After a long time, the two did not speak. It was Tang Zhou who broke the silence first: "Let's take a look around in Zhuangzi and wonder if Master Shen's corpse is there?" Yan Dan said weakly, "Tang Zhou, since I walked with you, I've been in bad luck all the time." Tang Monday was startled. Yan Dan staggered through the rubble and ran to the backyard: "When you find the body of Master Shen, you can also help me collect the body."
As soon as she finished speaking, there were messy footsteps not far away, and someone shouted: "Everyone, be careful, maybe the murderer who set the fire may still stay inside."
As soon as Yan Dan heard the voice of the voice, it was already very close, and he quickened his pace. He planned to go to the backyard first and then run out. The road that came in must not be taken. Back then, she had magic skills, so naturally she would not be afraid of a few mortals, but now she is no different from an ordinary woman and can only run away.
Before she ran to the backyard, she heard someone behind her shout loudly, "There's someone inside! Running back!"
Yan Dan looked back and saw that the townspeople showed their hoes and shovels to chase after them, and the corners of their mouths began to feel bitter. Suddenly feeling a tight wrist, Tang Yiyi pulled her and whispered, "Right."
Yan Dan looked to the right, it was a wall with half of it burnt away. Before she could speak, she felt her body light up, and Tang Zhou had already picked her up, subconsciously reaching out and stomping on the wall. She heard the screams of the townspeople getting closer, and she didn't know where the strength came from, but she turned up and jumped down without thinking. Although the top of this wall was smoked dark and a hole was broken on the top, it was still nearly three people tall. Yan Dan fell to the ground, and one fell to the ground without noticing. She didn't even bother to check if her ankle was sprained, so she got up and ran immediately.
Seeing that she was so brave, Tang Zhou swallowed the sentence "I'm still carrying you".
Yan Dan ran out of breath, but her strong will to survive kept her running for a while, and kept running out of the town boundary of Qingshi Town.
She looked at the stone tablet engraved with the word Xiangdu in front of her, and knew that after that, it was the boundary of Xiangdu for hundreds of miles, and she fell to the ground as soon as her legs softened. She ran too hastily just now, and when she stopped, she hugged her knees and coughed, and after she finished coughing, she took a deep breath.
Tang Zhou said sincerely: "You are still very powerful."
After a long time, Yan Dan calmed down, turned his head to look at him, and said gloomily, "I twisted my foot..."
Tang Zhou was silent.
"Sprained while jumping off the wall..."
"Cough, you are really good, and you can run non-stop for half an hour."
Yan Dan gritted his teeth angrily: "My ankles are swollen, you bastard!"
Tang Zhou walked to her side and lowered his body slowly: "Let me see." Yan Dan patted his hand away and said angrily, "Don't touch me, it's all your fault! I told you to leave early, but you didn't. He wanted me to jump off the wall, so I twisted my ankle!"
Tang Zhou sighed, not arguing with her: "If you don't let me see, what if you hurt your muscles and bones?"
Yan Dan was right when he thought about it, the worst thing to do is to have trouble with himself. Tang Zhou reached out and gently pressed her ankle: "It's swollen, but fortunately the bones are fine. When the next town is over, I'll go to the doctor to see." He turned sideways: "Come on, I'll carry you." Yan Dan suddenly thought that this was not a good time to get out, and immediately grabbed Tang Zhou's shoulder honestly.
She was lying on Tang Zhou's shoulder, and just now she realized the benefits of his steady, light footsteps, and she could hardly feel any bumps. She considered for a while, and then said softly, "Tang Zhou?"
Tang Zhou hummed.
"Actually, you don't have to carry me so tired. It's just a sprain, I can handle it myself." Yan Dan said slowly, "As long as I have a little magic..."
After a while, Tang Zhou asked, "Why do you have to be a demon?"
"Ah? This..." Yan Dan thought about it for a while, "If I'm not a demon, and I'm not a mortal or an immortal, wouldn't I be free from the Three Realms? Between heaven and earth, without my own kind, wouldn't it be very lonely? ?"
"Now that I have blocked your sorcery, you will be no different from mortals from now on. Isn't that bad?"
Only then did Yan Dan realize that she was being led away by him, and said categorically, "Would you feel good if I turned you into a demon?"
Tang Zhou actually avoided answering, and instead said something completely unrelated: "The luggage has all been left at the inn. I only have a few silver notes on me, and the silver notes may not be used in small towns."
Yan Dan didn't even think about it: "It's simple. If you see business travelers on the road, it's good to rob them."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the sound of the reels of the carriage turning in the distance, and she came behind in a short while.
I saw that the carriage slowly stopped as it passed by. The four horses pulling the carriage in front were all of the same color, and even the dark man who was driving the carriage was well-dressed. He wrote a few big characters "I'm rich, come and rob me". It's a pity that Yan Dan is like this now, only others come to rob her, and if Tang Zhou doesn't do it, she doesn't have the courage to force him to do it. I saw the curtain of the carriage lifted, revealing a pair of unwavering, indifferent eyes behind the curtain.
A beautiful woman jumped out of the car and said in a tactful voice: "Master Tang, my son, please get in the car for a gathering."
Yan Dan only knew that Tang Zhou would definitely reject it, but who would have guessed that he would agree: "Thank you so much." When the beautiful woman stretched out her hand to help her, she only felt more and more sad: such a great force, It looks like a trainer, she is no match for a mortal woman now.
The owner of the carriage sat inside, holding a celadon teacup in his hand, and his fingers were slender and strong. He nodded slightly towards Tang Zhou, then turned his eyes away and looked straight at the other side.
Yan Dan followed the man's gaze, facing the other side of the car wall with the embroidered carpet hanging. She looked at the embroidered blanket for a long time, except that the embroidery thread and velvet on it were all very good, and it was a unique embroidery method in Yizhou, and she didn't feel anything special. She looked back at the man, who was still looking at the embroidered blanket, wondering what he was thinking.
Tang Zhou said softly, "Brother Liu has a good relationship with his master, and he often comes to my master to play games."
Yan Dan immediately lowered his voice: "Isn't that Liu Gongzi's chess skills very bad, he loses every time, but he feels very unwilling, so he often comes to your master to play chess?"
Tang Zhou was silent.
The woman who helped Yandan get into the carriage before smiled slightly and said: "What the girl said is generally good, but she said the opposite, that chess skill is very bad, every time she loses, but she feels very unwilling, it is actually Tang Gongzi Master."
Yan Dan was awe-inspiring, as she thought, the kind of savvy chess-playing people are often the rare smart people in the world, strategizing and taking one step counts as three steps. She looked at Young Master Liu with a very different mentality from just now, but the other party remained motionless, still looking at the embroidered blanket opposite.
Yan Dan had to take a closer look at the tapestry, except that there was a knitting error in a certain corner, but he still didn't see anything special, and he was immediately at a loss.
The son of Liu, whose name is Weiyang, whose name is Si Tui, is a native of Liuzhou. He likes to travel across the five lakes and three rivers.
These are what his maid Xu Er said.
At this time, Liu Weiyang was sitting half leaning on the cushion, holding a tea cup in his hand, raised his hand to open the lid, moved his sleeve slightly, blew away the tea leaves floating on the water, and took a slow and elegant sip , even more inscrutable. Yan Dan knew that even if he gave a fool a cup and taught him to look at the color and taste of tea, no one would be able to see that he was stupid.
Xu'er said softly, "Young Master, Anping Town is in front. Do you want to get out of the car and hit the tip, or let someone bring the dishes to the car?"
Liu Weiyang raised his eyes and nodded slightly.
The carriage was bumped, and Yan Dan didn't have time to sit still, and slammed into the wall of the carriage with a thud.
Xu'er lowered her head and said softly, "Xu'er understands."
Yan Dan couldn't help but ask: "What did you understand?"
Xu'er smiled and said, "My son said that he wants to get out of the car and hit the tip."
"How did you know?"
Xu'er looked dazed, as if she didn't understand why she asked, "Because my son nodded."
Yan Dan gave up completely and retreated into the corner. Tang Zhou glanced at her and said nothing. After about half an hour, the carriage slowly stopped, Xu'er lifted the curtain and looked out: "Anping Town is here."
Yan Dan got off the carriage carefully and took two steps on the ground. Fang felt that his swollen ankle was almost healed. Speaking of this, in fact, I still have to thank Liu Weiyang. When Tang Zhou talked about going to the town to find a doctor who beat him, the young master Liu stretched out his hand and grabbed her ankle without saying a word. Yan Dan dared to swear that at that moment, she definitely heard a crisp and pleasant "click" from her bones and bones. She had half a cup of tea, and she was immersed in the kind of screaming that was clearly unbearable. A situation that cannot be called.
Yan Dan never dared to look at him again, this person is definitely more ruthless than Tang Zhou.
The four walked into the restaurant in the town, Xu'er had been following behind Liu Weiyang, and after sitting at the table, Xu'er was still standing behind Liu Weiyang. Yan Dan guessed that Liu Gongzi's identity must be very unusual. Liu Weiyang, Liuzhou Weiyang, parents wouldn't be lazy like this. Combining the two place names is considered a child's name, right
Liu Weiyang looked at Tang Zhou and said in a low voice, "Brother Tang, please come and order." Tang Zhou shook his head and declined: "Brother Liu, please come here and disturb you for a long time, I should invite you for this."
Liu Weiyang nodded slightly, and announced several dishes in a low, comfortable voice. It was the first time Yan Dan heard him say so many words in one breath, and his heart was inexplicably touched.
It's just that this meal was really boring, and it made the best of it. The dishes Liu Weiyang ordered were good, and the chef of this restaurant was also good, but the people eating were too boring. But in Kuanlan Mountain, this kind of thing would never happen, and gradually developed the habit of being uncomfortable without saying a hundred words a day.
After that, I missed the end of the head and had to stay overnight at Tanabe. Yan Dan suffered all day, except that Xu'er would answer her a few words, and she didn't want to talk to Tang Zhou. Liu Weiyang estimated that he had spoken no more than fifty sentences throughout the year, and the dark driver and His son is also a saw-billed gourd.
Yan Dan was so uncomfortable that he had to go for a walk in the distance.
The evening wind blew across the paddy fields, bringing a smell of earth, and the silvery white moon hung on the side of the fields, peaceful and quiet. At this time, it is still spring, and if it is summer, there will probably be the sound of insects, and it will be more different.
Yan Dan walked a few steps along the field path, and suddenly saw a gray figure rushing out, and could not help but take a few steps back. The man met her face to face, and both of them were startled. Yan Dan looked at the man and felt very familiar, and immediately remembered: "You—" The man hugged his face, and shouted while running away: "It's not me, it's not me..."
Hearing the sound of wind, Tang Zhou's sleeves were fluttering, and the front of his clothes was windy, and he passed over the man's head, and with a scabbard, set the man to the ground: "Tell me, did you set the fire in the Shen family? "
The man immediately smiled and said, "Why would I set fire to my house?"
This person is actually Master Shen.
Yan Dan stepped forward and smiled slightly: "Since you didn't set the fire to Zhuangzi, you must have killed Miss Shen."
Master Shen smiled bitterly and said, "Don't be joking, girl, how could I harm my own flesh and blood?"
Yan Danzheng pulled out the long sword in Tang Zhou's hand, only to realize that the sword was too heavy, she stumbled, and almost slashed at the face of Master Shen. Tang Zhou gave her a hand behind him, and the blade slanted to the side of Mr. Shen's face. Master Shen was so frightened that he was sweating coldly, and he discussed in a good voice: "Miss Yan, be careful, be careful, and don't shake your hands. This sword is too heavy, so it's better for Young Master Tang to hold it."
Yan Dan pouted slightly: "You are still talking nonsense, Miss Shen is not your biological daughter."
Master Shen replied simply: "Yes, Yijun is indeed not my own, but I have always treated her like my own. Even if she is crazy and stupid sometimes, I still treat her like this. How could I kill her?"
Tang Zhou took the long sword in Yan Dan's hand and said slowly, "So, you should know that the murderer is someone else?"
Master Shen closed his mouth immediately, his face pale: "Where is the murderer... It's dry and dry, and the fire is not a miracle, why do you..." He looked terribly frightened, no matter what Tang Zhou asked, he kept his mouth shut. say.
Tang Zhou sighed and had to return the sword to the sheath. Suddenly hearing Yan Dan's voice with a smile, she said softly, "Are you really not going to tell the truth? That's fine, then you must not confess." She held it back for a day without anyone talking with her. It is rare for someone to bring it to the door, so naturally it cannot be easily let go.
Master Shen simply closed his eyes and decided to ignore them.
Yan Dan squatted beside him and said leisurely: "There is an adult in this dynasty who is very proficient in criminal law. The official worshipped the minister of punishment, and no one under his command dared not to recruit. Have you heard of it?" She touched the other's eyelids: "Lord Chi said, what is it to pluck your eyeballs? You have to cut the eyelids clean but the eyeballs are still there. That's the skill." Cold fingers slipped from the eyelids to the nose: "What's so great about cutting your nose, you have to cut it just right, and you can breathe like before. It's useless to keep your tongue, and you don't have to scream too loudly if you take it off."
Yan Dan smiled and said, "Do you know what is live peeling? I heard that people are roasted on the fire until they are medium cooked, and then the skin and flesh will loosen. As long as the knife is separated a little, then peel it again..." Master Shen opened his mouth. Eyes, trembling voice: "I said, I said all!"
Yan Dan waved his finger lightly: "No no, don't say it. Senior brother, you go to light a fire, let's try to see if the torture of living stripping is the same as that Lord Chi said, and then slowly, Little by little, cut."
Master Shen shouted in a trembling voice: "Shen Yijun and I are both... ... that person found out that we had a different heart, so, so..."
Tang Zhou said softly, "Who is that person you're talking about?"
Master Shen's eyelids twitched and he made a few guttural sounds, but he couldn't speak.
Yan Dan sighed: "It seems that we should make a fire first, and talk while roasting. I heard that after the human skin is peeled off, the texture inside is still intact, and the pulse of the meridians can be clearly seen. You must be thinking about it. see?"
Suddenly, a few coughs were heard, and an old farmer with a hunched back came over from the edge of the field, holding a dry tobacco pipe and walking slowly with his hands behind his back. Tang Zhou dragged Master Shen to the bushes by the roadside, and pulled Yan Dan back to the bushes five steps away. Yan Dan sighed: "I was treated as a murderer the day before yesterday, but this time I'm going to be a thief again."
Tang Zhou lowered his voice and said, "You are quite familiar with those criminal laws."
Yan Dan smiled lightly: "I have been in a relationship with Lord Chi for a long time, and those ghosts in the underworld who have broken their hands and feet have always been thinking about his benefits, and my ears will grow calluses after listening to it for a few days. , he should be the first."
Tang Zhou didn't know whether she was talking nonsense or telling the truth. While talking, the old peasant walked over slowly, smoking a dry cigarette. In the night, the sparks on the cigarette pipe could be seen reddish. Suddenly a faint light flashed, so fast that it was almost impossible to see it, Tang Zhou immediately took a few steps forward and pushed aside the bushes: "Damn!"
Through the clear moonlight, Yan Dan could also see clearly: Master Shen had a fatal wound on his brow, and the blood was still wet. The two chased along the field path that the old farmer had walked, and at the end of the road were several pieces of coarse cloth and a dry tobacco pipe.
And the old farmer has disappeared.