The Fantasy World of Chivalrous Disciples

(7)

In a world where murders occur frequently, I thought that the streets would be noisy and people would be in panic. However, when Yu Chizhen left Dali Temple for the first time in many days and returned to the center of the crowd, everything was beyond his expectation.

Unexpected.

No matter who is here, almost everyone is discussing the "righteous deeds" of the White Snake Swordsman. Yuchi's real body is among them, as if he has just returned from another world and is still not accustomed to the impact of reality.

"Obviously they don't even know who the White Snake Swordsman is!" Yuchi Zhen complained in his heart, and the debate about justice and evil began to tangle in his heart, but the new "female patrolman" couldn't bear to show off in front of him.

Wandering away, constantly nagging.

"Why are you suddenly wandering out instead of investigating the case?" The woman was agile and had a good sense of distance. One moment she was picking at the stall opposite, and the next moment she suddenly appeared in Yuchizhen.

Blocking the way in front of you.

She continued to ask: "You don't need to come to a place like this to investigate a case, right?"

"What place do you think this is?" Yuchi Zhen said in hindsight, "Are you talking about 'Old Street'? I grew up here and suddenly wanted to go home and take a look. Xinghe, do you hate this place very much?

?”

Mei Xinghe said: "I hate it, but I don't hate it, but I definitely don't like it... This place seems to have not changed in decades. It has always been in shabby condition. My father died here in the line of duty. At that time, I was the patrolman.

The most annoying thing."

"Did your father lose his life because of the patrol?" Yuchi was really at a loss, and quickly apologized: "It seems to have reminded you of something unhappy. How about you go back first?"

Mei Xinghe deliberately prolonged his voice and said lazily: "No~ okay~"

"If a trip home can help with the investigation, then I must stay with you. Nine times out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory, so what's the harm in having more of them?" Mei Xinghe turned his back on guests and walked quickly, holding Yuchi's hand.

Crossing the market.

Soon, they returned home.

The diligent sister was still busy as before, her clothes were very sloppy, her hair was casually wrapped with a scarf, it was as if she had changed her skin from the one at the feast. When she saw Yuchi really coming back, she said tepidly

Okay, then I was holding a big bucket of sewage and was about to go out and dump it.

My father was sitting in the shopkeeper's seat and keeping accounts silently. He was already a little deaf because of his old age. If he didn't shout loudly, he would never notice anyone coming.

"Dad, I'm back." Yuchizhen looked at Mei Xinghe and motioned for her to say something.

Mei Xinghe bowed to say hello: "Hello, uncle."

"Oh, Zhen'er, how long has it been since you came back?" The old father put down his pen and stretched his muscles with difficulty. His thighs, which were numb from sitting for a long time, could not move: "Ouch!"

"Dad! You don't have to stand up." Yu Chizhen hurried over to help him.

"You have to serve tea to the guests!"

Mei Xinghe smiled gratefully and said, "No need for you, uncle, we are all our own people."

"Which girl is she from?"

Yuchi Zhen said: "It's... the oiran of Guanghan Pavilion, Mei Xinghe, Miss Mei."

"Oiran?" The old father declined the tea brought by Yuchi Zhen, and then said to Mei Xinghe: "Miss Mei, can you please avoid me for a while? Zhen'er and I haven't seen each other for more than two months, and I want to talk some gossip.

"

"Okay." Mei Xinghe went to sit on the other side of the screen.

After a while, men's whispers came from the other side of the screen.

"Zhen'er, we are a family of generals after all. How would you behave if you brought an oiran back?"

"Oiran, isn't she just a prostitute?"

"After all, you are also the head hunter in Dali Temple. How can you not think about your own face?"

After hearing this, Mei Xinghe stood up immediately and replied: "So what? I have never brought shame to your family."

The old father stared at the woman in front of him and said in surprise: "So you haven't left yet?!"

"My uncle's loud voice can be heard even if I walk several streets away." Mei Xinghe was aggressive and was about to get up, when Yu Chizhen reassured him: "Xinghe, my father doesn't mean any harm."

Mei Xinghe didn't want to bring trouble to himself, so he left and went to find his sister Yu Chiying.

"This woman has such a bad temper." The old father said, "I didn't ask her to become a prostitute."

"Dad... As fate dictates, few people can truly choose what they want to do." Yu Chizhen patiently explained to Mei Xinghe.

"Okay, okay, this is the first time you have brought a girl home in so many years. Sometimes I really think you may not like women, but like men instead, haha." The old father looked up to the sky helplessly: "She is your friend

Is it the woman that Tong Yun often mentions? He has worried about her for several years and dare not say a word?"

"That guy..." Yuchi Zhen covered his face and smiled in shame. Perhaps he had expected that his friend would talk about this matter to familiar people everywhere, and then replied: "Everything is fine now, wait for this

Once the case is completed, I will get married to her."

"Is there anything else?"

Yuchi Zhen's expression suddenly became solemn: "Also, have any strangers come looking for trouble recently, such as Jiujie, or the White Snake Swordsman or something?"

"Who dares to cause trouble? The son of our Yuchi family is the head catcher of Dali Temple!"

Yuchi Zhen cautiously tried again: "Dad, do you mind about the matter of Xinghe?"

"What use do I mind? They are all dying." After resting, the old man finally stood up: "Zhen'er, you have changed. In the past, you never lamented your fate, let alone mentioned the matter of getting married.

Something. Also, your sister has changed a lot."

When Yuchi heard his sister's condition, he suddenly became anxious: "What's wrong with my sister?"

"Ying'er talks a lot less. Although she has always been diligent in her work, she is a girl who doesn't care about dressing up and doesn't like to socialize. She just stays alone when she has nothing to do. What should we do? No matter how reasonable a young talent is,

I can’t stand such a boring gourd..."

Yuchi Zhen said: "I will talk to her about it."

After a moment, Mei Xinghe suddenly hurried back from outside the wine shop and said blankly: "Mei Ying is missing! And..."

Before he finished speaking, a Dali Temple patrol officer came forward and bowed his hands and said: "Sir, a new head was found near the old street, and a woman in 'fancy clothes' appeared! Our people are searching everywhere."

"Do you know who the deceased is?" Yuchi Zhen said.

"A medicinal stone merchant often sells 'Five Stone Powder' near the old street."

"Wu Shi Powder is a 'miraculous medicine' that is worshiped as a god by Taiping Taoists." Yuchi Zhen said respectfully to his father: "Dad, my son, please leave first."

"Be careful and remember to find Ying'er as well."

My father's words are engraved in my heart like a brand.

As soon as you walk out of the wine shop, after the rich aroma of grain dissipates, you will be hit by the dense smell of the old street. This is a strong smell mixed with human and animal feces and blocked ditches.

Cheap prostitutes can be seen everywhere, and they skillfully recruit customers to stay overnight in attics that are densely stacked like ant nests; petty theft can be seen everywhere, and homeless homeless people are attacking those who have enough food and clothing.

People are watching with eager eyes.

The patrol brought Yu Chizhen and Mei Xinghe to the most chaotic area of ​​​​the old street, where the black market is rampant and gang organizations are everywhere.

The people at Dali Temple were blocked at the intersection by a group of people and could not move forward.

"Are you here to rob people or are you here to rob money?"

"Another dog official."

"Come on, you are not welcome here!"

Yuchi cursed bitterly: "Please step back, I will deal with these gangsters."

"An outsider broke in here, didn't you see it? That's the prisoner we are arresting."

"Don't give way? Next time there will be more people coming to Dali Temple."

"Don't worry, the person looking for trouble will definitely not be Dali Temple."

As soon as he finished speaking, a patrolman who was standing on the rooftop looking out suddenly shouted: "Sir, that woman ran around the corner!"

As if receiving instructions, the people blocking the intersection suddenly pounced on the people in Dali Temple. A scuffle broke out between the two sides, and the situation was completely out of control.

When Yuchi Zhen saw this, he immediately asked Mei Xinghe to jump on the roof to chase the woman first, while he broke out under the cover of his colleagues. After a while, Mei Xinghe fired the command arrow, and the two met in front of a wall.

The woman Dali Temple has been chasing is right in front of them.

——Ill-fitting attire, youthful face, and tiptoeing.

"She was also like this at the feast."

——Yu Chi was really dumbfounded.

Mei Xinghe asked: "Is it Yu Chiying?"

"Let me go." The woman who was forced into the corner said, "Brother, I didn't do anything wrong."

With a "pop" sound, Yuchi really slapped her and asked in an unbelievable tone: "Did you kill this person?"

"Kill who? I didn't!"

"How dare you speak so harshly." Just as Yuchi was about to wave away his second palm, Mei Xinghe stopped him in time and said, "She is your sister!"

"I didn't kill anyone!"

Yu Chiying was so angry that she said, "Why do you object to everything I do? Is this what you want to stay with your father and be a good daughter and sister for the rest of your life?"

"No, I haven't thought about it that way." Yuchizhen suppressed his sadness and turned his back to the two women: "I just hope that you can all live this life in peace... But, how could you do this?

Confused!"

Not long after, a slightly tired female voice came from a distance and said: "Sir, why are you so confused!"

Yuchi really looked up, but unexpectedly it was Ayu, the blacksmith from Baifeng's mansion.

"Chasing here is exhausting." Ayu complained to Yuchiying: "Yuchiying, you are so afraid of being caught by your brother, why did you agree to help?"

"Nonsense, I'm not afraid of him at all!" Yuchi Ying said sternly: "Since I've been caught, please ask my brother to enforce the law impartially."

Ayu said: "Where can the law allow the police to arrest an innocent person?"

"What did you say?" Yuchi Zhen said.

"I mean, Yu Chiying didn't do anything." Ayu closed her eyes and recalled slowly: "Her task was to put on this outfit and put the 'wooden box' in a conspicuous position, just like before.

Just like a few 'fancyly dressed women'."

Mei Xinghe asked in confusion: "How many? You mean there are many accomplices?"

"Why don't you understand?" Ayu was a little impatient: "The so-called 'women in fancy clothes' is a trick used to confuse the people in Dali Temple. In fact, they have no idea what is in the 'wooden box'. So even if Master Yuchi

Even if you catch someone, you won’t be able to find out the truth at all.”

"Damn it!" Yuchi Zhen clenched his fist and hammered the wall: "I was tricked by that boy Bai Feng again."

Ayu continued: "One more thing. Mr. Bai is afraid that Mr. Yuchi is still trying to get into trouble, so he specifically asked me to deliver the message."

——The recent incidents in which Taiping Taoists were assassinated and then had their heads displayed in public were not murder cases.

——but "revolution".

——Master Bai wants to unite with the suffering people to overthrow the "nine-story water prison" of the Taiping Taoists.

"The implication is that this is not killing people, but saving people." After Ayu said this, Mei Xinghe immediately offered his advice and said, "Really, let me change into this outfit."

She looked at Yu Chiying and continued: "I can escape."

"Ah?" Yuchi Zhen still didn't wake up, muttering: "Revolution, revolution, revolution..."

——Change destiny, change destiny.

"Really!" Mei Xinghe grabbed Yuchi Zhen's collar: "Wake up!"

"Ah!" Yuchi seemed to be really startled, and his breathing suddenly became rapid: "Let's go quickly."

After that, Mei Xinghe and Yu Chiying called for their clothes and used their physical skills to escape from the roof.

"Tear down that prison?"

Yuchizhen asked again.

"Really? I forgot the specifics. There are many words I have never heard before. Anyway, everything I did before was just for today." Ayu laughed stupidly, and then walked away with the Yuchi brothers and sisters.

When he arrived at the door of Yuchi's house, he said goodbye and left.