Lin Jianlan listened to his narration, and he already had a slight clue in his heart, and Nian Xiaoxia said again: "The murderer paused for a moment and said in a low voice: 'Don't dare. ’”

Lin Jianlan was startled, his hand tightened, and he hurriedly let go: "Does it hurt?"

Nian Xiaoxia said: "It doesn't hurt. He raised his head again and said, "You are so clever that you must know who I am talking about." ”

Lin Jianlan let out an "ah" and said in a deep voice: "It's Elder Tang." ”

Nian Xiaoxia nodded and said, "Although I can only see the lower half of them, I saw that the person who harmed my grandfather bent his knees slightly, as if he wanted to meet Elder Tang, and said, 'Lin ...... Childe, why are you here?'Hey, this person has the same surname as you. ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Is Elder Tang actually surnamed Lin? This is a bit strange, but why did the murderer want to meet him?"

"Elder Tang hurriedly helped the man up, and when the man saw him helping, he got up and said, "What kind of son is here to be mixed in, it is better to return to the residence as soon as possible." Elder Tang paced on the ground a few times and said, "I'm afraid the killing of the old gang leader is not the fault of the department, right? Although you are the number two person in the department, you can't violate the rules at will, and the responsibility for being seen by the old gang leader is also on you, that Taoist priest is not a stupid person, and he will not easily forget it." ’”

Lin Jianlan heard it a little familiar, and said in his heart: "He said that Sizhong, and said that the Taoist priest, no matter how you hear it, it sounds like he is talking about the Eastern Capital Imperial Kou Division, but that Yun Mengzhi is the chief secretary, and the person who killed the Nian gang leader is the second person, so where does Elder Tang come from?"

Listening to Nian Xiaoxia again, "The man groaned for a while and said, 'Childe, are you going to tell the Taoist priest about tonight?' Elder Tang chuckled and said, "How can I do your thing?" The people of the rivers and lakes have been dissatisfied with the Imperial Kou Division for a long time, and the situation is as tight as a thin string, and if there is any change, it is bound to make trouble, and they will rise up to compete with the Imperial Kou Division and the imperial court, and this responsibility is your action tonight. ’”

Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "What he said is right, Tang Zimu is in the position of the elder of the beggar gang, and he has helped Taihu Lake, and he must also know the strategy of the various factions in the rivers and lakes to help each other." ”

Nian Xiaoxia said: "Although I am young, I can also hear that Elder Tang is threatening him, and that person has not spoken for a long time. Elder Tang said again: "I have heard for a long time that Guanshi Moyu is the number two figure in the division, and it is only a matter of fate, but now that I see it, it is really the vicissitudes of time that it is difficult to reduce Your Excellency's abundance, I just regret that a talent like you cannot be used by me." Please think about it, you are already in the twilight, and if you can survive a few spring and autumn seasons, whose hands will the power fall into after all?'"

Lin Jianlan was shocked, and said in his heart: "What is Guanshi Moyu? It doesn't look like a person's name, it must be that this kid has listened to it, but is this Tang Zimu actually a member of the Imperial Kousi?" A few years ago, because of Cao Shujian's incident, the Kuangyi Gang was very uneasy, thinking of Lin Peng's blood splashing in front of the hall that day, he still has palpitations, if Tang Zimu is also like Cao Shujian, he mixed into the beggar gang in vain to subvert the ...... Thinking of this, he shuddered.

Nian Xiaoxia surrounded Lin Jianlan with the felt on his body, and continued: "Are you cold? I'm almost done." Seeing him hesitate, Elder Tang said, "I have a foolproof way for today's matter, but I just want you to go to the division to get a blade, and I have my own way to solve the people he sent to Hangzhou." I was so frightened that I couldn't stand up, so I hurriedly pushed away my cover, and crawled to the back window, and squatted in the bushes. ”

Lin Jianlan sighed: "It's really a fluke, when the old gang leader heard that person coming, he felt something wrong, so I'm afraid that he kicked the quilt in the corner of the wall to cover you, and you were too thin to attract their attention." I roughly know what happened next, if it is the Eastern Capital Imperial Kousi, there is no weapon, and it is not difficult to find the same one as Lei Kan's hand, except for the old gang leader, and let Lei Kan be a substitute for the dead ghost, but it is also killing two birds with one stone. It's just that...... I don't know what the bloody word is. ”

Just thinking about it, he heard the next side cry again: "They took weapons, I don't know what to do in the house, there has been no movement for a long time, Elder Tang lamented: 'He was poisoned, and he was injured by your heavy hand, even if you detoxify him at this moment, he can't escape death.'" After a few more moments, I heard my grandfather ...... He screamed, but his mouth seemed to be gagged, his voice was hoarse, and he couldn't shout, and the person seemed to be going to do something but was stopped by Elder Tang and said, "Wait, wait for me to see." After a while, Elder Tang laughed slowly and said, "It's just right, it's really a coincidence, one horizontal, one vertical and one folded, or you wrote it yourself, isn't it just a thunder word? Grandpa was dying at the moment, and he didn't move even after saying a few words 'you'. ”

Lin Jianlan suddenly realized that there were traces of erasure next to the blood word when he first looked at the blood character in his heart, and it turned out that the Nian gang leader found that the blood character he wrote by himself had fallen into a trap, and he died of failure before he could erase it. Suddenly he remembered something and asked, "You lived together every night, and now you are suddenly not in the house, is he not suspicious?"

Nian Xiaoxia said: "I saw them leaving, I don't know where I'm going, grandpa has been killed by them, if I don't go back, they must know that I saw it, maybe even I killed it, so I groped and went back, and before I got to the door, I saw Elder Tang watching at the door, his eyes were cold." ”

Lin Jianlan nodded and said: "Tang Zimu is really careful, that murderer doesn't know that the gang leader often lives with you, but he knows very well, if this scam is punctured by a little beggar in the future, it will be a big mistake, how can you hide it from him?"

Nian Xiaoxia wiped his snot with his sleeve and said: "I still pretended not to see, poked with a stick, and walked in, I knew that my grandfather was dead, but I still said to myself, saying: 'It's too cold outside, grandpa, I want to sleep with you.'" Then he groped around, touched the quilt in the corner, and said, 'Grandpa always doesn't cover the quilt because of his martial arts.' 'Take the quilt and cover it on grandpa, and then lie in grandpa's arms, his body still has residual warmth, but it is getting colder and colder, I know that Elder Tang is still outside the door to see if I know it, and I don't dare to move, after a long time, I heard a breath outside the door, and the footsteps slowly walked away, I dared to get up at that time, touched grandpa, but it was already cold and hard......"

Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "Although he is young, he looks like he is only six or seven years old, but he urinates and begs for a living in the mixed market, and his mind is quite smart, knowing that if he escapes, he will be killed, and no one in the beggar gang can see his abnormality, even Tang Zimu has been deceived." He spent the night snuggling up to a corpse in that room, and he knew how terrified he was at that time. I don't know how to get through these days, and I guess I am walking on thin ice every day, which is really pitiful. Thinking about it, he hugged him gently.

Nian Xiaoxia poured out all the words hidden in his heart these days, lying on Lin Jianlan and crying, and after a while, he closed the sound, and the fire had already been extinguished. The two stayed quietly on the city tower until the east was whitening, Lin Jianlan saw that he had dozed off on his knees, and called himself "grandpa" babbling, and suddenly thought of his appearance when he first left his hometown, he was much older than him, and he also missed his grandmother every day, but now he has grown up and entered the rivers and lakes alone.

Looking into the distance, seeing in the distance beyond the city wall, a round red sun slowly rose through the sparse forest, Lin Jianlan exhaled a white breath, and the distant scenery seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, shook his head, shook Nian Xiaoxia awake, and said, "Let's go back." ”

Nian Xiaoxia rubbed his eyes, looked around, held the bamboo stick in his hand again, and smiled at Lin Jianlan, Lin Jianlan also praised the corners of his mouth slightly, but praised this child in his heart, knowing that he would still pretend to be blind when he went back to the beggar gang, so he carried him on his shoulders again, jumped down, and heard Nian Xiaoxia ask in his ear: "How do you see that?"

Lin Jianlan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Do you remember when I saw you in the mourning hall and then took your hand and went out?" If you are blind and someone suddenly holds your hand, you should be panicked, but you look as usual, I have some doubts that you can see it. I brought you here last night, and you didn't burn yourself when you were roasting the fire, and you sat in the right position, so I am 100% sure that you are not blind. ”

Nian Xiaoxia nodded and said, "That's the case, no wonder you asked me if I had ever been like this with Elder Tang." ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Like the matter of the Lingtang, he will know the strange thing after a little pondering, but now he has a lot of affairs, and he has no time to think about it, three days later, Lei Kan will be treated as a villain who killed your grandfather in front of all the people in the martial arts, I will definitely come up with a way before that day, you have to be careful, you know?"

Lin Jianlan heard his "um", Fang was a little relieved, and galloped all the way on his back, and returned to the chief helm after a short time.

Tang Zimu was outside to greet the fellow Daoists of the various factions who had just arrived here, and when he turned around and saw the two of them, he was a little surprised on his face, and walked over quickly and said, "I thought that the beggar gang was not well entertained, so that Lin Gongzi left without saying goodbye." He said softly to Nian Xiaoxia: "How can you let the distinguished guest carry you, come down quickly." ”

If it weren't for hearing about the events of that night from Nian Xiaoxia's mouth last night, Tang Zimu would only be gentle and amiable, but at this moment, he only felt that his tone was very hypocritical, Lin Jianlan also smiled: "This is not in the way, I couldn't sleep last night, I went out for a walk, and when I saw him crying sadly, I took him out for a walk." ”

Tang Zimu nodded, looked at the two thoughtfully, saw that Nian Xiaoxia's eyes were blank, a little red and swollen, and said: "This kid hasn't been with the gang leader for many days, but he is very emotional. ”

Lin Jianlan put Nian Xiaoxia down and said, "You go play by yourself, if you are tired, you can sleep for a while." ”

Nian Xiaoxia nodded, pointed to the ground with a bamboo pole, and slowly walked in step by step, Lin Jianlan looked at it for a while and turned around and said, "Brother Tang, is there anyone from Kuangyi Gang?"

Tang Zimu said: "It seems that I haven't come here yet, Hangzhou is very far away, I'm afraid it will take the day to arrive, it seems that Lin Gongzi and this child are very close to each other." ”

Lin Jianlan sighed and said, "That's true, this kid's experience is somewhat similar to mine. He talked a little about his experience over the years, and said: "It's just that he is much more desolate than me, as soon as I see him, I think of the past, so I have a heart for him, oh, by the way, he is the old gang leader who brought back the helm, and he is a blind man, so I named him Nian Xiaoxia, Brother Tang, do you think it is good?"

Tang Zimu bowed slightly: "I didn't expect that Lin Gongzi was still young and experienced so many ups and downs in life. Xiaoxia's name is very good, or Lin Gongzi is careful, and he is ashamed of himself. ”

Lin Jianlan said with a smile: "Where is it, your gang has complicated affairs at the moment, and several elders have to worry about the memorial service and arrange so many disciples, so it is reasonable that they have no time to take care of him." ”

The two of them were vain and wronged for a moment, Tang Zi Mufang arched his hand and hurriedly said goodbye and left, Lin Jianlan looked at him from afar and was busy, but he was a little bored in his heart, if the people of the Kuangyi Gang only arrived that day, I am afraid that there would be no time to discuss countermeasures, do you want to make trouble when the day is memorial? Isn't this embarrassing to the beggar gang in front of everyone in the rivers and lakes?

Lin Jianlan stood for a long time and still had no clue, but he was a little dizzy when he thought about it, so he had to slowly paced back into the tent, he didn't sleep all night, he couldn't help but be a little sleepy, and he fell to the ground and slept until lunchtime before waking up, and when he heard the faint sound of people outside, he couldn't help laughing at himself, and he was still sleeping here in a dark place, so he straightened his clothes, lifted the curtain, and walked out.

Yesterday, most of the spirit shed was still free, and it was already a little crowded at the moment, and there were still some disciples of the beggar gang who were constantly reporting at the door, but most of the heads of the sects came to pay their respects in person. Lin Jianlan looked around, but he saw several seniors who went to Kuangyi to help him that day, so he went to meet them one by one.

The crowd in front of the temple was bustling, but he still didn't see Lin Longqing coming, Lin Jianlan slowly walked to the door of this somewhat dilapidated main hall, and saw the flute general inside, but he couldn't guess where it came from, stopped for a long time, and suddenly heard the loud report outside: "The head of the Jade Sword Gate came to worship!"

Lin Jianlan suddenly felt his heart beating, and hurriedly looked back, and saw Cao Shupeng pinned a white flower on his clothes, dressed in soap, handsome and extraordinary, and thought that Cao Shujian must have been extremely graceful when he was young, and many years after his death, Lin Hongfeng still wanted to avenge him.

Looking back, it was him who came alone, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and said to himself: "Lin Jianlan, Lin Jianlan, you are too stupid, on such an occasion, how could Yin Yin follow her uncle?" Then he turned around again, still looking at the clay carving general casually, but after a while, he heard the footsteps had come to his side, looked back, and saw that Cao Shupeng was also looking inward, and there was a chuckle on the corner of his mouth and said: "Why did the Kuangyi gang send you to come to pay respects?" Although you are Lin Longqing's righteous son, you are not well-known in the rivers and lakes, and you are a little disrespectful to the beggars. ”