Volume 1 The Return of the Old Man Chapter 29 The Water Thief is Coming

Nanmu sticks to the skin, there is a trace of coolness, those small characters are deeply engraved, but it is obviously carefully polished after carving, and there are no burrs and the like on the skin, but it is very smooth.

Han Changdu's gaze fell, her skin was not as fair and delicate as that of the noblewoman in Beijing, and the light purple ring on her wrist added to the calm and profoundness.

He did not use the precious golden silk nan, but the fragrant and fragrant, slightly purple color of the fragrant nan, although not as bright and exquisite as the golden silk nan, but the color is delicate and calm, low-key and unobtrusive, and the aroma has the effect of clearing and dissolving turbidity.

Well, it's best for a grumpy girl like Yao Qi.

He pointed to the Nanmu bracelet, and changed his face seriously: "You put away this bracelet, don't lose it, if I don't remember it really, you still have a bottom there to compare." ”

Yao Qi almost vomited blood, and subconsciously picked up the bracelet, and found that this unlucky bracelet was easy to put on and difficult to take off.

Who said it just now don't have to worry about losing it, and who said it has already memorized it, this hand is vomited, and the play is perfect.

Hehe, she knew that this old man was very bad, and she was fascinated by his beauty just now, so she would believe his nonsense.

Han Changdui looked at Yao Qi and was speechless, and he couldn't take off the bracelet, so he couldn't help but lower his head to hide the fleeting banter.

He raised his head expressionlessly, handed over a piece of paper, and said lightly: "On the window lattice of the room of the scarlet boy that day, I found this, I just went to expand it, you can take a look." ”

There is a half-shoe print on the paper, there is no pattern, but the stitches can be seen, some places are fine, some places are sparse.

Yao Ji bent his fingers and tapped lightly: "This is the embroidered sole that girls often wear." ”

Han Changwan raised his eyebrows, he intended to teach Yao Qi, and continued to ask: "There are only half of them, how can you see it." ”

Yao Qi motioned to Han Changdui to raise his feet: "This dynasty advocates wearing boots, especially men, who wear bearded boots when they go out on long trips. ”

Han Changwan didn't look at the soles of his shoes, he pursed his lips, glanced at Yao Qi, and said lightly: "You are also wearing Hu boots." ”

Yao Qi smiled: "So I'm not a noble girl." ”

Han Changdui choked.

Yao Qi pointed to the shoe prints on the paper, and said with a smile: "This kind of embroidered shoes, with silk as the surface, hemp as the bottom, you see this texture, it is the texture of the sole made of hemp threads, this kind of embroidered shoes embroidery is exquisite, even the noble women of this dynasty, but it is easy to be soaked in mud and water, so the people who rush to wear more leather boots, durable and waterproof. ”

Han Changdui said lightly: "Then why do you say that this kind of embroidered shoes is worn by noble girls." ”

Yao Qi continued to laugh: "The son is in a high position, I'm afraid I don't know the price of embroidered shoes." "She

Breaking his fingers and settling the account for Han Changdui: "These embroidered shoes are expensive, usually hundreds of Wen a pair, and a stone of good rice is only six or seven hundred Wen, how can ordinary people be willing to buy a pair of embroidered shoes." ”

Han Changwan pursed the corners of his mouth: "Then look at this boat, who will wear such embroidered shoes." ”

Yao Qi tilted his head and thought for a moment: "There are not many girls on the boat, and even fewer girls who are involved with the scarlet boy, all I can think of on the bright side is the dumb girl who has already disembarked from the boat, and I have noticed that the shoes she wears are this kind of embroidered shoes." ”

Han Changdui nodded: "In the room of the boy in scarlet clothes, there is nothing wrong with it, but there are two tea cups on the small table, both of which have half a cup of tea, and when he died, the water was still a little warm." ”

Yao Ji folded his hands and held his chin: "When the man in scarlet clothes died, his head rushed to the corridor, his feet rushed to the room, the door was wide open, and he was stabbed in the back, someone knocked on the door, he went to open the door, gossiped with the person who knocked on the door at the door, and the person who drank tea with him in the room took advantage of his distraction to stab him in the back and killed him." ”

"Not bad." Han Changdui sighed: "I have examined the wound of the scarlet man, the knife is very accurate, the action is neat, the blade is all submerged in the vest, the person who made the knife is very strong, this half of the shoe is printed on the window lattice, and there are no footprints on the outer wall, the person who made the knife is good." ”

Yao Qi thought of the dumb girl's dancing posture and smiled: "Of course the girl who can dance like that is very good, but what I can't figure out is why she jumped out of the window to escape after killing the boy in scarlet clothes, instead of walking through the door, unless something happened at the door that made her unable to walk." ”

Han Changdui recalled the situation that night, and said lightly: "Needless to say, the person who knocked on the door must be the old man who played the huqin, he attracted the attention of the boy in scarlet, and then the dumb girl did it from behind, but what happened later, so that the dumb girl and the old man did not have time to find what they wanted in the boy in scarlet clothes, and forced the dumb girl to jump out of the window and escape." ”

Yao Qi said: "Huang Huai is bound to get the things on the scarlet boy, and he will definitely send someone to keep an eye on him, I think, the dumb girl found out that someone was spying on the scarlet man, and the person who was monitoring went back to Huang Huai, and the dumb girl would jump out of the window and escape." ”

Han Changwan nodded, this statement is the most reasonable statement, but there are mixed fish and dragons on this boat, and it is difficult to guarantee that there are other people who want the things on the scarlet man's body, he touched the string of Nanmu beads in his hand: "Fortunately, these things are in our hands now, no matter what they think, they are thinking in vain." ”

Yao Qi pursed his lips.

Not to mention that his luck was so good that he didn't have any strength, he didn't do any planning, and he became the one who profited from the fisherman.

The boat swayed, the night was already very deep, and a light mist rose from the river.

Han Changdui rubbed the string of Nanmu beads on his left wrist, carefully identifying every word on it, and he didn't know what he heard, he suddenly got up, walked quickly to the window, and listened for a while.

Yao Qi followed, and looked through the window at a vast mist, and there were waves in the mist: "This water sound seems to be a little louder, is the river here very turbulent?" ”

Han Changwan shook his head, his face sank, and his eyebrows frowned on his face that had not been turbulent for thousands of years: "You listen carefully." ”

Yao Ji tilted her head, and in the quiet night, the sound of the waves was deafening, and she squinted her eyes, and from the heavy fog, she saw clusters of rapidly moving halos, like many dim stars falling on the surface of the river.

It is a candle flame that moves quickly on the surface of the river.

Her face changed in an instant, she gasped sharply, and her hands clenched: "Water thieves, there are water thieves." ”

"Go pack your things." Han Changdui gave a simple order, and easily put the strips of cloth that could not be seen by outsiders on the lamp and candle and lit them, raising a puff of black smoke.

Yao Qi's heart was beating like thunder, she pursed her lips tightly, and quickly walked into the room to pack up, her outfit was not much, and she was stored in a simple version of the trolley box on weekdays, and she could drag it and go.

But in the face of the menacing water thieves, the outfit is a burden that drags people down, she has no reluctance, only the gold and silver soft and close to the body, the shadowless silk is wrapped around the wrist, the hammer is on the side, the sleeves of the muslin cloth fall, the block is not exposed at all, and there is an extra long sword in her hand, flashing with cold light.

The noise was already close to my ears, and through the window, I could see the lamp on the bow of the boat, and the dim light pierced through the cold fog.

The dart masters of Weiyuan Dart Bureau also heard the movement and rushed out.

They have been walking for many years and have a lot of experience, and they have a lot more chance of encountering thieves than ordinary people, so they are naturally calmer than the passengers on this ship.

When the dart masters came out, they didn't see the slightest panic, but the two of them lifted the boxes to the inconspicuous warehouse on the first floor, covered them with firewood, leaving half of the dart masters to guard, and the other half of the dart masters concentrated on both sides of the building to defend against the enemy.

Hearing that the boatmen slammed the door one by one, saying that the water thieves were coming, and asked the boatmen to go downstairs to hide, the boatmen were still a little unbelieving, and they went downstairs shouting, and some of them sacrificed their lives and money, and they were carrying heavy burdens.

When they arrived on the first floor and saw the scene on the river, the boatmen were colorless and trembling, only hating how they chose to go out on such a day and choose such a boat to sit on.

The shopkeeper of the building ship arched his hand at the panicked passengers: "Distinguished guests, don't panic, please go to the wine shop for the time being, there are guards on the ship, please rest assured, it will be fine." ”

The passengers were in a mess, and after listening to the words of the shopkeeper of the building, they didn't feel a little at ease.

"It's a terrible thing, if you say it's okay, it's okay."

"yes, yes, I'm going to get off the boat, get me off the boat."

"Sampan, put the sampan away, I'm going to get off the boat."

When one man got up, a crowd followed, shouting to abandon the ship.

The shopkeeper of the boat, who has always been cautious, became angry, pointed to the river, and said in a tough tone: "Look at the river yourself, if you still want to leave, the villain will not stop you." ”

Looking at the distance by the railing, the boats are like sharp swords off the string, from all directions, quickly approaching the building boats, enclosing the not wide river, not to mention the sampan, even if it is a bird, it can't fly out.

Yao Ji held on to the railing, his legs were a little weak.

How fat the fish must be on the boat on this floor, attracting so many water thieves to divide the meat, she is just a little shrimp, no wealth and no color, spare her.

Looking at this scene, Han Changdu's face sank.

These water thieves are very good at choosing places.

This water area is not wide, and there are two sharp bends in front and behind, which is not suitable for large building boats to turn around, and the speed of the boat is not fast.

On both sides are towering and continuous mountains, robbing the boat and killing people, and then drilling into the smoke and miasma forest, it is difficult to find the gods and goddesses.

Han Changwan clenched his fists quietly, the person who came was not good.

He turned his head to look at Yao Qi.

I saw that she had already broken up the double ring bun, all of them were caged on the top of her hair, tied it tightly with a light-colored ribbon, did not wear any hairpin ring earrings, her hand was firmly on the sword, and a faint light appeared on her wrist.

The expression was calm, not panicked, and not nervous.

Han Changdui felt a little surprise in his heart.

After choosing Yao Qi to go to Yumen Pass together, he investigated her origin in detail, from the criminal slave of the court, and was later selected into the Sixteenth Guard.