Big dream 18 years

Chapter 17

Facing the dying Qu Ze, Ji Shuliu instantly understood: what he saw the night before yesterday was not the truth, but a conspiracy to harm Qu Ze!The two white-clothed men deliberately wanted to lure someone to follow him, and then played a trick to put Zheng Dong's death on Qu Ze, so that the man could be deceived and framed for Qu Ze.Only in this way can they explain their flaws.Thinking back carefully, Ji Shuliu was sure that there were no other stalkers, so the two men in white probably didn't see clearly, and mistakenly thought that they were the one they really wanted to lure out, thus self-defeating.

But Ji Shuliu knew that he must not tell the truth immediately.Wang Hu and the others have already lost their minds. Hearing this, they will only become more convinced that Qu Ze is the real murderer and kill him.Now that Qu Ze's fate is at an instant, it is too late to discuss with Qian Rui, so he can only make decisions without authorization, using stupid tricks, pushing everything to Wang Guitong, risking everyone's hatred to turn to himself.

As soon as Ji Shuliu finished speaking, the dozens of people watching all focused their eyes on him, his hands were so nervous that his hands were cold.Pei Yongguo and Gao Yi walked up to Ji Shuliu, staring at Ji Shuliu's eyes from left to right.Xuan Chongzi was not present for the time being, and the two of them assumed the responsibility of the master.

Ji Shuliu straightened his back: "Three mornings ago, Guizhuang lost a cook."

Pei Yongguo looked at him suspiciously: "Your Excellency, are you saying that this cook is a traitor? All the people in our village have clean family backgrounds, and besides, we haven't taken in a newcomer for half a year. How can Zuishi Fort not predict the prophet and install a killer?"

Ji Shuliu repeated: "Is there a cook missing, please tell the owner Pei."

Pei Yongguo whispered a few words to the book boy beside him, the book boy turned and ran away, and soon brought a middle-aged man with him.Pei Yongguo whispered to the middle-aged man, and soon his face changed slightly.

After a while, Pei Yongguo walked to Ji Shuliu again, facing the audience, raised his voice and said: "I am negligent, please forgive me. Two days ago and three days ago in the early morning, a cook from our village asked for leave and left. The person who left two days ago has been working in our village for several years, and the person who left three days ago is a newcomer who came only half a year ago. This is too coincidental." He turned to face Ji Shuliu, "Our village is missing two Famous cook, I wonder which one Young Master Ji is talking about?"

Ji Shuliu didn't expect another cook to leave yesterday morning, so he said calmly: "The person who left three days ago in the morning is from Drunk Sun Fort. He is the one who recorded everyone's residence."

Gao Yi put away his frivolous and noble son's demeanor, and shot his cold and sharp eyes over: "How did you know? What proof do you have?"

Ji Shuliu tried his best to keep his face expressionless: "He and I knew each other in Drunken Sun Castle before. I met him by chance the night before he left, so I dragged him to a hidden place and threatened him to leave. We used force at that time, There are many traces left in the woods, and no one should clean them up. You can verify it with me now."

"Little bastard! You let the spies from Zuishi Castle go without permission?" Wang Hu took a step forward, about to grab Ji Shuliu's lapel.

Ji Shuliu took two steps back, and before he could speak, Gao Yi pulled out his sword and pointed at the ground obliquely, but pointed in Wang Hu's direction, and threatened, "Don't move anyone!" Pei Yongguo bowed solemnly, "Brother Wang, forgive me!" , don’t be impatient! The matter is of great importance and should be verified as soon as possible. Young Master Ji, please lead the way.”

Wang Hu resentfully raised his whip and whipped it to the ground, bringing up a cloud of snow and mist, but most people were eager to try new clues, and didn't want to delay for a moment, so he didn't allow him to explode on the spot.Only a small part of the crowd was left to guard Quze, and the rest followed in a mighty way. Qian Rui's shackles were also released, and he walked at the end.

Soon, under Gao Yi's surveillance, Ji Shuliu led the crowd into the woods near the kitchen.The traces left by that day are still clear. Footprints on the snow, scratches on the tree trunk, and the coat that Wang Guitong took off are all there, and the clothes are still stained with blood.Ji Shuliu gestured to explain how he fought with Wang Guitong, restrained him, and forced him to take off his coat before going back.

While carefully checking Wang Guitong's clothes, Pei Yongguo asked, "How can you be sure that he peeked at my map? Now that you know, why did you let him leave to deliver the message?"

Ji Shuliu knew long ago that he couldn't get rid of this relationship, so he slowly told a lie that he tried his best to fabricate: "I didn't know that he could send letters, and I didn't know that he had accomplices. I thought he was a killer who could only kill. There is no threat to leave. Later, the owner of the villa said that someone had peeped at the map, and I vaguely remembered that I saw some ink stains on his shirt at that time, which I mistakenly thought was dirty. Now that I think about it, that is the terrain of the villa he recorded and dwell with the people.”

Wang Hu said angrily: "Why didn't your mother say it earlier, you killed Mr. Zheng for nothing!"

The Jianghu people beside him also chimed in: "You son of a bitch from Zuizun Castle, you talk about loyalty with those dead dogs, and we also recognize it. It's called a dog who can't change eating shit. But why is that fake cook? After slipping away, you still don’t say it, wait until now? If you said it earlier, we would all be on guard!”

Ji Shuliu lowered his eyes: "I was acting out of selfishness. I'm afraid I said it too early. You chased him down the mountain and killed him. I didn't expect..."

Wang Hu sneered: "He didn't say that the fake cook slipped away, and he didn't say that Mr. Zheng was killed. When he saw Qu Ze was about to be beaten to death, he just said it. Zuizunbao really breeds a good dog!"

Qian Rui suddenly came out of the crowd, and said loudly: "Wait a minute! Master Pei, do you still remember that the head of Zhao once found something strange about the body of one of Mr. Zheng's guards?" He staggered, his voice trembling a little.

Pei Yongguo was puzzled for a moment: "I remember, but what's the relationship?"

"Is this the cook from Guizhuang?" Qian Rui asked, pointing to the middle-aged man the book boy had found.

"Exactly, he has followed me for many years, there is absolutely no doubt about it..."

Qian Rui couldn't wait to interrupt Pei Yongguo: "Tell him to identify the bodies of the two guards!"

Before Pei Yongguo said anything, Master Zhao clapped his hands: "So that's it! Come on, let's go together!"

The head of Zhao, Zhao Zengwen, is also one of the important think tanks of the heroes of the White Way, and his words carry weight. Although everyone heard the words, although they were puzzled, they followed them to the place where the corpse was hidden.

Qin Songfeng didn't follow in a hurry, and walked up to Ji Shuliu with a cold face: "Ji Shuliu, untie the sword."

Ji Shuliu glanced at him and silently handed him the sword.

Qin Songfeng said to Pei Yongguo: "Since he came with me, even if he is a member of the Chisu Sect, the Chisu Sect is also responsible for this matter. I'll go and check if he has any other weapons."

Pei Yongguo had no objection, staring at Qin Songfeng's face and nodded slowly.Qin Songfeng took Ji Shuliu aside, searched him from top to bottom, and said in a low voice, "Why do you want me to be careful? Do you still have something to hide from everyone?"

Ji Shuliu closed her eyes: "I'll tell you, but not now."

Qin Songfeng shook him, his voice was low but stern: "This is not a trivial matter!"

"Anyway, I won't say it now." Ji Shuliu still didn't open his eyes.

Qin Songfeng said word by word: "Since you came with me, you are considered a member of Chisumen."

Ji Shuliu opened his eyes and said casually: "Why, you want to clean the door?"

Qin Songfeng's face changed suddenly, and he pushed him to the ground, and kicked him hard on the outside of his thigh, right where it hurt the most.Ji Shuliu curled up and couldn't move for a while, Qin Songfeng was still angry: "How dare you say it again!"

Ji Shuliu covered his legs, and asked in a trembling voice after a long time: "Which sentence?"

Qin Songfeng sneered: "Zhang Yu and his wife are so suspicious of me, now even you are so suspicious?"

It was only then that Ji Shuliu remembered that Qin Songfeng had said that after the incident of Zhang Yu and Xiao Rong's adultery happened, he decided that he would kill him to protect his reputation, and said innocently: "I just talked nonsense to anger you! The facts are not clear, how can you clean it up?" door, wouldn’t that turn into murder and silence.”

Only then did Qin Songfeng wake up from his rage, he was stunned for a moment, he lowered his head to help Ji Shuliu up, and when he turned around and saw that everyone had left in a hurry, he rubbed his legs with confidence.Ji Shuliu took a deep breath, pushed him and said, "Don't touch it!"

Qin Songfeng opened his hand: "Hurry up and rub it! They even tied up Senior Brother Qian. Do you think they will spare you? What did you hide? It might be saved if you tell it now!"

"It's hopeless, just remember to be careful, I'll tell you later." Ji Shuliu made up his mind, he must tell Qian Rui about Qu Ze's affairs before telling others, no matter how credible Qin Songfeng is, he would not dare to use Qu Ze's Life to gamble.Qin Songfeng continued to ask, but he simply remained silent.

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The two delayed for a while, and when they arrived at the morgue, the crowd had already exploded.

The middle-aged man, that is, the chef in charge, recognized at a glance that one of the bodies of Zheng Dong's two guards was not a real guard at all, but the cook who left on leave the morning before yesterday.

The cook and the guard are close in stature, both have big beards on their faces, and have practiced some martial arts, so their muscles are equally strong; Zheng Dong's two guards are always hiding in the dark, rarely talk, and don't talk to everyone. Pei Yong's eyes are spotless, a gentleman far away from the kitchen, and he doesn't remember his own cook's appearance.The murderer saw these points clearly, and just casually slashed the cook's face, making everyone mistake the deceased for Zheng Dong's guard.

In Zheng Dong's room the morning before yesterday, Qian Rui discovered that the corpse had been moved here after being killed elsewhere, and head Zhao also found that this person had many small scratches and burns on his hands.But they didn't see through this trick of stealing materials from local sources at the time, and it's too late now.

Standing among the crowd, Qian Rui patiently explained his deduction: the murderer was none other than Zheng Dong's bearded guard.Zheng Dong and the other guards were completely defenseless against him, and that's why they managed to let him hit him. Even the leader of the Spirit Snake Gang in the next room didn't hear the change.The dead bearded chef didn't know whether he was threatened or bribed. He asked the manager for leave early the morning before yesterday and left. The murderer used the identity of the cook to walk out of the gate of the villa openly and walked away.

The heroes of the Baidao had a bad start, and they let Zuishibao win first.

Xuan Chongzi arrived after hearing the news, discussed with Pei Yongguo for a while, and decided to send three trusted Wudang disciples to send Zheng Dong and the body of the innocent guard back to Zheng's house, and investigate the identity of the bearded guard along the way.

The real culprit can't be caught for the time being, but there is still a debt to be settled.Ji Shuliu let go of the spies of Zuishibao privately, and not only kept the news for three days, but also seemed to want to keep it forever, and finally told the truth because he had no choice but to save Quze's life.

"It's really a good dog raised by Zui Ribao!"

"The important matter of these two lives must not be let go!" The crowd who were eager to extract Qu Ze's confession just now were excited.

Ji Ping broke away from her husband's pull, grabbed Ji Shuliu's arm, looked at Xuan Chongzi with pleading eyes, and hurriedly said: "Master Dao, Shu'er has only been out of that den of thieves for three years. The people on our side try their best every time to detoxify. This time he found the traitor. Although he did not do it carefully, his intention was to expel the traitor, not to keep the traitor to harm others. He is the only one among us who recognizes the traitor Well, if he doesn't say anything and doesn't do anything, that person is still here, who can know the truth? No one can do anything wrong without being a sage, Shu Er did this out of good intentions..."

Xuan Chongzi nodded: "Exactly. He drove away the traitor by himself, and he did not have any malicious intentions. He is different from the treacherous and evil person who killed Mr. Zheng, so the punishment should not be excessive."

Ji Ping changed color: "Then what are you going to do with him? He, he is my eldest brother's only child... Please..." As she spoke, her eye circles turned red.

Ji Shuliu saw that many people's eyes of hatred had extended to Ji Ping, he gritted his teeth and pulled out his arm to push her back to Huo Yong's side, and said in a deep voice, "Everything I do is my own idea. , You don't need to worry about it." He took a deep look at Huo Yong, Huo Yong nodded slightly, grabbed Ji Ping, and pulled her away.

Leader Tao of the Spirit Snake Gang squinted at Ji Shuliu: "One person does things and one person is responsible? It's really shameless to pretend to be a hero with this sentence! Where were you when our brothers and sisters were suspected? It's not comfortable to watch the excitement ?”

Ji Shuliu stared at the ground and said, "Uncomfortable. One of the reasons why Qu Ze was suspected was that his martial arts were enough to sneak into Master Pei's room to peek at the map, but I happened to know who the real spy was, so I could come out to clarify the misunderstanding. When you were suspected, I didn't know who the culprit was, nor did I know if you were involved."

Chief Tao said angrily, "You're still spitting blood!"

Ji Shuliu quickly looked at Tao Gangzhu, and secretly recalled the figure he followed the night before: "Even if Mr. Zheng's guards attacked and murdered, it may not be silent. I still can't confirm whether you are an accomplice..."

Before he finished speaking, Qin Songfeng suddenly raised the scabbard of the sword that he had taken from him and hit him hard on his leg, causing him to kneel down immediately.Qin Songfeng said coldly: "Someone will investigate these matters in detail, it's not your turn to talk about it!"

Ji Shuliu supported the ground, endured the pain in his knees and slowly knelt up straight, looked up at the crowd: "Okay. How do you guys plan to deal with my private release of the rape in Zui Ribao?"

Qin Songfeng walked around in front of him: "Let's make it clear first. It's not a problem to peek at the map with Qu Ze's martial arts. Is the person you drove away also so high in martial arts? If he really has this ability, how could he be defeated by you? "

Ji Shuliu replied: "He has good lightness skills, but his martial arts are relatively ordinary. He can only stab people in the back and is not good at fighting with open swords. That's why I mistakenly thought he was a killer. And there is another reason why he lost to me. It is because he is afraid that the sound of fighting will attract others, but I am not afraid."

"It's possible." Qin Songfeng stared at Ji Shuliu condescendingly, "but what's the use of him peeking at the map? The murderer is Mr. Zheng's guard, and he knows where Mr. Zheng is without a map. How do you know that spy's clothes The ink blot is where you live, nothing else?"

Ji Shuliu only thought of this flaw when he listened to Qian Rui's judgment of the real murderer. He was so nervous that he broke out in cold sweat and racked his brains: "I really didn't see it clearly. I heard that the map of Zhuangzhu Pei was tampered with before, and I heard it again." The news of Mr. Zheng’s murder, I think it’s a map, and Mr. Pei’s map has indeed been peeped. Who else can he be? Maybe he has another goal, and he is not with Mr. Zheng’s guards. Mr. Zheng’s guards Is it someone from Drunken Sun Castle or there are other insiders? The truth can only be found out by you."

Qin Songfeng showed a thoughtful expression for a moment, then looked at Xuan Chongzi inquiringly: "It seems that this matter needs to be investigated further. Since the murderer didn't have access to the map, Mr. Zheng's murder has nothing to do with Ji Shuliu. Although it is wrong for him to make his own decisions , luckily nothing bad happened."

Master Tao hurriedly questioned: "But, what if he said earlier that there are traitors hiding in the cook? We will have the opportunity to check the rest of the cooks one by one. It is impossible for the owner of the village to allow the people in the village to ask for leave. The murderer If you can't find a chance to escape, you don't have to do it." Wang Hu and others applauded him loudly.

Ji Shuliu lowered his head, knowing that although Tao Gangzhu said it was "possible", there was a point of truth in it, every ounce of old love he had for Zuizunbao might lead to irreparable consequences.But why doesn't my own inclination towards Bai Dao lead to another kind of "evil consequences"?

Xuan Chongzi resolutely said: "Boss Tao's words are also justified. Let him be taken to the prison cell of the villa first. Later, Zhuangzhu Pei and I will go to inquire about the details of the spies from Zuizun Castle. As for how to deal with him, we will wait and see." We'll make a decision after we ask."

Two young Jianghu people came out to escort Ji Shuliu away.Ji Shuliu limped, and his figure quickly disappeared behind the rockery of the houses in the distance.