[Martial Arts] Legend of Chu Liuxiang

Chapter 7 The Pawnshop Owner

On the first floor, outside the main dining room, in the corridor.

As soon as they approached, the strong smell of blood rushed into everyone's nostrils.

A corpse lay on the floor, or rather not a corpse, but decomposed remains.

The one who died was a middle-aged man, obese, who had been cut off in the middle and his limbs were cut off.

His clothes are made of high-quality cloud forging fabrics, and the workmanship is also very exquisite. He should be a wealthy family with certain assets.

Zhanfeng was squatting next to the corpse where the blood wasn't splashed, examining the wound carefully. He was the imperial court's top secret agent with a secret background and a top case-solving expert.

Outside the large bloodstain, more than a dozen people stood far away, all with complicated expressions.

Chu Liuxiang walked over gently, and asked Zhanfeng, "What's going on?"

Zhanfeng turned his head and saw that it was Chu Liuxiang, so he put down his guard.

"Just now all of us were eating in the cabin. This person was the first one to finish eating and stood up to leave. No one paid attention to it, but who knew that he had just left the cabin door and walked to the corridor that we couldn't see. Then I heard him scream, and when we rushed out immediately, he had already become like this."

Hearing this brief description, Chu Liuxiang couldn't help but be surprised, "He has been dismembered for such a short time out of your sight? Didn't you see who did it?"

Zhanfeng's expression was also not very good-looking, "No matter who did it, this skill is terrifyingly fast. I was the first to rush out, but I didn't see anyone except the corpse."

Zhanfeng frowned, recalling the previous scene, he just couldn't believe it.

Chu Liuxiang said in a deep voice, "When did it happen?"

Zhanfeng said: "About half a cup of tea."

Before half a cup of tea, Chu Liuxiang calculated the time, and it should be the time when the woman who led the way and Rongrong quarreled at the door of his room.

Chu Liuxiang looked at the corpse, "This person should not be a martial arts master. He has no calluses on his hands, and he does not carry a weapon. He is fat and has no muscles. He is not a Lianjiazi."

Chu Liuxiang approached again, reached into the corpse's torn clothes, and took out a large stack of blood-stained banknotes from his arms, as well as several ivory seals, one of which was engraved with Fuji Pawnshop.

Chu Liuxiang said: "This person should be a businessman, the owner of Fuji Pawnshop. He carried these seals in his arms like treasures, and each of them was packed in a special small brocade box. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to his seal and rights. A money junkie."

Zhanfeng nodded and said: "He shouldn't have resisted. The killer killed him very smoothly, and then cut off his limbs with a fast sword technique. He did all this in such a short time after we came out of the house. , The person who did it is very quick in his hands and feet, and he is very familiar with killing, without any jerkyness of killing for the first time, so he should be a habitual offender."

Chu Liuxiang stood up and glanced over the dozen or so people present one by one.

Among these people were two stove cooks, three small fire cooks, two maidservants, a few guests, and finally the steward and one of his assistants whom Chu Liuxiang felt very familiar with.

The steward still had a fluttering blue shirt, with an air of ease, and a gentle face, but Chu Liuxiang felt that his whole face and expression were very fake.

Chu Liuxiang walked towards the steward slowly, and said, "Now there are people dead on your boat, but you don't seem to be in a hurry at all."

Steward Qingshan smiled, "To tell the truth from this guest, our ship is going to that mysterious fairy island, there seems to be cursed by evil spirits there, but any approaching ship will encounter danger. In the past two months, I have I have run this road dozens of times, and I have seen all kinds of strange things, so what is there to worry about?"

Chu Liuxiang grasped the contradiction in his words, and explored: "Oh? This route is cursed, every ship going there will have accidents, and guests will die strangely once they go there. The death is so miserable, but the management Dozens of times back and forth, but still safe and sound?"

Chu Liuxiang's doubts about the steward were heard by the other guests, and they all looked at the steward with a questioning attitude.

The steward smiled slightly, "Maybe it's because I've been at sea for too long. The God of the Sea has blessed me, so I can always be safe and sound. I'm really grateful for such a gift."

The steward did not show any panic, he was still calm and composed, his words were full of awe of God, and no one could find any flaws.

Chu Liuxiang knew that he couldn't easily reveal the real face of the steward, so he didn't bother anymore. He looked at the other guests on the boat.

The nearest to the steward was a young man dressed gorgeously, with bushy eyebrows and a high nose. He was a good-looking handsome man, but his slightly trembling body revealed his fear at the moment.

This young man is equipped with a golden silk sword and has a fierce sword aura on his body, but since he first entered the rivers and lakes and saw such a miserable corpse for the first time, he was quite frightened.

Chu Liuxiang looked at the young master, from his dilated pupils, it could be seen that his panic came from the bottom of his heart.

Such a person never has the tough mentality to dismember people.

Next to the young man was a middle-aged woman, dressed dignifiedly and elegantly. Although she was middle-aged, she still had a charming charm. A simple hairpin was gently rolled up.

The white-haired woman looked indifferent, and she didn't care about whether someone was dead. Her eyes kept lingering on the octagonal lantern hanging on the ship's side.

At this moment, the sky is already dark, and the light of the fire can be faintly seen in the lamps. It is really beautiful as the boat swings back and forth, but is it really more important to pay attention to than a dead person?

Chu Liuxiang felt that she was very kind, and combined with her behavior and temperament, he felt that this white-haired woman should be from Shenshui Palace.

The women in Shenshui Palace are all so arrogant and indifferent, especially when they treat men with contempt.

Shenshui Palace has declined since the death of the jellyfish Yin Ji. Although some people stayed behind to rebuild it, most of the disciples have gone their separate ways.

Chu Liuxiang originally thought that she would never meet people from Shenshui Palace again in this life, and she didn't want to see them again at sea.

Could it be that the remaining disciples of Shenshui Palace are also planning for the mysterious treasure on Ge Guangxian Island?

Beside the white-haired woman were two escorts from the Escort, their clothes had the emblem of the Mighty Escort printed on them.

Both of them are tall and tall, with piercing eyes and no panic, one is bald and the other has a beautiful long beard.

People who have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time have no fear of corpses, let alone a profession like a bodyguard who licks blood with a knife.

It's not surprising that Qu Zishou travels all the year round and appears anywhere. These two bodyguards may be escorting something, and it's inconvenient for outsiders to investigate.

The last one is an alchemist wearing a Taoist uniform, but he doesn't have many immortal bones. Instead, there is a piece of black plaster on his forehead. Ugh, most of the guests are a long way from him.

Chu Liuxiang read them one by one. If it is impossible for him to see their purpose among these people at this moment, he can only see the general identity of these people.

The steward suddenly looked at the sky, frowned slightly and said: "The lamp will be lit soon, it's getting late, can we go back to our room to rest?"

Zhanfeng blurted out out of habit, "The matter hasn't been investigated clearly, so the steward is going to do it so hastily?"

The steward smiled humbly, "The matter is already very clear. When this guest died, we were all together and eating in the main cabin. We can all testify to each other. Since we are all innocent, why can't we go to rest? Who Wasn't there at the time, who was most likely to kill someone, and there were very few people who were not there at the time, isn't it easy to understand?"

Zhanfeng was speechless.

The steward continued with a smile on his face, "What's more, there are no arrests on this boat, so how can we use the rules of the court to restrain the distinguished guests?"

Zhanfeng wanted to say that he was the policeman, and that he had more power than the policeman, but after thinking about it, he still didn't reveal his identity.

There are vicious criminals on this boat, and he will undoubtedly make his situation worse if he reveals his identity.

Indeed, the people in the main cabin were all together at that time, and there was no time to kill at all.

It stands to reason that even if the government handles the case, the innocent people who have no time to commit crimes can make confessions at most, and then they can be released.

The young man stammered and said: "Yeah, whoever was not there at the time, we just focus on guarding against them. We are all good people, why can't we leave? Anyway, I don't want to stay here with the dead anymore .”

The white-haired lady sneered a few times, looked at the young man's trembling legs, and said disdainfully: "What a gutless baby, just such a corpse scares you like this."

Seeing someone humiliating him, the young man raised his eyebrows, "What did you say, old woman?"

The white-haired woman continued to sneer, "You only dare to yell loudly with women. If you meet an evil spirit, you might be scared out of your wits."

The young man refused to accept it and said, "It's like you've seen a ghost."

The white-haired lady said quietly: "Hehe, I haven't seen anything... How can a stinky man like you understand my realm..."

The young man's neck was red with anger, he drew out his long sword with a swipe, and was about to stab the white-haired woman.

The alchemist shook his head helplessly, "It seems that there will continue to be bloody disasters on this ship, who wants to make a fortune for himself? Sign up now, and the old man will give you a discount."

A little panic finally appeared on the steward's face, he hurried forward to dissuade him, and there was a commotion in the corridor all of a sudden.

Zhanfeng frowned, what's the matter, these people are still only focused on quarreling?

Can't understand the seriousness of the situation?

He glanced at Chu Liuxiang and found that Chu Liuxiang was calm and calm, which made Zhanfeng feel at ease.

Looking back at the noise of the boat, he was even more upset.

Zhanfeng stood a few steps forward, yelled a few words of silence, and finally stabilized the situation.

Zhanfeng's inner strength is strong, and the words he shouted out of anger can be described as deafening.

These guests probably sensed Zhanfeng's strong internal aura, so they accepted it as soon as they saw it.

Zhanfeng said impatiently: "Please tell me which guests were not present at that time."

It was his job to ask the steward. He raised his head and thought for a moment, "A girl named Rongrong is not present in the room at the end of the second floor. The second thing is..." He hesitated for a moment, his eyes burning. He looked at Chu Liuxiang carefully, then slowly stretched out his finger, pointing to Chu Liuxiang who was not far in front of him, "And there is this guest."

Zhanfeng found this identification very boring.

Xiangshuai never kills, and everyone in the world knows about it.

He shook his head heavily, just as he was about to say something, he heard Chu Liuxiang speak.

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Is the manager suspicious of me? But you are right, when this person died, I just didn't seem to be with everyone."

The steward also smiled, "Don't dare, guest, you are overthinking. I'm just stating the facts, and I don't intend to identify anyone."

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