Murder

Qing Yuanzi caught two birds, scooped up a bunch of snails, and desperately cooked a meal for his apprentice.

Chi Yebai also finished eating with all his heart.

After eating, Qing Yuanzi asked him to go to the beach to practice sword.After checking his internal strength, it was better than before, so he wanted to try Chi Yebai's swordsmanship.

The sun was half-floating and half-sinking in the sea water, the sky on the east side had already begun to darken, while the sky on the west side was still bright, as if dying.

Chi Yebai has practiced many sets of swordsmanship, among which the one he has practiced for the longest time is Qing Yuanzi's self-created Kongkong swordsmanship based on Huachun Jue.Qing Yuanzi was born in Taoism, but the Kongkong swordsmanship sounds like a Buddhist gatha, but it lacks the quiet temperament of Taoism and Buddhism, but it is very aggressive and strong.When people in Jianghu create swordsmanship and swordsmanship, they always have to give it a nice or domineering name, and then think of some nice or domineering names for the sword move. The name shocked the ears of others.But Qing Yuanzi did not.He said that he was lazy, and that he might as well play with his own fish if he had time to spare, so the first move of Kong Kong's sword technique was called the first move, and the second move was called the second move.

"Play it all over again." Qing Yuanzi said.

Chi Yebai followed his instructions and picked up the sword.

But he just spent a lot of mental effort, and now his internal breath is unstable, and when the third move came out, Qing Yuanzi immediately frowned.

The sword energy pierced through the undulating sea surface, stirring up a huge wave, which made the rocks rattle. Qing Yuanzi stood on the rocks and was drenched from head to toe.

Chi Yebai: "Master..."

He knew that he didn't use this trick well, and he caused Qing Yuanzi to take a salt water bath, feeling very uneasy.

Qing Yuanzi wiped the sea water from his head and face, sighed, and jumped down.

"When are you leaving?" he asked.

Chi Yebai: "???"

Qing Yuanzi: "When are you going back?"

Chi Yebai was stunned for a while: "Is Master going to drive me back?"

"Your heart is not here, what are you doing here if you don't go back?" Qing Yuanzi suddenly pulled out a short sword from his sleeve while speaking, and pressed Chi Yebai's sword with a loud sound.Chi Yebai immediately raised his hand to fight back, took half a step when he pushed Qing Yuanzi's sword away, and raised his hand to hit Qing Yuanzi's sword-holding elbow.This is the move taught by Qing Yuanzi, but Qing Yuanzi uses his left hand, which is exactly the opposite of Chi Yebai.And his speed is extremely fast, Chi Yebai is not too slow, but before his palm touched Master's clothes, there was a sharp pain in his wrist: Qing Yuanzi's sword tip turned a tricky angle and stabbed his wrist.

His right hand lost strength for a moment, and the sword fell immediately.

Chi Yebai knew that his mind was unstable, so Qing Yuanzi deliberately used this method to remind himself.He lowered his head, feeling ashamed and embarrassed.

"Since you want to go back, let's go." Qing Yuanzi picked up the sword for him, "You came to see the master, the master is very happy. Your internal strength and external strength have improved, and the master is also very happy. But, you have to remember, When fighting against masters, it is often not based on the depth of skill or the level of martial arts. The master's mind is firm and unshakable. If you are in a dangerous situation, if you spend your energy on other things and make yourself unstable, that is stupid. It's suicide."

Qing Yuanzi hadn't been so serious for a long time, but once he became serious, with his disheveled but gray hair, he could be regarded as having a bit of a high personality.

Chi Yebai was speechless, took the sword from his master, knelt down abruptly, and kowtowed deeply.

"Master, please tell Ye Bai, who should Ye Bai go to if he wants to know what happened when he was young." He whispered, "This is a knot in my heart. It ignores, and it is impossible to treat it as never existed. Are you hiding me because someone else is involved?"

Qing Yuanzi scratched his head, hesitated for a moment before answering him: "If you really want to know, just ask Sima Feng's doll."

"He wouldn't say it."

"You try to get him to talk."

"I can't help him."

"Really?" Qing Yuanzi smiled, "But I think Sima listens to you very much."

"He will listen to whatever doesn't matter, and I can't ask him what he doesn't want to say about important things."

"You didn't go to Rongqing with him, but came to play with me. But now because you miss him too much, you decided to rush to Rongqing." Qing Yuanzi thought about what Chi Yebai told him, "Simana The baby is always soft-hearted towards you, this time you go back and beg him, and he will tell you."

Chi Yebai: "..." He didn't know what "begging" was.He has never used this trick.

He sighed softly, looked up at Yuanzi: "Master said so much, is it because he wants me to leave as soon as possible?"

Qing Yuanzi: "Yes."

Chi Yebai had no choice but to dig out any information from Qing Yuanzi's mouth, so he stood up and patted the sand on his knees.

"Okay, I'm leaving."

It takes about an hour's water journey from the outlet of Pengyang to this island.

Because the beach on the island is too shallow, it is inconvenient for boats to dock, and Qing Yuanzi never uses boats when he goes out and returns, so he also asked Chi Yebai not to use boats.When Chi Yebai came, he took a wooden board coated with tung oil, and drove the water with his inner strength all the way.Sima Feng came with him a few times and thought it was really funny, after he went back he often made fun of Chi Yebai with this incident.

It was getting late, but Qing Yuanzi asked him to leave overnight to show Sima Feng his sincerity.

Chi Yebai took the board in his hands and said goodbye in a dull manner.

Seeing his listless look, Qing Yuanzi felt even more upset.I also saw that he was dressed in white, with his pure white skin, he seemed to have no blood in the dark night candlelight.

"Learn more from Sima, don't keep wearing such miserable white clothes, and the master is not dead." Qing Yuanzi picked up his sleeves with two fingers, "Wear more red and colorful ones, they look good Much more."

Chi Ye Bai Nuonuo nodded, and suddenly remembered something: the news brought back by the eagle in Rongqing City said that the woman who appeared on the Twelve Bridge that day was wearing a fiery red dress.Chi Yebai had already guessed when he saw the scroll, since this woman can disappear in an instant, her martial arts must not be low.But with such good kung fu, she thought it was very strange to kill the boy by throwing it.

"Master, do you know any other gangs in Jianghu where girls like to wear red clothes?" He asked casually, "I know Xinghemen, Qijia Gang, Ludao Gang, Huang Gonggu. Do you know any other small gangs?"

He didn't expect to get an answer.

"Zhaomeifeng." Qing Yuanzi said, "The girls from Zhaomeifeng are brave and pretty, all of them are wearing red clothes, they are so beautiful."

Chi Yebai was taken aback.He quickly searched for the three words "Zhaomeifeng" in his mind.

"Is it Zhaomei Peak outside Rongqing City?" He said, "Back then, Zhaomei Peak encountered a catastrophe, and only one of the 160 people on and off the mountain remained."

This is what he saw from Jiezilou, which has the largest collection of books in the world.When Zhao Meifeng encountered this killing disaster, almost no one in the world got any news, they only knew that all his families were wiped out overnight by evil ways.

"Zhaomei Peak is full of female disciples surnamed He. Everyone wears red clothes and is good at using soft swords and poison. Because the leader of Zhaomei Peak, He Sanxiao, claims to be the Heavenly Mother, every disciple who worships under her They must abandon their family names and congratulate Sanxiao as their mother." Qing Yuanzi said.

"I've never heard of this." Chi Yebai immediately remembered, "I haven't been able to get any information about why I was killed by the evil way back then. In my heart, but even Ying Beishe couldn't detect any information. We don't even know what evil way it is."

Qing Yuanzi chuckled: "Since I don't know what evil way it is, maybe it's not evil way."

His tone was brisk, as if he was talking about something important.

"Let's go baby." Qing Yuanzi said, "Tianmu is the Red God, and Zhaomei Peak is the southern peak of the Red God Peak. What happened to Rongqing is weird, you should hurry up and help Sima Feng."

When Chi Yebai set off, Rongqing City was already ablaze with thousands of lights.

Sima Feng and the people he brought lived in the house of Yingbeishe Rongqing Branch, when they were eating dinner, they suddenly heard someone from outside reporting that it was the police who accompanied them to Yizhuang today.

"Eating is not peaceful." Sima Feng drank the soup in a hurry, and dragged Ah Si out.

He and Ah Si had just returned from Pujia Village outside the city, and the stools were not even warm.The child who had seen the woman in red lived in Pujia Village, but the child was too young, and his speech was vague. He only said that there was an aunt in red standing on the bridge, and he couldn't explain the rest clearly.Pujia Village is at the foot of Chishen Peak, it was dark when the two left, and the child suddenly pointed at the mountain and yelled: "Auntie!"

Sima Feng and Ah Si immediately looked up.But the mountain peaks are not clear enough in the half-thick night, the bushes are all black with thick ink, and no one can be seen.

The child's mother hit him on the head: "It's scary! Don't talk nonsense!"

Sima Feng could only bring Ah Si back like this.He hoped that the patrolman who came to visit would bring some new news.

After a busy day of patrolling, he didn't even take a bite of food, and could not sit still when he smelled the aroma of the food, so Sima Feng simply ate and talked with him.The patrolman told him about what happened at the gate of the government office today.

Because three children died in a row, and the way of death was horrific, the people in the city were terrified. Several big households and many people gathered around the gate of the government office, asking the governor to give an explanation.Half of Rong Qing's patrols were busy working on this case, and the rest were on standby at the government office.Seeing that the people were getting agitated, everyone began to block.Naturally, pushing and shoving was unavoidable during the blocking, and many people fell down one after another because they couldn't stand firmly, and the scene was very chaotic for a while.

Shao Jinjin, the owner of the Wuyan Pavilion, and his wife happened to pass by that road. Seeing the chaos at the scene, they took action to restrain a few thugs, and managed to control the scene.However, as soon as Shao Jinjin's carriage left, the scene became chaotic again: there was a woman crying that her child had disappeared.

"She also happened to be passing by with her child in her arms. There were so many people at the scene, she was trapped in the crowd, and she stood on the edge for fear that the child would be crushed. There was a big tree across the road from Fuya, so she put the child on the root of the tree and went back to pick up the money bag. In the blink of an eye, her hand didn't even leave the root of the tree, she just bent down and stretched out her hand..." Patrolman Swallowing a mouthful of rice, he knelt down and gestured, "The child is gone."

"Why didn't anyone see it?" Ah Si squatted on the ground with him to learn that posture.

"She was behind the crowd. There were people in front of her, and the wall and the tree behind her. No one saw her. The woman was telling the truth. Before she turned into the street, someone saw the child in her hand." The policeman clicked his mouth, " Really great."

Ah Siqi said: "The methods are powerful?"

The patrolman was forty years old, under his swollen eyelids there was a light that didn't match his appearance: "It's martial arts."

Sima Feng raised his eyebrows: "We want to go together."

In the past, there was a woman in red who went around without a trace in the market in the early morning and left a child behind. Later, there was this tall man who quickly abducted the child in the chaotic crowd, without anyone noticing.It's not a trick, it's not a trick, it's just a very high martial arts.

One of the martial arts masters who stayed at the scene at that time was Shao Jinjin.

But Shao Jinjin is a hero who has been famous for a long time, and Sima Feng couldn't figure out what his motive was.

"Do you know what happened to Shao Jinjin's wife?" Sima Feng asked, "It is rumored that she lost all her martial arts."

When the inspector heard him ask about He Ling, there was a trace of regret in his eyes.

"I heard that Mrs. Shao is crazy." He lowered his voice, "This matter has been vaguely rumored several years ago. Mrs. Shao's room cannot be turned off, and it is bright day and night. She often wanders on Chishen Peak, calling Master or It is the name of other seniors and sisters. Sometimes when they see Pavilion Master Shao, they don’t seem to know each other. They call him a devil and say that they will die with him. But once they return to normal, Mrs. Shao and Pavilion Master Shao cry bitterly. Everyone in the pavilion knows it. "

Sima Feng didn't know about this.

"Has her martial arts recovered?" Sima Feng asked several questions in succession, "Did you come to Rongqing to see madness or something else? I know they have a son, but I don't know how it is now, is it still on Chishen Peak?"

The patrolman was stunned: "Yes, they have a child! Well, their sons are both seventeen or eighteen years old. They already have children, so why are they robbing other people's children? It's not them."

"How do you know if you haven't checked?" Sima Feng disapproved, "You should go back and immediately ask the team captain and soldiers at the city gate whether Pavilion Master Shao had been to Rongqing City when the three children in front were gone."

He also ordered the police to check the medical clinic where He Ling saw a doctor, look at the route from the city gate to the medical clinic, and find a way to find out what kind of disease He Ling was taking and what medicine he was taking.

Sima Feng also wanted to see the dossier of the booby-killing incident ten years ago, but they were not invited by the Rongqing government this time. Although the governor had a good attitude, it was impossible to read the dossier.

It would be great if Chi Yebai was here.Sima Feng thought to himself.He sent off the patrol, and stood alone in the night wind shaking his fan.He changed a few fans, and now the one in his hand is given to him by Shuanghua. The fan is painted with unrestrained mountains and the phrase "in the dust of the world".Shuanghua's cursive was very beautiful, Sima Feng looked at it again and again, shaking it slowly.

If you were to give Xiaobai a fan, how should you write it?He thought for a long time on his own, laughing and frowning for a while, and he was enjoying himself.

After thinking about the result, he went back to the house and found that everyone had eaten and messed up the table, so he could only arrange investigation tasks for everyone on an empty stomach.Although Chi Yebai didn't come over this time, the people in Yingbeishe followed his orders, and more than half of them went out that night, sneaking into various parts of the city to collect information.

In the afternoon of the second day, all sources of information came back.

When the three children disappeared, Shao Jinjin really took He Ling to Rongqing City to see a doctor.

If you start from the medical hall, you must pass the road in front of the Fuyamen when you leave the city.The patrolman looked at the map and found that the four children were all missing on this road.

He Ling did come to see the madness.The doctor in the medical center took out a prescription, saying it was a medicine for keeping calm and good for sleep.Sima Feng was very sorry: Gan Yue and Song Beiyan had come here if they had known about it earlier, but none of them could see the clues of this prescription.

"Shao Jinjin's suspicion is quite high." Sima Feng frowned, "But it's just a suspicion, there is no more definite evidence. Wuyan Pavilion is a big gang after all, and you are members of the imperial court. If there is no solid evidence, it is not appropriate to directly confront it. superior."

The policeman laughed: "I can't find anything more here, but we can chat with the governor a few more times to see if he can issue an order for us to visit Wuyan Pavilion."

There were three or four policemen who came here today, and they all looked very capable.Although Sima Feng was worried that it would cause conflicts between the Jianghu people and the court, several police officers insisted on asking for documents for search and arrest.

After sending them away for patrol, Sima Feng transferred three or four people to follow quietly to prevent accidents.

Eagle Bayshe's spies had found much more information than the scouts had brought.

For example, Zhaomei Peak was originally the southern peak of Chishen Peak.

Chishen Peak is the highest peak of the entire mountain range, of which Zhaomei Peak is its relatively low southern peak.Zhaomei Peak is full of plum trees, and the mountain wall is as clean as a mirror. It is said that every winter and spring, the mountain is full of plum blossoms, and the mountain wall can reflect the plum shadows like a mirror.But a catastrophe many years ago destroyed this scenic spot.

Ying Beishe couldn't find out the truth of the catastrophe, but they found out about Shao Jinjin and He Ling's past.

Shao Jinjin and He Ling grew up together and fell in love with each other. At that time, because Wuyan Pavilion did not accept female disciples, He Ling worshiped Zhaomei Feng to learn martial arts.When the evil way wiped out the family, He Ling was pushed into the crevice of the mountain wall by He Sanxiao, barely saving his life.At that time, most of the people in Wuyan Pavilion left Chishen Peak to participate in the martial arts conference, and it was three days after Shao Jinjin came back.He found the dying He Ling, and after a great deal of effort, he finally brought him back to life.As a result, He Ling became the last surviving person of Zhaomei Feng.

He Ling's spirit has always been bad, and the people in Rongqing City used the story of a woman howling and screaming on Chishen Peak to coax the children to sleep, presumably it has something to do with He Ling's abnormality.He Ling's condition began to deteriorate a few years ago, so Shao Jinjin spent a lot of money to hire a doctor to see He Ling.The doctor refused to live in Chishen Peak, and decided to open a medical clinic in Rongqing City to help the world, so Shao Jinjin had to bring He Ling to see him twice a month for consultation and prescribing medicine.

"It's better to go to the Wuyan Pavilion." Sima Feng said, "It's inconvenient for the patrols to go, after all, they have identities. But we can. We are not here to investigate the case, but to visit Pavilion Master Shao and Mrs. Shao."

Ah Si nodded: "When will we go? Now or tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow. Tomorrow, no matter what, I have to see Mrs. Shao." Sima Feng rubbed his hands, "The fourth child is not in danger yet, but the interval between this weird person taking the child is getting shorter and shorter."

Ah Si and the others looked at the records and found that it was true: about two months passed between the death of the first child and the abduction of the second child, and about one month after the death of the second child, the third child disappeared .Now the fourth child is missing, only half a month has passed since the third fell to his death in the river.

Sima Feng arranged manpower to continue the investigation, and set off to the hospital to find a doctor by himself.

The doctor couldn't tell why, but told Sima Feng that He Ling was extremely afraid of meeting strangers.He has a 12-year-old granddaughter who can say a few words to He Ling, and sometimes even help her walk a few steps.Sima Feng asked the girl how He Ling was, and the little girl said that Mrs. Shao was not in good spirits, but she was very gentle and not fierce.As for the howling and crying, she had never seen it before.

For the first time he fell into a daze.Although Shao Jinjin was the most suspected, he couldn't figure out Shao Jinjin's motive.

When the child was taken away very quickly, the method was clever and no trace was left, which shows that the person who did it was a meticulous, agile and very thorough person.The fourth child disappeared at the gate of the government office. No one knew that his mother would take him that way, which shows that the person who did it chose the target very randomly.However, when the corpse was discarded, the corpse was deliberately thrown into the stream, and the figure was exposed to everyone, which showed that the murderer was full of desire to show off, and he did not intend to hide this fact.The child is dressed up, put on new clothes, killed, and must be taken to the Twelve Bridges on the Fuyan River to be thrown away—the whole process is full of rules and a sense of ritual.Showing the dead body is equivalent to showing the murderer himself, and the whole process of showing the dead body is full of information exposed by the murderer intentionally or unintentionally. is a chaotic person.

Sometimes thoughtful, sometimes casual.

He returned to Yingbeishe's dormitory, and because he kept his head down in thought, he didn't even hear Ah Si calling him, so he went straight into the yard.

There are also many plum blossoms planted in Rongqing City. There is an old plum tree in this courtyard, all the flowers have fallen, and now many leaves are bursting out, rustling in the early summer wind.

He moved his nose and suddenly smelled the familiar aroma of tea.When he looked up, he saw Chi Yebai sitting under the tree with a cup of tea in his hand.

Chi Yebai came all the way, full of dust and dust, just sat down to drink tea when Sima Feng walked in.

The two of you looked at me and I looked at you, and didn't speak for a long time.

"Drink or not?" Chi Yebai pointed to the teacup in front of him.

Sima Feng quickly ran over and sat down next to him.

"I can't say it, why are you here again?" Sima Feng spread his fan with a snap, and rubbed it up with a playful smile, "Miss me?"

Chi Yebai looked at the writing on his fan. There is a small seal under "In the Motes of the World", which is the word "Shuang".

"Shuanghua gave it?"

Sima Feng looked at it: "She gave it to you. Don't you like it? Are you unhappy? Are you jealous? Then I don't need it."

"I want to remind you, Mr. Sima." Chi Yebai smiled, "It's not just Miss Shuanghua who gave you the fan, but also Xuefu from Fangfeiji, Mingzhu from Xiangzhulou, and even the proprietress from Zhang's Silk Factory. I gave you a few. You only use Miss Shuanghua's ones, I'm afraid others will be unhappy."

Sima Feng put the fan away bone by bone, smiled against his chin and said, "Then I don't need it anymore. Xiaobai, please write me a fan."

"I don't know how to write." Chi Yebai poured him a cup of tea and pushed it over, "I'm sorry I won't be able to appreciate those obscene songs you like."

Sima Feng smiled without saying a word, drinking the cup of tea shaking his head.The tea leaves float up and down in the cup, like a fate without support.His heart was filled with the things about Rong Qing, looking at these tumbling leaves, he thought of those innocent children who died.

"Xiaobai, I feel like we haven't seen each other for ten years." He suddenly spoke in a deep voice, which startled Chi Yebai.

"It's only forty..." Chi Yebai subconsciously wanted to tell him that it wasn't ten years but 46 days and eight hours, but luckily he swallowed the words before he could say it.

"46 days and eight hours." Sima Feng nodded, "It seems like ten years have passed."

Chi Yebai lowered his head and poured tea, his heart was full of inexplicable confusion and bewilderment.

He also felt like ten years had passed.Sima Feng changed his clothes, the ring on his waist, and even the color of his headband.These changes made him look like a different person, but he was really Sima Feng.

"I'm glad you came to help me." Sima Feng smiled, patted him on the shoulder and stood up, "I'll call everyone up and tell you what happened here. I have to ask Chishen carefully. Legend, come quickly."

Chi Yebai was a little hesitant, but he quickly followed him to his feet and walked to the front hall.

Before he and Sima Feng separated, the two had just had some unclear disputes in the other garden.There was a banquet in Qinshuang Courtyard, and Chi Yebai bid farewell to Sima Feng overnight.Sima Feng knew that he was determined to go, so he didn't try to keep him, let alone looked at him with pitiful eyes. "Goodbye", Sima Feng simply said goodbye, and bowed to him.

So he didn't know about Sima Feng biting his sleeves in frustration as soon as he turned around and went home.

The two of them had their own concerns, but they both tried to maintain the current suitable atmosphere.

After the audience finished talking about Rongqing City, Chi Yebai immediately told them about the incident of trapping and killing young children ten years ago.

The first case of that year happened during the Spring Festival, and the abducted was the son of Mr. Private School.Two months later, the boy was found drowned in Fuyan Creek.

In the following four months, a total of five children were abducted and killed.Every child who was killed was not abused, but was fed fat and well-dressed.At that time, the governor of Rongqing failed to catch the murderer, but caused several unjust cases, and was finally dismissed and returned home.But the real murderer disappeared after killing the fifth child and has never been caught.

Events back then were almost identical to events now.

"The case that happened in Rongqing ten years ago is actually recorded in Yingbeishe. Although I didn't catch the murderer, I found a strange thing in the record." Chi Yebai turned to Sima Feng and asked, "Are you still alive?" Remember the legend of the Red God that I drew your attention to?"

Sima Feng watched him speak intently, didn't guard against him suddenly turning his head to ask, quickly wiped the drool on his chin, and nodded seriously: "I found it, it's in an old collection of folk tales. "

"...that collection was given to you by me, and the editor's name is Rong Jian." Chi Yebai said, "Rong Qing died five children ten years ago, and Chishen also killed five children in her legend. These five children died almost exactly the same way as in the legend."

Everyone was shocked.

"Chishen's first child drowned in Tianhe, Rongqing's first child drowned in Fuyan River. To ensure that the child died of drowning, he tied stones to his hands and feet and dissected him. When the corpse was found, I discovered that the child's stomach and lungs were full of sewage, and he was choked to death." Chi Yebai's voice was calm, and there was a chill in the silent hall.

Chishen's second child fell to his death when he accidentally fell into the world because he didn't know how to use divine power, and turned into a world of rivers and lakes.Rong Qing's second child also fell to his death, but because the body was also thrown in Fuyan Creek, it took a lot of effort to test the cause of death.

The third child of Tianmu accidentally ate the sky lantern and was burned to death. Although the body of the third child found by Rongqing was intact on the outside, the mouth, throat, trachea and stomach pouch were severely burned, and finally found in the child's abdomen. lumps of charcoal.The fourth child who turned into a full moon froze to death in Fuyan Creek in early spring, and the fifth child who was strangled by Chishen himself was also strangled to death by the murderer and was still thrown in Fuyan Creek.

After Chi Yebai finished speaking, the room was silent.Sima Feng was the first to come back to his senses: "The murderer acted so viciously, it seems that he has a grudge against these children."

"But the five couples don't know each other, and they have nothing to do with each other. The murderer seems to just choose the target at random." Chi Yebai took a pen and paper, and wrote down the names of the five couples one by one, "The author of the autopsy at that time It is Rong Jian, the editor of the story collection, who has left the government office because of his age. I wonder if we can dig out some information from him."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ah Si picked it up: "We just found out Rong Jian's address today, and it's in this city."

"That's great." Sima Feng said, "You go to visit tomorrow."

Ah Si looked at Chi Yebai and then at him: "The young master and Master Chi should go to the house. My brothers and I visited the owner's house ten years ago, I'm afraid we won't be able to make it."

Everyone behind him nodded and said repeatedly, "Ah Si is right," "Ah Si is understanding," and "We are very busy." Everyone had a serious look on their faces.

Sima Feng also nodded accordingly: "Ah Si makes a lot of sense. Let's leave it at that."

Chi Yebai: "..."

Sima Feng: "Xiaobai, do you have anything else to say?"

"It's gone. This Mr. Rong Jian is also a strange person, and I heard that he has also done a lot of research on the legend of the Red God." Chi Yebai said, "He was the first person who discovered that the incident of trapping and killing young children was similar to the legend of the Red God."

In the morning of the second day, everyone set off immediately.Sima Feng originally planned to visit Shao Jinjin in Wuyan Pavilion today, so he agreed with Chi Yebai to set off for Chishen Peak immediately after seeing Rong Jian.

Rong Jian's house is very simple, it is a small courtyard in a remote alley.There were new pea shoots on the fence, and two or three fat chickens, disturbed by the visitor, clucked and ran and laid a couple of eggs.

The one who opened the door was a little book boy, seeing the two said they were here to visit Rong Jian, he asked them to wait outside the door first, then turned back to report to Rong Jian.

"The yard is small, but the house is quite big." Sima Feng narrowed his eyes and looked at the houses in front of him. "This Mr. Rong is not only an author, but also has research on the legend of the Red God, which is quite strange."

"It's not new. I think it's strange that you are the head of the Sima family and have studied the rules of Firework Alley?" Chi Yebai said calmly.

"I don't touch my body." Sima Feng emphasized.

Chi Yebai sneered.

Sima Feng then showed him the folding fan in his hand.The one in his hand today was written overnight by himself, and there are three big ink characters on it: Chi Yebai.

Chi Yebai glanced at it, his face flushed, he closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths before calming down, gnashing his teeth: "The writing is too ugly, don't show it out."

Sima Feng slowly put away his fan and looked at the old man who was coming out of the room with a smile.

Rong Jian is about sixty years old, he is vigorous and steady, but he is not a martial artist.Sima Feng and Chi Yebai revealed their identities and intentions, and he invited them into the house.

"It was indeed me who was in charge of the autopsy back then. The governor knew that I had rich experience, so he graciously approved my autopsy. It was also because of the autopsy that I discovered that the way these children died was very similar to the legend of the red god." Rong Jian said. Tea was served for two.

The old man's house is very spacious and transparent, and the four sides are covered with calligraphy, with different styles of writing. "It was all left by my students." Rong Jian saw that Sima Feng noticed the writing on the wall, and introduced him with a little pride, "I'm not a full-time assistant, and everyone in Rongqing City calls me Mr. Rong." , I used to be the master who taught in the academy."

Sima Feng was very surprised, and said a few words "disrespect, disrespect".

Rong Jian stroked his goatee and told the two about what happened during the autopsy.The specific situation was similar to the information collected by Chi Yebai. The two of them didn't get any more new information, so they asked about the legend of the Red God.

"There are many legends related to the Yulan River, and the legend about Chishen turning into Chishen Peak is indeed very popular. But not everyone knows the story of Chishen's five children." Rong Jian narrowed his eyes and asked mysteriously, "Legends are all spoken by people, so when they are passed on, they will definitely be tampered with and processed by various storytellers. The story that Chishen has five children is artificially added in the process of spreading."

"By whom? Why?" Sima Feng became interested.

"I don't know who added it. Anyway, when my students and I were collecting information, we discovered this story that almost no one knew by coincidence." Rong Jian suddenly lowered his voice, "There is a secret in this story."

His tone was very low and mysterious, which caused the two people in front of him to become serious.

"Red God is also called Tianmu." Rong Jian took out a piece of paper and wrote down the word "Tianmu", "and his two elder brothers also call him the God of Heaven, that is, Heavenly Father."

He wrote the word "Heavenly Father" again, and then carefully crossed out the two characters "Tian", leaving a "Father" and a "Mother" on the paper.

Sima Feng was the first to react and looked at Rong Jian in shock.

"The Chishen conceived the god fetuses with the aura of the heavens, the earth, the sun, the moon, but the gods died one by one after they were born. Why didn't she take good care of her? Why did she kill her own child?" Rong Jian said slowly, "In ancient legends, the gods Relationships are natural and chaotic, and heaven and earth have no rules."

Chi Yebai let out a deep breath: "I understand, those five children belong to Chishen and her brother."

"Yes. Chishen gave birth to a child, but he couldn't face it, so he tried all kinds of means to kill the child. The fifth child uttered the words of God, which disturbed the peace of Jiuzhongtian. He was talking about this secret, so Chishen had to Kill him."

Sima Feng looked at the two words on the paper, and after a long silence, he asked in a low voice: "Even if there is a secret in this legend, what does it have to do with the kidnapping of children?"

"I don't know about the contact, I only know that this story has a prototype." Rong Jian pointed to the word "mother", "He Sanxiao, the heavenly mother of Zhaomei Feng, has two brothers. She never married. Afterwards, he forbade his brothers to meet at the peak, and never mentioned his two elder brothers."

Chi Yebai was dumbfounded.He knew that He Sanxiao's relationship with his relatives was extremely bad according to Meifeng, but he never thought about it anyway.

"But when the young children were trapped and killed ten years ago, He Sanxiao was already dead, and Zhaomei Feng had already fallen, so what does it have to do with her?" He asked eagerly, "Who else knows this secret?"

"This secret is only known to me and a student." Rong Jian shook his head lightly, "I can only tell you so much."

Chi Yebai was about to ask again, when suddenly the door was opened from the outside, and the little book boy poked his head in: "Sir, my door was not closed tightly, the chickens ran away..."

"I'm receiving guests, go catch them yourself!" Rong Jian waved his hand, "Go to the next door and call Big Brother Zhao to help you."

A gust of wind came in through the crack of the door, and the words on the wall crackled, and some of them fell off.Sima Feng helped Rong Jian pick it up together, and there was a pair of characters in front of him that read "Break the clouds and the whale, and the long wind will be with me", the writing is vigorous and sharp, with the faint color of a general.

"Yo, that's really loud." Sima Feng couldn't help laughing.The signature is written on the frame, and there is a small seal with two characters engraved on one side.He looked up and froze for a moment.

"Mr. Rong!" Sima Feng immediately turned around and called Rong Jian, "Is this also your student?"

Rong Jian came over to take a closer look, and soon laughed loudly: "Yes, it is him, Wen Xuanzhou. He is my best student, especially when it comes to collecting folklore, he is fast and good. The secret of the legend of the Red God is