Anthology of Gu Long: The Prodigal Son of Border Town

Chapter 12 Who is the knife buried man (1)
The sun rises.

The bloody smell from last night has been blown away by the morning wind.

The morning breeze is filled with the fragrance of hay, and the flag of Wanmatang is fluttering in the wind again.

Ye Kai chewed a piece of dry grass, and walked towards the big flag waving in the wind.

He still looked so leisurely, so lazy, and the sun shone on the sand on his body, and the grains of sand shone like gold.

Under the huge arch, stood two people, who seemed to have been waiting for him there for a long time.

He saw that one of them was Yun Zaitian, and when the other saw him, he turned around and ran into Wanmatang.

Ye Kai walked over and greeted with a smile: "Morning."

Yun Zaitian's face was very gloomy, and he only replied faintly: "Morning."

Ye Kai said: "Has the third boss rested yet?"

Yun Zaitian said: "No, he is waiting for you in the lobby, everyone is waiting for you."

Sure enough, everyone had arrived at Wanmatang, and everyone's expressions were solemn.

There was a serving of congee and vegetables in front of everyone, but no one moved their chopsticks.

Le Leshan still leaned on the table, as if he still had a hangover.

Ye Kai walked in and greeted with a smile: "Morning, everyone."

No one responded, but everyone was looking at him with weird expressions.

Only Fu Hongxue still lowered his eyes, staring at the hand holding the knife and the knife in his hand.

There was an empty seat on the table for a dish of porridge.

Ye Kai sat down, picked up his chopsticks, took a mouthful of porridge and an egg.The porridge was still warm. He drank a bowl and added another.

After he finished eating and put down his chopsticks, Ma Kongqun said slowly: "It's getting late now."

Ye Kai said: "Well, it's getting late."

Ma Kongqun said: "After the fourth watch last night, everyone was in the room, where is your Excellency?"

Ye Kai said: "I'm not here."

Ma Kongqun asked, "Where are you?"

Ye Kai smiled and said, "I couldn't sleep, so I wandered around, and before I knew it, it was dawn."

Ma Kongqun said: "Who can prove it?"

Ye Kai laughed and said, "Why do you need someone to prove it?"

Ma Kongqun's eyes were like knives, and he said word by word: "Because someone wants to recover thirteen lives!"

Ye Kai frowned and said, "Thirteen lives?"

Ma Kongqun nodded slowly, and said: "Thirteen swords, thirteen lives, such a fast sword!"

Ye Kai said: "Could it be that after the fourth watch last night, thirteen people died by the sword?"

Ma Kongqun said with grief and indignation, "That's right, thirteen people had their heads chopped off."

Ye Kai sighed, and said: "The dogs and horses are innocent, and this person's methods are too hot."

Ma Kongqun stared into his eyes and said sharply, "Could it be that your excellency doesn't know about this?"

Ye Kai's answer was simple: "I don't know."

Ma Kongqun raised his hand suddenly, and Ye Kai realized that there was a knife in front of him.

A bright knife with a thin and sharp edge.

Ma Kongqun stared at the blade and said, "How about this knife?"

Ye Kai said: "Good knife!"

Ma Kongqun said: "If it's not a good sword, how can you behead thirteen people in a row?"

He suddenly raised his head again, stared at Ye Kai, and said sharply: "Have you never seen this knife before?"

Ye Kai said: "No."

Ma Kongqun said: "Your Excellency, do you know where you found this knife?"

Ye Kai said: "I don't know."

Ma Kongqun said: "It's just under the murder place."

Ye Kai said: "Underground?"

Ma Kongqun said: "After he killed someone, he buried the knife in the ground. It's a pity that he buried it too hastily, so it was discovered."

Ye Kai said: "It's a good knife, why should it be buried in the ground?"

Ma Kongqun suddenly sneered, and said word by word: "Maybe it's just because he is a person who never carries a knife!"

Ye Kai was stunned for a while, then suddenly smiled, shook his head and said, "Could it be that the hall master thinks this is my knife?"

Ma Kongqun said coldly: "If you were me, what would you think?"

Ye Kai said: "I am not you."

Ma Kongqun said: "After the fourth watch last night, Mr. Le Da, Mr. Murong, Mr. Fu, and this flying spider all slept in their own room, and there are people to prove it."

Ye Kai said: "So those thirteen people will never be the ones who killed them."

Ma Kongqun's eyes were piercing, and he said sharply, "But what about your Excellency? Where was it after the fourth watch last night? Can anyone prove it?"

Ye Kai sighed and said, "No."

Ma Kongqun suddenly stopped asking, but murderous intent appeared in his eyes.

Hearing a sound of heavy footsteps, Hua Mantian and Yun Zaitian had already walked behind Ye Kai.

Yun Zaitian said coldly, "Brother Ye, please."

Ye Kai said: "What do you want me to do?"

Yun Zaitian said: "Please go out."

Ye Kai sighed again, and murmured: "I'm quite comfortable sitting here, but I want to go out again."

He sighed and stood up slowly.

Yun Zaitian immediately pulled out the chair for him.

Ma Kongqun said again: "Since this knife is yours, you can take it away, catch it!"

He raised his hand, and the knife flew out, drew a circular arc, and flew straight in front of Ye Kai.

Ye Kai didn't answer.

The light of the knife brushed against his sleeve, and with a sound of "Du", it was nailed to the table, penetrating seven inches into the wood.

Ye Kai sighed, and murmured: "Sure enough, it's a good knife, but it's a pity it's not mine."

Ye Kai finally walked out.

The flowers are all over the sky and the clouds are in the sky, like two shadows, closely following behind him.

Everyone knew that once he went out, he might never come back.

Everyone was looking at him, and there seemed to be some mourning in their eyes, but no one stood up to speak.

Not even Fu Hongxue.

His expression was still very cold, very calm, and even seemed to carry a kind of contemptuous ridicule.

Ma Kongqun looked around and said in a deep voice, "Do you have anything to say about this matter?"

Fu Hongxue suddenly said: "There is only one sentence."

Ma Kongqun said: "Please tell me."

Fu Hongxue said: "What if the hall master killed the wrong person?"

Ma Kongqun's face darkened, and he said coldly: "I killed the wrong one, you can kill again!"

Fu Hongxue nodded slowly, and said, "I understand."

Ma Kongqun said: "What else do you have to say?"

Fu Hongxue said, "Not anymore."

Ma Kongqun slowly raised his chopsticks and said, "Please, please use porridge."

The sun was shining brightly, shining on the banner waving in the wind.

Ye Kai walked into the sun, raised his face, took a long breath, and said with a smile, "It's really a beautiful day today."

Yun Zaitian said coldly, "It's fine weather."

Ye Kai said: "In such good weather, I'm afraid no one would want to die."

Yun Zaitian said: "It's a pity no matter whether the weather is good or bad, people die every day."

Ye Kai sighed: "Yes, it is indeed a pity."

Hua Mantian suddenly said: "After the fourth watch last night, where exactly is your Excellency?"

Ye Kai said lightly: "In a place with no one."

Hua Mantian also heaved a long sigh and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity indeed."

Ye Kai blinked and said, "What's the pity?"

Hua Mantian said: "Your Excellency is still young, so it is a pity to die like this."

Ye laughed and said, "Who said I was going to die? I don't even want to die at all."

Hua Mantian lowered his face, and said, "I don't want you to die either, but it's a pity that there is something that doesn't agree."

Ye Kai said: "What?"

Hua Mantian's hand suddenly lowered and patted lightly on the palm-width belt around her waist.

With a sound of "clang", a soft sword made of refined steel has been unsheathed, shaking straight in the wind.

Ye Kai exclaimed in praise: "Good sword!"

Hua Mantian said: "How is it compared to that knife?"

Ye Kai said: "That depends on who holds the knife."

Hua Mantian said: "If it's in Your Excellency's hands?"

Ye Kai smiled and said: "I never have a knife in my hand, and I don't need a knife."

Hua Mantian said: "No need?"

Ye Kai smiled and said: "I like to kill with my hands, because I appreciate the sound of crushing someone's bones with my hands."

Hua Mantian's expression changed, and he said, "Have you heard the sound of the sword tip piercing someone's flesh?"

Ye Kai said: "No."

Hua Mantian said coldly: "That kind of voice is pretty good!"

Ye Kai laughed and said, "When will you let me hear it?"

Hua Mantian said: "You will hear it immediately."

With a wave of his long sword, the tip of the sword was raised obliquely, shining brightly against the rising sun.

Yun Zaitian walked around in the sky, and he had circled behind Ye Kai.

Suddenly heard a child's voice saying: "Third Aunt, look, they are going to kill people here again, let's take a look, okay?"

A gentle female voice said: "Silly boy, what's so interesting about killing people."

The child said: "It's very beautiful, at least it's much more beautiful than killing a pig."

Hua Mantian frowned, and the tip of the sword lowered again.

Ye Kai couldn't help but look back, and saw a woman in white, leading a child in red, coming out from behind the corner of the room.

This woman is tall and tall, with black hair all over her head, but her melon-seeded face is as white as jade.

She is not the kind of beauty who is ecstasy at first sight, but every move is full of a mature woman's charm.

No matter what kind of man, as long as you see her, you will know immediately that you can not only get comfort and satisfaction from her, but also understanding and sympathy.

The child she is leading is covered in red clothes, with a braid that shoots up to the sky, which is also tied with a red ribbon. Although his body is very thin, his eyes are very big, with a pair of black eyeballs. Turning around, it looks lively and clever.

Of course Ye Kai also smiled at them.

When he sees women and children, his smile is always kind and touching.

When the child saw him, he seemed to be in a daze, jumped up suddenly, and said loudly, "I recognize this person."

The woman frowned: "Don't talk nonsense, come back with me."

But the child broke free from her hand, jumped and ran over, scratched his face with his hand and said with a smile: "Chou Chou Chou, hold my sister and don't let go, do you think you are ugly?"

Hua Mantian said with a sullen face, "Little Huzi, what nonsense are you talking about?"

The child rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not talking nonsense, I'm telling the truth. Last night, I clearly saw him hugging my sister, and I couldn't tell him to let go."

Hua Mantian moved, "What time was last night?"

The child said, "Just before dawn."

Hua Mantian's expression changed.

Yun Zaitian sternly said: "Did you see this with your own eyes? Don't talk nonsense!"

The child said, "Of course I saw it with my own eyes."

Yun Zaitian said: "How can you see it?"

The child said: "After the gong was knocked last night, my sister wanted to come out to have a look, and I wanted to come out with her too. If she refused, I took advantage of her inattention and hid under her horse's belly."

Yun Zaitian said: "And then?"

The child said: "My sister doesn't know yet, but after riding the horse for a short time, she saw this man, and then they..."

Before he finished speaking, he was dragged away by the woman, but he was still yelling, "I'm telling the truth, did I see it with my own eyes, why can't I say it?"

Hua Mantian and Yun Zaitian looked at each other in blank dismay, their faces were covered with ashes, how could they speak.

The expression on Ye Kai's face was very strange, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Suddenly a person said in a deep voice, "Come with me."

Ma Kongqun came out at some point, beckoned to Ye Kai with a livid face, and strode out of the yard.

Ye Kai had no choice but to follow him out.

At this time, on the prairie outside, a pastoral song was ringing.

The sky is green and the fields are vast.

There are no cattle and sheep, only horses.

The horses are galloping under the sun, and the world is full of vitality.

Ma Kongqun's body was straight, sitting on the carved saddle, whipping the horse and galloping wildly, as if wanting to vent the anger in his chest with speed.

Fortunately, Ye Kai's horse was also a good horse, so he was able to barely follow him.

The distant mountains are green and green, and they don't seem to be very high, nor are they too far away.

But they rode their horses like this and galloped for more than an hour before reaching the foot of the hill.

Ma Kongqun got off his horse and went straight up the mountain without stopping for a moment.

Ye Kai had no choice but to follow.

There is a large grave on the hillside, the grass on the grave has turned gray, and a few poplars stand alone in the westerly wind.

A nine-foot-high blue stone tablet stands on the grave.

A few large characters on the stele read: "Tomb of the Martyrs of Shendaotang".

There are several people's names next to it: "Bai Tianyu and his wife, Bai Baiyong and his wife, are buried here together."

Ma Kongqun went straight to the stone tablet, and then stopped, sweat soaking through his heavy clothes.

The wind is colder on the mountain.

He knelt down in front of the stele, and after a long, long time, he stood up, turned around, the wrinkles on his face deepened, and in every wrinkle, there were countless desolate and painful memories buried.

I don't know how much sadness and hatred are buried!
Ye Kai stood quietly in the west wind, feeling chilly in his heart, unable to tell what it was like.

Ma Kongqun stared at him, suddenly said: "What did you see?"

Ye Kai said: "A grave."

Ma Kongqun said: "Do you know whose grave this is?"

Ye Kaidao: "Bai Baiyu, Bai Baiyong..."

Ma Kongqun said: "Do you know who they are?"

Ye Kai shook his head.

Ma Kongqun looked even sadder, and said sadly: "They are all my elder brothers, just like my brothers and sisters."

Ye Kai nodded, now he understands why others call him the third boss.

Ma Kongqun asked again: "Do you know why I buried them together here?"

Ye Kai shook his head again.

Ma Kongqun gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and said, "Because when I found them, their flesh and blood had been sucked up by the hungry wolves on the grassland, leaving only a pile of white bones, no one could tell the difference."

Ye Kai couldn't help clenching his hands tightly, and his palms seemed to be dripping with cold sweat.

There is a prairie in front of the hillside, which is connected with the blue sky.

The wind blows the long grass like the waves in the ocean.

Ma Kongqun turned around and stared into the distance. After a long time, he said slowly, "What do you see now?"

Ye Kaidao: "Grassland, earth."

Ma Kongqun asked, "Can you see the edge of this field?"

Ye Kai said: "I can't see it."

Ma Kongqun said: "This piece of land with no bounds is mine!"

(End of this chapter)