Chapter Fifteen The Man in Black
"Junior sister, isn't that the boy named Shen Kuang?"
Nan Qiao was enjoying the night view along the Luoshui coast, when he suddenly heard Senior Sister Ciyin sitting beside her speak.
Following the direction pointed by the senior sister, she suddenly spotted Shen Kuang in the crowd, the young man who went to Yunmeng Mountain two days ago. At this time, there was a little girl accompanying him.
"His injuries seem to have healed." Nan Qiao murmured to herself. She still vividly remembered the way Shen Kuang was beaten that day, but within two days, he had healed. She was a little surprised.
Thinking of this, Nan Qiao couldn't help but think of the pill he handed over before going down the mountain that day. Speaking of it, there was no grudge between them. Her feelings towards Shen Kuang had always been mixed, both good and bad. Half of that came from the marriage proposal he talked about with his master that day. When he thought of Nan Qiao, he felt that he was a bad person.
Naturally, Ciyin also saw Shiyu who was following Shen Kuang. Although Shen Kuang and the others were downstairs, they were not far away from the two of them. They could see it more clearly from above. When they saw that Shiguang was a cute person When he saw the little girl, Ciyin muttered: "This bad boy, a few days ago, he told his uncle that he wanted to marry him, but today he is going to play with other girls, huh!"
Nan Qiao was aware of Senior Sister Ciyin's outspoken nature, so Nan Qiao didn't care about what she said.
"Senior sister, don't talk nonsense. It has nothing to do with me which girl he hangs out with!"
Hearing Nan Qiao's words, Ci Yin knew that she had made a mistake, so she smiled and clapped her mouth and said, "Bah, bah, bah! This little junior sister is so good that I can't look down on him!"
After saying that, she changed the topic and said: "However, yesterday I saw that my uncle seemed to have a good impression of him. Speaking of which, he is also a good person. He did not fall down even after being taught a lesson like that by his uncle a few days ago. Yes. Yes, what is Junior Sister’s impression of him?”
Today, Senior Sister Ciyin asked again, and Nan Qiao was no longer as panicked as when the master mentioned it that day. The master's tone was somewhat joking, but Senior Sister Ciyin did not. Nan Qiao could tell that it was concern.
She thought for a moment and said calmly: "In fact, I don't hate him that much. But if I say I have a good impression of him, I can't say that I have a moderate feeling."
Ciyin heard the words and nodded. It is true that the younger junior sister has not had much contact with the other party. It would be too early to talk about this at this time, and the identity of the young master is also a hurdle. But if it is really possible for the two of them, with The General's Mansion would not feel that that man's title as Master Sword God had been neglected. Of course, it all depends on what the two of them want.
The two of them were upstairs, and after talking some more about Shen Kuang, they changed the topic to tonight's matter.
Ciyin went down the mountain with some junior sisters to buy the goods today. On the way back, she met Nan Qiao and heard Nan Qiao talk about Jian Tiansi's arrest of the criminal, so she wanted to help the junior sisters, so she asked several junior sisters to help her. The junior sister went back to Yunmeng Mountain first, while she stayed. However, from nightfall to now, the city has always been a peaceful scene, without the slightest sign of thieves causing trouble.
Shen Kuang and Shi Yu walked along the river bank. When they saw a candy seller here, he smiled and said to Shi Yu, "Would you like one?" Shi Yu looked at it intently before slowing down. He nodded slowly and agreed, perhaps feeling a little embarrassed, so he agreed in a very low voice.
"Old man, here are two candy figures." Shen Kuang said to the store owner with a smile.
"Okay, sir, take three pennies a piece!"
Shen Kuang and Shi Yu had just received the candy man and hadn’t even started eating.
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Suddenly, he heard the sound of commotion not far ahead. Many people were moving to both sides to get out of the way. After a while, the sound got closer and closer to Shen Kuang and the others, and only then did he hear the sound clearly. People shouted: "Jian Tiansi is handling the case, everyone else is waiting to get out of the way."
The man's tone was full of unquestionable orders. Without waiting for Shen Kuang's reaction, the group of people were already in front of them in the next second. Shen Kuang hurriedly pulled Shigure to the side, but Shigure's movements were slightly slower. A few times, one of the people who ran past him whipped him directly with a whip.
The whip came so fast that Shigure was subconsciously afraid to lower his head. Thanks to Shen Kuang's timely reaction, he used the scabbard to fly away, which prevented Shigure from being hurt.
Among the people who came, the leader was a woman dressed in black official uniform, with a brown hat on her head, a pair of gilt boots, and flying fish embroidered on the chest of her coat. Although she was a woman, she had an appearance that was not inferior to that of a man. He was very heroic. Just from his appearance, Shen Kuang could tell that the other party was probably a court official.
The man who took action just now was one of several people following the woman. He didn't seem to expect that Shen Kuang would fight back. He wanted to whip his whip again, but the woman in the lead shouted in a low voice: "It's important to chase the suspect, don't delay." Big deal!”
After saying that, she glanced at Shen Kuang, then hurried away with a few subordinates.
On the attic.
"The people from the Supervisor Tiansi have been dispatched. It seems that the person to be arrested is nearby." The person who spoke was Ci Yin, who had been paying attention to the movements tonight. As soon as she finished speaking, she and Nan Qiao followed the supervisor. Tiansi and others quickly left the small building.
Shen Kuang didn't care about such an incident. After comforting Shigure for a few words, he continued to play. However, this time Shigure was very close to him. He must have been frightened by the scene just now.
Shen Kuang didn't know if it was an illusion. From the corner of his eye, he seemed to have caught a glimpse of the seventh lady of the General's Mansion and the person he had seen on Yunmeng Mountain that day on the distant floor. However, the two figures disappeared in a flash. Couldn't see clearly.
After thinking about it, he felt that they were not that important, so he stopped thinking about it. However, the feeling of playing before was disturbed by those people just now, so when he looked at it now, he and Shigure were not interested in it. Not high anymore.
The liveliness on both sides of the Luoshui River was still there, and the poetry society, singing and dancing were generally in high spirits at this time, but it could no longer attract the interest of the two of them. After wandering for another half an hour, when the moon rose above the willow trees, they planned to meet Shigure. Went back.
It's different from the bustle here in Changlefang. Walking back along Yongfeng Street, the further you go, the lively atmosphere on the street becomes a bit weaker. On the contrary, the surrounding restaurants are brightly lit and the sounds of changing glasses are heard. They also come and go, reflecting the atmosphere of the festival.
After leaving there, Shigure slowly regained her smile and talked about the beautiful things she saw at night and the candy figure Shen Kuang bought for her. She smiled and said that she also wanted to make a beautiful lantern to put in her own boudoir. When he saw the cute and playful little girl coming back, Shen Kuang gave up the idea of beating up those people, sighed about the security of the big city, and chased Shiyu ahead.
The lights were slowly fading, and only a few lanterns were still visible on the street. The little girl was afraid of the dark, so she stayed close to him all the way. If a dog barked suddenly on the street, she would be frightened. Yu screamed for a while.
The two of them walked slowly along Yongfeng Street towards the alcohol-free direction. Not long after, they heard a bang from the alley. Although the sound was low, it was enough to attract the attention of the two of them. Shen Kuang and Shi Yu was startled and turned his eyes to the left
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Deep in the alley, there was no moonlight, and there was no lantern light, so they didn't know what the sound was.
The two of them stood by the street for a while, and when they saw that there was no more noise coming from the alley, Shen Kuang couldn't help but wanted to step forward to take a look, and Shigure followed him.
After walking a few steps towards the entrance of the alley, and almost reaching the place where the sound had just come from, Shen Kuang stretched out his head and stared straight ahead, trying to see if he could see clearly with the faint moonlight.
After watching for a while, he saw nothing else, but saw a bright long sword thrust from behind the bamboo basket in the corner. Shen Kuang had quick eyes and quick hands and hurriedly took a few steps back. The long sword stabbed into the air. It fell to the ground with a clang. The faint smell of blood slowly spread into the noses of the two of them. As a doctor, Shigure smelled it first, so he said: "Brother Shen, there is the smell of blood, this person is injured!"
Shen Kuang also felt that the sword that the other party had just thrust was weak and weak. From such a close distance, according to common sense, he had been injured. He also smelled the smell of blood, and slowly he even heard a rustling sound. It's the man crawling.
Shen Kuang didn't know who the other party was, so for the sake of safety, he asked Shi Yu to lean back. He took two steps forward and looked behind the bamboo basket.
Behind the bamboo basket, there was a man in night clothes lying against the wall. When Shen Kuang turned around and looked over, the man just took out a dagger, but this time he didn't stab Shen Kuang, but held it to him. on his own neck.
Shen Kuang was startled and rushed over, pinched his wrist and snatched the dagger away. When the man saw this, he bit Shen Kuang's hand regardless. Shen Kuang suddenly felt a wave of pain. Pain came from his hand, and the man bit down hard, causing him to take a breath.
"Hi~, Your Excellency, we are not bad people."
"Brother Shen, what's wrong!" Shiyu shouted worriedly after hearing Shen Kuang's painful groan.
In the dark night, after hearing Shiguang's voice, the person who bit Shen Kuang didn't bite harder. He slowly let go of his mouth and said in a cold voice: "Who are you?"
It was a woman's voice, maybe because of the injury, so her tone of voice was very weak, but even so, there was still a hint of coldness and serenity mixed in the words.
The woman let go, and Shen Kuang quickly withdrew his hand and rubbed it. His hand was bitten by the other party, leaving a row of neat tooth marks, and his hand was also bitten and bleeding.
"Don't get me wrong, sir. We just came back from Changlefang and passed by here. We heard a noise in the alley and came in to take a look." Shen Kuang said reluctantly.
For a moment, after realizing that the woman was not in any danger, Shen Kuang called Shigure over. "Shigure, come and see her, she is injured."
Shigure had been worrying behind him, but when he heard Shen Kuang's words, he ran over with small steps. Facing the faint moonlight, Shen Kuang could see that most of the woman's upper body was wet with blood, even though she was wearing night clothes at the moment. clothes, but the strong smell of blood type lingers.
Because she was weak and had just fought with Shen Kuang, the woman seemed to have exhausted all her strength. At this time, her lips were frighteningly white, her eyes were slowly losing focus, and she could no longer say a word.
After checking the other party's injuries, Shiyu said anxiously: "Brother Shen, we have to take her back quickly. She lost too much blood and will die if she doesn't get treatment!"
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