Great Lawyer

Chapter 743 Du Ying is like a firefly ([-])

It rained and snowed all night yesterday, and the mountain road was muddy and difficult to walk.

Nao'er walked through the small gate of Fahua Temple and walked towards the Jiuliu Bamboo Garden. There was a village down the mountain through there. In the village there were not only people selling pork but also vegetables.

He has been there for the second time this month. Last time when Ling Rong had a fever and wanted to eat beef, he went down the mountain to buy it. When he came back, Ling Rong passed out and didn't eat any meat.

So he is very familiar with this road.

"Hold a pot of fine wine..." Humming a tune, Nao'er walked on the path with a smile on his face. Suddenly, in the direction of Jiuliu Bamboo Garden, two figures flashed by. Looking at the back of the other party, he tilted his head and said, "It's so familiar."

He waited for the other party to take a few more steps, and hurriedly trotted after them. The two people on the opposite side stopped. He couldn't hear what they said, but he could see their faces clearly.

"I remembered." Nao'er covered his mouth, and suddenly thought of the young man among the two, the young man who sold rice rolls to them at the Town God's Temple after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the man who passed by Prince Ning's mansion. Familiar, when I saw the person in front of me today, I immediately remembered everything.

On the day when Liu Fuyu was promoted to the cabinet, he and Huazi went to the Liu Mansion to sing a hall. When Ling Rong was in the middle, he went to the clean room to wash his hands, but he went the wrong way. He saw a person go out by the corner door in the backyard of the Liu Mansion. , that person is this boy.

Apart from this young man, the man Liu Fuyu sent out at that time was the one who was with the young man.

"Brother Nine!" Nao'er stepped back, "I, I have to tell Brother Nine, she made a mistake, no, it's not the King of Jiujiang."

He turned around to leave, but suddenly, the boy opposite looked over at him, while another middle-aged man took a deep look at Nao'er, sneered and walked into the forest.

"Stop!" The young man stared at Nao'er's back and chased after him. Nao'er's heart skipped a beat and he shouted, "Help!"

That young man had martial arts skills, he ran extremely fast, and immediately blocked the way in front of Nao'er.

Nao'er turned around and ran, shouting for help in the direction of Fahua Temple while running.

"Nao'er," Ling Rong followed worryingly, and vaguely heard Nao'er's cry, he turned back a few steps, and said to the little novice in the temple, "Little master, Nao'er is in danger, please take someone there Save him, I'll go first."

He said, and chased him out.

The expression of the novice in the temple changed greatly, and he quickly reported to the abbot Yuanzhen, and followed the clues with his brothers and sisters to chase after him.

Nao'er shouted while running, Ling Rong listened to the sound and chased after him, tearing up his handkerchief and throwing it on the ground, hoping that the monks in the temple could follow and catch up.

"Stop!" Ling Rong yelled, seeing a figure in front of him, but in the blink of an eye, he was out of sight. He was anxious but his body was weak and he couldn't run fast, so he could only yell from behind.

Nao'er's heart was pounding, he had experienced a lot in the past ten years, several times he and Huazi were almost beaten to death, and the other party chased them like this, but fortunately a kind big brother appeared and scared those people away.

He turned back to look at the young man who was chasing him in fear. The young man was holding a dagger in his hand, showing a fierce look and wanting to kill him to silence him.

"You...don't chase after me, I don't know anything." Nao'er shouted.

"I didn't want to kill you, but you bumped into me several times, this time I can't let you out alive." The boy shouted.

Nao'er turned back and continued running, but stopped suddenly.

"It seems that you are still not familiar with this place," the young man smiled coldly, "There is a cliff here, I just wait for you to come here, otherwise, do you think I will not be able to catch up with you?"

Nao'er looked back at the other party, pursed her lips and said, "If you kill me, my ninth brother and lame brother will not let you go."

"I've never been afraid of death." The young man sneered, "You have two choices now. Come here and I'll kill you with one knife, and I guarantee you a happy death. Otherwise, you turn around and jump down. Whether you live or die depends on your fate." gone."

Nao'er glanced at the bottom of the cliff. It's not impossible to see the bottom of the cliff. He estimated that it was only four or five stories deep.

"I'll count to three." The boy approached, his eyes were dark like a poisonous snake, "One, two, three!"

In a panic, Nao'er's eyes suddenly lit up, he tore off a piece of jade from his waist, and threw it out.

"Ninth brother, you...you need to understand."

He yelled in his heart, and the boy opposite had rushed over and kicked him in the chest. Nao'er kicked back a few steps, like a kite with a broken string, fell towards the cliff, and shouted: "Senior Brother Ling, don't you!" Come here, go and call me Ninth Brother."

"See you in the next life..." His voice disappeared under the cliff.

"If you dare to go all out, it depends on whether you have the ability." The young man sneered, and just as he finished speaking, he heard someone behind him shouting in panic, "Naoer!"

What followed was the sound of chaotic footsteps.

The boy ran down the mountain to the left without looking back.

"Naoer!" Ling Rong lay on the edge of the cliff, his mind went blank.He knew that Nao'er liked him, and he also liked Nao'er...but they were all men, and this kind of affection was not tolerated by the world...He didn't dare to express his feelings, and he just wanted to be his senior brother for the rest of his life. When I saw him, I was satisfied.

But it never occurred to him...Ling Rong looked back at the monk of Fahua Temple who was chasing him, pointed to the left and said, "He ran down."

Some monks chased after him, and the rest asked, "Where is Brother Nao'er?"

"Excuse me, please tell Mr. Du, just...just say that I went with Nao'er, and I won't let him be alone."

Ling Rong said, and jumped down.

……

As soon as Du Jiuyan arrived at the gate of the palace, she saw two little novice monks from Fahua Temple running towards her panting. She asked in a heartbeat, "The two masters came to see me?"

Could it be that Abbot Yuanzhen had an accident?

"Brother Du Ying has an accident." A young novice told the story quickly, "...Ling Rong also jumped down. Abbot Yuanzhen has arranged for the brothers to go down and find someone."

Du Jiuyan didn't hear clearly, so he asked again, "Who are you talking about?"

"Du Ying." The little novice said, "Isn't it your younger brother?"

Du Jiuyan nodded numbly, "Yes, it's my younger brother. Have you caught the boy who hunted him down?"

"Our senior brother went after him, but there is no news yet. I'll let you know first." The little novice said, "Go quickly, we'll go back and call the abbot right away."

Du Jiuyan nodded, "I know, I know. I'll be there in a while."

The little monk ran away in a hurry.

Du Jiuyan couldn't move his feet. Looking at their backs, his eyes were dull for a long time and he couldn't return to his senses.

"What's the matter?" The lame man came out from the inside, seeing her expression was wrong, he held her shoulder and asked, "Is it the prince?"

Du Jiuyan looked back, shook the lame man's hand, and said, "Help me, I, I can't move my legs."

"Jiuyan," the cripple's face changed drastically, and he held her hand tightly, "what's the matter?"

"It's Naoer," Du Jiuyan burst into tears, "Naoer was forced to fall off the cliff."

The cripple was stunned, and then patted her shoulder lightly, saying: "Nao'er will be fine, we'll go to Fahua Temple now."

Du Jiuyan nodded, tears couldn't stop.

"Let's go!" The lame man pulled her, explained a few words to the gatekeeper, took two horses from the stable, and went to Fahua Temple with Du Jiuyan.

On the edge of the cliff, Abbot Yuanzhen was leading the disciples in the temple to meditate and chant scriptures.Hearing the sound of footsteps, Abbot Yuanzhen got up and said: "Brother Du was pushed down by the opponent, and Ling Rong jumped down with him."

"My old man has already sent people to look for it at the bottom of the cliff."

Du Jiuyan nodded, and said, "Thank you, master!" She stood on the edge of the cliff and looked down, the north wind was blowing on her face like a knife, and the drizzle in the sky turned into heavy snow at some point.

At the bottom of the cliff, people can be vaguely seen searching.

"I found this by the cliff." Abbot Yuanzhen handed Du Jiuyan a piece of sapphire with a red necklace tied on it, "See if you recognize it."

Du Jiuyan took it and said with frowned eyebrows, "It's the jade pendant that Nao'er wears around his waist."

"Between the grass." Abbot Yuanzhen said, "It may have fallen during the fight."

Holding the jade pendant in his hand, Du Jiuyan scanned the footprints on the cliff, and asked, "Where did it fall from, master?"

"It's here." Abbot Yuanzhen pointed to a slippery place, "When Ling Rong went down, everyone saw that it was from here."

Du Jiuyan squatted on the edge of the cliff and looked down, then asked, "What about the jade pendant?"

"Here." A little novice said, "Behind this rock."

The jade pendant is a dozen steps away on the right.Nao'er ran from Fahua Temple, and there was a straight road to the edge of the cliff. Even if they were fighting, they should run down the mountain on the left instead of climbing up the mountain on the right.

"Master Lame," Du Jiuyan handed him the jade pendant, "What do you think?"

The cripple looked at him, but frowned and didn't speak.

"This jade pendant is tied around the waist. The opponent has martial arts skills, and Ling Rong is chasing after him. The opponent will not waste time and effort in fighting. The quickest way is to push him down and silence him." Du Jiuyan said. .

"You mean, this jade pendant was deliberately kept by Nao'er after seeing someone?"

Du Jiuyan nodded, she looked at the jade pendant and said, "Who gave this jade pendant to him?"

"Hanako should know." The cripple handed the jade pendant to her, "ask Hanako when she comes."

Du Jiuyan nodded, "Let's look around again."

She turned back down the hill, and the lame man followed her.

"If it's a young man, it should be the one that Nao'er said last time that he disappeared in Hechun Hall." Du Jiuyan said, "What should he be doing here today, let Nao'er see."

The lame man looked around and said in a low voice, "Jiuliu Bamboo Garden is here."

Jiuliu Bamboo Garden!She forgot about it.

Could it be that the person who talked to Jing Yachong back then was the person Nao'er saw today, causing the other party to kill him.

"Naoer!" She looked at the jade pendant.

After a long time, she turned around and asked, "Is there any response to the investigation?"

The lame man shook his head, "It's been too long, not yet."

"Then wait." She walked with him, thought of something, and asked, "I want to ask you something, I hope you can tell me."

The lame man looked at her and said nothing.

"Taoist Yu, is he also your master?" Du Jiuyan asked.

The lame stared at her in surprise.

"Because of human skin masks," Du Jiuyan said, "Daoist Mao said that there are only a handful of people who know how to wear human skin masks, but you can easily get them, so I wonder if your master is Taoist Yu."

"Is he not dead?"

The cripple nodded, "He raised me up, but he is not my master."

He has no entry door.

"He's still alive," said the lame man.

The world, including Taoist Mao, thought Taoist Yu was dead.Du Jiuyan asked: "You, can you go back and persuade your master to come to me?"

"If he doesn't want to go out, you can give him this letter for me." She said, handing the letter to the lame man.

The lame man took it and put it away, "I'll be back in two days."

The two searched for it and reached the bottom of the cliff.

There was no Nao'er or Ling Rong at the bottom of the cliff, and the masters of Fahua Temple had searched all around.

Du Jiuyan pushed aside the dead grass and heard the little novice say: "This piece of grass has been trampled on, and there are still bloodstains."

"Are there any beasts at the bottom of the cliff?" Du Jiuyan asked.

The little novice nodded, "Yes! I often hear wolves howling at night, and chickens and ducks are often lost in nearby villages."

Du Jiuyan followed the bloodstain to look for it, and the monk who was looking for someone in front had already turned back. She asked, "Is the bloodstain broken?"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)