Chapter 74: Mung Bean Soup (1)
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Wen Mingtang came out of the back door of the Folk Music Workshop and turned onto Chunfeng Street, crossed Chunfeng Street into Yongjiafang, and then crossed the main road to enter Zhuque Fang.
Dali Temple is at the entrance of Zhuque Fang, very close, there are errands in and out all day long, it has always been the safest.
So...... It's time to go back later.
Wen Mingtang walked through Chunfeng Street and entered Yongjiafang, and then slowly wandered around Yongjiafang.
Wandering from shop to shop, when he came out of a spice shop opened by a Hu Ren, Wen Mingtang walked to the mung bean soup vendors who were queuing up at the entrance of Yongjiafang, and lined up behind the pedestrians.
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After eating in the morning, Liu Yuan and others went out of Dali Temple.
Although Steward Song was arrested yesterday, it was only confirmed that he was the murderer of Huang Banzhu. And instead of solving the whole case, there are more mysteries.
Everything has to be asked what happened to the people in the barracks near Salt Lake City 25 years ago.
Of course, Liu Yuan and the others would not go to Salt Lake City for this purpose, the way to Salt Lake City was far away, thousands of miles away, and a round trip was delayed for several months. It's just that any clues have to be erased, and naturally it can't be done.
A few people came out this time, one was to send news to the Salt Lake City barracks, and the other was to look for veterans of the Salt Lake City barracks to ask about the situation.
If you want to ask if there are veterans in Salt Lake City in Chang'an City, you have to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to check the whereabouts of the retired veterans.
They were lucky, they went to the military department, and learned that there were indeed a few veterans in Chang'an City who had retired from Salt Lake City, and they copied the addresses of those veterans, so they were ready to find a place to have lunch first, and then go to find someone to find out the situation according to the address they found after lunch.
Looking at the shops nearby, there were a lot of grocery stores, but the restaurants didn't see anything, Liu Yuan turned his head to look at Lin Fei who came out with them, and asked: "Lin Shaoqing, there are no outstanding restaurants and restaurants in this Yongjiafang, why don't you take a few more steps and go to the main road, there are a few good restaurants in our Vermilion Bird Fang." ”
Lin Fei didn't immediately say whether it was good or bad, but he stopped, stood in the middle of the road with Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu, looked up at the sun above his head, and suddenly said, "It's almost noon." ”
Liu Yuan looked down at the shadow under his feet that was so short that it was almost negligible, and casually echoed: "Yes, it's almost noon!" ”
The day is at its highest, and the sun is shining straight overhead, and the shadow is at its shortest.
Of course, it is not only the shadows of people, but also the streets and buildings, and all shadows will be dispersed, revealing the people hiding in them.
The pedestrians in front of them left after taking the mung bean soup, and it was Wen Mingtang's turn.
"Five pennies." Said the vendor selling mung bean soup.
Wen Mingtang let out an "um" and reached out to touch his arms.
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Shangfeng was looking up at the sun seriously, Liu Yuan looked at the slightly empty surroundings, and suggested: "Lin Shaoqing, should I move to the side?" A few of us were standing in the middle of the road, and if a carriage came by, wouldn't it be in the way? ”
As soon as the words fell, before Lin Fei could speak, he heard Bai Zhu on the side say "Huh" and said, "Master Wen!" ”
The sentence "Master Wen" not only shocked Wen Mingtang who reached out to touch Wen Mingtang in his arms, but also shocked Lin Fei and Liu Yuan, who were watching the sun.
Seeing Wen Mingtang, who was buying mung bean soup, Liu Yuan instinctively beckoned to her and said hello: "Master Wen......"
Before the words fell, he saw Wen Mingtang, who had only been dyed with a smile in the corners of their eyes one moment, and his face changed the next moment.
Before Liu Yuan could react, a strong push came back, he staggered forward and threw himself to the ground, the cold light flashed in front of him, and Liu Yuan, who realized something, instinctively let out an exclamation: "Ouch, I'll go!" ”
Wen Mingtang, who was not far away, also let out the same emotion.
I thought it was an unexpected joy to meet them, but I didn't have time to be happy, when I saw the masked man who suddenly turned over from the roof of the shop on the side, Wen Mingtang realized that something was wrong, and then when she saw not far ahead, Lin Fei, who had always looked calm and composed, looked behind her and also flashed a trace of consternation, she knew that something was wrong.
Because of Lin Fei's face, Wen Mingtang, who knew what was going on without looking at it, subconsciously hid in the mung bean barrel on the side.
The long knife smashed into the crowd, and the startled mung bean soup stall owner and the pedestrians who were queuing up to buy mung bean soup shouted to dodge.
Wen Mingtang took out the boning knife sharpened in his arms and held it in his hand.
Looking at the five big men who jumped out on the opposite side, and then looked back at the masked men who were only two on her side, Wen Mingtang suddenly felt that he was a little lost.
originally thought that they were lucky to meet Liu Yuan, but they didn't expect that the other side, like her, was also using their bodies as bait to lure the pursuing murderers to take the bait.
Don't hide in the shop on the street, it's useless to go in except to catch turtles in the urn, and it will also kill the people in the shop in vain.
This kind of thing is not something that anyone dares to do, but seeing that there is always Zhao You on the side of Lin Fei, who is always on the side, suddenly pulled out a soft sword from his waist to meet the murderer, and the soft sword decorated with gems was not weak in his hand at all, and under the shadow of the sword, he successfully stopped the five big men.
Rao is Wen Mingtang was also a little surprised by this, and Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu, who were stunned, reacted and hurriedly ran towards Wen Mingtang.
The two murderous men behind her pounced with one blow, and saw that Wen Mingtang hid behind the mung bean barrel, and then slashed at the mung bean barrel.
Wen Mingtang rolled on the spot, dodged, and joined Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu.
The five murderers who were chasing them were temporarily blocked by Lin Fei, and the two here wanted them to solve it. The thug who had slashed the mung bean barrel was slashing this way again.
Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu picked up a wooden stick on the way over, and stood in front of her and greeted her.
It's just that the two of them are just weak scholars, and in the face of such a murderer who specializes in this way, they fell behind, and the wooden stick was easily cut off by the other party, and the huge splitting force shook the two of them, and the two wooden sticks immediately flew out of their hands.
Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu's faces turned pale with a "swish", and they saw that the fierce murderer opposite them slashed at the two of them with another knife.
Finished! I won't have to leave it here!
Just thinking like this, she saw a figure suddenly appear behind the murderer, and she raised her hand towards the murderer and stabbed him.
The sharp boning knife plunged into the brain stem from the back of the neck, cutting off the life of the murderer with a crisp and sharp edge.
Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu were dumbfounded.
Before the two of them could react, they saw Wen Mingtang throw the boning knife that had just cut off the murderer's life, picked up the long knife of the dead murderer, turned around and took away the other murderer who was chasing her behind him, and ran towards Lin Fei, who was in the scuffle, and the five murderers on that side.