42. Murder nursery rhyme (6)
Chapter 42: Murderous Nursery Rhymes (6)
After saying this, even Mingyue herself was cold. Thinking about it all the way, I thought it was Bai Shui following behind, but I didn't expect it to be not. Whether it's a person or a ghost behind it, it sends chills down the spine.
Su Yunkai was even more frightened, of course he knew that it wouldn't be a ghost, it would definitely be a human, but who could it be, and what was the purpose of following her behind? He asked, "The man has been following him not far or near?" ”
Mingyue settled down, only to feel that her palms were sweaty, "Well, the footsteps are very soft, and they sound similar to Brother Bai, so I don't doubt it." ”
Bai Shui said, "My footsteps are not light, but because I am a martial artist...... So, the people who follow you will also do martial arts? ”
"I don't know." Mingyue was still frightened, grabbed Su Yunkai's hand and didn't let go, "Now that I think about it, it seems that I went to the doctor's house, went in and said something, and came out with the doctor, and there was no sound behind me." At that time, I was still curious about where Brother Bai went, but I was in a hurry to come back, so I didn't think much about it. I didn't go far before I ran into you, and I thought she had just turned back to pick you up. ”
"......No," Bai Shui twisted his eyebrows, "When I was at the village chief's house, I came out one step later, and you ran fast, and when I chased after the village entrance, I thought that Lang Zhong was somewhere else, so I went to another road." ”
The more Qin Fang thought about it, the more terrifying he felt, and he gasped and said, "So that person sneakily followed Mingyue all the way?" If he has bad intentions, it's really ......"
The consequences are unimaginable.
Several people also felt cold in their hearts, but Su Yun was happy and glad that Mingyue was safe. But what was the man doing so far? It was definitely not because it was inconvenient to attack her, after all, this road was so remote and uninhabited. That can only be said to be protecting her.
But what did that man protect?
"Mingyue, are you sure there was only one footstep behind you at that time?"
Mingyue paused, she really didn't think about this question. "When I first got out of the village, I ran too fast, and the sound was mixed with the sound of the dogs and chickens in the village, and I wasn't sure. But then I came to a quieter place, it didn't seem to be ......"
She rubbed her head, still not sure. Su Yunkai saw her pain and patted her head gently, "Don't think about it if you can't think of it." He added, "When the day dawns, Bai Shui, you ride a horse to the county office, let Lord Xu bring the officials, and bring all the report files of Rongshu Village in the past two years." ”
Bai Shui paused, "Do you suspect that there is something strange in this Banyan Village?" ”
Su Yunkai nodded lightly, his eyes narrowed, revealing a cold breath, "It's necessary to check." ”
The death of the girl, the death of the three people in the village, the curse of Banyan Village, and the poisoning of herself...... Perhaps not unrelated.
The village soldiers came to look for them with lanterns in two ways, and met them halfway, and the leader Zhu Changrong saw that Su Yunkai was fine, and the Mingyue girl was fine, and the heart that was worried all the way could be regarded as settled, "Go back quickly, this is the wilderness, and it is not safe at night." ”
Mingyue was still holding Su Yunkai's hand and half-holding him, afraid that he would fall without his body. The toxins in Su Yunkai's body had completely subsided, and she was back as usual, thinking that she was still afraid, so she didn't withdraw her hand. The two have their own thoughts, each thinks about each other, but they don't know each other.
However, Qin Fang saw that the two people in front of him were intimate, and saw that he and Bai Shui were separated like the ends of the world, so he took a big step to the left, and said, "Give you lighting." ”
The unexpected bystanders didn't hide, but they didn't look up, just looked at the road under their feet and walked intently, as if they didn't know his existence at all. Qin Fang, who was ignored in the cold, said loudly again, "Be careful of the road, there are many stones." ”
Bai Shui listened to it in his ears, but he still didn't pay attention to it, seeing that Qin Fang was inexplicable, he could still answer his brother-in-law's words just now, why didn't he ignore him in a blink of an eye. He took another step to the left, almost squeezing the white water out of the path and into the nearby weeds.
"Hey, Whitewater."
Qin Fang lowered his head and exhaled to her neck, and Bai Shui raised his head sharply and glared, "What are you doing?" ”
"What do you think, so engrossed, didn't you hear me shouting at you?"
"I hear you."
"Then why don't you ignore me?"
"I just don't want to pay attention." Ever since Bai Shui noticed that his mind was restless, he decided to stay away from Qin. Snubbing him, ignoring him, staying away from him, so that he feels that he is bored and will stay away from her, and she will save herself so much thought. Her heart can't be messed up, and she still has to go to Kaifeng and find her brother.
But what kind of person is Qin Fang, the son of the Duke of Guo, who will inherit the title in the future. He, like Su Yunkai, is a person who can add hope to his own Kaifeng, but in her heart, Qin Fang is different from Su Yunkai.
She and Su Yunkai went in and out of the yamen together, and she didn't feel any problem staying together for at least five hours a day, but now she felt tormented to stay with Qin Fang for a while. It is her whole person and her whole heart that suffers. It was the right judgment to tell her to stay away from Qin earlier.
Qin Fang ignored her after seeing her answer, and really wanted to pinch her face. But after thinking about it, he was afraid that she would fall over the shoulder.
The conversation between the two behind them was not drowned out in the footsteps of the villagers, and Su Yunkai and Mingyue both listened to it. The former is observant and can already guess why the white water is different. The latter knew about Bai Shui, and also thought of the biggest possibility - Bai Shui may have found himself in love with Qin Fang.
When he returned to the village, the people who went to the other way to find him had not returned, so Zhu Changrong asked people to call them, saying that they didn't need to look for them if they had found them. Su Yunkai passed under the banyan tree, saw the shadows on the ground, and looked there again. There was no light on the tree, and it was so dark in the wide roots that you couldn't see inside.
When the villagers saw him looking there again, their hearts were cold, and they went over and said, "Master Su, you are weak, don't look at it, be careful and see something wrong." ”
"Hmm." Su Yunkai took another look before leaving.
After arriving at Zhu's house for a while, Bai Shui and Qin Fang went to settle down next door, and Su Yun Kaimingyue stayed at the village chief's house. There were no lights in the courtyard, and the children were already asleep, and they were not noisy, because in the heart of the village, some movement could be heard in all directions.
Mingyue fetched a basin of water to wipe him, and when she saw that he was still thoughtful when she wiped his face, she asked, "Are you thinking about the affairs of Banyan Village, or are you thinking about Brother Bai and the little marquis?" ”
"I want both."
Mingyue smiled, "Didn't you just detoxify, don't think about it, don't think about it." ”
Su Yunkai looked at her, "I'm still thinking about you." ”
Mingyue blinked, sat aside and said, "Think about what I was following just now?" ”
"Hmm. When the official arrives tomorrow, I will tell the county official to let you go to live in the inner office, and when the matter here is clarified, I will take you back and go back to the Daimyo's Mansion together. ”
Mingyue bit her lip, "I'm also from the government, not a delicate girl." I said I wanted to be side by side with you, why did you pull me behind me? ”
Su Yunkai saw that she was not happy, and said, "You are a good man, but now there is nothing you have to do, and the village is really unsafe, even I am on the road, isn't it?" When did I drive you away during the case in Yangjia Village? ”
Mingyue thought about it, it was indeed inconvenient for her to stay, and she had to distract him, in case she was poisoned or something, it would be messed up. Although I don't want to, I'd better go to the yamen and stay, "Well, then when the county officials go back tomorrow, I'll join them." ”
Su Yunkai answered, at this time the lights in the room were lit, not as dark as outside, and he saw her shoes as soon as he lowered his eyebrows. Xu ran in a hurry and was hung by the thorns next to him, which would be like walking through the sea of swords and fire, a little dirty.
Mingyue asked, "Are you hungry?" You have been lying down all afternoon, and you have come out to look for me just now, and you have been running for so long, you should be hungry, I will go and cook noodles for you. ”
"If you're not hungry, go wash up and go to sleep."
Mingyue still stubbornly got up, borrowed a kitchen and ingredients from the village chief, and gave him the following to eat. I threw a roll of noodles into it and felt as if I was hungry too, so I simply threw two of them. When the two of them finished eating, she went back to her room. As everyone knows, after the lights in her room went out, Su Yunkai stood at her door, as if admiring the sky and the crescent moon, like the guards guarding the palace, blocking all the unknown dangers out of this door.
An family next door, Bai Shui was still thinking about Qin Fang, she was very sleepy now, but she still didn't go to bed.
Qin Fang came in and saw her sitting there, and suddenly became angry, "Bai Shui, can't you trust me like that?" ”
Bai Shui was inexplicable, "What's wrong with me?" ”
"If you don't go to bed and sit here, are you afraid that I will sleep there? Men and women don't kiss, I know. ”
"Shh Bai Shui glared at him, "What are you yelling about." ”
Qin Fang sat down opposite her and poured a cup of tea, and said, "An Jia's father and mother are hospitalized, I can't hear it." ”
"But doesn't An Dexing live next door?"
"He's not in the house, I've just come back from the shower, and I didn't hear a sound inside."
Bai Shui's eyebrows tightened, "No, the village has divided two groups of people to look for us, and the people who went to the other end have also returned." ”
Qin Fang smiled and asked, "How do you know, you didn't go out to see." ”
"The dogs in the village stopped barking, and when they came back, the dogs kept barking, and now they have completely quieted down."
Qin Fang pricked up his ears and listened, as if this was indeed the case, "Young man, maybe they went to drink in groups." Just now we went to Zhu's house, and I wish you peace and well-being. ”
Bai Shui thought about it, and didn't think much about it. After she said a few words to him, she suddenly realized that she couldn't help but meet him again, and slowly straightened her face again, and decided to ignore him, "You sleep, I'll go wash." ”
"Go ahead, come back early." Qin Fang saw that she was preoccupied, and his heart was also heavy, such a white water...... It's strange and alienating, and it's not good at all.
At dawn the next day, Qin Fang was woken up by the sound of a horse, and he walked to the window after sleeping on the table all night, and the person who rode away was Bai Shui, this is to invite the people from the county government to come, it's really early.
He stretched his waist and yawned, only to find that the door that had not been bolted last night was still the same, and he looked back to see that the bedding on the bed was also neat. He paused, Bai Shui didn't enter the house last night?
The yawn suddenly couldn't be smoothed, and there was only a sense of grievance that was not trusted.
I knew it earlier...... He should have been in bed in the first place! Return his old waist!