Chapter 12: After Drinking, After Drinking
A jar of rice wine is less than half a catty, which is enough to get drunk with the master and uncle, and the teacher and brother are sitting under the pine tree drinking tea, both a little embarrassed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Daomen can't help drinking and meat, but they don't all have a good amount of wine, since their master, they are not famous for their amount of alcohol, they said too much yesterday, and they felt comfortable, and they didn't grasp it well, and they were both drunk in front of my junior.
"Ahem, wine, it's not a good thing, you have to drink less in the future. "When Master saw the strange face of the person serving the tea, he thought I was snickering.
Where I was snickering, I just sensed a group of people outside the door.
It's not ordinary people who come.
There are many boats on the Qinshui River, with strong shipping capabilities, and more than a dozen corpses of Xiang's family were placed by the river, and they were discovered by passing merchant ships early in the morning.
Everyone knows the phoenix mark, and someone reported it to Xiang home right now.
Although the sergeants are only the private soldiers of the Xiang family, and there is no one surnamed Xiang, but are the private soldiers of the Xiang family waiting for leisure to die?
When Xiang Jia heard the news, he immediately sent his children to check.
The one who came was the steward of the Xiang family, Xiang Rong, the real child of the Xiang family, although he was a side branch, but he relied on his personal ability to manage the outer door of the Xiang family, and he was responsible for general external affairs.
The corpses were not far from Qin Shui, thirteen bodies, except for one of them with a throat cut and a broken sternum, the others had no wounds, and it seemed that someone had taken their lives in their sleep.
Xiang Rong himself is also an expert in martial arts, and he knows that those sergeants who died inexplicably were killed by the demons who absorbed their essence, and he even knew the purpose of these sergeants going out this time.
The longboard cart was left in place, and there were iron cables scattered on it, and it seemed that He Zheng and they had found the escaped demon beast and successfully captured it.
The port of the iron chain is very neat, obviously not the pig Polong earns short, could it be that a second demon beast has appeared?
No matter what, the people of the Xiang family can't die without explanation.
At this time, it involved family secrets, and Xiang Rong had no intention of reporting to the official, so he ordered his subordinates to look around to see if they could find clues.
It didn't take long for the scattered subordinates to report that there were traces in the upstream and downstream, which was somewhat unexpected to him, the means of attack and killing were clever, why were there two traces?
The downstream is close, Xiang Rong walked over to take a look, only to see that the shore here is a mess, as if it has been turned over, his subordinates saw that the steward was coming, handed over a thing, Xiang Rong took a look, it was a piece of scale armor, faintly revealing demonic energy.
"This is?" Xiang Rong closed his eyes and sensed it, and found the strange appearance of the scale armor in his hand, which was not the breath that a five-grade demon beast should have.
Could it be that the demon beast broke through on the way to escort?
After a slight pause, he shook his head, ruling out this possibility, He Zheng was also an old man in the mansion, and he would not be unaware of the advancement of the demon beast, but gave his life.
Clenched the scale armor in his hand, and motioned to Rong for his subordinates to take him upstream to have a look.
The traces of the upstream are much clearer than just now, there are horseshoe prints, there are ruts, and most importantly, there are traces of Taoism!
Looking at the mound like a grave bag, a cold light flashed in Xiang Rong's eyes.
From the traces on the ground, he could probably guess what had happened here.
His own sergeant should have found the demon beast here, and the iron rope on the ground seemed to be owned by the sergeant with a broken sternum, he found the demon beast alone, and died at the hands of the demon beast, and then a group of people came, the number of people was about a dozen, among which there were Taoist masters, and the mound on the ground should be the earth binding technique.
The Taoist master successfully took down the demon beast, and at this time the rest of the sergeants also arrived, forced by the prestige of the Xiang family, the Taoist master had to give up the demon beast, and then, in the middle of the night, attacked and killed the sergeant of the Xiang family!
If Master and Uncle understood Xiang Rong's thoughts at this time, he would definitely be admired and amused in his heart.
With the traces left at the scene, it is not simple to roughly tell what happened on the shore at that time, but if it is said that they killed people and seized demons in the middle of the night, hehe, the old brothers still have a headache.
It's really a headache, in addition to last night's rice wine, the current people from the Xiang family also give them a headache!
I already knew that Xiang's family was not easy to mess with, but I didn't expect to come to the door?
Xiang Rong remembered that there was a Taoist temple nearby, since it was a Taoist master, the Taoist temple would know something nine times out of ten, relying on the prestige of the Xiang family, he was not afraid of not being able to ask clues.
But what he didn't expect was that the people in the temple actually matched his previous guess all at once, more than a dozen people, horses and carts, as well as Taoist masters, and the most important thing was that the rutted horses' hooves also went all the way to the Taoist temple.
Xiang Rong's martial arts cultivation is not high or low, and he is not afraid of anyone, and his accompanying subordinates are also a little poundy, what happened to the Daomen? No one in Qinzhou Mansion dares to go against Xiang Jia!
Angry at the moment to people to accountability!
The mountain keeper explained in detail what happened on the shore yesterday and denied the murder.
In the face of the Xiang family, the master of the mountain guard has no hard confidence, but he is not casually framed, the soldiers who were drunk with his junior brother last night can all testify, but they are not afraid of the Xiang family.
After all, this is in the Taoist temple.
Xiang Rong had a gloomy face, although the mountain keeper didn't know him, he had seen the mountain keeper and knew that this person was one of the main affairs of the state capital Taoist temple.
It's really hard to take people before you have real evidence.
It's just that the clue is broken here, how can he explain it when he goes home?
In desperation, he had to order his subordinates to search the Taoist temple to see if there was anything suspicious.
This order can annoy the master and the master of the mountain, the Taoist temple is a place to worship the ancestors of the Three Qing Daoists, can you search casually?
All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the courtyard became tense, and there was a big fight if there was a disagreement.
"Stop! What kind of system does the Taoist temple use knives and guns!"
Just when the two sides were about to make a move, there was a sudden shout outside the courtyard gate, but it was the state government officials and the people from the Qinzhou Taoist Temple who came together.
More than a dozen corpses of the Xiang family fell by the river, and some people reported it to the Xiang family, and naturally some people reported it to the government.
The reporter picked a good time, and Lord Fuzun was discussing tea with the head of the Taoist temple, and when the chief heard about this, he secretly said in his heart that he was going to suffer!
It was this master who drank before, and it happened to be the senior brother of the master's uncle's lineage, he heard the news from the temple yesterday, saying that the second junior brother was dragged by the little junior brother to subdue the demon, and he didn't pay attention to this matter.
Like everyone, he didn't believe that Qin Shui could produce a big demon, the little junior brother's cultivation was not in the fifth grade, and he lacked the means to fight the enemy, so it was reasonable to pull the second junior brother to catch a little demon.
As a result, he happened to hear someone report from Fuzun, who was talking about the vicinity of Qin Shuiguan, where could he still sit still?
The master has four brothers in one line, the old one is not a climate, and the second junior brother lacks experience in dealing with the enemy, but don't do anything.
followed Fuzun and hurried slowly, but as soon as he entered the Taoist temple, he saw this scene, and he was simply shocked!
The two junior brothers actually confronted the Xiang family? Aren't they looking for death?!
A loud shout stopped a fire and.
The two sides of the confrontation saw the people who came and saluted.
"I've seen the mansion"
"I've seen the mansion and the elder brother"
"Excuse me, this is the case? How does the Daoist Temple and Qing Xiu place face each other with swords?" It was the Fuzun who spoke, and the people present were the most noble in his capacity, and no one dared to slack off when he spoke.
The master of the mountain guard went up and told everyone what had happened, and the mansion listened quietly and did not say much.
After the master finished speaking, I saw Qinzhou Mansion Zun and Yan Yuexiang asked the leader of the family
"Is this true, and what does Xiang Jia have to say?"
"Back to the Fuzun, what the head of the mountain guard said is probably not bad, but it is just about the life of my sergeant Xiangjia, and I also ask the Fuzun to allow me to take someone to search. Xiang Rong clenched his fists and said, his words were quite tough, and he didn't seem to take Qinzhou's top leaders too seriously.
I saw the corners of Lord Fuzun's eyes shrink slightly, and I knew that this lord was unhappy, so I immediately smiled in my heart, and I was afraid that Xiang Jia would not be able to take advantage of it.
Sure enough, Lord Fuzun was good at dancing with long sleeves, and did not give a direct reply, but turned his head and asked what the master thought of it.
What does the master think of it? Qin Shuiguan is the territory of his relatives and junior brothers, not to mention that the other party obviously wants to grasp his own handle, no matter whether this handle exists or not, there is no reason for him to be a senior brother to push his junior brother out!
Speaking of me, the cheap master uncle, although he is the main person in Qinzhou Guan like the second master, but the main thing is also different from the main thing, can you drink tea and discuss the Tao with Lord Fuzun?