Delong

Chapter 20

"How did Xiao Zhao die?"

Zhang Xing took a step forward, ignoring the rules and sternly asking.

"It's good that someone was killed, but it's really an accidental injury." The deputy gang leader surnamed Shen glanced at Zhang Xing, but only bowed his hands to Feng Yong.

"Yesterday, Little Captain Zhao came to deliver the post. Originally, Sun Pogua was ready to entertain and send it out with a few words, but the little Captain Zhao didn't want to stay for a long time at all, so he just went to the side hall and forced to drink. After drinking a cup, he was about to leave, so he hated Sun Wugua, and then saw that Sun Wugua was angry, and came up with an idea to make a big impression on Little Captain Zhao, saying that he would be trapped here for one night, so that we could meet today and give a lift Face... I didn't think about it, Little Lieutenant Zhao wanted to leave, so he directly started to fight, while the cultivated men under Sun Luogua had eyes that grew to the top of their heads, and they didn't care about the severity of their moves, they beat people up Injured! And I don’t know where the internal organs were injured. I didn’t see it at the time. When one of them was bad at night, he only said that the pain in the abdomen was severe, so he went directly... Even after Sun Pogua found out in the morning, he didn’t know. Got an idea!"

Zhang Xing thought for a long time, and only thought of one word, that is, life and death are impermanent, and then there is also a trace of self-blame, if he followed yesterday, or after testing out with a compass at night, he directly brought Feng Yong to search for someone, would it be another one? result.

Feng Yong was also stunned on the spot, but after looking at the people around him for a long time, he said again: "Where is the corpse?"

"It's in the back garden..." Vice-Clan Leader Shen cupped his hands and answered respectfully. "Sun Pogua originally wanted to take advantage of the meeting at noon to pack the corpse and take it with him, sinking into the Luohe River on the way, so as to live and die without seeing the corpse. Unexpectedly, Feng Zongqi came too fast and there were too many people. Just now Let me go to the backyard to bury it... It is because of the spread that I am really guilty, so I went to open the door for Lao Wang."

Feng Yong waved his hands again and again: "One thing doesn't bother the two masters, I can't bear to see it now, you go and cook my brother Haosheng, use the high-quality coffin that Sun Luogua prepared for his mother last time, and send it directly to Xiao Zhao's house, He also has a brother and a sister-in-law, take care of those two, and give my brother a grand burial!"

"I know, I know, I know it all!" Deputy Chief Shen cupped his hands repeatedly and retreated.

"General Ding... did you hear that?" He retreated for a while, and Feng Yong was also stunned for a while, before suddenly turning his head to look at the head of the Jinwu Guard.

"I'm a fart general?" The gang leader surnamed Ding shook his head and laughed, it was not slippery at all.

Feng Yong looked at the other party coldly: "Why don't I call Deputy Gang Leader Shen again, lift my brother out of the coffin by the way, and then General Ding will listen to him again in person?"

The gang leader surnamed Ding put his smile away, and really listened to the surrounding movement, and when he couldn't cover up the sound of his subordinates getting rich, he finally answered seriously:
"I heard it! It's okay for the herring gang to do evil on a daily basis, but they dare to kill officials and resist the law in broad daylight. They deserve it if they die! Whether you go to Jing'antai, the county government office, or the Beiya government, follow my boss to ask this question." , I, Ding Quan, and the Jinwuwei brothers, can say it again."

"Okay! What I want is General Ding's words!"

Feng Yong nodded, and then looked at his subordinates standing in the hall, his tone was calm and the meaning was horrifying. "It is enough for the brothers of Jinwuwei to be a witness, because it was explained to the superiors, and it was not their people who died... But we are different, because after all, the people who died are our own people, we have to give ourselves An explanation... Now, I will personally kill Sun Wagua. You guys, except Lao Wang and the one who rushed up in the first row just now, go, one by one, and kill those thugs and Sun who were arrested in front of the door. Pumpkin's confidantes, kill one by one, if not enough, then kill them by name from the herring gang... If you kill them, you will be your own brother. start!"

Below the two small flags, quite a few people turned pale.

But Feng Yong didn't care at all, he pulled out his knife again, and dragged him outside. Everyone had different expressions, but they could only catch up in a hurry.

Zhang Xing is a newcomer, lagging behind, and when he came out of the hall to stand still, he happened to see Feng Yong dragging his knife to the bound Sun Wagua in the courtyard. Like a real pumpkin, when he looked up and saw Feng Yong coming, he seemed to have something to say, and he didn't know whether he was going to beg for mercy or say harsh words.

But it doesn't matter, Feng Yong doesn't give the opponent a chance at all, Zhang Xing can see clearly, this general flag is obviously also a person on the way of cultivation, walking in front of Sun Pogua, suddenly luck, the hand holding the knife is obviously a bit yellowish The color changed, and then the machete slashed down, slashing straight at Sun Wagua's neck.

However, I don't know if it's because Sun Wagua's neck is too hard, or because Feng Yong has pampered him for many years and lost his mind. With this knife, only half of his head was cut off, and the blood splattered all over the ground, and the trachea was still agitating. , Sun Wagua's eyes were also wide open, forcing Feng Zongqi to draw back the knife, and he was lucky enough to slash again before barely severing his head.

After Sun Wagua died, the subordinates, cronies, and thugs who were tied up around him were frightened. One of them, because his hands were loosely bound, directly pulled the rope by luck, and then tried his best to push away the person in front of him, and wanted to escape.

But now, where is it his turn to run?

There are people everywhere, sticks, knives and guns everywhere, so this person can only get luck to his limbs, dye his hands green, and then climb the wall, like a gecko... Zhang Xing originally just stood there with a knife However, seeing this person scurrying to the wall in front of him, coupled with an inexplicable depression in his heart, he simply turned around and slashed from the hand of a Jinwu guard who was watching the excitement. He snatched a steel crossbow, then took a crossbow bolt, stepped on it with one foot, put the string on it, and then raised his hand to release it, nailing the man to the wall and wailing continuously.

It can only be said that the skillful movements are scary.

After one blow, he turned around to look at Feng Yong, who was making a gesture with his lips, but Zhang Xing didn't think about it, and walked forward, calling for a few helpers to chop him off with whistle sticks and iron forks, and then smashed him with a knife. into that person's heart.

Then, without any accident, an invisible air flow rushed directly along the handle of the knife, Zhang Xing tentatively pulled out the knife, the gentle zhenqi continued to flow in, and finally still entrenched between the chest and abdomen.

With the mess around him, Zhang Xing didn't have time to feel the attributes of this new zhenqi. He only felt that the fifth main channel, which he thought was hopeless in the short term, was faintly bulging, and it seemed that he was only short of a few shocks.But even the feeling in this regard was quickly forgotten by him.

Without him, when Zhang Xing turned his head, he found that there was already a massacre behind him, and the backbone of the herring gang was knocked to the ground by the street tigers like chickens in the market, killing wantonly.

At this moment, Zhang Xing only felt his heart was in a mess, he had no intention of stepping forward to make up the knife to make a profit, nor did he feel sorry for it.

After all, these gangsters are not destined to be good people. They are the dark side of this city. They abduct some women, babies and the like.

What Zhang Xing couldn't accept was actually Xiao Zhao's death.

In fact, in terms of relationship, he and Xiao Zhao are just temporary colleagues, and the two sides even have some mutual estrangement, which is not the same as Du Meng's short-term acquaintance but trusting life and death relationship; Regardless of whether it was an accidental injury or what, it was he who caused the death; even if he blamed himself a little, this responsibility is no greater than that of Feng Yong who was sent to work... But, for some reason, Zhang Xing was always worried about it. Xiao Zhao's death was a bit strange, and for the time being, it can only be attributed to the fact that things developed too fast and suddenly.

The relationship between the Beiyamen in the palace and the involvement of the herring gang in Luohe smuggling, as long as there is a little leak in the palace, it will be a huge profit, not to mention that Sun Wagua has been in this business for four or five years?Therefore, regardless of Zhang Xingzuo's mutterings, this is a carnival of wealth.

After the murder, everyone had no scruples, and everyone ate a lot. At noon, a sixth-rank black ribbon came to Jing'an Terrace, controlled the scene, and unexpectedly copied batches of high-quality Shu brocades from this house. , A large number of copper ingots came out.

That's not to mention, this black ribbon has sharp eyes, and he can see at a glance that the beams leading to the left and right sides of the courtyard are too thick, and they are actually continuous. silk sandalwood.

In addition, it is unavoidable that all parties are arguing. The high-level and middle-level officials of each yamen are arrogant and whispering to each other.

However, as Feng Yong said, it is always the officers and soldiers who take the thieves, and it is always black and white... More importantly, the underworld always kills the registered officers and soldiers first. There is a reason for being famous.

Even if some act violently, can they still be punished?

After a busy day, when we returned to the north gate of Xiuyefang, there was no doubt that the gate had already been closed. Brother Liu climbed up the ladder almost as if he was familiar with it, stretched out his hand and let Zhang Xing climb up.

However, Zhang Xing didn't go down directly, nor helped collect the ladder, but instead pulled the other party on the wall and sat down.

"Xiao Zhang, what are you doing here?"

Brother Liu couldn't stop smiling bitterly.

"I have some doubts in my heart. My brother is an elder, and I hope I can impart some life experience." Zhang Xing replied sincerely, and then asked the question directly without waiting for the other party to evade. "Brother, can you tell that I used to be a soldier?"

"Hey... hey." Fangzhu Liu sighed while stepping on the ladder and lying on the wall. "I see, what is this?"

"I fled back from Luolongtan. The second expedition to Dongyi in front of me has already been defeated, and the defeat was a mess." Zhang Xingzhen said earnestly. "I don't know if there are other ways to return the whole army, but our middle base army is really miserable. There are 50 people in a group, and I am afraid that I am the only one who survived... In other words, I crawled out of the dead."

"This is really..." Fangzhu Liu thought for a moment, then nodded heavily. "Forget it, I understand what you mean... Then, why do you say this?"

"Crawling out of the dead, it is reasonable to say that life and death should be underestimated. I seem to be the case, and when I introduced myself to others, I also said that I had killed people. Even Feng Zongqi also liked my killing, but For some reason, when I think about it carefully, I always feel that I am not that kind of person... If I go to investigate the Herring Gang today, I can make huge profits just by killing people, but my mind is only entangled in Xiao Zhao's death, and I don't even bother to go Kill people." Zhang Xing took it seriously. "Brother, is this the right guy?"

"Right."

Fangzhu Liu immediately laughed. "It's just that you haven't turned the corner... Those who crawl out of the dead, on the one hand, look down on life and death, but on the other hand, they also value life and death... Those who underestimate are the life and death of the enemy, and they do it when they should. Because if you hesitate a little, you and your brothers may suffer a big loss; what you value is the life and death of yourself and your brothers, and even the innocent... In contrast to the battlefield, isn't it just to be cruel to the enemy and to treat your own robes like brother?"

Zhang Xing laughed dumbfounded. It turned out that the matter was so simple, and he had been hit in the face layer by layer by the matter, and lost his mind—for example, if he was killed, he certainly believed that it was the first to act first, but he was right. He came with the opponent, but it was so easy for him to die, so why not make him cherish life even more?
I didn't wantonly let go of the killing ring and went to find practitioners to kill because of the increase in killing experience. On the one hand, I was guarding against the possible backlash consequences of this mechanism, and on the other hand, I was afraid that I also cherished the lives of ordinary people.

It's just that I always claimed to have seen life and death before, so I didn't think about it.

On the other side, Fangzhu Liu saw the other party laughing, and knew that his mind was clear, so he took advantage of the situation and drew his hand, but smiled and asked others: "However, why do you want to ask me about this kind of thing? You should ask your family Is Master Feng Banner right?"

Zhang Xing smiled again: "Brother, you are joking... I have seen calluses on your hands since the first day I came here, don't you say that you were not a vanguard like me back then... Feng Zongqi didn't have calluses like you .”

Fangzhu Liu was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and smiled wryly, as if he accepted the statement.

"Stay the ladder inside the wall, I'll go out at night to do some errands." Since Zhang Xing's mind was distracted, he simply put aside those entanglements, determined to find a clear idea. "Brother, go and rest."

Fangzhu Liu nodded and followed his words, and then the two went back to their rooms.

Brother Liu didn't mention it, he just said that Zhang Xing entered his own courtyard, didn't change his clothes, just sat cross-legged, according to the method from Qin Bao's "Ying Zheng" before, with the help of the true energy collected during the day Keep trying to pulse.I worked so hard until the moon was high and there was no movement outside, so I stopped, went back to the house to get the compass, and climbed the ladder to go out.

It was early summer, the stars were half hidden, and the two moons hung half high, reflecting each other in the distance.

On the nearby streets, probably because of the incidents that happened during the day, there were inevitably a little more Jinwu Guards. Zhang Xing waited for the opportunity after hiding for a long time, and then he still came to the intersection of Shizi Street in Sifang, holding a compass, Recited the phrase 'Taishang Laojun is as anxious as a law'.

After casting the spell, the compass lived up to everyone's expectations, and bounced up directly. After shaking in several directions, it finally stabilized in the northeast direction.

Zhang Xing was slightly taken aback... You know, his thoughts were very clear at this time, he just wanted to know the specific circumstances of Xiao Zhao's death, so that he could understand his thoughts.

In this case, it would be no problem for the pointer to point to the location of Deputy Gang Leader Shen, to the scene of the crime, to Xiao Zhao's house who was in a coma, and to any of the members of the Herring Gang who were present at the time.

Even turning around is fine.

But the pointer just pointed to the northeast?

what's there?
In any case, the golden compass is basically infallible on the surface logic. Zhang Xing held the compass with doubts and walked northward, but he stopped suddenly after only half a square away.

Without him, Zhang Xing has already realized that he is on the way to Jingshanfang Water Street, and on the way to Feng Zongqi's wine shop, and he has walked through it many times since he just came to God for only half a month.

After thinking up to this point, Zhang Xing hesitated for a moment. He took a few deep breaths, and tried to adjust the thought in his mind. Three or four thoughts flashed through in a row. After finally finding the most suitable new thought, he picked up the compass and paused word by word. , recited the mantra seriously:
"Tai Shang Lao Jun is in a hurry like a law!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the pointer shook slightly at first, and then firmly and steadily pointed to the original direction, as if nothing had happened.

However, in the night wind, Zhang Xing, who had verified some of his sudden ideas, was already covered in sweat.

Because this time, he refreshed his thoughts clearly, and before chanting the spell again, he corrected his thoughts one by one—was Xiao Zhao really killed by accident?If it wasn't an accident, who was the real culprit who killed Xiao Zhao?Could it be that they are also at the Water Street Restaurant?
So, where is the real culprit who killed Xiao Zhao?

The compass told him that it was still in the northeast, the water street restaurant.

This is very abrupt, but somehow it seems reasonable... because in this way, everything will be right.

PS: Thanks to classmate Li kkkk and classmate Yixuan for the cuteness, this is the 34th and 35th cutie in this book, the former is an old book friend, and the latter is a new face, or is it a trumpet?
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