The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

The book Qi Ran was reading made Shao Qingge very puzzled, he didn't know any of the characters on it, it was like a strange spell, the little boy was holding the book and read it very seriously, Shao Qingge hid In the shadows, he didn't go out to disturb him.

After a while, the boy seemed to have heard something, quickly buried the book under the tree, and whispered: "Who?!"

Shao Qingge thought he had discovered him and was about to leave, but saw Zhou Xiaoyun sneaking out of the hole, and whispered: "Brother Ran, it's me..."

Qi Ran seemed to be relieved, and his tone became obviously relaxed: "What are you doing here?"

Zhou Xiaoyun's face was pale, and she said in a trembling voice: "I had a nightmare, dreaming that I was caught by them, thrown into a pot and cooked..."

Qi Ran frowned and walked in front of her, patted the girl on the shoulder lightly, and said, "It's just a nightmare, don't be afraid. With Uncle Ren and I here, we will protect you."

The girl nodded and went back to the cave with him.

Shao Qingge waited for them to leave before going under the tree, dug out the book that Qi Ran had buried, and looked through it carefully. Although Shao Qingge couldn't understand those spell-like ghostly symbols, some of the pictures of human body sketches Still can probably guess the meaning.

Several pages of it depict scenes that resemble "marionettes".

Ye Qi asked in his mind: "How is it? What is this book about?"

Shao Qingge said: "It should be related to the sorcery that deceives people's hearts. This Qiran, I don't know where I got the book? Could it be that his parents have special status and passed it to him before they died?"

Ye Qi said: "It is possible that Qi Ran should be a foreigner, not a local child in Qingfeng Town. I remember that there is no family named Qi in Qingfeng Town. Perhaps, his parents died here by chance, making him an orphan , was rescued by Grandma Sun."

Shao Qingge wrote down the pages of the book that described the marionette, put the book back intact, covered it with soil, stood up and said, "Is there anything wrong with you?"

Just as Ye Qi wanted to say "no", a few strong men suddenly broke into the ruined temple where Aunt Qing was staying.

Those people were holding long knives with blood on them. They were obviously not easy to mess with. The leader with scar face said coldly: "This is our territory, if you don't want to die, get out immediately!"

Seeing that there were many people on the other side, Aunt Qing immediately took Qin Feng and Han Ningshuang and quickly left.

Ye Qi followed them, thinking in his mind: "Yuezhou is not safe here. Suddenly, a group of robbers broke into the ruined temple. Aunt Qing escaped with her two children. I followed them... ah..."

A short cry sounded in my mind.

Shao Qingge's expression changed, and he immediately asked: "What's wrong?"

Ye Qi was trapped in the giant net that fell from the sky.

Looking at the group of men in black in front of him, Ye Qi quickly calmed down, and asked with a smile, "Big brothers, what are you doing?"

Scarface narrowed his eyes, and said: "I said this is my territory, and you are still hiding in the tree sneakily. Since you have thrown yourself into a trap, the brothers are just hungry, so I will arrest you to satisfy your hunger." The friends next to him waved their hands, and a group of people immediately surrounded him, the knives in their hands gleaming cold white under the moonlight.

Ye Qi's whole body was bound by iron nets, and he couldn't use guzheng, piano, flute and other musical instruments at all.

The eyes of this group of people were red, and they were drooling as they surrounded Ye Qi, like a famished beast finally seeing delicious food. Those bloodthirsty and crazy eyes made Ye Qi feel a chill in his heart.

Being looked at with the eyes of "looking at food" is really goosebumps!

Shao Qingge noticed Ye Qi's nervousness in his mind, and couldn't help feeling anxious, and said in a low voice, "I'll bring you here through the Peach Blossom Spring."

Ye Qi said: "No, I can handle it..."

The next moment, Ye Qi simply used the Ace of Worms.

The musical instrument card cannot be used, but the transformation of the insect king can be activated at any time.

The besieging crowd saw the eyes of the trapped young man suddenly brighten up. The originally dark and clear pupils were suddenly stained with a layer of blood-red color. The young man's red eyes swept around, and sharp nails suddenly grew out of his outstretched hands. ——Those nails were like knives, and they tore the metal net that trapped him into pieces!

A group of people took a step back in fright from the sudden transformation of the teenager.

Ye Qi transformed into a worm king, but his consciousness is still clear. He knows that he and Shao Qingge came to this world only to investigate cases, and it is best not to do anything that will affect the ending of the characters in this world.Therefore, Ye Qi didn't care about fighting after his transformation. He jumped, stepped on the shoulder of a strong man in front of him, and quickly climbed up a nearby tree.

I saw the boy climbing and jumping along the tree, his body was as light as a bird flying freely in the forest, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.A group of people froze in place. After a long time, the man in the head shook his head violently and said in a low voice, "Is this person a monster? Why did his eyes suddenly turn the color of blood?"

The brothers next to him finally came to their senses, and tremblingly said: "Scared, scared me to death!"

Scarface twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "Whoever he is, go and see if there is anything to eat nearby."

Because Ye Qi was intercepted by them, he lost Aunt Qing and the three of them, so he could only use the 500-meter range of the bug to search around.Shao Qingge was relieved when he realized that Ye Qi had resolved the crisis, and asked softly in his mind: "Are you all right?"

Ye Qi chuckled and said, "It's okay, the insect king is too good, those trash fish are not my opponent at all."

Shao Qingge said: "You better be careful..."

As soon as the words fell, a fire suddenly appeared in Ye Qi's vision.

The biggest weakness of the Zerg is the fear of fire. The instinctive fear made Ye Qi stop immediately. Looking at the raging fire in front of him, his heart couldn't help but tighten: "Someone set fire to Yuezhou City, and most of the whole city was burned. The whereabouts of Aunt Qing and the three are unknown, I..."

Before he finished speaking, Shao Qingge immediately interrupted him: "Retreat immediately!"

Ye Qi frowned in confusion: "But, I haven't found out the whereabouts of Aunt Qing, Han Ningshuang, and Qin Feng. Isn't this a lost clue?"

Shao Qingge said: "Don't tell me you still want to rush into the fire?"

Ye Qi: "..."

Shao Qingge's voice was rare and serious: "Ye Qi, don't take any risks." He paused, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry me, withdraw quickly, okay?"

Forcibly rushing into the fire is indeed an act of "seeking death". Seeing the monstrous flames not far away, Ye Qi could only reluctantly say: "Well, then I will hide in the distance for a while, and then find a way to find those three people after the fire is extinguished." Personal. I don’t know why it suddenly caught fire..."

Shao Qingge said softly: "Stay away, the cause of the fire will be investigated tomorrow."

A gust of wind raged, and the fire rushed towards his face. Ye Qi was almost burnt to the eyebrows. He hurriedly retreated dozens of steps and left Yuezhou City far away. He heard screams coming from the city, and many people fled everywhere with fire , the body was scorched, gradually turning into a ball of black charcoal, and the air was full of the smell of burnt human flesh.

Ye Qi hid on a tree in the distance, watching this scene in horror.

I wonder if Aunt Qing and the two children can survive the fire?

The fire burned for several hours. In the middle of the night, it suddenly snowed heavily, and the fire gradually became smaller. The fire was completely extinguished when it was dawn. Ye Qi hurried into Yuezhou City. His eyes quickly swept around. There were no traces of Aunt Qing and the three of them in the burned houses and the bones of the people who were burned to death.

Ye Qi walked a full circle around Yuezhou City, and just when he thought Aunt Qing and the three of them might have left Yuezhou, suddenly, there was a whimper from the bug—it was Han Ningshuang.

Ye Qi followed the direction where the voice came from.

Han Ningshuang, who had half of her hair burnt off, was kneeling in the corner of an alley, holding a woman's body and crying so hard that she was almost out of breath - that woman was Aunt Qing.

Aunt Qing's face was covered in blood, as if her head had been smashed by something. Judging from Han Ningshuang's reaction, Aunt Qing might have been accidentally crushed to death by falling objects in the fire to save the child.

Qin Feng had long since disappeared, but a shoe fell beside Han Ningshuang. Ye Qi remembered that he put the bug in this shoe. Qin Feng dropped the shoe by chance, so it was difficult for Ye Qi to track him down. 's whereabouts.

Feeling Ye Qi's emotional changes, Shao Qingge couldn't help comforting him in a low voice: "20 years ago there was a famine and there was chaos everywhere. It's not your fault that you lost your clues. Don't blame yourself too much."

Ye Qi smiled wryly and said: "Aunt Qing died, Qin Feng and Han Ningshuang got separated, Han Ningshuang hugged Aunt Qing's body and cried, alas...these children are also ill-fated. We came from 20 years later, knowing that Qin Feng is still alive, But judging by Han Ningshuang's reaction, she obviously thought that Qin Feng had also been burned to death - beside Qin Feng's shoe, there happened to be the charred body of a little boy."

Shao Qingge was silent for a moment, and said: "Han Ningshuang and Qin Feng were separated in the fire in Yuezhou City. Qin Feng should have been adopted by kind people. It can be seen that he is very talented as an adult. As for Han Ningshuang, he has only one son." How do people survive?"

Ye Qi said: "I will continue to follow her."

Shao Qingge warned: "Be careful."

After the fire, Yuezhou City was in a mess, famine, and this fire, the residents in the city were killed and injured.Han Ningshuang carried Aunt Qing's body and Qin Feng's left shoe outside the city, dug a hole and buried them, knelt down in front of the mound and kowtowed three times, then wiped away her tears, and limped to find The group of people who drove them away in the ruined temple just now.

Seeing the little girl go and come back, the leader with a scarred face couldn't help but wonder: "This little girl is so courageous, why did she come back again?"

Although half of her hair was burned off and her face was dirty, the little girl's eyes were extraordinarily clear and bright. She looked at him seriously and said, "Uncle, as long as you don't kill me and give me a bite to eat, I will I am willing to be a cow or a horse for you. I can wash clothes, cook, and by the way, I can also make kites, very beautiful kites."

Dao Scar met her eyes, stunned for a moment, and then smiled after a while: "Kites can't be eaten, so what's the use of making kites?"

The little girl thought for a while and said, "You can sell it for money."

A group of people around her laughed out loud at her innocent words, and someone satirized in a low voice: "If you can't eat enough, what's the use of money?" Silver is so much better!"

Han Ningshuang said seriously: "After the famine is over, the money will be useful. I can make hundreds of kites a day, and all the money I sell can be handed over to uncle."

There was a sudden silence in the ruined temple, the scarred face smiled, and waved to Han Ningshuang, "Come here."

Han Ningshuang walked over obediently, and the man rubbed her head, and said, "You are quite interesting, little girl. In this way, you will follow me and be my apprentice in the future. You can't eat much as a child. We eat meat. I can always give you a mouthful of soup."

Han Ningshuang immediately knelt down and kowtowed to him a few times: "Thank you, Master!"

After daybreak, the bandits took Han Ningshuang and left Yuezhou. They burned, killed and looted all the way, but they got a lot of food. They didn't expect that Han Ningshuang would be accepted as an apprentice by the bandit leader.

Ye Qi said: "Han Ningshuang's ending should be that she survived following this group of people. These robbers don't know how to ecstasy, they are just reckless men holding knives to scare people. If she has been following this group of people, it is impossible for her to come from other channels. Learned the sorcerer's magic, so Han Ningshuang shouldn't be the direct murderer of Qingfeng Town's "Ghost Killing Case"?"

Shao Qingge pondered for a moment, then said: "It seems that Qi Ran is the most suspected."

Ye Qi had a headache and said: "The murderer started committing the crime 17 years later, we can't follow them, let's follow for 17 years... Do you think the probability of guessing the murderer is high based on the current clues?"

Shao Qingge smiled and said, "I'm not like Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang who need a 100% correct rate. It's normal to have profits and losses in business, investment has risks, and reasoning also has the risk of guessing wrong. Weigh the risks and pros and cons, choose the most beneficial What everyone does is my principle.”

After listening for a long time, Ye Qi finally understood what he meant—that is, it doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong, just choose the way that is most beneficial to everyone.At present, the two of them have no food in their hands and are hungry every day. They can't affect the people of this world, so as not to cause changes in the plot of later generations. They can't follow Han Ningshuang and Qi Ran for 17 years in order to get the correct answer.

Ye Qi asked curiously, "What do you want to do?"

Shao Qingge said: "To answer multiple choice questions in the exam, sometimes you have to rely on it. Let's take a gamble. Qi Ran, Han Ningshuang, and Zhou Xiaoyun choose one of three. Now Han Ningshuang's suspicion is greatly reduced. Zhou Xiaoyun doesn't look like the kind of deep-minded People, I think Qi Ran is the most likely murderer. The book in his hand, his attitude towards the death of his mother-in-law, the features of his severed finger, and the scar left on his face after recovering from chicken pox all look like It is a personality that will be psychologically distorted and crazily revenge when it grows up."

There are four options A, B, C, and D, among which option D Qin Feng was temporarily excluded by Xiao Lou and the others after 20 years, and among the remaining A, B, and C, the two girls B and C don't look alike , A option is complete, and it is indeed the most like the correct answer.

As Shao Qingge said, if there are multiple-choice questions in the exam, if you are really not 100% sure, sometimes you have to rely on gambling.

Ye Qi agreed: "I also think Qi Ran is more likely. But how should we leave these clues to Professor Xiao?"

Shao Qingge asked: "Is there anything that can be preserved for 20 years without being damaged?"

Ye Qi scratched his head: "Can it be preserved for 20 years? In modern times, it must be the data in the USB flash drive, but now it is ancient times, something that will not break in 20 years... I can't think of it for a while."

Shao Qingge said with a smile, "Silver."

Ye Qi: "..."

It is very normal for rich people to think of money first.