Chapter 279: The Tavern Murder Case
Chapter 279: The Tavern Murder Case (Part )
The golden sun gradually sank to the west, and half of it fell behind Lengcui Mountain.
"This road is so bumpy. My butt is in a lot of pain."
"Brother Yu, there is a hotel here, let's go in and have a couple of drinks?"
"Just drink it, and don't delay what Senior Brother Hou has asked you to do."
The two men tied their mounts under the big banyan tree in front of the door and walked into the store, just blocking the three-foot sunset glow from the door. They smelled a strange fragrance coming from the store and couldn't help swallowing.
"What a delicious stew! It's so delicious!"
"You have money, but are you worried about not having meat? I'm hungry, no matter whose meat it is, I'll just ask the store to bring it to me."
Lin Pingzhi was sitting at the table. He had heard someone making rude remarks outside and felt unhappy. Then he looked up and saw two people with white cloth wrapped around their heads and knee-length black robes. They looked somewhat gentlemanly, but their legs were bare and they wore earless hemp shoes.
He was surprised: "This person is dressed neither civil nor martial, neither fish nor fowl, and looks a bit strange. He doesn't look like a native of Fuzhou. I wonder where he is from?"
Escort Captain Shi was well-informed and whispered, "Young Escort Captain, is this a Sichuanese?"
Lin Pingzhi asked: "How do you know?"
Shi Biaotou wanted to show off, and whispered: "Most Sichuan people dress like this, with white cloth wrapped around their heads. When Zhuge Wuhou died of illness at Wuzhangyuan, the people of Shu mourned for him. Wuhou was very kind to them, so for thousands of years, they have not taken off the white cloth on their heads."
Lin Pingzhi nodded slightly. Thinking about how Sichuan people value friendship so much, his bad feeling faded a little. Although his words were crude, he was probably just following the local customs and did not necessarily have any bad intentions.
The two of them glanced at the table of Fuwei Escort Agency on the left side of the gate, walked to the right, each pulled out a long bench and sat down, shouting loudly: "Store owner, bring some wine, bring some wine quickly."
Jia Renda laughed and said, "The wine in Fujian is different from that in other places. It is soft, weak and sweet, just like a woman. It is really not the kind of wine a man should drink. But it is okay to try it occasionally. Brother Yu, are you used to it?"
"Women have their own way of being women, and men have their own advantages of being men."
"Hahaha, Brother Yu, that's a great idea."
Yu Renyan was only a junior fellow student in name, but he was the son of the sect leader after all. A disciple like Jia Renda, who was not particularly outstanding in the Qingcheng Sect, could not help but have some desire to please him and was quite respectful in his words.
The two of them spoke very loudly. Lin Pingzhi, who was at the opposite table, heard it clearly and could not help but clench his wine glass. His words just now also slightly involved the four people from the Fuwei Escort Agency.
The other party didn't mention anyone's name, so Lin Pingzhi couldn't get angry. He suppressed his anger and stopped the four people from the escort agency from getting angry. However, the originally lively atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
At this time, the young girl in green heard the voice, came out from the inner hall, and asked softly, "What kind of wine do you want?"
As dusk approached, the light in the tavern became dim. Yu Renyan saw a young girl in green approaching. She had a graceful figure and a clear voice, which moved his heart.
Relying on Yu Canghai's reputation and the power of Qingcheng Sect, he raped many decent women in Sichuan. Several chaste and virtuous women committed suicide. The situation was so serious that it alarmed the government, but the case was suppressed. Even though there were some unfavorable rumors in the martial arts world, as long as the Qingcheng Sect did nothing wrong in the grand cause of fighting against the Demon Cult, friends in the righteous path would not hold on to some minor flaws. After all, if you really look into it, no one is clean.
Even if the old man in the family is of high moral character and does not engage in such things, their children and grandchildren, who grow up in the honeypot of power and wealth and develop a mentality that allows them to do whatever they want, how many beautiful and graceful people can they have? As long as no poisonous weeds or vines grow among them, they will be blessed by heaven.
So, why should we hurt each other and expel them from the "legitimate membership"?
The dispute between Linghu Chong of the Huashan Sect and the Four Beauties of Qingcheng in Hanzhong was rooted in Yu Renyan. Yue Buqun saw it clearly and did not ask for the details. He only punished his eldest disciple severely and maintained his relationship with the Qingcheng Sect.
The girl in green walked to the table, lowered her head, and asked again in a low voice: "What kind of wine would you like, sir?" Yu Renyan saw her face clearly, was stunned for a moment, stretched out his right hand to hold her slender waist, and smiled: "What a pity, what a pity!"
The girl in green was startled and took two steps back.
Jia Renda laughed and said, "Brother Yu, although this beautiful girl has a pockmarked face, she has a nice waist and figure. I think she is not inferior to the popular courtesans in those brothels in Chengdu. If you like her, just pull a piece of cloth to cover her face, or wait until later to turn off the lights, it will be the same."
Yu Renyan chuckled and said, "No need to cover your face. It would be boring if you did."
Jia Renda looked at Yu Renyan and saw that he did not look fake. Thinking of the rumors he had heard in Sichuan, he cursed him in his heart as a pervert, but still complimented him: "Brother Yu dares to face difficulties, he is a real man!"
"The more difficult it is, the happier I am!"
As Yu Renyan spoke, he reached out to grab the blue-clothed girl's wrist.
Lin Pingzhi could no longer bear to listen, and stood up and slammed the table, cursing: "Where did these two bastards come from? How dare you run wild in my Fuzhou Prefecture and flirt with decent girls in broad daylight? Do you think we are not here?"
Yu Renyan's eyes were fierce. He was controlled by Yu Canghai with a stick. Usually he was well-mannered and acted like a normal person. But as long as that thing got into his mind, he would become a completely different person and would not give up until he achieved his goal.
"Hey, Lord Rabbit is cursing in the street? Jia Lao Er, guess who he is cursing?"
Lin Pingzhi looked like his mother, Mrs. Wang, with red lips, white teeth, delicate features, and beautiful eyebrows. He hated it most when people said he looked like "Rabbit God". Normally in Fuzhou city, if any man dared to look at him in that way, he would immediately whip him. But at this moment, he could no longer bear it, and all the anger that had been accumulated before burst out.
"You son of a bitch, don't even think about leaving Fuzhou Prefecture upright today!"
Lin Pingzhi's blood rushed to his head, his cheeks turned red with anger, and he picked up the iron wine jug on the table and smashed it on the head.
The two men quickly stood up from the bench and dodged easily. The iron kettle fell on the wooden table and half of the kettle's wine splashed everywhere. Jia Renda was more skilled and dodged again. Yu Renyan was half a step slower and his shirt was soaked through.
"This little bunny man is quite attractive when he gets angry, but he's not good at fighting. He'll just throw things around like a woman."
Yu Renyan glanced at the wine stains on his chest, and instead of being angry, he was happy. He stared at Lin Pingzhi's face and eyebrows. The obscene meaning in his eyes was self-evident. He had a wide range of interests and could get rid of them regardless of drought or flood.
Seeing that the young escort leader had already taken action, the four men from the Fuwei Escort Agency stood up and surrounded the two men.
Shi Dajin said angrily, "Who are you? You know that this person is the young leader of the Fuwei Escort Agency. You dare to act wildly against the emperor? I think you don't want to return to Sichuan alive."
Zheng Biaotou attacked first with a quick punch at Jia Renda's shoulder, but the opponent attacked even faster. In the blink of an eye, he touched Zheng Biaotou's pulse and pulled him hard. Zheng Biaotou fell headfirst into the wooden table. The opponent hit him with a heavy elbow, breaking the wooden table and sweeping the dishes and chopsticks on it to the ground.
Shi Dajin saw that the opponent defeated his master with one move, which was obviously a good martial arts. He was surprised and asked, "Since you are also a fellow martial artist, please tell me your name. You are so rude in Fuzhou. Don't you take Fuwei Escort Agency seriously at all?"
Yu Renyan chuckled when he heard this: "Fuwei Escort Agency? I've never heard of it. What does it do?"
Lin Pingzhi jumped up in anger, flipped over the table, and hit the two men with his palms.
"The Fuwei Escort Agency specializes in beating up bastards!"
(End of this chapter)