[Martial Arts] Legend of Chu Liuxiang

Chapter No.16 Murderous Intent to Resurrect

The night came as promised.

The sea is too quiet tonight, it seems like a harbinger of a storm.

In the northwest of the sky, black clouds have been drifting since the afternoon. At this moment, there are no stars in the sky, and the sky and sea are like black plates with no reflections.

The lights on deck are especially bright.

All bathed and dressed, gathered here.

Many polemen are busy on the deck, even at night they cannot stop the boat.

The alchemist, the young master, and the two troopers have been busy on the deck and never left.

The beautiful woman with white hair, two cookers, three little cookers, two maidservants, and an assistant in charge also came, and Jiao Lanyu, she was also here.

Jiao Lanyu wore that long red dress again tonight, the one she wore when she was leading the way for Chu Liuxiang and others, instead of white.

The young man stared at Jiao Lanyu for a while, then suddenly said to the bald escort: "This girl seems to be the one who led us when we boarded the boat?"

The bald escort and the long-bearded escort looked at Jiao Lanyu and nodded, "Yes, she was the one who led us when we got on the boat."

The young man frowned, and looked at Jiao Lanyu with deep disgust, "Then she didn't seem to be there when we were eating?"

The long-bearded bodyguard thought about it for a while, "She doesn't seem to be there. The stove man, fire man, maid, assistant and us were all there that day, but she wasn't there."

The young master said: "Then she might be the one who killed the pawnbroker?"

Everyone was silent, looking at Jiao Lanyu with hostile eyes, and the expulsion in their eyes was enough to make anyone nervous.

But Jiao Lanyu just walked to the alchemist silently, stood quietly, and whispered softly: "It's not me, I haven't done anything, I'm just afraid, I came to participate in the ceremony..."

The young master obviously didn't believe it, he let out a stern bah, and wanted to drive Jiao Lanyu away.

It was the long-bearded bodyguard who stopped him. Seeing that Jiao Lanyu was just a delicate girl, he really didn't look like a murderous ghost, so he pulled the young man and said deeply: "This girl should not be aggressive. Why should you be so hostile to her? Forget it."

The young man looked at the long-bearded bodyguard impatiently, thinking that he was a woman's benevolence, and wanted to persist, but the alchemist reminded him loudly: "It's time to get down, it's important, don't make noise."

The young master hastily stopped his posture and calmed down.

As the midnight approached, everyone remained vigilant and quiet.

Hu Tiehua leaned against a pillar on the deck, looked at everything coldly, shook his head at this moment and said: "The Taoist said that this ceremony tonight is to pray to the King of Hades, Brother Zhan, do you think this is reliable? I haven't read many scriptures, and seldom go to the festival, but why do I think this statement is outrageous?"

"There are many ways to pray, maybe this is a special ritual in a hurry." Zhanfeng frowned, feeling that even he himself couldn't convince himself.

"I think that Taoist priest is just cheating money. Didn't you see that he took money from the young master and those two trippers? What's this called? No wonder Xiang Shuai refused to come, it's just a blatant scam. "Hu Tiehua looked at Zhanfeng, and said unfairly: "I said the official, you don't care?"

Zhanfeng said: "My current identity can't be revealed, not to mention that I don't have anyone under my command, how can I catch it? How can I manage it? I said that I am a secret agent of the imperial court, but no one believed me."

Hu Tiehua could only sigh, even Chu Liuxiang didn't care about these people anymore, no one really cares about them anymore.

When the child arrives.

The alchemist led the young son, two bodyguards, and the maid firemen to kneel behind the incense table. A red candle was burning on the incense table. In the center of the red candle was a gold leaf that was said to be lit. Putrid smell.

Everyone began to follow the alchemist and recite the "Taiping Sutra", with a neat voice, and a feeling of cleansing people's hearts.

Hu Tiehua turned her head and looked at the sea behind the ship, wondering if there was any shadow of the mysterious ancient ship.

However, it is too dark tonight, even if Hu Tiehua's night vision ability is extraordinary, it is difficult to see far away.

The beautiful white-haired woman was sitting on a chair by the deck, her sitting posture was upright and a little stiff, which should be caused by the rigidity of her daily life for a long time. Her eyes were also looking at the sea behind the ship. Although her face was calm, her face was too tense It showed her nervousness.

At the end of the corridor on the second floor.

The octagonal lights in the corridor are off, and there is no light in the long corridor on the second floor, but as long as you stand on the balcony and look down, you can easily see the bright lights on the deck, and it is easy to hear the orderly sound of scriptures downstairs .

Standing on the balcony on the second floor, Rong Rong whispered, "Lan'er is here."

Chu Liuxiang said, "Yes."

Rongrong said: "She is kneeling next to the alchemist, very close."

Chu Liuxiang nodded and said, "En."

Rongrong smiled and said softly, "You are so energetic and not sleepy at all?"

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said: "You know me so well, you should know that child time is usually the time when I am most active."

Rongrong smiled knowingly, "You are a night owl, and you have more energy at night than during the day, but I want to know, since you don't want to participate in their ceremony so much, why are you standing there?" Look here? Their actions are meaningless at all."

Chu Liuxiang said: "Because I want to make sure that my guess is correct."

Rongrong said: "What guess?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "You just need to watch, why ask me?"

The deck is very bright, with 24 octagonal lights all on, reflecting the floor of the deck like a white mirror.

The alchemist said that this means twelve perfections, and 24 is a multiple of twelve, which means auspiciousness.

The chanting sound kept going, but the young man and the others all opened their eyes and looked at the surrounding sea, because they were still afraid.

To chant the scriptures, you need to close your eyes, have a heart like still water, be devout and calm, but how can these frightened people calm down?

On the contrary, Jiao Lanyu was the closest to the alchemist on his knees, with his eyes closed all the time, with a peaceful expression and the most pious.

Chu Liuxiang stared at the people on the deck, especially Jiao Lanyu, and all the corridors around the deck that could be close to the deck.

It was very peaceful, nothing happened, not even the mysterious ancient ship on the sea appeared again.

If you don't know that people have died on this ship, you will definitely feel that this is a peaceful night and a peaceful ship.

Chu Liuxiang rubbed her nose, then looked back at Rongrong, she was very tired, leaning on his arm weakly, she couldn't open her eyes, but she still squinted a gap, looking at Chu Liuxiang's side face.

Chu Liuxiang said softly: "If you are tired, go back to your room and go to sleep first, don't stand here and blow the air."

Rongrong shook her head and said firmly: "No, I want to be with you so that I can feel at ease. I haven't felt so at ease for a long time. I won't leave."

Chu Liuxiang nodded and said, "Okay."

Just when Chu Liuxiang finished speaking, she suddenly felt darkness around her.

He quickly lowered his head and glanced at the deck, only to see that the deck was already pitch black, and the 24 candles went out at the same time.

If it was the past, it might not be a big deal, and there was still a huge brilliance formed by the bright moonlight reflecting on the sea, but tonight was different.

Tonight is a cloudy day.

Chu Liuxiang hurriedly pushed Rongrong away from her body, and shouted: "Oh no!"

Before Rongrong realized what happened, she felt that Chu Liuxiang beside her flew down the second floor like a gust of wind, and he disappeared without even hearing the footsteps on the ground.

Where did he go, Rongrong had no idea.

She looked at the dead darkness around her, and suddenly felt a surge of fear in her heart.

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