Chapter 23: Between Life and Death
Qin Yu didn't say much nonsense and reported directly: "Report that the subordinates of the young master of the village were at the agreed place, and they did not encounter the spies of the joint, but only saw a headless corpse, which was found by the subordinates from the corpse. ”
Saying that, Qin Yu handed two jade pendants of the same material to Qi Yufei, one of which was the token that Qi Yufei handed over to Qin Yu for contact, and the other should be in Situ Heyun's hand, but it appeared on the body of the headless corpse.
Qi Yufei took two pieces, or a jade pendant divided into two halves, and played with it in his hand without any expression. Qin Yu then reported the process and details of this mission to Qi Yufei, and finally said his guess:
"There is no trace of forcible entry around, the murderer and the deceased should know each other, the murderer suddenly broke out and killed people, and the deceased is likely to be Situ Heyun. ”
Qi Yufei silently listened to Qin Yu's report and speculation, was silent for a while, and suddenly said sharply:
"You said that the deceased and the murderer knew each other, and the deceased was Situ Heyun. But do you know that no one else knew about that temporary secret meeting place before, and it was even more impossible for Situ Heyun to bring others in without permission.
So either Situ Heyun betrayed the Famous Sword Villa and brought others to meet with you without authorization. Either the murderer is none other than you.
Now Situ Heyun's life and death are unknown, leaving only a headless corpse without proof of death, and it is impossible for me to immediately go to the Tianxia Pass to verify the truth of what you said, and it is not what you say.
And how do you explain that when you go out alone and come back, you bring back two people. I also listened to what you said to the old bookkeeper upstairs, and you think I would really believe the nonsense of the gods falling from the sky. ”
Facing Qi Yufei's sharp questioning, Qin Yu hurriedly knelt on his knees, and said urgently with his head: "The subordinates definitely did not deceive the young owner, and everything he said was true.
Although the shopkeeper followed his subordinates, he was very measured and did not probe the content of his subordinates' tasks, and although the person who fell from the sky also surprised his subordinates, he did suddenly appear and smashed the inn's shopkeeper unconscious, which almost attracted the official who patrolled the night.
If the young owner doesn't believe the words of his subordinates, he can wait for the two of them to wake up and ask in person to prove whether what his subordinates said is true. ”
After explaining, Qin Yu said: "My subordinates were originally helpless orphans, and they were adopted by Mingjian Villa when they were six years old, and they were nurtured by the owner for more than ten years, and they dare not forget their teachings.
After the age of sixteen, he began to carry out the task, and he never missed it, and this time he encountered an unexpected mission failure is also a crime of non-war, and he also asked the young owner Mingjian to give his subordinates a chance to make meritorious contributions. ”
Qi Yufei was unmoved by Qin Yu's heartfelt words, and suddenly stood up, pulled out the sword at his waist and pointed it at Qin Yu's head, swinging the sword and slashing.
Qin Yu didn't avoid the menacing sword, and directly looked like he was waiting for death with his eyes closed. Even though Qin Yu's martial arts are much higher than Qi Yufei's, he still doesn't dare to dodge, because Qin Yu knows that there is still a chance of life if he doesn't dodge, and even if he captures Qi Yufei now, he will be dead.
The long sword slashed down and slashed on Qin Yu's bun, and the cloth belt that bound his hair was cut off and fell to the ground. A few green threads fell but no blood remained, and the sword stopped where it was sticking to Qin Yu's scalp.
The blade of the three-foot sword trembled slightly, and Qin Yu's hairs stood up. The danger of this moment is indescribable, because even Qi Yufei himself doesn't know if he will really slash Qin Yu with a sword at that moment just now.
But at this time, Qin Yu still didn't dare to move, his heart had already risen to his throat, and he didn't even dare to drop a drop of cold sweat, as if time had frozen.
After a long time, Qi Yufei returned the long sword to the sheath, and said in a voice as usual: "Get up, I will stop believing you for a while, if I find out that you have half a point of concealment in the future, you know the consequences." ”
Qin Yu hurriedly said yes, quickly got up and picked up the severed headband from the ground, took a random section to tie his hair again, and stood aside quietly waiting for Qi Yufei's order. At present, it seems that Qin Yu's life has been saved today, and as for how long he can keep it, it is completely up to fate.
Qi Yufei took back his sword and sat down again, and asked Qin Yu to light the oil lamp, just now the two of them were talking through the light reflected in the moon, so the atmosphere was very depressing. Now that the lights are on, the room is still dim but much more relaxed.
At this time, Qi Yufei seemed to have reverted to the calm young owner, and said to Qin Yu who was standing aside: "It's about to dawn at this hour, you also go back to the room to wash up, call Zhao Ping after dawn, let's go to meet this Feng Sanniang together."
If there is a misunderstanding, it is good to explain it clearly, and the so-called rivers and lakes are just a face. My name Sword Villa can give this small Tongfu Inn an explanation, that is, it gives him a lot of face. If it weren't for the special situation now, we would have to pay attention to these people if we have something to do. ”
Qin Yu didn't dare to say much about this, if he thought the same before tonight, after seeing the methods of the shopkeeper, he had an unfathomable feeling when facing the Tongfu Inn.
Even a shopkeeper is a first-class master, this Tongfu Inn is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface, and even Qin Yu guessed that behind Feng Sanniang, there may be a huge force as large as the Famous Sword Villa as a backer.
But he didn't dare to say these words to Qi Yufei, he had just escaped with his life, and he dared to say more, if he said a wrong word, wouldn't it be wronged to make the owner of the village unhappy and cut himself with a sword.
Between Qi Yufei's loyalty and his own life, Qin Yu decisively chose the latter, so he didn't say much and left directly.
When he left Qi Yufei's room, although Qin Yu's face was calm, in fact, his calves and stomach were spinning, even if he tried his best to restrain himself after going out, his body still trembled involuntarily, and no one would behave normally after turning around from the ghost gate.
After returning to the room, Qin Yu changed his clothes, washed his face, rearranged his hair, and sighed and frowned when he returned to bed.
Zhao Ping, who was separated by a wall from him, was not much better than him now, and Zhao Ping had a strange dream between half dreaming and half waking up, in which he was as light as a swallow and soared freely in the sky.
In the sky, Zhao Ping saw a lot of immortal cave mansions, Qionglou Yuyu, and even many immortals who walked freely in the clouds and mist with various magic weapons, and disappeared in a blink of an eye, which made people envious.
These things seemed both familiar and unfamiliar to Zhao Ping, and just when he wanted to fly closer to take a look, for some reason his body suddenly fell from the sky, as if he was about to fall into the Nine Shadows. He was so frightened that he wanted to scream, but his body was out of his control, and he couldn't even move his lips.
Then Zhao Ping really fell, falling from the bed to the floor, and also fell Zhao Ping from the dream into reality.