"Three days ......"

Lin Jianlan sat in the spirit shed prepared for the Kuang Yi Gang with his eyes closed, just now he bowed down and walked into this shed, although the felt cloth was covered all around, he could still hear whispers.

Most people don't know who this young man who is courteous to several beggar gang elders is, at this moment seeing that he is a member of the Kuangyi Gang, but it has attracted more discussion, although the Kuangyi Gang has changed greatly year after year, most people do not know the inside story, but the top characters in it are all famous, at this moment to see that the young man's status is not low, but he has never appeared in the rivers and lakes, and he can't help but secretly guess in his heart.

Lin Jianlan wanted to meditate and practice, but he couldn't calm down, and Tang Zimu's somewhat cold words always echoed in his ears. Although he didn't think that Lei Kan was the villain who killed the old gang leader, the bloody words were not forged, and the wounds all matched, and Qi Fan was also present at the time, so Tang Zimu had no reason to deceive himself.

"What can I do in three days? Seeing that Lei Kan is being used as a substitute for the dead? Alas, is it not possible to be alone after all? I don't know if Uncle Qing can receive my letter, I'm afraid that the post of the beggar gang will also arrive, who will come to worship the old gang leader at that time?" Lin Jianlan felt more and more upset the more he thought about it, but it was useless to think too much, so he simply took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, and finally calmed down a little, and then tidied up the cover in the spirit shed, blew the lamp, and gradually fell asleep.

He is a fellow practitioner of the two exercises, and when he sleeps every day, the yin and yang naturally run and harmonize all over his body, although it is cold in spring, he does not feel cold when he lies on the ground. I was sleeping deeply, but I felt that I was holding a very heavy ice cube in my arms, and the ice cube was still moving around, and I was horrified, and I was in a daze, but I didn't know how to save it, and I was in a hurry, and my chest was cold to the bone, which made him sober up a lot, and he closed his eyes and circled his inner breath for a week, and there was no sign of going mad, so he slowly opened his eyes.

In the dark night, I saw a pair of pupils facing him in black and white, looking at each other, the pupils blinked, their owners didn't seem to know that Lin Jianlan had woken up, and touched a small hand on his face and chest, which was very cold.

Lin Jianlan was surprised at first, then couldn't help but laugh, leaned up, and the "ice cube" was held in his arms, motionless, and his eyes were open.

Lin Jianlan smiled: "Can you see clearly? I'll light the lamp." ”

The "ice cube" shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't light the lamp, I can't see it." ”

Lin Jianlan was lighting the lamp, and when he heard this, he put away the fire folds again, and thought for a while: "Are you cold?

The "ice cube" was silent, and nodded after a while. Lin Jianlan put him down, turned around and took a blanket to wrap him, put him on his shoulder, gently tore a corner of the felt cloth, looked around, and saw that it was late at night, except for the candlelight in the mourning hall, the mourning shed next to him was silent.

Lin Jianlan slipped out, the wind was under his feet, and it didn't take long for him to come under the city wall, hunting in the cold wind, only to feel the "ice cube" on his shoulders couldn't help shaking, faintly heard the sound of teeth colliding, looked up, and saw that there was a sentry tower above, Changyun took a breath and volleyed up in the air, jumped to the branch next to him, and jumped on the city wall with his strength, put him in the corner of the sentry tower and said: "You wait for me." Then he turned around and jumped down, and after a while, Lin Jianlan went in again with a bunch of dead branches, and lit the dead branches, and there was a crackling sound of fire, and there was a slight warmth in the sentry tower.

Reflecting the firelight, the "ice cube" sitting opposite Lin Jianlan was a little beggar who was drunk by Tang Zimu from the spirit case during the day. At this moment, he seemed to sense some warmth ahead, so he couldn't help but move his body closer, and stretched out his little hands like dry wood to keep warm by the fire.

Lin Jianlan added a few branches, and when he saw that the little beggar was just silently roasting the fire, he smiled and said, "You haven't been like this with Elder Tang, have you?"

The little beggar nodded, but remained silent, and said softly for a while, "I don't like him." ”

Lin Jianlan said curiously: "But you listen to him very much." ”

The little beggar wrapped the blanket and said in a childish voice, "I'm afraid of him." ”

Lin Jianlan was a little confused when he heard him answer like this, and said with a smile: "He doesn't know martial arts, what are you afraid of him doing?" Seeing that he just pursed his mouth and didn't speak, he stopped asking, and a slight sound of firewood came into Lin Jianlan's ears, but it seemed that a trace of fire flashed in his mind. ”

Seeing that the little beggar didn't squeak, Lin Jianlan said again: "Old Man Tang is very smart and thoughtful, if you are too close to him, you will be seen through in less than an hour." ”

The little beggar winced, tightened his body tighter, and said, "See through what?"

Lin Jianlan sighed when he saw that he pretended to be puzzled, and said, "You can't even fool me, how can you fool him? Most of the beggars are careless men, and when you first arrived, they won't pay attention to you, but only treat you as a child who doesn't understand anything, but Elder Tang is different from others. After a pause, Fang continued, "You're not blind, are you?"

The little beggar trembled when he heard this, and when he raised his eyes, his face was full of fear, and he seemed to be extremely frightened, and said, "Will you kill me?"

Seeing him like this, Lin Jianlan felt a little guilty in his heart, this child became a beggar at such a young age, and he was afraid that life would be even more difficult before the Nian gang master took him in, so he said softly: "What am I killing you for?

The little beggar frowned and said, "I don't have a father, and for as long as I can remember, the wicked man took me, made me pretend to be blind and begged for money, and told me to steal their money while people were not guarded, and if I couldn't get it, he would beat me." ”

Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "I am afraid that this child was abandoned or abducted by traffickers when he was very young, and finally fell into the hands of bullies to let him make money for himself." And he said, "And what's your name?"

The little beggar looked up and said, "My name is the little blind man." ”

Lin Jianlan couldn't help but smile and said, "This is not a name, for example, my surname is Lin, and my name is Jianlan." ”

The little beggar shook his head and said, "Then I don't have a name, they all call me a little blind man, and there is a little lame man and a little dumb man under the wicked man." Seeing that Lin Jianlan's expression was extremely kind, he thought about it and said, "You are different from grandpa, I crawled on you at night to keep warm, and you didn't pinch my hands." ”

Lin Jianlan said in his heart that the "grandfather" in his mouth must be the Nian gang leader, and said: "Does grandpa pinch you? Then you don't like him?"

The little beggar hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, no." Grandpa is very good, I was beaten by the wicked man, grandpa beat him for me, I escaped from the wicked man and followed grandpa all the way, and then it snowed at night, grandpa lay on the ground casually, but the snowflakes did not fall on him, I felt cold, so I rubbed over, grandpa thought it was a bad guy who pinched my hand, and when he saw that it was me, he took me in his arms......" said this, but he had already whimpered and cried.

Lin Jianlan couldn't help but feel gloomy in his heart, moved to his side and rubbed his hair and said, "The old gang master is very good, so he took you back to the helm, right? But why do you continue to pretend to be invisible?"

The little beggar sobbed and said, "I'm afraid that if my eyes are better, my grandfather won't take me in anymore." ”

Lin Jianlan secretly rejoiced in his heart, breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Grandpa's surname is Nian, others call you a little blind man, I'll give you a name, call Nian Xiaoxia, okay?"

Lin Jianlan's heart was hot, and he said secretly: "I used to complain that I had no father and no mother, but compared to him, I am really blessed, with my grandmother's love and Uncle Qing's care, but he has fallen into the hands of bad people since he was a child, and he doesn't even have a name." He said, "This name is for you." This word chivalrous means chivalrous, understand?"

Seeing the little beggar nodding, Lin Jianlan gently held his hand in his hand, and said with a straight face: "Xiaoxia, why are you afraid of Elder Tang, your grandfather was killed, but does it have anything to do with him?"

When Nian Xiaoxia heard the words "Elder Tang", he trembled, but said, "I'm afraid of him, but he didn't kill my grandfather." ”

Lin Jianlan was taken aback, but he didn't expect that he would make a mistake, and when he saw the dim fire, the middle-aged man's eyes were black and white, and his tone was also very firm, and said: "You said that he didn't kill him, do you know which one?"

Nian Xiaoxia shook his head and said, "I didn't see it." ”

Lin Jianlan couldn't help but feel disappointed in his heart, but suddenly remembered something and said, "Have you experienced the events of that night?"

Nian Xiaoxia was silent for a long time before he said: "I was brought back to the helm by my grandfather, if he stays in the helm, I will live in that house with him, or I will sleep alone on the pile of grass in the corner." ”

Lin Jianlan thought back to what he saw today, and it seemed that there was indeed a pile of grass in the corner of the house, but the house was messy, and the light was very dim, so it was not easy to remember.

But my grandfather did not let me be in a room with him that night, and drove me out, and I was very cold in the middle of the night, so I sneaked back again, and fearing that he would scold me, I hid myself in the haystack alone. ”

Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "With the martial arts of the Nian Gang Master, how could he not know that someone sneaked in, he was afraid that he would not let this child go in the same room because he was aware of it, but he came in but he couldn't bear to drive him out again." ”

"Grandpa was lying on the other side snoring, I also fell asleep in a daze, I don't know when I felt something pressed over, covered the straw on my side, only a crack was exposed, but the room was dark, and I couldn't see anything, I heard Grandpa say: 'I thought I saw the wrong person, it turned out to be really you!' The voice was very angry, and I didn't dare to move. ”

"At this time, there was another person in the room who spoke, but his voice was very good, hearty and gentle, and said, 'I have seen someone I should not see, what is the old gang leader going to do?' Grandpa said angrily, 'I have sent someone to Hangzhou to invite him to come over, and I want to tell him in person.' The man sighed, but his voice was full of joy, and said, "The old gang leader really admires this, and he is so cautious before the matter is decided, and refuses to spread it everywhere, lest he make a mistake and cause trouble." Alas, now you are sure, but I am afraid you will never be able to say it again. ’”

Although Nian Xiaoxia is very young and does not speak very neatly, just barely speaking, Lin Jianlan also roughly understands, his heart tightens, and he said secretly: "The death of the old gang leader is really related to what Uncle Qing asked him to investigate, although he is bold by nature, he acts with the overall situation in mind, so he refuses to take the liberty of publicizing it casually, and the result is that the murderer has a chance to take advantage of it." ”

Nian Xiaoxia sniffed, and then said: "Then I heard my grandfather snort, which seemed to be extremely uncomfortable, and said, 'What did you use?'"

Lin Jianlan said: "Isn't it poison?"

Nian Xiaoxia said: "The man chuckled, but I didn't hear the word clearly, what brocade, blue." ”

Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "I'm afraid that it is a strange flower and a miasma, Uncle Qing was poisoned by that Taoist priest that day, and there are many disciples in the helm of the beggar gang, if there is a fight, the sound of calling for help should be heard, it can be seen that the old gang leader was poisoned and died." Then he said in a deep voice: "Leave that alone, what happens next?"

Nian Xiaoxia's thin little dirty face had been washed out of two lines of white stripes with tears, and he cried loudly: "Later, I heard the sound of something breaking like a 'snap', and at that time I could see something a little, and I saw my grandfather fall to the ground, vomit a mouthful of blood, and no longer make a sound." I hid in the straw, I didn't know what was covered with it, I didn't dare to move, I didn't dare to breathe, I just hoped that he would leave quickly, so that I could call my uncles to come in and save my grandfather. The man did not leave, but was silent for a while, and I could only see his legs through the gap, and murmured, 'Hangzhou? Suddenly I heard a soft cough outside, and the man was very frightened and said, "What person?" I was startled in the corner, I didn't know who was outside, and I just hoped that the man would leave quickly and call for help, but I heard a few slight footsteps outside, as if I had entered the house. ”

Lin Jianlan said strangely in his heart: "The murderer must have killed the old gang leader to kill him, and he was not at ease, so he intended to chase and kill Lei Kan along the road, but he was knocked out at this time, but the man coughed outside the house, as if he deliberately wanted to be detected, did not dodge, did not shout for help, and actually dared to go into the house, it seems that he is not afraid of this murderer, it is really too strange." ”

Looking down, seeing that Nian Xiaoxia's grief and anger just now turned into fear, he picked up a few firewoods and threw them into the fire, the fire rekindled, Lin Jianlan patted him lightly on the shoulder again, and said, "If you are afraid, I won't ask you." ”

Nian Xiaoxia shook his head, stretched out his hand and rubbed against the fire, calmed down a little, and said: "The man came in, and when he saw his grandfather injured and fell to the ground, he didn't exclaim, and said: 'How is this good, you actually killed the leader of the gang, thinking that you came to extinguish the mouth, and now you are broken by me, but do you want to kill me to kill the mouth?' Although he said this, he was not panicked at all, just like the tone of grandpa joking with me in the past. ”