Chapter 20: Under the Night
When Shen Wuyan woke up again, it was already noon the next day. [Ran^Text^Library] []γRan Library(7764)γ
It looks like a firewood house, surrounded by chopped firewood, stacked neatly. It was so quiet outside that no other sound could be heard.
"Kidnapped again." Shen Wuyan muttered to himself while looking around for a sharp weapon that could break free from the rope: "Count, this is the seventy-third time I've been tied like this, and I also said that you are inexperienced, and I can untie it like this." β
As he spoke, his hands reached over his back, ready to untie the knots tied around his feet. I felt a pain in my head for a while, as if I was still bleeding, but fortunately it was only a skin injury, and at most a slight concussion.
"He's not going to kill me, so that stick isn't going to be too strong, but what is he going to do?"
While whispering, Shen Wuyan suddenly felt very sleepy, probably because the stick worked, or it was bleeding too much, in short, as soon as he untied the rope, he felt weak and almost fainted.
"Can't sleep, can't sleep. This sleep is really dead, and the money you have earned has not been blessed much, how can you die. β¦β¦ Even if you die, you can't die in vain. β
He muttered to himself as he removed a cloth strap to cover the wound. While biting the tip of his tongue, lest he accidentally fall asleep and never wake up.
Just as the bandage was tied, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. Listening to the voice, it should have been more than two people, but fortunately, these people did not walk in, stopped at the door, and began to speak.
"The man is inside, and this time thanks to the brothers, when the money arrives, we will slaughter him, and then divide the money."
The voice was very rough, so I could hear it very clearly, and I could probably feel that this was a person who killed people without blinking. The next voice gradually became quieter, and Shen Wuyan calmed down, and hurriedly moved his body closer to the window.
"Lu Lao Liu, you said that if you kill this person, we will have a thousand taels of silver? The four of you and I are two hundred taels for one person. "It's a woman's voice.
Shen Wuyan gently poked open the window paper, and the four people standing at the door were in front of him.
Two sturdy men, one of them older and the other younger, but both looked very difficult. The other two women, both dressed as ordinary women, were carrying firewood knives in their hands.
"Chen Qi's mother-in-law, Lao Tzu really doesn't want to talk about you, a total of 1,000 taels of silver, the four of us, that one person is not 250 taels of silver. Two hundred taels, isn't that only eight hundred taels? β
After the conversation, Shen Wuyan could probably judge that the person who said this sentence should be Lu Laoliu, the woman next to the woman who was not good at mathematics was Lu Laoliu's wife, and the older man was Chen Qi.
Chen Qi was older, and when he heard Lu Lao Liu talk about his mother-in-law like this, he immediately laughed: "Lu Lao Liu, your family is in business, don't laugh at your sister-in-law, how many of us can do arithmetic." β
The mother-in-law of the seventh family of Chen also smiled: "Lao Chen is right, it doesn't matter what he has for two hundred and five or two hundred, as long as he knows which one is more and which is less, he will have to worry about it." β
Then the four of them laughed, and then Lu Lao Liu said: "A few of you go to the house to rest first, this busy night is really tiring, I'll go see how that kid is doing first." β
Shen Wuyan's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly flashed to the door, and by the way, he squeezed a relatively sharp firewood tightly in his hand, listening to a few footsteps in the distance, and the door knocker of the firewood room jingled.
"Squeak."
The door of the firewood room slowly opened, Lu Lao Liu looked at the empty ground, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he was about to enter the door to check, but he was unexpectedly tightly wrapped around his neck by a rope, and it was very difficult to breathe for a while.
"Isn't there a feeling of suffocation? I'll help you. β
In the next second, the firewood was already inserted into the throat, and the blood was sprinkled on the window like a column, and the white window paper was dyed red.
"Sixth, what's wrong?"
Probably hearing the movement in the firewood room, or some telepathy in her heart, Lu Laoliu's wife trotted to the firewood room in a few steps, looked at the bloodstains on the window, and she exclaimed: "Chen Laoqi, come and see what's going on." β
The voice was very loud, and when Chen Laoqi came, Chen Laoqi's mother-in-law also ran over.
The three of them looked at the firewood room in surprise, and after a while, Chen Laoqi was still bolder, he kicked the firewood room open, but saw the bloody scene in front of him, Lu Laoliu had a wooden stick stuck in his throat and fell to the ground.
The people who should have been in the firewood room are gone.
"Sixth, you ...... You're dead like this, it, I'm going to kill her......"
The women's heart-rending shouts were heart-wrenching, and Chen Laoqi was also a little stunned for a while. The bloodstains all over the place, and the corpse, were truly terrifying.
"Look...... There was blood there, and it went to the kitchen. β
Chen Laoqi was quite calm, he looked around and found bloody footprints on the ground, hurriedly snatched the firewood knife from his stunned wife, and was about to rush towards the firewood room, but was pulled by his wife. Looking at his wife's eyes, Chen Qi showed a trace of doubt.
The mother-in-law of the Chen family glanced at Lu Laoliu's wife, and said in a low voice: "Anyway, now that Lu Laoliu is dead, you might as well let that mother-in-law fight, no matter what, we will only get more money." β
When Chen Laoqi heard this, he immediately understood. Then he saw Lu Laoliu's wife who rushed into the kitchen with a firewood knife, and he said coldly: "Whether you have the blessing to enjoy this silver depends on her creation." β
As he spoke, he motioned for his wife to follow and slowly moved towards the kitchen.
For a while, there was silence all around, and Lu Laoliu's wife originally rushed into the kitchen with a roar, but there was no sound at all.
"I'm waiting for a while......" Chen Qi looked at the dark kitchen, remembering Lu Lao Liu's death, and didn't dare to make a choice for a while.
"Ahh A poignant voice shattered the silence.
"It's a man, go in and see ......"
Then Chen Qi carried a fire fold in one hand and a firewood knife in the other, and walked towards the kitchen: "Prepare the bow, shoot when you see someone." β
Listening to the command, the mother-in-law of the Chen family took out a curved bow from behind her, which was used for hunting in winter, enough to shoot a wild wolf.
"Ahh
Before Chen Qi could react, the Chen family's mother-in-law fell to the ground after a miserable scream, with a bow and arrow stuck in her head, and blood was flowing.
After Shen Wuyan killed Lu Lao Liu, he was about to escape from this courtyard, but he didn't expect Lu Lao Liu's wife to come so quickly, he had to hide in this kitchen nearby, who knew that he was discovered by Chen Qi again.
In line with the principle of being able to kill one person, he ambushed at the door, ready to kill one of them first when one of these people came first. He thought it would be Chen Qi, so he used all his strength, but he didn't expect it to be a woman.
Then he found a bow from the back of Lu Lao Liu's wife, as well as a few bows and arrows, and a firewood knife, and then pretended to scream to attract the remaining two to come in.
The kitchen was dark, so it was very bright to look at the door in the dark, although he didn't have the strength to draw his bow and aim now, but with such a big target, he couldn't think of it.
Chen Qi's mother-in-law fell to the ground in response, followed by Chen Qi's angry roar.
"I think about killing people every day. β¦β¦ Actually, I can't blame you, the previous 70 or so were also the result, and the people who tied me up all died. Actually, you don't have to...... Forget it, they're all dying. β
Shen Wuyan was talking to himself, and with a wave of his hand, the candlestick lit up. The kitchen gradually lit up. At this time, he almost didn't have any strength, so it was better to light the lamp and everyone fight openly.
"Pick up the bow and arrow, let's shoot an arrow together, whoever dies will be unlucky."
Chen Qi looked at this mess and the two corpses in the kitchen, slowly bent down and picked up the bow, and said coldly: "I don't know you at all, and killing you is also Lu Laoliu's intention, but now that my mother-in-law has been killed by you, then you must die." β
Shen Wuyan suddenly laughed, he laughed and said, "Why do I want to die, if you hadn't tied me here, I would have gone home to drink tea, eat and sleep." β
As soon as the words fell, the bow and arrows were also fired.
Chen Qi didn't expect the other party's cold arrow at all, because the distance was extremely short, there was not even a place to hide, and the arrow hit the center of the eyebrows.
"There's no one who deserves to die, and I don't want to die anyway. Now you want me to die, so you should die first......"
The voice gradually weakened, Shen Wuyan just felt that his eyes were very heavy, but he still stood up and took the fire fold from Chen Qi's hand, threw it on the kitchen pyre, and lit the remaining houses like this.
Looking at the raging fire, Shen Wuyan suddenly let out laughter. After laughing, he staggered along the path.
Probably because he was too seriously injured, he lost his instinct after taking a few steps, but he still murmured softly: "No, Yue'er must be in a hurry, I want to go back to ...... soon." β
I don't know how long it took, Shen Wuyan was woken up by the rain, he hurriedly got up and continued to walk forward. Finally saw a few households, to be precise, Shen Wuyan first heard the sound of the pipa and the sound of singing a small song, and then followed the sound to find the village.
"This son...... You...... Alas, what's wrong with you? The voice was about a girl, but because the rain was too heavy, Shen Wuyan's vision was blurred, so he didn't pay attention.
"Nearby...... There are inns nearby......"
"I'm afraid it's hard to find, so you can come first to avoid the rain." The girl looked at Shen Wuyan's pale face, her voice was a little eager, and she hurriedly carried Shen Wuyan into the house.
Shen Wuyan could only follow the girl into the house at this time, but suddenly remembered another thing, and hurriedly said: "Can you help me send a letter to the Suzhou Daru Lane Xingbake Teahouse, just say that the young master I have some things to do, and I will go home a few days later." β
The girl muttered: "Daru Lane, wake up Bake Teahouse, you are going home a few days late." Remember, you sit down and rest for a while, and I'll make you a cup of hot tea. β
Hearing this, Shen Wuyan's whole person instantly lost his energy and fell to the floor in the room