Suzaku

The Merchant

In the rain all over the sky, the sound of an ambulance and the shrill siren of a police car intertwined.A large area outside Zhulin Lane has been controlled by the police. From time to time, a stretcher will carry a corpse out of the alley. The white sheets on the stretcher are all dyed red, which looks extremely miserable.

In the police car on the side, a pair of young men and women with helpless faces were being interrogated by the police, but they couldn’t say anything about it.

This is the largest vicious homicide case in the provincial capital since its opening. The reporters from various newspapers guarding the periphery tacitly did not take pictures, but waited for the police station to wait for an explanation later. This matter is too big to report randomly to be politically responsible. Director Pan also rushed over from the Public Security Bureau, watching his subordinates with a livid face as they took notes and searched for traces.

A heavy rain, no trace at all.

The preliminary identification report of the forensic doctor came out. There were a total of 14 victims. The victims died because of many small holes in their bodies, which caused excessive bleeding. But the strange thing is that these small holes did not appear to be broken by small steel balls, because There were no burn marks on it, and how the scars were caused specifically cannot be concluded without further autopsy.

Director Pan’s thick eyebrows gradually became tangled into a mess, and he returned to the car and picked up the intercom.

“Give me six places.”

On the opposite side of Zhulin Lane is a coffee shop. Through the rain-soaked window outside, two people can be seen talking solemnly inside.

“Who are the dead?”

“Some little hooligans do bad things in the alley, then”

“These two uncles are really ruthless.”

“Really? If those two left earlier, maybe I was the one who made the move.” Yi Tianxing took a sip of coffee, it was really bitter.

Zhou Yiwen looked at him indifferently: “Fourteen people died, there must be an explanation for this murder case.”

Yi Tianxing shook his head: “I only promised to help you watch these two people, but I didn’t promise you to take action.”

“Then our agreement doesn’t count”

Yi Tianxing thought for a while and sighed: “I hope these two lovely peasant uncles didn’t come to me specially.”

When Chen Sanxing and Liang Siniu entered the provincial capital, they sensed Yi Tianxing’s divine consciousness probing into the sky, and Yi Tianxing naturally sensed the existence of the other party, so he followed them these days, watching the two The old peasant who lived in the mountains for a long time encountered things in this bustling and weird provincial capital. For some reason, he always had a strange feeling in his heart, an inexplicable affection.

But thinking that the two sides are now in hostile camps, I can’t help feeling depressed.

“Bo Lin has arrived, and there will be a reception in the province tonight, will you come?” Zhou Yiwen asked calmly.

“Come.” Yi Tianxing smiled slightly, thinking: “If there is a conspiracy, it will come even more.”

The door of the coffee shop was pushed open, and a man in police uniform walked in. It was raining heavily outside, and the light green police uniform was soaked into ink.

“Who did this?” Director Pan sat between the two of them and asked bluntly.

“Ask him.” Yi Tianxing threw this difficult question to Zhou Yiwen.

Director Pan turned around and stared into Zhou Yiwen’s eyes. Although he was a mortal, the sharpness in his eyes still made Director Zhou flustered. He pondered for a while and said, “They are two extremely powerful practitioners. Don’t worry, Director Pan. Within three days, I will hand them over to you, regardless of life or death.”

Director Pan nodded in satisfaction, and then looked at Yi Tianxing: “Is the person who was killed one of your subordinates?”

Yi Tianxing looked at him for a while: “Don’t you think all the bastards in this world are following me?”

“The record of the young couple who asked about it just now has been released.” Director Pan took out a stack of papers from his clothes and threw it on the table in front of Yi Tianxing, “robbing and raping in the alley in broad daylight is what you hooligans do. , damn it”

The director was very angry. Anyone who had fourteen people killed in a vicious case within his jurisdiction would not be able to get better.

Yi Tianxing shook his head and let out a sigh of relief: “Don’t expect me to pay for the bad things done by others.”

“You are now the leader of the provincial capital. If I don’t look for you, I will look for someone.” When Director Pan said the word “leader”, there was a trace of contempt and anger on the corners of his lips, and his eyes were sharp.

“I’ll check.” Yi Tianxing looked back at him coldly.

After the three of them finished speaking, they parted in the coffee shop, and Zhou Yiwen said a word before leaving.

“The evening reception will be at the White Swan Hotel.”

Yi Tianxing picked up the cup of bitter and cold coffee, but didn’t respond. He just listened to the music played in the coffee shop with a lowered voice. Even though the voice was lowered, the song still seemed so vigorous and helpless.

“Right and wrong are like smoke blowing

Tears of laughter seeped into the old well

On the road duet singing in Kexiangli

Spring and autumn are full of hope

Xia and Dong see through life and death

Generations will always remember

day plus day

Cultivate sweat and blood every minute

caprylic acid

never change

Man can conquer nature

”

This is the posthumous work of Huang Jiaju, the farmer sung by Beyond.

“It’s interesting.” Yi Tianxing smiled and Mimi thought about the two old farmers.

It was also raining by the Ink Lake.

The small bookstore is not open today, and there are many people sitting inside.There were not enough benches, and some people sat on piles of new books.

Yi Tianxing crossed his legs behind the desk and looked at the people in front of him.

“Old Xing, what did you tell the four of you when you were released?”

The four gangsters in the provincial capital looked at each other in dismay: “You said you want us to do more good things.”

“I believe everyone knows what happened in Zhulin Lane today, have you found out who did it?” Yi Tianxing was very annoyed. The two masters sent by Qing Jingtian to the provincial capital made a murderous plan. No matter how difficult it is to subdue the murderous plan together, who knows how much he will suffer in the future.

“It’s Xiaosi’s subordinate.” The bald old Lin replied respectfully.

“Who is Little Four?” Yi Tianxing frowned.

Yuan Ye, who was behind him, interjected, “It’s the one who followed Chengdong Biaozi before.”

“Didn’t you go to jail?”

“Yeah, that’s why those little boys under him are gone, and no one cares about them anymore, but the area where the east of the city meets the several houses.” Yuan Ye glanced at the four of Lao Xing and said, “No one dares to take care of them now, so those boys That’s why you dare to mess around.”

It turned out to be like this. Yi Tianxing thought with some headaches that the corruption of law and order had something to do with him.

People are born in the world, and it seems that they cannot be governed by doing nothing.

“Let’s set a simpler rule.” He put his hand on the wooden table and tapped lightly, making a thumping sound, “It’s best not to let me know about rape and murder.”

As soon as the fingers knocking on the wooden table stopped, the thumping sound also stopped, and everyone who was listening was startled.

“If I know, I guarantee that his death will be worse than the fourteen today.”

Yi Tianxing smiled and looked at the people in front of him who controlled the underworld in the provincial capital.

“As for the children in the east of the city, you should accept those who should be accepted. If there are any blind ones, I will break their legs and drive them out of the provincial capital. Just say that I said this.”

“Understood.” The people in the room began to sweat on their foreheads, knowing that starting from today, Jianghu in the provincial capital will carry out self-examination and self-correction work.

After everyone left, Yi Tianxing hid in the chair and smiled wryly.

“Remember what I said at the small pond?”

“Which sentence is the young master referring to?” Xiao Jinsong glanced at Yuan Ye.

“If the underworld is useful, why do you need the police?” Yi Tianxing touched his forehead, “I just realized today that some things are really easy to think about.”

“What I told those people just now, the people under Pengfei Industry and Trade should also do it.”

He said blankly.

“yes.”

“The two people I asked you to investigate should be investigated privately. Don’t let too many people know. After you find out where they are, please notify me as soon as possible.”

“yes.”

“Let’s go.”

“The young master is here. He seems to be looking for you urgently.”

“Well where does he live”

“I live in the guest house of the city’s provincial office. This is the address. He said it’s not convenient to come here.”

After everyone had left, he entered the bedroom. There were three people in the bedroom. One monk was busy serving tea and water to Guokui, and the other two looked like starving old men sitting on the edge of the bed and munching. It was a woven bag that had been wet by rain, and the accumulated water on the bag was flowing to the corner of the bag along the colorful lines, wetting the concrete floor below.

Yi Tian walked in front of the two, smiled at Mimi and said, “Is the food okay?”

“It’s okay.” Liang Siniu replied naively, Guo Kui’s oil glistened on his thick lips, “It’s my first time taking a taxi, and it’s very fast.”

Chen Sanxing was still gentle but quickly finished the food in his hand, gratefully took the warm tea from Ye Xiangseng’s hand, took a sip, and sipped it: “My baby, what’s your name?”

Yi Tianxing scratched his nose with a wry smile: “If you don’t tell me, you can’t hide it, I am Yi Tianxing.”

Chen Sanxing smiled slightly, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes piled up into two old chrysanthemums: “We came to kill you, and you took us to your home”

“Everyone in the provincial capital is looking for you, and I don’t want you to be found by them.”

“The kindness of a meal cannot be forgotten, but we still want to kill you.”

At this time, the naive Liang Siniu knew that the kind-hearted young man in front of him was one of the targets he and his brother were going to kill when they went down the mountain. He couldn’t help opening his mouth wide, revealing the food inside. He poured water into the teacup, as if he didn’t hear anything.

“Why did you kill me?” Yi Tianxing looked directly into the eyes of the two old men without flinching.

Chen Sanxing pursed his lips, and after a while he mumbled, “Because you are a bad person.”

“Where is my fault?” In a debate match with two lovely old farmers, Yi Tianxing suddenly felt confident.

“Who were the people outside just now?”

“Well, they are all Jianghu people.”

“No, they are all villains with blood on their bodies.”

“Okay, even if they are evil people.” Yi Tianxing looked directly into Chen Sanxing’s gentle eyes, “Why did you kill me?”

Chen Sanxing suddenly fell silent, raised his head slightly to look at the upper right wall, and after a while said, “If you look at what you said just now, baby, it seems that you are a good person, but how do I know if you are acting for me?”I think you have been following us since our brothers entered the provincial capital, don’t think I don’t know, I just want to wait for that other demon to come, and it will be easier for us to get along together. “After saying this, he gave Ye Xiangseng a weird look and muttered to himself, but no one could hear him clearly.

Yi Tianxing scratched his head: “I stayed with you two for two days, and the kid also received two days of education.” He said the truth, and then smiled slightly: “Qingjingtian invites the two elders down the mountain, it should be a secret. Why, now the whole world knows about it.”

“Who knows”

“Awesome heaven.”

“Oh, those are people of the same kind. If you know it, you will know it. I won’t ask them for help.” Chen Sanxing said blankly.

Yi Tianxing sneered and said, “Senior, do you know that Haorantian is also asking me to kill you, otherwise how would I know you are here?”

Chen Sanxing frowned again: “It shouldn’t be, everyone is like-minded.”

Yi Tianxing sighed in his heart, thinking that these two are really childish at heart, and it is really difficult to walk an inch in this dark and dirty provincial city.

There was silence in the cabin.

“Baby, I can hardly believe it.”

“Understood, so I would like to ask you two to give me some time to find out what is going on with this matter.”

“We have another thing to do when we go down the mountain.”

Yi Tianxing smiled and said: “Understood, it’s still the same sentence, please give me a little time to check, including what you are going to do.”

“I don’t believe it.” Liang Siniu, who had been sitting naively and clumsily by the bed, suddenly roared: “The Taoist brothers in Qingjingtian are all masters of the Tao. If they are not kind by nature, how can they enter the Tao like our senior brothers?” Farming in the mountains for decades, how could they scare me fat cow, die, thief boy”

As soon as the words fell, he raised his thick right leg and was about to stamp it on the ground.

Lifting the knee, there was a hiss, and the coarse cloth pants were torn apart by the muscles inside.

Yi Tianxing sighed in his heart. He had seen the horrible scene of this foot killing in the rainy alley with his own eyes during the day, but he slowly lay down on the back of the chair without any reaction.

Ye Xiangseng clasped his hands together, closed his eyes slightly, and a faint Buddha breath lingered around him.

That bare foot stained with mud and water, that magical foot that could instantly kill fourteen people with a single stomp, stepped down through the air.

The air seemed to be unable to withstand the power of this foot, and it vibrated slightly, deforming around the foot.

There was a muffled sound of “burst”.

The air in the hut was rippling, a strong wind blew from the bedside, and the momentum oppressed people’s hearts. Everything around the house was shaken by the air and was crushed. The wooden table, the new book with ink smell, the unfinished food The pot leader, the newly bought sheets, and the mirror on the table were all crushed into pieces, hitting the wall like raindrops, making a jingling sound, which is very pleasant to hear

Although terrifying, it is far less lethal than in the daytime because this foot did not stamp down

This foot is easily supported by one hand

The next moment, Chen Sanxing coughed twice, moved his hand away from Liang Siniu’s muddy foot, wiped his palm on the woven bag randomly, and stood up.

Liang Siniu was bewildered, and followed his elder brother to stand up.

“Baby, I can’t believe you.” He looked at Yi Tianxing with a calm face, “Although you didn’t make a move just now.”

“Understood.” Yi Tianxing said respectfully.

“You learned the convenience door of Guiyuan Temple.” Chen Sanxing looked at him, “Please give a voice to Master Binku, just say that my brother has come to the provincial capital.” After saying this, he opened the woven bag and took out a piece of it. The bacon was passed over.

“It’s rare to go down the mountain, and I didn’t bring anything good. You can bring this piece of bacon to Binku. I have a different way from him, so I won’t go see him.”

Yi Tianxing was very surprised. He didn’t expect these two terrible monks like old farmers to know the monk Binku. Looking at the bacon he took, he couldn’t help but smiled bitterly.

“How Monks Eat Meat”

“Oh, that’s right.” Chen Sanxing stroked his gray hair, a little embarrassed, “You eat that baby.”

After saying this, he took his junior brother and walked outside the house.

“The two seniors might as well stay here for a few days. You must know that there are many people looking for you outside.”

“So what if we found us?” Chen Sanxing didn’t turn his head, but his thin shoulders carried the fierceness of the whole world.

During the day, Yi Tianxing persuaded the two elderly people to return to the bookstore with his perfect tongue. He never expected to be able to persuade the somewhat pedantic two people to turn their enemies into friends, and to kill each other without meeting each other. With a good result, I couldn’t help laughing: “Could it be that we will start fighting next time we meet?”

“Boy, you have two days to figure out the whole thing.” Chen Sanxing said, “I’m not here to fight you, not because I believe you, but this is a residential area. If we do it, those mortals will Suffering, and more than 20 years ago, we killed good people by mistake, so we are very careful now, and we don’t want to make the same mistakes again, do you understand?”

“Understood.” Yi Tianxing bowed down.

When the two old peasants went out, they suddenly turned their heads and bowed to them.

Both Yi Tianxing and Ye Xiangseng were surprised for no reason.

“Thank you, kid, for giving us a full meal.It is impossible for us to stay here with you, otherwise if we really want to kill you in the future and owe you too much food money, we will not be able to do so. “Chen Sanxing said seriously to Yi Tianxing, “I didn’t expect the price to go up too much this time, we have to keep the fare for the return home, the money for the pancakes and tea we ate earlier, and we will only give it to you later. ”

The next sentence was spoken to Ye Xiangseng, but the listeners were in a daze and didn’t know what to understand.

“Twenty-seven years ago, our brothers and sisters killed you once, but you didn’t kill us once. In the past twenty-seven years, we have been uncomfortable. Now knowing that you are still alive, I feel at ease. Thank you.”

Two farmers from Wo Niu Mountain spoke sincerely to Ye Xiangseng.

After the two old people left, I don’t know which alley in the provincial capital they will go to eat steamed buns and drink cold water.

Thinking about the demeanor of these two, Yi Tianxing couldn’t help but sighed leisurely: “There is an ancient style in doing things, this is really the appearance of a master.”

“Others want to kill you, please come back to eat and drink, and the brother also has a lot of charm from the ancients.” Ye Xiangseng smiled happily.

Yi Tianxing choked, a little shy: “Brother, what do those two last words mean? He killed you, you didn’t kill him”

Ye Xiangseng frowned and said, “I don’t know, but ever since the two of them stepped into this small room, I’ve felt something strange.”

Yi Tianxing lowered his eyelids slightly, and vaguely guessed what the two Woniushan masters were talking about, but he didn’t say anything, and instead said: “Since they know Master Binku, they can ask him another day.”

Ye Xiangseng was unmoved and didn’t think too much about these things, and asked with a smile: “Brother seems to have a plan for the next few days.”

Yi Tianxing lay back, but fell to the ground with an ouch, only to find that the back of the chair had been cracked by himself, which was caused by his nervousness when Liang Siniu kicked the ground just now.

He got up from the ground: “Bullshit, I don’t know shit, but the more I don’t know, the more I have to show that I know everything. The whole thing is unpredictable, making the hidden opponents a little uncertain.”

“Who is the opponent”

“Qingjingtian, Six Offices.” Yi Tianxing’s eyes were calm, “Since I want to fight these two, the above two are possible. I always feel that Director Zhou is not that simple.”

“It is estimated that no one would have thought that you would actually meet these two old men one step ahead of time.”

Yi Tianxing smiled slightly, and the faint golden light in his pupils flickered before disappearing: “Conspiracy is something that takes advantage of poor communication and misunderstanding between people. I will not give my opponent such a chance.”

I went to the guest house of the municipal office in the province to find Gu Da, only to find out that this guy also came to the provincial capital because of Lin Bo’s affairs.

Gu Da was still wearing the black suit, with a politician’s smile on his face: “There is a reception tonight, are you interested in going with me?”

“That reception at Lin Bo?” Yi Tianxing asked with a smile.

“How do you know?” Gu Da was a little surprised.

Yi Tianxing said unhappily: “Didn’t you say that when you came to the provincial capital last time?”

“Then how do you know it’s today?”

Yi Tianxing took out the invitation card from Zhou Yiwen from his arms, and said helplessly, “I’m also a hard-working prostitute who is busy with socializing now.”

Gu Da laughed and said: “I heard that you are very happy in the provincial capital. I didn’t expect that you can have an invitation card for this kind of official reception. It seems that I don’t need to waste one.”

“A lot of people want to go to this wine party?”

“That’s right, Lin Bo is famous for being kind and charitable. He is a good person. Who in the counties and cities below the province would not want to come here to get some cheap money.”

Yi Tianxing frowned slightly: “One after another, the masters.”

“What did you say?” Gu Da didn’t hear clearly.

“It’s nothing.” Yi Tianxing said with a smile: “Let’s go to eat and then go. I heard that this kind of reception can’t be full.”

“The reception is full of chatting and farting.”

“It seems that you have often participated in chatting and spanking recently.”

“Well, I’ve become the director now.” Gu Da tightened the tie around his neck and said with a smile.

“The director of the Municipal Taiwan Affairs Office is also an idle job.” Yi Tianxing joked.

It was getting late, and the heavy rain that had been rampant all day had gradually stopped. The White Swan Hotel was lit up with eye-catching lights, and the reception hall on the third floor was even more resplendent. His whereabouts were monitored by people from the Sixth Office, and he held a glass of wine with peace of mind, imitating the upper-class people around him to taste it.

The waiters walked back and forth among the crowd. Inland China still had little experience in holding this kind of reception in the mid-1990s, and the faces of people chatting around with tall glasses were somewhat reserved.

When Gu Da saw an official from the province, he greeted Yi Tianxing and went to chat with him. Yi Tianxing didn’t care too much, the purpose of his visit today was to see that Lin Bo from Taiwan, and Mo Sha who was next to Lin Bo, who was the same as himself and was the target of a high-ranking farmer in Wo Niu Mountain.

Qingman’s music stopped, and someone began to speak.

“Today, we welcome Mr. Lin Qiheng from Taiwan to return to the motherland for sightseeing. Mr. Lin is enthusiastic about public welfare and concerned about people’s livelihood and education. The group has also donated a lot in the mainland.”The host spoke casually, and then invited Lin Qiheng to give a speech.

As soon as the rich man surnamed Lin took the stage, Yi Tianxing frowned.

There is a very strange feeling lingering in his heart, lingering, like two pieces of jade that have been separated for thousands of years, after experiencing the vicissitudes of life, they suddenly meet again at a small stall.

He suddenly felt that this feeling was very subtle, and couldn’t help but look up at that Lin Bo.

On the stage was an old man in his sixties or seventies, with silver-white hair, in good spirits, wearing silver-rimmed glasses and a well-fitting suit, with a touch of elegance in his speech and demeanor that could not be concealed.

I didn’t see Mo Sha, who was said to know the five secret methods of fire.

Only one old man was talking, his voice was very soft and soft.

“Young and young leave home and the boss returns, but the local accent remains unchanged”: