The streets of Autumn Rì are a little more depressed, and even the pedestrians on the roads are much less, only a few people. The autumn breeze blows, and the willow branches on both sides of the road sway, and the dried willows seem to have lost their vitality.

It was already approaching the afternoon, and several wild dogs were waiting outside Zhang Yuanwai's house early, waiting excitedly for the bucket of leftovers to appear in front of them. If you count them, you will see that there is one less wild dog today than yesterday, but who cares about such a small thing?

The back door of Zhang Yuanwai's house opened on time, and the two black-clothed families pushed the cart expressionlessly, and the smell of leftovers emanated from the huge wooden barrels, which was not good for people, but it was attractive enough for those wild dogs.

Several wild dogs barked and wagged their tails.

These wild dogs are so ugly that most of them are suffering from leprosy, and even beggars don't want to eat them, and it is because of this that they can keep their humble little lives and live tenaciously in this world.

For such wild dogs, it is really difficult for the two family members to have a good impression, so they are still expressionless.

Just then, something broke the peace, and a belated wild dog scurried out of the alley and joined the ranks of its kind.

The appearance of a wild dog is not enough to attract people's attention, but this wild dog is a little special, and around its neck, a white sè envelope is hung with thread.

One of them leaned down and took off the envelope around the wild dog's neck, only to see that the envelope was sealed with mud, and the cover of the letter was written with a line of words, the handwriting was delicate and gentle, obviously from the handwriting of the daughter's family.

Zhang Yongling is none other than the name of Zhang Yuanwai, the owner of this compound, and the letter writer calls Zhang Yuanwai's name, but it is quite unpolite.

In ancient times, there were not many people who knew books and etiquette, and they were already literati who could read and write letters, and no one dared to despise them.

As soon as the two family members saw that this was a letter written to their own staff, they dared to slack off, so they immediately took the letter and returned to the courtyard, handed it to the top one by one, and sent it to Zhang Yuanwai.

Zhang Yuanwai had just finished eating at this time, holding the general's belly full of fat intestines, and was picking his teeth with a toothpick in his hand. Behind him, stood the head of the courtyard, Wei Buxiao. Whenever he was at home, he liked to let Wei Buxiao, a Triple Heaven master, stand behind him, which made him feel proud and get great satisfaction from it.

is obviously a martial arts master with legs like electricity, but he has to serve him, an old and fat ordinary person, what a pleasant thing.

In fact, Wei Buxiao was not willing to serve Zhang Yuanwai, he did it just to repay his kindness. He began to practice martial arts when he was a child, and he achieved a little success, but because he was young and vigorous, he offended the masters, and his arms were abolished and he became disabled. He was lying in a pool of blood on the street, dying, and his life hung by a thread, thanks to Zhang Yuanwai's wife passing by this place, rescued him, sent him to the hospital, and found a doctor to save his life. After that, he vowed to repay the gift of saving his life.

The pain of a broken arm didn't break him, and he lost his arms, so he changed to his legs, and after years of hard training, he finally developed a pair of whip legs, kicking and breaking the willow tree in his backyard. Since then, he has recommended himself to enter the Zhang family and become the head of the Zhang family's courtyard to protect the safety of the house.

His original name was Wei Xiao, but he hadn't laughed since his arms were abolished, so he changed his name to Wei Buxiao. For him, there is nothing to laugh about.

The letter was delivered, it was delivered by a conscientious old housekeeper, and it was presented to Zhang Yuanwai with both hands.

Zhang Yongling personally opened.

What a big breath.

The person who came is not good, this is the first thought after Zhang Yuanwai saw the letter, he put down the toothpick, the eyebrows on his round face furrowed, since the person who came is not good, he must be careful. Although he is not a person in the rivers and lakes, he has heard many rumors in the rivers and lakes, and many people can use their hands and feet in the letters, hiding poisons and even hidden weapons in thin envelopes.

Zhang Yuanwai is as cautious and small as all rich people, and he will not rashly open such a letter from an unknown source. He gestured to Wei Buxiao behind him, asking Wei Buxiao to open the letter. Dangerous letters have to be opened by masters.

"Throw the letter away." Wei Bu smiled.

The so-called old housekeeper is someone who knows this family better than himself, of course he knows Wei Buxiao's ability, so he didn't hesitate, obediently did as Wei Buxiao asked, and threw the letter into the air.

Wei Buxiao stepped forward quickly, raised his leg to hook the envelope, adjusted the envelope to a more suitable position, then retracted his leg, charged his strength, kicked out again, hit the center of the envelope with one kick, and the internal force poured into it. Just listen to the crisp sound of "pop", and the envelope turned into fragments and fell like a piece of white leaves.

The envelope was shattered, but the paper was unscathed, and it took a lot of skill to do it.

Wei Buxiao withdrew the kicked leg, his body rotated with force, and the other leg took over the kick, and swept the fallen leaves with a move, sweeping the letter paper onto the table. He used his feet to complete the action of opening the letter, and the action was completed in one go. In the eyes of Zhang Yuanwai and the old housekeeper, Wei Buxiao was a gust of wind, and as soon as the wind rolled, the envelope was broken.

The letter fell to the table and was quietly spread out, the words clear.

Zhang Yuanwai did not praise Wei Buxiao, because Wei Buxiao does not like to be praised, and Wei Buxiao is not the first time to show his leg skills, so there is no need to be surprised.

Wei Buxiao retracted his legs, the sleeves on his arms hung down empty, he still didn't have hands, he still didn't smile.

Zhang Yuanwai walked to the table and looked at it fixedly.

I saw that it was written on the letterhead:

The contemptible people had no intention of looking for a secret passage and five corpses in the dry well in the south of the city, and they were curious for a while, and found that there was another Qiankun after investigation, and they could see a deeper secret passage. Privately visited in the starry night, accidentally bumped into you and your friends, and eavesdropped on this secret passage as a path to find flowers.

The purpose of this path, and the origin of the bones, thou shalt clear thyself. If you don't want this secret to be made public, please raise 10,000 taels of silver and send it to Bird and Flower Street at noon.

"Look at the small people and win the trust of the world."

After arriving at Bird and Flower Street, this mystery will be solved, and you will know who will receive it.

If the amount of money arrives in the account, the contemptible person promises to keep the secret for a few outsiders, let it rot in the stomach, and never confide in outsiders.

If you are not satisfied after noon, do not blame the contemptible person for leaking air.

Obviously, this is a ransom letter, and the ransom note does not need to be paid. After the contents of the letter, there were no extra words.

Zhang Yuanwai looked at the content of the letter, and his originally ruddy face suddenly turned into a pig's liver sè. He walked briskly to the table, grabbed the letter, folded it a few times, and tucked it into his sleeve. When he turned around, the old butler looked dazed, he should not have seen the words in the letter, but Wei Buxiao had a gloomy face and a cold gaze.

Wei Buxiao's eyes were so fast, he must have seen the words in the letter, but it didn't matter, because Wei Buxiao had already known about it.

What Wei Buxiao didn't even know about the old housekeeper, Wei Buxiao knew, because several workers who were digging the flower path were killed by Wei Buxiao. At the beginning, Zhang Yuanwai promised Wei Buxiao that once the flower path was dug through, he would no longer quarrel with his wife. Wei Buxiao didn't like to see Xi Rì's benefactor disagree with her husband, so she agreed to help with this.

A man without arms must have been very ruthless, so those workers died miserably.

After the workers died, Zhang Yuanwai ordered people to smuggle them out of the county and bury them in mass graves. He wouldn't leave the corpse in the Flower Path, as it would give him fear as he walked in the underworld.

As for the five corpses under the dry well, he did not order someone to kill them, but it is estimated that they were the black hands of the other two accomplices. Although they dug this flower-seeking path together, they did not have the habit of reporting to each other how many people they had killed, which was not a pleasant topic.

Although the three of them hid the secret very deeply and killed some people for it, they didn't expect the secret to be leaked out.

If the blackmailer made this public, it would not only deprive him of a good way to piáo*jì, but also make him fall out with his wife, which he definitely did not want to see.

In order to keep this secret, he is willing to endure the pain of paying this 10,000 taels of silver, although 10,000 taels is much, but it is evenly distributed to the three people, which is barely acceptable, and it is a big deal to spend less money in the past half a year. It is terrible to be afraid that the blackmailer will not keep his promise after receiving the money.

People are always worried that someone will not keep their promises, so there is such a thing as killing people and destroying people.

Compared with paying 10,000 taels of silver, Zhang Yuanwai is more willing to kill the blackmailer directly, this plan is more economical and more secure.

This is not the first time he has done such a thing, and it will never be the last.

"Where is the messenger now?" Zhang Yuanwai raised his eyebrows and said. The messenger is obviously an extremely useful clue, and if you grasp this clue, you can hopefully find the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Returning to my lord, this letter was not sent by a person, but was sent by a wild dog's neck, and as for who the messenger is, I'm afraid no one knows." The old butler replied respectfully.

"What?" Zhang Yuanwai was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect the blackmailer to act so carefully, and he even thought of using wild dogs to deliver letters, without even leaving a single clue!

It seems that this blackmailer is not an easy person, not so easy to deal with, relying on a wild dog, it is impossible to find out who this person is. If you want to kill it, you can only do it while you pay the money. However, since this person is so smart, he must have left a hand when he paid the money, but he was afraid that it would not be easy to start.

In the second half of the letter, there is no detailed mention of how to pay the money, but it is just a mystery.

What is the answer to this riddle?

Who exactly is the blackmailer?

How did he discover this secret passage?

Is he alone or in a group?

Why do you have to pay in Bird and Flower Street?

All kinds of problems came one after another, so that Zhang Yuanwai was like falling into the fog, he didn't think that this was something he could solve alone, since he couldn't solve it, it was better to call the other two builders of the flower path, after all, there was a lot of power.

Zhang Yuanwai took a deep breath and waved his hand: "Send someone to Zhou Mansion and Luo Mansion to invite Zhou Chen and Luo Ming to come over, and say that I have something to discuss with them." ”

"Obey the order, the villain will immediately go and invite the two members to come over." The old butler took the order and left.

There were only two masters and servants left in the house, and Wei Bu smiled and said: "This person is not very bold, he only extorted 10,000 taels from you, he must be a small person, don't worry about it." When I pay tomorrow, I'll kill him for you." This secret must continue to be kept, and you must continue to get along with your wife. ”

"Good!" Zhang Yuan's outer face softened slightly, "With your words, I am relieved." ”

Wei Buxiao didn't say much anymore, not only did he not laugh, but he rarely even spoke.