Chapter 40: The Trial of the Dead
In the Ning Mansion, the lights are still bright.
The small township and county naturally didn't have too many affairs to deal with, not to mention that Ning Wushu left a warning before leaving, and the shadow of death had shrouded over Ning Mansion since that day. Ning Liang stayed in the study until late every night, and almost no longer communicated with people in the past few days, and even every meal was sent to his study by Dongfang Wei.
Ruan Songyu passed by Ning Liang's study, saw Ning Liang's figure reflected on the window paper, and sighed. He had been here for a long time, and he had communicated with Ning Liang many times, and he knew in his heart that whether it was from a moral point of view, or from the fact that Ning Liang promised him that he would promote Moxue to a certain extent, it was the right thing for him to protect Ning Liang during this time. But even so, the increasing pressure made him a little uncomfortable.
Lingjingmen is a very relaxed and free environment, the only pressure comes from the competition between the same door, there is no mediocrity among the three pillars of the world, once the performance is not good, it may be replaced by some admiring people. Ruan Songyu is not the most genius type of disciple, but he is definitely not bad, and he has always maintained a chic state. After joining the WTO, although the process of promoting ink studies was very frustrating and bumpy, it was just a grinding for him, and he enjoyed the process very much.
But now it's different, it's going to die, and it's ...... There is also a danger of dying yourself.
Lingjingmen inherits the spirit of hundreds of schools thousands of years ago, and is very loyal. Now Ruan Songyu sees himself as a temporary guest of the Ning family, since he promised Ning Wushu to protect Ning Liang's safety, then he must really use his life to protect Ning Liang. This is not an easy task.
Ruan Songyu passed in front of Ning Liang's study with a heavy heart, holding the hilt of the sword at his waist, and walked all the way to a certain place in the house. After a short walk, he came to a small courtyard, there was a stone table in the courtyard, and there were three people drinking and talking at the table.
These three people were the three fellow disciples that Ruan Songyu found at Ning Wushu's request. Looking at the age, it should be a disciple of the same class as him, and one of them is burly, With a beard on his face, he sat on the seat next to a broadsword with a large door panel, almost a young version of the Heavenly King Sect Valley's Lord Long Youregret; the other person was a man with empty eyes, and there was no expression on his face, and his appearance was very ordinary, belonging to the kind of person who could not be seen when thrown into the crowd; the last person was a woman, wearing a silk long skirt, full of luxury, and her appearance was also very good-looking, but there was a sense of distance between her eyebrows and eyes, as if she was a fairy who did not eat the fireworks of the world.
Ruan Songyu arched his hand at the three of them and said, "Senior Brother Ouyang, Senior Brother Lin, and Senior Sister Lan, why are you interested in inviting me to drink here today?"
The three of them invited Ruan Songyu to sit down, and the woman surnamed Lan poured him a glass of wine, and said leisurely: "Don't hide it from Senior Brother Ruan, it was Senior Brother Lin who said that he watched the sky tonight and felt that something was abnormal, and invited us here to count a hexagram." If it really happens today, let's drink some wine first, which can be regarded as a preparation. "This woman is Lan Sumei, a disciple of Fengshen Pavilion, who studied under the Mengyao fairy Huang Qianqian, and inherited the pharmacological skills of this fairy, and it is said that doctors and poisoners are experts.
"Tonight?" Ruan Songyu was startled, reached out and grabbed the ordinary-looking man's wrist, and asked, "Is it tonight?"
The man surnamed Lin coughed twice and said: "Eight or nine are not far from ten, the glow and the stars are dissolved, the fierce stars are punished, and there is a disaster of war." I invited a few senior brothers to come, just to make sure, if tonight is really auspicious, we have to prepare first. ”
Ruan Songyu nodded, this man also came out of the Lingjing Gate, his name is Lin Qian, he is a disciple of Jiang Hai, the owner of Longshan Island, the seven major islands of the Lingjing Gate, the Yin and Yang family, good at divination and stargazing, proficient in Qimen Dunjia, and his martial arts are definitely not low, when he was in the Lingjing Gate, he also dealt with Ning Wushu, but he left the Black Mountain Islands two or three years ago because of something at home, and then he has been wandering on the rivers and lakes.
Ruan Songyu also knew that Lin Qian's divination skills were quite high, and when they were studying together in the door, Lin Qian could always calculate when the brothers and sisters would be scolded by the teacher, when they would get unexpected rewards, etc., and everyone called him a god. So at this time, Lin Qian said that the incident might be tonight, Ruan Songyu didn't doubt it at all, but he couldn't help but get nervous in his heart.
The bearded man sitting opposite him saw that Ruan Songyu was nervous, smiled "haha", raised his wine glass and touched it heavily on the glass in front of Ruan Songyu, and said, "Senior Brother Ruan, don't be nervous! Just drink some wine and you'll be fine! Come, cheers!" This person's name is Ouyang Tianhui, the oldest of the several people, and he is the regretful disciple of the Heavenly King Zonglong.
Ruan Songyu's cup was hit by Ouyang Tianhui, and a few drops of wine spilled out, he smiled, raised the cup and drank it all, and said, "Senior Brother Ouyang, Senior Brother, I'm just afraid that I won't be able to protect Lord Ning well." ”
Before Ouyang Tianhui could speak, Lin Qian on the side said: "You don't have to worry about this, the day we came, I calculated for Lord Ning, he still has a lot of longevity, even if there is a big murderer tonight, he can turn evil into good fortune." Well, wait for me to make a hexagram. ”
After speaking, Lin Qian took out a small turtle shell and a few copper coins from his arms, and began his mysterious calculations. Lan Sumei glanced at Lin Qian, turned her head to Ruan Songyu and said, "Senior Brother Ruan, don't worry, Lord Ning is a good official, and Ji people have their own natural appearance." Didn't Lord Ning also say that we don't need to fight with our lives, we just need to protect them and escape, so Senior Brother Ruan doesn't have to worry. ”
Lan Sumei's voice had a wonderful melody, which made the people who listened to her speak inexplicably reassured, and suddenly, Ruan Songyu's mood relaxed all of a sudden, he was stunned, reacted, and smiled at Lan Sumei.
At this time, there was a clanging sound, and I saw Lin Qian throw the six copper plates in his hand on the table, fiddling with them with his hands, and his empty eyes narrowed slightly. Then, he took out a carving knife, carved on the turtle shell for a short while, and then wrapped the small turtle shell with both hands, urging the internal force.
Soon, a puff of green smoke accompanied by the smell of burnt came out from between Lin Qian's hands, and his hands also turned red. Seeing this, Ouyang Tianhui was amazed and said: "Using Zhu Luan's divine skills to burn turtle shells, this is the original creation of Uncle Jiang of the Spirit Mirror Gate, right? It's really better to see than to hear, no wonder Master always says that the reason why the internal strength of the disciples of Uncle Jiang's lineage is strong is because they are practiced for learning divination." ”
Ruan Songyu smiled when he heard this: "Yes, when I was in the door, I heard Uncle Jiang say that if the divination is done with his own skills, he will be more sincere, and the result will be more accurate. ”
"Don't laugh. Lin Qian exhaled deeply, stretched out a hand covering the turtle shell, revealing the turtle shell that was still smoking and had been burned with many cracks, and said, "Look at it." ”
The other three put their hands closer to look, and after a while, Ouyang Tianhui said embarrassedly: "This ...... I don't understand......"
"I forgot that you are not my brothers in the same lineage. Lin Qian sighed and said, "Judging from Fang Cai's copper coin Liuyao, tonight is a big murderer......; People must die. ”
Ruan Songyu only felt a chill down his spine, and hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"
Lin Qian shook his head and sighed: "I don't have time to count anymore...... He stretched out a hand, pointed to the night sky that everyone couldn't understand, and said, "The hour is coming, let's move." ”
Ruan Songyu, Ouyang Tianhui, and Lan Sumei glanced at each other, raised the wine glass in their hands, and touched it in the air. Lin Qian's eyes became hollow again, he casually threw the turtle shell and copper plate aside, coughed twice, and said: "Wine is good wine, but everyone is still faster, if my estimate is good, there is less than a pillar of incense." ”
"What! You can't have said it sooner!"
In the study of Ning Mansion, Ning Liang put down the pen in his hand and twisted his sore neck. At this moment, the door of the study was suddenly pushed open, Ruan Songyu strode in, and before Ning Liang could react, he heard Ruan Songyu say: "Lord Ning, come with me, the enemy is coming soon!"
Ning Liang was taken aback, and subconsciously asked, "How do you know?"
Ruan Songyu pulled out the sword at his waist and said, "It was Senior Brother Lin who calculated it." ”
"Calculated?" Ning Liang frowned, "Zi Bu is strange and confused...... However, before the words fell, Ruan Songyu suddenly stared, took a big step forward, reached out and grabbed Ning Liang's shoulder, and pulled it back hard. Ning Liang was suddenly pulled up from the chair, his steps were unsteady and staggered, and before he could speak, he only heard a "bang", the roof tiles suddenly exploded, and a figure fell from the sky, and the next moment, the chair that Ning Liang was sitting on exploded into pieces with a huge sound, and the candle flame on the table on the side was instantly extinguished.
There was no need for Ruan Songyu to say more at this time, Ning Liang also knew that the assassin was coming, so he hurriedly took two steps back. And at the moment when the candle flame went out, a strong killing intent came to his face, Ruan Songyu held the sword in his hand, and waved it quickly in the dark, only to hear the sound of gold and iron intersecting, and the wind in the room was fierce, even if he was as determined as Ning Liang, he couldn't help but beat his heart wildly at this time.
But what kind of person Ruan Songyu is, his non-offensive sword technique is the strongest defensive sword technique created by Fang Qing, even Hong Yaoshi and other characters don't dare to rush forward when facing Ruan Songyu, let alone an ordinary killer? Even if the enemy's offensive is like a storm at this time, he still can't break through the defense line by half a point.
"Night mouse!" Ruan Songyu snorted coldly, took a step forward, handed over the short sword, and pumped, with a heavy sound of his body falling to the ground. Soon, the candle flame was rekindled, and I saw a man in black lying on the floor of the study, with a very thin blood mark on his throat, and blood was gushing out. Ning Liang frowned and said, "Let's go, go and see the others." ”
Ruan Songyu nodded, guarding Ning Liang's side, the two walked quickly to the courtyard, only to see that Lin Qian, Ouyang Tianhui and others in the courtyard were already waiting here, and Ning Liang's two sons Ning Fan and Ning Rong were shrunk to the side trembling, and on the ground on the side, there were still two men in black, there were no obvious wounds on their bodies, but black blood and white foam were bubbling out of their mouths.
Ouyang Tianhui coldly pointed at the two black-clothed men and said, "It's out of breath...... Senior Brother Lin and I didn't kill them, but as soon as they fell to the upper hand, they didn't hesitate to bite through the poison in their mouths and immediately died of poison. Next, we can only see if Senior Sister Lan can have a result. ”
Ning Liang glanced at the two corpses, silently walked up to his two sons, and shouted, "Stand up!
The smaller one was Ning Fan, who squatted under the tree and said in a trembling voice, "Dad, I'...... I'm afraid!"
"What are you afraid of!" Ning Liang glared, pointed at Ning Fan and Ning Rong, who was fatter and trembling even more on the side, and said: "You two, when you were in Hangzhou and Ning, you were rampant and domineering in the past, and you were unscrupulous when you arrived in the capital, but you know that you are afraid at this time? Stand up for me! When you run for your life for a while, if you drag your legs back like you did a few months ago, I will let people break your legs and drag them away!"
Under the majesty of Ning Liang, Ning Fan and Ning Rong stood up with each other's arms, but obviously their legs were still weak, and they could only hold on to the big tree, I am afraid that the two men in black were really just one line away from killing them.
At this moment, not far away, Lan Sumei was holding Dongfang Wei with one hand and dragging a man in black with the other. Dongfang Wei seemed to be a little injured and walked with a limp, but it didn't seem to be seriously injured. But the black-clothed man who Lan Sumei was dragging in his hand was still angry, he didn't foam at the mouth or vomit black blood, and he was still alive.
"This man wants to kill himself by taking poison, but in front of me, it's not that easy. Lan Sumei smiled faintly, threw the unconscious black-clothed man in her hand to the ground, and said, "However, I am not good at interrogation, it depends on you." ”
Ning Liang finished training his son, walked back, glanced at the black-clothed man who was unconscious on the ground, sighed, and said: "No need to interrogate, this is the trial death of the Fish Dragon Guard, they will not reveal any news, and when they appear, there will definitely be the Dark Fish Guard who is responsible for investigating the intelligence to observe nearby, and when we react, the information about us has been sent out." Ning guessed that in less than a quarter of an hour, the enemy would know that we were all here. ”