Chapter 232: The Night of Murder in the Dark of the Moon
Shen Yu was eating at the restaurant when Sun Yun'er came in.
"Ah, Boss Qian is dead?"
Shen Yu was stunned for a moment, blinked, and blinked again.
Boss Qian was stabbed to death by one of his beggars, and the little boy said that Boss Qian had been bullying him all these days and had killed one of his companions, so he killed someone in anger.
"That's it...... It's the kid called the lamb, right? ”
"Mr. Shen, do you know him?"
Sun Yun'er scratched her head and asked.
"Well, it's the kid who only has four fingers on his left hand and a little earlobe, and he's been staring at me all these days, by the way, the last time I asked you to give meat buns to those kids, he ate four."
Shen Yu sighed and thought of the boy.
To tell the truth, in Daming he did charity for the system, in this time and space, doing charity is really unbearable, the country has been established for a hundred years, although it is a peaceful and prosperous era, but in fact, the people below live very miserable.
Shen Yu thought that this child was good, but after he had eaten the meat buns and steamed buns that Shen Yu gave him a few times, he was unwilling to be adopted.
"Yes, it's him, and he also asked someone to pass you a message, saying that the person behind it is Master Chen."
"Well, I see, Boss Chen."
Shen Yu beckoned and asked Boss Chen from Xiangmanlou to come over, this is Master Chen's cousin, and he also has a cousin as the cell leader.
In the 100 years since the founding of the country, deep-rooted gangs and factions have long been formed in the localities, and various families have tried to expand and devour them, and they have become intertwined everywhere.
Boss Chen was full of smiles, looking like Maitreya Buddha.
Shen Yu took out a piece of silver cake from his arms and handed it over.
"Boss Chen, I heard that the cell boss is your cousin, please help open the joints, Xiaoyang, this child is very pitiful, he can't bear to kill someone, it really makes people sigh.
Let him not suffer any sins in prison, and I'll find a way to do anything else. ”
Shen Yu didn't know why Xiao Yang killed people, but he should have helped himself...... He could remember the child's lone wolf-like eyes.
The right is just to do a good deed, and after a while he will contact a few more people to see if he can give him the lightest punishment - in this era, as long as the money is enough and a good reason is found, he can be acquitted of killing someone or imprisoned for two or three months.
Boss Chen said that there is no problem and he will definitely do this well.
"Shen Gongzi, since the old money is dead, we don't want the money, it's really ......"
Two strong men also came, and they carried two hundred taels of silver.
In this era, ordinary people spend only one tael of silver a month, and they can still live well, two hundred taels of silver, which is enough for two people to live in peace.
"What are you doing, two?"
Shen Yu was stunned for a moment, with an unhappy look on his face.
"This is my gratitude to you both, and it means nothing else, and if you can afford me, don't say anything! Also, today is a farewell banquet, you can go back and do business when you leave, don't let me down. ”
Shen Yu shook his head and said that he would not accept money.
The two strong men glanced at each other and nodded vigorously.
Great kindness, they will always remember it.
……
spent two hundred taels of silver in vain to send the two strong men away, and Shen Yu did not have a trace of turmoil in his heart.
Their ancestors were generals in Hebei, and they had glory and officials, but the imperial court collected too heavy taxes, and it cost money and food to practice martial arts, so they finally went bankrupt and fell here.
The two of them had thoughts and ideas, and Shen Yu didn't want to hinder them, so he sent them a sum of money to leave, although they were in vain.
The test of lack of money made Shen Yu really cultivate a heroic spirit.
came to a large abandoned mansion on the corner of the street, and the owner of the year was robbed, and the whole family died overnight, and no one took over.
Two months ago, Shen Yu made a sum of money, so he found a Chinese person and rented this courtyard for a year to house a group of beggars in the name of recruiting apprentices.
"Mr. Shen is here."
"Hello Mr. Shen."
When Shen Yu came to the vicinity of the courtyard, the beggars had already greeted him.
After Shen Yu found them, everyone had to shave their heads and take a bath, throw away the old clothes, and replace them with the old clothes that had been steamed and sterilized - the new clothes were very expensive, so it was better to buy some old clothes from the market, after all, this was not one or two children, but more than thirty, and then some came one after another, and now there are more than sixty.
"Well, come and have a look."
Shen Yu walked into the courtyard, it was just time to start eating, today's rice was mush, oats, grains plus soybeans and black beans were boiled into a pot, very thick, and the dish was fried radish with lard.
This thing will be considered garbage in later generations, but in this era, it is already a luxury to be able to give children such food.
Small citizens don't necessarily eat so well every day.
"Eat first, I've already eaten it."
Shen Yu made rounds in the courtyard and various rooms, and the situation was very good.
When recruiting children, Shen Yu interviewed every child and eliminated the black sheep or those who had become bad, ensuring that those who could come in at least knew the rules.
The room was cleaned very neatly, and the courtyard was also well organized, which was very good, Shen Yu nodded.
Not far away, the children are devouring food, although the paste and lard fried radish will be rubbish in the future, but for them, it is a supreme delicacy.
It is full of eight points, clean and hygienic, and soybeans and black beans ensure protein, and lard provides fat (sometimes mutton fat or butter), although everyone does not know nutrition, but it is a delicacy that has not been eaten for a long time, and when I came here, my body is getting better day by day.
The children ate quickly, and after eating, Shen Yu asked a few children to go to the butcher shop in the east to get some offal, such as pork liver, lamb liver, intestines, mouth strips and other things.
These are not eaten now, but stewed and eaten in the evening.
Every time Shen Yu came to see them, everyone had a meal that night.
Shen Yu will be equipped with two packs of marinade, let them marinate these things well, and then eat them one by one, full of oil, very happy.
Well, the reason why he doesn't give meat, Shen Yu's current income is still average, he has many children, and this standard of living is already very good, no matter how high it is, it makes everyone suspicious.
"All right, you, you, you, and you."
Shen Yu pointed to the four eldest children and told them, now that you are following me, are you willing?
"Hello sir!"
The four children looked happy, knelt down in front of Shen Yu, and kowtowed hard.
Today's daytime events have spread throughout the market, and everyone is talking about Xiao Yang's measures and Shen Yu's behavior of giving money to the two brothers.
The latter, in particular, simply filled everyone with anticipation.
Everyone is not afraid of death, only of hunger.
The children are not afraid of any powerful forces, they only know that they can eat enough with Shen Yu, so let them kill people.
Orphans in the countryside who are under the age of ten who have not been adopted or become slaves of others have not survived to adulthood, and orphans in the city are the same.
This is not made up by Shen Yu, but the statistics of the two worlds, thousands of years of blood and tears, real history.
I heard that there was a great benevolent person here in Linzhou City, so many beggars came from afar.
……
The four children were very excited and reserved.
"Don't be so nervous, don't bring any daggers, the wooden stick behind the courtyard is enough, I am a doctor who treats diseases, not fights with people."
Shen Yu smiled and patted a child on the shoulder, he was thirteen years old and had a nickname called Monkey.
"Hmm."
The child nodded, nodding vigorously.
"Okay, eat more, try to grow taller, your age is the time to grow taller."
……
At one o'clock in the middle of the night, Shen Yu got up from the bed, walked along a tunnel left by the original owner, went to the exit on the other side, took the relevant things, and headed towards the home of Master Chen in the east of the city.
Instead of walking, he stepped on a skateboard.
The bearings, rollers, springs, etc., which were made from Blacksmith Lee, together with a small but sturdy wooden plank, formed a double-warped skateboard similar to that of later generations.
There is no need to kick the ground, the mental power pushes the skateboard to slide on the bluestone pavement, Director Shen wanders around the city every day, notes the potholes on the road, and with the help of the induction of spiritual power, he can also know that the road surface there is relatively smooth.
If you encounter a place that is difficult to avoid, mental power provides an upward force, and then passes smoothly.
Xuanwuding's attack power is not strong, but it ...... The difference between humans and animals lies in the wisdom of using tools.
The skateboard was like a little donkey, taking Shen Yu towards the destination.
On the surface, he is a poor scholar who has no power to restrain the chicken, and any martial arts master will not notice that he has true qi in his body, and then think that he is a weak chicken.
After dark, the city is silent, except for a few major intersections, where some lanterns are placed to provide some light.
Tonight was cloudy, and it was even darker on the road, but everything was clear to Shen Yu.
The fifth layer of Xuanwu Ding made his spiritual power extremely powerful, and his invisible divine sense was released, and the terrain of dozens of meters around him could be perceived, which allowed him to avoid the two patrols and come to the door of Master Chen's house smoothly.
Master Chen's home is in the west of the city, there are old and young in the family, but he doesn't live in it, but lives in another house, which is convenient for him to call the fans to have fun, there are two courtyards in the house, a dog, Master Chen has practiced martial arts, one person can beat ten, ah no, dozens of Shen Yu is not a problem.
Maybe it's because he has done a lot of evil, but his house is still well defended, such as the courtyard behind the gate, although he sat lazily by the rockery, tasting the saltwater beans, but he was actually very vigilant, and the dog next to him was the same.
He heard the movement outside the door, and quickly moved to stand behind the door, with a long knife in hand.
The double-warped skateboard continued to move forward under Shen Yu's control, while Shen Yu took out a pill from his pocket, crushed it, and Xuanwuding's spiritual ability made the pill powder fly out of thin air, and then slowly floated over the courtyard wall.
The nurse found that it was okay and returned to the stone table, but he didn't know that the pill came to the top of the nursery's head, and the powder fell silently, falling into the saltwater beans in front of the nursery, like a pinch of dust blown by the wind.
And this is a very common scene at this time.
A minute later, the Ecstasy attacked, and the nurse yawned and fell asleep unconsciously, as well as the dog near him, and the powder floated directly to the end of its nose.
Shen Yu didn't push open the door, but picked up a finger-long three-edged needle and threw it towards the courtyard.
The three-edged needle turned into an arc and floated over the courtyard wall, falling weakly to the ground, and then being manipulated by spiritual power, with a brush, stabbed into the head of the courtyard.
Shen Yu didn't know what internal skills he cultivated, and he didn't know if his true qi could quickly expel the drug, he was here to kill people tonight, there was no need for his subordinates to show mercy.
The latch of the door moved to the side, and Shen Yu entered the courtyard of Master Chen, and the double-tilted skateboard returned to Shen Yu's side, like a docile little electric donkey.
The opening of the latch is not silent, and the opening of the door is not silent, because the owner of the house not only does not often oil, but also deliberately makes the latch and the door open with a screeching sound, so as to alert the people in the house that someone has come in.
The squeaking sound alarmed the second nurse, who called out his companion's name before rushing out.
The next moment, his whole body was like a lobster, and he suddenly jumped up.
He didn't expect that someone actually threw a handful of thistles on the ground, and he felt wrong when he stepped on it, but fortunately, his reaction was quick, and he suddenly changed the direction of his force, and the long knife in his hand was a little on the ground, and the whole person flew.
"Ahh
He had just jumped up, and suddenly felt a sudden pain in his head, as if something sharp had touched him hard, making his body fall to the ground involuntarily.
Shocking stab, Xuanwuding's spiritual attack means!
The nurse fell to the ground, just pressed on a dozen or so thistles, a large amount of blood flowed out, and he was just about to scream, when a three-edged needle, under the manipulation of Xuanwuding, pierced his head.
Shen Yu also didn't know what kind of internal skills he was cultivating, nor did he know how strong his vitality was, so he ...... Please, let's die.
With a wave of his hand, the dozen or so thistles on the ground were rearranged and combined and fell into the courtyard.
Master Chen was already startled, he rushed to the courtyard with a narrow knife, and what he saw was the corpses of the two guards.
There was no sign of a move, it was obvious that it was a one-hit kill.
"This gentleman, who told you to kill me? Let me go, and I'll pay you five! ”
He said this, staring at Shen Yu deadly.
"I am an official of the imperial court, if you kill me, the six doors will definitely be investigated to the end, you don't think about you, you also have to think about your wife and children, and the teacher!"
He clenched the knife in his hand, and looked at the person in front of him who had no martial arts shelf-a person who practiced martial arts, polishing his muscles and bones, practicing true qi, which could be seen at a glance from his appearance, and this person was obviously a person who had not practiced martial arts.
His terrified gaze looked left and right, trying to find the enemy hiding in the shadows.
But...... For some reason, he suddenly felt a gurgling of blood flowing out of his mouth and nose, but the true qi was not running smoothly.
Poisoned, he thought so, but, when did this person release the poison?
He didn't notice at all that when he came over, the fine smoke and dust that fell from the brush on the top of his head were highly poisonous things prepared by Shen Yu.
"You're damned!"
He roared loudly, brandished a narrow blade knife and rushed towards Shen Yu, and then, dizzy, Xuanwu Ding hit him, and there was a pain in his feet, which was stepping on the iron thistle terrestris that suddenly moved.
His body involuntarily softened, and then the poison made his body weak and uncomfortable.
"Who are you, were you sent by Shen Yu to kill me?"
He howled in despair, as an official of the imperial court, he is now the master bookkeeper, many people in the local area want to look at his eyes, he has accumulated a rich net worth, and he has not enjoyed it well, he is also very small and cautious, just bullying those weak characters, the Chen family has prospered over the years, and it is all his credit.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through his mind, and he suddenly remembered the polite scholar.
His attitude is very kind, and his posture is also very low, but there is always an indescribable feeling that this person has a pride from the bones.
The person in front of him had eyes very similar to Shen Yu's. He suddenly understood who the person in front of him was.
"Please!"
He wanted to say something, including all kinds of promises, but the next moment, a three-edged needle pierced his head.
What are you doing with so much nonsense?
Shen Yu didn't even bother to ask who was behind him, of course the person in charge was Lord Yang, the infamy of that shameless Wang Ba was too ruthless, so ruthless that it made his reputation ruined, so although he couldn't kill himself, it was normal to find local haoqiang, haoqiang to find local ruffians and hooligans to fight bad battles and ruin his reputation.
There was no one else in the house, and Shen Yu opened the door.
Master Chen's money is really a lot, the gold and silver nuggets add up to a large package, there are also a few silver tickets, gold and silver jewelry, jewelry and something, which makes Shen Yu very happy.
Overall, it is estimated that there are thousands of taels of silver.
The landlord's family, marrying a few little wives, eating and drinking every day, can live well in five years after one thousand taels, not to mention Shen Yu, a bachelor.
Well, although Master Chen issued an early warning, no one has come to check, this is normal, everyone is afraid of trouble, and it is very dangerous in the middle of the night.
By the way, is Shen Yu afraid of danger?
Of course he is not afraid, he has completed his study of herbology, the task has been completed, as for meeting inexplicable masters, and being killed by them, then return, how big of a deal?
There are only two reasons why it is not coming back now.
First, it's so comfortable to have a casual day, what are you going to do when you go back? Zhu Yourong was jealous of him, and he also felt that there were many people over there who always wanted to murder him, how comfortable it was here.
Second, he still wants to seek wealth and danger to verify a possibility.
Of course, everything is left to chance.
The skateboard was like a little electric donkey, carrying Shen Yu home.
By the way, why don't you cultivate internal strength and true qi?
In addition to looking forward to the reward behind the Heavenly Remnant Gate, sometimes, weak is strong, soft is hard, and the knife without light is the sharpest.
Shen Yu has a plan, and he is very lacking in great virtue.
(End of chapter)