Chapter 17: The Mysterious Shadow Master

"Sir, sir?"

The voice of the wonton stall owner pulled Tang Anshu back to reality.

Tang Anshu came back to his senses and hurriedly went to take out the money, and the boss immediately smiled: "Sir, you have paid the money, I want to remind you that the wontons are all cold, or I will give you heat?" ”

Tang Anshu shook his head: "No need, thank you, I'm not hungry." ”

After Tang Anshu finished speaking, he got up and looked at the street that had just begun to be lively, and suddenly felt a little confused.

Obviously, he took advantage of the opportunity of his employer to save Wei Qiming and wanted to return the key, but he didn't expect so many things to happen because of this.

Did my employer come to me by name because he knew I had the keys?

Perhaps, as Master said, no stratagem can compare to Providence and fate.

In the harbor of the sea cave on Snake Heart Island, Tie Peiwen shook his fan and listened to the report of the secret agent who rushed back from Yongcheng.

The agent bowed his head: "The people we sent out are dead. ”

Tie Peiwen frowned: "All dead?" ”

The secret agent raised his eyes and looked at Tie Peiwen, and lowered it again: "The two who killed the cripple died at sea and didn't succeed." The group of people who were in ambush on the idea were all killed, and if I hadn't gone to Hachiwangin that night, I'm afraid I would have ...... too."

Tie Peiwen waved his hand impatiently to stop: "Is that telegraph in the Eight Kings Courtyard okay?" ”

The agent hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's safe." ”

Tie Peiwen didn't care about the dead at all, but worried about the valuable telegraph, but this did not surprise the spies and the officers present, in Tie Peiwen's opinion, useful things are valuable.

"That's American." Tie Peiwen frowned and said in a low voice, "Be careful, if it's broken, you can't afford to pay for it." ”

The agent hurriedly nodded: "The little one understands, the little one understands." ”

Tie Peiwen stretched out the fan in his hand: "Go and get the reward." ”

The secret agent hurriedly bowed his head and thanked: "Thank you, Tie Ye!" ”

At the moment when the agent turned around, Tie Peiwen gave a look to the officer next to him, and the officer directly pulled out his gun, walked quickly behind the agent, and pulled the trigger on the back of his head.

Gunshots rang out, people fell, and blood and brains splattered on a wall.

Seeing this scene, Tie Peiwen covered his mouth and almost vomited, turned around, quickly took a deep breath, and waved his hand to let the officer step forward.

The officer stood there expressionlessly in front of him, and Tie Peiwen said in a low voice: "Panshan, why can't you remember?" Don't kill in front of me, even if you want to do it, don't see blood, I want to vomit when I see blood. ”

The person called Panshan, named Huang Panshan, used to be a bandit, followed Tie Peiwen to Sun San's command, and became a so-called regiment leader, although he was called Huang Tuan Commander on weekdays, but in fact there are not many people who can be mobilized, after all, Sun San, who was born as a pirate, was born with bandits on land and did not like each other.

Huang Panshan nodded slightly: "Now in Yongcheng, our eyes and ears are only Shen Qingmeng, and Shen Qingmeng is still picked by Sun San." ”

When Tie Peiwen turned around to speak, he saw the corpse on the ground, and he was about to sick again, so he hurriedly walked towards a hut in the sea cave, and said as he walked: "Hurry up and clean up, throw the corpse into the sea." ”

Huang Panshan raised his hand and motioned to Zhang Dingfeng in the distance to clean up, and followed Tie Peiwen into the hut.

After the two entered the house, Zhang Dingfeng took a deep breath, walked to the corpse of the secret agent, raised his eyes to look at the closed door of the hut, and helplessly beckoned the soldiers to come over and carry away the corpse.

In the hut, Huang Panshan leaned his back against the door and looked at Tie Peiwen who was drinking tea.

After Tie Peiwen took a sip of hot tea, he felt a little more comfortable, and then said, "The people who killed those secret agents we did in Yongcheng must be the same group of people who came to rob the prison last time." ”

Huang Panshan thought for a while: "Didn't you say last time that there were at least three people in that group, not more than five, so that a few people could kill those secret agents of ours?" ”

"Those who dare to come to the prison to rob the prison must be extraordinary, and I can guarantee that there must be someone like me." Tie Peiwen stood there thinking, clenching the fan in his hand, "A physiognomy who is good at laying out and resolving the situation. ”

Huang Panshan asked suspiciously: "Why?" ”

Tie Peiwen turned to look at him: "Last time they just sneaked into the island, they withdrew, why?" Because the geographer must have discovered that the situation they were facing was different from the information he had received from the lame, he immediately ordered a retreat, returned to Yongcheng, and began to investigate the source of the information. ”

Huang Panshan seemed to understand: "So, the spies who assassinated the cripple are all dead, I understand, he waited for the rabbit, saved the cripple, and then got the truth of our layout from the lame?" ”

Tie Peiwen nodded: "That's right, I sent someone to assassinate the cripple, and he counted it when he retreated, so he went to wait for the rabbit, and the trouble was here, in that situation, if I didn't kill the cripple, the result would be the same." ”

Huang Panshan said: "The only thing that is missing in this matter is that there will be a place among the prison robbers. ”

Tie Peiwen closed his eyes and sighed: "Yes, I only thought about the steps of playing chess, but I didn't think carefully about the type of chess pieces." ”

Huang Panshan pondered for a moment: "It's not good, so to speak, the prison robber should have found Shen Qingmeng!" ”

"That's for sure." Tie Peiwen sat down, his brows furrowed, "I miscalculated one step again, Shen Qingmeng's chess piece was laid by Sun San, she is the most critical chess piece, Sun San can use this chess piece to restrain the enemy, but also to restrain us." ”

Huang Panshan thought for a while and asked in a low voice: "Why don't I find some people outside Yongcheng who are quick to do it?" ”

Tie Peiwen shook his head: "No, but you have to keep an eye on Shen Qingmeng, you hurry up and send a message to inform the Crab Gang, and let them write all the things worth paying attention to in Yongcheng recently, and we will spend a lot of money to buy them!" ”

Huang Panshan said: "Got it." ”

After speaking, Huang Panshan turned around and left, Tie Peiwen sat there, pinching the fan in his hand, feeling dry and dry, and feeling that there seemed to be a sharp sword blocked in his throat and eyes.

The door of the osmanthus house in the Eight Kings Courtyard is still closed, but there is a mysterious guest in the house.

The guest descended from the roof and walked slowly into the room, sitting in the shadows behind the screen.

Shen Qingmeng, who heard the sound, stood at the door and bowed and said, "Master Ying." ”

"Tang Anshu really came." The person known as the Shadow Master said coldly, "Everything is in plan. ”

Shen Qingmeng said with a smile: "A man who has inherited the name of the eight-armed Arhat, if he goes to the prison and doesn't find out that something is wrong, then he is not qualified to be called an Arhat with an arm, at most he is only a geographer under the banner of feng shui, a low-level charlatan." ”

"Becoming a master first, and then fiefdoming the prime minister, is the same as learning to climb first and then learning to walk." After Ying Ye finished speaking, he asked again, "Did Sun San send you a report over there?" ”

Shen Qingmeng walked to the screen: "Master Ying, are you asking about Sun San himself, or Tie Peiwen?" ”

"Of course it's Sun San himself, even if Tie Peiwen contacts you now, it's on Sun San's orders." Ying Ye sneered, "Tie Peiwen won't be stupid enough to buy you. ”

Shen Qingmeng shook his head: "Master Ying, if Sun San comes to ask me, how should I answer?" I went to see Tang Anshu tonight, what should I say and do? ”

Ying Ye was silent for a long time before he said: "Sun San came to ask and answered truthfully, even if Tang Anshu came to find you, you can't hide it, but you have to pay attention to the skill of answering, and don't let Sun San know that you and Tang Anshu are on the line." ”

Shen Qingmeng nodded slightly.

Ying Ye said again: "After you go to see Tang Anshu tonight, give him the real map of the prison." ”

Shen Qingmeng was shocked when he heard this: "Master Ying, isn't this an extra move?" If that's the case, why didn't you give them the map directly when you paid a lot of money to hire Tang Anshu and the three? ”

Ying Ye laughed after hearing this: "Shen Qingmeng, don't be clever and use words to trick me, do you think I am Tang Anshu's employer?" I'm not, I'm also looking for the identity of this employer, but unfortunately, I haven't. ”

Shen Qingmeng did play a clever trick, but she speculated that the probability that Ying Ye was an employer was only 20%, because if Ying Ye was really an employer, she would be dead now, but she was really reluctant to let go of such an excellent opportunity to be tempted, even if it was to gamble her life.

Shen Qingmeng said lightly: "So, you plan to control Tang Anshu and the others halfway, let them break away from their original employers, treat you as an employer, and act according to your plan?" ”

"Of course, this is the safest way at the moment, because whether it is Sun San, Tie Peiwen, or that employer, or you and me, isn't the purpose to find "Jinling Jane"?" Ying Ye's voice became low, "So, as long as the employer doesn't contact Tang Anshu and the others directly in the near future, then Tang Anshu may be confused." ”

"Maybe?" Shen Qingmeng frowned, came to the table, and poured himself a glass of wine, "Master Ying, you are playing with fire, Tang Anshu is so smart, what if you find out?" ”

Ying Ye sneered: "What if you find out?" The real map of Hell was in front of him, didn't he use it? ”

Shen Qingmeng finished drinking the wine in the cup: "I know what to do?" ”

Shen Qingmeng put down the wine glass after speaking, but the shadow master behind the screen did not move.

After hesitating for a while, Shen Qingmeng walked behind the screen, only to find that Ying Ye had already left, leaving only a letter.

Shen Qingmeng stood there, looking at the letter, leaned over to pick it up for a long time, and then sat on the stool that still had the residual warmth of the shadow master, and read it slowly with drunkenness.

In the coroner's room of the Yongcheng Police Station, Qiu Gubo was sitting at his desk eating the food on the table, and after eating for a while, he raised his eyes to look at the fat man standing next to the iron case in the middle of the autopsy room.

"Qianyuanbai, what did you find out?" Qiu Gubo's mouth was stuffed with food, "Why are you so slow today?" On weekdays, send me a corpse and you can give me the report in a moment. ”

Qian Yuanbai, who was wearing a white coat, turned around, took off his hat and mask, walked to the desk, grabbed the wine bottle and smelled it, frowned and put it down, and then came to the cabinet to find a bottle of wine, stood by the sink and began to rinse his mouth.

Qiu Gubo looked at this scene, shook his head and sighed: "The whole Yongcheng, no, the whole Zhejiang, take wine to rinse your mouth, and also use thirty years of aging wine to rinse your mouth, it is estimated that you are the only one, creating evil, tyrannical things!" Also, do you use a mouth for autopsy? ”