who and the rivers and lakes

Wishing Tianwei a big birthday celebration, he was originally full of satisfaction, but it suddenly took a turn for the worse, with frequent accidents.First, the second brother Zhu Tianxiang was seated, and then his wife Bai Qingyun fell ill, then Sheng Donglai intruded inexplicably, and then looked at the peaceful Zhan Zhao at the table, his heart jumped for no reason, glanced at Bai Qingfeng beside him, and thought to hurry After this ominous birthday banquet is over, I will make another plan.

He coughed dryly, stood up and ordered the old housekeeper to bless him: "It's almost time, arrange to burn incense and worship ancestors."

Blessing hurriedly agreed, and assigned two little boys to re-arrange the fruit, cut and light the candles, and arrange the incense sticks on the desk in the middle of the hall.The two little boys were nimble, and after finishing their work, one on each side retreated to both sides of the desk with their hands tied.

With a dignified expression, Zhu Tianwei bowed his hands around to give way to the guests, then walked steadily to the red cherry wood desk, raised his skirt, knelt on the soft cushion, closed his eyes and folded his palms together, praying silently.As for whether he is praying to his ancestors to bless him for a long life, or to pray for his ancestors to bless him to eliminate disasters, it is not known.

All the guests in the hall also stood up, shut their mouths and looked solemnly, watching from afar.

After Zhu Tianwei finished his silent prayer, he stood up, took out a bunch of incense, lit it with a candle, looked at the portrait of the ancestor on the wall, and bowed a few times.

He leaned forward, held the incense with both hands and inserted it into the heavy copper incense tripod.

The incense cauldron was swarthy and made of precision casting, with half a furnace of incense ash left in it.At the moment when Zhu Tianwei inserted the incense into the cauldron, there was a soft sound of the incense ash, and the incense ash suddenly sprayed up, and the fog filled the air immediately, mixed with countless silver needles as thin as embroidery needles, like lightning piercing the awn, bursting like a rainstorm. It shot out quickly, aiming directly at Zhu Tianwei's face.

There was a soft sound from the incense ash, Zhan Zhao was already alert, and blurted out: "Be careful." At the same time, he drew his sword and rushed out.

Zhu Tianwei was taken aback when he saw the incense ash blowing up, but he was taken aback when he heard Zhan Zhao shouting a warning behind him.He is also a top-notch expert, he has experienced hundreds of battles, he knows something is wrong, and when he wants to dodge, he is too late.He didn't move, and a shrill scream came out first, the silver needle out of ten had penetrated deeply into his face and neck, and his eyes were instantly blinded.

His face was in great pain, and his eyes could not see, but he still gritted his teeth to dodge the struggle, while urging his internal energy to protect his body.It might as well be that the two little boys who were standing by the desk with their hands tied, suddenly each pulled out a shining short sword from their sleeves, one left and one right, pinching Zhu Tianwei's vital points.

The silver needles on Zhu Tianwei's face were all poisonous, but in an instant, the poison had already penetrated his whole body, his internal energy dissipated rapidly, and it was difficult to move.

Seeing that the two daggers were about to pierce Zhu Tianwei's chest ribs, there were two crisp clangs, and Zhan Zhao had already arrived at the sword, and the huge gate was like a streamer, blocking the daggers.

The two little boys looked at each other, their eyes were dull but fierce, and they continued to attack Zhu Tianwei, determined to kill the target with the sword at the risk of death.

Zhan Zhao's horizontal sword guarded Zhu Tianwei's body, and Sheng Donglai also had his long sword in his hand, blocking the killing moves of the two little boys again and again.

Sheng Donglai arrived only half a step slower than Zhan Zhao, and while drawing his sword, he turned his face to Zhan Zhao and said, "Hero Zhan is so fast, I admire him, I'm half a step slower, this time the power of response is slightly weaker." One way, next time we will continue to compare."

Zhan Zhao pretended not to hear him, but said in a deep voice, "Brother Sheng, please be merciful with your sword, don't hurt the lives of these two people."

Sheng Donglai agreed loudly, dancing with the long sword in his hand vigorously, forcing the two boy killers to block left and right, and retreated repeatedly.

Zhan Zhao stood guard with a sword in one hand, and held Zhu Tianwei's hand in the other, inputting internal energy, hoping to help him resist the onset of severe poison.He saw Zhu Tianwei spitting out black blood, twitching all over his body, and in pain. He remembered Zhu Tianwei's majesty and majesty with a Ruyi knife in his hand, he couldn't bear it, and even ignored his own injuries, continuously pouring internal energy into his body.

Ding Yuehua and others also reacted, drew their weapons one after another, and stepped forward to help capture the murderer.

The two little boys were young, and their swords were fast and fierce. Obviously they had undergone hard training, but no matter how good their swordsmanship was, they were no match for Sheng Donglai and the others. After only a few rounds, they were knocked down by acupuncture points on the ground.

Zhan Zhao didn't have time to question the two boys, and he was devoted to Zhu Tianwei's luck and poison, but felt that Zhu Tianwei's hands were getting cold and stiff, and seeing that his face was covered with black blood, the corners of his mouth were twisted and drooping, and he died of anger.

The poison on the silver needles sealed the throat with blood, but they poisoned Zhu Tianwei to death in a short while, but the people who attacked them were afraid that the poison would not kill Zhu Tianwei, so they arranged for two other boy killers, which shows how eager they are to kill Zhu Tianwei.

Zhan Zhao let go of Zhu Tianwei's hand, lowered his head, closed his eyes, and couldn't help coughing lightly.He had exercised excessively just now, but now his internal breath was sluggish, his limbs were weak, and one temple began to throb and hurt again.But the pain and emptiness in his heart were greater than the discomfort in his body.Zhu Tianwei was his friend and the suspect in his investigation. He was already in a dilemma. Seeing Zhu Tianwei's tragic death in front of him now, he seemed to be in a desperate situation. It should be painful, it should be cherished, or it should be hated.

Sheng Donglai who was behind him suddenly shouted, "Hero Zhan, these two boys are also dead."

Hearing the sound, Zhan Zhao opened his eyes, remembered his responsibilities, pulled himself together, and turned around to see that the two little boys had been poisoned to death with black blood dripping from the corners of their mouths.

Sheng Dong took a look at Zhan Zhao's frown, rubbed his hands quickly, dodged his eyes, like a child who did something wrong, and said awkwardly: "I didn't kill them. I have been guarding them all the time, and no one else came close to attack them. Their acupoints Being banned is definitely not suicide.”

Zhan Zhao didn't speak, squatted down, examined the corpse carefully, and after a long time, he said slowly: "They have been poisoned in advance, but the poison is wrapped in a special bag, and the time has been calculated, just wait for these two When the little boy made a move, he was urged by his internal force, and gradually melted the skin, and then he died of the poison, killing people to silence him."

Everyone was stunned, Ding Yuehua let out a long breath and said, "What a vicious method." She looked at Zhan Zhao with a pair of beautiful eyes, and said, "Brother Zhan, you can see such a hidden method of killing, it's really amazing .”

Zhan Zhao looked up at her, and said, "I've only seen such a technique before."

"Have you seen it before?" Sheng Donglai asked first.

"In the past year, a mysterious killer organization suddenly appeared in the rivers and lakes. When it sees money to do things, it will show no mercy. Just like the swordsmanship used by these two boys. Kaifeng Mansion once took over a case. After assassinating the target, the killer died of poison. Mr. Gongsun spent three days and three nights examining the killer’s body before deducing this delicate and A vicious design to kill and silence."

As soon as Zhan Zhao finished speaking, the old butler beside him gave a cry of blessing, trembling all over, pointed at the incense cauldron on the desk, and was speechless.

Everyone looked along his fingers and saw that the incense ash in the incense cauldron was turned up again, and a small wooden frame was slowly rising as if being supported by human hands. note.As the wooden frame was raised, the note gradually opened.When the note was fully unfolded, the wooden frame just stopped moving.

The wooden frame is only built by a few slightly polished small wooden sticks, but they are tightly fastened to each other and controlled by a mechanical twist. Although the whole device is extremely simple, it is very delicate.

Zhan Zhao reached out his hand to stop the crowd, walked forward, looked at the incense cauldron, and then at the note.On the note, mottled with withered blood, there were eight words written: "Love is cut off, and there will be retribution in the end."

Sheng Donglai walked behind Zhan Zhao, looked at the note, and said, "What do these eight characters mean? Could it be that this killer organization is still a chivalrous organization?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head and said, "This is indeed the work of that killer organization, but it's not for some chivalry. So far, although not many people have died under the hands of this organization, although there are many evildoers, there are more Good people and loyal ministers. This organization only recognizes money, not righteousness." He pondered for a while, and then said: "The strange thing is, as far as I know, this organization has never left a note after killing people, but this time it left these few notes. A word, what do you not understand?"

Ding Yuehua interrupted: "Perhaps this wish... Zhu Zhuangzhu really did something shameful, and was bought by a killer to take revenge?"

Zhan Zhao didn't answer, turned around and looked at the messy crowd in the hall, and said loudly: "Everyone, I have to write down the names of the people who were present today for future investigation and inquiry, and I hope you can forgive me." He turned his head and looked Looking at Bai Qingfeng, he said again: "Except for the village master Bai and the people of Zhujiazhuang, everyone else can leave first."

Seeing that the festive birthday banquet turned into a murderous tragedy, and seeing Zhu Tianwei's tragic death, everyone's heart felt cold, as if a cold wind was blowing by, they asked themselves, it was hard to say that their life was innocent, and they had done some sinful things more or less.At this time, Zhan Zhao said the words of letting others go, and hurriedly said goodbye and went home. He was anxious and restless along the way, thinking carefully whether he had offended others, for fear that the matter of paying for revenge would also fall on his own head.

Zhan Zhao walked to the desk, looked up and down, and found nothing unusual, then carefully put his hand on the incense cauldron, and tried to move it left and right.Xiang Ding's hands were heavy, and with a little more force, he lifted the Xiang Ding.The desktop under the incense cauldron was smooth and undamaged, obviously the hidden weapons were only hidden in the incense cauldron.He gently put the incense cauldron back on the desk, slowly stretched out a hand, and pinched the small wooden frame.

Ding Yuehua stared at his every move, and blurted out: "Brother Zhan, be careful."

Zhan Zhao tightened his fingers, and tried to shake the wooden frame lightly, but he didn't feel anything unusual, and lifted it up again, and the small wooden frame was pulled out.

The trunk of the wooden frame was originally folded into several folds, but once it bounced off, it was smooth and straight, with almost no seams visible, except for the attached paper strips, there were no other mechanisms.The small note is also attached to a small machine spring. Once the wooden frame is opened, the note will unfold. All the details are precisely handled. It is obvious that the person who made it is very good at this.

Zhan Zhao put the wooden stand on the table, looked at the incense cauldron and thought for a while, picked up the incense cauldron with both hands, flipped it over, and dumped all the contents of the incense cauldron on the table.

The people next to him had been very careful when they saw him, but they suddenly turned the whole incense cauldron over, and they were extremely bold and reckless. Wiping off his sweat, he thought that Zhan Zhao was really unexpected, but he also made a decisive move. .

Zhan Zhao's expression remained unchanged, he put the incense cauldron aside, and used his hands to push aside the incense ash piled on the desk, revealing something, which was an extremely delicately crafted cylinder.Like the wooden frame, the cylinder is also made of wood.Such a cylinder made of wood, no bigger than the palm of your hand, can shoot out such a swift and powerful silver needle, killing a martial arts expert in the blink of an eye, which shows the ingenuity of the mechanism spring.

Zhan Zhao picked up the wooden cylinder and looked around.Everyone gathered around to watch, and couldn't help but click their tongues in admiration.

Sheng Donglai said slowly: "This syringe is so delicate, it seems to be more powerful than the legendary Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and said, "This hidden weapon is indeed made after the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, but it seems to be more delicate and more concealed. It must be the work of a peerless mechanism. The maker's scheming is deep and the design is ingenious. , I am afraid that even Qi Butian, a well-known mechanism master in the world, can't compare. And the poison painted on the silver needle is also a strange poison in the world, which is rare in the world."

Thinking of the horror of Zhu Tianwei's tragic death needle, the murderer used such a vicious hidden weapon and was so poisonous that he still didn't give up, and even arranged a boy's killer move in addition. Feeling cold, he thought to himself: "If this killer is attacking me, he must not be able to avoid his ultimate move, and the result can only be death for sure!"

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