Relief

Xie Zhixu disembarked at a ferry near the west of the city, and the boat continued to go down the river with a cabin full of tea fragrance.Liu Liu stood at the bow and waved goodbye to him.

He remembered that the sound of stepping on the board when he disembarked was not right, and it seemed to be a hollow cargo hold, so he asked the boatman at the ferry where the river led.

"It's usually a scenic route, and you can go back to the original point after a circle. But it can also lead to Taihu Lake if it is connected to other water veins."

Strolling back to Fuyunju from the ferry, the competition between Yueguanshan and the fourth child was not over yet, Wu Li sat on the railing without moving, looking up at the blue sky and white clouds.

It's good to be sunny in the evening, and there are no clouds in the sky.With poor eyesight, he couldn't even see people.

"A group of peaks are built of jade to reach the moon, and the clouds are borrowed from the pines to climb to the top of the mountain. The white-headed old man's unique skill of climbing to the top of the mountain is indeed a light work that is known for climbing." Xie Zhixu couldn't help but admire.

Wu Li ignored him.

Xie Zhixu smiled: "Brother, are you thirsty, let me make you a pot of tea? I just arrived at the tea mountain in Qingying Mountain Villa this morning to collect the first batch of new tea. It's really a good thing."

Wu Li glanced at him slantingly, and said in a strange way: "Is it really for me, or is it because your second senior brother doesn't want it and asked me to do it?"

The ones in the square box were given to Feng Zhichang, but Xie Zhixu, the golden hairpin of Taihu Lake, liked it very much himself, so he took a few extra pieces and wrapped them in tissue paper and carried them in his bosom.

Wu Li watched as he peeled off a corner of the tissue paper, and the greenness and fragrance of tea came rushing to his face.Wu Li usually likes good wine, but when a gentleman drinks tea, a wise man smells the fragrance, and sometimes he also loves good tea, and said in surprise: "You are really a young master, and you are quite accomplished in the word taste."

Xie Zhixu saw that he was no longer awkward, so he went back to the house and knocked on a corner to make a pot.

Wu Li stopped him: "Wait a minute, I have something to ask you. I remember that not long ago you hated your second brother for killing people like hemp, why are you getting close to him now? Don't forget that you are still planted with snake venom. Second, if you make the mistake of being a good person, you will lose your life if you are careful.”

Xie Zhixu thought for a while, and said to Wu Li: "Actually, when I think about these four murders recently, the reason why I preconceived that the second senior brother was responsible is because the victims all died of the poison created by the second senior brother. , there were traces of the second senior brother in the places where these four murders occurred. But this is very strange. If the whereabouts of the second senior brother are so easy to investigate, why did he use his signature poison to murder people? Isn’t this a public announcement to the world? Is it the murderer, attracting the government to chase him down?—”

A vein twitched on the forehead of Wu Li, and interrupted: "He has always been so conceited and arrogant. If people are killed by weapons in the rivers and lakes, the servants of the government are afraid that they will lose their lives if they are involved in it, and they never dare to meddle in their own business."

"Okay, even if that's the case," Xie Zhixu continued, "isn't he afraid of Jianghu affairs, Mr. cleaning up the family, or bearing a bad reputation to attract knights to uphold justice? Combined with this time he wants to poison Liang Ting with great fanfare, according to me From my point of view, I am afraid the truth is that the second senior brother did have some intentions after he left for two years, so there are quite a lot of suspicious things, someone hides in the dark and takes advantage of this, and commits many killings and puts all of them on the senior brother's head."

Wu Li shook his head: "What evidence do you have for your speculation?"

Just as Xie Zhixu was about to speak, a humanoid object fell from the sky and smashed into the backyard, smoke and dust rose all over the place, and the mules and horses neighed in fright.

Yueguanshan fell to the ground with his back turned into big characters, his clothes were disheveled and his chest heaved violently, looking like he had been brutally raped.

Xie Zhixu turned pale with shock, and leaned over the railing to look around: "Why did you make it look like this, isn't it a competition of lightness skills, it looks like a fight."

"No," Wu Li said with rich experience, "it seems that he flew too high and was dizzy by the wind."

Yue Guanshan fell to the ground panting until the backyard boy followed the movement and came to inspect him. He was so frightened that he was about to be sent to the hospital before slowly getting up, shaking his head from side to side and regaining consciousness, his eyes focused on the second floor.His skin was originally fair, but now his face was ashen, and he was so tired that he kept talking intermittently: "No... that's fine... the fourth child eats... what grew up? It's too long!... Can't catch up, can't catch up ,I surrender……"

Wu Li had already expected it, so he ignored him, turned to Xie Zhixu and said, "No matter what evidence you have, you'd better do it as soon as possible. Do you know what will happen in Suzhou City recently?"

This stopped Xie Zhixu from asking, recently he paid all his attention to Liang's family and Feng Zhichang, if there were any signs in the city recently, it would be that there were frequent exchanges between Liang's family village and various medical clinics, so he pretended to be taught humbly, etc. Martial arts revealed.Apart from being known as a know-it-all nickname, the third senior brother knows astronomy and geography and knows anecdotes and gossip at the bottom, he has no other advantages.

"Because this kid is looking for martial arts competitions everywhere, and even declared his family name," Wu Lichao said, Yue Guan Shan nuzui, "The key is that Liang Ting accepted his call. Know who will attract people to watch the battle. One day you see a surge of people in the city, that is the time for the mixed fish and dragons to come."

Knowing that his legs and feet are often inconvenient, Xie Zhixu rented a car at a car dealership the day before. It is five feet high, eight feet deep and four feet wide, more than enough to accommodate three people plus a wheelchair.The front protruding shaft of the car was driven by a single ox, and the rental cost a hundred dollars, which put Xie Zhixu in a tight pocket, but he never dared to ask Feng Zhichang for reimbursement.

Feng Zhi was often pushed by Liu Liu to the side of the car, with a stinky face, as if very unhappy.

Liu Liu quietly explained to Xie Zhixu that it was because You Chun got up too early, and he was still angry after getting up.

At this time, the cock crowed at five o'clock, and the market hadn't opened yet. Only the boiled water sellers came out to provide face washing water for the pedestrians who got up in the morning, and hot mist rose from both sides of the street.Cowbells jingle and step through a dense morning mist, join the convoy at the gate of the city, and sink into the crimson peach forest in full bloom in the tea mountain together.

It is known that Chang went out of the mountain twice in spring and autumn, but according to Liu Liu, he never had the leisure to take her shopping to see the scenery.

"Even the Spring Festival is difficult. If it wasn't for winter and spring, I wouldn't know it would be another year. In the past, he didn't like to celebrate festivals in Qiongshan, but I could go down the mountain to celebrate with everyone in the village. Every time my second brother and On my birthday, my husband will come to our snow house on the top of the mountain and cook a good meal. Alas, these two years have been wasted on the road."

Half of the curtains are lifted by the wind, and the green tea in the mountains is full of red flowers, and the fragrance is fascinating as you go up. The peach blossoms in the world are gone, but spring is only known in April in the mountains.Feng Zhi often sat by the window, his cold eyes were stained a little crimson, he looked sideways out of the window, as if he didn't pay attention to Liu Liu's eyes of accusation.

Maybe he is not completely cold and cold, Xie Zhi humbly thought, maybe there are too many things to do, and the weight is forcing him to stop.

"Second brother is able to come this time, thanks to my persuading him for a long time," Liu Liushen secretly whispered to Xie Zhixu, with a proud tone, "I threatened him that if he couldn't come out to play for a day, I would leave him and go back alone." Qiong Mountain."

There is no gate in Qingying Mountain Villa, only the mountain gate. From the first step into the tea mountain, you have entered the range of the mountain villa.The motorcade stopped at the viewing platform, and Xie Zhixu gave a hand to help Feng Zhichang get off the car.There is no problem with his legs to walk and go down the steps, but when he gets up and sits down, he seems to be affected by a certain injury, and he always frowns.

Xie Zhixu took over Liuliu's work naturally, and walked towards the depths of the forest holding the wooden handle steadily, avoiding the flow of people: "I heard that there is a place to listen to the piano in the forest." Feng Zhichang was noncommittal, and let him push .

On the mountain road, there are many people traveling with the whole family.In the rush of shoulders, Xie Zhixu was bumped by someone, his foot was steady and it was fine, but the man fell down and dropped something on the ground with a thud.

But it was a weapon-carrying one, and all the things that fell out were bundled swords, guns, spears, and the like.

That man has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and looks cunning, which makes it hard to like him.Xie Zhixu stretched out his hand to him: "I'm really sorry."

The man grabbed Xie Zhixu's hand and stood up, Xie Zhixu let out a hush in his heart - but this person's hands were abnormally born, skinny, with extraordinarily long fingers, almost a little uneven, without much beauty, it just looked weird.

Unexpectedly, that person also let out a hey, grabbed Xie Zhixu, and stared blankly at him with a pair of protruding eyes.

Xie Zhixu: "...Can you let go first?"

The man repeatedly complained, and said: "Brother, I saw that your seal is black, your eyes are dull, your lips are dry and your tongue is burnt, and your soul is lax. There will be a disaster of blood and light!"

Xie Zhixu: "..."

Even Feng Zhichang turned his face and gave him an inexplicable look, Liu Liu pushed and thanked Zhixu: "Let's go."

go go go go.Xie Zhixu shook off the man's cold and greasy fingers, and hurriedly pushed the wheelchair into the forest.

But he heard a chaotic sound of ping-ping-pong-pong behind him, and it was the man who was holding a bunch of swords and soldiers and chased after him.

"Stay! Stay here, brother, what the poor Taoist said is true. If you want to save your life, you must listen to the poor Taoist!"

Hey, he is still a Taoist priest, but he is wearing a short linen shirt, no different from ordinary people.

Seeing that Xie Zhixu and his party did not stop, the man shouted: "Hold on! Let me tell you, have you been involved in too many funerals recently, and there are people who are dying around you?"

Xie Zhixu listened for a while, was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but stop.Feng Zhichang frowned and stared back at him.

The false Taoist chased after him and said, "I also know that you have been thinking hard for a long time but you can't understand it. You may pay the price with your life for the answer."

Liu Liu held Xie Zhixu's wrist, and Feng Zhichang's cold warning was in his voice: "Don't be wordy, let's go."

Xie Zhixu asked, "How do you know?"

The fake Taoist knew that what he said was right, and he was proud of it, so he didn't act like he was in a panic when he was chasing someone. He pointed out with an attitude: "As the saying goes, it's hard to live for a year and a half. You keep your head down and walk with your forehead blocking your eyes, so you can't see clearly." Ahead, it is easy to bump into ghosts and disasters."

Xie Zhi humbly said, I bowed my head because I was pushing a wheelchair and had to serve people, and I was afraid that there would be some bumps and bumps on the road, which is also called a short-lived appearance, so I asked the fake Taoist priest: "You can tell that he has encountered funerals and happy events just by looking at his face." ?”

"Gray in the ears is a blockage of luck, and gray is dead air. If there is too much mourning, it will be contaminated with dead air. If you cover your ears with dead air, you will be easily deceived by others, or you will lose money and hurt your strength," said the false Taoist priest. , "Pimpedao never speaks falsely. There is a mark on your forehead, and it seems that you have been thinking hard. You must have experienced many funerals and got into the maze of life and death to find out. If you force an answer, I am afraid it will come back to yourself. Poor There is something in the Tao that can help you get out of trouble."

Xie Zhixu originally thought that the fake Taoist priest had seen through the inside story, but he was still a swindler. I saw the fake Taoist priest spread out the bundled weapons, rummaged inside, and murmured: "This time, the fake Taoist priest will bring too many weapons. Too much...is it really there?..."

Xie Zhixu: "..."

"I found it!" The false Taoist drew out a dagger, only one palm long, a very small one, with a leather scabbard, and a buckle on the handle for someone to fasten to his belt.Other fortune tellers sell talismans, water teeth and jade carvings, but this fake Taoist sells weapons.

"Knife is the main killer, restraining death," the fake Taoist explained, pulling out a dagger, a brand new one, the blade is smooth and flat without traces of use, but there are several dark red marks criss-crossing on the body of the dagger, like after seeing blood He didn't wipe it clean, "This dagger is called Blood Abacus, and it is the most accurate in counting human life. Once you hold someone's life in your hand, blood will show on the body of the dagger. Guest officer, look at these traces" (he has thanked Zhixu called guest officer) "It was left by the touch of an assassin outlaw. This dagger is extremely sensitive to murder, and can predict the imminent killing within three days. You wear it on your body, and it will remind you Avoid disaster."

Xie Zhixu had never heard of this kind of strange weapon before, and the swords were made of copper and iron. Sometimes, in order to find a gimmick, there were rumors about blood sacrifices and demon swords possessing spirits, but they all ended up with wise men.It is true that some gifted divine weapons can cause visions, which is also a manifestation of the master's profound skills.

The dagger that can predict life and death, Xie Zhixu shook his head inwardly, fearing that the fake Taoist would take himself for granted.

"How much does it cost?" Xie Zhixu asked the Taoist priest in order to confirm his thoughts.

Unexpectedly, the Taoist said: "I don't want to sell it for money. This dagger is too precious. Gold is valuable and there is no market for it. The only way to get the blood abacus is to barter." He pointed to Xie Zhixu's waist: "I want to exchange it for you sword."

Qingjingtian is a simple and unpretentious sword. From the hilt to the scabbard, there is no decoration or uniqueness.If it weren't for someone who knew the inside story, no one would be interested in such an ordinary saber.

Xie Zhixu's complexion changed immediately, he became vigilant, and pressed the Qingjingtian sword hilt and said sharply: "Who are you?" No matter which wave he encounters, he has no good fruit to eat.

What about the second brother?

For the sake of being a fellow teacher, will he help himself?

Feng Zhichang's eyes fell on the pure sky, and his expression was thoughtful.

Xie Zhixu shook his fingers, and was about to leave as he pushed the wheelchair: "No, you can go."

The fake Taoist chased after him: "Hey brother, don't be nervous, who doesn't wear a sword for self-defense when they go out these days. I don't think your sword is a valuable thing. How can I treat you badly for my blood abacus! I just want to do a good deed, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda..."

He caught up, grabbed Xie Zhixu's arm, stuffed the dagger into his hand, and shouted: "I don't want your sword anymore, can I give it for nothing! I'm so pissed off, and there are such ignorant people! If not I figured it out for myself, selling too much cheating goods will damage the morality, if you have to do good deeds every day to accumulate virtue, the devil will care about you!"

The dagger was stuffed in Xie Zhixu's hand, and the hypocritical morale turned around to leave with a groan, then turned back and blew his beard and stared: "I didn't give it to you, I will take it back after saving your life, and I will send it to you temporarily. Be sure to keep it safe." After speaking, he waved his hand again: "Forget it, since I borrow it from you to prevent disasters, then let it go."

Whispering, holding his bundle of clanking weapons, he disappeared into the crowd and disappeared in an instant.

Xie Zhixu looked down at the dagger in his hand, feeling very puzzled and speechless: "..."

"What is this?" Curious, Liu Liu pulled out the dagger to play with it, and stroked the bloodstains on the dagger with her fingers, and there was a little dark red mark on it. pigment.

Knowing that Chang turned his head, Liu Liu handed him the sword again.Knowing that Chang holds the handle, there is no change on the dagger.

"What a piece of crap." He said coldly through Liu Liu's mouth, and threw the dagger back with a casual flick, Xie Zhixu hurriedly caught it.