It's the sixteenth day, and the full moon is like a mirror, shining thousands of miles, flowing in Chang'an at night.
Except for the wine shop, everything is lonely. Not to mention a temple that is surrounded?
Suddenly, an anxious female voice broke the silence.
"A little further east, Sun Yucheng, no, it's the other way around." Lan Yin stamped her feet anxiously, turned to Cui Yuanzao and said, "Why don't you let me go to the roof?"
Cui Yuanzao was sitting on a high chair with a tea set next to him, making tea slowly. The evening breeze blew in his face, and Lan Yin muttered curses in a low voice, but this did not prevent Cui Yuanzao from feeling quite comfortable at this moment.
"Let him adjust slowly. Don't be in a hurry. Come on, have a cup of tea."
Lan Yin turned back from the window and said helplessly: "This Sun Jiucheng looks very smart, but he is actually very clumsy. He can't even install a mirror. You just said, what is this mirror called?"
Lan Yin and Sun Mao were not getting along, and Cui Yuanzao was happy to see the result. He wished that they would never run into each other again, so he did not try to persuade her. He only replied: "Concave-convex mirror. It can focus or disperse light."
Lan Yin didn't quite understand, so she asked again: "You said, this is the ghost created by this thing? In fact, there are no ghosts in this world?"
"I don't know if there are ghosts in this world, but the ghosts this time are fake." Cui Yuanzao said calmly.
"Cui Pingshi, pretend it's done." Sun Mao shouted from the rooftop.
"I know, put out the candle." Cui Yuanzao said.
Suddenly, the Dongchanyuan was dark, except for the wall, where the shadow of the ghost swayed from time to time, adding a strange atmosphere to the ferocious murals.
"This, how was this done?" Lan Yin couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Mozi explained this phenomenon in his work "Mo Jing·Jing Xia", I just extended it a little further." Cui Yuanzao said.
When Cui Yuanzao saw the small hole and listened to the little novice monk talking about moonlight, such a device appeared in his mind. He used concave and convex mirrors to collect light and adjusted the angle so that the light could be refracted or reflected, then pass through the hole and be reflected on the wall. Create an upside down picture.
"It's incredible." Lan Yin stared at the wall blankly, "Lu Qian must have been scared to death by this."
Cui Yuanzao frowned, could this thing really scare people to death?
"In addition to the concave-convex mirror, the person who escaped that day should also have taken away key paper-cuts or cloths?" Only in this way can the murderer control what content is projected onto the mural.
"That concave-convex mirror of yours is rare. Whoever has one is the murderer, right?" Lan Yin said.
"It's really rare. My uncle got this one from a Hu merchant in the West City. It's worth a lot of money."
"How many?"
"Five thousand gold."
Lan Yin suddenly said, "One gold can be exchanged for ten guans, and five thousand gold can be exchanged for 50,000 guans. It would take a whole house to install it."
"The murderer spent 50,000 guan to kill Lu Qian, so he might as well hire an assassin, and he couldn't even spend 1,000 guan."
Lan Yin secretly thought that if she had known that Lu Qian's life was so valuable, she should have asked Lu Qian for more protection money.
Cui Yuanzao looked at the strange shadows on the wall and couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Who on earth would own such a thing as a concave-convex mirror? Who has such financial resources? Why did you go to such great lengths to kill Lu Qian?
"Cui Pingshi, do you want to find someone to go to the West Market and ask who has bought this kind of mirror recently?" Sun Mao had already jumped off the roof and asked diligently.
Cui Yuanzao nodded, "Although the hope is not high, we might go to the Qizhen Pavilion in the West Market and ask a barbarian named An Naijin."
"yes."
"Go to sleep first and go there tomorrow morning when the gate opens." Cui Yuanzao said.
———
It was already the zenith of the moon, the gates of the square had long been closed, and it was impossible to return home. The master abbot arranged a private room for them. Cui Yuanzao wanted to go directly, but Lan Yin pulled his sleeve.
"Shall I sleep with you?"
"Ah? Of course not. The Zen Master has arranged another room for you."
"No, I want to sleep with you."
Cui Yuanzao turned his head in shock and looked at Lan Yin, trying to see the expression on her face clearly. Does this girl know what she is talking about?
Lan Yin's eyes were firm. Lu Qiancai died inexplicably because of his carelessness in the first place. Now he still doesn't know what is wrong with Zhao Jinggong Temple. How can he live here with peace of mind?
"Ms. Yang, you don't have to be like this. I can protect myself." Cui Yuanzao immediately understood what Lan Yin was worried about.
"How can you protect yourself if you're like you who can fall down in the wind?"
Cui Yuanzao was speechless, he was really not that weak.
"That's it." Lan Yin did not accept Cui Yuanzao's rebuttal and followed him into the room.
Cui Yuanzao couldn't push or pull. He could only watch Lan Yin sitting on the chair.
Ling Cong was half a step behind them and watched them walk into the room together, grinning almost to the back of his ears. In order not to disturb them, Ling Cong asked the bad guys to retreat a hundred meters away.
Cui Yuanzao felt extremely uncomfortable. Originally, he should have rinsed his mouth and face and leaned on the couch, but now he could only pretend to sit at the desk.
"Ms. Yang, it's so late, can I be accommodated?" Cui Yuanzao asked tentatively, "How about you go to the wing next door?"
"Cui Pingshi doesn't have to think about me. The children of Jianghu are not allowed to sleep anywhere. You can sleep on your own."
Cui Yuanzao even felt that there were nails on the chair and he could not sit still. After a while, Cui Yuanzao saw that Lan Yin was still there meditating with her eyes closed, so he had to stand up gently and prepare to go to the inner room.
But while he was lying on the bed, his heart was hanging outside. Outside the trance curtain, the shadow was always there. Cui Yuanzao didn't know why his heart was really at peace.
After losing his father at the age of six, his mother-in-law remarried. Except for Aunt Rou, he had never received such gentle waiting.
Suddenly, the shadow stood up, gently and deftly opened the curtain and came towards him. Cui Yuanzao closed his eyes in a hurry, but his heart couldn't help but beat wildly.
"Cui Yuanzao, Cui Yuanzao, wake up." Lan Yin whispered in Cui Yuanzao's ear.
"What's wrong?" Cui Yuanzao pretended to wake up from his sleep, but a pair of soft hands covered his mouth. He only felt a little warmth from the hands on his lips, and his face suddenly burned badly, she thought what?
"Shhh" Lan Yin made a silent gesture, gently untied Yu Ren from her waist, and moved to the closet step by step while talking to Cui Yuanzao.
"Cui Lang, let me undress you and take off your belt so that you can sleep."
Cui Yuanzao looked at the closet in shock. He didn't hear any sound at all. How did Lan Yin know there was someone inside? Then can she hear the sound of his heartbeat?
"Madam, you have such slippery hands." Cui Yuanzao knew what to say to confuse the enemy, but he didn't know why he said this, and he suddenly panicked.
Lan Yin stumbled on her feet, then steadied herself, turned her head and bared her teeth at Cui Yuanzao, and continued to move gently to the cabinet door like a cat. Suddenly, "swish--" the cabinet door opened.
A little novice monk fell out of the cupboard door "Gulu dong——".
"Who are you?" Lan Yin pointed her sword at the little novice monk.
"Woman, forgive me! My name is Ming Xin, and I clean the courtyard. When I was cleaning today, I wanted to be lazy for a while, so I hid in the closet and fell asleep. I didn't expect that I would sleep until now. When I heard someone in the room, I I don’t dare to come out anymore. Heroine, please spare my life!” The little novice monk knelt on the ground and cried.
"How could it be such a coincidence? Tell me, who asked you to come?" Lan Yin sent the sword out a few more times.
"No one is instructing me! Wuwuwu."
Cui Yuanzao stood up, pulled the little novice up, pressed Lan Yin's hand, and said: "Forget it, it's just a child, don't worry about him."
"Child? Don't care? Have you been kicked in the head? Didn't you hide quietly in the closet without any ulterior motives? Are you just going to let him go?" Lan Yin said in shock.
Cui Yuanzao said without comment and said to the young novice: "Go back."
Lan Yin watched the little novice monk leave the room angrily, but did not make a move after all.
Cui Yuanzao smiled and invited Lan Yin to the couch, "Listen to me, even if you ask him now, you won't be able to tell if he is talking nonsense to you. It's better to let him go. He will always report back to the mastermind behind the scenes. Follow He, the truth will eventually come to light one day, don’t rush to solve the case, you should rest first, it’s late at night.”
Lan Yin was fooled by Cui Yuanzao. She felt that he was right for a while, and then felt that something was wrong. When she realized it, she realized that she was already lying on the bed.
"What are you doing?" At this moment, Lan Yin realized something was wrong.
"Look, you sleep here, and I sleep on the couch by the window. If the bad guys think it's me lying on the bed, wouldn't you catch me if they really want to attack me?"
Lan Yin nodded and seemed to make sense, "That's it, I'll find you a blanket."
Cui Yuanzao took the blanket handed over by Lan Yin, smiled, and watched her turn off the light and lie down, then lay down on the couch and closed her eyes. Although tonight was probably a sleepless night, at least now she finally I can lie down and sleep.
After a while, he heard Lan Yin's breathing gradually getting longer, and he knew she was asleep.
Opening the window, the moonlight came in and sprinkled in front of the couch. The wind blew the fallen flowers in front of the court, and the shadows fell on the ground and wall.
Cui Yuanzao thought of the "Hell Transformation" again. What scene did the murderer use the concave and convex mirror to let Lu Qian see? Why can it scare people to death?
Who has a concave-convex mirror, and he also needs to know how to use a concave-convex mirror.
What secrets are there in Zhao Jinggong Temple? Who sent that little novice monk? Who was the person who escaped from Lan Yin?
Suddenly, Lan Yin's voice, "Where to escape, let Cui Yuanzao go." exploded in the room.
Cui Yuanzao jumped up quickly, but everything fell silent again. He looked on the bed and saw that Lan Yin was asleep and was still kicking and punching him. It seemed that he was dreaming. This girl was still protecting him in his dream. What a bastard. Dead-minded.
"Cui Pingshi, I saved you, why don't you give me at least two thousand guan? Hahaha..." Lan Yin muttered again.
Cui Yuanzao shook his head. It seemed that he was working so hard for money. It was funny, but also a little distressed for no reason. Was she short of money?
Looking over her face, there is no weathered pain, but an innocence. Who is she? What's the relationship with Madam Yang?
His eyes fell on her bright red lips, and he couldn't help but wonder if the touch of those lips was like the petals that just fell on his palm?
Cui Yuanzao was frightened for a while, and quickly calmed down, walking slowly out the door. After walking for about a hundred meters, Ling Cong came and stood in front of him.
"Mr. Lang, the young novice has gone to see the abbot."
