Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 327 Memories in an instant
Beishan Bailu Academy,

Still so peaceful and peaceful,
On the mountain road at the main gate, Song Ziwen returned to the mountain gate again and walked again.
And in the bamboo forest of the back mountain,
Yang Jin, the secret guard of Baihu, looked at the treetops on the ground around him, and there were still some faint traces. He frowned and said,
"You guys go over, put the traces on the trees and the vines on the ground, and then put the mats wrapped in brocade and leaves on the ground and step on it. Don't leave footprints, be careful."

"Yes, my lord."

The several secret guards in front of them were busy carefully, untying the vines and ropes and taking them away. They put on their gloves and arranged the dead student in a more natural manner. Then they took out a small bottle and put it in the mouth of the deceased. Take a sniff, this person still has a hideous face, and there is a strange smile on his face.

I can't see the appearance of being killed by an external force at all. Even the top of the head does not have a drop of blood flowing out. After waiting for a while, the face of the deceased is a little ugly. At this time, the secret guard took out the medicine bottle again and put it on the mouth and nose of the deceased. Under this, his face immediately returned to natural danger, but the more he looked carefully, the colder his heart became, it was an indescribable coldness.

After Yang Cheng watched the corpses arranged, he led the people to rearrange and clean up the traces. After checking several times, he said to Li Qianhu;
"My lord, it's all right,"

Li Dong looked up and saw the fat man sitting at the fork of the old locust tree. Although he had been dead for a long time, he was still alive. Coupled with the fact that the place is dark and humid, few people could see this trick. The method is so powerful.

nodded back;

"Pack up all the traces and other things left when you came, and withdraw from this place first, and we will come back at night."

"Yes, my lord."

After the secret guard in disguise took care of everything, he began to follow the mountain road from the dense forest, retreated from the North Mountain, and returned to a secluded stronghold that had been prepared to rest, waiting for it to get dark before going there again. trip.

Song Ziwen, who was returning to the mountain road, was the first time he encountered such a thing, and his face was obviously full of worries, especially when he was about to reach the platform halfway up the mountain, his steps were staggering and quite heavy.

Unexpectedly, before walking to the halfway up the mountain, I met several disciples of the academy. The leader Yu Ren even arrogantly wandered here with two followers. He still held a folding fan in his hand, and opened the fan from time to time to blow the cold wind twice.

I saw an academy disciple coming up on the mountain path of the academy. He looked a little thin, but looked like that boy Song Ziwen, and I felt a little itchy in my heart.

When he got close, he deliberately blocked the way with his head on, the fan stretched out his hand and stopped him, and asked with his head raised;
"Isn't this the great talent of Song Dynasty? Why, he's back from home?"

When Song Ziwen met Yu Ren, a son of a rich family in the Dizi area, he bowed his hands and saluted, and replied;

"It turned out to be Senior Brother Yu. Junior Brother just came back from visiting his old mother at home. Dare I ask Senior Brother if there is anything stopping you?"

Yu Ren glanced arrogantly at Song Ziwen, then at the book basket behind him, which was full of dry food and pickles, and moved his eyes away in disgust.

"Hmph, can't I stop you if it's okay?"

"Yes, yes, brother, forgive me, brother just came from home on foot, my legs are a little tired, so I want to go back to rest, I hope brother forgive me."

Song Ziwen was speaking from the bottom of his heart. He had just gone through so much and was mentally exhausted. He felt a little tired, so he wanted to go back and rest for a while. However, Yu Ren didn't agree. He also made an appointment with Ning Bao to be in the back mountain today. Let’s teach Song Ziwen a lesson. It’s because this person got a first-class grade in the last monthly exam, and he dared to ride on the heads of our brothers. By the way, where are the people from Ningbao?

This kid won't back off, right? Yu Ren has been waiting here for a while, but he didn't see Ning Bao's figure. Seeing that Song Ziwen had already arrived, he didn't wait any longer. He said politely,

"Both of you, put Junior Brother Song on hold, let's go to the back mountain to catch up on the old days."

"yes, Sir."

The two academy students behind them walked over with malicious smiles, and then deliberately touched their fists. One of the tall people said;

"Junior Brother Song, are you going to go by yourself or are we going to help you?"

"It doesn't matter if the two senior brothers do it, I can walk by myself, I can walk."

Song Ziwen thought of those people's words, he didn't want to bring others there, but now he had to agree, but he begged those people not to kill people there.

Then, the four of them left the mountain road and walked towards the dense forest in the back mountain. It was a coincidence that the direction they walked was a sunken forest in the back mountain, where there were a few old locust trees Now, the surrounding weeds are overgrown, eerie.

Song Ziwen walked more and more slowly, still a little timid in his heart, and his face was naturally a little scared, while the other three smiled badly from time to time, and they were even more arrogant when they saw Song Ziwen showing a scared look, and the two behind pushed hard.
"Hurry up, if you slow down, don't blame my brothers for being rude."

"Let's go, let's go."

Song Ziwen looked at the familiar roads around him, and knew that the road was ahead, so he didn't dare to say any more, he looked down to see if there were any traps under his feet, that's how Ning Bao died, and moved his steps carefully.

It was about a dozen steps, and the leader, Yu Ren, was careless, pushing away the weeds in front of him with a folding fan,
"Damn it, there is no one to take care of the back mountain. Look at the grass, it's so tall. Those nursing homes are all for nothing, and they charge so much money from us. It's all squandered by these poor people."

"That's right, the academy said that as long as they pass the first class, they don't need money to study in the academy, but what should other poor children do if they don't have money? They spend a lot of money, and we are still being scolded every day, so we can find someone to reason with."

The two people behind were also complaining, the more Yu Ren thought about it, the more angry he slapped Song Ziwen, and the five finger marks were drawn out of Song Ziwen's left face with a "slap", and he wanted to slap again. Look, Yu Ren was even more angry, it was Song Ziwen who hit him, you two were so scared, you scolded;
"Damn, what expressions do you two have? I beat him, not you two, you bastard,"

Yu Ren still wanted to curse, but the two followers behind him tremblingly pointed at the brother's back,
"Master, master, senior brother, look back, isn't that senior brother Ning?"

"Yes, yes, yes, it seems to be true, Brother Ning." Yu Ren was also angry and cursed;

"Okay, you two are holding me back, go back and deal with you, and Brother Ning, that coward, where the hell is it, ah!"

Yu Ren was cursing happily, and looked back, and saw a person sitting on an old pagoda tree in the middle of the dark woods, smiling, and wearing a brocade scarf. Ning Bao.

Yu Ren was taken aback by these people, and he was out of breath.

"Ning Bao, you bastard dare to tease me, I think your skin is itchy, go, go and have a look,"

"Yes, brother."

Hearing that the senior brother said it was Ning Bao, the two were also relieved. Just now they thought it was a mandrill or something, Song Ziwen remained silent, knowing that Ning Bao was dead at this time, but he didn't dare to make any other moves, so he followed behind .

Yu Ren scolded as he walked, and even picked up a rock from the ground and threw it at it. But when he touched Ning Bao's body, Ning Bao suddenly seemed to be a different person. He lowered his head and fell on the branch of a tree. On it, like a dead man.

"Senior Brother Yu, brother, something feels wrong."

"Yes, senior brother, why didn't Senior Brother Ning answer?"

The two brothers behind were also trembling and did not dare to go any further, Yu Ren also stopped and felt something was wrong, so he tried to shout;

"Ningbao, Ningbao, you idiot, I'm calling you."

There was no reply from the other side. In the dark dense forest, it was obviously abnormal for a person to lie on a tree. Yu Ren also knew that something had happened to Ning Bao at this time, and he broke out in a cold sweat. It was pale, as if there was some evil spirit in front.

"Third brother, go and see what happened to Senior Brother Ning?"

Yu Ren said earlier,
The disciple known as the third child behind him shook his head and responded tremblingly,

"Brother, why don't we go back to the academy and call the academy guards? I think Senior Brother Ning might be asleep, so let's not disturb him."

"You bastard,"

Yu Ren couldn't help cursing again, suddenly,

The sound of "噗嗤" came from the tree, and the four of them looked over in horror, only to see that Ning Bao's body suddenly slid down a little in the branch, but his hair was hanging by the branch, and his head was pulled up. He looked at the four people with a strange smile on his face.

"Ah, dead people, dead people."

The few people couldn't bear it any longer, and ran towards the academy frantically in fright. Even Song Ziwen knew that Ning Bao was killed by someone else, but the death was so strange that he couldn't help but feel a little chilled, so he cried all the way back.

"Senior Brother Ning is dead, dead."

The crying and shouting all the way back to the academy naturally alarmed many people, including the seat teacher and the head of the mountain who were resting in the inner courtyard.

The Bamboo Forest Fragrance Courtyard in the backyard is the yard of Lian Yuming, the headmaster of White Deer Academy. There are no other trees in the yard, only a thin green bamboo. When the wind blows, it moves slowly and has a refreshing fragrance. Therefore, there is the Fragrant Bamboo of the Academy. reputation.

inside the house,

The head of the mountain, Lian Yuming, who was resting on the bed, opened his eyes and said to the disciple Jiang Yan who was still sorting out the books;
"Yan'er, go out and have a look, what's going on with such a commotion!"

"is teacher."

Jiang Yan put down the book in his hand, put the brush on the side of the inkstone, tidied up his clothes, got up and saluted the teacher, and answered.

As one of the three masters of Bailu Academy, Jiang Yan is also the closed disciple of the head of the mountain Lian Yuming. He is responsible for the life and daily management of the disciples of the academy. Naturally, the safety of the disciples of the academy is also his duty. Looking out of the window, many students and guards also went, feeling somewhat unhappy.

In a few days, it will be the day of the competition between the major academies, so how can I mess around and disturb the teacher's lunch break.

Carefully opened half of the door, walked out sideways, and then closed the door carefully turned around. Inside the room, Lian Yuming opened his eyes and looked at the disciple who walked out of the room, smiling at the corner of his mouth, meditating;

"You can teach me a child. I never thought that he would take over such a heavy responsibility for my mantle, but I am ashamed of him. In the future, I will rely on Yan'er to inherit the academy."

For a while, the head of the mountain lying on the bed couldn't help recalling the events of the past. His best friend and classmate, the orphan entrusted to him before his death, concealed it for so many years, and kept his mouth shut. Although he was unfair to Jiang Yan, he also protected this Son, Brother Jiang doesn't know if I'm doing the right thing or not, hey.

(End of this chapter)