Jingshi Suspicion Chapter 12 Tang Gate
As soon as Lei Li stepped into the restaurant, all the pride disappeared.
There was not a single person in the whole restaurant, or rather, not a single living person.
The shopkeepers, the hall runners, and even the guests, the lobby on the first floor, including the private seats on the second floor, are empty, silent, and you can hear even a needle falling on the ground.
Only on the seat against the wall, Lei Sihu was lying on the table, blood dripping all over the table, staining several plates of dishes on the table. Lei Li didn't need to look at it to know that he had had his throat cut and had already died of anger.
It seems that this restaurant must be the stronghold of the Tang family in Shuzhong, no wonder Tang General Assembly chose to settle here, and Lei Li regretted his carelessness.
With a change of thought, he took a few steps forward and walked to the back kitchen, where Lei Wuhu should be monitoring Cheng Sansi, who was boiling medicine. But when he walked into the back kitchen, the whole kitchen was empty.
The chicken broth was boiling in a cauldron on the stovetop, steaming, and the white chicken was still boiling. The dish on the board was cut in half, and it seemed that the people here were in a hurry.
Lei Li looked down and found a few blood stains on the ground, which extended to the firewood pile in the corner of the wall. He stretched out his hand to remove the firewood and grass, revealing the face of a bloodstained corpse, Lei Wuhu!
Lei Li's heart sank to the bottom.
It turned out that this restaurant and the carriage in the backyard were traps set by the Tang family, and they swaggered into it without warning, and they were still secretly complacent, which was really ridiculous.
But now that the people in the restaurant are gone, where have they gone?
Lei Li was a little panicked, he couldn't pretend to be calm anymore, and quickly ran out of the kitchen. But what he saw almost stunned him.
The lobby of the restaurant, which was empty just now, suddenly became lively. The body of Lei Sihu, who was lying on the table a moment ago, is gone, and now the empty tables in the lobby are full of guests, pushing cups and changing lamps, and it is noisy and lively. The two juniors who ran the hall shuttled among the guests, busy coming and going. No one in the entire lobby looked up at Lei Li, as if he didn't exist.
Lei Li felt so flustered, the scene in front of him was as unreal as a dream, and he felt like he was trapped in a dream and couldn't wake up, a terrible nightmare.
He stumbled a few steps out of the door of the restaurant, just wanted to catch his breath, and when he looked up, he found that the noodle stall across the street, Lei Erhu, who had been sitting there waiting for him, was gone.
The five tigers of the Lei family are loyal to themselves, and without their own orders, they will never leave their positions without permission. Lei Li raised his eyes and glanced around, except for the noodle stall owner who was boiling noodles with his head down, there was no one around.
Lei Li suddenly felt that something was wrong, he looked carefully at the old man who was cooking noodles, and suddenly a cold sweat came down, and he saw something stretching out on the side of the steaming big iron pot, it was a hand, a human hand! Judging from the color of the clothes on the cuffs, Lei Li roared in his head, no need to ask, this person who was being boiled in the cauldron was Lei Erhu!
Lei Li remembered the white chicken that was tumbling in the back kitchen of the restaurant just now, and the red and bright noodles that were poured with oil and spicy seeds that he had just lost in front of him, and his stomach twitched and he almost vomited.
Lei Li stood alone at the door of the restaurant, facing the empty long street, and behind him was the hustle and bustle of the guests in the restaurant, which felt so unreal.
Only a moment ago, he was sitting on the opposite side of the stall, full of ambition and command, and now he was left alone, at a loss.
By the way, there are also Lei Sanhu, and Lei Sanhu who followed Tang Da to the Shoucai store!
Lei Li thought of this and turned around and ran down the long street, although he knew in his heart that Lei Sanhu must be more than lucky, but no matter whether he lived or died, he must see it with his own eyes. What's more, he still has a question in his heart, why didn't the other party attack him?
The longevity store is not far away, and it is easy to find, not only because there is a cloth sign with the word "Shou" written on it at the door, but also because all the shops in the entire long street are closed, and this is the only one that is still open.
The light inside the shop was very dark, and it was dark in broad daylight, so I walked in and stood for a while before my eyes could adjust to the darkness in the store.
This shop is not big, Lei Li shouted twice, but no one answered, not only did he not see Tang Da, but even Lei Sanhu was nowhere to be seen.
There are a lot of paper wreaths and paper people and other sacrifices on both sides of the store, and there are five coffins lined up in the center, and a spirit card is placed in front of each coffin.
He took a few steps closer, and four of the five coffins were empty, only in the middle of the coffin of Lei Sanhu lay a corpse neatly, which was Lei Sanhu.
At this moment, Lei Sanhu's corpse was changed into a brand-new shroud, and his face was obviously whitewashed, so white that there was no trace of blood, and his eyes were closed, which looked particularly strange in this dark shroud shop.
Lei Li felt that his blood was coagulated at this moment, and the cold hairs on his whole body stood up.
It seems that from the moment they entered this town, their every move was under the control of their opponents, and this time it was most likely doomed. Remembering that he had previously fantasized about making a miraculous feat, being able to replace the position of the lobby master Thunderstorm Cloud in the Great Thunder Gate, how ridiculous it seemed now.
Suddenly, he felt that there was someone at the door, and finally came, was it Tang Da?
Lei turned around violently, and there was indeed a figure standing at the door of the Shoucai store, but it was not Tang Da. This person was a little rickety, with gray hair, and it turned out to be the owner of the noodle stall just now, the inconspicuous old man.
At this moment, the old man had a strange smile on his face, and said to Lei Li in a strange tone: "Lei Li, the fourth hall master of the Great Thunder Gate, welcome to the Tang Sect. ”
Lei Li tried hard to calm himself down, and looked into the old man's eyes: "Tang Gate, isn't the Tang family in Shuzhong in Tangjia Fort? How can this be Tang Gate?"
The old man said lightly: "The whole Shu is the Tang family's sphere of influence, entering Shu is like entering the Tang family, and this is the first gateway to guard the Shu Road to enter Shu, so this bluestone town is the real gateway of the Tang family, and the rudder here is called Tang Gate." ”
Lei Li was speechless for a while, just an hour ago, when they entered Qingshi Town, he thought that this was just a sparsely populated desolate town, he didn't expect that this place was the most important gateway stronghold of the Tang family in Shuzhong, so heavily guarded, he stepped in so unguarded, how stupid.
He looked up at the old man, "And who are you?"
The old man sighed: "I have been guarding the Tang Gate for twenty years, and the people in the Tang Gate have all merged with the Tang Gate, and the original name has long been lost, but I still remember that twenty years ago, my name was Tang Feng." ”
Tang Feng and Lei Li were taken aback, he had heard of this name a long time ago. Twenty years ago, he was the first fierce general of the Tang family in Shuzhong, and he made great contributions to the Tang family. Legend has it that his martial arts are so high that his attacks are as pervasive as the wind, and there is no way to defend against them, and I don't know how many masters have died under his stormy attacks. Later, when I heard that he had committed the Tang family's rules, he suddenly disappeared, and everyone thought he was dead, but they didn't expect that he had been silently guarding this town for twenty years.
Lei Li let out a long breath: "It seems that I am going to die here today." ”
Tang Feng raised his eyebrows, but said a strange thing: "There are only five coffins here." ”
Lei Li was stunned.
What do you mean? These five bodies are the coffins of the five tigers of the Lei family, could it be said that the other party wants to let them go? The Tang family has always been ruthless in doing things, how could they be so kind?
Could it be that they have some other conspiracy?