A knife in love

Chapter 1503

Steward Wang shook his head, and said, "Where did Mr. Zhu say that? These friends came to our Zhuangzi to help today, and they didn't know the two of them, so there was a misunderstanding. It was my negligence, Mr. Zhu was not at fault." , Miss Murong and these few friends."

Li Qiufeng was startled, glanced at the dozen or so Zhuang Ding, and said, "Your Majesty and Miss Murong have only been away for a few hours, why are there so many martial arts masters suddenly coming to the Zhuangzi?"

Steward Wang looked a little embarrassed, turned his head and glanced around, then lowered his voice and said to Li Qiufeng: "Let's talk about the reason of this matter after entering the village."

Seeing Steward Wang's expression changed, Li Qiufeng knew that this matter must be weird, so he nodded.Steward Wang turned sideways and made a "please" gesture to Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan.Li Qiufeng gave way, and then made a reunion salute to the dozen or so people guarding the Zhuangkou, said "offended", and then walked into the Zhuangzi together with Murong Danyan and Wang Guanjia.

After the three of them left the Zhuangkou for tens of feet, Steward Wang glanced back, then lowered his voice and said to Li Qiufeng: "To tell the truth, Mr. Zhu, the dozen or so people were invited by the owner and the eldest lady. I rushed to Zhuangzi to help."

As Steward Wang finished speaking, Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan shuddered, and almost stopped in unison.Li Qiufeng said: "Master Wang and Ms. Wang disappeared suddenly and never showed up. This matter is very important. How can Butler Wang confirm that these people came here at the invitation of Master Wang?"

Steward Wang also stopped in his tracks, and said to Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan: "These people suddenly arrived at our Wangjiazhuang in the evening. Mr. Li told the reason why we couldn’t bring back the men from our village. These people overthrew the guards at our village’s entrance and broke into the owner’s house. At first we thought it was the Fusang people who came in, and we were thinking about how to resist and get out But the leader said that they met the owner of our village outside the east gate of the county seat, and at the invitation of the owner, they came to our village to help with their fists."

Steward Wang paused for a while when he said this, and then continued: "These people are very arrogant, and they are not polite when they speak. At the beginning, Mr. Xiao didn't believe that they were invited by the owner of Wang Zhuang. There was a fight. Later, the leader took out something, saying it was a token from the owner of our village. After I saw the token, I believed that they were indeed the owner and the eldest lady who invited them to help. of."

When Wang Steward said this, he changed the torch held in his right hand to his left, and took out something from his arms with his right hand, and handed it to Li Qiufeng.Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan looked intently, and saw Steward Wang holding a wedge-shaped jade pendant in his palm.Under the light of the torch, the jade pendant emitted a dark green light, as if wrapping Steward Wang's palm in the green light.

Murong Danyan grew up in Murong Villa since childhood.Murong Qiushui is not only a martial artist, but also a well-known gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. He has a collection of various jade articles in his home. Murong Dan inkstone has seen a lot, so his knowledge is naturally extraordinary.Li Qiufeng didn't know the pros and cons of these jewels and jades at first, but he had seen many royal jades when he was on duty in Jinyiwei for five years.Although I didn't intend to watch it, but I have been fascinated by it, and I know a thing or two about how to distinguish the quality of jade articles.As soon as the two of them saw it, they knew that this jade pendant was not a vulgar item, it could be called a precious jade that was hard to buy.

Steward Wang saw the astonished expressions of Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan, and continued, "This jade pendant is the owner's most cherished possession, and he always carries it with him. He once said that even if he encounters misfortune, he will destroy this jade pendant." , absolutely not allowing it to fall into the hands of others. Four years ago, a group of thugs wanted to attack our Wangjiazhuang. At that time, the owner of the villa was already determined to die. He explained to me two important events in Zhuangzi. At the end of the day, he told me and the eldest lady that if the enemy invaded Zhuangzi, everyone would fight on their own, and in the end they had to flee in all directions. He took this jade pendant as a token to see The jade pendant is as if he came in person. That's why I saw this jade pendant today, so I can believe that these people were indeed invited by the owner to come to our village to help."

After hearing Steward Wang's words, Li Qiufeng pondered for a moment, and then said: "Let me say something offensive first. Is it possible that the owner of Wang's villa was murdered, and this jade pendant was snatched away and deliberately used to deceive Steward Wang? "

Murong Danyan said at the side: "That's right! This jade pendant is so valuable, if the owner of the Wang villa falls into the hands of the enemy, when they see this jade pendant during the search, they will naturally know that it is not a vulgar thing, and use it to deceive Uncle Wang , but it is also very possible.”

Wang Guanjia said: "What Mr. Zhu said is very true. But the owner of the Wang Zhuang also thought of this joint."

When he said this, he pinched the red string tied with the jade pendant with his thumb and index finger, hung the jade pendant in front of Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan, and said, "The red string tied with this jade pendant is fifteen inches long. I told the eldest lady that if someone comes to us with this jade pendant, he must look at the length of the red string. If the red string is still fifteen inches long, the person who comes must be an enemy. They have snatched the jade pendant from the owner , I thought it would be the most appropriate to deceive me and the eldest lady, but I didn't know that the owner had already planned. When he entrusted this jade pendant to others, he would shorten the red string by two inches. If someone comes to show the jade pendant , and the red string is thirteen inches, you can believe that he is the person entrusted by the owner."

Steward Wang paused for a while when he said this, and then said: "When the man handed the jade pendant to me, the red string was thirteen inches. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't dare to believe that these people are invited by the owner of the village without distinction." Came here to help? I have told Master Xiao and Master Li about this matter in detail, and they have no objection. The visitors claimed that they encountered Zhuang Zhu and Miss Wang being chased and killed outside the east gate of the county seat, and they were furious. Out of righteous indignation, he stepped forward to help and rescued the owner and the eldest lady. The owner thanked them for saving their lives, and said that they were good at skills, would they be willing to help him deal with his enemies? These people claimed to be businessmen who sold horses outside the pass, Because they have to deal with the Tartars and have to travel around outside the pass, they learned some martial arts for self-defense. They said that the owner of the Wang village paid a lot of money and asked them to come to Wangjiazhuang to help them. As for the reward, they only said that the king Let’s talk about it after the owner comes back..."

Before Steward Wang finished speaking, Murong Danyan let out a "huh" and said in his mouth: "Since Master Wang and Sister Xiaoyu were not murdered, and these people were found to help, why didn't the two of them return to the Wang family together?" village?"

Wang Guanjia said: "I have also asked about this matter. According to these horse dealers, the owner of the village said that he needs to find some powerful helpers, and then return to Wangjiazhuang together. Miss Mu Rong has only been in our village for more than a month. I am afraid that many things will not be resolved. I know. The owner of the village has been doing medicine business in various places in Liaodong these years, and he also knows some high-ranking people. This time when our village encountered a catastrophe, he brought the young lady to find some friends from the Jianghu for help, but it is only human."

(End of this chapter)