novelraw Chapter 19 Face
Chapter 19 Face
Tie Shou was invited by Chu and Hu to be at the same table, but Chu Liuxiang paid more attention to Hu Tiehua's quick talk.
"Brother Tie might as well go change your clothes first, and the two of us will wait for you downstairs with good food and wine." It's hard for anyone to refuse Chu Liuxiang's kindness, just like few people don't want to make Chu Liuxiang a friend.Tie Shou smiled and said yes.
When Tie Shou finished changing his clothes and got off, Chu Liuxiang and the others really had a new table of wine and dishes waiting for him.After Tie Shou sat down, Chu Liuxiang poured him a glass of wine.Tie Shou took it and took a sip, the clear wine warmed up his throat all the way to his stomach, this kind of strong wine is indeed the best and most elegant way to warm up on a rainy day.Iron Hand sighed.If Chu Liuxiang even considered what kind of wine to choose, he couldn't help but sigh for his meticulous thought.Tie Shou has always treated everyone equally, and will not hold prejudices because of the identity of the other party. Chu Liuxiang is also a thief. The world gave him such an elegant title of "Bandit Commander", which naturally has some respect, and so does Tie Shou.
Hu Tiehua had seen the deep inner strength shown when the iron hand stabilized the carriage before, but now that he knew that he was the iron hand, he had some original feelings.Regardless of whether they are white or black, most people admire Tie Shou who is generous but still prestige, who is in the public house but never forgets the world.Hu Tiehua took the initiative to toast Tie Shou a glass of wine, and then asked curiously: "Then Tie Butou is here to work in Jingzhou?"
When seeing the four famous arrests, almost everyone will think of the case as a big case, and in fact, there are no exceptions.
"Exactly." Iron Hand replied.Because there is also a well-known bandit commander present here, Tieshou wanted to hear his opinion, so he picked out the important part in a few words and told Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua about the case of the theft of official silver.
Hu Tiehua laughed immediately after hearing this: "I've never heard of the name 'Thousand Faces'." The implication is that he doesn't think that Thousand Faces is a very powerful character, and maybe Tie Shou can play the role himself. , is already the most powerful place in her life.It is normal for Hu Tiehua to think so. He, Chu Liuxiang, and Ji Bingyan have been in the Jianghu since they were young. There are mixed fish and dragons in the Jianghu.Because stealing always involves dealing with people.Ordinary petty thieves wish that no one would know about it, but the real grand thief wished that everyone knew about every crime he committed, and then he had nothing to do with him.
In Hu Tiehua's heart, the most powerful thief king in the world is already sitting beside him.
Tie Shou explained: "Qian Mian has disappeared for many years, and she was only active in the Cangzhou area in the early years, so her reputation is not obvious." In other words, Qian Mian only opposes him within the scope of his jurisdiction.
Chu Liuxiang was more interested in the exquisite disguise technique mentioned by Tie Shou.Under certain circumstances, he and Qian Mian can also be called "peers", and comparisons between peers are inevitable, and Yirong even touched Chu Liuxiang's inner tenderness and thoughts about Su Rongrong.As for Qian Mian, although Chu Liuxiang hadn't heard of her name very much, she also knew someone who could make Tie Shou show concern, whether it was her skills or her own relationship with Tie Butou, They are all destined to be out of the usual category.
At night, the rain became lighter, but there were still only people at their table in the lobby of the inn.The situation in Jingzhou in the past half month has made outsiders avoid this place, and even the local people stay at home, not to mention this inn, even the entire Jingzhou city looks deserted and melancholy.Even though the intensity of the flood has subsided a little compared to the beginning, as long as the heavy rain does not stop for a day, the flood will recur at any time.Farmland was flooded, houses were destroyed, and many people were homeless and struggling to survive.For this reason, even many Haoerlang in Jingzhou City sacrificed their lives to fight the flood.Those who are parents and wives have long been heartbroken.
The disappearance of disaster relief money is just making matters worse.
Just today, the three of them also saw that some people had to go out in the heavy rain to make a living, and almost died under the out-of-control carriage.They are all kind of chivalrous and warm-hearted, which one can bear it.
Tieshou didn't drink much, and Chu Liuxiang and the two also understood that he had business to do in the future. Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua basically finished the wine on the table, and Tieshou only tasted the dishes.After a while, Tie Shou saw that it was almost time, and got up to bid farewell to the two.
After watching Tie Butou go out, Hu Tiehua pushed Chu Liuxiang's shoulder and winked at him: "Old bug, what do you think about the theft of official money?"
Chu Liuxiang turned the wine glass in her hand, heard the words and chuckled, raised her head to look at Hu Tiehua: "I still don't know what's in your heart, why do you have to beat around the bush with me?"
Hu Tiehua laughed angrily, raised his eyebrows and asked Chu Liuxiang, "Oh? Then tell me."
Chu Liuxiang sipped the wine in his glass in one sip, and when he lowered his head again, his eyes lit up: "I'm also very curious about that 'Thousand Faces'."
midnight.
Under the eaves where they met during the day, Tie Shou and Xie Wan met again.Xie Wan had another face that was different from that of the day, but Tie Shou still recognized her at the first sight.As for her behavior that always appears in a different form, Tieshou has long been used to it. Although sometimes she can't immediately find out that someone is disguised by her, but after getting along for a long time, Tieshou himself has a way to distinguish Thousands of ways.
Along with her appearance, Xie Wan also changed the dress of her wide-sleeved long gown, and put on a dark tight gown with cuffs on the sleeves and trouser legs.After seeing Tie Shou, she took the initiative to ask him about the ruined temple.
Iron Hand shook his head and told her that there was nothing to gain.
Xie Wan said "Oh" without showing any other emotions. It seemed that she was just asking and didn't care much about the answer to the question.Before setting off, she took out another copper half-face mask and put it on.
The two worked lightly one after another, and soon arrived at the Jingzhou government office.The guards in the government office were not strict, and Tie Shou took Xie Wan all the way to the room where the evidence was placed where the magistrate took him in the daytime.Xie Wan proposed to let her open the door, and Tie Shou thought about this as something she was used to being good at, then nodded in agreement.
The door was pushed open silently.Xie Wan tensed his feet, and walked silently with every step, with iron hands behind her, he glanced back to make sure that no guards passed by, and then closed the door with confidence.We have known each other for many years, you have chased me and escaped for many years, and we have cooperated several times for some reasons, but this is the first time that Tie Shou and Xie Wan have sneaked into the public house to search for evidence together.For the iron hand, it is really strange and different.But after he watched Xie Wan silently for a moment, Tie Shou put away his irrelevant thoughts and focused all his attention on the business at hand.
The human.skin.mask.mask had not been moved, and the two saw it at a glance.After all, how could the magistrate of Jingzhou think that there were still people coming to see this human skin mask in the middle of the night, and one of them was a member of the Gongmen.
"That's it." Tie Shou whispered to Xie Wan.
Xie Wan nodded, and carefully picked up the human skin mask with both hands.
The producer himself knows his own work best, and sometimes it only takes one glance to know whether it is a counterfeit or not.But Xie Wan, in order to confirm the authenticity of the human skin mask, hesitated for a while, but did not put on the gloves.After about a while, Tie Shou asked, "How?"
Xie Wan did not answer for a long time.But they can't light candles in the dark, so they can only make do with it.But just when Tie Shou thought so, he heard the people around him reply hesitantly: "...this technique is a mask made by me."
"?!" Tie Shou suddenly turned his head to look at Xie Wan.
"But I've never made this face before... It's strange." Xie Wan was equally unbelievable, she murmured.
However, at this moment, the two reflections of the moonlight projected on the door alarmed Tie Shou and Xie Wan in the room, and Tie Shou made a decisive decision and pulled Xie Wan and the two of them to hide on the beam.As soon as they hid, the door was pushed open.
In the darkness, the two held their arms together, their eyes facing each other in silence.Those were a pair of very clear eyes, completely opposite to her maverick character in front of him, like the bright moonlight, immersed in a tranquility.After a while, Tieshou was a little uncomfortable, and took the lead to look away.He also didn't see Xie Wan curling the corner of his mouth silently.
Then Tie Shou gestured to Xie Wan, telling her not to act rashly for the time being, and the two of them took a look at the real face of the visitor.
Two people walked in and closed the door just like Iron Hand did just now.And their purpose is also human.skin.mask.mask, one of them held it in his hand and observed it carefully.
Relying on the faint moonlight, Tieshou finally saw the face of the person who came, and he was slightly shocked that it was Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua who came.But he didn't know how shocked Chu Liuxiang's state of mind was.
Chu Liuxiang has never seen this face of a human skin mask, but he is very familiar with it.It was clearly the same slender hand as the masks on his boat.Those people, skins, masks, and masks that filled the entire cabinet are the affection of that gentle man. He always wears it on his face, how could he not know it.Some things are already well known and need not be stated.When Heizhu wrote a letter, he took Hu Tiehua and Ji Bingyan into the desert, but when he finished solving Shi Guanyin's matter, he found that Su Rongrong was not with Hongxiu Tian'er.Rongrong really disappeared.
No one knew where she had gone, Hongxiu and Tian'er were very sad for this, and Heizhu who invited them to be a guest also blamed himself very much.But even so, Chu Liuxiang entered the customs for half a month and searched everywhere, but there was no news about Su Rongrong.Chu Liuxiang is a vagabond, but Su Rongrong and Hongxiu Tian'er have never been the same to him. They accompany him day and night, and they are the real home on that ship that he can't lose.
There was no news of the beautiful woman, and it was too late for all repentance.
But now, the human skin mask made by Rongrong appeared here.Chu Liuxiang had mixed feelings for a moment.
At this moment, there was nothing around Tie Shou, he quickly looked down, and Xie Wan had already revealed his weapon and flew towards Chu Liuxiang's head.
Tie Shou secretly sighed, and also rolled over, wanting to restrain Xie Wan.