Chapter 1244 Shadow (Part 1)
Bang, bang bang——
The shadows of the trees swayed in the darkness.
In the yard with big trees, a tall figure is punching. The speed of the fist seems to have a strange rhythm, and the thick and big tree that is difficult for one person to hug is boxing here. The sound shook from time to time.
The yard is not luxurious. An old two-story wooden building is located in an "L" shape. The broken lantern hanging at the intersection emits dim light in the night, illuminating some places, which is like It makes the night more intense.
There were other people in the yard. Inside the railing at the corner of the second floor of the wooden building, a swordsman stood silently in the darkness. There was also a dark shadow standing on the tiles of the roof.
In the distance, large and small riots in Fuzhou City are still going on.
After a while, the figure upstairs gave a simple signal, and then someone came in.
The fist pumping by the tree stopped.
The middle-aged man who entered the courtyard looked around, silently raised his hands, and then walked to the big tree in the center of the courtyard: "Master Ni is still practicing boxing at this time."
"I've been punching for an hour every day since I became an adult." Iron Fist Ni, who was standing under the tree, took off the cloth bandage on his hand. "I thought something was wrong in the afternoon, so I kept my strength for half an hour. I didn't want to worry about it. It's a little bit... Disappointed.”
“After careful arrangements, the government was stunned. Can't find it here."
"The purpose of Mr. Yan's coming here is..."
"But it was also the lady's order to discuss something with Master Ni."
" Hit someone or kill someone, but it doesn’t matter.”
The person who came over this night was none other than Chen Yan, Chen Shuangran’s steward. The two sides had been fighting a lot, and Ni Po had a cheerful temperament. Chen Yan was silent for a moment, and then handed over his hand.
Then he spoke in the yard:
"The first group of people to take action have left the city this evening. They were selected by Master Ni personally. The young lady feels that no matter whether the government can catch them or not, they have left the city. People, what happened to Daxia Ni when he was challenging people around the city some time ago? , it can’t be concealed.”
“I just like to fight and make friends with force, so what?”
“The government won’t listen, no matter what, what happened to you this time. It’s done, the lady said, this is the previous reward.”
As Chen Yan spoke, he took out a small box and handed it over. Ni Po stretched out his hand to take it and frowned.
"Then what?"
"Then if Master Ni is interested, we can arrange for Master Ni to leave the city at any time. In three to five days, he will be able to completely escape from Fuzhou and avoid the chaos in Fuzhou. . ”
“Hmm, burning bridges? ——You want to kill me?”
"It's absolutely not the case." Chen Yan said calmly, "This time the young lady hired someone, Ni Daxia was not the only friend from outside to help. The young lady said that if you can leave safely, it shows our sincerity in the hiring this time, but Qi Ruo If we die immediately after doing something, other friends probably won’t make it easy for us...right?”
His words were fair and aboveboard, but the last sentence was spoken back to the other people in the yard. Someone on the second floor snorted, but they generally acknowledged that they were acting in a fair manner. Ni Po also opened the small box and stuffed the few banknotes and gems inside into his arms.
"Huh, let's go now. It's a bit too petty for you to have a woman in charge here."
"It's all for the sake of Master Ni."
"But I I’m not planning to leave yet.”
Ni Po spoke slowly.
Chen Yan looked at him from the opposite side with calm eyes.
I saw Ni Po raised his finger: "When I came here, I once said that I, 'Iron Fist' Ni Po, from Jizhou, came here this time to build up my reputation in the world. , make a name for yourself! What you are doing is a major rebellion, and you are doing things in a systematic way. This is good, but now the government is suspicious of me at most, but it does not mean that they can find me. It doesn't mean that they can catch me. Your Chen Shuangran, Pu Xingui, Cao Jinlong and others are still walking in the city. You want me to leave now. Do you look down on me? "
Chen Yan stared at him, then smiled: "Master Ni, do you really want to stay and have more fun?"
Ni Po also laughed.
"Old Yan." He said slowly, "Jizhou is a small place like many places in Fujian. Ni has been fond of martial arts since he was a child. When he was more than ten years old, he thought he was invincible in the world. But it wasn't until the Jurchens went south and the shame of Jingping that A northern boxer came to our place, and after a while of fighting with each other, I realized that I was just a frog in the well in the past. I learned the art from him again. In the following few years, Jianshuo moved south again, and the northerners moved south in large numbers. Only then did I realize that the world is vast and boxing skills are great. ”
He untied the cloth in his other hand: "...At the Jiangning Conference last year, I finally saw the strongest boxing skills and the most wonderful skills in the world. I was afraid, but I knew that sooner or later, I would be able to leave. When I get there... before that, I will fight there step by step until one day I can stand in front of Master Lin and spar with him!"
Under the night, he shook the cloth in his hand! Throw away.
"Old Yan, this trip to Fuzhou is far from my limit. I am not afraid of death, and the eagles and dogs in the yamen are nothing more than chickens and dogs. You need me, and I can help you do great things." ”
After what he said, in the night, Chen Yan seemed to be impressed by his courage, and finally smiled heartily.
"The lady said...if Master Ni can have such an awakening, then we...can indeed do great things together."
"Stop being as boring as before and do something unsafe."
"Don't worry." Chen Yan smiled, "It won't be too safe...for everyone."
>......
Outside Fuzhou City.
In the distance, you can see some images of figures running in the dark, and there are also knights holding torches, walking through the fields, through the village, and by the pond outside the village in the yellow light. The woods...
As the time approached midnight, the forces of the city patrol army and the Ministry of Justice had stretched for dozens of miles, controlling all the main roads around Fuzhou, and besieging and screening assassins who committed assassinations in the city in the evening.
Above an official post on the edge of the city, a figure was playing chess in a room with a faint light. A girl wearing a veil sat in front of the window drinking tea, observing through the slanted gap. Watching the night scene outside.
At a certain moment, a warning slap came from the roof, and then the window opened, and a figure in black robes returned to the house like a ghost.
“That’s not right.” Monk Tunyun’s voice was slightly hoarse, “Several groups of officers and soldiers went to Weizhuang.”
In the room, Chen Shuangran was holding tea. The movement paused slightly, and the two figures playing Go in the middle did not move. Another person walked up to Tun Yun, picked up the telescope in his hand, and looked quietly into the distance from the window.
"Has it been discovered?" Chen Shuangran sighed.
Tun Yun said: "Are you going to rescue me?"
"No need." The man pointing at the telescope from the window said, "We have been prepared."
Chen Shuang Ran took another sip of tea.
In the center of the room, Go was still being played, and the night outside was still dark. At a certain moment, a fire suddenly lit up in the distant night, and the man in front of the window put down his telescope.
"It exploded," he said.
"Amitabha." Tun Yun raised his eyebrows, "Whether they can run away depends on their luck... But I am a little curious, how were they discovered?"
Zhi. The man with the telescope looked at the distance in the night, and then moved the corners of his mouth slightly, as if Hu Zai smiled: "Tie Tianying has known for a long time that in this chaos in Fuzhou, we rely on various large households with evil intentions. Although they will not come in person, their family's property is what we rely on to avoid... Fujian It has been raging for two years. I see that the Ministry of Punishment has already made a list of those who are likely to rebel. Which suspects are more serious and which are less suspects, including their villas inside and outside Fuzhou, must also be touched..."
He said: "If I were Tie Tianying, I am afraid that starting from last month, I will They have quietly planted spies in various suspects and failed to attract attention, and then tonight In such a big battle, many people are running, maybe we can catch a big fish... Now it seems that the iron catcher's sword is still young, which is also our luck this round, which is a bit bad..."
< br>"Humph." Tun Yun smiled: "It seems that we should find an opportunity to do it with him first."
Chen Shuangran put down the tea cup: "If... the master takes action, I also want to try..."
"He is not that easy to deal with." The figure holding the telescope shook his head, "Back then, in the arena, , he always surrounds and kills others, and few people can surround him... Over the years, the only one who can keep him behind in terms of strategic planning..."
"Who is it? ?" Tun Yun asked.
The two people in the room who were playing chess also looked over at this time. But then, when everyone saw him shaking his head and remaining silent, they all realized who he was talking about. Immediately, the two people playing chess turned back, and Monk Tunyun looked as ugly as if he had swallowed maggots.
“Fuck.” The monk cursed.
Chen Shuangran, who was standing aside, put down his tea cup: "Actually, I heard that when he was in Lin'an, didn't he make a miscalculation and was tricked by Wanyan Xiyin's disciple...?"
Everyone Nodding, the person by the window sighed, and then smiled: "...That's right."
...
In the sleepless night, light and fire spread bit by bit outside the city. Inside the city, from the imperial palace to the princess's mansion, from Li Pin's school to the Zuo family's courtyard, there were also a large number of people arriving. I didn't fall asleep in the early morning, and the lights in the Criminal Department were left on all night. There was a lot of traffic in front of the door, and it was like a busy city all night long.
It rained in the morning.
It was close to noon when Tie Tianying brought a group of people back from outside the city, and their clothes and armor were all wet. He asked Chief Inspector Song Xiaoming to give him something dry in exchange, but Song Xiaoming joked: "Master, wouldn't it be better to enter the palace wet?"
"Don't use your thoughts on crooked ways."
“That’s a little difficult , you have to guess what the bad guy is thinking."
"Stop talking nonsense, what's going on here?"
He came here first to understand the progress of the situation. Song Xiaoming will A summary of the case files that had been prepared was presented.
"It's not very good." He opened a few important ones. "We have arrested a lot of people, and some of them can be convicted of crimes, but the main ones exposed are not the big ones we want. According to their confession today The Tan and Yan families can already be found guilty, and I am afraid that two or three more families will be found out next, but none of them are rich, and And with this incident, I'm afraid they have already gone up the mountain and have to suppress...the three people they were targeting earlier have not made any moves and cannot reach the bandit leaders Chen, Pu, and Cao..."
Song Xiaoming said, and clicked on one of the files again, hesitating: "Master, if Chen Shuangran can't be found, , should the one in Houguan County close the net first? Once he and others are arrested, the death of Zhong Ergui can put together the whole story of the instigation... The pressure on this matter is also high in Fuzhou Prefecture... ..."
Tie Tianying stared for a moment: "This Zhang Li must have met Chen Shuangran before."
"But has Chen Shuangran given up on him?"
"...There are people from the Yamen behind Chen Shuangran." Tie Tianying pressed his hands on these files, " Either he is the current yamen, or he is the head catcher from the past six doors, maybe he even knows me..."
Song Xiaoming opened his mouth.
"...Last night, I closed the hidden line outside the city. I knew there was a problem over there in Weizhuang. I did find someone when I went there, but the other party was already prepared. The people below were almost killed by the bomb. The twelve people who committed the crime in the evening hid in the village and escaped through the secret passage... One was killed and two were captured. They were interrogated on the spot. No one knew how to find Chen Shuangran. At most, they could know who they were. Now they are all hiding... From last month to today, there are so many lines, and every one of them has been cut cleanly. It is not possible for someone who is familiar with the yamen, and the gunpowder that exploded last night is not simple..."
< br>Song Xiaoming hesitated for a moment, "...is it... from our own army, or from outside?"
"...It seems like it's from outside."
"Is someone reaching out?"
"I can't be sure who it is."
"There are only a few in the world, and the one that's close to me... is King Fair?"
"I'm not sure, I can't say." Tie Tianying said, " I will report this matter, and you can't mention it to anyone again..."
"Yes"
"Zhang Li won't move for now. Zhong Ergui's case is sensitive. I'll wait until I ask for permission. I'll take a look at the things on the road." Tie Tianying grabbed the compiled files and thought of one more thing before leaving. , one of the arrested people mentioned a name, 'Iron Fist' Ni Po, who was sent by Chen Shuangran..."
"I was about to say that we also asked about this person." Song Xiaoming took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and said, "We have already drawn a figure on the person, eh, he looks like this..."
He will The image was handed to Tie Tianying, who nodded: "The opponent is experienced and has probably been disconnected, but we might as well check... Don't send it yet, let's see if we can find it quickly."
Song Xiaoming nodded, but he didn't put much hope in this.
However, on this afternoon, the person was found.
……
In the evening, Song Xiaoming and his two elite men felt something was wrong in an alley in the east of the city.
The alley is not narrow, but the old walls on both sides are quite high, and a huge locust tree in front casts a thick shade. It is a rare cool road in Fuzhou city, but it seems a bit eerie at this moment. There were pedestrians outside the alley, and the sounds of vendors hawking could be heard, but the nearby watchtower could not pay attention to the situation in the alley for a while. The other two companions were walking around from the street to the other end of the alley.
The figure who was originally being followed stood under the big locust tree and showed him a smile.
Then came roaring.
“Fuck.”
Song Xiaoming drew his sword, and at the same time he waved his other hand, and the sound of a thunder shot up into the sky.
There was movement in the courtyard on one side, and the light of the sword flowed; above the big locust tree, a hidden figure swooped down like an eagle.
With the sunlight passing through the shade of the trees, everything happens quickly. (End of this chapter)