Still pity the grass and trees

Qiliu Street, they were one step late after all.

Zhang Wen ran away—or was taken away. The quilts on the kang were piled up in a mess, the old wardrobe was torn to pieces, and there was a pot of porridge on the stove, which was still hot and was slowly and weakly smoldering. Bubble.

"Damn it," Jin Lian spat, picked up the tea box next to him, poured the tea on the table, then pinched a pinch and put it on the tip of his nose to sniff: "The best Biluochun, how can a poor man drink it?" It must have been brought by a distinguished guest."

Ji Tanyin paced in the small room, full of frustration in his heart, and asked: "What should I do, should I report to the official?"

Monk Jinlian snorted: "The government can find someone you and I can't catch? What's more, the only pockmarked person who knows the clue is already dead. There are no witnesses, so the government doesn't care."

"It was only three hours ago that I encountered a pockmarked face. Why did the news reach the other party's ears in such a short period of time?"

Monk Jinlian pondered for a while, then said seriously: "It's a big gang with many eyes and ears, and they may even send people to monitor us all the time."

Ji Tanyin said: "I want to kill Mamian immediately and take Zhang Wen away... They should be in Shangqiu." He paused for a while, looked out of the window vigilantly, and lowered his voice: "Could it be the Beggar Gang?"

Monk Jinlian showed a surprised expression, and slowly shook his head: "Most of the beggar gangs are orphans and kidnapped children, so the first gang leader made a rule that if his disciples engage in child trafficking, they will be cut to death. Not quite."

The two left Zhang Wen's dilapidated house and asked the neighbors if they had heard any unusual movements. Unexpectedly, there lived a deaf and blind old lady next door, and she didn't know anything about it.

Back at the Helin Inn, as soon as he entered the door, he saw a few men lying on the ground with their hands and feet bound like zongzi. Ji Tanyin wondered, "What's going on?"

Hua Yueying said: "It was captured from the city by disciples of Xuandaomen and Zhuyuege. It has pockmarks on its face. Come and find out if there is that kidnapper."

The tied men kept screaming, Ji Tanyin took a closer look, and sure enough, all of them had pockmarked faces.

He couldn't laugh or cry, and quickly told Hua Yueying and Zhai Yu what happened just now.

Hua Yueying asked his subordinates to untie those pock-marked men, some of them raised a fuss and said they were going to sue the yamen, but they were thrown a tael of silver on their faces, and they died immediately.

Hua Yueying sent these people away with money, and asked Ji Tanyin: "What did Pocky say before he died? Do you have any clues about who is behind the scenes?"

Ji Tanyin's ears seemed to have another wet air flow, which was the heavy panting of the pockmarked face when he was dying. He moved his neck slightly, trying to get rid of the sticky feeling, and said after a while: "He didn't say what."

Hua Yueying looked at him fixedly, as if she didn't quite believe it, but she didn't ask any more questions.

Zhai Yu asked: "How high is the martial arts of the man who killed the pockmarked man?"

Monk Jinlian recalled it for a moment, but couldn't think of a description, and said, "It's very high."

"Using Yushan swordsmanship?"

Ji Tanyin was shocked, and looked at Monk Jinlian suddenly. It turned out that this was what he meant by "like your master"!

Monk Jinlian sat with a golden knife on his horse, and didn't show any respect to Zhai Yu, and said slowly: "He didn't use a sword, but his body posture, and the movement of throwing the knife all have the shadow of Yushan swordsmanship. "

Ji Tanyin reprimanded loudly: "Since you haven't used Yushan swordsmanship, what are you talking nonsense about?"

He knew that Monk Jinlian's words were not entirely groundless. Once a certain sword technique has been practiced for a long time, even if it is replaced with other weapons, it can show a similar charm. But Zhai Yu is already very dissatisfied with Ji Heng, and Ji Tanyin does not want to come The suspicion of Master continued to increase in front of him.

Sure enough, Zhai Yu turned his thoughtful eyes to Ji Tanyin again.Before he could make any sharp comments, Hua Yueying said: "Master Zhai asked this because he suspected that the pockmarked murderer was the same person we fought against in Shen's house that night?"

Zhai Yu nodded and explained, "It's just a feeling."

"The assassin that day was an accomplice of the West Fan Sect," Hua Yueying speculated, "Could it be that the West Fan Sect is buying and selling children behind the scenes?"

Zhai Yu pondered for a moment, and said: "That's what makes people confused. Since the Xifan sect wants to assassinate the Luning Party, they must travel around. The current situation seems to be that the other party often comes here and has been in contact with Zhang Wen for a long time. , could it be that the Xifan religion already has a stronghold in Henan? If so, the matter will be serious."

Several people discussed for a long time, but still could not determine which organization bought the child. Henan is located in the Central Plains, there are many people who practice martial arts, and there are countless gangs, big and small. It is not surprising that one or two of them are outstanding in martial arts.In the end, the West Fan religion is the most suspected.

Suddenly, Ji Tanyin had a flash of inspiration, and asked Hua Yueying, "Sister Hua, can we start with the bone youth?"

Hua Yueying was stunned, twisted her sleeves with her pale fingertips, thought for a while, then shook her head and said: "Although the poison of bone-piercing green is the exclusive preparation of old man Gongqian, he is a person who only takes money, and he will sell it to anyone who pays for it." To whom, so it is not easy to track."

Ji Tanyin said: "Then I'll go find him and ask him to tell me all the people who have bought bones in recent years!"

Hua Yueying burst out laughing, laughing at Ji Tanyin's innocence.Not to mention that the old man Gongqian has a weird personality and a big temper, even if he really got the list, he will have to find out the year of the monkey!

Ji Tanyin is not a brainless person either. He has a second senior brother who likes to study organ poisons. He once introduced to him the poison of Bone Green. A pack of powder costs 20 taels of gold.There should not be many people in the Jianghu who can afford such a high price. If you check them one by one, you can always find clues.

Hua Yueying disagreed, and was about to refute him, leaning back in the chair, the sleepy Monk Jinlian suddenly said, "I have a question, people who practice martial arts, why buy a child?"

There was no answer for a while, and the hall became very quiet.Ji Tanyin swallowed, feeling a little nervous for no reason.

"How do you guess this?" Hua Yueying was the first to come back to her senses, she spoke quickly, and looked at Monk Jinlian with a bit of reproach in her eyes, "Maybe it's because there are not enough disciples in the sect, or maybe it's because she wants a child under Cheng Huan's knee. But no matter what the reason, children cannot be abducted!"

Monk Jinlian's expression remained unchanged, he stroked his bald scalp with his rough hands, and said, "Master Huage, you know what I mean." After saying that, he staggered upstairs.

Hua Yueying and Zhai Yu glanced at each other, as if they had exchanged some information silently—it must be something bad, because both of them had very dignified expressions, and then they looked away, Zhai Yu drank tea silently, while Hua Yueying asked about the little girl Ji Tanyin rescued Where.

Ji Tanyin hated the feeling of being kept in the dark, and wanted to ask several times, but Hua Yueying always changed the topic or remained silent on purpose.He had no choice but to talk about the situation of the little girl.

This time Huayueying listened attentively. When she knew that the little girl was dumb and stupid by nature, she sighed with great regret and asked Ji Tanyin to bring her to the Helin Inn, "How can you two men take care of the little girl?" Girl! Let her live with me."

Ji Tanyin thanked her, and said: "My sister is timid. She was frightened at noon and refused to come near here. My cousin put her in the Yulu Inn, and the proprietress took care of her. Sister Hua took care of her."

It was already sunset, Hua Yueying called the inn staff and asked them to watch the food and wine.Ji Tanyin didn't have dinner with her, he was thinking about Xie Wufeng and the little girl, so he hurried to Yulu Inn.

Xie Wufeng never liked young children.Or it should be said that he doesn't like most people in the world, whether they are old people or young children.All day long, he was very perfunctory towards the little girl Ji Tanyin saved. At dinner time, he teasingly threw her a brush and asked her to write her name. Full of crooked "Yunman".

Xie Wufeng asked her again if she had parents, but Yunman couldn't understand, and after explaining for a long time, she blinked her eyes half-understood, and started to draw on the paper—two women with blurred facial features, one big and one small, holding hands in front of each other. Walking on the road, walking, I met a man with a pockmarked face, and then the adult disappeared, leaving only the villain with the pockmarked face.

Xie Wufeng looked at those paintings, then raised his head suddenly, looked directly into Yunman's bright eyes, and said, "You're pretty smart."

He called his buddy and ordered two bowls of noodle soup. Yunman hungrily swallowed the sea bowl that was bigger than his face, Xie Wufeng narrowed his eyes and looked at her.

Ji Tanyin walked into the Yulu Inn and found the two who were eating noodles. Yunman's painting surprised him: "Is this drawn by her?"

Xie Wufeng had heard his footsteps a long time ago, but pretended not to know, until now he gave a faint "hmm".

His lukewarm attitude broke Ji Tanyin's fantasy, he thought that the unhappiness that happened at noon had already ended, but Xie Wufeng was still annoyed.

Ji Tanyin didn't apologize for a while, but also felt that Xie Wufeng was stingy, and stood aside writhingly, his jaw tensed tightly.

Xie Wufeng ignored him and picked up a chopstick to blow on his face.Ji Tanyin stood stiffly for a while, twisting her hands behind her back, and scratching her nails vigorously.Xie Wufeng caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye, and his heart suddenly became very soft, thinking that he should not torture his A Yin like this.

"What are you doing with the pestle, have you eaten yet?"

Ji Tanyin glanced at him quickly, her bulging face softened a little, and she sat down at the table slowly.

"Today at noon..." Ji Tanyin wanted to explain a few words, but Xie Wufeng interrupted him with a smile: "Okay, I didn't take it to heart."

I didn't take it to heart, and I was angry with him for so long.Ji Tanyin bit her lip, and looked at Xie Wufeng for a while, thinking that this person was very cunning, but finally she curled up her lips and smiled.

Xie Wufeng asked: "Did you catch the pockmarked face?"

Ji Tanyin nodded and shook his head, telling him what happened today, while Xie Wufeng briefly introduced Yunman's situation.Yunman was holding a sea bowl to drink soup, her clear eyes were staring at Ji Tanyin curiously.Ji Tanyin smiled at her, but she timidly turned away.

The three of them stayed at the Yulu Inn that night, and Ji Tanyin tried to communicate with Yunman in the evening. Through some clumsy paintings and incomprehensible gestures, he learned that Yunman and his mother fled to Henan and got lost halfway.The two mothers have a deep relationship, and the mother must be looking for her daughter everywhere, but Henan says it's not big, it's not young, and I don't know when she will find Shangqiu.Ji Tanyin felt very embarrassed and didn't know what to do with her.

In the early morning of the second day, Ji Tanyin returned to the Helin Inn, and saw that the disciples of Zhu Yuege and Xuandaomen were all fully dressed, and asked in surprise: "Are you leaving?"

Hua Yueying handed him a portrait: "I can't keep it anymore, you see." It was a wanted warrant from the government, with Shen Pei's face painted on it, and the crime was "murder of a court official".

Hua Yueying said: "The eunuchs have always been at odds with Wulin. Now that they have gained power, they have to take the opportunity to rectify it. This place is too close to Cao County, so it is not safe. In addition, there are some urgent matters in my pavilion that need to be dealt with. I can't wait. Master Zhai I am eager to miss my daughter, and I want to set off."

Ji Tanyin said: "Then... the abduction and trafficking of young children, don't you care about it?"

Both Hua Yueying and Zhai Yu's faces froze, and Zhai Yu didn't like Ji Tanyin very much since the night Cai Huilu was assassinated, and sneered: "The Jade Mountain Excalibur is really a chivalrous heart, which makes us so indifferent! Let me ask you, you don’t even know who is behind the scenes, so how do you manage it?”

Ji Tanyin didn't like his sharp tone, "How do you know I don't know who's behind the scenes?"

"You know?" Hua Yueying looked at Ji Tanyin in surprise, "Then why didn't you say it?"

"I..." Ji Tanyin didn't want to lose his momentum, and said vaguely: "I already have clues, and I will always find out."

Zhai Yu snorted coldly: "Then Lao Ji Shaoxia will do the harm for the people." He deliberately bit the word "Ji Shaoxia" very hard, and after finishing speaking, he flicked his sleeves and ordered his disciples to set off.

Hua Yueying walked up to Ji Tanyin's side, took his hand, said goodbye in a gentle voice, and said: "I'm afraid the water is deep for the kidnapping and trafficking of young children. If you find any clues, remember to write to me. Although what Zhu Yuege did was murder Business is not the same as black and white, if there is something useful, just speak up."

Ji Tanyin's cold heart suddenly felt warm, and he nodded a little helplessly: "Sister Hua, you are really a kind person!"

"It's all good and bad, just try your best." Hua Yueying patted Ji Tanyin's shoulder lightly, stretched the folds of his clothes, finally sighed, and said: "You have met the senior brother in Xiangyang, but you must come Stay in Jingzhou for two days."

Ji Tanyin responded, feeling her nose sore, she was about to cry if she continued speaking, and hurriedly urged her to leave.

Hua Yueying got on her horse and waved at him, and the two teams of Zhu Yuege and Xuandaomen galloped away.