bone cutter

The puppet show began to be cleared, the musical instruments and props on the stage were put away one after another, and the audience in Jingque Tower was almost gone.

The drama inside the building is over, and it will be a sleepless night outside this building.

When the last person walked out of the building, the lights went out, and the whole building was plunged into darkness, quiet and empty.

Zhuang Yin, who was hiding in the corner, suddenly became solemn. He thrust the fly whisk behind his back, and took out a fire pocket and a candle from his pocket.When the candle is lit, it immediately illuminates the square inch of the surrounding area, and the flame flickers on and off, making people's shadows flicker.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly noticed a strange breath in the air.

Breath of the living!

Zhuang Yin frowned, he hadn't even noticed that there were people here just now.

Before he could turn around, a familiar voice rang out, "What are you doing sneakily here?"

It was Xie Qi again, the black clothes quietly blended into the darkness where you can't see your fingers. If it wasn't for the extremely white skin, you wouldn't be able to spot it at a glance.

Zhuang Yin relaxed his guard, let out a breath secretly, a trace of helplessness appeared in his eyes, turned around, and saw Xie Qi leaning calmly in front of a pillar, with one arm on his chest and the other on his chin, looking at him playfully.

The black figure he had glimpsed before was indeed him.For some reason, this time Zhuang Yin didn't want to hide anymore, raised his eyebrows, and said straight to the point: "I'm looking for someone."

Xie Qi raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Looking for someone? Here?"

Zhuang Yin did not deny it.

Xie Qi asked again: "So when you enter the city, you look full of worries, who are you looking for?"

Zhuang Yin said: "A friend."

Xie Qi did not continue to ask.

Zhuang Yin's black and white eyes were shining with the warm light of the beating candle, but the corners of his eyes and brows were still cold, he paused for a moment, and then said: "His name is Li Siqing, three months ago, his wooden kite found me , a puppet in his mouth." Then he reached out and took out a bag of vain from his bosom, and then took out something from the bag, it turned out to be a puppet in yellow clothes, a little girl.

"That's it. His wooden kite never leaves, unless"

Xie Qi said: "Unless the situation is urgent and you are in a dangerous situation, such as being trapped in a certain place and unable to get out, you have to ask Mu Yuan to ask for help?"

Zhuang Yin's eyes turned cold, and he said: "That's right. The wooden kite flew from the south, so I tracked it all the way south, but when it flew to Yong'an Town, its spiritual power was exhausted, so the clue was broken." Yong'an Town then It is the small town where the Zhang family is located.

Xie Qi was thoughtful: "It seems that I still need to thank the noodle stall owner for guiding you."

Zhuang Yin nodded and said: "When I first saw the puppet, there were two indistinct words engraved on its face. Later, the closer it got to Changyang City, the clearer the two words became." After speaking, he turned the puppet's left face, Appearing in front of Xie Qi's eyes, there were two crooked characters written on it, childish and full of mistakes.Strictly speaking, the first character should be the complete "save", but the right side of the word "save" is written as "female".Although the second one is unfinished and only half-written, it can still be guessed that it should be the word "I".

Xie Qi asked: "Your friend named Li Siqing, do you have any enemies?"

Zhuang Yin bowed his head and recalled for a moment, said: "I never understood."

Xie Qi smiled and said, "Friend Lushui? Then don't save him."

Dew friends?Hearing this description, Zhuang Yin froze for a moment, showing a rare smile, all of a sudden diluted the seriousness on his face, and even his tone was not as cold as before, "I just don't like discussing privacy."

Xie Qi asked, "When was the last time you saw him?"

Zhuang Yin said without hesitation, "A year ago."

Xie Qi asked, "Is he just your friend? Where are your parents?"

Zhuang Yin said: "Not only. Both his parents have passed away."

Xie Qi asked: "Why do you have to ask for help instead of others?"

Zhuang Yin frowned, as if he felt that he was asking too much, because he couldn't explain the question himself.

The two fell silent for a moment.

The candlelight is like beans, and the only light source inside the building is somewhat dim, which is completely different from the flowers and brocades outside the building.

Just at this moment, a dull knocking sound suddenly sounded, extremely weak, if it wasn't for the silence in the building where even each other's breathing could be heard, no one would have noticed it.

The beating sound only lasted for a short while and then stopped, but Zhuang Yin and the two listened to the sound and argued, the sound clearly came from under their feet.

Could there be something, or someone trapped underground?

The two looked at each other, moved their steps tacitly, and made a space. Zhuang Yin fixed the candle on the ground, put his right hand into the empty bag and touched it for a while, then took out two shovels, and handed one of them to Xie Qi.

Xie Qi blinked, "Before digging the ground, I have one more question." He stretched out his slender and white fingers, pointing to the puppet stage which was less than seven feet wide, "Have you investigated the origin of this troupe? The puppet brought to you may belong to them. In case, it is not your friend buried underneath, but someone else, no one can be sure whether he was killed or not after so long, maybe this is just a trap, and the person behind it is really The target is actually you."

Zhuang Yin shook his head and sighed, "I checked secretly in the past two days, and the theater troupe is fine. If his target is me, he doesn't need to go through so much trouble, just come to me directly. Only by finding Li Siqing can we be sure who it is Trapped him."

The most troublesome thing is nothing more than the enemy hiding in the dark, and you know nothing about it.

After a while, Zhuang Yin said: "Let's begin."