Chapter 222: Thorough Investigation of the Culprit (1)

Ye Xianglun hurriedly walked with the guqin in his hand, I don't know if it was because of the early morning or the baptism of war, he didn't see a pedestrian along the way, and occasionally saw a group of sergeants, but he only hurried by, and seemed to ignore him.

All the way to the west of the city, Ye Xianglun remembered that the inn was close to the west city wall, because the hour was still early, the sun from the east had not yet climbed the wall, even so, it still reflected the houses in the west of the city red.

"It should be this inn!"

Ye Xianglun vaguely remembered that there was a towering sycamore at the left corner of the inn, and the shopkeeper's Xiao Er always cleaned the fallen leaves on the street corner in the early morning, he turned the corner of the street to look into the alley, only to see that the alley under the city wall was actually prosperous with cars and horses, and the small alley not only tied more than ten war horses at will, but also wantonly piled up several carts of military supplies, completely blocking the not wide alley.

Stopping downstairs at the inn and looking up, Ye Xianglun saw that there were still a few bright lights in the inn, who would stay in the inn at this time?

Ye Xianglun looked at the military carriages and horses in the alley, and thought of the scene of the slaughter of the people outside the East City, and guessed that there must be Danyang's officers living in the inn.

So he walked to the door of the inn, got up angrily, and kicked at the wooden door of the inn, and the sound of the deadbolt breaking, the inn opened in response, but it was an elderly man in his fifties who hurriedly begged for mercy.

"The military master spares his life!

Ye Xianglun saw that the hall of the inn was messy, obviously looted, and the elder in front of him kept bowing his head and begging for mercy with a broom.

"Are you the innkeeper?" Ye Xianglun looked familiar to the elder, and vaguely remembered that when he met with Mr. Gongyi, the elder was very hospitable, and he could still identify the identity of the elder.

After hearing Ye Xianglun's words, the elder raised his head in shock, and the young man in front of him was dressed elegantly, not like an officer, so he dared to raise his head and look at Ye Xianglun a few times.

"Oh, so you are a guest of Momen?" the old man's slightly dimly glazed eyes stayed on Ye Xianglun's face for a while before he suddenly asked.

"The junior's surname is Ye, he is a luthier, and he did stay in your store with Mr. Gongyi of the class not long ago!" Ye Xianglun saw that the elder recognized him, and hurriedly helped the elder up.

"I heard that Momen has been defending in Huangcheng, I don't know when Yangcheng will be recovered, the old man and his family have all been expelled from Yangcheng, and the huge inn is left alone!" said the old man, hiding his face and crying.

Ye Xianglun saw the lonely appearance of the elder and the scene of the slaughter outside the East City, and didn't know whether the elder family's family was auspicious or evil at the moment, so he said with relief: "Momen has always taken benevolence as a doctrine, and will never allow the expansion of the war.

"Good, good, the old man has heard that the male loser of Momen once showed the secret weapon of defending the city in Shouchun, which can spit out huge fires, and Mr. often walks the rivers and lakes, I don't know if you have seen it?" The old man heard Ye Xianglun's relief, and the worry in his heart was put down a little, and at this moment he held Ye Xianglun's arm like a relative and asked.

"Mr. Gongyi is worthy of being a genius of craftsmanship, Ye is fortunate to see Mr. Gongyi's ingenuity, which is really impressive!" Ye Xianglun sighed sincerely.

"Ah, in that case, there is still hope that the old man will meet his wife and children in this life!" the elder said with great joy after hearing this.

"Senior, Ye Mou came here to ask his seniors for news, I don't know if the seniors are willing to tell it?"

"Sir, please speak, the old man must know everything!" After the mood improved, the elder's originally godless eyes finally shone with some light.

"General Danyang died last night, have you heard some news from your predecessors?" Ye Xianglun asked in a low voice.

"Sir!" After hearing this, the elder hurriedly turned around and glanced around, and then pulled Ye Xianglun to the side of the account room and deliberately lowered his voice and said in horror, "Sir, don't be quiet, there are more than ten Danyang officers living in this inn, and it will be miserable for them to hear it!"

Ye Xianglun saw the elder's demeanor and knew that he must know some of these things, so he didn't interrupt him.

"Last night, that luthier hid in the old inn, if it weren't for the fact that there were a few officers living in the shop, the old man would definitely be suspected of being an assassin's accomplice!" said that, the elder seemed to be interested, pressed Ye Xianglun to a chair, and he himself sat opposite Ye Xianglun, and continued:

"Last night, it was already the third watch, the officers were back to the room for most of the day, I thought they would not go out and walk around again, I thought about going to close the street door of the shop, but I didn't expect that when the old man was about to close the door, a pianist with a guqin on his back stopped the old man, he said that he wanted to live in the store, I thought that he must be the violinist who was in a hurry, I didn't know the situation in Yangcheng, so he pointed to the carriage and horses outside and said, Yangcheng has fallen, at this moment the inn is full of Danyang officers, I didn't expect the young man to be unrelenting, he said that he has a life, will not disturb them, he also said, as long as he bends his fingers, these officers can die under his strings, alas, the old man knows the violinist's power, I didn't want to cause trouble, so I agreed to him!"

"Do you remember what that violinist looks like?" Ye Xianglun interrupted when he heard the old man describe the violinist as a young man.

"The luthier is not very old, perhaps about the same age as the gentleman, with unkempt hair and a haggard countenance, as if he had not slept for a day and a night!" replied the elder.

"This young man should be Ye Chen!" Hearing the elder's description, Ye Xianglun guessed in his heart.

"I don't know how long it took, the old man had already slept at that time, seeing that it was about the fourth watch, the old man was suddenly woken up by the rebel army in the city, the rebel army was shouting 'Catch the assassin! Catch the assassin!', the old man didn't dare to make a sound, when he heard someone say that the assassin was a violinist, the old man couldn't sleep anymore, quietly got up, glanced at the young violinist's room, and found that the door was open, and the old man almost fainted, this is a big crime of hiding the assassin, and he will be exterminated after being known! ”

After speaking, the elder suddenly realized that he seemed to be talking too much, and quickly changed his words:

"Of course, the old decay is also a last resort, what's more, I don't know that he will be an assassin, no one knows about this matter, Mr. is a friend of Momen, he will definitely not leak this matter, right?"

"Seniors rest assured, although Ye is not from Momen, he is also benevolent, this matter has nothing to do with his predecessors, of course Ye will not talk too much!" Ye Xianglun saw that the elder's eyes were mixed with pleading, if he didn't express his position, I am afraid that it would be difficult for the elder to continue.

"I know that all of Momen's friends are great good people, great good people, great good people...... "The elder muttered as if he had just escaped from the tiger's mouth, and his heart was palpitating.

"What happened then, did they catch the assassin!" Ye Xianglun continued to ask when he saw that the elder was no longer talking.

"No, after all, he is a violinist, how can he be caught so easily! Maybe he has escaped from the Chu Realm at this moment, and I don't know!"

"Isn't there also a luthier in the army in Danyang Kingdom, didn't they send a luthier to chase him?" Ye Xianglun thought that there were many two-star qin masters in Danyang Dazai who accompanied the army, and he should not ignore them.

"Of course there is, the old man was not at ease at the time, afraid that they would find out here, so he quietly ran to the porch to watch quietly, and found that there were really three or five luthiers with a golden circle of light in the night sky chasing outside the west city, and then a large number of troops also poured out of the west city gate, and several officers in the inn were also awakened, I heard that there was movement in their room, so I didn't dare to look at it anymore, and hid in the room until dawn before I dared to get up, but I didn't expect to meet Mr."

"Are you sure they are going to the west of the city?" Ye Xianglun knew that the west of the city was the vast mountains, and it was also the place where he agreed to meet Ye Chen, and under the tension in his heart, he unconsciously grabbed the elder's arm and asked.

"Mr. spare his life, Mr. spare his life!" Maybe Ye Xianglun was too excited and scratched the elder, or maybe it was because of Ye Xianglun's dignified demeanor, the elder hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Oh! Ye Mou missed, but I have to thank my senior!" Ye Xianglun hurriedly let go of his fingers, helped the elder up, and thanked him.

"Poof—"

When Ye Xianglun was about to say goodbye and leave, a spare board in the account room suddenly fell to the ground, and behind the board, a man covered in blood appeared in front of the two.

"Ahh

Seeing this, the old man screamed in shock.

"Hammer-".

"Hammer—"

At the same time, the sound of a sergeant's boots running could be heard in the alley.