Chapter 11 Chapter 10: Second Master Xue's Secret

Xue Xiaoren's house is almost exactly the same as his brother's, except that there is dust in front of the windows, netting under the eaves, and even the floor on the corridor is rotten, and it will make a "squeak" sound when walking on it. The door was closed, and a knot was tied on the latch with a straw rope. If someone wants to go in, ten straw ropes tied with ten knots will still not be able to stop them. The meaning of using straw ropes to tie knots is just to know if anyone has sneaked in. Chu Liuxiang naturally understood this meaning very well. His eyes flashed, as if he saw something very interesting, and he stared at the knot of the straw rope. After a long time, he untied the knot and pushed open the door.

But he didn't go in right away. The door was still shaking with the wind, making harsh noises. The room was very dark, and the sunlight was blocked by high walls, thick shade, and overhanging eaves, so it couldn't shine in at all. Chu Liuxiang waited for her eyes to fully adapt to the darkness before tentatively walking in. She walked very slowly and carefully. Did he think there was some danger in this room?Yes, sometimes "crazy" is indeed very dangerous, but what danger is there in the shabby house where the lunatic lives? No matter who is looking for "Xue Baobao", once they enter this house, they will think that they have gone wrong, because this is really not a place where men live.

In the corner of the room, there was a large dressing table filled with all kinds of things, nine out of ten of which were used by women when dressing. The bed and chairs were piled up with all kinds of clothes, each of which was brightly colored and colorful, and out of ten girls, at most, only one or two would dare to wear this kind of clothes. If the person living here is really a woman, there must be something wrong with this woman, not to mention that the person living here is actually a man, a man in his forties. This man is undoubtedly a lunatic. Chu Liuxiang's eyes seemed to dim again.

He walked around the room, picking up everything and looking at it. He suddenly discovered that "Xue Baobao" was actually a very elegant person, all the things he used were of the highest quality, and the clothes were of high quality and very clean. Moreover, although the things in this room are placed in a mess, they are actually spotless, everything is extremely clean. Who is cleaning the house? If someone cleaned his house, why didn't someone clean his yard? Chu Liuxiang's eyes lit up again. Suddenly, there was a "Hu Yu Yu" sound on the roof. Chu Liuxiang was startled, and shot a silver hairpin backhand.

The silver hairpin was already on the dressing table, and he was playing with it in his hand, but at this moment, he saw a flash of silver light, and it nailed into the roof with a sound of "snatching". There was a creepy sound on the roof. It turned out that there was a layer of wooden boards under the beams of this house. It seemed that there was an attic, but there were no stairs or entrance. There was only a small part of the silver hairpin exposed outside, shining brightly. Chu Liuxiang's body flew up lightly, and stuck to the roof, like a piece of cake spread in a pot, flat and stable, no one was worried that he would fall off.

He gently pulled out the silver hairpin, and found a trace of blood flowing out along with the silver hairpin. The dark purple blood looked almost like ink, and it had an indescribable stench. Chu Liuxiang smiled: "So it's just a mouse." But the mouse helped him a lot. He first wiped off the blood stains on the roof, and then tapped it with a silver hairpin. The roof is naturally empty. Chu Liuxiang slid down half a circle on the roof like a fish swimming, and when he stretched out his hand suddenly, a piece of wood was lifted up by him miraculously, revealing the dark entrance.

The commotion and exclamation outside were farther away.It was disappointing that there were no amazing secrets in this attic, only a stool and a trunk. The suitcase was worn out, as if it had been abandoned by the owner for a long time.But Chu Liuxiang touched it with his hands, and there was not much dust on it. When I opened the suitcase, I saw that there were only a few ordinary clothes in it. There is absolutely nothing strange about these clothes, and no one will feel strange when they see them. Only Chu Liuxiang was an exception, perhaps because these clothes were too ordinary, so ordinary, Chu Liuxiang felt strange.

How can there be clothes worn by ordinary people hidden in the attic of a madman?If these clothes are worn by ordinary people, how can there be not much dust on the suitcase? Chu Liuxiang put down his clothes, covered the suitcase, retreated from the original road, covered the wooden boards, and looked up from below, absolutely no one could see that anyone had gone up. Then he put the silver hairpin back on the dressing table, walked out, closed the door, and tied the same knot on the door bolt with the original straw rope. Judging by his appearance, it seemed that he was about to leave.

The fire on the wall has turned into light smoke, and the fire has obviously been extinguished. A call came from outside the courtyard, and it was the one who came to look for Chu Liuxiang. Chu Liuxiang suddenly rose up, sweeping up the roof like light smoke. He heard two people rushing into the yard, one of them called out: "Mr. Chu, Hero Chu, the owner of my family invites you to the front hall for tea." Another person said: "He has already left, why are you still yelling?" The man seemed to stare at it for a long time before muttering, "Why did he leave without saying goodbye, could it be that he was dragged away by our precious second master."

Another person said with a smile: "When this surnamed Chu came, we couldn't sleep well for a few days. Let him eat the suffering of our precious second master." Chu Liuxiang listened silently, only secretly smiled wryly, and when the two walked out again, he suddenly lifted a few roof tiles and dug a hole in the roof.Wrap the excavated plaster with a large towel and press it with roof tiles to prevent it from being blown away by the wind. If other people were to do these things, it would inevitably take a lot of trouble, but Chu Liuxiang did it cleanly and neatly, and there was not even a sound, even if there was a cat under the roof, it would never be disturbed. Wei Wei hadn't spent half a cup of tea, but he was already unconscious, and slipped back to the attic again without anyone noticing.

The skylight came in through the hole, and the attic was much brighter than before. Chu Liuxiang found the dead mouse, threw it aside, tore off a piece of his clothes, and wiped off the blood and dust on the board. The small hole that had just been nailed by the silver hairpin was exposed on the wooden board. Chu Liuxiang leaned over it to have a look, and then used the unlocking wire to poke the small hole slightly wider. Then he lay down comfortably, rubbed his nose gently, and smiled at the corner of his mouth, as if he was very satisfied with all of this. After an unknown amount of time, the door below suddenly made a soft "squeak", and Chu Liuxiang, who was clearly asleep, woke up immediately. When he turned over lightly, his eyes were already on the small hole like the eye of a needle. Chu Liuxiang had already calculated the location, and when opening the hole, he used a very clever technique, so although the hole is not big, if a person walks into the room, his main range of activities will be within the sight of this small hole. Looking up from below, the small hole is just a small black spot. The one who walked into the room was indeed Xue Baobao. I saw him yawning, stretching, beating his chest with both hands, and walking around the room a few times, as if exercising his muscles. Apart from the clothes he was wearing, his current behavior didn't really look crazy, but would a lunatic become normal when he returned to his own room?Don't most of the lunatics in the world go crazy after seeing people? I saw Xue Baobao walking around a few times, then sat in front of the dressing table, stared at the bronze mirror in a daze, then picked up the silver hairpin, put it on his nose, sniffed it, made a face in front of the mirror, and murmured Muttered: "Dead thief, bad thief, what do you want to steal?" Sure enough, he had discovered that someone had entered the house. Chu Liuxiang couldn't help showing a look of complacency, as if a hunter had caught a fox by the tail, but in the blink of an eye, Xue Baobao suddenly disappeared. It turns out that he didn't know if he had a heart?Or unintentional?In a blink of an eye, he reached a corner where Chu Liuxiang couldn't see. Although Chu Liuxiang couldn't see him, he could still hear the floor creaking. What is Xue Baobao all about? If it were someone else, she would definitely hold her breath and wait for him to appear again, but Chu Liuxiang knew that she had waited enough, and now she could not miss this opportunity. He turned over and lifted the board. His people have jumped down like light smoke. If Chu Liuxiang was a step late, it might be difficult to see Xue Baobao again. A tunnel was exposed behind the dressing table, and Xue Baobao almost got into it. Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "The guest is here, but the master is leaving instead?" As soon as Xue Baobao turned around and saw Chu Liuxiang, he immediately jumped up and shouted: "A guest? What kind of guest are you? You are a big liar, a thief..." He was originally holding a flat object in his hand, but at this moment, taking advantage of turning his head, in the blink of an eye, he has already stuffed this object into his bosom. Chu Liuxiang didn't seem to pay attention at all, but still smiled and said: "Anyway, I didn't do anything wrong, so I don't need to dig a hole." Xue Baobao heard this, jumped up again and shouted: "I'm going to dig a hole in the ground to find friends, what are you doing?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Oh? Did you dig the hole to find friends? Could it be that your friend lives in the hole?" Xue Baobao said: "Not bad at all." Chu Liuxiang said: "Only rabbits live in burrows. Could it be that your friend is a rabbit?" Xue Baobao stared and said, "It's not bad at all. Rabbits are much more fun than people. Why can't I make friends with them?" Chu Liuxiang sighed, and said, "That's right, at least it's not dangerous to make friends with a rabbit. No matter who wants to pretend to be crazy, the rabbit will definitely not see it." Xue Baobao didn't even blink his eyes, instead he laughed and said, "Okay, okay, okay, so you also like to make friends with rabbits, come, come, come, come with me." He jumped over and wanted to pull Chu Liuxiang's hand. But Chu Liuxiang didn't fall for the trick this time, she turned around behind him and said with a smile, "I didn't kill anyone, and I don't have to pretend to be crazy. Why do I want to make friends with the rabbit?" Xue Baobao smiled and said, "I don't understand what you are talking about." Chu Liuxiang stared at him, and said word by word: "You don't need to pretend to be crazy anymore, I already know who you are." Xue Baobao laughed and said, "Of course you know who I am. I am the second young master of the Xue family, the most gifted child in the world." Chu Liuxiang said: "Besides, you are the number one cold-blooded murderer in the world." Xue Baobao said with a smile: "Murderer? What is a murderer? Are my hands fierce? I don't think they are fierce at all." Chu Liuxiang ignored him, and said slowly: "As soon as you enter this room, you immediately know that someone has been there, because although your things seem to be in a mess, in fact, as long as someone moves, you will immediately know." Xue Baobao laughed and said, "If you've been in my rabbit friend's hole, they'll know it right away. Could it be that their 'hands' are also very 'fierce'?" Chu Liuxiang said: "You are sure that no one will suspect you except me, so when you find someone has come in, you immediately think of me." Xue Baobao said: "It's just because I already know that you are not only a liar, but also a thief." Chu Liuxiang said: "Although your house looks like a place where a lunatic lives, there are actually many flaws that cannot be hidden from the discerning people." Xue Baobao said: "Are you a discerning person? I see that your eyes are not only unclear, but also a little red. You are a bit like my rabbit friend." Chu Liuxiang said: "This room is like a scholar's study. Although you pile up your books in a mess, they are actually organized. The only difference is that this room is much cleaner than a scholar's study." He rolled his eyes, smiled, and said: "If you still want to pretend to be crazy in the future, you'd better get some cow dung and dog urine and sprinkle it in this room. The powder you use must not be so elegant, just scrape some wall plaster to paint it. It's fine on the face." Xue Baobao clapped his hands and laughed, "No wonder your face is so white, so you painted the walls with dust." Chu Liuxiang said: "The most important thing is, you shouldn't leave those clothes in the attic." Xue Baobao blinked and said, "Clothes? What clothes?" Chu Liuxiang said: "It's the clothes you wear when you want to kill someone." Xue Baobao suddenly laughed "cracking", but there was no smile in his eyes. Chu Liuxiang stared into his eyes and said: "You know that I have discovered these things, and you know that your secret will be exposed by me sooner or later, so you want to sneak away quickly, but how can I let you slip away this time? ?” Xue Baobao laughed harder and harder, and finally rolled on the ground laughing, but Chu Liuxiang kept staring at him, no matter where he rolled, he would never relax. Chu Liuxiang said: "When I first saw you, although I felt a little strange, I didn't think that you were that cold-blooded murderer. If you weren't so eager to kill me, I might never have thought of it." Xue Baobao rolled on the ground and laughed, "Everyone says I'm crazy, but you say I'm not crazy. You're such a good person." He rolled in front of Chu Liuxiang, and Chu Liuxiang immediately retreated far away, and said with a smile: "Later, you also knew that it was not easy to kill me, that's why you wanted to blame me, and wanted to borrow your brother's sharp sword to kill me." my life." Although Xue Baobao was still laughing reluctantly, but gradually couldn't laugh anymore. Chu Liuxiang said: "So you go to steal the sword first, and then stab you. You know every foot of Xuejiazhuang well, so you can come and go freely, and no one can catch you." He smiled, and continued: "Especially that door, when someone catches the assassin, you slip through that door, sneak back into your own room, and then sneak over and lock the lock when no one else is paying attention. You know that even if you are seen, it doesn't matter, because no one will notice you, in the eyes of others, you are just an insignificant lunatic, this is your 'invisibility'." Xue Baobao suddenly stood up and stared at Chu Liuxiang. Chu Liuxiang said lightly: "You are indeed a smart person. Everything is designed so that no one will guess that you, the second young master of Xuejiazhuang, Xue Yiren's younger brother, is actually an assassin who can be bought with money. To actually kill someone for money, even if you say this, no one will believe it." Xue Baobao burst out laughing again, and said, "That's right, would Second Master Xue kill people for money? This is simply absurd." Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "It's not absurd at all, because you didn't really kill people for money, but for power, to make up for the anger you suffered." Xue Baobao said: "Am I angry? Who am I angry with?" There seemed to be an unspeakable change on his face, his whole face was distorted, he giggled and said: "Who doesn't know that my eldest brother is the number one swordsman in the world, who dares to make me angry." Chu Liuxiang sighed softly, and said, "It's because Brother Ling is the best swordsman in the world that you have come to this point." Xue Baobao said: "Oh." Chu Liuxiang said: "You are originally smart and talented, and your martial arts are so high that you can be said to be a rare master in the martial arts. With your martial arts and talent, you should have enjoyed a high reputation in the martial arts, but it's a pity..." He sighed again, and continued slowly: "It's a pity that you are Xue Yiren's younger brother." The corner of Xue Baobao's mouth suddenly trembled violently, as if someone had whipped his face. Chu Liuxiang said: "Because all your achievements have been overshadowed by the brilliance of being the 'No. 'Cheers, if you have achieved something, you deserve it, because you are the younger brother of the 'No. 1 Swordsman in the World'. If you do something wrong occasionally, it will become a heinous crime, because everyone will feel that you have lost you. Brother's people." Xue Baobao's whole body trembled. Chu Liuxiang said: "If it were someone else, maybe I would bow to fate, or even be depressed, but you are the one who refuses to admit defeat, but you also know that your achievements will never surpass your brother's." He sighed a long time, shook his head and said, "It's a pity that you went the wrong way..." Xue Baobao seemed to want to say something, but he didn't say anything. Chu Liuxiang said: "Naturally, it is also because your brother has expected too much from you since childhood, restrained you too strictly, and loved you so much that it is not exempt from responsibility, so you want to resist, but you also know that under your brother's restraint, you can't do it at all." That's why you came up with the wonderful method of 'pretending to be crazy', so that others will no longer pay attention to you, and let others be disappointed in you, so that you can be free and do what you want to do." He looked at Baobao Xue with regret in his eyes. Xue Baobao laughed wildly again, pointed at Chu Liuxiang and said, "You have a very good idea, and your words are even better, but it's a pity that you are just talking to yourself, if you think that I am the chief envoy of the assassin organization , at least there must be real evidence.” Chu Liuxiang said, "You want evidence?" Xue Baobao sternly said: "If you can't produce evidence, you will be spraying people with blood." Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Okay, if you want evidence, I'll show you the evidence." He carefully took out the iron lock from his pocket, held it in his hand, and said, "This is the evidence." Xue Baobao sneered, "What kind of evidence is this?" Chu Liuxiang said: "This lock is the lock on that door. It has not been touched for a long time. Only the assassin opened this lock the day before yesterday, right?" Xue Baobao closed his mouth tightly, his eyes were full of surprise, obviously he still couldn't figure out what kind of tricks Chu Liuxiang was playing, and he was determined not to be fooled again. Chu Liuxiang said: "The person who opens the lock will definitely leave his fingerprints on the lock. Since only the assassin has opened this lock recently, there should only be the assassin's fingerprints on the lock, right?" Xue Baobao's mouth closed even tighter. Chu Liuxiang said: "But now this lock only has your handprint." Xue Baobao finally couldn't help but said, "Fingerprint? What kind of fingerprint?" Chu Liuxiang smiled and said: "Man is the spirit of all things, and it is indeed amazing that God created man. Although you and I are both human, our appearance and body are completely different, and there are no two people with exactly the same appearance in the world. " Xue Baobao still couldn't figure out what he wanted to say. Chu Liuxiang stretched out his hand, and said again: "Look, everyone has palmprints on their palms and fingerprints on their fingers, but everyone's palmprints and fingerprints are also different, and there are no two people with exactly the same palmprints in the world." , if you study it carefully, you will find that this is a very interesting thing, but it is a pity that no one has paid attention to it." The more Xue Baobao listened, the more confused he became. People would always act arrogantly and disdainfully when faced with things they didn't understand. Xue Baobao sneered, "You can only fool three-year-olds with these words, but they can't fool me." As he said this, his hands were involuntarily hidden behind his back. Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "It's useless for you to hide your hands now, because I have checked the things on your dressing table, and the fingerprints on it are exactly the same as the fingerprints on this lock. You only need to compare them. The evidence of the crime has been laid out clearly, which cannot be denied." Surprised and suspicious, Xue Baobao couldn't help but change color, and suddenly swept back, sweeping all the things on the dressing table to the ground. Chu Liuxiang laughed loudly and said, "Look, what are you doing with a guilty conscience? Just this incident is enough to prove your crime." Xue Baobao roared: "You ghost, you are not human, I should have killed you a long time ago." Amidst the roar, he had already rushed towards Chu Liuxiang. At this moment, someone suddenly yelled, "Stop!" Xue Baobao was startled, and found that Xue Yiren was already standing at the door. Xue Yiren's face was also horribly pale, he sighed a long time, and said dejectedly: "Second brother, you are still fooled by him." Xue Baobao's head was dripping with cold sweat, and he didn't dare to move. "The elder brother is the father", he had a little fear of this elder brother since he was a child. Xue Yiren sighed: "Chu Xiangshuai's reasoning is not wrong. The lines on everyone's palms are indeed different, and people's hands may leave fingerprints when they touch objects, but this is just a 'reason' It's just, as someone said 'the sky is round and the earth', but it can never be proved." He stared at Chu Liuxiang, and slowly said: "Xiang Shuai, you will never be able to prove this 'reason', will you?" Chu Liuxiang touched his nose, smiled wryly and said, "Thousands of years from now, some people may be able to prove these truths, but it is absolutely impossible now." It was only then that Xue Baobao realized that he had been fooled by him again after all, and stared at Chu Liuxiang, not knowing whether it was sadness or anger?I don't even know what it feels like. Xue Yiren suddenly smiled and said, "But Xiangshuai, you also fell for me." Chu Liuxiang said: "Did I fall for your trap?" Xue Yiren said slowly: "The leader of the assassin organization is actually not him, but me." Chu Liuxiang was really taken aback, and said in a broken voice, "It's you?" Xue Yiren said word by word: "That's right, it's me." Chu Liuxiang was stunned for a long while, then sighed, "I know that you two are brothers, so you don't hesitate to suffer for him." Xue Yiren shook his head and said: "I just can't bear to let him suffer for me." With a long sigh, he continued: "Look, how vast the manor is, how huge the cost of the manor is, I have retired for decades, if I don't have any extra money, how can I maintain it." Chu Liuxiang said: "This..." Xue Yi said humanely: "I don't know how to do business for profit, I don't know how to ask for official salary, and I don't know how to steal chickens and dogs. The only thing I am proficient in is to use a three-foot sword to take people's necks and heads." He smiled sadly, and continued: "In order to maintain the manor passed down by my ancestors, in order to make my children have enough food and clothing, I have to exchange other people's lives for money, don't you understand this truth?" In his life, Chu Liuxiang had never felt more astonished and uncomfortable than at this moment. He stood there in a daze, unable to say a word. Xue Yiren said silently: "My second brother is willing to suffer for me for the sake of the family's glory, otherwise I..." Xue Baobao suddenly roared: "Don't talk about it, don't talk about it anymore." Xue Yiren sternly said: "This matter has nothing to do with you, I will make a break with Xiang Shuai, you should get out soon!" Xue Baobao gritted his teeth and snorted: "I have always listened to you since I was a child. No matter what you want me to do, I never dare to disobey, but this time... this time I will never listen to you again!" Xue Yiren said angrily, "How dare you!" Xue Baobao said: "When I was four years old, you taught me how to read and when I was six years old, you taught me how to learn swords. You taught me everything. Although I have been overwhelmed by you all my life, But I still want to thank you, I still owe you a lot, and now you have to suffer for me, you will always be a loving and righteous brother, and I will always be a brother who doesn't know what to do..." As he was talking, he burst into tears, wept bitterly, and shouted hoarsely: "But how do you know that I must receive your favor, what I do is my own responsibility, there is no need for you to be a good person, No need!" Xue Yiren's complexion changed drastically, and he said, "You...you..." Xue Baobao raised his head and shouted loudly: "I am the murderer, and I am the assassin. I have killed countless people, and it is enough for me to die...Chu Liuxiang, why don't you come and do it?" Xue Yiren also burst into tears, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's all my fault. I have done too much to you and pushed you too hard! Xiangshuai, the real culprit is me, you killed me!" me." Chu Liuxiang felt her nose sour, and tears almost came out of her eyes. Xue Baobao said sharply: "Chu Liuxiang, why are you pretending to be merciful...Okay, if you don't do anything, I will do it myself..." Having said that, he suddenly pulled out a dagger and stabbed his own throat with his backhand. The voice suddenly cut off! Xue Yiren screamed and ran over, it was too late. Blood arrows flew to his chest, once again staining his clothes red. But this time it was his brother's blood! Will he keep this dress as before? The man in blood!well!Xue Yiren...