Chapter 3: Blood on the Hands

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Cheng Lian'an got down from the boat and instructed the officer to sew An Siti's head and corpse simply, and asked Xiao Shengzi to find a blanket and wrap it, tie a thin rope on his head and feet, and call two soldiers to carry it to the mass grave in the South Forest The night was dark and deep Cheng Lian'an walked forward with a torch in his hand Look left and look right I only feel that the smell of rot is faint and penetrating The wind is whining in the woods As if something is moving strangely Going deep into the seven or eight zhang The smell of decay is getting heavier and heavier A large pile of corpses is faintly visible in front The moonlight shines through the gap in the trees Illuminates the palm of the outstretched hand in the crack of the corpse Like a mushroom growing in dung

His heart was beating faster and faster, and suddenly his feet slipped and his body slammed into the ground, and the torches rolled to the ground, and he felt a buzzing around him, and countless beans shot up from the ground and hit him in the face

He cried out, "Yes...... There are ghosts "

Xiao Shengzi waved the torch wildly, the light dragged away, and the "beans" drove away, and the buzzing stopped, and he hurriedly helped Cheng Lian'an up and said: "Ancestor, don't be afraid, it's a fly, after all, the south is warm, and this thing is not dead."

Cheng Lian'an reacted, his heart was wide, and he slapped him on the head and scolded: "I won't let you call it, but I still call" Xiao Shengzi hurriedly said: "Yes, father-in-law" Cheng Lian'an finished this slap Seeing Xiao Shengzi's face dripping with blood, he was taken aback and thought: "Where did I get so much energy" Suddenly realized that he turned over his palm and looked at it, only to see that the blood on it was red, and there was still half a crushed maggot sticking to it, and his throat and eyes were sore, and he almost vomited while rubbing and wiping on Xiao Shengzi's body, and he took care of the torch in his hand I saw that the ground was wet and greasy It used to be the way to drag dead bodies through the woods, and the blood had already soaked the ground

He snatched the fire, forced his nausea, and took a picture of it, and the light and shadow were heavy, and he always felt that something was moving in the direction of the corpse pile, and asked vaguely: "Hey, look at the people over there."

Xiao Shengzi stretched his neck to see that just now it vaguely seemed that there was indeed a half of the corpse crawling Hair scattered like a female ghost Now the torch shines away and it doesn't move anymore He didn't dare to say yes or no He shrank back The two little soldiers raised their hands sorely and said indifferently: "Some poor people know that there are dead bodies here Sometimes they come to pick up things at night and scare away after shouting twice."

Cheng Lian was relieved and said, "Don't lift forward, just ...... Let's bury it here," instructed Xiao Shengzi to stay and watch them dig the pit, and he withdrew and went to the river to wash his hands, and when he squatted forward, he felt the water surface swaying brightly, and suddenly he couldn't help it, and he vomited out

After a long time of steady down, he moved a nest in the direction of the upstream While washing his hands, he whispered: "You toss me enough, this is rest, everything in this world is fate, not at all, if you weren't like that, you wouldn't have been stimulated by this, and you wouldn't have died like this. It can be seen that sin is born from the heart, and the sin is self-inflicted, and if you have to blame, blame your surname Ann and give this unfortunate name again, Siti Siti, isn't it just a substitute for death? It can be seen that this is all God's arrangement, and it has nothing to do with me, and it has nothing to do with ......."

He chattered for a long time, closed his eyes, folded his hands, and clapped twice, "pop", "pop", "pop", and clapped twice, stood up and ran back to the camp, and saw Fang Yinhe and Fang Zhennuo roasting meat around a bunch of bonfires, and walked over Fang Yinhe didn't know the deep thing, thinking that Boss Cao had come out for himself to kill An Sti Cheng Lian'an was probably going to find fault with himself, so he was very careful in replying Cheng Lian'an saw that Fang Zhennuo had an extra waist card on his belt, and he knew that it was given by Cao Xiangfei Even if he was walking temporarily in the factory, it was almost the same as his original self

Cheng Lian'an is an "old qualification" at this time, patting the old voice, saying something like "When the class teacher returns to Beijing in the future, he can apply for the title of knight according to his merits" and Fang Zhennuo chatted a few words I always felt that there was still a smell of blood around me Smelling his palm, not Looking left and right I saw a headless corpse thrown not far from the side Two officers were guarding next to him He frowned and asked: "Where did the corpse come from, why don't you deal with it" Officer: "This is the ...... of the person brought back by Master Zeng" Fang Yinhe said: "Waste, is there a trial for the dead, everything has to be ordered by someone to drag it and throw it away" The officer nodded yes

Cheng Lianan understands that on the one hand, he is Kang Huai's person, and Zeng Shiquan does not deal with it, and secondly, this is also for An Siti's matter to please himself, and said with a smile: "Zeng Zhangye's subordinates are not very easy to use, but if they are a little clever, they will not jump into the pit."

Fang Yinhe was usually not less angry with Zeng Shiquan Before falling into the pit, half of it was to ensure the implementation of the plan Half of it was really to see his jokes The four masters in the factory The people brought out by Boss Cao were afraid of him The people brought out by Lu Liang obeyed him The people brought out by Kang Huai respected him The people brought out by Zeng Shiquan hated him Hearing Cheng Lian'an say this, he was obviously dissatisfied with Zeng Shiquan This is not unusual at all Therefore, hehe

The two officers dragged their feet and dragged the body in the direction of the woods Zhang Sanniang's body was fat and slow and laborious to drag it up Cheng Lian'an glanced at it and saw that the flesh on her body was white and tender Two huge ** hung upside down There was some minced meat hanging on her neck Like a broken watermelon With the dragging of the artesian juice bleeding Dragged out a black and wet blood line on the ground I couldn't help but feel nauseous again and asked: "This is what Master Zeng killed."

Fang Yinhe shook his head: "It's the head of the stall, Master Zeng is from the dim sum room, and he has bits and pieces on hand, how can he be as brittle as Boss Cao."

Fang Zhennuo said: "I heard that the master of Dongchang Cao acted ruthlessly and was very good at eagle martial arts, and he was also kind when he met, but he did not know that if he made a move, it was really thunderous At that time, if he hadn't made a move, I was afraid that Hou Ye would have had an accident."

Cheng Lian'an asked with interest: "I used to chat with people, I heard from the people in the factory that our boss Cao was a person from the 'Killer Academy', is it true" Fang Yinhe said: "It's all spread like this, but no one seems to have heard him confirm it personally."

Cheng Lian'an said: "My days in the factory are not short, and I have good contact with others, but Lu Liang and Boss Cao have met each other, and it is difficult to deliver a word."

Fang Yinhe smiled: "Master Lu is actually easy to say, people have fetishes, it is not difficult to make friends" Cheng Lian'an smiled: "Oh, you know him, talk to me quickly" Fang Yinhe smiled: "He has a hobby, that is, collecting all kinds of saddles, if you go to his house, you will know that the saddles of all dynasties and generations, gold, silver, and everything There are people on his back, and they call him Ju Angong When the Hou Ye left Beijing before, the Duke Du gave him a horse of Sanhe Lihua The saddle was asked from him It is said that it was the imperial supplies of the Yuan Tarzi Emperor back then."

Cheng Lian'an said: "Ah, is that his, I saw it, it is indeed a good thing, the sterling silver lintel is still engraved with Mongolian characters, but the governor who understands Mongolian can't read it, but you four masters recognize it, and what is the eight, four, eight, and sequence five, and the people are in a fog, and they say what is the word of the chisel...... The horses will run after the clouds...... It's been a long time, and I can't remember it clearly."

Fang Yinhe said: "Yes, the fourth master also mentioned it when he chatted with us, saying that the words engraved on it are Mongolian proverbs, and the paraphrase is probably a bit of 'good boy's ambition in all directions' He also named this saddle in private 'chasing the clouds and chasing the sun' Said that this saddle must be equipped with a yellow blanket and hung on the jujube red horse Take advantage of the sunset and the sky is clear and light to ride on the prairie At that time, a flower in the sky and a flower in the ground The horse gallops up and walks with golden red and green Just like the shadow of the sun in the water, it must be extremely beautiful."

People who often run errands outside Speaking of horses, they will raise their spirits Cheng Lian'an was not interested and muttered: "This thing of the saddle is carrying the lord on the top and pressing down on the horse and being tortured in the middle of it Master Lu likes this thing It's hard to say that there is no deep meaning from him...... Hey, Mr. Fang, what are you laughing at" Fang Zhennuo said: "Oh, nothing" Cheng Lianan said: "Everyone is already their own people, what can't be let go, if you have something to say, just say it" Fang Zhennuo smiled, and seemed to think that it was not good to provoke him to have a mind Explained: "I'm thinking that most of what I love is not a saddle is what I love for the house, and what Master Wu Lu loves is probably not a saddle" Cheng Lianan straightened up a little and understood that he also smiled

Fang Yinhe also figured out the meaning of it, but I was afraid that it would be deep in the voice of the voice, and it would be bad for everyone to diverge and say: "Hehe, as for Boss Cao, there is really nothing to say The most famous is probably his mantra......" His smile suddenly retracted, he stood up and said, "Third Master"

Cheng Lian'an turned his head to look at Zeng Shiquan was already not far behind him with a smile and pressed his hand to Fang Yinhe again and again: "Sit, sit, don't be polite to your own people" It was so kind that he never seemed to have any mustard Then he also asked a Mazha to sit down and reached out to grab a few skewers of barbecue: "Damn, I haven't eaten in the afternoon, I'm really hungry Xiao Fang, how is it, are you still adapting?" Seeing Fang Zhennuo nodding with a smile He shook his cheeks left and right and bit off a few pieces of meat and chewed them in his mouth and asked: "What about the boss" Fang Yinhe said: "After he said hello to Mr. Fang, he went to inspect elsewhere "

Zeng Shiquan handed the meat to Fang Zhennuo through the fire: "Don't look at the boss who is cold, he is like us There are too many people in and out of the factory, he has long been indifferent."

Fang Zhennuo took it with a smile: "Yes, we were talking about him just now" Zeng Shiquan asked what he talked about After listening to it, he was happy: "What is from the Killer Academy, he is the grandson of the old hall master of the Killer Academy, or is it the eldest son and eldest grandson?" Fang Yinhe: "Hey, this is the first time I've heard of this, but the old hall master of the Killer Academy, isn't that the 'number one killer' This person has always had no name or surname, and he is very mysterious So it turns out that his surname is Cao."

The direction of the trestle is dingding dong dong The sound of the pipa rises faintly and floats with the wind Zeng Shiquan looked back and threw a clean bamboo stick into the fire Holding his knees and looking around at the faces of the three of them and said: "The world is almost everything in our Dongchang knows everything But there are four major mysteries Until now, I have not found out clearly This first mystery is the fourth martial arts heroic meeting Who stole the martial arts treasure of 'Shouyi and Quit Adultery Flower' The second is the family name of the 'first killer' Although Boss Cao is the eldest son and grandson of the first killer, he doesn't know what his grandfather's surname is Because only those who inherit the name of 'No. 1 Killer' and become the head of the Killer Academy have the right to know this surname, and this Cao Xiangfei's name and surname were taken by himself when he came out of the hall and roamed the rivers and lakes."

Cheng Lian'an said: "I chatted with Guan Archives I heard them tell a lot of interesting stories about the rivers and lakes It is rumored that this 'killer school' specializes in assassination and makes money that rivals the country Boss Cao is the eldest grandson Most of them are going to inherit the position of the hall master How did he run here to roam the rivers and lakes and enter the East Factory again."

Zeng Shiquan said with a smile: "If you want to talk about this, the story will be long" It is rumored that the Killer School was established before the Tang Dynasty, and Kunlun "Yuxia Academy" and Tianshan "Yangzhi School" have a considerable status in the old martial arts It has a history of hundreds of years, but unlike Yuxia Academy and Yangzhi School, when they cultivate talents, they only teach martial arts and focus on assassination techniques, and do not inculcate martial arts, and most of the students are orphans or orphans of assassins But there's a rule that many people have heard of, and that's that every certain number of years, the hall will select three of the best killers to compete, and the winner will be promoted to the head of the hall and inherit the title of 'number one killer'

In the last competition, Cao Xiangfei's father and two other killers entered the tiebreaker At that time, the other two were slightly inferior to Cao's father in terms of martial arts strength, but the light skills were slightly better But in the last game, the title set by the old hall master was: The three of them started at the same time a hundred steps away The one who touched the big tree next to him first won Cao Xiangfei's father knew that he had no advantage in light skills, so he made up his mind and was ready to start at the starting point to the two of them So there was still a chance to win

Unexpectedly, on the day of the competition, an order was given, but the two killers shot at him at the same time, taking advantage of his dodge and dodging, the two quickly withdrew their hands and ran towards the finish line, he fought to catch up, but just two steps away, but he could not catch up Seeing that the two killers were not far from the finish line, he had no hope He suddenly became wise and took out the dagger from his arms, and everyone saw him pull out the knife, and they all thought that he was going to throw it out as a hidden weapon, but then he could only knock down one After all, he still had to lose Who knew that he cut off his palm with a "click" and threw it out

The palm of the hand drained a line of blood in the air and crossed the two killers to hit the trunk of the tree first, leaving a shocking palm print So he won the victory unexpectedly However, Cao Xiangfei thought that it was not right for the two to attack his father It was unreasonable for his father to win in this way He stepped forward and set off a debate in the academy that all three people had no right to succeed him as the head of the hall The result of the argument disappointed him: the school was almost overwhelmingly convinced that the killer should have acted unexpectedly Although the three of them had problems But it was all within the scope stipulated by the old hall master, so the result was "fair and effective" Even the two defeated competitors agreed, Seeing that his father had taken the position of the hall master like this, Cao Xiangfei felt deeply ashamed, and left the hall in a rage

After hearing this, Fang Zhennuo muttered, "...... I can't imagine that there are such ruthless people in the world" This refers to Cao Xiangfei's father Fang Yinhe and Zeng Shiquan both smiled when they heard it, and their expressions were very disapproving

Cheng Lianan is very sensitive, especially Fang Yinhe and Zeng Shiquan smiled on their faces, but they deliberately didn't look this way, which showed that they thought of it together Indeed, compared to himself, it is not uncommon for adults to cut off their palms He smiled and said, "Then how did Boss Cao enter the East Factory?"

Zeng Shiquan said with a smile: "Hehe, that's a good story, there were more than 20 stalls in our factory At that time, everyone was divided into two factions, one was a dragon and the other was a ghost, and they fought fiercely with each other The leader of the ghost faction is called Chen Xing This kid killed the leader of the dragon faction with a trick I found that the dragon faction not only did not fall, but held on steadily, It turned out that the real leader was not the dead one, but the young man who was hidden behind him, known as 'Xiao Guo', so he was ready to make the bad and bring him down, but openly and secretly framed and planted the conspiracy and conspiracy Yang plotted many times and just didn't move I really couldn't come up with an idea: find a killer to assassinate him."

Cheng Lianan said: "Then it must be to find our boss Cao's head."

Zeng Shiquan said: "No, at that time, our boss Cao has been living in the rivers and lakes for some years, and he has lived by being a killer The name is quite loud and has never lost his hand After taking Chen Xing's commission, he sneaked into the East Factory and entered the governor of the house on the night Of course, it was not a house at that time No one knows how to move his hand According to the officer who was outside at the time, I saw that there was only a candle shadow in the governor's house, and the window paper was bulging loudly, and everyone hurriedly broke in, and I saw Boss Cao kneeling on the ground Throwing a knife next to him, the governor was sitting at the table, and his small body was as idle as if he had just finished tasting a sixty-year-old Pu'er At that time, he waved his hand and asked people to withdraw, and everyone stayed outside, only to hear the house ask: 'Why did you kill yourself?' Boss Cao said: 'If the killer can't kill people, kill himself' The governor said: 'Be a man and do things, you should be indomitable, you gave up too early, you go, come back another day' The room was quiet for a while, and the window snapped open, and the figure flew out, as if a black harrier was released from the fluttering flute."

Cheng Lian Anqi said: "It's so easy to let him go"

"It's wonderful, don't interrupt," Zeng Shiquan shook the meat skewers in his hand, supported his elbows and knees, put his head forward, and continued: "...... In the next three months, Boss Cao came twice more, but he didn't succeed, and the Governor said to him, 'It's not easy to infiltrate the East Factory, you're very tired like this, stay with me in the future, it's easier to assassinate.'"

Cheng Lianan laughed out loud Zeng Shiquan: "...... In this way, Boss Cao stayed by the Governor's side During the day, the Governor ate and he also ate with the Governor Office He watched the office At night, the Governor slept in the house and he slept in the outhouse This scared Chen Xing enough I thought that the killer had been bought by the Governor Walking in the factory every day I brought four more bodyguards with me This is what I only found out later In the next half a year, Boss Cao assassinated the Governor more than 20 times In short, there was no success Later, there was another assassination attempt When the Governor restrained him, he sighed and said: 'Your martial arts are not as good as mine, but you take advantage of my sleep and toileting There's always a chance, but you don't want to live or die, as a killer, you're too bright, such a person shouldn't be a killer anymore, you should contribute to the country."

At this time, not only Cheng Lian'an was smiling, but Fang Zhennuo and Fang Yinhe also smiled, I didn't expect that "Xiao Guo" would also have such a cute time

Zeng Shiquan said with a suppressed smile: "At that time, Boss Cao knelt down on one knee and said: 'I have been a killer since I was a child, and the people who died at my hands have many martial arts far superior to me, and now these more than 100 scars on the chest, back, arms and legs are the traces they left on me, but they are still dead You are different from them You are my lord I am with you He actually turned around and went out to find Chen Xing and returned the deposit he collected to him in person, and also found a few hundred taels of 'missed time fees' This incident made Chen Xing a big scandal Some people in the factory changed their original views and gave a new assessment of the strength of the governor This also directly affected the situation of the struggle between the two factions in the future."

The sound of the pipa on the side of the trestle is like a river flowing into the chest, refreshing and straight into the chest Several people are silent on the fire The image of Guo Shu Ronghua's leisurely fingers seems to be floating at the bottom of the flame Fang Yinhe said: "I used to think that I was very fierce When I saw Boss Cao, I knew that he was a tiger And I was a wolf at most But when I saw the governor, it was different, and it really didn't feel good Like a little phosphorus fire in the bones walking in the cave of Yinshan Along the road a cool and proud Suddenly the cave was over All of a sudden came to the bright ground The sun was shining in front of me Everything grows I don't have it at once I don't even have time to taste the setbacks." It's just to be scattered in the wind and defeated."

Zeng Shiquan smiled and said: "It's right to have this idea I had a sentence early in the morning: What kind of brain is put in front of the governor It is not called a brain What kind of martial arts is put in front of the governor It is not called martial arts Playing with eyes and playing tricks in front of our governor It is meaningless at all " After speaking, he stood up and glanced at Fang Zhennuo and Cheng Lian'an on the faces as if intentionally and unintentionally, patted his buttocks, stretched his waist, and walked away

This glance is like a finger that rubs people's wine vortex with a certain kind of pampering, teasing and mockery It makes the story he told before have another layer of deep meaning Cheng Lian'an only felt hot jumping from his cheeks to the roots of his ears

Fang Zhennuo didn't speak, feeling that the pride in his heart was supporting a kind of disapproval, but he had to admit that Guo Shu Ronghua did have a certain temperament High-minded, imaginative, and indescribable charm A burst of irritability hit him, making it difficult for him to sit down Standing up and smiling apologetically: "My legs are numb, move a little and breathe."