Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 119 Ran Ling

The sudden reinforcements not only surprised the killers, but also surprised Sun, Huang and Lei.

Because this person... they don't know each other either.

However, judging from the clothes and saber he was wearing, he looked like a royal guard.

hissing—

The blade cuts, and the blade wind sings.

Just when everyone was stunned by the intrusion of this unexpected guest, this person turned around and made another saber strike, his strike was like an eagle pinching a thunderbolt, and he retracted his saber like a flying swallow returning to its nest.

In the blink of an eye, he slit the side neck of another killer who was attacking Huang Donglai.

"Let's go!" Seeing that the situation was not going well, the killer leader hurriedly shouted, calling for the few people who were still alive to run with him.

This gang of killers was also quite efficient. Before their leader could finish his sentence, they all searched for the nearest exit and rushed out.

Seeing that the other party was about to run, Lei Buji wanted to jump out of the window to chase after him, but was stopped by the Jin Yiwei who stretched out his hand, and the latter also persuaded: "Young man Lei, don't chase after poor gangsters, in case they have accomplices outside to meet you, you It may be dangerous to chase out like this.”

Hearing this, Lei Buji stopped in his tracks, and turned his head to look at the other party.

But see, this person is about 40 years old, of medium height, with a strong figure, and a face with Chinese characters. Very comfortable look.

"Who are you? How do you know my name?" Lei Buji still spoke directly, these two sentences almost blurted out.

As soon as he finished speaking, before the other party had time to respond, Sun Yixie interrupted loudly: "Hey! How did you talk? Have you forgotten what the brothers taught you?"

Lei Buji was reminded by his grandson, and when he recalled it...he remembered it - when encountering such a situation, he had to pretend to be a grandson first, and be polite to others, so that it would be convenient to talk.

So, Lei Buji hurriedly rearranged his words, clasped his fists together, and said again: "Uh...Thank you, big brother, for your help. I don't know your surname Gao, so why do you know my name?"

"Hey~ That's right." Sun Yixie said, and patted Buji's shoulder.

The Jinyiwei didn't say anything more about their conversation, but just saluted and replied in a serious tone: "Xia Ranling is the general banner of the local Jinyiwei Hundred Households, and I was ordered to meet the three young heroes here tonight. "

"Oh~ so it's Brother Ran, sorry for your disrespect..." We won't go into details about how Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai treated him politely.

And while they were talking nonsense, they also checked the corpses on the ground, just in case someone was pretending to be dead.

Ran Ling was quite surprised by their cautiousness, because as far as he knew, these people were only about 17 years old, and they had just left the rivers and lakes not long ago. Even though they had left some deeds in Luoyang, this It is actually not normal for people of this age to have this kind of awareness of "making up the knife".

"By the way, Brother Ran, you said you came here 'by order', but you don't know who gave the order?" The question comes.

Both Sun and Huang knew in their hearts that apart from them, only Yun Shili and Shui Hanyi knew about the "specific task" of their trip; no one else...including Lei Buji knew about it.

When discussing this matter at the beginning, Yun Shili and Shui Hanyi also said that in order to complete this task smoothly, they would adopt "another set of arguments" even to Jin Yiwei's colleagues. Therefore, Huang Donglai's question now is It's very important, if Ran Ling's answer doesn't match up with Yun Shui's "another set of rhetoric", there may be something wrong with this person.

"Of course it was ordered by our lord Baihu." On the other side, Ran Ling replied quickly, "This guard has received an order from Shangfeng half a month ago, asking us to wait for the three young heroes to come and wait for you After rushing to Wuchang, I will do my best to assist the three of you to eliminate the remaining party of "Yingying" together; we calculated the schedule, the three of you should be there in a few days, and this inn is a must for travelers from the north. If the killer wants to ambush you, most of them will attack here, so three days ago, I have been hiding here in secret, so as to play by ear."

His words are indeed consistent with Yun Shili's and Shui Hanyi's "another set of rhetoric", and they all match up.

Therefore, hearing this, Shuangxie also breathed a sigh of relief.

"I see." Huang Donglai nodded, "That's really hard for Brother Ran."

"Hey." Ran Ling waved his hand, "Ran is just doing his duty, why bother? The three young heroes can put their life and death aside and help our Jinyiwei wipe out the evil party. Such a chivalrous deed is admirable."

As for this, Brother Sun and Brother Huang both liked to hear it, so they planned to put on a show and let the other party boast a few more words.

Unexpectedly, Ran Ling just blew this sentence, and immediately changed the subject after he finished speaking: "However, there are so many people here, I am afraid that the walls have ears, the three of you should go back to Baihu with me first, and then worry about it. "

When he said the words "a wall has ears", Zhao Yuanyuan and Mo Zhiyu next door felt their scalps go numb, for fear that they had been exposed.

Fortunately, they don't seem to be found...

Soon, Ran Ling took Sun, Huang, and Lei out of the post house. The four got on their horses and rushed to Wuchang City.

Because this post house was originally an "official post", and Ran Ling was also an official, so even if something like this happened, they could leave with a few explanations.

And when they reached the gate of the city, they didn't have to worry about others not letting them go in the middle of the night - after all, there was the local General Banner, so they were not afraid that they would not be able to open the gate.

To make a long story short, the three of them followed Ran Ling to the Baihu House in the early hours of the morning. Ran Ling arranged a place for them to stay, and they rested for the time being.

Perhaps it was because the Baihusuo felt very safe, the three of them slept very soundly that night, and slept until noon the next day.

After lunch, the three of them went to meet the local Baihu adults.

This hundred-family name is Zhuang Mingli, and he is a related household; everyone in this guard knows that he is inferior to Ran Ling in terms of martial arts and talent, but Zhuang Li's family is related to a certain high-level official in the court, so this hundred-year-old Hu's seat still has to be reserved for him to sit.

Of course, this Zhuang Li is not a villainous person, he just has no talent, and his virtue is not bad.

He will neither embarrass his subordinates, nor will he try his best to win merits; anyway, if there is something to do, he will leave it to the capable people under him to do it. Pot... In short, he can't do much, but at the same time, he won't make trouble for you.

Seeing this, I believe that many people have been moved to tears, and sighed in their hearts-where can I find such a good leader?

Of course... it's only found in novels.

Closer to home...

Since Zhuang Li is a "do nothing" leader, the three of Sun Huanglei went to see him, just to say hello to him and pay a visit to the pier. They still had to follow Ran Ling to do the rest.

The Jinyi guards in this guard are also willing to listen to Ran Ling, because this Ran Zongqi is indeed capable.

He is not only strong in martial arts and outstanding in swordsmanship, but also thoughtful and thoughtful, and his criminal investigation ability is also first-rate; in addition, he is neither greedy for money nor lustful, never bullies others, and is generous and benevolent to his brothers... Therefore Well, in this area of ​​Wuchang, his popularity is far higher than that of Zhuangli.

And more importantly, he has no ambitions yet.

If someone else had the talent of Ran Ling, he would have tried everything possible to get Zhuang Li down and take the position himself, but Ran Ling is not like this. He even beat a person who encouraged him to do this on the spot. He died half dead, and warned the other party to be more careful in life from now on.

For such an upright and benevolent person, his colleagues naturally respect him as a big brother.

Even Lei Buji was quickly overwhelmed by Ran Ling's charisma, and he trusted him very soon after getting in touch with him.

However, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai are only friends with each other on the surface, but in their hearts... they both instinctively resist this person.

Why are you asking?

In fact, they have no factual basis. Their motives are the same as when they suspected Shen Youran; So perfect, there must be something wrong.

A person's nobility or innocence must be created by the corresponding environment.

It is normal for a child like the little monk Chunkong who was brought up by the eminent monks in the temple to be noble.

It is normal for Lei Buji, a child who was brought up in the deep mountains and old forests by an expert father who retired to the mountains and forests, to be naive and normal.

But a person like you, Ran Ling...

A Jin Yiwei who rolls around in the world of mortals, makes a living in the officialdom, and licks blood from the knife edge.

If you say you have no desires, no shortcomings, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust, you have it all... that's impossible.

You must have some kind of greater ideal or wish, which allows you to suppress those worldly desires and maintain this perfect personality.

Of course, Shuangxie doesn't know what that ideal is for the time being. What they can do is to defend against you first...

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The conversation is divided into two parts, let's turn back the time a little bit, and then talk about Zhao Yuanyao and Mo Zhiyu.

Last night, shortly after the four left the posthouse, the two of Zhao Mo had an argument.

The reason is... Zhao Yuanyuan backed down.

"What did you say?" Mo Zhiyu's tone was very bad, but it could be said that his anger was obvious.

"Didn't you hear that?" Zhao Yuanyu repeated what he said just now, "I said I gave up, you have to do it yourself, our cooperation ends here, and I don't have to owe you anything .”

"Are you going back on your word?" Mo Zhiyu said angrily.

"Heh... a joke." Zhao Yuyao laughed, "I owe you a favor after the deal is done, but I haven't done anything yet, so why not if I quit? Could it be that I owe you?"

Mo Zhiyu also knew that what the other party said was reasonable, so he changed the subject and said, "Then why did you give up all of a sudden?"

"It's very simple... I did the math, and I don't think this deal is worth it." Zhao Yuyao said.

He is telling the truth, from his point of view: Originally, after he murdered and seized silver, he could not only earn a net 500 taels of silver, but also use Master Song's influence to get on the line of Dongchang. Afterwards, the three families of Sun, Huang, and Lei, and the Jinyiwei forces behind them came to seek revenge, and they might not find him, but they would go to Master Song and Dongchang.

But just now, after "listening" to Ran Ling's saber technique, he changed his mind.

Zhao Tiaoyuan was surprised to find that he was not sure that he could win against Ran Ling.

Yes, Ran Zongqi's saber skills are at this level - even a "swordsman level" master on the green forest road will feel trembling just hearing him make a saber.

To put it more bluntly, if Zhao Yuanyuan persisted in continuing this business, he might die... And his death was for nothing. After his death, Song and Dongchang would not admit that they had anything to do with him. Not to avenge him.

Even if the business is completed, he may not be able to escape unscathed. If he suffers from a disability or internal injury, the Song family and Dongchang will not be responsible for him.

Of course, he can continue to wait until the three young heroes leave Wuchang before doing anything, but it's hard to say what the situation will be at that time.

Zhao Yuanyuan weighed it up, and simply, forget it.

He didn't have to go back to deal with business. Anyway, he didn't take a deposit or anything. He wrote a letter directly to Mr. Song, saying that his ability was limited, he couldn't do this job, and there would be no deadline...that's all.

In the end, this is a festival between Mr. Song and Sun Huanglei, and it has nothing to do with him. He just put down the pick, and the other party will not turn around to chase him down. At most, he will ask others to do it.

He just pretended to be busy for nothing, and then went to other places to make a living.

But Mo Zhiyu didn't understand him, and didn't know a lot of inside information behind it, she was quite upset: "Oh... it seems that you are scared?" At this moment, she used the provocative method again, "No Thinking of the famous 'Shadowless Sword', one would be afraid of a small banner of Jinyiwei."

"Yeah, I'm just scared." Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuanyu didn't take this at all; he was very realistic, clear-headed, and thick-skinned, so he replied as if nothing had happened, "It's still auntie, you are so courageous and want to kill Kill anyone, anyway, you are not afraid of seeking revenge by relying on the disguise technique, I am not as good as you...Zhao is willing to bow down, and feels that he is not worthy of being with you, so I will leave now."

He really left as soon as he said, and jumped out of the window before waiting for the other party to answer.

Mo Zhiyu was also speechless. Of course, she wouldn't go after him anymore. Anyway, she was doing it alone, and she was not in a hurry. She could wait until the right time came. So is there any help from Zhao Yuanyu? That's all.

Just as she was thinking about it, suddenly, there were only two sounds of "Du Du", and someone knocked on the door outside the room.

Mo Zhiyu immediately became alert, and responded with her disguised old woman's voice: "Who is it?"

"It's me, Xiaoer." The voice from outside the door was indeed the shop's Xiaoer.

"What's the matter? In the middle of the night...the neighbor has been making noise since just now, why are you knocking on the door now?" Mo Zhiyu pretended to be pretty, as if he didn't know what happened next door.

"Guest officer, something happened next door just now, and now several military masters are going to check the room one by one for questioning, please open the door." Xiaoer replied.

The tone of the other party's speech is quite polite, and the content of what he said is also very reasonable; this is an official post, and there are some officers and soldiers stationed there. As a formality, they have to come and check it out.

Fortunately, Mo Zhiyu didn't change her night clothes, she hurriedly tidied up the things in the room that shouldn't be there, then came to the door, and opened it slowly: "Oh...it's the middle of the night, and you still come to torment my old woman ..."

She hadn't even finished her first sentence when a steel knife suddenly stuck out from the half-open door and pierced her body.

This seemed to be just an ordinary knife, but in fact the position and angle of the knife were very precise. When the wide knife passed through the chest, it not only cut the bronchi, but also tore the heart.

For this sudden knife, Mo Zhiyu was unprepared and caught off guard. She never expected that she would die in such a situation due to carelessness.

When he was dying, Mo Zhiyu widened his eyes, trying to see who killed him.

But the person who drew the knife stood in the shadows outside the door, motionless and silent. He waited until Mo Zhiyu died, then he drew the knife back and spoke to the waiter next to him in a low voice and indifferent tone. Said: "Clean up."

"Yes, my lord." The little boy replied respectfully, lowered his head, and sent each other away with clasped fists.

It wasn't until the "adult" walked away that Xiao Er glanced sideways at Mo Zhiyu's body on the ground, then turned around and gestured to the two officials who were already on standby at the end of the corridor.The two men got the order, so they picked up the prepared straw mat, rolled up Mo Zhiyu's body, and threw it into the field at night.

(End of this chapter)