Chapter 55: Murder by a Knife

Another sunny day, Wang Er of Peach Blossom Town carried a large basket of fresh and tender bean seedlings and hurried to the county lord's mansion.

"The dog officer is killed to death, starvation is death without food, we are all dead horizontally and vertically, it is better to have a full death!" Faintly a few children wearing patches, singing quietly together, Wang Er glanced at it, and he didn't know whose children it was, who dared to say these words, and waited for the yacha to hear it and not beat them to death!

However, in recent days, the family members who lived in the same house with him were all talking about the rumors outside, and they were all saying that the lord was greedy for the town's relief grain, and I don't know if it was true or not, but when he went to buy vegetables, the vegetable seller knew that he was working in the county government, and sent him several white eyes!

"It also depends on the owner to beat the dog!" Wang Er spat on the ground Xingzi, now the entire Peach Blossom Town can't look at the face of his own county master, and he actually dares to give himself white eyes?!

Wang Er was annoyed in his heart, but the pace on his feet was getting faster and faster, he was in charge of cooking in the county mansion, I heard that there were distinguished guests coming tonight, and the county lord specially instructed them to bring all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, so they were busy all day, and they had just made more than 30 dishes, so they could rest.

Who knows, it actually came that the distinguished guest liked to eat soup and bean sprouts, so frightened that the master hurriedly called him to buy it back, and said that the distinguished guests were about to arrive, and if they didn't serve it before the meal, they wouldn't do it at all.

"Bad luck! What a distinguished guest, I see it is a god of decay! Wang Er complained quietly, and ran into the back door of the county magistrate's mansion in a hurry, but heard the master quietly calling to the old experienced subordinates:

"Let the people who do chores below hide in the room tonight and don't come out, you can't go to the thatched house, don't let the white lord see so many servants in our house!"

Wang Er's eyes widened in surprise when he heard this, there are forty or fifty people in our house, and they can only nest in the room tonight and can't move around?!

Could it be that this Lord Bai is some kind of court minister? So terrible!

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Bai Yuanwei, who is over forty years old, Rao is trembling and living for too long before, and his temples are already a little gray, and now Ying Hui is the emperor, and the Bai family is in charge, so he is naturally proud.

Recalling the previous days, although his father was a household secretary and his aunt was the queen, their Bai family still had to clamp their tails in front of Ying Xuanyou, the old fox, if it weren't for Ying Xuanyou's weakness in his later years and Ying Hui's ascendancy, how could their Bai family dare to gradually grow under his nose, but it took too much to win people's hearts for Ying Hui before, and there was not much left of the accumulation of their own family in the first half of their lives.

Fortunately, in a spring tide, Huainan committed a flood, which is a great opportunity, and now with this disaster relief, he has to take back all the money he consumed before to fill the emptiness of his own treasury.

"Lord Bai, please!" The carriage slowly arrived at the mansion of Gou Zhi County, Bai Yuanwei was full of smiles, after eating a meal in Peach Blossom Town, he would leave for Beijing tomorrow to resume his life.

The fake number of disaster relief people has been spread by the father, and these petty officials have also said hello, everything is in order, it's time to go back and enjoy the blessings and inherit the emperor's favor!

Bai Yuanwei is well-dressed, smiling, and pro-people: "You're welcome, Lord Gou!" I just came to see the people's feelings, and I went back after dinner! ”

"All set!" Gou Zhixian had already inquired, this Bai Yuanwei was not lustful, and the few beauties he originally prepared could not use it, and he was afraid of right and wrong if he was forced to stay in the house, so he happily called the kitchen to make more good dishes.

The setting sun left a blood-red shadow, a crescent moon creeped up, and a few stars shone faintly in the sky, which was gradually buried by the dark curtain.

The common people who suffered from hunger, cold and hardship, gritted their teeth and hated, and every family looked at this bloody day, and the fire in their hearts was slowly ignited.

At dusk, at the moment of the devil, in the dining room of the county magistrate's mansion, several slaves went back and forth, filling a large table of delicacies, Bai Yuanwei nodded with satisfaction, and looked at Gou Zhixian with an appreciative face: "Lord Gou's family is thrifty, unlike the county magistrate's mansion I went to before, forty or fifty subordinates are around to serve, you say that this is in the disaster area, and it is so extravagant and wasteful, what kind of system is it?" ”

"Your Excellency is right!" When Gou Zhixian heard this, he gave the master a look, and asked him to lock up all the people and walk out of one, but he asked!

The master received Gou Zhixian's eyes, although the smart ones knew that Lord Bai was talking about the table, but he still quickly ordered to go down, lock all the doors of the subordinates, and not let anyone out of the room.

Bai Yuanwei saw the abalone cucumber wings on the table, and he was not in a hurry to eat, so he picked up the chopsticks and pinched the soup bean sprouts and tasted them first. Xu is used to pretending to be honest and honest, and every time he gets chopsticks, he has to eat that cheap dish first, and it has become a habit over time.

There are lanterns on the prefect's mansion, all the oil lamps are lit up all over the house, they are staggered, they are full of wine and food, and they have not eaten half of the dishes on the table, Bai Yuanwei is full, and the next person hurriedly brought tea to let him wash his mouth, and he felt a lot more comfortable after a meal, but he was a little sleepy.

"Whoosh!" A gust of wind passed through the hall, and in a trance, there was a glimpse of a black cloth, Bai Yuanwei's squinted eyes were a little painful by the cold wind, and in an instant, a few drops of blood were splashed on his satisfied face.

There was a solemnity in the childish and delicate voice, and such a novel combination suddenly sounded in his ears.

"After eating on the road, the adults can leave and go to the underworld!"

Then in an instant, the blades were handed over, the flesh and blood were scattered, and the blood that was drawn fell on a table of delicacies that the common people coveted, ruining the flattery of Gou Zhi County.

Bai Yuanwei has always been cautious, even if he travels in micro-clothes, there are more than ten guards with him, and the four most elite guards stand in front of him and say: "It's an assassin, don't be afraid, my lord!" ”

The guard's words were like a reassuring pill, which made Bai Yuanwei's panicked and frightened heart gradually stabilize, and then his eyes suddenly became fierce: "Catch him!" ”

Bai Yuanwei was like an unarmed weak man at the moment, carefully shrinking under the protection of everyone, a pair of eyes that had forgotten how to blink, through the gap surrounded by the guards, he caught a glimpse of a black figure that could not be grasped.

I saw that the assassin's face was wrapped in a black cloth, his face could not be seen clearly, his stature was not tall but his martial arts were extremely strong, and when the sword light flickered, one by one the guards fell to the ground.

Hurry, too fast!

The sword wind with the smell of blood, constantly reflecting the light of the oil lamp, flickered in the room! Bai Yuanwei's heart tightened, who could invite such a powerful assassin, could it be that he was for ......

Ying Riyao, who was standing in the dark, was also dressed in black brocade, and his face surrounded by black cloth only showed sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his cold eyebrows were as sharp as a blade cutting through the night.

He stood tall and jade, got rid of his breath, and quietly looked at everything in the room, he was also a person who practiced swords, and he had to admit that this person's swordsmanship was outstanding, and the speed of the sword was amazing, sometimes as fast as an eagle falcon, swift and incoherent, sometimes as a dragon as a dragon, as a ghost as a ghost.

He must be a master! He held the Night Slashing Sword tightly, and his heart was filled with excitement to compete with him.

A sword hit the big sword in his hand with a heavy blow, Yan Dusk's eyes did not show a trace of emotion, a pair of eyes and eight directions, three guards swung their swords at the same time, and slashed at her in unison.

It's too slow!

There was a sneer, three sword blades clashed between sparks, and a sword swinged, Yan Du completely saw through the flaws of the three of them at one time, and the sword was slashed horizontally, and it slashed towards their abdomen in unison, and the blood splashed extinguished the many oil lamps in the room at once, leaving only the last one struggling to support.

"My lord, run away!" The last guard resolutely stood in front of Bai Yuanwei, no longer as calm and determined as he had just now, Bai Yuanwei was even more frightened at the moment, his legs trembled, and he looked at the dozen or so corpses at the door, where did he dare to take a step.

"I'm afraid, I can't escape!"

The murderer's voice was delicate and clear, but in the ears of others, it seemed to be a bloodthirsty Shura, approaching step by step, the guards could not retreat, and the long sword pointed directly at this moment, and stabbed out with all his strength.

With a smile in his eyes, Yan Du had already seen his flaws, and he could kill him with just one sword.

However, things didn't work out as expected! The sword of the guard, who summoned the power of his life, cut off the great sword between the fire and the water!

Yan Du was surprised to see the sword in his hand split into two sections, and the half of the blade that flew in the air ruthlessly left the hilt.

Great sword! Why are you so uncompetitive!

It may have only taken her time to surprise in the blink of an eye, and Yan Dusk, who was still on the field of life and death, instantly returned to the ruthless assassin who killed him.

The sixth style of Yishui swordsmanship, borrowing a knife. Do not be troubled when you are dead or alive. There is no sword to borrow a sword, to snatch people's weapons, and not to let a single step live.

Yan Du grabbed the guard's wrist, and with a turn of internal force, the guard was shocked to feel the weakness in his hand, and the five fingers holding the hilt of the sword suddenly let go, and was caught by the other party, and the long sword turned abruptly, completely unable to react.

But just before the sword stabbed and killed him, a wind swept through the hall, and Yan Du looked at the guard in front of him, and a small leaf cut a thin and invisible blood mark on his neck.

In an instant, blood gushed out, and the guard's tall body fell straight to the tip of her sword.

Who is it?! She quickly turned her head to look at the flying leaves, but saw Gou Zhixian crawling out of the door with a trembling body.

Hmph, want to escape? No one here can get out alive except for her clothes!

Yan Du picked up the half of the big sword that she had just abandoned, and swung it straight, and the half blade pierced Gou Zhixian's back, "Ah! With a low cry of his last breath, a dog whimpered.

"Lord Bai, your guards are good, quite capable!" Yan Du held the long sword that he had "borrowed" back, turned his head with a smile, and stared at Bai Yuanwei, who was already paralyzed in fright in front of the carved mahogany cabinet.

actually consumed half of her incense time, which really has some skills, but it is still difficult to escape death!

Bai Yuanwei's eyes widened extremely round, and he said tremblingly, "Who are you?" Who sent you? ”

This question, Ying Riyao, who was standing in the dark, also wanted to ask the assassin in the room, in fact, he didn't need to make a move, this person could also get out of the way, but he still made a move to expose himself, because the night sword in his hand had already begun to make noise, and he wanted to compete with such a first-class swordsman, where could he allow others to hurt him.

"Who sent me?" Yan Du was still smiling like a peach blossom in March, and after thinking about it for a while, he came up with the answer: "It's the people of Peach Blossom Town!" ”

How did Bai Yuanwei know what this person was talking about, he was under the sword, and he could only beg for mercy: "Hero! No matter how many taels of silver you give to you from the man who sent you, I will give you double! No, ten times! ”

"Silver tael!" Yan Du nodded, and her smile did not change: "I am indeed lacking, but I am so curious!" ”

"Curious? What are you curious about? Bai Yuanwei gasped and looked at the other party's almost excited eyes in horror under the dim light.

"I'm curious, what are you carrying in your arms?" She had already noticed that Bai Yuanwei had been dodging all the way, but with a pair of hands on his chest, he must be carrying some "big baby"!

When Bai Yuanwei heard this, he was even more frightened, and he was sure that this person was here to grab the account book, no, this account book not only recorded the money he deducted for this disaster relief, but also recorded ......

"Tear up!" With a cracking sound, Bai Yuanwei suddenly felt a chill in his chest, his clothes were torn, and the account book that he had been protecting fell to the ground, he wanted to pick it up, but he was not as fast as the person on the other side.

"It turned out to be a ledger!" Yan Du flipped through it casually, then threw it on the table indifferently, and said with a smile: "You corrupt officials, how do you like to hide the account book on your body, you are, and so is Li Tong." ”

Li Tong?! When Bai Yuanwei heard the name of the person who was killed at the beginning of that year, he was shocked and his organs ached, this person was: "Brush your clothes!" ”

"It turns out that you know me, grass people brush their clothes, meet Lord Bai!"

After finishing the words, the sword light flashed, and Bai Yuanwei, who had a pair of dead fish eyes, was cut off his neck, and the blood splashed everywhere, falling on the carved wooden cabinet on the only green and white jade Guanyin statue that had not been broken, so it was not angry!

Ying Riyao, who was standing in a place where the light could not shine, had a pair of eyes burning and bright, and the momentum was compelling, making the moonlight hanging on the branches more and more cold.

She turned out to be Zhuang Dusk!