Chapter 17: The Thief's Retribution
It turned out that when Chu Ping was dealing with Kou Lao Thief, he found that there was a person hiding on the roof and secretly watching, and that person was the one Chu Ping saw from the crowd, the chivalrous man who didn't know where he came from. When this person heard Chu Ping say these words, he understood the meaning of his words, and couldn't help but smile secretly, and muttered, "Good boy, it turns out that you have already discovered me, and even said that I am a cat." Alright, tonight, let me, the cat, clean up these nasty rats!" turned and jumped off the roof, leaving the house for a while. Return to the town store, have a full meal, meditate cross-legged, inhale and concentrate, and recuperate.
In the dead of night, the man changed into his nocturnal clothes, stuck his knife behind his back, and performed the nocturnal technique, quietly came to the door of the thief, walked up the stone steps, and gently buckled the knocker.
When the door opened, the man immediately sent the person to his grandmother's house, and the two big wolf dogs next to him noticed that there was something unusual, and just called out, and they were all cut down to the ground by this person. Zhao Wenxuan, who lived in the house closest to the north of the east side house, was startled when he heard a dog barking, and said: "Strange? In the middle of the night, what are these two beasts barking for? Could it be that a thief has broken into the yard?" After killing Zhao Wenxuan, he quietly came to the window of a certain room in the west side room, and only heard the laughter of two women coming from the house:
"Alas, Sister Hua, you said that the dead girl surnamed Han, is she stupid? She doesn't enjoy the blessings, but she wants to go back to live a hard life with his poor father, do you think she is stupid to go home?"
"It's not what's wrong, we worked hard to persuade her for several days, and even her mouth is about to wear out, how can that stupid girl just not open her mind, the master not only didn't reward us with a few taels of silver, but instead counted us down fiercely, who do you say we are recruiting to provoke?"
"Ahem! It's angry when it comes to it, and we, the people of the moment, deserve to be angry with our masters. Sister Hua, don't you know, didn't the dead girl today be rescued by a wild boy who came out of nowhere, but the old man sprinkled all this evil breath on Uncle Zhao's gang, and Uncle Zhao was angry with me at night and beat me down. ”
"Sister Fang, are you telling the truth?"
"Of course it's true! Sister Hua, Uncle Zhao told me, saying that the master will snatch the girl surnamed Han back no matter what, and when the time comes, if we can't persuade her again, the master will drive us all out of the gate of the Kou family!"
"Oh! If that's the case, then what can we do! Our Sun family is still counting on me to earn money in the Kou family! This dead girl surnamed Han, won't it hurt me to even smash my job?"
"Sister Hua, don't worry so much, when Uncle Zhao and the others snatch that dead girl back, let's persuade her well! If she still doesn't open her mind, then let's teach her a hard lesson, take her out of anger, and then leave the Kou family and find another way to make a living!"
"Yes, since that dead girl has made me feel bad, then she shouldn't think about it, and when the time comes, I will have to tell her to peel off her skin!"
When the person hiding outside the window heard this, he suddenly felt angry, and secretly said: "Damn thief girl, if you don't say this, grandpa, I may be able to spare you." Since he has such a vicious heart, he will not blame his grandfather for being ruthless!" quickly broke into the house with a knife, and killed these two girls one by one. From then on, this man went on a killing spree, and every time he entered a room, whoever he saw would go up and stab, which frightened the house servants and immediately screamed loudly: "Oh no, kill someone!" Before he could run out of the house, he was slashed to the ground by this man.
The sleeping thief heard the shouts and was about to put on his clothes and go out of the house, but this man rushed into the house and slashed him to the ground, killing him. He also blames himself for being evil all his life, and has never done good, but now he is full of evil, and people and gods are angry, and he has already registered in the palace of Hades, and his name is ticked on the book of life and death, so he should have this retribution! Liang, the wife of the thief, saw that her husband was killed, and she was so frightened that she immediately screamed loudly......
When the neighbors heard the sound of shouting for help from Kou's house, they only thought that there was a thief who had broken into Kou's house to kill people and rob money, and who would dare to go to his house to meddle in his affairs! Besides, this thief was a powerful man and a bully in the village, bullying men and women, and the people of Niujiazhuang hated him to the core, and who was willing to go to help him.
Just as this man grabbed the last servant and wanted to kill him, he suddenly heard someone behind him shouting, "Keep people under the knife!" This person couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but he still waved his hand and killed the man. I turned my head and looked at the person who came, and saw that he was Chu Ping.
It turned out that after Chu Ping left the Kou family, he escorted the Han family's father and daughter out of Niujiazhuang, and safely sent the two of them to a place called Gejia Town to settle down.
Gossip is not enough, but to get to the point. Chu Ping saw that this person was ruthless, and he was angry and annoyed in his heart, so he quickly stepped forward and scolded him: "Alas, I said, why are you so cruel? Why do you kill you when you see someone?"
The man was disdainful, pointed to the front with his finger, and said, "Brother Tai is wrong, I don't just kill people when I see them, but I also kill two dogs!"
Chu Ping looked in the direction of his finger, and said with a wry smile helplessly: "It's all this time, you still have the heart to laugh! Let me ask you, these maid servants, what did they do wrong, why didn't you even let them go?"
The man smiled disdainfully and said, "Who said they weren't wrong? Brother Tai, you didn't hear what these people said, if you did, I guarantee that you will kill them without hesitation, just like me." ”
Chu Ping said helplessly: "No matter how ugly and unbearable they say, it's just talking, why do you have to kill them?"
This person smiled and said: "Oh! People say that Chu Ping walks the rivers and lakes with a sword, and he puts benevolence and righteousness first, and when he sees it today, he knows that what he said is true! But according to the following opinion, Brother Chu, you are not only benevolent and righteous, but also too benevolent and righteous, and benevolent and righteous are a little pedantic!"
Hearing him say this, Chu Ping couldn't help but ask in surprise: "You, who are you, why do you know your name and surname?"
"Since Brother Chu asked, he had no choice but to tell the truth. This person clasped his hands into fists and gave a salute: "In the next surname Ye, a single name is a sharp word." ”
"What, you said you were Ye Feng?" Chu Ping said in shock.
"That's right! It's Ye Feng down there. Ye Feng replied dryly.
Title, why did you say that Chu Ping was so shocked when he heard Ye Feng's name? It turned out that Ye Feng was still quite famous in the rivers and lakes. Ye Feng is from Miao Jiang, and he is a well-known disciple of the "Deadly Swordsman" Jin Feng Dao in the Miao Xinjiang area, making him a good knife technique. Although Ye Feng has a chivalrous heart, how can he be too ruthless and poisonous, and there are countless people who have died under his knife, but the people Ye Feng has killed are all some bad people who have bad intentions and do evil, and he has never killed a good person.
But it was said that after Chu Ping heard Ye Feng's answer, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Oh! I often hear people say that 'Killing Yama' Ye Feng has always been jealous and hateful, and when he sees someone who does evil, no matter how big or small the evil thing he does, he will definitely kill him with a knife.
Ye Feng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Chu is serious, what you have always adhered to is the principle of 'eliminating evil when you encounter evil, and eliminating all evil', if the wicked people are not eliminated, then how can good people live? But if you are not an executioner, how can you like to kill people indiscriminately? You are really forced by the situation and have no choice but to do it!"
The corners of Chu Ping's mouth raised slightly, he moved a few steps forward, and said, "Having said that, I still feel that Brother Ye, you have killed a little too much. I would like to advise Brother Ye that you have to spare people and spare people! For those who are traitorous and heinous, it is nothing to kill them with one knife. But for those who have committed a little bit of wrongdoing because of a moment of carelessness, I hope that Brother Ye you will still open up to them and give them a chance to mend their ways? After all, killing living beings in vain is against the way of heaven!"
Hearing Chu Ping's words, Ye Feng lowered his head and pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, "Okay! Since it is Brother Chu, you are kind to persuade you, then you should walk the rivers and lakes in the next day, and you should be more restrained." Brother Chu, now that the matter here is over, it is really not appropriate to stay for a long time, so I will leave here, you and I will have a period later!"
"There will be a date later!" the two of them left Niujiazhuang in different directions. Not long after the two of them left, there were a few small thieves passing by, and when they saw the gate of Koufu wide open, they couldn't help but have bad thoughts, and they were ready to sneak in and steal something valuable, but they just stepped into the yard, and they tripped over something, and looked down and found that it was a corpse, among which there were a few cowardly thieves, who were frightened and frightened, and quickly turned around and fled, but there were also three or four bold thieves, who didn't care about these at all, sneaked into the house, rummaging through the boxes and cabinets......
In the morning of the next day, in front of the door of Koufu, people who came to see the excitement were surrounded by people, and when they saw the miserable scene in front of them, some lamented and complained, and some secretly laughed. When the family members of these servants who were working in the Koufu heard this, they were shocked and hurried over, and when they saw the bodies of their relatives, they immediately rushed forward and wailed, crying and scolding endlessly.
After receiving the report, the Hetong County Ya hurriedly sent several officials to the scene to investigate the case, and after some visits and investigations, they came to the conclusion that the thieves had robbed the house and killed people. However, one of them, Ge Xiong, was as meticulous as a silk, and he saw some clues, and he found that they had all died at the hands of the same person, and that they had all been killed with a single sword. He deduced from the condition of the wounds of the deceased that the killer was extremely fast and had extremely high martial arts, which was by no means something that ordinary bandits could do, and he suspected that the murderer was a man of the rivers and lakes. Just as Ge Xiong was going to inform the head catcher of his findings and opinions, but unexpectedly, he was beaten down by the county government head catcher, Ge Xiong had no choice but to be patient a little and prepare to return to the county government to inform the county magistrate. After returning to the county office, the county magistrate resolutely affirmed the statement of the county government to arrest the head, and made a closing statement in the court, determining that this was a case of robbery and murder by thieves. Ge Xiong thought that the county magistrate was too hasty in doing this, and was about to argue on the basis of reason, but unexpectedly was ordered by the county magistrate to be expelled from the county government, Ge Xiong had no choice but to return home indignantly. How did Ge Xiong know that there was a reason why the county magistrate did this:
It turned out that on the fourth watch, when the couple were still asleep, they were awakened by a muffled sound of "bang", and found that next to the sleeping pillow, a bright steel knife was inexplicably inserted, which frightened the two of them suddenly and frightened. After stabilizing his mind a little, he found that there was a paper rolled into a cylinder attached to the handle of the knife, and he took it off and spread it out, and found that the note read:
"The dog official is unkind, secretly accepts the thief's gift of silver, ignores the grievances of the Han family's father and daughter, and should have killed him with a knife! I advise you to love the people and treat the people kindly! If you still do not repent, one day, the savages in the mountains will come to take your dog's life with a sword. Remember!
After seeing it, the commander of Hetong County was shocked into a cold sweat, and sighed in shock: "Oh my God! I can't imagine that this person not only knows my secret, but can also sneak into the county office to throw a knife and leave a book without knowing it, it seems that this person must be a capable person with quite a lot of means!"
The county magistrate's wife scolded him: "Oh, I said sir, how did I say that you came, that I wouldn't let you accept the Kou family's money, let alone do such a conscientious thing, but you just didn't listen! Fortunately, they just stuck the knife in the pillow, and if it were stuck in your neck, wouldn't you already be dead? So I said sir, from now on, you don't have to do such unconscionable things again!" Hetong County Ling nodded again and again. When he received the case of the destruction of the Kou family, he already knew that the case must have been committed by the person who threw the knife and left the book, and in order to save his own life, and in order to prevent his own troubles from being known, he had to close the case hastily.
Let's say that this afternoon, Chu Ping came to Hetong County, and when he heard about the conclusion of the case of the Kou family's extermination, he shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "Oh! I really can't imagine that as the head of a dignified county, he can do things so childishly, it seems that this Hetong County Commander is not only an unkind and unrighteous dumb official, but also a stupid and incompetent mediocre official! It's really sad!" sighed, turned around and left Hetong County.
After walking only more than 30 miles, he came to a mountain pass, and suddenly a man in black with a steel knife and a black scarf covered his face flashed from the side of the road, blocking the way. This person raised his knife horizontally and shouted at Chu Ping: "Come and listen to a certain word, I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, I want to cross the mountain, and leave the road money." Half of the tooth is broken, don't kill it or bury it!"
I don't know who this person really is, and see the breakdown below.