Chapter 38: The Water Thieves (1)

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"It's dark, and this West Fishing Village is the head of the Feng Shui vein statue of the Shen family in Zhouzhuang, which corresponds to the main house of the Shen family! Mr. Wei, why don't we rest in this West Fishing Village tonight, do you think? Mu Yu said with a smile, but the murderous aura in her eyes made Wei Zuan dare not look directly into her eyes.

"Yes! The Shen family's main house is the eye of the vein, and if you want to move its foundation, the vein head must also be tested, and you can rest here for a night tonight. Wei Zu was a little dissatisfied, but it was hard to say anything, the Shen family has millions of fields, if it is calculated in this way, all the land will be too complicated to calculate, and it will not be able to be counted as fine in his lifetime, but the other party controls Fu Qian's life, which is his only weakness.

Xu Da, who was standing at the hatch of the ship, immediately turned around and said, "Steward Wu, the master said that he would rest in Xiyu Village for one night!" You immediately find a place to rest. When he said this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, for a month and a half, he had become the follower disciple of this Master Wei, because Wei Zu'an was one of the most important participants in the construction of Shen Fu's father, Shen You, in the construction of the Shen Mansion.

The art of feng shui is about how to build a house in the most favorable terrain and for the benefit of future generations, and wealthy merchant families attach more importance to this, often placing a lot of possessions in the feng shui veins.

And Xiyu Village is a place that the Shen family attaches great importance to, but there are thousands of families in this village, thousands of people, and the area is quite large, which is also the process of him disguised as a wanderer as a spleen general, and was accepted as an apprentice by Wei Zu'an.

Wu Sanxin couldn't help but become a little anxious after hearing this, and said: "But the young master has been urging for a few days, if it is another day at night, the little one will be punished by the young master!" "This Wei Zuan was very greedy for money back then, and the Shen family's business has been expanding day by day over the years, and this Wei Zuan has also become a famous feng shui practitioner in Jiangnan Province from the original fortune teller who commented on the fortune teller on the street.

"Oh! Steward Wu, you find a place to rest, and hand over the servants in this village to the two of you, and then inform Young Master Shen, and say that Wei is going to make some preparations for changing the foundation of the main house in Xiyu Village, and he will set off early tomorrow morning to rush to the main house. Wei Zuan changed from his previous arrogance and rudeness, and only said loudly from the cabin with a little displeasure.

Wu Sanxin could only reluctantly agree after hearing this, but he was a little curious about the enchanting woman who came with Wei Zuan, according to Wei Zuan, this woman is the female fairy master of Yingzhou, and her talent is no less than him, but looking at her faintly revealing chilling eyes, she doesn't look like a feng shui magician.

But he didn't want to ask much, at this time it was only half an hour away from Zhouzhuang, since the other party said that Xiyu Village had an impact on the demolition of the foundation of the main house, he could only act according to his fate.

Immediately, he instructed the boatman to march into the village, and soon sailed into the courtyard of the Yu Steward's Office in the middle of the village, not far from the Shen family's partial house.

After entrusting Wei Zuan and others to the Yu steward, Wu Sanxin hurriedly took a boat back to the mansion to report the news.

Steward Yu naturally didn't dare to snub Wei Zuan, a magician, this was related to the feng shui of the rise and fall of the Shen family, and more than ten people in his Yu family were all working in the Shen family, so they naturally did their best.

After a short time, Wei Zuan was sent to the courtyard where Shang Yu lived, the Shen family's mansion was naturally the best place to entertain guests in Xiyu Village, there were only more than ten people living in the mansion, and there were many guest rooms, and except for Shang Yu, they were all attendants, just serving this Wei master, but after entering the door, Mu Shisan still asked Mu Shisan to find Shang Yu to report the matter.

"Then the feng shui master is going to live here? Why not? Shang Yu is reading a bamboo scroll left in the Warring States period in the study, which is an extremely valuable part of the Shen family's collection, since the content of Shang Yu has been handed over to Shen Fu, Shang Yu will read and pass the time in his spare time, at this time he can't go out of the village, otherwise he may be discovered by the officers and soldiers outside.

At this time, Mu 13 ran in and told him that Mr. Wei, a feng shui master, had been arranged by Steward Yu and asked him to make an idea if he needed to be arranged elsewhere.

"Young Master Yu! That Master Wei is nothing, it's just that the woman next to him is so evil, and it makes people feel chills when they look at people, and they don't look like a good person at first glance. Mu Thirteen whispered to Shang Yu, a little frightened on his face.

"Forget it! This person is a distinguished guest invited by his brother Shen Fu, how can you talk about the people accompanying him behind your back, and arrange Master Wei and his party to the guest house in the south room, you must not be rude! It's getting late, I'm going to rest. Shang Yu said with a little displeasure, the feng shui master has not been invited for a few days, Shang Yu has also heard of it, and now that the person has been invited, he naturally can't be rude.

"Yes, Young Master Yu!" Mu Shisan now really regards Shang Yu as the master, not to mention that Shang Yu is peaceful with people, even in terms of momentum is also on par with Shen Fu, in recent days, everyone in the village knows that Shen Wansan's brother Shen Wansi Shen Yu lives in the Shen family's house, and he is smart and studious, as if he is a reclusive student.

While speaking, Mu Shisan reluctantly bowed and exited the door, arranging for Wei Zu'an, Mu Yu and others to stay in the guest room.

It was getting late, and Shen Fu also told him that Shang Yu should not meet and talk with strangers, Shang Yu was also a little interested in feng shui and wanted to have some conversations with this Wei master, but since Shen Fu had this kind of instruction, he could only hold back this thought.

"That part of the business plan and navigation chart has been handed over to the eldest brother, and then I should live in Xiyu Village for a while, if the outside list is revoked, I can go west to Yangzhou." Shang Yu thought after a quarter of an hour.

Shang Yu couldn't help laughing at himself when he thought of this, but he didn't know that the Mu Su Li son in the capital of Yuan automatically pleaded guilty, claiming that Mu Yu was clearly punished, and a good head was hung outside the east gate of the Yuan capital to show the public, but the document of Mu Yudi had not yet arrived in the Jiangnan area.

The folk have built a wooden temple in the Yongchuan area, and then they have been incense by the mountain people for many years, used to remember the Mu Yu who killed the murderer of the Yuan court.

Shang Yu put the bamboo scroll in his hand on the table, and felt a little tired at this time, and after yawning, Shang Yu couldn't help but think again: "Fourth Brother Li is also my brother-in-law, but I don't know where he is at the moment, is it right or wrong for me to stay in this village now?" ”

But at this moment, a slight sound of breaking the air suddenly sounded outside the window, Shang Yu's ears and eyes were extremely sensitive, and after hearing this sound, his figure immediately flashed, and he came to the window, opened the window very quickly, and looked out, but did not find anything abnormal.

"Strange! I heard someone outside the window, but why didn't I see anyone? All the family members and maids don't know martial arts, and I only know some ways to light up, so it must be the person next to Master Wei, but why did he let people come to my window? Shang Yu suddenly remembered what Mu Shisan had just said.

"Don't think about him, since he is a person from the rivers and lakes, it is understandable to take some precautions and inspect the courtyard." Shang Yu couldn't help but stand in front of the window and muttered.

However, he didn't notice that there was still a candle in his room in the courtyard, that is, even the candle flame in the room in the south courtyard had been extinguished.

"Forget it, this house is surrounded by water on all sides, and it is still in the middle of the village, so Master Wei is too timid to care! Today you can rest early, and tomorrow you will teach the thief how to make the thief to the Yu steward, and now you should go to rest. "These days, Shang Yu's body has recovered extremely quickly, and his body has become more and more relaxed, and when he uses the light body footwork taught to him by Luo Biqing, he has also become more round, and his speed is also extremely amazing.

But there are two disadvantages that are gradually revealed, Shang Yu's recent food has been increasing, and he has to eat three bowls of rice at every meal to feel hungry in his stomach, and he is sleepy, and he is sleepy every day, and he is sleepy, even if he wants to do other things, Shang Yu doesn't know why, if this appeared when he fled some time ago, he was probably caught by the officers and soldiers because of drowsiness.

As he spoke, Shang Yu closed the window, turned around and walked back into the bedroom, ready to collapse and rest.

Mu Yu, who was squatting on the ground outside the window, slowly got up and said in his heart: "This brother of Shen Fu is so keen, do you need me to kill him earlier at this time?" ”

At this time, Di Shangyu had already entered the inner room, and Mu Yu jumped up and jumped towards the back of the mansion.

"Xu Da, except for that Shen Wansi in the courtyard, has already entered Mengxiang, you will now take a boat out of the village to bring your brothers to this mansion, before the time, we must return to the secret path from Xiyu, so that we can avoid the search of officers and soldiers." Flying to the back of the mound behind the house, he saw Xu Da waiting for her, so he said urgingly.

"Mu Yu, we should wait for the eldest lady to come before we can act, otherwise if there is a mistake, I can't afford it." Xu Da was more serious and said with some concern.

"It doesn't matter! There are more than ten waterways in the village, and those villagers only took precautions in the middle of the night, and they would not have thought that we would enter the village when it was just dark, so where is Master Wei now? Mu Yu asked in a low voice.

Xu Da sighed for a few breaths after hearing this, and then said: "It's easy for me to bring my brothers in, but if you want to rush out with your belongings, you have to prevent being blocked, the eldest lady will come here later, we must not act on our own first." This time I led the troops to leave Chuzhou to raise military salaries, not for personal gains and losses, and the girl must not go her own way! Xu Da was already dressed in water at this time, obviously preparing to swim out of the village and bring people here.

Shen Fu was carefully watching the last part of Shang Yu's business plan, and the best charts of several states in the south and overseas were on it, and the islands that could be replenished with freshwater were also marked in the sea journey.

"It's so detailed, if I can grasp what my aunt said, I will be able to get more detailed content, but unfortunately the business alliance is already weak at this time, and can no longer have the power to return to the sky, the Lu family is one of the largest industries of the business alliance, but it is a color eye? After eating cleanly, tomorrow I will send a few stewards to Taicang Port to set up shops to prepare for further expansion of financial resources, and the number of those villagers must also be secretly expanded, if the number can reach a thousand people, there can be a war. Shen Fu looked at the contents of the business plan with appreciation, but at the same time, he had a feeling of loss rising in his heart.

"It's just that this Shang Yu is too smart, if he hadn't robbed my cousin of the center of the earth, I, Shen Fu, would have kissed my aunt, my aunt passed away from the house that day, if I can get my aunt's help, I will be able to restore my Minyue land as soon as possible."

Just as he was thinking of this, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Wu Sanxin walked into the room with a tired face.

"Young Master! I invited Master Wei, but he had to stay in Xiyu Village, saying that he wanted to test the correspondence between the topography and feng shui of Xiyu Village and the two partial residences in the main house, and let me come back and inform you first. Wu Sanxin said eagerly before he could catch his breath.

"Stay in Xiyu Village? That's fine, as long as the water hall can be completed by March, it won't be a big problem. Shen Fu said disapprerovingly.

But his face immediately changed greatly, and he exclaimed, "Then where did you arrange Master Wei?" ”

"Tell the young master, I will send them to the Yu Steward's office and come back to report to you, and they should have been arranged to be in another mansion at this moment." Wu Sanxin immediately replied, he was a little puzzled by Shen Fudi's expression.

"What? Arrange to go to another house? Shen Fu was suddenly shocked in his heart, those seven or eight people with better skills were being sent by Shen Tong to kill Shang Yu and others at this time, and no one was left in that other house, this was an order given by Shen Fu, and the reward of ten taels of gold was difficult for any civilian-born Xiangyong to resist.

This time acting in the name of a water thief, after Shang Yu's death, he took this opportunity to report to the Suzhou government, and he could increase the number of village warriors, which was a matter of counting in one fell swoop, but I didn't expect this Master Wei to enter another house, if he also died, who would be responsible for the feng shui test of the Shen family's main house?

Seven or eight villagers with ten taels of gold put the boat on the shore in front of the house, and after tying the rope, they used a knife to latch the door of the house.

They were also a little hesitant when they received this task, but afterwards they would become the leader of a team of fifty people in the Xiangyong Middle School, and then the salary of one silver per month finally made them make up their minds.

The leader is Zhang Zuoxin, this person was born as a hunter in the mountains when he was a child, he has a good knife technique, his physique is strong, and his temperament is relatively calm, he only came to Zhouzhuang Dongmian Village a few years ago to become a tenant, but his family is extremely poor, and he heard that he can be a villager and gladly participated, so that he could get more rice and grain money for his wife and six children.

"After entering, all but our own people were killed, and the housekeeper was waiting for us at the dock outside the village! Do you hear that? In a low voice, Zhang Zuoxin carefully gave orders to the subordinates beside him.

Two went to the servant room on the west side to kill the family and maids, while two went to the south courtyard to search for possible guests, two went to the east courtyard to search for traces, and he himself wanted to enter the north main house to kill Shen Wansi, the son, as long as Shen Wansi could be killed, and then the rest of the people were wiped out, and then some vases and other things in the house that were not very valuable in the house, creating the illusion of water thieves attacking, and then he could retreat lightly, and a better life in the future would definitely come to him.

As for why Shen Fu's son wanted to kill his own brother, he was not interested, even the emperors in history wanted to kill his own father and brother to seize power, and Shen Fu must have his reasons for killing this person.

Hearing his order, all the people who came with him dressed in black water immediately rushed to the house.

At this time, there were no lights in the courtyard, and the sound was very low, and only the sound of even snoring could be heard occasionally.

Zhang Zuoxin was overjoyed, and immediately waved his hand, signaling everyone to act separately.

After a few breaths, the rooms were opened one after another, and the townsfolk rushed inward with their steel knives, only to hear a slight "plop" sound in the room, and it was obvious that the housekeepers had been killed by these people before they could even make a sound.

Zhang Zuoxin was already standing in front of Shang Yu after a few breaths, and the steel knife in his hand flashed with a dazzling cold light, and then slashed towards Shang Yu's neck.

Shang Yu was immersed in a sweet dream with a smile on his face, in the dream, Lu Wan was wearing coarse cloth clothes and accompanying Shang Mei's family to pick vegetables at the door of the house, and his father was holding a big bag of forage and was feeding the Lu family to equip him with horses, Shang Yu smiled and looked at this wonderful map scene, and felt very happy in his heart.

"Family reunion is a blessing, and there is a reason for unprovoked reunion!" Shang Yu thought so, but at this time, he felt an extremely cold feeling coming to him.

Shang Yu opened his eyes in an instant, and a steel knife in front of him was slashing towards his neck, and he was shocked in his heart, and after the conditioned reflex, an arm shot out like lightning, and it was slapping on the blade of the knife, and the knife slashed away from the original direction, and slashed heavily at Shang Yu's chest.

Shang Yu was covered by a quilt, and although the knife in his chest was painful, he felt that he was not injured, and immediately jumped from the bed to the ground, because the other party's second knife struck again.

"Who are you? How dare you break into Shen's house and commit murder? Although Shang Yu was a little frightened at first, after several dodges, he found that the other party couldn't catch up with his speed at all, especially after he jumped off the bed and walked around the room, the other party couldn't get to his side at all.

Therefore, Shang Yu shouted loudly, naturally wanting to wake up the family, everyone can come out together to capture this person, he has no weapon in his hand, so he can only shout while dodging.

Zhang Zuoxin was not slow and careless at first, but then he found that Shang Yu was like a loach, and he couldn't catch up with him, so he couldn't help but be so angry that he chased Shang Yu again, and Shang Yu shouted loudly while dodging, hoping that Ding Jiusi and others could come soon.

"No need to scream, your family members and maids should have been killed by us, Brother Zhang, why are you so slow? Why don't you kill him quickly? It's just that a man in black walked into the room with a sneer, and said something that made Shang Yu's heart feel cold, and there were two men in black standing at the door behind him, looking inward.

"Come on, this kid is so fast, let's do him together, and then the meal will go." Zhang Zuoxin said with some annoyance, he couldn't stand being ridiculed by these subordinates.

Shang Yu was immediately shocked when he heard this, and said in his heart: "Mu Thirteen, Ding Seventeen and Ying'er, are they? ”

At that moment, the three men in black rushed in with steel knives.

The space in the bedroom was originally very large, but if the five of them fought together and used their blades, it was obviously narrower, and after a few breaths, Shang Yu's leg was cut a small opening, although the opening was not big, but the feeling of bleeding made Shang Yu feel angry.

Shang Yu was in pain, but he completely forgot his fear and became angry, and he had always been obedient to Shang Yu's inexplicable attack, and naturally his anger burned.

"You actually killed my family?" Those family members and maids were the closest people to him at this moment, and under Shang Yu's anger, his body suddenly increased in speed, and he actually snatched the steel knife from the hand of a man in black.

After snatching the steel knife, Shang Yu abandoned it on the ground, stretched out his hand and strangled the neck of the black-clothed man who had lost his blade, a bone cracking sound came, Shang Yu flew back, but he was slashed hard by Zhang Zuoxin's knife in the back, and a sharp pain came, and Shang Yu's eyes couldn't help but darken.

"Haha! This kid has been stabbed by me, kill him, and we'll go. Zhang Zuoxin's spirits lifted, Shen Wansi actually knew martial arts, Fang Cai's kung fu at the neck was very similar to the legendary life-seeker, which was regarded as the kung fu of the six doors in the official mansion, although a companion died, but at this time, since Shen Wansi was stabbed, he must not be able to support it for a long time, so he was in a hurry to end the assassination.

At this moment, the door of the room rang again, and a voice shouted a little hurriedly: "Young Master Yu! I'm here to save you. ”

As he spoke, a man broke into the bedroom with a branch the thickness of an arm, and when he entered the room, he shouted loudly: "Where did the thief come from, he is so rampant, he is going to hurt my young master." ”

Shang Yu immediately flashed to the side under the pain, and when he saw this person breaking in, he couldn't help but perk up, and immediately shouted: "Gu Jiusi, how are the people at the moment?" ”

"Young Master Yu, these thieves are too vicious! It was only after killing many people that the villain was awakened, and now the two thieves who killed our brothers have been killed, only Mu Thirteen, Ding Seventeen and Ying'er are still alive. The little one rushed over when he heard your shouting, Young Master Yu, you should quickly get out of the house and swim away! Gu Jiuda shouted loudly, although he had a lot of strength, it was also quite difficult to dance this time.

And Zhang Zuoxin and the three of them were angry and shocked, they didn't expect that there were also vigilant people in the family, and they could actually beat those two brave villagers to death, and now they could only hope to kill Shang Yu earlier, so they abandoned Gu Jiusi and rushed to Shang Yu again.

"I'm struggling with you thieves!" At this moment, a young man with red eyes rushed in from outside the door, it was Namu Thirteen, and then followed Na Ding Seventeen, both of them rushed inward with bamboo brooms and flat poles in their hands.

"Brother Gu, you quickly carry Young Master Yu on your back, he can't swim, as long as you go to the Yu Steward's office, you can attract the villagers to help!" Ding Qiqi, who was usually timid and scared, also said to Gu Jiusi fiercely at this time, and smashed the flat burden in his hand at Zhang Zuoxin and the three of them.

This bedroom was already small, and at this time, seven people and a corpse were in the room, and Mu 13 and Ding 17 attacked at this time, but Zhang Zuoxin and the three of them were in chaos.

With the help of the two, Gu Jiusi breathed a sigh of relief, came to Shang Yu's side, picked up Shang Yu and fled the door in a daze.

"Not good! This kid can't be allowed to escape, otherwise he won't be able to give an account to the steward! Zhang Zuoxin immediately shouted loudly and chased out the door, while Ding 17 and Mu 13 were already in a pool of blood.

But at this moment, a gloomy voice suddenly came from the air: "Ridiculous! I actually saw this ugly drama today, Shen Jiayong actually pretended to be a water thief and attacked Shen Wansi! ”

While speaking, the two heads were thrown on the ground from the air, Zhang Zuoxin's face changed greatly after hearing this, but he was covered and not seen, the two heads on the ground were the two who went to the east courtyard to search for traces, and the two people who went to the south courtyard were with him, and the two people who went to the west courtyard had died in the hands of Gu Jiusi and others.

After hearing the other party tell their true identities, Zhang Zuoxin looked around and said: "Lao Tzu is an authentic and honest man, who dare to talk nonsense?" The other party only listened to his voice and did not see his person, and he was mysterious, and at this time, Zhang Zuoxin regretted that he sold his life for ten taels of gold.

At this time, Shang Yu was carried by Gu Jiusi and was about to run out, but was stopped in front of him by Xu Da, only to see Xu Da smile and say: "Young Master Wansi of the Shen family, don't run, you are our fat sheep." ”

Xu Da looked at Shang Yu with a smile, if it weren't for the eldest lady who came from Zhouzhuang in a hurry, she would definitely be completely confused, and this time she would not be able to take away the property under the other house, and it would also cause chaos in Xiangyong, but it was a pity that Wei Zuan was actually cut off by a Xiangyong in his sleep, and he would never be able to meet that Fu Qian in the Yang world again.