Murong Bai's forward momentum suddenly slowed down, he turned over, raised his head, and let the arrow hit the tip of his nose and hit the chimney next to him.
A look of hope suddenly appeared on Tang Feng's ashen face. He hurriedly looked up in the direction where the whistle came from, and saw a person approaching him very quickly.
This whistle was all too familiar to Tang Feng. It was a signal to call for help in an emergency at Tushenglou.
"Junior Brother Xu!" Tang Feng recognized the person and shouted loudly:
"Why are you here?"
The killer of Tushenglou, who was a head shorter than Tang Feng, landed next to Tang Feng. He put the short crossbow on his forearm, carefully pointed at Murong Bai who was walking slowly, and said:
"Senior Brother Tang, now is not the time to talk about this. I'm keeping an eye on him, you go first."
Tang Feng held his shoulders and said, "He is Murong Bai."
"I know."
Junior Brother Xu smiled and said, "Hey, if I can fight against the young master of Murong Villa, my life has not been in vain. This is what I have dreamed of, and I got to meet him!"
"Senior Brother Tang, that guy Wang Lan was arrested. Senior Sister separated everyone. He originally thought that if he couldn't find us tonight, he would just leave the city. Now that I see you, I can't ignore you."
"I'm a useless person now, there's no point in saving me, and I'm still trying to catch you!"
"My life is worthless." Junior Brother Xu hugged Tang Feng with one hand and pulled the trigger one after another with the other hand. Although Murong Bai nimbly dodged them, it also delayed his speed a little.
Tang Feng gritted his teeth, took out five crossbow arrows from Junior Brother Xu's pocket, and helped him string them.
Junior Brother Xu glanced at Tang Feng and moved his mouth slightly, as if he was biting something. This subtle move could not escape Tang Feng's eyes.
He said in shock: "You..."
"Senior Brother, you are more useful than me. Junior Brother Xu smiled and said, "The original poster told us when he sent us to Chang'an that we must protect you and Senior Sister Tang no matter what, and we will sacrifice ourselves when necessary."
"I was picked up by the owner of the building. Without him, I would have froze to death a long time ago. I regard Tusheng Building as my home, and you are the future head of Tusheng Building. I have to risk my life to protect you."
Tang Feng's throat became tighter, and he pursed his lips tightly. The pale feeling of powerlessness almost overwhelmed him.
"I'm sorry for you...I'm sorry for everyone..."
Junior Brother Xu chuckled, "I'm sorry, senior sister, I'm waiting for you at the old place. Today is October 28th. It's a festival. Please give me a stick of incense."
Tang Feng patted him hard on the shoulder, pulled out Junior Brother Xu's waist knife, and used his last strength to escape in one direction.
Murong Bai was not worried at all that Tang Feng would escape from under his nose. In order to deal with the flying thief Tian Cuo, Murong Villa had specially studied the tracking technique, forcing Tian Cuo to hide, and finally fled to the sea, and Murong Villa could not pursue him.
, then he gave up. Tian Cuo later returned to the Central Plains, which is a story for another day.
Tang Feng was still far away from Tian Cuo, not to mention he was seriously injured now.
The man in front of him couldn't stop Murong Bai from breathing at all, but Murong Bai didn't want to kill him.
Murong Bai heard clearly the previous conversation between the two. He didn't want to kill this boy who looked no more than 17 or 18 years old. Killers have feelings and righteousness, and Murong Bai didn't want to be that kind of ruthless and unrighteous person.
What he wanted to catch was just Tang Feng and the woman.
Moreover, since the Southern Xinjiang Gu Master Case, Murong Bai has successfully understood the sword intention of "not killing", and he does not want to destroy this hard-earned sword intention.
"Go away." Murong Bai said softly, "My target is not you."
"I know you look down on me." Junior Brother Xu sneered, "But I still can't let you go. If you want to go, you have to kill me."
"Why do you have to ask to die?"
"Then why do you want to arrest senior brother? We have never had any idea of Murong Villa. We are just killing a beast. Why do you have to meddle in other people's business like a dog and a mouse?"
A trace of black blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. He wiped his mouth nonchalantly and continued:
"It is said that Murong Bai of Gusu is the future of martial arts in the Tang Dynasty. I, Xu Yu, would like to ask for advice today!"
"Have you taken poison?" Murong Bai frowned.
"What does it have to do with you!"
The young man threw away the short crossbow, took out two throwing knives, and shouted:
"Remember, your opponent is Xu Yu, the third-level killer of Tushenglou's Diji Department!"
Murong Bai closed his eyes lightly, and then slowly opened them for a while.
"Gusu Murong Bai, please give me some advice!"
He swept across with his long sword, and the next moment, a stream of light passed over the body of the young killer Xu Yu. Xu Yu opened his mouth, and he didn't even have time to throw the flying knife in his hand.
Xu Yu's body fell weakly to the ground, and a muffled sound was heard, alarming everyone in the room.
Murong Bai put his sword back into its scabbard and looked at the man below him who was hurriedly wearing clothes and holding a candle to go out to check. He felt pity in his heart.
The male host let out an exclamation, then collapsed to the ground, and the flame of the candle illuminated the young killer's unwilling face.
Murong Bai suddenly felt that his understanding of the "no killing" sword intention had reached a new level.
"Not killing" does not mean not using weapons, but a heart of benevolence.
The sword is the spirit of a gentleman and should be treated with kindness and righteousness.
Xu Yu wanted to die, so why not be benevolent if he got his wish?
The dogs on this street have been barking for a long time. Soon, the Jinwu Guards patrolling the streets will arrive here. After the investigation fails, Xu Eucalyptus's body may be thrown into a mass grave in the northwest.
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But Murong Bai was powerless. He felt sorry for Xu Yu's death, but he would not stop.
Tang Feng had been gone for a while, and the whistle Xu Yu had blown had a big effect. In Murong Bai's perception, two more people came to Tang Feng's side.
The killers from another part of the Tusheng Building are rushing towards Tang Feng. This will be a good opportunity to catch them all.
Murong Bai started to rush over. This time, he did not speed up, but kept the distance between him and Tang Feng as far as he could feel, so that Tang Feng could not detect him.
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To the north of the mass grave, there are more than 30,000 soldiers and civilians buried in the mass grave where Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, entered the Pass.
So many people were massacred, and the resentment was naturally deep. There were overgrown weeds here, and the air was filled with a fishy stench. Even on a clear day, the wind here was biting, and black smoke filled the air all year round.
If it is true as Tan Ping said, then this place is not only terrifying, but also a geomantic treasure.
Miss Naning was from the Western Regions, in the northwest of Chang'an. Zhao Shougang hated Wanhua Tower, so he took her body away.
But with a corpse, Zhao Shougang would definitely not be able to go far. All he could think of was to find a Feng Shui treasure to bury Miss Naning.
Li Xin'an guessed, if he were Zhao Shougang, where would he go?
Mass graves? No, there are too many dead people, Feng Shui cannot protect one person, and there are many wild animals, so it is impossible to ensure the safety of Miss Naning's body.
Miss Naning was his lover, how could Zhao Shougang let his lover be buried with so many people?
The only thing he can choose is a place with better feng shui and a more deserted place.
The mass grave where Xiang Yu killed was his only choice.
Li Xin'an climbed over a hill and found a flat plain in front of her.
This land has been plowed, as the horses' hooves said, and majestic white bones can be seen everywhere. They protrude majestically on the surface, burying more secrets deep underground.
Li Xin'an pulled on the reins. The stench in the air had already made him breathless. He had to take it easy.
But suddenly, Li Xin'an heard a misty sound.
The sound seemed far away but not far away, near but not close, and was looming. Hearing such a sound in this mass grave could not help but make people's hair stand on end.
"You won't see ghosts..."
Li Xin'an swallowed hard, pulled out "White Rainbow", turned over and dismounted.
"You are all older than my eighteen generations of ancestors. Your death has nothing to do with me. Every injustice has its own debtor. Our surname is Li, not Ji. Don't look for me..."
Li Xin'an was talking to herself, but her voice still didn't stop. On the contrary, it became more sad and urgent.
He suddenly remembered something. Miss Naning was playing the pipa in Wanhua Tower.
This sound...
It seems to be the pipa.
Could it be that Miss Naning has appeared?
Li Xin'an stepped over the bones and slowly walked towards the source of the sound.
He took a deep breath, suppressed the thoughts that came out, and shouted angrily:
"Zhao Shougang!"
The sound of the pipa suddenly stopped, and the surroundings fell into an eerie silence.
Slowly, opposite Li Xin'an, a human figure appeared in the black smoke.
A man appeared in front of him, holding a pipa in his arms, with blood on his fingers and red and swollen eyes, but he still bowed to Li Xin'an humbly and politely.
"I just want to ask you who you are?"
"Shi Li Xin'an, the commander of the crown prince's right guard."
"Are you from His Highness Li Chu?" Zhao Shougang asked in surprise, and then he stopped laughing.
"Yes, Gao Zhengming belongs to His Highness, and he should be the one to investigate this case."
Li Xin'an tilted her head and looked at him, "Mr. Zhao, you were the one who hired the killers from Tushenglou to assassinate Gao Zhengming, right?"
Zhao Shougang smiled and nodded, "It's me."
He actually admitted it openly... Li Xin'an was surprised and couldn't help but admired and exclaimed: "He is a man!"
"Why did you bring Miss Naning's body here?"
"Because she is from the Western Regions, I can't bring her to the Western Regions. I can only take her to a place closer to the Western Regions and farther away from Chang'an."
Zhao Shougang waved towards the black smoke, "Master Li, please come with me, and I will tell you everything."
Li Xin'an looked at him, Zhao Shougang had a warm look on his face, and there was no way to connect him with the real culprit behind the scenes.
"Master Zhao, please."
Zhao Shougang nodded, turned around and walked into the black smoke. Li Xin'an followed cautiously. He didn't know what was hidden in the black smoke, maybe the woman was here.
To his surprise, as Zhao Shougang followed, the black smoke in front of them became lighter and lighter. Finally, they came to an open flat land, and they could actually see bright stars when they looked up.
In front of Li Xin'an was a new tomb that had just been repaired. A wooden board was inserted in front of the tomb with the words "Tomb of Beloved Wife Naning" written on it.
Zhao Shougang walked to the grave, sat down cross-legged, hugged the pipa, and played it a few times.
The blood on his fingertips spattered on the strings, but Zhao Shougang didn't care and played more happily.
Li Xin'an listened silently, without interrupting, and allowed Zhao Shougang to finish playing the pipa.
When the pipa performance ended, Zhao Shougang was trembling slightly, and his face flushed with excitement. He closed his eyes tightly and breathed heavily, not minding the smell at all.
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The smell is full of joy.
He tilted his head and looked at the wooden sign next to him, stretched out his hand, and gently touched the name with gentle nostalgia, as if he couldn't get enough of it.
Zhao Shougang spoke slowly:
"Nan Ning and I met two years ago."
"You should also know that each of the court ministers has his own circle. Although I don't have many friends with him, I got to know Gao Zhengming through my status as the head of the Household Department."
Li Xin'an nodded, he already knew these things from Gao Zhengming's mouth.
"I don't like their noisy appearance. They are obviously more solemn and solemn when they are in court, but once they are in court, they all turn into libertines. Although I hate it very much, I am still merciless for these hard-won connections.
I complimented them unwillingly and fooled around with them."
"It was at that time that I went to Wanhua Tower and met Naning."
Zhao Shougang looked up at the night sky. The bright stars were like the girl's eyes. He couldn't help but smile happily.
"It was Zhang Ying's birthday. He called many girls, but none of them were satisfied. Finally, he found Naning, who was timid among the musicians."
"I know what that beast Zhang Ying wants to do. He has done a lot of this kind of thing before, and I am already used to it. I had been drinking wine with my head down, but Zhang Ying insisted on letting Naning play the pipa again to cheer me up.
The moment she played the song, I fell into it."
"I have always been obsessed with the pipa and have been playing it since I was a child. I even seriously considered quitting studying and becoming a musician."
"That was a very naive fantasy, but a fantasy is a fantasy after all, and it must always succumb to reality. After I passed the Jinshi examination, Pipa never appeared by my side again. The boring paperwork every day, and the colleagues who were doing nothing but nothing.
It crushed me."
"Nan Ning's song aroused my long-lasting love for the pipa, just like a dead tree blooming with spring. She is from the Western Regions, and she plays the Western Pipa... Oh, this is the one in my arms."
"I was really fascinated by the Pipa music, which was completely different from the music theory of the Tang Dynasty. But before I could stop her, Naning was already taken away by Zhang Ying."
"When I saw her eyes, I was surprised. Naning's eyes were actually calm, or... dull, without any emotion. She should know exactly what she was facing, but she shouldn't have no emotions at all.
This kind of look cannot appear on a woman who just played a heavenly sound, something must have happened to her!"
"Emotions of joy permeate my body. I haven't been so interested in something for a long time. Naning has aroused my interest. I must figure it out!"
"At first, I wanted to ask her about her pipa skills. After Zhang Ying came out of the room, we left Wanhua Building. After that, I was cruel, scraped together ten taels of silver, and went back there again."
"I don't know Naning's name, but fortunately, my identity as the head of the household department still works, and someone knows me. As soon as I told the steward in Wanhua Building, she called all the musicians and asked me to
One choice.”
"I spotted Naning at a glance. Just like last time, her eyes were still calm. I called her out and blocked the others, and we were the only two left in the room."
"What surprised me was that as soon as the others left, Naning was about to take off her clothes. My face became hot, so I stopped her in a hurry and asked her why she was like this."
"Nan Ning replied, she thought I meant that when she served me, all the men she had ever met would order her like this."
"When I heard Nan Ning say this, I felt an inexplicable pain in my heart. She has a beautiful voice, big and bright eyes, and can play the pipa beautifully. Why is such a woman treated like this? Why?
You will end up in a brothel!"
"I told Naning, I don't want her to serve me, I want to learn the pipa of the Western Regions from her."
"After I said these words, I found that Naning's eyes finally lit up, and it looked like a living person. Before, she was like a living dead."
"Both of us like pipa. Naning smiled. She said that since she was a child, other people's demands on her have always been physical. This is the first time someone wants to learn from her what she likes and loves."
"Like a child, she handed me the Western Pipa in her arms and excitedly talked about its structure and pitch. I looked at her blankly, but my mind was not on the Pipa at all. I don't know why, but I felt
At that time, Naning was extremely...holy! A holiness that cannot be desecrated."
"That day, I didn't hear anything about pipa at all, and all my thoughts were focused on the girl who was so happy because someone asked her for advice for the first time."
"How I walked out of Wanhua Tower that night has long been forgotten. After that, I only had one thought in my mind, and that was to go to Wanhua Tower again, a second time, and a third time! I was like
I was so stunned that I went to Naning's place every night, and she happily explained to me various pipa songs from the Western Regions. Sometimes when she was not around, I would just wait in her room empty until she came back."
"I was very happy during those days. I didn't know what kind of state I was in. I couldn't sleep for long every day, but my colleagues said that I seemed to have changed a person, from being lifeless to being energetic."
"I know, it's because of Naning."
"However, happy days are always short-lived. The cost of Wanhua Tower is extremely expensive. My money will be exhausted within a few days."
"I used my last money to go there again, and my reason told me that this kind of life should end. That day, I played a song "Six Yao" by our Tang Dynasty to Naning extremely calmly, and told her that I
I can’t come here anymore.”
"Nan Ning was in a very low mood, but she still didn't say anything and left quietly. From then on, I was just like before and never went to Wanhua Building again."