Chapter 55: Under the Wind and Rain Pavilion
Suddenly, outside the county office, the drum rumbled, and hurried through the rain curtain in the courtyard to the lobby.
Ling Yun was surprised in his heart, it was already evening at this time, this world was used to sunrise and sunset, who would come to beat the drum at this time?
Hu Shao said: "It seems that Lord Wang is busy with business, I will lend you this umbrella for the time being, and I will go to the backyard to hide from the rain." As she spoke, she threw a yellow oil-paper umbrella in her hand to Ling Yun.
Lingyun took the umbrella, only to see that the umbrella was dry and waterless, it seemed that Hu Shao had come to the county government before the rain, and said with a smile: "I actually know that I am considerate of my husband, which is good." ”
Hu Shao didn't understand the meaning of "husband", and said in surprise: "What did you say?"
"Praise you for being virtuous. Ling Yun said, "It's good that I don't understand, otherwise I will be pricked with poisonous needles." ”
Hu Shao knew that he didn't have anything good to say, glared at him, ignored him, and walked into the backyard, where there was a hand-copying verandah connecting the courtyards, so he didn't have to worry about getting wet in the rain.
Opening the gate of the county office, outside the door was the anxious face of the Wang mother, and hurriedly said: "My lord, Mrs. Xue sent me to the county government to find you, let me tell you that Ziruo was robbed, please go back quickly." ”
Ling Yun was shocked in his heart: "It must be Hong Jingxiao and a group of people who came to rob Ziruo, they sent two killers over last time, and this time I am afraid that my life is in danger." ”
If it was upstairs before Wanxian and Hong Jingxiao took Ziruo away, Ling Yun would never be in a hurry, she was originally his maidservant, although it was a pity that a beautiful woman fell into the hands of others, but the arrogance in Ling Yun's heart made him unwilling to dig into the corners of others, and it was not interesting to grab it. Now that this negative man has murderous intentions, he will not succeed again and again, which shows that the possibility of killing Zi Ruo is extremely high.
Lingyun rushed into the rain, forgot to take the oil-paper umbrella, and fell to the ground, and Wang Ma followed behind with the umbrella and was left far behind.
Ling Yun suddenly remembered that he could freeze this world, although he didn't know Ziruo's life and death at this time, he stopped time first, at least there was a glimmer of hope.
After standing still, he returned to the small building and entered the room through the wall, only to see Xuezhu sitting anxiously at the table in the room, with a sad expression and a crumpled note in his hand.
Ling Yun took out a note, which read, "If you want to save people, come to Fengqi Mountain, under the wind and rain pavilion, the beauties are waiting for you."
After reading it, Ling Yun slapped the table suddenly, and said in his heart: "Hong Jingxiao must think that I have insulted Ziruo, so it's not fun to just kill her, and I want to take her as a hostage and lead me over to kill her, it's really non-toxic and not a husband." ”
However, the world had already stood still, and Ling Yun unhurriedly found an umbrella from the house, and strode towards Fengqi Mountain outside the East City Gate.
Fengqi Mountain is shrouded in rain at this moment, countless hovering raindrops hang on the mountain road, revealing a trace of dim sky light from the lush branches and leaves, and the irregular raindrops reflect the multi-faceted crystal color, as if the bead curtain woven by thousands of pearls is rolling up on the mountain road.
Lingyun braved the raindrops to move forward, his body was already soaked, even if he used an umbrella to cover his face, it would be useless, and then he simply stopped holding an umbrella.
The mountain road is long, climb the stairs, there is a stone tablet at the mountain gate, which simply engraves the location of the famous spot on the mountain, and the wind and rain pavilion is located in the back mountain. Lingyun walked through the mountain gate and circled around the middle of the mountain, his eyes were covered by layers of raindrops and grass and trees, and the wind and rain pavilion was in front of him, and there was no one under the pavilion.
Ling Yun was so curious, could it be that the note was a scam to divert the tiger from the mountain? Ling Yun searched everywhere, there was no one on the mountain, and it was raining so heavily that the pedestrians on the mountain road had already taken refuge from the rain everywhere, and the mountain behind here was inaccessible, let alone when it rained heavily.
Ling Yun didn't dare to resume the static time, once the world recovered, Ziruo's life would hang by a thread, and now that time stopped, it wouldn't be a problem if it was delayed for a long time.
Ling Yun remembered that he walked from Xiaolou to the Wind and Rain Pavilion for two hours, and Wang Ma ran to the county government to inform herself, plus the time to stop the world, but only a few incense sticks, so it seems that the group of people who kidnapped Ziruo should not have come to Fengqi Mountain yet.
Ling Yun walked down the mountain and carefully checked the terrain outside the mountain gate, and there was only one main road from the east gate of the city. If they hijacked Ziruo, they would definitely drive the carriage, otherwise it would be easy for people to see the trouble and make mistakes, and the heavy rain was tilting, so it would be difficult to move an inch without a carriage.
Ling Yun searched every carriage parked on the road, and lifted the curtains of six or seven carriages, in which either a woman was seated, or a family was seated, or some goods were left empty, and nothing was found.
Until a carriage, one old and one young, with a hat and a coat, with their heads hanging down, drove a carriage in tatters, exuding the smell of farmhouse manure.
Lingyun lifted the curtain, there was a big white cloth bag inside, and he was about to be disappointed, when suddenly a familiar aroma came out of his nose, it was the smell coming from the cloth bag, and he quickly opened the knot of the cloth bag, and Zi Ruo, who couldn't move, was lying in the cloth bag, with a frightened look on his face.
Ling Yun smiled, carried Zi Ruo out of the bag, and then found a clean and tidy carriage behind him, and put Zi Ruo in the carriage, on such a rainy day, Ling Yun could certainly stop the world, but he could only slowly carry Zi Ruo back to the small building in the rain, or borrow a carriage to sit back comfortably.
There was also a rich lady in the carriage, only about ten years old, dressed in elegant white silk, leaning against the window blankly, and there seemed to be infinite thoughts between her eyebrows, which did not match this young age. She was as motionless as a painting.
Ling Yun returned to the stinky and broken carriage, and saw that the old man and the young who were driving the carriage were the two Taibao of the Shenxing Sect of the Divine Foot Sect, and hatred arose in his heart: "I have no grievances with you, not only sneak attack me, but also rob my woman, which is really hateful." ”
Ling Yun took out the dagger on the old man's waist and broke the hamstrings of the two of them, these two people are known for their speed, and now that they have broken their hamstrings, it is equivalent to abolishing their martial arts, and they will never be able to sneak attack in the future, compared to others, Ling Yun's methods are much better, and it is not surprising that the rivers and lakes catch this kind of person who specializes in sneak attacks and assassinations, hijacking people's wives and daughters and coercion, and often cut off their hands and feet, and cut off their heads.
Then, Ling Yun put the old man and the young man into a white cloth bag, threw them into the stinking carriage, and returned to the car behind.
The driver of the car was a thin man, frowning, as if he was worried about something, strangely his skin was loose and drooping, as if he were wearing a large ill-fitting leather coat.
Ling Yun felt that this master and servant were a little strange, and without thinking too much, he got into the carriage, lifted the dagger that wiped the blood stains, gently reached out against the little girl's chest, and snapped his fingers to restore the world.
The little girl looked at him in amazement, holding the dagger to her heart, and instead of shouting like a frightened child, she said calmly, "You are a bad person, what do you want to do?"
Zi Ruo next to her was not inferior to that girl, she was still worried about where she was sent in the cloth bag just now, but now she was sitting in the carriage with Ling Yun next to her, and she couldn't help but feel a little more grateful in her heart.
Ling Yun was a little surprised, this girl was so calm and composed, revealing a noble aura in her bones, which made people dare not blaspheme, and couldn't help but retract the dagger a little.
Ling Yun said in a low voice: "Tell your groom to turn around, and let you go back to the city." ”
The little girl said indifferently: "If you don't turn around, will you kill me?"
Ling Yun said: "That's right. ”
"Then you can do it, it just so happens that I have nothing to love. The girl closed her eyes, revealing her snow-white neck, and looked like she was about to be killed.
Ling Yun smiled bitterly: "How did you meet so many women who are bent on death? You are so young, isn't it good to live?"
The little girl sneered: "Alive, as far as the eye can see, it's all deceit, intrigue, even if you don't kill me, when the carriage arrives there, I will be a dead body." ”
"Isn't that person outside your chauffeur?" Ling Yun asked suspiciously.
"It was my chauffeur and the guard who escorted me to my death. "The little girl has a maturity and sophistication that surpasses her peers.
"Why did you want to kill you?" Ling Yun felt that the second monk was puzzled, who would kill such a young girl?
"Why did you kill me? Why don't you ask them, why did you kill my father, why did you kill my grandmother!" An indescribable smile appeared on the corner of the little girl's mouth, and there seemed to be a thousand lines of tears between her smiles, full of sadness and helplessness.
Outside the carriage it was pouring rain, and the sound of rain mixed with the sound of horses' hooves was so noisy that even though the little girl amplified her voice to speak, the thin man outside did not notice.
Suddenly, the carriage stopped, and the horseman outside the carriage said in a loud voice: "Miss, there is a fork in the road ahead, Gu Mingtong and they went wrong, why did they go to the other road, I stepped forward to ask, you can stay in the car with peace of mind." ”
Ling Yun was shocked, this little girl and the thin man were actually the companions of the Second Taibao of Shenxing, and the relaxed dagger was raised to his chest again.
The little girl said casually, "Then you can go." ”
Outside the carriage came the sound of the coachman jumping out of the carriage and rushing into the rain.
Ling Yun said to Ziruo: "You take this knife well, be careful of this girl, what she says is false and true, and most of them are deceitful, don't believe it, I'll drive the horse." ”
Ziruo was lying on the ground, motionless, her eyes looked at Ling Yun, full of helplessness, and Ling Yun remembered that she was stabbed by Jing Ma and couldn't move and speak.
Ling Yun grabbed the little girl and said, "I'm sorry." The two of them lifted the curtain together and came to the driving position, Ling Yun lifted the reins and turned the horse's head, he was not skilled, but this horse was very humane, and he felt that the owner shook the reins, and immediately pulled the car to turn around and go back to the city.
The thin man with the hat did not notice the turn of the horse, and was running forward in the rain, trying to stop the carriage in front of him that was taking the wrong fork, until he heard a "drive" behind him, and saw his carriage turn around and run wildly in the rain.