Zhui Xu

The rain continued until nightfall and gradually stopped.

Under the dark sky, the lights of the humid city were already on.

The events in Houguan County are spreading in all directions along the special news network, and uneasiness is brewing in the darkness, but at least at this moment at night, the streets still seem calm.

In Yinqiaofang, the night market is still lively. The fat aunt had set up her rice cake stall early, and while she was steaming the cakes, she was whispering and laughing with the stall owners and sisters next to her.

In recent days, the stall at the corner of Yinqiaofang has become the center of conversation among nearby vendors—the lively atmosphere of fighting and killing began ten days ago, and reached its climax yesterday—Fat Aunt’s stall has been affected repeatedly, but Since she received compensation every time, the tables and chairs are now replaced with new ones, which makes her mentality quite stable now. Opening a stall early every day is like going to the theater to watch a play and occupy a seat. Occasionally, she can even make a fortune. Her life in the past few decades has never been so exciting and interesting.

Other stall owners on the street also knew that there was a big shot coming to the corner of the street. Occasionally they were curious and would often come to ask Fat Aunt for advice. Fat Aunt talked boastfully and her vanity was greatly satisfied.

"Do you know where they come from? Are they so skilled in martial arts?"

"Shaolin Temple!" the fat aunt vowed. When the boy next door arrived, she had to jump up and ask loudly, "Little monkey, are you from the Shaolin Temple?"

The cold-faced boy next door would glance at her, then wave his fists twice in the air: "Yes, I came from Bodhidharma Academy! Wukong is my dharma name."

"Hey hey hey, did you hear, did you hear, Bodhidharma Academy, Wukong is the name of the Dharma, Wukong is the name of the Dharma..."

The relationship with the boy whom she once scolded as "a rice bowl with a dog stuffing" is still not a good relationship, but now that she knows that these two people do not bully ordinary people, the fat aunt is no longer afraid, and the communication mode remains the same.

This night in the third grade of junior high school was actually more interesting. After the murderer who assassinated the head of the Criminal Department headquarters last night came to cause trouble and was beaten away, it seemed that the two teenagers here had gained a lot of fame. As soon as it got dark, many beautiful women came over one after another. Among them, there were those who were in full bloom and extremely beautiful. They were obviously the oirans sitting in the brothel. Nearby, there were also women from good families in simple clothes and "heroines" carrying wooden "swords" on their backs. One or two people came over here and got into a fight at the grocery stall.

Some of them sat at the rice cake stall for a while, ate some food, and then secretly asked the fat aunt what the boy next door liked. The fat aunt laughed and told them: "He is a monk, and his Buddhist name is Wukong."

"I don't believe it."

The women didn't believe it.

The fat aunt also had some doubts in her heart. In the past, Mr. Long Aotian was in charge of the stall. Mr. Long was handsome, beautiful and polite. The oiran from Jinqiaofang and some landowner ladies from nearby also often came here. But today, most of the batch came here. Not the previous group of people.

And after what happened yesterday, the only person setting up the stall today was the young man named Sun who had quarreled with her. Seeing the other party dealing with the waves of women who came up to question him and even wanted to touch him with a depressed look on his face, the fat aunt felt refreshed.

After a while, several young maids from the nearby Jinqiaofang brothel also came. They stood at the stall and confronted the women who suddenly came to them. Then they cursed: "Where are you from? Shameless, come to us." Jinqiaofang is a place to seduce men..."

"Oh, shameless. This is obviously Yinqiaofang. Where is your Jinqiaofang's territory? And don't you Jinqiaofang allow people to go there... We sisters heard that two powerful heroes came here, so we came here to meet them. We know each other... Our prices are more expensive than yours at Jinqiaofang..." The maid who was following him began to scold.

"I see you are so horny..."

"!@#￥%&**()&)###￥—"

Several little girls started yelling at each other fiercely, and the beautiful woman who was responsible for pretending to be dignified moved closer to them, but after a while she also became angry because she was pushed away.

"Long, where is Young Master Long..."

Seeing someone stepping on the territory, the little pink butterfly girl who participated in the battle for the first time withdrew after discovering that the main character was vacant.

"I went on a date with Zheng Huahua." The young man responded with a sneer.

"Zheng Huahua... dating? Who is Zheng Huahua?"

"My dog."

"Well." Pinkie's eyes darkened and she began to get angry, but then she noticed that the other party was unmoved, so she took out a handful of broad beans from her arms, "Here, let's stop arguing. I'll give you the broad beans to eat."

Ning Ji accepted it calmly: "Do you want to poison me?" He threw one into his mouth and found that the taste was okay.

"I just want to know where Young Master Long has gone."

"I told you that I have something to do and I'm going on a date."

"...Then when will he come back?"

"It's none of your business."

"My young lady will come over to see him when she is free."

"Haha, I usually ask him to go to the building, but today I came by myself?"

"Miss, you are free today." Pink Die's little face tightened to make herself look cute, and then she bowed vigorously, "Brother Sun, I apologize to you, please tell me."

Ning Ji's mouth twitched, he took a step back, and then came closer: "Then tell me where these strange things that suddenly came over today came from."

"Weird shapes..." Pink Die laughed and looked behind. In fact, these women who suddenly came over were all good-looking, and from the eyes of the brothel, each of them was a top artist in the art industry. If you really heard something big, It is actually a bit strange that the hero's reputation suddenly comes over, but the stall run by Mr. Long, if you think about it, it would make sense if there were other reasons. She turned her eyes: "Actually... I just left the one that looks like the Feiyu Tower in the city. Miss Mu Xiaoxiang and the others should also be from Feiyulou... I have seen them at the Oiran Competition, but not all of them have an impression..."

"Oh, Feiyulou... who's the boss?" Ning Ji remembered the name.

"I don't know about that, I guess only my young lady knows about it." Fendie said, "Then when will your Mr. Long come back?"

"I said I had something to do, so I won't come here today." Ning Ji threw another broad bean into his mouth.

"Ah..." The girl looked at his eyes, discerning the authenticity, and then pounced on him, "Give me back the beans - ah -"

Ning Ji stuffed all the broad beans into his mouth with one hand, grabbed the other girl's braid with the other hand, and lifted the arrogant girl aside.

Puffing up his cheeks, he chewed up all the broad beans and ate them, then stuck out his tongue.

"Slightly, slightly, slightly..."

"You, a martial arts hero, bully a little woman..." the girl cried and complained.

"When did I say that I was a martial arts hero? Hahahaha..." He laughed with his hands on his hips.

The night was busy and people were coming and going on the street. Ning Ji was observing the movement around him in his heart. A group of strange women came, and after they were sent away, several beautiful ones came over one after another, with obviously impure purposes and motives. They had received orders, but it was not easy to determine who they belonged to. According to speculation, it is most likely to come from people like Yu He Zhang.

His heart was calm, and he occasionally greeted, quarreled, and even bullied the little maid from the brothel with acquaintances, waiting for more possibilities to come. At three o'clock in the morning, a head catcher came here. The man was as steady as an iron tower, and he was a good wielder of a steel whip. It wasn't Iron Sky Eagle, but another head catcher from the Criminal Department.

"... I am Miao Fang, a disciple of Jiangnan Tianqing Sect. I was recruited here by Lord Tie two years ago. Now I am also serving as the chief arrester in the Criminal Department. I heard that there are two young heroes here in Yinqiaofang, and I came here to meet them. ."

"Hand a hand." Ning Ji stretched out a hand.

Although he is more than ten years old and looks strong due to his martial arts practice, compared to an adult warrior who wields heavy steel whips all the time, his arms are only half as thick as his. Miao Fang was stunned for a moment, and then he had no choice but to stretch out his hand: "This...haha, that's fine...let's not hurt our friendship..."

The two palms slammed together, and in a blink of an eye, they were grasping each other's wrists. Veins popped out on Miao Fang's head, trying to overpower Ning Ji's strength, but the stalemate lasted only a moment, and Ning Ji took his hand back. , stretched out his feet and picked up the bench next to the stall.

"sit down."

"ah?"

"You haven't practiced internal martial arts well enough, and you have practiced hard kung fu. The sun on your hand has been injured and accumulated, and your upper arm has started to hurt a long time ago. You also have a hidden disease on your foot, Taiyang. Your eyesight decreases at night, and you can't fully recover even if you eat offal. In addition, there is a problem on your left waist. There are old wounds under the ribs and back... When you go out, the elders in the family have taught you to give up when you encounter a local snake, and I will treat it for you."

He took out medicated oil to push the other party's uterus through the blood, and then took out a long silver needle and inserted it.

The silver needle is of no use, it is mainly used to bluff people and make them not move easily.

Pedestrians were walking on the street, holding the silver needles on his shoulders and hands and feet. Miao Fang, who felt the opponent's power after pushing the palace to draw blood, turned his head backwards with difficulty.

"Actually... I am also good friends with Song Xiaoming. He was killed yesterday and the murderers were rampant. Then he came here to cause trouble for his brother. Fortunately, he was repelled by him. Now that the ministry has sent out a mission, I don't know where my brother is from. …”

Ning Ji was writing prescriptions with a pen and paper at the back. He didn't even raise his head at this moment: "I treated you because I first paid my respects to the government. Our brothers came here and did serious business and paid the stall fee." , you’re not here just to hang out and pay homage to the pier. I’m giving you face? Are you here to find out more about me?”

"No...no. Since my brother doesn't want to say it, I won't force him...By the way, why didn't I see Brother Long today?"

"Have you caught Ni Po?"

"This is... not yet..."

"When we brothers walk in the world, we say that the higher the Tao, the higher the devil..." Ning Ji paused slightly when he said this.

Miao Fang also narrowed his eyes: "...Huh?"

"No, it's about people respecting me a foot, and I respect others a foot..." The young man changed his words. He didn't say the previous sentence, "It's the same for friends and enemies. This time I went to Fuzhou. You're living a good life, but suddenly bad guys knock on your door. It's your fault. Moreover, who was behind Ni Po's knocking on your door, and who is targeting us brothers. We don't know these things, which makes people very uneasy. ."

"That's right, that's right..."

"We need to find the person." Ning Ji finished writing the prescription, stood up and blew on the ink on his head, and then threw it into the other party's arms, "If you find the person, give me a chance to ask the matter clearly. , we will be friends by then, let’s talk to you about my family background. If you can’t find it, and you want to put the official record in front of me, then it means that I respect you and you disrespect me, we will see the real seal on the blade... You say Am I making sense?”

His inner strength is strong and pure, and he is higher than the other party. At this time, he has the upper hand, and his talk is indeed reasonable and well-founded. Miao Fang smiled bitterly for a moment and could only nod. This was indeed a common practice in Jianghu. Since he came here as a Jianghu, he could not say anything else.

Ning Ji sat down next to him.

"Our brothers also think that Ni Po's matter is very strange. I don't know if you can handle it well, so... my brother went to deal with it."

After he said this, Miao Fang turned around, horrified.

And the other party's words were low: "The one who flirted first is cheap. It was Ni Po who came to trouble our brothers. We are just protecting ourselves. If we really find him... you won't have any objections, right?"

"We can't make a big mess." Miao Fang said, and then added: "If it is possible, I still hope... to leave it to us."

"Don't worry, if brother takes action, there won't be any big trouble. As for whether to hand it over to you, we have to see if he has anyone else... But why should you worry? Our brothers are new here and don't know anyone. Maybe you will find them first. Just show it to me then.”

"..." Miao Fang frowned, mentally estimating the lethality of "Long Aotian".

Before he could figure it out, the other party tilted his head again: "By the way, there is a fish king on the other side of Fangshi."

"Ah." Miao Fang nodded.

"...Ni Po escaped yesterday. I have threatened him with the boat he arranged. Within two days, if he can't find any clues, he will die." The young man turned to look at him, "I know that he has something to do with your government. You won’t have any objections to the festival, right?”

“…”

Miao Fang was stunned for a while.

Finally said:

"Brother, I am a head catcher after all... This kind of thing... can only be treated as unknown. You should do it more cleanly..."

After just sitting there for a while, I learned about two possible murders and was asked, "Don't you have any opinions?" This felt somewhat like an unwarranted disaster. After chatting for a while, Miao Fang thought about it again and again, and revealed some information about "Chen Shuangran". UU Reading www.uukanshu.com made a good relationship before leaving. He finally knew the other person's skills through joining hands, and here he also I temporarily stated that I would be a "law-abiding citizen", and I could basically give an explanation when asked about it.

After Miao Fang left, the Fish King came over from the other end of the street. After hesitating for a while, he finally came over to say hello to Ning Ji, and the two sat down in front of the rice cake stall.

"The news has been released... But it's hard to contact Chen Shuangran. Sun... Sun Shaoxia, can you... give me two days' grace... no, one day's grace..."

Ning Ji looked at him with a dead look.

After a while, he finally said, "My eldest brother is not here today."

"..." Fish King nodded.

"...He took it upon himself to deal with this, these people."

“…”

"If you don't bring any news tomorrow, I will kill you on time."

People were coming and going in the market nearby. Amidst the noise, the local snake on the other side of the table nodded with difficulty. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and when he wanted to get up, he sat down again: "Young Master Sun, I am really working hard to handle the matter. If you can find it, I will definitely risk my life to help you find it. But if you can't find it, there is some news today that should be related to Chen Shuangran. I will tell you about it to prove that I really tried my best. If you can't find it tomorrow, That little **** really won’t come out. If you want to kill or chop her into pieces, please think carefully.”

"…explain."

"Tell me that this evening, Yue Yun, the young man who fought with you that day, the little yamen who carried the Wei army, had an incident in Houguan County..."

Figures passed through the street market one after another, and the lights wandered like running water. In front of the rice cake stall, the old local snakes and the young men whispered, and bright or dark light flashed across people's faces...

"...It's being spread privately..."

…

"...The thing...was done by Chen Shuangran..."

(End of chapter)