Chapter II. 165. Angry at the crown
There is no doubt that there is no one in the 'Jiangnan Water Town'. And the delicately carved hollow window is now as dilapidated as a fire-lit thing in a fire-wood room; On the side of the smoked lamp, which was still burning faintly, there was a jade hairpin with exquisite workmanship but a very ordinary texture.
Shen Hui didn't have time to take a closer look, so he ran to the broken window in two or three steps and looked down: I saw that in the back garden, there were two young men dressed in green clothes and small hats, one of them was dragging one of Qingxue's ankles, and they looked like butchers, dragging Qingxue's body towards the courtyard......
"Stop!"
Seeing this, Shen Gui's heart jumped to his throat, and his two temples seemed to be stuffed with a rabbit, and with the sound of a drum-like heartbeat, he was suddenly restless.
After shouting, Shen Gui immediately turned around and put away the jade hairpin, and then stepped on the ground with his right foot, his body turned outward, and the whole person flew out of the window on the third floor folded and landed steadily in the backyard.
"Put her down for me!"
When the two young men heard the shouting, their faces were full of indifferent expressions, and even Shen Gui fell from the sky, but they didn't let their eyelids twitch for half a minute. However, they also let go of Qingxue's ankles, and instead leaned against the wall with their arms folded, and their four eyes couldn't stop glaring at Shen Gui.
It just happened in an instant, but the sound was not small. First, Qingxue jumped off the building and committed suicide, hitting her head on the ground and falling red and white; Then Shen Gui also turned over and jumped out of the building, and shouted angrily, these noises are not 'falling and touching' to fool over.
Despite this, the gamblers in the hall on the first floor were still yelling and shouting something, looking like a few were happy and a few were sad, but none of the gamblers poked their heads out because of a loud noise from the backyard to see what was going on.
Numb, although they are still living people who can breathe, they are no different from dead corpses.
Of course, according to the convention, the guests do not manage what they should, but the treasure bureau must come forward to deal with the aftermath. However, strange things happened frequently in the gambling house in these two days, and the person in charge did not appear, but the branch guest Lao He rushed to hear the news......
"Huh? Shen Gongzi, Shen Gongzi, how did you make it look like this? Oh oh oh I see, Xu you took off her clothes and were frightened, and said a few angry words in anger; This Qingxue has a big temperament, and he couldn't think about it for a while, so he looked for a short time...... Hey, Shen Gongzi, don't blame the little talker, this is yours......"
Shen Gui originally thought that whoever came to 'block the horizon' would take someone's life, but he didn't expect that although this Lao He was on the first floor, he would talk about the secret conversation in the room between the two. Could it be that Qingxue's news is wrong? Could the conversation between the two have been overheard by those 'ears'?
This killing is not in a hurry, as long as Liu Banxian is here, Shen Gui's heart is very down-to-earth. Just follow his words and find out the truth and truth.
"What? Could it be that you want to catch Shen to see the official? ”
Lao He was a little surprised when he heard this, then he smiled, and raised his fists with both hands above his head:
"Young Master Shen, you are joking with Lao He and me, borrowing a little bit of courage, and you don't dare to have this thought! But after all, you are a son-in-law, and if this matter spreads, it will be a little hindered to the reputation of both you and me; According to the villain's opinion, why don't I mediate one or two? ”
"What kind of mediation method do you have, tell me about it?"
"Although this Qingxue girl committed suicide, it is still a homicide after all. If it really gets into the hall of Lord Yin Wei of Fengjing Mansion, it will be really troublesome. In this way, I have heard that Shen Gongzi, you are a young hero who fights for righteousness and squanders money, and you have taken out some pension money, and this matter is over! If there is anything else that happens in the future, it will be handed over to Lao He and me to deal with, and it has nothing to do with you, Shen Gongzi! You see, is it appropriate for a small one to do this? ”
As soon as Lao He said this, in addition to sneering in Shen Gui's heart, he also had a deeper understanding of this branch.
What a powerful Lao He, what a powerful double day gambling house!
He was right, no matter what the cause of Qingxue's death was, it was a homicide after all. But as soon as this old He just stepped into the backyard, he opened his mouth to set a personality for this matter, obviously helping himself clear his suspicion. According to him, the Qingxue girl was squeezed by her own words, so she committed suicide in shame.
A human life, with a few words from him, he took out some more pension money, and it turned invisible.
What's even more powerful is that this Qingxue girl is an abandoned baby, and she has no relatives and friends at all; And this pension money will definitely fall into the prince's pocket in the end. It seems that there are so many wailing and mournful souls under these hands.
"Oh? The size is also a homicide, how can it be understood so simply? Shen Gui deliberately made a look of disbelief, and said to Lao He: "Lao He, Lao He, you are just a guest, I'm afraid you can't be the master of other people's Double Heaven Gambling Workshop, right?" And Lord Guardan Hengwei is also a clean official, just by virtue of your identity...... In my opinion, you should call the gambling house steward, and I will discuss with him personally before I can count them!" ”
When Lao He heard this, after hesitating for a long time, he put on an embarrassed look, rubbed his hands and said:
"Hey, this matter, I also complain about me! The guests on the third floor, after serving A Furong, generally don't have that mind. So these girls usually just serve a tea hammer and a leg, and at most burn a cigarette bubble to the end; But just now you rewarded such a large gold ingot, how can the small one not be carefully selected for you? But no one can hide it from you Shen Gongzi, the girls on the third floor are all from the Yaqi people in the South Market, and it is okay to sing a song on weekdays, and they are all new to serving people, and they are a little rusty in their hands. I'm not very satisfied with the small ones...... And guess what? ”
Shen Gui looked at Lao He, who was looking at him secretly, and held back his anger and didn't reply. And Lao He didn't feel embarrassed, and asked himself:
As soon as this Qingxue girl heard that the person was Shen Gongzi, she took the initiative to recommend herself, and told me that she and Shen Gongzi you, there are still a few encounters! …… This Qingxue is from Oiran, and he said with a self-inflicted face; Now it's a skilled hand who has been trained again, and after weighing the two, the little one sent her to you. But the bad is the bad in this self-made cleverness! On weekdays, after those noble customers have served A Furong, they are paralyzed like mud, even if they have that heart, they don't have that strength; But I forgot that Shen Gongzi, you are young and heroic, and you are physically strong! So, it's all the villain's mishandling of this matter, which disturbed your Yaxing, how can you let you share that life lawsuit again? Now even if you pity Lao He It is not easy to support the family, help me advance this pension money! How can I be a man, with the word conscience! Shen Gongzi is good to me, I know, there will be a life lawsuit in the future, and if you want to kill or chop you, you will be killed and killed, and I will say it alone, and you and him will be in the gambling house for two days, and there is no obstacle at all! ”
This old man is worthy of being a branch, just by virtue of these words, Rao is Shen Gui has long known the inside story, and there are still a few moments, and he was almost fooled by him. Hearing this, Shen Gui sneered in his heart, pointed to the body of Qingxue who was covered with a list, and said after sneering:
"What a sharp-toothed guest! The family teacher once said to me: This Jianghu person, three points rely on real skills, and seven points rely on lip service! I didn't believe it at the time; But now when I see you, I am convinced! ”
After saying this, before Lao He could react, Shen Gui raised his head and looked at the window. I saw that in the direction of the broken window in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, two heads, one old and one young, were being exposed:
The old one is Liu Banxian with a decadent face, and the young one is the unruly Wan Changning.
Shen Gui beckoned upward, Liu Banxian stretched out his hand, and the two of them were already standing firmly beside Shen Gui in the next instant. Looking at Wan Changning, who had just felt the 'wind speed experience', the unruliness of Fang Cai had all dispersed.
"Wan Changning, listen well, in order to give an explanation to your family's kindness, I will also give you a chance, but I will not give you a chance. You can answer whatever I ask you, and if there is a digression, or as long as I think you are talking, then the next moment, you can help me bring a message to Miss Qingxue, understand? ”
Wan Changning snorted coldly, but after feeling the pain in his shoulder, he looked at the 'snow-dyed plum blossom' on the ground again, and then nodded reluctantly.
"Is this Double Heaven Gambling House the Prince's?"
Wan Changning nodded, and Lao He on the side suddenly changed his face and stepped back secretly.
At the same time, Liu Banxian gave Shen Gui an inquiring look, but Shen Gui shook his head. Of course, the small action of the two also fell into the eyes of Lao He, who ran away.
"Second question, did you reveal the Li family's 'business' to the prince?"
Wan Changning paused, and after thinking about it carefully, he replied:
Zeng mentioned it after drinking, and after it reached his ears, he was guessed a rough idea. And I just took it......"
Shen Gui nodded, and stretched out three more fingers:
"Have you ever betrayed your mentor Li Deng?"
Wan Changning first shook his head, then nodded again, then smiled bitterly, looked at Shen Gui and said:
"Although it is not what a certain person wants, but the wood is already in the boat, and there is nothing wrong with it all on Wan."
When asked this, Shen Gui was silent, just staring at Qingxue's corpse with his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking. After a long time, Shen Gui pulled out the spring rain on his waist, took out a sword flower casually, and looked in the direction of Liu Banxian.
Liu Banxian still looked depressed, and asked impatiently:
"What the hell are you going to do? To live or to die? ”
Shen Gui looked at Wan Changning, paced back and forth a few steps, and finally gritted his teeth, pointed at Wan Changning with the tip of his sword and said:
"All the men in the Double Sky Casino, including the guests on the second and third floors, don't leave a ...... alive."
Shen Gui's words came to this, and the anxiety in Wan Changning's heart fell to the ground completely. He secretly laughed in his heart at the benevolence of Shen Gui woman, he couldn't bear to kill himself as a traitor just because of a future father-in-law, and he was really a person who couldn't make a big deal!
"As for him......" Shen Gui said this, and a few words popped out from between his teeth: "He is the dog of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he has to save face for Li Xiang." ”
As soon as Shen Gui's words fell, Wan Changning's heart was completely down-to-earth!