Chapter Seventy-Four: Eccentric
After leaving Lingxi Valley, Yi Dan and his party rode back to Shexian Shunfeng to escort them.
As soon as he walked to the door of the SF escort company, Song Hui walked out and opened the door: "Master, you are back so soon, and the disciples have just arrived."
"Well, have your Senior Brother Zhang's family been appeased?" asked Zuo Shutian.
"Master, everything has been appeased, please rest assured," the disciple replied.
"Well, we must be buried and cared for, everyone is a person who sweats and bleeds for SF Express, and we must not treat it badly," Zuo Huatian explained.
"Yes, the disciple obeys," Song Hui agreed.
After Song Hui finished speaking, his eyes fell on Yuwen Songxian's body, and said: "Yuwen Daxia, the people from the Knife Grinding Gang came to you this morning, saying that what Ouyang gang leader is, he wants to hold a meeting in the gang, so that you can rush to Panyu as soon as possible, this is a letter for you to see" After that, Song Hui handed a letter to Yuwen Songxian.
Yu Wensong took the letter first, opened it and said: "It's really a letter from Ouyang Gang Leader, no, I have to rush to Panyu as soon as possible."
"Brother Yuwen, since you have something to do, don't delay. If you arrive in Panyu, please help me convey my greetings to Brother Ouyang," Yi Dan said.
"Hey, it's a pity, I originally planned to send Brother Zuo back to She County, and then accompany you everywhere. I didn't expect to encounter such an unfortunate thing," Yuwen Song said first.
"It's okay, the affairs of the gang are important, we still have more days to see each other in the future, please Brother Yuwen don't delay the business," Yi Dan said.
"I wonder where you're going next?" Yuwen Song asked first.
"It hasn't been decided yet, let's rest in Shezhou for a few days, and visit the Huangshan faction by the way. Yi Dan said.
"Well, today's separation, is for tomorrow's meeting, you must take care, if there is anything you need help, please send a letter to Yangzhou, find me Yuwen Song first" Yuwen Song said first.
"Okay, thank you Brother Yuwen for your companionship and help along the way, if there is a day when you need Brother Yuwen's help, I hope that Brother Yuwen can be generous, and I am grateful," Yi Dan said.
"Don't worry about this, as long as the time is ripe, you bring a letter, no matter what I'm busy with, I will definitely rush to help, talk counts, how about it?" Yuwen Song said first.
"Okay, thank you Brother Yuwen first," Yi Dan thanked him.
"You're welcome, I, Yuwen Song, really treat you as a sister first, I hope you don't see me outside," Yu Wen Song said first.
"Okay, Brother Yuwen, thank you for your kindness," Yi Dan said.
"Brother Yuwen, thanks to your help along the way this time. Next time I have the opportunity, I will definitely go to Yangzhou to catch up with you. If you have something important, I won't force you to stay, please go and do things first, the two of them are here, you can rest assured. When they want to leave, I will make a special trip to find someone to escort them out of Shezhou," Zuo said.
"Okay, then thank you Brother Zuo" Yuwen Song said first.
"Brother Yuwen doesn't have to be polite, Miss Yi and Brother Yuan, although you got acquainted first, but you also have a deep relationship with Zuo, and Zuo also regards them as brothers, and will never treat them badly," Zuo said.
"Thank you very much, then"
"Song Hui, Song Hui..."Left scratched the sky and shouted to Song Hui, who was fascinated by Yi Dan.
"Huh, Master, are you calling me?" Song Hui reacted.
"Of course, I've called you several times, what are you thinking?
"Oh, it's nothing, what's the matter, please Master command" Song Hui said.
"You go to the account room and take fifty taels of silver for Brother Yuwen to wrap up," Zuo Xuantian said.
"Disciple obeys" Song Hui looked at Yi Dan's face, and turned to leave after agreeing.
"Oh, no need Brother Zuo, I will withdraw the money in Yangzhou, please don't be so polite" Yuwen Song said first.
"Isn't going back to Yangzhou a turn back and taking the wrong road? Since your brother came to my SF Express to escort you, do you still want you to go back to Yangzhou to get money? You say that, you don't treat me as a brother to Zuo Zhuotian?" asked Zuo Zhuotian arrogantly.
"Okay, well, then you should borrow Brother Zuo's silver first, and the original silver will be returned in the future," Yuwen Song said first.
"What else? When you say that, you just don't treat me as a brother," Zuo said.
"Okay, okay, then I'll take it first, and when Brother Zuo arrives in Yangzhou, I'll do my best to be a landlord, it's always okay, right?" Yuwen Song said first.
"That's about the same, is fifty taels of silver enough?" asked Zuo Xuantian.
"Enough, enough, thank you Brother Zuo" Yuwen Song said first.
"What's polite with me?"
At this time, Song Hui walked out with the silver taels and said, "Master, the silver has been brought."
Zuo Huatian stuffed the silver into Yuwen Songxian's hand and said, "Brother, you go to do things first, come back and pass through Shezhou, let's get together again."
"Okay, then take care, I'll take my leave first" With that, Yuwen Song turned around and left first.
After everyone said goodbye to Yuwen Songxian, they entered the SF Escort House.
Yi Dan and Yi Dan returned to the room, and after Youming put away his baggage, he asked, "Senior sister, since everything is done, why do we have to go back to She County?"
"First, I haven't found a good opportunity to show my intention to Zuo Daxia and ask him for help. Second, I think there are still many unsolved doubts in the whole thing. So I want to come back and find out," Yi Dan said.
"What other doubts are there that you haven't figured out?" asked Youming.
"The first is that two days before escorting the relics, Zuo Daxia suddenly received a letter asking him to go to Liangzhou, thousands of miles away. This is too coincidental, isn't it? Second, why did Master Cheng's apprentice of the Yan Pavilion die so bizarrely? Third, I think this Shentuqiu is also very suspicious, when I wanted to give him Cordyceps Jiuzhen Pill, he said that he never took pills, but Bei Yezhou of the Huangshan faction said that Shentuqiu often took pills, and he didn't say where the ancient Taoist was. And obviously his size is short, not as good as me, but that Kitanozhou said that his senior brother is a seven-foot man. Don't you think all this is suspicious?" Yi Dan said to Youming seriously.
"Senior sister, what do you mean, maybe this person is not the real Shen Tuqiu at all?"
"That's right, that's what I'm guessing," Yi Dan said.
"Senior sister, are you thinking too much? When the Great Virtue Sect attacked the Hexi faction, Shentu Daxia was in the SF Escort Bank, what does this have to do with him? There is also the apprentice of Master Cheng of the Sheyan Pavilion, and the doctor said that he died of an emergency. If you count it according to the time, when the apprentice of Sheyan Pavilion died, Shentu Daxia had not yet come to SF to escort him, what could it have to do with him? Oh yes, and the ancient Taoist leader, who was originally a cultivator, naturally his whereabouts were erratic. It is reasonable for the disciples to answer incorrectly. As for the question of his size, perhaps Brother Kitano reaffirmed the character of Tu Daxia, and the implication is that although Shen Tu Daxia is small, he is heroic" Youming dismissed Yi Dan's speculation one by one.
"When it comes to morality, I'm even more skeptical. You see, that day in the Shaolin Temple, he insisted on challenging the abbot of Watatsuyama, and also injured Master Watanami. Anyway, we are here, we must be cautious in everything, and we must not tell him the purpose of our adventures. If he is really a suspicious person, I'm afraid we will all be in danger," Yi Dan said.
"Okay, senior sister, don't worry, you're just guessing, I will never tell him. Youming said.
At that time, Yi Dan went to the room on the left and knocked on the door.
"Knock Knock"
"Who?" asked Zuo Tiantian in the room.
"Zuo Daxia, it's me Yi Dan. Have you slept? Can you have a few words to talk to?" Yi Dan said.
"It's Miss Yi, please come in, the door is not locked," Zuo replied.
After Yi Dan entered the door, Zuo Xuantian put away the wiping knife and said, "Miss Yi, you haven't slept so late?"
"Zuo Daxia, I came back to She County this time because I think there are a few doubts in the whole matter that have not been clarified, and I want to ask you separately to understand, okay?"
"What is the question?" said Zuo Xuantian.
"I've always wanted to ask Zuo Daxia a question, when did Zuo Daxia and Nashen Tuqiu meet?" Yi Dan asked.
"What are you asking for?" asked Zuo Xuantian rhetorically.
"Isn't it convenient for Zuo Daxia to tell me?" Yi Dan asked.
"What's so inconvenient to tell about this. In fact, Brother Shentu and I also met for the first time because of this escort. However, I used to hear his master, Gu Dao Chang, mention him," Zuo said.
"And how does his master describe him?" Yi Dan asked.
"Gu Dao Chang said that Brother Shentu is bold and upright, chivalrous, and has been containing the Khitans in the Bohai Sea in the north all the year round, and has contributed a lot to the martial arts. Zuo said.
"Really, Zuo Daxia, do you think this Shentu Qiu is what his master described?" Yi Dan asked.
After thinking about it, Zuo Zhuotian said: "It seems that there is indeed a little discrepancy, is it that Miss Yi, are you still angry about the Shaolin incident last time?" Zuo is here to accompany you for him, please Miss Yi Don't be angry anymore, after all, Brother Shentu is also anxious about my escort." ”
"That's not true, I didn't worry about it. I think that since this Shentu hero is not like what the ancient Taoist said, could it be that the ancient Taoist is lying?" Yi Dan asked rhetorically.
"This is absolutely impossible, Gu Dao Chang is a Taoist senior who has cultivated to a high level, and he will not tell such a lie in order to praise his apprentice," Zuo said.
"Since it's not the Gu Dao Leader who is lying, then there is something wrong with this Shentu Qiu," Yi Dan said.
"What's the problem?" asked Zuo Xuantian.
"May I ask Zuo Daxia, when did this Shentuqiu come to SF Express?" Yi Dan asked.
"On the third day of the fifth month," he replied.
"That's even more strange, I won't tell you the truth, I went to the Sheyan Pavilion with Brother Yuwen to check before, and Master Cheng's disciple stayed in the Sheyan Pavilion for an all-night on the first night of the fifth month, and after returning home, he contracted a strange disease and died violently the next day. On the third day of the fifth month, Nashen Tuqiu came to SF Express, do you think these two things are related?" Yi Dan speculated.
"If these two things are related, as you say, what is the connection?" asked Zuo Daotian.
"I don't know, but I suspect that maybe someone wanted to go to the Sheyan Pavilion in the middle of the night to rub the stone tablet, and it happened to be discovered by Master Cheng's disciples, and then poisoned him, so he died violently after he went back. Of course, this is just speculation, and there is no evidence," Yi Dan said.
"You mean, could it be that the person who poisoned him was Brother Shentu?" asked Zuo Xuantian.
"Yes, most likely. And I also have a bold speculation, I suspect that this Shentu Qiu is not Shen Tu Qiu, a disciple of the ancient Dao Chief, at all. Instead, someone deliberately impersonated, maybe the real Shen Tuqiu was dead. Maybe he was alone in the whole thing," Yi Dan boldly speculated.
"This is unlikely, if he is alone, where has he done so many things? Siege the Hexi faction? Could he have something to do with the Dade Sect?, if he is not Shen Tuqiu, then who would he be? What is his purpose? I didn't know him before, why did he frame me?" Zuo asked repeatedly.
"I haven't figured this out yet, anyway, I always feel that there must be some ulterior conspiracy behind this matter," Yi Dan said.
"Conspiracy, what kind of conspiracy will there be? I, SF Express, have always opened the door to do things in an upright manner, and I have not sinned against anyone on the rivers and lakes," Zuo Xuantian was puzzled.
"It's useless for us to speculate so much. It's better to go down to Huangshan and ask the ancient Taoist chief to understand in person, what do you think, Zuo Daxia?" Yi Dan proposed.
"Okay, you're right, then let's go to Huangshan together and ask the ancient Taoist chief for clarification," Zuo Zhuotian said.
"Actually, I went to Huangshan once last time with my junior brother, but the ancient road chief was not on the mountain," Yi Dan said.
"In a few days, it will be the day when the Huangshan faction will hold a martial arts conference, I think the ancient Taoist should have returned to Huangshan now, why don't we go up to Huangshan early tomorrow morning and ask the ancient Taoist chief clearly, how about it?" Zuo Zhuotian said.
"Well, then, let's do it," Yi Dan said.
At this time, there was a man in black on the roof, who was lifting a piece of roof tiles, carefully watching everything in the house, and the conversation between Yi Dan and Zuo Huatian was also eavesdropped on by him word for word.
It is said that Song Hui, the eldest disciple of the left sky, after returning to Shexian, was thinking about Yi Dan's appearance all the time in his mind. Thinking of her smile, as well as her elegant posture when she fought with Shen Tuqiu in Shaolin Temple that day, she lost her soul and couldn't extricate herself.
At this time, a note suddenly flew from the door and nailed it to the door, making a "bang" sound.
Song Hui looked around, but there was no one in sight, so he stepped forward to take the note, and saw that the note read: "When I came to the room, I had something to tell you, Yi Dan"
Song Hui looked at the note and jumped up with joy. Carried away by love, he didn't question the authenticity of this note at all. is just thinking about Yi Dan, who he can't forget in his heart, and looking forward to the time when the son will come soon.
At night, Yi Dan tossed and turned in bed and couldn't sleep, and she kept analyzing everything that had happened in her mind these days, trying to see if she could find some clues to solve the mystery. And thinking about it, before I knew it, it was already the middle of the night.
"Knock Knock"
That's when there was a knock on the door. Yi Dan got up and came to the door, opened it and saw that it was Song Hui.
"Brother Song, it's you, why don't you rest so late?" Yi Dan asked.
"Miss Yi, haven't you slept yet," Song Hui said shyly.
"May I ask Brother Song, is there anything wrong with me looking for me so late?" Yi Dan asked.
"I know, you're embarrassed to say it, that's why you told me that way, right? Miss Yi, in fact, the first time I saw you, I already liked you, but I didn't expect you to be the same. Song Hui said affectionately.
Yi Dan was confused when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Song, may I ask what you are talking about?"
"You don't have to say anything, I know in my heart, you're embarrassed, right?" Song Hui said.
"Brother Song, if you have anything, please hurry up. If you're okay, go back and rest. It's late at night, and if I say those things that don't make sense, I'm not interested in listening to them," Yi Danwan refused.
"Could it be... Don't... Don't you like me?" asked Song Hui.
"Brother Song, I think you misunderstood, right? When did I say I liked you?" Yi Dan said.
"You don't like me, so why did you ask me to come again?" Song Hui asked.
"When did I make an appointment with you? Brother Song, have you been drinking? Hurry up and go back to rest." With that, Yi Dan pushed Song Hui out of the door, and then closed the door.
Song Hui stood at the door, knocked on the door a few times, and said, "Miss Yi, listen to me... Listen to me. ”
Yi Dan ignored Song Hui again, and after a while, there was no longer a sound at the door.