Chapter 42: Tracking
The 'Mo Evil' sword was originally a famous sword in ancient times, and it is said that there are not a few people who know this sword. However, Wu Hongwen's sudden mention of the 'Mo Evil' sword still surprised the man, and the man's expression was a little strange, as if he was thinking about something.
Wu Hongwen saw that the man's expression was a little strange, so he asked, "What is the shopkeeper thinking?"
The man deliberately avoided Wu Hongwen's eyes, and said lightly: "Oh, it's nothing, I think of a friend." ”
Wu Hongwen asked again: "Could it be that the shopkeeper has really seen this sword?"
The man raised his head slightly, and looked at the three guests who came late at night in front of him, obviously having some doubts about the identities of the three people in front of him, and said: "How can I, an ordinary man, have ever seen such a famous sword, but I have just heard of it." ”
Zhou Jinyu saw that this man had heard of the 'Mo Evil' sword, and there was a glimmer of hope in his heart, so he asked, "Does this eldest brother know the news of this sword?"
The man said, "What's the news? This sword is so famous, I've only heard people talk about it." ”
Zhou Jinyu looked at the man, and always felt that this person was not like an ordinary vendor, and he didn't want to leave like this, and was about to ask again, but the man became a little impatient, and said while bowing his head and starting to take care of the stall: "If you don't buy things, go away quickly, I still have to rely on this business to support my family, how can I have the heart to chat with you?"
Zhou Jinyu and Wu Hongwen glanced at each other, but they didn't care, so they had to walk away. The big on the man's body flapped its wings a few times, as if to say on behalf of the man, "Forgive me for not sending it away." ”
After walking forward for a while, Lin Leier saw that Zhou Jinyu was sullen again, so she said with relief: "I see that the man who raised chickens just now didn't have any real goods in his hands, and this ghost market in Suzhou is afraid that it is in vain." ”
Wu Hongwen shook the fan in his hand and said: "Sister Lei'er, this real thing is never on the surface, and if you want to find hard goods in this ghost market, it often takes twists and turns." ”
Lin Lei'er asked, "Why are there all the twists and turns?"
Wu Hongwen said: "Most of these people who set up stalls in the ghost market still have real things in their hands, but those real treasures are inconvenient to put on the surface, and these stall owners are only here to meet with those buyers, and then trade elsewhere after reaching an agreement." ”
Lin Lei'er said: "That man was very fierce just now, he didn't want to talk to us, how can his things be sold?"
Wu Hongwen said: "There are people from all walks of life who trade in the ghost market, so some stall owners want to test the buyers first for the sake of safety. ”
Zhou Jinyu suddenly asked, "Could it be that the Wu Gang Leader already has a plan in his heart?"
Wu Hongwen smiled slightly and said, "Let's see where the man goes when the rooster cries at dawn." ”
A hint of cunning flashed in Lin Lei'er's eyes, and she said, "Then we will follow him quietly?"
Wu Hongwen said with a smile: "Hahaha, kill chickens with a knife? ”
The three of them talked and walked back and forth along the street, but they found nothing new, and the eastern sky had a slight light, like a crack between the earth and the sky.
A high-pitched rooster crow broke the silence of the night just right.
The rooster crowed from the rooster on the man's shoulder.
The stall owners who set up stalls in the ghost market began to clean up their stalls, and they had to rush back as soon as possible, because there was a moon halo last night, so there will definitely be a strong wind today.
The man quickly packed up his belongings and pulled the cart and turned across the street. He had a lot of things in his cart, and there were many jade utensils. But the man's steps were extremely light, and the rooster was still standing on the man's shoulder, unaffected by the jolts of the man's running.
Zhou Jinyu and his party followed the man from a distance, turned two more and crossed three streets, and the man finally stopped at a private house on the bank of the river.
I saw that the man knocked lightly on the door knocker three times, and the door of the house opened, and then a woman came out of the courtyard, and helped the man pull the car into the courtyard. The woman wore a headscarf, and was estimated to be forty years old, presumably the man's wife.
Zhou Jinyu also knocked lightly on the door three times...
The door was opened from within, and it was the woman who opened it.
Before Zhou Jinyu and the others could explain their intentions, the woman said, "Coming so soon? He is waiting for you in the house." ”
Zhou Jinyu and the others followed the man all the way, but they had already been discovered. But the man didn't break it, which made Zhou Jinyu feel that the man was weird and abnormal.
Zhou Jinyu said: "I'm bothered." And he followed the woman into the courtyard.
The yard is very small, and the car that the man pulled back just now is still in the yard, and the car occupies a small half of the space.
"Come in, three!" the man's voice came from the main hall.
The main hall is not big, but it is only well maintained by the woman, and all kinds of Jiangnan furniture are also available. There are two chairs against the wall in the north of the living room, a square and black-painted Nanmu table in the middle of the chairs, and three chairs on each side of the living room.
Wu Hongwen, Zhou Jinyu, and Lin Leier sat down in turn on the chairs in the east side.
The man said: "The three of them have worked tirelessly and followed all the way, what is the matter?"
Wu Hongwen was closest to the man, so he hugged his fists and said: "A few of us think that the shopkeeper is not like an ordinary market, and we think that there seems to be a real guy in the hands of the shopkeeper, so we want to take a look, and please Haihan if it is rude." ”
The man laughed dryly and said, "This boy is quite good at talking, but I really don't have the 'Mo Evil' sword you are looking for." ”
Wu Hongwen said: "It doesn't matter, it's good if we can get some news from the shopkeeper here, if the shopkeeper knows the whereabouts of the sword and hopes to tell the truth, we can find it elsewhere." ”
The man leaned forward slightly and said, "I don't know what the use of a few people looking for this 'Mo Evil' sword is? ”
Zhou Jinyu hugged his fists and said: "If you don't hide it from the shopkeeper, you want to find this sword in the next, this sword is very important to the next, if there is no this sword, there will be no revenge in the sea of blood below." ”
The man asked, "Oh, what kind of blood feud does this son have?"
Zhou Jinyu sighed and said: "I am incompetent, my parents and masters were killed by Na Yelu Hanyan, this revenge is not avenged, it is really embarrassing!"
The man said, "Yelu is smoking?"
Zhou Jinyu said: "Exactly!"
The man said: "If the son really wants to find Na Yelu Hanyan for revenge, the old man is willing to help you!"
Zhou Jinyu asked: "The shopkeeper also has a big enmity with Na Yelu Hanyan?"
The man's face was suddenly full of anger, and he said indignantly: "Hmph, it was Yelu Hanyan, the Khitan dog thief, who killed a friend of mine. ”
Zhou Jinyu said: "Presumably, that friend and the shopkeeper are also friends who are irreversible." ”
The man nodded: "It's not the old man Gao Pan, I and the martial arts alliance leader Lan Gongpei were originally sworn brothers, but the old man didn't love the fame and fortune of the rivers and lakes and lived in seclusion here, but a few days ago, my brother was killed by Na Yelu Hanyan and an unknown junior named Zhou Jinyu, I was thinking about how to avenge my brother!"
Zhou Jinyu heard that the man was misled by the rumors in the rivers and lakes, and also thought that Yelu Hanyan and himself killed the leader of the martial arts alliance, and secretly complained in his heart, afraid that he would not be able to wash it away even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
When the man saw that Zhou Jinyu was no longer talking, he asked, "What is the son thinking? Isn't he afraid that the old man will not be capable?"
Zhou Jinyu hurriedly said: "The predecessors misunderstood, and I have no such intention. ”
The man said, "Why is that boy suddenly worried?"
Zhou Jinyu said: "The day the Lord of the Blue Alliance was killed happened to be the day when the heroes of the world met in the Purple Mountain, and it happened that he was also on the mountain, and he witnessed that the Lord of the Blue League was killed by his cronies, and this matter has nothing to do with Zai Xia and Na Yelu Hanyan. ”
As soon as Zhou Jinyu finished speaking, she felt that it was inappropriate. How did he put himself and Na Yelu with smoke, and his words seemed to excuse Na Yelu with smoke.
After listening to Zhou Jinyu's words, the man was really suspicious, so he asked, "So, who is this son?"
Wu Hongwen, who was sitting on the side, saw that the man's face changed, his hands were clasped tightly on the armrests of the wooden chair, and he seemed to have secretly used his internal strength, so he hurriedly said: "Don't misunderstand, senior, can you listen to us finish speaking?"
The man ignored Wu Hongwen, and asked coldly, "You are Zhou Jinyu?"
Zhou Jinyu actually stood up from the chair, hugged his fists and said: "If you don't change your name, you won't change your surname, it's Zhou Jinyu below!"
The man slapped his hands on the armrests of the wooden chair, and said angrily: "That's it!" As soon as the words fell, the person had already flown out of the wooden chair, with his right hand as the palm, and the palm of the tiger roared and swept straight to Zhou Jinyu's door.