Chapter 10: Death in Chengdu (10)
Back at the inn, Zhu Wenyu sent Sun Changxu away, and when he returned to the house, Nangong Ling and Tang Yun were all at the table, and Tang Li went to Tang Yun's house to pack up his things and make the mattress. Nangong Ling was still silent and seemed to be full of worries, while Tang Yun watched Zhu Wenyu come in and out, his eyes never left him for a moment, he suddenly remembered something, his face flushed, he lowered his head, and only after a while raised his head as if nothing happened.
Zhu Wenyu sat down, poured a cup of tea, took a sip, and said, "Say it, wood." ”
"What?" Nangong Ling seemed to be taken aback.
"Less wordy, what did you find? Say it. Zhu Wenyu took another sip of tea.
“…… That's my fifth uncle's sword move. Nangong Ling knew what Zhu Wenyu was going to ask, so he hesitated for a while and lowered his head and said lightly.
"Your fifth uncle?"
"Well, my fifth uncle is the 'black and white sword' Nangong Zhi, the injury suffered by that nursing house, I can't think of any sect's sword moves will leave scars everywhere in the Purple Palace, Guan Yuan, Zhangmen, and knees and eyes at the same time, only my fifth Bo Nangong Zhi's original 'black and white sword technique' has a move 'Qingshan Yinyin' will be like this. Brother Zhu, can you come up with other sects' moves? ”
"I can't think of it either. Is your fifth uncle the Nangong Zhi who is one of the 'Three Sons of Nangong'? ”
"Yes, the fifth uncle has been walking the rivers and lakes for eleven years. He is a martial arts wizard, he is the only one in the Nangong family who is good at using two-handed double swords, and he also created a set of 'black and white swordsmanship', the moves are very reasonable, unexpected, and the tricks are dangerous step by step, and he is the only one in the Nangong Gate who can do it. The power is amazing, almost equal to Sanbo's thunder swordsmanship. ”
"You, the Fifth Bernan Gong Zhihui, are one of the murderers?" Zhu Wenyu said confusedly.
"No way!" Nangong Ling was suddenly a little excited and stood up slightly. "Although my fifth uncle is introverted and silent, he is an upright person, and it is impossible for him to do such a thing that people and gods are angry about."
"But you're not sure, are you?" Zhu Wenyu was much calmer.
“…… Be. Nangong Ling sat down in his chair dejectedly.
"Well, no matter who the murderer is, it's the Black Wolf Gang, we have to investigate, if it's not the Black Wolf Gang, we have to investigate, and avenge the fifty-three unjust deaths. As for your fifth uncle, it's just an inference, maybe it doesn't have anything to do with it at all, don't think about it, wood, we'll go to the scene tomorrow to have a look. Zhu Wenyu patted Nangong Ling's shoulder.
"It's impossible for my fifth uncle to have anything to do with the Black Wolf Gang." Nangong Lingdao.
"Okay, okay, it's okay, it's okay, isn't it just a guess? What do a few wounds indicate? Maybe you and I are lonely, and there are other moves that have this kind of wound? Or maybe someone wants to set up a false accusation on purpose? Don't think about it and go to sleep. Although Zhu Wenyu knew that since those thieves wanted to burn down the house and destroy the traces, they would not imitate the wounds so deliberately, but he still comforted him.
"Could it be such a coincidence?" Nangong Ling was obviously a little out of proportion, muttering, but stopped talking.
"I said Miss Tang, if you don't want to go, you have to go, how about it? Scarewn, right? Zhu Wenyu said to Tang Yun again.
Tang Yun listened to Nangong Ling's words just now, and was looking down to ponder, when she heard Zhu Wenyu say, she snorted: "Why are you scared?" Not at all! Didn't I kill anyone and scared me? ”
"Still hard-mouthed?"
"It's just not scared, what's wrong? You're scared. Tang Yun raised her head slightly, but she refused to admit it.
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about it, don't be scared, don't be scared, think about it next time, that's not where you should go."
"What's wrong with that place? If you can go, I can go!"
"Okay, okay, you can go, auntie, you can rest, you have to go to the scene tomorrow." Zhu Wenyu waved his hand impatiently.
Tang Yun opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, she closed it again, stopped talking, stood up, and went back to her room. Being so obedient made Zhu Wenyu a little strange, glanced at her back, and just as Tang Yun also glanced back, the two of them touched their eyes and immediately avoided them.
Tang Yun returned to the house, her face was slightly red, and as soon as she entered the door, she sat on the bed, grabbed the pillow and slammed it onto the bed.
"What's wrong? Miss? Tang Li came over and asked.
"I'm so angry, this dead monkey, I always say I'm scared!" Tang Yun said hatefully.
"Miss, haven't you been scared yet? I see you holding Zhu Gongzi's hand for a long time," Tang Li said with wide eyes as he pretended to be frightened.
"You??!! Little hooves, dare you say? See I don't hit you? You're all right? You know that you are pulling my clothes and rubbing against me, and I am not that rotten piece of wood, you rub him!"
"What did the young lady say?" One sentence made Tang Li's face flush.
"Blushing, huh? Hehe, you ghost girl, can you hide it from me just because of your idea? Tang Yun had a sly smile on her face.
Tang Li was ashamed, so he simply ignored Tang Yun and went to his bed.
"Alright! I'm tired, I'm tired, I'm sleeping!" Tang Yun stretched and lay down on the bed.
"Miss, you haven't freshened up yet." Tang Li hurriedly came over.
More than ten miles south of Danling county town, there is a village courtyard, the wall is more than one zhang high, look at it from afar, the eaves in the wall are heavy, it is obvious that it is a large family, although the wooden building in the courtyard is not luxurious, but it is also spectacular compared with the low house of the villagers next to it. At the gate of the courtyard stood two sword-wielding soldiers, and several soldiers wandered around. The large mahogany door was closed, and two seals were affixed to the door.
This is the mansion of the Zhang family, the local gentry who suffered the catastrophe this time.
When Zhu Wenyu and Sun Changxu rode to the courtyard of Zhangjiazhuang, it was already the beginning of the day, and the guards saw Mo Duo and Sun Changxu, and they all saluted together.
As soon as the door opened, Zhu Wenyu saw a mess in the inner courtyard of the village, scattered gravel and rotten tables everywhere, two door panels came out of the door frame and fell on the ground in the courtyard, and black blood stains could be seen on it, and large and small blood stains could be seen on the ground from time to time.
The inner chamber was also in disarray, with blood on the pillars and beds on the floor, curtains torn to pieces, women and children's clothes scattered on the floor, and all the wardrobe boxes had been opened, and the contents were turned into a mess, apparently caused by the murderer's search for soft belongings.
"Lord Sun, nothing has been moved at the scene, right?"
"Exactly, apart from the removal of the corpses, and the livestock, cattle and horses, everything remained untouched. We didn't even touch anything when we investigated the case, it was exactly the way it was after the incident. Modo replied from the side.
Zhu Wenyu nodded.
"But ......," Modo said hesitantly.
"Huh?" Zhu Wenyu looked back at Mo Duo.
"There has been snow from time to time in the past half a month, and the house is okay, but the traces in the courtyard have been covered by snow a lot, and the lower official wanted to send someone to clean it, but he was afraid of destroying the original state, so he had to let it go, if Lord Qincha wanted to see the original appearance of the courtyard, he had to sweep the snow away."
"Well, I'll figure it out later." Zhu Wenyu said.
Walking through the two rooms again, Zhu Wenyu saw a bunch of people behind him, and he couldn't calm down to take a closer look, so he said, "Lord Mo, Lord Sun, can I wait for a few to take a closer look alone?" You don't have to stay with us, just go and rest. ”
Mo Duo was still ready to speak, Sun Changxu was an old criminal name, but he knew that when he was thinking about handling the case, he was most taboo to disturb his thoughts, so he said respectfully: "Lord Qincha has an order, and the lower officials obey the order." All personnel waited outside the hospital. After saying that, he took the lead and turned around, and after a while, Mo Duo and several errand servants followed Sun Changxu out of the courtyard, and closed the gate reflexively, and the courtyard was suddenly silent.
"Let's go to another room."
Behind the courtyard is the residence of the female dependents, some of the windows are still pasted with red window flowers, and there are new curtains hanging inside.
Zhu Wenyu was approaching a two-story small building in the backyard, which was obviously Miss Zhang's embroidery pavilion, Zhu Wenyu remembered that Miss Zhang's family was also one of the victims who were killed by a knife first, so he walked towards the attic, walked downstairs, stopped suddenly, looked back at Nangong Ling behind him, Nangong Ling also looked at him, and they also felt that there seemed to be a very slight breathing sound in the attic.
The sound of breathing was extremely subtle, and there was a north wind blowing outside, if it weren't for the fact that Zhu Wenyu and Nangong Ling's internal skills had reached the realm of first-class masters, they would definitely not be able to hear it. Tang Yun in the back shook unconsciously, and walked towards this side while whispering to Tang Li, seeing the solemn expressions of Zhu Wenyu and Nangong Ling, the two of them hurriedly stopped.
Zhu Wenyu made a gesture, Nangong Ling nodded, and lightly touched up the stairs, while Zhu Wenyu carried light skills, a little on tiptoe, and quietly ran up to the roof next to him, staring at the embroidery building. Tang Yun and the others also drew their swords and stood downstairs, seemingly wanting to defend the way out for Zhu Wenyu.
Nangong Lingzhi touched the door of the embroidery pavilion in fear, took out the "Qiushui Sword", kicked the door of the embroidery pavilion open, and rushed in, only to hear a young woman's exclamation suddenly come from the embroidery pavilion.
Zhu Wenyu was stunned, and couldn't figure out how a young woman could appear at this murder scene, a murderer? Is it a survivor? If it was a murderer, why did he still appear here after more than ten days? If so, how? How can they stay here after Mo Xianling and Sun Changxu and others clean up the scene? And why can they hide from the soldiers who are guarding outside day and night? What's even more strange is that after Nangong Ling entered the Embroidery Pavilion, there was not the slightest sound of fighting, and there was actually a sound of a man and a woman talking in the wind, could it be that the people in the Embroidery Pavilion and Nangong Ling would actually know each other?
A series of question marks turned Zhu Wenyu's brain, but his figure was not delayed, he had already rushed to the window of the embroidery pavilion, and quietly lucked to crack the window bolt, opened the window, and the person had flashed into the room.
saw Nangong Ling and a woman standing opposite each other, talking. The woman heard the sound of the window and turned around, but Zhu Wenyu was stunned and speechless.
This woman is not only known by Nangong Ling, but also by him Zhu Wenyu, and it is actually the Yunnan girl Maya who met in Baishui Town!