Chapter 65: Two Hearts
"Have you heard? The Su family in the south of the city is dead again!"
"Collateral again?"
"No, it's an old butler. β
"Heh, what's wrong with the old housekeeper? The old lady of the Liu family died a concubine yesterday, just in bed, think about it, that scene, happy eyes, people's heads fell on their chests, tsk......
"Really? How do you know?"
"Shh......h My cousin is a current person in Liufu, and I heard that Mrs. Liu was almost scared, and she was a big official, so she had a little heart and courage, otherwise, she would have had a funeral in the city today. β
"No wonder there's a curfew, it's still there?"
"You're worried about a fart, there are many enemies in the big family, who is looking for you to take revenge? At most, you kicked over your sauerkraut jar. β
In the open-air tea stall on the street, the idle people talked about the events of last night, using their hands and feet together, and they looked like they didn't know when they thought something was wrong.
Saying this, those big families became the talk of the town, but the atmosphere in the city became more and more tense day by day, and even ordinary people were aware of it.
There were noticeably more people on the road, and the curfew was getting earlier and earlier, and the sound of the patrol's armor tapping on the ground could be heard all night in homes close to the street.
There was a long queue at the gates of the city, and everyone who entered and left the city was eager to be inspected naked.
The head of the city defense department will patrol the four city gates at any time, and the four lieutenant generals will personally sit in charge to prevent the small ones from taking advantage of the opportunity to escape.
It's still that little pier, and the footmen are chatting boringly, most of the murders that have happened in the past two days.
In order to prevent her identity from being discovered, Lychee has rarely spoken, but her behavior has become more and more like a man.
After sucking the porridge, Lychee wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and sent the bowl back to the breakfast stall, just in time for a cargo ship to dock.
The current situation is like this, there is no way, the soil and land inspections are meticulous, not to mention the waterways, this batch of goods is moved, and it will take a long time for the next ship to arrive.
Others were depressed, but Lychee was happy, because it meant that many cargo ships would arrive very late, even under the curfew time.
Some guys look at the late days, sometimes they don't wait that long, then the lychees can move more goods and earn a few more dollars.
Taking a breath and foaming at the palm twice, Lychee walked towards the cargo ship with anticipation, her face blackened, but there seemed to be clouds in her eyes.
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"Waste! It's all waste! What's the use of what you want? Three days! I can't find the murderer for three days, I will go home and farm, I don't have idlers here! Get out!"
The officials ran out tremblingly, and Wanzhou Thorn Shi kept pacing in the hall, sweating on his forehead, and wanted to take a sip of tea several times, but put it down again.
In the end, the teacup was thrown to the ground by him, and no one dared to come in and clean it up.
"Rubbish!
"Don't worry, the murderer will definitely be caught, isn't there a great grandmaster outside the city?"
The head of the Wanzhou military attachΓ© smiled and gently took a sip of this year's new tea.
"Do you still have the heart to drink tea?
"Of course not, but in the face of the people in the rivers and lakes with strong martial arts, what is the use of these local soldiers in Wanzhou? Do you think they are all 100,000 foot soldiers in Wanzhou who were taken away by General Yuwen a hundred years ago?"
Jiedu Envoy blew the tea foam, and just wanted to take another sip, but was snatched by the assassin Shi and fell to the ground.
"Still drinking a fart, this thing is not over, you and I can't eat and walk around, look at it, look at it!"
Thorn Shi blushed and pointed to the two letters on the table.
"One is jointly handed in by the Jiangnan family, asking me to catch the murderer, and the other is from Chang'an City, if you have the confidence to sit firmly in Diaoyutai, if you can't pass this year, you will have to change colleagues!"
Jiedu was stunned, he didn't care about the joint letter of the family, he was not a civil official, but the letter from Chang'an City had to be taken seriously.
Besides, the person in front of him who has been a Wanzhou assassin for so many years, the two can be said to have cooperated quite tacitly in some things, and if they come to another person, they may not be able to urinate in a pot.
Pouting, he circled his two thumbs and thought for a moment.
β...... That's up to the one outside the city. β
"How cheeky can I be, invite a great grandmaster to come and catch the murderer? I can't tell you! Then there has to be a general from the Martial Palace of Chang'an City!"
"Then it can't be helped. Jie Du spread his hands, "Let's give it a try, Dean Luo is different from other great grandmasters, and he is still very good at talking." β
Thorn Shi glanced at him, thought for a while, and then shook his hand and walked out of the lobby: "You know how to be a martial artist!"
It turns out that there is really no way to do it.
Thorn Shi, who left the mansion with his hands, went straight to the Jiangnan Chess Academy outside the city, of course, there were a lot of gifts.
I entered the chess courtyard at noon, and I came out after dark, and no one knows how many good things were said and how many smiling faces I accompanied.
Luo Xinghe doesn't care, this Wanzhou Thorn Shi is very good at being a man for so many years, so he left a sentence: "I know." β
Then they closed the door and thanked the guests, and the gifts were received.
Outside the chess courtyard, the belated Jiedu envoy waited for a long time, saw this colleague come out, and asked how the situation was.
Thorn Shi wiped his sweat and sighed: "Go back and wait." β
But I thought in my heart: It's good to accept the gift, Dean Luo is not a person who takes things for nothing.
There was nothing to do overnight, and the next day the city was still discussing the murders that had occurred in the past few days, and the lychees were still moving goods at the dock, Lu Ze still had nothing to do all day long, walking the streets and alleys.
It's night again, and there's another hour before curfew, and the people who have been accustomed to it lately have gone home early to rest, and there is no one on the road.
Holding two cold buns of lychee walking on the empty road, she was a little apprehensive, and she had to find another place to sleep under the bridge.
Although I had a fight with a beggar before, I only have the qualifications to sleep, and it depends on my own ability where to sleep.
At this time, she was looking around and walking, and she didn't notice that two black shadows flashed above her head.
"What should I do? Luo Xinghe got involved. β
"It's almost, the boss said that it would be good to mess up for a few days, and I will do it one last time tonight, and I will return to Chang'an overnight to restore my life. β
"Okay, have you found a target?"
"I found it, a doorman of the Xie family, who goes alone every day and rushes home with a curfew. β
"Let's go. β
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Today, Lu Ze drank too much again, and the people of the Xie Mansion have long been accustomed to having such a guest.
After a wine burp, Lu Ze squinted and walked into the alley, chewing on the unswallowed Wushisan in his mouth.
Two more streets is Xie Mansion, he has to go back early, otherwise the next person will always give him a look, after all, it is not safe these days.
Lychee finished eating the buns in his hand, looked at the alley in front of him, and planned to rest here for a night, but as soon as he walked into the alley, he saw Lu Ze on the other side.
Lu Ze also squinted his eyes and saw her, said hello, and then was about to fall down in a daze.
Wushisan was even more powerful with the strength of the wine, and in his sight, there were almost six or seven lychees.
"Hiccup...... Aunt ......"
Before Lu Ze finished speaking, a short sword as thin as a fish intestine stabbed at his back, Lychee was stunned, subconsciously pressed Lu Ze's shoulder, tilted to the side, and faced a sword.
The sword was supposed to stab Lychee into her eyebrows, but she somehow dodged her head and stabbed her in the shoulder.
Lu Ze had already fainted, gurgling blood flowed out of the wound, and the masked man in front of him was stunned, and shook his head indifferently, killing one is also killing, killing two is also killing.
Just when he wanted to completely solve Lychee and Lu Ze, Lychee's eyes, who were almost unconscious because of the pain, changed instantly, indifferent and ruthless.
The speed was a few points faster than that of the masked man, and the short sword like a fish's intestine was snatched into his hand in an instant.
The masked man was stunned, how is this possible?
Bite!
With a soft sound, the masked man's companion blocked the short sword stabbed by the lychee, and his eyes were also surprised, this was ...... The modus operandi of their own people.
"Wudian Kung Fu, who are you?"
The masked people were cautious in their hearts, and they didn't hear that the higher authorities had sent others down.
Lychee looked at the two indifferently, without the slightest emotion, and the collision was about to erupt.
At this moment, the entire county town suddenly darkened, yes, even if it was night, it could also give people the feeling of darkness.
"Oh no! Luo Xinghe!
With an exclamation, the two masked men disappeared into the night.
Lychee narrowed her eyes, threw down her short sword, and quickly left the alley without looking back.