Chapter 202: The Red-robed Assassin
They actually went to the sky to collect the moon with a gift, for Qiao Ke?
A woman who was kicked out by the Pei family was just a woman, and she slapped the Pei family's face with a letter of resignation, why did the second room go to the door again to make a fuss?
Suddenly, her heart turned a thousand times, and she only felt uneasy.
Pei Yuzhu took in her expression. "Sister-in-law want to know, the reason for this?"
Xie Qin raised her head, and the girl's smiling face came into view.
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Evening.
In the county office, everyone was busy in a mess.
There are no clues about the woman's murder now, and I went to Pei's Mansion to find a chance to see the Miss Pei Yuzhu mentioned by Pei Yan, but I couldn't do it.
When Lin San'er went, he was empty, and Pei Yuzhu was not in the house.
The county magistrate sat on the high seat, and the black and red hat was placed on the side of the table, and the yellow orb between the hats shone brightly.
The black gauze hat, which was originally a symbol of status, was like a hot potato in the heart of the county official at this moment, and after sitting in this position for several years, he had the urge to resign and go home for the first time.
Lin San'er and several other captains were silent, looking at the county official's sad face.
Soon, there were officials outside who ran back in a panic, their faces and bodies were black, and the sabers on their waists were all black.
It was like just crawling out of a coal mine.
"Oh no, no, my lord, no." The officials stumbled in.
When the county magistrate, who was already upset and irritable, heard this, he slapped the table angrily, "What's wrong, what's wrong, you." ”
Before he finished speaking, he saw a dark thing standing in the main hall.
"You're in the ashes." The county official's face turned completely dark.
Lin San'er and the others hid their faces and smiled.
However, the official said intermittently: "My lord, this time it's really not good, that, that heavenly moon was burned, but. ”
"What!"
The county official got up from the table suddenly, and his legs hit the corner of the table without noticing, and he felt a piercing pain.
His face wrinkled, even if his leg hurt, he couldn't care about it, stumbled with his hat, and called someone urgently.
"Quick, go to the sky to catch the moon, hurry up, what are you doing stupidly?"
The dark official stood in the main hall, trying to go over to find the county official to finish speaking, but before he could get close, the county official kicked over.
"What are you still standing for, hurry up, you can't die."
When the officials arrived, they saw people gathered outside the restaurant.
There was also a faint puff of black smoke flying through the doorway, and a large group of people gathered, and some people came out of it with buckets in their hands.
From the outside, it's just black smoke coming out of the house.
The county magistrate was held all the way to the door of the restaurant with his hat.
Qiao You and Pei Yan sat on the steps, behind them a group of tired guys and secret guards in civilian clothes.
Seeing that there was no change outside the restaurant, the county official was stunned at first, and his eyes quickly locked on Qiao You at the door, and immediately went over, and asked in a good voice: "Qiao, Miss Qiao, what's wrong?" ”
It's not that the restaurant was burned, it doesn't look like it at all.
Qiao You pointed to the kitchen behind him: "Someone lit a fire outside the kitchen and it has been extinguished." ”
But the kitchen burned down.
The county official was stunned for a moment, looked up at the restaurant emitting black smoke, and had a plan in his heart.
Just now this girl said, someone?
"Who is it, girl?" He bent his old waist and treated Qiao You very respectfully.
The people around were not surprised.
After all, this county official is now in his forties, and the county official who became a thirty-eight-year-old still bought it from the Yuan family for money, and he knows how to read the faces of these big people best on weekdays.
"Here."
Two plainclothes guards jumped down from the nearby attic, then threw a sack on the ground and tore it open, revealing the man in black inside.
Everyone was shocked.
Unexpectedly, this fire was deliberately set by someone.
The fire just now, the people in the restaurant have seen it, the fire is rubbing up to the beams of the house, and the sky is even more red in broad daylight, if it weren't for the large number of people in the restaurant, plus more than a dozen men who came out of nowhere.
At this moment, the entire restaurant is probably going to be swallowed by the fire.
The man in black had been knocked unconscious and poured into the sack, with a cloth still stuffed in his mouth, and he was awake at this moment.
When I saw the scene in front of me, I was shocked, but soon, I regained my composure, surrounded by everyone and pointed, but did not speak.
Obviously, professionally trained.
The county magistrate took the black gauze hat back and laid out the official tree in front of the man in black, "Don't worry, this official will definitely find out the real culprit behind the scenes, and give you justice." ”
As he spoke, he sent someone to bring the man in black back.
The two plainclothes guards who caught the person directly blocked the officials.
Pei Yan's chin rested on Qiao You's body, and he said quietly: "I'm afraid that my lord will bring people back, and the next morning, you will die again." ”
The county official's face was embarrassed.
There was a faint laughter all around.
"Ahem...... in that case, I don't know what you think, son?"
For Pei Yan's sarcasm, the county official was naturally uncomfortable, but what he said was really good, and he took it back to the cell, in case he stabbed his throat again.
The official position he bought with money is estimated to be handed over.
A smile appeared on the young man's delicate face, "It's going to be judged here." ”
The county magistrate frowned: "Isn't Childe Mo joking?" ”
This person was also caught, and he didn't plan to take him back to the cell, even if he was afraid of being killed, he had to be brought back to the yamen for trial.
On this broad daylight street street, there are neither torture instruments nor blank paper, how can it be tried?
Pei Yan didn't speak.
The smiling eyes condensed a little cold, and fell faintly on the county official.
The county magistrate was stared at by him like this, and he only felt terrified in his heart, so he immediately nodded and agreed, and quickly let the officials around him open the way.
Soon, the five teams of officials brought behind them surrounded the street at the entrance of the restaurant, more than 80 people formed a circle, and the county official sat on a chair taken out of the restaurant.
The man in black was tied together with the sack on his body and knelt in front of the county magistrate.
And Qiao You and his party, wrapped in the circle of officials, were still sitting on the steps of the door.
It looks like a funny scene.
The county magistrate scolded the man in black coldly, and began to interrogate his identity.
It's just that the man in black never said a word, but the angry county official blew his beard and stared.
Everyone watched intently at the county magistrate investigating the case, only Qiao You and Pei Yan were outsiders.
Qiao You's eyes swept around the street, and he said lightly: "This person should also come, right?" ”
Pinching the little girl's beautiful and slender fingers, the young man's lowered gaze crossed the coldness: "It's already here." ”
Qiao You was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and looked at him in surprise.
Pei Yan lazily raised his head from his shoulder, and whispered in the little girl's ear: "On the eaves in the southeast." ”
Immediately, the young man felt the little girl in his arms stiffen violently.
She didn't turn her head to look.
Pei Yan smiled, quickly stole the incense, and hugged the little girl in his arms without letting go.
Qiao You glared at him, and the young man honestly let go and sat next to him very peacefully.
Before Pei Yan could make any other moves, there was the sound of a short arrow slashing not far away.
The young man's figure was fast, and in the blink of an eye, he had reached the side of the man in black, with the corners of his dark blue clothes fluttering, and his bony hand was holding a short arrow, and on the black arrow, it was obvious that there was poison suddenly.
It was only half a finger's distance before it sank into the eyebrows of the man in black.
"There are assassins!"
The officials were the first to react, and they drew their swords and looked in the direction where the short arrow was flying. The people were frightened by this scene and began to flee in all directions.
However, it would be foolish for the Assassins to continue to stay around with such a big movement.
The figure on the eaves quickly flew up, so that he could flee in the distance.
Pei Yan dropped the arrow in his hand, lifted his toes and quickly followed.
Followed by Pei Yan's secret guard, as well as Lin San'er and a few captains who knew how to do light work.
The county magistrate was already frightened by the scene just now, and he couldn't get up from sitting on the chair with his legs weak. and the man in black who was tied up was protected in the middle.
Qiao You's side, the remaining secret guards are also around.
On the eaves, the figure of the person who released the arrow was fast, and the red robe was very conspicuous in the blue sky and daylight.
Pei Yan's speed was extremely fast, and the secret guards and Lin San'er and the others who were originally following closely behind him were quickly thrown off a distance of dozens of zhang.
The red-robed man glanced back, thinking that those people had already been thrown away, but he didn't think that the young man he had seen before was getting closer and closer.
A smile appeared on the face full of scars under the hat, sinister and vicious, and with a flip in his hand, dozens of short arrows immediately flew out of his sleeve.
It's as fast as a burst of light and shadow.
Seeing the cold light coming out of the cuffs of the man in black approaching him, Pei Yan was on the side of his body, and the sleeves of his navy blue robe intercepted all the ten short arrows.
With a slight force, the short arrow flew in the opposite direction.
The red-robed men dodged one by one.
The smile under his eyes condensed slightly, his expression was cold, and he suddenly stopped, the red robe was torn, and the hundreds of short arrows hidden in the power of the robe stopped in mid-air and were held up by internal force.
The robe was flipped over, put it back on his body, and from the bottom of the robe, red smoke rolled out, and the scarred and hideous face did not show half of it, and the strong internal force surged, and short arrows and smoke swarmed towards Pei Yong.
Pei Yan had to stop, take off his robe and fan the smoke, while dodging these short arrows stained with poison.
The rain of arrows flashed by him, falling to the ground one by one, and when he looked up again, the figure of the red-robed man had disappeared.
Pei Yan stood on the treetops outside the city gate, looking at the direction of the dense jungle, his dark pupils were completely frozen with coldness.
When the dark guard and Lin San'er arrived, they saw him standing there alone.
Everyone knew that the mysterious man must have run away.
When they returned to the city, the people were still there, but the onlookers were too frightened to come out.
Pei Yan returned to the restaurant with a robe full of poisoned arrows and clothes, and the little girl was still sitting at the door, her eyebrows locked, as if she was worried about him.