Chapter 21 Chapter 3 Heaven and Earth Soul Search Needle

Lao Xiao is seventy-three years old this year. He usually looks like a bad old man who is about to enter the coffin, but once the job is in his hands, his whole person changes, he becomes full of energy, he becomes an "expert" as if he is only forty years old.Old Xiao, surnamed Xiao and named Baicao, is a seasoned veteran in the field of "piecework". He lived in a single house two alleys away from the dungeon, where he lived and where he worked. His job was to dissect corpses. So where he lives, few people dare to go during the day. It is night now, the night of late autumn, and the autumn wind is bleak.

Except for the sound of the wind, the land was silent. The phoenix blows from afar, and the phoenix seems to have the howl of geese. The sound of geese is sad, and the autumn mood is even more bleak. Autumn is originally a world of sounds, and the sound of wild geese is the soul in the sounds of autumn. Zhu Lu and Ma Shi had arrived at Lao Xiao's house, and they were parked on the long platform. Old Xiao looked tired, but his expression was extremely lonely. His eyes, which were almost narrowed, were staring at Zhu Lu on the long platform. "He is a good man." Old Xiao's voice was also very lonely. "He often comes to me with wine in the middle of the night. I know his intentions. He doesn't come to me for a drink. He comes to accompany me on a special trip." Dai Tian was listening, but he could only listen.

"Do you know what people who live to my age are most afraid of?" He didn't wait for Dai Tian to say anything, he answered it himself. "Lonely." Old Xiao smiled wryly. "But loneliness is what often accompanies us. It seems that it has become the exclusive product of the elderly." ——Loneliness is really a terrible helplessness. "The older I get, the fewer friends I have, and I hardly have any." The loneliness on Old Xiao's face deepened. "Who would want to get close to an old man who often dissects corpses?" This is the truth, and it is also the sadness of doing "pieces".

This kind of sorrow is a kind of sorrow that goes deep into the bone marrow.It is also a very helpless sadness. "The older you get, the more lonely you are, and the more lonely you are, the less you can sleep." Old Xiao still stared at Zhu Lu. "So he often comes to accompany me until dawn. Sometimes he even accompany me until lunch, and usually he invites me to a restaurant outside." Lao Xiao stretched out his hand to stroke Vermillion's hair. "Your hair is still so black, it's not like mine, it's all white." Lao Xiao said: The world is really like white clouds and gray dogs. "Old Xiao bent down slowly, took out a leather case from under the long platform, and slowly opened it. There were many kinds of exquisite tools in the case, and there were also many strange bottles. Inside the bottles were All kinds of medicinal powders. After Lao Xiao opened the box, Shuang Yu covered his face and rubbed his eyes with his index finger, middle finger, and ring finger." I never thought that there would be a "big meeting to dissect you." Are you staying?" Dai Tian asked with concern.

"This is my profession," Lao Xiao straightened his back. "I'm not too fragile to go under the knife." Old Xiao picked up a very thin knife, his eyes rested on Vermillion's eyes. "No matter what your cause of death is, as long as it has existed in the world, I can find it." A thin knife, a steady and strong hand. The sharp blade, under the control of nimble fingers, flashed a pale light. The blade slashed, the flesh turned outward, and the plasma immediately gushed out. Purple-black blood!Although the blood has not coagulated, it will coagulate. The place where Lao Xiao dropped the knife was exactly where Zhu Lu's leg was broken.

As soon as the muscles were cut open, the broken bones were exposed. Although eight Kongming lanterns were lit all around, Dai Tian still felt a gloomy feeling. The air was filled with a disgusting smell of corpses, mixed with various medicinal fragrances, forming an indescribable smell.If you are not a person who has experienced the scene, you really can't appreciate the "horror" of that taste. This "scary" smell was the first time Dai Tian smelled it, and it was also the first time he saw a corpse being dissected, and he turned his face away.One hour passed, two hours passed.

Even though it was very cold in the late autumn night, beads of sweat were already appearing on Dai Tian's head. Old Xiao was soaked through even his clothes. There is another smell in the air. Sweat smell. Dai Tian really wanted to sneak out to get some fresh air. But he dared not, and could not. This matter is very important, if there is a mistake, he cannot explain it to Yang Zheng. Fortunately, at this moment, Lao Xiao had already stopped. "Have you found the cause of death?" Dai Tian asked anxiously. "He died before he fell." Old Xiao looked tired. "So he was thrown down?"

"En." Old Xiao nodded. "He died of poisoning." "What poison?" "have no idea." "have no idea?" "There is no abnormality in the throat. It is obvious that the poison did not enter from the throat." "If it doesn't come in from the throat, it must come out from a hidden weapon." Dai Tian asked, "Have you ever found the wound?" "No." Old Xiao said: "Except for the place where he fell, he couldn't find any wounds on his whole body." Dai Tian suddenly thought of Du Wuhen and the others. "Did it enter through the skin?"

"No." Old Xiao confirmed him, "If it enters through the skin, there must be signs in the muscles." "So it's impossible to find out the cause of his death?" "I can find it." Old Xiao said, "I haven't dissected the internal organs yet." "The internal organs are also dissected?..." Yes, Yining yes. "Old Xiao said: "If the internal organs are no longer found, cut his head open. "If the head can't be cut, what else would he do, and Lao Xiao buried his head in dissecting the corpse again. Intestines, stomach, liver, and lungs have all been taken out and piled up next to each other, and then Lao Xiao started to examine the intestines.

Would he still put these things back where they belonged?Dai Da really doubted it. Not everyone has this kind of opportunity to see the internal organs of a person's body. For Dai Tian, ​​this can be regarded as a kind of luck.He would rather not have this kind of luck. The internal organs were quickly dissected. Still can't find the answer. So Lao Xiao then began to dissect Vermillion's head. Dai Tian didn't even dare to look at the scene at this time. He almost vomited out of the stewed chicken with mushrooms that he ate at night. He really admired Xiao Baicao.Dissecting a corpse is like killing a chicken, and today's target is also his friend. If it were him, Dai Tian would know what he said.I don't know how much time has passed, Lao Xiao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, put down the knife, sweat dripped from his head to the ground like a thunderstorm, his expression was already very tired, and his waist was bent even more. — After all, he is an old man.

He stared at Dai Tian with a pair of old eyes that seemed to be dazed, "There are three small needle holes on the skull." "How small?" "Smaller than the embroidery needles." Lao Xiao sat down. "I checked repeatedly until the third time before I found these three needle ports." "" Smaller than an embroidery needle. "Dai Tian pondered: "What kind of hidden weapon is that? "There is no poison on the hidden weapon, it is injected from the top of Vermillion Lu's head, directly into the brain." "Old Xiao said: "Vermillion Lu died immediately, without any pain at all. ""If there is a needle, there must be a hidden weapon." Dai Tian asked, "Where's the hidden weapon?" " Old Xiao spread out his left palm. "it's here." Dai Tian took a look and found that it was even smaller than a thorn, and the three small needles were all light blue. "Such a small needle cannot be delivered by hand." "Yes." Lao Xiao said, "It must have been launched by a mechanism." Dai Tian had already left, taking the three thin needles with him. Vermilion's internal organs have all been put back, and the wound has been sewn up. Xiao Baicao sat quietly at the side, looking at Vermillion on the long platform. "What kind of machine box is used to launch such a small needle?" In the shadows outside the window, a person suddenly said to him coldly, "It was fired with the Heaven and Earth Soul Search Box, and those three needles are called the Heaven and Earth Soul Search Meter." There is fog in the land, thick fog. Fog condenses from the air. The thick morning mist lightly and softly covered the trees, flowers, and paths with a layer of tears, and also wet the hair tips, eyebrows, and clothes of Tibetan flowers.Tibetan flowers sit on the ground.Sitting in front of the grave of old Gaixian. This is the back mountain of the "Traveling God Medical Pavilion", and it is also the garden where the dead are buried in the Medical Pavilion. Zanghua came here with wine before dawn, and then she sat in front of Lao Gaixian's grave and drank. Take a drink, spill a glass on the grave. Time passed by, the wine gradually disappeared from the bottle, and the pride gradually rose in Zanghua's chest. Soon, the three bottles of wine brought were gone. Tibetan flowers drank a bottle and a half, and a bottle and a half was sprinkled in the soil. Zanghua stood up, patted the dust off her body, looked at the tombstone engraved with "Tomb of Lao Gaixian", and said with a smile: "Old Gaixian, I'll drink here today, I have something to do later , I’ll drink with you some other day.” The tombstone is speechless and silent, but the earth has a sound. The voice came from far away on the mountain road. It was the sound of singing folk songs, at least two or more choruses. Who would be here so early in the morning? Could it be that they also have the same mood as Zanghua? I come here to cherish the memory of my relatives or old friends. Why are they singing folk songs so happily? These questions will soon have answers. The four people happily carried a brand-new coffin from the foot of the mountain while singing folk songs, and walked quickly.It turned out to be coffin bearers, no wonder they were in the mood to sing folk songs. Zanghua smiled.The ones lying in the coffin were not their relatives and had nothing to do with them. Of course they were in the mood to sing. "Morning, good morning everyone." Zang Hua happily said "Hello." Good morning. "The workers answered happily." Started work so early? "" Early entry into the soil, early reincarnation. "The workers parked the coffin in an empty space. Then they picked up the tools and started digging." Who was buried this time? "Tibetan Flower asked curiously." It was a girl. "" I heard that she looks very beautiful! ""It's the palace that manages the garden." "I heard it was invited by Fusang." "Yinjing Xiaodie. Zanghua looked at the coffin and smiled. No matter she was a spy in life or a hero? After death, she was just a cup of loess. This is life. She shook her head, turned and walked down the path. This path is really steep. Since you want to drive this path, why not drive it flatter or wider, and walk empty-handed? The person who carried the coffin? Such a steep path? Zang Hua looked back at the cemetery. When the four people carried the coffin up just now, they didn’t feel any difficulty at all. Why, are they used to it? No matter how you get used to it, corpses always have weight, Dian Fei... Zang Hua stared at the top of the mountain, her expression gradually becoming serious. Four: "This is the Heaven and Earth Soul Search Needle. "Yang Zheng looked at the three tiny needles." Heaven and Earth Soul Search Needle? "Dai Yao was surprised and said: "You will see blood when you come out, and it's ominous when you return empty. If you are in a hurry, you are the king of hidden weapons. " "yes." "I know the story of the Heaven and Earth Soul Search Needle. It is said that it was made by a person who does not know martial arts." Dai Tian said. "There are six scariest things in the world, and this heaven and earth soul-searching needle is one of them." Yang Zheng said, "The person who made this hidden weapon was also a son of a martial arts family, and his name was Zhou Shiming. Nanhu Shuangjian." "As far as I know, the person who made this hidden weapon doesn't know any martial arts." Dai Tian asked: "How can the son of Nanhu Shuangjian not know martial arts? Could it be that the rumors are wrong?" "Brother Dai The rumors I heard are not wrong." Yang Zheng smiled. "Zhou Shiming really doesn't know martial arts this time, because he suffered from a very strange cartilage paralysis since he was a child," but he can't practice martial arts, and he can't even stand up at all. "Dai Yao listened quietly." There were five brothers in their family, Zhou Shiming was the third, and his wisdom was much higher than the other four brothers. "Yang Zheng said: "Helpless, his body is disabled. Seeing that his brothers are all famous in the Jianghu, it is inevitable that he will feel sad and indignant, so he vowed that one day he would do something astonishing for others to see. " "Could it be that his brothers are the four seniors who were called 'Jiangnan Siyi' in the past?" "Yes." Yang Zheng said, "This Zhou Shiming has been lingering on the sick bed all year round. Apart from reading books, he plays with his body. Not only is he extremely talented, but his hands are even more skillful. , there are extremely dexterous news agencies everywhere, and imitated Zhuge Wuhou's wooden ox and horse, and made many movable wooden figures." "This room must be very interesting." Dai Tian said with a smile: "If this Duke Zhou had not passed away long ago, I would really like to visit him." "One year he cut a box of wood out of wood and asked his brother to go Find a skillful blacksmith to build one." Yang Zheng said: "His brother thought it was his toy again, and he didn't care, so he found the most famous blacksmith in Gusu at that time, named Skillful Zhu. .” Yang Zheng took a breath, and then said: "The skillful Song Song has been in Zhou Shiming's room for two years. No one knows what they are doing in the room, but Zhou Shiming makes people send a sum of money every month. A considerable settling fee is sent to Lie Qiaoshou Song's family, so Qiaoshou Song's wife is very relieved." "I'm afraid she doesn't know that Zhou Shiming used the money to buy her husband's life." Dai Tian sighed. "That's right. Two years later, as soon as Skillful Song walked out of the house, he fell down and couldn't get up. It is said that he died of exhaustion, but no one knows the truth." Yang Zheng said: "The Zhou family in Nanhu was also a wealthy family at that time. He is powerful and famous, so the family of Skillful Song Song didn't dare to ask." "Since Skillful Song knows the secret of making the Heaven and Earth Soul Search Needle, Zhou Shiming will never let him live in this world again." Dai Tian said, "I'm afraid he will be the first person to die for the Heaven and Earth Soul Search Needle." "After half a month, Zhou Shiming suddenly posted a lot of posts, clearing up all the most famous concealed weapon masters at that time." Yang Zheng paused, and then said: "It was the Mid-Autumn Festival that day, the moon was shining brightly, and the rivers and lakes For the sake of Jiangnan Siyi's face, there are quite a few people in the middle of the road." He said: "After three rounds of Huaizhi drinking, Zhou Shiming suddenly asked Hou Nanhui to come and fight with him." "Hou Nanhui?" Dai Tian asked, "But Hou Nanhui who is known as the 'Eight-armed Ape'?" "Yes, not only is this person full of hidden weapons all over his body, it is said that he can fire twelve kinds of hidden weapons at the same time, and his skill in receiving hidden weapons is also outstanding, as if he had twelve hands. He can really be called a first-class weapon in the martial arts. He is a master of hidden weapons." Yang Zheng said: "How can such a person be willing to compare hidden weapons with a cripple, let alone he is Jiang Fu Siyi's friend." "Even if you win, there is no glory." "Everyone thought Zhou Shiming was joking, but who knew that Zhou Shiming insisted on fighting Hou Fuhui, and even said a lot of harsh words, which made Hou Fuhui lose his face gradually." "What happened next?" "Later, not only Hou Nanhui died under the soul-searching needle in this world, but also several masters of hidden weapons died together," Yang Zheng said, "Everyone clearly knew that the hidden weapons were fired from a small iron box in Zhou Shiming's hand. Unexpectedly, no one can dodge it." "Zhou Shiming has such a vicious hand." Dai Tian said, "He has been disabled since he was a child, and his temperament may be extreme and weird, but Nanhu Shuangjian and Jiangnan Siyi don't care about him?" "At that time, both Nanhu Shuangjian brothers passed away. Jiangnan Siyi has ulterior motives." "What's on your mind?" "They saw that their brother had such a powerful hidden weapon, and they wanted to use it to establish the prestige of the Nanhu Zhou family." Yang Zheng said, "They didn't expect that in this way, everyone in the world would regard the Zhou family as their own. Public Enemy, no one wants this kind of hidden weapon to be left in the hands of the Zhou family brothers, because our uncles and the others use this kind of hidden weapon against themselves." "Especially those who have a little feud with the Zhou family." Dai Tian said, "Knowing that they have such a vicious hidden weapon in their hands, I'm afraid they won't even be able to sleep at night." All kinds of methods were used to remove the four righteousnesses in the south of the Yangtze River, and then set fire to burn the Zhou family to a clean place, and Zhou Shiming was buried in the fire cave." "He deserves it." Dai Tian cursed, and then asked: "Then Then who did the Soul Search Needle fall into the hands of?" "No one knows whose hands this hidden weapon fell into, because no matter who gets it, they will never tell it." Yang Zheng said: "But every three to five months, someone in the world always dies in the world. Under the Heaven and Earth Soul Searching Needle, the person who holds the Heaven and Earth Soul Searching Needle can't keep it for too long, because as long as there is a whisper of wind, someone will take away the hidden weapon and kill his people." "So, isn't the soul-searching needle in this world already an ominous thing?" "Don't be heartless, this hidden weapon has changed hands countless times over the past few decades, and the person who gets it always ends well." Yang Zheng sighed. "Until many years ago, this hidden weapon suddenly disappeared, presumably because the person who got it this time did not use it." He went on to say: "Therefore, although the martial arts heroes of this generation still often hear the legend about the Heaven and Earth Soul Search Needle, and even many people know its shape and power, but no one has really seen it." " In this way, Vermillion Lu's luck is not spared." "This time the Azure Dragon Society must have been determined to deal with me, so they managed to get this Earth Soul Search Needle." "This is even more strange. Since the Qinglong Society worked so hard to obtain the Heaven and Earth Soul Search Needle, why did it casually use it on Vermillion's body?" What happened, or they had to use the heaven and earth soul search needle in desperation?" "See something that shouldn't be seen?" Dai Tian pondered, "This thing that shouldn't be seen must have happened in the bamboo house, and Zhu I met Lu." Yang Zheng nodded. Dai Tian suddenly stopped talking, he was looking out the window and meditating. "The Heaven and Earth Soul Searching Needle is exquisitely crafted and powerfully fired. It really deserves to be called the 'King of Hidden Weapons'." Yang Zheng said suddenly, "Compared with this one, there is a well-known hidden weapon in today's martial arts. At least 20% of the difference is required, and a hidden weapon, decisive victory and wounding, in an instant, even if it is a slight difference, the difference is too much." "Compared to 'Lover's Arrow'?" Dai Tian asked. "The horror of the Lover's Arrow does not lie in its speed, but in its wrist strength." Yang Zheng replied: "After the Earth Soul Searching Needle is fired, no one in the world can dodge it." He continued: "I heard that the Heaven and Earth Soul Searching Needle There are sixty-six thirty-six needles per shot, Zhu Lu only tasted three of them." "There are still thirty-three left in the bamboo house?" "Yes." Yang Zheng stared at him. "To deal with Vermillion, three coins are enough, but you are different, maybe thirty-three coins will invite you." "Maybe thirty-three coins are not needed!" Dai Tian smiled. "What you decide to do, I can't shake your mind." Yang Zheng said lightly: "Going to the 'Bamboo House' must be dangerous, you have to be careful." "I will."