Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty-One

The hour was about to pass, and everything was still safe and sound, Zhuo Wangsun glanced at the wall, and the chiming bell just struck. Before everyone moved, Tang Xiu'er had already jumped up, grabbed the door lock, and asked in a trembling voice: "Cousin, the time has passed, are you okay?" Xie Shan seemed overwhelmed, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, I haven't seen a shadow of the murderer, quickly unlock the lock and let me out." Tang Xiu'er was impatient, and tremblingly took out the keys from his pocket, Xie Shan seemed to be unable to bear it, and ran to the door quickly, and kept saying: "Xiu'er, open the door, quickly..."

Tang Xiu'er managed to find the keyhole, and before inserting the key, Xie Shan's voice suddenly caught in her throat, and she also slammed into the door lintel. Tang Xiu'er just opened the lock, and spit out angrily and laughingly: "Nothing! I'm so anxious, the murderer didn't kill you, so I don't think it scared you to death." She pulled the door forcefully. A fishy smell rushed towards her face, Tang Xiu'er still didn't understand what was going on, Xie Shan's body stiffened and rushed towards her, his eyes were sour, and his face was sprayed with warm blood.

As soon as Fang Tian blinked, he felt something rolling in front of him with a fishy smell. Before he could get up, the stove had already hit the stove, and the tea splashed everywhere. He jumped up so hot that he took a closer look. It turned out to be a blood-stained human head, and the hair was hanging on the stove. Amidst the sizzling sound, a burnt smell came out. He was about to yell, but he heard Tang Xiuer's exclamation, which made his ears go numb. Immediately, Tang Xiu'er fell to the ground along with Xie Shan's headless corpse. This sudden occurrence shocked everyone, and it took a long time to recover.Zi Shiji floated forward, hugged Tang Xiu'er in her arms, breathed out, nodded to Xiao Yan and said, "Not dead yet."

With a flick of his finger, Xiao Yan bounced Xie Shan's head away from the stove, and turned his hand, an invisible purple light marked out from the sleeve, wrapped around the head, and pulled it back.The internal force comes down from the middle of the butterfly silk, stopping the bleeding instantly.Xiao Yan raised his hand, his head was hanging upside down in the air, and he frowned. The head was burnt beyond recognition at this time, but the panic in the eyes of the deceased could still be seen, as if some force was pulled away from the body in an instant.Xiaoyan stared at the wound on the head and neck, and seemed to see something extremely strange.

At this time, the time had not yet passed, and the bell was ringing one after another, still beating heavily, like an endless death knell sounding on the Tianchao. Zhuo Wangsun, Yue Jie, and Yang Yizhi had already entered the fourth room of Xuan, there was nothing unusual in the room, the windows were still locked, a medical book was opened on the table, and a pile of shredded papers were piled beside it.Only a pile of blood at the door has turned dark red. Yue Jie rushed forward, wiped his finger on the seat in front of the table, and said to himself: "There are sweat stains on the backrest, I really just got up." Then, he leaned on the ground and looked at it for a while: "The footprints It is indeed from the table to the door." He didn't get up, and moved to the door. After exploring for a long time, he shook his head and said, "No, there is no sharp weapon to hurt people here. But..."

With a sigh, he was very frustrated, and his agility seemed to have disappeared, so he stood up helplessly holding the floor lamppost by the door: "It's the same as the previous case, and there is no trace. But..." He looked Looking around at the usual room, it was empty, as if something was missing.Yue Jie suddenly raised his head and suddenly remembered: "There is no mandala!" Zhuo Wangsun shook his head and pointed to the blood in front of him. Impressively, a mandala has been soaked with blood, revealing half of it. Yue Jie was startled, seeing the mandala getting bigger and bigger, he actually stayed in the middle of the eight-petalled crimson pattern with Xie Shan's headless corpse, no longer caring about the clues, he jumped out and retreated outside the door .

Suddenly felt a chill behind him: "Lord Yue, don't panic." When Yue Jie looked back, it was Xiaoyan who was gently wiping his hands with a snow-white silk scarf, and said calmly: "Since the murderer can make the screen fade regularly, it's not surprising that he uses blood stains to reveal his appearance." Zhuo Wangsun just turned his eyes away from the lamppost by the door, stared at Xiaoyan, and said slowly: "This method of revealing a mandala is nothing, but has your Highness seen some clues to this invisible method of killing?" ?” Xiao Yanwan had nothing to do with this matter, and said indifferently: "The body has no wounds, and its neck was cut off by an extremely sharp object in an instant. But according to your investigation, the doors and windows of the room are locked, and there is no abnormality everywhere. More than a dozen people were waiting, and they never left for a moment. This murderer came and went without a trace, which is really beyond my imagination. I can only listen to Mr. Yu's advice for a dull talent."

Zhuo Wangsun looked at him and said, "I'm afraid the perpetrator may not be human." Xiao Yan smiled slightly and said, "Could it be that Mr. Yu really believes in the theory of ghosts?" Zhuo Wangsun said: "It's not a human, and it may not be a ghost." Xiaoyan's face darkened, and he stopped talking. Zhuo Wangsun turned his head to Yang Yizhi and said, "What does Leader Yang think?" Yang Yizhi's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Whether it's ghosts or people, it has nothing to do with me." He turned and left.Xiao Yan sighed, and then left.

Zhuo Wangsun looked at the backs of the two of them thoughtfully.He gradually retracted his gaze, picked up a pinch of burnt lamp ashes from the lamp post, and walked out of the room. Yue Jie was doing an autopsy outside at this time, Fang Tiansui and others were still in shock, and his subordinates were chattering and huddled together. Seeing Zhuo Wangsun come out, Bu Xiaoluan suddenly cried and fell into his arms, tremblingly said: "Brother, let's go, there are really ghosts here." Zhuo Wangsun pulled her into his arms, gently stroked her hair, looked up, and saw a bronze totem candlestick on the wall of the corridor looked like a grimace under the dim candlelight, with eyes the size of chicken eggs protruding, looking at everyone Opening a ferocious smile, it seems to be mocking, but also seems to be provocative.

The window curtains were gently flapped by the cool midnight wind, revealing the cold light of the crescent moon behind the window, countless black shadows seemed to be dancing happily on the sea under the moonlight, and their messy dance steps seemed to be stepping on everyone's hearts. The sound of the waves rises and falls, and everything whimpers, like singing a dirge. Are there really so-called ghosts and gods between heaven and earth? However, it seems that ghosts and gods also have the habit of haunting. A few days after Xie Shan's death, Tang Xiu'er clamored to tear down the screen several times, but the next mandala never appeared.

The big ship sailed smoothly on the sea, and the swarms of seagulls sent the refreshing sunshine and the breath of sea water. It seemed that the tragedy was over and there was no need to worry anymore.However, everyone was still worried, and seemed to be waiting for the coming bad news in this idleness, and few people even came out to eat breakfast. Xiangsi sat in front of the mirror stand, the bright light of the rising sun was filtered by the window lattice bit by bit, and gathered in the mirror in front of her.She turned her head slightly, took off a jade ring, and her black hair hung down from the back of the chair to the ground like a waterfall.She picked up a sandalwood comb, divided her hair into two strands, held one half lightly in her mouth, and let the other half hang down. When she raised her head, she looked at the charming figure of the person in the mirror. Yan Jin watched, couldn't help laughing, inadvertently loosened her hand, and the wooden comb slipped onto the carpet along the black light hanging down the floor. She got up, and was about to pick it up, when she heard a loud bang outside the door, followed by Tang Xiuer's angry shout.Xiangsi was very surprised, not knowing what kind of mystery Miss Tang was making, she picked up the wooden comb, tied it around her head, and walked out. A lot of people were already surrounded by noisy people in the corridor, Xiangsi walked quietly to the back of the crowd and looked around, and saw Tang Xiu'er was full of anger, still wearing mourning clothes, with fluffy hair, grabbing a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, fisting and kicking It fell like raindrops, and the boy who hit him couldn't dodge in time.Tang Xiu'er seemed to be extremely angry. While beating her, she said angrily, "Little thief with no eyesight, you dare to come into my room, what do you want to steal, what do you want to steal!" Tangmen's martial arts are so amazing Well, although Tang Xiu'er didn't use his internal strength, after a few punches, the boy's nose was bruised and his face was swollen.But the boy was extremely stubborn, he covered his face with one hand, grabbed the base of the screen with the other, tried his best to stand upright, and let Tang Xiuer kick and beat him without any excuse.Seeing how stubborn he was, Tang Xiu'er became even more angry. She tightened her hand and beat her harder. Then I heard Fang Tiansui's sleepy voice coming from behind the crowd: "What are you people doing? Could something bad happen again? Seeing that I'm going to Hainan tomorrow, I can't let my lord How many hours do you live in Ontario?" Zhuo Wangsun said with a smile: "No evil happened, but Miss Tang is practicing her hidden target." Tang Xiu'er stopped suddenly, pulled the young man staggeringly with a backhand, and said angrily, "What did you say?" Her face was pale, and her body became much thinner. Zhuo Wangsun said: "If it's not a target with a hidden weapon, could it be that the martial arts of the Tang family are for beating children?" Tang Xiu'er looked at him, with mixed anger on her face, and said harshly, "He sneaked into my room early in the morning, shouldn't he be beaten?" Yue Jie came out from behind the crowd, went up to look at the young man, and said in a deep voice, "You are not from this ship. Where did you come from in this vast sea?" The young man gave him a cold look, tightly closed his lips, and said nothing. Tang Xiu'er said angrily, "I'm asking you! Tell me quickly!" As she spoke, she slapped the boy's face, and half of the boy's cheek was swollen.The young man suddenly opened his eyes and glanced at Tang Xiu'er, his eyes were full of coldness, Tang Xiu'er was taken aback for a moment, then slapped him again, cursing: "Bastard!" Xiangsi sighed: "Such a child who doesn't know martial arts, Miss Tang really has the heart to beat him?" Tang Xiu'er was even more annoyed when she saw that everyone said she was wrong, and said: "I just want to fight! Don't you like it?" The more lovesickness came out, she said: "It's enough to beat her a few times, and then fight again. , I’m afraid the child won’t be able to bear it.” Tang Xiu'er trembled and sneered, "Why are you protecting him so much? Could it be that this wild boy has something to do with you?" Zhuo Wangsun's face darkened, but Acacia didn't notice it, and smiled: "Of course it doesn't matter. If Miss Tang didn't If you lose something, let him go." Tang Xiu'er said: "Okay! I'll sell you face, if you say let him go, let him go!" As he spoke, he grabbed the boy's hair, opened the window with a bang, and threw the boy out of the window.Around Acacia's sleeves, a gust of wind blew out, trying to save the young man halfway, Tang Xiu'er sneered, and with a flick of her hand on her hair, a faint light flashed in the air, as if a starry sky suddenly appeared in this corridor Among them, the sharp sound of the wind tore everyone's eardrums apart.The smile on Xiangsi's face remained undiminished, her belt was fluttering, and she could only hear the sound of tinkling, Tang Xiu'er didn't even see how Xiangsi made a move, and the hidden weapons she shot had already been caught by Xiangsi one by one and thrown all over the floor.Tang Xiu'er shouted: "Here you are!" With a circle of palms, he threw the young man at Xiangsi as a hidden weapon.At this time, she was extremely angry, and she could no longer be merciless in her attack. This throw was full of inner strength, Xiangsi didn't dare to catch it, folded her sleeves, and neutralized most of her throwing force, and sent him to the side with a move of Baiyun go.Hearing a clang, the screen was knocked to the ground. Xiangsi didn't bother with Tang Xiu'er any more, she rushed over to help the young man up, only to see that his forehead had been smashed, and wiped it for him pityingly, the young man's expression remained unchanged, letting Xiangsi wipe it off. Looking at his cold face, Tang Xiu'er couldn't help but burst into anger. She jumped over and pushed him hard, saying, "You bastard got drowned and fainted? Did you get seaweed in your head? Bitten off by a sea bat." Are you nervous? You don’t know it hurts when you are beaten, and you don’t know it hurts when you help you. Aren’t you Japanese?” Suddenly a pulse of cold air hit from the back of her head, Tang Xiu'er suddenly felt as if her body was in a sea of ​​ice, her tongue was stiff, and she couldn't speak anymore. Hearing Xiaoyan's voice coming slowly from behind, he said: "Miss Tang, this child is already very pitiful. There is an old Chinese saying in your country, which is called being forgiving and forgiving. You might as well just look at the next thin noodle and put it on." Let him go." Although the tone was gentle, Tang Xiuer's whole body was covered with ice and snow, and she felt that the coldness had formed, like a huge iceberg pressing on her body, it was almost difficult to breathe, and it seemed that even the blood was frozen together, rattling Where is the energy left to speak? Zhuo Wangsun smiled slightly and said: "Your Highness's knowledge is certainly excellent, but why bother talking nonsense with women?" When he said this, Tang Xiu'er suddenly felt as if spring had returned to the earth, and a warm wind blew up, and her body was not so cold at last.Now I really know that there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people. Although the anger in my heart is very strong, it is difficult to say a word. I heard Xiaoyan say leisurely: "Since Mr. Yu has spoken, I have nothing to say." While the two were answering, Xiangsi helped the boy up, and was asking him what his name was, where he came from, and why he drifted on the boat.The young man kept his mouth shut and didn't answer at all, Xiangsi didn't take it as disobedience, took out the golden sore medicine to help him wipe his broken forehead. Yue Jie also came over to question the young man, but the young man ignored him even more.Yue Jie had been exhausted from those cases these days, and when such a boy of unknown origin came in, he became even more angry, and frowned, "You really don't know what to do, kid, I wanted to say a few words for you. To be fair, but you are so ignorant, is it reasonable for you to sneak into other people's rooms in the middle of the night?" Tang Xiu'er interrupted: "The little girl has a few words and is about to ask Mr. Yue to uphold justice." Yue Jie said, "What else do you have to say?" Tang Xiu'er said: "According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, is it right or wrong for a strange man to sneak into a woman's bedroom late at night?" Yue Jie said, "Of course not." Tang Xiu'er sneered, "Then what crime should we be sentenced to?" Yue Jie said: "According to the law, a woman's relatives and friends should be punished with a cane, and it doesn't matter if she is beaten to death." Tang Xiu'er said loudly: "What a relative and friend. But I am a girl, wandering at sea, and my only relative has died inexplicably. Now I have been bullied like this, but I can't even fight back. I really don't know if there are still people on the Tianchao" There is no law of heaven and kings!" Finally, the voice turned into a shrill voice, which seemed to be crying. Acacia knows that although Tang Xiu'er calls Xie Shan back and forth, she has already cared for her in her heart.After Xie Shan's death, the pain made her almost want to live. For several days, she locked herself in the room, did not eat or drink, and washed her face with tears.Today, although her voice is stern, she is really dead, almost out of shape. Xiangsi couldn't bear to watch it any longer, and said, "Miss Tang, what are you going to do to let this child go?" Tang Xiu'er suddenly raised her head, her tearful eyes were full of resentment, she pointed at Xiangsi's every word. Said: "I want you to slap me back for him." Xiangsi's expression changed, and she said, "Me? Did I offend Miss in some way?" Tang Xiu'er said: "Miss, whoever sees it as an eyesore will be whoever it is. What are you talking about offending or not?" Xiangsi frowned and said, "Ms. Tang, why do you have to push me so hard?" Tang Xiu'er turned her face away, sneered again and again, but her shoulders couldn't help twitching: "If not, let this kid get off the boat immediately." Xiangsi frowned and said, "Miss Tang, on this vast ocean, how do you ask a child to survive? What's the difference between killing him and killing him?" Tang Xiu'er sneered, "You have a bodhisattva's heart, but I don't know if this bodhisattva's heart is worth a slap in the face?" Xiangsi said sternly: "If this slap can make the young miss vent her grievances, please do it." Everyone's eyes blurred, Tang Xiu'er's figure was like lightning, and she rushed over. Everything suddenly stopped again.Tang Xiu'er's face was extremely gloomy, she turned her head slightly, and looked behind her. She didn't know when there was a gleaming dagger around her neck. Bu Xiaoluan stood behind her, a slender wrist was exposed from the snow-white sleeve, and the dagger trembled slightly in her hand.She looked a little panicked, her eyes looked around, as if she didn't know what to do.Tang Xiu'er shouted coldly: "Take your hands away!" Bu Xiaoluan seemed very frightened, her chest heaved and heaved, but she said stubbornly: "No!" She turned her head and looked at Xiangsi: "If you promise not to hit her, I will let you go." Tang Xiu'er's face became even more gloomy.Her martial arts were originally far superior to Bu Xiaoluan's, but just now Bu Xiaoluan's body skills were extremely strange, she made no sound, she was no longer like a body of flesh and blood.And when I was in a hurry, I didn't pay attention, and this sick little girl put a knife around my neck. It was a great shame in my life. Tang Xiu'er clenched her fists, trembling all over, and suddenly said, "Okay, I promise you." Bu Xiaoluan was about to put her hand down, but suddenly remembered something, and timidly added: "And that brother." She pointed to the boy with her left hand. Tang Xiu'er's face turned livid, and said, "I'll let him go too!" Bu Xiaoluan said happily: "That brother, she said to let you go." The young man only gave them a cold look, then suddenly turned and walked away. Xiangsi didn't hold him back, and said: "Where are you going?" The boy walked away without answering.When passing by Xiaoyan, he paused for a moment, gave Xiaoyan a sideways glance, and walked out of the cabin without stopping. With a wave of Zhuo Wangsun's sleeve, he has pulled Bu Xiaoluan into his arms.He looked at the boy, then turned his head to look at Xiao Yan, a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.It seems that there is some secret of heaven and earth in the middle that he has insight into. Xiao Yan also kept looking at Zhuo Wangsun's smile, and said, "What's your opinion, Young Master Yu?" Zhuo Wangsun sighed: "From my point of view, this young man is definitely not simple. I'm afraid that in your country, there will be few who can surpass him in the future." Xiao Yan smiled and said: "Young master is the watch of the sky, and those who know and value are naturally heroes in the world. This young man won the title of the young master, and his worth is already a hundred times today." Zhuo Wangsun said: "Just his trip on this boat has changed a lot of things." He stretched out his hand and said, "Here it is." screen. Two of the screens were knocked down by the young man and fell to the ground. There was nothing unusual. Xiaoyan's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "The fifth heavenly sacrifice has finally appeared." Stand upright if someone supports you.The floating paint on one side of the two screens has peeled off, revealing a hideous mandala underneath. Tang Xiu'er has been standing in place, motionless.Everyone forgot about the dispute just now, and just focused on the screen.