?" ?”

The catcher snorted coldly, but before he could answer, Ping'er's father, covering his face and sobbing, suddenly squatted on the ground, clutching the stretcher with both hands, and burst into tears—"My girl, you died so badly!" ah!"

"!!!"

Luo Xunfeng stepped in front of the stretcher at once, and suddenly lifted the white cloth, the girl's pale and swollen face suddenly came into view, her messy and dripping hair was entangled with a few strands of waterweed, her eyes were closed, how could she be angry at all!

Su Yu's eyes were startled, and his figure moved slightly.Seeing this, the head catcher clamped his shoulders hard with his hands, the muscles in his shoulders tensed up suddenly, then relaxed again, and the corners of his mouth tightened.

"Pinger..." Luo Xunfeng took half a step back in disbelief, slowly let go of the white cloth, and quickly asked the policeman carrying the stretcher, "Why did Pinger die? What's going on? !"

"Hmph, this girl was found floating in the corpse river this morning. The corpse was washed down from the upper reaches. As for why she died, I have to ask this brat to go back and ask questions!" Yu tied his hands together and pulled them out of the yard.

"I saw Miss Ping'er yesterday evening. She looked a little strange, and then she left quickly. I don't know where she went." Su Yu said at this time, his brows moved slightly, and his hands clenched involuntarily while speaking, Drive the chain to make a light noise.

"Oh?" The head catcher gave him a sideways look, and said, "That's not what others said."

"My girl said she was going out for a walk before dinner yesterday. At that time, everything was fine, and there was nothing wrong with it. But she didn't come back all night, and she just disappeared, woo woo woo..." Ping'er's father cried from the side.

"Yesterday evening, I went to the roof of my house to mend the leak. As soon as I climbed up, I heard this Su Yu yelling 'Ping'er' in the yard, and then I saw Ping'er running out of his house in a panic and heading towards the west mountain. Run away. After a while, Feng Luoxun came from the east of the village, and I greeted him, and then I went down to the roof, and I didn't see anything from behind." Liu San'er testified.

"So when Ping'er came to Luo Xunfeng's house, Su Yu was the only one in his house, right?" the head catcher asked.

"Yes."

"Ping'er looked flustered, Su Yu called her out in concern, but didn't stop, is there any problem?" Luo Xunfeng asked.

"Whether Ping'er panicked before seeing him or panicked after seeing him, it's different!" The head catcher looked at Su Yu's cheek with blazing eyes and asked, "How did you get that scratch on your face?"

"..."

"..."

"Is it you? Did you do something to Ping'er?!" At this time, Ping'er's father rushed over from the side and grabbed Su Yu, shouting with tears running down his face.

"I didn't do anything..." Su Yu let him shake his body and said with downcast eyes.

"I can prove that Su Yu and I went to the night market in the town last night. Since Ping'er had run away from my house before, the death of Su Yu and Ping'er should have nothing to do with it. The top priority is to examine the body as soon as possible and investigate where Ping'er went last night. Where did you go, what did you encounter." Luo Xunfeng said again at this moment.

"You don't need to teach me how to do it!" The catcher glared at Luo Xunfeng, stared at his face, and touched the waist knife with one hand. Luo Xunfeng and Su Yu were both secretly alert, and listened to the catcher. "You talk so much nonsense, and you are Su Yu's master, so you have nothing to do with this matter. Let's go, let's go to the yamen together."

Luo Xunfeng was about to open his mouth when he suddenly heard Su Yu say, "Master, my young master didn't meet Miss Ping'er yesterday, so he didn't know anything about it. The wound on my face was indeed caught by Miss Ping'er, the reason for this is , I would like to follow you back to the Yamen for interrogation."

The head catcher immediately turned back, and yanked the iron chain in his hand, Su Yu followed and took a step forward, and the head catcher said, "You sure have a problem, you kid, wait until the county government sees you!" He turned his head to Luo Xun again. Feng Dao, "What night market are you talking about? Are you here to testify for this kid? But you are in a master-servant relationship, and the confession may not be credible to the county lord. Moreover, the time of the girl's death has to be confirmed by him. confirm."

"Master, please believe that Su Yu has never done anything to harm Miss Ping'er." Su Yu spoke before Luo Xunfeng again, Luo Xunfeng frowned and looked at him, but seeing his serious expression, he shook his head slightly as a hint to himself.

Luo Xunfeng immediately understood that Su Yu was afraid that he would be recognized as Zhurong Villa when he arrived at the county government office. He was anxious and angry at the moment, as if he had been punched hard and had no way to vent his anger.

Su Yu said again, "Master, please help Su Yu find witnesses in the village and town. Su Yu is very grateful."

The policeman squinted at the two of them, and seeing that Luo Xunfeng didn't intend to follow, he said to him, "Don't run around in the past few days, if you have any problems, the yamen will come to you at any time, don't cause trouble for yourself !"

The policemen carried Ping'er's body and left with Su Yu, Ping'er's father, and Liu San'er. Luo Xunfeng watched their figures disappear at the intersection, and suddenly turned around and kicked hard on the fence of his yard. , With a click, several fences snapped.

He gritted his teeth and tried to run towards the entrance of the village, when a small figure rushed over from the side.

"Xiaotian?" Luo Xunfeng stopped and looked at the boy who just ran over. The boy still looked sloppy, and his dirty face was covered with tears.

Xiaotian held the two wooden dolls that Su Yu had helped him repair and newly made in his hands, and whined at Luo Xunfeng, not knowing what to say.

Luo Xunfeng didn't have the heart to coax him, and stepped around his side, but Xiaotian fell to the ground and hugged his leg.

"What are you doing?" Luo Xunfeng looked down at him and asked with a frown.

Xiaotian wrapped his hands around his legs, and placed the two puppets on the ground, one high and the other low, bumping into each other, and said, "Slow, slow...ball, ball, don't slow down..."

Luo Xunfeng watched Xiaotian playing with the doll lying on his stomach in the mud after the rain, feeling irritable and pitiful in his heart, so he bent down to pick him up from the mud, patted his clothes casually, but Get yourself dirty.While rubbing his hands, he calmed down his voice as much as possible and said to Xiaotian, "I'm not in the mood to play with you right now, so go home and find your father." After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, only took two steps when he felt something hit him behind him. Come, he turned sideways to pick it up, and it was actually a puppet, and looking behind him, Xiao Tian yelled at him, turned his head and ran away.

Luo Xunfeng felt baffled, he took a look at the puppet, wiped the mud off it with his hand, and put it in his arms.

When Luo Xunfeng rushed to the town's yamen, his heart gradually calmed down. Considering that it might be more detrimental to the development of the matter to take the risk of appearing in the county yamen, he waited outside the yamen for inquiries. By the time Ping'er's case was over, it was already noon.

Ping'er's father and Liu San'er left the Yamen together.

Luo Xunfeng went up to meet him, Ping'er's father looked sad and uneasy, he didn't even want to meet Luo Xunfeng's eyes, and left the yamen in a hurry.

Liu San'er was filled with righteous indignation, and said to Luo Xunfeng, "That girl Ping'er is too pitiful, she knows her face but doesn't know her heart!"

"How did Ping'er die? Where's Su Yu?" Luo Xunfeng felt uneasy.

"Huh, Wu Zuo said that Ping'er drowned in the middle of the night. There were many scars on her body, and it was hard to tell whether it was from struggling or when she rushed down the river, but there were obvious scars on her wrists, ankles and... thighs. Fingerprints and bruises, why are there fingerprints in these places, you should understand as a man?!" Liu San'er said with a look of contempt.

"..." Luo Xunfeng's expression changed suddenly, and he asked, "Then Pinger, has she been..."

"No! So everything is explained," Liu San'er gritted his teeth, "That villain Su Yu failed to force Ping'er, and Ping'er ran away in panic and ran into the mountains to commit suicide in anger! Now, all he has to do is plead guilty and go to jail. I can't wait for the yamen servant's stick to hit the point again, this kind of person should suffer more before being sentenced!"

"The county magistrate tortured Su Yu?" Luo Xunfeng grabbed Liu San'er's arm.

Liu San'er waved away Luo Xunfeng's hand, and said, "Dozens of sticks were beaten on the back, and I just kept silent and refused to admit it. It's good if I don't admit it, and I will continue to beat you tomorrow. You also don't know people clearly. Looking for this kind of person As a servant, I see, let him stay in prison and die!"

"You...!" Luo Xunfeng raised his finger to Liu San'er, finally clenched his fist and lowered it down.

Liu San'er rolled his eyes at him, shook his head and left.

County government prison.

Su Yu was wearing prison clothes, his hair was disheveled, and the broken hair on his forehead was soaked in cold sweat. He sat on the ground leaning against the cold and damp wall of the cell, with his hands hanging by his sides, and there were thick bloodstains on the back of the prison clothes.

The tip of his nose is filled with the sour and moldy smell of the prison. This smell is no stranger to him. In the shadow guard camp of Zhurong Villa, shadow guards who make mistakes will be imprisoned in the torture hall for punishment. It's even heavier.

Familiar footsteps sounded from far to near, Su Yu opened his slightly closed eyes in disbelief, saw the person coming, hurriedly got up and walked to the prison door.

"The cell door can't be opened, so you can talk through the cell door. I'll watch from the side for at most one stick of incense." The jailer who brought Luo Xunfeng confessed, turned and left.

Some prisoners in the cell next to them looked at them, and they all looked away as if they were surprised.

"Master, how did you come in?" Su Yu first thought of Luo Xunfeng's identity, and his tone was a little worried.

"Money can turn ghosts." Luo Xunfeng said, he frowned and asked Su Yu, "How are you hurt?"

"..." Su Yu was slightly stunned, and then said, "It's okay."

"Turn around and let me see."

"It really doesn't matter, I have been trained to endure torture, and just now I used internal energy to protect my body." Su Yu explained.

"Hurry up," Luo Xunfeng frowned more and more, interrupted him, took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and said, "I brought all the medicine."

"..." Su Yu turned around slowly, and Luo Xunfeng's bloody back appeared before Luo Xunfeng's eyes.

Luo Xunfeng's eyes darkened, and he reached for his collar. Su Yu was startled, and then realized that Luo Xunfeng wanted to help him apply the medicine. He first instinctively wanted to hold his collar, but Luo Xunfeng's urging came from behind him. He had no choice but to pull down his shirt, pulling the wound on his back, causing him to take a deep breath, and then he heard Luo Xunfeng say, "Who told you to take it off so quickly?"

"..."

Luo Xunfeng lightly helped him take off his shirt. He saw that there were stick marks superimposed on his back, patches of bruised and swollen, and many places were torn and oozing blood. It was inevitable when he took off his clothes. Some blood-stained flesh was torn, and the muscles on Su Yu's back twisted slightly, with undulating texture.

Luo Xunfeng opened the medicine bottle and sprinkled the medicine powder on Su Yu's back.

Su Yu felt that the medicine Luo Xunfeng had used was obviously very good. The wound was a little stinging when he first touched it, but it was not unbearable. Soon the original burning sensation of the wound on his back disappeared a lot, replaced by a coolness.

"Master, Su Yu is not worthy of wasting good medicine." Su Yu couldn't help but muffled.

"Shut up." Luo Xunfeng hastened his movements to help him finish the medicine, and when he turned around, he took out two more bottles from his arms, and stuffed them into his hands without allowing him to discuss them.

"Officer Zhima of the Yamen, for the sake of his political achievements in the murder case, he arbitrarily judged the case and tortured him to extract a confession, what a bastard!" Luo Xunfeng cursed in a low voice.

"..."

His eyes rested on Su Yu's bitten lower lip, his brows remained unmoved.

"Master, believe me?" Su Yu looked at Luo Xunfeng and asked.

"Nonsense." Luo Xunfeng said, seeing the light in Su Yu's eyes, he couldn't help adding, "Of course."

Su Yu's eyelashes moved slightly, his eyes dimmed again, his lips were pursed into a line, and he lowered his head and said, "Su Yu caused trouble for the young master, and also... harmed Miss Ping'er."

"Ping'er's death is not your fault," Luo Xunfeng looked at Su Yu's appearance, and suddenly reached out his hand through the railing, and stroked the back of Su Yu's neck.

"!!!" Su Yu was startled, and suddenly raised his head, only to see Luo Xunfeng looking at him with clear eyes.

"You've already told me about Ping'er. I decided not to go to her right away, so it's my responsibility."

"..." Su Yu shook his head.

Luo Xunfeng squeezed the back of Su Yu's neck with his hand, smiled at him lightly, and let go of his hand.

Su Yu grabbed the railing of the cell door with one hand.

"Listen to me," Luo Xunfeng said, "Ping'er couldn't have committed suicide. She came to see you that day, she should have encountered something. She said she wanted me to introduce her to a job, which means that she is still concerned about the future. With hope, how could she commit suicide again, unless something happened to her that night." Speaking of this, he suddenly lowered his voice and said in a volume that only the two of them could hear, "The cause of Ping'er's death I will go to investigate, and before I find out, if you are interrogated and tortured again, you will find a way to escape from prison by yourself."

"!!!" Su Yu's eyes widened.

"The Shadow Guard of Zhurong Villa, do you have this ability?"

"But..." Su Yu hesitated.

As if seeing Su Yu's concerns, Luo Xunfeng said, "I am already wanted, and adding another fugitive to follow me will not make things worse. Would you rather stay in jail than followed me?"

"Su Yu just wants to follow the young master." Su Yu said hastily.

"That's good." Luo Xunfeng also stretched out his hand to hold the railing, and their hands slightly touched each other, Su Yu's hand was cold, Luo Xunfeng's was dry and warm, neither of them moved their hands.

"If you escape from prison and don't find me at home, we'll meet at Shiliting, east of town."

"Yes, sir."

Luo Xunfeng met Su Yu and left the county government prison.

He was thinking about the information about the Ping'er incident, thinking about where to start from.Feeling slightly uncomfortable in his arms, he stretched out his hand and took out the puppet that Xiaotian threw at him just now, caressing the wood with his fingers casually, Xiaotian's inexplicable appearance flashed in his mind again, suddenly, a Thoughts popped out like lightning.

The author has something to say: I am here, some interesting things happened this week for the follow-up outline, and I have racked my brains to perfect the idea. Dear friends, I have been waiting for a long time~~~~