Red Mansion: Fuyao River and Mountain

Chapter 32: Misfortune falls from the sky
Guo Zhigui was a skilled horse driver, and the person on the carriage was a light-footed young man like Jia Cong, so the carriage was running very fast.

After a while, they passed Zhou Junxing and Zhang Shouan's teams.

Ge Wu braved the wind and snow, took a few meat buns prepared by his wife and walked towards the back car. His son Ge Chunjiang had a big appetite, and the little boy was eating his father out of money.

After spending half a day in Shuyun Villa, I'm afraid his son must be starving. Although his son is not very clever, he is diligent and obedient. Ge Wu still loves him.

Ge Wuzi was riding in the same car with the prosecutor, the chief constable and others from Zhen'an Prefecture. Although he was an old coroner with no rank, he was still very prestigious in Zhen'an Prefecture.

A small cart followed behind, carrying Wu Jinrong's body, Ge Chunjiang and Xiao Qin.

When Ge Wu lifted the carriage curtain, he was so frightened that his mouth opened wide.

I saw the tall and strong Ge Chunjiang slumped in the car, looking the same as Wu Jinrong next to him. It seemed like there were two dead bodies in the car.

But Xiao Qin, who was in the same car, was nowhere to be seen!
Just as Ge Wu was panicking, he suddenly heard the sound of hurried horse hooves coming from behind.

I saw a dozen guards from the palace galloping towards me on horseback, all of them wearing helmets and armor, looking murderous.

The leader was Liu Xiangyong, the commander of the palace guards. He shouted, "Please ask Prefect Zhang to come out and talk. Everyone, stop where you are and do not move without permission!"

Not long after Jia Cong left Shuyun Villa, guards from the palace found a young man with his outer clothes stripped off, his mouth gagged, and his hands and feet tied up in a remote woodshed in the villa.

Upon asking, I found out that this person was Xiao Qin, an apprentice of Ge Wu, the coroner of Zhen'an Prefecture. Today he came to Shuyun Villa with his master to help.

He said he wanted to go to the bathroom, but somehow he was knocked unconscious. When he woke up, he found himself tied up in the woodshed.

Liu Xiangyong guessed that the murderer had repeated his old tricks. He first disguised himself as a maid and killed Wu Jinrong, and then disguised himself as a coroner's apprentice to sneak out of Shuyun Villa.

Originally, the guards of the palace had been strictly guarding the four gates of the villa. Not only did they check the scholars who left the villa, they even paid close attention to the people from Zhen'an Prefecture when they left. But who would care about a young apprentice who was carrying corpses?

Prince Jiashun knew that this matter could not be kept secret for long, and that the coroner would sooner or later discover that his apprentice had been replaced.

So Liu Xiangyong was sent with capable guards to chase after the criminal and assist Zhen'an Prefecture in catching the murderer to avoid any incident and giving Zhou Junxing an excuse to cause trouble.

Zhang Shouan and Zhou Junxing were shocked when they learned Liu Xiangyong's purpose.

When they found Ge Si, he had just woken up his stupid son.

Ge Chunjiang said that there was nothing unusual about Xiao Qin today. After carrying the body into the car, he just huddled aside, not saying a word.

Although the boy was unstable, he was not a talkative person. Ge Chunjiang did not take it seriously and never dreamed that he had been replaced.

Ge Chunjiang, this idiot, wanted to doze off as soon as the car shook. In his daze, he was hit hard and lost consciousness.

Zhou Junxing and his companions were all alone on horseback, but there were quite a few people from Zhen'an Prefecture, sitting in six large carts.

It's a flat area here, so the criminal can't go far and is likely hiding in these vehicles.

Zhou Junxing said with a cold face: "No one is allowed to move without permission. My people will search every car and we can't let the thieves get away."

As soon as the words fell, a black figure shot out from the roof of the front carriage and rushed forward like an arrow.

Zhou Junxing shouted: "Catch him quickly, don't let him get away!"

More than ten big men in black around Zhou Junxing rushed out, half of them, their horses' hooves raised up a cloud of snow and mist, and the sound of swords being unsheathed rang out.

The fleeing figure was naturally not faster than a galloping horse, and in a breath it was surrounded by four or five horses.

This man dressed up as Xiao Qin. In order to hide from Ge Chunjiang, he kept a hunched back and lowered his head slightly, appearing inconspicuous.

Now he straightened his back, like a different person, tall and slender, and there was a strange agility in the way his hands and feet moved.

The veil covered her hair and face tightly, leaving only a pair of sparkling eyes visible. She moved her hands slightly, and two sharp scimitars appeared in her hands.

Those men in black riding on horses were all martial arts masters recruited by Zhou Junxing in Texas, and each of them had extraordinary skills.

At this moment, they all drew their sharp blades and rushed forward to fight with the man. Figures rolled on the snow, swords flashed, and the sound of sharp blades breaking through the air and metal colliding was as rapid as a rainstorm.

Although the man was quite skilled, two fists could not defeat four hands after all. Moreover, he was good at hidden assassination techniques, not face-to-face combat.

After holding out for dozens of moves, he was stabbed from behind by a man in black, and the blood dyed the white snow on the ground red.

The man stood in the snow, half of his body trembling slightly. Several men in black slowly approached with sinister grins.

It's like looking at a delicacy on a plate, wanting to capture it alive.

Just when the men in black thought they had won and relaxed a little, the man suddenly raised his right hand and a cold light shot out.

This happened without any warning. The men in black on the opposite side dodged in panic, and their formation was a little disrupted for a moment.

Unfortunately, they were all wrong. The man's target was not them at all, but Zhou Junxing who was watching the battle from the front.

Zhou Junxing groaned and fell off his horse, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

The man took advantage of the situation and threw out another object, which exploded in mid-air, emitting a strange yellow smoke with an extremely fishy and weird smell.

Suddenly someone screamed, "Hurry up and save the sir, this is poisonous smoke!"

When the smoke cleared a little, the man was no longer there. Only a figure about ten feet away quickly jumped away.

……

Because Guo Zhigui was an excellent horse driver, Jia Cong's carriage had already run a long distance, but he still heard a explosion from behind.

Mixed in with the snow and wind was a roar that sounded like the wind or a human voice.

Guo Zhigui stopped the carriage, stood on the shaft and looked back. He saw a dark shadow from behind, which was very conspicuous on the snow and was rushing towards him quickly.

Jia Cong in the carriage seemed to sense something was wrong and shouted, "Zhigui, don't delay, hurry up!"

Guo Zhigui was about to agree when he suddenly saw the black shadow rising into the air and rushing towards him.

Before he could even shout, he was kicked hard in the face and flew out of the cart like a ball, rolling onto the snow.

It hurts so much, it really hurts. Guo Zhigui staggered to his feet, holding his head.

I saw a figure sitting on the shaft of a cart, the whip cracked, and the cart rushed forward like flying.
Guo Zhigui ran a few steps after the carriage and shouted, "Third Master, Third Master..."

The whistling sound of the wind and snow drowned out his cries, and the carriage soon disappeared from his sight.

Guo Zhigui then shouted to the two servants who were following him, "What are you two standing there for? Hurry up and catch up and rescue the Third Master, or he will skin us alive when we get back."

The two servants had fear on their faces, they were just followers and had no ability to fight against such thieves, but if they didn't go, they would be in trouble when they returned.

He then rode out on his horse reluctantly.

Guo Zhigui suddenly came to his senses: "You two idiots, wait for me, take me with you."

……

Jia Cong noticed that the carriage suddenly accelerated, and he lost his balance, hitting his head against the wall of the carriage. He grimaced in pain.

"Shiki, you're crazy. I told you to go fast, but you don't have to go so fast."

"Shut up and stay still, or I'll kill you!"

The voice was as clear and vivid as the sound of cutting gold and jade, but without a trace of warmth. It was like thousands of years of black ice, chilling people's hearts to the core.

(End of this chapter)