readx;? Yang Danshu and Sun Qi carried lanterns around the hall, and occasionally students in the hall ran out of it to go to the toilet, except for that, there was only the sound of raindrops hitting the roof ridge. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Don't you think it's strange?" Yang Danshu said.

"What's strange?" Sun Qi looked at the dark rain absentmindedly, thinking to himself what he should ask about what wasn't strange.

Yang Danshu looked around, and then said, "When I sent the list just now, Jia Chen wanted to go over and count the number of people on the list, and then I heard him mutter, as if there was one less person recorded on it. Then when I passed by Zhao Xian, he took the list and counted it again, strangely, he said that there was one more person on the list. So then I took the list and counted it, exactly 12 people, no more than one and no less. ”

"It's twelve!" Sun Qi was stunned, "We were originally fourteen people, but now there are less Gu Kuan and Yan Dan, then there are still twelve people left, how can there be one more or one less?"

The list he had hidden was soaked in a corner and the names were blurred, but twelve people could not be wrong.

Yang Danshu said: "That's right, there can be no mistake, Senior He is afraid that there will be fewer people, so let me register all the people, and then count them again, twelve, one is not more, one is not less, there is absolutely no mistake." ”

He picked up the umbrella and said: "I, but I have counted back and forth several times! You, I, the little sage, Jia Chen, Zhao Xian, Gu Yan, He Panying, Zhou Minxue, Lu Tao, Zhu Yangguang, Liu Shenxue, Su Qiyan, twelve. ”

Sun Qi stepped into the water, the splash soaked his shoes, Xu Danshu said heavily: "Be careful, don't get my shoes wet." ”

Yang Danshu is usually a playboy, and sometimes he doesn't care about anything except his line, which is what Sun Qi annoys him the most.

With his hands in his sleeves, Sun Qi almost pinched the list and sweated, and Yang Danshu's feet knocked under the eaves, shaking off the floating water on it, and then said: "Anyway, who this temple was originally used to worship, even the little saint doesn't know." ”

Sun Qi looked at the half-repaired temple and was silent, the mountain wind was a little strong, Yang Danshu grabbed the lamp in his hand with his hand: "Anyway, if I can escape from the Egret Book City and pick up this life, I will definitely marry a daughter-in-law as soon as possible in the future, be filial to my parents, cherish life, and live a better life." ”

"Then you won't sneak out of the academy again to spend time drinking, right? I remember you seem to have a pseudonym, in the embroidery building of the book city...... Somewhat famous. Sun Qi said with his back to Yang Danshu, and the footsteps behind him suddenly stopped.

Sun Qi's neck turned a little stiffly, and the mountain wind shook the candlelight in the air death wind lamp, which made Yang Danshu's face dark and bright, and the rain kept falling on his face along the corner of the eaves, but he didn't seem to have the slightest sense.

"Sun Qi, you're right, there's an extra person on that list. Yang Danshu's expression was a little cold, "The extra one...... That's me. ”

Liu Shenyan was originally Yang Danshu's pseudonym, they were the same person, but on this list they were listed separately by the names of two people.

At this moment, Sun Qicai found that he was a little far away from the main entrance of the main hall, the wind and rain were so loud, and the sound of speech in the hall was so complicated, even if he shouted, the people in the hall would be able to hear it.

He turned and ran towards the gate, and he didn't want to go back to the main hall, running out of here, running out of here, he kept shouting in his heart.

"Don't run!" Yang Danshu chased after him, "I have something to tell you." ”

Sun Qi desperately ran forward, the steep steps seemed to lead vertically to the abyss, the steps were as slippery as dripping oil on a rainy night, Sun Qi stepped on the air, and the whole person rolled down the mountain, and suddenly someone rushed forward and grabbed his hand.

Yang Danshu grabbed his hand with difficulty: "What are you running for?"

Sun Qi chattered his teeth and said, "Who are you?"

Yang Danshu said angrily: "Who else can I be, of course it's Yang Danshu." He looked at Sun Qi and sighed, "Don't worry, I won't hurt you." ”

Sun Qi barely stabilized his body in the mud, and immediately took a few steps back, a little away from Yang Danshu: "Then what are you chasing me for?"

"It's so dark and the rain is so heavy, what if something happens to you when you run down?" Yang Danshu stepped forward and stretched out his hand to him, "Come on, I'll pull you!"

"You, don't come here!" Sun Qi pushed Yang Danshu violently, and Yang Danshu was pushed down the mountain steps by him, rolling down vertically all the way until he fell to the ground without a sound.

"Yang, Yang ......" Sun Qi couldn't help but swallow his saliva as he looked at Yang Danshu, who was motionless on his waist, and he dared to approach him.

Yang Danshu died, he was crooked next to the mountain steps, his eyes wide open, and he fell to his death...... If Yang Danshu was really demonic, how could he die so easily?

At that moment, Sun Qi regretted a little, Yang Danshu just chased behind him and said that he had something to tell him, maybe he really had something to tell him.

What the hell is he going to say? Sun Qi's heart was in a panic, he always felt that something was missing, he shouldn't panic and just run for his life, Sun Qi grabbed his hair and regretted it from the bottom of his heart.

Sun Qi gasped, he turned his head abruptly, and looked at the temple with a faint light at the top of the mountain path, and he walked towards it again, he was going there to tell everyone, to warn Mr., to tell him that there was something strange in this temple......

The closer he got to the temple gate, the heavier his steps became, after all, he killed Yang Danshu, would the people in this hall believe his words?

Sun Qi did not enter the temple door, but approached the window, and suddenly he seemed to see a person, Sun Qi's pupils suddenly widened through the window, like a bottomless well, and he suddenly understood why he could count twelve people.

Obviously, he knew that Liu Shenxue was Yang Danshu, but he still counted twelve people.

A piece of paper floated out of his sleeve and landed on the dark ground, and a few drops of rain slapped on it, but it didn't matter, Sun Qi already knew the name on it, Sun Qizhong...... It's his word.

Like Yang Danshu, he repeated himself twice.

Suddenly, he felt a cold hand on his neck, someone grabbed his neck from behind, Sun Qi struggled desperately, but he tried his best, but he didn't break free from the hand behind his back.

"Help......" Sun Qi said silently, and the cold rain poured into his mouth until it overflowed.

He heard the person behind him whisper a word in his ear, and in that moment Sun Qi seemed to understand, he smiled bitterly, and then heard the sound of his neck being twisted, and the smile was frozen on his lips before it was formed.

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There was a lot of wind and rain outside, and the fire was burning in the hall, which made people drowsy, in fact, most of them were already sleeping against the wall of the pillars, but Zhaoran couldn't sleep, there was one more person on the list, but he couldn't name this person.

And Sun Qi and Yang Danshu seem to have been out for a long time.

"Jiuru, how many people are there in our hall?" This question is a bit naïve, because of the current body type, it is obvious that he is extremely reluctant to do anything that will make Jiuru treat him as a child, but he has been thinking about it for a long time, but he can't find an answer.

Jiuru slowly raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Ran, his eyes were dyed with a light firelight, and they looked like lakes at the end of the night: "How many do you see?"

"Eleven, why are there twelve on the list?" Zhao Ran said with some reluctance, "but I can't count the extra person on the list?"

Jiu Ru still looked at Zhao Ran, slowly browsing the people in the hall, and then put his hand on the top of his head: "Zhao Xian, find out the extra person!"

Zhao Ran felt that Jiu Ru's words were very cautious, and before he could open his mouth to ask again, He Panying interrupted them: "Sir, Sun Qi has been going with Yang Danshu for a long time, and I want to find another group of people to replace them." ”

"You arrange it. ”

He Panying stood up, opened the door and shouted outside: "Sun Qi, Danshu, you can come back!"

But no one answered him outside the door, and the dark doorway looked like a man-eating beast's mouth.

He Panying's shouts woke up many sleepy students, and whispers rang out in the hall.

"Let's go, go out and have a look. He Panying took up the stick and ordered a few students to go out with him.

There was a brief calm in the hall, but Zhao Ran knew that it was just an illusion, and at this moment he seemed to be able to hear the sound of panic boiling in people's hearts, and the sound of those heartbeats converging together was like the sound of a torrential rain pounding on the ground outside the door, with fear and uneasiness.

"Sir!" As if to verify their uneasiness, He Panying ran in with his head full of water, and said with a slightly panicked expression: "Sun Qi has an accident!"

At the same time, there were footsteps outside the door, this time Jiuru opened his eyes, he turned his eyes slightly, the door was pushed open, and walking in with the wind and rain was Meng Chengtian, who looked like a jade tree in the wind, he bowed and smiled and said: "Sir, I am relieved that you are safe and sound." ”

Hengsheng followed behind him, keeping his head down and his face expressionless.

Jiuru bowed slightly: "There is Lao Menggongzi who is worried." ”

Meng Chengtian dusted off the water droplets on his body: "I was just at the bottom of the mountain steps when I saw one of your students stumble and fall to his death. ”

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They followed He Panying out of the temple gate in the rain, and saw Jia Chen standing on the highest steps, and they quickly discovered it following his gaze

It wasn't Yang Danshu, but Sun Qi was crooked to the side of the mountain steps, and the two brocade guards tried it first, then shook their heads, and asked clearly, "Where is Yang Danshu?"

"I didn't find his figure, could it be...... Fearful of sin, he absconded. He Panying gasped and said, "But why did Yang Danshu kill Sun Qi?"

Zhaoran pointed to the mountain and said, "If Yang Danshu wants to kill Sun Qi, then why doesn't Sun Qi run in the direction of the temple, but towards the temple gate?"

"Yes...... Meng Chengtian said lightly, "Could it be that Sun Qi thinks that the outside of this temple gate is safer than the inside of the main hall?"

"What did you say?" said one of the students.

The sound of raindrops hit Meng Chengtian's hat, and he said indifferently: "Isn't it? You have killed two students in a row, two students have disappeared, and there are no outsiders here, so it can be seen that the murderer is among you." Do you really think you're not suspicious of each other?"

As soon as he said this, the students all looked at each other a little, and only a few people still stiffly replied: "We are in trouble here, and we haven't even solved the matter of the demon tree, why do we want to kill our own people?"

He Panying said: "Yes, Meng Gongzi, it rains so hard, if we want to come out, we will definitely get wet with shoes and hats, it can't be us." ”

"Yes! Exactly. The students said.

Zhao Ran sneered: "It's Gongzi Meng, you searched for the Imperial Academy, which is close to the lecture hall, why don't you go there to meet Master Jinyi Weifu, but you have crossed half of the academy to us?"

Meng Chengtian looked at Jiuru, bowed slightly, and said, "That's because I can't rest assured of Mr., as a student, I can't rest assured that Mr. is reasonable." ”

"This mountain is so steep, haven't you found out who is Sun Qi's murderer?"

Meng Chengtian's gaze turned to Zhao Ran's face, and he seemed to be smiling: "No, we didn't see anything." Believe it or not, whatever you want. ”

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There was another group of people in the temple, but no one felt that it had become warm, and no one dared to leave the temple easily, and the patrol team that had just been organized seemed to be hastily over.

Meng Chengtian and a group of guards had no intention of moving at all, he leaned against the pillar, only occasionally raised a glance, and his gaze swept over Jiuru's body.

He Panying stood at the door and shouted twice, no one was willing to stand up, and finally Jia Chen and Zhaoran stood up.

"Thank you so much. He Panying looked at the two people beside him, but he didn't expect that the last person who had the courage to sacrifice himself was the two people he didn't expect the most, Zhao Xian was short and thin, and Jia Chen looked distracted.

"The two are not afraid of hardships and dangers, and they are indeed saints. ”

Jia Chen glanced at him and ignored it, while Zhao Ran scratched his head and said, "Actually, I have two questions that I want you to come out of." ”

"Excuse me. He Panying put on a hat.

"Have you counted the people in the room?" asked Zhaoran.

Jia Chen said: "Thirteen." ”

He Panying spoke almost at the same time: "Twelve." ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and Jia Chen said again: "It's thirteen!"

He Panying shook his head: "Twelve, I've counted a few times, and I won't be wrong." ”

Jia Chen said: "Then you report the name of the person you see." ”

"Good. He Panying, "The people I saw were little saints, you, me, Zhao Xian, Gu Yan, Sun Qi, Yang Danshu, Lu Tao, Zhou Minxue, Zhu Yangguang, Gu Houde, Su Qiyan. ”

Jia Chen's face turned pale: "Gu Houde is Gu Kuan, didn't he die at the foot of the mountain, why can you see him?"

He Panying's face showed a look of confusion, but it gradually turned into a look of horror: "That is, he has been following us, I, there are ghosts among us!"

"What about you, Jia Chen?" Zhao Ran asked, "Why are you ...... Thirteen people were seen. ”

Jia Chen raised his face and looked at Zhao Ran: "I want to know, how many can you see?"

As he spoke, he stared at Zhao Ran with He Panying's gaze, and Zhao Ran was silent for a while before saying, "I can only see eleven." ”

"Eleven, it's eleven people......" Jia Chen muttered.

He Panying said anxiously: "Who did you see, why did you see thirteen." ”

Jia Chen bit his lip and raised his head and said, "I don't know, I counted and counted, and I always felt that there were thirteen people in the hall, and I don't know why there would be one more than you, and two more than Zhaoxian!"

He Panying turned his head and asked Zhaoran, "What about you?"

Zhao Ran thought for a while and spread his hands and said: "I'm the same as Jia Chen, I can't say exactly why I will see one less person than you, and two fewer people than Jia Chen, but I'm sure it's undoubtedly eleven people, I counted one night." ”

He Panying frowned and said, "The demon tree has confused our vision, and now there is only one explanation, that is, there is a person in the hall who is not human. Let's not keep silent for now, and wait and see what happens. ”

Jia Chen nodded slightly sluggishly, and said clearly, "Okay." ”

"Someone is going up the mountain again. He Panying picked up the stick.

The torrential rain was like a note, and the people under the mountain rushed up the mountain, and He Panying saw clearly that it was Fu Heng's brocade guards, so he put away the sticks in his hands.

"The water down there is almost flooding the academy, and I can't stay there. Fu Heng shouted against the heavy rain, "Your people are all in the temple." ”

didn't dare to say it, He Panying had to say vaguely: "The little saint is in the temple." ”

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Soon there were more people in the hall, and the originally empty hall became lively, and the people's hearts were once again calmed.

Waiting for Fu Heng and them to wipe off the rain on their bodies, they asked Zhaoran: "How did Master Fu get the news of Egret Book City and go straight to Meng Gongzi's stronghold?"

It was not difficult for Jin Yiwei to get the news of the Demon Tree in the Egret Book City, but Fu Heng knew that it would be a little difficult to go to the place after Meng Chengtian's death before he arrived in the Book City.

Fu Heng said: "Actually, we received a report from the county order of Bailu Book City to find Meng Gongzi accurately." ”

"County order?" Thinking that the county order who fled still had this vision, it surprised Zhaoran.

"His master is not bad, and he wants to follow us back to Egret Book City and say that he wants to retrieve a plate of incense for the county lord, as if someone is in the heart of heaven and the moon is in the water. Yang Wan sighed and shook his head, "This literati loves the problem of vassal elegance, and he is not afraid of burying his master's life for a plate of incense." ”

Zhao Ran thought about it carefully, as if there was really such a shadow around the county official, and his eyebrows were so faint that people couldn't recall it.

"People are in the heart of heaven, and the moon is in the water. Zhao Ran said softly, and he involuntarily turned his head sideways to look at Jiuru.

I saw that Jiuru's eyes like Chen Mo were also looking at him.

According to his original inference, Su and Xu gave birth to a son on the same day, Su gave birth to a son Hengsheng, Xu gave birth to a daughter Yinniang, Baimei returned Yinniang to Su, and replaced Xu with a dead baby, and then controlled Hengsheng in his hands.

After growing up, Meng Qingwan and Yinniang had a good impression of him at the same time, and Hengsheng inadvertently had his own life experience, in order to take revenge, he used his appearance to seduce Meng Qingwan and Yinniang at the same time. Therefore, Yin Niang did not follow the advice of the Xu family, not to seek the position of the young lady of the Meng Mansion, but to use the embroidered shoes to blackmail the money of the old lady of Meng, Baimei, so she poisoned Meng Qingwan.

She wanted to get a large sum of money so that she could fly away with Hengsheng.

After Xu noticed this, he changed his mind to hide the embroidered shoes to Yinniang, and Yinniang, who didn't get the embroidered shoes, hurriedly went to Hengsheng to discuss, because it was Hengsheng who wanted to see him, so she specially dressed up, but Hengsheng revealed the secret meeting between him and Yinniang at the back of the bookstore to Baimei, and led Baimei to meet Yinniang.

In the bookstore, Heng Sheng deliberately tripped the shopkeeper's foot to attract his attention, in order to lure the shopkeeper to the back alley and hear Bai Mei turn over the past about Mama Xu, so that the shopkeeper would know that the fire that burned his benefactor friend to death was not accidental, but Mama Xu's doing.

At this time, Hengsheng asked Meng Qingwan to come forward and exchange murder with the shopkeeper of the bookstore with hatred, the shopkeeper killed Mrs. Meng Baimei, and Meng Qingwan was responsible for killing Mama Xu.

In the end, Meng Qingwan also died from the poisoning of Yinniang, from beginning to end, all the people died cleanly, and the real murderer was actually Heng Sheng, who had been watching from the sidelines.

Zhao Ran didn't believe that the master really came back to get a plate of Yaxiang, he must have come back for a reason, they abandoned the official and fled because of the Meng Fu case, so they must have come back because of this case.

People are in the heart of heaven, and the moon is in the water.

Zhaoran raised his head and looked at Hengsheng who was sitting silently on the side, his white neck slightly bent, but it didn't make people feel that he was bowing down to his ears.

The meaning of that sentence seems to be different, but in fact, there is only one meaning, that is, people and the moon are both reflections in the water.