Chapter 7 Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas

Hoofs claw~

Hei Ya Capture quickly opened the way ahead, and the luxurious carriage set off again, heading for the majestic imperial city.

Dongfang Liren was busy with business for a day, and wanted to relax in his spare time, so he did not enter the carriage, and walked along the brightly lit streets with the carriage, and said with a slight displeasure:

"You went to investigate the case today, why don't you wait for this king to come back and go together?"

Night Terror Hall hung a saber at his waist and followed him, shaking his head and smiling:

"I just stopped by to take a look, and it feels like a big fuss to call His Highness for such a trivial matter."

"Hmph~ Now the yamen is saying that your eyesight is vicious, and there are all kinds of theories, even the outrageous saying that 'Lord Ye's hand slipped to the center of his eyebrows, and immediately the golden light overflowed to reveal a heavenly eye', this king didn't see it with his own eyes, what a pity."

Dongfang turned his head and said very majestically:

"Next time there is a case, remember to call this king, otherwise I won't give you a reward if the case is solved."

"Hehe~"

Night Terror felt like it was being complained about by his girlfriend, and he smiled helplessly at it, saying that he remembered it.

Dongfang was satisfied, and walked forward and got down to business:

"The rebellion of King Wu has been closed, and at today's court meeting, the courtiers are discussing rewards and punishments. Thanks to the blessing of the king, this king has made the first contribution, so this king has also asked you for a reward. Guess what the court rewarded you? ”

Night Terror Hall had already communicated with Yuhu, but when he saw the mystery in his stupid eyes, he still made a curious appearance and asked:

"What?"

Dongfang Liren Fat-headed Dragon stood tall and responded:

"At first, this king wanted the saint to make you a hereditary marquis of a thousand households, but the courtiers felt that the reward was too heavy and did not agree. In the end, after the Holy Lord's discretion, Chrysostom Yuyan named you the Marquis of Wu'an.

"Although it is only a fictitious title, and it cannot be hereditary without food, but this is one of the largest titles in all dynasties, second only to the champion marquis, and there are only three in the previous dynasty Dayan, and the last one is still Fengguancheng.

"The courtiers listened to it, and they had opinions, saying that you are too young, and it is more appropriate to change the title of Weiwubo, so the king got angry, and asked them to pick someone to fight with you at will, and if you win, you don't want any reward, so the courtier's mouth is ......"

Night Terror looked at the stupid and proud appearance, and chuckled:

"There is nothing wrong with what the courtiers said, I am indeed young, I will hang this resounding name now, if I win Fengguancheng in the future, it will not be rewarded."

Dongfang Liren didn't expect the night terror to be so big, so he said:

"You can really win Fengguan City, and then you will be added to the official rank. Those who are ministers must have great ambitions, although the court is afraid of kings with different surnames, but the courtiers who don't even dare to pursue the king of the land must not have any great ability, and the court looks down on it. ”

Night Terror Hall nodded: "That's right." ”

"The reward has been finalized, the court clothes and other things are being prepared, aren't you going to move, and when the time comes, the king will write you a plaque and hang it on the gate...... By the way, where is your new home? This king will go to see how the place is, and the marquis who is not the dignified son of heaven lives in a small alley......"

Night Terror Hall hadn't seen it since the last time I went to the new house to take a look, so I naturally agreed to come down at the moment......

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At the same time, in the center of Wutong Street, Longyin Building.

As the most prestigious Fengyue field in the capital, ninety percent of the people who play in it are the wealthy sons of the capital.

As King Jing's chariot arrived on the street, the Longyin Building was a little quieter, after all, King Jing is the younger sister of today's son, and his personality is cold and stern.

On the second floor of Longyin Building, in an elegant room facing the street, five or six brightly dressed noblemen gathered around the table and whispered to each other, and there were many silver tickets and dice cups on the table.

In the lounge next door, Dongfang Shuoyue, the prince of King Yan, dressed as an ordinary rich son, holding a folding fan behind his back, looking at the distant carriages and horses.

The old butler with the goatee stood silently in the shadows, and only when the carriage and horses were far away did he whisper:

"I asked the green bandits last night, Shi Yanfeng and Zheng Kun of the Hongshan Gang in Liangzhou, after Liu Qiansheng was arrested, they seemed to be coming to Yunzhou.

"According to the report of the hidden pile of the six doors, this morning the Night Terror Hall went to the Royal Boxing Gym to investigate the murder case a few days ago, and then Yuwen Chengde of the Criminal Department asked the case library to look for the master of the rivers and lakes who 'used chain hammers and good fists and feet', and this case was not unexpectedly committed by Hongshan Zheng Kun.

"Shi Yanfeng and Zheng Kun are both heroes in the rivers and lakes of Liangzhou, and it is a little difficult to kill the Night Terror Hall, but when the target attracts enough attention from the Night Terror Hall, His Royal Highness the Prince wants to solve the Night Terror Hall first, and he can use the strategy of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, and find an opportunity when the two sides fight......"

Dongfang Shuoyue rubbed the folding fan and asked:

"Do you know the whereabouts of Zheng Kun and the others?"

"Liu Qiansheng and Jiang Zahu have a grudge that is difficult to solve, and now that Liu Qiansheng has taken refuge in the imperial court, Jiang Zahu will definitely worry that Liu Qiansheng will not die of thieves, and fan the flames to let the court clear the Hongshan Gang. Sending Zheng Kun and others over must be to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. ”

The goatee butler thought back for a moment and continued:

"Liu Qiansheng has just been released from the Heiya dungeon and lives in Longxi Lane, recently many masters and princes have come to the door to ask for guidance, Zheng Kun and others are not difficult to find out, they can send the news to the Night Terror Hall, let them wait for the rabbit."

Dongfang Shuoyue pondered for a moment, nodded and said:

"Go ahead and arrange it. In a head-to-head fight, Wu Kui comes and goes freely, and it is impossible to make mistakes; Let Zhong Sun Yan go over, watch the fire from the other side and secretly find an opportunity to attack, even if he can't kill it, he can let the night terror hall lie down for three months, and the problem can be solved. ”

"Yes."

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The night is getting thicker, and a silver moon hangs on the Tianshui bridge.

Countless ladies and ladies dressed in cool autumn groups stood at the head of the bridge with flower umbrellas in their hands to enjoy the scenery, and there were also many talented and beautiful women, taking small pleasure boats to float across the brightly lit river.

On the pedestrian street lined with willows and white stone floor tiles by the river, Night Terror Hall walked along the street with Dongfang Liren, looked at the white walls and green tiles on the side of the street, and whispered:

"This is it, what's the view?"

"Pretty good eye."

"This is chosen by Ning'er, she was born in Jiangzhou, and she likes the charm of the water town here......"

"Yes, the Queen Mother is from Jiangzhou, and the style of this house will be liked by me......"

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Dongfang Liren accompanied the night terror hall to see the new home, in order to travel conveniently, after entering the palace, he changed the domineering silver python robe and changed it to the more popular tulle liuxian skirt in the capital.

The upper body is lined with white, which should be embroidered with the embroidery patterns of flowers and birds, or embroidered with an inconspicuous dragon dragon, the lower skirt is pure white, the body is covered with water blue tulle, and the hair bun is tied up with a hosta sent by the night terror, and the dress is simple and extravagant.

Dongfang is quite tall, with a chest and hips and long legs, which give people a sense of atmosphere, coupled with the temperament cultivated since childhood, even if she wears a young lady's skirt, she still does not lose the aura of the queen, and she looks like a peerless female master who is more hidden than Xuanji.

Night Terror Hall is much more easy-going, looking like a young man who is playing with a beautiful woman.

The new house of Tianshui Bridge is not far from the alley of the Pei family, after Sanniang bought it, she has arranged for the maid to come over to clean and decorate, and now there are two lanterns hanging outside the gate of the house along the street, with the word 'night' written on it.

The house is in the Jiangzhou style, the layout is different from the common square in the capital, the west is a residential area, and the east is a large garden, the house covers an estimated area of only one-third, and the rest of the place is full of small lakes and rockeries with exotic flowers and trees.

Now that there are a few maids in the house, the Night Terror Hall entered through the gate and took Dongfang Liren to the garden first, wanting to introduce Dongfang Liren.

But the night terror hall is only the second time, the perennial martial arts has no research on architecture, and the Jiangzhou style of architecture is too exquisite, every grass and tree has a saying, he must not be comprehensive.

Dongfang Liren followed him around, heard the Night Terror Hall speak for a moment, shook his head secretly, and told the Night Terror Hall about the ingenuity of this house.

From the hall gate at the back of the garden, you can see a two-story embroidery building, which is the residence of the young lady, and it is estimated that Zheyunli and Ping'er will live here in the future.

Entering the back house, the architectural layout is also compact, the four courtyards are located on the west side, not simply arranged in the shape of a field, but according to the asymmetrical distribution of the landscape, the interior also has its own merits, according to the 'Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum' to create the landscape of each courtyard.

As the male host, the night terror hall lives in the plum courtyard, the middle of the courtyard is a cross trail, the main room area is quite large, the middle is the living room, hanging the plaque with the words 'Ling Han Pavilion', the west side is the bedroom, the east side is the study tea room.

The area of the east and west wings is slightly smaller, Sanniang wants to live in the east wing, and today she has moved in the daily objects, just waiting for the move; And Ning Er definitely didn't dare to live with the Night Terror Hall openly, and she hadn't figured out where to live yet.

Dongfang Liren turned around, quite satisfied with the environment, and when he came to the main room, he had finished reading everything he should see, and wanted to turn around and go back, but Yu Guang found that in the bedroom with an elegant environment on the west side, there was the Queen Mother's Mobao "Hawker Buying Chicken Picture", and behind the bead curtain in the inner room, there was an eight-step bed.

The big bed was a bit arrogant, and it was about the same size as her bed, and four or five girls slept side by side......

Dongfang Liren knows the knowledge of 'Shuangjiao offering peaches', and when he saw this scene, he naturally paused, and walked into the bedroom to look:

"What do you want to do with such a big bed in your bedroom?"

The last time I came to the Night Terror Hall, there was nothing in the bedroom, the beds and even the tables, chairs and benches were newly purchased, and I was a little dazed when I saw this scene, and it was obviously inappropriate to throw the pot on Ning Er and Sanniang, so I thought about it and said:

"It may be that the housekeeper of the Pei family saw that I was tall and big, so he specially bought a big bed to let me sleep more comfortably, and I only knew about ......"

"Really?"

Dongfang didn't believe it at all, opened the bead curtain and came to the eight-step bed, first pressed it with his hand, and found that it was unusually strong, and he was busy with a soft blanket to absorb the shock, and no matter how hard he used, he would not make a 'squeak' sound.

Look at the furnishings again, there are lampstands at the four corners of the bed, you can see the hair inside the curtain, and rely on a few soft pillows, you can't use it at all for normal sleeping, according to the description of "Tears of a Heroine", it should be a beauty under the waist, so that men are more comfortable......

Dongfang Liren is like a goddess who sees everything, and after a little look, he already understands the usefulness of all objects in his heart, and looks back:

"The housekeeper of the Pei family is so sensible, and he still prepares these convenient and bad things for you?"

Night Terror Hall didn't expect Ning'er and Sanniang to be so considerate, and even took care of him if he liked to turn on the lights. He thought for a moment, came to him and explained:

"How can you call it a murderer. It is normal for husband and wife to be polite and courteous, and it is normal for the steward to prepare in advance in one step. There's nothing to see here, or I'll send His Highness back to the palace. ”

Dongfang Liren had no intention of going back, kept a suspicious look, looked around the eight-step bed, and leaned over to lift the pillow, trying to find other evidence of the night terror.

Night Terror Hall really didn't know if Ning Er had prepared items such as Xiangfei Lu and erotic clothes, and then he was touched out by Da Ben, and his image was afraid that it would completely collapse, and in desperation, he could only pretend to breathe a little heavier:

"Whew~~"

Dongfang Liren is very tall because of his tall figure, and he leans over a lot, his slender legs are straight but straight, and the full curve behind his waist is undoubtedly displayed.

She hadn't noticed that the posture was wrong, and the breathing behind her was rippling, and she suddenly realized how dangerous it was for a lonely man and a widow to run around a house where no one was running, and still leaning over in front of the bed with her back to the man.

If it is placed in the tears of the heroine, I am afraid that the next few pages will be the night terror hall is grinding and soaking, and she is shouting no, don't ......

Swish~

Dongfang Liren quickly stood up, turned his head to face the night terrors, his expression was very serious, but his eyes were a little panicked:

"What do you want to do?"

Night Terror looked at the door as usual:

"It's getting late, I want to send His Highness back to the palace, what else can I do?"

“……”

Dongfang Liren didn't believe it, he felt that the night terror hall must have moved his heart, and wanted to commit the next offense, so he kept an unsmiling appearance and walked out quickly.

Night Terror knew that this would be the case, shook his head and smiled, and went out with him.

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Pei's house is only half a street away from the new house, and the night terror hall wants to send Ben Ben back to the palace and then go home, and he didn't go to Pei's alley, but when he passed the riverbank, he found a six-door catcher, drove a horse galloping from the Tianshui Bridge, and looked at the direction of Pei's alley.

Cry ~ Cry ......

Dongfang was a little puzzled when he saw this scene, and the Night Terror Hall walked out of the pedestrian street directly and stopped the horses that came over:

"Are you going to Pei's house?"

"Yo, Lord Night!"

On the way to the hunt, he turned over and dismounted, landed in front of the Night Terror, and bowed:

"Lord Yuwen asked the lowly to come and deliver a message. Today, the staff of the Yamen rummaged through the case database to find the murderer who matched the description of Lord Ye. The murderer encountered unexpectedly, and killed Zhang Jiaotou in the blink of an eye without alarming anyone, martial arts are probably in the middle and upper reaches of the grandmaster, and he is good at fists and feet and will use rope darts and chain hammers, and there are not many similar masters on the rivers and lakes.

"According to the head catcher who recently came back from Liangzhou, Zheng Kun of the Hongshan Gang seems to have not moved for many days, this person started by selling smuggled iron at the border of Liangzhou, and later joined the Hongshan Gang to become one of the leaders, and Jiang Zha Hu learned boxing, and will know the family tradition of the peerless "Winding Golden Lock", the martial arts he learned are completely in line with the speculation of Lord Ye about the murderer, and there is a motive, it is very likely that Jiang Zha Hu sent to kill Liu Qianshengkou......"

Night Terror Hall is a native of Liangzhou, I have heard the name of Zheng Kun, the name of the rivers and lakes is 'Golden Snake Dart', irritable and murderous, he is a tyrant in the west of Liangzhou, when he followed his father-in-law to walk through the territory, he had to pay the toll, and the impression was really not good.

Zheng Kun...... Can you find your whereabouts in the capital? ”

"This kind of master, as long as he doesn't take the initiative, we can't touch these small fish and shrimp at all. Lord Yuwen speculated that Zheng Kun was looking for Liu Qiansheng's whereabouts, as long as he knew the purpose, it would not be difficult to arrest him, but he would have to work hard to help several chief arresters of the Black Yamen, and there was no one in the Yamen of the Criminal Department who could deal with such a master......"

Night Terror Hall nodded, signaled to go back to his life, and then came to Dongfang Liren and asked:

"Where is Liu Qiansheng locked up?"

Dongfang Liren has been listening, and found that he found a clue, and he also came to the spirit, and walked directly to the city with the Night Terror Hall:

"Liu Qiansheng knows the current affairs and performs well, a few days ago, after Meng Jiao asked the imperial doctor to apply needle restrictions, he released the dungeon and arranged a courtyard in Longxi Lane outside the imperial city, so that it was convenient for the masters of the inner secret guard and the yamen to come to seek advice. If Zheng Kun finds him, with Liu Qiansheng's current situation, the risk is extremely high, and he has to hurry over and transfer people to other places. ”

Although Liu Qiansheng is not a good person, as an old boxer who has worked hard to study his fists and feet all his life, he has unbelievable knowledge of fists and feet, and belongs to one of the few elders in the world who can be taught by anyone.

Night Terror Hall was also counting on learning a few more real kung fu from Liu Qiansheng, so naturally he hurried to Longxi Lane, and said at the same time:

"Transfer Liu Qiansheng, it will definitely startle the snake, Zheng Kun will not show his head again when he finds it, I will go over and wait for the rabbit to see if I can do it once and for all." Is there a master arranged in front of Liu Qiansheng? ”

"I arranged a few chief arrests to patrol, and I may not be able to beat Zheng Kun, but they are scattered with each other, and it is no problem to be a police officer in case of danger. It shouldn't be an accident yet, so let's get over it......"

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(End of chapter)