Chapter 6 The Sixth Mystery of Life and Death

Xie Tianbi couldn't help but be tongue-tied after hearing Ji Lingfeng's words. Ji Lingfeng ignored him, but turned to Yu Peiyu, and said, "And you, you are dead. Everyone has touched your body with their own hands. , but I brought you back to life again, although you didn’t say anything in your mouth, you definitely didn’t believe in your heart, after death, how can you be resurrected?” Yu Peiyu was silent for a while and finally said: "I have no doubts, but now I have thought that the secret of resurrection must be in that glass of wine." Ji Lingfeng smiled coldly, and said, "Although you look dull, you're not actually stupid. That's right, the glass of wine I gave you is not Madam's heartbreak wine, but a love escape wine."

Yu Peiyu smiled and said: "The name of the wine escapes emotion, but it is very elegant." Ji Lingfeng said: "It is said that this wine was made by a peerless talent in the past. He was obsessed with three women for half his life and couldn't bear it anymore, so he painstakingly made this wine. After drinking it, he stopped breathing immediately. Limbs and limbs are cold, no different from a dead person, but within twenty-four hours, he can come back to life, he cheated to death by drinking, escaped from the obsession of those three women, lived the rest of his life freely, and was proud of himself before he died There are two poems inscribed on the ground, "Get the name of wine to escape from love, and spend half your life comfortably." Therefore, the name of the wine is "to escape from love", and the story has been passed down to this day."

Yu Peiyu sighed: "Unexpectedly, the romantic and foolishness of the celebrities in the past saved my life today." Ji Lingfeng said coldly: "Don't forget, the one who saved you was not the love escape wine, but me." Yu Peiyu smiled wryly and said, "Of course I dare not forget the girl's kindness." Ji Lingfeng stared at him, and suddenly said: "Do you know why I saved you?" Yu Peiyu was startled, and said in a low voice: "This... this..." No one could answer such a question. Ji Lingfeng said: "If you think that I came to save you because I fell in love with you, then you are wrong. I am definitely not that kind of infatuated woman, and you don't have to indulge yourself."

She guesses other people's thoughts at will, regardless of whether it is right or wrong, and does not allow others to argue. Yu Peiyu blushed and was about to speak, but she continued: "I saved you just like I saved Xie Tianbi. I want you to remember My favor." Naturally, Yu Peiyu was also in a daze, and Ji Lingfeng continued, "You two are thinking of my kindness in return, and you are not a gentleman." Xie Tianbi said: "I have no such intention." Ji Lingfeng sneered and said: "Although you don't have such intentions, I do. I'm not a gentleman, I just want to repay my kindness. I saved your lives, and I ask you how you two want to repay me." ?”

Xie Tianbi turned to look at Yu Peiyu, but Yu Peiyu also looked at him, the two looked at each other, both tongue-tied, not knowing how to answer. Ji Lingfeng said angrily: "You two have received my great kindness, don't you want to repay it?" Yu Peiyu murmured, "Thanks for saving my life..." Ji Lingfeng said: "What's 'great kindness will never be forgotten', what's 'repayment with a grass title'... I don't want to listen to these nonsense empty words. If you two want to repay your kindness, you have to tell the specific facts Come."

She wanted someone to repay her kindness, and it was actually more pressing than a loan shark. Such a person is rare in the world. Xie Tianbi was stunned for a long time, but smiled bitterly: "I don't know what the girl wants, what do you want me to wait for?" Ji Lingfeng suddenly turned to face the dead man's body and said, "Do you know who he is?" Yu Peiyu said: "He...isn't he Ji Zanghua's father?" He didn't say "your grandfather", but "Ji Zanhua's father", because he already saw that this woman's life experience must be secret, and he didn't admit that she was a descendant of Ji's family.

Ji Lingfeng said: "That's right, he is Ji Kuqing. I pay homage to him, neither because he is Ji Zanghua's father, nor because he has cured my serious illness, but because of his wisdom, he once prophesied , there will be unprecedented chaos in the rivers and lakes, and I was born because of this chaos..." She suddenly turned around, her eyes seemed to be on fire, and she continued loudly: "Since I was born for this era, this era must also belong to me, so I want you to obey me and help me accomplish things. You, I want you to die for me." Yu Peiyu and Xie Tianbi really didn't expect this young girl to have such astonishing ambitions, and they were stunned.

Ji Lingfeng took out a small wooden bottle from his arms and said, "There are two pills in this bottle. After you take it, you will be a new person when you wake up. Others will never recognize you again. I want you to completely forget the past and serve me, just because your life was given by me.” Xie Tianbi suddenly changed color, and said: "What if I refuse to agree?" Ji Ling smiled coldly and said, "Don't forget, I could kill you at any time." She took two steps forward, Xie Tianbi and Yu Peiyu unknowingly took two steps back. Suddenly, a person outside the dead room laughed wildly: "Stinky girl, you don't have long to live, and you still want someone else's life."

In the stern laughter, there was a kind of frightening madness. Yu Peiyu didn't know whether it was surprise or joy, and she lost her voice: "Ji buried flowers." Before the three words were finished, Ji Lingfeng had already rushed out. Yu Peiyu followed and ran out, only to see that the heavy stone door had been closed, and just as Ji Lingfeng came to the door, there was a "click" outside, and it was locked. Ji Zanghua laughed wildly outside the door: "Smelly girl, you think no one dares to come here, do you? Do you think no one will see your secret? You were careless for a moment, and finally killed you."

Ji Lingfeng's indifferent face had turned pale with panic, and she stood there in shock, just because she knew that the stone gate was locked outside, so no one could get out from inside. Ji Zanghua smiled triumphantly and said, "You should have known that no living person has ever come out of this dead house? Why do you still go in? You are too courageous...I deliberately told you the secret of unlocking the lock." You, just waiting for you one day can't help but walk in, brat, you think you're smart, but you've been fooled by Lao Tzu." The crazy laughter gradually faded away, and finally could not be heard anymore.

Ji Lingfeng stood there, tears streaming down her cheeks suddenly, perhaps it wasn't her life that she grieved for, but her ambition, which was ruined in an instant. Yu Peiyu and Xie Tianbi were also stunned. I saw Ji Lingfeng stood up in a daze, turned around slowly, went to the empty stone chair and sat down, looked around blankly, and suddenly smiled wildly: "I'm not lonely after I die, and Many of these people are with me." Xie Tianbi chased after him in amazement, and said, "Could it be that the girl...is she going to die already?" Ji Lingfeng said: "Waiting for death to come slowly, this feeling must be very interesting." Xie Tianbi said: "But... But why didn't the girl try to get out?" Ji Lingfeng hissed with a laugh: "Get out? Locked in this dead house, you still want to go out?" Xie Tianbi said: "This...is it true that no living person has ever entered this room?" Ji Lingfeng said: "Yes, there are living people coming in, but no living people going out." Yu Peiyu interrupted suddenly: "The people who brought these dead bodies in didn't come out alive?" Ji Ling smiled coldly and said, "No one brought the dead body in." Xie Tianbi said in amazement: "No one brought the dead bodies in. Could it be that these dead bodies came in by themselves?" Ji Lingfeng said word by word: "It was I who walked in." Xie Tianbi glanced at the corpses standing around, and those corpses seemed to be looking at him coldly, he couldn't help shivering all over his body, and said in a trembling voice: "Gu...you must be joking." Ji Lingfeng said: "At this moment, am I still joking with you?" Xie Tianbi was sweating all over his head and said, "But... But how can there be a dead body in the world that can walk by itself?" Ji Lingfeng said: "Because these dead bodies were still alive before sitting on this chair, but after sitting on this chair, they became dead bodies." Xie Tianbi's hair stood on end, "Why...why?" Ji Lingfeng smiled secretly and said, "This is the secret of the Ji family." Xie Tianbi said: "At this time, the girl still refuses to say?" Ji Lingfeng stared blankly at the front, and slowly said: "People in the Ji family have a kind of crazy, self-destructive instinct in their blood, and maybe at some point it will suddenly flare up. At that time, he will not only destroy others, but also destroy others." To destroy oneself." Her voice paused, and she continued word by word slowly: "From the distant ancestors of the Ji family to the end of Ji's bitterness, there is not a single person who did not commit suicide." Xie Tianbi said: "If they came in alive, and then sat on this stone chair and committed suicide, how could the corpses have not rotted yet? These corpses are obviously cured by medicine. If people die, how can they still be used Drugs, refining your own corpse?" After speaking, his teeth chattered, and even he became afraid. Ji Lingfeng said: "It's just because when he wanted to die for himself, he began to take a poison made of dozens of poisons. These dozens of poisons restrain each other, making the drug's effect very slow. But it made their muscles gradually stiff, and when they had two legs left to walk, they walked into this dead house by themselves, sat on stone chairs, and waited for the god of death to come, until their whole bodies were completely stiff." She said with a sinister smile: "They all think that this period of waiting for death is the most wonderful time in their life. They watch their limbs gradually become stiff, and they watch 'death' slowly spread on them. They regard it as the highest enjoyment in life, and it is even more pleasant than seeing others die in pain in front of them. This is only because they value other people's death too much, and only seeing their own death can give them happiness. A novel thrill." In this eerie room of the dead, she narrated such extremely weird, terrifying, and unbelievable things, how could the listeners not be horrified. Yu Peiyu stared at the corpses in a daze, and murmured: "Crazy... No wonder Mrs. Ji said that they are crazy when they are alive, and they are also crazy when they are dead." Ji Lingfeng said: "Just because every part of their bodies has been infiltrated by that strange poison, their corpses will never rot." She looked at Xie Tianbi and said: "Do you understand now? When they came, although they were still alive, they were no different from dead people. In fact, they were just a living corpse." Xie Tianbi couldn't help shivering, and said in a trembling voice: "No wonder no living people have ever left this house of death. It turns out that they all buried themselves." Ji Lingfeng said coldly: "Now our situation is just like theirs. We can only sit here and wait for death to come. Now we are burying ourselves." Looking at Ji Kuqing's body, she continued leisurely: "I still remember the day he buried himself. We all saw each other off outside this dead house. He staggered in, looked back at us suddenly and said with a smile: 'Your surface Although sad, I must be laughing in my heart that I am a fool. In fact, you don’t even have to pretend. I have never been so happy in my life.'” Xie Tianbi really didn't want to listen, but he had to. Ji Lingfeng continued: "None of us dared to answer, he laughed again and said: 'You will always know in the future that death alone is much happier than being alive.' At that time, his face was already stiff. , although I was smiling, but there was no smile at all, the appearance was really indescribably terrifying, even though I was about ten years old at that time, I was so shocked that I burst into tears." She actually took pleasure in abusing others, the more uncomfortable others were, the happier she was, and the more unwilling they were to listen, the more she wanted to speak, and she spoke vividly. Xie Tianbi listened to her words, and then looked at the face of the dead body in front of him, the more he thought about it, the more timid he became, and he suddenly laughed wildly. He laughed louder and louder and couldn't stop. Yu Peiyu said in amazement: "Senior, thank you senior, how are you doing?" Xie Tianbi couldn't stop laughing, didn't hear him at all, Yu Peiyu rushed over and shook his body, only to see that his face was contorted with laughter, and he couldn't stop. Ji Lingfeng looked at him and said coldly, "This man has been driven mad." Yu Peiyu gritted her teeth, and slapped Xie Tianbi's face with her backhand. Xie Tianbi stopped laughing, was startled, but burst into tears again. Ji Lingfeng said leisurely: "It's good to be crazy, at least I don't have to endure the pain of waiting to die..." Yu Peiyu suddenly got up, faced her, and said in a deep voice: "Although you saved me once, but now that I am waiting to die, it is equivalent to giving my life back to you. You and I will not owe each other from now on. If you save me again Stimulate him, don't blame me for being rude." Ji Lingfeng stared at him for a while, then finally turned his head and stopped talking. Yu Peiyu wiped her sweat with her hand, and suddenly felt that the room was getting hotter and hotter. Ji Lingfeng also felt it, and said in a low voice, "Fire! That lunatic is actually setting fire to us." In the small hole next to the roof, there were indeed fireworks coming in. Ji Lingfeng said: "He was afraid that we would not die fast enough. In fact, since we are bound to die, we might as well die sooner." Yu Peiyu sighed: "Why didn't he think of a more enjoyable way?" Ji Lingfeng sneered and said, "Don't you understand that? If you use other methods, you will inevitably damage these corpses. They never want to hurt the dead, and the dead are not afraid of fire." At this time, Xie Tianbi had stopped crying and laughing, and stared blankly at the front, where Ji Kuqing's body was in front of him, and he couldn't stop muttering: "Strange...strange..." He said more than a dozen "strange" in a row, but no one paid any attention to him. Ji Lingfeng sat still, her eyes were fascinated, and she had a smile that was not a smile. After all, her surname was Ji, and she seemed to be really waiting for death, and she seemed to be enjoying the taste of death. But Yu Peiyu couldn't sit still, he still had hope in case he could escape, but this "House of the Dead" was really a tomb. There is no one in the world who can walk out of the grave. Suddenly Xie Tianbi raised his head, pointed at Ji Kuqing's body in front of him, giggled and said, "Come and see, is this strange, the dead are sweating... the dead are sweating too." Laughing wildly The sound resounded through the stone house, and echoes echoed from the hollow stone house. "The dead man is sweating! The dead man is sweating..." Yu Peiyu sighed secretly, the head of the biggest sword sect in Tiannan actually turned into a lunatic before he died—how could a dead person sweat? He sighed and walked over, couldn't help looking at Ji Kuqing's face. I saw beads of sweat the size of soybeans really appearing on that indifferent, gloomy, secretive, and pitiful dead man's face. The dead man was actually sweating. ※※※ In the past half month, Yu Peiyu has encountered many strange and frightening things, but there is nothing more strange and frightening than a dead man sweating. He watched beads of sweat dripping down the dead man's face, he felt that his hands and feet were numb, and he was about to go crazy with fright. Ji Lingfeng turned his gaze away, and said in a trembling voice, "He... he's really sweating... he's really sweating." Xie Tianbi chuckled and said, "Could it be that the dead man is also afraid?" But how can the dead be afraid?How can the dead sweat?Who in the world can believe such incredible things?Who in the world can explain this secret? The stone room was getting hotter and hotter, and the dead man's face was sweating more and more. Yu Peiyu suddenly jumped up and shouted, "The wax figure... the dead man is also a wax figure." Ji Lingfeng said: "I saw him walk in with my own eyes, how could it be a wax figure?" Yu Peiyu rushed over, stretched out her hand and twisted the head of the "dead man", the head of the "dead man" immediately collapsed, it turned out to be a wax figure. In this gloomy light, among the many real corpses, in this "house of the dead" full of all kinds of terrible legends, naturally no one can see that there is a wax figure among the dead. Yu Peiyu wiped off her sweat, she seemed to have collapsed. Ji Lingfeng was even more horrified, and roared: "This is not a wax figure, definitely not a wax figure. I saw Ji Kuqing walk in with my own eyes." If this is a wax figure, where is Ji's miserable person? Yu Peiyu smiled wryly: "After he came in, maybe he left again." Ji Lingfeng said: "Maybe he didn't really take the poison, maybe he was pretending to be dead. But as soon as he walked in, the door was locked from the outside, and he couldn't get out at all!" She continued tremblingly: "Since he can't go out, he must die here. Since he died here, how could he be turned into a wax figure?" Yu Peiyu's eyes flashed suddenly, and she said loudly: "There must be another way out of this dead house. Ji Kuqing walked out this way. If he can get out, we must be able to get out too." As soon as he thought of this, his spirit was greatly lifted, and he immediately started to search around, regardless of the fact that the surrounding stone walls were already scorching hot. Those born under the "Xiantian Wuji" school are no strangers to the knowledge of news agencies, but Yu Peiyu searched all over the two stone rooms, but still couldn't find the secret exit. At this time, his clothes were wet and dry, his eyes were red from being baked, and his lips were already cracked, he stood there gasping for breath and couldn't stop muttering, "Where will the way out be?... Ji Kuqing In order to pretend to be dead and deceive people, naturally I have already prepared a way out, if I were him, where would I leave the way out?" Ji Lingfeng said: "As far as I know, there will never be another way out of this 'House of the Dead'." Yu Peiyu said: "There must be, otherwise how could Ji Kuqing get out?" Ji Lingfeng was silent for a while, and said, "Is it possible that someone outside opened the door and let him go?" Yu Peiyu seemed to have been whipped suddenly, the muscles all over her body trembled, and finally her whole body was stunned, unable to move anymore. Yes, it is naturally possible that someone opened the door to let Ji Kuqing go. For a person like Ji Kuqing, although it is impossible to let another person know this kind of secret, considering the facts at the moment, this is the only reasonable explanation. What's more, after Ji's distress caused the man to open the door, he might kill him immediately, so his secret would not be leaked in the same way. Thinking of this, Yu Peiyu finally completely despaired. Suddenly Xie Tianbi said again: "Look, it's strange, this dead man has disappeared, completely gone!" Yu Peiyu couldn't help but went over to take a look, and saw that the wax figure had completely melted, but there was not much wax melted on the ground. Where did the melted wax go? Yu Peiyu thought again, walked to the stone chair, took a closer look, and said happily: "I guessed right, there is indeed another way out of this dead house, and the exit is hidden under the wax figure. Right here on this stone chair." ※※※ It turned out that there was a small hole in the stone chair, and the melted wax flowed out of this small hole, but this hole is so small that two fingers can be inserted at most, how can a human get out. Ji Lingfeng sneered and said, "I think you should wait for death in peace. If there is an exit under the stone chair, how could the wax figure sit on the stone chair after Ji Kuqing left? Could it be that the wax figure would sit on it by itself?" Yu Peiyu's eyes flickered and said: "Ji Kuqing is using this point to teach people that even if they discover the secret of the wax figure, they never think that the way out will be under the wax figure." Ji Lingfeng said: "No matter what, if no one moves it, this wax figure will never sit on the chair by itself. You can't explain this matter anyway." Yu Peiyu said: "This small hole can be explained." Ji Lingfeng said: "Small hole?" Yu Peiyu said: "When Ji Kuqing cast this wax figure, he fixed a rope under the buttocks of the wax figure, and then he passed the rope into the small hole. He walked down the tunnel, covered the stone slab, and pulled the rope underneath. , and he pulled the wax figure to the stone chair and sat down." Ji Lingfeng lost his voice and said, "Ah, yes, this method is really ingenious." Yu Peiyu sighed: "Ji Kuqing's thorough thinking and ingenious planning are really hard for people to match, but he has calculated thousands of times, but he still can't figure out that this 'dead house' will be roasted by fire, and this wax figure will be burnt." Melting, he naturally would never have dreamed that this insignificant hole would reveal his entire secret." Ji Lingfeng was silent for a while, then sighed: "You are indeed much smarter than you imagined, much smarter." ※※※ The stone slab on which the wax figurine sat was indeed movable, and when the slate was moved away, there was a dark tunnel under it. Yu Peiyu let out a long breath and said, "In the end, a living person walked out of this dead house, and there is still a more than one." Ji Lingfeng didn't speak at this time, and walked along. Yu Peiyu supported Xie Tianbi, and tentatively walked forward step by step. The tunnel was long and winding, and naturally it was so dark that she couldn't see her fingers. They finally escaped, but who dares to say that this authentic exit is a safe place?This tunnel might lead to Mrs. Ji's bedroom again. Just as Yu Peiyu thought of this, there was a light in front of her. Although the light was weak, it was extremely strong in such darkness. Where there are lights, there must be people! Yu Peiyu let go of Xie Tianbi, stretched his body, and rushed over. No matter who was there, he was ready to knock him down with a lightning blow. Unexpectedly, there was no one in the place where there was a light, only a solitary lamp, placed on the ground, the faint flame seemed to be going out. Yu Peiyu suddenly discovered that this lamp was brought by herself just now. When he was dragged in by Mrs. Ji, he left this lamp on the ground and forgot to blow it out, and this was also the entrance to Mrs. Ji's bedroom. It turns out that Mrs. Ji's bedroom, the paper pavilion on the futon, and the mysterious room of the dead are all connected by tunnels. Yu Peiyu experienced countless dangers, went through life and death, went around in a big circle, and then went back to the original place. He didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Ji Lingfeng walked over, took a look, and was also stunned. Yu Peiyu murmured: "In my opinion, apart from Mrs. Ji's bedroom, the Paper Pavilion and the House of the Dead, there must be a fourth exit to this tunnel." Ji Lingfeng said: "You said... there is another exit here? Why?" Yu Peiyu said: "Because of Ji Kuqing and that 'someone Yu', I think they definitely did not come out of Mrs. Ji's bedroom, let alone the paper pavilion and the house of death, so I said there must be a fourth person here." exit?" Ji Lingfeng said happily: "Where do you think the fourth exit will be?" Yu Peiyu picked up the copper lamp and walked forward slowly. This road led to the paper pavilion again. As he was walking, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Do you know when that Yu was?" Did you come to the killing village?" Ji Lingfeng said: "I remember very clearly that day was the third day of the first lunar month, just after the new year, and it was also the third day when Ji Kuqing started taking poison. Add some misery to Ri." Yu Peiyu said: "He started taking poison in the first day of junior high school, but he didn't know when he walked into the dead house?" Ji Lingfeng said: "That day was the Lantern Festival. During the half month from the first day of the lunar new year to the Lantern Festival, most people in the Murderer Village were busy with his funeral, so that's why the person surnamed Yu was ignored." At this time, they had already walked to the side of His Excellency Zhi's small room, the bag of jade was still on the bed, and the wax figure of Ji Kuqing was still looking at them and sneering. Xie Tianbi suddenly giggled again, and said: "No wonder the dead man disappeared, so he slipped here..." Yu Peiyu picked up the jade, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "The one surnamed Yu didn't slip away, Mrs. Ji wrongly blamed him." Ji Lingfeng asked curiously, "Where did you say that?" Yu Peiyu said: "When I saw this jade, I felt strange in my heart. Even though the surname Yu didn't cherish this brocade bag, he shouldn't have left this jade here." Ji Lingfeng said: "That's right, this jade does seem to be a treasure handed down from his family, but he may have left the jade in a hurry." Yu Peiyu said: "At that time, no one knew the secret of this tunnel. If he found the fourth exit, he could slip away calmly. How could he leave in a hurry, unless..." Ji Lingfeng said: "Unless what?" Yu Peiyu said: "Unless he didn't slip away by himself, but was forced to leave by others." Ji Lingfeng was startled, and lost his voice: "You... do you mean that Ji Kuqing found him?" Yu Peiyu said: "It must be so. After Ji Kuqing escaped into this tunnel from the death house, he found that there was someone in the tunnel. Naturally, he couldn't allow the second person to know the secret of his fraudulent death." Ji Lingfeng said emotionally: "In this way, the person surnamed Yu was not only forced to leave by him, but he may have killed him to silence him." Yu Peiyu said: "Ji Kuqing must have been killed." Ji Lingfeng was silent for a while, then said leisurely: "If she knew that he was dead, maybe she wouldn't be so sad, so painful..." Yu Peiyu said: "If she knows that her lover is dead, wouldn't she feel even more sad?" Ji Lingfeng smiled blushingly, and said, "Do you know what a woman's greatest pain is?" She didn't wait for Yu Peiyu to answer, and then said: "That is being abandoned by the one you love. This kind of pain is not only intense, but also unforgettable. As for him, even if she feels uncomfortable in her heart, it is lighter than this kind of pain." Much more, and much more short-lived, so some women do not hesitate to kill their loved ones, just to fear that he will empathize with others, and she would rather let him die than see him fall into the hands of another woman." Yu Peiyu said: "So, if she knows that the person she loves is dead, will she be happy instead?" Ji Lingfeng said: "I'm much happier." Yu Peiyu smiled wryly and said, "Men really will never be able to understand women's thoughts." Ji Lingfeng said coldly: "Men shouldn't try to understand women's minds. Women are not born to be understood, but to be respected and loved." Yu Peiyu didn't answer any more, held up the copper lamp and searched around. He figured out that the fourth way out must be near this bed, but he couldn't find it anymore. At this time, the lamp oil ran out and the light finally went out. Yu Peiyu sighed, and murmured: "It seems that even if there is a fourth way out of this tunnel, in such darkness, I can't even think of finding it." Ji Lingfeng suddenly said: "Actually, you don't need to find the fourth way, you can go out as well." Yu Peiyu said: "Do you have a way?" Ji Lingfeng said: "As long as you can prove that the person surnamed Yu is dead in front of Mrs. Ji, she will stop holding grudges against you, and maybe she will let you out." Before Yu Peiyu could answer, she suddenly heard someone in the darkness say: "No, this method won't work." Ji Lingfeng said: "Why doesn't it work?" The man said: "Since Yu Peiyu is dead, how can he get out alive." It was only at this moment that Ji Lingfeng realized that the voice was neither Yu Peiyu nor Xie Tianbi. In that instant, he couldn't help sweating and said, "Who are you?" The man giggled and said, "Can't you even hear my voice?" With a sound of "cha", a flame lit up in the darkness, and the flame illuminated an old, haggard face carved with traces of weather and toil. Yu Peiyu and Ji Lingfeng unknowingly said at the same time: "Old man Gao, it's you! How did you come here?" Under the flickering lights in this mysterious tunnel, Old Man Gao's old and haggard face became mysterious. He looked at Ji Lingfeng with a secretive smile, and said, "Yes, old man Gao who can only chop firewood and carry water will not come here, but you only know me as old man Gao, do you know who I am?" Ji Lingfeng felt an unprecedented sharpness in his eyes, and was forced to take a step back involuntarily, and said in a trembling voice, "Who are you?" Old man Gao slowly walked in front of her, put the lamp in his hand on the small cabinet beside the bed, then turned around suddenly, looked at her with burning eyes, and said slowly: "I just want to make Ji Kuqing sleepless and unable to eat. I am the one who makes Ji Kuqing feel that she can no longer live..." Yu Peiyu lost her voice and said: "Ji Kuqing was forced to pretend to repent in that paper pavilion, and was forced to feign death. Could it be because she is afraid of you?" Old Man Gao chuckled and said, "You never imagined that what Ji Kuqing feared the most in her life was actually such a bad old man like me." Ji Lingfeng was surprised and said, "Did he already know who you are?" Old Man Gao sneered, "Of course he already knew it, but he didn't dare to reveal it. He could only pretend to be stupid, because he also knew that I had already discovered his secret." Ji Lingfeng said: "What secret?" Old Man Gao said: "Twenty years ago, there were many unidentified crimes that shocked the world. A large number of treasures were mysteriously robbed, and many celebrities were mysteriously killed. At that time, although dozens of masters were mobilized in the martial arts, they could not detect his whereabouts, because no one could have imagined that the person who committed the crime was actually Ji Kuqing, who stayed at home all year round and confessed his love and repentance in the paper pavilion. .” Yu Peiyu was moved and said: "I have already thought that there must be a conspiracy for him to do that." Ji Lingfeng said loudly: "You say that he is a murderous robber, I will never believe it." Old man Gao sighed: "It's not only that you don't believe it, but if I told you at that time, few people in the world would believe it. In order to reveal this secret, I had no choice but to join the Murder Village." Ji Lingfeng said loudly: "You said he already knew who you were at that time, so why did he allow you to stay in the 'killer village'? Why didn't he kill you?" Old man Gao said: "If he doesn't allow me to stay, wouldn't it be more guilty of guilt? If he kills me, wouldn't it be more proof of his crime? He is thoughtful and never willing to take risks, so naturally he would not take such a risk So he knew I was here to monitor him, so he could only pretend to be confused." He continued with a smile: "If it wasn't for that, how could an old man of unknown origin be taken in so casually in the 'Killing Village'." Yu Peiyu said: "You assume that he knew you were here to monitor him, but he was forced to take you in. Although this move is excellent, since he already knows your identity, wouldn't he always be on guard against you? How could you reveal the secret in front of you?" Old man Gao sighed: "He can see through other people's identities at a glance. For a person like him, who else can reveal his secrets. After I got here, I already knew that those headless cases would never be solved. " Ji Lingfeng said: "Since that's the case, why do you still stay here?" Old man Gao said: "I stay here, although I can't reveal his secret, but I can always monitor him, so that he will never dare to go out to commit crimes. Since I came here, the headless crimes in Jianghu have really disappeared. .” Yu Peiyu sighed: "Senior, in order to prevent crimes from happening, sacrificed his reputation and status, and devoted himself to slavery. This is really a kindness and righteousness, which is beyond the reach of others." Elder Gao couldn't help but feel sad. The hard times of the past ten years or so were not easy to pass, but the sad color passed quickly, and he immediately laughed and said, "Although I sacrificed For my own enjoyment, I have come to this hard life, but it also forced him to make fakes come true, and he had to suffer in that paper pavilion, even if I sacrificed, it was worth it." Yu Peiyu said: "He can't kill you, and he can't escape, so he can only pretend to be dead..." Old Man Gao said: "He is very ambitious, and he is unwilling to end up in such a lonely place. After much deliberation, he came up with the idea of ​​'playing dead'. I never thought he would come up with the idea of ​​'playing dead' to hide it from me." Ji Lingfeng said: "Since he has kept it from you, why don't you leave?" Old man Gao said: "Although he lied to me at the time, the more I thought about it later, the more I realized that there must be something strange about it. That Ji Kuqing is by no means someone who can be easily driven to death...not to mention..." There was a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth, and he slowly continued: "I have been wandering since I was a child, and I have never stayed in one place for more than half a year. I have stayed here for many years without knowing it. This kind of simple life is difficult for me. Not only have I gotten used to it, but I have already felt very comfortable. I don’t have any children myself, and seeing you grow up day by day makes me very happy, so..." Ji Lingfeng sneered and said: "We don't need you to be happy. Whether you go or not has nothing to do with me, and you don't need to push me. Now that your purpose of staying has been achieved, I am no longer Meet you again." Old man Gao was silent for a while, then sighed: "Yes, the purpose of my stay has been achieved. I have finally confirmed that Ji Kuqing is not dead. From then on, I should wander around again to track down his whereabouts. If I don't find him I will never be willing to see him die in front of me with my own eyes." Ji Lingfeng said coldly: "Since he's gone, I'm afraid you will never find him." Old man Gao said: "That's right, if he hides his name from now on, I may never be able to find him, but as long as he commits another crime, I will have a way to track down his whereabouts, and a person like him will never be content forever." lonely." There was that menacing sharpness in his eyes again, this long-standing old horse suddenly turned into an eagle of prey flying thousands of miles, picking people to grab. Finally, Ji Lingfeng couldn't help but asked, "Who are you?" Old Man Gao smiled slightly and said, "Since you don't know me anymore, why ask who I am?" Ji Lingfeng turned his head away and stopped looking at him. In fact, she already knew without asking, how could it be possible for someone who can make Ji Kuan feel afraid not to have a glorious past and an astonishing history. ※※※ What is the origin of this old man?Where did Ji's bitterness go? ... Yu Peiyu didn't pay attention to these things at all, and there was only one thing on his mind. He looked around, and finally asked: "Senior, I don't know which way you came in from?" Old man Gao smiled and said: "I heard that you are dead, so I couldn't help sneaking into Mrs. Ji's room to find out what happened, but I accidentally discovered a secret passage in the wardrobe. It was closed tightly, I don’t know how it opened today.” It turned out that Mrs. Ji had forgotten to close the closet since Yu Peiyu walked out. Yu Peiyu's eyes lit up, and said, "Is there no one in that room at the moment?" Old Man Gao said, "Where do you want to go out?" 俞佩玉道：“他们既已认为我死了，必定不会再加监视，我正可乘机溜出去。” 高老头突然厉声道：“你既已死了，怎能活着走出去？” 俞佩玉怔了怔，道：“前辈的意思是……” 高老头目光闪动，道：“我的意思，你难道还不懂？” 他眼角有意无意间向姬苦情那蜡像瞟了一眼。 俞佩玉恍然道：“不错，姬苦情既能以装死瞒过别人的耳目？我为何不能？世上还有什么人能比'死人'更容易躲避别人的追踪，侦查别人的秘密。” 高老头微笑道：“你终于懂了，你无论与人有什么冤仇，一死之后，别人必定不再追究，你若想侦察别人的秘密，一死之后，那人更不会再提防着你。” 俞佩玉叹道：“难怪姬苦情走入那死屋之前，要说：一个人死了，比活着快乐得多，原来他这句话里，竟别有深意，只可惜那时没有人听得懂而已。” 姬灵风冷冷道：“只可惜别人都认得你是俞佩玉。” 俞佩玉怔了怔，苦笑道：“不错，我虽可装死，但容貌却是瞒不过别人的。” 高老头也不答话，却悠悠道：“上天造人，虽然贤愚不等，却永远不会造出一个完美的人，姑且不论人的内心，单以外貌而论，纵是人所公认的美男子，他的面容也还是免不了有些瑕疵的，从古到今无论男女，绝没有一张脸是十全十美的。” 他目光凝注着俞佩玉，缓缓接道：“譬如说你，你也可算得上是个美男子了，但眉毛未免稍浓，眼睛未免略小，鼻梁还未能通天，嘴的棱角也不算太好。” 俞佩玉也不知他怎会突然说出这番话来，只有苦笑着讷讷道：“晚辈怎能算得上是美男子。” 高老头道：“人之内在若有缺陷，任何人都无能为力，但外貌上的缺陷，却是可以弥补的，我久已有心想创造出一个十全十美的人，只是要想找一个合适的对象却也非易事，你总不能将一个缺嘴歪鼻的人，造成绝世的美男子。” 他灼灼的目光，又移向俞佩玉脸上，缓缓接道：“你谈吐风度，都已可算得上是合于十全十美了，面貌的瑕疵，也不难补救？我寻找多年，终于找着了你。” 俞佩玉大骇道：“前辈难道想将我改造成……成美男子么？” 高老头微笑道：“做一个美男子，已有许多好处，能做一个绝世之美男子，好处更多了，譬如，世间的女子至少已不忍再伤害他，他……” 俞佩玉大声道：“无论如何，晚辈对此刻的容貌，已很满意。” 高老头也不理他，微笑着接道：“别的好处我暂且不去说它，那最大的好处就是，从此之后再也没有人认得你是俞佩玉了。” 俞佩玉愣了愣，讷讷道：“但……但如此容貌岂非更引人注意？” 高老头道：“别人震慑于你的容貌，对你其他的事，反而不会留意，这样你言谈举止中纵有破绽露出，也没什么关系。” 俞佩玉默然半晌，长叹道：“既是如此，晚辈只有从命。”俞佩玉抬起头，只见谢天璧仍在痴痴地瞧着那蜡像，姬灵风面对石壁，对这一切事似乎都不闻不问。 他叹息一声，终于不再言语。 ※※※ 黝黯的地道，突然光亮了起来。 高老头已出去了一趟，取回了食物和水，以及许多根蜡烛，两面铜镜，烛光映在铜镜上，光亮倍增。 俞佩玉躺在床上，高老头将一方浸湿了的白布，盖起了他的脸，他只觉一股药味扑鼻，知觉立刻麻木。 晕迷中，只听高老头缓缓道：“你好生睡吧，等你醒来时，便已是空前绝后，独一无二，第一个十全十美的美男子了。” 俞佩玉也不知沉睡了多久，醒来时，脸上潮湿缠着白布，七天后方自解开，高老头凝注着他的脸，就像是一个画家在瞧着自己的精心制作似的，目光中充满了骄傲与得意，喃喃道：“这张脸……又有谁还能自这张脸上找出丝毫瑕疵？自然单只这张脸也是不够好，自然，还有别的，而你……” 他用力拍了拍俞佩玉的肩头，笑道：“你恰巧自童年的家教中学会了温文与儒雅，又自屡次出生人死的险难中学会了从容与镇定，若非已经历过许多次死亡威胁，已能将生死置之度外，是再也不会有你这种洒脱的……” 姬灵风突然冷冷道：“不错，这一切加在一起，的确已足以令世上任何一个少女着迷，我能有这样的属下，何愁大业不成。” 高老头怔了怔，道：“谁是你的属下？” 姬灵风悠然道：“俞佩玉，自然还有你。” 高老头瞧着她，就像是瞧着什么怪物似的，瞧得呆住了。 姬灵风冷冷接道：“你们若不肯听命于我，我立刻就可以揭穿你们的秘密，叫你的心血完全白费，叫俞佩玉死。” 高老头长长叹了口气，道：“既是如此，你快出去对人说吧。” 这一次姬灵风却不禁怔了怔，道：“你……你要我去向别人揭穿你的秘密？” 高老头瞧着她，微微笑道：“你不会去说的，是么？你外表虽然凶恶，其实心地就比你自己想像中还要善良，我从小瞧你长大，怎会不了解你。” 姬灵风呆了半晌，突然往外冲出去，但还未行出几步，竟又扑倒在石壁上，放声痛哭了起来。 高老头轻抚着她的肩头，叹道：“好孩子，你未免将一切事都看得太简单，要知道你纵想做恶人，却也不是件容易的事，有时候做恶人甚至比做好人是要困难得多。” 俞佩玉站了起来，只觉脸上痒痒的，他刚想伸手去摸，但高老头已一把拉住了他的手，沉声道：“三日之内，还摸不得，最好也莫要沾水。” 俞佩玉道：“难道我还要在这里等三天？” 高老头笑道：“你若已等不及了，就出去吧，只要小心些也就是了……其实就连我也等不及想要别人来瞧瞧你，让普天之下的人都知道，这绝世之美男子，终于诞生了。” 旋开了那蒲团，天光照上了俞佩玉的脸。 高老头又用力一拍他肩头，笑道：“你还不出去？” 俞佩玉道：“我……我就这样出去么？” 高老头笑道：“你为什么不这样出去？要知道，从此以后，你已不必再怕见任何人，从此以后已没有人认得出你。” 俞佩玉瞧了谢天璧一眼，只见谢天璧不住地喃喃道：“死人流汗了……死人不见了……” 俞佩玉只觉心里一阵惨然，拉起谢天璧的手，叹道：“前辈你……” 姬灵风突然扭回头，道：“你不必管他，既然是我将他逼疯的，我自会照管他，在这'杀人庄'里没有人会过问我的秘密，也没有人会找到他的。” 俞佩玉道：“姑娘自己难道还要在这'杀人庄'里呆下去？” 姬灵风冷道：“我为何不能呆下去？” 俞佩玉道：“但那姬葬花……” 姬灵风冷笑道：“他若知道我未死，一见我的面，只怕就要远远逃走，就算借给他个胆子，他也不敢再来找我麻烦的了，自然更不敢来问我是如何逃出来的。” 她哭声顿住，顷刻间便已恢复往昔的骄傲，目光也已恢复鸷鹰般锐利，冷冷的瞧着俞佩玉道：“你为何还不快走？难道要等我改变主意。” 高老头微笑道：“看来你还是快走的好，女人的主意，的确是很容易改变的。” 俞佩玉走出了那纸阁，阳光，照在他雪白的衣服上——这衣服自然也是高老头为他准备的。 他穿着新的衣服，以新的姿态，重又回到了杀人庄，这世界似乎也正以新的面目在迎接着他。 初升的阳光普照下，就连这阴森恐怖的“杀人庄”，都充满了花香鸟语再也闻不出半分血腥气。 俞佩玉走到小溪旁，照了照自己的影子，只见溪水中一个风神如玉的美少年也正在瞧着他，这少年看来仿佛是俞佩玉，又仿佛不是俞佩玉，这少年的眉目虽似俞佩玉的，但却又不知比俞佩玉的好看多少。 若说俞佩玉的眉目乃是粗胚，这少年的便已经精制，这少年若是幅名家图画，俞佩玉便是俗手临摹的赝品。 俞佩玉也不觉瞧得痴了，喃喃道：“这难道就是我么？……俞佩玉呀，你要记得，这面目不过是你暂时借来用用的，你切莫忘了自己。” 突听一阵脚步声传了过来。 俞佩玉余悸犹在，仍不自觉地闪身掠到假山后，只见几个人谈谈说说，走了过来，其中一人笑道：“江湖传言，将这'杀人庄'说得那般神秘，简直好像是魔宫地狱似的，今日看来倒也普通得很。” 另一人道：“你不想来杀人，也不会被杀，只不过是来吊丧的，'杀人庄'在你眼中看来，自然普通得很。” 第三人笑道：“其实我来吊丧是假，想来见识见识这'杀人庄'倒是真的，若不趁这机会来，我走进'杀人庄'，还想活着走出去么？” 几个人谈笑而过，俞佩玉心念一动，也跟了过去。 还未走到正厅前，便已瞧见前面挤着一大群人，俞佩玉被挤在人丛里，简直什么也瞧不见。 只听一人道：“他死的虽不光荣，但丧事倒风光得很。” 另一人道：“这还不是瞧他爹爹的面子。” 俞佩玉忍不住拍了拍那人的肩膀，含笑道：“各位吊祭的，却不知是哪一路的英雄？” 那人皱着眉回过头来，满脸不耐烦的神色，但瞧了俞佩玉一眼后，面上竟立刻露出了笑容，道：“兄台原来还不知道，咱们此刻吊祭的，正是当今武林盟主之子俞佩玉。” 俞佩玉怔了怔，苦笑道：“原来是他。” 那人一挑大拇指，赞道：“俞放鹤究竟不愧为武林盟主，他儿子死了，他非但毫不追究，还说：'这不肖子若是活着，我也要为世人除害，但他既已死了，我念在父子之情，少不得要来吊祭于他。'他如此仁义，江湖中谁不相敬。所以那俞佩玉活着时虽不光荣，死后倒风光得很。” 另一人笑道：“兄台瞧来眼生得很，不知高姓大名？” 俞佩玉淡淡笑了笑，道：“在下俞佩玉。” 那人当真吓了一跳，但瞬即失笑道：“江湖中同名同姓的人，可倒真有不少，只是瞧兄台的人品风采，又比那俞佩玉高明多了。” 俞佩玉微笑道：“只怕也未必高明多少。” 说话间，人丛突然两边分开，一个风尘绝代的美妇人，在无数双眼睛的凝注下，神态自若地走了过来。 俞佩玉认得她正是那名震天下的海棠夫人。 只见她手挽着一个少女，身穿黑衣面蒙乌纱，虽然瞧不出她的神色，却可听到一阵阵轻微啜泣声，自乌纱中传了出来。 俞佩玉瞧不着她的面目，已知道她是谁了，他心头一紧，全身都似已麻木，竟不觉瞧得痴了。 海棠夫人若有意，若无意，含笑瞟了他一眼，那少女却始终低垂着头，独自啜泣，谁也不瞧。 海棠夫人这眼波一瞬间虽有风情万种，俞佩玉却也茫然不觉，他眼中除了这少女外，也再也瞧不见别的。 只听群雄窃窃私语。 有人道：“这位姑娘据说就是俞佩玉未过门的妻子，她方才在他灵前，不但哭晕了三次，而且还将一头青丝，生生剪了下来。” 俞佩玉只觉心头一阵刺痛，几乎忍不住要冲过去，告诉她自己还没有死，叫她莫要伤心。 但是，这时海棠夫人与林黛羽已走过去了，俞佩玉终于也将那满心伤痛，咬牙忍住，只听又有人叹息道：“俞佩玉有这样的父亲，又有这样标致的妻子，若是好自为之，谁不羡慕？只可惜他自己偏偏不争气……” 纷纷议论间，突听一人大声道：“俞佩玉是我的朋友，他生前是好是歹，都不去管他，但他死后若有人谈论他的是非，被我听到，却放不过他。” 喝声中，一人大步走了过来，满面俱是悲愤之色，分开入丛，昂然而去，正是那义气当先的好汉红莲花。 俞佩玉眼瞧着自己的未婚妻子和生死至交从自己面前走过去，竟不敢相认。 这岂非是世上最令人断肠的时刻，他纵然勉强忍住，也不觉已热泪盈眶。 幸好这时谁也不会去留意他神色的变化，只因当今天下最受人注意的人物——天下武林盟主俞放鹤——已走了过来。 他虽然也是满脸伤痛之色，跟在他身后的一群人，步履也俱都十分沉重，只差没有流下泪来。 俞佩玉瞧见此人，但觉心胸俱裂，但此时此刻，他心中无论是悲伤是愤怒，也全都得忍住。 人丛渐渐散了，每个人走过时，都忍不住要多瞧他两眼，似乎都在惊异着世上怎会有这样的美少年。 俞佩玉茫然木立了许久，突然瞧见了姬葬花的脸，也正在瞧他嘻嘻地笑，这张脸看来虽是那么天真而无辜，但此刻俞佩玉却只觉比毒蛇还要可怖，他正想远远走开，谁知姬葬花竟向他走了过来。 俞佩玉心头不觉一寒：“难道他已认出了我？” 但在众目睽睽之下，他既不能转身狂奔，只有站在那里等着。 姬葬花竟笔直走到他面前，抱拳笑道：“这位兄台好出众的品貌，在下好生倾慕，不知兄台可否能让在下稍尽地主之谊，到庄里略用两杯水酒。” 他言语诚恳，笑容温柔，看来正是盛意拳拳，令人难却，若是换了别人，必定坦然无疑，随他去了。 但在俞佩玉眼中，这温柔的容貌，正无异魔鬼的面具，他话说得越动听，居心越不可测。 俞佩玉只觉背脊发冷，强笑道：“庄主盛情，在下却不敢打扰。” 姬葬花笑道：“兄台若不答应，便是瞧不起在下了。” 他竟拉起俞佩玉的手，往庄院里拖。 这只手冰冷而潮湿，就像是毒蛇的红舌，俞佩玉又是恶心，又是惊恐，正不知该如何摆脱他。 突听一个少女的语声娇笑道：“这位客人我家夫人已先约好了，庄主就放过他吧。” 一只白玉般的小手伸了过来，有意无意间往姬葬花脉门上轻轻一按。 姬葬花竟不能不立刻松手，只见一个身穿着水红轻衫的少女，正歪着头在瞧他，一双水汪汪的大眼睛里，充满了顽皮之色。 姬葬花咯咯笑道：“小姑娘好大的胆子，你可知道我是谁么？” 那翠衫少女嘻嘻笑道：“你可知道我家夫人是谁吗？” 姬葬花道：“我正要问她是谁？” 那少女眨了眨眼睛，悄悄道：“我告诉你，你可不许害怕，她就是海棠夫人。” 姬葬花怔了怔，突然转身，头也不回地走了。 俞佩玉瞧着他远去，刚松了口气。 又听那少女笑道：“你瞧着他，难道还舍不得他走，要跟他去不成？” 她一双水汪汪的大眼睛，眨也不眨的瞧着俞佩玉，俞佩玉倒被她瞧得有些不好意思起来。 那少女又道：“你可知道他请你去，是为了什么？” 俞佩玉微笑道：“倒还不知。” 那少女吃吃笑道：“他请你去，只因他从未杀过你这么好看的人，所以想杀一个试试看是何滋味，以我想来，杀你这样的美男子，的确是要比杀那些丑八怪刺激得多。” 俞佩玉笑道：“你也想试试么？” 那少女大眼睛一转，娇笑道：“我虽然也想试试，却又怎忍下得了手？” 她眼波流动，哈哈地笑着，突然塞了张纸在俞佩玉手里，娇笑着转身奔去，奔出数步，又转过头来道：“傻小子，还站在那里发什么呆，快打开纸来瞧瞧呀，艳福已经从天上掉下来了，你还不知道？” 俞佩玉怔了半晌，但闻手掌中已飘来一阵阵醉人的香气，正和海棠夫人身上所带的香气一模一样。 他忍不住展开了信笺，只见上面写着：“今夜三更时杀人庄外，花神祠前，有绝代之名花与百年之佳酿相待于月下，你来不来？”