A woman who seemed to be in the lead beckoned, "Help the injured sister." Only then did the women come back to their senses, and they were busy getting up, stopping the bleeding, applying medicine, and wrapping their wounds. At the last point, two people were killed and more than a dozen were wounded. Several of the young female disciples couldn't help but weep.

The leading woman said angrily: "What are you crying about? In the future, we will naturally seek revenge on these thieves. As a disciple of Qixiufang, they are all stronger. Having said that, she also had red circles under her eyes and endured her grief.

A female disciple next to her wiped her tears and said, "Senior Sister Lin, this time Salt Lake Village dared to openly rob it, this matter is not trivial, and it should be reported to the owner as soon as possible." ”

Senior Sister Lin nodded and said, "Our Qixiufang and Salt Lake Village have always had well water that does not interfere with river water, and there is a reason for this hijacking. After speaking, he turned around and glanced at Ye Suiyun, and arched his hand: "Thank you for this strong man's help, don't you dare to ask the name of Gao?" ”

Ye Suiyun hurriedly returned the salute, holding his throat and said: "The second disciple of the beggar gang, the so-called fellow martial arts, when the road is uneven, draw a sword to help, that is naturally the way it should be." You're welcome, sister. The tone is deliberately high and long, as if he is a scoundrel, and the words are nondescript, just for fear that the other party will be suspicious. Sure enough, Senior Sister Lin frowned when she heard this, and she had a look of disgust.

The first female disciple who was rescued by Ye Suiyun was named Shu Xiaoyu, sixteen years old, she teased Ye Suiyun: "Little beggar, my senior sister is just polite, just your ability, just recklessly, almost lost your life, and you are not ashamed." After saying that, he laughed out loud, and all the girls next to him couldn't help laughing.

Before Ye Suiyun could answer, Shu Xiaoyu said again: "However, for the sake of your ability, you dare to rush up to help, we also accept your affection." "After saying the naughty blessing.

Ye Suiyun shook his head and said: "What is this, I haven't used my skills yet, otherwise there will be a few fish that have slipped through the net, and I will definitely take them all." The crowd laughed even more.

Senior Sister Lin didn't bother to take care of this little beggar anymore, and was busy directing the junior sisters to start cleaning up the deck. She was suspicious of the inexplicable fainting of the thieves just now, suspecting that this beggar who rushed up later secretly did something wrong, but when this person spoke, where did he seem to be a hidden master, he was simply a half-crazy and half-stupid Hanako, so he no longer treated each other with courtesy. But he couldn't figure out how his gang could repel the robbers.

Ye Suiyun grabbed Shu Xiaoyu and asked, only to find out that Senior Sister Lin's name was Lin Yiru, and this time she was leading a young junior sister to buy supplies and return. You must know that Qixiufang is full of women, and the things needed for life naturally cannot be sloppy and casual, just like rouge gouache, brocade cloth, silk, and even oil, salt, rice, noodles, etc., which have to be purchased in large quantities every once in a while. Because there is no danger in this matter, it is often the responsibility of the younger disciples. Who knew that this time on the way back, but suddenly was stopped by the water thieves of Salt Lake Village, all the disciples took out the blades they carried, and fought with the robbers for a long time, if it wasn't for Ye Suiyun to see the shoes that Brother Yang Bao picked up and rushed over, the consequences of these Qixiu disciples would be unimaginable.

Ye Suiyun raised his eyebrows and asked, "What kind of salt lake village are these bandits, and what is the origin of that?" When I'm free, I'll gather my brothers and take them to the table. ”

Shu whispered: "They were originally a branch of the water thieves on the Saltless Island, and they were stationed on Spirit Snake Island. It's only a few hours away from Qixiu Fang, but a group of rabble thieves, who never dare to violate Qixiu, this time they dare to be arrogant and rob, and when we know the owner, we must ask how Wuyan Island disciplines his subordinates. After saying that, I hated it.

Ye Suiyun listened to what she said, and said in her heart: "I'm afraid that this matter has nothing to do with Saltless Island, and this girl still wants to ask?" "Thinking about it again, it just so happens that I want to start investigating the Cui family's bloody case from Wuyan Island, and it is not impossible to take the opportunity to cooperate with Qixiufang.

Shu Xiaoyu frowned and said, "Er, how long have you not taken a bath, and a smell is going to smoke people to death." As he spoke, he waved his sleeve from side to side.

Ye Suiyun grinned and said, "The heroes of our beggar gang are all like this, you girl doesn't know the goods." ”

Lin Yiru walked over and said: "Thank you for the help of this strong man, it is inconvenient for Qixiufang to receive male guests, so let's say goodbye." Although the words were polite, his tone was slightly cold, revealing a sense of impatience.

Ye Suiyun was disappointed in his heart, and it seemed that it was difficult to rely on Qixiu's help for the time being, so he said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, then let's meet again." "Then he jumped off the boat and jumped back from the small sampan left behind by the water thief. When Yang Laosan saw him coming back, he was shocked and said: "Second, you are also bold, and you can manage this kind of idle matter?" If it weren't for these Qixiu disciples, would you still want this little life? ”

Ye Suiyun smiled and didn't speak, worrying about how to start investigating in the future, judging from this incident, Saltless Island is really not a good place to get along.

At this time, the cargo ship of Qixiufang also started, and a voice from above came from afar: "Er, don't be a good man in the future, wait until you have practiced your skills, otherwise your life will be gone." When I looked up, it was Shu Xiaoyu, who stood next to the side of the boat with a smile and waved goodbye to herself.

Ye Suiyun thought to herself: "This little girl is really interesting, it seems that she really regards me as a friend." He waved his hand vigorously until the ship disappeared from sight.

Yang Laosan asked, "Second, where are you going next?" The old man is going home. Ye Suiyun was stunned for a while, and he didn't know where to go. I heard Yang Laosan continue: "You and I are finally fateful, look at you and be pitiful, or go home with me." After asking, it turned out that Yang Laosan's family lived on Qingluo Island, more than 20 miles east of Yangzhou City, and Qixiufang was very close, but one was in the north of the island and the other was in the south of the island, and the distance was only an hour. Ye Suiyun said happily: "I have nowhere to live, so I have Lao Yang's father." Yang Laosan smiled: "It's not a problem, but shouldn't you take a shower?" Both laughed.

When he came to Yang Laosan's house, Ye Suiyun was indeed afraid that others would dislike him, but he would never wash off his disguise, so he insisted on living in a firewood house, and Yang Laosan agreed. Remembering that when he came just now, he saw several stone statues standing not far from the village, obviously newly built, but not yet completed, Ye Suiyun couldn't help but ask.

Yang Laosan lit up the dry cigarette and said: "Half a year ago, many women came, claiming to be from the Cardinal Sect, saying that it was to demonstrate the doctrine and to do good deeds here to save the world. Therefore, many craftsmen were specially invited to build statues of gods outside the village. Ye Suiyun's heart sank, and he secretly thought: "It's the Cardinal Sect again." ”

Yang Laosan suddenly lowered his voice and said, "But half a month ago, the craftsmen who made the stone statues suddenly all died violently overnight, and more than 20 people died. ”

Ye Suiyun exclaimed: "All dead? How did he die? Didn't report to the official? ”

Yang Laosan said: "Of course I reported it, but I couldn't find out the cause of death, so I had to give up." Later, people said that it was a ghost who had killed the craftsmen. After Yang Laosan finished speaking, he looked out the window in horror and instructed: "Er, don't go out and wander around when you're okay at night, beware of encountering something unclean." Ye Suiyun nodded in agreement, but in his heart, he never believed in any nonsense about unjust souls asking for his life, thinking about it, this matter must be related to the Cardinal Sect, where this evil sect appears, there will be no peace. He was curious, and planned to go and see what was going on at night.

After dinner, Ye Suiyun meditated in the firewood room, and it was easy to wait until the first shift, and in the first half of the month, he quietly slipped out of Yang Laosan's house and went outside the village. After walking for nearly a bag of cigarettes, I came to the place where I saw the stone statue during the day, which was already some distance from the village, surrounded by a large rape field, and several unfinished stone statues were quietly erected in the dark night.

Ye Suiyun exhaled deeply, gathered his thoughts, and carefully examined the stone statue, hoping to find some clues. After being busy for a long time but finding nothing, he sat down helplessly, thinking in his heart: "Things here are full of weirdness, and the Cardinal Sect has also been involved, I don't know if they have anything to do with Saltless Island, and why they built these stone statues." While thinking about it, I touched the stone statue next to me with my hand, and suddenly felt something different, and hurriedly concentrated on touching it again, only to feel that the texture of the stone surface was a little wrong. When I looked closely, I realized that the surface of the stone was covered with scratches, as if a knife was constantly slashing at it. Strangely, the lines of these cuts are not the half-arc or flat chisel shape of the blade, but the traces that ripple up and down like water waves. Ye Suiyun muttered in his heart, he couldn't figure out what kind of tools or weapons were used to cause it, these textures were disorganized, everywhere, and they couldn't have been deliberately carved by craftsmen.

At this time, he suddenly heard the footsteps of two people coming from far and near, Ye Suiyun panicked unconsciously, and hurriedly looked around, and found that in addition to a few stone statues, there were only large rape fields. In a hurry, he shrank into the rape field.

After a while, I heard the two of them come to a nearby place and stop, and a woman said in a tired voice: "Where have you died in the past few days, and you don't come to see people to comfort your lovesickness?" ”

Ye Suiyun was very disappointed when he heard this, he thought that the person who came here at this time might bring some clues, and even the murderer was not necessarily, but he knew that he was just a person who was in love at night. At this time, he was disappointed in his heart, but also mixed with embarrassment, thinking that it was very bad for him to hide next to him and eavesdrop on the whispers between other people's lovers, but he couldn't stand up and leave, so he had to crawl on the ground and continue to listen.

The man said, "Didn't I come?" You can talk about it. ”

As soon as this person spoke, Ye Suiyun immediately heard that he was the 'Brother Ouyang' in the brothel in Yangzhou City the day before yesterday, and knew that this person was not a good thing, but he actually came here, but he didn't know who this woman was, and she was messing around with him.

After that, I listened to a lot of love words between the two, and I only listened to Ye Suiyun with a red face, and I don't know why. Although I don't understand the meaning of most of them, I also feel quite new.

And Brother Ouyang was obviously moving his hands up and down, and was about to take off the woman's clothes, but he heard the woman say: "Don't be like this, what can I do if I am seen?" Brother Ouyang said: "Who will come here at this time?" You're too careful, too. ”

The woman said vigilantly: "It is already a great adventure for me to meet you here, and it would be bad if the altar master knew about it." When the matter here is resolved, there will naturally be an opportunity. You don't need to be so anxious. ”

Brother Ouyang was obviously still unsatisfied, but he also had to stop and said, "You are already my person, why be so flustered, who would know that we are here." What a coward. ”

The woman said: "Yunshu, you also know the rules of the Cardinal Sect, if it is known that I have lost my body with you, you and I will really die and have no place to be buried." ”

Ye Suiyun was taken aback, and secretly thought: "This woman is actually from the Cardinal Sect, I don't know what she is afraid of?" Well, this man's name is Ouyang Yunshu. ”

After the two said a few more love words, they left in a hurry. Ye Suiyun stood up from the field at this time, and thought to himself: "Ouyang Yunshu is obviously not a righteous person, and this red-clothed woman doesn't look very good, she really gathers like things." "Thinking that I was busy for half the night and had no gain, but I hid in the vegetable field to listen to someone's tryst, I really couldn't cry or laugh. had to sneak back to Yang Laosan's firewood house and slept until dawn.

In the next few days, Yang Laosan still went to Yangzhou City every day to ferry to make money, Ye Suiyun followed to help, swaying the oars and pulling the ropes, very diligent, what he thought in his heart was that maybe he could find any clues from the merchants, it was better than being so clueless now. Over the past few days, the ability to support the boat has also grown a lot, and the more proficient it becomes. And Yang Laosan is also happy, often just sitting in the cabin to chat with the passengers. Ye Suiyun was worried that he would affect the guests, and he was afraid that he might be recognized by someone, so he always just stayed at the stern of the boat with a bamboo pole and didn't say a word. Secretly but quietly listening, hoping to get useful information.

A few days later, as soon as the day dawned, a group of beggars came up on the wharf, seven or eight people, among whom the leader was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a mustache on his upper lip and thick eyebrows and leopard eyes, and he was dressed cleanly, which was very incommensurate with the rest of the people, except that there were a few small patches in the inconspicuous part of his clothes, and eight small pockets hung on his shoulders. These people said that they were going to Qingluo Island, and after paying the ferry money, Ye Suiyun opened the bamboo oars and sailed away from the dock.

The person who took the lead suddenly asked Ye Suiyun: "Little brother is a member of the beggar gang, I don't think you are dressed like a boatman?" ”

Ye Suiyun hurriedly replied: "Exactly, my name is Erme, and I am a disciple who has just joined the beggar gang." Pointing at Yang Laosan, he continued: "He is my uncle, and I have come to help him these days when I have nothing to do." ”

The man nodded and said, "Okay, it's my own family, then I'll rest assured." ”

A beggar next to him introduced: "We are all Yangzhou helmsmen, this is the deputy helmsman of Bulumen, boy, you are the helmsman?" ”

Ye Suiyun hurriedly bowed to Bu Liuming, and replied: "I've seen the deputy helmsman, I should also be from Yangzhou, but I haven't officially joined the gang yet, my boss is called Ah No, and he said that he will introduce me after a year and a half." As he spoke, he pretended to be proud, but he was a little puzzled in his heart that this deputy helmsman was dressed so cleanly, and it seemed that the people in the beggar gang were not all real beggars, just like themselves.

Several beggars helped the disciples stroke their palms and laughed, and one of them said, "This little guy has actually started to accept the little brother, he has really grown up." The crowd couldn't help laughing.

Bu Luming smiled and said: "Okay, it's all my own brothers, let's stop making fun of it, let's get down to business." Only then did everyone restrain their smiles and fall silent. Bu Liuming said: "After a few days of repeated inquiries by the brothers in the gang, there is still no news from the gang leader, and I think it should be no longer in Yangzhou City now." ”

Ye Suiyun was silent when he heard this, his face was calm, he looked at the sky for a while, and looked at the lake for a while, he didn't seem to care about what they said, but his heart was full of thoughts, and he secretly thought: "I must not reveal my identity until I find the real culprit of the Cui family's annihilation, why are so many brothers in the gang looking for me now?" ”

Bu Luming continued: "We have received a secret order from Elder Lin of this gang, so we must find the gang leader as soon as possible and protect him thoroughly." In the past few days, the brothers in Yangzhou have divided several groups of people to go down to investigate, but the helper has always been silent. ”

It turned out that although Lin Cheng received a message from Ye Suiyun that he would not bring it back, but after thinking about it, he finally couldn't rest assured, thinking that although Ye Suiyun was strong in martial arts, he was too young, and he was worried that he would not be able to deal with the predicament here, so he finally gave an order to the Yangzhou rudder, asking them to find Ye Suiyun without disturbing the government, protect his safety and assist from the side, it is better than letting the helper go into danger alone. After receiving the order, the Yangzhou rudder investigated in many ways, but he was never able to find Ye Suiyun, so today the deputy helmsman Bu Lumen led several helmsmen to Qingluo Island, where Qixiufang is located, hoping to find the traces of the helper. Ye Suiyun was helpless in his heart, thinking that this Brother Lin was really kind to help, so many people were tossing in Yangzhou, and he was more likely to be exposed, and he couldn't do anything. A beggar asked, "Could the gang leader have already left here?" ”

Bu Luming shook his head and said, "I also thought so at the beginning, but Elder Lin clearly wrote in the letter that the helper has never left Jiangnan now, as for why he is so sure, we don't know." Yang Laosan next to him smoked a dry tobacco pouch and said, "Guys, let me say a little old man." Everyone couldn't help but turn their heads to look at him, only to hear Yang Laosan say: "Your gang leader is such a person, and if such a big thing happens, he will never leave, otherwise he will always bear the charge of murder and destruction?" Therefore, he must stay in the place where the murder occurred and find out the truth before it is over. ”

Bu Luming hugged his fists and said: "The old man is knowledgeable, and he is very right. Dare to ask the old man what clues do you have? ”

Yang Laosan shook his head and said: "What clues can I know as an old man rowing a boat, but I only know something by chatting with passing merchants every day." After saying that, he began to smoke the dry smoke again, and said no more. Ye Suiyun knew that he was timid and afraid of causing trouble, so he didn't want to say more.

Bu Lumen didn't ask any more, just continued to discuss the next plan to find the person, but he didn't know that the person he was looking for was sitting on the board of the boat next to him. One of the beggars said worriedly: "Now the rivers and lakes are everywhere to denounce the beggar gang, asking us to hand over the gang leader, this time the impact is indeed too great." ”

Bu Liuming said: "Don't worry, I firmly believe that there will be a time when the truth of this matter will be revealed, and then I will help the master to clear his innocence." Everyone nodded yes.

After a long time, the boat docked at the ferry of Qingluo Island, and everyone got off the boat one after another. Suddenly, I saw people trotting past the dock all the way, as if they were in a hurry to see what was lively. Yang Laosan stopped a person and said, "Fourth son, what are you doing here, you are in a hurry." "It turned out to be Niu Si from the same village.

I only heard Niu Sidao: "Come and see, Qixiufang and the Cardinal Sect have done it, and now they are in front of it." After saying that, he ran away without looking back. Bu Liuming heard this: "Let's go and see what happened." He beckoned the crowd and hurried afterward.

Ye Suiyun's heart moved: "Father Yang, let's go and take a look." ”

Yang Laosan shook his head and said: "This fights and kills, what is there to see, be careful of causing trouble." ”

Ye Suiyun knew that he was afraid, so he said: "Then dad will go back first, and I will go back when I see it." You don't have to wait for me to eat. He also hurried in the direction of the crowd. Yang Laosan muttered: "Young people love to watch the excitement and don't know the danger. He shook his head as he spoke.