Chapter 81 Pickled Fish (4)

The three streets and nine alleys were still noisy and noisy at night, with people running around for a living, and many people lurking day and night.

Living in a place like three streets and nine alleys is inevitably noisy, but today there is a hint of restraint in the noise.

Looking at the officers and soldiers who suddenly appeared at the entrance of the alley, the watchman who had just gone out to prepare for the watch couldn't help but looked over curiously. He saw several green-robed officials coming out of the house at the entrance of the alley and said, "Someone is dead. Someone is dead." There were traces of a struggle. The house was in a mess, and the plain noodles that had just been prepared were scattered on the floor. He was hit three times without hitting the opponent, and the last one hit the vital part and died."

Is someone dead? The watchman who was about to leave stopped, looked at the two green-robed officials who were talking, frowned and hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and asked: "May I ask, sir, the person who died was the owner of this house, whose surname is Hu’s lame guy?”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu, who were talking, looked at him and asked, "Do you recognize him?"

The watchman nodded: "I recognize him." After a pause, he added, "He and I have known each other since we were young. I think he was quite a good person in these three streets and nine alleys back then. Who knew... Hey! These neighbors are all in the same neighborhood. , this place is the most shabby." He pointed to the wooden footbath placed under the eaves.

Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu followed his direction and looked over, looking at the broken eaves above the wooden foot basin. They immediately understood: when it rains, it rains heavily outside, and it rains lightly in this house. Used to contain leaking rainwater.

Although ordinary people live in the three streets and nine alleys, their lives are not rich and they all live in low-rise houses. But among such a row of houses, only the house in front of me is the shabbiest among the four neighbors.

"When his parents were alive, he worked hard and lived a pretty good life here. Later, he was drafted into the army for a few years." The watchman couldn't help but sigh as he spoke, "It's also bad luck. I heard he was sent out He was injured while rescuing people, and the good man became a lame. After he came back, he couldn't say that he was a good girl. After a few years of delay, his parents passed away before he could marry a wife. Since then, he has been living alone, occasionally I would also walk around with the retired veterans, but the one who walked around the most was the man named Ma from the next alley. He injured his hand. I heard that the two of them were injured at the same time. Their situations were similar, and there was only one left in the family. So they looked after each other.”

When Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu heard this, they looked at each other.

At this moment, Lin Fei took Zhao You and a few other guards around from the next alley. When he saw them, Lin Fei didn't say anything and walked into the house immediately.

The dilapidated house with a bit of dampness and mildew smell was very dark. Even the oil lamp on the table was temporarily bought by the policeman on the street, otherwise it would not be able to light up the house.

Lin Fei walked over, squatted down and looked at the big man lying in a pool of blood.

Hu Chengzu, forty-five years old. Da Di has lived a miserable life, and his appearance looks much older than that of his peers. His hair is mostly white and his beard is stubble.

The lame leg was bent unnaturally. Lin Fei visually inspected the man's figure: If nothing happened, he would be a tall and powerful man. It is possible for such a person to do something good if he joins the army.

However, the lame leg eliminated this possibility.

After chatting with the watchman outside, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu walked in and called "Lin Shaoqing."

Lin Fei said "Hmm" and before the two of them could speak, he said, "Ma Sanci in the next alley is in a similar situation to Hu Chengzu."

He was injured and retired, and his family members died one after another, leaving only one person. Having never married a wife, life was miserable, so the two of them moved around each other to take care of each other.

The only difference is that one injured his leg and the other injured his hand.

"People who recruit people for work rarely recruit people like them. Even if they do, they won't give much money, so life will naturally be tight." Liu Yuan sighed, and then sneered, "There is only one street across the street. Two people in the alley had an accident at the same time, how could it be a coincidence?"

It's just robbers stealing... Which robber would choose people like Hu Chengzu and Ma Sanci to attack?

Speaking of this, Liu Yuan couldn't help but feel annoyed: "These two people were fine when we came over to ask during the day. If it had been then..."

Bai Zhu reached out and patted Liu Yuan on the shoulder, comforting him and said: "At that time, neither Hu Chengzu nor Ma Sanci showed anything strange, but somehow..."

This was not his excuse, but the reaction of Hu and Ma at that time was indeed very unusual. The two of them asked again and again, but they both shook their heads and said they didn't know much about the Huaishan County Prince's family, and what they said was no different from other retired veterans.

Lin Fei lowered his head and looked at Hu Chengzu who was lying on the ground, and said nothing for a long time.

Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu looked at each other without speaking to interrupt Shang Feng's contemplation.

I don’t know how long it took before Zhao You’s voice rang outside.

"Lin Shaoqing, people are here!"

Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu looked back and saw two tall men walking in led by Zhao You.

As soon as they stepped into the house, the two tall men turned red-eyed when they saw Hu Chengzu lying on the ground.

"I didn't expect Chengzu..."

"Yes! He and Sanci are the only ones among us...how could..."

"Back then, the two of them were the best in martial arts, and they were also the fastest promoted. If not... eh!"

Lin Feiren, the two tall men, sighed for a moment before asking aloud: "What caused the injuries to Hu Chengzu and Ma Sanci?"

The two men were startled when they heard this. Their eyes fell on Lin Fei's crimson officer. After a long pause, they said: "Logically speaking, this shouldn't be said. After all, it's a good job for a soldier to go out and exterminate evildoers." We were prepared to be injured or even die, so where did this injury come from? Not only me, but also Chengzu and Sanci didn't mention it. But sir, you, Dali Temple..."

They were not stupid. They saw Lin Fei's crimson official running away. Furthermore, they had dealt with Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu during the day, so they naturally knew that this matter was related to human lives and murders. Furthermore, Hu Chengzu and Ma Sanci were all together at this time. Qi was attacked and died. There was obviously something wrong with him, so he hesitated for a moment and told the cause of the injury.

"Twenty-five years ago, I was serving as a soldier in a military camp near Salt Lake City. The two of them were the most capable and the fastest promoted." The two men said, "Later, the two adults spent the day together. The Prince of Huaishan who came to inquire about his family being captured was reported to the military camp. Only then did the military camp learn that officers and soldiers near Salt Lake City were colluding with bandits to oppress the people, so they sent troops to suppress it."

"Before sending troops to suppress, we need to know the situation in Salt Lake City, so the military camp sent a small team of elites to sneak into Salt Lake City to investigate the situation. Chengzu and Sanci were among them." The two men said, "That small team Half of the elite personnel were waiting outside the city, and the other half entered the city. The two of them entered the city, but the half who entered the city were unlucky and faced the local officers and soldiers and bandits. Many people died. The two of them were lucky. When I was rescued, I thought I couldn't survive it, but in the end I saved my life, but my legs and hands were injured."

Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu changed their expressions as early as when the two men said that Hu and Ma were injured when the Prince and his family of Huaishan County were captured. After hearing this, they could no longer hold back and started to express their gratitude towards Lin. Fei said, "Lin Shaoqing, I'm afraid this matter is closely related to the Huaishan County Prince and his family."