Xuannv Heart Sutra

Chapter 55 Yangzhou Murder Case (1)

"Yellow Crane Tower Sends Meng Haoran to Guangling" by Li Bai

The deceased left the Yellow Crane Tower to the west,
Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March.

The lone sail is far away from the blue sky,
Only see the Yangtze River Skyline.

Yangzhou, the Taoist office of Huainan Road (what we call Jiangnan now includes Yangzhou. In the Tang Dynasty, Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road were adjacent. People in the rivers and lakes used to call Jiangnan Road and Huainan Road collectively Jiangnan), as the most famous in the Tang Dynasty. In the land of fireworks, many ministers of the imperial court own properties in Yangzhou, and they always take time to go back to Yangzhou for leisure every year, which greatly increases Yangzhou's economic income, and makes Yangzhou compare Suzhou and Hangzhou.The folk customs in Yangzhou are simple and honest. During the prosperous Kaiyuan period, almost every household did not close their doors at night. The law and order was very good, and homicides rarely occurred in a year.

After Tianbao Five Years March 23rd, homicides occurred one after another in Yangzhou, where homicides rarely occurred. After the death of the deceased, gold and silver were all on the body, which ruled out the possibility of robbery, no poisoning was found, and there were no wounds or fatal wounds on the body, which caused the Yangzhou assassin to have a headache. As a last resort, in order to avoid further expansion of the case However, the assassin Wang Zhishan had no choice but to report the situation to Liu Xiaoguo, the observer of Huainan Road.

After Liu Xiaoguo received this case, he also had a headache. However, this case could not be reported to the court, so he had to send government soldiers to deploy network cables all over Yangzhou, hoping to bring the real murderer to justice. , after more than ten days, not only failed to catch the murderer, on the contrary, many people in the same rivers and lakes were killed. The case became more and more complicated and difficult to control.

Nangong Xiang'er and Yao Yao received the news from the leader of the Beggar Clan, Lu Liuming, when they were in Puzhou, and after asking the disciples of the Beggar Clan to tell Li Wei, they hurriedly changed direction and headed towards Yangzhou.The relationship between Xuannvmen and the Beggar Gang has always been very good. Originally, Nangong Xiang'er planned to go to Yangzhou together after meeting Li Wei in Qingzhou. However, Lu Liu's letter stated that the situation was very critical. He had to change the address of meeting Li Wei to Yangzhou. After half a month, Nangong Xianger and Yao Yao finally arrived in Yangzhou and met Lu Liu.

After seeing Lu Liu, Nangong Xiang'er was very surprised. Lu Liu, one of the four masters in the world (although Li Ruoshui's martial arts is high, but he is not called the five masters with the other four masters), was seriously injured. If a few masters use internal force to protect the main Lu Liu's injury, Nangong Xiang'er may only see Lu Liu's body now. "The junior Xuannv sect Nangong Xiang'er and her disciple Yao Yao have met Lu's leader." Nangong Xiang'er He saluted to the bed where Lu Liu was.

"Sit down, you're welcome, your master and I have been friends for many years. I feel sad about your master's death. I hope you can express your condolences, Master Nangong. I heard that this time you are planning to go to Gyeongju to meet you Li Weihui, a disciple of my disciple Li Weihui, was afraid that you would be plotted against by evil people, so I had to send disciples from the sect to invite you here. I hope the master of Nangong sect will forgive me. Many people in the Jianghu have been assassinated, we guess this is probably an organized and premeditated assassination."

Lu Liu sighed and continued: "Among the five masters in the Jianghu, apart from me, an old beggar, only Tie Jian Piaohong and Huang Shan often go out, but that guy actually defected to Gao Lishi, Liu Yao from Yaowanggu Xie and Qian Dujun of Dulong Island have not asked about Jianghu affairs for decades, but your master passed away five years ago, the Jianghu is about to be in chaos, and I don’t know how many people will die in this chaos I came here originally to plan to assassinate Yang Yuhuan, how could I know that more than 20 days ago, our people disappeared one after another. Although the bodies were found afterwards, there was no useful news. Four days ago One night, a man in black suddenly came to my residence. After I fought a hundred moves with him, he suddenly injured me with a hidden weapon. After I used my internal force to force the hidden weapon out, I realized that it was actually a rotting bone needle. , if the elders in the gang didn't use their internal force to help me control the poison, I'm afraid it would be a disaster now."

"Rotten bone needle?" Nangong Xiang'er was a little surprised. The hidden weapon that hurt Lu Liu was actually the rotten bone needle. Unexpectedly, after Master was plotted against by Huang Shan with the rotten bone needle, the rotten bone needle appeared again in the world.

"This is the main reason why I was eager to invite you to come to Yangzhou, Master Nangongmen. I heard that your master's death was also related to the rotten bone needle. Therefore, I want to know where the rotten bone needle that injured your master came from. What? As long as we find out the origin of the rotting bone needle and follow the clues, I believe that the murderer of this incident can be found out?" Although Lu Liu suppressed the poison of the rotting bone needle with his internal force, his expression is now transparent. He was dressed in dark black, and his body was extremely weak.

"It's Huang Shan. He used Wei Er five years ago." Nangong Xiang'er said very briefly, but Lu Liu understood.

"Huang Shan, Iron Sword Piaohong Huang Shan, why is he indispensable every time something happens? Could it be that the assassination this time has something to do with the court?" Lu Liu was a little puzzled, it must not be the righteous man who entered the arena more than three months ago. Gong assassinated Yang Yuhuan and angered Li Longji, he sent Gao Lishi and Huang Shan to deal with the people in the world?

"Master Nangong Sect, you are tired from traveling these days, I'd better arrange for you to rest first, and I will order someone to inform you when there is news in a few days!" Lu Liu's concern for Xuannv Sect is Undoubtedly, logically speaking, both of them are people in the Jianghu, and now Nangong Xianger and the two should go to investigate this matter. However, the Xuannvmen have been single-handed, but Lu Liu has to think for the Xuannvmen. He also wanted to ask why Nangong Xiang'er accepted two disciples, but since they didn't tell, it would be bad to ask about the private affairs of Xuannv's sect by himself.

When Nangong Xiang'er and Yao Yao were about to leave, Lu Liu spoke again, "Master Nangong, I heard from a disciple in the gang that the relationship between your disciple Li Wei and the two female disciples of Medicine King Valley Liu Yaoxie Intimacy, I hope that when the master of the Nangong sect sees Li Wei, he will persuade him well. I don't want him to become a public enemy of the entire Jianghu. Liu Yaoxie's seniority in the Jianghu is extremely high, and his disciples are of the same generation as your master Yes, if they combine, it is against the ethics of the Jianghu. You have also seen the combination of Yang Yuhuan and Li Longji. The emotions of the people in the Jianghu are so excited. I don’t want them to follow in the footsteps of Yang Yuhuan and Li Longji. After all, the three of them are still young, I hope you will pay attention to this matter, Master Nangong, well, I will not disturb you to rest, Master Nangong."

Lu Liu raised his hand, and seeing Nangong Xianger and Yao Yao leaving, he sighed again, and whispered: "Liu Yaoxie, Liu Yaoxie! You are harming your two disciples and Li Do you know that child Wei? I, Lu Liu, know what you think in your heart. You want the regrets of you and Li Ruoshui to be fulfilled by them, but have you never thought that the combination of the three of them is simply incest? You will kill the three of them like this. Fortunately, not many people in the world know about this matter, otherwise, I will have no choice but to help them when the time comes."

Liu Yaoxie's actions all his life depended on his personal preferences, and he never thought about other people's feelings. This time, his impulsiveness harmed his two disciples and Li Wei. There are a lot of things to deal with. He really plans to go to Yaowang Valley to ask Liu Yaoxie himself. Can this incest matter be a joke?Back then, Liu Yaoxie loved Li Ruoshui, and he didn't dare to destroy the combination of ethics and Li Ruoshui. Why did he suddenly do such an outrageous thing now?Could it be that after these decades, Liu Yaoxie has become old and confused?
(End of this chapter)