Chapter 2: The Murder Begins
The south gate of Jingzhou City.
A fat and a thin horse galloped, and half an hour later, I saw Xu Jianping sitting under the city wall.
"You are the guy surnamed Xu in Jiangling."
Xu Jianping raised his eyes and looked at the person.
The fat and short man on the left, holding a cloak knife, a round face, a round belly, the most prominent is his shiny bald head, if it weren't for the pair of copper bell eyes flashing from time to time A touch of fine light, Xu Jianping would like to call it a winter melon.
The person on the right is tall and thin, with a long sword pinned to his waist, dressed in a servant uniform, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his cheeks and beard are very clean.
"A certain exactly, on the order of the Cheng of Jiangling County, go to the Taishou Mansion to report" Xu Jianping stood up, arched his hands in front of his chest, bent down slightly, and bowed.
"Under Qian Chengwu, as you can see, the four-grade martial artist, good at using knives, is the head catcher of Jingzhou Taishou Mansion, this is" Before Qian Zhutou finished speaking, the tall and thin man next to him took over.
"Boss Qian, just say yourself, the contemptible Chen Yibing, the three-grade martial artist, the sword-player, the Taishou Mansion catches quickly, I am very familiar with Jingzhou, and I will take you to play in the future."
Chen Yibing said and walked over and put his hand on Xu Jianping's shoulder.
Seeing that the two of them had introduced themselves, Xu Jianping was embarrassed to touch the back of his head and said softly: "Under Xu Jianping, Jiangling is a man, he has never practiced martial arts, he doesn't know how many products, he is good at using knives" After saying that, he leaned over and picked up the wooden box on the ground, signaling that the knife was inside.
Qian and Chen looked at each other twice, and Qian Zhutou asked in surprise: "Haven't you been a bad boy for three years, how can you not practice martial arts?" Nowadays, the Han Dynasty is still martial, and ordinary people will play sticks when they are not working, let alone people in the yamen. A few days ago, the threshold of catching fast in the Taishou Mansion was a second-grade martial artist.
Xu Jianping opened the wooden box, which contained seven knives of different lengths, including extremely sharp double-edged short knives, small knives with curved tips, and large silver needles for sewing corpses.
Xu Jianping took out a book from the bottom, perhaps because he had turned it too many times, and the outer skin of the book was already damaged.
Xu Jianping stretched out his hand and patted the cover, on which were written the four big words "Haoran Qi": "Is this considered cultivation?" ”
Chen Yibing snatched it, looked at the title of the book on it, crossed his hands on his waist, and said with a straight face: "This is the secret book of the latrine, when I enter the latrine, I will definitely bring the last thing to wipe the floating dust." After speaking, Xu was unable to help but burst into laughter.
It turns out that this book is a thing printed by the current Shengshangling Guozijian, and most of the inside is some Confucian classics and the way of health preservation. It's not a cultivation cheat, now in any bookstore, as long as ten wen, you can buy a copy, because of its cheap price, many people use it as toilet paper.
"That's it" Qian Zhutou glanced at the embarrassed Xu Jianping, kicked Chen Yibing and said: "Since you haven't practiced yet, if you need to, you can teach one or two, go back to the Taishou Mansion first, don't let the Taishou Lord wait for a long time."
Qian Chengwu and Chen Yibing straddled the horse, ran for a short distance, and looked back at Yan Wu who was leading the horse, confused.
"Could it be that the man who Lord Li invited back is a foolish person, he won't bring it all the way from Jiangling!"
Xu Jianping arched his hand, and Shi Shiran said, "The two brothers can take the first step, please inform me of the direction, and follow later." ”
"That's it, let a certain go with you, and let this guy rest" I saw Qian Zhutou turn over and dismount, patted the horses that were looking up and howling, this Si had just unloaded two hundred pounds of heavy winter melons, and his heart was comfortable.
Suzaku Street, on the blue brick and stone road, there are a few pedestrians walking sparsely, and there are a few lanterns hanging on the eaves of the street in pieces, and the candles in the middle are flickering and dimming.
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a deserted street" Chen Yibing pulled his shirt and looked at the bustling street in the past, but now it is so desolate.
"Killed, killed."
A sound of horror came, strange and clear in the silence of the night. Dozens of figures were fleeting.
"Thou shalt stay and watch the horses, and we shall chase."
Qian Zhutou jumped to the roof one by one, and he had already chased after him in a few jumps, it was hard to imagine that fat body was so light.
Chen Yibing followed closely behind, and after a while, he lost the figure of the two.
Xu Jianping had to lead three horses and slowly rush to an alley at the end of the street.
It was a dead end, with high walls on three sides, and a large locust tree inside, from which a few low "quack" sounds came out, and in this dark night, it was permeable to hear. Seeing someone coming over, a crow flew out of the locust tree and stopped on the high eaves.
In the alley, seven or eight corpses were scattered all over the place. There were men and women, old and young, and it was clear that there was a fight at the right time, and perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it a massacre. Xu had just been killed, and the air was filled with the smell of fresh blood.
Xu Jianping led the horse to the locust tree, tied the rope, took out his wooden box, spread it on the ground, took out two willow leaves from the inside, took out a small bottle from his arms, unscrewed the lid, poured the liquid inside on the camphor leaves, and carefully put the bottle into the placket. Then the two willow leaves were rubbed on the eyelids, and the willow leaves instantly withered.
This is a unique skill taught by the master and the youth, some murder scenes, occasionally some evil things, such as black cats, such as crows. This method can connect the eyes of these evil things, so that they can see what they saw before they were alive.
After everything was done, a whirlpool instantly appeared between Xu Jianping's eyebrows, its shape was like a broad bean, and when he stood far away, he seemed to have a third eye.
Xu Jianping closed his eyes, raised his head and stared at the eyes of the crow on the eaves, and in an instant more than a dozen figures appeared in the haze in front of him, they were dressed in black power suits, covered faces, and could not see their faces clearly, and the leader was wearing a hat with a Su character vaguely written on it. When Xu Jianping wanted to take a closer look.
"Poof".
A long sword slashed, a flash of bright red blood covered the eyes, and the crow on the eaves "snapped", tilted its head and fell.
Xu Jianping opened his eyes, shook his head, and tried to shake Fang Cai's scene out.
"It's a pity, I can almost see this person's face clearly."
Xu Jianping didn't like the bloodstains, he dragged the corpses with both hands and laid them all flat on the ground, "One, two, three...... Eight "Eight corpses together, a cursory look, there are knife wounds, there are sword wounds, judging from their clothing and appearance, it is obvious that this is a big family. I don't know who I offended, but I was wiped out, and I didn't even let go of the child in my belly.
Xu Jianping looked at one of the corpses on the ground, it was quite a big belly, and it might be born in February.
Just as Xu Jianping opened the wooden box, he took out a six-inch double-edged knife from inside, walked straight to the pregnant woman's corpse, and lifted her clothes.
"Poof".
A fishy black smoke floated out, paused in the air, and floated away, like a child.
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