Chapter 14: Murder
Lin Ji jade carved the shop on the outskirts of the city, and the sound of the abacus crackled throughout the day.
Lin Zhuyun looked at the account book brought by the head of the house, and at the same time beat the abacus of the yellow rosewood she brought from the mansion, and Song Zhangshi also sat respectfully on the side to answer Lin Zhuyun's questions from time to time.
When it was time for dinner, Lin Zhuyun finally closed the account book and turned the beads of the abacus back to their original state one by one.
He said to the boss on the side: "It's all clear, you are a careful person in charge of Song, and you even know the old accounts very clearly." If it weren't for the fact that the master said that I should learn more from you, I would be willing to leave it all to you. ”
When Song Zhangshi heard this, he stroked his beard happily in his heart.
He glanced at the sunset outside, and said to Lin Zhuyun: "Miss, it's not early outside, or I'll have dinner here today, and I can rest for a night in the evening, the shop has a prepared upper wing." ”
Lin Zhuyun smiled lightly and said, "Thank you Song for taking charge of the matter, it's just that I have always slept poorly, and I know the bed very well, so let's go back to the house." Our carriage is quicker, and we should be able to get back to the house before dark. ”
When Song Zhangshi heard her say this, he no longer persuaded her, respectfully sent Lin Zhuyun into the carriage, and watched them leave.
The carriage traveled for a long time, Lin Zhuyun, who was in the car with his eyes closed and recuperating, was suddenly woken up by a bump, Xiaotang in the car opened the curtain to take a look, and saw that a big pit suddenly appeared on the road for some reason, and the wheels of their carriage fell into the pit and couldn't move for a while.
"Miss, I'll go down and take a look, Komatsu may not be able to pull out this carriage alone." Xiaotang said as he stepped out of the carriage.
When she and Komatsu walked to the wheel, a man with a sloppy face suddenly appeared behind them with a thick wooden stick.
"Hmm-" Before Komatsu could find out, he was beaten with a stick on the back of his head, and he fainted instantly.
Xiaotang was so frightened that his legs and stomach were already shaking uncontrollably, but he still hugged the man with his body and tried to drag him.
Helplessly, the petite Xiaotang was powerless to fight against the man, and the man instantly pulled out and raised the wooden stick high.
Xiaotang shouted loudly while pulling the man hard: "Miss, run away!" There is a ...... out there Hmm" Xiaotang's words were not finished, and he was knocked unconscious by the man holding a wooden stick.
Lin Zhuyun in the car was shocked when she heard it, and while thinking about what to do, she groped for anything on her body that could defend herself, and when she touched the golden hairpin on her head, the man suddenly pulled Lin Zhuyun out of the carriage.
Seeing that Lin Zhuyun was white and beautiful, his eyes were straight.
"That woman really didn't lie to me, she was really a fairy-like beauty in the sky! Let the uncle love you well! ”
Lin Zhuyun hadn't gotten the golden hairpin at the moment, but his hands were controlled by him.
The man's eyes were glazed, his face was full of abscesses, his mouth was full of yellow teeth, and he had a foul smell peculiar to a smoker.
Lin Zhuyun knew that this person was an addict, so he hurriedly said in a slow tone: "Please let this big brother spare me, my family is very rich, if you let me go, I will give you a lot of money to buy big cigarettes!" ”
But the man didn't pay attention to her, and stretched out his hand to pull her shirt: "Hmph, someone has already given money to the uncle, I don't want money today, I want to enjoy your fairy-like beauty!" ”
Lin Zhuyun's sleeves were rudely torn by him, and the hair bun that had been carefully tied up in the morning had already fallen apart in the pulling, and the golden hairpin that was inserted also fell to the ground with a "bang".
Lin Zhuyun struggled hard, and finally broke free of his restraint with one hand, she hurriedly groped on the ground, and finally touched the cold and sharp golden hairpin on the ground.
She decisively picked up the golden hairpin and pierced the sharp end into the left eye of the stinking man without hesitation.
The man couldn't dodge, the golden hairpin was straight into his fragile eyeball, Lin Zhuyun pulled out the golden hairpin again, and blood splattered out of his eyes in an instant.
He covered his left eye and took a few steps back, wailing, "My eyes, my eyes! You slut! Slut! ”
Maybe it was because he was in pain and ate hard, but he was even more crazy at the moment and pounced on Lin Zhuyun: "Lao Tzu is going to kill you, and then enjoy your body!" After you're done playing, I'm going to play with your little little maid! ”
But with only one eye, he couldn't accurately judge the distance at the moment, he stumbled in the air, Lin Zhuyun seized the opportunity, held the golden hairpin tightly and stabbed him hard at the neck!
"Uh......" He couldn't speak anymore, standing in front of Lin Zhuyun in a daze, the blood of the major arteries gushed out, splashing Lin Zhuyun's moon-white soft smoke skirt today, like a red plum in the snow.
Lin Zhuyun's eyes were also red, a mouthful of silver teeth was clenched tightly, and his originally weak and boneless hands were holding the golden hairpin tightly at the moment, stabbing him in the neck again and again.
The golden hairpin, her moon-white dress, her green onion white fingers, and her small face were all stained with blood.
Finally the man fell to the ground, in a pool of his own blood.
Lin Zhuyun also instantly went limp at this moment, slumped on the ground, gasping for breath in his mouth, tears falling from his eyes, and still holding the golden hairpin tightly in his hand.
She killed.
Having lived two lives, this was the first time she had killed someone.
The smell of blood and the feeling of the golden hairpin inserted into the human body lingered in her brain, and she retched nauseously.
After retching, her beating heart finally calmed down.
She wiped away the tears on her face and told herself: If only killing can protect herself, Xiaotang, and Daddy and Auntie, then even if she does it again, she will still stab the golden hairpin into the body of others without hesitation.
After getting up, Lin Zhuyun ran to Xiaotang's side, put his hand under her nose tremblingly, and after feeling her breathing, Lin Zhuyun whimpered and buried his head in Xiaotang's chest.
Fortunately, fortunately, in this life, I finally protected her once.
Xiaotang woke up in a daze: "Hiss-it hurts!" She touched the back of her swollen head, and saw Lin Zhuyun's hair in front of her was scattered and covered in blood.
"Miss! Woooooo Miss, are you okay? Xiaotang is useless......"
Lin Zhuyun wiped his cheeks with his cuffs: "I'm fine, the blood on my body is all from the man just now, and he is dead now." ”
Xiaotang turned his head and saw the man lying in a pool of blood, trembling with fright, and grabbed Lin Zhuyun's hand tightly.
"Miss......" She was frightened at the moment, but she felt sorry for how her young lady had beaten such a man by herself.
"Xiaotang, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, wake up Xiaosong quickly, we have to go back to the house as soon as possible."
Lin Zhuyun was worried in his heart, judging from what the man said just now, he was not improvised by meeting them on the road, but someone deliberately arranged for him to insult himself.
She was afraid that there were other people besides the man, and she had to get out of here with them quickly.
The three of them got up with each other, only to find that in the confusion of the square, the horse had broken free from the reins and did not know where to go, and at this moment they could only walk back.
They walked for a long time, the moon had risen, under the moonlight, Lin Zhuyun was still holding the golden hairpin with a solemn expression, Xiaotang and Xiaosong were protecting her tightly from left to right, and the three of them were hurrying around while looking around.
Suddenly, another man flashed in front of them, and Lin Zhuyun shouted, "Run!" He once again raised the golden hairpin and stabbed at the person in front of him.
Her wrist was held tightly by the person who came and held it high above her head, Lin Zhuyun immediately raised her foot and kicked at the man in front of her, and Xiao Song and Xiao Tang also swung their fists and slammed them at him.
"It's me! Sister Jun! It's me, Lonely Kwong! ”
A familiar low and slightly hoarse male voice said, Lin Zhuyun finally calmed down and looked at the man in front of him by the moonlight.
Starry eyebrows, a thin layer of cyan stubble on the slightly broad chin, and the scar on the forehead was half covered by the helmet.
It's Kwong Lim.
He was dressed in armor covered with slashed sword marks, and he was followed by a horse, panting.
"Kuang Lone! - Woo - " Lin Zhuyun's string that had been tightening tightly tonight finally broke instantly at the moment when he saw Kuang Lian's face clearly.
As soon as her fingers loosened, the golden hairpin fell to the ground, and she also collapsed on the ground, tears sliding from the corners of her eyes.
Kuang Lin looked at the little girl of the Lin family in front of her, who was originally raised in the deep boudoir and was pampered, her hair was scattered at this moment, her clothes were torn, and her hands were full of fishy blood.
His heart tightened, he must have been the bandit next to the carriage of the Lin Mansion...... She killed it with her own hands.
Shock, distress, and self-blame were mixed together, and Kuang Lonely's heart was crumpled and painful as if it had been rubbed by someone.
How did she go from being a delicate woman to the fierce and resolute she is now, and what did she go through that he didn't know?
There were so many doubts and distress in his heart that his throat was so tight that he couldn't say anything.
He frowned tightly, bowed down and stretched out his hand to pick Lin Zhuyun up.
Lin Zhuyun turned sideways slightly to avoid his big hand, and Kuang Xiao realized that she was not dressed properly at the moment, and how out of place his behavior was.
Kuang Xiao straightened up and took off the dark goose feather cloak outside his armor, and gently put it on Lin Zhuyun's shoulder, Xiaotang went to tie the cloak tightly for Lin Zhuyun to cover her torn clothes, and helped her up.
Lin Zhuyun finally calmed down at this moment, she felt the warmth and cold fragrance brought by Kuang Lone's cloak, and lowered her eyes slightly and asked, "Why is General Kuang here?" ”
Kuang Xiao said softly: "I was training in the army, and suddenly I received an urgent report asking me to camp on the border tomorrow. I wanted to rush back to the house tonight to say goodbye to my father and mother, but I saw the carriage of the Lin Mansion on the way......"
A distressed look appeared in his eyes again, and he paused for a while and said, "It's me who is not good, I'm late." ”
When Lin Zhuyun heard him say this, obviously he couldn't know in advance, he still took himself like this, and her heart suddenly felt as warm and numb as the sun.
This man is really ...... It's so silly.