Still pity the grass and trees

The murder of Wen Shiyu and his wife caused panic in the surrounding counties. Even the soldiers stationed at Renchengwei on patrol at night dared not go alone for fear that after being alone, they would be blocked by assassins who came and went without a trace.

Ji Tanyin discussed with Xie Wufeng and wanted to stay in Renchengwei for a longer period of time.Regardless of whether the person who killed Wen Shiyu was a member of the Xifan sect, he was worried that the other party would continue to do evil, and wanted to stay and take care of him for a while.I just don't know why Xie Wufeng went to Kaifeng Mansion, if he was in a hurry, the two of them would part ways.

Fortunately, Xie Wufeng was indeed an idler, when he heard that Ji Tanyin was going to be delayed, he said without thinking, just hang around for a few days.

"Really?" Ji Tanyin smiled, and two pear holes appeared on his lips.

"Of course, the beauty has something to ask, how can I refuse?"

He has always been frivolous in his mouth, but his behavior is not annoying.Ji Tanyin was happy in his heart, so he didn't allow him to care about it.

In any case, Xie Wufeng is the first friend he has made since he left the mountain. He is very interesting, and Ji Tanyin hopes to be with him for a long time.

He was worried that the person who killed Wen Shiyu would stay here and continue to commit murder, so he stayed at night for several days, stayed up at night, and walked around with a sword.

There are more than 5000 officers and soldiers stationed in Renchengwei. Since Wen Shiyu's accident, the deputy envoy has temporarily assumed power and strictly observed the curfew. In the middle of the night, except for a few dogs barking, the five-mile radius was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

That night, Ji Tanyin patrolled around and saw nothing unusual. Just as he was about to go back home, he suddenly heard a slight knocking sound of bricks and tiles not far away, and then a figure jumped out of the wall.

Ji Tanyin hurriedly followed and shouted, "Who are you?!"

Under the dim moonlight, I saw the man wearing a black robe and a black veil on his face. He glanced at him hastily, tapped his toes, jumped onto a street tree by the road, and walked away through the branches and leaves.

Ji Tanyin pursued closely, and soon realized that the other party's lightness kung fu was superb, no matter how he raised his breath and ran, that person was always three feet away from him.The two tossed back and forth between the branches and the roof, and after a cup of tea, Ji Tanyin was exhausted, bent over to pick up a tile and threw it forward.

The man seemed to have eyes behind his back, and he flashed to the right sensitively. The tile hit the cornice and shattered in response.Ji Tanyin gritted his teeth, and picked up tiles and smashed them at him one after another. The dense bangs rang out in the dark night, but they didn't even touch the corner of the man's clothes.

Ji Tanyin's breathing became heavier and heavier, the man seemed to have noticed something, and he stopped still on the branch, turned his head to look at him, and raised his chin slightly, full of provocation.

When Ji Tanyin angrily chased after him, the masked guest moved, like a ghost, and slid out a few feet in an instant.After a few rounds of chasing and stopping, he seemed to have teased Ji Tanyin enough, and suddenly jumped out with all his strength, and disappeared into the densely packed army camp after a few ups and downs.

Ji Tanyin jumped off the roof, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and kicked the stone next to him hard.He was so angry that his chest hurt, he searched for a while without giving up, and finally returned to the inn listlessly.

In the vast night, the morning light gradually began to reveal its appearance.Ji Tanyin tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. As soon as he heard the sound of sweeping downstairs, he went downstairs to find a clerk and asked who lived in the deep house compound three miles away.

He thought that the person living there was another court official, but after hearing his description, Xiaoer slapped his head: "Hey, you are talking about Zhang Dahu who runs a raw medicine shop!"

Ji Tanyin asked: "What's so special about his family?"

Xiao Er thought for a while, then said with a smile, "Extremely rich!"

Ji Tanyin couldn't laugh at all.After losing the man in black, he returned to the original place and jumped into the courtyard wall of Zhang Dahu's house to observe. He couldn't see clearly in the dark, and he didn't smell blood, but he still couldn't rest assured, worried that the news would pass after dawn. Here comes the bad news.

Is the masked man the same person who killed Wen Shiyu?If it is the same person, are they Zephanis?If it is a believer, the Xifan religion has strong financial resources, why is it targeting a small businessman?

The sky was getting brighter and brighter, merchants opened their doors to do business, and the number of pedestrians on the official road gradually increased.At a quarter of the clock, most of the guests had finished their breakfast, and no one reported the funeral. Ji Tanyin made up his mind, walked for a while, and came to Zhang Dahu's mansion. Stepping out, the butler is ordering chores, and everything is as usual.

Ji Tanyin breathed a sigh of relief, and stood under the shade of a tree to spy for a while, confirming that no one was injured in Zhang Dahu's house last night, and then left.

Returning to the inn again, I saw Xie Wufeng sitting on the square table near the door, resting his chin on his left hand, holding a chopstick noodle with his right hand, his eyes half-opened sleepily, his lips gently moving, blowing away the heat from the noodles.

Ji Tanyin was teased last night, and she is still depressed at the moment, she sits down opposite Xie Wufeng and doesn't greet him.Xie Wufeng looked up at him, and exaggeratedly said "Yo", "Ayin's complexion is really bad, didn't you sleep last night?"

Ji Tanyin nodded.

Xie Wufeng became interested: "Why?"

Ji Tanyin hesitated for a moment, did not tell him about meeting the man in black, but said vaguely: "It's nothing."

Xie Wufeng looked him up and down for a while, and suddenly smiled ambiguously: "I can guess it if you don't tell me."

Ji Tanyin hated his mystification the most, and immediately kept asking: "Guess what?"

"I guess," Xie Wufeng paused subtly for a while, a few playful lines of laughter emerged from the slightly upturned eyes, "You miss a girl."

Ji Tanyin blushed suddenly, and slapped the table angrily: "You are talking nonsense!"

"Where is the nonsense? Don't worry, I will help you." Xie Wufeng leaned back calmly, his eyes kept falling on him with ulterior motives.At this time a guy in short brown came to pour tea for Ji Tanyin, Xie Wufeng stopped him and asked if there was a yard nearby.

Although the guy is three years younger than Ji Tanyin, he came out to make a living early and has a lot of experience. After hearing Xie Wufeng's question, he immediately showed the same ambiguous smile, and his voice was raised: "There are thousands of military masters stationed in Renchengwei, of course There are countless courtyards! I just don’t know which one you want to go to, officer?”

Ji Tanyin's angry stare gradually filled with confusion, he looked at Xie Wufeng, then at the buddy, and asked, "What yard?"

The man laughed loudly: "Of course it's a brothel, you little official!"

Xie Wufeng was also laughing, as if Ji Tanyin's ignorance was the most interesting thing in the world.

Ji Tanyin was so angry that he was dizzy, and when he thought of being teased at night, his heart became angry, and he pulled out the sword at his waist reflexively.Seeing that he was really angry, Xie Wufeng hurriedly drove the guy away, coaxing: "Don't be angry, I'm just kidding you."

Ji Tanyin touched the cold Yingxue Sword, her fingers trembling slightly.He knew that he was venting his anger, and if he couldn't beat the man in black, he threatened the innocent Xie Wufeng and Xiaoer Dian.

Well, not that innocent though.

"Okay," Xie Wufeng lay back on the table, gently stroking Ji Tanyin's eyebrows with his right hand, "Don't frown, it doesn't look good."

Ji Tanyin dodged almost instinctively, briefly and slightly, his thick black eyelashes drooped down, quivering from time to time on his fair face.

He could feel Xie Wufeng's rough and callused fingertips, they wandered between the brows, bringing a strange touch.Ji Tanyin hesitated to speak, raised his eyes cautiously, and glanced at Xie Wufeng.

Xie Wufeng was also looking at him, and when his eyes met, Ji Tanyin panicked and blurted out: "Last night I met a masked guest coming out of the courtyard of Zhang Dahu's house."

"Oh?" Xie Wufeng withdrew his hand, "Who is it? I haven't heard of anyone being killed today."

"I don't know," Ji Tanyin paused for a while, as if he couldn't say what he said next, "I can't beat it."

Xie Wufeng smiled: "Are you angry if you can't beat it?"

"No," Ji Tanyin said in a muffled voice, "I'm afraid that person is the murderer of Lord Wen. If he stays here and continues to do evil, I must stop him, but I can't."

Xie Wufeng pouted: "Who said you 'must' stop?"

"People who practice martial arts should take responsibility," Ji Tanyin eloquently said, "My teacher has training..."

"Come again, come again." Xie Wufeng rubbed his temples in pain, his anger was like gossamer.

Ji Tanyin's expression was very proud: "You don't understand even if I say it, anyway, just remember that evil does not overwhelm righteousness."

The corner of Xie Wufeng's lips twitched slightly, and the smile quickly disappeared. "Ayin, I'm underestimating you... 11 years old, um, 11 years old. Let me teach you two principles. First, don't overestimate the goodness of people's hearts. Second, evil can overwhelm good."

Ji Tanyin was taken aback for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he wanted to argue with him, Xie Wufeng had already yawned and returned to the guest room.

For the next few days, Ji Tanyin squatted outside the courtyard wall of Zhang Dahu's house every night, Yingxue sword half unsheathed, eyes wide open.Although he spoke righteously in front of Xie Wufeng, in his private heart he still had a grudge about being teased by others, and he only hoped to get rid of the shame.

However, that person seemed to have disappeared, several days passed, Ren Chengwei was calm, Xie Wufeng even laughed at Ji Tanyin for having hysteria that night.

Fortunately, the news from Zhang Dahu's family was on Ji Tanyin's side. The accountant of his family realized that dozens of taels of silver had been lost in the treasury belatedly, and hurriedly reported to the authorities early in the morning.

From this point of view, what Ji Tanyin met that night should be a thief.He felt a little sorry for such a good skill, but he did such a despicable thing.

After a few days, there was no progress in the case of Wen Shiyu's murder, and the masked man seemed to have disappeared.There is not much fun around Renchengwei, Xie Wufeng has long been tired of it, and keeps urging him to leave.

In the early morning of this day, Ji Tanyin was sleeping, and the noise from downstairs disturbed him one after another. He pushed open the door with a dark face, and called a boy to ask what happened.

"Oh, young master, you don't know," the servant said with a bitter face, beating his chest and stamping his feet, "a lot of quacks have come to stay in the shop, all of them wielding knives and guns, they are vicious, the shopkeeper told us to serve only good wine and meat, Don't touch their bad luck, or your head will be lost!"

Seeing him trembling, Ji Tanyin couldn't help laughing: "What's so scary? They just don't care about etiquette, and their behavior is a bit loose. In fact, they are all good men with clear grievances. I'll go down and have a look."

"Young master, don't be impulsive, you're skinny and tender," the boy looked at him nervously, and stammered, "But...you don't need to be beaten!"

Ji Tanyin hummed, and said disapprovingly, "I'll see who dares to hit me."