into delusion

The funeral affairs in Lijiazhuang continued until it was getting late, and then the guests were sent away one after another.However, Mr. Li has made countless friends throughout his life, but he is not without enemies. Now that Mr. Li is newly mourned, there will naturally be good friends to help Li's family guard the nursing home and help Li Er survive the initial difficult period.Regarding these friends, no matter how ignorant Li Chengming is, he knows the importance of them, not to mention that now he has a quick-witted and virtuous wife who helps him manage the house, and even makes those staying guests feel at home and praises him.

With these outsiders, Lijiazhuang also showed a somewhat different bustling scene from the past, but there is a courtyard in the village, which is more deserted than usual.

Yue'er quietly climbed up the branches, parted the sparse clouds, and revealed most of the plump moon. Although it was not yet full moon, it was still full of brilliance, bright as a lamp.A breeze blows over the bamboo shoots, and the bamboo forest sways with the wind, rustling softly, and the silver moonlight is slowly falling, reflecting on the ground like silver frost all over the ground, with bamboo shadows and lotus ponds, it is even more poetic and picturesque.It's just that there are no strangers in this elegant courtyard today, only a few lanterns with the word "Ming" in black on a white background swaying with the whimpering cold wind, no matter how beautiful the moonlight is, it will turn into a ghostly atmosphere.

This is the Canglangzhai where Mr. Li lived before his death. Because the owner left suddenly and within seven days, this courtyard was temporarily deserted. Now the population of Li's residence is not prosperous, and few are worthy of it. The old man's Accord, it can be imagined that there will be no newcomers living in this courtyard for the time being.

No one will live there, but not necessarily no one will patronize.Like a gust of wind blowing, a figure suddenly appeared under the eaves, and sneaked into the house without making a sound.There wasn't much moonlight in the room, and the figure stood for a while before slowly walking around the room.

It stands to reason that there are many famous thieves in the Jianghu, but there are not many who can match this person's kung fu.His steps are lighter than the most agile wild cat, but his energy to find something is like a fine dog concentrating on its prey. In the dim room, those keen eyes shimmered, as if everything was under his control. The eyes are clear and orderly, and there is nothing to hide.

After walking a few steps, the figure suddenly stopped, stooped to pick up a handful of things from the seam of the bluestone, put it under the nose and sniffed it carefully, and the stretched brows were immediately locked.Looking around again, he walked quickly to the empty bed, and rubbed the quilt on the inside.The owner of the bed had just passed away two days ago, so the bedding was naturally just changed, the strong smell of medicine faded, and there was a bit of over-smoked sandalwood from the inside to the outside, which made people almost breathless.However, the quilt was not the focus of the man's attention. He reached under the quilt and rubbed the bed board. When his fingertips touched the edge of the pillow, he stopped suddenly.

It was a shallow dent, like writing written with fingernails, the lines were not very clear, and there was a long and narrow crack beside it, which should be a piece of wood torn off by someone.The man's fingers trembled slightly, and his eyes couldn't help showing a bit of sadness. He seemed to see a dying old man struggling to carve letters under his pillow. Footsteps.

Quickly pushed the quilt back to its original state, the man gently supported the bed with his hand, and floated into the bed curtain. This is an old bed, and it would creak and shake twice when sitting on the bed board, even more so. Not to mention climbing up the hollowed-out bed frame, but that person's movements were so light, not to mention the bed board, even the lowered bed curtain didn't move at all, it didn't look like there was a living person hiding at all.

"Hey, why is it our turn to inspect this place?"

With a groan, the door creaked open, and the torch lit up the dark room.The sound of fine footsteps came in slowly with the torches, and there were two people in total.

"It's a pretty good day, maybe you want to come to patrol the shift on the first seven days?" Another voice showed a sense of indifference, "But to be honest, Canglangzhai feels more and more gloomy here, servants Everyone said that the old man died strangely."

"Where is the strangeness? It is obviously scary. Who would have imagined the scene of a heartache. Alas, such a good person as the old man... No wonder the young mistress is always restless, saying that the house is not clean."

"What's your name, young mistress? Now she's the owner's wife. I think the owner of the owner is soft-hearted. He's afraid of people attacking the manor. It should be the house where he lives. I'm afraid the old man's room can't be found. People, ghosts..."

Right at this point, the wind outside the window suddenly tightened, something slapped on the window edge, and the white lantern outside the door began to sway left and right, as if some ghost wanted to break into the house.

"... Fuck." After a long time, a voice sounded again, "Don't look what this is! Don't talk nonsense!"

The two immediately stopped talking nonsense and started a routine inspection.However, the inspection here is much stricter than that of the outside room. Places where people can hide people such as beams, wardrobes, and the bottom of the bed have to be inspected one by one. It took a quarter of an hour before the two left the room one after the other. .After a long time, the bed curtain shook slightly, the figure fell down, opened the side window silently, and jumped out.

At this time, most of the courtyards in the village had turned off the lights and set fire to them, but the security was several times higher. Three steps, one post and five steps, one sentry, it seemed that Lijiazhuang was going to be surrounded by iron barrels.That figure was like a real ghost, and it didn't startle even a breeze, and it didn't take long to turn to the main courtyard where Li Chengming lived.

Now that Li's family has been fully managed by Li Chengming, his courtyard is naturally very bright, but the filial son has to guard the spirit in the main hall, and now only Li Er's new wife is left in the courtyard.Just after getting married, the family member passed away, and the brightly red wedding clothes were all turned into mourning clothes, so the courtyard was naturally deserted.

That figure didn't care too much, it just stepped down the stone steps lightly, and as soon as it put its hands on the eaves, it stuck to the eaves, like swallows building a nest, and secretly looked into the house.The lamp was still on in the room, and a woman was sitting at the table with her back to the door and window, flipping through some books. Her filial piety made her figure extraordinarily graceful, revealing a faint taste of frailty.

"Ma'am, it's already getting late, this account book should be reviewed tomorrow..."

The servant girl's soft voice of comfort came from the room, but the woman's figure did not move, but she just opened another page: "There are so many things in the warehouse of Lijiazhuang. If you don't count them out earlier, your husband will not be able to take them over." Zhuangwu."

That voice was also soft and weak, sounding gentle and virtuous.

The servant girl couldn't help persuading her again: "Actually, there is nothing valuable in the inner treasury. They are all items passed down from the ancestors. They are not as good as the output of Zhuangzi and the shop. Later, when the master counts the outer treasury, the inner treasury can come again slowly." Well."

"Look at what you said." The woman chuckled lightly, her temples tilted slightly, "There are a lot of old things in the library, and it's hard to say what the price is. After all, they are all the master's private property, so he must be at ease... ..."

former court?The man hanging on the eaves tightened his fingers slightly, but before he could sort out his thoughts, a gust of wind suddenly blew by his ears, and he saw a small snake rushing towards his face like a black arrow, the distance was too close to be tolerated. Dodging, the man shook his wrist, a sharp light flashed from his sleeve, the little snake was split in half head-on, the snake twisted twice, and then fell to the ground.

This slaughter was still silent, but the woman in the room suddenly turned her head and shouted loudly: "Who!"

The figure was horrified, and as soon as the wrists were clasped, it floated up to the roof and rushed outward as if flying.The woman in the house did not move slowly, she rushed to the eaves in a few steps, only to see a small black snake was split in two, dying and convulsing on the ground.A flash of anger flashed in the woman's eyes, and she immediately screamed as if she had been greatly frightened: "There are thieves! Come, come!!"

The voice mixed with fright and weakness did not stay in the ears of Night Walker, his figure was more than twice as fast as when he came, and he had no time to care about other things, and rushed out of the village.Following that cry, the entire Li Family Village woke up from sleep. The lighted torches and the sword-wielding knight seemed like a startled beast.The retreat became more dangerous, but the figure still escaped calmly, and after only a few dodges, it was hidden in the moon shadow again.

It took more than half an hour to go around the courtyards and avoid the guards like cow hair. The figure finally stepped out of the encirclement, touched the towering courtyard wall lightly, and flew out.But he didn't stop, but continued to run towards the distance, and he didn't stop until the lights of Lijiazhuang gradually faded into the night.

Taking a breath, the man took off the face towel that had been covering his face, and the bright moonlight reflected on his face, finally showing his appearance.That person was the prodigal son Shen Yan who was driven out of the village by Li Er during the day.

"The previous court... Nine Dragon Ring..." Seeing the Li Family Village shrouded in darkness again, Shen Yan uttered two words softly. This time he went to Li Family Village at night, and the news he found was quite impressive.If all this is really related to the Nine Dragons Ring, then everything has a clue since the unsolved case two years ago.

With a bit of embarrassment on his lips, Shen Yan looked coldly at the Li family's mansion, which seemed to be dimly lit. This context was too difficult.

Two years ago, Li Suming, the eldest son of Li Family Manor, died tragically in the mountains. There were more than ten people in his party without a living.Not two months later, there was another bloody case in Jianghu. The head of Zhu's family was wiped out, and Zhu's family was burned to the ground by a big fire. But this time, the murderer could not be found, and the reason could not be found out.

In the eyes of many people, these were two unrelated murders, but Mr. Li was interested. He knew that his son and Zhu Biao were close friends, so why did the two die one after the other?And the gang of bandits he attacked and killed were nothing but mobs, let alone his son, even if another member of the Li family led the team, they might not necessarily lose.Whether there is an unknown relationship between the two murders.

Doubts abounded in his chest, so Mr. Li found Shen Yan and asked him to investigate the case.The relationship between the prodigal son and Li Da is good, and now that Mr. Li has entrusted him, he has spent all his time, but the Zhu family can't find any clues, and the matter has become a completely unsolved case.

Unexpectedly, more than a year later, a weapon called "Shocking Thunder" suddenly appeared in the Jianghu. It uses gunpowder to carry out assassinations. It is so powerful that even the top experts may not be able to retreat completely.Shen Yan had only heard the rumors twice before, but when he met him once, he suddenly discovered that the thunder that shook the sky might have something to do with Li Dazhi's death.

At the beginning Li Da's corpse was terribly ruined, not only was it stab wounded, but also its face and torso were destroyed by gravel and tree trunks. Everyone thought it was the scratches caused by the corpse being pushed off the cliff, but after thinking about it, What if Li Da met an enemy holding a thunderbolt?If those mountain bandits really had Zhen Tianlei in their hands, they would naturally be sure of victory against the unsuspecting Li Suming and his party, and they would be so helpless in the pursuit of Mr. Li for thousands of miles later.

However, who gave such a murder weapon as Zhentianlei to those bandits, and why did they want to kill Li Da?I'm afraid it will still fall on Zhu's unsolved case.However, when Shen Yan paid attention to Zhu's Mansion again, his luck suddenly turned bad. What's more, he had to involve his friends in everything, and his best friend was implicated.Until Gan Sanlang was wronged, this bad luck rushed to the peak in one breath, and began to show its vicious minions.

What secrets does Zhufu hide?After checking the burned warehouse of Bailuan Peak, Shen Yan really found something that he had never found before.The fire on Bailuan Peak burned too fast and too cleanly. Not only did Gan Sanlang, who was tricked into going up the mountain, be charged with crimes, but also exposed some unknown flaws.That fire is definitely not something that can be started with a handful of firewood.In the black ruins, Shen Yan found some imperceptible black liquid, sticky to the touch, with a pungent smell, like some kind of oil.But any kerosene cannot be splashed with water, and such oil must be hard to find.

And beside the rockery in Zhu Mansion, he seemed to have seen such black traces, and it was only near the rockery.What's next to the rockery?Of course it is the location of the dark darts of the Weiyuan Escort Bureau, but if someone already knew where the secret room containing the hidden darts was built, why did they want to slaughter Zhu's mansion?And what does Zhu's dark bodyguard have to do with Li Dazhi's death?

Layers of mysteries were woven into a big net that people couldn't figure out. Only then did Shen Yan rush back to Li's Village, wanting to discuss it with Mr. Li.Who would have thought that this trivial matter would happen... Why did the old man, who was still in good spirits half a year ago, die so quickly?Why is Li Erxin's lovely wife so interested in the inner treasury of Li's mansion?

One ring after another should be above the "Nine Dragons Ring".The legendary Nine Dragon Ring.

A thin cloud blew from the sky, lightly covering the half-circle moon, and the rustling breeze blew, causing the shadows of the trees to dance, and there were some inaudible rustling.This should have been a perfectly normal scene, but Shen Yan suddenly raised his head, staring straight at the grass not far away, and saw that the grass shrouded in the shadow of the moon seemed to be brushed by some unknown force, The grass stems began to twist and sway one by one, and they all crawled towards Shen Yan's side.Looking closely, it's not grass, it's clearly clumps of twisted black live snakes!

Such a horrific sight did not make Shen Yan take a step back, with one hand behind his back lightly, he took a breath, and said loudly: "I wonder if it is an honored guest from the Zhaxing Tower, can you show up and tell me about it?"

The author has something to say: wipe off sweat, today is too busy, the chapters are a bit thicker and longer, and I have not finished writing orz until now

In the future, I will try to update it around [-]:[-] pm every day, just press the click to brush =w=

And thanks to Tang for feeding the drop grenade, Lazy Cat Green for feeding the drop of nutrient solution, happy rub >3