Chapter 74: Who Are You?
Now that the manpower has arrived, it is natural that the plan that has been set will be implemented immediately.
Bao Li, who had not recovered from his injuries, stayed behind to defend the boat, and ten people, including the jade-faced generals Xu Chuan, Chen Jingcheng and Chen Hong, crossed the mountain and approached the road, and hurried to Xiacai City to kill An Ziyuan.
When they arrived in Xia Cai, they were just in time for the funeral.
According to local custom, the deceased should be buried in the ground for three days. But the day of the funeral was postponed until the ninth day after the flood.
Nine, it is already the extreme number of the suspended spirits.
In addition, it was rainy and hot in July, and the ice stored in the ice storage last year in Xiacai County had been used up, and it was no longer possible to use ice to preserve the corpses. Therefore, the deceased could not wait for the flood waters to recede, and then buried according to the funeral rites.
Xu Chuan led people to stand on the hillside, looking at the long row of funeral boats carrying large and small coffins coming out of the city gate. Tell everyone to wait for An Ziyuan to bury his family before he starts.
Listening to the earth-shattering cries of the thirty or forty people on the boat, Chen Jingcheng sighed in a low voice, "The An family is dead, and these mourners hired with money are crying so sadly, it should be because their relatives have passed away." ”
"Steward Xu, Fourth Master, please look at the head boat." Chen Hong motioned to Chen Jingcheng and Xu Chuan to look at the head boat, "The filial son who wears a heavy filial piety banner is An Ziyuan." ”
An Ziyuan knelt on the head boat wearing heavy filial piety, and cried very sadly when he saw the action.
The funeral boat arrived at the bottom of the hillside where the ancestral grave of the An family was located. An Ziyuan, who was carrying the flag, was supported by two people, or dragged by him, and walked towards the ancestral grave of the An family.
Xu Chuan twisted his fingers lightly and asked Chen Hong, "I remember you said that An Ziyuan knows martial arts?" ”
Chen Hong was very sure, "Yes, my subordinates have seen An Ziyuan do it with their own eyes." His martial arts skills are not low, and he is protected by at least two masters by his side. Originally, there were four, but then one left, and another died on the mountain of Guanyin Temple. ”
"The person who carries the banner doesn't know martial arts at first glance, but the two people holding him have the strength." Xu Chuan glanced at the entire funeral procession with his eyes, and immediately said, "The person we are looking for may not be here, Fourth Brother Chen will take three people to wait here, and An Ziyuan will be arrested after the funeral, and the rest will follow me into the city." ”
The flood has not receded, and people cannot be hidden. Xu Chuan directly took Chen Hong and others to the Yaowang Temple where Anjia stopped the spirit, the monks in the temple were demolishing the spirit shed, and An Ziyuan was not in the temple. Xu Chuan jumped to the top of the hall, looked around, and then went straight to the pagoda in the west of the hall.
Chen Hong immediately led people to chase after them, but before they could climb to the top of the tower, Xu Chuan had already walked down with a corpse.
Chen Hong was taken aback, "Steward Xu, who is this person?" ”
"Judging by the clothes and age, this person should be what Second Master Lin said, the old housekeeper of Anfu, go back to the cemetery!" In addition to the corpse of the old housekeeper on the top floor of the pagoda, there is also a lot of blood stains on the ground, indicating that many people have died in the tower recently. An Ziyuan's methods may be even more ruthless than they guessed.
When Xu Chuan rushed back to the cemetery with the corpse, An Ziyuan, who was weak, was being carried by the two of them, going around the grave one by one.
When An Ziyuan had finished three circles around each grave and was about to be carried out of the cemetery, Xu Chuan appeared and stopped the funeral procession.
Before An Ziyuan could speak, Anton, the son of the old housekeeper, was already crying heartbreakingly, and pounced on the corpse brought by Xu Chuan.
"Daddy, Daddy—"
Xu Chuan also trembled when he saw An Ziyuan, looked at the old housekeeper who was killed, and asked very politely, "The corpse of the old housekeeper was found in the pagoda in the Yaowang Temple, does Young Master An know who killed the old housekeeper?" ”
The two people who were holding An Ziyuan on the left and right bowed their heads and did not move, An Ziyuan, who was covered by half of his face with a filial piety hat, raised his head slightly, his face was as pale as paper, and his eyes were red and swollen.
Chen Hongli drank, "Who are you?" Where is An Ziyuan? ”
"Don't move anyone, or Lao Tzu will stab him immediately!" The two people who were holding An Ziyuan left and right raised their hands and shook off the filial piety clothes on their bodies, revealing the knives that were against An Ziyuan's two ribs, and the fierce gods roared viciously.
This sudden change stunned the mourners who were waiting to receive the silver, and Anton, who was crying with snot and tears on his face, was also dumbfounded.
"Get out of the way!" The two people who kidnapped An Ziyuan dragged him backwards towards the woods, and just when the two of them were proud in their hearts, Chen Jingcheng was hiding in the woods
led people to rush out, and in a few clicks, they restrained An Ziyuan's abductors and tied them up with An Ziyuan.
Now, the funeral procession was even more shocked: didn't these people come to save An Ziyuan?
Anton rushed up with more than a dozen servants of the An family, "Who are you?" Let go of my young master!"
Xu Chuan ignored these people, and only asked An Ziyuan, "Who are you?" Where is the man who killed the old butler? ”
An Ziyuan, whose hands were tied, had a hoarse voice, but his speech was very clear, "Small, villain An Ziyuan, the murderer left yesterday." ”
"Where did they go?"
An Ziyuan shook his head weakly, "The villain doesn't know." ”
Chen Hong said angrily, "Let him run!" ”
Xu Chuan asked again, "Who are these two people?" ”
An Ziyuan replied, "Raozhou water bandits." ”
Xu Chuan stepped forward to untie the rope for An Ziyuan, and said gently, "Can Young Master An come with me?" After the matter is clarified, someone will be sent to send you back later. ”
An Ziyuan nodded immediately, called Anton and commanded hoarsely, "First bury your father next to the ancestral grave, and then spend a lot of money to hire a trustworthy nurse to guard the shop in the east of the city, and wait for me to come back." ”
Anton wiped his tears and asked, "Young Master, how many nurses do you hire?" ”
"Twenty."
Because it was inconvenient to take An Ziyuan and two water bandits over the mountains and mountains, the group changed to a boat, and chased the Lin family's big ship in the starry night until noon on the third day.
Seeing the "An Ziyuan" brought back by Xu Chuan, he concluded at first glance that this person was not An Ziyuan.
No, it would be more accurate to say that the person in front of him is the real An Ziyuan!!
Who is the person pretending to be An Ziyuan, and why is he the same as An Ziyuan?
Seeing that Lin Ruyu's face could not hide the pain, Shen Ge's heart seemed to be grabbed by someone's hand, and it hurt terribly.
At this time, An Ziyuan's face and spirit were much better, and he used a hoarse voice to tell what happened, "On the eighth day of the seventh month, I took two ships of goods out of Raozhou and walked for half a day, and I met water bandits, and people and goods fell into their hands. Yesterday, the bandits told me that my family had died in the floods...... I begged and pleaded, and they agreed to redeem me for 30,000 taels of silver, and to go home and mourn. ”
Lin Ruyu, who stabilized his mind, asked, "After being arrested in Raozhou, where did the water bandits hold you?" ”
From Raozhou to Xia Cai, it takes three days to travel. The water bandit told An Ziyuan yesterday that An Ziyuan would be able to give his family a funeral in Xia Cai today, and it was obvious that he was not locked up near Raozhou.
couldn't help but think of Taojiazhuang.
An Ziyuan looked at the little girl with a birthmark on her face, and her demeanor did not change in any way. But Lin Ruyu met his gaze, but his heart couldn't be calm.
An Ziyuan shook his head, "When I woke up after I was arrested, I was locked in a stone cave, and when I was brought out, my face was covered with a black cloth. Although I don't know where it is, it should be in the mountains within a radius of thirty miles from Xia Cai. "Recently, the transcoding has been serious, which makes us more motivated, and the update is faster, so please move your little hands to exit the mode. Thank you, please keep in mind the collection: jelly, the URL jelly latest and fastest without anti-theft free reading