After seeing Hua Fan walk away with his own eyes, Xu Shouguang finally felt relieved. He returned to Zuihong Building along the way he came from. He looked around upstairs and downstairs, but he didn't see Huan Yu, so Call the madam and ask about the origin of this girl Huan Yu.
"As for Miss Huan Yu, she only came to our Zuihong Mansion yesterday... Yesterday, the slave family was busy greeting guests, and suddenly they saw a woman standing on the stairs. Zuihong Mansion never accepts female guests. So the slave family sent the turtle slave to invite the woman out. Unexpectedly, the turtle slave came back after a while, with the woman following behind. I asked the turtle slave what was going on, and the turtle slave said that the woman wanted to come. This girl is a singer. I saw that this girl looked good, so I asked her if she knew how to play the pipa. She said yes, so the slave family sent the turtle slave to get the pipa for her to try. It turned out that she was really good at playing the pipa at her fingertips. So exquisite, even if I want her..."
The madam's mouth became dry after talking, so she took a sip of tea and continued: "After she came, the slave family arranged for her to serve a few guests to try it out. The sound of the piano is really nice, but... it's just this person. ..I'm a bit subdued, I only performed my show, but I didn't let the guests touch me at all, and I always wore a veil. I just thought that I was a newbie in this industry and was a little shy. It will get better as time goes by, but I don't want to offend today. Young Master... Young Master, don't worry, once this little bitch comes back, the slave family will immediately send someone to lock her up, and then let the Young Master do whatever he wants..." After saying that, he didn't forget to raise an eyebrow at Xu Shouguang.
Xu Shouguang suddenly shuddered and felt uncomfortable from head to toe. He hurriedly said goodbye to the madam and left Zuihong Mansion as if he was running away.
Xu Shouguang untied the reins from the horse post. He was not used to riding a horse, so he led the horse towards Huixianzhuang.
"This Huan Yu has never returned to Zuihong Mansion since the accident. She must have known that she had been recognized by me and felt guilty and dared not come back. So, she is indeed the ghost bird." Xu Shouguang came to a conclusion, but Then he frowned again, "When the gong was sounded tonight, she was in that private room. Hua Fan and I both saw this. The ghost bird was in Zuihong Mansion, why did the scout in the alley sound the gong?" ..could it be that...she has accomplices! Yes, he does have accomplices, so isn’t the Japanese swordsman her accomplice! But that’s not right, it’s just a swordsman in sight, why should the scout sound a gong...could there be something else? Other accomplices? Or is this swordsman also a ghost bird?" Thinking of this, Xu Shouguang suddenly felt a headache, "This is nothing! Anyway, go back to Huixianzhuang first, report the matter to Song Dahe, and then find the Japanese swordsman , it will be clear once you ask!”
After burning incense, Xu Shouguang entered the main hall of Huixian Village when he saw Hua Fan talking about something beside Song Dahe. The one-armed Vajra Song Qian was also standing beside Song Dahe, but his right hand was wrapped with some cloth, which seemed to be Injured.
"Hmph! What a bullshit Japanese master! He's a rip-off!" Song Qian roared angrily.
"How is the injury on brother Song Qian's hand?" Song Dahe hurriedly expressed concern.
"It's a small injury, but it doesn't matter! It's just that the bad breath can't come out, and Sajia is really feeling aggrieved! Tonight, Sajia and the Japanese bandit were sitting together in the west city. The gong suddenly sounded, and the Japanese bandit immediately ran over. Sajia also hurriedly chased after him. Soon he heard the sound of fighting in front of him. Sajia expected that the ghost bird must be here, so he also quickened his pace. However, he did not expect that the Japanese thief suddenly turned around and attacked with a knife. Sajia could not dodge in time, and with his right hand After being slashed, the Japanese bandit also took the opportunity to run away. The Japanese bandit attacked insidiously and showed no martial ethics. If the Sa family encounters him in the future, he will definitely tear off his skin, crush his bones and spread ashes!"
Song Dahe sighed: "It's all my fault that Mr. Song doesn't know people well. This Japanese thief Yuli Xiongtai also came to Tongchuan County a while ago. Mr. Song saw that he had some skills, so he invited him to come to my Huixian Village to teach me. All the sword skills, but I didn’t expect this person to be in collusion with that ghost bird..."
"Well, the only thing to blame is that the Japanese bandit had ulterior motives and hid it too deep. Gang leader Song was only used by the Japanese bandit because he loved his talent..." Hua Fan hurriedly comforted Song Dahe, but then changed the subject: " Although this Japanese bandit is hateful, fortunately his identity has been exposed, so there is nothing to be afraid of. It’s just...it’s hard to defend against open guns and hidden arrows, and Hua is worried that there are still undiscovered ghost bird accomplices here..."
"Oh? What did Brother Hua find? But it doesn't matter!" Song Dahe asked quickly.
"Actually, it might just be my random speculation. Tonight Brother Xu and I encountered that ghost bird. Every time I was about to shoot the ghost bird, Brother Xu seemed to have eyes all over his body, and they happened to be in the middle. , I was also afraid of hurting Brother Xu, so I had to draw it without firing. But then I finally got a chance. The ghost bird was not yet stable, so I took the opportunity to shoot an arrow at it. I saw that the arrow was about to penetrate the ghost bird's chest, but I didn't want Brother Xu to do it. When I saw him, I immediately used his iron sword to deflect the arrow. After that, the ghost bird was rescued by the Japanese bandit. I hurried to chase him, but I saw that Brother Xu refused to move. I dare to ask Brother Xu why this is?" said After that, Hua Fan raised his eyes and looked at Xu Shouguang.
"What a bad person to complain first. It was obviously you who deliberately let loose tonight, but you bit me first..."
"Did I release the water on purpose?"
"Hmph, when I was fighting with that ghost bird, were you delaying on purpose..."
"I delayed on purpose? Do you have evidence?" Hua Fan interrupted Xu Shouguang.
"Not really..."
"Haha, there is no evidence, you are just talking nonsense!" After Hua Fan said this, he pulled out an arrow from behind, held it in both hands and handed it to Song Dahe, "Gang Leader Song, after I can't find the ghost bird, I will go back to where I was before. At the place of the fight, when I took back the arrows I shot, I found a knife mark on one of the arrow shafts. I think this is the arrow that was shot down by this guy. Please ask Gang Leader Song to take a look."
Song Dahe took the arrow and saw that there was indeed a knife mark on the arrow shaft. Song Dahe raised his eyes and glanced at Xu Shouguang's waist, and said nonchalantly: "Brother Xu, can you lend me your sword to Song?" As soon as he finished speaking, a servant trotted up to Xu Shouguang and stretched out his hands. , and asked Xu Shouguang to hand over the iron sword.
Xu Shouguang ignored the servant and just looked at Song Dahe and explained: "I knocked down this arrow with my sword, but the arrow was not aimed at the ghost bird at that time, but at me..."
"Joke! Brother Xu, I have no enmity with you, why should I harm you?" Hua Fan interrupted again.
"How do I know? I thought you were a nice person before..."
"Brother Xu... I see that you worked hard to get the ghost bird today. It's really hard. Otherwise, Brother Xu won't have to come to the future demon hunting conference..." Song Dahe thought for a long time and said.
"Gang Leader Song..." Xu Shouguang was about to say something, but Song Dahe waved his hand, and a servant came up to him holding a tray with a few pieces of silver in it.
"This is a piece of Song's heart. Please accept it, brother Xu..."
Xu Shouguang glanced at the broken silver in the tray, then at the indifferent Song Dahe, and then at Hua Fan who now had a proud look on his lips, "No need, just go downstairs, I can't bear this money." !" After that, Xu Shouguang flicked his sleeves and walked out of Huixianzhuang without looking back.
After Xu Shouguang walked out of Huixianzhuang, he turned a corner and immediately vented his anger towards the wall. When Xiaobai saw it, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. He comforted Xu Shouguang and said: "It's okay to suffer a little grievance. I think Zhang Tianshi also suffered a lot of grievances back then. As the saying goes, it's hard to endure hardship..."
"You don't understand!" Xu Shouguang interrupted Xiaobai directly, "I really regret it...I really regret not taking that scrap of silver. I have to sleep on the street again tonight..."
"Humph!" Xiaobai ignored him again.
The next day, Xu Shouguang stood in front of a steamed bun shop for a long time, holding the last penny tightly in his hand. Finally, he swallowed with difficulty and turned around silently to leave.
"Here!" A sweet voice sounded, and then Xu Shouguang saw a slender hand in front of him holding a big snow-white steamed bun. The owner of the jade hand looks familiar. He is tall and has a slender waist. There is a layer of white tulle underneath the turquoise silk gown. He has a pair of watery almond eyes. Isn't this the Phantom Feather from last night, or a ghost bird?
"It's you!" Huan Yu's appearance was unexpected by Xu Shouguang, and Xu Shouguang immediately put on a posture, "Aren't you afraid that I will catch you?"
"Why are you arresting me? You clearly know that it's not me who steals the child..."
"...Then tell me why you appeared there last night..." Xu Shouguang snatched the big steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth while waiting for Huan Yu's answer.
Seeing Xu Shouguang devouring the food, Huan Yu smiled: "Haha, eat slowly, there's more..." After that, he held out another big steamed bun with his other hand.
"Speak quickly! Don't think you can bribe me with two steamed buns..." Xu Shouguang snatched the other steamed bun and stuffed it into his arms, then said in a slow voice: "How about... you can invite me to the stall next door..." Let’s have a bowl of soup cake..."
A moment later, Xu Shouguang and Huan Yu sat on both sides of the low table in front of the soup cake stall. Xu Shouguang was holding a big bowl in his hand. Huan Yu saw that Xu Shouguang had almost eaten and asked, "If someone uses your name to do bad things, Will you sit back and do nothing?"
"Of course not!" Xu Shouguang wiped the oil from his mouth and said decisively.
"Yeah, I can't do it either, so I showed up there yesterday."
"You mean, someone stole a child under the name of a ghost bird..."
"It's a guhuo bird!" Huan Yu corrected seriously, and then continued: "A few months ago, I heard that there were guhuo birds in Dazhou, so I came here from Jingzhou..."
"Jingzhou is more than a thousand miles away from here, you are a little monster..." Seeing Huan Yu roll his eyes at him, Xu Shouguang quickly changed his title, "...a little girl, you came here just because of a rumor?"
"Well, even if it might be fake, I still have a reason to come..."
"Okay." Seeing that Huan Yu had no intention of continuing, Xu Shouguang didn't ask any more questions. He was now more concerned about who stole those children.
"After I got here, I heard rumors that Guhuoniao would catch children from ordinary people's homes at night. Naturally, I didn't believe it, so I secretly investigated to find out the real culprit who framed our Guhuoniao. But the real culprit was also It's indeed cunning. I searched hard for half a month but couldn't find any clues. Later, the Dazhou Salt Gang offered a reward and established a hometown protection group, but they still failed to capture the real culprit..."
"So you were so anxious that you voluntarily went to the drunken red building to sing songs in order to get more information from your benefactor."
"How do you know! You are so powerful!" Huan Yu said in surprise.
"Anyone with some brains can guess this..." Xu Shouguang thought in his heart, but said: "So, Miss Huanyu, what did you find out?"
"Actually, my name is not Huan Yu. My real name is Chao Qiandai. The day before yesterday, as soon as I entered the Zuihong Building, I met two people from the hometown protection group. I heard them talking about patrolling during the dinner. That ghost bird is very cunning. Every time he commits a crime, he avoids the patrol route of the Hometown Protection Group, so every time the Hometown Protection Group pounces in vain. So at night, I also avoid the patrol route of the Hometown Protection Group, and sure enough, I encounter When it comes to the real murderer..."
"Oh, who is the real murderer?"
"have no idea."
"have no idea?"
"I heard the shouting and chased along the roof. Finally I saw the real murderer in an alley. I immediately jumped into the alley to give chase, but just when I was about to catch up..." Speaking of this, Chao Qiandai He gave Xu Shouguang a hard look and said, "A reckless brat jumped out and slashed with his sword regardless..."
"...Oh...like this...like this...that's really unlucky..." Xu Shouguang scratched his head in embarrassment, and then asked: "Then what?"
"Then...then just lose it..."
"Hahaha, I'm sorry..."
"For the sake of helping me during the dinner last night, I forgive you."
"Last night...yes, what about last night? Did you see me last night?"
"No, I only met you and that scoundrel after last night..."
"By the way, where is the swordsman? Are you on the same side?"
"I do not know him..."
"...Okay, so what are you going to do next?"
"I didn't think about it..."
"..." Xu Shouguang was speechless.
"..." Chao Qiandai was speechless.
"Then let's do this. For the sake of a meal, I will reluctantly accompany you to catch the real culprit."
"Okay! You can guess my thoughts just now, I believe you!" Chao Qiandai nodded happily.
"Thankfully I am a good person! Otherwise, with your stupidity, you would have been deceived by bad guys ten times!" Xu Shouguang complained in his heart as he looked at the overly innocent and beautiful woman in front of him.
