Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Chess of Dusk
As soon as these words came out, Long Wu, who had always been very calm, was also dumbfounded at this time, how could there be such a woman in the world who regarded etiquette as nothing. He got up suddenly, limped and walked to the back mountain, he is also a character who has walked through the rivers and lakes, how much pain and suffering have been eaten, it stands to reason that he has never reflected a small pain and illness, but now he is limping in pain, which shows how powerful the crossbow machine that is secretly shooting at him is.
When he left, Jade appeared outside the courtyard gate, and she walked quickly to Lin Yun'er a little out of breath, and said, "Lady." ”
A grandmother who is more than half a hundred years old has run a few miles of mountain roads for Lin Yun'er, Lin Yun'er never knew that there would be people in this world who would do this for her, she couldn't help but feel a little moist in her eyes, and hurriedly got up to greet her, "Mother Cui, it's hard work." ”
Jade saw Lin Yun'er like this, she forgot to wipe the sweat that was about to drip from the corners of her eyes for a while, she had never seen her own lady make such a move and expression, although today's lady is different, but the appearance of the lady in her bones is also there, but she has never acted like this, and she forgot to speak for a while.
Lin Yun'er saw that the surprised Jade helped her to sit under the corridor, and when the Jade eased up, she stood up and said, "The lady has tormented the slave." ”
Lin Wan'er ignored Jade's words and directly handed over a cup of tea, "It's okay, Mother Cui, you have worked hard, let's take a sip of tea first and speak slowly." ”
Jade knew that she shouldn't take the tea, but she had just trotted all the way, and she was really a little thirsty in her mouth, so she couldn't help but take the tea by surprise. When Jade was drinking tea, Lin Yun'er told her everything today, and Jade's old face was shocked, "How can the prince of Pingxi be in the temple today?" ”
"Say it's a Buddha worship." Ouyang Lan said, she is a lively person, so she took the time to find a little monk and asked.
"Worship the Buddha?" Lin Yun'er furrowed her brows, "Are you really here to worship the Buddha?" ”
"The old slave has heard of this prince of Pingxi, and I heard that he is a god on the battlefield." Jade said.
Evil gods? Lin Yun'er was not very interested in this Pingxi prince, and it was indeed natural for her to come to the temple to worship the Buddha with the guards, and Lin Yun'er was interested in the small crossbow machine with hidden arrows in the hands of the guards.
"Whether it's a plague god or a bad god, it's just a person who smells a little more bloody." Shen Yu's voice sounded behind him, and he saw a small tray in his hand with a few porcelain bottles on it, "I found a few more gold sore medicines from the master's medicine box, which was given to the master today, and I thought that I could give the Yellow Lady's guards a second treatment, so it should be better soon." ”
Lin Yun'er got up and owed, "Thank you Shen Langjun, my guard can move around now, I think it shouldn't be much of a problem, this is given to your master today, Langjun is better to keep it." ”
"Medicine is used to save people, and if there is no one to save it, then the medicine has no value." Shen Yu put down the tray calmly and said, "The ladies will talk first and help in the courtyard." ”
After Shen Yu left, Lin Yun'er asked, "Mother Cui, look, who will try this case?" ”
Jade frowned, "Although this place is in the wilderness, it is not far from Gyeonggi, and it is under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion, and this Jifu Temple can be regarded as a royal temple, and it stands to reason that Dali Temple should send officials to handle the case." ”
"What about the father?" Lin Wan'er's focus is on Huang Yu.
Jade thought that Lin Yun'er was afraid, and comforted her, "In the past few days, San Lang has been sent to Liuzhou by the Criminal Department to verify the case, and the slave maid has already passed the book to San Lang, presumably San Lang will find a way to protect each other." "Huang Yu is the third in the family, there is a head of the family, that San Lang refers to Huang Yu, people in Huang Yu's mansion can call him Ah Lang, but now there are more outsiders, Jade changed his name to his San Lang, in order to show respect for the two masters.
"Shan'er, you don't have to worry, there is the county lord here, if the county lord is also involved, I am afraid that there will be a triage of the three divisions today." Ouyang Lan said.
Somehow, Lin Yun'er is still a little unsteady in her heart, she has never been involved in any case in her previous life, and it is the same in this life, this time she has been involved in a case, if you are not nervous and flustered, it must be false, fortunately, her father is a waiter in the criminal department, and it is better to have someone to rely on than to carry it yourself.
At noon, Jade borrowed the kitchen of the Zen courtyard to make a few vegetarian dishes, and will put down the food on the table, Long Wu came in from the door, followed by a little monk, I am afraid that Long Wu went out just now, and the little monk followed one step. It's just that Long Wu, who has never made waves, is a little annoyed.
Just because Shen Yu and Dong Mao went to the temple for dinner, this courtyard was only temporarily lived by Lin Yun'er and Ouyang Lan. ”
It's gone? Lin Yun'er had a trace of uneasiness on her face, if the broken knife was picked up, she was afraid that it would be used as a murder weapon. How can this be?
"It's okay, the wounds on the body of the deceased can't be faked." Lin Wan'er said calmly, "The broken knife was shot down by the guard called the wind?" ”
Long Wu shook his head, when he was attacked by the wind, his broken knife had been knocked down by a mysterious force, he originally thought it was the wind's actions, but he just looked at the wind's style, not like a person who secretly released arrows, so he became angry.
"Well, you go and rest." Lin Yuner said. She knew that the broken knife was gone, and she was afraid that it would be very bad for them.
Ouyang Lan stared at Long Wu with a pair of apricot eyes, and after seeing him out of sight, he said, "Shan'er, I feel that there must be some conspiracy in this." ”
Lin Yun'er smiled lightly, she is new to the city, she is not too familiar with everything around her, and she should not have an enmity with anyone, if it is Huang Zishan, it is also unlikely, she is a delicate lady raised in a deep boudoir, how can she have an enmity with an abbot? Therefore, it is not aimed at her Huang Zishan at this time, but I am afraid it is aimed at the Huang family, she will always remember the truth that Mu Xiu will be destroyed by Lin Feng.
However, who knew that Long Wu was her guard? On weekdays, she is also in a shallow position, and there are not many people who have much intersection with her, so who is this matter aimed at? It's just an ordinary murder, and I don't know.
After thinking about it, she called Jade again and asked, "Mother Cui, do you know the origin of Long Wu?" "Jade is the old man of Huangfu, so naturally he should know about Long Wu. But I saw Jade frowning tightly, and seemed to be a little embarrassed.
She said, "Lady, it's not that the old slave doesn't know, but he doesn't know much, he was brought to the house by San Lang two years ago." She paused, "Saburo inspected Jiangnan Province at the behest of His Majesty two years ago, and heard from the people that he was a crazy beggar at that time, and that day Saburo's horse was frightened, and he suddenly rushed out to save Saburo's life, and Saburo saw that he had nowhere to go, so he brought him back, but about other things, the slave and maid did not know." ”
"So, the Huang family is kind to him?" Lin Yuner said.
Emerald nodded.
"Shan'er, you're saying that your guard deliberately wanted to harm you?" Ouyang Lan leaned over her round face, full of astonishment.
Lin Yun'er shook her head slightly, "I believe him, but I think his origin must be related to this matter." ”
The wind blew off a yellowed leaf on the man's head on the roof, autumn was coming, but the sun was still so vicious, he clasped his hands, slowly glanced over the woman's head, and a bitter smile flashed at the corner of his mouth.
Although the traffic is very inconvenient, but Yingge and crape myrtle also only went down the mountain for half a day, returned to the Zen monastery that night, just arrived at the gate of the Zen monastery, but saw that the temple was surrounded by small monks, crape myrtle roughly counted, there were about twenty or thirty, each of them held a torch in their hands, and the flames that were blown by the wind were reflected on their faces, as if they were guarding the door one by one, which made Ziwei involuntarily put her hand on the arm of Yingge who walked in front of the fence.
Yingge soothed softly, "Don't be afraid, it's just a little monk, now it seems that the county lord and your lady are very safe." ”
"Ho...... To see? Ziwei was a little scared, and even her tone of voice trembled.
Yingge gently patted the back of her hand and comforted her softly, "With so many warrior monks guarding, presumably the county lord and your lady have no way to go to heaven and earth, how can it not be safe?" ”
Before Ziwei could react, Yingge had already walked forward to negotiate with the little monk guarding the door, and the monk sang a Buddha name, but said that he could only enter but not leave, so he let the two of them in.
The moonlight hid in the clouds, and only a faint light was reflected in the meditation room in the entire courtyard, counting the hours, it was the end of the hour, and Ouyang Lan and Lin Yun'er had not slept.
Yingge took off the power fence, put it by the door and knocked lightly on the door frame, and said softly, "County Lord, Yingge is back." ”
"Come on in." There was a sound of excitement from inside.
Ziwei stepped forward and pushed open the door, Ouyang Lan and Lin Yun'er were sitting opposite each other playing chess, Ouyang Lan looked over and said with a smile, "Yingge, come and help me." ”
Ouyang Lan had a clear idea of how many chess skills Yingge had in her heart, she hurriedly owed to Lin Yun'er, and then quickly came behind Ouyang Lan and looked at the game on the chessboard.
It's just that......
At this time, Lin Yun'er fell into a black spot, and Ouyang Lan hurriedly shouted, "I lost!" One more round! ”
This made Yingge, who was proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, very surprised, she had never seen such a strange chess game, in the game, the five sunspots were connected in a line, and there was no clue, how could she win?
Ouyang Lan turned her head, pulled Yingge's sleeve, and said, "You come, you come." ”
"County master, slaves won't." The song of the warbler is difficult.
Ouyang Lan said, "Whoever connects his chess pieces into five first, he wins, and I have lost four games in a row." ”
This kind of move can be described as unheard of, unseen, Yingge incredibly began to clean up the black and white pieces in the chess game, glanced at Lin Yun'er, Lin Yun'er smiled, "You let Yingge come, isn't that cheating?" ”
Ouyang Lan said, "Yingge is my person, and she comes and I come the same." ”
Lin Yun'er smiled, "Then I'll be lazy, girl, you come." ”
Ziwei, who had just made tea, heard this, her body suddenly shook, and she quickly shook her head and said, "Lady, the slave doesn't know a few big characters, how can she play chess, don't embarrass the slave." ”
"Just one game." Lin Yun'er said, "It's just a pastime, don't be so nervous." ”
Ziwei was stunned, then nodded and agreed, she handed tea to Ouyang Lan and Lin Yun'er, then sat down, took out a black chess piece from the chess basket, and said timidly, "Sister Yingge, you let me have a little." I don't know anything. ”
"Sister Ziwei, don't be nervous, it's just a game of chess. It doesn't matter if you lose or win. Yingge said.
The chess has been opened, the people have entered the game, and Ouyang Lan and Lin Yun'er are watching the battle while drinking tea. It's just that Ziwei's qualifications are really inferior to Yingge, and within three or two clicks, Yingge's whites were connected into a line, which was called a second kill in the words of later generations.
Ziwei cried and looked at Lin Yun'er aggrievedly, "Lady, I'll just say that slaves can't do it!" ”
"It's okay, if you lose in the warbler singer, you won't lose." Lin Yuner said.
Yingge said while cleaning up the mess, "Huang Niangzi is too uplifting Yingge, and the slave maid thinks that the lady's chess is set up very well, which is easy to understand and can kill all sides, which is simpler than Go, but it is more difficult to walk, it is really dexterous." ”
"I think so, too." Ouyang Lan said with a smile.
"It's not too early, county lord, let's go and rest early." Yingge turned to Ouyang Lan.
Ouyang Lan looked at the sky, it was pitch black, and said, "Well, I'm also a little sleepy, Shan'er, I'll go and rest first." ”
"The county lord walks slowly." As soon as Lin Wan'er sent Ouyang Lan away, Ziwei took out a letter from her cuff and handed it to her, "Lady, this is what our Lang Jun left before leaving, today the slave and maid returned to the house, and the nephew of the porter was handed over to the slave maid." said that it was a lady who knew it at a glance. ”
Lin Yun'er took the letter, and the cover was written in a font she was very familiar with, "My son opened it personally".