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Chapter 182 The Beauty in White
Two days later, in the southwest of Wuzhou, Wanshui Town.

At noon, the gloomy sky made the buildings of the old town gray, and it looked like it was dawn or dusk.

Wanshui Town is located along the Wujiang River, and it is not too big. However, because the Wuxi Canal meets the Wujiang River in the upper reaches, there are a lot of boats on the river, and small drug dealers or rivers and lakes often stop here.

The town has only one old street running from west to east. There are inns and restaurants along both sides of the street, and the streets are full of drug farmers setting up street stalls.

Compared with the bustle and bustle of other places, an inn in the center of the town is much quieter than other places. There is no sound in the lobby, and a few tables of diners have hurriedly finished their meals, then left their money and left quickly.

Occasionally, a hungry quack would come to the gate, take a look at it, and then turn away.

A few people entered, and they ate without saying a word.

This happened because there was a woman sitting by the window of the inn.

To be precise, a very striking woman.

The woman was dressed in snow-white clothes, with a few red plums dotted on the skirt and white shoes, so clean and spotless.

The woman has a slender waist and a full chest. Although the white gauze veil covers her face and her cheeks cannot be seen, she is one of the best in the world just by looking at her body.

Such a woman, sitting alone in an old inn, surrounded by villains like wolves and tigers, seems to be facing the danger of eternal doom at any time.

But the reality is just the opposite.

Women are very common in the Jianghu, but beautiful ones are rare, and it is even rarer to walk alone.

A woman who dares to dress up beautifully and appears alone in a place where the three religions and nine streams gather, as long as the people of the Jianghu have a normal mind, they all know that they must possess unique skills.

The dress of the woman in front of the window is incompatible with the Jianghu. In the eyes of the Jianghu people, it is not beauty, but a fresh green bait. Those who dare to touch it will be pierced by iron hooks, and then they will be disemboweled. until there is nothing left of the bones left.

Although the woman just looked out of the window calmly, showing no danger from the beginning to the end, the Jianghu people in the restaurant consciously retreated, and didn't even look at her.

Even sitting for a long time without ordering food, the shopkeeper waiter turned a blind eye and only prayed in his heart that this inexplicable female evil star would go away quickly.

After the silence of the inn lasted for a long time, there was some noise from the street outside:
"Catch him for me..."

"you wanna die!"

……

The diners in the inn, together with the woman in white at the window, turned their gazes to an alley in the distance.

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old youth ran out of the alley, dressed in coarse linen, and carrying an oxtail knife. The bright blade was dyed a bright blood red, and looked as dazzling as a woman in white in the gray town.

Behind the young man are six men, the front one is holding a knife, gun and stick, and the back is a man in a brocade robe, holding a knife in his right hand, and chasing after the knife wound on his left hand.

Such a scene is too common in the Jianghu. After the Jianghu people in the inn looked at it from a distance, they continued to eat.

The woman in white looked around for a while, and saw that the young man with the knife was quite brave, and the five men who were still cornered were still forced to get close, and asked:

"What's going on over there?"

The voice is ethereal, but natural, and it is difficult for others to be attracted by this voice. However, the waiter standing at the door immediately understood that he was talking to him, and quickly turned around and explained politely:

"It's Second Master Xu from the Wanshui Gang, who runs a gambling stall in the alley. The kid who was beaten is a foreigner. He ran here two days ago and said he was looking for his father. He even asked at the inns in the town... "

"Did you find it?"

"No. Entering from here is Qianli Wushan Mountain. There are often Jianghu people who go to the mountain to dig medicine. They get lost or are eaten by tigers and bears, and their bodies can't be found."

"How did it conflict with gambling?"

"I don't know, maybe I have no money to gamble, and I am anxious to lose..."

……

After a few chatters, the weak young man with a knife was pinned to the ground by two men with guns and sticks.

Xu Erye stepped forward, covering the wound, his eyes were furious, and he raised the knife to cut off the young man's right arm.

Seeing this, the woman in white raised her right sleeve and slid out her soft, boneless white fingers, holding a copper coin at her fingertips.

But when it was about to pop up, there was a voice on the street half a street away:
Swah——

There was a slight sound of wind breaking the robe.

The whole street was watching the battle from afar. Seeing that Second Master Xu was about to cut off his hands and feet with a knife while he was crushing someone to death, some of the chivalrous quacks also made changes.

But before everyone could make a sound, they found a figure suddenly appeared in front of Second Master Xu, who was dressed in a brocade robe.

The bystanders didn't even see where the figure came from. When the figure stood still, they saw that the figure was quite tall, wearing a black robe and a long knife wrapped in black cloth hanging from his waist.

The visitor was wearing a bamboo hat, with a handsome face under the hat, he looked gentle and refined without being a little bit fierce, but his eyes were as sharp as two sharp knives, just showing up for a moment, made all the quacks on the street sit down. went back.

Xu Erye slashed down with his saber, and as soon as he fell halfway, the black-robed man's slender five fingers grabbed the back of the saber, and he was welded firmly in mid-air, and it was difficult to move down half a point.

Xu Erye was blocked by someone, and all the anger from being stabbed in his body was transferred to him:

"Who are you? Dare to block me..."

creak-

Before finishing a sentence, everyone saw the man in black robe holding the back of the saber with his bare hands, exerting force with his left hand.

Then the iron knife in his hand bent and deformed visible to the naked eye, and the sound was not loud, but it made the quacks in the whole street feel terrified.

jingle dong dong~~
The curved iron knife fell to the ground, and the old street fell into dead silence.

The thug next to him quickly dropped his weapon and backed away. Second Master Xu was completely devoid of anger, with a bit of surprise in his eyes, he said forcefully:

"Family teacher holds the moon tower..."

Halfway through the conversation, I saw the black-robed man in front of me again, and slipped out a waist card with the word 'catch' on it.

Judging from the style, it is either the life-threatening ghost of the six doors, or the king of hell in the black yamen.

As soon as the sign came out, there was a change in the small town where dragons and snakes were mixed, and many people quietly left through the back door and windows.

People in the arena are disobedient, and they really don't pay attention to officers and soldiers at ordinary times, and there are not a few who dare to fight with officials, but the premise of violence is that they can fight well.

In the case of being unable to fight, the badge on the waist of the official sent is a death sentence for the Jianghu people!
Seeing that he was from the government, Second Master Xu's face turned blue, and he didn't even care about his chest and abdomen injuries, so he quickly raised his hand and bowed to apologize:
"Don't be angry, my lord. The little one has blind eyes and didn't recognize the identity of the adult. The little one was also chopped off, and his head was hot to frighten him. He definitely didn't mean to commit murder in the street..."

"Are you from the Moon Tower?"

"This matter has nothing to do with the Moon Tower, it's a personal grievance. I'm just a famous apprentice, and I use the tiger-skin banner to scare people, and the Moon Tower may not even know me..."

In the past two days, King Wu had just had an accident, and the imperial court brigade was rushing to Wuzhou.Xu Erye obviously also knew what would happen if his sect was targeted by the court because of his bad things, so he hastily separated the relationship.

The woman in white in the window looked away for a moment, wanting to see how this handsome official would handle this matter, but her eyes moved slightly halfway, and in a blink of an eye, she looked at a figure who was flying away from the side of the town.

"Little Er, check out."

"Okay... huh?"

The shop waiter who was looking at the door at the door hurriedly turned around when he heard the sound, only to see that the table by the window was empty, and the woman in white clothes just now disappeared without a trace, leaving only a copper coin on the table.

The shop clerk looked blankly. After looking around, he ran outside the door to look up and down. After a while, he scratched his head:

"Hey, hell..."

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The gray town is almost dead silent, except for a few walking movements, there is no sound of people.

Ye Jingtang stood on the street with a knife, in front of him was a nodding and bowed man in brocade robes. The young man in yellow who had been pinned down got up now, but he didn't dare to run, and just stood there with a pale face covered in scars.

In the past two days, I took a fast boat and galloped to Wuzhou day and night. I just left the Wuxi Canal this morning.

Yejingtang originally wanted to go directly to Jianyang City, which is dozens of miles away, but just passing through this small town, he found something unusual in the town, so he stopped by to have a look. He didn't expect that this street-knife hooligan would also fight with the Wuzhou Dapai The title moon building has something to do with it.

Now that we came here and encountered something, Ye Jingtang checked it here, put away the sign, and looked at the young man in yellow standing beside him:

"Why are you fighting privately?"

Xu Erye covered his stomach with his hands, and hurriedly said:
"This kid just drew his sword when he disagreed with him..."

"I didn't ask you."

"..."

The young man in yellow stood there, obviously a little scared, and whispered:
"My father came to Wanshui Town to dig medicine a few days ago, and he never came back. I came to look for it. After searching for a few days, I found out that my father took a job from him, and went to the mountains to dig medicine with others... Then I didn’t come back, I asked him, and he said he didn’t know, so I took the knife.”

Ye Jingtang looked at Second Master Xu in a blink of an eye.

Xu Erye gritted his teeth: "My lord, I can't decide this matter... Wait a minute, my lord, ah—"

A scream.

Ye Jingtang hooked his toes lightly, picked up the oxtail knife that fell on the ground, stuck it on Xu Erye's right foot, passed through the foot and nailed it into the bluestone, staring at Xu Erye's eyes:

"You think I'm asking you for news?"

Xu Erye sat down on the ground, his face was pale and he was covering his right leg. He didn't dare to struggle, and said quickly:
"He is a manager of Prince Wu's Mansion. He often finds some skilled people from the rivers and lakes to dig medicine in the mountains. There are many tigers and wolves in the mountains. Occasionally accidents and deaths are too common. His father is unlucky and didn't come back. No wonder I am."

Ye Jingtang knew that Prince Wu's mansion was using living people to test the medicine, so he was not surprised, and asked:
"Since the man was lost by Wu Wangfu, why didn't you tell him the truth?"

Xu Erye opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and turned the knife inserted into the sole of his foot, his face twisted immediately, he hastily gritted his teeth and said:
"Wu Wang's mansion originally gave 100 taels of compensation silver. Two days ago, Wu Wang had a big incident and escaped from Jianyang City. I saw that no one was going to pursue it, so I was obsessed with greedy money... I will order some silver to pay for it. he."

After Ye Jingtang asked about the situation, he felt that this person was useless, so he let go of the handle of the knife and looked at the thugs next to him:
"There is a large crowd, and he was punished with a weapon for wealth. He has been under the law for three years. You send him to the government office for trial. If you don't come tomorrow, he will beheaded to show the public, and you will sit down. If you think you can escape, you can try."

"My lord?!" Second Master Xu's face turned pale, "I will pay you money, and I promise that I will never do it again...My lord!..."

Ye Jingtang waited for a few thugs to carry Xu Erye away, then looked at the pale young man in yellow:
"You wounded someone with a weapon first, so you should be guilty of the same crime. However, there is a reason for the incident, so don't pursue it. Go home and face the wall for three months to reflect. Remember in the future, don't draw the knife if you are not capable, I can't save you a second time."

The young man in yellow secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hastily cupped his hands:
"Thank you, my lord, for saving my life...My lord, my father is very skilled in martial arts, and it is impossible for him to be killed by tigers and bears. I also hope that my lord can help the grassroots find out the murderer..."

Ye Jingtang knew that his father had probably died at the hands of King Wu, so he gave some money as a pension before, but he didn't want to do too much and let the wind spread to the ears of the court, he thought for a while and said:
"You wait in the town. If your father is still alive, he will come back to reunite with you; if he is dead, he will send someone to give you an explanation. What's your father's name?"

"My father, Zhang Wenyuan, from Huangting County, Zezhou, often came to Wuzhou to buy medicinal materials. There are several scars on the left side of his face. They were injured by a mountain tiger when he was digging medicine when he was young... He left home in the middle of last month and has not returned yet..."

Ye Jingtang took out a black leather booklet from his arms, recorded the information, turned and left the town...

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