Chapter 30: The Grievance Deepens
Rolling thunder could be heard in the sky in the distance, signaling an impending thunderstorm.
The gambling game in Moli Town was in full swing, but it was interrupted by thundershowers, and the audience dispersed to take shelter from the rain.
The scattered light raindrops began to fall, and only a few Ren Fu family members were left under the high platform to clean up, Jiang Zhaoyun's father beckoned his son to come down from the stage and give a few words, and then left on his own.
Mayor Ren Sheng accompanied Qin Xingyi and Mao Liang from the ring and said to Mao Liang:
"Young Master Mao, the mayor of this town hopes that you will think about it carefully, it is related to your future, at least you go home first to discuss with your father, if your father agrees that you will leave home for a year to be the eldest princess's personal guard, the eldest princess should not have any problems here."
Qin Xingyi also instructed: "Young Master Mao, tonight the master will be in the mayor's mansion for a night, listen to your reply tomorrow morning, you have to come to say hello or not." ”
"Yes, Your Highness the Eldest Princess." Mao Liang agreed and went home with a few followers.
"Mayor Ren, do you think Mao Gongzi's father will agree?" Qin Xingyi felt that this matter was uncertain.
"Your Highness, the mayor of this town thinks that Young Master Mao's father will definitely not agree, but there is still hope for this matter, according to my speculation, maybe it is very likely that Young Master Mao sneaked out of the house and came to be a guard without permission."
Qin Xingyi waved her hand and said a little lonely: "Forget it, let's not mention this matter for the time being, it's just a personal guard, after all, it's a trivial matter." ”
The two of them were talking, only to see Mu Shuo turn around from the side of the high platform, with a depressed expression, and muttered: "Your Highness, my mount is missing again, it's really a hell tonight!" ”
Qin Xingyi was also stunned when she heard this, why did she disappear again? This was the second time his mount had been missing tonight.
The mayor of the town, Ren Sheng, had just received a report from the government, and he knew the whereabouts of Mu Shuo's horses, so he pondered for a moment and said:
"Mu Zhuangshi, this matter is a bit difficult, in short, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized. That's it, since it's okay to tell you in front of the eldest princess, your mount was stolen by a horse thief, and this thief also wants to kidnap and kidnap my sister to escape, I guess who he is? ”
"Who is it? His grandma's! Dare to steal a horse and steal it to Lao Tzu's head, see if I don't slap him to death! Mu Shuo was suddenly furious, and his heart was in a mess, where could he guess who it was? High-fives and roars.
Qin Xingyi's mind spun quickly, thinking: Could it be that Xuanyuan Mingyu did it? No wonder I couldn't see the shadow of him and Miss Ren Er just now, it turned out that I went to steal a horse and escaped!
"Where are the horses? Did anyone catch it? Qin Xingyi asked directly.
"Of course, everyone gets the stolen goods! What is Moli Town? The thief resisted stubbornly, was seriously injured by the seven heroes of Renfu, and was carried back to Renfu. This time he has committed a crime that is not clear, and if he dares to attack the idea of our Ren Mansion, the mayor of this town will never be spared easily. ”
Qin Xingyi heard that the little thief was seriously injured again, and expected that the people in the Seven Heroes of Renfu must be very ruthless, and his heart involuntarily flickered and trembled, and he couldn't say any more after saying three words: "This little thief ......"
When Mu Shuo heard that the horse thief had been caught, he first shouted in a loud voice: "Your Highness, since this horse thief has been caught, hand him over to me for treatment, right?" In our steppe, it is a popular custom among the tribes that if a horse thief is caught, he will be handed over to the bitter lord to deal with. ”
Ren Sheng preemptively refused: "Mu Zhuangshi, this is unlikely, because the biggest sufferer tonight is the mayor of this town, and his own sister was almost kidnapped and abducted by this thief, can you bear it as a brother?" ”
Mu Shuo is the first warrior of the grassland, and he hates horse thieves the most in his life, and he can't wait to catch one and kill the other, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so he said: "That's good!" I'm afraid you'll be ruthless. ”
"Will Mayor Ben be ruthless? No way! You don't know the methods of Renfu to deal with enemies, they are absolutely ruthless and ruthless, those who are afraid of death can't live, and those who want to die can't die. ”
Ren Sheng said coldly, raised his eyes to look at Qin Xingyi, saw that she frowned slightly and did not interject, I don't know what she was thinking, and asked curiously: "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, do you agree to hand over this thief to the Ren Mansion for treatment?" ”
"Are you saying that this thief is Xuanyuan Mingyu?" Qin Xingyi asked faintly, not answering the question directly, because she really wanted to know where the Xuanyuan Mingyu injury was? But he was embarrassed to ask about it urgently, not wanting outsiders to see that he still cared about his life and death in his heart, and he was so entangled in his heart.
"Yes, Your Highness is not bad! It was the murderer surnamed Xuanyuan. Ren Sheng gritted his teeth and replied.
Qin Xingyi saw that the two people around him hated Xuanyuan Mingyu to the core, tonight's matter was obvious, and he couldn't intervene more, but if it was due to the temperament of Mayor Ren and Mu Shuo, the two of them would have a hot temper, I'm afraid Xuanyuan Mingyu wouldn't survive tonight!
Is Xuanyuan Mingyu the murderer who killed his father? Qin Xingyi still doesn't have a positive answer in her heart! Because Xuanyuan Mingyu always denied it, and he was injured and had amnesia, this issue is not clear for the time being.
It's hard to love someone, and it's even harder to hate someone. Qin Xingyi's feelings for Xuanyuan Mingyu are extremely complicated, from her first love four years ago, to her hatred later, and to this day, she hates it to the extreme, because she has no evidence of his murder, at this moment, seeing that Ren Sheng and Mu Shuo want to deal with him harshly, she felt a little more unbearable in her heart, and asked:
"Mayor Ren, Xuanyuan Mingyu has a big disaster tonight, and he is to blame for being injured and beaten, how do you want to deal with him, listen to him. However, there is a prerequisite for this master, and that is to find out one question first: are his hands stained with the blood of my father? ”
At this time, Ren Zhen was dragged over by the fourth elder of the Ren Mansion, and when she heard Qin Xingyi's question, she interjected and said, "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, my brother can do hypnosis." Let my brother use hypnotism to ask questions, maybe I can learn some truth about the past. ”
"Sister, you are talking too much, this matter must not be passed on, my master told me back then." Ren Sheng was a little unhappy, afraid that the master would blame him for not obeying the master's orders in the future.
"Brother, it's not that you don't believe in your words, but because Xuanyuan Gongzi has been misunderstood repeatedly, he has been beaten to death by the third brother and the fifth brother at the gate of the town wall just now, we can't see death without help!"
"What kind of injury did Xuanyuan Mingyu suffer?" Qin Xingyi hurriedly asked.
"Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, my fifth brother is good at using the Purple Gold Nebula Chain, just now and my third brother flanked back and forth, and the Purple Venus Nebula Chain smashed on the back of Xuanyuan Gongzi, smashing him into internal injuries and vomiting blood. Also, my third brother's red tassel gun cut a big hole in Xuanyuan Gongzi's waist. ”
"Don't talk about it......" Qin Xingyi listened to Ren Mansion Qixiong wantonly mutilate Xuanyuan Mingyu and beat him into internal and external injuries, the injury seemed to be serious, and he couldn't bear it even more in his heart, so he stopped Ren Zhen's topic, and turned to Ren Sheng and said:
"Mayor Ren, did you hear everything? The matter of Xuanyuan Mingyu must be clarified, otherwise, the situation will only get more and more serious! ”
Ren Sheng saw that Qin Xingyi showed too much concern for that little thief, and he was unhappy, and asked, "But I don't know why His Highness insisted that it was the thief surnamed Xuanyuan who killed your father before?" ”
Qin Xingyi lowered her eyes, reminiscing about the past, her heart was extremely desolate, and she said frankly: "Because, this owner has witnesses and physical evidence. ”
When Mayor Ren Sheng heard that there were witnesses and physical evidence, he felt that the matter would soon come to light. What he values most is physical evidence, as the saying goes, ironclad evidence is like a mountain, and what he pays attention to is that the physical evidence is conclusive!
He asked step by step: "Regardless of the human evidence, may I ask Your Highness, what is the physical evidence?" ”
At this time, a thunderstorm was coming, and the raindrops the size of copper coins had already crackled and sprinkled, and the clothes of several people present were soaked.
Qin Xingyi took off a piece of jade pendant from his neck and carefully held it in the palm of his hand, remembering the past about this jade pendant four years ago.
Four years ago, this jade pendant was originally carved with the word "name" by Xuanyuan Mingyu and given to Qin Xingyi.
It's a pity that Qin Xingyi obeyed the order of the senior brother at that time, and returned the jade pendant to Xuanyuan Mingyu that night. Xuanyuan Mingyu was unwilling to be persecuted by Hu Feng, the owner of the Proton Pavilion, and decided to commit suicide, and before throwing himself into the river, he threw this jade pendant into the small river.
The next morning, Qin Xingyi dived into the river to retrieve the jade pendant and put it around her neck. Then a series of accidents occurred, and Qin Xingyi angrily returned this piece of jade pendant to Xuanyuan Mingyu because of a misunderstanding.
However, four years later, Qin Xingyi found this blood-stained jade pendant at the scene where his father was killed! What else is there to say? This jade pendant shows that Xuanyuan Mingyu was next to him on the night his father was killed.
Qin Xingyi looked at the jade pendant, as if she saw her father's blood flowing and staining this jade pendant red. Seeing the love of things, Qin Xingyi remembered that his father had returned to the palace half a year ago, and he loved him in every way to make up for the pain of separation caused by years of separation!
Father's ...... My daughter must avenge you! Thinking like this, Qin Xingyi couldn't help but clench her fists and clench the jade pendant firmly, as if she was choking the neck of a murderer! Once again, the flames of hatred were burned high.
"Your Highness, this jade pendant is physical evidence?"
"Yes, I hate this jade pendant, I really want to break it!" Qin Xingyi thought that this jade pendant had become a hoodoo that specialized in sucking blood, and in just four years, it had been stained with the blood of his father, his own blood, and the blood of Xuanyuan Mingyu.
"This physical evidence is very important, don't damage it! Your Highness, can you hand over this jade pendant for the time being tonight? Mayor Ben wanted to use it as a primer to hypnotize and interrogate the thief. ”
"Okay, of course, I hope things go well."
Qin Xingyi handed the jade pendant to Ren Sheng, casually took the red cloak that Ren Fu Jia Ding took from the VIP viewing table and draped it over his shoulders, clenched his longbow, and thought: Tonight is finally going to come out! I hope Xuanyuan Mingyu is innocent! Otherwise, no one present would spare him!
Xuanyuan Mingyu's grievances are getting deeper and deeper!