Chapter 40: The Trail of the Adulterous Thief (I)

Seeing that Xiao Ziyang took out a Tongbao coin, the guy's face showed a hint of joy, he reached out and took the Zijin Tongbao, "Guest officer, please wait a moment, I'll go find you money," After speaking, he turned around and walked quickly towards the side door.

After waiting for a while, the guy walked over quickly and handed Xiao Ziyang a money bag.

Xiao Ziyang took the money bag and opened it to see that there were fifty gold treasures in it, but he was not surprised, although the government stipulated that one could be exchanged for a hundred gold treasures, but in fact, because the purple gold treasures were extremely rare, when it was really exchanged, one purple gold treasure could often be exchanged for 120 gold treasures. Xiao Ziyang put the money bag in his arms and walked downstairs with a happy face.

Xiao Ziyang rode his horse aimlessly and slowly on the street, thinking about where he should go next.

Suddenly, a noise in front of him attracted his attention, and he saw a group of martial arts people with swords and swords around the door of a shop, and they were all saying something to a big man wearing a low-level military attaché costume.

Xiao Ziyang was curious for a moment, so he leaned over to the shop.

It turned out that a large family was recruiting martial artists from the nursing home. Xiao Ziyang actually saw an acquaintance in the crowd!

The big man sitting behind the desk who was in charge of recruiting and taking the examination turned out to be the head of the guard who accompanied the officials who returned home from the same ship that Xiao Ziyang met when he took the Shunhe half a year ago.

It turned out that the official who returned to his hometown was surnamed Wen, and his ancestral home was in Shuangping Town, not far south of Shangyuan City. Recently, I heard that the prostitute red silk customers have fled to Shangyuan, and I am afraid that this prostitute will target his daughter, so he temporarily recruits some good people to care for the hospital.

Xiao Ziyang looked at it for a while, and then prepared to leave, although the Wen family's salary of 20 taels of silver a month was more than twice the usual amount, which was naturally unattractive to Xiao Ziyang, who spent nearly 4,000 taels of silver in one day today.

Just as Xiao Ziyang was about to turn around on his horse, he suddenly saw a familiar back.

That person was the bearded man he had met in the Famous Sword Pavilion.

Curious in his heart, Xiao Ziyang got off the horse and pretended to be interested, and took the opportunity to carefully observe this bearded man, this person's extremely thick beard is simply very conspicuous, such a characteristic appearance, if he sees it, he will never forget it, but he searched his memory, but found nothing.

Why did he think that his lewd back, his yellow eyes, and the lustful light that flashed in his eyes from time to time were so familiar?

Xiao Ziyang looked up at the leader of the guards, and a flash of light flashed in his mind.

"It's him, that's right, it's him, Tang Zheng!"

Xiao Ziyang suddenly figured out everything. The red silk guest is Tang Zheng who he met by chance on the Heshun and had a meal! This person should be very good at disguise!

On that day on the Heshun, the red silk guest stared at the very sweet-looking maid in the house of the official surnamed Wen, and he could not restrain his evil thoughts at that time, so he was ready to do it immediately, but the young man in a gorgeous suit and sword suddenly appeared and repelled him.

Looking back on the situation at that time, the red silk guest should have known the young man in fancy clothes and was very jealous of him, so he could only stop thinking about it for the time being. Officials with the surname Wen and young people in Chinese costumes live next to each other. When they arrived in Xiang'an, they disembarked together.

The red silk guest was afraid that the young man in Chinese clothes would be suspicious, so he stayed on the boat. This red silk man must be a very possessive person. He did not give up there, but disembarked at the next stop and rushed back to Chuzhou, where he committed crimes while searching for the whereabouts of officials surnamed Wen. And today, he finally got his wish, and planned to take the opportunity of the newly recruited guards of the Wenfu to infiltrate the Wenfu to commit crimes.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ziyang's face showed a look of inner struggle. He was in trouble, and he shouldn't have been nosy, but the thought of that sweet-smiling girl being tortured and killed with red silk made his conscience uneasy.

He thought to himself, if he had to watch this kind of thing happen in order to get revenge, then even if he got revenge, he would probably become a walking corpse with a heart as cold as ice.

After Xiao Ziyang figured it out, he began to think about countermeasures.

In a moment he had an idea, only to see a brute expression suddenly appear on his face, rudely pushing through the crowd and squeezing in.

His actions drew a shouting and scolding.

Xiao Ziyang walked straight to the table, didn't speak, pulled out a thick-backed knife with his backhand, threw it on the table, and with a bang, the table was crushed and cracked several times in an instant.

He gently grabbed the thick-backed knife again and danced in the small clearing in front of the table. After a trip to Siping's knife technique, Xiao Ziyang's face was not red and he was out of breath and returned the knife into the sheath. Pointing to the thick-backed knife with his thumb, he said proudly: "This knife weighs seventy-two catties and eight taels! Two hundred taels and one month! The red silk guest is dead, or I will pay the money and leave if I leave Chuzhou." ”

The leader of the guards stepped forward and said, "Okay! This hero is worth this price, so I agreed for my lord." Deputy Dutou Zhao, you personally send this hero back to the house to see the master, and arrange a good guest room to entertain him. ”

A red-faced man in a strong suit walked out of the Wenfu family, agreed, and smiled at Xiao Ziyang: "This hero, please," said and led the way towards a carriage in front.

Xiao Ziyang took back his horse, turned over and rode up, and said to Deputy Zhao, "You lead the way in front of the carriage." ”

After following the carriage for two steps, he pretended to be a villain, and turned his head triumphantly to look at the crowd.

He seemed to be showing off to everyone, but in fact, all of Xiao Ziyang's attention was focused on the bearded guest's face, and he saw a look of doubt and retreat on that face. That's what he wants!

Judging from the trajectory of the Red Silk Guest, this person is very cunning and careful. When the wind blows, it will disappear.

Cunning people are generally suspicious, so Xiao Ziyang took advantage of his doubts that he felt familiar with him, but he couldn't remember who it was, and appeared in a high-profile manner. If you want to scare him away, at least don't let him get into the nursing home.

Xiao Ziyang looked a little absent-minded on the horse. He was thinking about what to do.

According to his hearsay, the light skills of the red silk guest are quite good, and he has escaped the pursuit of masters many times, and he does not practice foreign kung fu by himself.

The red silk guest relies on light skills and rarely works with people, so the world doesn't know what this person's martial arts are, but it shouldn't be too bad. However, he is not what he used to be, and he has the killer weapon of the flying dragon in his palm, so it should not be a problem to take down this person with a calculating intention or not.

Shuangping Town is only more than 30 miles away from Shangyuan City. An hour later, Xiao Ziyang saw the official surnamed Wen again, that is, the current clerk. The clerk was about sixty years old, not tall, with a long beard, and looked quite weak, and it could be seen from his eyebrows that he must have been a beautiful man when he was young.