Chapter 40: A Letter to the Family (2)
When Song Ting returned home from Yongtai, it was already dark, he tied the jujube red horse to the horse post, threw down the three-foot-long horsewhip, and then strode into the house with a heavy heart.
When I entered the door, there was no red light hanging in the courtyard as in the past, and there were only a few starlights flickering near the west wing in the huge courtyard, and there were no palm lights in other places. If it were changed to this time in the past, Li Bo would have hung red lanterns all over the corridor, and the Song Mansion would have been full of red and bright houses, but today I don't know what happened, and no one was in charge of the lights...... Don't...... Something happened to Lieber?
His heart tightened, the letter only had six words, "If there is an accident at home, return quickly", looking at this handwriting, it doesn't look like it was written by Zhao Yuanzhen, but it looks like it was written by Youjian, can it be ...... Won-jeong also had an accident?
Thinking of this, he was already short of breath and his heart was shocked, and his steps were messy and he ran towards the west wing room with few stars, and slammed the door open, but there were only two people in the room: Zhao Yuanzhen and Youjian.
Seeing that Zhao Yuanzhen was well-behaved, not like something was wrong, his tense nerves relaxed a lot, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and walked over quickly to take her into his arms......
At the moment when Song Ting pushed open the door, Zhao Yuanzhen's face was panicked, and he stood up suddenly, staring at the door with frightened eyes...... Then when he saw that it was his father-in-law who came in, his face suddenly turned to surprise, and his eyes like autumn water suddenly lit up.
Song Ting hugged her, she clasped a pair of soft clothes tightly around the back of his neck, her warm and soft delicate body was close to his waist and abdomen, she raised her head slightly, looked at her husband, her beautiful and intoxicating face was full of joy, her eyes contained a soft light, and she shouted in surprise: "Xianggong!"
"Zhen'er ......" survived most of the month's thoughts, and Song Ting finally saw his wife, and he only felt happy in his heart, hugging her and calling with joy.
Zhao Yuanzhen hugged her beloved, the melancholy between her eyebrows melted away, she put her jade chin on Song Ting's shoulder, and whispered softly in his ear: "The concubine is so worried about you."
Seeing the two of them hugging and hugging and completely ignoring others, Youjian, who was standing on the side, finally couldn't help but pretend to cough heavily, and muttered something in a faint voice.
Song Ting let go of his hand, and carefully stared at Zhao Yuanzhen's eyes, seeing that she did not have any signs of injury and poisoning, and had already put down most of her hanging heart, and then asked Youjian: "What happened to the family when you summoned me back in such a hurry?"
Youjian glanced at Song Ting, his face was quite complicated, and he sighed lightly before he said to Song Ting: "The princess called you back because she was worried about you and afraid that you would be hurt."
Song Ting didn't understand the meaning of her words, and knew that she had always been cold, so he turned his face, stared at Zhao Yuanzhen and asked, "What's going on at home?"
Zhao Yuanzhen slowly walked two steps in the room, came to the Huadiao pear wood tea table, poured a cup of tea for Song Ting with a blue and white porcelain cup, and handed it over, before telling what happened last night.
The incident happened last night on the fourth watch, when everyone was sleeping groggily and indulging in sleep, four black-clothed robbers suddenly broke into the house, and the robbers secretly came in over the wall.
Two of the robbers did not say a word, but raised their knives and slashed, one of which cut off half of Lieber's ear, and Lieber held the ear and screamed miserably, and the other knife slashed through his face, cutting a long cut in his face, and the blood from the ear to the jaw was shocking......
The other two robbers rushed into the east wing, kicked open the door of a room, heard the screams of a woman inside, wiped the flint and looked, saw the appearance of Qingzhu, and immediately became interested, came in with a knife, and wanted to insult her.
At this time, Youjian heard two screams, and hurriedly rushed over, first stabbing the two robbers in Qingzhu's room to death with a sword, and then at the door of Zhao Yuanzhen's room in the west wing, he found the remaining two robbers, went down with a sword, and stabbed one to death......
"Xianggong, it's terrible." Zhao Yuanzhen patted his chest, with a hint of fear in his eyes, and then held Song Ting's hand tightly, his eyes showed a look of fear, and said: "Xianggong, I'm worried that the target of these four strongmen is you, if they are instructed by someone to hurt you, I'm afraid they will also find you." I called you back to discuss a way with you, should I report to the police in this situation? ”
"Reporter?" Song Ting paced and thought about it, if he reported to the official, the government would send someone to investigate, and then the whole house would be disturbed, not to mention that the female dependents hidden in the mansion would be coveted by more people...... Thinking of this, he shook his head.
Seeing Zhao Yuanzhen's worried face, Song Ting helped her soft shoulders to sit down on the edge of the bed, turned his face, and asked Youjian, "Didn't you say that there were four robbers in the house, and you have already killed three, and there is one more?"
Youjian knew that he would ask this, and replied lightly: "There is also one locked in the firewood room, I have asked, but he refuses to say anything, and it is useless to force him." If you want to be tried, I'll accompany you to ......"
"Hmm." After Song Ting nodded his head slightly, he remembered to ask Li Bo and Qingzhu about the situation, and after learning that Li Bo had half of his ear cut off, he was sent to the Huangfu Medical Center to be treated by Mr. Huangfu Yangming himself, and the bleeding on his face stopped, and there was no worry about his life, but it was inevitable that he would leave a scar on his face after healing. As for green bamboo...... She had been abducted by a strong man earlier, and had a few scars on her face, thanks to a young hero who rescued her, she finally saved her body, and this time she was so intimidated by the robbers, with the psychological shadow of the previous time, she was scared silly, and then launched a high fever, and the whole person became demented, and was also placed in the Huangfu Medical Center for diagnosis and treatment.
When he learned that no one's life was in danger and no one was humiliated, the big stone hanging in Song Ting's heart was finally put down, but after all, suffering such humiliation, anyone would have a feeling of revenge in their hearts. He is the same, everyone has a line in their hearts, if they don't touch that line, they can laugh it off, and they can not blame the past, but once they touch that line, even if they die, they have to fight with that person.
Touching the dragon scale dagger that he had picked up from Hu Shang in Yongtai Market in his arms, Song Ting's face suddenly became gloomy, he walked up to Youjian and whispered: "Go, take me to ......"
Then he smiled warmly and hugged Zhao Yuanzhen's shoulder, and said softly: "Zhen'er, you wait for me here, don't be afraid, I will be back soon." After speaking, ignoring the doubts in Zhao Yuanzhen's eyes, he walked out of the door.
Youjian was slightly stunned, but he quickly understood the meaning of his words, and followed out of the door, Song Ting smiled at Zhao Yuanzhen who was sitting on the bed, and closed the door tightly, and when he turned around, his face became extremely gloomy under the moonlight, and there was murderous intent in his eyes, looking terrifying, Youjian didn't dare to talk to him at the moment.
The two came to the firewood room in silence all the way, the ghost sword opened the door, Song Ting held a lantern that had just been lit in his hand, and walked into the firewood room quickly and silently, the firewood room that had not been cleaned for a long time was covered with cobwebs, and the firewood branches in it were moldy, and there was a rustling sound on the feet, and there were rats scurrying on the ground from time to time, and the shining eyes made people look scared.
However, at this time, Song Ting was not afraid of anything, the blood in his heart was burning and boiling, and there was a chilling killing intent in his eyes, which was much more terrifying than the bright light of the mouse's eyes.
In the depths of the firewood room, a thin man dressed in black was tied to a beam, he sat on the ground, his upper body was almost all tied to the beam pillar, the rope was very thick and tightly tied, as soon as he saw Song Ting and Youjian coming in, he made a sound of humming, it turned out that a black cloth was blocked in his mouth, and he couldn't speak.
The Ghost Sword stepped forward and pulled the black cloth from his mouth, and he immediately panted and said, "Water...... Water...... Give me water......
Youjian asked Song Ting coldly, intending to ask him if he really gave him water to drink?
Song Ting raised his hand and signaled to her not to do much and let him come to trial. He walked up to the lean man who was tied, and took a closer look at him with a lantern: sure enough, he was a robber, the nasolabial folds on both sides of his nose were very deep and obvious, the whole facial features were fierce, and in the deep eye sockets, two vicious eyes suddenly shot out, and the body that had been hollowed out by wine all the year round looked very thin, with a strong gangster atmosphere.
Song Ting smiled and asked softly, "Who sent you?" How did you find out here? ”
The man in black didn't answer, but sneered: "Who are you?" Who is qualified to ask me? ”
Song Ting didn't speak, put the lantern on the ground, squatted down, his eyes were level with him, suddenly released the killing intent, and whispered: "I am the master here." I'll give you three chances, and if you don't say it, I'll let you die a miserable death. ”
The man in black looked at him up and down with disbelief, and smiled: "It's up to you?" A stinky scholar? ”
Song Ting didn't bother to talk to him, a grim smile appeared on his face, he pulled out the dragon scale dagger with his right hand, raised a finger with his left hand, and said, "The first chance - who sent you?"
The man in black continued to sneer, shook his head with a triumphant look, and said, "You dare to touch me? Believe it or not, my boss killed your whole family, and then tied up several women in your family back as slave girls? ”
He smiled again, drooling and said, "The women in your family are so beautiful!" If only I could have the opportunity to ...... day by day"
"Hmmmm......" A black cloth had already blocked his mouth, and he only felt an unbearable pain in his left hand, and when he looked down, his left thumb was gone...... At this time, blood was pouring from the severed finger, and he was so painful that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he wanted to scream, but his mouth was blocked and he couldn't shout anything.
Suddenly, he felt that he could speak, and the black cloth was taken away, and just as he was about to shout, something was stuffed into his mouth, fishy, cold, and at the thought of his own left thumb, his mind exploded, and he immediately spat out the thing in his mouth, tears already flowed from his eyes, and a look of horror appeared on his face.
Song Ting raised the second finger with his left hand at this time and said, "Second Chance - What is the purpose of your coming to my house?"
The man in black suddenly took a sip, gritted his teeth fiercely, and said, "Do you think that if you cut off one of my fingers, I will tell you everything?" To tell you the truth, Lao Tzu once killed people in prison, what kind of torture has he not suffered? Will you be threatened by the severed fingers of your stinky scholar? ”
"Good! Good! Good! Song Ting let out three consecutive "yes" in his mouth, and then turned around and smiled faintly with Youjian: "Youjian, you go out first......"
Youjian was stunned for a moment, then leaned over and carefully examined the rope that was tied, and saw that the rope was completely undamaged and that it was impossible for this person to break free, so she walked out of the firewood room with confidence.
At this moment, a terrible scream suddenly came from inside, and then one after another, like a wave, wave after wave, and after a while, I heard a voice begging for mercy saying, "I will say everything, can you let me live?"
As if the air froze for a moment, a voice with a sneer was heard: "No, but I can make you die a happy death."
Then, the voice inside was very low, she couldn't hear it clearly, and after a while, she saw Song Ting walking out with a lantern in his left hand and a dragon scale dagger in his right hand, his hands, clothes, and face were full of blood, his body was trembling, and his hands and feet were shaking very badly, like a sheep going crazy, but the voice in his mouth was extremely clear: "I killed him."
Youjian wanted to say something, but saw him walk quickly to the pond, washed his face with the pond water, wiped his clothes, and then returned to the door of Zhao Yuanzhen's room with the lantern, and slowly sat down on the steps of the door, silently waiting for the people in the room.