conspiracy crime 4

Chapter 16
As a result, this case was really solved by an arrester in the magistrate's yamen. The thief "a piece of hair" was arrested and brought to justice, and Su Shi's Dongjing inkstone was recovered without any damage.

The arrester who solved the case was surnamed Qin and named Jutian. He was 23 years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a vigorous blood.

Mr. Su Ge felt that this young man had a bright future, so he kept his promise and really married his eighteen-year-old daughter Su Bi'e.

Qin Jutian was delighted to have a lovely wife, so he loved and cared for her in every possible way.

In the summer of the following year, Su Bi'e gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins. The boy is an older brother named Qin Ming, and the girl is a younger sister named Qin Yue.Twin siblings, so cute.

Mr. Su Ge had seen countless people in his life, so he didn't miss him. Because Qin Jutian worked hard and his martial arts were good, he solved several major cases one after another, and within a few years he was promoted to be the chief arrester of Qingyang magistrate's yamen.

In the ninth year of Chenghua, he cracked more than ten murders involving Sichuan, Huguang and Guangxi provinces, and shocked the government and the public. He became even more famous and was praised by the current emperor and bestowed with a precious sword.Even Mr. Yan, Huguang's procuratorate, often asked Qin Jutian to go to Wuchang, the provincial capital, to assist in handling some difficult and important cases.

Qin Jutian was hailed by the people of Qingyang as "God's Catch".

But Su Bi'e looked down on this husband who only knew how to wield knives and swords all day long and devoted himself to solving cases, and had no interest at all. She always felt that he was a vulgar and vulgar person.

Although her husband is sincere and obedient to her, she always feels that marrying such a dull and rude person is like a flower stuck in cow dung.

After more than ten years of marriage, she has been depressed and unwilling.

It wasn't until three years ago that she finally met a man she felt was truly worthy of her.

In May of that year, her 15-year-old son Qin Ming was seriously ill. When she went to the pharmacy to get medicine, she happened to meet a merchant of medicinal materials from other places.

His surname is Zhou and his name is Han Shan. Not only is he proficient in medicine and business, but he is also very handsome and talented. He is very knowledgeable and eloquent. left a very good impression.

Zhou Hanshan was originally a romantic figure, seeing Su's beautiful appearance and charming charm, he had already moved his mind.

Later, after several contacts, the two sides flirted with each other, and each had a story.

After the two had had sex several times, Su Shi became more and more infatuated with each other. She regretted not seeing each other when she was not married, but she was afraid that the matter would be revealed, and her husband would murder the two of them in a fit of anger.

Zhou Hanshan had already seen through her thoughts, so he tried his best to encourage her to leave her husband and live a good life with him outside.

The Su family was reluctant to part with their children. At first, they were unwilling, but they couldn't stand Zhou Hanshan's sweet words and soft urging. After hesitating for a few nights, they finally gritted their teeth and made up their minds. eloped.

After the two left Huguang, they traveled all the way through the mountains and rivers, passing through the territory of Sichuan, and opened a medicine shop in a mountain city at the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou. They lived a real married life in anonymity.

Unexpectedly, the good times didn't last long, a year later, Zhou Hanshan gradually revealed his true face as a villain, first he treated her coldly, beat and scolded her, and later he often brought some dubious women home to fool around.

Every time at this time, she can only shed tears into her stomach. This is her own choice, so who is to blame?
Later, Zhou Hanshan lost money in the medicinal material business and spent all the private money that Su Bi'e brought from the Qin family. Seeing that she couldn't make much money from her, he became malicious and plotted to sell her. Go to the kiln for some silver taels.

When Su Bi'e was desperate, she regretted it too much. When she recalled the benefits her husband Qin Jutian had done to her, she realized that the person in this world who really loved her and treated her well was not Zhou Hanshan, but Qin Jutian. The dearest and most beloved person in this world is not Zhou Hanshan, but his married husband and a pair of children. Only then did he realize that the warmest place in the world is not the embrace of his lover, but his own home.So, she decided to escape home no matter what.

One night, she sneaked out while Zhou Hanshan was drunk, pawned a jade bracelet she had secretly collected as some broken silver, and went straight to Huguang.

Along the way, hungry and thirsty, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, and went smoothly, but once he entered Huguang territory, he was intercepted and killed by Yao San, Diao Qi, the old shopkeeper and others, and nearly lost his life twice.

Thinking back now, only Zhou Hanshan could have done this to him; he was a traveler, and he knew a lot of wine and meat friends. Yao Sandiao and seven old shopkeepers, the vicious gang, must have been his accomplices.

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"Yes, it must be him." Su Bi'e gritted her teeth, "It must be Zhou Hanshan who wants to kill me."

The girl in black silently listened to her, and said coldly: "If I knew it was like this, why bother!"

Su Bi'e blushed and said, "Miss is right, but I'm also very conflicted in my heart. I want to go home early to see my husband, children and relatives, but I'm afraid they won't forgive me, so I, I..." said When I got here, my eyes were red and tears fell.

The girl in black sighed and looked at her silently without making a sound.

Su Bi'e was sad for a while, raised her head and said, "Girl, thanks to you for saving me today, if it weren't for you, I would have been poisoned to death by the waiter's bowl of tea and I don't know what happened, thank you so much. Last name?"

It took a long time for the girl in black to say: "My surname is also Qin..."

Su Bi'e was taken aback, and said, "Your surname is also Qin? That's such a coincidence."

The girl in black said coldly, "My name is Qin Hen."

Su Bi'e trembled in her heart, and said, "Qin Hen? This name is really, really... not at all like a girl's family name. Hey, Miss Qin, your martial arts are really good, and that old shopkeeper is so powerful. Get rid of him. Who did you learn your kung fu from?"

The girl in black said: "When I was young, I learned some basic skills from my father. Later, my uncle's family came to a martial arts master with strong martial arts. I secretly worshiped him as a teacher and learned swordsmanship for five or six years."

Su Bi'e nodded in praise and said, "It turns out that the girl has both her family's unique skills and the guidance of a famous teacher. No wonder her skills are so good."

She changed the topic, looked back at the teahouse where she almost died, and said with lingering fear, "If Yao San and the old shopkeeper were really invited by Zhou Hanshan to kill me, they would never give up willingly. Girl, I There is an unfeeling request, I wonder if the girl can agree?"

The girl in black asked, "What's the matter?"

Su Bi'e said: "The girl is kind-hearted. As the saying goes: send the Buddha to the west, and save people to the end. The journey to Qingyang is still far away, and good or bad luck is uncertain. I really have nothing but to wait for death. The foolish woman wants to ask the girl to escort me for a while, but I don’t know the girl..."

The girl in black was startled, and then realized that the reason why she told her her life experience so frankly was to win her sympathy and trust, and to ask her to be her bodyguard to escort her home.

She glanced at the woman, sneered in her heart, and said, "I can save you for a while, but I can't save you for the rest of your life. If your good friend is really ruthless and wants to kill you to vent your hatred, you can escape through the first day of junior high school." I can't escape fifteen. The bitter fruit I planted, I should find a way to solve it myself. Besides, I still have important things to do, and I happened to save you this time, which has already delayed a lot of time, so I can't waste any more time."

Su Bi'e became anxious, and quickly grabbed her hand and said: "Girl, don't rush away, I won't let you make this trip in vain, I, I will pay you the money..."

The girl in black suddenly shook her hand away in disgust, and said, "Do you think this girl is greedy for your few taels of silver? Not everything in this world can be solved with money." After finishing speaking, she got up and gently After clapping his hands, he heard the horse neighing, and a white horse galloped out of the woods upon hearing the sound.

She said: "I'm leaving, you can do it yourself. If you want to go home quickly, you should go to the town ahead and hire a carriage. If you don't have enough silver with you, I still have a little bit of silver here. "He reached out and took out a wallet, stuffed it into her hand, and then swiftly stepped onto the white horse.

The horse ran for more than ten zhang away, the girl suddenly remembered something, turned the horse's head and came back, untied a water bag from the horse's back, threw it in front of her and said, "Aren't you thirsty? Here is a bag for you." Drink water, if you are afraid of poison in it, don't drink it."

After the girl finished speaking, she whipped the horse's buttocks heavily as if in a fit of anger. The white horse felt the pain, raised its hooves, and flew away.

Su Bi'e sat there blankly, looking at the back of the girl in black riding on horseback, she felt strange in her heart: this girl rescued me out of righteousness, and gave me water and silver, she seems to be a kind-hearted person , Why do you always act coldly and reject people thousands of miles away when you talk to me?
I stayed for a while, puzzled.

She suddenly thought again: Look at this girl's appearance, she must be about eighteen or nineteen years old.I haven't seen each other for three years, and my daughter Qin Yue has passed away. She should be as tall as this girl.Daughter Qin Yue has been a naughty child since she was a child, like a boy, she likes to dance swords with her father, but her son Qin Ming's personality is quite like her mother, very quiet, and also likes to read.Back then, she cruelly left her sick son and young daughter behind, and left home. How have they lived these past few years...

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but deeply regret the hasty decision she made three years ago.

It was already afternoon when Su Bi'e arrived in Dezaolin Town. After eating, the sky darkened.

She didn't dare to travel at night, so she found an inn early to stay.

Early the next morning, remembering what the girl in black had said, he really came to the street, intending to hire a carriage to take him for a ride.

There were quite a few coachmen gathered on the side of the road waiting for their employers. She carefully selected an older coachman who looked kind and friendly, negotiated a good price, and got into the car and set off.

Because of the means of transportation, this journey is much faster. By the afternoon of the next day, we have traveled more than 100 miles. The carriage passed Dianbei, Pingshi, Hengshi and other places, and arrived at Wuyunqiao Town. .Wuyun Bridge is a large town on the north bank of the Yangtze River, only a few miles away from the Yangtze River Wharf.If a business traveler wants to go to Qingyang from here, he only needs to take a boat at Wuyun Bridge and go down the river for more than [-] miles.

Su Bi'e got off the carriage at Wuyun Bridge, paid the toll, treated the old coachman to a meal, and sent him back.

Since it was getting late and there were no boats out of the Yangtze River Wharf, she had to spend the night in the town and set off for home early tomorrow morning.Perhaps because of the timidity of being close to the hometown, when I think that I will finally be able to return to my hometown tomorrow to see my husband, children, and relatives who have been away for three years after going through ups and downs, I feel uneasy and hesitate.

In the middle of the night, just as she was tossing and turning, trying to fall asleep, she suddenly heard a soft click from the window of the inn room. She opened her eyes in a daze and saw that the window had been opened, and at some point in front of the bed stood A masked man in black night clothes was holding a shining green steel sword, approaching her step by step.

"Ah, you, who are you?" She was terrified, turned over and sat up, looked at him and said tremblingly, "What do you want to do?"

The masked man said in a cold voice: "My surname is Ye, and my name is Ye Fenghou. People in the Jianghu gave me the nickname 'A Sword to Seal the Throat'."

Su Bi'e shuddered when she heard his self-reported family name.

Although she is not from the Jianghu, she has long heard her husband Qin Jutian, who is a headhunter, talk about this "sword to seal the throat" Ye Fenghou. It is said that he has the best martial arts in the Jianghu, the most vicious methods, and the most famous One of the resounding killers, no less than one hundred people died under his sword. The court's Ministry of Punishment has issued documents many times to arrest him all over the country, but he escaped easily.

She really never dreamed that she would become the target of this cold-blooded killer.

She hugged the quilt and curled up in the corner of the bed, trembling all over, looked at him in horror and said: "I, I have no grievances with you, why did you kill me?"

Ye Fenghou said: "I am also entrusted by others. I am loyal to others. I take people's money and eliminate disasters for others. When you get to the underworld, don't blame me. If you want to blame, you can only blame why you didn't have a good relationship with your concubine." Stay in Sichuan to live a good life, but you have to go all the way to Huguang to die."

"My concubine? Ran to Huguang to die?" Su Bi'e was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood, and said in a trembling voice, "It turns out that you were not invited by Zhou Hanshan, you, who were you ordered by, why did you have to do it?" Put me to death? I am a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken, what am I hindering you?"

Ye Fenghou didn't answer, just snorted coldly, and thrust his sword towards her throat.

Su Bi'e was so frightened that she lost all her beauty, she screamed, and hurriedly rolled on the bed, trying to avoid Ye Fenghou's fatal sword.

But Ye Fenghou's nickname of "seal the throat with one sword" is not for nothing. No matter where she rolls or hides, the green steel sword trembles from side to side, and the tip of the sword keeps pointing at her throat.

Su Bi'e's face was pale, knowing that she was doomed, she couldn't help but stay on the bed in despair, closing her eyes and waiting to die.

With a flick of Ye Fenghou's wrist, the green steel sword drove straight in and stabbed away, and it was about to stab her in the throat.

At this moment, there was a shriek, a cold light flashed, and a willow-leaf flying knife suddenly flew out from under the bed, shooting at Ye Fenghou's throat like lightning.

Shocked, Ye Fenghou hurriedly took a step back, withdrew his long sword, and slashed the flying knife to the ground.

At the same time as the flying knives flew out, a figure jumped out from under the bed. A three-foot-long Qingfeng sword was like a white snake spitting out a letter, and quickly pierced Ye Fenghou's two big knees, Ququan and knee eyes.

Caught off guard, Ye Fenghou took another big step back, only to avoid this extremely sharp sword.

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Surprised, Su Bi'e opened her eyes and saw that the person who got out from under the bed and rescued her was the strange black-clothed girl she met two days ago.

Now she is still dressed like that, and she still wears a veiled bamboo hat on her head, so that people can't see her face, but the sword moves she used today, even Su Bi'e, a layman who doesn't understand martial arts at all, can see her It was concluded that it was much faster and sharper than when dealing with the old shopkeeper that day.

Hearing the sound of "swipe" incessantly, in an instant, the girl in black had stabbed eighteen swords at Ye Fenghou, forcing Ye Fenghou to be in a hurry and retreating towards the door of the room.

Su Bi'e saw that she was able to resist this "sword to seal the throat", she couldn't help but feel relieved, she patted her chest and gasped, "Miss Qin, you, why are you under my bed?"

The girl in black said coldly: "If I hadn't secretly sent those evil-minded guys away for you, would you have been able to reach the Wuyun Bridge all the way safely?"

Only then did Su Bi'e understand why the 100-mile journey from Zaolin to Wuyun Bridge was so quiet and undisturbed. It turned out that the girl in black was following and protecting her all the way.She was afraid that something might happen to her at night, so even when she was sleeping, she kept lurking secretly to protect herself.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel extremely grateful.

It's just that what she didn't understand was that when she offered to accompany her with kind words at the beginning, she refused in person, but she was secretly protecting herself with due diligence.

She is obviously a warm-hearted and enthusiastic person, but she has to put on a cold look to herself.This girl's mind is really unpredictable.

In a blink of an eye, Ye Fenghou had already fought more than ten moves with the girl in black. His heart became more and more startled, and he suddenly stopped and said, "Girl, who are you? Who taught you martial arts?"

The girl in black smiled and said: "I am your aunt, and my martial arts was taught by your aunt." Before the laughter fell, the tip of the sword trembled slightly and stabbed at his waist.

This move is well-known, it is called "Gone from the Ground", it looks like a flat move, but in fact it is dangerous, as soon as the opponent catches it, there will be a series of vicious moves behind it.

Ye Fenghou was even more surprised when he saw the number of her swordsmanship, and said: "This is Wuyi swordsmanship, where did you learn it? Who is your master? Tell me!"

The girl in black was startled: How could he know my sword skills?But in his mouth he smiled lightly on purpose: "Young lady doesn't say anything, so what?" The Qingfeng sword in his hand stabbed faster and pressed harder.

Seeing that Ye Fenghou had been forced to the door and had no way out, he shouted loudly and made a dangerous move. His left palm pierced through the shadow of the sword, and slapped the girl in black through the veil. Door.

The girl in black backed away slightly, raising her head to avoid it.Ye Fenghou took the opportunity to walk out from her side, and effortlessly dispelled her "groundless" move.Immediately after walking around behind her, the sword light flashed and slashed her left shoulder.

The girl in black was startled when she saw him suddenly perform a strange move, turning defense into attack, and after three more moves, the opponent actually danced the green steel sword into a ball of sword flowers, gradually enveloping her.

She only felt the sword wind pressing against her face, and she could hardly breathe.Only then did she realize that Ye Fenghou had deliberately given way just now, in order to let her use a few more sword moves, so that she could see her martial arts skills thoroughly.

At this time, the other party turned against the customer, and she was restrained everywhere, gradually losing the wind.

The two men fought back and forth with swords, and fought for more than twenty moves. The girl in black couldn't resist Ye Fenghou's attack, and couldn't help but backed away, feeling even more horrified in her heart: why every time I made a sword, the other party seemed to know it already. Yes, the defense has been prepared in advance, but every time the opponent attacks with a sword, it always surprises him and attacks the weakest point of his defense, forcing himself to be in a hurry and embarrassed?

Her heart became more and more anxious, fine sweat was already oozing from the forehead, she gritted her silver teeth suddenly, and made another ruthless move, only to see the green light surge, and the sword flowers were dotted like falling flowers, scattered down in all directions, covering the opponent's body directly. go.

"It's a good trick 'Fengliuyunscatter', but it's a pity that it's a bit slow."

Ye Fenghou sneered, before the sword flowers all over the sky fell, a dazzling cold light shot up into the sky, pointing directly at the center of her eyebrows.

The black-clothed girl's face changed in horror, and she hastily lowered her head. The cold sword tip pierced her scalp, and suddenly felt a lightness on the top of her head. The black gauze hat on her head had already been picked off by the green steel sword.

Under the bamboo hat, in the veil, a young girl's delicate face suddenly appeared, as if it even brightened the entire dark room.

"Ah?!" Su Bi'e and Ye Fenghou looked at her face together and exclaimed in unison.

The girl in black blushed with anger, stomped her feet suddenly, and thrust out a sword.

Ye Fenghou was stunned, but he didn't know how to dodge. He was hit by the sword on his shoulder and bled.

The girl in black was annoyed that he shouldn't have picked up her bamboo hat, she pouted her pretty lips, and just as the second sword was about to be thrust out, Ye Fenghou suddenly woke up, dragged the long sword backwards, split open the window with one palm, stepped on one foot, and passed through the window. go.

(End of this chapter)