13 Performing arts
They quickly quit the store, rented a slightly dilapidated house in the middle of nowhere for a month at a very low price, and then wondered how to make money.
From selling melons to selling plasters, it ended because there was no land, no supply, and no assets.
In the end, Wujiang thought about it, looked up and smiled: "There is." ”
"What?"
"Showmanship!"
So they bought twenty throwing knives with the money they had left, and tomorrow they went to the street to make money.
Xiaoci fell asleep at night, and Wujiang came to the mansion of the squire of the criminal department in the night to see if this bullying boy was planning how to deal with her, and by the way, he touched his details.
Wujiang quietly followed his subordinates to the residence of that Li Gongzi, where the lights were on, but there was no voice.
A servant stood outside the door and instructed the rest of the people: "The young master was wronged this morning, and asked people to look for the person but didn't find it, and found a girl in the afternoon to put out the fire, the little girl is only eleven years old, but the claws are very sharp, the young master is tired enough in the afternoon, and now he is sleeping deeply, don't bother." ”
"Yes." The crowd dispersed.
Wujiang entered softly, and saw that the gentleman was sleeping peacefully on the bed, with incense lit in the room, and all kinds of fun things on the table as far as the eye could see, crickets, dice, and hair......
The hair was tied with different colors of satin, and the bunches were neatly arranged, and a name was written at the end of each satin: He Xiaoju, Lan Xiang, Qiu Xia, Guan Xiaomei...... All of them were women's names, the words were red, and the smell of blood and rust could be faintly smelled.
"I found a girl in the afternoon and put out the fire, the little girl is only eleven years old, her claws are very sharp, and the young master is tired enough to cho......ke in the afternoon" looked down, a touch of red at the bottom of the table, it was the woman's belly pocket, and the red paint on the corner of the table fell off, and you can imagine the pain and struggle when the nails were scraped.
Some people don't deserve to live in this world at all.
Approaching the bed, Wujiang suddenly noticed something unusual.
The bed was unusually quiet, and it seemed that there was no chest heaving when breathing.
She reached out to sniff its breath.
He's dead.
However, there was still a faint warmth on his face, which did not cool down, indicating that he died shortly after.
Murder? But there was no wound on his body; Poisoning? The skin did not show an abnormal color. It looked like he was dying a normal death, but he was not yet thirty years old, and he learned from his subordinates that he was strong and had no disease, so why did he suddenly die violently?
Wujiang looked closely, and suddenly smelled a trace of strange fragrance, the incense in the house was elegant and quiet, but the placket of the dead Li Gongzi was stained with a very strange smell, although it was extremely light, but this fragrance was cold and domineering, very peculiar.
Since the person is dead, he will not stop and leave again in the night, but the strange fragrance lingers in his heart......
The next day, the most prosperous street in Xixuan was crowded with a group of people, three circles in front and back, which was more than the people in other stalls. Through the crowd, I only heard a little girl shouting: "Fellow villagers, my father went to the northwest to do business, and there was no news for a month, Sister A took me to find Daddy, but unfortunately I passed through here, and I had to perform here. ”
This voice is childish, pitiful, and listening to the touching story of looking for his father for thousands of miles, everyone watched with compassion. The spectators on the streets of Xixuan have never seen any kind of things, the beautiful girls have seen a lot, and the people who sell the arts have also seen a lot, but the beautiful girls with their sisters are looking for their fathers for thousands of miles, and they want to see what kind of art this young sister and young sister are going to sell.
I saw that the girl was dressed in green clothes, her face was quiet and indifferent, and she had a rare calm attitude, which made people feel good. Just as people were trying to figure out how she was dressed, she suddenly flipped her wrists, and at some point there were six more throwing knives in her hands, reflecting the sunlight and refracting the dangerous light. She suddenly flicked her fingers, and six flying knives flew out in unison, and they were actually the red hearts in the middle of the knives! The hearts are not big, and the tip of each throwing knife occupies a small area, exactly six, and there is not even a trace of gap.
"Good!"
Just when the audience applauded, Wujiang turned back, with her back to the target, she bent back, crossed her hands over her head, and there were six more flying knives between her ten fingers, the ten fingers were slender and dexterous, and the six flying knives flew out together between the flips, shooting down the original six, and steadily dominating the red heart!
The movements are clean and neat, all in one go, as smooth and perfect as flowing water.
"Good!" The onlookers erupted in thunderous applause, and Xiao Ci hurriedly picked up the hat and turned around.
Wujiang took down the flying knife, Xiao Ci put down the hat and took out a round wooden ring from his arms, only the size of a child's wrist, allowing only one flying knife to pass through.
Xiao Ci pinched the edge with his hand, straightened his arm and raised it above his head, and said loudly: "This time we are going to perform a flying knife to shoot the heart, everyone look carefully." ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw a flying knife swishing through the wooden ring and hitting the bull's-eye, before everyone could react, it was another flying knife through the ring, just like that, the flying knife was one after another, the speed was getting faster and faster, the end was almost connected into a straight line, under the sun, it seemed that a silver glittering rope appeared in the air, which was very good-looking. And this performance is not only beautiful, but it also slashes through the ring, the knife shoots down the knife in front of it, and occupies the bull's-eye one after another, until the last flying knife stands proudly in the red center, and people close their mouths that open in surprise.
Just when everyone was curious about what tricks she would play next, she took out a black cloth and blindfolded herself, Xiao Ci put down her hat and explained: "Next my sister is going to perform a blindfolded flying knife, is there any righteous man who comes out to challenge?" ”
The restless spectator fell silent in an instant.
What? Blindfolded and shooting people with throwing knives? Are you kidding? Although judging from the performance just now, this girl's flying knife is indeed good, but people miss horses and horses! We just want to have fun, we don't need to put our lives into it, even if we don't have to worry about our lives, if we are shot in the hand or leg, this must not be crippled?
Xiao Ci saw that everyone's faces were gloomy, and no one volunteered to come forward and comfort: "Don't worry, my sister has practiced flying knives since she was a child, studied under famous masters, and never missed, although she was relieved." ”
But this sword doesn't have long eyes, how can I relax my heart, my mother-in-law can cut her fingers when she opens her eyes and cuts vegetables, no, no.
Xiao Ci saw that everyone looked withdrawn, his eyes were full of resistance and suspicion, and a large number of people in Wuyang were stunned, but no one stood up. If this stalemate continues, they will lose interest, and people will disperse, Xiao Ci was about to be a human target by himself, but he heard a voice, not in a hurry or slowly, coming from the back of the crowd.
The onlookers cast their eyes in the direction of the sound, and at the end was a handsome young man, the jade flute in his hand was gently tapping the palm, the blue hairband was flying in the wind, and he smiled: "I'm coming." ”
said lightly, as relaxed and natural as going to the green in spring, as if it was not going to be a human target.
There was a lot of discussion around him in an instant.
"This young man is quite bold, isn't he afraid of being pierced into a sieve?"
"Just look at this kind of trick, and you really have to cooperate, what if?"
Another person has a long-term view: "Maybe he just looks forward to what happens, you see, this son is magnificent, this demeanor and temperament must be born in a good family, it's okay to come here to make some fun, according to me, maybe I have taken a fancy to this girl." ”
Another person turned his head and echoed: "It makes sense, it makes sense, this girl is beautiful, she has a good figure, and she takes her little sister to find her father thousands of miles away, this courage and filial piety are also rare." ”
"Being said by you, it's really a good match, if it's okay, this son stepped forward to relieve him at this time, the girl must be moved by the warmth of the foreign country, and it's not good to have a secret feeling. If you accidentally hurt your hands and feet, this girl doesn't seem to be the kind of person who doesn't pay attention to righteousness, she must feel guilty, and she has to take care of others. ”
"However, the sword has no eyes, what if this ...... What should I do if I hit the vital part? ”
One touched his chin: "This...... What's this...... As the saying goes, if you don't get into the tiger's den, you can't get the tiger......"
"However, the cost is immeasurable, and it must be too great."
Although the crowd was noisy and the market was noisy, these whispered discussions still entered some sensitive ears, one of them still had an indifferent face, but he thought that the people of Xijiang were really open, and the other turned the jade flute in his hand and said softly: "The girl wants to be merciful." ”
Hearing this, Wujiang looked at him fixedly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "That's nature." ”
Xiliu suddenly saw her smile, the playfulness with a little mischief, made him slightly stunned, he put away the jade flute, walked to the wooden board, and stood so casually, becoming a rare scenery on the streets of Xixuan.
Wujiang saw him stand still, shook off the black cloth in his hand, covered his eyes, and tied it behind his head, and every time she finished making a movement, the crowd around her was quiet, as if they were more nervous than the two people involved. When all the actions of Wujiang were completed, and the flying knife appeared in their hands, everyone couldn't take their eyes off it, as if this flying knife was not only tied to the life of this young man, but also his love!
In fact, the onlookers didn't see how she made a move, only heard a "ding" sound, and then saw a flying knife close to the young man's ear and nailed to the wooden board.
"Whew", everyone exhaled a breath, as a bystander, their hearts went up and down, but the boy who was like a fish on the chopping board still did not change his face, did not even blink his eyes, and looked intently at the woman holding the flying knife in front of him.
"Good!" This time, the good in the mouths of the masses seems to have a few more meanings, I don't know if it is for the beautiful girl's knife skills, or for the young man's calmness, or desperate.
Before the applause of the crowd ended, the throwing knives swished out again, and everyone's breath rose to their chests again. They saw the white light flashing and flashing in the sun, and nothing else was seen, until the dust finally settled, and they saw five throwing knives clinging to the young man's scalp, arm, waist, and one between his fingers.
"Huh? It's too risky, isn't it, what if you accidentally cut off your fingers? ”
The sound of laughter entered his ears, Wujiang suddenly moved his body, took a few steps back, and the flying knife shot again, and the young man, who had always stood indifferently and did not see the slightest movement, suddenly turned his head to the left, and after a deviation, a flying knife was staring at the original position of his head, and everyone couldn't help but exclaim. The cry did not stop, and I saw that the girl shot like the wind, and the white light flashed again and again, and the boy suddenly moved his body and shot like the wind. Everyone was stunned with their mouths open, and they intuitively felt a dazzle in front of them, like a gust of wind blowing.
The wind stopped, the body stopped, and the girl in Tsing Yi stood empty-handed, and the young man held thirteen flying knives between his fingers, lining his young eyes with vitality and sparkling.