Chapter Seventy-Three: Murder for Hire
The scenery in this area is very beautiful. On the huge acacia tree, the flowers are luxuriant, like a huge umbrella, blooming throughout the mountains and fields.
The small benevolent hall is hidden in this mountain forest, with the fragrance of flowers and birds, mountains, rivers and houses, and the whole scene is like a picture scroll slowly unfolding.
Bai Panpan and Chu Jingcheng walked among them, like the golden boy and girl in the picture scroll, attracting people's attention.
Soon, they took a look at the scenery. Chu Jingcheng felt that the environment was quiet, and the children's reading and laughter were like the elves in the mountains.
And such a primitive and quaint environment is very rare in modern times. In Bai Panpan's eyes, everything has a natural sense of beauty. It seems to have unloaded the fatigue of the whole body and returned to the countryside.
Fan Hui and a few attendants stood at the door of the Shantang not far away, watching every move over there.
"Oh, our prince and the white girl look really compatible. Seeing that they get along really well, after Miss Bai gets married in the future, the two of them will definitely raise their eyebrows and respect each other. There was a hint of imperceptible envy in Fan Yue's tone.
Butterfly picked her chin approvingly, with a proud look. "That's because my young lady has a good personality and is good-looking. He also knows how to heal. Whoever marries back is IKEA. ”
Yu'er secretly flattened her mouth. A pair of small hands rubbed the somewhat deformed handkerchief in his hand.
Her hands were originally very delicate, but today it was only a day's work, and she was sweeping the courtyard, scrubbing the children's clothes, and working on the stove for a while.
Slender red and crisp hands, full of willows on the walls of the palace in the city, what woman doesn't cover her face with a pair of delicate hands? Now that the young lady is so ruthless in punishing herself, she doesn't regard herself as a confidant who has served for so many years. It really made her feel hated and jealous. I can't calm down with a bad breath in my heart.
"Hey, it looks good now. It's just the prince...... Who can say for sure? Yu'er said half and left half.
But that's just what everyone knows in their hearts. Originally, a few maids were still relatively excited, and their happy mood suddenly felt like being poured a basin of cold water for no reason. It's like a fly stuck in your throat. I can't spit it out and I can't swallow it, it's really disgusting.
Fan Hui and Fan Yue glanced at her coldly.
Die'er was also angry and angry, "Yu'er, how did you speak?" If you can't speak, you can't say a few words! "Usually it's okay to talk about it in the house, but if you still say this in front of the prince's people, isn't this a stab in someone else's heart?
"Brother Fan Hui, Sister Yue, you two must not mind that she is like this." Butterfly hurriedly explained to them.
After all, the two of them are the personal maids next to their own young lady, if the two of them behave inappropriately, although others say that they will accuse the two of them, but the first thing that will come to mind is that the one who is close to Zhu is red, and the one who is close to ink is black, and if they are all like this, as the main lady, it is probably not a good thing. Die'er doesn't want to blacken her own miss.
Yu'er pursed her lips and didn't say a word of apology.
Fan Yue snorted lukewarmly, a little dissatisfied in her tone anyway.
The atmosphere of the scene suddenly became a little stagnant. Yu'er didn't feel it at all, but felt a happy feeling in her heart.
After a while, Bai Panpan and Chu Jingcheng came back. This weather, despite the relatively heavy rain last night, is in the middle of summer. Although the temperature is slightly cooler than usual, the midday sun is still relatively dazzling and scorching.
"Is this something arranged?" Chu Jingcheng said lightly.
"Back to the prince, this has been arranged." Fan Hui clenched his fists.
"That's fine. Pack up and get ready to go back. ”
Die'er was clever and well-behaved, so she went back and carried her own lady's medicine box.
The carriage had already been driven over, and it stopped at the door of the Zen Hall. The children and masters in the good hall heard about the prince and their group were ready to go back. I didn't care about resting, and they all gathered together.
"Sister Bai, Sister Yue, Sister Die'er, Sister Yu'er. Will you come back to see us in the future? Niuniu asked reluctantly.
Bai Panpan went down, looked at Niuniu's eyes, and said gently: "Don't worry, my sister will come to see you when she is free, you must be obedient here, if you need anything, write to me." ”
Ali also leaned over and stretched out his small round hand. "Then sister, let's pull the hook and stamp it."
Bai Panpan also cooperated and stretched out his hand. The big and small hands pulled the hook. "Hanging for 100 years is not allowed to change." She didn't dislike the childishness of such actions at all. Instead, he took Dejiang very seriously as a promise of his own.
Chu Jingcheng rubbed the top of the two children's stuffy hair. "Let's go back. Listen to the Master. ”
The three masters stepped forward together to say goodbye to Chu Jingcheng and their group. "Then sir, you will walk slowly. Have a nice trip and stay safe. ”
The return journey is more leisurely and slower than when I go. Along the way, they all opened the curtains and leisurely enjoyed the scenery outside the window.
The path was scorched by the sun and muddy in the morning, and it was dry. The car was not as slippery and bumpy as it was in the morning.
Ahead is a dense forest. The branches of the dead trees were jagged, the fallen leaves were heavy, and the carriage made a strange creaking sound as it drove on it. From time to time, branches of trees on both sides of the road stick into the car windows. One has to be a little farther away to avoid being scratched by the branches that stick in.
"Lord Wang. Princess, please do it safely, some of this journey is not easy to walk. Fan Hui had already jumped off the head of the carriage. Holding a long whip, he personally pulled the horse step by step and walked forward.
In the dense forest, a few quacks of birds flew up in fright, with simple wings, and fanned a lot of fallen leaves. Then the forest became quiet. The further you go inside. The sun above your head. was tossed more and more tightly.
That's the same way they came in the morning. But it always feels different from when I walked in the morning. I don't know if it's Bai Panpan's own delusion.
Suddenly, there was a rustle of footsteps in the distance. Chu Jingcheng lifted the curtain and looked outside. I saw more than a dozen black-clothed masked men with sharp blades running from a distance. Several of their wagons were surrounded.
"Little ...... Sister, Miss is not good! Butterfly Yu'er sat on the front of the carriage at the back. You can see your surroundings at a glance. Seeing so many people in black at this time, it is obvious that the person who came is not good.
"Someone has been ordered to have a few of our brothers come here and kill all the women in this group. What other words do you have? Speak up. The leading man carried a long scimitar with a wide back and narrow blade on his shoulder, and the whole person spoke with a ruffian feeling.
The girl who bought the murder asked them to bring more people when they came out. He thought there were many people, but he didn't expect that there were only seven people in the same group. A dozen of their brothers were able to solve these people casually.
Think of the deposit of one hundred taels of gold in your bosom. Let's take a look at these people on the other side. He just felt that today's mission was not too simple.
Chu Jingcheng's pupils shrank slightly.
Fan Hui restrained the horse and didn't look back: "Lord, you and the princess are sitting firmly." I'll leave these little minions to me. ”
"Do you really think we people are easy to bully?" Fan Yue jumped off the head of the carriage neatly. His right hand rests on the hilt of the long sword at his waist. The whole person is heroic and impressive.
Although Die'er was afraid, she couldn't sit still, after all, the current situation was more dangerous, she didn't know where she got the courage, and she thought in her heart that she must protect the young lady well. The body was one step faster than the brain, and at once he jumped off the carriage. Ran to the front carriage.
Yu'er was so frightened that she trembled all over at this moment, and when she saw that Die'er was out of his sight all of a sudden, she was even more insecure. He jumped from behind. Hide behind her. Completely like Butterfly is her humanoid shield.
Die'er didn't have time to care about Yu'er's behavior, she stood next to the window of Bai Panpan's carriage. "Little ...... Don't be afraid, Miss, I will protect you. She was nervous and stammered.
Inside the carriage, Chu Jingcheng looked at Bai Panpan's eyes: "Are you afraid?" ”
Bai Panpan rolled his eyes, aren't you talking nonsense. Just now, she had already lifted the curtain to see the situation outside, and more than a dozen people surrounded them. If you count it up, in their team, only Fan Hui and Fan Yue know martial arts, and the rest of them are completely waste. With more bullying less, the odds of winning are a bit small.
"Hey, tell me let's go out, didn't you read the yellow calendar, how could you encounter such a situation? Tell me how many enemies we've provoked out there? Bai Panpan spread his hands. If you go out, you will die, and if you don't go out...... There is no way, he can only choose to hide in this at this time.
Chu Jingcheng thought about it in his mind. Some people don't know where these people come from. "I don't know who sent these killers. You don't have to worry. Fan Hui and the two of them are very powerful. ”
Bai Panpan sighed in his heart. I hope so. After all, now she can only rely on these two people.
Fan Hui and Fan Yue usually don't seem to have a strong sense of existence. Only when it's really right. will find that these two people are usually completely like sheathed swords. It is not obvious, and at this moment, when they really show their kung fu and face the enemy, it is a sword out of the sheath, full of sharp momentum to move forward.
Knock one down with one punch and fly one with one kick. Don't waste your strength in a single move. Although there were more than a dozen people on the other side, the two of them were like cutting tofu cubes. Beat the other party to the ground.
A moment of effort. The other side was all defeated, and lay on the ground staggeringly. Ouch, ouch screaming. A few of them were slightly injured and knelt on the ground in a hurry. "The hero spares his life, the little one will never know Mount Tai, and please raise your noble hand and let it go."
The two levels were reversed, and more than a dozen people who were arrogant just now sat for a while. It's just that I can't say the bitterness in my heart, I originally thought it was a long-term thing, but I didn't expect that there were such hard-core characters among these people.
Die'er Yu'er breathed a sigh of relief, and Chu Jingcheng and Bai Panpan opened the carriage curtain. His eyes were fixed on the leader. "You say you are commanded. Who is that person? ”
Bai Panpan is not stupid. This group of people was clearly coming for her. If we don't find out who is behind the scenes today, I'm afraid today's incident is just the beginning.
The man in black in the lead was stunned. I just feel like I want to give myself two big mouths. Before, he thought that he would win the game and say proudly, but now, he didn't complete the task, and he also told the buyer's information, so they won't have any credibility in the future.
His eyes rolled. Asked weakly, "Back to Miss's words." Would you believe me if I said we were just trying to get rich? ”
The little brothers around him also hurriedly gathered around, knelt on the ground and nodded incessantly: "Yes, yes, yes, there is nothing to buy, and the murder is all made up by our boss." We just saw that your carriage was more luxurious, and when we just said that we were going to kill all the women, we only said it to scare you. ”
"Heh, you really think of us as three-year-olds, don't you?" Fan Yue's temper kicked him over, knocked him over, and stomped on his chest. "You'd better be honest and give us a clear explanation of the cause and effect. You must know that the consequences of annoying us are not something that a few of you can afford. ”
Fan Hui didn't have any superfluous words. Directly asked Yu'er and Die'er to go to the carriage behind and find two relatively long ropes. These ropes were used by them to tie the boxes in the morning. None of them have been thrown away, and they just came in handy.
Butterfly quickly picked up the ropes from behind. "Do you need my help?"
Fan Hui nodded, "Come and tie up all these people for me." ”
Fan Yueliu raised her eyebrows. There is no shyness of a woman at all. Instead, it's like a Yama. "Honestly stretch out your hand to me, and it's best to cooperate with me a little, if there is resistance. Believe it or not, I can make you blood on the spot. ”
This group of people in black, although there are many people, but they were punched and kicked one by one just now, there is a psychological shadow at this time, obviously there are only two people on the other side, but they are not opponents at all. Bitterly let them tie themselves up.
The man in the lead. Flattened mouth. Like a little daughter-in-law, where is there still the kind of fierce and vicious and arrogant just now? "If I'm honest, you can't. Don't send us to the government? ”
"Huh! What do you think you are in right now to bargain with me? Bai Panpan squinted his eyes, and his tone was cold. Hurry up, the teacher speaks out, don't be slow, all of us have a limit to patience. ”