Chapter 3 Murder and Seizure of Books
That night, a gangster leader in Yangzhou City, Boss Yan, was wandering all over the streets looking for three guys to be unlucky. As a result, after half of the night, he still found nothing after he went to look for Piaoxiangyuan, so he scolded and said that he would be killed if he found them, and he would wait for Yunyun to go home.
And how did he know that when he went out to collect filial piety money, the sea tiger who made him work so hard to find it climbed over the wall and entered his home, and by the way left his sixteen-year-old virginity in his concubine's bed, after eating and drinking, he took some silver taels and a few sets of clean clothes, tied them in a bag, knocked out the concubine and threw him out of the door, set fire to Boss Yan's house, went out over the wall and took advantage of the night to the root of the wall of Yangzhou scholar Tian Wen, and jumped in over the wall.
The sea tiger that was set on this fire was full of energy, and the evil spirit of many years was finally exhausted.
And he also did his best work, and if he didn't succeed, he would become a benevolent. Because Boss Yan is finally a bit of a famous figure in Yangzhou City, he has more than 20 brothers under him, and recently worshiped the hall master of the Bamboo Flower Gang. He dared to steal his sister-in-law, according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, it was a capital crime.
At this time, Boss Yan was still on his way to Piaoxiang Garden.
When he returned home, his eyes were already desolate, and a good house had all collapsed, and there was still green smoke, and all the houses were burned to the ground, and there were officials around him who were evacuating the nearby residents.
After listening to the concubine's cry, the boss Yan directly jumped violently, knocked the concubine to the ground with a slap, and vowed to break the sea tiger into pieces. But he searched for most of the night and did not find any trace of the sea tiger and the two boys, and he drank a lot of wine in Piaoxiangyuan, and he was no longer able to find anyone.
At this moment, on the river, on the command platform of the Yu Wenhua and Zhuoli warships, on both sides of the Jimu Canal, the sky has not yet dawned, and under the light of the lights of the five giant ships, the stars and moon in the sky are eclipsed, as if to show the rise of his Yuwen valve, so that the southern scholars have lost their former glory.
Yu Wenhua is in his thirties, tall and thin, with long hands and feet, a frustrated face, a cold expression, and a pair of eyes that are deep and unpredictable, giving people the impression of ruthlessness, but also a shocking domineering.
These five warships were built under the personal supervision of Yang Su, the founding minister of the Sui Dynasty, named the Wuya Great Ship, with five floors on the deck, as high as 12 zhang, and each ship could accommodate 800 soldiers.
The five-masted sails were fully spread, and the group of ships drove towards the lower reaches of the canal at a speed like galloping horses.
Zhang Shihe, a henchman standing behind him, said respectfully: "You can arrive in Jiangdu before dawn, and if the chief manager can obtain the "Secret of Eternal Life" and dedicate it to the emperor this time, it will be a great achievement." “
Yu Wenhua and the corners of his mouth escaped a trace of unfathomable smile, and said lightly: "The saint is obsessed with the immortality technique of Taoist alchemy, which is really teachable, if there is really this strange technique, there should have been immortal people a long time ago, but looking at the Taoist sages, who is not immune to death." If it weren't for the fact that this book is woven with black gold thread, which is inviolable by water and fire, we can just find someone to fake it, and we can hide it. ”
Zhang Shihe said with a smile: "The Holy Emperor has been secretly visiting for more than ten years, and I knew that this book fell into the hands of Shi Long, who is known as the first master of Yangzhou. ”
Yu Wenhua snorted coldly, whispered Shi Long's name, and the blood on his body immediately boiled.
Over the years, due to his high position, he has rarely fought against people.
Now the opportunity has finally arrived.
At this time, outside the city of Yangzhou, the general Jiao Xie under the "Mantian King" Wang Xu Bamo, led more than a dozen powerful martial arts subordinates to gallop along the Yangtze River, shattering the tranquility on the riverbank.
Wang Suba was the leader of one of the rebel militias who wanted to fight for the world against the Sui Emperor, and he was quite powerful. Jiao Xie is a general, but he knows that this mission is by no means simple, thinking of the goal this time, Jiao Xie's heart is tightly tied to the ancient jade engraved with the word "Long live" in his arms.
This piece of jade is the famous portable jade of Shi Wansui, the founding general of the Sui Dynasty. In the past, Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian listened to slander, abolished the prince Yang Yong and established Yang Guang, Shi Wansui was implicated and unjustly killed, and it was the minister Yang Su who copied his house.
Yang Su was the most influential minister at that time, with the southern expedition to the north, invincible, and the merit was high, deeply suspicious of Emperor Wen, and Yang Su himself was not easy to rebel, and accumulated weapons, grain and grass wealth, but Yang Su soon died of illness Emperor Wen killed his henchmen overnight, but he never found Yang Su's treasure house.
Since then, there have been rumors that whoever can find the "Treasure of Yang Gong" will be able to dominate the world. Now that Baoyu has been born, it has become an important clue to track down the treasure house.
Seven days ago, someone pawned this jade in a charge shop in Danyang, Wang Xuba heard the news, and immediately sent out manpower to track down Baili before embellishing the target. The only puzzling point is that if the pawnbroker gets the treasure trove, he can pawn other items, why is this famous jade that can easily reveal the secrets of the treasure trove?
At this moment, Jiao Xie became alert, and looked towards the canal connected to the river, and just happened to see the dark shadow of the five five-tooth ships that seemed to be sailing on land.
Jiao Xie was stunned in his heart, hurriedly raised his hand to give an order, and left the river bank with his subordinates, did not enter the dense forest next to the bank, and went to this target, a ruined temple deep in the dense forest in the northern suburbs outside Yangzhou City.
With the rapid advancement of Yu culture and Jiaoxi, the inside and outside of Yangzhou City are destined to not be quiet tonight. First of all, the stone dragon dojo was seized by a large number of officers and soldiers, and all the disciples were arrested and put in prison, and then Yu Wenhua led the elite to the Shilong Courtyard to ask for the secret of longevity.
In the dense forest in the northern suburbs outside Yangzhou, the masters led by Jiao Xie were all slashed by a plump and outstanding woman, dressed in a snow-white samurai uniform and wearing a sunshade bamboo hat, and died before they were born.
At this time, it was already summer, the night wind was howling, standing in the icy pool water, Haihu held his breath and concentrated, a pair of eyes stared at Tian Wen's room, the backyard is Tian Wen's living room and a place to do learning, unless necessary, Tian Wen will not call people here at all. In other words, this is a good place for him to date Shi Long and raise chrysanthemums privately.
According to Haihu's estimated time, it is almost at this time, unless Yu Wenhua and his brain are pumped and his hands and feet are trembling, Shi Long will never be able to escape from the palm of his second master of the Yuwen family.
While thinking about it, Haihu really saw a figure fall into the courtyard from the sky, the figure was obviously seriously injured, and he couldn't get up as soon as he landed, and shouted the words "Brother Tian" and "Brother Tian" in his mouth. It seems that this stone dragon is really a person who is very affectionate, and he has to come to see his good friend for the last time when he dies.
As if he heard someone calling for him in the courtyard, Tian Wen hurriedly put on a green shirt and opened the door to take a look, his expression immediately became flustered, his body jumped out of the door in three steps and two steps, and the man with a great figure on the ground with one hand said urgently: "Brother Shi, who injured you so badly." ”
Shi Long didn't wait for him to finish asking, he took out a piece of cowhide stuff from his arms and stuffed it to him: "Brother Tian, brother has little time, this cowhide is the secret of my mountain pusher, wrapped in the Taoist secret book of longevity, and it is also the treasure that the tyrant Yang Guang dreamed of, after the brother left, the brother must take these two things away from Yangzhou, especially the longevity formula, and must not let Yang Guang get it, otherwise with the talents of the imperial court, I really have to understand the mystery of immortality, I am afraid that there will be a tyrant who will not die for 10,000 years in time. At that time, the whole world will be in dire straits. If my brother can find someone with excellent bones to inherit my mantle, then my brother will know under the spring, and he will also smile at Jiuquan, not forgetting his brother's great kindness and brotherhood over the years. After speaking, Shi Long couldn't hold on any longer, a long breath burst out from his mouth and nose, his body was crooked, and he left gloomily.
"Brother Shi!!"
Tian Wen wailed, two lines of tears burst out of his eyes, holding the body of the stone dragon in pain, as if he didn't notice that a figure behind him walked out of the pool of the rockery.
"What a couple of ghosts! Since you are so reluctant to give up your brother Shi, then I will let you die on the same day, the same month, and the same year. As he spoke, a sharp dagger stabbed into Tian Wen's back heart, and a black whistle came, Tian Wen spurted blood from his mouth and nose, and he wanted to turn his head to see who stabbed him.
But where would the man wait for him to make a move when he hit it, the dagger twisted in his hand, and it stirred a hole in Tian Wen's heart, and Tian Wen spurted out a mouthful of blood again from his mouth and climbed onto Shi Long's corpse. At this time, Haihu took out the dagger and wiped the blood on Tian Wen's body, and probed Tian Wen's snort with his fingers, and after making sure that the other party was dead, he picked up the longevity formula wrapped in cowhide in Tian Wen's hand and put it in his arms, threw the bodies of the two into the well, and carefully cleaned the crime scene, and then climbed over the wall and went out of Tian Wen's house, picked a secluded place, and ran towards the culvert leading to the outside of the city next to the east gate of the city.
Along the way, there were at least three back and forth sea tigers were almost discovered, first the officials, then more than 20 subordinates of Yan Laoda, and finally the officers and soldiers continued to search back and forth in Yangzhou City, and after the sea tiger endured the foul smell and drilled through the culvert out of the city, it ran all the way non-stop for nearly seven or eight miles, and came to the edge of the stream in a mountain and forest, and then he breathed a long sigh.
Looking at the environment here, after making sure that it was the place he had agreed with the two brothers, Haihu took off his clothes and jumped into the river to wash it well, until there was no longer any smell on his body, and then he came to the shore, at this time Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling heard the sound of playing in the water, poked their heads out from behind the rocks not far away, and cautiously approached to see that it was Ah Hu, and hurriedly ran over.
Although the clothes taken by the elders were soaked when they drilled into the culverts, they could still be worn when they were taken out and washed. Haihu didn't wait for the two brothers to ask, so one of them threw them a piece of clothing and said, "Go wash first, then change your clothes and let's go." ”
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling glanced at each other, and felt more and more that their brother must have done something earth-shattering, otherwise where would he have cotton clothes for himself, although the clothes were very smelly, after washing them in the water a few times, the three of them went up to the mountains and forests in wet clothes, and fled all the way in embarrassment.
"Ah Hai, why are you so flustered, even if you run away, you don't have to be like this!"
Kou Zhong shouted as he ran. Xu Ziling was also a little puzzled, and he didn't ask before, so he said: "Ah Hai, you won't make a mistake!" ”
As a result, Haihu smiled, and Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling suddenly felt their hearts sink, and it seemed that they had really committed a crime. But listen to Haihu said: "That's right, I committed a crime in the city." As a result, when he saw the increasingly pale faces of the two, he hurriedly said: "Brother thinks it's too embarrassing for us to flee like this, how can we be bullied by Boss Yan over the years, how can we leave like this." So after the younger brother took out the money, he waited for Boss Yan to go out to collect the money, jumped into his house and slept with his favorite concubine, and even the strength of the two of you was used for you to taste enough and then burned his home, and then worried that Boss Yan was looking around, so he went to Mr. Tian Wen's house to hide, who knew that in the second half of the night, Master Shilong was seriously injured and ran in."
Haihu said while running, the more they listened, the more frightened they became, feeling that their brother had committed the two major crimes of stealing and eating his sister-in-law and killing people.