Chapter 14: Reasoning
Su Lan said suddenly, and Li Kong turned his head to look at her. "What happened?"
"Previously, you asked me why I was injured, and I mentioned Du Changsheng to you. Su Lan trembled a little at this time, and her tone was also excited.
"I remember this person, you said that Du Changsheng was your father's henchman, and was sent by your father to investigate the ancient tomb found on the border of Zhao State, and later Du Changsheng was killed by a mysterious person when he passed the news to your father. Li Kong said after recalling.
"Du Changsheng is likely to have been bought, and his death is just a way to cover up his crimes. ”
As she spoke, Su Lan pointed to a corpse inside the coffin. "Du Changsheng cultivates Yin Poison Gong, and the people who are hit by him have a characteristic, you see his wrists, there are obvious black spots, which is different from corpse spots, once he is hit by Yin Poison Gong, the injured place will shrink and die in an instant. ”
Following the position of Su Lan's finger, Li Kong squatted down to take a closer look, and sure enough, he found a palm-sized folded black spot on the left arm of the female corpse. In this way, Du Changsheng is not dead, he is a murderer. ”
"But I don't understand why these people went to the border of Zhao State, whether they were already working there for a long time, or were they people who were recruited, and if they were recruited, there should not be women. Su Lan fell into deep thought.
"Could it be that these people are dead people in the first place? ”
With such a bold speculation, Li Kong himself was a little surprised, who could keep it in the ancient tomb for so many years without decaying, and come back by himself.
Su Lan's eyes widened, staring at Li Kong, and she didn't speak for a long time.
"Don't look at me like that, I'm just saying it casually, without any basis. ”
"No, the possibility you are talking about may really exist. Su Lan took it seriously.
"Actually, if you want to know what is going on with these people, you just have to ask the people in this village. The two were busy reasoning, but they forgot about the people in the village, and wanted to know what was going on with these coffins.
"You're right. Su Lan's face was solemn, and she pulled a few coffins aside, just now Li Kong had made a hole in the roof, and there was rainwater leaking on it.
Li Kong also helped together and moved the coffin, and the two stood in front of the house and watched the night rain drifting, stunned.
"I hope my dad can survive this. After a long time, Su Lan broke the silence.
"Don't worry, even if Du Changsheng rebelled, surrendered to the enemy, and destroyed the ancient tomb, he might not necessarily hurt your father. Li Kong comforted.
Su Lan shook her head leisurely and said with a worried face: "On the surface, Da Zhou is in charge of the world, but in fact, the old ministers of Zhao State have never given up, and they have been secretly looking for something that can change their lives against the sky. The nine pieces of tortoise shell hide the secret of heaven, not only the supreme immortal method, but also the secret art of immortality, which can turn the universe backwards and affect the fortune of the country.
Through Du Changsheng's rebellion, it can be analyzed that the old man of Zhao Guo has obtained a piece of tortoise shell in his hands, and they must have brought my father out for another piece. ”
"Your father also has tortoise shells on his hands?" Li Kong looked at Su Lan, the clues were too complicated, and he needed time to sort them out.
"Nanyang Zhenren once gave my father a piece of tortoiseshell Xuanwen. Su Lan explained.
"My master gave your father tortoiseshell Xuanwen?" Nanyang Zhenren had never mentioned this matter, and Li Kong was shocked when he heard it.
"Now you should know why I don't want the bamboo slip you gave me!"
Although Su Lan's words were not thorough, it was not difficult to understand with Li Kong's thinking, when he was packing up his things that night, the bamboo slips fell to the ground and were seen by Su Lan.
The One Hundred and Eight Character Recipe is part of the Tortoiseshell Xuanwen.
"It turns out that your father told you about Xuanwen a long time ago, and you have already memorized it. Li Kong suddenly realized.
"So, they didn't catch me and lured my dad out. Su Lan said the reason.
Hearing Su Lan say this, the clues collected by Li Kong became clearer and clearer.
The widow of Zhao found an ancient tomb in ancient times, and after exploration, he learned that there was a tortoise shell with a record of Xuanwen inside, and deliberately leaked this news to Su Yuankun.
Su Yuankun sent his henchman Du Changsheng, but he didn't know that Du Changsheng was the eyeliner of Zhao Guo's relict in Da Zhou, Du Changsheng destroyed the corpse and destroyed the traces of the ancient tomb in order to realize his plan, razed the ancient tomb to the ground, and cut off the retreat back to Da Zhou under the guise of being killed, and did not continue to stay by Su Yuankun's side.
The news of Du Changsheng's "killing", a veteran of Zhao Guo, sent Su Lan to Su Yuankun's ears, and Su Yuankun sent Su Lan in order to find clues about Du Changsheng's killing and the tortoise shell found in the ancient tomb.
And Su Lan's appearance was the result that Zhao Guoyi had expected a long time ago, and he wanted to capture Su Lan alive to blackmail her into exchanging the tortoise shell in his hand with Su Yuankun, but Su Lan suddenly disappeared.
Su Lan's disappearance was caused by Li Kong's inadvertent use of the Heavenly Finger to injure the finch.
After the finch flew back, she took Su Yuankun to find Su Lan.
In this process, Su Yuankun received a mysterious letterhead, and the content of this mysterious letterhead is likely to be a tortoiseshell clue provided by the widow of Zhao Guo.
Therefore, Su Lan had the anxiety just now, and only then did she say that her father had fallen for the enemy.
Li Kong told Su Lan the clues that he had sorted out in his heart, and Su Lan's eyes changed when he looked at Li Kong, and Li Kong obviously felt a look that he had not seen before.
"To determine if this is what I thought, we need to find out where these bodies really came from. Maybe there will be an unexpected harvest, the nine pieces of tortoise shells seem to be independent, but they are connected from end to end. ”
It is the voice of all men to be recognized by girls, not to mention that the girl in front of him is still so good-looking.
The rain outside was much lighter, and the house was in a mess, and the real person in the big hole was moved to the corner by Li Kong.
"Early tomorrow morning, we will go to the village to inquire about the twelve coffins. Su Lan raised his hand to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead for Li Kong, and the aura consumed by casting the Tongtian Finger just now almost drained the nine layers of aura contained in his body.
This slight move made Li Kong's face red, and he didn't know why Su Lan was suddenly so kind to him.
"You're so good-looking. ”
"I know. After Su Lan finished wiping it, she put away her handkerchief, and the breeze blew, sweeping Li Kong's nerves with the fragrance of a girl.
"If only I were my daughter-in-law. Li Kong didn't dare to say this, but just muttered something in his mouth.
"What did you say?"
"No, nothing. Sleep for a while, and I'll lay hay for you. ”
"Can you sleep in this kind of place?" Around Su Lan's fingers, there were either coffins or broken corpses scorched by thunder and lightning, although they were terrifying, they were not as scary as the corpses.
Li Kong smiled awkwardly. "Then I'll tell you a story. ”
Su Lan nodded. "You say, I listen. ”
For more than an hour in the following, Li Kong kept recalling the bits and pieces of his real life with Nanyang, and when it came to emotion, he choked up slightly.
"Where did your master pick you up?" Su Lan looked at Li Kong, this somewhat lazy poor boy had such a pitiful background.
"I was buried under a plum tree for three days, and it was Master who heard my crying and came to save me. Li Kong sighed.
"You must not have been born to your father, otherwise how could I bury you alive. When Su Lan said this, tears flashed, as if she remembered something.
"Why are you crying?" Li Kong wanted to be comforted, but he didn't know what to say.
"My mother was gone when I was very young. Her cry was filled with endless grievances, and Li Kong was so uncomfortable to listen to it.
"Don't cry!"
The more Li Kong coaxed, the louder Su Lan cried.
"Who is crying in the middle of the night, disturbing the old body's rest!" came an old woman's voice in the darkness, strange and eerie.