Chapter 37: The Rebellion in the Pavilion (3)
For I did not see the people who besieged us last night, and I did not dare to make a judgment. But this white-clothed Xiushi and Yang Xuangan are mixed together, and yesterday's attitude is not a good person at first glance. Could it be him the traitor in the Green Pavilion? I suddenly remembered a person Xu Ruoxiu told me about - Zhang Wensu, the pianist of the Yue Guo Mansion. Could it be that he is Zhang Wensu?
Before I could figure it out, I was hit by a guy who didn't knock me down and sat on the ground on his own shoulder. When I looked closely, it was Bian Madman, and he was not dead. And he's more suspicious than the white showman, and I'd love to catch him and ask for clarification, but then I'll be exposed. I watched the figure of the madman Bian getting up from the ground and running farther and farther, so I had to shake my head - the culprit who killed Bian Xu and the truth about the attack on Qingyu Pavilion, how can I do what I promised to the prince of Huafu?
I'm going to go back to the headquarters of the Green Pavilion - the basement where there is no one and take a second look, although no one has been there in a long time, maybe there is a mystery hidden there. Even during the day, the basement was dark, with only a few oil lamps burning slowly, as if it had been burning for a long time.
The second time I came here felt a little different from the first time I came in, I can't say what was the difference, but it just felt a little different.
I walked around the small pond in the center and took a closer look at the stone monument standing in the center...... Odd! Why is there water on the stele? Could it be dripping from above? I looked up, because it was dim and I couldn't see clearly, but the first time I came, there should have been nothing on the monument...... This place has been visited by other people after I left.
I walked in boldly, secretly vigilant, I didn't take two steps only to feel a strong wind in front of me, I instinctively dodged to the side, only to hear a "bang", a knife was slashing on the stone pillar on the side, and then a black shadow came out of the darkness.
I was startled and wanted to flee, but the man had already rushed in front of me, and the knife in his hand pointed at me and said, "The order of the Qingyu Pavilion is handed over, spare you from death!" "His voice was very strange, hoarse and rough as if he was wearing a voice changer, and his whole body was black from top to bottom, with only two eyes exposed.
I was bold, thinking of this situation that I couldn't run at all, I simply looked at him in a daze and didn't speak.
The man said, "I know that the Qingyu Pavilion Order is in your hands, and I count to three." One ......"
When he began to count, I was surprised to see that there was an extra person behind him.
White-clothed jade crown, with a delicate face, isn't this the white-clothed showman who was still drinking tea with Yang Xuangan just now? He was looking at me with a smile on his face, and he was walking towards me.
The man in black probably realized that there was someone behind him, and said in a deep voice: "One more step, I will kill him!" ”
I felt the chill of the knife in his hand on my chest, and I unconsciously stepped back, only to find that the white-clothed Xiushi had indeed stopped.
I thought about it, and I couldn't understand the current situation at all.
The white-clothed showman spoke, "You probably didn't expect it. ”
I saw a hint of determination in the eyes of the man in black, and I thought they were very familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen them, but I was sure that I had seen them often.
The man in black laughed strangely and said, "You are no match for me at all. ”
"What about me?" There was another person walking out of the darkness beside me, but it was the man in fancy clothes.
I realized that it was a bureau at all, and ...... This bureau is set up for the man in black in front of him.
The man in black ignored the boy in the costume when he saw it, and only said, "What about you?" It's just as useless. ”
"Not necessarily." At this time, a familiar voice came from behind the white-clothed Xiushi, and when I took a closer look, it was Li Jing!
I looked at him in amazement, he was much thinner than the last time I saw him, but his expression was full of joy, as if he had encountered some happy event, seeing me staring at him, he smiled slightly: "Farewell for a few years, don't come to the son unharmed." ”
I replied, "Thank you Li Gongcao......"
"Haha, I'm no longer a good fellow now, an outlaw." Although the spirit is optimistic, it is difficult to hide the loss.
The man in black didn't pay attention to him at all when he saw that we were greeting each other, and said angrily: "The Qingyu Pavilion order is called out, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind!" ”
The prince in Huafu sneered: "Cao even lost the teahouse, aren't you polite enough?" "I heard it and knew that this person was Cao Fu, the owner of the Drunken Hongjian Teahouse, but I listened to Xu Ruoxiu's statement, he should be a middle-aged person, right, why is he so young?
The white-clothed Xiushi continued: "Mr. Li used to be friendly with the 'Seven Don't Kill' Villa, so why don't you ask Mr. Li to tell me what the 'Seven Don't Kill' Villa is all about." ”
Li Jing said with a straight face when he heard this: "When I was in the 'Seven Don't Kill' Villa in the past, I never heard the people in the village say that they wanted to destroy the Qingyu Pavilion, and they stopped after poisoning His Royal Highness the King of Qin. And after the confrontation with the 'Seven Non-Killing' Villa, he once avoided the trouble, and met an elder at the Turks, you might as well guess who you met in Xia. ”
The man in black shook his hand holding the knife, but did not answer.
Li Jing said again: "At that time, I was chased and killed by the Duke of Yue and the 'Seven Non-Killing' Villa, and was seriously injured. ”
"So...... Hmph, who is Dr. Xu in Qizhou City? Cao Fu sneered, "If it weren't for Brother Xun who happened to run into Brother Li, we would have almost been tricked by you." ”
Before he finished speaking, the man in black slashed with his knife, and I was stunned for a moment The Qingyu Pavilion Order in my hand had turned into a sword light and went towards the blade, my strength was obviously not as great as his, the tiger's mouth was shocked and fell back again and again, and when he rushed forward, the white-clothed Xiushi behind him stabbed behind him with a sword instead of a flute.
I saw that his knife momentum slowed down, and he took two steps back to rest, and I already knew the identity of the man in black, he was Xu Ruoxiu's grandfather Xu Ren, but I couldn't figure out the rest of the matter anyway, so I had to watch them fight from the sidelines. The white-clothed Xiushi's swordsmanship was not very good, and the man in black turned around and forced him back again and again with three moves, but it was Li Jing who blocked him with his sword.
The man in black and Li Jing exchanged a few words, as if remembering his purpose, turned his head and saw me alone on the side, withdrew his sword and pounced on me, I was startled, raised the sword in my hand and went towards him, and at the same time took three steps back.
The rest of the people also stopped and looked at us.
I thought of the skills that my father and Wang Rengong taught me, and I thought to myself, why didn't I try it just now after studying for so long? I held the sword in my hand, staring at the black shadow he was walking step by step, and suddenly stabbed at him, I could feel his indifferent sneer through the black scarf, my heart was horizontal, the tip of the sword was pointed upward, he raised the knife and opened it, the thin blade drew an arc in front of the door of the man in black with excellent elasticity, but the blade took advantage of the situation to fold inward, and actually picked off his black scarf, sure enough, it was Xu Ren!
A cut was made at the corner of his mouth, blood seeping out along his gray beard, and he covered the corner of his mouth without saying a word.
For Li Jing's words, I didn't believe it at the beginning to have to believe it at this moment, looking at his eagle-like eyes, I was jealous and angry, but I only said lightly: "Sure enough, it's you." ”
He smiled sadly and said, "The king is defeated, and the old man loses!" ”
"Li Gongzi came out of the infirmary, you have already followed, am I right?" The white-clothed Xiushi was defeated just now, and he rested for a long time before he came to his senses, and when he saw that the fight had stopped, he couldn't help but interject.
Xu Ren nodded.
The white-clothed Xiushi said again: "After you came to Daxing City, you already knew where the Qingyu Pavilion Order was, and when you met Li Gongzi on the long street, you had a lot of opportunities, why didn't you start all the time?" ”
Xu Ren said: "If I take it by force, he will not be with him; If it is seized, Tang Guogong is not an idle person. And Xun Yi has been secretly taking care of it, even if I have the heart, I can't do it. ”
I nodded, "I really won't give it to you." ”
The white-clothed Xiushi nodded, looked at me several times with a very strange look, and then continued: "In this way, Zen Master Huitong really has a good understanding of people. ”
"Without further ado, I just want to know what treasure is hidden in this Qingyu Pavilion order. I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to see. Cao Fu spoke very inappropriately.
Xu Ren shook his head, and the white-clothed Xiushi also shook his head and said, "Brother Cao, you probably won't be interested in this treasure." ”
Xu Ren heard this: "Oh? Could it be that Mr. Zhang knows the secret of the treasure? ”
"There's not much treasure hidden in this Green Pavilion Order. If the guess is correct, it should have something to do with the Turks. The white-clothed Xiushi turned the jade flute in his hand and said leisurely, "Legend has it that when Emperor Yuan moved to Yecheng, a Turkic prince came to visit, and he played with words between the banquets. As a result, the Turkic prince lost the gamble, and gave him the Turkic royal family emblem, and said that if he wanted anything in the future, as long as he went to the Turks with this family emblem, the Turks would help him. Dr. Xu...... No, I should call you King Zhao, and that's what you're planning for. ”
Xu Ren smiled bitterly: "Although Bian Xu is smart, he is not stereotypical and pedantic, so he is not prepared to be harmed by me." If I had known you were so clever, I would never have acted so hastily. ”
The white-clothed Xiushi said: "It's not too late to know now. ”
Xu Ren no longer paid attention to him, only looked at the sword in my hand gloomily, and suddenly cut the knife in his hand to his neck. I saw a blood light shoot out, and the knife in Xu Ren's hand flew into the pond on the side, blurring a layer of blood, and he himself fell to the ground, blood still gurgling outward.
I was taken aback by this sudden turn of events, and I was stunned on the spot.
There was silence all around.
After a long time, I heard Cao Fu say disregardlessly: "It's really boring, I haven't paid my teahouse yet." ”
I came to my senses, wiped the sweat on my head, and looked down, only to find that there was blood on my hands, which belonged to Xu Ren.
Li Jing looked at the corpse on the ground and said, "It's a pity." It's just that how Mr. Zhang could have thought that this matter was related to the Turks, which made Li Jing curious. ”