Chapter 7 The Seventh Shadow of Death

No blood stains could be seen on the corpse, and the faces of the two were very peaceful, as if they died peacefully and did not suffer any pain. Hai Kuotian unbuttoned their clothes, only to find that there was a light red palm print on the back of their hearts. Obviously, with a single palm, their hearts were broken and they died. Hu Tiehua let out a long breath, and lost his voice: "What a powerful palm!" One is the left hand and the other is the right hand. It is obvious that the one who killed them was only one person, and he shot both left and right at the same time. But the depth of the palm prints is about the same, it is obvious that the palm strength of the left and right hands of the person is also similar.

Chu Liuxiang said: "It seems that this seems to be a kind of kung fu like cinnabar palm." Hu Tiehua said: "Yes, only the palm prints left by cinnabar palms are light red." Chu Liuxiang said: "Although everyone knows the name cinnabar palm, in fact the secret of the mind to practice this kind of palm has long been lost. In the past twenty or thirty years, no one has heard of a master with cinnabar palm." Hu Tiehua said: "I only heard that Lin Bin, who practiced "Single Palm Chasing Soul", practiced cinnabar palms, but that was many years ago. Lin Bin has been dead for a long time now, and I have never heard of him successor."

Chu Liuxiang said: "That's right, 'single palm chasing the soul'! In the past, most of the cinnabar palm practitioners could only practice one hand, but this person practiced with both hands, and they have practiced well, which is even rarer." Hai Kuotian suddenly said: "It is said that people who practice cinnabar palms have distinctive features on their hands." Chu Liuxiang said: "It is true that the palms of the palms will turn red during the first practice, but after the practice, it will 'return to the original nature'. Only when the palms are in use, the palms will show a cinnabar color, which is usually invisible."

Hai Kuo Tian sighed, "Since that's the case, apart from the four of you and me, everyone else has the possibility to kill them." Zhang Sandao: "It's impossible for only one person." Haikuotian said: "Who?" Zhang Sandao: "Golden Ganoderma lucidum." Haikuotian said: "How can I see it?" Zhang Sandao: "Look at this palm print, you can tell that this man's hand is very big, it can't be a woman's hand." Hu Tiehua sneered and said: "To get money from others, and to eliminate disasters with others, the golden ganoderma bought you, and it is not wrong to spend the money at all."

Haikuotian said: "But women also have big hands. According to physiognomy, a woman with big hands must be rich and noble. Isn't Miss Jin just a rich man?" Zhang San said coldly: "It turns out that the leader of the Hai clan can also read faces! It is said that the murderer must have a fierce look on his face. I wonder if the leader of the Hai clan can tell it?" Before Hai Kuotian could speak, he suddenly heard another scream.The call seemed to come from the deck. Although it was far away, it was shrill and sharp, and everyone could hear it clearly.Haikuotian's complexion changed again, he turned around and rushed forward.

Hu Tiehua sighed, and said: "It seems that there are many disasters and disasters on this boat. It is really not easy to get off the boat alive." Chu Liuxiang suddenly took out something from Wang Dezhi's lapel, and said in a deep voice, "What do you think this is?" What he held in his hand was unexpectedly a pearl the size of a longan. Zhang San's complexion changed immediately, and he lost his voice: "This is the pearl I stole from Miss Jin." Chu Liuxiang said: "Is there nothing wrong?" Zhang Sandao: "There is absolutely nothing wrong, I am an expert in pearls."

He wiped his sweat, and said again: "How could Miss Jin's pearls be on this dead man?" Chu Liuxiang said: "She must have accidentally dropped it here." Zhang San said in amazement: "In this way, is the golden ganoderma the murderer?" Chu Liuxiang didn't answer this sentence, but with a pensive look in her eyes, she carefully put the pearl away, and strode up the stairs. Hu Tiehua patted Zhang San on the shoulder and said: "If the master is the murderer, the slave is the accomplice. Just wait carefully!" When Hu Tiehua and the others stepped onto the deck, the stern was already crowded with people, including Jin Lingzhi, Ding Feng, Gou Zichang, Gongsun Jieyu, and Bai Candle.

Xiang Tianfei who was at the helm was gone, but there were pools of blood on the deck.The blood stains were dark red and hadn't dried completely. Hu Tiehua moved and said: "It's Xiang Tianfei! Could it be that he has been murdered? But what about his body?" Hai Kuotian's eyes were red, and he suddenly said sharply: "Qian Feng, Lu Changji, should you two be at the helm today?" Two people stepped out from the crowd, bowed and said, "Yes." Haikuotian said angrily, "Where did your people go?" Qian Feng said in a trembling voice: "Second Master Xiang told us to go further away. If we don't go, Second Master Xiang will stare and lose his temper, and even beat people, so we dare not leave."

Lu Changji said: "But we didn't dare to go far, so we just helped Sun Laosan pack up the cables." Haikuotian said: "Did you hear anything just now?" Qian Fengdao: "When we heard the scream, we rushed over immediately, but before we arrived, we heard a 'plop' sound again, and looked at the second master, and we couldn't see it anymore." Everyone looked at each other and understood in their hearts that the "plop" sound must be the sound made when Xiang Tianfei's body fell into the water. Everyone already knew that Xiang Tianfei must be in danger.

Hai Kuotian and Xiang Tianfei have known each other for many years, with tears in their eyes, he murmured: "Second Brother, Second Brother, I harmed you, I shouldn't have brought you here..." Ding Feng said softly: "Master Hai doesn't need to be too sad. Before the body is found, no one can tell who died. Besides, Second Lord Xiang is extremely skilled in martial arts, so how could he be easily murdered?" Zhang Sandao: "It hasn't been long since the body fell into the water, I'll go down and see if I can still fish him up." At this time, the boat was approaching the sea, and the waves were rough.Zhang San didn't hesitate, he jumped into the water like a big fish.

Hai Kuotian immediately shouted: "Slow down, stop the boat, and count the number of people!" While drinking, the sailors had all dispersed. The subordinates of the Purple Whale Gang were indeed well-trained, and despite the sudden change, they remained calm. The boat slowed down immediately, only the sound of roll call and yelling could be heard endlessly. After a while, Qian Feng hurried back again, bowed and said, "Except for Wang Dezhi and Li Debiao, everyone else is there, not a few of them." Everyone else is there, so the one who died naturally flew to the sky! Hai Kuotian suddenly knelt down in front of the pool of blood. Ding Feng's eyes flickered, and he said in a deep voice: "Second Lord Xiang's martial arts is so high, I know it. I don't believe that he will be poisoned by others, because there are not many people in the world who can kill him." When he said this, his gaze swept across Gou Zichang, Chu Liuxiang, Hu Tiehua and Bai Zhu in turn, but he didn't glance at Gongsun Jieyu and Jin Lingzhi.What he meant naturally was that the only ones who could kill Xiang Tianfei were these four people. Hu Tiehua sneered and said: "Young Master Ding's martial arts is so high, not only I know, everyone probably knows it very well, but I don't know where is Young Master Ding when the accident happened?" What he said was even more obvious, it was no different from saying that Ding Feng was the murderer. Ding Feng didn't move, and said calmly: "When I'm sleeping, I always lie on the bed." Hu Tiehua said: "Brother Gou is having sex with him, you must have seen it?" Chief Hook seemed to have a strange expression on his face, and he said in a low voice, "At that time... I was relieved at that time, and I was not in the house." Chu Liuxiang suddenly said: "In fact, the martial arts of the person who killed Xiang Erye may not necessarily be higher than Xiang Erye." Hu Tiehua said: "The martial arts are not higher than him, how can we kill him?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Second Master Xiang may have been hit by that person just because he didn't expect that person would kill him and he had no defenses." Hai Kuotian raised his head and said bitterly: "That's right, otherwise when the two fight, there will be a sound, Qian Feng and the others must have heard it long ago, and it is because the man is assassinating secretly that no one else heard the sound. " Chu Liuxiang said: "That's exactly the case, so everyone on this boat has the possibility of killing Second Lord Xiang." Ding Feng stared at Hook Chang, and said coldly: "But everyone else has no grievances or enmity with Second Master Xiang, why did they do this?" Gou Zichang said angrily, "Why are you staring at me? Do I have any grudge against him?" Ding Feng said indifferently: "In Sanhe Building, when Brother Gou and Second Lord Xiang clashed, fortunately not only the next person heard it." Hai Kuotian's eyes immediately stared at Gou Zichang, his eyes were full of resentment, and he seemed to really regard Gou Zichang as a murderer! Hook Chang blushed, and said loudly: "I only said that I want to compare pictures with him, but I don't mean to kill him." Ding Feng said coldly: "Whether Brother Gou wants his life or not, only Brother Gou knows. Besides, as far as I know, when Second Master Xiang was murdered, Brother Gou had disappeared." Hook Chang said angrily: "I said it long ago, I was relieved at that time..." Ding Feng said: "Where can I relieve myself?" Hook said: "Of course it's in the latrine, I can't pee in front of you, can I?" Ding Feng said: "Who has seen it?" Hook said: "No one, and there was no one in the toilet at that time." Ding Feng sneered and said, "Brother Gou, he happened to go to relieve himself when Second Master Xiang was killed, and there happened to be no one else in the toilet... Hehe, this is really a coincidence, a coincidence." Hook Chief shouted, and said, "How do I know when the urine will come? How do I know if there is anyone in the toilet..." Chu Liuxiang suddenly said: "Brother Gou, don't worry, the facts are all there, Brother Gou is definitely not the murderer!" Ding Feng said: "The facts are all there? Where are they?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Since the murderer assassinated in secret, he must be very close to Second Master Xiang. Since Brother Gou and Second Master Xiang are at odds, how could Second Master Xiang allow Brother Gou to come to him?" Hook said: "That's right, if he saw me and was about to walk over, he would probably have jumped up." Chu Liuxiang said: "Look at the blood stains on the ground, there must be a lot of bleeding to the second master, the murderer stabbed himself, his clothes will inevitably be splashed with blood." He took a long look at Gou Zi, and said: "But brother Gou is clean at the moment, and he is dressed neatly. If it is said that he changed his clothes after the assassination, he would never have changed so quickly." Hook said: "That's right, as soon as I heard the scream, I rushed here immediately, how can I have time to change clothes?" Jin Lingzhi suddenly said: "We can testify to this, when I came, he was already here." Chu Liuxiang said: "No matter who is the murderer, there is absolutely no time to change clothes. The only option is to take off the blood-spattered clothes or throw them into the water, or hide them secretly." Hu Tiehua sneered and said: "In this way, the murderer must be disheveled at the moment." When he said this, his eyes were staring at Ding Feng. As expected, Ding Feng was only wearing a short shirt and trousers, not a long gown. But Ding Feng still didn't change his face, and said lightly: "I don't have the habit of sleeping in long gowns." Jin Lingzhi said: "That's right, no one would sleep in full clothes. As soon as I heard the scream, I rushed over immediately, and I didn't wear a coat. Could it be that I am the murderer?" Sure enough, she was only wearing shorts and no socks, revealing a pair of snow-white feet. Hu Tiehua stared at her feet, and said leisurely: "Before the real culprit is found out, everyone is suspicious, even the richest people are no exception. Rich people may not kill people, Miss Jin. Say yes?" Jin Lingzhi was about to jump up, but when he saw Hu Tiehua's eyes, his face suddenly turned red, and he couldn't help shrinking his feet back, but he didn't speak back. At this time, Zhang San poked his head out of the water and said loudly: "I can't find it, I can't find anything. In such rush water, I can't even see a dead fish, let alone a human being." Hai Kuotian threw down a long rope and said: "Anyway, Brother Zhang has done his best. Both Hai and Brother Xiang will be grateful for their lives. The river is too fast, Brother Zhang, please come up quickly!" It was daylight. As soon as he got back to the house and closed it, Hu Tiehua grabbed Chu Liuxiang's skirt and said: "My boy, now you don't tell the truth in front of us, do you really think you can fool Mr. Hu? " Chu Liuxiang laughed and said, "Who lied to you? What's wrong with you?" Hu Tiehua stared and said: "Didn't you lie to me? The glass of wine that Yun Conglong asked you to drink for him before he died, there was clearly something in the glass, why did you say there wasn't?" Zhang San has changed into the clean clothes that Hai Kuotian prepared for him, lying comfortably on the bed with his feet crossed, he said with a leisurely smile: "Some people said that Hu Tiehua was a straw bag before, I didn't really believe it, but now I know That's not true at all." Hu Tiehua said: "Screw your shit, what do you know?" Zhang Sandao: "What about you? What do you know? Know farts? He just didn't want to tell the truth, just because he had Hai Kuo Tian by his side. What kind of anger are you getting?" Hu Tiehua said: "So what if Hai Kuotian is by the side? I don't think he is a bad person, and he is on the same line with us. Why should we hide it from him?" Zhang San sighed, and said: "At first I thought you knew a lot of farts, but it turns out that you don't even know a lot of farts. Hai Kuotian just took you to see a few jars of wine, and you can't wait to show your heart." Give it to him." Hu Tiehua sneered and said, "I'm not like you. I'm suspicious of everyone. According to what you say, is there anyone in the world who you can trust?" Zhang Sandao: "No, sometimes, I can't even trust myself, let alone others?" Hu Tiehua said coldly: "You are at least very frank, unlike this old bug." Zhang Sandao: "Do you really trust Hai Kuo Tian?" Hu Tiehua said: "He said everything, and he didn't hide anything." Zhang San sneered: "If you want to fish, you have to use bait. How do you know that what Hai Kuotian said is not fishing?" Hu Tiehua said: "Fishing? What kind of fish are you fishing?" Zhang Sandao: "If he wants to trick us, he has to tell us something first. In fact, all the things he said are just guesses. If he can guess, others will naturally be able to guess too. He talked for a long time, but he didn't say anything at all." Without waiting for Hu Tiehua to speak, he continued: "As for the six coffins, no one knows who sent them? Maybe it was himself." Hu Tiehua let go of Chu Liuxiang's lapel. Only then did Chu Liuxiang smile, and said: "That's right, the people on this boat are neither deaf nor blind, if someone can bring six coffins up without anyone noticing, it's simply impossible, only he himself ..." Hu Tiehua said loudly: "But at least he wasn't the one who killed Xiang Tianfei. When Xiang Tianfei was killed, he was obviously with us, wasn't he?" Chu Liuxiang said, "Yes." Hu Tiehua said: "According to you, it is impossible for Chief Gou Zi to be the murderer, so the most suspected ones are Jin Ganoderma lucidum, Ding Feng and Gongsun Jieyu." Chu Liuxiang said: "Not bad." Hu Tiehua said: "It's not easy to send six coffins up without telling people, but these three are rich and powerful people. , is there anything else you can't do?" Chu Liuxiang said: "But besides these three people, there are two other people who are also very suspicious." Hu Tiehua said: "Who?" Chu Liuxiang said: "That's Lu Changji and Qian Feng who should be at the helm!" Hu Tiehua said: "With the two of them, can they kill Xiang Tianfei?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Since they are supposed to be at the helm today, Xiang Tianfei will never doubt that they are guarding there. Moreover, a person as arrogant as Xiang Tianfei will never take them to heart. Now, if it is said that they want to assassinate Xiang Fei secretly, I am afraid that no one will have more opportunities than them." Zhang Sandao: "Because they are too insignificant, no one will pay attention to them at all, so after they commit crimes, they have enough time to change their clothes." Chu Liuxiang said: "Hai Kuotian happened to be with us at that time, maybe it was for us to prove that he was not there when Xiang Tianfei was killed, and that he could not be the murderer." Zhang Sandao: "But this absolutely does not prove that he did not ask others to kill Xiang Tianfei." Hu Tiehua said: "So, do you think he is the murderer?" Zhang Sandao: "I didn't name him as the murderer, I just said that he is also a suspect." Hu Tiehua sneered: "In my opinion, the biggest suspect is the golden ganoderma." Zhang Sandao: "Why?" Hu Tiehua said: "If she wasn't the murderer, how could that pearl go to Li Debiao's body?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Everyone is suspected, it's too early to decide who is the murderer now." Hu Tiehua said: "When will we wait?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Whoever kills has a purpose, we must first find out what the murderer's purpose is." Hu Tiehua said: "Not bad." Chu Liuxiang said: "No matter how powerful the character is, after killing someone, there will always be some traces and clues. We have to wait for him to show his flaws first." Hu Tiehua sneered: "You mean, the current clues are not enough, and we have to wait for him to kill a few more people?" Chu Liuxiang sighed, and said: "I only hope that when he strikes for the second time, I can preemptively catch him." Hu Tiehua said: "If he doesn't kill people anymore, won't we be able to catch him?" Chu Liuxiang sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Don't forget, there are several coffins. If he doesn't fill the coffins, he will never stop." Hu Tiehua was silent for a while, then said: "Then, who do you think his second target is?" Chu Liuxiang said: "It's hard to say... Maybe it's you, or it might be me." Hu Tiehua said: "Then before you die, show us that thing!" Chu Liuxiang smiled, and said: "This man really has thief eyes, there is indeed something in that glass of wine." Zhang San couldn't help asking: "What exactly is it?" Chu Liuxiang said: "It's a wax pill, and there is a picture inside the wax pill." Hu Tiehua said: "What picture?" Chu Liuxiang said: "I've been looking at it for a long time, but I still can't see what that picture is..." The drawing on the picture is a bat. There are curved lines drawn around the bat, as well as many large and small black spots, and a circle is drawn in the upper left corner, a glowing circle. Chu Liuxiang said: "These crooked lines seem to represent flowing water." Zhang Sandao: "Well, it makes sense." Chu Liuxiang said: "This circle looks like the sun." Zhang Sandao: "Not bad." Hu Tiehua said: "But what are these large and small black spots?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Maybe it's the rocks in the water..." Hu Tiehua said: "Under the sun, in the flowing water, and among the rocks, there is a bat... What does this mean? It really confuses people to death." Chu Liuxiang said: "There is naturally a deep meaning in it, and it is naturally a big secret, otherwise Yun Conglong would not have carefully entrusted it to me before he died." Hu Tiehua said: "Why didn't he just explain it? Why did he play this charade?" Chu Liuxiang said: "At that time, he had no chance to speak at all..." Hu Tiehua hurriedly said: "That's right, that day in Sanhe upstairs, I also felt that he spoke a little hesitantly, and he was almost incoherent, and even used the four words 'bone in throat' wrongly." Zhang Sandao: "Why did you use it wrong?" Hu Tiehua said: "The word 'bone in the throat' is originally used to describe a person who has something to say in his heart, but he uses these four words to describe that he can't drink, which is a big mistake. .” Zhang San laughed and said, "Yun Conglong is not an old teacher in Sanjia Village. It's not surprising that he used a wrong allusion. Only a learned man like Mr. Hu would care about words." Chu Liuxiang smiled and said: "In the past two years, Xiao Hu has indeed studied a lot. As long as a person can still study, he will not become too unpromising." Hu Tiehua said angrily: "What do you mean? Every time I want to talk about serious things, you come to talk nonsense." Chu Liuxiang smiled, and suddenly rushed to the door, and opened it. There was a person standing at the door.