Jianghu Daily

Gongsun Lan died.

Died at the foot of Bailu Mountain.

The body was discovered by Qin Daqin, and it has been buried in the ground.

Liu An and Lu Xiaofeng rushed back to the Guild of Turtles, and when they learned that Gongsun Lan was buried, they couldn't help feeling a little anxious.She asked, "Who told you to bury it?"

"It's me." Yu Shansui murmured: "The weather is getting hotter, so I asked someone to bury it."

This is obviously a normal practice, but Liu An just felt that it was inappropriate.She turned her head to look at Lu Xiaofeng, but Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "That's right, it's good to be buried when the weather is getting hotter."

Yu Shansui asked at this time: "Liu An, when will Lingxi come back?"

Liu An was reminded by him, remembering that Lingxi Li Guangding and the others were still in the capital branch, and said: "You should write a letter and ask, and you should come back when the place is stable."

Because "Jianghu Daily" exclusively reported the decisive battle at the top of the Forbidden City, the sales volume of that issue was more than three times higher than usual.And Long Wu seemed to have made the decision early on, and asked Liu An to advertise him in "Da Ming Daily" in that issue of the newspaper. In this way, "Da Ming Daily" sold very well at the beginning.

But it's impossible for Liu An to play tricks on him in the dark, not to mention that he and Long Wu are friends, Liu An dare not make any jokes despite his identity.

That night.

Liu An paced back and forth in the room, while Lu Xiaofeng was drinking tea leisurely at the table.

"Aren't you in a hurry?" Liu An finally couldn't help asking.

Lu Xiaofeng asked: "What are you in a hurry for?"

Liu An said: "Investigate the cause of Aunt Gongsun's death!" After a pause, he continued: "But she has already been buried. The book says that the first thing to investigate is to look at the corpse, because the corpse can speak."

Lu Xiaofeng asked: "What book are you reading?"

Liu secretly said: ""Criminal Investigation Files"."

Lu Xiaofeng said: "I've never heard of it."

Liu secretly said: "Of course you don't know, it's just your level of education!"

Lu Xiaofeng was speechless for a moment, then stood up and stretched.At this time it was the climax of the moon, Lu Xiaofeng looked at the moon outside and said with a smile: "Let's go, the time has come."

As soon as Liu An asked "what", he was pulled up from the stool and dragged away.

The woods in the middle of the night are very gloomy, and the cries of old ravens can be heard from all around from time to time, let alone standing in front of a lonely grave.

There are three sticks of incense in front of the grave, and the words "Gongsun Lan" are written on the tombstone.

"Hey! Can you choose the daytime if you want to pay homage?!"

Of course Liu An is not afraid, she swears.

Lu Xiaofeng didn't answer, but took out two shovels from under a tree, gave one to Liu An, and said, "Come on, let's dig together."

Liu An stared at the shovel in his hand, and after a while, said, "You...you want to dig a grave?"

Lu Xiaofeng dug a few shovels, said: "The book you read is right, corpses can talk."

Liu An was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, don't blame him, then he also started digging the grave.While digging, he asked: "I still don't understand, why didn't you choose the daytime? Why didn't you ask other people to help? How long will the two of us dig!"

Lu Xiaofeng only answered four words: "There are a lot of people."

So Liu An stopped asking.

The coffin was not buried deep, and the two of them dug for less than half an hour before they saw Nanmu's coffin lid.Lu Xiaofeng jumped down first, opened the coffin lid with a shovel, and immediately emitted an unspeakable stench.

Gongsun Lan has been dead for seven days.

Liu An covered her mouth, turned her head and said, "Is it her?"

Lu Xiaofeng shook his head: "I don't know."

"what?"

"There is a woman lying inside, but I have never seen her face. You and Gongsun Lan are familiar, come and have a look."

"What... what?"

It was rare for Lu Xiaofeng to see Liu An frightened, yet he was able to laugh out loud in this atmosphere surrounded by the stench of corpses.He pulled Liu An into the pit, and said with a playful smile, "Be obedient, come and identify."

Liu An was very reluctant in his heart, but he had no choice but to look at the corpse.The corpse was emaciated and purple, with sunken cheeks and hair like dry grass.Liu An didn't dare to look any further, turned her head and said, "How could Gongsun Lan look like this?! Could it be a mistake?"

Lu Xiaofeng said: "I can't recognize it just by the face, I have to look at it in detail."

Liu An was about to ask him what he thought, when he saw Lu Xiaofeng picked up the corpse and began to undress the corpse, he beckoned to Liu An by the way: "Come and help."

"Damn it! You're a pervert!" After Liu An finished cursing, she reluctantly went over to give her a hand.

Sure enough, as Ouyang Qing said, there is a palm print on this person's heart.Even though the corpse's skin was purple and blue, the palm print was still as bright red as blood.

Lu Xiaofeng frowned and said, "As expected."

"Have you found it?"

Lu Xiaofeng said: "No matter which palm technique you use, the palm print will not stay on the corpse for such a long time, and the color will not be so bright red. There is only one explanation."

Liu An asked, "What kind?"

"This person died of being drained of his internal energy." Lu Xiaofeng looked at the body's emaciation, and said, "If this person was so emaciated in life, there would be no wrinkled skin after death. Look... ..."

"Enough!" Liu An didn't want to look, she pushed the corpse back into the coffin, but saw a piece of snow-white silk falling from the corpse.Lu Xiaofeng grasped it with quick eyes, and by the moonlight, he discovered a series of names recorded on the silk.

Lu Xiaofeng's complexion suddenly changed: "Huzhou Ye Sandao, Taxue Wuhen Song Yingfei, Tianqing swordsman Shangguanping..."

"What list is this?!"

Lu Xiaofeng shook his head and said solemnly: "I don't know."

Liu An gritted his teeth and said, "Look for any other clues on the corpse."

But this time they were not lucky. The two searched the corpse up and down, and only found a small red rope.

A small red string tied to a pigeon's leg.

The withered corpse in front of him was really Gongsun Lan.

The two returned to the Turtle Gang, and it was almost dawn.

Liu An hurriedly boiled water and rubbed his whole body hard. Digging a grave in the middle of the night is not a good memory.

After she finished washing and returned to her room, Lu Xiaofeng was also wearing a white robe, carefully looking at the list in her hand.

"Finally there is something to be gained tonight." Liu An sighed, otherwise she couldn't help but punch Lu Xiaofeng's head off.

Lu Xiaofeng murmured: "Why does Gongsun Lan have this list on her body? What does this list have to do with the cause of her death?"

Liu An shook his head.

Only now did Lu Xiaofeng see her coming, and said with a smile, "I didn't ask you."

Liu An's face darkened and said: "I shake my head for fun!"

Lu Xiaofeng stretched out his hand to pat her hair, before Liu An could react, he hurriedly said: "I only know a few people here, their martial arts are not high, and they are not well-known in the Jianghu. So I don't understand what is wrong with Gongsun Lan. The purpose of the list."

"The case will be closed when you understand it." Liu An robbed him, then paused and said, "Tomorrow, I will ask Qin Daqin and Qin Xiaoqin to find out where the people on the list live, and then how about looking there? "

Lu Xiaofeng said: "It can only be like this."

After all, the top and bottom of the Turtle Gang have worked in the newspaper office for so long, and they all have paparazzi potential.These people on the list have almost no pressure on the people in the advertising department, but within two days, they have already found out the news.

The results were unexpected.

Whether it was Taxue Wuhen Song Yingfei or the Azure Swordsman Shangguan Ping, these people were all dead.The time of death was before Gongsun Lan, and they were all in several places around Huangshi Town.

Liu An sighed, "The clues are all broken now."

Lu Xiaofeng shook his head and said, "There should be new clues."

The new clue in his mouth is the same as Gongsun Lan's, the corpse can speak.

So every time Liu An heard Lu Xiaofeng say: "Let's go, the time has come.", he would want to cry without tears, and silently followed behind him with a shovel.

In seven days, Liu An and Lu Xiaofeng dug a total of eleven graves.

The deceased were all skinny and bruised, with blood-red palm prints on their chests.

Without exception.

Liu An didn't know what to say anymore, and so did Lu Xiaofeng.

Obviously, there is an extra murderer who specializes in absorbing people's internal energy.

Or he has become a master now.

Liu An stood aside and watched Lu Xiaofeng fill the soil, thinking about it and said, "I always thought that things like sucking people's internal energy were fake."

Lu Xiaofeng smiled wryly: "Before this, I also thought it was fake."

But after seeing more than a dozen dead people, you have to believe it.

But the dead didn't get anything other than telling them this.Liu An asked: "What should we do next?"

Lu Xiaofeng had already filled the grave, patted the dust on his hands, and was about to speak, but said loudly: "Be careful!" Before Liu An regained consciousness, she was pulled into Lu Xiaofeng's arms, narrowly avoiding the destruction. the wind.

An arrow went straight into the grave.

The person who shot the arrow in the dark was an old man, and he didn't run away when he was found, but pointed at Lu Xiaofeng and shouted: "You want to kill my son! I want you to pay for it!" While speaking, he raised his bow tremblingly.

This time he couldn't shoot the arrow.

Because Lu Xiaofeng took his bow and arrow and threw it on the top of a big tree.

The old man stretched out his hand and pinched Lu Xiaofeng's neck, and kept repeating: "You killed my son! You killed my son..."

The old man Lu Xiaofeng also knew Shangguan Ping buried in this grave. He was Shangguan Ping's father, Shangguan Qin.

Liu An stopped Shangguan Qin's hand and asked, "Who do you think is going to kill your son?"

Shangguanqin pointed at Lu Xiaofeng tremblingly and said, "It's him...his hands are red..."

Lu Xiaofeng spread his hands helplessly, but it was only covered with dirt.

Liu An winked at Lu Xiaofeng and said, "Don't be afraid, old man, I'll kill him for you right now!"

Lu Xiaofeng took two steps back and said: "I didn't kill his son! If you say I did, you have to have evidence."

Shangguanqin stared blankly at Lu Xiaofeng for a moment, his eyes gradually became clear, and he said intermittently: "No, he is not the one who killed my son."

Liu An asked: "Why not? I think this man has sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks, and he looks like a wanted criminal!"

Shangguanqin pointed to the top of Lu Xiaofeng's head, and said: "There is no peach blossom on his head, no... the murderer who killed my son has a peach blossom in his hair, very fragrant."

Liu An and Lu Xiaofeng asked Shangguanqin to return to the Guild of Turtles, but they were rejected.

Because he said he wanted to accompany his son.

As winter is approaching, how can there be peach blossoms?

Liu An returned to the Turtle Gang, thinking about this question all the time.As soon as he entered the yard, he happened to see Liu Ji tending flowers and plants.

These flowers and herbs should not appear in this season.

"Where did you get this flower?" Liu An's heart was pounding with excitement.

Liu Ji didn't notice Liu An's abnormality, and said with a smile, "Du Fu and I went to deliver newspapers to the owner of Wuzhuang today, and the owner sent us two pots of flowers."

"Who is the owner of Wuzhuang?"

"I heard that this person is quite famous in Jianghu! Eighteenth Road Fist Palm, all the tricks are... hey? Guild Master? Guild Master, listen to me!"

Liu An kicked open the door and said loudly, "I know who the murderer is!"

Lu Xiaofeng was lying on the bed and was reading "Jianghu Daily", the headline had changed from the duel between two masters on the top of the Forbidden City to the mysterious murderer's bloody peach blossom.There is a wine glass on his chest, and he can drink wine from the glass without using his hands.

This is one of Lu Xiaofeng's favorite tricks.

"I said I know who the murderer is! Give me some reaction!" Liu An slapped the table loudly.

Lu Xiaofeng said "Oh" and asked, "Who is it? Let's hear it."

Liu An then vividly told the story of the owner of the Wuzhuang Village with gestures, and finally analyzed: "Look, this person grows out-of-season flowers in his house, and he is from the Jianghu, and he uses palm techniques." , I live in Huangshi Town, which is right around the place where the crime happened, tell me, is he the murderer! Even if he is not the murderer, he is definitely inextricably linked to the murderer!"

Lu Xiaofeng applauded Liu An with a "smack" and said, "Good analysis."

Liu An smugly smiled, and was about to hurt him, when Lu Xiaofeng asked, "Have you met the owner of Wuzhuang?"

"never seen it."

"Have you dealt with him?"

"No."

"Have you seen his split palm?"

"No."

Lu Xiaofeng looked at Liu and smiled secretly: "Liu Liu, to say that he is a murderer, you must have evidence."

Liu An had nothing to say.

She was silent for a while before saying: "Tomorrow we will go to Wuzhuang to meet him!"

"No rush." ​​Lu Xiaofeng sat up from the bed and said, "Tomorrow we will find another person."

"Who are you looking for?"

Lu Xiaofeng raised the newspaper in his hand, smiled and said, "Master Flower Planter."

The author has something to say: Count with your fingers, it should be over soon~~