Chapter 22 3. Picking Leaves and Flying Flowers Chapter 1 Discussion

Jingzhou. What is the tallest thing in Jingzhou?It is not the Huafan Peak outside the city, nor the Throwing Mountain inside the city, but the Yunhu Pavilion in the Wuyue Palace. The Yunhu Pavilion is eighteen fathoms high, and every two floors are carved with a kind of monster, which looks majestic and mysterious.Because it is the residence of King Wuyue, ordinary people dare not take a closer look, but there are rumors in the market that these nine kinds of monsters are the nine dragon sons of the legendary dragon who gave birth to nine sons. Of course, the common people dare not talk deeply about such arrogance, but the heart of King Wuyue is known to all passers-by.It's just that King Wuyue rarely came to Jingzhou once, so the highest roof of Yunhu Pavilion has always been empty.On the next floor, Qian Yingshu, the steward of the palace, lived.

Qian Yingshu is a talented person, one tael of silver can earn three hundred taels, he knows antiques, knows how to choose famous horses, and knows how to appreciate musical instruments. Except for martial arts, he knows almost all the skills that a human being should know.So although he was a little arrogant, King Wuyue still made him a housekeeper and relied heavily on him.That's why he can live in the second highest place of Yunhu Pavilion. But Qian Yingshu himself feels that his greatest ability is not to fight horses and dogs, and to plan and manage. He often pretends to be the most romantic man in the world, and his greatest ability is to recognize beauties.He does have this ability, yesterday he met Miss Hongyun from Chunyuezhai.

Hongyun is the most popular red lady in Chunyue Zhai, Biyue is the most popular Qing lady in Chunyuezhai, Hongyun and Biyue are sisters, and the most famous beauty in Thirteen Cities near Jingzhou.It's just that the most popular courtesan is also the most proud, and the ordinary sons and daughters don't pay attention to him at all. Qian Yingshu, who claims to be the most romantic son in the world, is of course unwilling to lag behind.So the red cloud landed on the highest point of Yunhu Pavilion. Qian Yingshu was smug, and ordered to go on: idlers and others are not allowed to disturb.

Although King Wuyue returned to Jingzhou, he has been living in the army. Qian Yingshu is still the head of the Yunhu Pavilion. Who would dare to disobey the head of the house? So the cloud pavilion was locked high, and it was silent all night. The bed was full of red sun, but there was still no movement on the Yunhu Pavilion.The reward promised by Steward Qian did not come out, and the maids and servants in the mansion laughed and whispered.Although Qian Yingshu is romantic but not obscene, in the eyes of servants, she is quite friendly. Watching the sun getting higher and higher, several young servants, led by the cook's old axe, knocked on Qian Yingshu's door.

Qian Yingshu is an elegant scholar, so she sleeps very vigilantly; Hongyun is a famous prostitute, time can be measured in gold, so she naturally refuses to sleep too much.But several people knocked on the door for a while, but there was no sound inside. The old ax smiled and said: Master Qian spent a lot of money last night.Knock harder, Master Guo, who was a guest here, hasn't come back for a few days, if Master Qian doesn't look for it, and the prince blames him later, it's not something you and I can bear. Those little servants all laughed and said: If Master Qian blames him later, don't push him away.

The old ax laughed and scolded: "You guys haven't learned any other skills, but you know you're prevaricating, why don't you hurry up and knock!" Those little servants were also good-for-nothing people, so they knocked hard at once.Unexpectedly, the door was not locked, but with this force, it opened quietly with a creaking sound. The young man smiled and said: Master Qian is in such a hurry that he didn't even close the door.Fortunately, Yunhu Pavilion is high Old Axe frowned, and his expression suddenly changed.As Su Man hung down, he vaguely saw the two lying on the bed, motionless.He suddenly felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart, he rushed up and lifted the red fringed curtain away.

Qian Yingshu, the most romantic man in the world, was lying in the middle of Su Man, his expression was extremely calm, with a smile on his face, his head was slightly tilted, as if he was listening to something.He was dressed neatly, and he didn't even take off the cloud-toed shoes on his feet.Hong Yun's head rested on him, but her face was full of pain, her beautiful face was twisted strangely, her beautiful eyes were wide open, as if she had been tortured extremely cruelly at the last moment. The two faces, one calm and the other terrified, formed a stark contrast, but they were already stiff and solidified, forming an extremely strange picture in the brocade embroidered tent.

The hand of the old axe couldn't help shaking, and several servants also realized that something was wrong, rushed forward and lifted Qian Yingshu and Hongyun up hurriedly. Qian Yingshu couldn't see any scars on her body, her face was still a little rosy, and there was no trace of poisoning; Hongyun's sternum was broken, her heart and lungs were shattered, and the blood almost soaked the entire mattress.Although the death conditions are different, the two lives will never come back. Only in the chaotic busyness of the crowd, a leaf from Aomori fell from the position between the two bodies.

Yin time in the early morning.September.Yang Feng, the thief, the head of Tianluo Church. It is rumored that he killed the first person when he was five years old, and when he was eleven years old, he fought with the hero Yun Chongtian from the two lakes, and even reached the thirty-first move. But he has never practiced any martial arts, he relies on his innate sense of swords, and relies on being fast and ruthless!Although Yang Feng killed twenty-six people, Yun Chongtian still didn't kill him because he was only an eleven-year-old child. But Yang Feng felt that this was a great shame for him, so he went far into the desert and worshiped the desert mad knife jade carving as his teacher.In three years, he mastered the essence of the jade carving knife technique. When the jade carving solemnly passed the blood feather saber to him and made him the eighth generation head of the jade knife sect, he cut off the jade carving's head with one blow. Kill the Jade Sword Gate cleanly.

Just because he didn't want to be the overlord of the frontier.He thought the jade carving was insulting him. Then he returned to the Central Plains one by one, and cut Yun Chongtian in two with one sword.Immediately, Yang Feng's reputation spread all over the world.His actions became more ruthless and hotter!As long as he doesn't like it, his knife will be unsheathed. He likes wine, beautiful women, and pleasure, all of which require money, so he becomes a thief, he can only wield a knife, and nothing else. Fortunately, you can make a lot of money swinging a knife, as long as you swing the knife fast enough.

He is not only sharp, but also judging the situation.In recent years, the reputation of Tianluo Sect has risen, and he joined it again and became a hall master.After having a backer, countless people were killed by him. But Yang Feng was never afraid of revenge.As long as someone's knife is faster than him, so what if he is dead?The man has a head, isn't it just waiting for the one with the faster knife to cut it off?So Yang Feng carried the gourd and drank while walking on the street. He is not afraid of anything. early morning.The sun is good. Jingzhou is a good place, with clear water and beautiful things. All kinds of flowers bloom from February in spring to October in late autumn, and the little girl who sells flowers runs from February to October.In the autumn of September, when the chrysanthemums are in full bloom, the little flower seller has the brightest smile on her face. These blossoming flowers will be pinned on the crowns of scholars, pinned on the lapels of heroes, inserted on the temples of beauties, and offered in the halls of rich people, and then they will be exchanged for rice and noodles. You and your brother can have a full meal and prepare for the next few days of hunger. This is an ordinary story, and no one will feel sad. So Yang Feng didn't even look at it, and just sipped his wine.But the little girl ran up and said timidly: "Brother, let's buy a flower."My flowers are fragrant, fresh and cheap. Yang Feng's appearance was not worthy of compliments, the little girl was very afraid of him, but she had no choice but to come up.Jingzhou is rich in flowers, so the business of selling flowers will not be very good. Yang Feng squinted at her, and suddenly burst into laughter: If you are willing to tell me your name, I will buy your flowers, how about it? He didn't want to tease this child, but he liked that others were afraid of him, and young girls, aren't they most afraid of perverts?Yang Feng always likes to take the most direct method.This method is now the most direct. The little girl was not afraid, her eyes were bright: Really?You won't lie to me, will you? She has not sold flowers for a long time, and she must seize any opportunity, otherwise she will be hungry again after two days of hunger. Yang Feng said coldly: If you don't believe it, then forget it.He stepped out, and the little girl hurriedly said: "Okay, I'll tell you that." She was a little shy, and said a few words softly. Yang Feng's hearing was considered good, but he couldn't hear clearly. He leaned down, put his ears closer, and said: "What did you say?" Perhaps the temptation to sell flowers was too great, the little girl stood on tiptoe, leaned close to Yang Feng's ear and said a few words. Yang Feng suddenly felt that something was wrong, he leaned down to make his center of gravity unstable, his knife could not be swung perfectly, and his confidence in being able to slash and kill people was lowered.As a first-rate swordsman, this is really a fatal mistake. He exerted his true strength and wanted to retract his body. At this moment, a force suddenly penetrated into his heart and lungs, and in an instant, the true energy in his whole body was scattered.And his knife hasn't been shot yet, never again! The last thing he saw was that the little girl's face was suddenly contorted, but her chest shattered like an explosion, and the blood rained like flowers, and then she fell to the ground. The two bodies fell to the ground almost simultaneously. Whether noble or humble, they all lay together in the mud covered with slight frost in the morning, and there is no difference.The flowers in the little girl's basket were messily scattered on the two of them. Yellow flowers piled up all over the ground, just like this, together with human life, they fell into mud. This is the busiest street in Jingzhou. Not long after, the officials from Jingzhou rushed over and removed the two corpses.As a result of the autopsy, Yang Feng's body did not have any injuries, but the ribs on the little girl's chest were completely shattered.On Yang Feng's skirt, he found a green leaf. In the early morning.September.Not yet. These two leaves are placed in the lobby of Wuyue Palace.This was sent overnight by Jingzhou police officers. King Wuyue was not in the mansion, and the police officers were anxiously waiting for him to return from the army. Boyong, who just woke up, dragged Guo Ao, who didn't want to get up, looking for evidence beside him with great interest. Both Boyong and Guo Ao are distinguished guests of the prince, and the prince has given an order that when he is not in the mansion, all takings and takings are up to the two of them. Therefore, when Boyong said he wanted to participate in the investigation, no one dared to say no. Character.What's more, this case is extremely weird, and when the headhunters in Jingzhou are at a loss, it is also a good thing to have a friend of the sword god Guo Ao to investigate on his behalf. Bai Yong has already changed into his detective clothes. He is wearing a royal blue heroic cloak, darkly embroidered with the sun, moon and stars. When there is movement or stillness, the stars are shining, and he is wearing a red floral ribbon around his waist. The boots are really heroic and outstanding. I saw him staring intently at the leaves in front of him, usually with a playful smile, but this time he didn't even loosen his brows because the case was so weird. Boyong suddenly stretched his waist, and sighed: Mr. Zhou is fifty-three this year, and he is a famous head catcher in several nearby provinces.He said that there were no wounds on the body of the deceased, so there must be no wounds.Both Qian Yingshu and Yang Feng's meridians and viscera were normal, and their skin colors were normal, they were not poisoned, or were hit by martial arts such as splitting the air.However, all the meridians on the chest of Hong Yun and the little flower seller were broken, and they died miserably, as if they had been shocked to death with extremely strong real force.In the two homicide cases, two people died. They were very close to each other, but their methods of death were completely different.Especially Yang Feng, who is a first-class master, would die like this, it is really unimaginable.I thought about it for a long time, but couldn't figure it out. Guo Ao stared at the leaves on the case quietly, and said: So you think the clues should be in these two leaves? Boyong shook his head and said: I don't think so, but only these two leaves can be found in the scene! Guo Ao said: "Leaves are just leaves. What can it explain?" Boyong stretched out his hands, as if wanting to touch them, his fingers were still half an inch away from the leaves, and he stopped stretching out, his eyes suddenly lit up: Yunhu Pavilion is so tall that no tree can touch it. It grows so tall, why did it find this leaf in a high place in the pavilion?The place where Yang Feng died was the busiest street in Jingzhou. Although there are many shops, there are very few trees. I have seen it, and the nearest tree is eighty-four steps away.The city is full of people, if the leaves eighty-four paces away were to float over, even if they were not trampled, they would still be covered with dust.But the leaves are intact and green, as if they were just picked.This shows that it has a lot to say to us. Guo Ao was stunned, and his eyes showed a thoughtful look, he waited for Bai Yong to continue. Sure enough, Boyong said: First, the murderer wanted to tell us something, but I thought about it, but I couldn't think of it.A leaf is just a leaf, though on a dead man it is still a leaf, and I can't make out what it says. Guo Ao said: Since there is number one, there must be number two. Bai Yong smiled and said: Second, he draws his voice long, his eyes pay attention to Guo Ao's expression, and he said slowly: This leaf is the murder weapon! Guo Ao said in surprise, "Is the leaf a murder weapon?"How can this be? Bai Yong giggled and said: Young Master Guo has never heard of a kind of kung fu called picking leaves and flying flowers when he travels the rivers and lakes, hurting people to death? Guo Ao said emotionally: But that is just an exaggeration, I have never heard of anyone who has really practiced it! Bai Yong shook his head and said: I don't want to believe it either, but if it wasn't for this kind of martial arts, how could Yang Feng die without using a knife?How can we not see the wounds, and not poison the lives of people in the busy city?It is said that this kind of kung fu combines extreme domineering with extreme gentleness. Although the person hit dies immediately, his meridians are intact and no scars can be found. The meridians are often cut off, which coincides with these two cases.If it wasn't picking leaves and flying flowers, it would be too coincidental. Guo Ao pondered and said: If this deduction is really unfortunate, how can we find the murderer? The two looked at each other without speaking. The police officers of Jingzhou Mansion standing around them all had deep fear in their eyes. The kung fu of picking leaves and flying flowers is almost like a god and demon, and it is definitely not something that the little Jingzhou Mansion can handle. The Governor of Jingzhou issued a notice to reward Yang Feng's head for five years in Jingzhou City, Yang Feng was still ostentatiously drinking in the city, now that the person who killed Yang Feng appeared, how dare they beat him up?But Qian Yingshu belonged to King Wuyue, so they had to investigate this case. Bai Yong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: Iron hate!Your friend, Catcher Iron Hate! The eyes of all the arresters also lit up together.Wouldn't Tie Hen, who was known as the god catcher, be the best choice to solve this case no matter what mafia masters would catch him without a fight? Guo Ao shook his head: Tie Hen has disappeared since he left my Shaoshi mountain, where can we find it? Bai Yong sighed heavily, picked up two leaves on the table, threw them into the brocade box next to him, and said: "Even Young Master Guo can't find him, so I'm afraid no one will be able to find him. It seems The way to ask Tie Shen to catch it doesn't work, you have to rely on me. What he said was true, but the faces of the people around him darkened following his words. However, Bai Yong's own method is very special.He didn't go out to investigate the case, and he stopped looking at the physical evidence collected by the police, but went fishing with Guo Ao in the back garden of the palace. Guo Ao didn't want to fish, but Bai Yongfei forced him to fish, so he had to. His fishing method is very strange. He doesn't use a fishing rod or bait. Once he takes off his shoes and dips his feet in the water, even the fishing rod and bait are all complete.Boyong said that the smell of his feet is enough, it smells like salted fish, and it is somewhat related to the fish swimming in the clear stream, so the effect might be better. Guo Ao didn't want to do this, but he lost seven bets in a row, so he had to do this. Boyong was lying on the grass by the stream, basking in the not-so-warm sun in September. The king of Wuyue invited them to Jingzhou to drink, but they would rather lie here to fish and bask in the sun, because the king of Wuyue couldn't drink the wine. Bai Yong saw this as soon as he saw the appearance of Yunhu Pavilion.So these days, they drank all the wine alleys in Jingzhou, but they just refused to drink the wine of King Wuyue. Shen Qingyi still played with them at first, but then he ran off to nowhere, leaving Guo Ao alone.Boyong's strange methods came up one after another, Guo Ao couldn't figure out where to go, so he let him mess around. Boyong yawned and said, "Why didn't you even catch a single fish?" Guo Ao snorted, and said: If you can catch fish like this, I think all fishermen in the world will be killed by head-on collisions. Bai Yong smiled and said: Who said that?Believe it or not, I can catch it?Do you want to take a gamble? Guo Ao lay down on his back, put his hands behind his head, stretched comfortably, and said, "I don't want to bet with you. Every time I bet, I lose, not to mention that your winnings are always fake." Boyong said: This time it's not fake!How about we bet on the Ganga Mahamudra of Le Shenglun Palace in Tibet?Legend has it that this Mahamudra is the secret technique of the great Indian god, possesses incredible power, and is the originator of martial arts in the world.Don't you want to experience this kind of martial arts? Guo Ao was not tempted at all, and said: Absolutely good martial arts, but you will definitely not know it either. Boyong said: It is rumored that after Dayu ascended to the heaven, he asked Fuxi and Nuwa, the gods of the ancestors, to see the strongest swordsmanship in the world, so Fuxi used the ashes from the calamity under the Kunming Lake to cast a sword, and Nuwa created the sword slave Huangluan to serve Yu practiced a very artificial swordsmanship.This move is not only the strongest sword technique in the world, but also contains the strongest curse in the world. Anyone who sees this sword will be blinded immediately.You are a sword learner, don't you feel tempted by such sword moves? Guo Ao said: "Being tempted is tempting, but knowing that you don't have it, I can't be tempted much." Boyong wanted to say more, when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps by the stream.The two of them stopped talking at the same time, the sound of footsteps sounded in front of them, and they saw a girl about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a lotus leaf jacket and a small bun on her head, who had disappeared several times God's Shen Qingxi. She glanced at Bai Yong with a smile, and said: Not long ago, I heard that you have a treasure on your body, but I have been with you for so long, but I haven't even seen the shadow, do you have it? But Boyong just smiled: Do you have Wuyang Sword? Shen Qingyi shook his head, and Boyong said: Since you don't have Wuyang Sword, how can I have treasures?The world's secret treasures and fetishes will only be found on people like Guo Dashao, so poor ghosts like you and me will never think about it.He seemed to be very emotional, said a word, and sighed. Shen Qingyi stared at him, and suddenly, she turned to Guo Ao and said: "Bring it!" Guo Ao said: What? Shen Qingxi said: Wuyang Sword! Guo Ao frowned and said, "Didn't you hear someone say that I never carry a sword with me?" Shen Qing stared at him angrily, with an extremely strange look in his eyes.Guo Ao looked at her with a smile. Suddenly, Shen Qingyi turned around and ran away angrily. Guo Ao turned his head and said: Do you really have treasures?Could it be that Miss Shen came to the river to rob the darts, not for the darts, but for your treasure? Bai Yong said leisurely: I'm not worried about whom she is targeting, but Miss Shen has a very bad temper, if she rushes out like this, I'm afraid some people will be unlucky, at that time, I don't know if this crime should be counted on our heads . Guo Ao's expression also changed a little. Boyong sighed: I just hope that she won't provoke people she shouldn't. You know, Jingzhou is a place where dragons and tigers are hidden. Guo Ao's face became more serious. Shen Qingxi really likes to cause trouble, and it is really strange to suddenly ask Boyong for a secret treasure this time. Bai Yong raised his head, looked out from a distance, and said: In Jingzhou City, there are people playing and dancing, as if they are having some kind of happy event.correct!That is the Shenwei Escort.correct!Today is Mr. Tie Wanchang's birthday.correct!We agreed to go to a wedding, Mr. Tie is a very nice person, don't break your promise.correct!Do you think this girl still has a grudge against the Shenwei Escort Bureau, and went to other people's houses to make trouble if she didn't get the dart money? Guo Ao's face really changed, he jumped up and chased after him. Bai Yong secretly laughed.It doesn't matter whether Shen Qingyi smashes the birthday hall or not, the important thing is that there is excitement again.Where there is excitement, there is Boyon, which must be indispensable.