Anthology of Gu Long: The Prodigal Son of Border Town

Chapter 9
Le Leshan laughed again, and said: "Isn't the truth always annoying... wine, wine?"

His laughter stopped suddenly, and he fell on the table again.

Hua Mantian frowned, his face full of disgust.

Yun Zaitian suddenly rushed to say: "In the Wanmatang, there were 21 male dogs and 38 female dogs, a total of 390; [-] chickens were raised, with an average of [-] eggs laid every day, and broiler chickens were eaten every day. About forty, not counting here."

At this moment, like the steward in the account room, he reported the running account.

Ye Kai smiled and said, "But I don't know how many roosters are there? How many hens are there? If there is too much difference between Yin and Yang, the farm owner should let the roosters get more nourishment, so as not to affect the hen's laying eggs."

Yun Zaitian also smiled, and said: "Your Excellency is indeed a kind person, but it's a pity that it is no longer needed."

Ye Kai said: "Why?"

Yun Zaitian's face suddenly darkened, and he said word by word: "The 38 dogs and 390 chickens here all died overnight."

Ye Kai frowned and said, "How did you die?"

Yun Zaitian's face became more serious, and he said: "The neck was cut off with a knife, and the head died in a different place."

Murong Mingzhu laughed again and said: "If the owner wants to find the murderer who killed chickens and dogs, I have a clue."

Yun Zaitian said: "Oh?"

Murong Mingzhu said: "The murderer must be a cook, if I'm asked to kill so many chickens in one go, I still don't have that ability."

Yun Zaitian said with a sullen face, "It's not a cook."

Murong Mingzhu suppressed a smile and said, "How can you tell?"

Yun Zaitian said in a deep voice: "This man killed more than 400 chickens and dogs in one go, and no one heard the slightest movement. What a fast knife technique!"

Ye Kai nodded and said loudly, "It's a sharp knife!"

Yun Zaitian said: "With such a fast knife, not to mention killing chickens and dogs, isn't it very convenient to kill people?"

Ye Kai smiled and said, "That depends on who he wants to kill."

Yun Zaitian's gaze was fixed on Fu Hongxue, and he said, "Your Excellency, I wonder if this knife can cut off the heads of more than 400 chickens and dogs in one go?"

Fu Hongxue still had no expression on his face, and said coldly: "You don't need to use this knife to kill chickens and dogs."

Yun Zaitian suddenly clapped his hands and said, "That's right."

Ye Kai said: "What's wrong?"

Yun Zaitian said: "How can a person with such a saber skill and such a sharp weapon come here in the dark to kill chickens and dogs?"

Ye Kai said with a smile: "If there is nothing wrong with this person, he must be too bored."

Yun Zaitian's eyes flickered, and he said, "Don't you all see what his intentions are?"

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

Yun Zaitian said: "Even if everyone can't see it, there is a saying that you must have heard of."

Murong Mingzhu then asked: "What are you talking about?"

Yun Zai seemed to suddenly show a trace of fear in his Tianmu, and said slowly, "Does not stay!"

Murong Mingzhu was terrified, and lost her voice: "Don't let the chicken and dog stay?...Why do you want to keep the dog and chicken?"

Yun Zaitian said coldly: "If you don't kill them all, how can you stop future troubles forever?"

Murong Mingzhu said: "Why do you want to kill them all? Could it be... Could it be that the group of murderers who killed the sect of Shendao 19 years ago came to Wanmatang again today?"

Yun Zaitian said: "It must be them."

Although he was trying to control himself, his face was already turning blue. After saying this, he immediately raised his glass and drank it, and then slowly continued: "There will never be anyone else except them!"

Murong Mingzhu said: "How do you know?"

Yun Zaitian said: "If it wasn't for them, why did they kill chickens and dogs first, and then kill them again? Isn't this just scaring the snake?"

Murong Mingzhu said: "Why would they do this?"

Yun Zaitian clenched his fists tightly, with beads of sweat dripping from his forehead, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's just because they don't want us to die too quickly, too easily!"

The neighing of horses could be faintly heard in the night, making the Wanma hall even more silent as death.

The autumn wind wailed, and the world seemed to be filled with eerie and chilling intent.

Autumn nights in border towns often make people feel cold from the heart to the heels.

Fu Hongxue was still staring at the knife in his hand, but Ye Kai was observing everyone.

Gongsun Juan didn't know when, but he began to drink the wine in one gulp after another.

Hua Mantian had stood up, with his hands behind his back, pacing up and down under the mural of galloping horses, his steps were as heavy as if he was holding an iron chain weighing several hundred kilograms.

Flying Spider's face turned pale, and he looked up at the roof in a daze, wondering what he was thinking about?
The wine that Murong Mingzhu had just drank seemed to have turned into cold sweat—if this old case from 19 years ago had nothing to do with him at all, why was he so afraid?

Although Ma Kongqun was still calm, he was still upright, sitting there upright, as if he was still completely out of the way.

However, his hands had already pressed into the table, and they were actually embedded in the table.

"It's better to be drunk to relieve a thousand worries."

But is Le Leshan really drunk?

A smile appeared on the corner of Ye Kai's mouth, and he suddenly realized that the only person who really hasn't changed is himself.

The tears of the candles had faded, and the wind blew in from outside the screen, making the candles flickering all over the house, lighting up everyone's faces with green, white, and red faces, as if everyone had evil intentions in their hearts.

After a long time, Murong Mingzhu forced a smile and said, "There is still something I don't understand."

Yun Zaitian said: "Oh?"

Murong Mingzhu said: "They have killed all the people in Shendaotang, you should seek revenge from them, why did they come to you first?"

Yun Zaitian said in a deep voice: "The magical sword and the ten thousand horses come from the same school. We share weal and woe, and we share grievances and enemies."

Murong Mingzhu said: "You mean, they also have enmity with Wan Ma Tang?"

Yun Zaitian said: "And it must be an unsolved hatred!"

Murong Mingzhu said: "Then why did they wait until 19 years later to come to you?"

Yun Zaitian's eyes seemed to be looking into the distance, and he said slowly: "In that battle 19 years ago, although they wiped out all the sects of the magic sword, they also suffered heavy injuries."

Murong Mingzhu said: "You mean, at that time they were powerless to come to you again?"

Yun Zaitian said coldly: "It has been 30 years since Wanmatang rose up in Kanto, and no one has dared to lightly offend any plant or tree in Wanmatang."

Murong Mingzhu said: "Even if they want to recuperate at that time, there is no need to wait 19 years."

Yun Zaitian's eyes suddenly stared at his face like a knife, and he said word by word: "Then maybe it's just because they are disabled, old and weak, so they dare not take revenge until the next generation grows up!"

Murong Mingzhu said in horror, "Does Your Excellency really have doubts about us?"

Yun Zaitian said in a deep voice: "The blood debt from 19 years ago is still fresh, and today's new enmity has arisen again. Hundreds of brothers in Wanmatang have their lives tied to this battle. Do you want to be extra careful?"

Murong Mingzhu said in a high voice: "But we just arrived here last night..."

Ye Kai suddenly smiled again, and said, "Because we are strangers who just arrived last night, the suspicion is the heaviest."

Murong Mingzhu said: "Why?"

Ye Kai said: "Because this happened only last night."

Murong Mingzhu said: "Could it be that we have already started our actions as soon as we got here, could it be that they are people who have been here for seven or eight days?"

Ye Kai said slowly: "The 19-year old hatred, I can't even wait for a moment, let alone seven or eight days?"

Murong Mingzhu wiped the sweat from her forehead and murmured: "This doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense at all."

Ye Kai said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether it works or not, we should always be grateful."

Murong Mingzhu said: "Grateful?"

Ye Kai raised the golden cup and said with a smile, "If we hadn't been the most suspicious, how could we have tasted the fine wine that Wanmatang has stored for many years today!"

Le Leshan suddenly slapped the table again, and laughed loudly: "Okay, well said, as long as a person can think about everything, he will be much happier...Wine, wine..."

This time he finally touched the glass, and immediately raised his neck and drank it down.

Murong Mingzhu said coldly: "Your Excellency can still drink this wine, it's not easy."

Le Leshan stared and said: "As long as I don't do anything wrong, it doesn't matter whether he regards me as a murderer of chickens or dogs, it has nothing to do with me, why can't I drink this wine?  … ...Where's the wine? Is there any wine?"

When the wine came, his men were already on the table, and he was snoring loudly again in an instant.

Hua Mantian looked at him out of the corner of his eyes, as if he wanted to grab this man from his seat and throw him out the door.

For other people and other things, Hua Mantian is very patient and calm.

Otherwise, how could he stand in the wind and sand all night?
But as soon as he saw Lele Mountain, his anger seemed to come immediately, and he couldn't help showing hatred on his indifferent face.

Ye Kai found it very interesting.

He never misses anything that has a little something special about it, and it's sure to be a lot of fun.

When he was observing others, Ma Kongqun was also observing him, obviously finding him very interesting.

I don't know if it was intentional?Or unintentional?The eyes of the two suddenly met, as if the blades met, sparks seemed to burst out from the eyes of both of them.

Ma Kongqun forced a smile, as if he wanted to say something.

But at this time Murong Mingzhu suddenly sneered and said: "Now I finally understand completely."

Yun Zaitian said: "What do you understand?"

Murong Mingzhu said: "Third Boss must think that among the five of us, one of us came here specially to seek revenge, and the purpose of finding us here today is to find out who this person is!"

Ma Kongqun said indifferently: "Can you find it?"

Murong Mingzhu said: "I can't find it, this person doesn't have a signboard on his face, if he wants to admit it himself, I'm afraid it will be very difficult!"

Ma Kongqun smiled and said, "Since I can't find it, why bother?"

Ye Kai immediately smiled and said, "Third Boss probably wouldn't do something superfluous."

Ma Kongqun said: "Brother Ye will see."

Murong Mingzhu rushed to ask: "What is the purpose of this meeting tonight? Does the third boss have any other orders? Or is it really just to treat us to a big meal?"

The front of the words is aggressive, this noble young man of Hu Bai Nuo seems to have completely forgotten the shame of untying the sword just now after drinking three glasses of wine.

Aren't the children of rich and noble families mostly without a city in their hearts?
But Ye Kai also seemed to find this very interesting, as if he had discovered something special about Murong Mingzhu.

Ma Kongqun pondered, then suddenly stood up, and said with a smile, "It's late at night, and the journey back to the city is far away. I have prepared guest rooms for you all, but please feel sorry for the night. If you have something to say, it's not too late to talk about it tomorrow."

Ye Kai immediately yawned and said, "That's right, if you have something to say, it's not too late to talk about it tomorrow."

Flying Spider smiled and said, "Brother Ye is really an easy-going person. It's a pity that not everyone in the world is as easy-going as Brother Ye."

Ma Kongqun's eyes sparkled, and he said, "Where is your Excellency?"

Flying Spider sighed and said with a wry smile: "A person like me can't be easy-going."

Murong Mingzhu stared at the eight swords on the table, said: "Besides, this place is at least much more comfortable than the inn in the town."

Ma Kongqun said: "Young Master Fu..."

Fu Hongxue said indifferently: "As long as I can let this knife stay, so can my people."

Le Leshan suddenly said loudly: "No, I can't stay."

Hua Mantian immediately lowered his face and said, "Why can't you stay?"

Le Leshan said: "If that kid came in the middle of the night, killed the wrong person, and chopped off my head, wouldn't I be wronged?"

Hua Mantian changed color and said, "Do you have to go, Your Excellency?"

Le Leshan squinted his drunken eyes, suddenly smiled again, and said: "But if there is still good wine to drink here tomorrow, even if my head is really chopped off, I will accept my fate."

Everyone stood up and no one insisted on going.

Everyone felt that although this night could not be passed peacefully, it was still better than leaving.

If a person walks on this wilderness at night, is anything possible?

Only Gongsun Duan was still sitting there with Da Ma Jin Dao, drinking wine in big gulps... The wind and sand had lightened, but the sun was getting farther away.

There was no sound, only a horse neighing occasionally in the wind on the grassland, which sounded a bit like the night cry of a lonely ghost in a foreign land.

A sky lantern hanging alone at the end of the sky also makes this wasteland even more desolate and desolate.

The night moon in the border town and the wanderer in a foreign land are equally lonely.

(End of this chapter)