Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen
"Hey, hey, this is really a strange thing that happens every year, especially this year!"
"You don't think it's strange, but there is a strange thing that is much more strange!"
"Is there really something weirder? Let's hear it."
In the lobby of the inn, a group of guests were laughing and joking (chatting), talking about new things that happened in the capital recently.
This inn is located on a side street near Xizhimen, quite far from the city center, but although the location is not convenient, the business is good.The owner of the inn is from Laiwu County, Shandong Province, and he is doing business with fellow villagers.The five counties (Laiwu, Laiyang, Jiaoxian, Pingdu, and barracks) of Jiaozhou in the east of Shandong Province, which used to belong to the five counties, went to Beijing to do small business, and almost all of them stayed in this inn.Since the residents are almost all from the same township and have known each other for 19 years, after dinner, if there is no place to go, they will naturally gather together and chat.
They had just talked about two "strange things".One is that the concubine of the nine admirals eloped with a servant, and the other is that the wife of Jing Zhaoyin (the mayor of the capital) committed adultery with her godson. Jing Zhaoyin's wife is the sister of the co-organizer of the university. It is Jing Zhaoyin's strength.Therefore, knowing that his wife and adopted son were having an affair, he didn't dare to attack it, and he had to promote that little boy to be his "recorder" (secretary).
This kind of officialdom scandal is actually quite common, but for small businessmen like them, it is considered a "strange thing".They are both envious and jealous of officials who are officials, and those who tell scandals also have a purpose of boasting that they are well-informed about officialdom.
After the two guests told what they thought were unique secrets, they were full of pride, but the third guest stood up and said that there was something even stranger.So everyone urged him to speak quickly.
"This strange incident is no small matter. Everyone must keep it a secret." The guest said.But after everyone agreed, he still refused to speak.
"Mr. Hu, I think you're bragging, right? What's such an important and confidential matter, so nervous?" The first guest who talked about the official scandal sneered.
Hu Laosan lowered his voice and said, "A friend of the Imperial Forest Army told me. If this matter is publicized and I let him know that I leaked the secret, I won't be able to bear it!"
The second guest who talked about the scandal said: "Everyone is their own person, what are you afraid of?"
Hu Laosan hesitated to talk, and glanced at the counter from the corner of his eyes.
The old shopkeeper was making calculations, and there was a young customer sitting alone beside the counter. This customer had a handsome face, like a scholar, and Hu Laosan didn't know him.
A guest laughed and said, "Mr. Hu, you don't know him, do you? This little brother is a friend of the shopkeeper Meng, and I heard that he has a little relationship with him!"
Shopkeeper Meng stood up and said: "That's right, everyone is from the same town. I haven't introduced you yet. This little brother is surnamed Jiang. He is a distant relative of mine. He went to other places to make a living with his parents since he was a child. Now that his father is dead, I want to come here. The capital is looking for something. It’s only been two days since I’ve been here.”
The young man surnamed Jiang made a bow and said, "Little brother Jiang Huosheng, I pay my respects to all the folks. Please cultivate more, folks." He really spoke the dialect of the Laiwu area.
Shopkeeper Meng and this group of guests are friends who have known each other for more than ten years. They heard that he is a relative of Shopkeeper Meng, so of course they immediately regarded him as one of their own.
"Oh, so you go out since you were young, no wonder I haven't seen you. I'm also from Laiwu." Hu Laosan said.
"Mr. Hu, don't interrupt your conversation because of me. You can continue talking. If it's inconvenient for me to listen in, I can walk away." The boy stood up and said.
Hu Laosan wanted to please shopkeeper Meng, so he quickly pulled him back, and said with a smile, "No matter where, everyone is from the same village. It's too strange for you to say that. Come, sit over here, and let's chat together."
The young man sat down, and Hu Laosan began to talk about "strange things".
"It's not unusual for the admiral's concubine to elope with a servant. Although it's absurd for Mrs. Jing Zhaoyin to have sex with her godson, it's not too weird. What I'm talking about is really shocking."
"Don't brag first, we will judge by ourselves."
Hu Laosan said in a low voice: "Isn't Mu Zhiyao, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, more powerful than Jing Zhaoyin, and his martial arts is also higher than that of the nine admirals?"
A guest said: "The commander of the Imperial Forest Army is equivalent to the emperor's bodyguard. If he is not good at martial arts, how can he be responsible for it? I heard that he is the number one expert in the world today!"
Another guest said: "In terms of official positions, the Commander of the Imperial Forest Army is at the same level as the Admiral of the Nine Gates, but the Commander of the Imperial Forest Army is someone close to the emperor, so of course his power is much greater than that of the Admiral of the Nine Gates."
Hu Laosan said: "But someone dared to stroke his tiger's beard! Ha, it's too easy to say that stroking the tiger's beard is too easy, it's like breaking ground on his Taisui head!"
Several people scrambled to ask: "Oh, there is such a person, who dares to oppose the commander of the Imperial Forest Army?"
Hu Laosan said: "I don't know who it is, don't be impatient, wait for me to tell you about it.
"Commander Mu has two young masters, both of whom are skilled in martial arts. They took two girls to Xishan to play two days ago. There was also a nursing home with them. It's from the guards. Unexpectedly, when they were having a good time, a man suddenly came and flirted with those two girls."
Hu Laosan said up to this point, everyone was quite surprised, "This man is so daring, he dared to molest the Mu family's daughter, what happened?" "It goes without saying, he must have been beaten to death. ""It's really strange. Could it be that the man didn't know that they are the young masters of the Mu family." "Even if they don't know, but the young masters of the Mu family certainly have the air of noble sons. Unless you are an idiot, how can you not see that they are not ordinary people?" It’s a bright day, and the capital is close to the ground. This person is single, and he dares to tease the girl they brought. It’s strange to act like this!” “It seems that that person is probably a lunatic, right?” There was a lot of discussion.
Hu Laosan waited for the discussion to stop for a while, and said: "It's not strange, you want to know what the result is?" The crowd urged him: "Don't be fooled, speak quickly, speak quickly!" Hu Laosan said slowly: "Whether that person is crazy or not, I don't know. What I know is that instead of being beaten to death, the two young masters of the Mu family beat him up!"
Everyone was horrified and asked: "Where is that nursing home who used to be the guard of Ouchi? Could it be that he just watched the young master being beaten and didn't do anything?"
"That nursing home is even worse. He was beaten by that man long before the two young masters were beaten!"
Everyone was speechless, too shocked to speak.
After talking about this strange incident, Hu Laosan put on a serious face and said solemnly: "You think, Commander Mu is the best expert in the world that the emperor relies on, and his two young masters were beaten severely. How embarrassing is this? If it gets out, not only will some people say that his young master is not good at learning, but some people will even doubt whether his martial arts is worthy of being the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, not to mention the one who once served as a grand master. The general nursing home of the internal guards was also beaten so badly, and the Mu family certainly didn't want to let outsiders know about it! So you must not tell it!" Everyone was surprised and nodded.
The young guest surnamed Jiang was not as surprised as they were, but he thought in his heart: "Could this person be Brother Wei? Of course Brother Wei wouldn't molest women from a good family. It must be because he already knew that he was Mu Zhiyao's son, so he borrowed it." Something's going on."
He was trying to find out more information about "that person", when suddenly a guest came in to stay.
Is a single female guest.
This female guest is very young, only about twenty years old.She was wearing a half-worn overcoat with silver and red flowers sprinkled on her body, two braids on her hair, and thick-soled flower shoes on her feet. She was dressed like a middle-class girl in the capital.She is not particularly handsome, but there is a hint of heroism between her eyebrows, but it can be said that she is both vigorous and graceful.Especially her pair of eyes, which are round and big, looking forward and looking graceful, appearing very aura.With this pair of eyes as a foil, the face that was only a bit pretty looks particularly beautiful.
The female guest went to the front of the counter and said, "I want an upper room." She was talking about an authentic Beijing movie.
First of all, this inn is doing business with fellow villagers. Although there are guests from other places staying here, they are also foreigners.Secondly, she is a single woman, and this inn has never had any female guests.
Shopkeeper Meng was suspicious, and said, "Girl, where did you come from? Don't you have any relatives or friends in the capital?"
The female guest frowned and said: "You just need to answer if I have a room, and Luo Li asked me all these things. It's none of your business whether you have relatives or friends. Are you afraid that I owe you the rent?"
Shopkeeper Meng said: "That's not what I mean, I, I..."
The female guest said: "Don't just say that there is no room! I have already asked the boy at the door and said that there is a vacant room. Well, if you are afraid that I will not be able to pay the rent, you can take this ingot first. Only stay tonight, I will give you the extra!"
What she took out was an ingot weighing twelve taels, and the nightly rent of the upper room in this inn was only five taels of silver.Including the small account, this ingot can last for more than half a month.
The old shopkeeper opened his eyes wide and changed his complexion.
He is not a person who is open-eyed when he sees money, and what was surprised was not that this female guest spent a lot of money, but because the ingot was pinched by the female guest, and there were finger marks!
The female guest snorted and said, "Is it because you don't want to do my business?"
The old shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare, dare not. We who run an inn have no reason to push customers out of the door, unless there are no vacant rooms." After that, he took the money and personally led the female guest to Open the room.
The group of customers only thought that the shopkeeper was looking for money, so he took in the female guests of unknown origin.But it was a pleasure to have such a beautiful girl living in the same inn with them, even though they could only watch but not move.Therefore, even though they suspected that the origin of this female guest was unknown, they were not dissatisfied.However, with a strange female guest coming in, they couldn't chat without any scruples.
After the group of guests dispersed, the boy surnamed Jiang also went back to his room.
Although he also felt that this female guest was a bit weird, but he was in no mood to care about other people's business.
At this moment, his mind was in a mess, and what made him feel in a mess was the news he had just heard—the news about the flying dragon.
He guessed that the person who injured Mu Zhiyao's two sons on the western mountain must be the flying dragon.
He did not come to Beijing this time to find the flying dragon.But since he knew that he had appeared in the capital, he couldn't help but care about him.
Moreover, although he once thought about avoiding the flying dragon, deep down in his heart, he was looking forward to seeing the flying dragon.
Where can I find out the whereabouts of the flying dragon?
That's right, he knew that Tang Huaiyuan, the head of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, had friendship with Qi Yanran, Qi Yanran and Feitian Shenlong were like grandparents, if anyone knew about Feitian Shenlong, Tang Huaiyuan must be one of them.They might even have met.
But he dared not go to Tang Huaiyuan.Because Tang Huaiyuan and his enemy are also friends.And regardless of whether Tang Huaiyuan was perfunctory or not, he always sent a hero post jointly with Mr. Jianda and Xu Zhongyue, to deal with the flying dragon.
Just when he was in a state of disarray, shopkeeper Meng entered his room.
"The female guest just now is very suspicious. Can you tell that she is a master of martial arts?"
The boy said, "What does it matter to me if she is good at martial arts?"
Shopkeeper Meng said, "I'm just afraid that she's coming after you."
The young man said: "Do you think she was sent by Mu Zhiyao and Xu Zhongyue to track down my whereabouts?"
Shopkeeper Meng said: "That's right, they don't know you've been disguised, it's much more convenient to use female generals to spy on you."
The boy said: "Uncle, if you are afraid that I will hurt you, I will move out."
It turned out that this "boy" was Jiang Xuejun in disguise.This old shopkeeper surnamed Meng is her mother's brother of the same clan. Although he is a cousin outside of Wufu, he is still her uncle. Her mother once told her that this brother is very reliable, so she dared to join him. of.
But because her father was involved in the case of Feitian Shenlong's father, even though their fathers are dead, she is still a family member of the prisoner, and she is Xu Zhongyue's "runaway wife". It was the celebrity under Mu Zhiyao's subordinates. She was afraid of hurting her uncle, so she dared not disclose the relationship between her uncle and nephew. She could only say that she was "somewhat related."
Shopkeeper Meng had this in mind, and said: "Nephew, don't worry too much, I'm not afraid of getting involved with you, but I'm afraid that you will be in danger if you live in the inn."
Jiang Xuejun said: "Uncle, I understand, I'll move out early tomorrow morning."
Shopkeeper Meng said: "There is no need to be in such a hurry. I have to find a place where I can rest assured before I can let you move out." Although he has a lot of friends, he has been charged with harboring "criminals". Go, still can't find a friend who can reassure him.
He hadn't thought about it yet, when he suddenly heard a commotion outside, a servant reported: "Shopkeeper, it's not good, you should go out!"
Shopkeeper Meng said, "What's the matter?"
The boy said in a low voice: "A team of officers and soldiers has come and surrounded our shop."
Before the words were finished, someone shouted: "Where is your shopkeeper? Ask him to come out and answer!"
Officers and soldiers have come to the door.
Shopkeeper Meng went out to take a look, and saw two officers coming in. Some of the soldiers they brought were standing in the yard, and some were setting up defenses outside the gate.
Shopkeeper Meng's heart was pounding, so he could only maintain his composure and said, "I don't know what orders you two adults have when you come to the shop."
The leading officer said: "We are here to investigate the case. As long as you answer honestly, it's nothing to do with you." He was polite, but obviously he didn't trust shopkeeper Meng very much, so he was on the alert first.
Shopkeeper Meng, of course, panicked Nuo Nuo repeatedly.
Another officer said: "Do you have any single guests with unknown origins, especially female guests?"
Shopkeeper Meng said: "Your Excellency, it is clear that guests are staying overnight. Our rules are that it is inconvenient to question the origin of the guests."
The leading officer shouted: "Don't talk about it, tell me if there are any single guests!"
Shopkeeper Meng said: "Yes, yes. There is a single female guest who just came to stay."
The officer relaxed his expression and said with a smile, "Is this woman pretty?"
Shopkeeper Meng said: "I, I don't know how to be beautiful, my lord, do you want her to come out for you to have a look at?"
The officer smiled and said, "Of course I want to see her, and I want to ask her for a statement. But there is no need to ask her to come out. Take me to which room she lives in."
Another officer said: "I don't understand. It has nothing to do with you whether the suspect is handsome or not. Even if the female prisoner Commander Mu wants to arrest is as beautiful as a fairy, we can't touch it."
The officer said: "You probably don't know who the female prisoner we are going to arrest is?"
Another officer smiled wryly and said, "Brother Luo, you are a popular person in front of Commander Mu, and you can hear the secrets. How can I compare to you. Please don't be secretive and tell me."
The officer surnamed Luo said: "Actually, it's not really a secret, it's just about someone's privacy. This person is a famous 'hero' but now he's a servant of Commander Mu. You should know who this person is." Bar?"
The other officer suddenly realized, and said: "So what you said is—" The officer surnamed Luo glared at him, and then he remembered what to avoid, swallowed the man's name, and said in a low voice: "I heard that he Your wife is the number one beauty in Luoyang, isn't she?"
The officer surnamed Luo smiled and said, "Yes, so I couldn't help being curious, so I'll ask this shopkeeper Meng first."
Another officer said: "Okay, then let's take a look at this beautiful woman."
The officer surnamed Luo said: "I still don't know if it's her. However, whether it's her or not, you should not go with me."
Jiang Xuejun heard their conversation in the room, her heart skipped a beat, and she thought to herself: "So they really came after me. Now they misunderstand that single female guest is me. I wonder if it will hurt her? But I If I make a move, my identity will be exposed first."
While hesitating, another officer was already asking his partner, "Why don't you let me go to investigate the suspect together?"
The officer surnamed Luo said: "Because there may be more than one suspect, let's search separately." Turning around, he asked shopkeeper Meng: "You have already said that there are single female guests, but are there any single male guests? You haven't said anything yet?"
Shopkeeper Meng saw that he was pressing hard, and knew that he couldn't get along, so he had to say: "There is one, but this person is innocent."
He didn't dare to reveal the relationship between Jiang Xuejun and him, and was about to fabricate a clean background for Jiang Xuejun, the officer surnamed Luo waved his hand impatiently, and said: "We will interrogate him, there is no need for you to say more, Du Laosan, go and investigate this single male guest."
The officer surnamed Du thought to himself: "Okay, you pick up soft fruits to eat, but give me the hard bones." It turned out that Mu Zhiyao wanted them to search not only Jiang Xuejun, but also a flying dragon.He was just afraid of running into the flying dragon.But the officer surnamed Luo was higher than him, and he was Mu Zhiyao's trusted confidant.He can only listen to his dispatch.
Before Jiang Xuejun could think of a way to deal with it, the officer surnamed Du had already come to her room to question her.He saw Jiang Xuejun's gentle appearance, like a scholar, so he guessed it was not a flying dragon.It is more polite to speak.
Jiang Xuejun claimed to be a scholar who came to the capital to find teachers and friends. The officer surnamed Du asked her where she was from, and Jiang Xuejun said: "I am from Laiwu County, Shandong." The officer surnamed Du said: "The shopkeeper Meng is also from Laiwu, listen to your accent But it seems to be a little different from him." Jiang Xuejun's heart shuddered: "This man is so delicate!" He said: "When I was seven years old, I went out to do business with my father, and I haven't returned to my hometown so far."
The officer surnamed Du looked her up and down, and suddenly asked: "Have you lived in Luoyang?" Jiang Xuejun said: "Live there for a few years." The officer surnamed Du said: "No wonder you have Luoyang accent."
Jiang Xuejun was staring at him with horror, thinking to himself: "If he interrogates me like this, I'm afraid he has already seen a little weakness for him."
At this moment, there was a scream suddenly, but only two "you" were called in succession, and the sound was interrupted.
The officer surnamed Du was very surprised. He ran out of Jiang Xuejun's room and shouted, "Boss Luo, what's the matter with you?" The officer surnamed Luo was questioning the single female guest in the room. It came from that room.
I didn't hear the officer surnamed Luo answering, but I heard the voice of a man with a strange look.
"I'm the flying dragon, how about it? Hey, don't you want him to catch me? I have to send him to see Hades!"
The officer surnamed Du was trembling with fright, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Come, come, come quickly!" The sound was still there, a crack was opened in the door of the room, and a short arrow shot out. through his throat and shoot him instantly.
The yin and yang voice laughed and said: "Aren't you here to catch me, come here if you are not afraid of death!"
This small group of soldiers was selected from the Royal Forest Army, and they were much more daring than ordinary officers and soldiers, but their chiefs had already been killed by the Flying Dragon, and in their minds, the Flying Dragon was a murderous "demon" head", the usual legend has now become the reality before them, no matter where they dare to go in, everyone is too frightened to move.
The strange laughter of "Flying Dragon" sounded again: "Okay, since you don't dare to catch me, I'm going to go. Hmph, hum, I'll let you off for the time being. But after I leave, if you If you dare to act recklessly, I still want to arrest and kill you one by one!" Then he said: "I, the Flying Dragon, only kills bad people, not good people, shopkeeper Meng, please wake up this girl, she fainted from fright!"
The "Flying Dragon" left, but the officers and soldiers of that team were still in shock and did not dare to go in immediately.
Jiang Xuejun was also in shock, but her surprise was different from that of the officers and soldiers.
The surprise of the officers and soldiers was because of the appearance of the flying dragon, but only she knew that this person was definitely not the flying dragon.
Flying Shenlong grew up with her, even if Flying Shenlong spoke with his voice, she could tell whether it was his voice or not.
But the strange thing is that although this person is not a flying dragon, his voice is "deja vu", as if he has heard it somewhere.
Suddenly she remembered.It was on the day she and Xu Zhongyue got married, just as the wedding was about to be held, the flying dragon broke into the auditorium and asked Xu Zhongyue to compete with him as promised.At the beginning, Xu Zhongyue refused to fulfill the contract. Most of the guests of Xu's family also helped Xu Zhongyue, thinking that his request was unreasonable. Mr. Jian Da came out to "uphold justice", and the martial arts competition began as scheduled, but ended with Xu Zhongyue being injured.
Among all the guests, the only one who spoke for Feitian Shenlong, although he spoke several times at that time, but each time he spoke in a different direction, what was even more strange was that no one in the room knew who was speaking.His voice was like a gossamer, falling with the wind, but his tone was so eccentric and harsh.Looking to where the voice came from, I didn't see anyone's lips moving.
Now the person who claimed to be the Flying Dragon who killed two Imperial Forest Army officers spoke in exactly the same tone as the strange guest who helped the Flying Dragon speak at that time.
"It must be the same person." Jiang Xuejun thought in his heart: "It's strange, Brother Wei has never told me that he has such a weird friend. This person's method of killing people is so vicious. It seems that martial arts are not in Master Wei. Under brother, who is he?"
After about half a stick of incense, the officers and soldiers dared to enter the room of the single female guest.
The officer surnamed Luo had his throat pierced, and his body was lying in a pool of blood.With a terrified expression on his face, his tongue sticks out, and his shape is terrifying.
The bachelorette guest fainted, lying prone on the bed, her face invisible.The officers and soldiers carried the officer's body out, and shopkeeper Meng came in with a basin of water, and was about to turn the female guest over and splashed cold water on her, when the female guest woke up with a "beep".
The officers and soldiers didn't dare to embarrass her because of the Flying Dragon's words first.But as usual, I also asked her a few words.
The female guest seemed to be frightened crazy, she spoke incoherently, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "It's none of my business, I just don't want to be searched, the murderer wasn't me!"
The older veteran comforted her and said, "Girl, don't be afraid, we know that the murderer is certainly not you..."
Before the words were finished, the female guest yelled: "Yes, yes, you told me not to be afraid. You said that this person is molesting you, so I will kill him for you. Ah, but I am really scared, really scared, your Can you take the knife away a little bit, I'm terrified!"
The veteran knew that the "you" she was talking about was the flying dragon, and said with a smile, "Girl, wake up, I'm not that person. You see, I don't have a knife in my hand either."
Only shopkeeper Meng and Jiang Xuejun knew that the female guest was a fake.Shopkeeper Meng saw her martial arts, and thought to himself: "If it wasn't for the coincidence that the flying dragon came, her skill would have killed those two officers. Why is she so frightened!" He heard the Flying Dragon self-reporting his nickname, so he didn't suspect that the female guest was the murderer.He poured a cup of hot tea for the female guest, and said with a smile: "This cup of tea will surprise you, get better, this tolerance has something to ask you."
This female guest understands and doesn't dare to put on a show too much.Said: "As soon as the man took out the knife, I was so frightened that I fainted, and I didn't know anything."
The veteran asked: "What does that man look like, can you tell?"
The female guest said: "How dare I look at his appearance carefully?"
The veteran said: "Think about it, do you remember anything special about his face?"
The female guest said: "Ah, by the way, there seems to be a scar on his face."
The veteran had seen the portrait of the flying dragon, and said, "By the way, the murderer is undoubtedly the flying dragon."
Originally, he still had some doubts in his mind, but because he and his teammates were afraid of the flying dragon, since they asked the "witnesses" as usual, they didn't dare to make things difficult for this female guest.Feitian Shenlong said that he would kill anyone who dared to involve innocent people.This team of Royal Forest Army is eager to leave this inn as soon as possible.
After the officers and soldiers left, the female guest came out and said to shopkeeper Meng: "My room is full of blood, I dare not stay here for the night anymore. I'm going to find another inn to stay, and you don't have to refund me the rent." .”
Shopkeeper Meng was tacitly aware of it, and of course he also wished that the female guest of unknown origin would leave as soon as possible.Immediately said: "I didn't expect such a thing to happen. I feel really sorry that you can't rest. Thank you for your generous reward." Then he sent the guest out.
It doesn't matter if he sees the guests off, but Jiang Xuejun is a little anxious.You must know that the suspicion in her heart has not been broken, and she originally planned to talk to the female guest alone after the incident.
The female guest had already stepped out of the gate, and suddenly turned her head, smiling sweetly, with a somewhat mysterious taste in her smile.
Shopkeeper Meng was baffled, so he had no choice but to take the other party's smile as a polite gesture, bowed to her with the smile, and sent her out.
At this moment, Jiang Xuejun heard that yin and yang strange voice again, it was the voice of the person pretending to be the flying dragon.
The strange thing is that the flying dragon did not appear, and the female guest did not speak.She just smiled, without showing her teeth, without parting her lips.What's even more strange is that Jiang Xuejun seemed to be the only one who heard this person's voice, and no one else heard it, because if they heard it, they would definitely show horrified expressions.
Jiang Xuejun's feeling is very strange.There was no one standing beside her, but she felt as if someone was speaking next to her ear, the voice was like gossamer, "drilling" into her ear.
The voice said: "At noon tomorrow night, we will meet at Shichahai Lake."
Jiang Xuejun was stunned for a moment, then the voice continued: "That's right, I still want to tell you that I borrowed a set of clothes from you, and I will give them to Flying Dragon to return to you, so don't make a fuss about it."
After the female guest left, the guests in the inn talked about her strange behavior, and Jiang Xuejun hurried back to her room.
She checked her luggage, but she did not see a set of clothes, and she was even more surprised.You must know that she went back to her room when the female guest came in to stay. After that, she didn't go out to watch the excitement until the officers and soldiers came in to check the store and there was a bloody case in the female guest's room. She wanted to come Thinking about it, there is only a period of time for the female guest to display the stunt of empty hands. During this time, after the man who claimed to be the flying dragon killed the woman in the room of the female guest, before the officers and soldiers dared to come in and search, at that time she As soon as he walked out of his room, those officers and soldiers entered the murder scene to question the female guest.In such a short period of time, the female guest was able to sneak into her room and steal her clothes without her eyes. Jiang Xuejun had to admire and be surprised at such a miraculous ability.
But even though she was still in doubt, she had already figured out two things.
The first one is that she has been able to conclude that the person pretending to be the flying dragon is not someone else, but actually the female guest.
Jianghu entertainers who are good at ventriloquism have a kind of "ventriloquism", they can make sounds without opening their mouths.However, in general "ventriloquism" skills, most of them maintain their original accents, but this female guest's "ventriloquism" skills can change into a male voice, which is relatively rare.Jiang Xuejun figured this out, and then suddenly realized: "No wonder no one knew that she was the one who said the strange things that day. Who would have thought that a delicate girl could make such a male voice without opening her mouth?"
The second thing she can conclude is that even if this female guest is not a close friend with Wei Tianyuan, at least she should be an acquaintance, otherwise she would not say that she asked Feitian Shenlong to return the clothes to her.
She just wondered: "Why did Big Brother Wei never mention to me that he has such a capable girlfriend? Is it because he was afraid that I would be overwhelmed? Sigh, in fact, I have long since given up thinking about reunion. His little junior sister fell in love with him." , I have no jealousy, I just want to fulfill them, how can I be jealous of him knowing the second woman."
Then he thought: "From the voice of this female guest, it seems that she already knows the whereabouts of Brother Wei, why didn't she tell me? Ah, could it be that her appointment tomorrow night is to meet Brother Wei and me? "
She was skeptical, but she was determined to go to the appointment tomorrow night.
She didn't expect that her other guess was wrong.Flying Dragon and this female guest are not acquainted.
Or, a more correct way of saying it should be: it's just that the female guest "knows" Feitian Shenlong unilaterally, but Feitian Shenlong doesn't know her.
Like Jiang Xuejun, she also came to Beijing to find the flying dragon. The difference is that Jiang Xuejun had no way to find out about the flying dragon, but she already knew the whereabouts of the flying dragon.
The Flying Dragon drove the carriage and returned to Beijing on the same path.
Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he prefers to go to the mountains. He is determined to fight Xu Zhongyue, Mr. Jianda who fully supports Xu Zhongyue, and even the big backer behind them-the commander of the Imperial Forest Army Mu Zhiyao!
He knew that Mu Zhiyao was opening a net to wait for him to surrender, but he was not afraid, and he was very sure of victory.
Because he has captured a hostage, and this hostage is Mu Zhiyao's eldest son, Mu Liangju.
The shadow of the sun was slanting to the west, it was almost dusk, and it was still more than twenty miles away from the capital.Since he was planning to go to Beijing, where to hide, and how to "deal with" Mu Zhiyao, etc., he thought of several plans (one of which was to ask Tang Huaiyuan for help at the Zhenyuan Escort), but he didn't think it was right. All right, he suddenly found a girl blocking the road and asking him to stop.
This is a narrow path that can only allow a carriage to pass. The girl was standing in the middle of the road, so he had to stop if he didn't want to.
"Brother, may I ask you to come to Beijing?" the girl asked.
Wei Tianyuan took a look, he had never seen this girl before, but she was very heroic, she seemed to know martial arts.He was taken aback for a moment, and said, "So what?"
The girl said: "I also want to go to Beijing. It's getting late and I'm afraid I won't be able to make it. Please take me there."
Wei Tianyuan said: "I'm sorry, I don't know you, I'm a lonely man and a widow, so it's inconvenient to go with you."
The girl smiled "puchi" and said, "So, if you know me, you don't have to avoid lonely men and widows?"
Wei Tianyuan said with a sullen face: "Girl, I don't have the time to talk nonsense with you, please make way."
The girl said: "What I'm talking to you is serious, take a closer look, don't you really know me?"
Wei Tianyuan suddenly seemed to find something strange on her body, his heart froze, and his eyes widened unknowingly.
The girl smiled and said, "You don't know me, you should know this dress, right?"
It turned out that she was wearing the same set of clothes that Jiang Xuejun had lost.
Of course, Wei Tianyuan couldn't have seen all of Jiang Xuejun's clothes, but Wei Tianyuan had not only seen this one, but also had a particularly deep impression on it, and would never forget it.
Because Jiang Xuejun was wearing this set of clothes the night he escaped from Xu's house together.Wei Tianyuan teamed up with her to break through the encirclement and killed several guests invited by Xu Zhongyue. The blood splashed on Jiang Xuejun's clothes, and the blood stains had not been washed clean.
Wei Tianyuan jumped up like an electric shock, jumped out of the carriage, and shouted: "How did you get this suit? Tell me!"
He was afraid that the girl would run away, so while speaking, he already shot to grab the girl.This grasp is Wei Tianyuan's refined small grasping technique, it is fast and accurate, and the grasp is on the girl's Jianjing acupoint.Not to mention the idlers, even the first-rate masters in the rivers and lakes may find it difficult to avoid his grasp.
Unexpectedly, this young girl who is only about twenty years old just avoided it with a flicker of figure.
"Don't you want to avoid the suspicion of men and women, men and women can't kiss each other, why did you touch me?" I don't know if she was really angry or fake, so she slapped Wei Tianyuan with her backhand.
How could Wei Tianyuan hit her, but this girl's shot was faster than him, to solve this move, he had to use a heavy hand to push her flat, pushing her away.But doing so would have touched her chest and could have knocked her down, seriously injuring her.Wei Tianyuan can't do this.
Since the busy central defender Tian Yuan couldn't dodge, he had no choice but to fall down and roll on the ground, thus avoiding the humiliation of being slapped, but coping like this is really embarrassing.
The girl turned around and jumped onto the carriage.
Wei Tianyuan was shocked, a carp stood upright, jumped up, and shouted: "What are you doing?" Amidst the loud shouts, he sent out his air-splitting palm.
The young girl had a "slender waist and skillfully flipping the clouds", she made a somersault in mid-air, and landed lightly on the ground, her movement was extremely beautiful.
She chuckled and said, "I never imagined that a big man would tell lies, but it's a pity that your ability to lie is too bad!"
Wei Tianyuan snorted and said, "What lie did I say?"
The girl smiled and said: "There seems to be a big man in this car, I'm in the same car with you, how can we say that we are a lonely man and a widow?"
卫天元厉声喝道：“你到底想要怎样？”
少女说道：“没什么，我知道你有许多心事，想和你聊聊。”
卫天元板起脸孔道：“我早已和你说过，我没功夫和你瞎扯！”
少女笑道：“我也早已知道你不肯理会我的，所以我只好借了姜雪君这套衣裳。”
卫天元心头一震，扑上前去喝道：“你这妖女，你把姜雪君怎么样了？”
要知这少女的武功甚为怪异，凭卫天元的眼力也看不出她是属于何家何派，看来似是介乎正邪之间，他知道姜雪君决不会有这样的朋友。第二、更重要的是，姜雪君的这套衣裳并不是普通的衣裳，这套衣裳是她和卫天元一起逃出徐家的那天晚上穿的，衣裳上还染有血渍的。对姜雪君来说，这套衣裳的意义恐怕比她那套新娘子的礼服还大得多，新娘子的礼服只能引起她的厌恶，这套衣裳却是交织着他们两个人的感情的。她又怎能把这套衣裳“借”给别人，即使这人真的是她的朋友。
既然不是“借”，那又怎会到了这少女的手上？卫天元自是难禁不寒而栗了。
少女似乎猜到了他的心思，忽地又是噗嗤一笑，说道：“你是害怕我杀了姜雪君吧？”
卫天元扑上去喝道：“你不说出真情，我杀了你！”
少女笑道：“很好，有本领的你来杀我吧！”她身形一飘闪，卫天元连环三掌，竟是连她的衣角都未沾着。卫天元发了狠，正待加重掌力，那少女斜身窜出，说道：“听说你是齐燕然亲手调教出来的，对吧？”
卫天元道：“是又怎样？”
少女说道：“齐燕然武功号称天下第一，尤其剑法掌法都是天下无双，你的掌法我见识过了，如今只想见识见识你的剑法！”
只听得唰的一声，那少女已是一招“彩蝶穿花”，向他刺来，剑势轻灵之极。
卫天元一见她的剑法，便知空手对付不了，喝声：“好！”一个“凤凰夺窝”，身形反转过来，身形几乎是与那少女交叉而过，剑光俨若银虹，给她来个拦腰截斩。
卫天元飞身、拔剑、出招，三个动作，一气呵成，回身抵敌之时，他的“飞身夺位”已告成功。剑势如虹。把少女左右中三路都封住了。
少女赞道：“齐家剑法。果然名不虚传！不过也未见得当真就是天下无敌的剑法！”
卫天元只道已是稳操胜券，冷笑说道：“好，那就让我瞧瞧真正的天下第一剑法是怎么样吧？”话犹未了，只见那少女已是平地拔起，挽了一个剑花，凌空刺下。剑花倏地散开，恍如千点万点寒星，当头洒下！
暗器中有“天女散花”的手法，这少女以快剑刺出，“剑点”散开功效和同时发出许多暗器一样。这种把暗器手法融于剑法之中的怪招，饶是卫天元见多识广，也是前所未闻，更没说见过了。
好在卫天元的临阵经验丰富，对敌方的优点缺点，他一眼就看得出来。这样，他才能够临危不惊，而且立即想到了对付的办法。
他以不变应万变，把长剑当作大刀来使，长剑抡圆，舞得虎虎生风。这少女的功力逊他一筹，纵然是剑点有如雨落，攻不入他的防卫圈中，亦是无济于事。
少女脚尖落地，笑道：“我的剑法当然也不是天下第一，不过，你的齐家剑法若是只能防御，恐怕就更不配称为天下第一了。”
卫天元给她一激，傲气顿生，心里想道：“好，你敢轻视我的师门剑法，我就一定在剑法上胜过你，方能令你心服口服。”其实卫天元的功力比她深厚，所学的武功也比她广博，若然卫天元不拘一格，尽展所长要胜这个少女，虽然亦非易事，但在三百招之内，那时一定可以胜得了她的。
两人再度交锋，少女剑法的奇幻，竟然还在卫天元估计之上。她身形飘闪，恍如蝴蝶穿花，剑光闪烁不定，出手之奇之快，简直是匪夷所思！
卫天元一声大喝，剑光暴长，攻势突发，犹如长江大河，滚滚而上。少女不敢硬接，连连后退。卫天元一招“李广射石”，身向前倾，剑势所及的范围，陡然伸长半尺！
高手比斗，只争毫厘，何况半尺之多，只听得“嗤”的一声响，少女的衣袖已是给卫天元削去一幅。
卫天元跳出圈子，冷冷说道：“还要比下去吗？”
少女收回宝剑，轻轻吹一口气，说道：“不错，你我都已尽展所长，是用不着再比下去了！”
她这口气轻轻一吹，只见铜钱般大小的一片布片，本是粘在剑尖上的，被她吹了起来，布片随风飘荡，恰好飘到卫天元的面前，少女插剑入鞘，两只眼睛，似笑非笑的望着卫天元。
卫天元怔了一怔，低下头一看，只见胸口部的衣裳开了一个铜钱般大小的裂口。他把手一招，接下那片飘到他面前的布片，用不着拿来补那裂口，已知这片布片是从他的衣裳上剜下来的了。
他想不到这少女的剑法竟然精妙如斯，不由得登时面红过耳，话也说不出来了。
少女插剑入鞘，笑道：“好在你和我都是同样心思，否则只怕是早已两败俱伤了。你破不了我的剑法，我也破不了你的剑法，咱们就算打个平手吧。”
卫天元当然懂得她说的“同样心思”是指什么，心里想道：“不错，我刚才是抱着点到即止的心思，对她手下留情，但若是大家都在同时施展杀手，我只能削断她的一条左臂，她却可以在我的胸膛开一个透明的窟窿，我焉能还有命在？”
他面红耳热，只好抱拳说道：“多谢姑娘手下留情，其实是我输了半招。”
那少女笑道：“你不必客气，其实你答应和我比剑，已是让我了。”这话也说得不错，卫天元假如不“只”是和她比剑，那少女根本就无法伤他。
“剑法我是胜不了你，不过你大概可以相信，假如我要杀姜雪君，我是做得到的吧。”少女说道。
这样说，那就是表明她没有杀姜雪君了。
卫天元还想到另外一层意思，这少女的本领是比姜雪君高得多，那么这套衣裳她可以是偷来的，也可以是从姜雪君手中抢过来的；还有，也可能是姜雪君已经被她捉住，那么姜雪君的衣物她自是可以予取予携。
“请问你穿了姜雪君这套衣裳跑来找我是什么意思？”卫天元道。
少女笑道：“第一，是要你不能不理会我；第二，是借这套衣裳作为信物，让你知道我已经见过她了。”
她这样回答，仍然未能解开卫天元心头的结。
须知卫天元想要知道的并非她是否见过姜雪君。
她能够取得姜雪君这套衣裳，用不着她说，卫天元亦已知道她是“见过”了姜雪君了。但“见过”姜雪君并不等于就是姜雪君的朋友。
他要知道的是“见过”之外的其他事情。
“姜雪君为何将这套衣裳给你？”卫天元问道。
那少女笑道：“真人面前不说假话，你当然知道她不会把这套衣裳送给我的，只不过是我借来的而已。”
卫天元冷冷说道：“恐怕你还没有完全说出真话吧？”
少女笑道：“不错，说是借来，其实是偷来的。不过，我想她不会怪我的，因为她已知道我对她是好意的了。”
卫天元道：“你既然对她怀有好意，又为何不和她一起来呢？”
那少女说道：“你以为我是鬼谷子，合指一算算得出今天准会在这里碰上你么？说老实话，昨天晚上，连我都还没有把握找着你呢？再说，我虽然帮了姜雪君一点小忙，却还谈不上有什么交情的。我怎能对她说，喂，我和你去找你的情人好不好？万一她大姑娘害了羞，不敢承认，反而骂我一顿，岂不更加糟糕？”
卫天元给她弄得啼笑皆非，问道：“你帮过她什么忙，你又是怎么知道我的行踪？”
那少女说道：“你问得太多了。这些事情，你也不必马上知道的。你因何不先问我的来意？”
卫天元道：“好，那我就请问你的来意。”
少女说道：“我想先要知道，你心目中是否只有一个姜雪君？”
卫天元已是有点烦躁不安，按捺不住，说道：“你问得太多了。我不想谈个人的事情，请你干脆告诉我吧，姜雪君现在哪里，我去找她，这就不必麻烦你了！”
少女似笑非笑的瞧着他，却没说话。
她并没有开口，卫天元却忽地听到一个阴阳怪气的男子声音。
“嘿、嘿，你对姜雪君果然是有情有义，但对你有情有义的却似乎不只一个姜雪君吧？应该先找的你不去找，我倒要替另一位姑娘感到不值了！”
卫天元吃了一惊，呆呆的看了她片刻，方始恍然大悟：“原来那日在徐中岳家里说怪话的就是你！”
“怪不得她说和我早已相识，原来是这么一回事。”卫天元心中想道。
少女似乎知道他的心思，说道：“你觉得这件事很奇怪吧？”
卫天元道：“的确是出乎我的意料之外，要不是我如今和你单独相对，想破脑袋，我也想不到那个声音好似利锥一样刺耳的汉子，竟然会是一个娇滴滴的小姑娘。”
少女噗嗤一笑，说道：“我是娇滴滴的小姑娘？刚才你还骂我是妖女呢！”
卫天元有点尴尬，说道：“刚才我错骂你了，你别见怪。”
少女说道：“这样说，你好像已经承认我是你的朋友？”
卫天元说道：“那天徐家的宾客，甚至包括剪大先生在内，都是偏袒徐中岳的，只有你敢讽刺他，并且帮我说话，即使你不是我的朋友，我也感激你的。”他不知道这个少女的来历，说话十分谨慎，既不说“承认”，也不说“否认”，只是表达了自己感激的心意。
少女哼了一声道：“你知道我那天为什么帮你说话，我是因为，你对姜雪君有情有义，才帮你说话的。”说至此处，她顿了一顿，突然接上这么两句：“那天我说的不是怪话，今天我说的也不是怪话。”
这两句话虽然好像有点突兀，卫天元是听得懂她的意思的。那天她帮他是因为他有情有义，只须他“有情有义”就行，不管他对姜雪君或是别的姑娘。因此如果今天他不先去找那位对他的情义不亚于姜雪君的姑娘，他就是寡情薄义了。
卫天元心头苦笑：“这种似是而非的道理，也只有像她这样古怪的姑娘才说得出来。”
“那位姑娘是谁？”卫天元问道。
“是你的师妹齐漱玉！”少女答道。
卫天元苦笑道：“原来你说的是她，这位小师妹我一向是把她当作小妹妹的。”
少女说道：“不管你当她什么，她对你有情有义总是不假。姜雪君现在平安无事，但这位小师妹却是身在危难之中，难道你不应该先去救她吗？”
卫天元吃了一惊：“她遭遇了什么灾难？”
“她已是落在白驼山的妖人手中！”
卫天元大惊道：“她是怎样被白驼山的妖人捉去的？”
少女说道：“不是捉去的，是给骗去的。正因为她受了欺骗，那就更可虑了！”
卫天元道：“她是怎样被骗去的？”
那少女道：“详情我不知道，我只知道她认了白驼山主的老婆做干娘！”
卫天元跳起来道：“有这样的事，那妖妇在什么地方？”
少女眯眯眼睛，说道：“我不知道。”
卫天元起了疑心，说道：“当真不知？”
少女说道：“我不骗你，我现在确实还未知道。”
卫天元听出她话里有话，盯紧她问：“现在还未知道，那就是说已经有了把握打听到她的下落？”
少女说道：“我可不敢这样说，我只能说，要打听她的下落，或者我比你较有办法。”接着笑道：“其实，莫说我现在还未知道，即使知道，我也不会告诉你。”
卫天元道：“为什么？”
少女说道：“你一知道，当然是马上就要去救你的小师妹了。你要救人，他们可是不肯放人的。你以为结果会怎样？”
卫天元道：“他们会先害我的师妹？”
少女说道：“那倒不至于，你的师妹对他们很有用处，说不定白驼山主还想要她做媳妇呢！”
卫天元瞪眼道：“你不是开玩笑吧？”
少女说道：“一点也不是开玩笑，你若不相信，可以去问汤怀远，前天他亲眼看见令师妹和那白驼山的少山主一起走的，不但如此，而且他们还是以兄妹相称。”
卫天元道：“那我更非赶紧救她不可了。既然他们不会杀害漱玉，还有什么顾忌？”
少女说道：“有。因为他们不肯放人，你就必须和他们打上一架！”
卫天元道：“我打不过他们？”
少女道：“白驼山主夫妇都是武功高强，而且又擅使毒。我不敢说你一定打不过他们，不过，他们还有一个帮手，我看你最多只能接他十招。”
卫天元当然不相信，心里想道：“爷爷和我喂招，我都能够接到五十招外，爷爷是武林公认天下第一高手，难道这个人比爷爷还要厉害。”
少女似乎知道他的心思，笑道：“信不信由你，但我可不想你去送命。所以只能另想办法。”
卫天元道：“那人是谁？”
那少女笑道：“你又忘记我的脾气了，倘若可以告诉你的，我早已告诉你了，用不着你问。”
她不愿意说，通常只有两种情况，一是她自己也不知道那人是谁；一是她害怕那人知道是她泄漏出去加害于她，故而有所顾忌。卫天元见她把那个人说得如此厉害，心里半信半疑，暗自想道：“这女子武功不弱，纵然是言过其辞，但打个折扣，那人的武功想必也是胜过她的。她不敢说，多半是因为有所顾忌。”
卫天元皱了皱眉头，说道：“那我怎样才可以救出师妹？”
少女沉吟片刻，说道：“办法不是没有，不过……”
卫天元道：“不过什么？”
少女说道：“不知你肯不肯相信我？”
卫天元道：“你把办法说出来让我听听。”
少女似笑非笑的望着他摇头，这副神气好像是在说：“果然不出我的所料，你还是不能相信我。”
但是她说了。
“办法还不是没有，办法就在你新近得到手的一件宝贝身上。”
“宝贝”和“身上”本是不能连在一起的，但卫天元一听，却也知道她说的“宝贝”是什么了。
不过，他当然还是不能不假装不懂，说道：“你说的是什么意思，恕我不懂。”
少女又是噗嗤一笑，说道：“真人面前不说假话，你这车子上藏的那个人是谁？”
卫天元情知瞒不过她，说道：“也不是什么奢拦人物，不过只是他生来命好，有一个做大官的老子。”
少女说道：“他的老子是谁？”
卫天元淡淡说道：“御林军统领穆志遥。”
少女笑道：“着呀，御林军统领的儿子，那还不是一件宝贝吗？”
卫天元已经猜到几分，不过仍是说道：“这件宝贝和我们说的事情又有何干？”
少女说道：“关系可大着呢，我问你，你要这件宝贝有什么用？”
卫天元道：“当然有我的用处，但这是我的事情，你管不着！”
少女道：“你放心，我不会抢你的宝贝的。但我倒想猜一猜你的用意，你不反对吧？”
卫天元说道：“你有一张嘴巴，我当然不能缝着你的嘴巴不让你说话。你要猜尽管猜好了。”
少女说道：“我猜你是拿这件宝贝去和穆志遥做一宗交易。对么？”
卫天元吃了一惊，心道：“这女子好厉害，她不但好像对我的事情知道得十分清楚，简直连我的心思都摸透了。”
原来他把穆良驹捉来的目的，的确是想和穆志遥做一宗交易的。不仅仅是用作人质，保护自己的生命而已。
穆志遥是徐中岳的靠山，他要报仇，首先就得去掉徐中岳这座靠山。因此他想和穆志遥办的交易就是，他和徐中岳之间的仇冤，不许穆志遥插手。
换句话说，亦即是不许穆志遥干涉他向徐中岳报仇。他要用穆志遥的儿子换徐中岳的头颅。
但现在，这个女子却好象要打他的主意，她叹了口气，说道：“可惜，可惜！”
卫天元道：“可惜什么？”
少女说道：“可惜一物不能两用。”
卫天元道：“你的意思是……”
少女说道：“你这件宝贝不但可以换徐中岳的头颅，也可以换你的师妹。”
卫天元道：“你怎么知道白驼山主愿意和我交换？”
少女说道：“想必你不会怀疑我是白驼山主派来和你谈条件的使者吧？据我所知，白驼山主夫妻固然是想要你的师妹做媳妇，但他们也想巴结穆志遥。要是你把这件宝贝直接交还穆志遥，他们就失了一个可以巴结穆志遥的机会了。”
卫天元道：“你好像说过，你根本就不知道白驼山主是在何方，却又如何进行交换？”
少女笑道：“你也好像忘记了我说过的另一句话了。我也说过我若要打听他们下落，相信我会比你较有把握。”
卫天元踌躇难决，说道：“你要我把穆志遥的儿子交给你？”
少女笑道：“你对我相信几分？嘿嘿，你不便直说是不是？我替你说吧，你是半信半疑对不对？”
卫天元给她来个默认。
少女说道：“我不能强逼你完全信任我，但只要你相信几分，那么咱们倒也不妨来个交易。”
卫天元道：“怎样交易？”
少女说道：“请你背转身子。”
卫天元莫名其妙，姑且依她所言，看她有什么花样。半晌，少女说道：“行了，你可以转过身了。”
卫天元转过身去，只见少女已经把那套衣裳脱下，拿在手中，说道：“你师妹的衣裳交换那位穆大少爷的衣裳，你说，这宗交易，是不是你占了便宜？”
卫天元道：“你要这位穆大少爷的衣裳做什么？”
少女笑道：“你这个人怎的这样笨，穆大少爷的衣裳和你师妹的衣裳，质地和式样虽然不同，但对我来说，功用却是一样。”
卫天元道：“哦，原来你是要拿作信物。”
少女说道：“不错，我有了你师妹的衣裳，你才相信我知道她的下落，同样道理……”卫天元抢着说道：“白驼山主也