The cold eyes and stern looks are all gone, and the light of one sword chills the fourteen states!
In the chaotic world of heaven that is about to collapse, let’s see how an ignorant and lonely young man composes a sonorous and passionate legendary epic!
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About ten steps away from the steps of Hongshuijifu Yamen, a man in Hufu was lying in a pool of blood.
Cao Peng recognized that this man in Hu clothes was the same Hu man with whom he had just bumped into and almost had a conflict... He had turned into a dead man within half a stick of incense. How could he
So that Cao Peng wouldn't be alarmed? He took a breath and instinctively wanted to walk over to check it out. But as soon as his feet left the ground, he put them down again.
This is not the Central Plains, and it is not his turn to be the leader.
What's more, he is hiding his identity now and it is not convenient for him to show his face.
After thinking about it, Cao Peng decided that it would be better to just sit back and watch. At this time, several servants of the Dou Mansion came over. One of them squatted on the bed, and after carefully identifying him, he stood up and waved to others to come up.
After whispering a few words in front of him, the servant turned around and trotted all the way into the government office...
Cao Peng quietly withdrew from the crowd and signaled Jiang Xu and Wang Shuang to follow him.
"Sir, that person..."
"This man was murdered!"
"ah?"
"Let's go back to the inn first and then talk."
Cao Peng was unwilling to discuss the matter on the street, so he led Wang Shuang and Jiang Xu back to the inn in a hurry.
Walking directly into the guest room, Cao Peng washed his face, and then sat down in the room, repeating the scene just now in his mind. There is no doubt that the beard died of murder... Judging from the posture in which he fell to the ground
From the looks of it, he must have been stabbed to death while walking forward. He barely made any resistance and fell to the ground.
However, due to the chaotic situation at the time, Cao Peng could not clearly see the injuries on the body.
Therefore, we can only roughly judge the process of the murder of the bearded man.
From the corner of the room, he took out a sandbox for writing. Cao Peng simply drew an outline of the scene on the sandbox.
"Master?"
Cao Peng raised his head and saw Jiang Xu and Wang Shuang standing nearby.
So he waved his hand, motioning for the two of them to sit down, and then continued to stare at the sand table, thinking in silence.
The government office of Hongshuiji is located at the end of a long street. This long street forms a T-shaped intersection with the gate of the government office. Cao Peng took a wooden stick and drew two streets on the sand table.
, and then marked the location of the government office.
"Young Master, the people in Hexi are very fierce. When there are conflicts between Qiang and Hu, they will often fight, and killing people is extremely normal." Jiang Xu saw Cao Peng silent in thought, so he persuaded: "Young Master, why should you care too much? This red
Although Shuiji is dominated by Han family, they have lived in Hexi for many years, and in many cases the customs are no different from those of the Qiang and Hu.
It is common for people to kill each other if they don't agree with each other.
That bearded man is arrogant and arrogant. He had a conflict with the young master on the road before. It is inevitable that there will be other enemies..."
"Yeah?"
Cao Peng raised his head, glanced at Jiang Xu, and suddenly smiled.
"Did the young master see something wrong?"
Cao Peng took a deep breath and thought for a long time before saying: "If we disagree, killing someone on the street may be a common thing here, and it is indeed not surprising. In fact, there are many places in the Central Plains where such cases occur. However,
I think this matter is not that simple... If someone kills someone because he is brave and ruthless, where is the murderer?"
Jiang Xu was startled and could not help but frown.
Yes, where is the murderer?
If there was a conflict between the beard and the person, then the murderer should be visible at the murder scene.
However, Jiang Xu found no trace of the murderer at the scene...
"The bearded man was in a hurry and seemed to have something urgent to do. After the conflict with me, although he behaved arrogantly, he seemed unwilling to waste time. He walked along the long street... If it was a conflict with someone
, at least it would attract the attention of the people around him. However, his death was so sudden that no one even noticed who the murderer was... He died so suddenly that when he fell, everyone around him felt it.
be surprised.
This was definitely not a result of a conflict, but a sudden assassination. The murderer took advantage of the chaos and quickly fled the scene...
I observed that the place where Huzi fell was in the middle of the street in front of the government office. In other words, he was probably heading towards the government office. He didn't want the murderer to suddenly appear from the side, and Huzi was unprepared.
."
After that, he stood up and wandered around the room.
"The alliance of thirty-six tribes is about to begin, and the Hongshui Gathering at this time is on the cusp of the storm.
Any sensible person would never kill someone at such a time, and kill someone so blatantly outside the Dou Mansion... The one who was killed was a bearded man. If this was not done well, it would lead to many unnecessary incidents.
Trouble, Dou Lan will never allow such an accident to happen. This shows that the murderer has no choice but to take such action. If...if this bearded man is going to Dou Mansion, then the person who killed him will
, and for what purpose?”
Cao Peng seemed to be talking to himself when he said this.
But Jiang Xu and Wang Shuang heard something unusual...
"Young master, you mean...this person is looking for Dou Lan?"
"It's hard to say. If you want to go to Dou Mansion, you don't necessarily have to find Dou Lan. But some people don't want him to go to Dou Mansion. Why? He is a beard and wants to go to Dou Mansion, but some people don't want him to go to Dou Mansion...
...or in other words, didn't want him to see Dou Lan? Why? Because he had something to tell someone in the Dou family, or to tell Dou Lan... And the murderer killed him because he didn't want someone in the Dou family, or in other words, to tell Dou Lan...
I don’t want Dou Lan to know the news.”
Cao Peng stopped and looked at Jiang Xu and Wang Shuang.
Wang Shuang scratched his head and smiled naively, "If you explain it this way, it makes sense."
Jiang Xu said: "If this is the case, doesn't it mean that something big is going to happen in Hongshuiji?"
"Maybe, maybe not."
Cao Peng rubbed his nose and said with a dumb smile: "Everything I just said is just some of my personal conjectures and can't be counted. Everything was done under the premise that Huzi was going to Dou Mansion.
Guess, maybe he is not going to Dou Mansion? So, don’t be too nervous... By the way, if you are hungry, go and eat."
He said that and walked towards the door.
Jiang Xu and Wang Shuang looked at each other, and a thought suddenly appeared in their minds: If all this is true, what should they do?
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Lunch is very simple.
Cao Peng's food was very sweet, but Jiang Xu and Wang Shuang seemed to be a little bit overwhelmed by the taste. Usually, these two people were able to compete with each other for a meal, but today they seemed preoccupied and only ate a few pieces.
mouth and couldn't eat anymore.
In this regard, Cao Peng ignored or persuaded him.
In his opinion, both Wang Shuang and Jiang Xu still seemed a bit immature.
If it were Gan Ning, he would not pay attention to these things. When it was time to eat, he would definitely not be polite at all... But if you think about it, you can understand that Wang Shuang was originally a dog slave in his house, and he really started to work with Cao Peng.
That's just one or two years. But in the past two years, when Cao Peng was at his most leisurely, Wang Shuang never encountered or had the opportunity to encounter emergencies. This also made him have no real experience, so he would naturally appear
At a loss what to do.
Jiang Xu's situation is better than Wang Shuang's, but only better.
After all, having been a ranger in Liangzhou for so long, I have encountered some things. It's just like this situation...
It still takes practice!
Cao Peng couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
After eating, Cao Peng returned to the guest room to rest. He took a short nap in the afternoon, read a book, and walked around the yard twice before calling Wang Shuang. After washing the liger in the stable, he
before returning to the guest room.
He didn't even ask about the murder, as if nothing had happened.
That leisurely demeanor really made Jiang Xu and the two secretly admire him.
At dinner, Cao Peng asked the waiter in the store to buy a few kilograms of barbecue from the Dayuezhi people's barbecue stall. After he was full of wine and food, he fell on the couch to rest. Wang Shuang and Jiang Xu also returned to their rooms, just watching.
Going up, I was still a little nervous.
"Master Cao, Master Cao!"
Seeing that the Xu hour was approaching, Li Ding suddenly hurried in from outside.
"Something happened!"
Cao Peng rubbed his eyes, turned over from the couch and sat up. With a sleepy look on his face, he looked at Li Ding and said, "What happened?"
"You actually don't know?"
"what do you know?"
"Today at noon, a murder occurred in front of the government office."
"Oh, this..." Cao Peng smiled, stood up and stretched, and then yawned again, "How could I not know? When the murder occurred, I was there, and I saw the victim
The beard of death..."
"Were you outside the government office at that time?"
"yes?"
"Then you can still be so stable?"
"why not."
Li Ding smiled bitterly, "Do you know the origin of the person who was killed?"
At this time, Jiang Xu and Wang Shuang also came in. When they heard Li Ding's question, they both couldn't help but look curious.
Cao Peng took a wet wipe and wiped his face.
Then he said lazily: "Stop slaughtering everyone."
"you……"
"Haha, although Han and Qiang people live together in Hongshuiji, at this time, besides Xiutu, who else can come to Dou Mansion? Dou Lan and Xiutu have always been in contact, and this time Hongshui
Everyone from the Gathering Alliance and Xiutuge will also participate. So besides those bastard Hus from Xiutuge, I really can’t think of any beards that come to my door at this time.”
"Uh...how do you know that the beard is going to Dou Mansion?"
"If you hadn't gone to Dou Mansion, would you have had such a big reaction?"
Cao Peng said with a smile, and then took out another piece of clothing and put it on. This clothing was Li Qi's tribal costume. He moved his body slightly, picked up the suede bag from the couch, and straddled it diagonally.
On the body...
That way, he was clearly getting ready to go out.
"You want to go out?"
Li Ding looked at Cao Peng doubtfully and asked.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time... Hehe, since things don't go as I expected, then please ask Mr. Li to accompany me."
"where to?"
Li Ding was stunned!
Have you been waiting for me?
What kind of medicine is sold in Cao Peng's gourd?
Cao Peng smiled slightly and asked, "Where is the body now?"
"You mean..." Li Ding seemed to understand Cao Peng's thoughts and said quickly: "It has been put away by General Dou and is ready to wait for Liang Yuanbi to come and identify it."
"Then let's go and take me there to have a look."
"What are you looking at?"
"Of course it's the corpse...there are some things that I have to see the corpse before I can make a final judgment."
