Turns out I'm the protagonist's golden finger

Shen Chi was taken into the special dungeon of the General's Mansion, it was damp, decayed, stale, and there were gray rats running around everywhere.

The further you go, the more miserable the prisoner's condition is. Some were flogged until they were covered in blood, some had their eyes gouged out and their limbs were cut off, and some were just lying on the hay. difference.

The mouths of the prisoners outside were still not clean, and here there was only the sound of dull breathing, which was so quiet that it made people tremble, and the most vicious jailer did not come here easily.

Shen Chi wore icy shackles on his hands and feet. This kind of shackles specially made by Qin Mosheng can restrict the use of spiritual power spells. It seems that General Qin is deliberately embarrassing.

The jailer pushed him into the largest cell, and there were ten people squatting inside. As soon as Shen Chi entered, they all cast their eyes on him, as if they wanted to see through a hole.

Shen Chi found a place to squat down and observed carefully.The cell had only one narrow vent through which a head could not pass, and escape was impossible.All he could do was focus on those ten people.

The first was a sharp-faced old woman, grey-haired but vigorous.It cannot be said that her face is exactly the same as the arrest warrant posted on the city wall, but it can be said that it is roughly drawn according to the drawing.Shen Chi remembered that the arrest warrant was for a veteran thief, so she was it, right?

The second person is a child, no, it just looks like a child, with a protruding Adam's apple, and a cute face, except for his eyes, which are so sophisticated and slippery that children don't have.

The third and fourth are a pair of male and female thieves with black tattoos on their faces, and they should belong to a gang.

The fifth, sixth and seventh people were all ordinary men, and the only thing that stood out was one of the men, who had a slanted knife mark on his face, spanning the entire face, looking terrifying.

The eighth person was a girl, she looked at him with wide eyes, as if she wanted to analyze Shen Chi thoroughly, but when Shen Chi looked at her, she deliberately concealed it, so that he would not see anything.

The ninth person was a cripple, and he was also the first suspect in the theft of the relic. He was the monk in charge of guarding that day. The relic was stolen the next night, but he waited until the next morning to report the crime. The suspicion was serious.

The tenth person was an antique shop owner who looked a little fuzzy in age, and was arrested because he had bought a lot of relics.Although he is unlikely, the possibility of the girl with a thousand faces pretending to be not ruled out.

"Who are you?" The young man asked Shen Chi.

The others showed more or less interest. Firstly, this young man was not like a prisoner. Secondly, he was too calm and did not panic at all, which is very unusual.

"I was arrested by Qin Mosheng. He said that I was limited to one day to find the girl with a thousand faces hiding among you." In just one day, it is better to be open and honest than to pretend to be false.

"Hmph, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed. I've been searching for two days, but I still have no clue." The owner of the antique shop sighed, "I shouldn't have listened to the slander and went to buy relics. If I didn't get rich, people came in first. "

The girl laughed and said: "That's because you old bastard is too stupid. I think this young man is very smart and intelligent. He will definitely help General Qin find a thousand-faced girl and return us innocent."

To help General Qin?Many people's attitude towards Shen Chi turned to guard. It can be seen that most people in the prison hate Qin Mosheng more than they fear him.The girl's words pushed him to the ranks of Qin Mosheng's lackeys, no wonder those people were on guard.

"I was just forced by others." Shen Chi raised his hand, the bone-scaring injury was clearly visible, "I was originally a wandering luthier, but now that he makes me do it like this, I'm afraid my livelihood will be in trouble in the future."

On behalf of the country, music is emphasized, and the education of ritual and music is regarded as the foundation of the establishment of the country. The luthier is a good profession.As soon as Shen Chi's words came out, many people expressed regret, and their resistance to Shen Chi was no longer so strong.

The old woman even came over to show Shen Chi the injury on the back of her hand, with regret in her eyes: "I'm afraid I won't be able to do fine work in this life."

Shen Chi said indifferently: "Then I can only send myself to the family and become an assistant." At this time, the immortal sect has not yet risen, and the major cultivation families are equivalent to the sect. servant.

"Almsgiver, life is short, why make yourself a slave to others? It's better to send yourself to a Taoist temple and practice freely. Although it is hard and poor, you will enjoy it if you have the Tao in your heart." Pojiao monk is the calmest among the ten people, as if A Buddha without emotion, he is dressed in a brown monk's robe, his face is like a crown jade, and his eyes are half closed.

"Instead of talking about this, let's think about how to get out first!" The scar-faced man became impatient, and this was exactly what Shen Chi wanted to hear.

"You think you're the only one who wants to go out?" the girl said, "We are all people who have returned from torture once. If the girl with thousands of faces was really among us, she would have recruited her long ago!"

Indeed, everyone here is covered with bruises under their clothes. Only those who have experienced Qin Mosheng's torture know how terrible it is. If the girl with a thousand faces is really there, how could she not confess?

"Could it be that there is no girl with thousands of faces among us, and that Qin Mosheng arrested us just to deal with it?" The man among the male and female thieves speculated.

The female bandit also agreed: "I have been wandering the rivers and lakes with the old dead ghost for many years, and there are at least seven or eight hundred crimes that have been secretly nailed. Grandma's Qin Mo is afraid that I want my mother to take the blame!"

After the male and female thieves finished speaking, the three men exchanged secret glances, and it was obvious that the three trusted each other.And the old woman and the man who looked like a child also looked at each other quietly, only the monk, the girl, and the owner of the antique shop were at a loss.

This lack of information will not catch the murderer.Shen Chi said: "I know very little about this case, why don't you tell what you know, so that you can clarify your thinking and prove everyone's innocence."

The lame monk was the first to say: "I was on guard the night the relic was stolen. The white light relic of Master Wuji was protected by a forbidden spirit shield, so I sat in the small room at the bottom of the pagoda and read Buddhist scriptures at night. Suddenly a gust of wind I was blown out by the candle, and I failed to light the fire several times. The first thing I did when I lit the fire was to go upstairs and look at the white light relic. At that time, the relic was stolen. I was afraid that the king would pursue it, so I went to find it by myself, and the next day Make sure you can’t find it, and report it.”

Then there is the girl: "I was a pilgrim who lived in the Golden White Horse Temple that day. Because the abbot said that my marriage was not good, I stayed here to worship the Buddha for a month. I couldn't sleep that night and wandered around. I saw a black shadow passing by. They also knocked me out and changed my clothes. The next day I was arrested because I was wearing a thief’s clothes.”

The third one is the owner of the antique shop: "I heard from the clerk that relics are profitable, so I'm going to buy a few of them to please some customers. Those three," the boss looked at the three brothers and said, "They come to my shop one day. The relics are sold here. I thought those few were in good condition, so I bought them. Those days happened to be big days, and there were many merchants from all over the world. I changed hands several times and bought the relics. Who knew they were brought here !"

The next one is the three brothers: "Our three brothers are the staff of the Chen family in Nancheng. The Chen family had a prodigal son. It was too embarrassing and drove us out. We wanted to go to Beijing to find a way out, and we did some petty theft on the way To cover the travel expenses, once we passed by a century-old temple, we heard that there was an old monk who had attained the Tao, and the old monk burned out a lot of relics. We thought that these things must be very valuable, so we secretly took a few and sold them. Go out and repay the debt." The crippled monk listened and chanted Amitabha, disapproving of the three brothers' actions.

The male and female avenue said: "We received news that there was a priceless treasure in Jinbaima Temple. When we came to Kyoto and inquired about it, we found out that it belonged to Master Wuji. We didn't do anything about it. A night pearl the size of a fist, Qin Mosheng's eagle dog broke in and arrested us when the stolen goods were being sold."

Shen Chi knew that Qin Mosheng returned to the capital yesterday, but he did not expect that he received the order before returning to the capital.This person actually has such a powerful force in the capital? !

The old woman hesitated for a while, and then said: "Li Gen and I are pretending to be grandchildren, walking around the rivers and lakes to cheat. Half a year ago, I cheated a rich man of 500 taels of silver. Come on, catch me. Only then did I know that he is Wuxi, the prince of Dou Kingdom. Wuxi forced Li Gen and me to take poison, and turned into his eagle dog to go to Wu Kingdom to spy on information, but our ability is limited. , can only bring back a few branches, and cannot be mixed into the center, so he asked us to go back to our old business and steal rare treasures from all over the world. I came to Beijing with Li Gen to steal the relics, but unfortunately, the girl with a thousand faces got there first."

Li Gen's soft face showed the worry that is rarely seen on the face of ordinary children: "We can't live without Wuxi's antidote, that person is deliberately making things difficult for Godmother and me, I'm afraid that girl with thousands of faces is from Dou country , deliberately pushed me and my godmother to make a smoke mask."

Everyone never imagined that an ordinary theft case would turn into a conspiracy between countries, and the person who promoted all this was the country of Dou, thousands of miles away!

Shen Chi recalled what Qin Mosheng said, is there really a girl with a thousand faces among these ten people?

"That girl with thousands of faces, does she have any record of her name and birthplace?" Shen Chi only heard it mentioned in the public, but he didn't know much about this famous thief.

"Thousand-faced girl, I don't know where she came from. I only met her at the Pengxian Inn in Laizhou. I thought she was a rich lady. I wanted to steal her money and sell her to a brothel. Ghost Knowing what happened, she and I were so close to talk, I became dizzy, and when I woke up, all my money was looted, and people were sold to brothels." The female thief gritted her teeth, and the male thief added bitterly: " She also sold me to a small building, bah! In addition to the disaster of being imprisoned this time, don't let me meet her again, if I meet her, I will abolish her, and then sell her to the lowest column of the building Let her live but not die!"

Neither the monk nor Shen Chi liked their methods very much.The monk said: "Almsgiver, the old saying is good, people will not offend me, I will not offend others, you should do good and avoid evil, so that evil will not come to you."

"Hmph." The male and female thieves all looked disbelieving.

Shen Chi didn't believe this either, there were too many grievances and grievances in the world for no reason.

"So, no one knows the identity of the girl with thousands of faces?" Shen Chi looked at the old woman, her eyes dodged for a moment, and now even the girl could see that something was wrong with her: "Grandma, let me tell you, you have to send me to know Don't hide anything, if you don't find out the real culprit, we will be imprisoned here for the rest of our lives, there's no guarantee, the old man on behalf of Wang was in a hurry that day, that Qin Mosheng directly pushed you to kill , you will not have a chance of survival."

The old woman smiled, her face was thin, and her smile was not loving, which only made people feel chills down the spine: "Little girl, I have something to hide. You have asked me several times. I didn't answer it because I didn't want to hide it. This news is a bit of a sensation here, I'm afraid you will find it hard to accept."

"Please tell me." Shen Chi's eyes were sincere. He didn't have much time, so he could only go out first, and then have a long-term discussion with Lin Huan.

"The woman with a thousand faces is a deceptive person, and there are only a few deceptive techniques. I also learned the magic technique of disguise makeup when I was young. I know that people who use this method for a long time will have a strange fragrance on their bodies, like blue. Rugui, on the day I was arrested, I was covered with a hood, but my nose was still good. I smelled that smell among us. I wasn't sure at the time. Later, Qin Mosheng beat us all up, bloody Once mixed, the smell is gone, and I'm not sure who it is." The old woman's words were indeed unacceptable, and everyone's relaxed hearts suddenly stiffened, especially the girl just now, who has become a target of public criticism.

"You are the only young woman here, girl with thousands of faces, don't pretend!" One of the brothers of the scar-faced man directly identified the girl.

The girl thought it would be like this, and said unfairly: "You have no evidence to talk nonsense! If I were a girl with thousands of faces, would I become the most suspicious person? Also, that her, she is also a woman!" The girl pointed Said the female thief.

"Women and men have different shapes, so what can you do if you don't remain a woman? As for the female thief, her husband can even admit his wife!?" Another brother of the scar-faced man said.

The male and female thieves have been snuggling together and cooperating for many years, so it is impossible for them to be exploited by others.Then the most suspicious thing is this pilgrim girl who is wearing a thief's clothes for no reason.

The girl groaned angrily, she never thought that the tone of gang just now would lift a stone and drop it on her own foot!

When they had had enough yelling, the old woman said, "Brother, listen to me, that goddess with thousands of faces is very powerful. It is said that she cheated in the country of Qi, and directly pretended to be an envoy from a foreign country, leading a group of people to the DPRK in a mighty way, and led her to the court." The mountain and river map, the treasure of the state of Qi, ran away. She also acted as a beggar and took the jade of the crown prince of the state of Zou. In the harem, half of the hair of the imperial concubine Yu was cut off, and the poor concubine Yu thought that the emperor died, and she was asked to become a nun."

"Can she do this alone?" The owner of the antique shop has some contacts with this industry and has heard of these things, but he only regards it as a legend and dare not believe it.

"Yes, she has the ability to change, distraction, and puppetry. These three things have created such a great thief. Let's put it this way, as long as she wants to, there is no one who can't imitate her." The words of the old woman seemed to be thrown into the water. One stone after another disturbed everyone's hearts.

If so, then everyone is suspect.

Who is the real girl with a thousand faces?