Chapter 7: The Mirror
It was nearly dusk.
Under the stone steps in front of the carriage shop, it is covered with snow. A group of men, women, and children, dressed in thick cotton clothes, dogskin hats, or bandanas around them, were pointing and pointing around a thin girl with a loose hair in a snow nest at the base of the wall.
The girl's eyes were demented, and her bare feet were already purple and stiff from the cold. She hid her frightened little face behind her little hand as much as she could, as if she had been greatly frightened.
In the crowd of onlookers, the experienced old people, simple and kind women, and those loyal and upright men let out low sighs from time to time, and some people stuffed some hot steamed buns and buns into the girls' arms.
"Isn't this the little dragonfly girl of Yang Xianggong......'s family? Poor ......"
"I heard that the thirteenth master was jealous of his ability, and he plotted to kill his brother Xiong Da in charge of the family three times and five times, and was sued by the second master Xiong to the yamen, no, the thirteenth master was handled by Lord Cai......"
"Don't listen to the nonsense of those official families, Yang Gongzi is gentle and elegant, helping the needy, that is the great good man in our town, how can he do that kind of thing of stealing chickens and touching dogs, maybe there is something going on here......"
"Silence! Xie Liudao, that dog thief is here! Be careful that he hears and loses his head!"
"It's coming!
In the midst of the discussion, I saw a short and fat brocade-robed fox Qiu big man, surrounded by six strange-shaped, ghost-like evil men and caracals, viciously picking up the crowd, and a lively forked waist appeared in front of the little dragonfly.
Immediately the people of the town stopped talking, and all became dumb.
Everyone knows this big fat man in brocade clothes with fat brains, and the people of the town, when they see him, they are as disgusting as swallowing a green-headed fly.
This person's name is Xie Liudao.
ββIt is said that Shaodong, the "Fugui Group" in the "Beijing Division", "turned the clouds and rained, and in October it was like a song" Chai Ruge, in order to help Xiong Dong dominate the "Northeast", the seven hall masters who were the most important in the group were sent "outside the gate" this time. This Xie Liudao is one of them.
The residents of the town, although they were both tired and disgusted with this Xie Liudao, who had aided and abused the "Gale Town" in just a few days, were very afraid and afraid in their hearts, and they did not dare to offend at all.
As the master of the "Six Dao Hall", who is as famous as Shen Zhongxia, the master of the "Seven Star Hall" who has now dominated the southeast corner, Xie Liudao is by no means as fat and incompetent as he seems on the surface.
As soon as Xie Liudao appeared, he kicked the bun that the well-wisher gave to the little dragonfly, and he arrogantly ordered the six men and women he brought: "Lord Cai has an order, this unclothed, nonsense female madwoman stays in the town, it is against the view and immorality, and she will be blasted out of the town!"
The six vicious men and women of the Asura Dao, the Humane Dao, the Heavenly Dao, the Hell Dao, the Hungry Ghost Dao, and the Animal Dao, roared and replied, and then they grabbed the little dragonfly's bare, thin, small, and thin arms and ankles, completely ignoring the girl's desperate wailing and lifeless struggle, like pulling a dead dog, dragging it all the way out on the snow.
Most of the surrounding townspeople dare to be angry and dare not speak, even if there are a few "Kanto" hunting men, they really can't stand it, and they want to speak up, either to the mother-in-law and the little baby around them to pull the corner of their clothes and shake their heads to stop it, or they are blocked by the parents and old people at home who cover their mouths and make their eyes blocked, and they are angry and hot, and finally turn into a weak sigh.
But someone still spokeβ
Just when the little girl was pulled by Xie Liudao's hair and ruthlessly dragged on the ice street, a small sedan chair in Tsing Yi came to meet her, three men and one woman in the sedan chair, Tsing Yi and a small hat, heroic, all young people with newborn calves.
Before the sedan chair, a middle-aged man with a well-behaved appearance and a simple demeanor; behind the sedan chair, there were also two young men, one lively and active, the other drowsy. The three of them are all well-behaved, restrained, and the residents of the town who are prevalent in martial arts, at a glance, the four young men who carry the sedan chair are certainly vigorous, and the three servants are even more hidden.
With such pomp and circumstance, such a lineup, who will be the owner of the Tsing Yi sedan chair?
The sound of stopping the "Liudaotang" group from doing evil came from behind the curtain of this small sedan chair in Tsing Yi, and the voice of speaking was more melancholy than the "crackling" sound of firewood in the stove of the big carriage and horse shop, and there was a kind of loneliness between heaven and earth:
"Boss Xie, it's freezing, let go of this little girl, and accumulate some yin virtue!"
As soon as the ferocious Xie Fat Man heard this voice, he immediately let go of the paws that were pulling the hair of the little dragonfly, and immediately took six powerful accomplices and crawled away.
I want to stay a little longer, and he will lose a piece of fat.
The townspeople speculated that the owner of the small sedan chair in Tsing Yi was sacred, and he could scare away Xie Liudao, who even Lord Cai Jun had to pretend to say with a casual word, saw the tall and thin honest middle-aged man in front of the sedan chair, stepped forward to take off his windbreaker, and covered the little girl who was rummaging in the snow for the lost buns, and then turned around with a sad face and said: "Eldest son, leave this child here, not to freeze to death, but also to starve to death......
The man behind the sedan chair with a smile on his face and his hands and feet couldn't stop for a moment bowed down and said tentatively: "Son, save people to the end, send the Buddha to the west, you see-"
The companion beside him with a wooden expression also said: "This girl is pitiful, let's take her!"
The owner of the sedan chair was undecided, and then saw a street performer dressed in colorful clothes flash out of the crowd, stepped forward to help the little dragonfly, and turned back to the Tsing Yi sedan chair, and spat in disgust: "Phew! Don't cry here for cats and fake mercy! There is no good person in your 'Tsing Yi Building'!"
After the man in the colorful suit finished speaking, he helped the little girl, turned around and left, and the townspeople around him, as soon as they heard that it was the people of "Tsing Yi Building", all showed disgust, cursed in a low voice, and scattered away.
"This brother, please stay," the sedan curtain was raised, and a beautiful young man with melancholy eyebrows walked out with a limp, and said in a loud voice: "I don't know what the master said?
"It turned out to be the eldest son of 'Tsing Yi Building', hmph! No wonder he behaves in a fashionable manner, and he has learned enough about Mr. Bu. The man in the colorful suit said with disdain: "What have you 'Tsing Yi Lou' done in our 'Gale Town', you know in your heart, don't pretend to entertain the uncle!"
The four young sedan chair men, three of them have already become angry, and another bald young monk with thick eyebrows and big eyes has to roll up his sleeves and rush up-
The obedient middle-aged man hugged his fists and saluted: "What do you call your brother up and down?"
Although there were many people on the other side, even if he had to take care of a half-crazy orphan girl, the man in colorful clothes still puffed up his chest and said with a fearless face: "If you don't change your name, you can't change your surname, and the 'Dafengtang' nobody is also a color actor!"
"Ouyang Gong in the 'Tsing Yi Building'," the middle-aged man said: "I think Your Excellency must have misunderstood my son-in-law, you know, there are thousands of people in the family, and the main person is not my eldest son, understand?
The color opera master was a meal at the time: you know, the "respectful is better than obeying" Ouyang Gong who spoke, is also a well-known figure in the rivers and lakes, he and the "wealth rolling" Sun Cai behind the palanquin, the "eleventh chapter of the hair faint" Liang Fa, and the "joy from the sky" Tang Xier, who died in the battle of "Skull Cover", was originally called "Wishing you prosperity" (see "Overlord Life", "Skull Cover" volumes), once famous. Such a person, what he says, naturally still has weight.
"Anyway, Buber and Hu Ling'er, the two male and female evil stars, are the owners of your 'Tsing Yi Building'," the color opera master still said with hostility: "They are helping Xiong Er harm people in our 'Dafeng Hall', and you Chenyuan eldest son will be to blame!"
Chen Yuan said in a low voice: "The second son is making more and more noise, sending two branch owners to openly meddle in the housework of the 'Dafeng Hall', and actually hiding from me, the eldest brother, Chu Yu is too arrogant, he always wants to do something big, I am really afraid that he will follow the old path of Liu Sheng in the future." β
After a short pause, Chen Yuan pointed his hand to the door of the big car shop that was booming: "Zoom in outside, let's go in and talk!"
The flame met the girl's confused cheeks, and when the color drama master finished speaking in one breath, and was not so excited, Chen Yuan calmed down and said: "Since Brother Tai has known the truth of the matter, this is no longer a place for you to stay for a long time, what are you going to do?"
"I have already thought about it, although when I played with the 'diorama' that Liu Sangen handed back to me, I accidentally found that the magic mirror recorded some of the crimes of Xiong Dongwei colluding with the government to kill the thirteen masters, but the image is quite blurry, Cai Jun, who had already worn a pair of pants with Xiong Er, must have vetoed it on the grounds that 'Yiguo's obscene things can't be true', plus the little dragonfly was overstimulated, and the testimony was difficult to work in the court. 'Outside the plug', go to find the third master's good friend Leng City Lord, as long as the Leng City Lord rescues the third master, the grievances of the thirteen masters will have the hope of stretching the snow, and the 'Dafeng Hall' will be saved!" The color opera master's eyes lit up, and his cheeks were bloodshot with excitement.
Chen Yuan had hidden worries, and only after a while did he say to himself: "I still don't understand, why did you bend a long way to the 'Liangcheng Inn' to find the Leng City Lord, instead of going to the 'Tomb of the Living Dead' nearby first to ask for the help of Miss Yun?"
The color actor suddenly sighed: "You really want to know?"
"Hmm. Chen Yuan, who was nervous and uneasy in his heart, responded lightly with seemingly indifference.
"Okay, I'll tell you. The color actor said: "Miss Yun has been busy with happy events these days. β
"Happy event?" Chen Yuan was suddenly shocked in his heart, and then he tightened again.
"The eldest lady is getting married. The actor said in a disdainful tone.
"Marry?" Chen Yuan's heart tightened, and then it hurt again.
"Married to the governor of 'Liaodong', Cai Jun. The playmaker said, and he drained another sip of wine.
"Oh?!" Chen Yuan was silent and speechless for a long time.
There was a sound of wind and snow crying outside, and the color actor helped the little dragonfly and stood up: "We are going to run for our lives." β
"My men have prepared the carriage and tethered it to the stone pillar at the back door, and the journey is smooth. Chen Yuan also stood up, the firelight cast his thin body on the wall into a slender shadow, tonight, he looked a little excited.
"I'll miss the firelight here......" The actor felt his blood rush and choked his throat, so that he split his sentence into two
The second time he finished speaking: "...... There is also the wine of the eldest prince. β
He choked up, in order not to let Chen Yuan see him crying, he hurriedly stuffed a strange mirror into Chen Yuan's hand, and helped the little dragonfly to leave.
He walked to the threshold and said, "This is the 'diorama' that records the image of the real murderer's crime." His voice was distorted like he had swallowed a knife, and he and she never looked back.
A neighing of horses came from outside, piercing the silence of the snowy night.
Chen Yuan pushed open the door of the carriage and horse shop, and the white night was everywhere, the moonlight was like snow, and a line of wheel prints was thrown to the north.