After Zhang Yuguan used extremely energy-consuming Taoism twice in a row, he was overwhelmed and fell asleep on the ground for several hours before slowly waking up.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw the setting sun reflected in the house through the window paper, and he was immediately shocked.
"not good."
He quickly ran out of the house and looked for people in the village. When he saw Chen Laizi, he went up to him and asked
"Has Chang An come back?"
Chen Laizi shook his head
"I haven't seen him, so don't worry. Chang Daxia's martial arts skills are world-class. He can't even defeat him in a dragon's den or a tiger's den. We're just waiting for good news about him."
It would be fine if he didn't see the weird puppet in Zhoujia Village yesterday. In this situation, no matter how good Chang An's kung fu is, can he beat the ghost?
What's more, there are more important things to talk to Chang An at the moment. Somehow, he always feels that something is wrong with Mr. Nalu.
Zhang Yuguan looked anxious
"No, I still have to go."
After saying that, he hurried to Zhoujiacun.
After a while, the sky became a little darker. Zhang Yuguan huddled up and walked in Zhoujia Village. He held a piece of talisman paper in his hand and looked around cautiously. From time to time, he felt a cold swishing behind his back, so he nervously raised the talisman paper. , for fear of being entangled by the so-called wall-crawling ghost.
But after a long time, he didn't meet the puppet from yesterday again, and his courage gradually grew.
"Where did Chang An go?"
As he was walking, he suddenly stopped and looked at the dilapidated house in front of him. The two wooden doors were densely covered with arrow holes. There were black burnt marks on the walls. There were still scattered pieces of wood on the ground. Bloodstains.
Zhang Yuguan's face was gloomy. This was Xiao Cui's husband's house, and it was also the place where Xiao Cui died.
"Squeaky..."
He slowly opened the old wooden door and walked into the house. Although he often came to Zhoujia Village, he had never been here.
There was still a strong smell of blood in the room, and he unconsciously covered his mouth and nose. There was still a teacup on the table in the living room. There was still unfinished tea in the teacup, but after so long, it was already turbid. Unbearable.
Zhang Yuguan looked at the tea cups next to the guest seat and his expression changed.
"When the village was being massacred, it was clearly at night, so why were there guests?"
There were two teacups placed on the coffee table between the two guests, which meant that there were at least two guests at that time.
"The government should have investigated these matters long ago, but the government has never mentioned this matter."
Zhang Yuguan said to himself.
But at this moment, his consciousness suddenly felt someone running from behind him. He quickly turned his head and vaguely saw a black figure passing through the outside of the house.
He instantly felt panicked. Could it be that the murderer hadn't left yet?
His face turned pale, and he stood there for a moment, not daring to make a sound, and even held his breath for fear of being discovered by the man in black.
But then he slapped his face in self-reproach and thought to himself: What am I afraid of? I came here just to find out the murderer of Xiao Cui. Why am I afraid of this now that I have clues? that is.
He plucked up the courage, ran out of the house, and looked at the direction the black shadow was coming from. At this moment, the black shadow had disappeared without a trace. He looked at the ground again. The person's physical skills were so good that he could hardly leave any footprints on the ground.
But this did not faze Zhang Yuguan. He pinched the Taoist secrets with his hands, kept calculating with his fingers, and said lightly
"Kan Yu Shu!"
Kanyu Technique is originally one of the Taoist divine arts, specifically used to survey mountains and rivers. However, if it is used here, it can also distinguish extremely subtle changes in the ground terrain.
But at this moment, in Zhang Yuguan's eyes, even the subtle uneven changes on the ground were extremely clear.
A vague trajectory appeared in his eyes. He wiped the sweat from his face and slowly followed the trajectory.
Zhang Yuguan continued to move forward along the track. After walking for a while, he found that he was getting closer and closer to the open space where he came yesterday, and he heard the slight sound of two people talking in the distance.
Zhang Yuguan hurriedly found a dilapidated wooden cart nearby and hid behind it, only listening to the two people talking.
"This Chang An is really powerful. Fortunately, the host was prepared and used the incident in Liangzhou to distract his attention."
The other person seemed to have lingering fears, and his voice was trembling when he spoke.
"Dozens of brothers are not enough for him to kill..."
"The layout here is considered useless. What are we still doing here?"
"I heard from the poster that there may be important things left here that need to be found. Qingzhou and Liangzhou have also sent people, but I don't know if there is any news."
"We have been searching for so long and found nothing. I heard that a child ran away from that family."
"It's okay. The child has died in the capital, but he has not been caught alive. As a result, the thing will be even harder to find. That old guy is really good at hiding things."
"What I'm saying is, forget it, it's dark, we didn't get anything today, let's go back first."
After the two people left the place, Zhang Yuguan slowly walked out, secretly thinking about the conversation between the two people.
Could it be said that the tragedy in Zhoujiacun was just to find something?
At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the bright moonlight was shining on the ground. Zhang Yuguan looked at the open space with a solemn expression.
Not long after, a shout in the distance startled Zhang Yuguan, who was deep in thought.
"Fat Zhang!"
Zhang Yuguan frowned, it was Chen Laizi's voice.
"Why did he come here?"
Zhang Yuguan followed the sound, but heard Cripple Chen calling Zhang Yuguan's name non-stop. When Zhang Yuguan heard the voice getting closer and closer to him, he knew that he was not far away, so he wanted to respond to him, but he just When he wanted to speak, he heard a voice that made his hair stand on end.
"Click, click, click, click..."
That sound was so familiar to him that he suddenly broke into a cold sweat. It was the sound of a puppet's joints!
At this moment, Chen Laizi saw Zhang Yuguan and shouted:
"Fat Zhang, why are you still here? Mr. Nalu is looking for you."
At the same time, Zhang Yuguan saw the puppet that looked like Xiao Cui slowly rising into the sky and rising to a high place.
He saw it suddenly grinning, and then, under the moonlight, Zhang Yuguan saw a cold light shooting out of the puppet's mouth!
Cripple Chen limped over, only to see the cold light passing through Chen Cripple's open mouth and penetrating the back of his head. Chen Cripple's mouth was still open, and steaming blood was slowly flowing out from the corner of his mouth.
"Chen Laizi!"
Zhang Yuguan rushed away, and the whole process was just a flash of lightning. By the time he called out Chen Laizi's name, it was already too late!
His fat body was running very fast at this moment, and in just an instant, he ran to Chen Laizi's side, but Chen Laizi had already lost his pulse and was just staring ahead with his eyes wide open.
Zhang Yuguan's pale and fat face was completely distorted at this moment, but the next moment, a severe headache hit him again. Zhang Yuguan's mind went blank at first, and then it seemed as if his brain was about to split, and the pain was excruciating.
A terrifying picture once again appeared in his mind. In the picture, an arrow suddenly came and nailed a man to the wall behind him. The picture turned again, and a long sword flashing with fierce light was pointed straight at him. It pierced a family of three on the ground and stabbed the little girl who was protected at the bottom alive. Then, he picked up the three of them and paraded them through the streets. There was chaos on both sides, blood splattered everywhere, and some people ran away frantically. And more men in black showed scarlet light in their eyes, constantly hunting and killing the fleeing villagers.
The scene turned again. In the living room, countless arrows suddenly shot through the wooden door and into the living room, tricking the middle-aged man and woman sitting in the main seat into looking like hedgehogs. A young man and a pregnant woman dared to come after hearing the news. , but saw the two men sitting in the guest seats with fierce looks in their eyes. They cut the young man into two pieces with one knife. Then, another man kicked the pregnant woman directly and hard. The pregnant woman suddenly howled in pain and her body was covered with blood. A large blood stain spread slowly, like a strange bloody flower.
Before the pregnant woman could cry twice, another knife was stabbed into the pregnant woman's heart. The pregnant woman clutched her belly tightly until she died.
"Gululu"
A puppet rolled down from the pregnant woman's arms and kept rolling under her body until it was covered in blood. The man looked at the puppet in surprise, but snorted contemptuously.
"What a piece of shit."
Then he kicked the bloody puppet away.
"Xiao Cui!"
Zhang Yuguan howled in pain. The pregnant woman in the picture was none other than Xiao Cui. Only then did he know that Xiao Cui was already pregnant!
His eyes were splitting, and even though he had an unbearable headache, his brain was extremely clear at this moment. He clearly remembered what Chen Cripple said before he died. It was Mr. Lu who asked Chen Cripple to come to him, and the murderous puppet, here Besides Mr. Nalu, who else would do it?
With the two-phase confirmation, coupled with the evil spirit he saw from Mr. Nalu, he was almost certain that Mr. Nalu was inseparable from the Zhoujiacun murder case.
But why didn't he kill me?
He looked at the puppet grinning at him in the air, and felt a sharp pain in his head again. This time, he actually fainted.
The puppet in the air seemed to be pulled by someone, and slowly landed again.
After a while, footsteps were heard, and a man in black slowly walked to Zhang Yuguan...
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At the same time, Qingzhou, Chang family.
In the yard, Lin Xinyue frowned
"The case of a missing boy?"
Next to him was Ling Hu, who was tired of his travels. He came all the way from Liangzhou and without even a moment's rest, he reported directly to Lin Xinyue the results of the investigation in the north.
"Yes, before the Gu family's murder case a year ago, there was a boy's disappearance case exactly like the one in Beijing."
Hearing this, Lin Xinyue said
"Didn't you say that Sheng'er has already solved the case in the capital?"
Ling Hu nodded and said
"It has indeed been solved, but I don't know if the missing boy case in the capital and the missing boy case in the north are the same case. It's just..."
Lin Xinyue said
"Just what?"
Ling Hu replied
"What is certain now is that Lao Zhou's business in Liangzhou should be related to this."
As he spoke, Ling Hu whispered something into Lin Xinyue's ear. Lin Xinyue's expression changed greatly and she hurriedly said:
"Is there anyone alive?"
Ling Hu shook his head and said
"No, one of them escaped, but he still died in the missing boy case in the capital."
Lin Xinyue showed a trace of sadness on her face
"So to say……"
Beijing, Changming Lake.
Lao Yan and Chang Sheng were sitting on a luxurious boat, admiring the moonlight on the lake.
"Shengwazi, don't think about it. I'm calling you out tonight just to relax you."
Yan Sihai was sitting on the bow of the boat, holding a pot of wine in his hand. The faint smell of medicine overflowed from the pot, and with the evening breeze on Changming Lake, it blew to Chang Sheng.
Chang Sheng frowned slightly
"Your potion smells really bad."
Yan Sihai smiled obscenely
"That's right, if you can't figure it out, stop thinking about it. You've already done what you need to do. Let Chang think about the rest. Girl, don't think about it all day long."
Chang Sheng rolled his eyes at him and sighed.
"Oh, why did my brother make such a fair-weather friend like you?"
Yan Sihai was furious
"Sheng Wazi has lost his conscience for saying this. Before Chang's wedding, my medicinal wine saved his life. Otherwise, he would probably be working as an errand for the Lord of Hell now..."
Then Yan Sihai burst into tears, talking about the Chang brothers and sisters who crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and were ungrateful. He almost rolled on the ground. After talking for a while, seeing that Chang Sheng was indifferent, he simply took advantage of the alcohol and started crying.
"Oh, how come I, the old man, have met you two little white-eyed wolves!"
At this moment, Chang Sheng seemed to be hit suddenly by something. Her eyes lit up instantly. She stood up immediately, ignored Yan Sihai's crying, walked up to him and scolded him.
"Shut up!"
Yan Sihai felt deflated all of a sudden. Seeing that Chang Sheng looked wrong, he didn't dare to drink like crazy anymore.
Chang Sheng said again
"What did you just say? Say it again."
Yan Sihai was stunned and said
"You two are supercilious, what's wrong?"
Chang Sheng said
"Those in front, save my brother."
Yan Sihai recalled
"Before the wedding, I saved your brother with medicinal wine."
Chang Sheng grabbed Lao Yan's sleeves excitedly
"Yes, yes, that's it, it's him! Lao Yan, it's him!"
Yan Sihai was confused
"who is it?"
Chang Sheng patted him
"Do you still remember what happened in the Chang Mansion before the wedding?"
Yan Sihai recalled
"That day, Chang Xiaozi brought a bowl of lotus seed soup to my room..."
Slowly, Yan Sihai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly realized
"Oh! I understand. No wonder the cook must take action in advance. If he waits until after the wedding, he will have no chance. Chang Xiaozi will definitely clean up the spies in the house. Once he is exposed, he will be unable to do anything!"
Chang Sheng said with a relieved look on his face
"Now that I think about it, I finally understand why he looks so familiar to me. It turns out that Xi'er is actually Lao Zhou's grandson."
As she said that, her expression darkened again.
"I failed to protect him..."
Yan Sihai Road
"Speaking of which, Old Zhou is also from the North, so what Zhou Xi'er said, the things the man in black asked him to hand over must be related to Old Zhou. The cook took action in advance because he wanted to take advantage of the Chang family. Drive away Lao Zhou, and then wait for an opportunity to silence him."
Chang Shengdao
"The top priority is to find out what the business that Old Zhou did in Liangzhou is. He must have discovered something before he was silenced."
