Chapter 43: The Truth About the Murder
Ye Suiyun heard the old man mention himself, and secretly guessed that he denied himself, so he remained silent at the moment. I saw the old man use a cigarette stick to say to the distance: "You see that the arrest document posted on the opposite wall is painted on him, hmph, even if there are seven provinces that are illegally arrested, it is not a fool's dream to arrest Ye Suiyun, and he is simply wronged, hey, this official always likes to play the piano indiscriminately." Suddenly, it turned out that the old man was talking about himself on the paper.
Ye Suiyun heard what he said, as if he knew something, his heart moved, and he was about to ask a question, when suddenly the crowd around him erupted into a burst of enthusiastic cheers. Looking at the crowd, I saw a team of horses walking through the city gate, everyone in the team was dressed in aqua blue power suits, wearing long knives at their waists, and their momentum was overwhelming. In the center of the team several tall horses strutted their heads, the first flower letter girl was dressed in white, the face of the clothes was decorated with a few aqua blue patterns, and then walked a few steps closer to see the face, the girl has bright eyes and bright teeth, snow skin and peach cheeks, it is indeed beautiful and moving, plus the mount is majestic, people can't help but have a heart of worship at first sight. I saw her turn over and dismount, arch her hand slightly, and signal to the people who welcomed her, and the prefect had already greeted her, full of affection.
The old man who smoked said: "It is worthy of being a special person of the Haoqi League, such a demeanor, it is extraordinary." Ye Suiyun felt the same way, and couldn't stop nodding, thinking that this is what people call the style of a general, although she is a woman, she compares to men. I couldn't help but stretch out my hand and wave it, cheering with the others. The old man didn't care when he saw Ye Suiyun's childish performance, he just felt that it should be like this, if it weren't for his age, he was afraid that he would have to dance a lot.
At this moment, the people of the Haoqi Alliance and the prefect walked side by side, and when they passed by Ye Suiyun, the body of the Ke was slightly straight, with a different color on his face, and he turned his head to look this way. Ye Suiyun hurriedly retracted his breath and calmed down, not daring to make a sound again, he knew that someone must have noticed himself, this was a subtle feeling among masters.
And there were nearly 100 people in the direction of the pass, and they couldn't tell where Fang Cai's strange feeling came from for a while, and the prefect was by his side at this time, so it was inconvenient to delay, so she had to continue to move forward.
If it is an ordinary master of the house, he is rigid and overflowing, and it is easy to be noticed. But Ye Suiyun is full of the ten success powers of the autumn rain trick, and the true qi of his body has long been condensed and not dispersed, and the essence is introverted, unless he urges his own strength, it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to find out. Just now, Ke Ren's heart felt that it was not that she noticed the signs of his internal strength, but that she felt inexplicably familiar, like a master, but this feeling disappeared in a flash, so she was inexplicable, and it was an illusion.
When the people of the official mansion and the Haoqi Alliance disappeared from view, the crowd slowly dispersed. Ye Suiyun read the words just now, and hurriedly followed behind the old man and asked, "Uncle, I haven't finished talking just now, how do you know that Ye Suiyun was wronged?" ”
The old man stopped and knocked the cigarette pot on the ground, glanced at Ye Suiyun and said, "Little brother, are you a member of the beggar gang?" Ye Suiyun didn't dare to hesitate, and replied: "Exactly, this is in a hurry to know about our helper." ”
The old man nodded and said, "That's right, otherwise why are you so concerned about this matter, you come with me." After speaking, he walked towards the dock of Yangzhou City, Ye Suiyun followed, he thought that no matter what clues he had to grasp now, he might be able to find out the truth.
The two came to the edge of the pier, the old man jumped on a small boat, beckoned Ye Suiyun to go up, slowly rowed, and drifted slowly along the shore, the old man said: "The reason why he is wronged is only because I saw the whole process when the crime happened." ”
Ye Suiyun breathed for a moment, was surprised, and asked excitedly: "Is what my uncle said true?" "Xinxi has eyewitnesses, and he is saved.
"Shh The old man gestured to silence him, and said, "Be quiet, if this thing gets out, I won't be able to live." Ye Suiyunqi said: "Why? Is it still illegal to tell the truth? The old man said: "Telling the truth is naturally not illegal, but the bandits on Salt Island can't let me go." ”
As soon as Ye Suiyun heard him talk about it, he suddenly remembered that when he was in Jiangjin Village six years ago, he saw a poor little girl named Xiumei, and her sister was plundered by the strongmen of Wuyan Island, and hurriedly asked, "What is Wuyan Island?" How can it have anything to do with this? ”
The old man looked around cautiously and whispered, "Because the one who committed the murder in Cui's house last night was the person from Saltless Island." ”
Ye stood up with Yunteng, and then realized his gaffe, and hurriedly sat down again and said, "Uncle, can you tell me the cause and effect of the whole thing." ”
The old man nodded, smacked his cigarette pouch, and said, "Saltless Island was not called this at first, it was originally a place where salt sellers gathered and traded, and buyers and sellers could be found there, regardless of whether they were official or private merchants, and the government turned a blind eye to this. Therefore, this place attracts people from all walks of life, including merchants, farmers, and thieves. Later, out of nowhere, a gang of strong men came and occupied the place, and people did not dare to go again, and then people called it 'Saltless Island'. The current unsalted island is full of water thieves and robbers who kill people without blinking. ”
Ye Suiyun didn't dare to interrupt, and listened with blazing eyes. The old man took a few puffs of cigarette, coughed, and continued: "Last night, I just had two taels of wine, and I was about to go back to my boat. I became curious, walked around the wall, and saw that there were twenty or thirty people standing outside the gate of Cui's house, some holding torches and some holding steel knives. But the strange thing is that only one person rushed in later, and everyone else was outside. After a while, I heard the screams of the people inside sound again and again, and after about a cup of tea, the man walked out covered in blood, and quickly left with a group of people outside. At that time, it only scared my old man to shrink behind the wall, and he didn't even dare to come out. The two legs were not easy to use, and I couldn't run if I wanted to, so I had to sit there slowly, and I kept chanting the blessing of the Buddha in my heart. After a while, I saw a young man come to the door of Cui's house, stopped for a moment and then pushed the door and walked in. Ye Suiyun was thrilled when he heard it, and he couldn't help but palpitate when he imagined the tragic situation last night, knowing that the person who went in later as the old man was himself, and he was really scared stupid when he recalled the scene at that time.
The old man moved closer and asked mysteriously, "Isn't this the strangest, do you know where the strangest place is?" Ye Suiyun didn't know why he asked, so he had to shake his head.
The old man lowered his voice and said, "The strangest thing is that the clothes this person wore later were the same as those worn by the murderer who rushed in the first place. ”
Ye Suiyun fell into the ice cellar at this time, and suddenly had one thing in his mind, no wonder the surviving little girl Cui Xiaomo looked extremely frightened when she saw herself, because she saw the figure of the murderer, but because it was very dark, the child only judged that he was a murderer from his clothes, and the murderer probably deliberately left her life, in order to prove that she was a murderer, so ruthless.
Ye Suiyun tried his best to calm himself down and asked, "What happened later?" ”
The old man said: "Old man, the three souls I was scared of at that time were missing seven souls, where did I dare to look at anything, I just felt that I had recovered some strength in my legs, so I hurriedly ran back to the boat, and I don't know what happened later." ”
Ye Suiyun asked, "How can you know that they are from Saltless Island?" The old man's expression suddenly darkened a lot, and he took out a wine jug from under the sampan, and said, "Just because I know a few of them who were standing outside." Two years ago, it was these bastards who snatched my granddaughter Xi'er, who depended on me for her life, saying that it was for them to be the second master of the family. I don't know if I'm dead or alive now. Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help but feel sad and couldn't cry.
Seeing his grief, Ye Suiyun couldn't help but touch his chivalrous heart again, and comforted: "Uncle, don't worry, as long as Xi'er is still alive, I will definitely bring her back to reunite with you." ”
The old man stopped crying, stared at Ye Suiyun, and then shook his head and said, "You? Forget it, thank you, old man, your little guy is just sharpening knives for others on the saltless island. ”
Ye Suiyun also realized that his appearance at the moment was indeed difficult to trust others, so he had to say strongly: "I can't do it, but our beggar gang is mostly chivalrous and righteous heroes, and when the time comes, gather a little more people, and naturally help you find your granddaughter." ”
The old man smiled: "You don't even have a cloth bag, I think you are just a beginner disciple, why should you call others to help you?" Do you think you're a helper? Even if you are the master, I am afraid that you will not be able to take care of yourself now, you little brother really loves to laugh. Then he poured another sip of wine.
Ye Suiyun didn't say anything more, thought about it and asked, "Dare to ask my uncle, why do you think that the murderer who went in first was not Ye Suiyun?" ”
The old man stopped and thought about it, and replied: "My old man has lived this age, and he has been eating by boat all his life, and he always has to deal with different people every day. Ye Suiyun now understood, no wonder this old man talked about things on the rivers and lakes.
The old man continued: "Now there are rumors on the rivers and lakes, Ye Suiyun is very mysterious, I don't know where he suddenly appeared, I only heard that in recent months, a young boy suddenly appeared on the rivers and lakes, first broke into the Tibetan Sword Villa at night, forcing the owner Ye Ying to admit defeat without making a move. Later, on Junshan, he defeated the five masters under his palm, and became the leader of the beggar gang. Later, the Pure Yang Sect's Empty Mist Peak and the top master sword demon Xie Yunliu who reappeared in the rivers and lakes were evenly divided, which made him even more famous. If he is only twenty years old as rumored, then I assert that this person will be the first person in the world in martial arts one day. ”
Ye Suiyun was quite embarrassed, he didn't expect that what he had done had already spread in the rivers and lakes, and explained: "It's not evenly divided, it's actually lost to Senior Xie." The old man glanced at him and said, "What do you know, you saw it?" Ye Suiyun hurriedly said: "No, I also heard from others." The old man smiled and said in an old-fashioned manner: "These are just rumors, it's hard to say whether it's true or not, and his origin is still a mystery." Don't look at your kid as a beggar, I'm afraid I haven't seen him before, right? It has been less than a month since I heard that he was the leader of the gang. Ye Suiyun hurriedly shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it." ”
The old man said: "Do you say that such a person will need to find a helper if he wants to kill someone?" Besides, even if he looks for a helper, he will never hook up with Saltless Island. Speaking of this, the old man suddenly turned his head and stared at Ye Suiyun tightly, as if he thought of something, Ye Suiyun was stared at like a pins and needles, and after a while, the old man shook his head and said to himself: "Impossible, just rely on your little guy, you will smoke my boat." Ye Suiyun didn't know what he was talking about, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The boat went straight down the current, and suddenly heard a man and a woman arguing on the shore, and the man said, "I really picked up these shoes from the river, why don't you believe them?" ”
The woman said angrily: "Why can't others pick it up, but you are so lucky?" It's still a big girl's shoes, so beautiful. There was anger in his tone.
Ye Suiyun muttered in his heart: "This girl has such a big temper, is she so angry?" He didn't understand this kind of quarrel between lovers, and the girl's family's thoughts and feelings could not be handled by common sense.
But hearing that the two of them were arguing more and more, Ye Suiyun was curious, and couldn't help but let the old man come to the shore, jumped up, and persuaded with a smile: "Don't quarrel with the two of you, isn't it just a shoe?" Show me. The two of them were startled, but they didn't expect such a nosy person to suddenly pop up, and they all stared blankly. Ye Suiyun smiled and asked, "What do you call the two of you?" ”
The man was the first to sober up and said: "My name is Brother Yang Bao, you can just call me Brother Yang Bao, this is Ah Xu." Ye Suiyun couldn't help but be dumbfounded, thinking that someone would call him brother as soon as they met, this person was really a little stupid.
The girl covered her nose and said, "Bah, it's called Hanako, it stinks to death, don't come here." He stepped back as he spoke. Ye Suiyun was playful and said with a smile: "I'm just going to come over, unless you show me the shoes." He took a few steps forward as he spoke.
When Ah Zhu saw that he was really coming over, he screamed and shouted to Brother Yang Bao: "Give him your shoes quickly, they stink to death." Brother Yang Bao hurriedly agreed and handed over the embroidered shoes in his hand.
Ye Suiyun took a look, the xia pattern on the upper of the shoe was flying, and he immediately recognized that this was something worn by the disciples of Qixiufang, not only Xiao Ning'er, but the seven people who besieged him last night stepped on shoes with this pattern. At this time, the shoe in his hand was missing a small piece of heel, and the incision was smooth, apparently just cut off by a sharp weapon. Ye Suiyun hurriedly asked, "How did you get these shoes?" ”
When Brother Yang Bao heard this, he hurriedly explained: "It's really floating down from the river just now, I haven't seen other girls or anything?" He said and pointed in the direction upstream.
Ye Suiyun said with a smile: "I believe in you, even if any girl wants to give you, it should be a pair instead of one." After saying that, he threw the shoes back to him, smiled, and jumped back into the boat, leaving only Yang Bao and Ah Zhu to stay there, both wondering that this little flower was right.
As soon as Ye Suiyun got on the boat, he said, "Daddy Yang, row upstream, something has happened." After getting along for half a day, I learned that this old man's name is Yang Laosan, and everyone I know calls him Daddy Yang. And Ye Suiyun gave himself a shabby name 'Erme'.
Yang Laosan said: "What is the urgency to be like this?" ”
Ye Suiyun said: "I can't tell, I'll know when I arrive." ”
Yang Laosan didn't ask any more, held the boat Artemisia, and rowed upstream. After more than ten miles out of the city, and a few reeds, Ye Suiyun had already heard clearly, and the sound of ping-pong blades came from the front, showing that many people were fighting in one place at the moment. When I got around the last reed, I saw a large ship parked on the water, surrounded by a dozen small sampans. Dozens of people on the deck of the big ship were fighting each other, and Ye Suiyun recognized it at a glance from the clothes, on one side were many female disciples of Qixiufang, and on the other side were all men, I don't know what it was. At this time, dozens of dead people were lying on the board, and there were casualties on both sides.
When Yang Laosan saw this scene, he trembled with fright and said, "It's the strongman of Huyan Village, run away." Ye Suiyun didn't have time to ask what Huyan Village was, so he only said: "Daddy Yang don't be afraid, stay here and don't move." With that, he jumped onto the empty sampan beside him, and then jumped into another small boat, and in this way he finally came to the bottom of the big ship, stretched out his hand and pulled the rope hanging from above, and turned over on the deck of the big ship.
At this time, the battle on the boat was tragic, the disciples of Qixiu had gradually lost their support, and the strongmen of Huyanzhai saw that they were becoming more and more courageous, Ye Suiyun was about to make a move, and suddenly remembered his current appearance, his brain moved, and he had an idea, and ran over and shouted: "Qixiu women, the beggars have come to help." As he spoke, he grabbed the arm of the robber closest to him, and a force passed from his palm, and then let go of his hand.
Seeing that this man was completely indifferent, as if he had no effect, he raised his knife and cut off Ye Suiyun's head, and the Qixiu disciple who was fighting against him was sixteen or seven years old, and he was busy catching this knife with his sword, and said hurriedly: "Little beggar, go away, don't make trouble." Before the words fell, the woman's arm was scratched by a blade, and she couldn't help but cry out.
Ye Suiyun hurriedly reached out to help, and the girl seemed to be aroused by her injury, waved her hand to push Ye Suiyun away, and stabbed with a sword with all her strength. The female disciple only felt that her arm was sore, but the man suddenly showed astonishment, slowly fell to his knees, and lay on the deck and passed out.
The female disciple was stunned when she saw this, and she was at a loss to know what was going on. Ye Suiyun hurriedly said: "The heroine is so good, this person was shocked by you." ”
Although the girl was suspicious, the situation was urgent, and she didn't have time to think about it, so she turned around and went to help other junior sisters. It turned out that Ye Suiyun used a dark energy under the grasp, and the other party was unaware of it at first, but when he used it, it would stimulate the qi that was already contained in his body, and he was stunned.
Ye Suiyun repeated his old tricks like this, pretending to help, and slapped, caught, or bumped at the robbers in the fight at will, and these people suddenly passed out after a while. Many of the Qixiu disciples are all young girls in their teens and twenties, obviously inexperienced in the rivers and lakes, and at this time, they all fight with all their strength, and under the battle, no one notices anything strange.
After a while of fighting, it was not until there were only five or six people left in the Salt Lake Village that these people realized that their accomplices had been captured, and several of them shouted and jumped into the water and fled. All the Qixiu disciples cheered in unison, all wanting to finally repel the bandits.