Chapter 10: Singing on stage
The corners of his mouth hooked up with a smile, and said: "You want me to do you a favor again, but you don't seem to have helped me yet, I don't like to do loss-making transactions." ”
King Ning watched her touch her neck, did she want to wash her neck and give it to herself, but she was not the blood-sucking monster, what did she have in her head.
"I mean, if I need it in the future, I can ask you to help me look into the case. I helped you twice, and you paid me back twice, so it's settled. ”
Xie Hanci breathed a sigh of relief, investigating the case? That's great, let alone two pieces, she'll check as many as she has.
After negotiating the conditions, Xie Hanci turned around and walked into the main hall, but he was stopped at the door, and when he turned around, he was the little shopkeeper of Wanyue Xuan.
"This girl, dare to ask Lin Niangzi if she was really killed by a traitor? If she was really killed, can you tell who the murderer is? Where are the bones? The little shopkeeper's eyes were slightly swollen, as if he had cried.
"I'm sorry, I can't tell you just yet." Xie Hanci said lightly.
After hearing this, the little shopkeeper hugged his fist, and his eyes turned red again.
Seeing this, Xie Hanci said: "I know that you may still have old feelings for her, but don't forget that it was you who regretted your marriage in the first place, causing her to enter the house as a concubine later, so that today's catastrophe is possible." ”
The little shopkeeper sighed, shook his head and said, "I have discussed with my wife that I can let her marry her as a concubine, but she herself is greedy for vanity and would rather be a concubine for a man over half a hundred years old." Xie Hanci couldn't help but feel funny after hearing this: "Why do you think that you are all concubines, and being your concubine is more noble than being the concubine of that foreigner?" ”
The little shopkeeper's eyes widened: "I met Ruowei when I was young, she married me for many years, and secondly, my wife in my family has a gentle personality, knowing that she has robbed her of her position, she will treat her well." Although she married the old man and lived a life of fine clothes and food, she had to worry about it every day and beware of the calculations of the main room. ”
Xie Hanci asked rhetorically: "You attach so much importance to the friendship between you, why do you break the marriage contract and marry someone else?" Since you know that your current wife occupies her place, why don't you ask her to let her out and serve the Lin family as his wife and her as his concubine? ”
The little shopkeeper was poked in the sore spot, and his face turned red: "What you said is so rude." She is already the wife I am marrying, how can I let her be reduced to a concubine? I also obeyed my parents' orders, but I was helpless. The business in the family suddenly went wrong, and I needed to rely on my wife's mother's help. If you are ...... I should be considerate, I have only gratitude to my present wife, and no love between men and women. ”
Xie Hanci was also moved, and threw out three words: "Why?" ”
The little shopkeeper was stunned: "What does Miss mean?" ”
Xie Hanci took a step forward and asked sharply, "Why should the Lin family be considerate of you?" Why did you want her to be a concubine? If you really accept the Lin family, why does your current wife want to see you two complain about their feelings every day? What did she do wrong again? ”
"You say that you are helpless, but you take advantage of everything. I want to rely on the power of my father-in-law, but I also want to hold the beauty. Be an affectionate face that is not willing to give up the Lin family, but in fact, you are the most ruthless person! Do you know how much trouble you've caused her like this? ”
The little shopkeeper stayed where he was, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
Xie Hanci didn't want to deal with him anymore, and he didn't have the mood to go back to the hall to listen to the old monk's lectures, so he turned around and went back to the room to make up for sleep.
On the other side, Mrs. Li and Huiyuan are like ants on a hot pot.
"Didn't you promise me that it was okay? I also made a fuss about the leopard demon with my own cleverness, so I said, I missed the opportunity, just wait for the next time, when she gives birth, I will find a safe mother-in-law to kill her with two corpses. Well, we're all suspects! ”
Huiyuan held a new string of Buddhist beads in his hand: "What's the hurry? Anyway, you didn't have blood on your hands, I did it, and you pushed it to me. “
Mrs. Li took the Buddhist beads in Huiyuan's hand: "Why don't you use the string of Buddhist beads I gave you?" Besides, the old bald donkey obviously doesn't need you to do it at this time, isn't it that it was made difficult for that kid to end, and it hurt you to take one more life? ”
Huiyuan sighed: "The little junior brother was picked up from the mountain by me, without me, he would have taken the beast away, and he was also for my good." He said that the old bald donkey saw that the two of us had a personal affair, and he wanted to remove me from the post of supervising the temple and punish him slightly. Although I was impulsive at the time, he was right, with the abbot here, I would always be subject to others, and no matter how good I did, I could only be a watchdog. ”
Mrs. Li understood that it was not easy for him to be subservient to others for so many years, so she just complained: "But right now, this girl of the Xie family insists that the Lin family was killed, and the words are conclusive, will there really be evidence in hand, then tomorrow the official will really come to take people, and we will be passive." ”
Huiyuan gritted his teeth: "Then get rid of her." It's just that it's inconvenient for me to make another move, didn't you ask someone from your handkerchief to get someone who needs it? ”
Mrs. Li leaned her head on his shoulder: "San Lang, that person is a straw bag, if she solves it for the Lin family and the little shopkeeper in the first night, there will be no more complications, I don't worry about her doing things, besides, if she is discovered......"
Huiyuan snorted coldly: "Heh, it's good to be discovered." When the time comes, it will all be pushed on her. We are still living our leisurely days. No, as soon as the old bald donkey died, it would be easier for us. Rou'er, no one can stop us from meeting in the future. ”
As she spoke, Huiyuan stroked Mrs. Li's earlobe with her fingers, and the slightly cool fingertips ran across her hot skin, and she shivered.
"But San Lang, if that person is discovered, what if he gives me out?"
Huiyuan chuckled and leaned closer: "It's not simple, you just do what I say......"
At night, a figure flew outside the east wing where Xie Han lived, a small hole was poked in the paper window, the smoke slowly blew into the house, and the door was pushed open.
The masked man approached the bed lightly, stabbed it with a knife, and the moment the knife was pulled out, cotton wool flew all over the sky, and there was only a soft pillow in the quilt.
Xie Hanci pushed the door in and said angrily: "Sure enough, I can't wait." ”
The masked man was startled, and in the moonlight, a sharp sword light flashed on her wrist, and she flew towards Xie Hanci's face door with a gust of wind.
The masked man swung his knife and slashed, Xie Hanci hurriedly dodged, knowing that the three-legged cat kung fu he had actually fought on the street was not an opponent at all, and quickly fled outside the house.
A cold light flashed above her head, and only the sound of jade shattering could be heard, and the hairpin on her head touched the tip of the knife, making a crisp sound, turning into a few pieces of broken jade, and the green silk like a waterfall poured down.
As soon as it was too late, King Ning flew down from the roof, and the first sword struck the masked man's blade, and the short knife was immediately cut in two.
Unexpectedly, the masked man drew a soft sword from his waist and stabbed him in the throat with a strong wrist.
King Ning swung his sword to block, but the masked man's soft sword was like a swimming snake, and when the sword reached the middle of the sword, it suddenly turned in a different direction, and the tip of the sword stabbed into his chest. He was forced to take two steps back, lifted the sword in his hand, and stabbed the masked man through with a single sword, nailing him to the ground.
"Don't kill her! Keep your mouth alive! ”
Xie Hanci stepped forward with an arrow, but fortunately, although King Ning's sword pierced this person's shoulder, it avoided the fatal point. She ripped off the man's scarf, and it turned out to be the "black-faced maid" beside Mrs. Li.
The pilgrims in the temple heard the movement and walked out one after another. Mrs. Li's face turned blue, and then she said to Xie Hanci: "What's going on, how can this girl use a knife?" ”
Xie Hanci kicked the knife on the ground at Mrs. Li's feet and asked, "Didn't you bring her here precisely because she knew how to use a knife?" From the beginning, you didn't plan to let Lin Ruowei go back alive. ”
Mrs. Li stepped on the soles of her feet and asked, "Miss Xie is in a daz, Lin was not stabbed to death by a knife." She was taken away by the leopard demon, and there was no corpse to die, didn't Miss Xie also see the blood marks on the stone wall that were dragged away? ”
Xie Hanci smiled lightly and said, "Your original plan was to let this servant stab Lin Ruowei and the little shopkeeper to death, throw them to the back mountain, and then disguise herself as Lin Ruowei and elope with the little shopkeeper in your mouth." But this servant girl didn't kill her at a critical moment, and I thought she was scared at first, so I retreated. ”
The servant girl couldn't move, streams of blood flowed down the sword body to the ground, she looked up at Xie Hanci, and didn't speak.
Xie Hanci continued: "But the two times she stabbed the pillow just now, it was clear that she was going to put me to death, where was there a panic and fear. Just after looking at her knife technique, I realized that this is a disciple of Feiyun Sect, and they have their own rules - three do not kill. ”
Jing Yu hurriedly asked: "Why don't you kill the three?" What does Feiyunmen not let kill? ”
Xie Hanci explained: "Don't kill children under the age of three, don't kill people over 80 years old, and don't kill pregnant women. ”
Mrs. Li's brows tightened, and she lowered her eyes and said, "I don't know what you're talking about?" ”
Xie Han replied: "The Lin family is cautious, but he arrived at the temple one step later than his wife. She has a slender figure, no bulge in her lower abdomen, she should be less than three months pregnant, and at this time the fetal gas is unstable and the mountain road is bumpy, so even if she offends her wife, she only dares to let the carriage go slowly. ”
Xie Hanci thought for a while, and added: "Also, when we eat fasting, we all have purslane, bitter gourd, and fungus. These pregnant women can't eat, so she barely touched her chopsticks yesterday. ”
Mrs. Li's face became more and more ugly, she gritted her teeth and said, "That slut didn't tell me that she was pregnant, and the master didn't tell me." ”
Xie Hanci chuckled sideways: "If she doesn't tell you, don't you know Mrs. Li?" She has a fixed number of food and clothing for a concubine, you are the head of the Li family, will you not notice? Even if you were just guessing before, you must know after eating vegetarian food that day. ”
Some pilgrims in the crowd were surprised and said, "Amitabha, how dare the lady dare to do this murderous thing under the nose of this Bodhisattva." If you send concubines, wouldn't it be more convenient to be in the Yuanwai Mansion?
Xie Hanci couldn't help but applaud him: "You said the key, Mrs. Li dared to choose to get rid of Lin Ruowei here, first, it was difficult for the outsiders in the mansion to stare at it." The second is because she has a good helper in the temple. ”
Xie Hanci turned his eyes to the onlookers: this person was as careful as a hair, not only did he light incense for Mrs. Li in advance before she lived in the West Wing, but he was also worried that the undried tung oil would get on Mrs. Li's sleeves. ”
"Really, Master Huiyuan?"
Huiyuan turned his back to everyone and seemed to be about to slip away.
"I remember that Mrs. Li made a big fuss in the morning class because of Lin's disappearance, and then you kept claiming to be in retreat and praying for blessings, why did the abbot hold your Buddha beads in his hand?"
Huiyuan turned around, and said to Xie Hanci with his hands folded: "Amitabha, all the monks in this Jinlin Temple wear Buddha beads, why do you insist that it is Huiyuan?" The poor monk Miss Xie is still young, don't care about you, the poor monk is now going to chant for the abbot, and I hope Miss Xie can let it go. ”
Xie Hanci held up a Buddha bead in his hand, its surface was a little discolored, and it could be seen that it had been worn for a long time and played with it every day. Xie Hanci flipped his fingers, and the other side of the top bead was engraved with a clear word "far".
She had picked up the bead on the ground outside the meditation room. But she wants to gamble, bet that he will be a thief.
Huiyuan's face completely changed at this time, his face could no longer be hung up, and he cursed in a low voice: "Damn." ”