A knife in love

Chapter 1397

After Aunt Zhu left, Li Qiufeng took a few steps in the room, thinking that since Wangjiazhuang had started to build the Zhongkui Temple, Qi Jiu would definitely follow the crowd to Motianling today, and the murder of Er Niu had to be investigated by himself. .Thinking of this, he couldn't wait any longer, so he quietly left the house and walked straight to the outside of the palace.

Li Qiufeng first went to the alley where Erniu was killed, and saw the blood on the ground, but the surroundings were quiet and there was no sound at all.Li Qiufeng searched for more than half an hour, but still found nothing.He wandered around along the alley again, and finally arrived in front of Er Niu's house, but still couldn't find any clues.Li Qiufeng thought to himself, after Er Niu escaped, he, Murong Danyan, and Wang Xiaoyu rushed out, and then split up to chase Er Niu.The distance from Erniu's house to the place where he was murdered was only seven or eighty feet long, but it was all houses and alleys, and it would take a long time to turn around in twists and turns.The three didn't catch up with Er Niu immediately, not because he escaped quickly, but because the three didn't know which direction he fled to.Moreover, the road in Wangjiazhuang is tortuous, Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan are outsiders and are not familiar with the road, so they didn't find Er Niu immediately.But the murderer easily caught up with Er Niu, and hit Er Niu on the head with a heavy hand, killing him on the spot.According to Li Qiufeng's speculation, the murderer must be very familiar with the roads in Wangjiazhuang, so that he could catch up with Er Niu without anyone noticing.In addition, the reason why he didn't kill with a sword, but punched Er Niu's head hard, presumably it was intentional, to cover up the killing and put the blame on those teenagers who beat Er Niu.If Li Qiufeng, Murong Danyan, and Wang Xiaoyu hadn't seen Erniu escape from the house with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed that the murderer was someone else.

Li Qiufeng circled around Erniu's house more than ten times, but didn't notice anything.It's just that the surrounding houses are quiet and there is no sound at all, even Li Qiu, who is bold and skilled, feels a little palpitating at this time.He thought to himself that the owner of the Wang Zhuang built this Zhuangzi to accommodate the Wang clan, and also brought some poor and helpless people into the Zhuang.However, judging from the situation in Zhuangzi, the owner of Wang Zhuang was extremely strict, and he even pruned Zhuangzi like a military camp.It is indeed admirable that he has this means.

Li Qiufeng searched for most of the day, but couldn't find any clues, so he had to return in dismay.When he got to the gate of the king's house, but he didn't want to go back, he walked towards the outside of the villa.When he came near the entrance of Wangjiazhuang Village, he saw four Zhuang Ding standing under two big willow trees, talking lazily together.Seeing Li Qiufeng approaching, the four of them hurriedly stood up straight and bowed their hands respectfully to Li Qiufeng.Li Qiufeng chatted with a few people for a while, seeing that no other Zhuang Ding appeared in the rooms on both sides, he felt a little strange in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Are you the only four on duty today?"

The leader Zhuang Ding said with a smile on his face: "Uncle Zhu doesn't know something. Early this morning, the owner of the village took people to build a temple on Motianling. Our Zhuangzi transferred more than 100 people to guard Zhuangzi's manpower." Insufficient. There are fifteen or sixteen people guarding Zhuangkou on weekdays, but today there are only four of us left."

When Zhuang Ding said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "The big housekeeper brought seven to eighty people to help the yamen in the city, and today he also sent more than 80 people to build a temple on Motianling, so the city also has manpower. It’s tight. I heard from Wang Laosan that yesterday, more than 40 people were selected from Zhuangzi to help in the city. But these 20 people are all brats, and even the fool Er Niu was called away. In this way, our Zhuangzi There are only a few men left in the village. Therefore, when the owner of the village set out, he told us to be careful and pay attention to it, and if there is any suspicious person, immediately light the fire and report."

Zhuang Ding pointed to the right side of the road while talking.Li Qiufeng turned his head to look, but saw that a large pile of wood had been piled up on the side of the road, which was supposed to be used to light the fire as a warning.Li Qiufeng nodded, and said in his mouth: "Master Wang is very thoughtful, I admire you."

Zhuang Ding said with a smile: "Uncle Zhu is right. It's not that a villain is flattering the owner of the village. The old man has always been careful and cautious. Take this pile of wood as an example. If it is placed elsewhere in Zhuangzi, even if Even if you light a fire, you won’t be able to see it from Motian Ridge. You can only see it clearly from Motian Ridge if you place it in Zhuangkou.”

Li Qiufeng chatted with Zhuang Ding for a few more words, then said goodbye to everyone, and walked straight to the official road.As he was walking, he thought to himself, if there is nothing to do left and right, why not take a walk on Motian Ridge.Since reuniting with Murong Danyan on Motian Ridge that day, he never returned to Motian Ridge.In fact, this mountain hides many secrets. Take the white-clothed swordsman pretending to be a ghost that I met that night. He is obviously a martial arts master. I don’t know why he pretended to be a ghost and killed people on the mountain.If Li Qiufeng's temperament is followed, he must investigate this matter to the bottom.It's just that he was going to Fusang to do business on this trip, so he didn't take these weird things in Dongliao County to heart.But then the big ship was lost, and everyone was trapped in Dongliao County. It was not until Er Niu was killed, which was vaguely related to the Japanese pirates, that Li Qiufeng made up his mind to get to the bottom of this matter and seek justice for Er Niu.But at first he didn't think of the haunting on Motian Ridge. Until now, he thought of the strange haunting on Motian Ridge again, so he decided to go and find out.

After Li Qiufeng reached the official road, he immediately turned to the right and went straight to Motianling.After he walked half a mile, he came to the wooden bridge over the Chakou ditch.Li Qiufeng walked on the right side of the wooden bridge, looking into the deep ditch under the bridge.There was no water at the bottom of the ditch, some large stones were piled up in a mess, and a dozen thick logs were stuck on the edge.Li Qiufeng thought to himself, it seems that the construction of this wooden bridge is not too long, and nine out of ten of the stones and wood under the bridge are extra materials from the construction of the bridge.

Standing on the bridge, Li Qiufeng looked eastward, and he could see the stone wall of Wangjiazhuang vaguely.It's just that the distance is too far, and there seems to be a layer of fog in front of him, which makes him not see clearly.Chakougou extends eastward from the wooden bridge and disappears outside the stone wall on the north side of Wangjiazhuang.Li Qiufeng thought of the strange thing that Er Niu saw the big ship, and thought to himself, could it be that Er Niu just stood here and saw the ghost ship?

Li Qiufeng thought about it for a while, but he couldn't figure it out. In the end, he could only shake his head and continue walking towards Motianling.Although it was broad daylight, there was no one else on the official road except him.Seeing Motianling getting taller and taller in front of his eyes, it finally stood up like a high wall in front of his eyes.It seemed that there was an invisible force rushing down from the ridge, suppressing Li Qiufeng a little out of breath.He had to take a deep breath, and thought to himself, he saw countless strange and frightening scenes in the mountainside under Hutou Rock that day, but compared with Motianling at this time, it was far worse.

(End of this chapter)