Chapter 10 The Dark Night
Lin Pingzhi, who had changed his clothes in his room first, came to the hall where he lit the candles with thick arms. He found that his father Lin Zhennan was already filled with rich wine and dishes, with fifteen or sixteen dishes, waiting for him to come back. On weekdays, there are only five or six home-cooked dishes for the family, and it is only so rich during the festival. Lin Pingzhi looked at Lin Zhennan in confusion.
"I'm back, have you beaten the wild boar?" Lin Zhennan sat on the chair and smoked his pipe. Before Lin Pingzhi could answer, he said happily, "I have a happy event today."
Seeing that his father did not blame him for returning late, Lin Pingzhi asked in cooperation: "It is difficult to get a wild boar. It depends on luck. I didn't encounter it today. But what are the happy events in our family today? Did you take on a big business? Today's meal was very sumptuous."
Lin Zhennan vomited a smoke ring and said, "Haha, as long as our escort agency has a strong foundation and a wide relationship, we are afraid that we will not be able to accept business? We are afraid that there will be big business coming to the door, and we will not be able to accept it." Lin Pingzhi said in confusion: "With our Fuwei escort agency's reputation, there are still escorts that we cannot accept?"
Lin Zhennan glared at his son and said, "Ping'er, you are not young anymore, you have to understand the truth. I didn't tell you about the escort agency in the past. From now on, I will let you start to understand the operation of our Fuwei escort agency. Don't be so obedient. This will easily offend friends in the world. What they value most is face."
When Lin Pingzhi saw his father's serious face, he didn't seem to be a joke, and quickly responded: "Yes, the child wants to share his worries for his father."
Lin Zhennan knocked his pipe on the table, took it to his mouth and took it, saying, "Zhang Piaotou of the Hunan Branch of our Fuwei Escort Agency sent a letter saying that the leader Yu Canghai, who is from the Qingcheng Sect, wrote it. He accepted our generous gifts and agreed to take care of our escort agency's business in Sichuan. This leader Yu is a powerful figure who is a powerful figure in Sichuan and is very famous. In fact, since the first three years, I wanted to develop a branch in Sichuan, but without the powerful figure in Sichuan, it would not be possible to open a branch."
Lin Pingzhi asked in confusion: "Why? Can't our Fuwei Escort Agency start the branch by itself?"
Lin Zhennan explained: "We have 20% of the fame, 20% rely on hard work, and 60% rely on relationships. Green forest and Bai Dao have good relationships, otherwise, they will take the escort and kill them all the way? Then wouldn't the escort masters of the escort agency die? What money can they make?" After a pause, he continued: "There will be four disciples from Qingcheng Sect come to our escort agency soon. You have to establish a good relationship with them and learn more about the style of other people's famous sects. If you make friends with them, you will not benefit from it in the future."
"Yes, yes." Lin Pingzhi quickly agreed, opening his mouth to talk about the murder today, but he swallowed it again when he was at the mouth. He thought to himself that he would tell his mother first that if he was talking to his father about this, if his mother would help me say something, his father would not be too severe.
Mrs. Lin came to the table, sat down, and said, "Don't just talk, you guys, eat first, and then talk about it after you finish."
After dinner, the family chatted in the hall. Lin Zhennan said: "In a few months, the birthday of my brother-in-law in Luoyang is coming soon. What gifts should we give? Gifts that are worthy of Luoyang Jindaomen are not easy to find."
Mrs. Lin thought for a while and said, "It seems that there is a pair of jade horses in the Hunan Branch. They are all green and very rare. If you ask them to send them there, you will be the gift." Lin Zhennan nodded and said that.
At this time, there was a noise outside the hall, and a few hurried steps rushed into the hall. Lin Zhennan frowned and said unhappily: "There is no rule, these corpses can't change their vulgar nature."
The person in charge was Chen Qi, who said hurriedly: "General...General's escort leader, Bai... Bai Er is dead! Bai Er is dead." Lin Zhennan said: "How did he die? Where is the body? Take me to see." He was very unhappy, "These rough men fight for a small matter, making the escort agency uneasy. Now the people die in the escort agency, and the government has to deal with it again."
"When we found Bai Er, he was lying in the vegetable garden and died." Chen Qi introduced the current situation. Lin Zhennan said: "Take me to the scene to see." Lin Pingzhi felt a sudden heart when he heard Bai Er's name and followed him.
The group rushed to the vegetable garden and found that there were more than a dozen people gathered here to discuss it. They raised five torches on the spot to illuminate the place. Lin Zhennan pushed away the crowd and came to Bai Er's body. He found that his clothes had been untied. He thought they had been checked. Lin Zhennan bent down and carefully investigated. He found that there was no wound on Bai Er's body, his eyes were wide open, and there was no fear or pain on his gray-green face. He just lay calmly on the ground not far from the toilet.
Lin Zhennan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Seeing this, it didn't seem like he was killed, it would be much easier to deal with. He said, "Bai Er has no wounds on his body, and he doesn't look poisoned. He should have died of sudden illness. The escort agency will handle his funeral well tomorrow, and his family will also have a pension of 100 taels of pension."
A tramper died of illness suddenly. Lin Zhennan didn't care much about it. He turned back to the hall and said to Lin Pingzhi: "Is this Bai Er the tramper who goes hunting with you during the day? He died suddenly. It was really unexpected. It was just like the Qingcheng Sect suddenly accepted our gifts and wanted to send someone to our escort agency. This was also unexpected."
Lin Pingzhi's heart was ups and downs, and he responded: "Bai Er was still fine during the day today. He couldn't tell that he was sick at all. He died suddenly." He couldn't help but change the topic and said: "Dad, why do we please the Qingcheng Sect? That big gift may be quite expensive."
Lin Zhennan said: "You are not very concerned about the world. There are only two major sects in Sichuan: Qingcheng Sect and Emei Sect. These two sects have hundreds of disciples and are full of talents. Although they cannot catch up with Shaolin and Wudang. However, they are as famous as Songshan, Huashan, Hengshan, Taishan and Hengshan sect under the Five Yue Jian Sect. Our Lin family is only two of us, and we have a few nails all over our body. How can we beat hundreds of people? So it is still necessary to make friends with each other in the martial arts.
"The Emei Sect relies on monks and does not care about worldly things. Then the Qingcheng Sect is very necessary to give gifts. Your great-grandfather Yuantu is powerful in the martial arts world with the 72-way evil-proof sword technique, and is invincible in the martial arts world. At that time, the escort agency did not have to give gifts to the door. However, this evil-proof sword technique passed to your grandfather, and the reputation was much worse than Yuantu. When it came to my hands, it was a little worse. Alas, I really feel ashamed of my ancestors."
Lin Pingzhi said unconvincedly: "The escorts in the escort agencies in our ten provinces have hundreds of escort players, so there are no need for the disciples of those big sects to be inferior in terms of the number of people." Lin Zhennan smiled and said: "Don't say that in front of others. When we open escort agencies, we should make money. Why do we do it when fighting with others? Besides, these branches are too scattered, so how can we gather together? Should we do business?"
Another noise came, and someone shouted: "Zheng Piaotou is dead, Zheng Piaotou is dead!" The father and son were shocked: Why did someone die suddenly?
Chen Qi ran in and shouted in a furious voice: "There is a ghost here to seek his life. Zheng Bo Head was killed by a ghost in the stable!" Lin Zhennan immediately raised his face and said: "How can there be a ghost who seeks his life? Nonsense! Take me to see it." However, he did not notice that his son Lin Pingzhi's face was already snow-white and could not see a trace of blood.
When Lin Pingzhi saw that the two dead were all followers fighting with him in the tea shed during the day, he knew that someone was coming to take revenge and was about to tell the matter. However, Lin Zhennan took a very fast step and rushed to the stable. Lin Pingzhi said it was too far.
Lin Zhennan came to the stable and saw that no one untied Zheng Biaotou's clothes after entering, and knew that these people were afraid of ghosts. He noticed that Zheng Biaotou was holding the saddle with both hands and lying on the ground, looking at it as if he was untiing the saddle. After personally untiing Zheng Biaotou's clothes, he still found no scars, no bone was broken, and no blood was bleeding in the seven holes, unlike being poisoned to death.
There were more people watching this time, and almost all the people from the escort agency came. They chattered and talked about ghosts and other words. It seemed that the two people died in the same way, which brought them great pressure because martial arts people generally do not believe in ghosts because they rely on their martial arts.
Lin Zhennan knew that they could not continue to discuss ghosts, otherwise the spirit of these people would be shocked. If someone really wanted to raid the escort agency, these people would not have any effect. He immediately said loudly: "I, Lin Zhennan, have been experiencing the world for decades, but have not seen any ghosts. These two people were killed. Now, at the beginning, the people in the escort agency should be vigilant and not dispersed. If they find the enemy, they shout loudly, let us kill this thief who only knows sneak attacks!"
Lin Pingzhi came to his father and whispered, "Father, these two people are all accompanying the child out, so they must have been killed by someone." Lin Zhennan turned his face and said, "The two of them died exactly the same in a row, and they must have been killed. You and I come in and talk to him." He pointed to Lin Pingzhi and Chen Qi. The three of them entered the east wing and ordered one person to call Shi Piao to come to the east wing and talk to him.
After entering the wing room, Lin Pingzhi carefully said about how Bai Ri saved the woman in the tea shed, how he killed a man named Yu with a dagger in panic, and how he asked Lao Sa to keep his grandson to silence him, and also mentioned the warning of Zhao Boduan, a man in blue.
The more Lin Zhennan heard, the more he knew that something was wrong, but he didn't let him in. After Lin Pingzhi finished speaking, he said, "It's not a big deal to kill a stranger, but the man you heard was named Yu?" He burst into tears, and the word Yu scared him and immediately ignored the matter of the man in blue.
Lin Pingzhi said: "Is it Yu or Yu? It's because of the accent of a foreign country, and the child couldn't hear it clearly, but in the end the person surnamed Jia said that the man was called Ren Yan."
Lin Zhennan was shocked and said in shock: "Pinger, please tell me it again. The dead man is Ren Yan? Yu Ren Yan?" Lin Pingzhi saw his father's panic look and felt a trembling heart, saying: "Which man is talking about Ren Yan or something."
Lin Zhennan shouted, "Oh no! The head of Yu Canghai of Qingcheng Sect has a son named Yu Renyan. Did you kill his son? But this is not right. Why did they suddenly come to Fuzhou? I just received the souvenir from Yu Guanzhu of Qingcheng Sect today. Could it be that they flew over from Hunan?"
Lin Pingzhi was shocked and worried that he had caused a big disaster, and was afraid that the man was really Yu Canghai's son. However, he comforted his father and said, "It is inevitable that this person's name will be repeated. Maybe it is just the same name as Yu Guanzhu's son."
Lin Zhennan recovered and knew that this matter could not be arbitrary, so he had to check it carefully. He also said, "Ping'er, what you said is reasonable. When Shi Pao Head comes, he has rich experience in the martial arts world and can restore the tricks used by the two of them. I will also see if it is the tricks of the Qingcheng Sect." Seeing that Shi Pao Head was not coming yet, he shouted loudly: "Come here! Where is Shi Pao Head? Why haven't you come after so long?"
Two travelers outside the door rushed over to hear the news. They all said that they had been searching for a long time but couldn't find Shi Piaotou. They searched everywhere in the escort agency. PS: Please collect it, please recommend votes.
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