Tang riddles

Tranquility spread in the eighth floor, the initial shock and pain gradually faded away, and everyone had completely calmed down.Sima Chengzhen gesticulated, matching the shape of his lips, and briefly explained the situation to Shen Sui and the others.

It turned out that Sima Chengzhen and others were also ambushed in the stone forest. The young Sogdian businessman really had a ghost. Although Sima Chengzhen was on guard and on guard, but the other party was well prepared, he still failed to guard against it.After they were all subdued, they were transferred to the ground through unknown paths. For a while, they were kept on the first floor of the nine-story building.The enemy repeatedly drugged them, forcing them to remain unconscious.Fortunately, Sima Chengzhen's cultivation base is profound, and he tried his best to use the Taoist Qi-holding Kung Fu and internal circulation breathing method to adjust his breath to avoid inhaling too much smoke. His mind has always been relatively clear.

He has been trying to calculate the time, but unfortunately, he was still confused in the end, and only vaguely felt that he had stayed in this dark place for three or four days.Some brothers from Qianyumen were taken away from the first floor earlier than him. Later, when Sima Chengzhen was transported to the eighth floor, he passed the second floor and found out that these brothers were all dead.His eldest disciple Chen Shixiong and his four disciples are still trapped on the third floor, poisoned and in danger.But the old Taoist priest was not in a hurry, he was a little worried right now, and said to Shen Sui:

"Chishi, you have to be careful, there may be even more terrifying traps on the ninth floor. The enemy has attracted you here, and it is absolutely impossible to let you out easily. Although you have rescued Huang'er right now, you are still far away from escaping." There is still a long distance. I am not sure what is on the ninth floor. But what is certain is that there are at least three enemies on the ninth floor. One is the enemy disguised as a young Sogdian merchant, and the other is Bai Liu. Mother, there is another one, it should be the woman who spoke just now. That woman is especially dangerous, she is good at calculating, and she is careful at every step. "

Shen Sui took a deep breath and suddenly smiled:

"I know what to do, and I already have some information about the other party. Master, don't worry, at this point, I will never let the tragedy happen again."

The group of people waited without further delay, and soon, under the leadership of Shen Sui, they walked slowly towards the ninth floor.

The layout of the ninth floor is quite different.It can be seen that there is a door on the opposite side of the stairs they climbed up. The back of the door does not know where it leads, but it may be the exit of this underground world.

And right in the middle of the floor, the first thing that catches the eye is a woman in a wheelchair.That wheelchair looked somewhat similar to Shen Jin's wheelchair, but it was not exactly the same.But what is certain is that this wheelchair should have been purchased in Changfengtang, and she can still tell the craftsmanship of Changfengtang's wood workshop, not to mention the Changfengtang logo on it.At present, in the Tang Dynasty, only Changfengtang has the business of custom-made wheelchairs.

As for the woman in the wheelchair, she was wearing a long blue dress, and her long black hair was loose and untied.She is slender and sickly, inexplicably arousing pity.The woman's face could not be seen clearly because it was covered by a white Shura mask.This mask is exactly the same as the mask of the black-robed Yixu, the only difference is that Yixu's mask represents anger, while this mask represents sadness.Shen Sui couldn't judge this woman's identity, but could barely tell from the woman's bare/exposed neck and the skin on the back of her hands that this woman was a bit older.But she was well maintained, and although her skin was frighteningly pale, she looked youthful.The aura this woman showed to her made Shen Sui intuitively think that she was not the woman who forced her to make a choice with such cruel means just now.

The woman was in the center of the floor, and a ray of light came from nowhere on the glazed tiles above her head, illuminating her.And not far from her left, stood a black figure.That figure was the same as Yi Xu's, all dressed in a pitch-black robe, and the hood covered most of his face.At the foot of the black shadow, a person was bound, with a cloth strip stuffed in his mouth, sobbing, begging Shen Sui to save her.And there was a gleam of cold light in the black shadow's hand, as if a dagger was pressed against the man's throat.

Shen Sui took a closer look, and found that the person who was tied up was the bride.

She froze in place for a moment.

The others obviously also noticed the existence of another Yanniang, and all turned their surprised eyes to the Yingniang beside them, even Yingniang herself was startled, she was speechless, completely speechless.

The man in black didn't say a word, just stood there.The bride who was tied beside him sobbed, begging Shen Sui to save her.Shen Sui frowned looking at this scene, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"Dalang...what's going on, she...she's not me..." the girl behind Shen Sui stammered.

At this moment, the figure of the man in black suddenly flashed, and he rushed sideways into the shadow of the pavilion, his clothes fluttering like a ghost.There was a thick darkness there, and although Shen Sui's eyesight was outstanding, he couldn't see clearly what was in the thick black.She didn't rush to chase, but looked around carefully.

Then she said to Kuta:

"Khuta, tie her up."

She pointed to the bridesmaids in her camp.The frown girl turned pale with shock, and hurriedly said: "Chishi! How can you tie me up? Don't be fooled by the enemy, I am the real frown girl!"

Hu Tuo obviously hesitated for a moment, but he still obeyed Shen Sui's words, subdued her and bound her hands.Tiaoniang didn't struggle anymore, but pressed her lips together tightly.

Shen Sui walked forward slowly, approaching the bound girl on the ground, and said:

"Are you a girl?"

She faltered, unable to speak through her gagged mouth.

"I'll ask you a question, you just need to nod or shake your head." Shen Sui said, she was standing not far away, not completely approaching.

The bride on the ninth floor nodded.

Shen Sui then asked: "Is there a mole under my right back waist?"

The other party nodded without thinking.

Shen Sui was silent for a moment, then approached her again.And Zhang Ruohan, who was very familiar with Shen Sui, knew that the other party answered correctly.Apart from Zhang Ruohan and his younger sister Shen Jin, only the bride would know about this very private question.In other words, this is the real girl, is it fake that they rescued her in the water tank just now?

Hu Tuo angrily tightened the strength in his hands, forcing the fake girl to kneel down.Sima Chengzhen and Zhang Ruohan did not speak the whole time, but just watched silently.

Shen Sui untied her for the sake of her mother, helped her up, and said:

"You were on the ninth floor."

Lieniang just shook her head, then rushed to the fake Lieniang who was kneeling on the ground under Hutuo's pressure, pointed at her and cursed:

"You counterfeit! Are you pretending to be me, are you trying to kill us secretly!"

"You are the counterfeit, bitch!" The fake girl who was kneeling on the ground was very stubborn, refusing to admit that she was a fake, and cursed back.

"Hmph!" Tiaoniang snorted coldly, and stepped forward to tear off the mask on the fake Tiaoniang's face, "Let me see your real face! Let's see what else you have to say!"

Hearing a "stab", a layer of mask was really torn off the face of the fake bride, and Bai Liuniang's face was actually underneath.But at this moment, Bai Liuniang had a shocked look on his face, full of disbelief.

"How about it, I have nothing to say." Lien Niang spat.

Shen Sui watched this scene coldly, and then said:

"Okay, don't waste time, we have to find the antidote as soon as possible. The man in black robe probably knows where the antidote is." Shen Sui turned around, faced the woman in the wheelchair, and continued, "Now Who is it, it seems to have passed out." As she spoke, she tried to reach out to remove the mask on the woman's face.

"Be careful, Chishi." Sima Chengzhen reminded.Then he stepped forward and came to Shen Sui's side:

"I'm afraid there is something strange about it." He looked at Shen Sui.

Shen Sui said: "Indeed, the light on this floor is too dark, but there is only such a beam of light left, and this person is placed underneath, I have a strange feeling."

Zhang Ruohan also walked to them with the child in his arms, saying:

"I'm afraid it's not used to attract attention."

"Then should I take off this person's mask or not? I have to know who she is."

"Pick off the mask with your knife." Sima Chengzhen said.

"En." Shen Sui responded, and then stretched out his snow knife, intending to break off the wheelchair woman's mask.

At this moment, a shadow quietly approached their backs.The shadow breath was restrained, and there was no sound at all.Two silver needles appeared in his hand, aiming at the halo points on the back of Shen Sui and Sima Chengzhen's necks.The shadow shot extremely fast, and the needle tip approached like lightning.

At this moment, Shen Sui suddenly turned around unexpectedly, with a flash of snow knife in his hand, he turned and stabbed into the opponent's abdomen.Shadow failed to sneak attack, but was severely injured, the expression on his face suddenly became ferocious, his body was bent and stiff, unable to move.

Shen Sui raised his hand and tore off the human skin mask on his face, revealing the face of an old woman.

"Don't show me that kind of expression with your frowning face." Shen Sui said coldly.Sima Chengzhen and Zhang Ruohan beside her showed no surprise on their faces, obviously they had already guessed it.

The shadow of the sneak attack is exactly the girl Shen Sui has just untied and rescued.

"You... How could you..." The other party pointed at Shen Sui and asked with trembling hands. Her voice was indeed the voice of that cold and heartless woman, but there was pain in her voice.

"I have to say that your series of tricks are extremely deceptive, and you almost deceived me. However, too many words will inevitably lead to mistakes, and too many actions will inevitably leave flaws and mistakes. You want to take advantage of the bride As a tool for you to escape, Naihe, you really chose the wrong person."

At that time, Hutuo and "Fake Girl" in the rear had already passed out on the ground. Obviously, this old woman attacked Hutuo and "Fake Girl" first, and then attacked Shen Sui and the others from behind to prevent Hutuo and "Fake Girl" from attacking. Mother" made a reminder sound.A trace of apology flashed in Shen Sui's eyes, which was also under her consideration.

"You created a 'fake girl' with your own hands, but in fact, you tampered with the face of the real girl. You put a layer of Bai Liuniang's face on her original face, and then covered it Go up to the original face of the girl. The real girl was made into a fake girl by you, so that you can get the identity of the girl and mix with us, let us relax our vigilance, so that you can sneak attack. After all, you hardly know martial arts, and if you face me and Master head-on, without Yixu sweeping the formation for you, you have no chance of winning, am I right? The Goddess of Thousand Changes."

The Goddess of Thousand Changes remained silent.

"I really have to admire your ability to disguise. You may have considered pretending to be a bride, and even specially prepared clothes that are exactly the same as the bride. However, no matter how similar the clothes are, there are flaws. The clothes on your body are different from those of the bride. The fabrics of the tweezers are not the same, and the way you tie your clothes is also different from the tweezers.

In order to make us doubt Yingniang, you are also deliberate.Coming up from the nine-story pavilion, the other people we saw were either dead or in a state of dying, either bleeding to death or poisoned.But only Xiongniang was locked in the water tank, but the water tank can be opened, it is not very difficult.But before we arrived, Xiongniang was still alive, and she could persist for quite a long time.In other words, Xiongniang was thrown into the water tank when I was quite close to the nine-story pavilion.Why is there such a time difference?You know there are bound to be questions in my mind.

On the second floor of the sun and the moon, you let me meet Congyun and Congyu brothers and sisters, which deepened my suspicion.Why would they attack the bride alone?Is it because the potion in the tiaoniang's skin was overturned, and the smell was produced?No, the poison in them is exactly the same as that of Qianhe, and they are all hinted by hypnosis. Who hinted them?What does it imply?Obviously, they were hinted to kill Xiongniang.You know I must be thinking, why are they being hinted at killing Ms.This is not in line with common sense, because Yingniang should have been drowned on the next floor, and they would never have the chance to kill her.After thinking about it, it is natural to think that it is not the psychological suggestion that controls them, but their remaining rationality is driving them to attack the girl.why?Because the person who poisoned them and brought them into such a situation is a person who looks exactly like the girl!

So I will start to be confused, is the frown girl a ghost?It wasn't until I climbed up to the ninth floor that I saw another girl, and your technique was completed, you knew that I would 'be enlightened', thinking that the girl in the water tank was a counterfeit.That black-robed man who just disappeared in a flash is probably a dummy, and you are secretly controlling it.You have to create a scene that convinces me that you are indeed a bride.

There are three enemies in this pavilion, one is the woman I talked to on the eighth floor, one is Bai Liuniang, and the other is a person pretending to be a young Sogdian merchant.In the scene you showed me, there is one woman in the wheelchair, one black-robed dummy, and one of the two brides must have a dummy.And the you that the black-robed man tried to kill is the real girl.You've pushed my thought process to this point, but you still can't be sure I'll be hooked. "

Shen Sui paused for a moment, his eyes flickering: "You guessed that I would ask you some secrets that only the girl would know, but it doesn't matter, you have nothing to worry about, because you are very familiar with me. Of course you are familiar with me. When you were 11 years old, The mysterious old woman who changed my face, isn't it you? Why do you think I want to ask you about my body? There are so many secrets between me and the bride, there are always questions that you can't answer. But I That's why I'm asking this because..."

"Because you have long been suspicious of me." The Goddess of Thousand Changes took over and said.She resisted the severe pain in her abdomen and said:

"You are really smart. I can't lie to you. Although I have tried my best, I knew it early on. But I still have to try, at least to trap you for a while."

Shen Sui raised his eyebrows, and suddenly strode over to the woman in the wheelchair, pulled off the mask, and saw Bai Liuniang's face underneath, which had turned blue and black at this moment, and had been dead for a long time.

"Where's the other person? Where did the other person go?" Shen Suipeng asked.

"Hehe..." The Goddess of Thousand Faces smiled, "My goal has been achieved. This is a farce created by obsession. Whether it succeeds or not, it is just to seek an inner answer. The person you are looking for, I have already gone out. The antidote you want is on the ninth floor. I, an old woman, lost the bet and got tired of living. I have done everything I should do, and I have no regrets."

Then she suddenly bit something in her mouth, Shen Sui rushed over, clasped her cheeks, and said angrily:

"Spit it out!"

However, it was too late, the old woman known as the Goddess of Thousand Faces had already died of poisoning.

Shen Sui suddenly thought of something, and then turned his head to look at the stairs. Yixu, who was fainting just now, had disappeared.

"Oops!" Shen Sui's face darkened.

The author has something to say: This chapter may be difficult to understand, it doesn't matter, read on, and you will understand it slowly.