Chapter Fifty-Nine: Ghost Fight
Dragon Gate Flying Armor!
As soon as Zou Feng and the others heard this, they guessed that this might be the "incision" used by people in the rivers and lakes, but they didn't know what the next sentence was.
A man beside Zou Feng said: "Everyone is friends on the road, and meeting here is also fate, I don't know if it can be convenient." ”
Seeing that the other party was not his own, Mr. Ye sneered and said, "You made the movement outside, right?" ”
When Zou Feng and the others heard this, they didn't know how to answer for a while. Because I really can't guess what the other party means.
But Mr. Ye was so shrewd that he immediately saw it and said, "It seems that it's you." As he spoke, he waved the white paper fan in his hand forward, "Kill!" ”
The group of people behind him, as soon as they got the instructions, rushed up, especially the tiger-eyed man, and shouted loudly: "Grandma, it's you bastards, the harmful grandfather is hiding in the province, if I don't kill you today, how can I eliminate the hatred in my heart!" ”
Seeing that the other party said that he would do it, Zou Feng was a little panicked, but fortunately, his subordinates were all outlaws, and they were not afraid, so they greeted him directly. However, I saw a white shadow jumping directly from the middle of Zimei and Hanlian, and then I heard a "uh" sound, as if someone wanted to speak, but his throat was stuck, and the sound was made.
Yes, that's exactly what happened, at this moment, Mr. Ye's right hand happened to choke Zou Feng's neck. Zou Feng's face was flushed, and he struggled to make a "uh, uh" sound.
"Let go!" Zimei and the others hurriedly turned around and pointed a knife at Mr. Ye. However, Mr. Ye's subordinates also pointed their weapons at them at the same time.
"Hehehehe...... Mr. Ye sneered and said, "I should dare to assassinate Yue Su, what kind of amazing person, it turns out to be you cats and dogs." If you kill him, you can even dare to deceive and blame him. ”
"Good...... The hero spared his life......" Zou Feng squeezed out a few words with difficulty, and when he killed Wen Tingsong again, he didn't blink his eyes, but when death came to him, the ruthlessness at that time was gone.
"If it weren't for you, would we be hiding, you want me to spare you, dreaming." As he spoke, Mr. Ye was about to do it.
At this moment, a violent slamming sound sounded at the gate, "Open the door, open the door!" ”
As soon as he heard this sound, Mr. Ye's hand loosened and did not move immediately. At this time, Dan saw that in the gatehouse next to the courtyard gate, an old man walked out and ran to the gate. As he walked, he said impatiently: "What smash, it's coming!" ”
As he spoke, he opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, dozens of officers and soldiers immediately rushed in, and the old man was startled, but then said: "What are you doing, this is the ancestral hall of Lord Zhang's family." ”
", Lao Tzu doesn't care if he's Lord Zhang or Lord Li. Now the assassin who suspects the assassination of the Governor is inside, search for me! "It was none other than Tie Qiu.
When Tie Qiu arrived, the officers and soldiers no longer knew where Zou Feng and the others had gotten, and in desperation, he could only search door to door. Fortunately, there are more soldiers now, and they can spread out. Several nearby families also sent people, and Tie Qi personally came to the largest courtyard of this house. Coincidentally, I happened to meet Mr. Ye and Zou Feng.
As soon as Mr. Ye in the ancestral hall saw the officers and soldiers rushing in, how could he care about killing, he let go of Zou Feng, took two steps back, waved his folding fan, and said, "Count a few of you lucky today, I don't care about you." Let's get out and go through the back window! With that, he turned around and left. Mr. Ye understands that once Zou Feng is killed, if his subordinates are desperately entangled, they will be discovered by the officers and soldiers immediately.
Mr. Ye's subordinates hurriedly followed, opened the window behind him, and roared out. When the tiger-eyed man left, he didn't forget to throw down a sentence, "You wait for me, don't let Lao Tzu meet again." ”
The officers and soldiers who broke into the courtyard had already rushed towards this side, and the number of them was obviously more than the gang just now, which was stronger and which was weaker, how could Zou Feng and the others not understand. It is better to stay here and fight with the officers and soldiers, than to fight with that gang. So he said, "Let's jump out of the window too." ”
At this time, both sides know in their hearts that it is not the time to fight, so it is better to run for their lives. It's easy to jump out of the window, but it's difficult to climb over the wall, especially like Zou Feng, who always has to help pull it. When he jumped down, Tie Qi had already led the officers and soldiers and rushed into the ancestral hall. After sparing the spiritual position, he immediately saw that the window was open, and someone was escaping over the wall.
"Someone! The assassin is here, kill me! As soon as he said hello, the officers and soldiers who were still outside rushed in.
Tie Qiu was the first to jump out of the window, raised his hand with a knife, cut down a man behind him, and then climbed onto the wall. He went up to the wall and saw that there were more than 40 people under the wall, fleeing in two directions, left and right. There can be more than thirty in one batch, and nearly ten in one batch.
The persimmons were all picked up and pinched, and seeing that there were few people on the right, Tie Qiu jumped off the wall and went straight to the right to chase. The officers and soldiers behind climbed over the wall one by one and followed. However, the goals of the big guys are very consistent, and they follow the iron catcher.
Zou Feng's gang of people, running for their lives all the way, were tired enough, Tie Qi was chasing after him on horseback, and now he just got off the horse and just warmed up, so he couldn't run away. Before he could chase him out of the street, Tie Qi had caught up with the last man, who heard the sound of footsteps approaching, and slashed back with a knife.
Tie Qi separated with a knife, followed by a fierce attack, this knife is very sharp, and it is killing the back, how can the man dodge. In his busy schedule, the man raised his knife to parry, but it was too late, only to hear the sound of "bang", the man's right hand was broken at the wrist, and the palm fell to the ground with the steel knife.
"Ah......h Tie Qiu didn't guard against this hand, and he felt a pain in his eyes, and he couldn't see clearly anymore.
The man did not dare to fight, so he hurriedly fled for his life, and the soldiers who caught up saw that Tie Qiu was injured, so they could only protect and did not dare to chase after him.
"It's lime, go find vegetable oil. Don't water! "Tieqiu Jianghu is experienced and knows the tricks of this three indiscriminate.
The soldiers found vegetable oil, wiped Tie Qiu's eyes, and then went to chase, where else could they find it, so they could only go back to the county government to resume their lives. But the old man who guards the door in the ancestral hall is resolutely not allowed to let go, who knows if you have the heart to protect it.
When Tie Qiu saw Yue Su and told him about the whole story of his encounter with the assassin, Yue Su was even more furious when he learned that Tie Qiu had been raised with lime. It is inevitable that there will be some regrets, if I knew that this happened, I should have brought Ruan Aoyue and Xiao Hei here. With Xiao Hei's sense of smell and following the smell, it is not easy to find the person who has broken his hand. Only now, it's too late to regret it. I can only ask people to bring the old janitor to the hall immediately.
The old man's temper is quite big, and after he was caught in the county office, he was full of dissatisfaction, and he didn't take Yanshi County in his eyes at all. But when I saw so many guards, I began to feel uneasy in my heart, especially when I entered the second hall, and I was even more shocked when I saw that the person sitting in the hall was in a red official robe, and the crane was complementing. The person sitting above is obviously not the county master, but a big official. The old guy took care of the ancestral hall, slept all the time, and didn't go out, and he didn't know anything about what was happening on the street.
Walking to the bottom of the stairs, the old man honestly knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly: "Little old man Zhang Jue's mansion, Zhang Xiang, the gatekeeper of the ancestral hall, knock to see the adult." ”
"Lord Zhang?" Yue Su was stunned for a moment and asked, "Which Lord Zhang?" Why haven't I heard about it? ”
"My lord, my lord once served as the chief soldier of Jizhen, and his name was on the country and the lower pillar, and he was named the Zhenbei Bo by the imperial court because of his military exploits." When Zhang Xiang said this, his tone was full of pride.
"I didn't expect there to be such a number one person in Yanshi County." Yue Su nodded and said, "Zhang Xiang, the headquarters will come to ask you again, how did those assassins hiding in the ancestral hall get in?" But you deliberately hide it, do you have the heart to cover it up? ”
Zhang Xiang hurriedly shook his head and said: "How dare the little old man shield the bandits, in the white day, the villains are sleeping, and they don't know that anyone has entered the ancestral hall, and I hope that the adults will see it." ”
"Don't be deceitful, those assassins are serious offenders of the court, and if you confess the truth, the ministry will not only not punish them, but will also reward them heavily. If they are found out by the ministry and the institute later, they have something to do with you, and they will destroy you. Yue Su said coaxing and frightened.
"My lord, look at Xiao Lao'er's age, and he is a person from Lord Zhang's mansion, how can he collude with that kind of person, they must have climbed over the wall and entered, and the little one has nothing to do with it." Zhang Xiang almost cried as he spoke.
Yue Su saw that what he said was true, and there was a mouthful of Lord Zhang, and it was expected that it would depend on the owner to beat the dog, and there was no real evidence. It's better to go to meet that Zhang Guozhu first, and then make a calculation. So, Yue Su said: "How far can Lord Zhang's mansion be from the ancestral hall?" ”
"It's not far, just across the street." Zhang Xiang said truthfully.
"Okay, you come to lead the way and take the headquarters to visit Lord Zhang." Yue Su said lightly.
"This ......" As soon as he heard Yue Su say that he was going to the lord's mansion, Zhang Xiang's face couldn't help but show embarrassment.
"Oh? Are there any inconveniences? Yue Su asked coldly.
"Back to my lord, I am in the lord's mansion and am now doing a funeral." Zhang Xiang said.
"Funeral?" Yue Su felt a pang in his heart, and secretly thought, how could it be so coincidental, this time to do a funeral. The moment asks, "Whose loss is it?" Is it that he died, and he died because of it? ”
Zhang Xiang said: "It's my eldest son, my son-in-law's single name is a Xiangzi, and he died in the ring during the Longmen meeting a month ago." At that time, it was said that he died of sudden heart disease, but more than half an hour later, the body underwent a mutation and was determined to be poisoned and died. The case was finalized not long ago, the body has just been transported, and the family is busy with funeral work and preparing for burial. ”
Die in the Dragon Gate Club ring! Hearing this, Yue Su immediately remembered that he had also been present, and he had specially sent a servant to conduct an examination, and it was determined that it was a sudden death from heart disease. Why did the corpse mutiny happen half an hour later, and no one informed him.
Thinking of this, Yue Su became curious and asked: "When the Dragon Gate Meeting, the headquarters also participated, and at that time, I saw a white-clothed boy die suddenly in the ring, and he also examined the body. That white-clothed boy was your young master. But I don't know, how was the case decided, and did the murderer ever be found? ”
"My lord is right, the boy in white is indeed my young master. Now that the murderer has been seized and the autumn duel has been decided, I heard that the person who was fighting against my son-in-law in the ring at that time was called Wei Hanming. This Wei Hanming is also a native of Yanshi County, and he participated in the college exam with my son-in-law. At that time, my son-in-law was the first person to be the first case, and he was the second. Later, one of the two went to Dongming Academy, and the other went to Longmen Academy, it is said that this person has always been dissatisfied in his heart, and he is angry, so he took the opportunity to poison my son under the Longmen Society. Zhang Xiang said.
"So that's what happened. It stands to reason that your family is doing business, and it is inconvenient for the headquarters to disturb it, but after all, the headquarters has personally examined Zhang Gongzi's body, and he is very curious about the poison in him. Get up, lead the way, and the headquarters will go with you to pay a visit to the lord. ”
The Earl's Mansion is the largest mansion in Yanshi City, and the county naturally does not dare to come here to search, and Yue Su's guards also dare not see the plaque on the door, not to mention that there is still a funeral inside. What happened today, the Earl's Court only heard about it a little, but the funeral was important, and it was none of my business, so I didn't care.
Yue Su asked Zhang Xiang to lead the way, came to the door of Zhang's mansion, handed over the name post, and after a while, a fifty-year-old man went out to greet him. Looking at the facial features of the elders, they are also majestic, and at a glance, they know that they are from a martial arts background.
The two sides passed the name and talked about the etiquette, and the old man invited Yue Su into the house. The old man is Zhang Guozhu, the uncle of Zhenbei, he led Yue Su to the courtyard, the courtyard blows and blows, plays mourning music, monks and Taoists chant the scriptures excessively, and the people of the mansion wear white and filial piety, whether it is really crying or false crying, they are all tears.
Yue Su explained his intentions, and it was really unreasonable for Zhang Guozhu to say that he had made friends with the Dragon Slaying Gang, so Yue Su also said a word. Speaking of the death of the son of the Zhang family, Zhang Guozhu has two sons, the younger son is only six years old, the eldest son Zhang Xiang is very promising, Zhang Guozhu has high expectations for him, this happened, the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, how could the old man not be sad.
Brought Yue Su to the mourning hall, the so-called dead is the greatest, Yue Su stepped forward with a stick of incense, and then smelled a faint stench. In the mourning hall, incense is lit everywhere, even if it is the smell of corpses, it has long been covered, how can it be so pungent.
At that moment, Yue Su asked curiously: "Lord Zhang, when the prince was outdated, the official was also at the scene, and no traces of poisoning were found in the corpse. This official has never seen this kind of poison, and he is very curious, and he has a reluctant request, and I don't know if Lord Zhang can fulfill it. ”
Zhang Guozhu smiled and said: "What's the matter, although Lord Yue said bluntly, it is due to Benjue's ability, and it must be incumbent." ”
"Then the official spoke." Yue Su said: "This official has tried countless murders, and I have never seen such a poison, so I want to see Ling Gongzi's corpse and see what this poison looks like." ”
After hearing this, Zhang Guozhu's face showed a look of embarrassment, and after a little thought, he still said: "I have heard the name of Lord Yue Qingtian for a long time, and the case is judged, and the body of the little dog will be re-examined by the adult, which is also his creation." Now that the coffin is not sealed, Benjue will let it be opened. ”
After speaking, Zhang Guozhu called his subordinates and went to open the coffin. When the lid of the coffin was opened, there was a pungent fishy smell inside, and the person who opened the coffin hurriedly pinched his nose and stepped aside.
The other people present also seemed to be choked enough, and it was only because of this occasion that they did not behave too embarrassed. Yue Su frowned, and listened to Zhang Guozhu say, "My lord, please." ”
Yue Su nodded, walked to the coffin with Zhang Guozhu, stretched out his head to look inside, Rao is Yue Su, and couldn't help but tremble. The corpses inside were so terrifying, don't look at the clothes they were still wearing, but the exposed parts had all turned black, especially the face, which was even more indescribably black. And the skin is festering and giving off a disgusting smell. This kind of corpse smell is different from the stench of ordinary people who festers after death, and it is more than ten times more fishy than that kind of smell. It is true that he died of poisoning, and it can be judged that this kind of poison is very rare.
You must know that when a person dies, poisoning cannot be detected, and it will take more than half an hour for the corpse to mutate, and the festering speed is so fast and the smell is so strong that ordinary poisons can do it. Usually poisoning people's lives, what is used is nothing more than arsenic, rat drugs and the like, such as peacock gall, crane top red and other high-end goods, which have to be owned by everyone, and they are killed on the spot.
After reading it, Yue Su shook his head and said, "The person who poisoned him is too ruthless. I heard from the people in the house that the case has now been decided, and the person who murdered him is named Wei Hanming, who is also a local, and because of jealousy, he secretly poisoned him. Speaking of this, Yue Su remembered that the green-robed scholar who competed with Zhang Xiang on the same stage was also gentle and elegant, and he did not look like a vicious person. But in these years, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and because of jealousy and hatred, there are many people who take people's surnames, but Yue Su wonders where this Wei Hanming got it from so poisonous.
Zhang Guozhu also shook his head and sighed: "This Wei Hanming, I have heard of his name before, in Yanshi County, he is as famous as the little dog, and he can be called a moment of Yuliang." At the time of the hospital exam, the puppy took the first, and Wei Hanming was the second, or because of this, he was jealous, so he was hot next time. Alas...... After the old man knew, he couldn't wait to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, how could he have the law of the country, and kill people to pay for his life, just let him be punished by the law of the country. ”
While the two were talking, they walked to the side, Yue Su wanted to resign, but he heard Zhang Guozhu say again: "I heard that the adult was assassinated, and the assassin was captured all over the city, and the old man has already unloaded his armor and returned to the field, so he can't help the adult, and I am deeply sorry." However, I just said that more than 40 assassins were hiding in my ancestral hall, and there were no words of investigation, which shows that I trust the old man. The old man is also a long-time battle-hardened person, a little familiar with some military techniques, Yanshi City said that it is not big, it is not small, with the strength of the adults at hand, it is not only responsible for guarding the four gates, but also scattered to conduct door-to-door inspections, I am afraid that it is beyond our strength, and it is easy for the assassins to take advantage of the loopholes. When the Assassins encountered a large group of men, they fled in panic, and when they encountered a small group of men, they could even wipe out the officers and soldiers in one fell swoop, and then change into the clothes of the officers and soldiers, so that it would be difficult to arrest people again. Therefore, the old man thought that it was better for the adults to write about the surrounding prefectures and counties, mobilize people and horses to rush here, and then search step by step, and within two days, the assassins would definitely be captured. ”
After listening to Zhang Guozhu's words, Yue Su suddenly became respectful, and said: "Thank you Lord for your teaching, Su has benefited a lot." In this way, Su retired first, and when he got the assassin, he would go back to the house to thank him. ”
Back at the county office, Yue Su immediately gave the order.
"Come on, pass the order, there is no need to continue the search in the past two days, the officers and soldiers and the errand soldiers will be turned into a whole, and they will patrol along the streets. With the text of the headquarters, he immediately went to Zhengzhou, Luoyang, and the surrounding counties to mobilize people. Fucheng sent 1,000 troops, and the county sent 500 troops, so that they could rush to Yanshi County as soon as possible. As soon as the soldiers and horses arrive, even if the headquarters is three feet into the ground, they will wipe out these assassins! ”
As Zhang Guozhu said, Yanshi County is not big, but Yue Su does not have many soldiers and horses at hand, so he can take care of this and not the other. Knowing that there were more than 40 rebels, it was really a bit of a hardship to rely on the strength at hand to ask for a carpet. When a small group of people meets each other, they are obviously not opponents, so they can only adjust their troops.
It stands to reason that there should be 1,800 people in Yanshi County's inspection yamen, but this dispatch revealed the truth, and the total number of people was less than 400. Yue Su was already angry, but when he found out about this, he immediately dismissed his official position as an inspector, and cut off his head. Just a nine-product inspection, how can you be eligible to enjoy the tiger head guard.
Hearing the news of Yue Su's troop transfer, Zou Jiaren was even more panicked and broke out in a cold sweat. Now these soldiers are a bit tired of the assassins, and these people from all walks of life are gathered, and they are still looking to run.
However, Zou Jiaren should feel lucky, because less than half an hour ago, the letter from Kaifeng was delivered. The content of the letter was that four carriages had left the city from Zou Mansion and went somewhere. After Yue Su read it, he thought of the person who was assassinated, and began to wonder if it was someone from Zou Jiaren's mansion who pretended to be an assassin to assassinate him, but in fact he killed the complainant.
I couldn't help but be suspicious, because it was too coincidental. However, Tie Qiu's encounter made Yue Su change this idea, four carriages, where to load more than forty people, even if you want to kill someone, there is no need to mobilize the crowd so much. It seems that it was really the Dragon Slaying Gang, as for the complainant who was stabbed, could it be said that he was injured by mistake, or did he know some secret about the Dragon Slaying Gang, which provoked the Dragon Slaying Gang to risk his life to assassinate him.
Thinking of the dead man who jumped from the upper floor, Yue Su gradually strengthened this idea. But everything has to wait for the complainant to be rescued. As long as people wake up, everything will be revealed.
waited until night, the complainant did not wake up, and Yue Su sat alone in the back hall, waiting quietly. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside, "Your Excellency." ”
This is Jin Chan's voice, Jin Chan has been in charge of guarding the complainant now, when he came, Yue Su immediately concluded that something had happened, and said immediately: "Come in." ”
After Jin Chan entered the door, he bowed down and said, "Lord Qiqi, the person who complained is dead." ”
"What!" Although Yue Su had already prepared for this when he heard the voice of the golden cicada, his heart was still "chuckling". The clue is broken, and the only way is to catch the assassin.
Yue Su pondered for a moment and said, "Who knows about this matter?" ”
"Lord Hui, only his subordinates, Zhang Wei, and the medical officer know." Jin Cicada replied truthfully.
"Don't let the fourth person know, let the medical officer and Zhang Wei continue to stay in the room, add a sentry outside, and treat the person as if he is not dead. Zhang Wei is his own person, I don't worry, as for the medical officer, tell him that if he dares to leak, he will be killed! Yue said solemnly.
"Yes, sir."
"Also, try not to let the two of them meet with outsiders for the time being, you can stay there too, you do things, I don't worry." Yue Su hesitated, but decided to let Jin Cicada stay there to prevent the news from leaking.
"Yes."
The whole city was blocked, and the yamen was also blocked, and the news of mobilizing people from all over the surrounding areas did not leak out. As soon as the Luoyang garrison, the Zhengzhou garrison, and the inspection of the surrounding counties received the text, they immediately sent troops and went straight to Yanshi County.
In the past two days in the city, because Yue Su ordered the suspension of the search, it became quiet, and the silence was a little terrifying, like a prelude to the arrival of a storm.
(To be continued)