There was something that Lord Ruyue didn't explain clearly to them. The strange poison called "seeing death" was indeed developed long after her death. But she didn't say that the poison was created by herself after she became the Six Paths Impermanence.
Dai Luan is not her first apprentice, and perhaps will not be the last. After she figured out this recipe, she left it there untouched. At that time, she had a bold apprentice who bragged at the wine table after drinking too much. He also claimed that Kisaragi-kun's way of killing people was to mix the poison into the paint, and anyone who saw it would die. After the poison evaporates, there is no way to verify the person you met. Who will be the first person to see his own portrait? Apart from the painter, there is naturally the person being painted.
But this statement was just his own speculation, and he clearly knew that Lord Ruyue did not rely on this method during his lifetime. He didn't know until his death that Ru Yuejun's Yun Guihao was the container that carried her soul when she died. Everyone knows that at that time she transformed into a large cluster of beautiful and strange exotic flowers and plants, from which the demon Yama dug out the hidden pen and then handed it back to her. After that, that pen became the magical pen that captivated the soul. No matter whether it was flowers, birds or people, as long as Lord Ruyue took it and drew it, it would be captivated and turned into an empty shell.
No one knows how she killed people during her lifetime.
Villains who were greedy for money and afraid of death flocked to him and spent huge sums of money to ask him for the formula of the medicine. How did he know this? To say that this man is also a man with a keen eye for money. He actually stole the original medicine and sold it. He also stole a lot... There are always talented people in the world, and soon several doctors joined forces to figure out the ingredients of the antidote. . Although the raw materials are clear, the production process is still mysterious. Seeing that Lord Ruyue didn't pursue the case, this villain boldly stole the antidote and sold it to various martial arts sects. This angered the person who had previously bought the poison, and since he could not decipher the production process and could not improve it, he imprisoned the criminal and forced him to reveal the production process of the poison. How did he know this? He was just doing some help work, and he didn't know that this kind of medicine was being developed at that time, so he didn't care about it at all. As time passed, he was tortured to death like this, which was considered retribution. From the beginning to the end, Lord Ruyue never showed up, maybe he was no longer his disciple.
There were several troubles during this period, and many lives were lost because of this "secret recipe". So Kisaragi-kun suddenly disclosed the craftsmanship of the two, without explaining a single word about the previous rumors. All the battles suddenly became boring and ended hastily. The short-lived farce ended before it could start a bloody storm. Over time, the poison and the medicine will become irrelevant. It is worth noting that those who knew the antidote died one after another. But they are already old and have not attracted the attention of people in the world.
They were killed by a man named Cheng.
There were a lot of gold, silver, and jade raw materials piled up in the warehouse, and there was a heavy lock in front of the door. It was not a problem for her. She could even restore it intact when she left. She wandered here for a long time until it got dark. There is indeed nothing strange here. Even if the poison that "sees death" is left behind, it will have dissipated in more than half a month.
She is observing "traces".
Traces of disputes, traces of fighting, traces of destruction.
She walked back and forth, all the way from the door to the depths of the warehouse. All the "traces" were covered with a light layer of dust. It seemed that there was still little progress on the government side. But the ashes cannot cover up all the evidence. According to Kisaragi-kun's inference, there should be only two people at the scene, one is the murderer and the other is the old master. It must be that the old master was counting the few stocks in the warehouse and locked the door from the inside. There are no windows or other doors here, and there are no signs of damage to the door locks or bolts, so the person must have let him in by himself. The steps on the bottom floor in front of the door were relatively slow. They might know each other, otherwise the master would not let this person in. Then what? There was a physical altercation here, and the old master was in a mess around the fallen place, breaking several empty jewelry boxes. The box was scrambled from the pile of boxes piled neatly on the table.
The visitor watched him die. There are traces of dragging on the ground, the result of the old master's own crawling and struggling. The person in the store said before that there were "no injuries at all". I don't know if that was an exaggeration, but there were indeed blood stains on the ground, but they were very shallow. Either the old master caught the blood from the murderer, or he touched it himself. There was no blood on the corner of the table where he fell, but this possibility cannot be completely ruled out. If it was the murderer's blood, there should be skin flakes from that person between his fingers. I wonder if the Yamen noticed it. If she had the chance, she would have to go to the morgue. She didn't know if the old man was buried, so Ruyue-kun was going to go and ask.
"The old man has been buried..." one of the apprentices said, "the weather is getting warmer and warmer, so we put it in the open air at the Yamen. It rained a few days ago, and we soaked it all night... so we had no choice but to bring it back and take out all the belongings Settled the land."
"We couldn't stand it, and they were very happy when we said we wanted to take it away..." another apprentice said.
Lord Ruyue nodded, expressionless. She probably expected this answer. Yun Ge walked out of the door and wiped the sweat from his forehead. When I first opened the door, a wave of heat came out, and the stove inside was still burning. This door looks very new. It was probably newly installed after Yun Ge took over, specifically to block people's sight.
"Are you ready?"
"Soon." His tone was perfunctory.
From the very beginning, she noticed a hint of indifference in this person's attitude towards her. It was not very obvious, and he did not deliberately hide anything. He can be considered an honest person, but he is not very willing to cover up his emotions. Lord Ruyue was about to say something when she suddenly heard a crisp ringtone.
The bell came from her. Of course, those unbearable wails require the active shaking of the Six Paths of Impermanence. This sound is the resonance between them and other impermanences and cannot be heard by humans. Under normal circumstances, this is the method used by impermanent people to contact the nearest impermanent person in the mission area.
Who is the one? I haven't heard anything happened in Cangyi City recently. Is there anyone passing by who needs help? Does Impermanence know that the person here is her, or is he simply asking for help without any specific purpose? Is the matter so difficult that the other party needs to call on an assistant in this form? She couldn't figure it out.
Lord Ruyue didn't say hello, and rushed out the door a little recklessly, but his steps were very light. An apprentice felt strange and hesitated for a moment, then chased him a few steps away. But he looked around for a long time and couldn't see any shadow at all. So he stood for a while, looked at the dark sky, and prepared to close the store door. At this time, several people appeared on the street corner, chattering. He could tell at a glance that they were the guests during the day.
He bowed and invited them in, saying that the longevity lock would be healed soon. Shi Wuqi asked casually:
"How is business today?"
"Don't mention it. Apart from you, there is only a draft."
When he said this, he suddenly noticed that there were three people who went out, but five people came in. Yun Ge raised his head, saw Mu Wan, and just nodded as a greeting. Mu Wan vaguely remembered that this was his character. On the way, a friend told her about this jewelry store, so she was prepared. Just as he was about to greet her, he suddenly noticed that Yun Ge's face was too solemn, as if she was an uninvited guest.
Mu Wan reacted for a while before realizing that the person he was looking at with such suspicious eyes was not her, but Cheng You behind her.
Cheng You still had that faint, humble smile on his face. But the way he looked at Yun Ge was like an old friend he had known for many years. However, the smell of sulfur that filled the air between the two of them was a bit too strong.
The others were not fools, and they clearly saw something was wrong.
"Hey, Mr. Cheng." An apprentice greeted him and looked like he knew him.
"You two, go buy half a catty of bamboo leaves and greens. And a roast chicken from Old Liu's."
Yun Ge turned around and said to the two young men. They all frowned in unison, looking troubled.
"Here, shopkeeper, the winery is far away... You also know that the restaurant that sells bamboo leaf greens is also far away. The restaurant across the street has a knife-burning restaurant, please..."
"Yes, and it's so late. The Liu family should have closed down their stall long ago, right?"
"Go as you are told." Yun Ge looked unhappy, "Why are you talking so much?"
"Chengchengcheng...just wait. If you don't buy it, don't blame us."
The two young men took the broken silver and walked out, still muttering at the door. Shan Hai clearly sensed that he was going to take them away, so what did he have to say to Mu Wan—or Cheng You?
Unexpectedly, Cheng You was the first to speak.
"You look very much like a person." He raised his chin with interest, "A craftsman."
"You also look like a person." Yun Ge said coldly, "My father's old customer."
"Oh...it turns out to be your father. Let me tell you, how come your face shape is so similar to Yunmai's, as if they were carved from the same mold. You actually remember me? What a surprise. When I ordered something from your father, Very young, you must not be an adult yet. Time flies so fast."
"I always remember my father's guests very clearly. Especially... the few who made him so busy that he was exhausted. You are one of them."
"I heard that your father passed away because he worked too hard... Please accept my belated condolences."
"It's all over." Yun Ge said stiffly.
There seemed to be a hint of cunning on Cheng You's face, which was a bit like the way he looked when he first talked to Mu Wan. But Mu Wan didn't think too much about it at that time, and now she realized how consistent the expressions in the two situations were.
It's like he's planning some bad idea.
"But I heard...actually, the old man was killed by someone else? He didn't end his life."
When Yun Ge opened his mouth to say something, Cheng You didn't give him the chance and quickly added: "It seems that Liu Dao Impermanence killed him."
"So I don't like the impermanence of the six paths - not very much."
He actually didn't deny it. He should know how his father looked when he died. It must not have been due to overwork, but how did he determine who the murderer was? Was it Utsuki-kun...or did someone else tell him? Or did he know it from the beginning?
None of this mattered at this point. These words shook them all. After all, they all already knew that it was Shui Wujun who killed his father, but he was acting on orders. This also explains his previous instinctive resistance to Lord Ruyue, although it was not obvious... Shan Hai already knew that it was not his illusion.
"Speaking of which, I was lucky enough to get something..." Cheng You fumbled around and said, "It's your father's legacy. However, it should have been mine."
Although he hadn't taken it out yet, Yun Ge became angry first, as if he knew what it was.
"What did you say? You thief."
"It's just that the property returns to its original owner."
