[Red Chamber] Jagged Lin Daiyu

Chapter 129

Qin Zhongyu and Xiang Baozi arrived at the Zhao Family Library in the west of Handan City.

As soon as I arrived near the Zhao Family Library, I heard a commotion. First, I saw a group of more than a dozen horses galloping past, and then one by one masked strong men wearing brocade clothes with silver patterns on a black background galloped past.The common people on both sides exclaimed one after another. Although no one was injured, they were all terrified.

Qin Zhongyu was also taken aback when he was riding on the horse, holding the rein tightly with both hands: "What's going on here?"

Xiang Baozixin said that the clothes looked very familiar. Just as he was about to say that they seemed to be the master's horses, he saw a large human-shaped bag on the back of one of the people. Look at the shape, twisting and bumping inside It feels like, um, it should be human.

Wo Cao, why is it so embarrassing to see my master send someone to kidnap someone.She frowned slightly, and said worriedly, "I don't know either."

After walking a little further, many scholars rushed out holding books, brooms, wooden sticks, and teapots, yelling in disorder: "Mr. has been arrested!" "What to do!"

"In broad daylight, the world is bright and bright, and someone dares to arrest Mr.!"

"What shall we do?"

"Reporter!"

"Yes! Report to the official, let the old man decide!"

"The thief ran too fast!"

Qin Zhongyu said worriedly: "It's really too much. I always felt that under the imperial court, now Haiyan and Heqing are the only ones in the capital who are rampant and domineering. How can such things still happen in the world? They robbed a teacher! !" He suddenly changed his face: "Could it be Mr. Zhao Ji we are looking for?"

Hurry up and go forward, and after a short walk, I saw that there was indeed a mess at the entrance of the Zhao Family Library. There was an old lady and a young daughter-in-law sitting at the door, crying in panic.

Qin Zhongyu turned his horse's head and said to Xiang Baozi, "We should chase after him!"

Xiang Baozi frowned: "It may be dangerous."

Qin Zhongyu clenched his fist and said, "I can draw a four-stone bow, and I'm good at horsemanship, not to mention being a gentleman, I can't help but die!"

Xiang Baozixin said that your words are full of jokes, I don't even know where to start complaining, but what he said is correct, she pursed her lips: "I'll try it, you don't."

Qin Zhongyu said: "No, I don't worry."

Xiang Baozi rolled his eyes.The tone is also much fiercer: "It will be too late to argue any longer."

Qin Zhongyu turned the horse's head and whipped the horse, and ran away.Thanks to the group of people in front who opened the way, there were quite a few people on the road. If the bustling crowd blocked the road, he would not dare to run fast, but after the men in black brocade clothes ran past just now, everyone dodged on both sides of the road, not daring to run. near.He ran away smoothly.

Xiang Baozi secretly stomped his feet angrily, had no choice but to pinch the horse's belly, and chased after him like flying: "A-Jiang! You don't know how to fight in close quarters! Don't make trouble!"

Qin Zhongyu said: "If I don't fight with them, I will watch them take people there and come back and report to the police!" Yes, I am calm, there are only two of us, I basically have no fighting power...I admit it.

Xiang Baozi felt a little relieved: "Be careful! Listen to me!"

The two chased all the way to the outside of the city. Xiang Baozi carefully looked at the horseshoe marks on the ground. The soil on the official road was very hard and there should be no horseshoe marks.It was obvious that this group of people went to the grove next to the official road.

Qin Zhongyu looked at the grove from a distance: "Baozi, what are they going to do? Is it because they want to kill people to silence them?"

Xiang Baozi has always disliked making troubles, he doesn't have much curiosity, and he doesn't like to fight with others.Rubbing his hands: "Go quickly, go back and report to the officials, if you stay here for a long time, it will be troublesome if they see you."

Just as Qin Zhongyu turned his horse's head and was about to leave, he heard an extremely tragic scream coming from the grove.

It was obviously the cry of a 50-year-old man.

Qin Zhongyu hesitated at that time, and couldn't help secretly hating that he didn't bring more people when he came, only Xiang Baozi knew martial arts, and he was reluctant to let her fight with others to save others.If you bring seven or eight servants who claim to be 'strong in martial arts', you can fight.

Now this is really a dilemma. If I leave, I feel that I am a bad person morally.It's too dangerous if you don't go.

Without saying a word, Xiang Baozi reached out to grab the reins of his horse, steered his own horse to guide his horse in the right direction, and was about to leave.

However, at this moment, among the two groups of interrogators and sentries with a clear division of labor in the woods, the person in charge of the sentry whistled, and two light cavalry rushed out silently, and outflanked them separately.Their horses' feet were wrapped in straw, and their voices were extremely soft.

Hearing the voice, Xiang Baozi looked back and sighed, "It's really unlucky."

While talking, he took out a handful of iron marbles, held them in his hand, and opened the buckle on his wrist for shaking his head, and shouted loudly: "Hezi, the wind blows over the sea, and the sky is full of heavy rain! (On the road) My friend, I am also in this business, you have done a great job)”

The two men in black looked at each other, without stopping, they came up together and said, "Jianguo, take a swim in the river. (Girl, since you are also on the road, come with us)"

Xiang Baozi pursed his lips: "Hezi, the whirlwind crosses the East River. (I'm not afraid of you, I'm capable, I can't do anything to you, and you can't do anything to me)"

She shook her hand, and three iron bullets shot out, two of them went straight to the opposite horse's head, but not too fast, but the one in the middle exerted all its strength, flying between the two as fast as a shooting star, The tiger roars and the wind blows.If you don't have strength, you are not qualified to speak, and you are not qualified to negotiate with the other party. Everyone understands this truth.

Qin Zhongyu said like a heroine: "Ah!!!" I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong!

The two men in black were really unambiguous, and once they drew their knives, they blocked the iron bullets.It could also be seen that the girl was merciful, and she was a little confused.The person on the left stared at Xiang Baozi's waist and wrist, and shouted, "Miss Xiang Si!!"

I just realized that this girl is not wearing bloated clothes in winter, she is really fat, and the fat girl is also a good hidden weapon, there is only one in the whole world.

Xiang Baozi pretended to be surprised: "How do you know me?"

Sure enough, it is Mr. Zhuo's person, master why,,, besides being General Wen's staff, does Liu Ji have other identities?Oh, that person is Zhao Ji.

The man in black said: "Follow orders."

Another man in black asked, "Is it Miss Xiang Si?"

Xiang Baozi shook his hand, and the rope dart wrapped around his wrist came out, flew past his ear, and cut the rope of his mask.

The man in black hurriedly covered his face, covering it before the mask fell off, without showing his true face.

Several whistles came from the woods, and he responded with whistles, but the whistle was extremely long, and then two short short whistles sounded in the woods, and the man in black said: "Zhao Ji is in the woods, the fourth girl can do whatever she wants." .Farewell!"

Xiang Baozi didn't understand what they meant by whistling. It was probably a new password. She cupped her fists and said, "Goodbye."

A group of people flew away.

Qin Zhongyu looked confused: "What do they mean?"

"Let's go after asking what you need to ask. Zhao Ji said everything you need to say, so there's no need to take him away." Xiang Baozi rode his horse to the woods: "It's okay, come on, ask us what you want to ask." Go back to the city and find someone."

Qin Zhongyu wanted to ask a lot of questions, so he galloped after him: "Baozi, does he know you?"

Xiang Baozi was very guilty: "There are a lot of people who know me in the world."

"Why did he call you Miss Four?" Qin Zhongyu asked, only to remember that Xiang Baozi said that she was ranked fourth in the school.But those who can shout like this can be regarded as people who know the basics.

The grove was dark, and the snow on the ground had not yet melted.

Qin Zhongyu shouted: "Mr. Zhao Ji."

There was no sound, they searched the woods for a while, and Xiang Baozi yelled: "Here! He's dead!"

Qin Zhongyu ran over: "What? What!"

Really dead, a dagger was stuck in his chest, and blood flowed all over the floor.

The old man's face was full of relief, and even a hint of guilt.

This is a man in his 50s and 80s, but he looks like he is [-] or [-] years old. His face is full of dimples, and his beard and hair are all white.

Xiang Baozi was a little scared: "Let's go quickly, if we don't go, we won't be able to tell if people see us."

Based on her many years of experience in the arena, most of them are unlucky at this time. If a passer-by insists on it, it will take my master to fish me out.After going back, he will be beaten up by the master, woo woo woo, he doesn't understand pity and sympathy at all.

Qin Zhongyu waved his hand: "I am the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and I have an official seal. I am going to see the magistrate here to find out about this matter." He sneered: "What a coincidence, I just came here, but I was snatched away one step earlier. , and was killed, could it be that these gangsters are targeting me."

Xiang Baozi looked down for a while: "It may not have been killed, it seems like suicide."

Qin Zhongyu felt that what she said made sense, so he knelt down to look at it, studied it carefully, and recalled what Song Cida said in "Winning Injustice Collection",,, but did not recall any results, and still had to ask Wu Zuo to do the autopsy.Squatting down and taking a closer look, he felt that the scene of the dead was different from what was written in the novel. The strong smell of blood and the feeling of the person who gradually became stiff was terrifying. He forced himself to calm down: "Baozi, you did a good job, don't It's too dangerous to fight with people." He tried to stand up, but his legs were weak and he almost fell.

Xiang Baozi reached out and picked him up: "I'm really not sure today, there are too many of them, and I'm not good at melee combat."

Qin Zhongyu grabbed her arm and said sadly: "No, don't fight even if you are sure. A sword has no eyes. I never thought that it would be so easy for people to die, and I didn't expect it to be so dangerous in the rivers and lakes. Thanks to you When it comes to fighting, what if you get injured when you fight with them?"

Xiang Baozi blinked his eyes, seeing him so gentle and sincere, he felt a strange feeling in his heart, a sour and sweet feeling, like sweet and sour pork ribs, huh?I really want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs.

Qin Zhongyu arrived in front of Zhizhou's mansion (Handan is a city level, in ancient times it should be under the jurisdiction of Zhizhou), he didn't prepare the invitation card, and forgot to bring it when he went out, so he went directly to the street to borrow a piece of paper, took out the official seal and sighed, and went to Put the lid on and let the door pass up.

The door didn't bother to hand it over at all, Xiang Baozi saw it, and threw a silver ingot calmly: "I'm sorry."

Five minutes later, Zhizhou jumped up and down to greet him: "Where is that lord? Where is the servant of the Ministry of Punishment?"

Qin Zhongyu came forward to exchange greetings, and said: "I am not here on official business, but on the way to visit relatives. I heard that your lord is well-known, so I am here to pay a visit."

Zhizhou's face brightened, and just as he was about to say a few words of humility, he heard a commotion nearby.

Xiang Baozi pressed the door on the ground: "Spit out the money!"

Zhizhou hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"

Xiang Baozi smiled faintly: "My lord, your family is very snobbish. My lord doesn't want to bother others and doesn't bring many servants. This kid looks down on others and blocks the door and asks for bribes."

Menzi struggled and said, "You spitting blood, master, how dare a villain do such a thing! The money in my arms is my own money!"

Zhizhou looked at Qin Zhongyu: "This..." Who is this fat lady?

Xiang Baozi snorted, "I knew you would say that. There are my finger prints on the money! How much money can you have a month for each door, and can you have your own ten taels of silver in your arms?"

Menzi struggled and cursed: "Stinky bitch..."

Xiang Baozi raised his hand and slapped him with two big mouths, his voice was as loud as setting off firecrackers.

Zhizhou's angry face twitched, damn it, labor and management usually only ask for a few hundred taels of bribes, and you pay ten taels for each door to send a post?

Seeing Zhizhou's complexion, Qin Zhongyu thought he was ashamed, and quickly added: "Ma'am, isn't it just a little money, that's all. Master Zhizhou, I am ashamed, my wife is frugal by nature, and hates servants who accept bribes the most." It's my wife! !Don't look down on her now.

Zhizhou was shocked, my God, that fat woman is actually your wife!Although it looks cute, it looks like a meat bun, but it's too violent!The wife of a servant of the Ministry of Punishment is wearing men's clothing, and she actually pushed my door to the ground and smacked her mouth. The servant of the Ministry of Punishment is still used to it, hehehe, do you usually get your mouth smacked by your wife?He was punished every day with an oil lamp and kneeling on the washboard!Hey hey.

He nodded: "The lower officials also hate people who accept bribes the most! You two, go and search!"

The two young men went over, and as soon as they reached out, they took out the ingot of silver, and presented it to Zhizhou: "My lord, there are really finger marks."

Zhizhou looked at the heavy ingot of silver, tears were about to come down, how much money this little thief had to scrape from my hand!He commanded angrily: "Pull him down, lock him up, and send someone to ransack his house! If you don't have much money, it's fine. If you have a lot, I will never end with him!" My money is all mine. money.

Xiang Baozi happily kicked up the silver, glanced at Qin Zhongyu, and was even more satisfied, very good, he likes to support me when I beat someone.Mr. Zhuo is like this to my master. If my master wants to beat someone, he will take care of the aftermath and scare them.

Sure enough, he is a good man!

Qin Zhongyu said some clichés again, talking about Zhao Ji's affairs.

Zhizhou was skeptical, so he sent someone to look for the grove he said, and they brought the body back.

The post-mortem was performed by the authors, and the students cried together. Qin Zhongyu went to express his condolences in person, and asked to have a talk with Mrs. Zhao.The old lady agreed, and the four entered the inner room. The son supported the old lady: "My lord, what are your orders?"

Qin Zhongyu glanced at Xiang Baozi: "Mrs. Zhao, please sit down. I want to know who did this. Did Mr. Zhao know that there would be danger beforehand, or did he have any enemies?"

The old lady cried and said: "My husband is kind and never has enemies with others." She cried for a while, then suddenly remembered, and said to her son: "Go and get that box."

The son of the Zhao family brought a small bamboo box: "My lord, this is the box that my father valued most during his lifetime. We don't know what's inside, but every time someone approaches, my father will be extremely angry and scold us loudly."

The old lady was a little worried again: "My lord, no matter what is inside, we don't know, don't implicate us."

Qin Zhongyu comforted them and left with the box.

After returning home, he opened the box and saw a lot of strange things he didn't recognize, so he called his wife to look at them.

Xiang Baozi was taken aback: "This, this, this is too strange! These are □□□, these are the things that can be used for disguise, these are the incense and antidote, these are the sleeve arrows. What kind of knives are these piles of knives? have no idea."

Qin Zhongyu said: "This is a carving knife for seal carving. I can carve seals, and I have the same set."

"Who is that Zhao Ji? Is he really just an aide?"

"How can such a person be a teacher?"

It's really strange.Qin Zhongyu felt that the matter behind this was very big and serious, and he didn't want to risk it easily, so he discussed with Xiang Baozi: "Let's go back to Beijing and let the people from Six Doors investigate."

Xiang Baozi nodded: "This is the best." If I find out something terrible, I can run away, but you are not good at running for your life.

After she went back, she took the time to write a letter [We bumped into you and captured and killed Zhao Ji in Handan City, what's going on?Qin Zhongyu vowed to investigate clearly, how to explain it! ] found his own bodyguard bureau in Handan City, took out a token to verify his identity, and threw down 100 taels of silver: "Send this letter to Zhuo's mansion day and night."

It's complicated.

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At this moment in the Zhuo Mansion, Zhuo Donglai had just returned from the palace when he heard the maid report that the lady said that she was going to retreat, shut the door to death, and would not come out unless she broke through the realm.Angrily wanting to kick the door, he pressed his hand on the door panel, his fingers were almost digging into the wood.

He suppressed his anger, and persuaded with kind words: "Ze Lan, why do you want to retreat all of a sudden, and still retreat to death?"

Fourth Sister Wen was meditating in the room, gritting her teeth firmly: "I won't come out until I break through the bottleneck!"

"Why, who made you angry." What the hell are you doing!

"It was my fault that I hit you this morning. I will apologize to you. Zelan, sister, don't be angry."

Fourth Sister Wen pursed her lips, and said aggrievedly: "Four years ago I was able to fight you for 10 minutes without losing, why did I lose after less than ten moves after four years!"

Zhuo Donglai heaved a sigh of relief, I knew she wasn't the kind of stupid woman who would lose her temper and get awkward after being beaten up, but, she finally found that her strength had regressed?I have repeatedly hinted at her several times, tsk tsk, what is the reason why I have not learned to be smart until now, and I am trying to make her discover something by hinting?

Fourth Sister Wen yelled indignantly: "You are busy with work every day, with panda eyes on your face, and you don't even have enough time to sleep. I eat and sleep every day, and I eat when I am full, and I can't beat you like this! I have regressed!" How much? Brother Zhuo, tell me the truth, or I will run away from home!"

"Frozen three feet is not a day's cold!" Zhuo Donglai drew the knife to lift the latch, pushed the door in, and closed the door with his backhand, all in one go: "It didn't take you a day to regress to this level."

He said lightly: "Although I am busy with work, I spend two hours a day practicing martial arts, and nothing changes. As for you, you have slacked off a lot in the past four years. You have been fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, and your daily life is irregular. .”

Fourth Sister Wen was hidden in the dark, she was meditating, but she gradually became angry after hearing this: "I don't believe it!"

Zhuo Donglai dodged to dodge, slapped her wrist with one palm, and clasped her shoulder with the other hand: "Hmph!"

Fourth Sister Wen stomped her feet, shook her shoulders and slid out of a strange angle, dodged his hand, and sprinted forward with a light tap of her toes, punching him in the heart: "Here!"

Zhuo Donglai raised his hand to knock her down and pushed up the fist in front of her, took advantage of the momentum and stepped forward, punching her under the ribs.

Fourth Sister Wen turned her fist over to grab his wrist, pressed down hard, and threw herself behind his back.A palm was patted on the back of his heart.

The two of them exchanged moves and fought into a ball, the room was pitch black, only the sounds of various fists and feet intersecting and parrying each other could be heard.

Zhuo Donglai was gradually surprised, hey, it's really not bad.Fourth Sister Wen was slowly complacent.

Fourth Sister Wen pulled out and jumped out of the battle group, proudly raised her chin: "What a step back! I didn't fight you as hard as I could this morning!"

She paused: "Although it has regressed a little, it is not as serious as you said!"

Zhuo Donglai tidied up his clothes lightly: "It's not bad, do you want to retreat?" It's really not bad, but I really didn't realize it this morning, um.You used to be able to respond well no matter when you made a move, but now you are slow, and you have to be ready before you make a move to win.Alas, be prepared for danger in times of peace, be prepared for danger in times of peace!

Fourth Sister Wen nodded: "If you say you want to retreat, you must retreat. You can go. I will leave after a month. During this month, I will never step out of the door. I will tell the public that I am recuperating. You can find me again." Personally take over my position in the Imperial Dining Room and tell Daiyu that I am retreating."

Anyway, if you can't have sex, it's better to retreat!You can't drink, it's better to retreat!

Zhuo Donglai smiled slightly: "Okay, we will fight again in a month."

[Silly roe deer Zelan sister!You have been lazy for four years, let your reaction speed and vigilance drop a little bit, and now you want to make up for it in a month? ]

[Xiang Baozi does not take a year or two to become a fat man!That is a persistent effort! ]

[You want to retreat, I have no objection, but you should not retreat now, and you should not discuss with me...]

[Don't discuss anything with me, don't tell me anything except to use my mind! ]

He insidiously ordered: "Tell the kitchen not to bring her food, let the cook who is good at barbecue start preparations, and after four hours, cook honey grilled wings and spicy grilled wings in this yard."

At the same time, invite a few people to come over and witness the scene of her breaking the retreat.

[Retreat, right?If you don't step out of the room for a month, you won't see anyone, right?hehe! ]

[I just told you this morning, if you have time to take a break, I can spend more time with you, so why don't you come with me? ]

[People who go crazy every time they smell the smell of roasted wings, don't pretend to me!How did you sing that song 'Braised Wings~I like to eat~']

[Hungry to death!Hungry you! ]

Yao Sanlang went to look for Daiyu again, and the maid said: "Report to the real person, the princess has gone out to visit the imperial garden."

The princess walked away with a knife. It was terrible. The knife was so heavy that I couldn't hold it with both hands. I wondered why His Majesty gave the princess such a heavy knife.

Yao Sanlang sniffled and followed the breath in the air to find it.

The flowers and trees in the imperial garden are withered, and the pond is full of remnants of lotus, full of desolation.

Looking around, there is no one.In spring and autumn, when the flowers and leaves are in full bloom, people come to enjoy the scenery, but now there is nothing to see.

The scabbard with the yellow silk ribbon was hung on the branch of the tree together with the cloak, but the knife was in Daiyu's hand.

She stood with the knife, and suddenly slashed out a piece of silver light, like a gust of wind and rain.

Daoguang bursts, continuous, like a stormy sea.

Yao Sanlang dug in his sleeve for a long time, and took out a sword, which was put away last time and was intended to be used to play the sword and sing to be handsome, but it can also fight: "I'll do it!"

Daiyu hooked her hands happily: "Come on!" Then she slashed over with a knife.

While parrying, Yao Sanlang asked, "Why do you suddenly come to practice swords?"

Daiyu kept her subordinates, and complained in a low voice: "My original knife is ruined, and this Qixing knife is not easy to use. Use it to practice."

Yao Sanlang snatched the stabbing knife from her: "Huh? Why didn't it go smoothly? I can't stand you even if you cut it, this sword is too soft."

Daiyu looked at his handsome sword moves, and then thought about the more vicious knife skills taught by her master, which was mainly based on actual combat, and smiled: "Try it instead?" She raised her hand and threw the knife over.

Yao Sanlang hurriedly threw the sword over. He was not good at catching the thrown weapon, and almost let the knife fall to the ground. Fortunately, he caught the knife in time by cheating with his power, and held it in his hand: "I use your sword technique?"

Daiyu shook the sword flower, thinking that the soft, thin and delicate sword is so cute: "Okay~ I will use your sword technique."

The author has something to say: Fourth Sister Wen's martial arts didn't regress much, she just slowed down her reaction speed...