Chapter 8 The Eighth Round of the Songhua River

Although the lantern was not lit, the silver hook was still shaking in the wind. Lu Xiaofeng strode into the Silver Hook Gambling Shop, feeling that what he was grasping was good luck, he almost couldn't help but stop and throw a few dice. He didn't stop, he didn't want to waste this good luck on the dice. Li Shentong saw him coming in from a distance, so he hurriedly slipped away. Today this person seems a little pale, emaciated and depressed. He might have had diarrhea all night last night. Lu Xiaofeng walked over with a smile, and walked to the secret room where the door was written "The accountant's important place, no idlers are allowed to enter", immediately two big men came up to block his way.

A man pointed to the wooden sign on the door and said with a serious face, "Do you know how to read?" Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "I can recognize a few characters, but I'm not a salty person, I'm very sweet, sweet as hell." The man was startled, before he felt overwhelmed, Lu Xiaofeng had already walked in front of him, he wanted to stretch out his hand, but suddenly he felt a numbness in his waist and eyes, his whole body went limp, he couldn't even lift his fingers. Sure enough, Chen Jingjing was in the room, and Li Shentong was also there. Seeing Lu Xiaofeng, both of them forced smiles.

Lu Xiaofeng also smiled and said, "Morning." Chen Jingjing said sweetly, "It's getting late now." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Since you know it's getting late, why didn't you give me any news?" Chen Jingjing coughed twice, and said, "We are going to invite Uncle Jia to come over for a light meal tonight." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I never eat light meals, I only eat the whole table." Chen Jingjing forced a smile and said, "Of course it's a banquet for the whole table, and Sister Li will definitely come by then." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Since I'm here, I want to eat now."

Chen Jingjing said: "Then what should we do?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "The method is very simple, you just need to tell your elder sister Li that I am here, if she still doesn't come out to see me, I will cut off her brother's two ears and one nose first." Li Shentong's complexion changed again, Chen Jingjing smiled even harder, and said, "It's a pity we don't know where she is, how can we tell her?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "You don't know where she is, but I know a little bit." Chen Jingjing said, "Oh?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "There used to be two big water tanks here, but now there is only one left outside, where is the other one?"

Chen Jingjing's expression seemed to have changed a little. Lu Xiaofeng said: "Where the water tank is, Li Xia will be there." Chen Jingjing said: "What does this mean? I don't understand." Lu Xiaofeng said: "You should understand, except for lunatics, no one would sell their house to make two big water tanks like this, just to catch rainwater for drinking." Chen Jingjing agreed with this, and she couldn't disagree. Lu Xiaofeng said: "Boss Ding is not crazy, of course he has another purpose in doing this." Chen Jingjing said: "What purpose do you think he has?"

Lu Xiaofeng said: "He and Li Xia eloped here, for fear of being chased by others, they made two water tanks like this, and prepared to hide them in the water tanks when necessary." Chen Jingjing said: "Can people hide in the water tank?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Of course you can't hide it normally, but if you hide the water tank in the glacier, there is no better hiding place. No one would think that there are people under the glacier." Chen Jingjing still wanted to laugh, but couldn't do it anymore, but Li Shentong couldn't help asking: "Do you know where that water tank is?"

Lu Xiaofeng nodded, stepped on the wooden boards on the ground, and said, "It's right here." Chen Jingjing looked at Li Shentong, and Li Shentong looked at Chen Jingjing. The two of them hadn't spoken yet, but someone had already spoken under the wooden board. A deep and hoarse female voice said coldly: "Since you know I'm down there, why don't you come down?" The two-foot-high water tank is actually divided into two floors. The lower layer is covered with soft fur. It is a very comfortable bed. Walking from a small ladder to the upper layer is the place for eating and living. Yes, there are tables and chairs inside, with thick felt hanging on all sides, and a very delicate brass stove.

Lu Xiaofeng sighed, imagining in his heart, if he could live here with a girl he likes for a few days, it would be like a dream. A middle-aged woman who was not too ugly was sitting opposite and stared at him. This woman's hair was combed brightly and neatly. She had a square face with high cheekbones, thick lips, thick pores, and a serious expression. There was really nothing attractive about it. Others will think that she is not ugly, maybe it is only because of her eyes, when she is staring at others, there seems to be a layer of light rain mist in her eyes, if you have never seen her, you will never think that such a pair of eyes will grow in such a a person's face.

"I am Li Xia." She stared at Lu Xiaofeng: "Of course you are Jia Leshan." Lu Xiaofeng nodded. Li Xia said: "Do you know that people say you are an old fox?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "I was originally." Li Xia said, "But you don't look old." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Because I know there is a way to keep men young." Li Xia said: "What method?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Woman." There seemed to be a smile in Li Xia's eyes, and said: "This method sounds very good." Lu Xiaofeng was also staring at her, and said with a smile, "You don't look old either."

Li Xia said: "Oh?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "What method do you use to keep young?" Li Xia lowered her face and said with a sneer, "You think I'm using a man?" Lu Xiaofeng said lightly: "As long as you don't use me, whatever you use is none of my business." Li Xia started staring at him again, with a strange expression in her eyes, and suddenly ordered loudly: "Come here, serve wine." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I'm not here to drink." Li Xia said: "But you must drink." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Why?" Li Xia said: "Because I want you to drink, and what you want happens to be in my hands."

Lu Xiaofeng was sighing inwardly, he could already smell a burst of aroma in his nose, it was the aroma of sauerkraut, white meat and blood sausage hotpot again. The steaming hot pot, the bamboo leaf green that is warmed just right. Before Li Xia could speak, Lu Xiaofeng rushed to say: "Of course you brought this wine from another place, and you have always been reluctant to drink it." He thought that Li Xia would feel very strange, how could he say what was in her heart.But Li Xia shook her head and said: "You are wrong, this wine was sent by your woman, so I didn't drink it because I was afraid that the wine would be poisonous." Lu Xiaofeng could only smile wryly, when everyone was wrong, he smiled wryly and said: "So you want me to try first?" Li Xia did not deny that Lu Xiaofeng had already drank his glass. He is born with a strange instinct, his sense is far more acute than most people, if there is poison in the wine, he can feel it as soon as the wine touches his lips, otherwise he would have been poisoned to death hundreds of times. Li Xia glanced at him out of the corner of her eyes, then suddenly asked: "I heard that your woman looks good, what's her name?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Chu Chu." Li Xia said coldly: "You have such a beautiful woman, but you still want to flirt with other people's wives outside?" Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "Hong'er and Xiao Tang seem to be no longer other people's wives, I like women." Li Xia suddenly smiled too, and said, "Now I am no longer someone else's wife, I am also a woman." Lu Xiaofeng said lightly: "Unfortunately, in my eyes, you are just a businessman doing business with me." Li Xia said: "Isn't our business done now?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "It seems not yet, although I have paid the money, you haven't delivered yet." Li Xia said: "Don't worry, I will give you what you want tomorrow morning." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Why do you have to wait until tomorrow morning?" Li Xia also poured a glass of wine, drank it slowly, with that strange expression in her eyes again, and said slowly: "We are all adults now, we don't need to play tricks like two children anymore." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I don't want to play tricks either." Li Xia stared at him and said, "The men here are all stinky and dirty asses. They haven't taken a bath for several months. I feel sick when I see it, but you...you..." Lu Xiaofeng said: "How about me!" Li Xia said: "Not only do you look much younger than I imagined, but your body also looks so strong and great." The rain and mist in her eyes became thicker, and her breathing suddenly became rapid. She said, "Don't you understand what I want?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "I don't understand at all." Li Xia bit her lip and said, "I'm also a woman, and a woman cannot live without a man, but I... I haven't had a man for several months, I..." Her breathing became more rapid, she suddenly turned upside down, and held Lu Xiaofeng's hand with her hand. She held it so hard that even her nails pierced into Lu Xiaofeng's flesh. There were beads of sweat on her face, her nostrils were dilated, she was panting non-stop, and her pupils gradually expanded, exuding a watery warmth... Lu Xiaofeng didn't move. He had seen that look before, it was only on a woman's face when she was in some kind of special excitement, but now she just took his hand. At this moment, he suddenly understood why she eloped with Boss Ding and why she married Blue Beard. She is undoubtedly a woman with a strong sexual desire, and she is at the age when a woman's sexual desire is most vigorous. Although she is not beautiful, this kind of woman usually has a strange and evil attraction, especially the thick and fleshy lips, which always remind men of some kind of primitive sin. Lu Xiaofeng didn't move. But even he could not deny it, his heart began to stir again. His Adam's apple was rolling up and down, his mouth suddenly became dry, and he wanted to leave, but Li Xia had already fallen on him, pressing on him, tightly entangled him like an octopus. Even Lu Xiaofeng had never met a woman who needed it so strongly, he was almost breathless when her hand suddenly reached in and held him tightly... Suddenly, there was a sound of "bang", and the upper board was lifted, and a person shouted loudly: "Let me in, I want to go in, and I will kill anyone who dares to stop me." Lu Xiaofeng was startled, Li Xia sat up, still breathing heavily.A woman jumped down from the top, her round face was distorted by anger, but her smiling eyes were wide open. At this moment, Lu Xiaofeng could hardly recognize that she was standing under the wooden signboard of "Taibai Legacy", Tang Keqing who wanted to seduce a man to be slaughtered on her cutting board. "It's you..." Li Xia jumped up and said angrily, "What are you doing here, get out!" Tang Keqing stared at her fiercely, and said with a sneer, "I'm not leaving, why can't I come to this place? You don't allow me to touch men, why do you want to steal men here?" Li Xia was even more angry, and said sharply: "You don't care, no matter what I do, you don't care." Tang Keqing also yelled: "Who said I can't control it? You are mine, and I don't allow men to touch you." Li Xia rushed over suddenly, and slapped Tang Keqing heavily on the face, several purple marks immediately appeared on her face, Tang Keqing also rushed forward, entangled Li Xia, just like Li Xia entangled Lu Xiaofeng just now. "I want you, if you kill me, I want you too." Li Xia's fists rained down on her, but she still clung to her tightly: "I'm as good as a man, you know, why do you... ..." Lu Xiaofeng didn't want to listen to it anymore, let alone watch it anymore, this incident only made him feel sad, ridiculous and disgusting. He had slipped away quietly, and he already understood in his heart why Tang Keqing hated and tortured men. Thinking of himself holding her hand, he couldn't help but want to vomit. Night had suddenly fallen. Lu Xiaofeng didn't even know when the sky started to get dark, and he didn't go back to Tianchang Restaurant, but just bought a big jar of wine in the hotel on the street, and sat here to drink alone. His heart was full of sorrow and depression, and his mood was even lower than last night, because although he knew that there was a dark and ugly side in his life, he never wanted to see it. This is an uninhabited small wooden hut by the river bank. The people in the wooden hut must have moved to the town on the glacier, and the doors of the wooden hut are almost blocked by ice and snow. The cold wind blows in from the cracks in the windows, and blows in from the gaps in the wooden boards, as cold as a blade. But he doesn't care. He only hoped that Li Xia would really keep her promise and hand over the Raksha card to him tomorrow morning, and he would leave after taking it. When he first came here, he also felt that this place was splendid and beautiful, full of novelty and excitement everywhere. Now he just wants to go as fast as possible, the sooner the better. On the dilapidated wooden table, there was still an oil lamp, and there seemed to be some oil left in the lamp. But he didn't want to light the lamp, and he didn't even know why he had become so depressed these two days, and he even wanted to fight with Lone Pine again. The strange thing is that the three friends of Suihan suddenly disappeared from the ground as soon as they arrived here. Looking from a distance, the town on the ice is still brightly lit. It gets dark early here, so it must not be too late now, and it will be a long time before tomorrow morning. How to pass this long night? Lu Xiaofeng picked up the wine jar and put it down again, suddenly he heard the sound of light footsteps on the ice and snow outside. At this moment, who else would come to such a place? Suddenly, the window was knocked open, and a person jumped in - the door was sealed, and Lu Xiaofeng also jumped in through the window. Reflected by the snow light, one could vaguely tell that this person was wearing a long and big windcloak, and was holding a large bag of things in his hand, which he put on the table with a "bang", and with his hands that were shaking from the cold, He took out a torch from his bag and lit the oil lamp on the table. Then she turned her head, faced Lu Xiaofeng, smiled and said: "I guessed correctly, you are indeed here." Her face was pale from the cold, her nose was red from the cold, but her smile was as gentle and beautiful as a spring flower. It was Chen Jingjing. Lu Xiaofeng was not surprised, but couldn't help asking: "How did you guess that I'm here?" Chen Jingjing said sweetly: "I saw you walking this way with a large jar of wine in your hands, and there is only such a place nearby that can shelter from the wind. Although I am not smart, I am not too stupid." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Did you come here specially to find me?" Chen Jingjing said: "Yes." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Why are you looking for me?" Chen Jingjing pointed to the baggage on the table, and said, "I'll bring you some food for your wine." She opened the package with a smile, and said: "You are always our guest, I can't let you go hungry." Lu Xiaofeng looked at her coldly and said, "You shouldn't have come." Chen Jingjing said, "Why shouldn't you come?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Because I'm a pervert, aren't you afraid of me..." Chen Jingjing didn't let him continue, she smiled and said, "If I'm afraid, why should I come?" If this sentence was spoken by Aunt Ding Xiang, it would definitely be full of provocation, but if it was spoken by Chu Chu, it would become like a challenge. But her attitude was very calm, because she was just narrating one thing. ——I know you are a gentleman, so I am here, and I also know that you will treat me like a gentleman. Shouldn't this matter be as simple and obvious as "two plus two equals four"? Under normal circumstances, it is indeed the smartest way for a woman to use this attitude to deal with a man, but it is a pity that Lu Xiaofeng's current situation is not normal. Now he is not only depressed to the extreme, not only angry with Chuchu, but also angry with Li Xia, angry with Tang Keqing, and even angry with himself. Nothing seems right. Chen Jingjing said again: "I specially brought chicken and bacon for you, you should eat some." Lu Xiaofeng stared at her, slowly said: "I just want to eat one thing." Chen Jingjing said, "What do you want to eat?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Eat you." There was no resistance, no evasion, not even rejection. No matter how this matter developed, she seemed to be ready to accept it. Although her reaction was not enthusiastic, it was normal—a woman accepted her man under normal circumstances, and things seemed to be so simple and natural as they should have been. Now that their excitement had subsided, she slowly stood up and tidied herself up, then turned her head and smiled at Lu Xiaofeng, and said softly, "What do you want to eat now?" Lu Xiaofeng also smiled: "Now I want to eat anything, even if you bring a whole cow, I can swallow it." The two smiled and stared at each other. A thing that should have been regretted and hated suddenly became full of joy. Lu Xiaofeng looked at her, besides this kind of peaceful joy, his heart was also full of gratitude! Everything that was wrong had melted away like ice and snow under the sun, and he suddenly felt that everything was right—the changes that a woman makes on a man are often like miracles. The light in Chen Jingjing's eyes was also happy and wonderful: "Now I finally understand one thing." Lu Xiaofeng said: "What's the matter?" Chen Jingjing said: "No matter how good the dish is, if there is no salt in it, it will definitely become unpalatable." Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "It must be terrible." Chen Jingjing said, "It's the same with men." Lu Xiaofeng didn't understand: "Why is it the same for men?" Chen Jingjing said sweetly: "No matter how good a man is, if he doesn't have a woman, he will definitely turn bad, and it's terribly bad." There was still that heart-pounding blush on her face, and her smile looked like an early summer evening glow. Lu Xiaofeng's heart was beating again, and he wanted to hold her hand again. This time, Chen Jingjing dodged gently, and suddenly said seriously: "I originally wanted to tell you something." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Why didn't you say it just now?" Chen Jingjing said: "Because I can see that you are not in a good mood, so I dare not say it." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Can you talk now?" Chen Jingjing nodded slowly, and of course she could see that his mood had stabilized now: "I just hope that after you hear about this, don't be too anxious." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I won't be in a hurry, just tell me quickly." Although he said he was not in a hurry, in fact he was already in a hurry. Chen Jingjing finally sighed, "Xiao Tang is dead, and he died at the hands of Li Xia." Lu Xiaofeng frowned and said, "Li Xia killed her? Why?" Chen Jingjing said, "I don't know?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "You didn't ask her?" Chen Jingjing said: "I didn't ask, because Li Xia had already disappeared. This time, she really disappeared. We searched for a long time, but we couldn't even find her shadow." Before she finished speaking, Lu Xiaofeng jumped up! Chen Jingjing said: "I knew you would jump up after hearing this, because no one except herself knows where she hid the Rakshasa card." Lu Xiaofeng jumped up again, even higher. Chen Jingjing said: "The twelve boxes were also sent away by herself, and no one else knows where they were sent." Lu Xiaofeng shouted: "Why did you wait until now to tell me about this kind of thing?" Chen Jingjing smiled wryly and said, "I just told you now that you have already jumped eight feet high. If I told you just now, it would be strange if you didn't punch my nose flat." Lu Xiaofeng sat down, neither jumped nor screamed. Chen Jingjing said: "It's because of me that you are willing to give the box to her first." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Yes." Chen Jingjing said: "Now your box is gone, and her person is gone, what do you think I should do?" Lu Xiaofeng said coldly: "You have already figured out a very good way to gag my mouth." Chen Jingjing lowered her head, looked at her toes, and said softly: "If you think that I treat you like this just to keep your mouth shut, you are wrong. If I am afraid that you will find me to settle accounts, I will also treat you like this." You can also escape." Her eye circles were red, and tears were about to fall. Lu Xiaofeng's heart softened again, he stood up suddenly and said, "Don't worry, she won't be able to leave." Chen Jingjing said, "Are you sure you can find her?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Since I was able to find her last time, I will be able to find her this time as well." Although he said so in his mouth, in fact, he didn't even have any confidence in his heart. He was just comforting her. ——If you have some kind of unusual relationship with a woman, even if she did something wrong, you have to forgive her and try to comfort her, even if she is sorry for you, you have to admit it. ——If you always keep a certain distance from a woman, she will not be in a hurry, and you are the one who is in a hurry. "Why do men always have so many troubles?" Lu Xiaofeng sighed in his heart: "Why can't I imitate the honest monk and shave my head to become a monk?" "After she killed Tang Keqing, she was inevitably a little scared, so she ran away." "Ok." "You were also at the Silver Hook Casino at the time, did you see where she was going?" "I didn't." Chen Jingjing said: "I heard Tang Keqing's miserable cry, and when I rushed downstairs, she was gone." "Did no one else see her?" Chen Jingjing shook her head and said, "As soon as it gets dark in this place, everyone will hide in the house, not to mention it's very cold tonight, and it's just time for dinner." Lu Xiaofeng pondered, and said: "But I know a person, no matter how cold the weather is, he will still wander outside." Chen Jingjing said, "Who are you talking about?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Old goat." Chen Jingjing said: "Is that the old monster that lives in the big water tank?" Lu Xiaofeng nodded and said, "Have you seen that big water tank before?" Chen Jingjing said: "When I came just now, I saw a fire over there, as if the house was on fire." Lu Xiaofeng frowned and said: "But there is no other house over there, and the water tank can't be burned." Chen Jingjing said: "So I can't figure out what's going on." Lu Xiaofeng said: "So we should go and have a look right now." The weather is really cold, and the wind blowing on your body can pierce your bones through the fur jacket. Before they saw the big water tank, they smelled the aroma of strong wine in the wind. Lu Xiaofeng's nose was almost frozen, but he still smelled the aroma of wine, immediately frowned, and said, "Not good." Chen Jingjing said, "What's wrong?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "No matter what kind of wine, if it's already filled in the stomach, the aroma will not travel so far." Chen Jingjing said: "If you light the wine and burn it, won't the aroma spread far?" Lu Xiaofeng nodded, and said: "But the old goat will never light the wine, his wine is usually in his stomach." Chen Jingjing also frowned, and said, "Do you think someone wants to use wine to set fire to his water tank?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Even if the water tank can't burn, it can burn his people to death." Chen Jingjing said: "Who wants to burn him to death? Why burn him to death?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Because he knows too many secrets." If there are too many secrets in a person's stomach, it is like pouring oil on dry wood, and it is always easy to catch fire. Now the fire is out. When they rushed to the big water tank, they saw that the water tank had been blackened by smoke, and there were high piles of firewood on all sides, and the firewood had also been scorched. The smell of wine is still lingering in the wind. With such a high firewood, poured with wine, the fire must be quite big. Not to mention that there is only one old goat in the water tank, even if there are seventy or eighty big buffaloes, they must all be roasted. Chen Jingjing said: "Since the aroma of the wine hasn't dissipated, the fire must have been extinguished not long ago." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I'll go in and have a look, you wait outside." He jumped up, and suddenly jumped down again. Chen Jingjing said: "Why don't you go in?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "I can't get in." Chen Jingjing said, "Why?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Because it's full of ice." Chen Jingjing said: "Even if the hot water is taken out in this place, it will freeze immediately. No one can fill such a big tank with water. How can it be full of ice?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "God knows..." Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly heard the sound of "Bo", and a big crack opened in the water tank. Then there was another "boo" sound, and another slit opened. The processed and refined large water tank was torn apart in a blink of an eye, and pieces larger than the tabletop fell one by one, and fell to pieces! The water tank was broken, but the ice inside was not broken. Under the faint starlight, it looked like an iceberg standing upright, and there seemed to be pictures in the transparent iceberg. Lu Xiaofeng said: "You seem to be carrying a fire bag?" Chen Jingjing said, "Yes." She handed the fire folder to him, he picked up a dead branch, lit it, and the fire lit up, the hearts of both of them sank, Chen Jingjing could hardly stand up. Even Lu Xiaofeng had never seen such a weird and frightening thing in his life. Under the flashing firelight, the transparent iceberg looked like a large piece of white jade crystal, the radiance flowed endlessly, and it was indescribably fantastic and magnificent. Amidst the ever-changing brilliance, there were two people hanging in the air motionless. Two naked people, one with head on top, one with feet on top, one withered and skinny like an old goat, the other with huge breasts and plump thighs, unexpectedly Li Xia, two people with four eyes They were all protruding up and down, staring at Chen Jingjing and Lu Xiaofeng. Chen Jingjing finally exclaimed and passed out. When she woke up, she had returned to Silver Hook Casino and her own bedroom. The room is decorated elegantly and uniquely. Everything seems to be carefully selected and placed in the most appropriate place. Only the big and thick bearskin on the chair looks more eye-catching, but waiting for you Once you sit on it, you won't be too picky. Lu Xiaofeng is sitting on it right now, he has never sat in such a warm and comfortable chair, this big and thick bear skin is as warm as the waves in the summer sun. Chen Jingjing had been awake for a long time, but he seemed to be falling asleep, and he didn't look up. The fire was burning brightly, and the lights were also brightly lit. What happened just now was as far away as a childhood nightmare.Chen Jingjing sighed softly, and said with a wry smile: "Fortunately, I passed out. If I look at the two of them one more time, I might be scared to death." Lu Xiaofeng didn't speak, nor did he respond. Chen Jingjing looked at him, and said again: "Are you thinking about something? What are you thinking about?" Lu Xiaofeng finally said slowly: "If there is no water in the tank, it will not be full of ice. Since no one can pour water into it, where did the water come from?" Chen Jingjing said: "Have you figured it out now?" Lu Xiaofeng didn't answer this question directly, and asked again: "When I went yesterday, there was still a lot of snow piled on the river bed over there, but today I can't see it anymore. Where did all this snow go?" Chen Jingjing rolled her eyes and said, "Did you go into the water tank?" Lu Xiaofeng nodded and said: "If you light a fire outside the water tank, will the snow in the tank melt into water?" Chen Jingjing's eyes sparkled, and she said, "Once the fire outside is extinguished, the water in the tank will soon freeze again." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Before the water freezes, Li Xia and the old goat have already been thrown into it." Chen Jingjing bit her lip and said, "After she killed Xiao Tang, she went to find Lao Goat, because they were old friends, and..." ——Although the old goat is old, his body is very strong, and Li Xia is in need of a man again. She didn't say these words, and couldn't bear to say them, but she also knew that Lu Xiaofeng would definitely understand. Lu Xiaofeng really sighed, and said: "Maybe they were killed at that time." Chen Jingjing said: "Who killed them? For what?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "I can't think of who this person is, but I know that he must be doing the Raksha card." Chen Jingjing said: "But if he killed Li Xia, the Raksha card may not be in his hands." Lu Xiaofeng smiled wryly: "Even if he can't get it himself, he won't let me get it." Chen Jingjing also sighed, and said, "I still can't figure it out. After he killed Li Xia, why did he go to so much trouble to melt the snow into water and then freeze Li Xia in ice?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Perhaps he wanted to threaten Li Xia and ask her to hand over the Raksha card before the water freezes." Chen Jingjing said: "But Li Xia is not stupid, of course she knows that even if she surrenders the Raksha card, she will still be dead, so..." Lu Xiaofeng said: "So now the Rakshasa card must still be hidden in the original place." Chen Jingjing sighed: "It's a pity that Li Xia is already dead, and no one else knows this secret." Lu Xiaofeng stood up, faced the fire, was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "I have a friend who once told me that there are only two reliable people in this place, one is the old goat, and the other is you." Chen Jingjing looked very surprised, and said, "Who is your friend? Does he recognize me?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "She is also your friend, and she grew up with you since childhood." Chen Jingjing opened her eyes wide in surprise, and said, "You're talking about Aunt Ding Xiang, how do you know her?" Lu Xiaofeng smiled wryly: "I just want you to know that she is my friend, and you'd better not ask too many questions about other things." Chen Jingjing stared at him, finally nodded slowly, and said, "I understand what you mean, and I hope you know that her friend is my friend." Lu Xiaofeng said: "So you will never lie to me?" Chen Jingjing said: "Absolutely not." Lu Xiaofeng said: "If you knew where the Rakshasa card was hidden, you would definitely tell me?" Chen Jingjing said: "But I really don't know." Lu Xiaofeng sighed again, and said: "So Li Xia didn't deserve to die, let alone die so badly. I always thought that only lunatics could come up with such a way to kill people, but there are only half lunatics in this place." Chen Jingjing said, "Who?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Li Shentong." Chen Jingjing was even more surprised, and said: "Do you think he can do evil to his own sister?" Before Lu Xiaofeng could answer, someone broke in from outside, clapping his hands and laughing, "Finally she agreed to marry me, I finally have a wife, come and drink my wedding wine." This person is of course Li Shentong. He was still wearing the big red robe, the big green hat on his head, and a layer of rouge on his face. He looked even crazier than before, but he didn't know if he was really crazy?Or fake crazy? Chen Jingjing couldn't help asking: "Who promised to marry you?" Li Shentong said: "Of course she is my bride." Chen Jingjing asked, "Where is your bride?" Li Shentong said: "Of course it's in the bridal chamber." "Today in my bridal chamber, everyone was beaming, the bride is so beautiful, I really love the bride..." He clapped his hands and sang wildly, and rushed out again. Chen Jingjing couldn't help asking Lu Xiaofeng: "Do you want to go and see his bride?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Think." Of course, Li Shentong also had a bedroom, in which a pair of red candles were actually lit, and there was actually a bride in a red dress and a red scarf on the bed. She was leaning on the head of the bed, and Li Shentong was standing beside her, laughing and singing non-stop, the singing was really ugly. Chen Jingjing frowned and said, "We're not here to listen to your singing, can you shut up?" Li Shentong smiled and said: "But my bride is really beautiful, do you want to see her?" Chen Jingjing said: "Think." Li Shentong immediately reached out to lift the red scarf, then withdrew his hand suddenly, and murmured: "I have to ask her first to see if she is willing to see you." Sure enough, he leaned down, whispered a few words into the bride's ear. The bride didn't seem to speak at all, didn't even respond at all, but Li Shentong jumped up again, and said with a smile: "She agreed, and I want you to toast her with a glass of wine." The red scarf on the bride's face was lifted. Lu Xiaofeng and Chen Jingjing's hearts sank again, and their whole bodies immediately became cold and stiff, even more disgusting and shocked than when they saw the two dead people in the ice just now. The bride's face was also covered with a thick layer of rouge, but her eyes protruded. This bride is surprisingly dead! "Xiao Tang!" Chen Jingjing couldn't help exclaiming: "Tang Keqing!" Li Shentong still smiled happily, holding four glasses of wine, walked over with a smile, and gave Chen Jingjing a glass: "You have a glass, I have a glass, he has a glass, and the bride has a glass too." Lu Xiaofeng and Chen Jingjing had no choice but to take his drink, both felt very sad. The man looked as if he were truly insane. Li Shentong had already walked to the bed and sat down, handed a glass of wine to his bride, and said with a smile: "Let's drink a glass of sweet wine together, and I will drive them out after drinking." Of course the bride didn't reach out to take his wine, so he stared and said, "Why don't you drink it? Have you changed your mind again and won't marry me?" Chen Jingjing couldn't bear to watch it any longer. She was afraid that she would cry, and even more afraid that she would vomit, so she couldn't help but said loudly: "Can't you see that she is dead, why do you still..." Li Shentong suddenly jumped up and hissed: "Who said she was dead, who said that?" Chen Jingjing said: "I said it." Li Shentong stared at her fiercely, and said sharply, "Why do you say such things?" Chen Jingjing said: "Because she is indeed dead, if you really like her, you should let her rest in peace." Li Shentong suddenly rushed over and said: "She is not dead, she is my bride, she cannot die." He grabbed Chen Jingjing's skirt with all his strength and shook it desperately. Chen Jingjing's face was already blue with fright, and she couldn't help but slapped him heavily. There was a clear applause, and the cries and shouts all stopped immediately, and the room suddenly became as quiet as a grave.李神童痴痴的站在那里，一双直勾勾的眼睛里，忽然有两滴眼泪流下，慢慢的流过他涂满胭脂的脸。 眼泪混合了胭脂，红得就像是鲜血。 他的眼睛还是直勾勾的瞪着陈静静，眼神既悲哀，又疯狂。 陈静静情不自禁的向后退，退了两步，又情不自禁打了个寒噤。 李神童缓缓道：“不错，她是死了，我还记得是谁杀了她的。” 陈静静道：“是……是谁？” 李神童道：“是你，就是你！我亲眼看见你用一只袜子勒死她的。” 他忽然回头冲过去，掀开了唐可卿的衣领，露出她颈上一条紫痕：“你看看，这就是你做的好事，你赖也赖不了的。” 陈静静又气又急，全身不停的发抖：“你疯了，真的疯了，幸好谁也不会相信你这疯子的话。” 李神童已不再理她，忽又扑倒在唐可卿身上，放声大哭，道：“你知不知道我为什么一直跟着我姐姐？因为我一直都在偷偷的爱着你，一直都在等你嫁给我，我虽然没有钱，可是蓝胡子已经答应给我三万两银子，为了这三万两银子，我连姐姐都不要了，可是你……你为什么要死？” 陆小凤悄悄的走了出去，只要在这里多停留片刻，他很可能也会发疯。 ——一个人的确不能太爱一个人，若是爱得太深，通常总是悲剧。 ——人生中为什么要有这么多悲剧？ 外面又黑又冷，陆小凤走出来，深深的吸了口气，忽然弯下腰不停的呕吐。 The night was very deep. 陆小凤已经一个人在街上走了大半个时辰，一盏盏明亮的灯光，一盏盏的灭了，一点点闪烁的寒星，一点点的消沉。 他也不知道走了多远，也不知道是什么时候停下来的，等他抬起头时，才发现又走到了冷红儿草药店的门口。 门里居然还有灯光漏出，他又在门外发了半天怔，暗暗的问自己：“我是不是早就想来找她了？否则我为什么会恰巧停在她门口？” 这问题连他自己也无法回答。 一个人内心深处，往往会有些秘密是自己都不知道的——也许并不是真的不知道，只不过不敢去把它发掘出来而已。 “不管怎么样，我已来了。” 他已在敲门。 门是虚掩着的，他轻轻一推，门就开了，屋里点着灯，却看不见人。 What about people? 陆小凤心里忽然有了种不祥的预兆，立刻进去，前面的厅堂里没有人，后面的卧室里没有人，厨房里也没有人。 厨房后面的一道小门也是虚掩着的，被风吹得哗啦哗啦的直响。 冷红儿是不是又睡不着，又从这道小门溜了出去，等着看那只黑熊去了？ 神秘的寒夜，神秘的冰河，忽然出现，又忽然消失的黑熊。 无边无际的黑暗中，仿佛到处都充满了这种不可预测的神秘和恐惧。 陆小凤踏着大步，迎风而行，今夜他还会遇见什么事？他虽然无法预测，可是他已决心要找到冷红儿，他绝不会让冷红儿也消失在这神秘的黑暗中。 冷红儿在哪里？黑熊在哪里？ 他完全不知道，远方还有几颗寒星，他就向星光走过去。 星光闪烁，他忽然听见了一声惨叫，呼声来自星光下，尖锐而惨厉，竟是女人的声音。 他立刻用最快的速度赶过去，星光照着河水，闪亮如银的冰河上，赫然有一滩鲜红的血迹。 血迹淋漓，一点点、一条条从冰河上拖过去，沿着血迹再走二三十步，就可以看见冷红儿动也不动的蜷曲在那里。 她的身子完全冰冷僵硬，脸上一片血肉模糊，还带着五条爪痕，这致命的伤口，竟是一只力大无穷的手爪抓出来的。 她毕竟又看见了那只熊，对她说来，这一次，黑熊象征的已不再是欲望，而是死亡。 奇怪的是，那饥饿的野兽为什么留下了她的尸体血肉，连碰都没有碰？ 她身上并没有齿痕，显然并不是被黑熊拖过来的，而是自己爬过来的——她为什么还要挣扎着，用尽她最后一分力气来爬这段路？ 她身子蜷曲，一双手却笔直的伸在前面，手指已刺入坚冰里，仿佛在挖掘——这冰河下难道也有什么秘密？ 她想挖掘的究竟是什么？ 最后的几颗寒星，忽然消失了，大地冰河，都已被黑暗笼罩。 这正是一天中最黑暗的时候，可是陆小凤抬起头来时，眼睛里却在发着光，就仿佛光明已在望。