Chapter 64: Beimen Pass and Chu's Death (7)
After listening to Wu Feng's analysis, Li Xiaohu faintly felt that he had made a mistake. I don't know if the remedy is still too late, and the charter is about two hours away. It's just dawn now, and it's not long into the night, and I hope the other party hasn't been in a hurry to do it.
"Uncle Wu, please come with me. ”
"Little Lord, let me go with you," Li Xuan proposed on the side, "I've been to the charter's house once, so you can lead the way." ”
"It's okay," Li Xiaohu instructed, "but if it's dangerous, don't do it." ”
After speaking, the three of them set off for the charter's residence. The charter house was in the south corner of the city, not close to the place where the wind was catching, but it was quickly arrived with the feet of rhubarb.
The corner of the south of the city is mostly ordinary people's homes, far away from the radiation range of the palace, naturally not as prosperous as the north of the city, it is only an hour at night, most of the houses have closed their doors, and the road seems quite deserted. Li Xiaohu is accustomed to seeing Jiazi Road, which is still brightly lit late at night, and now walking in the dark alley, he feels an indescribable discomfort in his heart. He even resisted, just wanting to make sure that the charter was safe and sound, and then arrange for him and his family to leave here.
"This is it, little prince. Li Xuan pointed to an ordinary courtyard and said.
This courtyard is much better than the others, at least there are two lights hanging on the door. Through the low wall, you can vaguely see the flickering fire inside.
Li Xuan was about to step forward and knock on the door, but Wu Feng stretched out his hand to stop him, "Wait." ”
After saying that, he jumped up to the wall, looked inside, and then came down and said with a heavy face, "We are late." ”
Li Xiaohu chuckled in his heart and asked, "The charter was killed?" Without waiting for Wu Feng to answer, he wanted to push the door and go in to check. At this time, Li Xuan grabbed him.
"Little prince, leave it to us here. "He seemed to realize something.
"Let go. Li Xiaohu didn't think much about it, and left Li Xuan to push the door and enter the courtyard. There were two children, two lying in a pool of blood. Li Xiaohu suddenly understood why Li Xuan wanted to stop him, it was not only the charter that was killed, but the charter family.
The house was brightly lit and silent. There were undried blood stains on the portal, and there were blood stains on the ground, which were traces of the body being dragged after the death of a person - someone had gathered the body together after killing someone.
The bloodstains eventually converged on the main entrance hall. Li Xiaohu slowly walked into the hall, and when he saw the scene inside, his hands couldn't help shaking, and he didn't know whether it was anger, self-blame, or humiliation. Wu Feng and Li Xuan behind him also clenched their fists.
The six corpses in the hall were lined up, and their outer clothes were stripped off, leaving only a white bedrobe with a large red letter written in blood: His Royal Highness the Prince of the World is merciful.
The mastermind behind the scenes not only brutally killed the charter family, but also used it to mock Li Xiaohu vigorously. Li Xiaohu felt a surge of qi and blood, and spit out a mouthful of blood.
......
The next day, Li Tiancheng relieved Li Xiaohu of his post as promised. Naturally, the ministers will not have doubts, because it has no impact on most people, but there is just another idle gentleman in the major restaurants in the capital - they don't know that Li Xiaohu is about to leave Beijing, thinking that the dismissed Li Xiaohu will return to his previous life of eating, drinking, and shaving rhubarb.
Li Xiaohu is not as heartless as they speculated, he was busy mourning from house to house, and he also had to deal with the funerals of the charter family and Wang Chao, and even lost a lot of weight in a few days. After everything was done, the time was free, and he felt uncomfortable.
Like a grand drinking party, the curtain came to an end, and the building was empty, and he passed by the mansion of the Storm Catcher several times, imagining entering the door, passing through the corridor full of purple clouds, and coming to the spacious courtyard. The courtyard was very lively, and the charter, Wang Chao and others were forming a group of fighting crickets.
The more this was the case, the more difficult it was for him to accept it - when he came to the courtyard, he only saw Old Man Chen silently repairing the flowers and plants, and the fragrance of purple clouds was still refreshing.
In the evening, Li Xiaohu learned from his senior brother Chen Yuqiao, found an ordinary tavern, and put eight jars of good wine on the table. As for why not go to Mingyue Tower or Yunzhong Pavilion, because I am afraid of being lively. It's also strange to say, when it's lively, I'm afraid of being cold, and when it's cold, I'm afraid of being lively, which is really contradictory.
"Why don't you come in and have a drink?" Li Xuan was injured, and Wu Feng has been Li Xiaohu's guard in the past few days, but he is hiding in the dark to protect him.
The people next to him thought that Li Xiaohu was talking to himself, but they were not surprised, after all, they had put eight jars of wine at once, and it was reasonable to say two nonsense words. But then someone replied, which really surprised them.
"It's better for the subordinates to stay outside. ”......
After two jars of wine, Li Xiaohu laughed, laughing that he was a useless traverser, not wearing the Qin and Han Kingdoms, not wearing the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, and not running to the otherworldly continent, not only did he not have the advantage that a traverser should have, but he was even inferior to the native Qingye mainlander.
Just then, a voice rang out. "Why are you so sad?"
Li Xiaohu followed the prestige, and saw Chen Yuqiao standing in front of the tavern with a jar of wine.
The people next to him secretly thought in their hearts: "There is another strange person, who brings his own wine to the tavern, and that young man is obviously laughing, but he is asked 'what's sad', it's really strange!"
"Next!" Chen Yuqiao threw the wine in his hand at Li Xiaohu.
Li Xiaohu went to pick it up, but his movements were slow, as if he was just politely stretching out his hand. "Pop" the wine jar smashed to the ground, and the wine spilled all over the ground. The neighbor was so shocked that he raised his sleeves to cover it.
"Bad for me, a jar of good wine. ”
"The wine in Yunzhong Pavilion is good wine? After speaking, he picked up the wine jar on the table and wanted to throw it to Chen Yuqiao, "Come, continue." ”
As a result, the strength was too small, and the wine jar could not leave the table, so it fell on the table with a "clang", and then rolled to the ground, and the mouth of the altar "grunt, grunt" and drank out.
At this time, Xiao Er of the tavern heard the sound and came out, he saw that Li Xiaohu and Chen Yuqiao were dressed in gorgeous robes and had an extraordinary bearing, and he didn't dare to offend, so he said while cleaning up the broken wine jar: "Two adults, the wine in the small shop doesn't dare to compare with that in Yunzhong Pavilion." ”
Chen Yuqiao picked up the wine jar on the ground with one hand, came to Li Xiaohu and sat down opposite him, took a sip and commented: "It's a pity that it's not strong enough." ”
"I don't know what Senior Brother is looking for me? Or are you tired of drinking in Yunzhong Pavilion and are looking for a new love?"
"It's better to have the joy of friendship at first glance, it's better to be tired of not having a place for a long time, I don't get tired of the wine with Yunzhong Pavilion for a long time, so why bother to find a new love elsewhere. Chen Yuqiao put down the wine jar in his hand, "There are still ...... I'm here to inform you that the little junior sister will go to the capital at noon tomorrow, and you pack up and go to Longyuanmen with her. ”
"Xiao Yuxie came to pick me up?"
"That's right. ”
Chen Yuqiao didn't leave after finishing speaking, but sat there and watched Li Xiaohu drink, but he didn't drink himself, as if he really had a soft spot for the wine in Yunzhong Pavilion.
"What's wrong?" asked Li Xiaohu curiously.
Chen Yuqiao looked at Li Xiaohu and said seriously: "I envy you." ”
"Senior brother, are you joking?"
Chen Yuqiao didn't explain, but said with a radiant look: "I hope you can learn something in Longyuanmen, and then ...... It's best not to go back to the capital. It's a quagmire, don't let your sword get bogged down in it. The sword in the hand should follow the heart, be able to slash the hearts of people with pain, and kill those who should be killed......"
Of course, Li Xiaohu at this moment will not understand Chen Yuqiao's state of mind, after all, he is still a bird, a fledgling bird.