Chapter 8 The Eighth Chapter Skynet Recovery

The rain is cold and the rain is very thin. The thin and long raindrops float on the sycamore trees in the yard, entangle the leaves of the sycamore trees, and also entangle the melancholy in people's hearts. Long Wu had already passed through the corridor, but did not go out.He also doesn't like rain. Liu Changjie was behind him. He knew, but he didn't open his mouth, neither did Liu Changjie. The two of them stood quietly at the end of the corridor, looking at the Lengyu sycamore tree in the yard, and I don't know how long it has passed—— "Hu Li is indeed a cruel person." Long Wu suddenly sighed, "Not only is he cruel to others, but he is also cruel to himself."

Liu Changjie said flatly: "Maybe it's because he knows he has nowhere to go." Long Wu said: "Just because he has nowhere to go, that's why you let him go?" Liu Changjie: "I'm also a cruel person." Long Wu said: "You are not." Liu Changjie was smiling, not a very pleasant kind of smile. Long Wu turned his head, looked at him, and said, "You should at least let him preserve his reputation." Liu Changjie: "That's because he didn't steal his reputation, he worked hard before." Long Wu said: "I can see it."

Liu Changjie: "Besides, I have no personal hatred with him, and I don't want to ruin him." Long Wu said: "But you didn't force him to go to justice, you didn't even ask him to hand over the stolen goods." Liu Changjie: "I don't have one, and I don't have to." Long Wu said: "No need?" Liu Changjie: "He is a smart man, I don't need to force him, he should give me an answer himself." Long Wu said: "So you are still waiting here, waiting for him to solve this matter by himself." Liu Changjie admitted. Long Wu said: "So this case is not over yet."

Liu Changjie: "Not yet." Long Wu pondered, then suddenly asked: "If he is willing to hand over the stolen goods, if he is willing to solve all the problems by himself, will this case be considered over?" Liu Changjie: "I can't either." Long Wudao: "Why?" Liu Changjie: "You should know why." Long Wu turned his head and looked at the dark clouds in the distance. After a long time, he said slowly: "Can't you let Qiu Hengbo go?" Liu Changjie: "No." The expression on his face suddenly became very serious, and he continued slowly: "Justice and laws must not be violated by anyone. No matter who commits a crime, he must be punished."

Long Wu suddenly turned back, stared at him, and said, "Who are you? Why do you have to pursue this matter?" Liu Changjie was silent, and it took a long time before he said slowly: "At least I'm not doing it for myself." "Who are you for?" Long Wu asked again, "Who are you?" Liu Changjie closed his mouth. Long Wu said: "Of course you are not the kind of person you said yourself. You don't want to betray yourself, and you will never betray yourself." Liu Changjie did not deny it. Long Wudao: "But Hu Li and I have investigated your origin, and we have not found out that you are lying."

Liu Changjie: "So you can't figure it out?" Long Wu said: "I really can't figure it out." Liu Changjie suddenly smiled and said, "If I encounter something I can't figure out, there is only one way to deal with it." Long Wudao: "What method?" Liu Changjie: "If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, at least not for the time being." Long Wu said: "What about the future?" Liu Changjie: "No matter what the secret is, sooner or later the truth will come to light. As long as you are patient, you will find out sooner or later."

Long Wu also closed his mouth. He may not want to, but at least he can not ask. The rain is like a curtain weaving, and the dusk is getting darker. There was a sound of heavy footsteps in the corridor. A man with a paper lantern in his hand walked slowly from the other end of the dark corridor. The light shone on his white hair, and on his face, it was Hu Li's loyal old family. There was still no expression on his face. He had learned to keep his grief to himself. "The two haven't left yet?" "not yet." The old man nodded slowly and said, "Of course you two won't leave, but the old man has already left!"

"he's gone?" The old man stared at the rain curtain outside the corridor, and said: "There are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have good fortune and misfortune. I really never thought that the old man would suddenly become ill." "Did he die of illness?" The old man nodded, and said: "His rheumatism has already penetrated into his bones, and he is already a disabled person. It is not easy to procrastinate to this day." He still had no expression on his face, but there was a strange expression in his eyes, and he didn't know whether he was grieving for Hu Li, or begging Liu Changjie for mercy, begging him not to tell the old man's secret.

Liu Changjie looked at him, finally nodded, and sighed: "Yes, he must have died of illness, I have already seen that he is very ill." There was an indescribable expression of gratitude in the eyes of the old family, and suddenly sighed, saying: "Thank you, you are really a good person, the old man did not misunderstand you." Sighing, he walked slowly in front of Liu Changjie and walked out of the corridor. Liu Changjie couldn't help asking, "Where are you going?" "Go report the funeral for the old man." "Where to report the funeral?"

"Go to Mrs. Qiu." The old family's voice was suddenly full of resentment, "If it wasn't for her, the old man might not be so seriously ill. Now that the old man has gone, I must let her know." There was light in Liu Changjie's eyes, and he asked again: "Could she still come here to hang sacrifices?" "She will definitely come," the old family said word by word, "she has to come." The rain outside the porch was getting denser. The old family walked out slowly, the lanterns in their hands were soon wet by the rain and extinguished.

But he didn't seem to feel it at all, he still held the lightless lantern in his hand, and walked into the darkness step by step. Night had suddenly fallen, covering the earth. It wasn't until his thin and crooked figure completely disappeared into the darkness that Long Wu sighed and said, "You really did not make a mistake this time, and Hu Li really didn't disappoint you." Liu Changjie was also sighing. Long Wudao: "But I still don't understand why Qiu Hengbo has to come?" Liu Changjie: "I can't figure it out either." Long Wu said: "So you don't want to." Liu Changjie suddenly smiled and said, "Because I believe that no matter what happens, sooner or later the truth will come to light." He turned around and stared at Long Wu, then suddenly said: "There is a saying that I advise you to never forget." Long Wudao: "Which sentence?" Liuchang Street: "The Skynet is well restored, sparse but not leaky." His eyes glowed in the dark: "No matter who commits a crime, he will never escape the law." dusk. Every day has its dusk, but no day's dusk is exactly the same. Just as everyone dies, there are many kinds of death.Some people died gloriously and heroically, while others died ordinary and humble. At least Hu Li's death was not humble. There were many people who came to the mourning hall to pay homage to him, many of them were old disciples of his, and many came here just because of his fame, but only one person was missing. Mrs. Xiangsi did not come. Liu Changjie was not in a hurry either, he didn't even ask. When Long Wu left, he didn't stop him either.He knew that Long Wu would definitely leave, just as he knew that Qiu Hengbo would definitely come. ——It is better not to see it than to see it. Since Qiu Hengbo was coming, how could Long Wu not leave? He sent Long Wu away, straight to the end of the road, and only said lightly: "I will definitely look for you again." "When?" Long Wu couldn't help asking, "When will you come to see me?" Liu Changjie smiled and said, "Of course it was when you were drinking." Long Wu also laughed, and said with a smile: "I often drink in Tianxianglou." The mourning hall is located in this ancient and wide hall. Now even Liuchang Street is nowhere to be found. In the mourning hall, only the white-haired old family and two paper-wrapped boys and girls are left guarding Hu Li's coffin. It's very dark now. The gloomy light shone on his tired and old face, making him look like a paper doll. The four sides are covered with white cloth elegiac couplets, and the back is full of paper-made longevity buildings, carriages, boats and bridges, mountains of gold and silver. These were prepared to be incinerated during the two days of "Jie San" and "Night Companion". The carriage bridge was vividly blurred, leading the mules and horses, following the driver, and even the servants, drawstrings, riding whips, green clothes and hats, ears, eyes, mouth and nose, all of them were lifelike, but it was a pity that Hu Li could no longer see them. The evening wind was bleak, the lights flickered, and a figure floated in with the wind. A nocturnal man dressed in hemp and filial piety, and wearing black nocturnal clothes under the filial piety. The old family only looked up at him.When he knelt down, the old family knelt down with him; when he kowtowed, the old family kowtowed with him. After the death of a martial arts tycoon like Hu Li, unknown people from all over the world would often come to the funeral at night. This is not a strange thing, it is not worth making a fuss about, and it is not worth asking. But this night pedestrian asked instead: "Mr. Hu is really dead?" The old man nodded. "The old man was fine a few days ago, why did he pass away suddenly?" The old family said sadly: "There are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have misfortunes and blessings. No one can predict this kind of thing." "How did the old man die?" The night walker was obviously very concerned about Hu Li's death. "He died of illness." The old man said, "He was already very sick." Ye Xingren finally let out a long sigh and said, "I haven't seen his old man for a long time, I wonder if I can see him for the last time." "It's a pity you came a step late." "Can I pay tribute to his old man's legacy?" The night traveler still didn't give up. "No," the old man replied simply, "others can, but you can't." Nightwalker looked surprised: "Why can't I?" The old man lowered his face and said, "Because he doesn't recognize you." Nightwalker was even more surprised: "How do you know he doesn't recognize me?" The old family member said coldly: "Because I don't know you either." Ye Xingren said: "As long as he recognizes, you will recognize it?" The old man nodded. Ye Xingren also lowered his face, and said, "What if I must watch it?" The old family member said lightly: "I know you don't have to see him. The one who wants to see him is not you." Ye Xingren frowned and said, "Do you know who it is?" The old man nodded again, suddenly sneered and said, "I'm just wondering about one thing." Ye Xingren asked, "What's the matter?" The old man said: "Since Mrs. Qiu doesn't believe that the old man is really dead, and since she still wants to see his remains, why didn't she come by herself, but asked you, a thief from the fifth sect, to harass the old man's spirit after death!" Nightwalker's expression changed, and when he flipped his hands, he was already wearing a pair of deerskin gloves specially designed to fire hidden poison weapons. The old family members no longer even looked at him. Ye Xingren smiled darkly and said, "Even if I am a thief from the fifth sect, I can still kill you." He seemed to be really ready to make a move, but at this moment, he suddenly heard someone say coldly: "Shut your mouth, get out, get out!" The voice is beautiful, as if it came from the sky. Although the third person could not be seen in the mourning hall, no one could see where the speaker was. The old family members were still not surprised at all, and there was still no expression on their faces, but they said lightly: "You really came, I knew you would definitely come." Ye Xingren retreated step by step and had already exited the mourning hall. In the mourning hall, only the gray-haired old family members were left, accompanied by the gloomy lonely lamp. But at this moment, in this mourning hall, there was another voice speaking. "Hu Yi." She was calling the old man's name, "Since you know that I called him, why don't you let him see the old man's remains?" Hu Yi's answer was equally straightforward: "Because he doesn't deserve it." "What about me? Am I worthy?" "The old man has already calculated that you will not believe that he is dead." "Oh?" "So he told me a long time ago that the coffin must not be nailed until you come." "Does he want to see me again?" She was laughing. Her laugh is beautiful and eerie. Amidst the laughter, the paper sedan chair suddenly shattered into countless pieces, as if it was suddenly ignited by an invisible flame. Countless pieces of shredded paper are flying in the mourning hall, like countless colorful butterflies. Among the flying butterflies, a person slowly floated up, as if a snow-white flower suddenly opened. She was wearing a snow-white gown, and her face was covered with a snow-white veil, and her body seemed to be a snow-white haze, which suddenly floated in front of Hu Yi. Hu Yi's face was still completely expressionless - Mrs. Xiangsi would definitely come. He already knew and was waiting for her. "Can I see the old man's remains now?" "Of course you can," Hu Yi said lightly, "and maybe the old man really wants to see you again." The coffin had not yet been nailed. Hu Li lay quietly in the coffin, and it seemed that he was more peaceful than when he was alive. Because he knows that no one in this world can force him to do anything anymore. Mrs. Xiangsi finally sighed softly, and said: "It seems that he has already left first." Hu Yi said coldly: "You don't seem to want him to wait for you." Mrs. Xiangsi said: "Because I know that the dead can't take anything with them." Hu Yidao: "He did not take anything with him." Mrs. Xiangsi said: "Since you didn't take it away, you should keep it for me." Hu Yidao: "What should be given to you, of course I will give it to you." Mrs. Xiangsi asked, "Where is it?" Hu Yidao: "It's right here." Mrs. Xiangsi said, "Why can't I see?" Hu Yidao: "Because what you promised to bring to him has not been brought yet." Mrs. Xiangsi said: "Even if I bring it, he won't be able to see it." Hu Yi said: "I can see it." Mrs. Xiangsi said: "It's a pity that I didn't promise you, and Hu Yue'er is not your daughter either!" Hu Yi closed his mouth. Mrs. Xiangsi asked, "Where are the things?" Hu Yidao: "It's right here." Mrs. Xiangsi said: "I still can't see." Hu Yidao: "Because I didn't see Hu Yue'er either." Mrs. Xiangsi sneered, "I'm afraid you will never see her again." Hu Yi also sneered, and said, "Then you will never see those things." Mrs. Xiangsi said: "I can see at least one thing." Hu Yi said: "Oh?" Mrs. Xiangsi said coldly: "At least I can still see your head fall." Hu Yi said: "It's a pity that my head is not even worth a penny." Mrs. Xiangsi said: "Sometimes I want the same things that are worthless." Hu Yi said: "Then you can come and take it anytime." Mrs. Xiangsi suddenly smiled and said: "You know that I won't want you to die." Hu Yi said: "Oh?" Mrs. Xiangsi said: "As long as you have one breath left, I will have a way to make you tell the truth." Her hand suddenly flicked out like an orchid. Hu Yi didn't move. But another hand suddenly stretched out, and it greeted her hand like lightning. There is no third person in the mourning hall. Where did this hand come from?Did it protrude from the coffin? There was no hand out of the coffin. This is not the hand of a dead man, but the hand of a paper man. The paper figurine has been shattered into countless pieces, flying like butterflies. "I've been waiting for you here too." A smiling face appeared among the flying butterflies. Liu Changjie was laughing. But there seemed to be an indescribable sadness in his smile. Because of his palm wind, the veil that Madam Xiangsi covered her face had already been raised, and he finally saw Madam Xiangsi's face. It never occurred to him that this mysterious and gloomy woman was actually Hu Yue'er. Long Wu embraced the sable fur, reclined on the short couch, stared at the dead branches outside the window, and murmured: "Why hasn't it snowed this year?" No one answered his words, nor did he expect them to. Qin Huhua seldom speaks. ——When a person starts to talk to himself, it means that he is getting old. Long Wu suddenly remembered this sentence, but forgot who said it. "Am I really getting old?" He caressed the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, feeling an indescribable loneliness in his heart. Qin Huhua is warming the wine for him. He used to drink very little, but lately he was drinking two glasses a day. ——When will you come to see me? —when you're drinking, of course. There was a sound of light footsteps outside the door, and a man in a green coat and cap came in holding a saucer covered with a soup bowl. Long Wu didn't look back, but suddenly smiled: "Are there three hands in the plate this time?" Sure enough, Liu Changjie came. He was also smiling, and lifted the bowl on the plate with a smile: "There is only one hand here, the left hand." Inside the plate was a bear's paw, which Long Wu had told the kitchen to simmer for a whole day on a low fire. The wine was also warmed just right. "I knew you would definitely come." Long Wu laughed, "You came just in time." Qin Huhua has already filled the empty cup, there are only two cups. Liu Changjie couldn't help asking, "You don't want to drink?" Qin Huhua shook her head. He only glanced at Liu Changjie, then turned his head, his face was still expressionless. Liu Changjie was still looking at him, and suddenly thought of Hu Yi with gray hair and face like dead wood. Just like every time he sees Hu Yi, he can't help but think of Qin Huhua. Is it because they are the same kind of people?No one could tell what was going on in their hearts from the expressions on their faces. What was going on in Liu Changjie's mind? He was smiling, but his smile was dim, like the gloomy weather outside the window. "It's just the right weather for a drink." Long Wu turned around with a smile: "So I specially prepared two jugs of good wine for you." Liu Changjie drank his glass in one gulp: "It really is good wine." When he sat down, his smile was a little more cheerful. A glass of really good wine always brightens one's mood. Long Wu stared at him, and asked tentatively, "You just came?" Liu Changjie: "Yeah." Long Wu said: "I thought you would come a few days ago." Liu Changjie: "I... I'm late." Long Wu smiled and said, "Better late than never." Liu Changjie was silent for a long time. "You're wrong," he said suddenly, "Sometimes it might be better not to come." He was obviously not talking about himself. Long Wu said: "Who are you talking about?" Liu Changjie took another drink: "You should know who I'm talking about." "She really went?" "Ok!" "You saw her?" "Ok!" "You recognize her?" "Ok!" "Is she the Hu Yue'er you mentioned?" Liu Changjie was already drinking his fifth cup: "Of course she is not the real Hu Yue'er." Long Wudao: "The real Hu Yue'er, but you haven't seen it?" Liu Changjie nodded and finished his sixth cup. Long Wudao: "She has already bound Hu Yue'er, first used Hu Yue'er to blackmail Hu Li, and then pretended to be Hu Yue'er to see you?" Liu Changjie drank the seventh glass of wine in one gulp, and suddenly asked, "Do you want to know what happened to her?" Long Wu said: "I don't want to." He was also smiling, but his smile was darker than the weather outside the window: "I already know what kind of person she is." Liu Changjie: "But you don't know what will happen to her." "I don't need to know," Long Wu said slowly, "What kind of person will have what kind of ending." He forced a smile again: "Skynet is well-established, and it's sparse but not leaky. I haven't forgotten this sentence." Liu Changjie wanted to laugh, but he didn't. He had already drank the whole pot of wine. Long Wu also drank a cup, and suddenly said: "But I still can't see what kind of person that old man is." "You mean Hu Yi?" Long Wu nodded and said, "I even suspected that he was the real Hu Li." Liu Changjie: "Oh!" Long Wu said: "I even suspect that both of them are Hu Li." Liu Changjie: "I don't understand." Long Wudao: "Have you ever heard that there used to be a man named Brother Ouyang in Jianghu?" Liu Changjie: "I've heard of it." Long Wudao: "Brother Ouyang is not two brothers, his name is Brother Ouyang." Liu Changjie: "I know." Long Wudao: "Since Brother Ouyang is only one person, of course Hu Li may be two people." Liu Changjie finally understood what he meant. Long Wu said: "Have you ever thought of this possibility?" "I don't." Liu Changjie said, "The relationship between people is beyond the comprehension of a third party." He couldn't help but glance at Qin Huhua again—isn't the relationship between Qin Huhua and Long Wu also amazing? He sighed and said: "No matter what, we will never know this secret!" "why?" "Because Hu Yi didn't walk out of the mourning hall alive." ——Hu Yi "nor" not. Does the word "also" contain other meanings?Did other people "also" die in that mourning hall? Is Liu Changjie the only one who can leave the mourning hall alive? Long Wu didn't ask. He didn't want to ask, and couldn't bear to ask. "Anyway, this case is finally over now." He picked up a jug of wine that had just been filled, and filled Liu Changjie's glass. Liu Changjie immediately drank his glass again: "But even I myself didn't expect this case to end like this." "What did you think?" Long Wu asked, "Did you always doubt me?" Liu Changjie did not deny it: "You are a very suspicious person in the first place." "why?" "Because I still can't see through you until now. I even suspect that you are the head of the Azure Dragon Society. Hu Li and Hu Yi are just second-rate characters who are making money for the Azure Dragon Society." "What about you? Who can see through it?" Long Wu smiled, "I've always wondered why even Hu Li and the others didn't find out your origin." Liu Changjie also smiled, and said, "That's because I have no great background at all." Long Wu stared at him, and said word by word: "Now, can you tell me who you are?" Liu Changjie said lightly: "Both you and Hu Li went to that small town to investigate me." Long Wu said: "We didn't find anything." Liu Changjie: "Of course you can't find out." He smiled and said, "Because I grew up in that small town, my life has always been very ordinary." Long Wu said: "What about now?" Liu Changjie: "Now I'm just a catcher in that small town." Long Wu was stunned. "People like you are just a small town catcher?" Liu Changjie nodded, and said: "You can't find out my background, just because you can't think that I will be a fast catcher." Long Wu couldn't help but heaved a long sigh, and said with a wry smile: "I really didn't expect that." Liu Changjie: "You met me only because the higher-ups happened to assign me to handle this case, otherwise you would never know that there is such a person as me in the world." Long Wu said: "Are you telling the truth?" Liu Changjie: "You don't believe me?" Long Wudao: "I believe it, but I still can't figure it out." Liu Changjie: "Which point?" Long Wu said: "A person like you, how can you be a fast catcher?" Liu Changjie: "I always do what I want to do." Long Wu said: "You originally wanted to be a catcher?" Liu Changjie nodded.Long Wu smiled wryly and said: "Some people want to be heroes, some people want to be high-ranking officials, some people want fame, some people want profit, I have met all of these people." Liu Changjie: "But you have never seen anyone wanting to be a policeman?" Long Wu admitted: "There are not many people like you." Liu Changjie: "But there are already too many heroes in the world, and there should be a few people like me who come out to do things that others don't want to do or are unwilling to do." He smiled, and the smile suddenly became very happy: "No matter what, the catch is also made by humans. If a person lives in this world, if he does what he wants to do, shouldn't he be satisfied?" Long Wudao: "It seems that only people like you can deal with organizations like the Azure Dragon Society." Liu Changjie smiled and said, "Isn't the arrester supposed to deal with these things?"