Verse 5: The source of woe

He couldn't figure it out, so he had to say: "Yes, that day, my senior sister and I also heard a lot of gossip about the Nangong family, there must be some conspiracy in this." ”

"Hey, the lad isn't stupid. Yu Chunhua took off the wine gourd on his waist, took a big sip and said, "Ah, cool." Then he handed the gourd to Mo Junyan and asked, "Do you want to do it?" Mo Junyan shook his head, Yu Chunhua pointed the gourd at Ning Er again, and Ning Er waved his hand again and again.

"Hehe, it's okay not to drink it, the old beggar can treasure this wine, if you both drink it, there won't be much left for the old beggar." He wiped his mouth with his dirty sleeves and said, "The mastermind behind this framing of the Nangong family, the old beggar hasn't found out yet, but he has some eyebrows." Don't be in a hurry, I'll take you to meet someone, and when you meet this person, many tricks will be solved. ”

Mo and Ning followed Yu Chunhua to the west for more than 20 miles, and came to a remote mountain range, on which there was a thatched house, and two beggars were guarding outside the house. When the two beggars saw Yu Chunhua, they immediately saluted and said, "Elder Yu!"

Yu Chunhua said: "How is it, is there anything abnormal?" One of the beggars said: "There is no abnormality." ”

Yu Chunhua nodded and said, "Well, you guys stay outside the house." Come in with me, two. ”

Mo Junyan and Ning Er followed Yu Chunhua into the thatched house, which was very simple, with only a table and a bed, on which there was a kettle and three cups, plus a candle, and a young man lying on the bed, his eyes were closed, and he seemed to be injured.

Yu Chunhua pointed to the young man and said, "When the old beggar saw him, he was seriously injured and covered in blood, and he fell by the river near here. The old beggar brought him here, and he told me that his name was Ye Xiaotian. I asked him about the reason for his injury, and only then did I learn about the abduction of Nangong Jiu's sister Nangong Dirong. ”

Mo Junyan asked, "Was Miss Nangong also taken away by Sancai Castle?"

Yu Chunhua shook his head: "I don't know this, after he told me, he has been in a coma until now." Fortunately, his injuries were mostly skin wounds, and I had given him gold sore medicine, and this young man was in good health, and it would probably not be long before he woke up. The specific situation will be known when the time comes. ”

The two nodded, and after a while, it was dinner time, Yu Chunhua asked the two beggars to beat two pheasants, Ning'er washed and peeled them, and made two flower chickens, and the four of them ate them, and they were full of praise.

Yu Chunhua even said to Mo Junyan: "Ouch, this little Nier's cooking methods are really clever, if my old beggar is forty years younger, I have to marry you." Ning Er knew that he was laughing, but she still blushed and peeked at Mo Junyan. Mo Junyan's face was also red, and he was busy picking up some vague things that he didn't have.

Soon after everyone finished eating, Ye Xiaotian also woke up, Ning'er took the rest of the flower chicken and Qingquan to him, Ye Xiaotian thanked him and ate it, and the three of them waited for him to finish eating, and then began to talk.

Ye Xiaotian's words were still concise, he arched his hand to the three of them, and said, "The grace of saving your life will never be forgotten." ”

Yu Chunhua waved his hand, stopped him and said, "Let's not say more about these polite words." After smiling and nodding and saying his first and last name, he introduced Mo and Ning. At the beginning, Ye Xiaotian saw a wine gourd hanging from his waist, and he was dressed as a beggar, and he had roughly guessed his identity, and when he heard it at the moment, he didn't doubt it.

Although Ye Xiaotian first set foot in the Central Plains, he has traveled to Jiannan for a long time, fighting alone in the Dali area, and even in Myanmar and other places. When he saw the three men with inquiring faces, he told him what had happened to him in the past few days, and without waiting for them to ask questions.

It turned out that after Ye Xiaotian, Nangong Dirong and Jinxi escaped from Sancai Castle, they rested for a night. Nangong Dirong asked Ye Xiaotian to return to Nangong's house together to find out the truth of the matter. Ye Xiaotian was going to act in secret, but he couldn't resist Di Rong's pleading, and at the same time thought: "Nangong Ping's words when he was dying, I have never been able to understand, Nangong Feifeng has said that maybe there will be similar records in his family." Let's go and see what Nangong Yuan's attitude is. ”

Within a few days, the three of them returned to Nangong's house in Xingtai. I didn't know that Nangong Yuan was not there, Di Rong asked the family, but I didn't know where Nangong Yuan went.

Ye Xiaotian was puzzled, but since Nangong Yuan was not there, Nangong Dirong's mother Chen committed suicide after Nangong Feifeng's death, Nangong Dirong was the head of the Nangong family, and it was unimpeded to consult books and notes.

Nangong Dirong knew that her mother was dead, and after crying for a long time, she changed her vegan body. She has a strong nature, although she is sad, but she does not show half of it in front of Ye Xiaotian.

The two inquired about Nangong Feifeng's death during the day, and at night they flipped through the manuscripts of Nangong's study, lived for several days, and looked around for clues, but there were no clues.

Nangong Dirong secretly wondered, and asked Ye Xiaotian: "Brother Ye, I remember that my father's manuscripts were all stored in the study, and it stands to reason that they will not be lost, and there should be a record of that sentence in it." But we have been reading it for days, but they are just some of my father's travels, notes, poems, etc., and there is nothing about the martial arts of the rivers and lakes. ”

Ye Xiaotian already had a plan in his heart, nodded and said, "It seems that someone doesn't want us to find out the meaning of that sentence, and has already destroyed those evidences before us." ”

Nangong Dirong's mind also turned quickly, and she bit her lip and said, "You mean, can you destroy evidence one step ahead of us and without a trace, is it ......" She stared at him, but did not continue. He said for her: "I agree with you, this matter is most likely done by your brother Nangong Yuan. ”

Dirong was silent, obviously unacceptable. Ye Xiaotian sighed and walked away secretly.

The study of the Nangong family is very large, and it is no less than the scripture pavilions of the major sects. Ye Xiaotian walked from the second floor to the third floor, and saw that there was dust everywhere on this floor, obviously no one had taken care of it for many years. He thought to himself, "The first and second floors are spotless, but here they are covered with cobwebs, like an old house, which is really strange. ”

He stepped in slowly, walked around, and saw that the dust on the bottom of the bookshelf had been wiped away. With a thought, he crouched down, reached into the compartment, and took out a stack of notebooks. Seeing the word account book written on it, I thought: "This is the privacy of the Nangong family, and it is inconvenient for me to open it." He was about to put it back when he suddenly caught a glimpse of many spots in the lower right corner of the notebook, black and red, very strange: "If it is ink stains, how can it be stained so much?" he took the notebook closer, rubbed it carefully, and put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it.

"That's not an ink stain, it's a blood stain. Nangong Dirong suddenly walked behind him and said.

Ye Xiaotian nodded, and then handed the account book to Di Rong. Nangong Dirong silently opened it and saw that this account book was recorded from the sixteenth year of Wanli, and the first page read: "On March 20, the sixteenth year of Wanli, Zhang Dayou, a wealthy household in northern Hebei, persecuted the tenant farmer Xu Xiaoer's family for decades, and took away his wife and dozens of acres of land. So he struck his house for the rest of the night, and took his life, and one hundred and sixty-seven taels of gold, and seven hundred and forty-five taels of silver...... On May 7, the sixteenth year of Wanli, Yu Ye entered the Yongtong County Government of Taiyuan Prefecture at night, and took 1,000 taels of silver from the treasury to help more than 100 victims...... August 13, 16th year of Wanli ......"

Nangong Dirong read the content to Ye Xiaotian and commented: "This must be a record book of my father's theft of ill-gotten gains, my father left home when he was twenty-one years old, and everything he did was chivalrous. She said, with a look of admiration on her face, obviously admiring her father's righteous deeds back then.

Ye Xiaotian nodded and stopped talking.

Nangong Dirong turned the page again and again, and suddenly saw a very eye-catching place, and couldn't help but scream. Ye Xiaotian hurriedly came over and asked, "What?" Di Rong pointed to the account book and said: "Look here, on the third day of the fourth month of the twentieth year of Wanli, Yu and the lord of Sancai Fort Peng Laobao went to Zhili to rob the white jade and jade and other things protected by the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, totaling about 35,000 taels of silver. ”

"The lord of Sancai Castle, Peng Laobao, could it be that Peng Sancai, the father of Peng Tianshi and others, is known as the 'Xuanhuang Sancai Knife'?" Ye Xiaotian said.

Nangong Dirong nodded and said, "I'm afraid so." Unexpectedly, my Nangong family and Sancai Fort are now incompatible, but more than twenty years ago, there is still such a connection?"

The two continued to look through it, and when they saw it, there was still a text about Sancai Fort, and Di Rong read: "In the twenty-third year of Wanli, give Sancai Fort 10,000 taels of gold." She paused and said, "This paragraph is so abrupt, but there are a lot of small characters written in the back with a red pen." ”

"In May of the twenty-second year of Wanli, Yu and Peng Sancai's youngest son Peng Renshi robbed Guanglu Shaoqing Chen Jing in Zhendingdao, and succeeded, Peng Zi wanted to take Chen Jingnu, Yu was not allowed, the dispute started, the officers and soldiers suddenly came, and the remaining forces were able to escape, and Peng Renshi was captured. ”

"On July 13, the 22nd year of Wanli, Sancai Fort broke into the prison and failed to save Peng Renshi, and Peng Dishi was injured as the commander of Jinyi Guard. On the 14th, Peng Sancai came to visit, and Yu promised to save his son. On the 18th, Yu and 17 close friends attacked Zhendingjian at night and rescued Peng Renshi. ”

"On October 28, the 22nd year of Wanli, Peng Renshi killed Guanglu Shaoqing Chen Jing, and Yu secretly rescued his daughter. Chen's family was broken, and the original system was affected, and she was ashamed to leave her at home. ”

"On the twenty-sixth day of December of the twenty-second year of Wanli, Peng Renshi Xingshi asked for guilt and wanted to take Chen Nu, but Yu was not allowed to hurt Peng Renshi. On the 30th, the three males of the Peng family arrived, and Yun said that Chen Nu would not be allowed, so that the Nangong family would be bloodied in the first month. The rest of the desire to offset with money and silk, Peng's is not allowed. ”

"On the first day of the first month of the twenty-third year of Wanli, the Peng family attacked in a big way, and Yu and Jinyiwei commanded Liu Shouyou to set up an ambush at home and break the Sancai Fort. Peng Sancai was killed by Jinyi Wei Luo Sigong and Zheng Zhen. ”

Nangong Dirong read this, her hands trembled slightly. She had never heard her father talk about the grievances with Sancai Castle, but she never thought about it, but it turned out to be because of her mother.

Ye Xiaotian asked, "What happened later?"

Nangong Dirong reined in her mind and continued: "On the twenty-second day of September in the twenty-third year of Wanli, Yu returned from Nanyang, injured by the Peng family's three heroes, and his wife was captured by Sancai Fort. On the twenty-fourth day of October of the twenty-third year of Wanli, the battle of Hebi, more than 100 people died on both sides, and then stopped by the Shaolin monk Qi Hong, and the rest was ransomed with 10,000 taels of gold, and Sancai Fort was returned to the remaining wife, and it was agreed that within 20 years, they would not seek revenge against each other. ”

Ye Xiaotian sighed: "I see. The rivers and lakes only know that the Nangong family and Sancai Fort are regarded as enemies, but it turns out that there is such a large part of the past. Peng Renshi just grabbed the wealth, and it was shameless to still want to seek lust. It's just that the owner of Nangong Zhuang colluded with the government, although the situation forced it, it was not very bright. ”

Nangong Dirong did not refute, but continued to read. In the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, I found the first day of the eighth month, and sure enough, I wrote: "This day is the birth of He Yuan'er, and the people of Xingtai will be given three thousand taels of silver." She thought to herself: "Brother Yuan is the birthday of the first year of junior high school, and my mother once said about it, and my father was very happy when he had a son for the first time." It's just that Brother Jiu was born later, and his father treated Brother Jiu better than Brother Yuan. ”

She turned a few more pages and saw that the eighteenth day of the first month of the twenty-seventh year of Wanli read: "On this day, the child was born in a lot of snow, and the joy was endless, and he was named nine." More than 500 guests were congratulated, and each gave 50 taels of gold. ”

Nangong Dirong silently finished reading this account book, and she roughly already knew. "Brother Ye, this account book must not have been placed here, but Uncle Ping took it out and hid it in this pavilion. Most of the bloodstains on the cover of the account book are also my Uncle Ping's. ”

She guessed correctly in the first half of the sentence, but she guessed wrong in the second half.

Nangong Dirong put away the account books and walked out of the study with Ye Xiaotian. The two of them knew that it was difficult to find clues in Nangong's house, and they didn't know where Nangong Yuan had gone, so it was better to wander around the rivers and lakes, and maybe there would be any news. The two discussed, and they both thought that the poria was very precious, and it was a thing of Sancai Castle, so it was better to take it with them. I prepared my luggage that night, and left Nangong's house with Jinxi the next morning.

When Ye Xiaotian said this, everyone was solemn. Yu Chunhua sighed and said, "It turns out that Brother Feifeng Xian also left such account books to record these rights and wrongs? Hehe, my old beggar still thinks he has forgotten all these past events!"

Mo Junyan asked, "Senior Yu and Senior Nangong are very familiar?"

Yu Chunhua nodded and said, "Don't hide it from you, the old beggar and Nangong Feifeng have been friends for more than 30 years, and that is a fateful friendship." Among the seventeen people who robbed and rescued Peng Renshi with Nangong Feifeng that year, there was an old beggar. ”

Ning Er said: "No wonder the seniors have always been so concerned about the affairs of the Nangong family. ”

Yu Chunhua took a sip of wine and said, "Do your part to reward your confidant." Brother Feifeng is too affectionate, this is his shortcoming, but it is also his advantage, and this is also what the old beggar admires him. He sighed and said, "By the way, Brother Ye, you just said that Nangong Yuan was born on the first day of the eighth month of the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, are you sure, will you be mistaken?"

Ye Xiaotian bowed his head and said, "Exactly." Miss Nangong read it once, and Ye Mou read it once, and she will never be mistaken. ”

Yu Chunhua's white eyebrows twisted, and he said to himself: "Sure enough, hey, why didn't the old beggar think of this stubble back then?" he patted his thigh, and seemed to regret it.

Ning Er said: "Senior Yu, if you think of something, you might as well say it, and ask Brother Ye to refer to it together." "Ye Xiaotian and Nangong Dirong just came out of Nangong's house, maybe there are still some vague clues, the two of them are combined with the old and the new, and they may be able to see some clues.

Yu Chunhua shook his head and said: "This matter is related to Nangong Yuan's life experience, the old beggar doesn't want to chew the root of his tongue behind his back, and there is no basis, if the old beggar finds out the real evidence, I will explain it to you at that time." Since he said this, it was inconvenient for the three of them to ask any more questions.

I only heard Yu Chunhua ask again: "Brother Ye, where did you three go when you left the Nangong family? What other news did you get? Who is the person who hurt you and captured her?" His three questions were all straightforward, and they were the crux of the question.

Ye Xiaotian was asked by him, and his expression immediately darkened.

"Nangong girl, you can't have anything. ”