On the bank of Changming Lake, the soldiers of Taiyang Mansion sealed off the place with only half a stick of incense.
There were waves of chill on the lake, and the lights as bright as daylight reflected the lake water beside the boat. The water rippled, pushing the floating corpse illuminated by the lights again and again.
"What happened?"
The merchants who were closer to the lake were naturally alerted. Shopkeeper Li and others gathered together to look at the flower boat.
Xiao Zhong, who had returned to Handicraft Street not long ago, also followed.
He looked at the numerous officers and soldiers on the boat, his eyes a little solemn.
Involuntarily, his eyes wandered to the other side, and the experience last night suddenly came to mind. Those eyes with a strange green light shining in the darkness still made him tremble unconsciously when he thought about it.
"Little clock?"
Su Qinqin patted him aside. Xiao Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Su Qinqin.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Xiao Zhong hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.
"It's nothing, Sister Su."
On the side, Wu Qinghui walked over slowly and said
"It's strange. There are so many officers and soldiers from Taiyang Mansion here, and a lot of officers and soldiers came to the street just now. What happened tonight?"
Su Qinqin frowned and asked
"There are also officers and soldiers on the street?"
Wu Qinghui nodded and said slightly angrily.
"Those people wore the same armor as the two people who came to my store this morning, and they all looked fierce. It's really unlucky."
Su Qinqin said in shock
"It's the Forbidden Army again. I'm afraid something big has happened."
Shopkeeper Li is also uneasy
"The patrols in the city have become more and more frequent in the past few days, and now they have actually alerted the Forbidden Army. Then don't the Forbidden Army guard the palace full-time on weekdays?"
Su Qinqin said
"I'm afraid that the earth-shaking event will happen in the palace."
When everyone heard this, they were all horrified and couldn't believe what could happen in this heavily guarded palace.
"Look!"
Shopkeeper Liu suddenly pointed to the other side.
Everyone looked to the other side, and saw a long team suddenly appeared on the street on the other side of the lake, holding torches and moving along the lake at high speed, snaking out like a fire dragon in the dark night.
Several women looked at each other in confusion, and then looked to the distance on the other side. There was a side door of the palace. The fire dragon stretched back and came out of the palace door.
Something big happened in the palace!
At this moment, both Xiao Zhong and the shopkeepers looked like they had seen a ghost.
Because the news that the saint and the emperor were robbed was too shocking, the palace had blocked all news since the saint's disappearance, and the people in the city knew nothing about it.
But it was impossible to hide such news from the Jianghu people. The news of the saint's robbery had already spread throughout the world, and the news of the emperor's robbery would probably be known to the whole world in a few days.
As a result, the strange situation is now like this. Compared with other prefectures and cities, the people living in Taiyang City are still kept in the dark until now.
But even so, with such a large-scale city-wide investigation, the imperial army rarely left the palace. Anyone could guess that something big must have happened in the palace.
"Qing Hui, has your wine been settled?"
At this time, Su Qinqin suddenly asked about Wu Qinghui's car.
Everyone looked at the two of them. Shopkeeper Li was puzzled and didn't know what was going on.
On the side, Shopkeeper Liu explained
"Qing Hui is here for a big deal. As a result, the wine she finally borrowed this morning was stolen. Now she is thinking about how to compensate."
Shopkeeper Li worriedly said
"How much do you have to pay?"
Wu Qinghui frowned and said silently
"I just did the math. According to the market price, the wine in my winery is one tael of silver per jar, one car is thirty jars, twelve carts are three hundred and sixty jars, three hundred and sixty taels. Double compensation is seven hundred and two. Twelve."
Shopkeeper Li took a breath of air.
"Seven hundred and twenty taels! Even my shop only costs less than two hundred taels. How can I afford to pay for it!"
Shopkeeper Liu said
"If I had known this, you shouldn't have collected the deposit this morning."
Su Qinqin shook her head
"The contract has been signed a long time ago, otherwise why do you think Qing Hui would go around raising wine before receiving the deposit? If the deposit is not received, I'm afraid Mr. Zhang will be even more suspicious."
Then, she looked at Wu Qinghui
"Qing Hui, what are your plans."
Xiao Zhong on the side silently took out a money bag from his waist and stuffed it into Wu Qinghui's hand.
"What are you doing, Xiao Zhong?"
Wu Qinghui was stunned for a moment, and then sent the money bag back.
"Sister Wu, this is the wages I saved. It's a total of ten taels. I bought Lu's Xiao Long Bao for Chang Sheng today for half a tael. Although it's not much, it's better than nothing."
Xiao Zhong handed the money to Wu Qinghui again. Wu Qinghui was so moved that his eyes became moist, but she was determined not to want the money, and the two gave in to each other.
Shopkeepers Liu and Li on the side also began to think about raising money for Wu Qinghui.
But at this moment, Su Qinqin snatched the bag of money, handed it back to Xiao Zhong, and said
"I have a way. Just keep the money yourself, Xiao Zhong."
Everyone looked at Su Qinqin in confusion, wondering how she was going to raise the money.
But Su Qinqin had a gloomy look on her face, as if she wanted to keep strangers away from her. At this moment, she finally understood the reason why these strange things had happened in recent days.
"Tu Qiongdeng sees that after doing so many things and taking so many detours, you just want that piece of paper. I want to see what you are going to do if you want this piece of paper."
In the distance, Pei Wei, the master of Taiyang Palace, stood on the shore, looking at Xi Shusi floating quietly on the lake, without a trace on his face.
Not long after, the soldiers of Taiyang Mansion fished out the body of Xi Shusi.
The old man who looked like a man had been waiting on the boat for a long time.
After about half an hour, the man got off the boat and walked to Pei Wei.
Pei Wei glanced at him slightly, with a gloomy expression, and said coldly
"how."
The old man said in a low voice
"Sir, this person is very strange."
When Pei Wei heard this, he slowly turned his head and his tone became colder.
"How strange."
The old man's body was trembling a little, and his voice was trembling slightly.
"He's not dead."
Pei Wei looked at him expressionlessly, which made the old man feel really scared. In fact, even he himself didn't believe what he said.
He didn't dare to wait for Pei Wei to be cruel. He naturally knew how terrifying it would be for the man in front of him, who was called Yin Guan by the people in the imperial capital, to be cruel, so he hurriedly explained
"A man was first poisoned and bleeding from all his orifices, and then fell headlong into this cold lake for such a long time. He should have been completely dead, but judging from various physical signs, he was still alive."
Pei Wei snorted coldly.
"Tell me more specifically."
The old man said
"Master Na Xi didn't have a single scratch on his body, but he was bleeding from all his orifices. When he was fished out, there was water in his mouth and nose. He was probably not dead when he fell into the water. I could easily detect the poison from the water in his mouth. Although I don’t know what kind of poison it is, it is definitely a rare and highly toxic poison.”
Pei Wei said
"Since it is a rare and highly poisonous poison, there is no reason for his immortality."
The old man said
"That's the strange thing. When he was first fished out, his whole body was cold, his pulse disappeared, and he looked completely dead. But for some reason, when I saw his whole body, I wanted to disembowel him and do an autopsy, but..."
Pei Weidao
"But what?"
The old man said
"But I felt that there was body temperature in his abdomen."
Pei Wei looked at him sideways
"How can this be."
The old man continued
"I didn't believe it at first, but just in case, I checked his pulse again. Strangely, he actually had a slight pulse, and it became stronger and stronger. In the end, he felt like a normal person. His body temperature is the same as that of ordinary people, but what is even more bizarre is that he is still not breathing and has not heard a heartbeat."
Not only Pei Wei, but also the surrounding officers and soldiers were stunned. Everyone looked at the old man in surprise, feeling like it was a fantasy.
The old man sighed and said slowly
"Don't talk about it, I still haven't figured out what's going on."
But at this moment, a burst of hysterical screams from the officers and soldiers came from the Huafang.
"ah!"
Pei Wei's originally sinister expression suddenly became startled.
"what's the situation!"
But after listening to Wu Zuo's words, he felt a little nervous in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it. He gave orders to the surrounding officers and soldiers in a cold voice.
"You guys, go in and take a look!"
Those officers and soldiers were really well-trained. Even though the words of the old man just now were still echoing in their minds, they still lined up and rushed into the boat without hesitation after hearing the order.
But not yet waiting for them to go in
"Bang!"
A body was thrown high out of the cabin of the boat and into the lake.
The people around him were even more shocked when they saw this scene.
The officers and soldiers who were about to board the ship were also stunned.
"boom!"
The next moment, the impact of the explosion directly broke through the cabin door, and broken wood flew across the air.
Everyone's hearts became colder and colder.
A moment later, Xi Shusi, who was already dead, actually walked out alive!
But there were still traces of blood on his seven orifices, but at this time he was like a normal person, moving freely, but his expression was a little cold.
Pei Wei looked shocked. What happened at this time was really unexpected to him. It was originally an ordinary murder case, but at this moment, it actually involved ghosts and gods!
"Is it a soldier?"
Pei Wei looked at Xi Shusi, who was no different from ordinary people. After being shocked, he gradually calmed down. Three years ago, after the Battle of the Sword God, the black Gu worm became known to the world. Pei Wei was now the first For a moment, he thought of those soldiers made from black Gu insects.
But the old man shook his head and said
"Impossible, I've heard about that soldier too. Look at his eyes, they don't look like those withered and yellow eyes that look like rotten wood after being controlled by a Gu insect."
Hearing this, Pei Wei looked into Xi Shusi's eyes. At this moment, Xi Shusi was extremely strange. A faint green light emitted from his eyes, which was extremely frightening.
"What the hell is this!"
Pei Wei said angrily. As he spoke, he unconsciously took a step back.
And the next moment, something even more bizarre happened. Naxi Shusi actually spoke.
"Master Pei, long time no see. How are you?"
Pei Wei's eyes were hesitant and his face was uncertain, but the next moment, he smiled again.
"Hahahaha, Lord Xi, I heard something happened to you and brought someone here to rescue you."
