Chapter 30: Meet the Mill
After Lu Yizhong went downstairs, he was in front of the table, scanning the hall of the post station, only the shopkeeper was busy on the other side. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The info shopkeeper was a man in his fifties who was holding his chin with his hand at the counter, and saliva was dripping from the corner of his mouth. Five or six meters away from him, the shopkeeper's snoring could be heard.
Seeing Lu Yizhong sitting down, the shopkeeper hurriedly walked over, wiped the table with the rag on his shoulder, "Guest officer, the meal you want has already been prepared, is it not served immediately." Waiting for Lu Yizhong's answer.
Lu Yizhong's expression was solemn, and he didn't respond, and slapped the table with a "snap".
"Ding Ding Dong" came the sound of bowls falling to the ground and shattering from the counter.
The shopkeeper turned his head to look at the shopkeeper at the counter, and then lowered his head, "Guest officer, if there is any negligence, please bear with me." ”
The shopkeeper came over and said, "Is it a man, there is something inadequate." The side eyes looked at the shopkeeper viciously.
The shopkeeper lowered his head and looked a little trembling.
Lu Yizhong said, "Shopkeeper, in the past few days since I left, who has gone upstairs to stay?" ”
"Well, no. The shopkeeper looked puzzled.
"Are there robbers and robbers around here?" Lu Yizhong then asked.
"No, our neighborhood is sparsely populated, but it's clean. Otherwise, how dare I do business here. The shopkeeper said.
"I'll ask you again, has the girl who stayed with me been out these days?" Lu Yizhong then asked.
The shopkeeper pondered for a moment and shook his head, "After the guest officer left with the old woman that day, the girl went upstairs and didn't see her downstairs again. ”
"yes, I bring food to that girl upstairs every day. The shopkeeper interjected.
"Little Er, let me ask you, can you bring food upstairs to that girl today. Lu Yizhong asked.
"Today, just after noon, you ordered food, and I didn't send food upstairs. The shopkeeper continued: "Yesterday, at noon and in the afternoon, I brought food upstairs to the girl. ”
Lu Yizhong asked, "Do you have a mill near here?"
The shopkeeper nodded, "Yes, go straight out of the post station, see a small river, and then go two miles upstream." ”
Lu Yizhong took out a small ingot of silver and put it on the table, "This is the money for this meal, hurry up and serve it." ”
The shopkeeper picked up the silver and put it in his sleeve, and walked to the kitchen with the shopkeeper. He muttered quietly.
Lu Yizhong was attentive, but he heard it clearly.
"This man is really strange, asking inexplicable questions. ”
"Who's to say it's not, I'm confused. ”
After listening to the conversation between the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper, he did not suspect the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper in his heart. After eating, he went upstairs and returned to the room where Xia Xiyun had stayed. Lying on the bed, holding the back of his head with his hands, he fell into deep thought. Thinking about "the use of incense should not be done by some martial arts master, and there are no robbers and robbers nearby." Who will rob Yun'er?" He simply closed his eyes and fell asleep to recuperate.
He got up about half an hour before the end of the night. Gently walked downstairs out of the post station and walked straight forward. About a few minutes later, the sound of gurgling water was heard. After more than ten breaths, I came to the creek. The moon hung high in the sky, and went up the stream along the stream in the moonlight.
About a quarter of an hour later, Lu Yizhong heard the waterwheel turning, rubbing a "creaking, creaking" sound. In order to see Xia Xiyun earlier, he quickened his pace. Around a bend, about 50 meters away from him, was a small building, and light was shining through the window. The waterwheel next to the small building was turning slowly.
He continued to approach the small building, but there was still no movement in the small building. Pushing open the door of the small building, I saw that there was a light inside. After a glance, I didn't find anything. "Since I'm here, why don't you show up?"
Suddenly, a cloth curtain not far away slowly fell.
"Yun'er" Lu Yizhong shouted excitedly, only to see Xia Xiyun tied to a pillar 10 meters away, his mouth blocked by a towel.
Suddenly, there was a scolding voice, "Don't move, your front is already covered with oolong silk." ”
Lu Yizhong had seen the power of the oolong silk, he no longer dared to move forward, and looked carefully, sure enough, at a distance of less than a meter from him, the oolong silk was arranged criss-crossed. Recalling the voice he had just heard, he seemed to remember whose voice it was, so he said loudly: "It turned out to be the second miss, please show up." ”
Soon after the voice came out, I saw Bai Yuejiao walking out from behind Xia Xiyun.
Bai Yuejiao pointed at Xia Xiyun, "This woman, who are you?"
"She's my unmarried wife. Lu Yizhong said.
Bai Yuejiao said, "Who am I?"
Lu Yizhong knew very well in his heart that the person who took Bai Yuejiao's virginity was not himself, but Yang Yi. He himself is just a black pot, and virginity is more important to a woman than her life before she is married. Thinking of this, he said loudly: "It's me who is wrong, I want to eat swan meat, and when the second miss is drunk, I defile the second lady's body." ”
"Okay, it's a man, and he finally dares to admit it. We are also considered husband and wife, you like the new and hate the old, eat from the bowl, look at the pot, I care about you. Bai Yuejiao looked at Xia Xiyun tied to the pillar, and then said, "I admit that I am not as beautiful and moving as her. is the so-called manly man, dare to act, and dare to admit what he has done. Let me ask you, did this woman teach you martial arts?"
"Yes, she has taught martial arts, so she dare not admit anything. Lu Yizhong said righteously.
Bai Yuejiao said: "You are master and apprentice, you can't be together, you can only choose me." ”
Lu Yizhong bowed his hand, "Thanks to the second lady, she once carefully taught her martial arts moves, whether it is considered a master and apprentice." As soon as these words came out, I believe Bai Yuejiao couldn't find any other words.
Bai Yuejiao didn't stop pausing, "No, no, not count, don't count the status of master and apprentice" covered her ears, "I don't want to listen, I'm not your master, I don't want to listen." I'm not a manly man, and I can deny it. He shouted "I-no-admit ......".
"In that case, if she doesn't admit it, we are not masters and apprentices. Lu Yizhong argued.
Bai Yuejiao pulled out her sword and looked angry, "I can't talk about you, I don't want to listen to your quibbles." The tip of the sword pointed at Xia Xiyun, "I'll kill her today." As soon as the words fell, he raised his sword and slashed at Xia Xiyun's neck.
Lu Yizhong's eyes were quick and his hands were fast, and he made two palms with both palms.
With a "Zheng" sound, Bai Yuejiao lay on her side on the ground, and the sword was knocked down.
Lu Yizhong only used a little internal force, just knocked the sword off and knocked Bai Yuejiao to the ground. Although it was an injury, it was not an internal injury. He took out a disc from his pocket that he had picked up on the disciples of the Oolong Sect, pinched the small ring on the disc, pulled out the oolong thread, and threw it forward. I saw the ring falling, and I pulled the disc hard, and the vertical and horizontal oolong silk in front of me was broken. The ring tied with the oolong silk also fell to the ground, making a "clanging" sound.
He walked quickly to Xia Xiyun, untied the rope tied to his body, and pulled out the towel in his mouth, "Yun'er, how are you." He helped Xia Xiyun to sit on the ground.
Xia Xiyun shook his head slightly, "I'm fine." ”
Lu Yizhong heard a scream of "ah" from behind him, because Xia Xiyun, who was concentrating on his attention just now, had no time to care about what was happening behind him.
"Second Miss, why are you doing this. Xia Xiyun looked at Bai Yuejiao with a sideways face.
Lu Yizhong turned around and saw Bai Yuejiao's right hand holding the handle of the dagger, the dagger had been inserted into his left chest, and blood was pouring out.
"You stinky man, you like the new and hate the old, I can't stand other women sharing my happiness" Bai Yuejiao raised her left hand and pointed at Lu Yizhong, "Kiss, kiss me." ”
Lu Yizhong looked at Xia Xiyun and nodded, knowing that she agreed. Gently kissed Bai Yuejiao's forehead.
Bai Yuejiao slowly moved her left hand and pointed at Xia Xiyun, "I'm not as beautiful as you, not as generous as you, no wonder my Yizhong brother likes you." I don't ......" Before he could finish speaking, blood gushed out of his mouth and his left hand hung down.
Lu Yizhong stretched out his hand to Bai Yuejiao's mid-person, completely breathless. Shaking his head, "Yun'er, she's dead." ”
Xia Xiyun sighed softly, "What an infatuated woman, she doesn't know the truth when she is dying." She didn't like the person who really took her virginity, and if she knew the truth, she would definitely kill herself with hatred. Dying is also blissful. ”
Lu Yizhong sighed, "Hey, what a strong woman, if I had noticed her just now, this would not have happened." ”
"You don't have to feel guilty, you weren't wrong in the first place. If you want to blame it, you can blame the providence of making people, and you can't force it at all. Xia Xiyun said.
"I met you, that is the blessing I have cultivated for several lifetimes, you understand me, understand me," Lu Yizhong continued slowly: "Yun'er, I want to send the second young lady's back to the Oolong faction." ”
"Although, your master Bai Jiangtian may not believe that Second Miss committed suicide, but you have decided, I will definitely support you in doing so. Xia Xiyun said.
After they sorted out Bai Yuejiao's body, the next day, Lu Yizhong found a coffin in the mill and put Bai Yuejiao's body in the coffin. He had a horse of his own and bought a carriage at the inn. Then load the coffin into the wagon.
"Driving" Lu Yizhong waved his whip and drove the carriage on the road.
Xia Xiyun sat behind Lu Yizhong, the coffin was placed in the carport, and if you looked at it from the outside, you wouldn't find that there was a coffin inside.
Lu Yizhong drove the carriage very quickly, and sent Bai Yuejiao's body back as soon as possible to avoid the corpse from decomposing. After a day and a night, they had traveled a long way.
At noon that day, they saw a tea shed on the side of the road. Lu Yizhong parked the carriage by the tea shed. Get out of the car and walk towards the tea shed.
There were a lot of people drinking tea in this tea shed, and he and Xia Xiyun sat down at a table. The man in the tea shed served a pot of tea and two bowls, and after placing the tea bowls, he poured them full of herbal tea.
Lu Yizhong held the tea bowl and drank it in small sips.
I heard someone say, "A lot of things have happened in martial arts recently"
Lu Yizhong looked sideways, and the other table in the tea shed was full of people, and a storyteller was talking endlessly. He also leaned over curiously. These people are all passing merchants and villagers rushing to the market, and none of them are from the martial arts, so they don't know Lu Yizhong.
"What did you say about what happened in Wulin recently. A young man in a brocade robe asked.
The storyteller gently opened the folding fan, stroked his beard, and put a thick bowl on the table. ”
"Go, hang your appetite, and give money. Several men muttered.
"If you don't give money, I won't say anything. The storyteller had just finished speaking.
The people gathered around the table took out the copper plate and threw it into the bowl, making a "jingling" sound. Lu Yizhong also took out a copper plate and threw it into the bowl.
Mr. Storyteller cleared his throat, "I heard that the funeral needle that exterminated humanity reappeared in the rivers and lakes and killed more than 20 disciples of Tianhetang. ”
"What is a mourning needle?
"Give money, give money. "Mr. Storyteller deliberately sells Guanzi in order to earn more copper plates, which is also a livelihood.
There are more than a dozen copper plates in the "jingle bell" bowl.
The storyteller looked into the bowl with a smile on his face.
"We don't give money anymore, we usually listen to books with one copper plate at a time, and this time we all gave two copper plates to one person. A man in coarse cloth said.
The storyteller continued: "This time, each of you has two copper plates, and the cost is worth it. The secret weapon of "lowering your voice" is called the funeral needle, which is a very vicious secret weapon, and a secret weapon can kill all the family. ”
"What kind of secret weapon, so powerful?"
"Don't be in a hurry. Say it right away. The storyteller continued: "The mourning needle is a secret weapon. ”
"You're not talking nonsense, didn't you just say it, the secret weapon is called the funeral needle. ”
The storyteller continued, "I said that the secret weapon is called the funeral needle, and you still ask me, what is the name of the secret weapon." Really. "Pick up the tea bowl and take a sip of tea" This kind of hidden weapon is a very thin steel needle. ”
"Did this secret weapon shoot out many steel needles at once?"
The storyteller slapped the table, "That's a good question, this kind of hidden weapon only fires one steel needle at a time, only one person hits, and the whole family is dead." ”
The eyes of everyone sitting around the table widened in amazement.
The storyteller then slowly continued: "Perhaps, you will ask if a steel needle hit the whole family. For example, two brothers are at home and the other is working in the fields behind the mountain, a few hundred meters apart, and there is a mountain in between. A mourning needle can kill two brothers. ”
Everyone sitting around was dumbfounded, and I heard that Mr. Storyteller slowly told about the funeral needle.
"If it's the elder brother who works behind the mountain, it's the younger brother who is at home. If this kind of hidden weapon hits the younger brother in the family, the elder brother behind the mountain will also die. Mr. Storyteller slapped the table again, "There is no hidden weapon in the world at all, hit the younger brother in the family first, the hidden weapon flew out again over the top of the mountain, turned downhill, and hit the brother behind the mountain, why is this?"
The man in the brocade robe suddenly said: "I thought about it, this is not a secret weapon, it must be a magic weapon used by immortals, and it is normal to turn around." ”
"Are there gods in this world?" asked the storyteller,
Everyone sitting around shook their heads, "No, no, where are the immortals." ”
"The crux of the matter is not in this steel needle," the storyteller took a sip of tea and put the tea bowl away, "but the poison quenched on the steel needle." Then he continued: "If the younger brother of the family dies in the morning, the elder brother will die after returning home. ”
"Why?" said the crowd in the audience.
"Could it be a worm, my brother came home and was bitten to death by this poisonous insect. ”
"They all say it's a steel needle, but where the worm comes from," said the storyteller, "because when the elder brother came back and saw his brother lying on the ground, he would definitely touch his brother's body, and so the elder brother died." ”
"How did the elder brother touch the corpse of his younger brother, and he died. ”
"There is poison at both ends of the steel needle, in fact, my brother accidentally touched the poison needle, was stabbed by the poison needle, and died of poisoning. ”