Mikago

Lu You originally thought that the person who hurt Wa'er must be Lu Ying'er, but when he stepped into the Waijingfang, he found that he was wrong.

Lu Ying'er did not run away, he just lay quietly on the open space in front of the main hall.The dark red blood surrounded him and formed a lake that hadn't solidified yet.

He was missing three fingers, but what really killed him was the deep gash that cut half his neck.

What is going on?

In the face of the tragedy, Lu You was ignorant of the cause and effect.

In this blood-stained courtyard, no one else could restore what happened.It was only then that he regretted that he didn't support Wal to ask him clearly.

But now that the matter has come to this point, it is only necessary to find some clues from the scene.

Lu You calmed down, and first reached out to probe Lu Ying'er's heart.The body is still hot, the assailant should not be able to go too far.

Turning his gaze to another place, he soon found many bloodstains and traces of fighting inside and outside the main hall.Lu Ying'er's familiar knife also fell to the ground, and the blood on the blade had not yet completely solidified.

Could it be that the assailant was also injured?

With a thought, Lu You quickly turned around and returned to the door, carefully watching the ground and surrounding walls to see if there were any clues.

It was more obvious than he expected. Sure enough, there was a line of blood-stained footprints looming between the moss marks, winding all the way to the gate.

Lu You chased outside the threshold, and saw another bloody handprint stuck on the outer wall to the east.

The Kaimingfang Medicine Garden is to the west of Dayefang, and Wa'er should go straight west after going out. Even if he leans on the wall, it is unlikely that he will leave palm marks on the east wall.Is it possible... After the assailant went out, he walked east?

Lu You immediately chased a few steps to the east, and sure enough, he found another half bloody handprint.

It seems so.

But just knowing the direction is not enough, Zhaojing is vast, what should we do next?

Lu You was at a loss when he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes coming from the west alleyway.I saw the hound running towards the wind first, followed by Tang Ruilang on horseback.

Lu You froze for a moment, then said in astonishment: "You remember? Can you recognize the way?"

"No, Chasing Wind remembers your smell!"

Tang Ruilang shook his head, and said anxiously: "Stop talking about this, just now Wal said that the man came after you!"

Without time to explain, Tang Ruilang only listened to Lu You's account of the situation in the clean room outside, and immediately asked him to point out the bloody footprints on the ground, and asked Zhuifeng to smell the bloody scent.

The well-trained bloodhound of the Western Regions sniffed it carefully a few times, then turned its head and barked at Tang Ruilang.

Tang Ruilang gave an order: "Chase!"

Chasing the wind suddenly shot out like an off-string arrow.

Tang Ruilang pulled Lu You onto the saddle, flicked the reins, and followed closely behind.

Lu You held Tang Ruilang's waist tightly and asked, "You said that man came after me?"

"Yes, Wal said that he was looking into the things that Lu Ying'er threatened you with!"

"Lu Ying'er is dead. Could it be that he has already succeeded?!" Lu You dared not think any further, "I was careless... He must not be allowed to escape!"

A dog and a horse rushed out of Dayefang, chased north along Qixiamen Street for a while, and suddenly turned into the sparsely populated Zhaoguofang.

"Isn't there no ghosts in this workshop? Why did you come here?" Tang Ruilang muttered, "Could it be that he was injured and needs to find a place to rest?"

Lu You said: "Maybe it's to connect with someone in such a ghostly place."

While talking, they chased into Zhaoguofang, and ran forward for more than [-] zhang along Shiziheng Street.

I saw Zhufeng, who was going forward bravely, suddenly turned a corner, stopped in front of a closed courtyard, and began to forcefully pull the wooden door.

"Beware of cheating."

As a reminder from Tang Ruilang, he and Lu You got off the horse one after another.Each took out their self-defense weapons and approached the gate.

It was quiet inside the door, there was no sound at all.Tang Ruilang went up first, and kicked the door open with his kick.

The ground was dusty, the bricks and tiles were broken, and the ground was mottled with bird droppings, but there was no one in sight.

However, Zhufeng flew over the threshold and rushed to the backyard.

The two quickly followed and found a pigeon loft hidden in the backyard.At the side of the pigeon loft, Zhuifeng was biting the trousers of a middle-aged man, but was kicked away by the man.

Without further discussion, Lu You and Rui Lang immediately divided into two groups, one blocked the side door, the other blocked the way they came from, and approached that person at the same time.

The man had been chased for so long, and he was injured, knowing that he could not escape, he simply took out his dagger and confronted the two of them.

Lu You first asked: "Who are you? Who did you instigate?!"

The man didn't answer.

Tang Ruilang then asked him: "I know that murder must not have been your intention, but is it worthwhile to lose your life for a few dollars? Tell the mastermind behind the scenes, and I promise to keep you alive."

The middle-aged man obviously didn't know Rui Lang, so he suddenly replied: "It's Shang Shu Zuo Pu who shot Tang Quan!"

"What—?!" Tang Ruilang was taken aback, and hurried to see Lu You.

Lu You was still very calm: "What evidence do you have?"

The man said: "I have the badge of the Tang Mansion as proof, but it's not here. If you don't believe me, you can go with me to get it from my place!"

Lu You said: "Where do you live? If I went with you, wouldn't I be ambushed by you?"

"So what?" The man actually smiled and said, "Even if you kill me now, you still can't be sure if I'm telling the truth. It's up to you to take the risk or not."

The standoff reached an impasse.

The man seemed to have expected that they would compromise, but he became more determined and waited for Lu You to nod.

However, Lu You was not in a hurry to speak, and turned his gaze to the pigeon loft beside him.

"Isn't it strange that there is such a pigeon loft hidden in a ruin? I heard that there is a way to train pigeons: eat in one place in the morning and sleep in another place at night. Over time, the pigeons leave the loft It will fly towards the place to eat."

Having said that, he deliberately paused and looked at the man.

"You said, if I attach silk threads to the feet of these pigeons and let them fly out, see where those silk threads will take us?"

"..."

That person finally changed his face, and he didn't care about Lu You and Rui Lang, he turned around and rushed towards the pigeon loft, wanting to let the pigeons go first.

"Chasing the wind!"

As soon as Lu You gave an order, Zhu Feng immediately rushed forward and bit the man's thigh.The man raised his knife to stab him, Tang Ruilang kicked the dagger away with his kick, and then rushed up to push him away from the pigeon loft.

The two of them almost wrestled and fell to the ground. In a moment of desperation, the man grabbed a broken brick on the ground and smashed it hard at Tang Ruilang's head.

Caught off guard, Tang Ruilang was hit hard on the forehead, and the blood flowed out immediately.But he didn't take it into consideration at all. Instead, he grabbed the man's skirt, rolled half a circle on the spot, and then made a move of rabbit kicking the eagle, kicking the man out forcefully.

As soon as the man fell to the ground, he immediately grabbed the dagger on the ground with his backhand and raised his hand to stab Tang Ruilang's throat.

Tang Ruilang quickly stretched out his hand to block it, but what followed was not pain, but warm blood splattered.

Because Lu You had already taken the first step and stabbed the man's chest with a knife!

The lifeless body fell slowly, and then there was a clang of the dagger falling to the ground.

Lu You also dropped the horizontal knife casually, and took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to press the wound on Tang Ruilang's forehead.

"Are you OK?"

"A little injury, it's fine."

Tang Ruilang shook his head, took the handkerchief and pressed it down himself.He just wanted to get up, suddenly there was another whirlwind, and his mind was suddenly full of chaos.

He quickly grabbed Lu You's hand, took advantage of the situation and hugged the whole person into his arms, leaned on Lu You's neck, and took a deep breath greedily.

Lu You didn't dare to act rashly, so he was hugged by Tang Ruilang very docilely, and even reached out to pat his back.

"Is it better?"

"My heart is a little confused, wait a minute, just a little while..."

The two of them just cuddled together motionless.I don't know how long it has passed, but Lu You finally heard Tang Ruilang let out a long breath, and the warm breath brushed his neck lightly.

"Finally... Zoran, my soul has returned."

"..."

The stupefaction was fleeting, and Lu You chuckled lightly: "Idiot, when did you leave?"

After some tenderness and intimacy, the two quickly went to look at the corpse on the ground.After groping up and down, I really didn't find any evidence.

"Let me say something first, this is definitely not someone from the Tang family."

Tang Ruilang still brooded over what he said just now: "The Tang family will not resort to such indecent means."

Lu You didn't argue with Tang Ruilang, first he asked him to help throw the body into the dry well just in case, and then turned his attention to the dovecote.

"Looks like the only way to exploit them."

The two walked over and opened the pigeon loft, and endured the pungent smell to check the condition of the pigeons one by one.Sure enough, every pigeon had a letter post tied to its leg, but right now they were all empty.

Although pigeons can return home thousands of miles away, how to track their flight direction is another problem.

Fortunately, Lu You has already thought of a way.

On his birthday the year before last, Li Honghe had given him a set of smoking tools and taught him various methods of making them.Ever since the shock in Liuquan City a few days ago, Lu You had brought a few with him for emergencies.

At this moment, he took out one of them, put the mixed powder inside into the letter box on the pigeon's leg, and then smoldered the powder with a torch. Sure enough, wisps of green smoke came out of the letter box.

Tang Ruilang asked: "How long can it burn?"

Lu You made a little calculation: "It's mostly Zhaojing, we can take a few more pigeons on the road."

It's getting late, so it's not too late.The two helped each other to fill the three postboxes, and then carried the pigeons out to fly.

Sure enough, the three pigeons fluttered their wings into the air, and without any hesitation, they immediately flew in the same direction.

Tang Ruilang and Lu You hurriedly went out and mounted their horses, leading Chasing Wind to chase the smoke trails in the sky.