Six o'clock in the unitary hour.
Mantis and Laoxue came out of the rice and noodle vat respectively. They could hear clearly that the cooks and government servants from the inn had just come with them to bring the hot pot to the front hall. Although the male and female thieves heard the news, they were anxious, but they didn't know what each other's plans were, and they were afraid of being hacked to death if they showed up rashly, so they had no choice but to wait until the kitchen was empty before they dared to show up. Mantis kept complaining about Lao Shoes' cowardice. He was stupid, but he forgot that it was his own idea.
"Well, at least we haven't been exposed yet. It seems that all the officers and soldiers have gathered inside the restaurant. Although it is not convenient for us to get the tripod now, it is not too late to come here to get it after the dinner is over and the handymen are cleaning up." Boots turned his coat over and wiped the flour all over his head and face, and faced the person he loved angrily: "There are so many pots, how can anyone care about one more and one less?"
Before he could finish his words, Mantis retorted: "You are stupid. Hu Shang is still at the banquet. Can he still recognize his own fault?" Maybe he felt that it was useless to lose his temper, so he said again: "Forget it, let's What you have got now is not a loss, let’s wait for my father to give the order!”
The two returned to the bedroom and gathered with the grandpa who had returned safely. The three of them discussed the incident again, and the banquet broke up in twos and threes after half an hour. The grandpa's ears were astonishing, and he heard that there were officials outside searching door to door. He was also worried that the body of the chef in the room would be exposed, so he hurriedly asked to leave the room first.
As the moon passed through the willow branches, an old man and a young man were waiting for an opportunity to find a loosely guarded place to run away, but they accidentally bumped into the two snakes that had actually gone their separate ways.
"It's true... mountains and rivers can't change." The two snakes showed no fear when they saw the three of them walking together, with a hideous smile on their ugly faces.
"Now you have also obtained the treasure tripod. That is your ability. Let's go our separate ways." Grandpa said calmly. A conflict with the other party here will definitely attract official officials. The three of them have already begun to think about retreating, so they should keep this fool. Just take the blame for killing the chef for them.
"Don't you just want to put the blame for all the good things you did on me?" Shuangshen laughed angrily after hearing this. He couldn't get out of the door immediately after he succeeded, so he simply went to Lao Shoe to talk to him, but there were no three people there. However, the chef's body was unexpectedly found on the trail. After thinking about it for a while, he guessed that the three of them probably had the same plan as him. However, a mantis stalked the cicada, followed by an oriole, and they saw Lao Shoes far away. He hugged the tripod and ran away obscenely, but there were so many officers and soldiers at the time that he didn't dare to pursue him. Meeting him here was a God-given opportunity: "The thing is in your hands now, hand it over."
The eldest grandpa wanted to explain the whole story and divert the trouble eastward, but Old Shoe's temper was so conspicuous that he couldn't control it: "Do you think you can deal with the three of us by yourself?"
"Then you can come and die first." The Judge of the Two Snakes announced his attack, and the Grandfather stopped saying any unnecessary words, and together with his daughter and prospective son-in-law, they showed off their weapons and hurriedly engaged in the battle.
Although he is old and frail, his attack is still as sharp as usual. The sharp thorn at the bottom of the crutch directly pokes the vital points of the two snakes. However, this evil man is worthy of his great pride. He can kill the weak old man with just one flick. The cane flew to the side. Even though Mantis and Old Shoes worked together to protect him, Grandpa lost his weapon and was stabbed in the root of his leg by a whip-like attack. He couldn't survive twenty rounds, and was stabbed in the heart by the two snakes. .
"You!" Seeing the sudden death of his mentor, Old Boots was so furious that he fought with the two snakes alone for more than a dozen moves. At the end of the fight, he called the mantis for help, but he never expected that the woman was still dazed on the side. When he was distracted, he was sentenced to pen. Injuring his left eye, the tip of the pen bit like a snake, and actually staged a horrifying scene of tearing out the eye - and the two snakes were afraid that the other would scream in pain, so they dug out two more bloody holes in the other's throat like lightning, and let it go The body fell straight down.
"I'll give you two choices... hand over the tripod and run away, or I'll send you to reunite now." After the villain neatly eliminated the two, he was afraid that the sound of fighting would attract the guards, so he He picked up the absent-minded mantis and left.
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Su Qiuyue was already sitting in Cheng Zhaoguo's bedroom singing a one-man show. Although the melodious singing voice was still pleasant to the ears, his mind was not here at all and he was humming the music almost instinctively.
"You bitch slave, I want you to sing an opera to reward you, but you are here to show your shameless face to who?" Cheng Zhaoguo, who had endured it for two quarters of an hour, could no longer hold back.
Stopping, he immediately kicked over the stool in front of him and reached out to hit, but Su Qiuyue reached out and blocked his fist. ..
"Master Cheng, although Su is an insignificant actor, he is not someone who can be humiliated by others." The famous actor's eyes widened, and there was actually a cold light that was faintly visible, which actually startled Cheng Zhaoguo.
"You still dare to disobey me? Do you believe that tomorrow I will destroy the Jinxiu Garden of yours?" Cheng Zhaoguo got angry and broke away from Su Qiuyue's grasp, and threatened with his power: "I really thought that just showing my face in front of the Holy Master would be enough. Are you kidding me? Let me tell you, I can pick up a few slaves like you if I want to, and I can crush ten of you to death if I want to trample you in the mud!"
Seeing Su Qiuyue's silence, Cheng Zhaoguo thought that the other party had given in, and even stretched out his hand to untie the other party's belt. How could Su Qiuyue be willing to give in? However, he still had some fear in his heart, so he tried his best to block it but did not fight back. Cheng Zhaoguo may have been ashamed to let the guards see him in such an ugly state, so he did not shout loudly. For a moment, the two grown men started tearing apart on the ground. And Cheng Zhaoguo was also evil-minded and even grabbed Su Qiuyue's throat with both hands, intending to strangle the actress to death on the spot to vent his anger!
When her life was on the line, Su Qiuyue no longer needed to hold back, and finally used her true martial arts skills, which she had practiced for many years, and punched Cheng Zhaoguo hard on the temple. Cheng Zhaoguo immediately lost his breath, and his fat body fell to the ground. aside.
The celebrity who narrowly escaped death pushed away the greasy skin and leaned against the wall, breathing heavily. Compared with being violated by a man, what he couldn't accept was that his secrets were known to others...
He is not a perfect good person, but the arrangement of the small mirror is not a complete use. At least before today's incident, he can satisfy the wish of this young man who has the same problem as him, which is better than letting the child be as miserable as himself for half his life.
Compassion for each other... Although Su Qiuyue was not born with a disability, it did not prevent him from feeling sympathy for the little mirror.
Even in Jinxiu Garden, only the deceased old master knew that Su Qiuyue, who was famous all over the world, was a castrato.
When Su Qiuyue was eight years old, her parents died of a severe drought. It was difficult to tell whether they died of a bloated belly or were tortured to the end of their lives by hunger, but Su Qiuyue began his wandering life from then on. .
The innate talent trapped this poor child like a curse. He was spotted by a theater troupe who wanted to make money with strange shows, and was forcibly turned into a rare castrato to train in folk arts to please the powerful. It was not until he became an adult that he could Escape from that desperate purgatory. He only had the skill of singing, but this ability to survive was the source of his nightmares. Until the old leader of Jinxiu Garden recruited him, the kind old man happily adopted one poor child after another, but he did not abuse him. He tortured them for fun, but truly treated them as human beings. This move finally influenced Su Qiuyue and made him open up to his old class leader.
In order to keep this secret, Su Qiuyue forcibly developed the bass of an ordinary man. Although the old class leader repeatedly advised him to forget his inner demons, he has not been able to fully face it to this day.
Perhaps the hesitation behind the stage was not due to the consideration of revenge, but his hesitation for his lifelong efforts towards his beloved elder. But now that he has killed an official, when the sun rises tomorrow morning, the Jinxiu Garden will probably be destroyed. Now that it's in his own hands - then it doesn't matter if he kills another one, right?
But there was one thing that still puzzled him. Why didn't the official tell him?
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The two snakes carried the mantis like a dead dog and sneaked into the Mingzhu Tower in the dead of night. However, they looked back and forth at the scraps of metal piled beside the basin, but could not find the Tianding.
"Huh... I really don't want to kill you, but you keep trying to trick me again and again." The two snakes pulled up Mantis's hair: "You win, my patience is exhausted, you go down to have a family reunion, and I admit defeat. Run away."
The mantis' delicate body was twitching constantly. In fact, the two snakes did not use any excessive means, but seeing her father and husband-to-be die one after another with her own eyes, even a wicked person like her was despairing.
However, just when the two snakes were about to take action, a serious voice sounded from behind him: "You should let that woman go."
"Oh?" The two snakes slowly turned around
, Zhou Yanxuan blocked the back door of the kitchen with his body: "The current officials are too strict, aren't they even interfering in the internal strife in the green forest?"
"If you are fighting among yourself in the wilderness, then you can do whatever you want, but since it happened under my nose, I can't ignore it." Although he had heard the other party's provocation, Zhou Yanxuan still answered solemnly: "That woman killed the guard at the inn, right...how many more people did you kill? Two? Three?"
"If you ask about the total number, it should be countless. I even killed my adoptive father." The two snakes grinned and continued to tease the old-fashioned patrol: "But if it is today... no I'm sorry, I can't remember clearly either - I'm not thinking clearly, so please forgive me."
"But if you count from now on, this is the first one." The attack of the two snakes always gave people an abrupt feeling like jumping off a cliff. He stabbed the mantis to death in front of Zhou Yanxuan.
"You..." Zhou Yanxuan's eyes froze. He never thought that the other party would act so unreasonably, and then he took the bright steel knife from his waist.
The pair of judge pens each have a resounding name. The one in the left hand is called "Bamboo Leaf Blue", and the right hand holds "Xinzi Red". The two snakes also pounced on each other one after another under his driving. Weekly patrol.
The waist knife was entangled by the long shadow snake, and it was difficult to break free for a while. Zhou Yanxuan had to abandon the knife and fight with the opponent. The ugly man roughly tested the opponent's strength, but Zhou Yanxuan's face was ashen - if this palm If the other party does not try his best, then this person is above you.
"I really don't want to kill the official. We can never meet again. But if you have to rush to death, you can be the second one." Shuangshen has always considered himself to be humorous, which is why he had to do it because he was afraid of getting into trouble. Discourage the other party.
"Don't overestimate yourself... I will punish you even if I risk my life!" Zhou Yanxuan spat. He did not make any move to anger the opponent by shouting loudly. Ordinary government guards were not part of the opponent at all. If you join forces with the enemy, you will lose more lives in vain, but if you are alone, you can take advantage of the opponent to win.
Zhou Yanxuan, who had made up his mind, went out of his way and stopped fighting head-on, intending to delay time.
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Bian Zhenyun had already dressed up as he promised, but all he could see on that stunning face was a look of ashen sadness.
She was not only sad because she was about to succumb to being a thief, but also sad because her father-in-law actually offered to let her, his daughter-in-law, serve Liu Nanzhen in order to settle the matter.
Tonight's sudden murder even alarmed the Hu family. Mr. Hu, who was sitting up from his dying illness, actually dragged his sick body to the inn. However, Bian Zhenyun, who was deeply moved, did not expect that he had met his first wife. The sentence actually said, "Only you, my daughter, can save our family now... If you can get along well with Liu Yushi, not only will the inn not collapse, but there is hope for our family to thrive again."
Bian Zhenyun remained silent, but when Mr. Hu saw that his efforts to persuade her were fruitless, he became angry again. In the end, he even threatened Bian Zhenyun with his toddler grandson to try to persuade Bian Zhenyun to devote himself, until the shopkeeper Bian was exhausted mentally and physically. After sending someone to urge her, she found peace for a moment, but Mr. Hu left a stern "It's up to you," and then went to Liu Nanzhen's place to "report the good news" first.
But the only thing that put her in a dilemma was that if she really followed Liu Nanzhen's wishes, she might not be able to face her deceased husband underground again. But if he really disobeys, will Liu Nanzhen vent his anger on his family and children? Ever since Master Hu took the initiative, Bian Zhenyun no longer regarded herself as a member of Hu's family, but her biological parents were also in the city, and the child was even more innocent and pitiful.
Under the dilemma, Bian Zhenyun felt sad, but he found a piece of white silk and hung it on the beam. He actually thought of the result of death, but it was just a white-haired person giving a black-haired person.
In the end, she grabbed a pair of scissors and hid it on her body, preparing to take risks - at least this way she could live up to her husband.
Bian Zhenyun, who was walking slowly in the corridor, bumped into a man, a man whose appearance was comparable to hers.
"It seems that shopkeeper Bian is also in the same problem as me..." Su Qiuyue said softly.
Within a year, less than half of Jinxiu Garden was in Luoyan City, and Bian Zhenyun followed her husband to manage the inn for three years.
, the two also have some friendship, but this scene seems a bit awkward.
"How did Boss Su do it?" Bian Zhenyun said with a forced smile. She also heard about Cheng Zhaoguo ordering Su Qiuyue to sing alone.
In the shocked eyes of shopkeeper Bian, Su Qiuyue spread out her coiled black hair and said, "Tonight, I left the small mirror in the Night Tribulation City, so Su has to finish the play - but okay At this last critical moment in life, Su can still help his friends."
"When I am ugly, I will remove the decoration of the small door on the east side of the inn, which can be considered as a way to thank the boss for his kindness to the little girl."
Su Qiuyue rushed to the uninvited banquet in her best clothes: "The shopkeeper will be here soon, and I will send Su to finish tonight's play for the censor, so that we can enjoy the rest of the night."
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Zhou Yanxuan still couldn't hold on for long. He was once just a hair away from being able to take advantage of the pride of the two snakes to subdue the opponent. But the world is like this, and lack of strength cannot be made up by hard work. The two fought for more than fifty rounds, from the back kitchen to the front hall. In the end, Zhou Yanxuan fell unwillingly.
Although the gash under the ribs of the two snakes was not deep, it completely angered the vicious and tall man. Just when he was about to make an exception and deliver a fatal blow to the unconscious man, a small and exquisite flying knife struck accurately. The ground bounced away the flying snake.
"Give me some face, let's save someone under the sword!" A lazy voice sounded. The young official was actually sitting on the handrail of the stairs and sliding all the way down. At this moment, he was leaning on the railing with his arms folded, and he was holding another small flying knife on his fingertips. , leading the way.
"You are really as annoying as flies, one after another." The two snakes cursed: "When I chop you down later, a doll with no hair will jump out to rescue you? Are these errands now starting to play the trick of only appearing at critical moments?"
"I'm not here to be a hero, I'm here to save you." I don't know where he learned the words, but at this moment his posture is as arrogant as his words. This is not arrogance, but arrogance and spontaneity - - He really shouldn't be working in the government, but should be a knight-errant.
"Save me? Did I hear you correctly?" The two snakes sneered, but they were full of vigilance - this young man was far inferior to the one who fell on the ground, but his strength was greater. It is really difficult to fight with such a guy. What is the result?
"The kiss on the neck is green, the bamboo leaves are green, the waist is red, the letter is red, and the energy is spread across the sea and Shandong. People say that loyalty and filial piety are both important, and they claim to be ignorant in both civil and military affairs. How can they leave a mess in the ground? But I saw two snakes coming out of the hole." The young man reported leisurely. A rather ironic poem title, but it is the original work of Chouhan: "Shi Xiaowen, right..."
Hearing that the other party actually reported his name, Shi Xiaowen couldn't help restraining his strange teeth: "You are again..."
"It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is that I'm different from my brother. I have no sense of responsibility and I'm easy to talk to." The young man put his hands on his hips and looked unusually relaxed: "I can't kill you, and I can't stop you either. I can't help you escape, but the converse is also true. Why don't we stop here? You won't be beaten to death here, and I can just give you two more murders tonight. You can survive by taking the blame. I It’s easy to have business and enjoy leisure time.”
Shi Xiaowen was wondering if there were any other lives that the other party wanted to count on his head, so he wouldn't have to bear the lives of those killed by Mantis and his gang, right? However, he even more suspected that there was fraud: "It takes capital to take the blame for me, and if you don't have any blood on your body, I'm afraid it's not that easy to deal with, right?"
This is a signal for warriors to abide by the duel, and the two sides will then engage in a round of unreserved attacks.
The young man readily accepted the other party's suggestion, and the sword at his waist screamed like an owl bird!
Such a fast swordsmanship... In just a moment, Shi Xiaowen suddenly felt that the young man's figure was out of his sight. He was obviously a person with sharp eyes and quick hands, but this was the first time in his life that he had seen such a fast swordsman!
However, the moment the weapons met, Shi Xiaowen had already noticed the opponent's weakness. The sword was faster, but he felt powerless. He easily resisted it with brute force. The young man changed his position several times, but He could never break through the defense of the two judge's pens covering the left and right frames.
Just when Shi Xiaowen was proud that he had led this young boy into a trap, he suddenly saw Zhou Yanxuan falling on the ground out of the corner of his eye.
The knife trembled horribly!
The knife on the ground fluttered like a wild goose!
The two swords completely aroused the enthusiasm in the eyes of the young man. The ferocious eagle owl spread its feathers freely. The raptor is the natural enemy of the snake!
Shi Xiaowen was also pulled into the rhythm of the fierce pursuit, and the two of them had blood visible to the naked eye. In such a confrontation, whoever gives up first will lose!
But at this moment, one of the two people who were equally at odds finally came to a sudden stop. If there was an audience, this move would definitely be a perfect ending worthy of shocking everyone and making everyone happy! The young man actually hung in the air and took two breaths! Raise both swords at the same time and stab at the coiled snake!
"If I had used two good knives, the result might have been different..." Shi Xiaowen resisted with all his strength and cut off the two fragile blades at the waist.
"I've said it before...this is the result." The young man threw away the broken knife casually.
"Xiao Xuan... I seem to know who you are." Shi Xiaowen suddenly recalled a young man who had become famous in the world a few years ago. It was with this move that he stood out among thousands of talented people and won the title of Kui Yuan.
"Don't say it...otherwise it will really be difficult to end this matter." The young man threatened the other party with such a solemn look for the first time: "The false identity I made with great difficulty..."
Zhou Yanxuan was carried on the young man's body, and he put the fallen dagger back into his arms, watching the murderer go away without finding anything.
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