Chapter 101 There is something wrong with this house
Xie Pingsheng was still sitting in his seat, reading and writing and guarding the unoccupied booth, but the book covered his eyes, and he looked around with some sight exposed from behind the book.
Although Jian Yu left without hesitation, he left people behind. Several people were scattered around the lake. Xie Pingsheng scratched the table silently in confusion. Should I stay still if the enemy can't do it, or should I strike first?
Bai Yue and Jian Yu went straight to Xie Pingsheng's home. Of course, the door was locked. They, the public officials, couldn't pick the lock, so they climbed over the wall.
It was a very ordinary small yard, with some dried fruits and vegetables hanging on a shelf on one side, a little salted meat and two salted fish hanging on the other side, and a few men's clothes hanging out to dry. The rest was deserted, a standard bachelor's family.
The snow that had fallen in the yard had melted, but it was still wet and muddy. Bai Yue stood in the middle and refused to move, feeling that no matter which way he walked, his shoes would be stained.
Jian Yu smiled and said, "What's wrong? You were not afraid of dirt or mud before."
She really looked a bit like a rich girl from a rich family. Jian Yu couldn't help but think of Bai Yue climbing the wall in public in the Wei family when he was caught escaping for the first time. That was not ambiguous at all.
But these ten days have really felt like a whole other world away.
"It's not that I'm afraid of getting dirty." Bai Yue said: "After all, we are breaking into a private house. There are footprints all over the ground. What should Xie Pingsheng do when he comes back and thinks he has entered a thief?"
She was really worried. Jian Yu cheered and was about to speak when he suddenly heard a loud shout coming from the side of the room.
It was the voice of one of Jian Yu's men who was searching. Everyone was startled and rushed over.
The people who followed Jian Yu, even though they were not experienced in many battles, were all skilled in martial arts and had some experience. To be able to make them make such a sound, it was obvious that something had happened.
Jian Yu also walked over, and after thinking about it, he also dragged Bai Yue over. He didn't believe there was any special danger in this house. If it was dangerous, it would only be dangerous if Bai Yue was not under his nose.
Liang Meng had already helped the man out, with blood dripping from his pale face.
"What's going on?" Jian Yu saw that he was injured on his arm and breathed a sigh of relief. It was a short crossbow, very sharp, but because he avoided it in time, he only cut his clothes and injured his arm.
"This kid actually has a hidden weapon in his house." The man grimaced in pain and pointed a bloody hand: "Master, look."
There was a row of crossbow arrows stuck on the wall, none of which penetrated the wall even an inch. The force of this crossbow arrow was outrageous, and it was a close-range attack. If it was shot, it would definitely be a bloody hole.
Jian Yu asked someone to take him to deal with the wound, and also checked the house carefully to see if there were any other mechanisms.
In an ordinary family, who would install a concealed crossbow on the side of the house, without fear of hurting themselves or the neighbors who come to visit?
This kind of hidden weapon is fired in one shot. Since it has been fired, there is no danger and it needs to be reloaded. The others spread out to check, but Bai Yue squatted next to the crossbow and watched.
There were many holes in the wall. Bai Yue clicked on them, then looked at the crossbow and said, "Mo Yi, come and see."
Jian Yu came over.
"There are holes in this wall." Bai Yue said: "Seven holes are all fresh. It should be yesterday. Someone triggered the crossbow the day before yesterday, and then replaced it with a new one today. So the neighbor said yesterday and the day before yesterday
I heard a strange sound, and it seems like something is really wrong."
"Master, there are more here." Liang Meng shouted not far away: "Come and take a look."
Jian Yu looked back at Bai Yue and said loudly: "Everyone, leave the courtyard immediately. Go back the same way you came in and gather outside the courtyard."
He brought more than ten people with him. In addition to the injured and those who sent him to deal with their wounds, there are now eight more. He had originally planned to search Xie Pingsheng's residence carefully. Now he must search even more, but it can't be like this.
Searched.
"This house is very dangerous." Jian Yu said: "If two groups of men in black are here, and Xie Pingsheng is not a peerless master, then the fear lies in the yard itself. If we break in so recklessly, there will be dangers
Danger."
Liang Meng said: "Master, let me go and take a look first."
Jian Yu nodded.
Bai Yue watched Liang Meng go in and couldn't help but said, "Isn't it dangerous for him to go in like this?"
Jian Yu said confidently: "No matter what Liang Meng says, he is the ancestor of hidden weapons."
It was really so powerful. Bai Yue stood at the door: "Although I don't know where there are traps, I know where there are none."
At this time, Xie Pingsheng's neighbor heard what was going on here and stuck his head out to see what was going on.
"Fellow fellow." Bai Yue greeted him warmly.
Everyone is always more polite to young girls.
Bai Yue said: "Let me ask you something."
The neighbor nodded repeatedly: "Girl, please tell me."
Not to mention anything else, just seeing this group of officers and soldiers standing aside with such fierce looks, he didn't dare to be rude.
Bai Yue said: "How long have you and Xie Pingsheng been neighbors?"
Neighbors don’t have to think about it: “When his father was not married, we were neighbors. Later, when he was born, I watched him grow up.”
The neighbor looks like he is forty years old, and he has indeed watched Xie Ping grow up.
Bai Yue did not pursue the matter of Xie Pingsheng's father, Xie Jiang, but asked: "Does this young man interact with everyone a lot on weekdays?"
"That's a lot." The neighbor said, "Xiao Xie lives alone, has no father or mother, and has no family. Our fellow villagers must take more care of us. Whatever food and drink our family makes, we have to give him a gift.
If he sees something delicious and fun outside, he will bring it to us."
He sounds like a really easy-going, cheerful, sunny and enthusiastic person.
Bai Yue said again: "Then you guys come to visit us."
"Chuan." The neighbor didn't understand why: "Xiao Xie goes out to set up a stall every day. When he comes back, he finds it troublesome to be alone, so he often eats at our house. He sometimes raises chickens in the yard, hangs clothes to dry, etc. If it rains suddenly
When the wind blows, we will collect it for him, and we will come and go as we do at home..."
Bai Yue knew it well: "Okay, thank you."
The neighbor kept saying, "You're welcome, you're welcome. By the way, that girl, can I ask, what's wrong with Xiao Xie? What happened?"
"It's okay." Bai Yue smiled slightly: "It's okay, don't worry, you can go back, it's okay."
It was an unconvincing sentence, but under Jian Yu's cold gaze, the neighbor did not dare to say anything more and hurried back to the house.
"I know which places are safe." Bai Yue strode inside: "Let your people put away their extraordinary skills and treat themselves as ordinary people. Every place that ordinary people can go is safe."
Any place that leaves the door open to allow neighbors to come and go by themselves is naturally safe. Jian Yu's people are just the opposite. They are looking for sinister places, which is why they trigger the mechanism in the first place.