Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Puzzle
In order to find Liu Xiongtian's whereabouts, Fang Zhongjin and Lu'er have been hovering in Eagle Head Mountain for many days. Now the terrifying village of the dead has become an ordinary Xining village, and Liu Xiongtian's relics are still in his hands. And Ah Kun, who killed Liu Xiongtian, was stabbed into the back of the heart and rushed to the underworld to vote. The grievances between himself and the Chen family also came to an end due to the family's rapid escape.
Fang Zhongjin suddenly felt as if he had a big dream in this Eagle Head Mountain. In the blink of an eye, the people of the past have taken the yellow crane to go, and the yellow crane tower is left empty. But he also knows that things are by no means that simple, and he doesn't know how many mysteries remain unsolved behind him.
Fang and Lu left Yingtou Mountain and returned to Jinhua County, where the ancestor worship ceremony of the beggars had already been held. At this time, half of the beggars in the city were gone, and Xia Yuanji was still like that to deal with official affairs every day and receive the people, and he couldn't see much change. Zhao Santong vomited blood and the tragic situation on the street did not affect many people in the end. He never married in his life, and his distant relatives divided up his family property, and he became an unfortunate past that no one wanted to talk about.
If it weren't for the jasper bamboo flute entrusted by Liu Xiongtian before his death, it would still be in Fang Zhongjin's arms at this time. And Fang and Lu each carried a small delicate ball around their necks. It's as if there really hasn't been so much boiling in this world.
Fang Zhongjin discussed with Lu'er, and now that they couldn't find anyone with an identity in the beggar gang, they still went to Ninghai as originally planned. If you can meet the beggars on the road, it is not too late to return the bamboo flute to them.
These two people have long been accustomed to the wind and dust all the way, and now that the general trend has been decided, they are slowly walking on the official road to Haining. It's just that when they come, they talk and laugh, but they don't have anything on their minds. But now Lu'er looked at Fang Zhongjin and was silent all the way, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Lu'er finally sighed, and said to Fang Zhongjin: "Brother Jin, if there is anything you can't figure out, you might as well say it and tell me." Maybe the two of us can come up with some clues?"
Fang Zhongjin smiled, showed a mouthful of white teeth, and said, "It's me who is not good." Growing up so big, I'm used to making my own ideas, and I forgot that there is still a female Zhuge by your side. ”
Lu'er was embarrassed by his praise, and said with a smile: "You don't praise me." What is it that makes your heart so heavy?" she looked at Fang Zhongjin's pair of eyebrows that were always entangled, and knew that what he was thinking about must be an extremely difficult thing.
Fang Zhongjin slowly said the mystery in his heart to Lu'er: "You said that this Jinhua County has experienced so many incidents, why has it suddenly become so peaceful now, it seems that there has never been a beggar siege." ”
Lu'er also knew that there must be a demon when things went wrong, and she said: "It must have been someone who put a lot of effort into it afterwards to let this matter be suppressed so quickly." ”
Fang Zhongjin nodded and said: "The people who hold grudges the most in this world are people, and the people who are most likely to forget things are also people. The people in Jinhua County have to eat and drink every day. As long as there is something else that binds them, whether it is a siege or a bandit, it is all just an old thing. It's just ......" Fang Zhongjin suddenly paused when he said this.
Seeing that he was about to speak, Lu'er looked at him with wide eyes. Fang Zhongjin said again: "It's just that I never know what the people behind the scenes are trying to do with so much effort?"
After hearing this, Lu'er bit her lip and thought for a moment, and said, "Do you want to say that the beggar gang is not the object of the people behind the scenes?"
Fang Zhongjin touched the top of Lu'er's head with a smile, and said with a teachable expression: "I always feel that such a loose gang as the Beggar Gang, even if it completely destroys him, it will not have much impact on this Jianghu." He thought for a while, and then asked Lu'er, "Do you say that there is anything weirdest inside and outside Jinhua County?"
Lu'er frowned and thought for a while, then her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said, "It's the county lord Xia Yuanji!" is not very old, always has a serious face, and the most surprising thing is his ability to never forget. Unexpectedly, within a few months of his tenure, he was able to memorize all the household registration and criminal names in Jinhua County. Draw out any one, and you can tell it eloquently. Who in the world can compare with such a skill?
Fang Zhongjin nodded and said: "Indeed, if there are any strange people and strange things in Jinhua County, it must be Xia Yuanji." But you say he's just a small civil servant. Even if he has a talent to learn, and one day he can be a great minister in the future, he is just a weak scholar who doesn't know martial arts at all. If you want his life, it's too easy. Let's just say that the five thugs under Zhao Santong, any one of them can kill Xia Yuanji without leaving a trace. Then why does the person behind this scene need to spend so much time?"
Lu'er shook her head and said, "I can't think of this at all." ”
Fang Zhongjin sighed and said, "It's true that it doesn't make sense anyway. It's also possible that we have thought about it, and that person may not be dealing with Xia Yuanji at all. ”
Lu'er nodded and said, "Jinhua County is so big, and there are so many people, and we haven't seen them all." Maybe there are other strange things. ”
Fang Zhongjin then said: "There is another thing that upsets me. You said that the flying knife thief who was staring at Ah Kun behind his back was obviously the mastermind behind the scenes. Then he will certainly mention the two of us to the Lord's Messenger as well. But I don't know how much power that Lord Messenger has, and will it be detrimental to the two of us in the future?"
Lu'er smiled and said: "There is nothing in the world, and mediocre people disturb themselves." That person was neither a martial arts person nor a person in the government. Even if we are really immortals, the world is so big, as long as we stop meddling with so many idle things and live an incognito life wholeheartedly from now on, what does it matter if anyone cares about us?"
Fang Zhongjin also smiled when he heard this, and said, "You still see it clearly." As long as we don't become people in the rivers and lakes, the grievances on the rivers and lakes will not involve us. ”
Fang Zhongjin smiled lightly, although he said that he wanted to live an incognito life, he knew in his heart that he might not be able to settle down to be a flat-headed person after all.
Lu'er hurriedly said: "My name is bystander Qing, and you are a fan of the authorities." You see, we've been walking very slowly. I haven't been able to get to Ninghai for so long. Isn't it because you're a person who is particularly easy to provoke martial arts? I said, Brother Jin, let's not see each other in the future. ”
Fang Zhongjin grinned and said, "What you taught is this." ”
Lu'er grinned and asked, "Then what do you say we want to do first when we arrive in Ninghai?"
When Fang Zhongjin heard this, he suddenly turned his head to look into the distance. There were only a few low farmhouses, shrouded in thick fog and hard to see. After a long time, Fang Zhongjin finally spoke: "I always have to go to the old mansion to have a look first. ”
He suddenly agreed with Lu'er's words in his heart, thinking that maybe he was really easy to provoke right and wrong. Fang Zhongjin has never forgotten that under the locust tree in his hometown, there is still a secret waiting for him.