Chapter 22 Chapter 22: People Die for Money

This person's lightness kung fu was so high that Chu Liuxiang was really surprised. Hu Tiehua said in a deep voice: "Unexpectedly, we didn't trouble him, but he came to trouble us." Chu Liuxiang knew that the "he" he was referring to was the black-clothed swordsman who didn't want to show his true colors, but Chu Liuxiang was a little skeptical and said, "I don't think this person is him." Hu Tiehua said: "Why?" Chu Liuxiang said: "He is too afraid to hide his identity, so how could he come to us?" Hu Tiehua said: "Who is he? Don't forget that there are not many such masters in the world."

Chu Liuxiang said: "Don't forget that this place is already within the restricted area of ​​Shenshui Palace." Hu Tiehua smiled and said: "But this man is a man, he is definitely not a member of Shenshui Palace, can't you even tell whether he is a man or a woman?" As soon as they opened their mouths to speak, their movement slowed down, and they were farther away from the figure. Hu Tiehua frowned and said, "Hurry up." Chu Liuxiang said: "Since he came to look for us, he will definitely wait for us, why should we worry?" I saw that the figure in front of me slowed down as expected, and stopped on a small roof, beckoning to the two of them frequently.

Chu Liuxiang suddenly said: "You go back and take care of Rong'er! Don't fall into the trick of others to divert the tiger away from the mountain again." Hu Tiehua wanted to see who this night walker with special skills was and why he came to them, so he was really reluctant to go back. But at this time Chu Liuxiang had already gone far away. Hu Tiehua could only turn around with a sigh, and murmured: "With the old bug, good things will never happen to me." In the dead of night, most of the lights in the inn have been extinguished, only two rooms are still lit, one is where the guys sleep, and the other is Chu Liuxiang's room.

Su Rongrong naturally lives next door to Chu Liuxiang. The three rooms in the nearby yard are where those Jiang Hu people sleep. The lights in their rooms have been extinguished long ago, and there is no other movement except snoring. But when Hu Tiehua returned to the inn, the lights in the three rooms suddenly turned on, and figures of people appeared on the window paper. Why do these people suddenly get up in the middle of the night? There was no strange movement in Su Rongrong's room. Hu Tiehua pondered for a while, then simply hid behind the roof, spying on the three rooms secretly.

He already felt that those people were not a good way to go, but if they got up in the middle of the night to commit crimes, there was no one in this mountain city worthy of their attack. They settled here, apparently for another purpose. Hu Tiehua's eyes widened, and he said to himself: "No matter what you want to do, since you ran into me today, you deserve to be unlucky." After a while, the lights in the room on the left suddenly went out again, and two figures came out quietly, flicked their fingers on the window of the room in the middle, and said, "It's three o'clock."

The people in the room said with a smile: "We have already prepared and are waiting for you!" While talking, two people also came out with a big burden, saying: "You carry this burden first, we go to relieve it." The two people outside laughed and scolded: "You are really country bumpkins, you don't collect money, and when you drink alcohol, you piss." They were laughing and cursing as soon as they picked up the burden, the two people who came out of the room suddenly pulled out a wrist-release knife from the sleeves of the two people, and with a "chi", it pierced the necks of the two people outside.

The two of them grunted and fell down immediately. The other two drew out their sharp knives with their right hands, and stuffed a cotton cloth into their incisions with their left hands, not even a single drop of blood spilled out, their techniques were really clean and neat, obviously they were veteran murderers. This change was beyond Hu Tiehua's expectation. He never imagined that these people neither murdered nor committed crimes, but started killing each other first. At this moment, two people rushed out of the room on the right, and they were obviously taken aback when they saw the situation outside. They took a step back, held the handle of the knife with their backs, and said sharply, "Lao San Lei, what do you want to do?"

Na Lei Laosan wiped the blood from the knife on the sole of his shoe, and said with a smile, "I don't want to do anything, but I think it's much better if four people share the same thing than six people." The two looked at each other and both smiled. Lei Laosan said: "Although we got rid of those eagle-clawed Sun Quan, but there are still a lot of people who are jealous of this batch of goods, maybe someone will follow behind, let's go quickly!" It was only then that Hu Tiehua realized that they were indeed Jiangyang thieves, and that they had just made a good deal, and they came to this mountain city to avoid being followed by others.

Those with a big bag full of bags didn't know what they were pretending to be, but seeing that they didn't hesitate to kill each other for the goods, it was obvious that there would be no ordinary things in the bag. Hu Tiehua's heart was already itching, as were her hands, and she thought to herself, "If I don't see what's in this bag, I won't be able to sleep tonight." In fact, of course he didn't just want to see it, these four people were like fat pigs sent to his door, if he pushed them back, he would be really sorry for himself. At this time, Lei Laosan had already lifted out the burden, and just as Hu Tiehua was about to sweep it down, he suddenly saw a white shadow floating towards him like a snowflake.

Lei Laosan and the others didn't seem to have seen it yet, and they were surprised when the white figure fluttered down in front of them. Hu Tiehua was also taken aback, because this white figure's light kung fu is really good, he couldn't guess that there are so many top kung fu masters in this small mountain city. He also couldn't see this person's face clearly, he could only see that she had a very light figure and long hair, she seemed to be a very young and beautiful woman. Because although the surprise on the faces of Lei Laosan and the others has not disappeared, their eyes have already narrowed their eyes, looking at the woman in white bewitched.

If a man's eyes can be narrowed, this woman will definitely not be ugly. Hu Tiehua has always been very experienced in such things. I only heard the woman in white say: "Did you kill these two people on the ground?" Her voice is naturally nice, but a little cold. Lei Laosan laughed, and said: "Did we kill these two people? What does it have to do with the girl? Does a beauty like the girl still work as a errand in the yamen?" The woman in white said slowly: "If you kill people in other places, let alone two, even if you kill two hundred, it doesn't matter to me, but here..." Lei Laosan said: "Is there any difference in this place?" The woman in white said, "You can't kill people in this place." Lei Laosan smiled and said, "But now that I have killed someone, what do you think should be done, girl?" He was still afraid of this woman, because he had seen that her lightness kung fu was very good, but now he seemed to be a little fascinated by this woman's beauty, and gradually became more courageous. Because men are always very wary of beautiful women. So beautiful women can often fool men. The woman in white said: "Since you have killed someone, there are only two options." Lei Laosan said: "What method?" The woman in white said: "The first way is to eat the dead bodies of these two people, and use your tongue to lick all the blood on the ground." Lei Laosan laughed and said: "I eat everything, only the big ones don't eat dead people, and the little ones don't eat flies..." His laughter suddenly stopped, as if he had sensed that the woman was not joking.Although Hu Tiehua couldn't see her face, he knew that her face must have changed. The woman continued slowly: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to eat dead people, anyway, there is a second way." Lei Laosan said: "Wh... what method?" The woman in white said: "The second method is much easier, follow me!" She turned around lightly, and she was already on top of the wall. The night was as cool as water, and the evening wind blowing from the other side of the mountain was as gentle as a swan's feathers, and the faint starlight shone on her.Her light body seems to melt in this gentle autumn wind. At this moment, Hu Tiehua finally saw her face. She may not be very beautiful, but in such a still night, under such a dim starlight, she seems irresistible. Lei Laosan and his three partners seemed to have forgotten everything again, the four of them just hesitated for a moment, and then followed her out together. There was still no movement in Su Rongrong's room, and she seemed to be in a deep sleep. After Hu Tiehua had been taught the lesson last time, she no longer dared to be careless. He also knew that he should be guarded here. If Su Rongrong was tricked by others again, not only would he have no face to see Chu Liuxiang, he would have no face to be a human being. But that woman in white was so beautiful and mysterious, why did she ask those four Jianghu people to follow her?Where is she taking them? What is in that big bag? Hu Tiehua's curiosity was so aroused that he was about to explode. If he didn't follow to see it right away, he might go crazy right away. He rubbed his nose desperately, not knowing what to do, but at this moment, Su Rongrong suddenly poked her head out of the window and waved to him. As soon as Hu Tiehua jumped over, he said, "So you haven't slept yet." Su Rongrong pursed her lips and said with a smile: "After you drink, your voice will wake up even the deaf. How can I sleep? Besides, the courtyard is so lively tonight." Hu Tiehua said: "So you have seen it all." Su Rongrong said: "I saw you chasing someone out, and then you came back alone." In normal times, Hu Tiehua would definitely take the opportunity to make fun of her and Chu Liuxiang, make her blush, or make her worry about Chu Liuxiang . But right now, that's not what he's interested in. So he immediately asked: "Did you also see what happened in the next yard just now?" Su Rongrong's eyes moved, and she said, "Do you want to follow them to see where they are?" Hu Tiehua's eyes lit up, and he said happily, "You want to go too? Let's go and see together, shall we?" Su Rongrong said: "I can't go, because if that woman sees me, maybe there will be trouble, but you don't care." Hu Tiehua said: "Why?" Su Rongrong said: "Because she recognizes me, but not you." Hu Tiehua immediately asked: "She recognizes you? Do you recognize her too? Who is she?" Su Rongrong said: "She is the person sent by Shenshui Palace to find Chu Liuxiang, her name is Gong Nanyan." Hu Tiehua was startled, stunned, and murmured: "No wonder she is not weak in kung fu, so she is the apprentice of 'Jellyfish Yin Ji'." Su Rongrong said: "You want to go and see it even more, don't you?" Hu Tiehua touched her nose again, and said, "But you..." Su Rongrong said sweetly: "Go ahead, I'm not a child, can't I take care of myself?" Hu Tiehua rejoiced and said: "You are such a good girl, no wonder that old bedbug wants to hold you in his mouth all the time, and is afraid that he will swallow you if he is not careful." He finally said that Su Rongrong's face was blushing, and after he fled outside the wall, he still felt very happy, because he liked to see beautiful girls blushing.He liked to see young men and women in love, it always seemed to him the most beautiful thing in the world. He was also very happy for Chu Liuxiang, because he thought Su Rongrong was really good. He took a long breath and murmured, "That old bug is luckier than me." But now there are things that bother Hu Tiehua. In just a few words, the woman in white and Lei Laosan can't even see their shadows. He also knew that Gong Nanyan's footsteps would not be much slower than his, but with Lei Laosan and the four of them alone, he was confident that he could catch up with them even if he only hopped on one leg. The question now is just, in which direction are they going?The road on the left leads to the city street, and the road on the right leads to the official road. In front is the direction where he and Chu Liuxiang followed the mysterious night traveler just now. So he flew straight ahead, because if he walked this way, even if he couldn't find Gong Nanyan, at least he could meet Chu Liuxiang. There is no road ahead, just a series of roof ridges. He remembered that when he passed these ridges just now, the lights below were all extinguished. Everyone in the mountain city knew to be careful with candles, and very few people slept with lights on. But now, he suddenly found that the lights of the family in front of him were very bright, and there were bursts of ding-dong knocking sounds coming from the yard. There are a lot of logs piled up in the family's yard, and lanterns hang from the eaves. Hu Tiehua wanted to go around, but out of the corner of his eyes, he saw two people in the yard knocking on a coffin. This is actually a coffin shop. No matter how small a town is, there will be a coffin shop, because there are people everywhere, and everyone dies someday. This is not surprising. People in the coffin shop naturally have to nail coffins, and there must be dead people in the coffins. This is not surprising. The strange thing is why these two people suddenly got up to nail the coffin in the middle of the night. Could it be that someone around here suddenly died suddenly in the middle of the night? Even so, you can wait until tomorrow to nail it!The dead will never be in a hurry... The living will naturally not be in a hurry to enter the coffin. Hu Tiehua couldn't help being curious again, he couldn't help but pause, so he immediately found that there were four coffins in the yard. Three of the four coffins have not had their lids nailed on. All three coffins contained dead people. Hu Tiehua didn't hesitate any longer, and jumped down from the courtyard. The two people who were nailing the coffin were startled, and even the nail hammer in their hands flew out in fright. Hu Tiehua ignored them, but was anxious to see the dead people in the three coffins. He only took one look, his face changed, and he exclaimed in surprise: "It turned out to be them." The dead people in the coffin were Lei Laosan and his friends. Hu Tiehua saw them alive and kicking with his own eyes just a moment ago, but he never dreamed that these four people were now lying in the coffin. The two men knelt down and exclaimed: "Master, please forgive me, this is none of the little people's business." Hu Tiehua turned pale when he saw them, knowing that they must have recognized him as Lei Laosan's friend, he could only forcefully smile and said: "I also know that this is none of your business, but what's going on?" The older of the two, who seemed to be the owner of the coffin shop, boldly said: "The little people were already asleep, but suddenly a fairy-like girl woke them up and asked them to prepare four coffins." , wait in the yard." Hu Tiehua said: "Is it a girl in white clothes?" The owner of the coffin shop said: "That's right. Although the little people find it strange, there are often rumors about fairies appearing here. It is said that there are many fairies in this mountain, so the little people dare not disobey." Hu Tiehua sneered: "Those are not fairies, but water ghosts." The owner of the coffin shop gasped, and said in a trembling voice: "That fairy... Shui... girl came back with four...four good men after a while, and she didn't care about them. Vicious, I just want one of them to pay me twenty taels of silver first." Hu Tiehua said: "What did that person say?" The owner of the coffin shop said: "That... the hero seemed very happy, and said: 'I am friends with them, and it is right to buy a coffin for them.' Hearing this, the villain was also relieved , thinking that some of their friends died, so the girl brought them here to buy coffins, this is the business of taking care of villains, and it is rare for villains to sell four coffins in a day, who knows..." His teeth chattered and he couldn't even speak. Hu Tiehua looked at Lei Laosan in the coffin, feeling a little dumbfounded. When Lei Laosan found out that he was paying for the coffin for himself, how did he feel?I am afraid that few people can imagine this feeling. After a while, the owner of the coffin shop continued: "Who knows that after they paid the money, the girl suddenly said: "The second method is just to kill you, it is really easy." I was taken aback, and before I could see what was going on, the four heroes had all fallen down one by one." His whole body was trembling, and he said in a trembling voice: "The villain has never seen someone die so quickly in his life. Four living people, somehow, all turned into dead bodies." Hu Tiehua was also stunned, and said, "And then?" The owner of the coffin shop said: "Then...then that girl suddenly disappeared." He continued with a bitter face: "If you tell others about this kind of thing, they will definitely not believe it, so the villains can only nail the coffin up overnight and send it away. I beg you...you..." Hu Tiehua smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will suddenly disappear soon, and I will never mind your business, but these four people are carrying a big burden, do you see?" The owner of the coffin shop said: "It seems... that girl was taken away. The villain was so frightened that his eyes were dizzy at that time, I really didn't see clearly..." Before he finished speaking, Hu Tiehua suddenly disappeared. Afterwards, the owner of the coffin shop was ill for seven days in a row. If someone asked him what he was doing seven nights ago, he would swear that he hadn’t done anything but just had a nightmare. Next to the small earth temple, there is a one-story house with many tables and chairs. It turned out to be a private school, but the teacher does not live in it, and the students have already finished school. There is no one in it, but a candle is lit. The flames flickered and looked a little eerie. When Chu Liuxiang chased here, the figure in front suddenly stopped. This man was actually a very dry and thin old man, his hair and beard were all white, but his body was still very strong, standing there like a gun. He suddenly turned around and smiled at Chu Liuxiang, saying: "Chu Xiangshuai's lightness kung fu is really well-deserved, it is unparalleled in the world, it really opened the eyes of this old man." Chu Liuxiang clasped her fists and said, "Senior, I'm overwhelmed." While he was talking, he had observed the old man carefully, and at this moment he suddenly smiled and said: "In the whole world, if there is anyone who can't catch up with me, it must be the old man of 'Walking Alone' Dai, the senior is the real one The juniors have opened their eyes." The old man laughed loudly and said: "Listening to what Xiangshuai said, the old man seems petty. In fact, the old man didn't intend to show off his shameful kung fu. The old man brought Xiangshuai here just for the sake of it." Because there are a few people in the inn where Xiangshuai is staying, it's a bit inconvenient to talk." Many people think that the older a person is, the more modest he is. In fact, the older a person is, the more he refuses to admit defeat, and the more he likes to be flattered by others. If flattery words are spoken by a colleague who is as capable as myself, it will be even more enjoyable, and no one in the world will not like to hear it. If Dai Duxing didn't want Chu Liuxiang to see his kung fu, why didn't he walk more slowly?