conspiracy crime 4

Chapter 18
It should be more than enough to hire such a master to kill the powerless Su Bi'e and deal with that girl in black with unknown background, right?

Looking at the back of Ye Fenghou who collected half of the deposit, accepted the task and turned to leave, Tong Ziang thought so reassuringly.He seemed to see Su Bi'e's body being thrown off the cliff by Ye Fenghou to destroy it, and he also seemed to see the promotion document from the Ministry of Officials flying towards him.

But he must have never imagined in his dreams that this assassination of Ye Fenghou was unsuccessful...

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"...If I didn't want to avenge my father, I, I really wish I could kill you with a sword."

Qin Yue stared at her mother Su Bi'e, her eyes flickered with cold ice, but compared to the first time she said this sentence, there was less murderous look in her eyes, more resentment and helplessness.

"Yue'er, you, you kill me."

After listening to her tearful narration, Su Bi'e was stunned for a while, then suddenly rushed forward, snatched the long sword from her hand, and was about to wipe it off her neck.

She never dreamed that after she left home, such a big change happened in the family, and this tragedy was caused by her in the final analysis.At this moment, when she learned the truth, what else could she do besides apologizing with death?

Qin Yue hastily took a step forward, snatched the long sword from her hand, glared at her and said angrily, "What do you want to do? Now, do you still think that there are not enough dead people?"

Su Bi'e looked ashamed, lowered her head, tears streaming down her face, and said anxiously: "Then, what do you think should be done now?"

Qin Yue said: "The top priority right now is to return to Qingyang as soon as possible. As long as you show up on the streets of Qingyang, the people in the whole city will know what's going on. At that time, Tong Ziang can't hide it even if he wants to. Once the news gets out, there is no need for us to file a lawsuit with the papers. We only need to wait for the emperor’s inspector censor, Mr. Wei, to arrive, and Tong Ziang will have to lose his position. Then we will go to Beijing together with shopkeeper Feng and others to file a lawsuit. We must sue You can't lose your head to this dog official."

Su Bi'e nodded and said: "Yes, your father, and your grandparents, you can't die in vain, we must sue this dog official. Let's not delay here, let's go back to Qingyang as soon as possible."

Qin Yue held her back and said, "Of course we have to rush back, but we can't act too hastily, haste makes waste, some things are not as fast as we want, and there are some roads that we can't walk as soon as we want. "

Su Bi'e turned her head to look at her, and said, "You mean..."

Qin Yue frowned and said: "You also saw it just now, the martial arts of Ye Fenghou who 'seals the throat with one sword' is unpredictable, his swordsmanship is changeable, and his skills will never lose to me, but why did he suddenly give up and leave so easily? Let us go?"

Su Bi'e looked at her with wide eyes, waiting for her to continue.

Qin Yue glanced at her mother, and then said: "This dog official Tong Ziang has always been cruel, cunning and cunning. He will never give up until he achieves his goal. He will never let us go back to Qingyang so easily."

Su Bi'e asked cautiously: "You mean that Marquis Ye Feng was a fraud just now, and there are still many invisible traps waiting for us?"

Qin Yuedao: "No matter what, Tong Ziang will never stop here and wait for death. That Ye person will definitely come back. If we meet this desperate killer next time, then our mother and I will not be so lucky."

After Su Bi'e talked so much to her daughter, Qin Yue has always harbored resentment towards her, and addressed her as "you" and "you". Until now, she just spit out the word "Mother" from her mouth. With a move in my heart, I knew that my daughter had secretly forgiven her, so I couldn't help feeling relieved, and took her hand affectionately and said: "Yueyue, mother knows that you have been a very independent girl since childhood, what do you think should be done, mother?" I listen to you."

Qin Yue frowned and thought for a moment, but was at her wit's end, she suddenly glanced at her face twice, clapped her hands happily and said, "Yes, our mothers and daughters look so alike, why don't you let me pretend to be you, and stay with Tong Ziang and Ye Feng Hou and others dealt with it, but you dressed up as an old woman and sneaked back to Qingyang Mansion. They expected you to take a boat from Wuyun Bridge down the river to Qingyang, so they must have set up an ambush on the waterway. To attract their attention, I will take this water route. You can take a horse-drawn carriage on the dry road, leave the town from the south gate of Wuyun Bridge, pass through Yugu Terrace, and then go to Qingyang City, it will take half a day at most.”

Su Bi'e nodded and said, "This is a good idea, but wouldn't it be too dangerous for you?"

Qin Yue smiled contemptuously and said: "Don't worry, although my martial arts are not as good as Ye Fenghou, but he wants to kill me, but it is not so easy. When I calculate the time, I predict that you will get rid of me after you have arrived in Qingyang safely. They, hurry back and join you."

Su Bi'e asked again worriedly: "Then what should I do when I arrive in Qingyang alone?"

Qin Yue thought for a while, then sighed and said, "After you arrive in Qingyang, go to the Su family's mansion to find Uncle Su Bicheng. At this moment, only he can help us."

Su Bi'e was taken aback, and said, "Look for him? Isn't he the one who sued your father?"

Qin Yue said: "I think when uncle sees you come back alive, he will understand what he did wrong. If he still has a little conscience, he will definitely come forward to help our Qin family get rid of the crime."

"But..." Su Bi'e was still a little worried, hesitating, and just about to speak, Qin Yue stuck her head out of the window to look at the sky, and said, "Okay, it's getting late, so it's decided, let's not delay any longer, hurry up Go make up and get ready, and we'll split up at dawn."

Su Bi'e glanced at her, seeing that she had made up her mind, she had no choice but to nod her head.

Right next door to Su Bi'e's guest room, lived a girl named Li who came from Shangyou and passed Wuyun Bridge to go north to Wan'an County to find relatives.This Miss Li is three years older than Qin Yue, but she is about the same height and shape as Qin Yue in all aspects.

Qin Yue found Miss Li and gave her ten taels of silver, asking her to wear the beautiful black dress she gave her and this black gauze scarf hanging around to keep out the dust when she left the inn tomorrow morning cloak, just make sure not to take it off until the sun goes down.

Miss Li saw that this request was not too much, and that she encountered a thief the day before yesterday, and the silver she carried was just not enough, so she happily agreed to her.

At daybreak, Miss Li left the inn and headed north, dressed in black and wearing a cloak as she ordered.Later, Qin Yue also changed into her mother's clothes, pretended to be her mother's appearance, took her mother's burden, and went to the Yangtze River Wharf in a leisurely manner, preparing to take a boat to the south.

According to Qin Yue's previous plan, Su Bi'e, who had already disguised herself as a country mother-in-law, stayed in the inn for another half an hour, then left the inn tremblingly, hired a carriage on the street outside, and told the driver that she was going to Yu Gutai visits relatives.The coachman took the fare, drove the carriage out of Wuyun Bridge without saying a word, and walked on an official road going south.

Qin Yue wore her mother's attire and deliberately slowed down her pace. As soon as she walked out of the town, she felt that she was being watched. She laughed secretly in her heart, while pretending to be at a loss, she went straight to the place. Go to the Yangtze River Wharf.

On the pier, a row of awning boats for guests has already been moored.

Qin Yue walked down the pier and picked out a clean boat.

The boatman was a man in his fifties, dark skinned, barefoot, with his sleeves rolled up, and with a humble smile on his face, he asked her where she was going.

Qin Yue said to go to Qingyang, and asked what the price would be?
The boatman said two taels of silver, while Qin Yue carefully observed the surrounding situation, she deliberately pretended to think that his price was too high, saying that it was going smoothly, why is it still so expensive?After a while of bargaining, it was finally agreed to give one tael of silver.

Qin Yue jumped into the boat and sat down in the cabin.

The boatman yelled: "Let's start the boat." With a push on the penny, the boat left the shore.

Qin Yue took a closer look, although the boatman had quick hands and feet and some strength, but he didn't seem to know martial arts, he should not be someone sent by Tong Zi'ang, so he felt relieved.

This area is close to the market town, so the boats and boats on the river are very lively.

Qin Yue reckoned that Tong Ziang's people would not dare to fight openly and commit murder openly in such a large crowd, so they leaned back in the cabin and closed their eyes to rest their minds.

Half an hour later, the boat was far away from the pier, and the river gradually became quiet, with one or two small boats passing by occasionally.

In order to buy as much time as possible for her mother, Qin Yue told the boatman to go slowly, as long as she could reach Qingyang before dark.

At noon, the boat arrived at Chutan Wharf, halfway to Qingyang.

Qin Yue asked the boatman to go ashore to have lunch together, then returned to the boat and continued to march down.

Just two or three miles away from the wharf, the boatman suddenly ran into the cabin in a panic and said, "My lady, it's not good, there seems to be a boat following us all the time."

"Oh? Let me see."

Qin Yue walked to the stern of the boat and followed the boatman's fingers to look behind her. She saw a small boat on the river tens of feet away, slowly coming behind her boat.

Standing at the bow and punting the boat was a tall man in a black gown, wearing a bamboo hat with the brim pressed down very low, his face was so dark that he couldn't see his face clearly.

She asked the boatman, "Uncle, how do you know he is following us?"

The boatman curled his lips and said, "Lady, you underestimate me too much. The old man has been on the boat for decades, and he can't even see through this trick? In fact, as soon as we set off from Wuyunqiao Pier, he followed our buttocks." At the back, at first I thought it was a coincidence that I was on the same road, so I didn't pay much attention to it. Later, I slowed down the boat and he slowed down. I wanted to pull over and let him go to the front, but he refused to go. That's it. He has been following us unhurriedly. We were having dinner at Chutan Wharf and he was also berthing a boat at Chutan Wharf. As soon as we boarded the boat, he followed us quietly. Isn’t this following us?”

Qin Yue frowned and said, "It's really strange."

The boatman thought that he had met the Jiangyang robber who robbed his way, and his expression had already changed, but when he saw that there was no fear on her face, he couldn't help but secretly wondered, "My lady, do you know that person?"

Qin Yue looked at the boat that was following behind, shook her head and said, "I don't know him, but I know he is indeed following us, but you don't have to be afraid, the person he is going to deal with is me."

She quietly pressed the hilt of the sword in her clothes, she knew that the man must be the killer Tong Ziang sent to kill her mother, she was about to order the boatman to lay the boat in the middle of the river, wait for the man to come, and fight him face to face, but suddenly I thought, no, now is not the time to do it.Everyone knows that my mother doesn't know martial arts, and if I start a fight with someone, my identity will be recognized immediately.And now it's just after noon, my mother didn't arrive at Yugu Terrace at the most, so she must not have entered Qingyang City.If Tong Ziang can see through my identity and guess our plan, he will still have time to send someone to stop my mother from being killed.In this way, our plan will all come to naught.At this moment, as my mother, I should delay the time as much as possible, attract all their attention to me, and try to buy more time for my mother, so that she can enter the city safely.

Thinking of this, she let go of the hilt of her sword, looked around, and saw the reeds planted on both sides of the Yangtze River, which were extremely lush, and she had an idea in her heart.Pointing his hand, he said: "Boater, the visitor is not kind, so quickly roll the boat into the reed marsh to hide."

Hearing what she said, the boatman panicked even more, turned the bow of the boat hastily, and rowed the boat deep into the reeds.

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Turning a few turns in the reeds, when Qin Yue looked back, she saw reed flowers covering the sky and the sun, stretching as far as the eye can see, and the black-covered boat hidden in it, it is extremely difficult to be found.Then he whispered to the boatman to stop the boat and put the penny in charge of the boat across the boat to avoid making water noise.

The two stood at the bow of the boat, the boatman's face turned pale, and he secretly groaned, Qin Yue's face was calm, but her heart was uneasy, she listened to the movement outside, but she couldn't hear anything except the rustling of the reeds blown by the wind.

After a long time, Qin Yue became a little impatient, carefully picked up the bamboo pole and pushed aside a piece of reed, and looked out quietly, only to see that the river was empty, and the boat and the mysterious man in black had long since disappeared. , couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief, and was about to order the boatman to start the boat, when there was a sudden bang, the hull of the boat shook suddenly, the boatman couldn't stand still, and fell into the river with a splash.

Qin Yue swayed and almost fell down.

Looking back hastily, he couldn't help but be shocked, it turned out that the man in black wearing a bamboo hat had circled behind them in a small boat at some point, and hit their black-covered boat severely with the small boat.

Qin Yue's complexion changed, knowing something was wrong, she hurriedly backed away and stood firm.Seeing the figure flickering, the man in black on the small boat behind had jumped onto her boat and stood in front of her.Qin Yue felt a murderous aura attacking like a blade, she couldn't help shivering, staring at him and tremblingly said: "You, you are Ye Fenghou?"

The man in black took off his hat, but his face under the hat was still covered by a black scarf, revealing only two cold eyes, he said with a strange smile: "Su Bi'e, you still have some knowledge, I'm Ye Fenghou, who 'seals your throat with a sword'. Someone rescued you last night, which made my plan to kill you fall short. I don't know if your luck is still so good today." With a clang, he drew out his sword and looked Lu murderously approached her.

The boatman was very good at water. After falling into the water, he jumped a few times and was about to swim aboard when he suddenly saw Ye Fenghou holding a shining long sword in his hand. Swim to the shore not far away.

Qin Yue looked at Ye Fenghou, deliberately pretending to be timid and fearful, while stepping back, she stretched her hand behind her back, quietly grasping the hilt of the sword hidden in her clothes, but she was hesitating in her heart, not knowing Do you want to fight him or not.

If you fight with him now, it's not difficult to get away with your own martial arts, but if you do this, your identity will be exposed immediately, and your plan will be seen through immediately.It was still early at this time, and my mother was definitely still on the way to Qingyang City. Once the dog official Tong Ziang woke up, my mother's life would be in danger immediately. There is no chance.

But if he didn't do anything, if he didn't show his martial arts, facing Ye Fenghou's aggressive arrogance, wouldn't he have nothing to do but wait to die?
To shoot, or not to shoot?She hesitated in her heart, fine beads of sweat oozed from her palms.

At this moment, a cold light flashed, and Ye Fenghou's green steel sword turned into a white rainbow, pointing directly at her chest.

Thoughts turned, and the sword was like a rainbow.After a moment of hesitation, there was a thud, and the green steel sword had pierced her chest.

Qin Yue let out a miserable cry, fell backwards, and fell into the lake, sinking rapidly.A thick stream of blood immediately surged up from the bottom of the water.

Marquis Ye Feng stood by the side of the boat and waited for a long time with his sword in hand, but he didn't see her coming out, so he believed that she was indeed killed in the river and sank to the bottom of the water.

It was past noon when Su Bi'e disguised herself as an old country woman and arrived at Yugutai in a carriage.

According to the plan Qin Yue had drawn up in advance, she got off the carriage at Yugutai, sent the driver away, then turned to another street, hired a carriage again, and rushed to Qingyang.

From Yugutai to Qingyang City, it was less than twenty miles away, the carriage traveled very fast, and it took half an hour to enter the city.

Su Bi'e stopped the carriage on a quiet street beside the Zhangshui River. After getting off the carriage, she made a detour to Ciyun Pagoda.The Qin family lived under the Ciyun Pagoda. It was a huge house. In the past, Qin Ming and Qin Yue could always hear the crisp laughter of the brothers and sisters, but at this time, the door was closed and there was no sound. , especially bleak.She sighed deeply from the bottom of her heart. Apart from being sad, she also strengthened her determination to defend her husband, rescue her son, rebuild her home, and comfort her husband's spirit in heaven.

Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, she left Ciyun Pagoda and headed south all the way to Meijiakeng.

To the east of Meijiakeng, there is a small road more than three miles long, which can lead to the back door of her natal Su's mansion.

She was afraid that Tong Ziang would have eyes and ears in the city, so she dared not go to see her brother Su Bicheng through the front door.

Fortunately, she was familiar with the path, so she decided to sneak in through the back door.

At the end of the path, the back door of the Su family mansion was ajar. Su Bi'e gently pushed open the wooden door, and saw an old servant in Tsing Yi watering the flowers and weeds in the garden behind the door.She recognized this old servant as Shugen, and everyone in the Su family called him Uncle Shugen. He was a gardener brought back by her father when he left Beijing, and he had been tending flowers and plants in her house for more than ten years.

She stood at the door and called softly, "Uncle."

Uncle Shu Gen is old, but he has good ears. Hearing the sound, he turned around, glanced at her, put down the hoe in his hand, walked over and asked, "Old sister, what's the matter with you?"

At first, Su Bi'e was worried that he would recognize her, so she kept her head down. When she heard him call herself "Old Sister", she realized that he really regarded herself as an old country woman. She laughed secretly, but said in her mouth: " Old brother, I am a distant relative of the mansion, I want to meet Su Xianggong of Su Bicheng, please lead me the way."

Uncle Shugen looked her up and down, and said in surprise, "Since you are a relative in our house, why don't you go through the front door?"

Su Bi'e couldn't answer for a while, so she had to lie and said: "The threshold of the gate of the house is too high. When the gatekeeper saw us dressed like countrymen, he thought we were beggars, and was kicked away before we even got up the steps. Old brother is a kind-hearted person at first glance, please take me to meet Mr. Su."

Uncle Shugen chuckled, and said: "These bastards who hate the poor and love the rich, see if I don't tell Mr. Su to clean them up. Old sister, if you want to see Mr. Su, come with me. Mr. Su is probably in the study right now Working hard here."

Su Bi'e thanked hurriedly, stepped into the door, followed Uncle Shugen, walked through the garden, bypassed a row of houses where people lived, walked through a corridor, came to the vestibule, turned a few more turns, and finally came to the The door of the study.

Uncle Shugen took two quick steps, went in to report, then turned around and opened the door halfway, letting Su Bi'e in.

There is a person sitting by the window in the study, about forty years old, wearing a light blue gown with a fine texture, his skin is fair, obviously the result of regular maintenance, his face is clear, with a strong character, the corners of his eyes and the tip of his eyebrows are showing A strong bookish temperament.

(End of this chapter)