Chapter 14 Another Village
When is the bright moon, ask the wine to the sky. I don't know the heavenly palace, what year is it tonight?
The changes in the past few days have made Yang Yizhi exhausted and has no intention of admiring the moon. First, Xu Youran turned himself in, admitted the benefits of accepting people, and killed Mulan; Then Fir forced him to admit that Xu Loach was just a little guy he had just bought from Los Angeles and had nothing to do with Mulan's death; In the end, it was Jin Yiwei who found the murder weapon hairpin in the nearby ancient well, and Qiushui in Doushi Street admitted that it was sold to Youran the day before yesterday. The evidence is conclusive and the case cannot be overturned, so Xu Youran was taken away by Jinyiwei. The shopkeeper and Grandma Ji, who were previously detained, were relieved of their grievances and released.
However, the news of Mulan's death was still suppressed, and Wanmu Shuge announced that she was in poor health and would not participate in the fifteenth event; And Qingtong got his wish and became the acting helmsman of the North Helm, and when the matter in the capital was over, he had to report to the old pavilion master. In this way, by August 15, everyone was already excited, except for the martial artists and small servants who had been arranged to stay behind, and the north and south rudder went to Yu Linglong's mansion to pay respects, but there were only dozens of people. Yang Yizhi said that he was sick and gave up his seat to his nephew Longjin, and they all understood that going to participate in the moon viewing event was one of the few obsessions of Xu Youran.
Yu Linglong was originally a eunuch in the palace, and she married Lai Qingquan, who was ridiculous by nature, as a brother, and then Yu Linglong redeemed her treasure and went out of the palace to run Linglong Bookstore with Lai Qingquan. Three years ago, after Lai Qingquan left Beijing, the power of life and death of Linglong Bookstore naturally fell into his hands, and the Marquis Lai's mansion also changed hands to Yu Linglong justifiably.
At this moment, the Yufu is full of lights, and the red lanterns are hung high, and there is a harmonious and harmonious appearance. On behalf of Mulan, the fir handed over the greetings and gifts to Han Qingyu, who was welcoming guests at the door, and was respectfully welcomed in. A group of people were arranged to sit down at the big round table in front of the courtyard to eat and drink, the courtyard was full of colorful lanterns, the lights were brilliant, and the dancing girl on the stage was dancing with the beat of the drums, which was extremely rare and eye-opening.
"Master, where shall we sit?" A familiar voice sounded in his ears, Long Jin turned his head, and saw three gray-robed Dao aunts walking in through the side door, three of them were tall and short, fat and thin, and scattered.
"This Dao Chief," Long Jin stood up and walked quickly to the side of the gray-clothed little Dao Aunt, who was wearing silver gloves and holding a blue long sword, drawing the knife out of its sheath, it was actually a wooden sword. Also, if it was an ordinary weapon, it would have been unloaded and placed in the reception room a long time ago," ...... Xiao Sheng was abrupt, and felt that the voice of the Taoist chief was like a friend, which offended. ”
"It doesn't matter." The tall Dao Gu looked up and down at the young man in front of her, who was half a head taller than herself, and her tone was cold. And the slightly shorter one enthusiastically introduced: "This seat Qianzhi and the little apprentice Qianchen are the Taoist priests of the Jiuyuan Temple of Xijiang Mansion. If we can meet today, it is fate, Qianchen, and I am not allowed to lose my manners in front of this son. ”
When the little Taoist girl named Qianchen heard this, she immediately inserted the wooden sword back into the scabbard, the hat she wore was a little larger, and she fell forward as soon as she lowered her head, and she had to stretch out her right hand to hold it, and then add a white veil to cover her face, and she couldn't see her face clearly. Long Jin was disappointed: Xu Youran had already been captured by Jinyiwei, maybe he had already been executed, where would you see you here, don't be crazy anymore.
"I see that this son's Yintang is black, maybe there is a disaster, why don't I give you a superordinate," Qianzhimei's eyes were horizontal, for fear that Qianchen would lose his voice by mistake and show his feet in front of outsiders. Through the veil, Qianchen noticed her knife-like eyes, looking like an old god was there, not afraid of heaven and earth. She walked to the table of Wanmu Library, took the wine jug familiarly, poured a sip of liquor into the wine glass, stained it with her fingertips, and sprinkled it on Long Jin's body, "There is Wenqu Xing above, and there is a land temple below, I will help you finish the dots and hand over favors." For the rest of his life, the son will soar, prolong his life, live a hundred years old, and be alone. ”
"Qianchen, that's not how lonely people use it." Qianzhi shouted.
Long Jin smiled, he was cowardly and incompetent, and he couldn't protect the person he liked, and now he was alone, even if he ended up widowed and lonely, it was understandable: "Thank you, I hope the little Taoist can have fun." ”
"Of course." Qianchen held the hat and was pulled by Qianzhi to the farthest side table, which was specially reserved for the ranger Fang Shi who heard the news.
"Have you heard, the ending of the story of the Cool Moon Woman?" The table next to it was discussing the leaked news, gossiping, and it was particularly lively, it was the Xiangxiang Bookstore in Xixiang. The Nanjiang Book Society led by Jiang Fuming has not yet appeared, and a table is forced to vacate in the south, which is very abrupt.
"I heard that the Cool Moon Woman was killed." The man said again.
It turned out that the novel "Heroic Shadow" published today was already in hand. The book records that the Liangyue Woman went to the south to rescue the women and children captured by the Annan army, and overheard the military order of the Annan army to raid Hexi Town. So she turned to the town, and warned He Qianfan, the former defender of Bashan as the king, who knew that He Qianfan thought there was fraud, the two disagreed, and the fight was lost, and finally when the reinforcements arrived, the town was already a scorched earth, but fortunately, our army fought bravely to kill the enemy, and saved the captured people.
The people of Wanmu Shuge were unmoved, they had already seen the methods of Linglong Bookstore, and they only said in their hearts, the fate of the Liangyue Woman may not be what is written in the book, He Youqing may have died three years ago, and the novel is just an illusion for people.
"Unaccompanied." Qingtong suddenly felt anxious, so he asked the direction of the thatched house, and took Qingsong along the corridor to the side courtyard. After he finished untying his hand, he touched his waist and pierced a silver needle, which was extremely subtle. He secretly wondered, as soon as he walked out of the thatched house, he felt a sinking behind him, and he was dragged back a few steps by the neck, until he was dragged to the green bamboo forest.
"Kill to pay for your life, and pay off your debts." The woman's cold right hand was attached to the skin of Qingtong's trembling neck, and with her left hand, she lifted the white yarn of the hat, and took off a small head ring blade from the bun, the blade was straight, and the tip of the blade was folded, which was easy to facilitate small wound puncture, "Let me ask you, is Mulan painful when she dies?" ”
"A fatal blow, no pain." Qingtong didn't show weakness, he didn't believe that this person went to great lengths to enter the book club, and waited patiently for him for a long time, just for his life.
"That's good." That's good, I'll spare you a thousand knives to cut the pain of a thousand ants, she didn't wait for Qingtong to beg for mercy, this knife easily stabbed into the soft part of the back of his neck, Qingtong's body twitched and struggled a few times, and then collapsed softly. She acted neatly, wiping the blood from the blade with her hand and inserting it back into her bun.
"Co-helmsman?" Qingsong, who was waiting on the porch, seemed to sense that something was wrong, and came to the latrine, and when he approached, he saw Qingzhu trembling slightly, as if there was a wind blowing, "Deputy helmsman!" He pounced on Qingtong's body to probe his snort, and he was already dead of anger. On his hand, there was a fragment of a white jade mask, decorated with patterns, which was the mask of the Cool Moon Woman painted in the book.
This time, the officers and soldiers of the Terracotta Division somehow got the news in advance, and quickly surrounded Yu Linglong's mansion. The Mid-Autumn Festival has not yet begun, and it has come to an end. Liang Yue appeared in Yu Linglong's mansion and killed a deputy helmsman of Wanmu Library, Yu Linglong and Han Qingjue, as the organizers of the grand event, as the compilers of the book, were invited to the Terracotta Division to drink tea, and their identities changed, one day and one place, which was embarrassing.
After checking their identities one by one, the three gray-clothed Taoist aunts walked out of the mansion slowly with the flow of people in Yixing Yanshan, and after half a pillar of incense, they arrived at a no-man's land. Qianzhi asked in a low voice: "Xiao Youran, this time you still failed to achieve what you wanted, do you regret it?" ”
After some twists and turns, the Mid-Autumn Festival is already a thing of the past for her, things outside her body, Qianchen, no, Xu Youran chuckled: "I have seen all the people I want to see, and the revenge I want to take revenge has been met, now I can run and jump, I can eat and drink, and I can meet the cold moon...... No, Master Lingyue, it couldn't be better. ”
Three days ago, Xu Youran was locked up in the prison of the Terracotta Division, surrounded by darkness. In the dark, time has no scale. Xu Youran was in a daze, and heard some indecent sounds, and then some foul smell mixed into the turbid air. She was so confused that she didn't have the strength to care about these idle things, and let out a whispering grunt. When she woke up again, she was already in a room with a bright window.
On the edge of the bed, a woman wearing a white gauze hat is holding her wrist to see her pulse. In the past few days, she has been clumsily feeding medicine and water, and the mattress is sprinkled with decoction stains, which is unbearable.
"When you have the strength to speak, why don't you have anything to ask?" The woman asked when she saw Xu Youran's eyes rolling slightly.
"What should I call you," Xu leisurely paused and continued, "Do you still call you Grandma Ji?" ”
It turned out that she saw it in her eyes and remembered it in her heart. That day, she was locked up in the inn room together, and the two met.
"I don't have the surname Ji."
Smiled leisurely: "It is rumored on the rivers and lakes how mysterious the art of disguise is, I don't think so, if you can make your hands and feet the same as old age, then it is admirable." You wore gloves that day, but you were a little less dedicated. ”
Lingyue saw that the little girl was in good spirits, and she had a sense of accomplishment, since she was a child, she couldn't even raise a pigeon for three days, and it was not easy to pull this little girl back from the ghost gate. I don't know how many days this guy can survive in his own hands, she is really curious.
"You can also make a fake with flour paste and some potions that thicken and add color," her voice was hoarse and rough, as if she had something in her throat, and she couldn't hear the words clearly, and suddenly became crisp and cheerful, like a girl, "It's just that it's not worth wasting some materials to move bricks." ”
"Can the girl who is not surnamed Ji tell me Fang's name? Why did he hide in a small inn and pretend to be a white-haired old man? Xu Youran smiled sweetly, honey is like arsenic.
The woman took the medicine bowl from the side, pushed the bowl and spoon, stuffed it into Xu Youran's hand, and let her drink the medicine by herself: "I have no name and no surname, but I am a Taoist aunt who travels all over the world, if you think I am pretending to be high, call me Master Lingyue." As for the disguise hidden in the inn, it is to protect Mulan. ”
"It's a pity that ......" took a leisurely sip of medicine, and his little face wrinkled in bitterness.
"There's no pity," if Xu Youran had seen the sea, he would know that the calm sea was just a disguise before the monstrous waves, "I will let Qingtong pay the price." ”
Time returns to the present.
"What are your plans for the future?" Lingyue asked.
"I followed Master Lingyue, eating fasting and reciting Buddha, in order to wash my body of murderous energy." Leisurely tilted his head, innocent and beautiful.
"Hahaha," Lingyue laughed, knowing that she was making fun of her, "I'm waiting for the cultivation to be confused, and I worship the killing god Bai Qi, and the killing can only be eliminated by the oil pot under the nail board in the underworld." ”
"That's better than a hypocrite who talks about benevolence, righteousness and morality, and thanks to God." Leisurely lifted the white veil of the hat and looked to the south, where she was buried in her youthful years of love and hatred, and also buried the girl's heart of her childhood sweetheart. The person she used to rejoice with all her heart, the person she once trusted with all her heart, the one who had no strength to stand up for her, and the other who tended to be the obscenity of Jinyiwei only said that she was a little girl bought by Los Angeles, and she was disheartened.
"My mind has been determined, and from this day onwards I will fall into the void. If the two masters don't accept it, then break up, go goodbye, the sky is high and the sea is wide, and there will be no time in the future. Xu Youran, no, Qianchen said loudly.
End of the first volume