Chapter 8 The Eighth Genius Murderer

Why is there a land temple on one side of the nunnery?Why does the Earth Temple have a cellar? With a pensive expression in his eyes, Ding Xi stared at the stone plate under the divine table, and murmured: "In this nunnery, there must have been a nun named Hua before, so she specially built such an earth temple." Deng Dinghou couldn't help asking: "Why?" Ding Xi said: "Because there is no way to have a tryst with a man in the nunnery, but it is very convenient here." Deng Dinghou smiled: "You seem to know everything." Ding Xi is not modest: "I know a lot of things."

Deng Dinghou said: "Do you know what your biggest problem is?" Ding Xi said: "I don't know." Deng Dinghou said: "Your biggest problem is that you are too smart." He smiled, patted Ding Xi's shoulder with his hand, and said: "So I advise you to learn from that old tortoise and pretend to be stupid occasionally." Deng Dinghou said: "Then you will find that this world is far more lovely than what you see now." The cellar was indeed under the divine case. They lifted up the slate and walked in. The dark and damp air carried a stench of decay, which made them almost unable to open their eyes.

When they opened their eyes, the first thing they saw was a bed. The cellar is small, but the bed is not small, almost occupying more than half of the entire cellar. Deng Dinghou sighed in his heart: "It seems that this kid really guessed right." There are two things that Ding Xi did not guess wrong—— Sure enough, there was a bed in the cellar, and there was indeed a person on the bed, and this person was Su Xiaobo. His body was tied up like a scorpion, and he seemed to be asleep with his eyes closed, and he was in a deep sleep. Someone entered the cellar, but he didn't open his eyes.

"He slept like a dead man." "Extremely similar." Ding Xi's heart sank, he rushed over with one step, and stretched out his hand to grab Su Xiaobo's veins. Su Xiaobo suddenly laughed. Ding Xi let out a long breath, shook his head and smiled, "Do you think this is fun?" Su Xiaobo said with a smile: "I don't know how many times I have been cheated by you, it's good to make you worry." Ding Xi said: "Are you not in a hurry at all?" Su Xiaobo said: "I know I can't die." Ding Xi said: "Because Yue Lin is your brother-in-law?"

Su Xiaobo suddenly stopped laughing, and said bitterly: "If it wasn't for my brother-in-law like him, I wouldn't be so unlucky." Ding Xi said: "He locked you here?" Su Xiaobo said: "He was also the one who tied me up." Ding Xi laughed and said, "Is it because you were secretly playing with women outside that he disciplined you for his sister?" Su Xiaobo cried out, and said: "It's not like you don't know, his baby sister is a star, and I've been scoured by her long ago, so how can you have the energy to play with women outside?"

Ding Xi said: "Then why did he fix you like this?" Su Xiaobo said: "Ghost knows." Ding Xi blinked, and suddenly sneered, "I know, it must be because of you that you killed Wantong." Su Xiaobo cried out again, and said: "When he died, I was drinking bullwhip soup in the kitchen, and I drove out when I heard his cry." Ding Xi said: "And then?" Su Xiaobo said: "I was already late, I didn't even see the man clearly." Ding Xi's eyes lit up, and he said, "Who is that?" Su Xiaobo said: "The person who came out of Wantong's room."

Ding Xi said: "Although you didn't see clearly, you still saw him?" Su Xiaobo said: "Yes." Ding Xi said: "What kind of figure is he?" Su Xiaobo said: "He is a very tall man with high lightness kung fu, he disappeared in front of me in a blink of an eye." Ding Xi's eyes flickered, he pointed at Deng Dinghou and said, "Does that person look like him?" Su Xiaobo looked Deng Dinghou up and down, and said: "It doesn't look like that at all, that person is at least half a head taller than him." Ding Xi looked at Deng Dinghou, Deng Dinghou also looked at Ding Xi, and suddenly said: "Jiang Xin and Baili Changqing are not short."

Ding Xi said: "It's a pity that one of these two people is dying of illness, and the other is far outside the pass." Deng Dinghou's eyes also flickered, and he muttered: "People outside the customs can come back, and people who are sick may also be pretending to be sick." Su Xiaobo looked at them and couldn't help asking: "What are you guys talking about?" Ding Xi smiled and said: "Why are you getting more and more stupid? You can't understand what we say, and you can't see the benefits of others to you." Su Xiaobo said: "Who is good for me?"

Ding Xi said: "Your brother-in-law." Su Xiaobo yelled again, and said: "He repaired me like this, should I still be grateful to him?" Ding Xi smiled and said, "You should really thank him, because he should have killed you." Su Xiaobo was taken aback for a moment, then said again: "Why?" Ding Xi said: "You really don't understand?" Su Xiaobo said: "I was completely confused." Ding Xi said: "Then you should hurry up and ask him." Su Xiaobo asked: "Where are his people?" Ding Xi pointed and said, "I'm sleeping with a dead man and two nuns right in front."

dusk. It was even darker in the backyard, and there were no lights in the house. A dead person no longer cares whether the room is bright or not, and a person whose acupuncture points are pressed can't move even if he cares. Su Xiaobo murmured: "It seems that my brother-in-law really fell asleep." Ding Xi smiled and said, "Slept like a dead person." When the word "dead person" was mentioned, his heart skipped a beat, and suddenly he rushed over and knocked open the door. Then he himself became like a dead person, his whole body was cold and stiff. There was no one alive in the house.

The pair of sun and moon spears made of refined steel had been broken into four pieces, one piece was nailed to the coffin, two pieces flew up to the roof beam, and the other piece was nailed into Yue Lin chest. But his fatal wound was not a gunshot wound, but an internal injury, the internal injury caused by the Shaolin Divine Fist. The same goes for Hercules' scars. Both Chen Zhun and Zhao Dacheng died by the sword. A very narrow sword, for the gash between their eyebrows was only seven inches wide. Everyone in Jianghu knows that only the swords of the disciples of the Jiannan sect are the narrowest, but they are also one inch and two cents. The narrower the sword, the more difficult it is to practice. Almost no one in the world has ever used such a narrow sword. Deng Dinghou looked at the bodies of Yue Lin and Wuhu, and smiled wryly: "It seems that I killed the two of them again." Ding Xi didn't speak, but kept staring at the wound between Chen Zhun and Zhao Dacheng's eyebrows without blinking. Deng Dinghou said: "Who killed these two people?" Ding Xi said: "Me." Deng Dinghou was startled, and said: "You?" Ding Xi smiled, turned around suddenly, flipped his hands over, and there was a naked dagger in his hand. A sword that is one foot three inches long and only seven minutes wide. Deng Dinghou looked at Jianfeng, then at the wounds of Chen Zhun and Zhao Dacheng, and finally understood: "The spies killed them to silence them, but they want us to take the blame." Ding Xi smiled bitterly and said, "There are really quite a few scapegoats." Deng Dinghou said: "He killed Wantong to silence him first, and then blamed me. He wants you to help them kill me." Ding Xi said: "It's a pity that I just don't obey." Deng Dinghou said: "So he simply didn't do it, and he didn't stop, and dragged you into the water." Ding Xi said: "Although Yue Lin's mouth is steady, it is not as good as a dead man's." Deng Dinghou said: "So he simply sealed Yue Lin's mouth together." Ding Xi said: "Yue Lin has many friends and even more brothers. If he knows that you killed him, of course he will never let you go." Deng Dinghou said: "They can't let me go, and they can't do without you." Ding Xi sighed: "We are dog-eat-dog here, and that man just happens to be waiting there to watch the excitement and pick up the bargain." Su Xiaobo has been standing by the side in a daze, and at this moment he couldn't help asking: "Who is this man you are talking about?" Ding Xi said: "He is a genius." Su Xiaobo said: "Genius?" Ding Xi said: "Not only can he imitate other people's handwriting, but he can also imitate other people's martial arts; not only can he use this kind of sword in the sleeve, he can also practice Shaolin Baibu Shenquan well. Do you think he is a genius?" Su Xiaobo sighed: "It seems that this person is really a fucking genius." He suddenly thought of someone: "Where is the pony?" Ding Xi said: "We are going to find him now." Su Xiaobo said: "Us?" Ding Xi said: "What we mean is that you also go to find him with us." Su Xiaobo said: "I can't go, at least I have to send Yue Lin's body back first, no matter what, he will always be my brother-in-law." Ding Xi said: "No." Su Xiaobo was startled, and said, "No way?" Ding Xi said: "I can't, it means that from now on, wherever I go, you have to follow." He patted Su Xiaobo on the shoulder and said with a smile: "From now on, we become like two kernels in a walnut, inseparable." Su Xiaobo looked at him in surprise, and said, "You're not mistaken? I'm neither a woman nor a husband." Ding Xi smiled and said, "Even if you are a husband, I have no interest in you." Su Xiaobo said: "Then why are you being so close to me?" Ding Xi said: "Because I want to protect you." Su Xiaobo said: "Protect me?" Ding Xi said: "It doesn't matter if other people die now, only you must die." Su Xiaobo said: "Why?" Ding Xi said: "Because you are the only one who has seen that genius murderer, and you are the only one who can prove that Boss Yue and the others did not die at our hands." Su Xiaobo stared at him for a long time, heaved a long sigh, and said, "Even if you want me to follow you, you'd better stay away from me." Ding Xi said: "Why?" Su Xiaobo blinked and said, "Because my wife will be jealous." Everyone who has been to Xinghua Village knows Lao Xu, but no one knows his origin. This person is lazy, likes to drink too much, and with Hong Xinghua's temper, even ten old Xu should be driven away by her. But this old Xu was not driven away. As long as he was six or seven points drunk, he didn't pay attention to the red apricot blossom at all. If he was drunk at least eighty-nine times, he would feel that he was a great hero, and he came here to be a buddy just to keep his name anonymous and not to care about the troubles in the Jianghu. It is said that he has really practiced martial arts and served as a soldier, so if he gets very drunk, he will suddenly find that he is not only a great hero, but also a great general. Now he looks like a great general, Ding Xi standing in front of him is just a nobody under his command. Ding Xi has been in for a long time, he just casually pointed to the stool next to him and said, "Sit." The general has an order, and of course the pawn can only sit down. Old Xu pointed to the jug on the table again, and said, "Drink." Ding Xi just drank it. He really needed a glass of wine, seventy or eighty at best, otherwise he was afraid he would go mad with anger. When they came, the pony had already left, leaving only a large pile of white cloth belts on the soft stick—the white cloth belts that had been tied around his body. Seeing the general's appearance, he also knew that he would not be able to ask anything. But he still had to ask: "Where's the pony?" "pony?" The general stared into the distance: "The horses have all gone to the battlefield, and the big and small horses have gone." He suddenly slapped the table hard, and said loudly: "The drums ahead are beating, the bones of the soldiers are piled up like mountains, and the blood and flesh are flowing like rivers, yet I'm still sitting here drinking. It's shameful, shameful!" Both Deng Dinghou and Su Xiaobo were stunned when they saw it, they wanted to laugh but couldn't, but Ding Xi was used to seeing it, and it was no surprise. Old Xu suddenly made another move, glared at them, and said sharply: "You are young and strong, and you are not going to the battlefield to die loyally. What are you doing here?" Ding Xi said: "The battle is fierce and the supply of soldiers is insufficient. We are here to find someone." Old Xu said: "Who are we looking for?" Ding Xi said: "Look for the wounded soldier who was recuperating at the back, now his wounds have healed and he can go back to the battlefield." Old Xu thought for a while, finally nodded, and said: "That's right, as long as a man is alive, he should die in battle and wrap his body in horse leather." Ding Xi said: "It's a pity that the wounded soldier has disappeared." Old Xu thought about it again, after thinking for a long time, with great difficulty, he finally remembered: "You mean the lieutenant general?" "Exactly." "He has already left, he left with Liang Hongyu." "Liang Hongyu?" "Don't you even know Liang Hongyu?" The general was annoyed: "A heroine like her is many times stronger than you young men who are greedy for life and afraid of death. Aren't you ashamed?" The more he talked, the more he got angry, picked up the cup, and threw it at Ding Xi, luckily Ding Xi slipped away quickly. Deng Dinghou and Su Xiaobo's movements were not slow, as soon as they slipped out, they couldn't help laughing. Ding Xi's face looked as if everyone in the world owed him three hundred taels of silver and hadn't paid it back. Su Xiaobo said with a smile: "Vice General Ma, Xiao Ma turned into Vice General Ma? Who does he think he is? Yue Fei?" Ding Xi kept a straight face, as if everyone in the world owed him four hundred taels of silver. Su Xiaobo finally saw that his expression was wrong: "What are you angry with? Who are you angry with?" Deng Dinghou said: "Liang Hongyu." Su Xiaobo said: "He's not Han Shizhong, even if Liang Hongyu elopes with Xiao Ma, he doesn't need to be angry." Deng Dinghou said: "This Liang Hongyu is not Han Shizhong's wife." Su Xiaobo said: "Who is it?" Deng Dinghou said: "It's Miss Wang's old partner." Su Xiaobo asked in surprise, "Miss Overlord Spear King?" Deng Dinghou nodded and said: "He doesn't like Miss Wang, so he doesn't like this Liang Hongyu anymore." Su Xiaobo said: "But Xiao Ma eloped with this Liang Hongyu." Deng Dinghou said: "So he is angry." Su Xiaobo was puzzled and said: "The woman Xiao Ma likes, why should he like it? Why is he angry?" Deng Dinghou said: "Because he likes to meddle in other people's business by nature." The carriage was still waiting outside. The young man driving the car was called Xiao Shandong. Although he had a bad temper and was not sloppy in his work, he stayed in the car all the time and didn't even leave for half a step. Su Xiaobo said: "Where are we going now?" With a straight face, Ding Xi made a sudden move and grabbed the driver off the top. He wasn't trying to find someone else to vent his anger on. Deng Dinghou immediately realized that the driver was no longer that Xiaoshan who was always talking loudly. "who are you?" "My name is Da Zheng, I am a driver." "Where is Little Shandong?" "I gave him three hundred taels of silver, and he happily went to the city to find a woman." Ding Xi sneered and said, "You drove the car for him, but you gave him three hundred taels of silver and asked him to find a woman. Could it be that he is your father?" Da Zheng said: "I didn't take out the three hundred taels of silver." Ding Xi said: "Who took it out?" Da Zheng said: "It was the shopkeeper Han from the Zhuangyuan Building in the city who called me here, and told me to invite you to the Zhuangyuan Building." Ding Xi looked at Su Xiaobo. Su Xiaobo said: "I don't know that Shopkeeper Han." Ding Xi looked at Deng Dinghou again. Deng Dinghou said: "I only know two people named Han, one is Han Shizhong and the other is Han Xin." Ding Xi didn't say anything, let go of Da Zheng, and got into the car. "Shall we go to the Zhuangyuan Building?" "Ok." When he arrived at Zhuangyuan Building, the expression on Ding Xi's face was also as if a piece of meat and bone suddenly fell from the sky and hit him on the nose. They really didn't expect that the person who spent a thousand taels of silver to invite them was Miss Wang who wanted to shoot them with random arrows two days ago. Miss Wang seemed to have changed herself. She was no longer the lady with eyes on the top of her head who regarded all men in the world as bastards. A heroine who is desperately looking for someone. Although she was still wearing white clothes, it was no longer the kind of rush clothes, but the floor-length skirt. The material was also very light and soft, which made her slender and slender figure even more charming. Although there is no rouge on her face, she has lightly applied a little powder, and there is no such aggressive edge in her bright and beautiful eyes. When she looks at people, she even shows a gentle smile. - A woman should be like a woman. ——Smart women know that if you want to conquer a man, you must never use a gun. ——Only a gentle smile is the best weapon for women. ——Today she seems to be ready to use this weapon, who is she trying to conquer? Deng Dinghou looked at her with a drunken smile on his face. He suddenly found that Miss Wang was not only more beautiful than he imagined, but also smarter than he imagined. So when she turned her head to look at Ding Xi, it was as if she was looking at a fish that was about to be caught. Ding Xi's expression was like a cat whose tail was hurt by someone stepping on it, and he said with a straight face, "It's you?" Miss Wang nodded with a smile. Ding Xi said coldly: "If Missy wants to find us, she can just dig a hole in the road, why bother?" Miss Wang said softly: "It is precisely because of that day that I came here to make amends and explain to you two." Ding Xi said: "Explain what?" Miss Wang did not answer this question, but rolled up her sleeves and poured a glass of wine for Su Xiaobo with a delicate hand. "Who is this--" "My surname is Su, Su Xiaobo." "Little Su Qin on Hungry Tiger Hill?" Su Xiaobo said: "Don't dare." Miss Wang said: "I didn't go to the Xiong's compound that day. I really had some unavoidable difficulties. I have to ask for your forgiveness." Su Xiaobo said: "If I were you, I would never go." Miss Wang said: "Oh?" Su Xiaobo said: "Why does a beauty like Miss Wang have to fight with men? As long as Miss Wang smiles, at least nine out of ten men will fall under her skirt." Miss Wang said sweetly, "Mr. Su is really good at talking, he really deserves to be little Su Qin." Ding Xi said coldly: "If he can't speak, how could the second young lady of the Yue family marry him?" Miss Wang rolled her eyes and said, "I've heard that Miss Yue is a famous beauty." Su Xiaobo sighed and said, "It's also a famous tigress." Miss Wang said: "In that case, I advise Mr. Su to go back quickly, and don't let Mrs. Zun wait at home in a hurry." She raised her glass with a smile, and said softly: "I respect Mr. Su, Mr. Su should leave now." Although she smiled gently, anyone who is not too stupid should be able to hear that she is giving the order to evict the guest. Su Xiaobo is not stupid, not at all. He looked at Miss Wang, then at Ding Xi, and said with a wry smile: "Actually, I wanted to go back a long time ago, but it's a pity that someone has been refusing to let me go." Ding Xi said: "This person has changed his mind now." Su Xiaobo blinked, Yi: "Why did he suddenly change his mind?" Ding Xi said: "Because he really wants to hear what Miss Wang explained?" Su Xiaobo drank the glass of wine, stood up and left. Deng Dinghou said suddenly: "Let's go together." Su Xiaobo said: "You?..." Deng Dinghou smiled and said: "I also have a tigress waiting at home, so of course I should go back as soon as possible." Ding Xi said: "No!" Deng Dinghou said: "Not good?" Ding Xi said: "Now we are tied up by a rope, if we don't find out the knot in the rope, none of us will get out of here." Deng Dinghou stood up, and suddenly said loudly: "Does the genius murderer who killed Wantong and the others look like me?" Su Xiaobo said: "Not at all." Deng Dinghou said: "Is he much taller than me?" Su Xiaobo said: "At least half a head taller." Deng Dinghou said: "Did you make a mistake?" Su Xiaobo said: "No." Deng Dinghou then sat down slowly. Su Xiaobo said: "Can I go now?" Deng Dinghou nodded and said, "It's just that you still have to be careful." Su Xiaobo smiled and said, "I understand, I only have one head and one life." When he walked out, he looked like a prisoner who had just been released from death row, looking happy and relaxed, not at all worried that others would plot against him. Ding Xi watched him go out, a strange expression suddenly appeared in his eyes, as if he wanted to chase him out again. It's a pity that at this time Miss Wang asked something that he had to stay and listen to. "I'm so anxious to know where you were on May 13th, don't you think it's strange?" "yes." "You must not understand why I am?" "I can't figure it out." "That day was a very special day." Miss Wang picked up the wine glass and put it down again, a layer of mist suddenly appeared in her clear eyes. After a long time, she slowly continued: "My father died that day, and it was very tragic and strange." Deng Dinghou frowned and said, "Strange?" Miss Wang said: "Pikes and halberds are originally weapons used in the battle on the battlefield. There are not many guns in the Jianghu, and there are even fewer masters who are famous for their marksmanship." Deng Dinghou agreed: "There are at most thirteen masters who are famous for their spears in the Jianghu." Miss Wang said: "Among the thirteen masters, where does my father's marksmanship rank?" Deng Dinghou didn't even think about it, and immediately said: "First." What he said was not flattery: "In the past thirty years, no one who has used a gun in the arena can beat him." Miss Wang said: "But he was shot by someone else." Deng Dinghou was stunned, and after a long time, he let out a long breath and said, "Whose gun died?" Miss Wang said: "I don't know." She picked up the wine glass again, put it down again, her hands were shaking so much that she couldn't even hold the wine glass steadily. Miss Wang said: "It was very late that night, and I was already asleep, only to wake up when I heard his old man's screams." Deng Dinghou said: "But when you rushed there, the murderer was gone." Miss Wang bit her lip hard, and said: "I only saw a figure rushing out from the back window of the old man's study." Deng Dinghou immediately rushed to ask: "Is that person very tall?" Miss Wang hesitated.Finally nodded, said: "His lightness kung fu is very high." Deng Dinghou said: "So you didn't chase." Miss Wang said: "Even if I go after him, I won't be able to catch up. Besides, I'm anxious to see what happens to the old man." Deng Dinghou said: "What other suspicious things did you see?" Miss Wang lowered her head and said, "When I went in, the old man was already lying in a pool of blood." Bright red blood, pale face, bulging eyes, full of surprise and anger. The old man did not believe that he would die under someone else's gun. Miss Wang said: "His Overlord Spear has been let go, but he is holding half of the tip of someone else's spear in his hand. The tip of the spear is still dripping with blood, his own blood." Deng Dinghou said: "Is the half of the spear point still there?" Miss Wang had already taken out a carefully wrapped white cloth bag from her body, and slowly unwrapped it. The tip of the gun was made of pure steel, and the barrel of the gun was an ordinary white wax pole. The place where it was broken was very irregular. It was obvious that the tip of the gun pierced into his deadly place before he held it and broke it. Deng Dinghou frowned. This gun is not good, and there is nothing special about it. You can buy it in ordinary weapon shops. Miss Wang said: "I have been practicing spears since I was seven or eight years old, and there are quite a few people practicing spears in our escort agency, but we can't even see a clue from the half of the spear tip." Deng Dinghou said: "So you take the Overlord Spear left by the old man, and come to challenge all the famous marksmanship masters in the rivers and lakes. You want to find out who can beat him in marksmanship." Miss Wang lowered her head and sighed, "I also know that this method is not good, but I really can't think of any other way." Deng Dinghou said: "After you saw Ding Xi's marksmanship, you suspected that he was the murderer, so you forced to ask him, where was he on May 13th?" Miss Wang lowered her head even lower. Deng Dinghou sighed, and said: "His marksmanship is really high. I can even guarantee that there are few people in the Jianghu who can beat him, but I can also guarantee that he is definitely not a murderer." Miss Wang said: "I understand now, so...so..." Ding Xi suddenly interrupted her and said, "Does your father usually go to bed late?" Miss Wang shook her head and said: "The old man's life has always been very regular, he gets up early and goes to bed early." Ding Xi said: "When the accident happened, it was already very late at night?" Miss Wang said: "It was past the third watch at that time." Ding Xi said: "He usually goes to bed very early, but he didn't sleep that night because he was still in the study." Miss Wang frowned and said, "When you said that, I just realized that the old man is indeed a bit special." Ding Xi said: "A person who has become a habit of going to bed early and getting up early, why make an exception?" Miss Wang raised her head, her eyes sparkled. Ding Xi said: "Is it because he already knew that someone would come that night, so he waited in the study?" Miss Wang said: "When I went in, there seemed to be two sets of cups and chopsticks, some wine and vegetables on the table." Ding Xi said: "You seem to see it? Or did you really see it?" Miss Wang said: "At that time, my mind was already confused, and I didn't pay attention to these facts." Ding Xi sighed, picked up the wine glass, sipped slowly for a day, and suddenly asked: "Is that overlord gun usually kept in the study?" Miss Wang said: "Yes." Ding Xi said: "Then it's not because he knew this person was coming that he prepared the gun at hand." Miss Wang agrees. Ding Xi said: "But he has prepared wine." Miss Wang stood up suddenly, and said, "Now that I think about it, when I went in that night, I did see two pairs of wine glasses and chopsticks on the table." Ding Xi said: "You were not sure just now, why did you suddenly think about it now?" Miss Wang said: "Because although I didn't pay attention at the time, someone forced me to drink a glass of wine later, and he drank two glasses himself." She explained again: "At that time, I almost fainted, so I didn't think about it for a while." Ding Xi pondered, and asked again: "How big is the study?" Miss Wang said: "It's not too big." Ding Xi said: "Even if it's a big study room, if someone uses two spears to fight in it, the things in that room will probably be smashed to pieces." Miss Wang said: "But..." Ding Xi said: "But when people go in, the wine, dishes, cups and chopsticks are still properly placed on the table." Miss Wang finally confirmed: "Not bad." Ding Xi said: "This half of the spear point is just half of the spear point. The gun shaft may be one foot long, or it may be only one foot long." Miss Wang said: "So..." Ding Xi said: "So the murderer who killed your father is not necessarily a famous gunman, but must be your father's friend." Miss Wang didn't speak anymore, she just stared at the young man with wide eyes. The expression in her eyes was that of a little girl seeing jewelry for the first time. Ding Xi said: "Because he must be a friend, your father prepared food and drinks and waited for him in the study, so that he had the opportunity to suddenly draw a short spear from his body and stab it into your father's vitals, because your father can't even resist. There were no chances, so the cups and chopsticks on the table were not knocked down." He swallowed his wine slowly again, and said lightly: "This is just my idea, and I may not be right." Miss Wang stared at him for a long time, with an indescribable light shining in her eyes, as if girls were wearing jewelry for the first time. Deng Dinghou smiled and said: "You must understand now, how did the name 'Smart Ding Xi' come from?" Miss Wang didn't speak, but slowly stood up. It was already late at night, and the starlight flickering outside the window seemed to be her eyes. The wind blows from the distant mountains, and the distant mountains are hazy. She walked to the window and looked at the hazy distant mountains. After a long time, she said slowly: "I said that May 13th is a very special day, not just because of my father's death." Deng Dinghou said: "Is there anything special about this day?" Miss Wang said: "My father has always taken good care of his health and rarely drinks alcohol, but every year when this day comes, he will drink alone until very late." Deng Dinghou said: "Have you ever asked him why?" Miss Wang said: "I asked." Deng Dinghou said: "What did he say?" Miss Wang said: "When I started asking him, he seemed very angry, and even taught me that it's best not to meddle in the affairs of the elders, but then he explained it to me." Deng Dinghou said: "How to explain?" Miss Wang said: "He said that it is a custom in southern Fujian that May 13th is the birthday of the Emperor of Heaven and the Queen of Heaven. On this day, every household has to sacrifice the heaven and the earth and have a big feast for guests and friends, in order to hope for auspiciousness for the year." Deng Dinghou said: "But he is not from southern Hokkien." Miss Wang said: "My mother was from southern Fujian. When my father was young, he seemed to have spent a lot of time in southern Fujian." Deng Dinghou said: "Why have I never heard of this?" Miss Wang said: "He has never mentioned this matter in front of others." Deng Dinghou said: "But..." Miss Wang suddenly interrupted him, and said: "The strangest thing is that every year on May 13th, his temper will become very irritable. He used to play with a gun every morning, but this day he even shot I haven’t practiced anymore, I’ve been alone in the study since a long time ago.” Deng Dinghou said: "Do you know what he is doing in the study?" Miss Wang said: "I went to peek a few times, usually he just sat there in a daze, but once I saw him draw a picture." Deng Dinghou said: "What is the painting?" Miss Wang said: "After finishing the painting, he seemed to be planning to burn the painting, but after reading it a few times, he seemed reluctant, so he put the scroll and hid it in the abdominal wall behind the bookshelf. In a secret iron cabinet." Deng Dinghou said: "Of course you have read it." Miss Wang nodded and said: "Although I have seen it, I can't see anything special. What he painted is just an ordinary landscape with white clouds and green mountains. The scenery is very good." Ding Xi suddenly asked: "Is this painting still there?" Miss Wang said: "It's gone." Ding Xi frowned in disappointment. Miss Wang said: "When my father passed away, I opened the iron cabinet again, and there was nothing missing in it, except for this worthless painting, which unexpectedly disappeared." Ding Xi said: "Do you know who took it away?" Miss Wang shook her head and said: "But I have looked at the picture very carefully. I also learned to draw when I was young." Ding Xi's eyes lit up again, and he said, "Now can you draw this painting exactly the same?" Miss Wang said: "Maybe I can give it a try." She quickly found pen, ink and paper, and quickly drew it—— The blue sky and white clouds, under the white clouds, a blue hill, faintly revealing a corner of the red building. Miss Wang put down the pen, looked at it a few times, and seemed very satisfied: "This is it. Even if my painting is not exactly like it, it is not much worse." Ding Xi only took one look, then turned his head, and said indifferently: "This painting is indeed nothing special. There are many mountains and rivers like this in the world." Miss Wang said: "However, there are eight very special characters on this painting." Deng Dinghou said: "What is written?" Miss Wang picked up the pen again. "May 13th, stay away from Qinglong." Qinglong! Seeing these two words, Deng Dinghou's expression suddenly became terrifying. Miss Wang turned her head, stared at him, and said slowly: "When my father was alive, he often said that among his friends, the person with the most knowledge was the little Zhuge from Shenquan." Deng Dinghou smiled, but it was forced. Miss Wang said: "I know that the old man never tells a lie, so..." Deng Dinghou sighed suddenly and said, "What exactly do you want to ask me?" Miss Wang said: "Do you know about the Azure Dragon Club?" When she suddenly asked this sentence, Deng Dinghou seemed surprised again. Blue Dragon Club! Of course he knew about the Azure Dragon Club. But every time he heard about this organization, it seemed like a poisonous snake crawled across his back. Miss Wang stared at him, and said slowly: "I think you must know, it is said that for nearly three hundred years, the most terrifying organization in the world is the Azure Dragon Society." Deng Dinghou did not deny it, nor could he deny it. Because it is true. No one knows how the Qinglong Society was organized, and no one knows who the leader of this organization is. But everyone knows that the Azure Dragon Society is well-organized, powerful, and ruthless, and there is absolutely no gang that can match it. Miss Wang said: "It is said that there are as many as three hundred and sixty-five secret branches of the Azure Dragon Society all over the world." Deng Dinghou said: "Oh." Miss Wang said: "A year also happens to have three hundred and sixty-five days, so the Azure Dragon Club uses the date as the code name of their sub-rules. 'May 13th' must be one of their sub-rudders." Deng Dinghou said: "Do you think Qinglong has anything to do with your father's death?" Miss Wang said: "Although he is an old man, his eyes and ears are still very sharp. When I peeked outside that day, he might have noticed it long ago." Deng Dinghou said: "Do you think he painted that painting on purpose for you to see?" Miss Wang said: "Very likely." Deng Dinghou said: "What is he doing?" Miss Wang said: "Perhaps when he was in southern Fujian, he had a grudge with the Qinglong Society. He knew that the Qinglong Society would definitely send someone to look for him, so he used this method to warn me." Deng Dinghou said: "But... ..." Miss Wang interrupted him, and said: "Although he was unwilling to explain to me when he was alive, he was afraid of being plotted against by others for no apparent reason, so he left this clue on purpose to let me know who murdered him. It's 'May 13th', this secret organization is in such a blue hill." Deng Dinghou sighed: "Even if it is true, you should forget the following four words and stay away from Qinglong." 王大小姐紧握着双手，眼里已有了泪光，道：“我也知道青龙会的可怕，但我却还是不能不为他老人家报仇的。” 邓定侯道：“你有这么大的力量？” 王大小姐道：“不管怎么样，我都要试试。” 她用力擦了擦泪痕，又道：“现在我只恨不知道这片青色的山岗究竟在哪里。” 邓定侯道：“别的事难道你都已知道？” 王大小姐道：“我至少已知道'五月十三'这分舵的老大是谁了。” 邓定侯耸然动容道：“是谁？” 王大小姐没有直接回答这个问题，缓缓道：“这个人的确是我父亲的朋友，那天晚上我父亲的确在等着他。” 她转过脸，凝视着丁喜，道：“有些事我本来都没有想到，可是刚才你的确让我忽然想通了很多事情。” 丁喜淡淡道：“我刚才也说，我的想法并不一定正确。” 王大小姐勉强笑了笑，忽又问道：“你知不知道我为什么没有到熊家大院去？” 丁喜冷冷道：“大小姐说去就去，说不去就不去，根本就不必要有什么理由。” 王大小姐道：“我有理由。” 她好像没有听出丁喜话中的刺，居然一点也不生气，接着又道：“因为那天早上，我忽然在路上看见了一个人。” 丁喜道：“路上有很多人。” 王大小姐道：“可是这个人却是我做梦也想不到会在这里看见的。” Ding Xi said: "Oh." 王大小姐道：“那时候天还没有完全亮，他脸上又戴着个人皮面具，一定想不到我会认出他来，但我却还是不能不特别小心。” Ding Xi said: "Why?" 王大小姐道：“因为我那时就已想到，我父亲很可能就死在他手里的，他若知道我认出了他，一定也不会放过我。” 丁喜道：“所以吓得你连熊家大院都不敢去。” 王大小姐眼圈又红了，咬着嘴唇道：“因为我知道我自己绝不是他的对手。” 邓定侯忍不住道：“他究竟是谁？” 王大小姐又避开了这问题，道：“但那时我还没有把握确定。” Ding Xi said: "What about now?" 王大小姐道：“刚才我听了你的分析后，才忽然想到，我父亲死的那天晚上，在书房里等的人一定就是他。” 丁喜道：“现在你已有把握能确定？”王大小姐道：“嗯。” 丁喜道：“但你却还是不敢说出来。” 王大小姐道：“因为……因为我就算说了出来，你们未必会相信的。” 丁喜道：“那么，你就不必说出来了。” 他自己倒了杯酒，自斟自饮，居然好象真的不想听了。 王大小姐道：“可是书房里却还留着他的药味，我一嗅就知道他曾经来过。” 现在丁喜无论怎么讽刺她；她居然能忍得住，装作听不见：“昨天早上我遇见他的时候，他恰巧用过那种药，我远远的就嗅到了，所以我根本不必看清他的脸，也知道他是谁。” 她接着又道：“就因为他有这种病，所以他呼吸的声音也跟别人不同，你只要仔细听过两次，就一定可以分辨出来。” 邓定侯虽然没有开口，但脸上的表情却已无疑证实了她的话。 他实在没有想到这位从小娇生惯养的大小姐，竟是个心细如发的人。 王大小姐盯着他，道：“我想你如果见到他，就一定可以分辨得出。” 邓定侯只有点头。 王大小姐道：“五月十三距离七月还有四十七天，这段时间已足够让他赶回关外，等着你去接他。” 邓定侯道：“可是今年……” 王大小姐道：“我也知道他是在两个多月前出关的，这段时间也足够让他偷偷地溜回来。” 邓定侯长长吐了口气，道：“你说的并不是没有道理，但你却忘了一点。” 邓定侯道：“百里长青和你父亲的交情不错，他为什么要害死你父亲？” 王大小姐道：“也许因为我父亲坚决不肯参加你们的联盟，而且很不给他面子，所以他怀恨在心；也许因为他是青龙会'五月十三'的舵主，想要挟我父亲做一件事，我父亲不答应，他就下了毒手。” 邓定侯道：“难道你巳认定他是凶手？” 王大小姐又握紧双拳，道：“我想不出别的人。” 邓定侯道：“可是你的理由实在不够充足，而且根本没有证据。” 王大小姐道：“所以我一定要找出证据来。” 她又补充着道：“要找出证据来，就得先找到百里长青，因为他本来就是个活证据。” 邓定侯道：“你知道他现在在哪里？” 王大小姐道：“一定就在那片青色的山岗上。” 邓定侯道：“你知道这片山岗在哪里？” 王大小姐道：“我不知道。” 她黯然叹息，又道：“何况，就算我能找到这地方，就算我能找到百里长青，我也绝不是他的对手，所以……” 邓定侯道：“所以你一定要先找个帮手。” 王大小姐道：“而且要找个有用的帮手。” 邓定侯道：“你准备找我？” 王大小姐道：“不是。” 她的回答简单而干脆，她实在是个很直爽的人。 邓定侯笑了，笑得却有点勉强。 这是件麻烦事，能避免最好，但也不知为了什么，他心里却又觉得有点失望。 王大小姐道：“百里长青不但武功极高，而且是条老狐狸。” 邓定侯道：“所以你一定要找个武功比他更高的帮手，而且还是条比老狐狸更狡猾的小狐狸。” 王大小姐点点头，眼睛已开始盯着丁喜。 丁喜在喝酒，好象根本就没听见他们说了些什么。 邓定侯瞄他一眼，微笑道：“而且这个人还得会装傻。” 王大小姐忽然站起来向丁喜举杯，道：“经过了那些事后，我也知道你绝不会帮我的忙的，可是为了江湖道义，我还希望你答应。” 丁喜道：“答应你什么？” 王大小姐道：“帮我去找百里长青，查明这件事的真象。” 丁喜看着她，忽然笑了，但却绝不是那种又亲切，又讨人喜欢的微笑。 他笑得就象是把锥子。 王大小姐还捧着酒杯，站在那里，嘴唇好象已被被咬破了。 丁喜道：“你并不是个糊涂人，我希望你能明白一件事。” 王大小姐道：“你说。” 丁喜道：“连你自己亲眼看见的事，都未必正确，何况是用鼻了嗅出来的？就凭这一点，你就说人定是凶手，除了你自己外，只怕没有第二个人相信。” 王大小姐捧着酒杯的手已开始发抖，道：“你……你也不信？” 丁喜道：“我只相信自己。” 王大小姐道：“那么你为什么不自己去查出真象来？” 丁喜冷冷道：“因为我只有一条命，我还不想把这条命送给别人，更不想把它送给你。” 他忽然站起来，掏出锭银子，摆在桌上：“我喝了七杯酒，这是酒钱，我们谁也不欠谁的。” 说完了句话，他就头也不回地走了出去。 王大小姐脸色已发青，一把抓起桌上的银子，好象想用力摔出去，最好能摔在丁喜的鼻子上。 但是她这只手又慢慢地放下，居然还把这锭银子收进怀里，脸上居然还露出微笑。 邓定侯反而怔住了，忍不住道：“你不生气？” 王大小姐微笑道：“我为什么要生气？” 邓定侯道：“你为什么不生气？” 王大小姐道：“百里长青的确是个可怕的人，青龙会更可怕，我要他做这么冒险的事，他当然应该考虑考虑。” 邓定侯道：“他好象并不是考虑，而是拒绝。” 王大小姐道：“就算他现在拒绝了我，以后还是会答应的。”邓定侯道：“你有把握？” 王大小姐眼睛里更发着光，道：“我有把握，因为我知道他喜欢我。”邓定侯道：“你看得出？” 王大小姐道：“我当然看得出，因为我是个女人，这种事只要是女人就一定能看得出的。” 邓定侯又笑了，大笑：“这种事就算男人也一样看得出的。” 他人笑着走出去，追上丁喜。 丁喜道：“你看出了什么事？” 邓定侯笑道：“我看出前面好象又有个大洞，不管你怎么避免，迟早还是会掉下去的。” 丁喜板着脸，冷冷道：“你看错了。” Deng Dinghou said: "Oh?" 丁喜道：“掉下去的那个人不是我，是你！”