female catcher

The bamboo forest is very deep. After walking for a long time, the surrounding scenery is the same, and the fallen leaves are piled up on the ground. It is not easy for people who come here for the first time to distinguish the direction. Nangong Biluo follows the wind so that they will not get lost.

"Boss Feng is very familiar with this place, right? This kind of bamboo forest with no roads is the most difficult to walk, and it looks the same everywhere."

"It's just that I come here occasionally. My friend planted the woods here, and he used some tricks to cover up the way. As long as you recognize the way and have an acquaintance lead you, it's easy to go. She likes quietness." Feng Piaoxu lifted the hem of her skirt and looked at the road intently.

"That's how it is. That friend of Boss Feng, could it be some hidden expert?"

"It's hard to say if you're good or not. It's true that you have a weird temper, and you always know something weird. When you get there, don't be surprised by what you see."

Nangong Biluo frowned, and said with a smile: "I should have seen the world, right? Will I be frightened?"

Feng Piaoxu couldn't help but glanced at Nangong, and said with a smile, "Well—it's hard to say."

"Ha, is it? My curiosity is getting heavier and heavier."

Hearing her words, Feng Piaoxu felt something strange in his eyes, maintaining the curvature of his lips, and whispered like a whisper: "I've forgotten Nangong Catcher's temper."

But she didn't want to be distracted by this distraction, and suddenly there was something strange on her ankle, and she staggered in shock.Nangong Biluo grabbed her hand and supported her.

"Boss Feng, be careful." Nangong Biluo clenched Feng Piaoxu's palm, not noticing anything else, thinking that she just slipped, and said: "What kind of temper am I?"

But Feng Piaoxu pushed aside the pile of fallen leaves with his feet, and stood still.

"What's wrong? Is it twisted?" Nangong Biluo approached a little bit, concerned.

Feng Piaoxu shook his head, "I just felt something rub against my ankle just now, and I tripped."

Nangong Biluo also kicked the fallen leaves away when he heard the words, but he didn't notice anything, "If it was alive, it must have escaped, maybe it was a bamboo stalk scraped into the pile of bamboo leaves."

Feng Piaoxu nodded, seeing that she was still holding his hand, he said: "Then keep going." His hand was about to be withdrawn, but Nangong Biluo was holding her, not intending to let go, pulling her forward, hurrying her Half a step away.

"The ground is full of fallen leaves. I don't know what will be inside. I'm afraid that if I encounter a snake, the poisonous snake in the bamboo forest is very poisonous. Let's go like this." OK.

Feng Piaoxu had no objection either, the touch just now was indeed like a snake, but it was a little warm.She wasn't sure what it was, she was afraid that the owner here had brought something strange again.

After walking for a while like this, the bamboo is not as dense as before.Nangong Biluo smelled a faint fragrance that was different from Feng Piaoxu's body, and it was not the fragrance of bamboo.Not long after, I saw a corner of the eaves in front, and then I saw a bamboo house.

The courtyard of the bamboo house is very large, with a ten-foot-square open space reclaimed around it, surrounded by fences, the flower garden in the front, which cannot be seen from the back, is blocked by the wall of the bamboo house, and the bamboo house is also very large, with more than one roof, probably several houses.The shape is unique, the current roof is built with octagonal eaves like towers, the road leading to the bamboo house is paved with cobblestones, and wind chimes are hung in front of the door.

"arrive."

Feng Piaoxu said softly, and the hands of the two naturally loosened.Nangong Biluo couldn't think of anything that would surprise her in such a hermit-like house in the bamboo forest, but the closed doors and windows of the bamboo house in broad daylight and the shadows of the whirling bamboos around made her feel a little strange.

"Nangong, eat this." Feng Piaoxu took out two pills, gave one to Nangong Biluo, and swallowed one by himself.Nangong Biluo took it and swallowed it without asking.

"Follow me." Feng Piaoxu led Nangong Biluo across the cobblestone-paved road.

There are many strange-shaped flowers blooming in the flower garden in the front yard, many of which Nangong Biluo can't name.Feng Piaoxu walked to the door and knocked on the door rhythmically, as if with some kind of special signal, but no one came to open the door.Feng Piaoxu walked under the wind chime in front of the door, pulled some of the tassels, and the door of the house creaked and opened by itself.

A strange fragrance came to the nostrils, and under the guidance of Feng Piaoxu, Nangong Biluo entered the bamboo house. As soon as he entered the house, the door closed immediately.I thought that the inside would also have an elegant layout in line with the appearance, but I didn't want to enter the inside as if I walked into the night, with black cloth covering all sides and blurred vision.I probably saw that there seemed to be many ornaments placed in the house, which were placed in every corner of the house with tables or wooden shelves.

In the dark, Nangong Biluo felt her wrist being held by Feng Piaoxu. Feng Piaoxu took her a few steps inside, walked to a shelf, and groped for something, only heard a strange sound, and the room lit up dimly. With the bright light, the candles were lit in the veiled lampstand, and the situation in the room could be seen more clearly.

But Nangong Biluo flinched suddenly and shook her whole body. There was a lifelike human head in front of her, staring at her with one eye open and the other closed. The opened eyes were pure black, and they were male and female. Indistinguishable bald head.Upon closer inspection, it is an oval and smooth stone, but it is covered with a layer of human skin.

"This is," Nangong Biluo felt chills all over her body, and her eyes looked like a real human head. She couldn't help but raise her hand to confirm, but she felt Feng Piaoxu gently tugging at her.

"This is a layer of painting carved out and applied." Feng Piaoxu knew how Nangong Biluo felt.

"Painted?" Nangong Biluo found it inconceivable that both the craftsmanship of the carving and the artistry were almost fake.

She looked around again and found that there were severed hands, severed fingers, half-faced human face paintings, scarred skin, and human faces with mouth, nose, tongue, etc., and other weird things were also placed around. It's like a corpse scene, which makes people shudder.

The air-dried carcasses of various animals are hung on the window eaves and beams. Under the beams are green snakes. The snake tails are hung upside down in a row on iron hooks.There was also a square table with a blood-red tablecloth in the middle of the room. There was an incense burner on the table. Green smoke was floating in the burner. Nangong Biluo felt a little dizzy.The room was too depressing and weird, even she felt very uncomfortable.

"Are you okay?" Feng Piaoxu noticed Nangong Biluo's strangeness, "The incense burned in this room is to remove the smell, but it has a little hallucinogenic effect. The medicine I took just now is to prevent discomfort."

Nangong Biluo regained his composure and recovered from the surprise. He couldn't laugh or cry: "It seems that Boss Feng's concerns are right. The things in this room really startled me."

"Fuss!"

Suddenly a hoarse and deep voice sounded from the house, and an old woman lifted the black curtain from the side of the house and came out.

She walked to the red cloth table in the middle and turned around with the incense burner in her hand, and the black cloth in the whole room rose.The sunlight from outside the room also came in, making the gloomy room much brighter, while she sat at the table and took out a delicate jade file to polish her nails. Her five fingers were slender and she had beautiful hands. .

Nangong Biluo's attention was immediately attracted by the visitor, and he began to size up.

The hair of the person sitting at the table was so white that it turned silver, and the wrinkles on his face were not many, and he still had the charm of his youth.He is straight and slender, wearing a crimson red shirt, with a graceful demeanor, leaning lazily against the table, carefully grooming his nails.Looking up inadvertently, there is a kind of noble and indifferent stare, giving people the illusion that she is not an old man.

"Qingzhuyuan doesn't welcome strangers, have you forgotten?" The old woman lowered her eyelids when she spoke casually and unquestionably.

"Don't dare to forget. I just want to ask for your help. I hope to make an exception once, and the next time will not be an example." Feng Piaoxu replied, looking very awed.

The old woman stopped fiddling with her nails, stared at Feng Piaoxu's downcast and docile eyes for a while, and said: "You know the rules here, and I let you knowingly commit crimes, you can listen."

"It's like this. Recently, there was a murder case in the capital where human skins were stripped to make paper bars. The murderer seemed to deliberately target prostitutes. All kinds of human skins were thrown around Mingyufang. So I want to ask you to go and see if you can find clues and catch the murderer as soon as possible."

"I remember that the investigation is a matter of the yamen. When did you have this idea?" The old woman didn't say whether she would agree or not. After asking, she looked at Nangong Biluo.

Nangong Biluo didn't intervene without permission. When the old woman saw it, she said: "Nangong Biluo has seen the senior, and the junior is the head arrester of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. When he encountered difficulties in investigating the case, he asked Boss Feng to help. Hearing that the senior is knowledgeable, I hope that the seniors will enlighten me and light a bright light for the murder case that has fallen into confusion."

"Nangong Biluo." The old woman looked at Nangong carefully, and repeated her name, "You can put on a high hat and talk sweetly."

Seeing Nangong Biluo standing upright, with a respectful and gentle expression, she did not refute, so she said, "I can help you with this favor, but—you have to give me something before I can help you investigate the case. willing to give~"

"Senior, just ask, what I have, I will definitely not be stingy."

The old woman sneered, "Yes, everyone has this thing, but no one will be generous with it, let alone just for investigation."

Nangong Biluo frowned, "What?"

"Your life!"

The old woman who was sitting suddenly appeared in front of Nangong Biluo.

Nangong Biluo was startled, and looked down at the person in front of her. The old woman's movement was fast, no less than that of Situ and the Meiji she had seen before. The jade file wiped her neck.But Nangong Biluo didn't panic. He looked straight into the old woman's deep eyes without flinching. These eyes,

Deja Vu.

The old woman slowly raised her hand. Seeing that Nangong Biluo was calm and calm, she bent her mouth and touched Nangong Biluo's face with the cold fingertips, and slowly slid down, "Are you willing to use your hand?" Is your life in exchange for the truth?"

Nangong Biluo turned her head slightly, let the unfamiliar fingers leave her face, pondered for a while, and said: "If my life can make a murderous murderer subdue, then, I am willing."

The old woman paused for a moment, and then distanced herself from Nangong Biluo.She laughed, turned around and sat back in her seat, and said to Nangong Biluo: "Your skin can't get into my eyes. Fortunately, you are the daughter of Su Yingyue, the successor of the medicine king, and you don't even know how to take care of it. Your life is still saved." Go ahead, after all, I can't guarantee that the murderer will be found if I help."

"So senior is willing to help?" Nangong Biluo asked with a smile, wondering why she mentioned her mother.

"Don't be too happy." The old woman squinted at Nangong Biluo's smile, took out a square folded sheepskin scroll from her wide cloud sleeve, and threw it to Nangong Biluo. "It records the characteristics of human skin and some insights into leather craftsmanship. Take it back and show it to someone who understands it. It's best if you can solve it yourself. If you can't, please invite me again. I don't want to leave Green Bamboo Garden."

Nangong Biluo took the sheepskin scroll, pondered for a while, and felt that it was not appropriate to make further progress for the time being, so she thanked her. "Thank you senior. Dare to ask senior's name?"

"Bamboo Wuxin."

"Senior Bamboo understands righteousness, those girls who died in vain will thank you."

Zhu Wuxin stared at Nangong Biluo with a half-smile, "Dayi? Don't say those sanctimonious words, I just had a whim, and I didn't want to uphold justice for anyone because of the face of the boss. Besides, the murderer peeled off the human skin but made a paper tie It's too low-level, it's better to die early."

When Zhu Wuxin spoke, his expression was sinister.Nangong Biluo swept around the fake human limbs, skins, and various animal corpses, swallowed, and saluted: "Anyway, thank you for your willingness to help, senior. Human life is at stake. Since this parchment can help solve the case , I won’t bother senior, I’ll take my leave first.”

"You're pretty smart. If you don't leave, I should drive you away." Zhu Wuxin turned the incense burner on the table again, and the black cloth around it hung down again, and the room returned to darkness. She was like an old monk in meditation. Sitting at the red cloth table, he is like an incorruptible living corpse that blends with the environment.

Nangong Biluo secretly said that the masters in the hidden world were more strange than each other, and Feng Piaoxu looked at each other, Feng Piaoxu nodded, and the two saluted Zhu Wuxin together, and left the bamboo house.

After Nangong Biluo and Feng Piaoxu left, Zhu Wuxin opened his eyes.

She stared at the door, wondering what she was thinking, but there was movement behind the curtain beside her.From where she came out, there was a figure standing there.Zhu Wuxin realized it without turning her head, and when she spoke again, her voice changed, becoming younger and clearer, and said coldly: "Why do you go and come back again? Have you forgotten the rules here?"

The visitor respectfully said: "I dare not forget the rules of the Green Bamboo Garden, but I saw Nangong Biluo, could it be..."

"She's coming, I've known for a long time."

"So, that's why I'm worrying too much." The man was about to leave.

"That's right." Zhu Wuxin stopped him again, "Try to avoid coming in and out of my place in the future, Qingzhu Garden needs to be quiet, I don't want anyone to disturb me."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will leave immediately, and no one will disturb your Majesty." The man's breath was gone.

After Zhu Wuxin heard the man leave, she glanced coldly at the black cloth curtain, she didn't seem to like the man very much, she turned the incense burner again, this time opened the black cloth and all the doors and windows, she looked at the door, and waited quietly .

Not long after, the wind chime rang, and Feng Piaoxu's figure came in through the gate, and went back and forth.

Zhu Wuxin smiled slightly, and asked, "Sent people away?"

"Yeah. After sending out the bamboo forest, she made a detour back to the yamen." Feng Piaoxu walked to the table and sat down. Seeing that there was no cup of tea, she looked around, looked at the layout of the room, and frowned. "You really have a bad taste. Are you deliberately trying to scare her by putting the things from the workshop here?"

"I didn't do it on purpose. I moved things here just because I had to clean up these few days. Can this scare her? Then she's nothing more than that." Zhu Wuxin didn't care. "It's because of her that you temporarily changed the plan of the hero conference sent by Yaohong?"

Feng Piaoxu didn't argue with her too much, and said softly: "You shouldn't draw her attention too much, once she becomes curious, she won't give up easily."

Zhu Wuxin frowned, and sighed, "Her father has the same nature as a fast catcher. It's clear that you brought her here."

Feng Piaoxu didn't speak, but lowered his eyes, his thoughts were unpredictable.Zhu Wuxin sighed again, "Forget it, you can do whatever you want. Show me your hand."

Feng Piaoxu put his injured hand on the table.Zhu Wuxin took the gauze apart, and saw the hideous scars from the burns, and the entire back of the hand was beyond recognition.Zhu Wuxin frowned even deeper, and applied medicine to Feng Piaoxu, "You said you, how fine and delicate your hand was hurt, and you insisted on being burned like this a second time, you can't believe me?"

"Don't dare." Feng Piaoxu said flatly, Ren Zhu didn't care to deal with her wound, even if the skin was torn, Feng Piaoxu only frowned slightly, and didn't even hum.

Zhu Wuxin prepared medicine for Feng Piaoxu, and couldn't bear her wounds, so she took out a bottle of flesh-colored mud to smear on Feng Piaoxu, and her hand wiped Feng Piaoxu's unrecognizable wound, and it didn't take long The wound was smoothed and intact.

Feng Piaoxu glanced at it, "Why bother, I have to wrap gauze anyway."

"If you want to wrap gauze, you have to wait for the medicine to penetrate. I just can't see it. I can make it disappear no matter how deep the wound is."

Feng Piaoxu knew what she was referring to, touched the wound, and the camouflage collapsed into a nest, and the wound still hurt, "But a fake is a fake, and you can't hide it from someone with a heart. Only the real and the fake can confuse the public. "

"What I teach you, you can learn it well, I can't say no to you. You brought Nangong Biluo here this time, not just to let me help her?"

"I still want to know if there is a new order from above? Why did Long Ji go to assassinate Liu Futong?"

"Long Ji assassinated Liu Futong?" Zhu Wuxin was stunned, "The higher-ups are not that stupid. The Hero Conference and his party achieved their goals. Xiaoyaohou issued an order to suspend Tianzilou's acceptance of orders. Perhaps it was Long Ji who took the job in his own name. The original assassin Just do this for a living, and killing Liu Futong is also counted as killing harm for the people."

"But Long Ji hanged the signboard of the Xingshilou to carry out the assassination, and died under Liu Futong's hands, so the spearhead was pointed at the Xingshilou. If it wasn't for the order from above, then there was something wrong with the management. If Xuan Gang was sent again , would be detrimental to us."

"Xuan Gang? Don't worry, I won't let him have a chance." Zhu Wuxin had a murderous look in his eyes, "I don't think it's a good thing for you to get so close to Nangong Biluo."

"Didn't you propose to borrow Nangong Biluo's knife at the beginning? Now you are against it." Feng Piaoxu looked cold, "I know what I am doing. Now it is necessary to find out Long Ji's purpose, and don't let such an episode destroy us plan of."

Zhu Wuxin nodded, wrapped gauze around Feng Piaoxu, and then Feng Piaoxu got up.

"Okay, it's time for me to go back, there are still some things I need to deal with, you live here alone, take care of yourself."

Zhu Wuxin sneered, "Oh, it's not your turn to worry about me."

Feng Piaoxu was noncommittal, with his expression still calm, and said: "Personal paper is tied to the case, if you can help her more, please help her more. She is working under Wang Rui, and Wang Jin will not let her go." After finishing speaking Turn around and leave.

People from the Nangong family.

Zhu Wuxin sighed softly in her heart, with a complicated look on her face. Looking at the back of Feng Piaoxu leaving, she asked, "Do you want Nangong Biluo to be well? Or not?"

Feng Piaoxu's footsteps stopped.

"Is she your friend? Or a pawn?"

However, Feng Piaoxu didn't get an answer from Feng Piaoxu. After a pause, Feng Piaoxu left without looking back.

Feng Piaoxu came out of the bamboo forest, walked to the side of the horse, and stopped.

She was not in a hurry to get on the horse, but took out the hairpin that Nangong Biluo had given her before, looked at it for a while, put it away carefully, and then got on the horse.Back to the woods where she got off the sedan chair earlier, the sedan chair was already waiting for her there.

It's just that the person who came to pick her up was not Yaohong, but Linlang.

Feng Piaoxu was not surprised. He dismounted and handed the reins to Lin Lang's attendants. Lin Lang stepped forward and said, "Miss Boss, Liu Futong's birthday banquet has been arranged."

"That's good. We've made arrangements. You can report to Liu's mansion with me, so that we can find out more." Feng Piaoxu got into the sedan chair.

Lin Lang brushed the curtain of the sedan chair, asked the bearer to get up the sedan chair, and returned to the city.