Tatargan thought he had seen a ghost!
The eighteen people who followed him were all well-known masters in the world. Each person's commission cost three guans per month. As the saying goes, an army can be raised for a thousand days and used for a period of time. This is money well spent. This has always been true. Those who block the road, those who provoke, and those who look for trouble are all dealt with by these people. Therefore, when he saw that there was only a thin little lady in the yard, his first reaction was that he was lucky - if eighteen masters dealt with a little lady, it would be easy to catch him.
However, I never expected that I would hit a brick wall today.
Before he finished speaking, the little lady seemed like a black storm brushing against his shoulder and rolled over him. She opened the scabbard and the sword whizzed. It blew away the eight people on the left, and then swung it again. Overturning the ten people on the right - Tatargan had only seen such a terrifying attack method on the battlefield - a six-foot-long, one-and-a-half-foot-wide chopper | horse | sword, weighing sixty kilograms, and requiring three young and strong men It can only be controlled by the joint operation of elite soldiers. One sword can hold the barrier, and no one can break it. But this little lady's sword was only two feet long, and even before the sword was unsheathed, she actually swung it with a momentum that swept through thousands of armies. What is this if it's not a ghost? !
No one screamed, and no one ran away, because there was no time. Tatargan only felt his eyes dimming and brightening. He turned around in horror, only to see the little lady standing among the lying corpses, holding a short knife in one hand, and the scabbard was twitching. There was no knock on the shoulder, as if the violent attack just now only relaxed his muscles and bones.
She raised half of her eyebrows and smiled like a weasel who had caught a chicken, "Master Rizheng, why are you running away? Did you do something shameful?" Her eyes suddenly sharpened, "Did you kill someone? Or is the body hidden?"
The blood in Tatargan's body surged upwards, and there was a rumbling in his ears. He couldn't hear the little lady's words clearly, and there was only a screaming voice in his head:
[It’s over, it’s over, it’s been discovered! It's all over! 】
Lin Sui'an felt something was wrong. Tatargan seemed to be frightened by her, and his knees kept shaking. Suddenly, Baji knelt on the ground, and his curled mustache became hairy - this was similar to what Hua Yitang had done. The portrait of the criminal is completely inconsistent with the murderer. The murderer is a cruel, conceited and cautious person. Even if he is caught, he should not react like this. Could it be that we are looking in the wrong direction?
Lin Sui'an drew his knife and chopped open the large wooden box at his feet, revealing the embroidered purses on the ground. He grabbed one and opened it. It was filled with tea cakes. The fragrance lasted for a long time. They were probably top quality. He also pierced the two sacks next to him. , small white particles flowed out, Lin Sui'an twisted a handful, smelled it, and licked it with the tip of his tongue. It turned out to be salt.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a loud roar from the ground, and several thick smoke billowed into the sky. Judging from the direction and location, it actually spread throughout the entire Fujiaofang. Tatargan jumped up as if he had been electrocuted. He pulled out a small cloth bag from his waist, threw out a large handful of red spices, and there was a gust of wind. Oh dear, the pungent fragrance rushed over him, as if there were a hundred flowers hanging all over his body. The sachet ball danced wildly, Lin Sui'an sneezed three times in a row, and his eyesight was blurred by uncontrollable tears. He quickly wiped two handfuls of them, and when he turned his head, he saw that the tartar stem looked like a rat with its tail burnt, and its butt was smoking and ran out of the door. .
Lin Sui'an almost chased her out. She entered the garden through the back door. When she rushed out, she realized that the main entrance of the garden faced a main street. There were many pedestrians on the street. There were four or five cars parked in front of a house diagonally opposite. A bullock cart, a carriage, and several men were moving things. At this time, they were all attracted by the thick smoke in the air. They stopped and watched. Tatargan was quickly recognized. Someone asked what happened, but Tatargan ignored it. He knocked over several people and pointed at Lin Sui'an behind him, shouting words he couldn't understand.
It didn't matter if he yelled. Everyone immediately picked up the things at hand and threw them at Lin Sui'an. Baskets, poles, tree branches, radishes, rotten vegetable leaves, soil and garbage. Hidden weapons are better than hidden weapons. Lin Sui'an's face The spices on the clothes were not finished yet. When I saw this formation, I immediately guessed what Tatargan was shouting. He cursed in his heart, thrust Qianjing into the back of his waist, and sprinted into two S-shapes with his body close to the ground. He avoided all obstacles unscathed and shouted, "Dali Temple is handling the case, and anyone who obstructs it will be punished with the same crime!"
This shout was indeed effective, everyone stopped, and someone actually pointed the direction to Lin Sui'an, "He ran that way!"
Within a few words, Tatargan jumped onto the opposite carriage, kicked over the handlebars, and drove away. The servants who moved the goods chased behind him and yelled. Lin Sui'an clicked her tongue, and she turned sideways and palmed her hand. Hitting the ground, his body flew sideways, flipped in the air, and landed on the courtyard wall on the street. The courtyard wall was made of rammed earth and was only one foot wide. Lin Sui'an used his toes to step on the wall and ran for a few steps. He soared into the air for the second time, and his body flicked and retracted like a bow and arrow that had been fully drawn. He suddenly flew three to four feet away, and landed firmly on the roof of Tatargan's carriage with a thud.
Tatargan looked back, his color changed with horror, he pulled the reins suddenly, the horse neighed loudly, and the whole carriage drifted and turned sharply. Lin Sui'an quickly grabbed the roof of the carriage with his hands and eyes, and his body swung out, half of his body was suspended in the air, and there was a thud in the carriage. , a woman's scream came out, and there was someone in the car.
The carriage was almost out of control, and Tatargan himself was thrown out. He held the reins tightly in his hands and dragged half of his body on the ground. He screamed like a slaughtered pig. The situation was not good. Lin Sui'an tightened his legs with strength on his waist and abdomen. , exerting force with both hands and feet at the same time, the horse bounced up in the air, and he sat firmly on the back of the crazy horse. He took the reins with his right hand and lifted it up, lifting the Tatargan back to the carriage. He grabbed the horse's mane with his left hand and pulled it, and the horse neighed. Sternly, the front hoof left the ground, then fell heavily, and the carriage stopped.
Tatar was hanging by the side of the car. His pants and shoes were torn, and his skin was exposed with blood and flesh. His palms were bloody from the reins. He was dying and looked at Lin Sui'an. His mustache was covered with snot and tears. He was so scared that he said no. Speak up. Seeing his appearance, he almost didn't have the strength to escape. Lin Sui'an broke off the reins, tied Tatar's hands, and pushed open the car door.
There was a little girl huddled in the corner of the carriage, about twelve or thirteen years old, holding a red wooden box in her arms, crying profusely, wearing a double bun that was common for maids in the Tang Dynasty.
"Are you okay?" Lin Sui'an asked.
The little girl shook her head. She looked very lithe and her eyes were like grapes soaked in water. She glanced at Lin Sui'an timidly and opened her eyes wide as if frightened.
Lin Sui'an reached out to help her out of the carriage. The little girl was so frightened that her legs went weak and she slipped down as soon as her feet hit the ground. Lin Sui'an could only wrap his arms around her waist and let her hang on him. A group of people surrounded her. Standing far away, no one dared to approach, pointing towards Tatargan, almost all of them Persians and Fans, Lin Sui'an couldn't understand what they were talking about, Tatargan's face became paler and paler, about I can guess it's not a good thing.
A group of people hurriedly ran up the street. The guy at the front was the guy who had just been unloading the goods. Behind him was a tall, elegantly dressed woman with a high bun and a light green shawl. A maid with a double bun supported her and ran over staggeringly. Her voice was like an oriole's, "Yingtao - Cherry - where are you? Ah! Cherry - are you okay?"
The little lady in Lin Sui'an's arms cried out and threw herself at the woman's feet. The woman hurriedly helped her up and looked around with red eyes, "As long as it's okay, it's okay."
"Master, you scared me to death! Cherry thought that she would never see the master again in this life! Wow wow wow woo hoo——"
The woman hurriedly wiped away the tears of Tatar and glanced at Tatargan, "Li Zheng, what are you doing? Is it because I didn't pay enough for my contribution? Then tell me straight, why are you embarrassing my little maid?!"
Tatar looked at the woman helplessly and closed his eyes.
"What kind of money?" Lin Sui'an asked.
The woman's eyes turned to Lin Sui'an. Her facial features were very ordinary. Even if she applied pink powder, dotted flower hazelnuts, and applied lipstick, she could only be described as ordinary. Only her eyes were special. They were probably there. She was of Hu origin, her pupils were very pale, and her eyes were moving, as if they were hiding a thousand words. Lin Sui'an's heart skipped a beat at the sight of her.
"Master, it was this lady who saved me. This little lady is so powerful." Cherry whispered.
The woman showed an expression of realization, pursed her lips, smiled, and saluted, "Thank you, madam, for saving my cherry. My name is Rou Qian'er. I don't know what my name is."
"My surname is Lin." Lin Sui'an observed Rou Qian'er's figure. She was very beautiful, with a slender neck and a straight waist. She had obviously received special etiquette training. "It's a little effort, no need to be polite."
Rou Qian'er glanced at Tatargan again, and seemed to understand something. She moved closer to Lin Sui'an and said, "May I ask Mrs. Lin, what did Li Zheng do?"
While speaking, she glanced at Lin Sui'an affectionately with her eyes. Lin Sui'an's breathing was stagnant, and the hair on his back suddenly stood up. At this moment, a jade bone fan fell from the sky and hit Rou Qian'er's head with a thud. Rou Qian'er screamed and backed away with her head covered. Lin Sui'an raised his hand to catch the fan reflexively and turned around. .
Ling Zhiyan strode over, followed by Ming Shu and Ming Feng. Their faces were all dark, as if they had been roasted by charcoal. They were completely opposite to them. Hua Yitang's complicated robe was shining white. The handsome eyebrows are extremely sharp, like a blooming peony, extremely aggressive.
He walked very fast, his clothes were flying, and he was blowing over like a gust of wind. He grabbed the fan in Lin Sui'an's hand, blocked Lin Sui'an behind him, and swept Rou Qian'er up and down with half-squinted eyes. Qian'er lowered his head and lowered his eyes, then took two steps back reservedly.
Ling Zhiyan looked around and said in a loud voice, "Tatargan in Fuxingfang is hoarding smuggled salt and smuggled tea. Eleven illegal warehouses in Fuxingfang have been sealed, and the evidence is conclusive!"
The people watching all around exploded with a bang, and all kinds of comments made the whole world go crazy.
Lin Sui'an was surprised and poked Hua Yitang: "Smuggling?"
Hua Yitang stared at Rou Qian'er and replied to Lin Sui'an: "It's an unexpected gain."
Lin Sui'an: "..."
Good guy, I didn't find the case I wanted to investigate, but I solved a completely unexpected case. Is this bad luck or luck?
Hua Yitang suddenly sniffed, "What does it smell like?"
Lin Sui'an was embarrassed, "I accidentally got some of the fragrant powder that Tatargan sprinkled when he escaped."
Hua Yitang finally moved his eyes away from Rou Qian'er, frowned into a knot, and held up a fan to fan Lin Sui'an, "Persians know spices best, how can you carry them with you?"
If you bring such low-quality spices with you, you need to wash them thoroughly when you go back. "
Lin Sui'an sneezed.
Ling Zhiyan: "Anyone who knows any clues about Tatargan's illegal crimes can report it to Dali Temple. Once verified, rewards will be given based on merit."
The whole street suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at each other, as if they didn't understand, and they seemed to be frightened.
Rou Qian'er took a step forward, her oriole-like voice was as melodious as a song, "Is what this official said true?"
Ling Zhiyan nodded, "Really."
Rou Qian'er's eyes turned red, and she burst into tears. She bowed down and her voice lost its softness and became extremely sharp, "Tatargan oppresses the people and collects poll taxes privately. We are suffering unspeakably. Please make the decision for us!" "
Ling Zhiyan was shocked: "Is this true?!"
The waiters and maids behind Rou Qianer all knelt down, and then the people in the whole street knelt down. This time, they shouted not in Chinese or Persian, but in Tang language.
"Tatar relies on his status as an upright person to bully men and women in the fish and meat village!"
"Tatargan has raised a group of powerful thugs, known as the Eighteen Arhats. Anyone who files a complaint will be severely beaten and expelled from Fujiafang."
"Tatargan has friendship with the city bureau chiefs of Nan City, North City, and West City, especially Cui Mao from Nan City. If anyone resists him, the city bureau will expel them from the three major cities. Even business cannot be done. Got it!"
"Why did we leave our hometown? Isn't it just to support our family? We can't fight him."
Ling Zhiyan: "Why don't you sue Jingzhao Mansion?!"
"We went, but it was useless! Jingzhao Mansion said that they had no control over the affairs of the Fan people and asked us to go to Honglu Temple. But Honglu Temple also said that we have lived in Tang for a long time and have Tang household registration, so we are not under their control. , let’s find Jingzhao Mansion.”
"Tatargan has someone in Honglu Temple! They have colluded to bully us foreigners!"
"Jingzhao Mansion must have taken his money!"
“Official official of Dali Temple, you must make the decision for us!”
Lin Sui'an was shocked when he heard this. The mighty Eastern Capital, the first of the five capitals and the political, economic and cultural center of the Tang Dynasty, was only upright and did not even have a serious official position. How dared to cover the sky with one hand and act so unscrupulously.
Hua Yitang hummed: "It's dark under the lamp——"
With a blue face, Ling Zhiyan ordered someone to tie the Tatargan tightly. Ming Shu asked Lin Sui'an for directions and took people to the empty house. Not long after, he dragged back a dozen thugs who had fainted. All the people saw The usually domineering Eighteen Arhats were beaten into pig heads, and there was another round of cheers. Many Persian residents, including Rou Qian'er, lined up in a long line to follow Ling Zhiyan to Dali Temple to testify. Before leaving, Rou Qianer led Yingtao to bow to Lin Sui'an.
Lin Sui'an looked at her back and felt something strange in his heart, but he couldn't explain what was strange.
"That woman is plotting against you!" Hua Yitang said out loud.
Lin Sui'an: "What?"
Hua Yitang's expression was uncomfortable and he cleared his throat, "Some men are good at masculinity, and similarly, there are also women who are good at women. They especially like a brave and beautiful girl like you."
Lin Sui'an burst out laughing.
Hua Yitang was anxious, "I'm serious! Don't underestimate this kind of woman, if you are targeted by them, you will definitely get into trouble!"
Lin Sui'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He waved his hands and said, "How is the investigation of the corpse case going?"
Hua Yitang shook his head, "In order to protect the house where he hoarded private salt, Tatargan modified the household registration book of Fuxingfang without authorization. A lot of the household registration information is wrong and cannot be trusted or used."
Lin Sui'an: "Where is Jin Ruo?"
"When Jingmen sent the address of Tatargan's private treasury, he said that Jin Ruo was going to investigate a garden. There has been no news since then."
A garden? What garden?
Lin Sui'an thought for a while, asked Hua Yitang the addresses of all his private treasury, turned around and left. Hua Yitang quickly caught up with him, "Where are you going?"
"The house that Tatargan went to at the beginning is not among these addresses. It should be a hidden sentry. I have seen the housekeepers watching nearby before, so I went to take a look."
The house was located in the South District of Fuxingfang. Lin Sui'an and Hua Yitang set out from the East District and walked for three quarters of an hour. Along the way, Lin Sui'an blatantly showed off his purity, but not a single disciple came to help him. Lin Sui'an had a bad feeling in his heart. Could it be that something happened to Jin Ruo and Jingmen?
On the outside, the house looked the same as before, with the doors closed and silence. There was no one around to clean the door.
To be cautious, Lin Sui'an first climbed over the wall and entered the garden. She walked briefly around and entered the yard twice. The structure of an ordinary house was nothing special. She opened the door and let Huayitang in. She searched every room.
Just as Lin Sui'an speculated, this place should be a contact point. There are signs that people have lived in each room. There are simple beddings, clothes, pots, etc. It can be seen that people have moved very well. In a hurry, I didn't take away my belongings, and the water in the pot was still warm.
Lin Sui'an found several pairs of thin-soled cowhide short boots in the left wing of the second courtyard. He remembered that the eighteen Arhats who had been defeated before were wearing the same style, and speculated that this was where the thugs usually stayed. In the main room of the second courtyard, I found the clothes that Tatar had changed before and a pair of muddy leather boots.
"Nothing is left." Lin Sui'an murmured.
"You said Tatar and the others suddenly popped out of the room and happened to be caught by you?" Hua Yitang asked.
Lin Sui'an nodded, "There should be a secret passage or a secret door."
"The house where private salt is stored also has a secret warehouse. It seems that Tatargan is very fond of building secret rooms." Hua Yitang walked around the house twice and touched all the furnishings in the house. Lin Sui'an Knowing that he was looking for a secret in the secret room, he also helped move the table, push the bed, twist the dishes on the table, and even left out the protruding bricks on the wall.
However, no mechanism was found.
"Ah, the hassle of finding the agency is really only suitable for Jin Ruo," Hua Yitang sighed, grabbed a porcelain bowl from the table and placed it on the wall, with his ear against the bottom of the bowl and his other hand tapping. , knocking on the wall, Lin Sui'an followed his example and knocked on a bowl. After knocking for a long time, he couldn't hear anything, and he felt a little anxious.
"It's not an option to continue like this. It's better to go out and contact the Jingmen disciples for help——"
"Yes!" Hua Yitang took a few steps back, "The sound here is different from other places, there must be something fishy."
Lin Sui'an became energetic, unsheathed his sword, struck it twice, and kicked it. The wall collapsed, revealing a dark passage. Hua Yitang took out an egg-sized luminous pearl from his sleeve, grinned at her, "Let's go."
The secret passage is very short, so you can only walk forward with your waist hunched over. It gets narrower and narrower as you go. At first, two people can walk side by side, but there is only room for one person behind. Lin Sui'an held up the Night Pearl to open the way, and Hua Yitang followed. From behind, he first grabbed her sleeve with one hand, then two hands, and then it seemed that just grabbing the sleeve could no longer appease his weak and helpless gallbladder. Instead, he grabbed Lin Sui'an's belt with both hands, and he still made noises from time to time in his throat. A low grunt, like a frightened puppy crawling.
If there were a mirror now, Lin Sui'an would definitely be able to see himself rolling his eyes, dragging the bottle of oil forward with difficulty. Gradually, the secret passage in front widened again, and light shone faintly above his head. Come, Lin Sui'an picked up the night pearl and signaled Hua Yitang to hide back. He raised Qianjing and stabbed it upwards. There was a crash, as if something had been smashed, and strong light spilled down. Suddenly, a knife struck backwards. The light went straight to Lin Sui'an's head.
Soon after, Lin Sui'an twisted his right wrist, and the Qianjing scabbard made a clang and got entangled with the stabbing blade, blocking the knife's power. The blade was only a millimeter away from Lin Sui'an's cheekbone, Lin Sui'an Sui An pinched the blade of the knife with his left hand and broke it with a click. He stepped on the ground with the soles of his feet. The whole person was like a dragon emerging from the sea and escaping from the secret passage. Qian Jing came out of its sheath, and the dazzling green light tore through the air and swung across a person's neck.
The man held up the broken knife, and big beads of sweat dripped on Qian Jing, "It's me, it's me, it's me, don't do it!"
Lin Sui'an narrowed his eyes, "Elder Ding?"
"Yes, yes, that's me." Ding Kun, the tenth elder of Dongdu Jingmen, carefully pinched Qian Jing with two fingers and moved her neck away inch by inch, "Ms. Lin, how did you find me here?"
Only then did Lin Sui'an realize that she was in an abandoned garden. The grass was taller than the people, and there were lake rocks of different shapes scattered everywhere. The place she came out of was a dry well, and she could see it not far away. I saw Tianshu and the others waving their scabbards to stir up the grass, as if they were anxiously searching for something.
"Lin Sui'an! Are you okay?! Lin Sui'an! Lin Sui'an! Oh shit! People outside, listen to me, if you dare to hurt a hair of my family, Lin Sui'an, I will make you live or die. !" Hua Yitang's roar was amplified several times by the echo of the dry well. It was deafening and astonishing in momentum. It immediately attracted all seven people from Tianshu. When they saw Lin Sui'an, they were overjoyed and clasped their fists together, "Ms. Lin, come here. That’ll be fine!”
"What happened? Why did the Jingmen suddenly lose contact?" Lin Sui'an asked, and his men were not idle either. He bent down and reached into the dry well. "Reach out and I will pull you out." He touched Hua Yitang's wrist. Holding it and pulling it upwards, Hua Yitang screamed and flew out of the dry well. Her clothes bloomed like flowers in the air. She screamed and landed gracefully. She saw clearly a circle of people standing around and hurriedly opened her fan and waved the world. The appearance of a tall person.
Ding Kun, Tianshu and others looked on dumbfounded. Lin Sui'an patted the dirt on his hands and looked around, "Where is Jin Ruo?"
Everyone looked at each other with serious expressions.
Ding Kun's expression was troubled: "The young master has disappeared in this garden.":,,
