Volume 1: Storm in the Western Region Chapter 77: The clouds clear and the fog disperses [middle]
Yuan Kexin was shocked all over, slapped the table, stood up, and continued following Zhao Rang's words:
"You and I are the only ones in the whole Chagan Tologai who know about the map made of fine iron boxes, but there is only one person who knows about it!"
"That's my brother!"
Suddenly, Yuan Kexin remembered that when she was a child, she pestered Yuan Mingkong to play with her, but Yuan Mingkong was anxious to practice boxing. Whenever this happened, Yuan Kexin would pouted and said:
"What's so good about practicing boxing? You look stupid, brother, why don't you practice swordsmanship? After you master it, you can fly with a sword and take me to the beach!"
Yuan Mingkong would pat her forehead lovingly, then stretch out his hands, clenched his fists, shake them in front of her, then turn around and leave without any explanation. At most, he would say, when you grow up, you will understand
Already.
In fact, Yuan Kexin still doesn't understand why her brother Yuan Mingkong is obsessed with practicing boxing until now, but she understands that her brother is a person who puts his goals in the middle and chores on both sides. He must have enough for what he focuses on doing.
Reason, and will have enough perseverance to do it!
However, Yuan Kexin still hopes to see her brother practicing swordsmanship, because in the girl's mind, her brother is the most handsome man in the world, and what is more handsome than the most handsome man is the way he practices swordsmanship.
As a young girl who was new to the world, when she learned that her brother was going to the Western Regions for business, she chose to go with him without hesitation. Before leaving the imperial city in the north of Dawei that day, Yuan Mingkong made an exception and accompanied her to the market for a long time.
Yuan Kexin chose three long skirts with extremely bright colors, and made an exception by praising her that they look good in anything she wears, especially the festive colors, which make her skin whiter!
Of those three skirts, two were already damaged when they arrived all the way from Dawei to Yangguan. But Yuan Kexin never lost them, and they are still neatly folded and stuffed in her luggage.
It's only been a few months, but my memory has already been covered with a thin veil over these things. If I hadn't deliberately recalled it, many details would have become a bit blurry.
"Brother Zhao, this means my brother is still alive, right? He is still alive and well!"
Zhao Rang collected all the papers on the table, burned them on the candlestick, and then nodded to Yuan Kexin.
"Then where is he now? Why doesn't he come to see us?"
Zhao Rang explained:
"You should know your brother better than I do! There must be enough reasons for him to do this. Maybe the time has not come yet, or maybe he has other concerns."
Yuan Kexin pursed her lips, thought for a while, and said:
"Brother Zhao, I understand."
Zhao Rang glanced at Ye Sanniang vaguely and found a smile in the corner of her eyes. Knowing that he could not hide anything from her, Zhao Rang simply said:
"Would you please excuse me, the landlady, and accompany me to see the hunchback?"
Ye Sanniang nodded slightly and said:
“Good boss!”
After the two of them went out, Yuan Kexin also returned to her room, opened her luggage placed at the end of the bed, took out the skirt that was at the bottom, put it on her legs, and rubbed it back and forth, but her tears fell unsatisfactorily.
On the other side, after Zhao Rang and Ye Sanniang walked out of the house, they did not go to the room where the hunchback was placed. The two of them walked towards the corner door on the side of the courtyard in unison.
When they opened the door, Zhao Rang and Ye Sanniang made some concessions. Because the corner door was too narrow, only one person could pass through at a time.
Finally, Sanniang Ye brought up the old rules that they had agreed upon before they set out on the road. The proprietress was equivalent to the shopkeeper, so naturally she had to let her boss go first!
After walking out of the bank for a long time, Zhao Rang finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked:
"When did you figure it out?"
This time, Ye Sanniang did not show off her style as a third-level martial arts master to forcefully suppress people, but said uncharacteristically:
"When you and Ximen Dazhuang came back with the hunchback."
Zhao Rang curled his lips and said with some dissatisfaction:
"You must have noticed something was wrong with that hunchback a long time ago, right?"
Ye Sanniang shut her mouth and didn't say a word.
For questions she doesn't want to answer, even with a knife on her neck, she won't say a word. Besides, you have to be so capable first!
Of course, Zhao Rang didn't have the ability to put a knife on her neck, so he wisely chose to shut up.
The two walked side by side, walking farther and farther, but they took the same road to the coffin shop.
"Then how did you suddenly think of it?"
This time it was Ye Sanniang's turn to ask questions.
In fact, she was not curious, she just gave Zhao Rang a chance to show off.
If he didn't ask, Zhao Rang would have to hold it back no matter what he wanted to say, otherwise wouldn't it be very shameful? If he took the initiative to ask, he would be able to follow suit.
Sure enough, when Zhao Rang heard that Ye Sanniang actually asked him, the pride on his face almost reached Yangguan!
Even so, he still wanted to show off and ask:
"You really don't know?"
Ye Sanniang turned her head and blinked at him and said:
"really do not know!"
Zhao Rang stared at her face for a long time, and suddenly found that the tip of Ye Sanniang's nose was so beautiful! It was small and upturned, giving people a lively and naughty feeling, which was very different from her overall temperament, but it was not obtrusive.
!
After watching for a long time, until Ye Sanniang turned her face away, Zhao Rang calmed down and said:
"I figured this out after I figured out how to interpret the police training note."
"On the way there, the deputy shopkeeper suddenly said that this shack was the original chagan shed cover, and the place where we are now was all rebuilt by the mountain people and the chamber of commerce!"
Ye Sanniang said:
"What does this mean?"
If Zhao Rang could know Ye Sanniang's true thoughts, he would definitely be furious! Unfortunately, he had no way of knowing, and he couldn't see through Ye Sanniang's outstanding acting skills at all, so he continued to talk:
"This means that our direction was wrong from the beginning!"
"What's wrong?"
Ye Sanniang frowned slightly, looking very confused.
Zhao Rang grinned and replied:
"The mistake is that we didn't go to the real Chagan Tologai at all!"
In the message Yuan Mingkong left for his sister Yuan Kexin, he clearly stated that if he did not come back that night, he would go to Chagan Tologai alone.
Zhao's motive for letting them come here was to join Yuan Mingkong to continue tracing the whereabouts of those feather arrows, and at the same time to get rid of the complicated entanglements in King Lanmo's city.
You must know that since Mr. Wang San was poisoned, not only did his three names have their own agendas, but they were extremely uneasy. Her Highness the Princess even stepped in and wanted to kill people with a borrowed knife. Zhao Rang was asked to deal with the fourth prince Anzuo. It is best to fight
Both sides suffer, and she can reap the benefits.
After Zhao asked them to come to Chagan Toluogai, they didn't know that there were still old and new people here. They just thought that with Ximen Dazhuang here, they could borrow the power of the local Tongbao bank branch, whether it was to find Yuan Mingkong or
Everything else is much more convenient. Who would have thought that Tongbao Bank's semicolon here is like a hornet's nest, and you have to be on guard at all times to be bitten.
"Is this the shack you're talking about?"
Ye Sanniang stopped and pointed forward and asked.
Zhao Rang kicked one deep and one shallow, but was left behind by Ye Sanniang.
When a few people were in the house just now, it must have rained here. Rain in the mountains comes and goes erratically, and a cloud will bring a burst of rain. The area where this shack is located is all dirt roads, and there are many
It's a steep slope. It's not difficult to walk on a dry and bright day, but now it's really difficult... Zhao Rang didn't know what trick Ye Sanniang used to walk so fast!
"Yes...that's it!"
Zhao Rang was in a hurry to speak, but without taking a breath, he bent down and put his hands on his thighs to speak.
There were almost no lights around, but fortunately the moon had risen and it was very bright, so you could roughly see the road under your feet. Zhao Rang walked in front of Ye Sanniang and led her inside while holding the knife tightly in his hand.
Zhao Rang remembered that during the day, there were many little beggars in this shack, but now he didn't see any of them.
"This is the coffin shop where we caught the hunchback!"
Walking to the door of the coffin shop, Zhao Rang said to Ye Sanniang.
He slashed the wall with a knife, peeling off a thick layer of yellow mud, revealing the wall made of fine steel inside.
"Is this house made of fine steel?"
Ye Sanniang said in surprise.
This time it was not to cooperate with Zhao Rang, but she really didn't expect it!
The Western Region is already short of iron, so it is difficult to produce feather arrows. As a result, it is always at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Dawei. But there is such a large house made of fine steel in Chagan Torogai. It is really
It’s too incredible!
Ye Sanniang made a rough estimate in her mind. The fine steel used to cast this house was enough to make tens of thousands of arrows, and she immediately became a wealthy and powerful person in the Western Regions.
But for such a priceless house to be abandoned here and turned into a coffin shop is too unreasonable. This house must have a more important and secret function.
Zhao Rang walked around the house and saw the information about the trap that Ximen Dazhuang and the others had pressed in front of him. He asked Ye Sanniang to keep an eye on this place while he walked into the house with a knife.
As soon as he took a step inside, Zhao Rang could smell the earthy smell of dust.
It seems that at least more than two hours have passed since they left in the afternoon, and the dust should have settled long ago. The fact that you can still smell such a smell now means that someone has been here not long ago, or is even still staying inside.
, did not leave.
But the room was pitch dark, with no moonlight coming in. I could only vaguely distinguish seven rows of coffins based on my previous impressions. If someone was holding their breath and lurking in the gaps, they would be invisible anyway.
To be cautious, Zhao Rang did not go further inside. He hit the ground heavily with his knife. The whole room suddenly shook, and yellow mud debris on the roof fell rustlingly.
Zhao Rang did not dodge or dodge, his eyes were bright and he glanced back and forth.
After a while, when there was no movement, Zhao Rang fired again. This time he used three more strength, and some coffins even bounced slightly off the ground.
Zhao Rang remembered that all the coffins in the seventh row contained corpses, so it was normal for them to be able to withstand the force just now. But there were four motionless coffins in the third row, which made no sense!