Chapter 13: Sunset

Xie Zhao carefully looked at Lou Xiyan in front of him, dressed in a green shirt, with a certain sickly pale face, and blue lips, as if he would die at any time. There is a thin layer of cocoon on his tiger mouth www.biquge.info his tiger mouth, which is almost gone, but it can still be faintly visible. It looks like he was once supposed to be a martial arts practitioner. Although there was a smile on his face, there was no life in his eyes, like a pool of deep water. Another troublesome guy. Xie Zhao secretly made such an evaluation in his heart.

Lou Xiyan didn't care at all about Xie Zhao's look at him, he first ordered a few vegetarian dishes to the little second brother, and then turned his head to look at Xie Zhao. Smile slightly.

"I don't know why you're looking at me like that?"

"You and Lou Luan really look exactly the same, if it weren't for that guy who never laughed, I think I would even confuse you." Xie Zhao smiled, and then replied to Lou Xiyan.

"Luan and I are twin brothers, so naturally we are similar." Lou Xiyan smiled on her lips. If there is a painter present, he will definitely praise a beautiful son, but unfortunately several people present are people who are not good at dancing and writing.

Seeing Lou Xiyan showing such a smile, Qing Ming silently lowered his head and learned to play with the teacup in his hand as usual in the past, seeing Lou Xiyan, who had the same appearance as Lou Luan, showing such a warm smile, although he knew in his heart that it was not the same person, he still felt weird.

Xie Zhao looked at Lou Xiyan, and suddenly changed his words. "I wonder what you think of Sheng Jing's heart-gouging case in the past two months?" After saying this, she picked up the teacup and poured herself a cup of tea.

"It's a pity that I don't have a talent, I don't have an opinion, but there are some clues." Lou Xiyan's words made Xie Zhao, who was originally going to drink tea, put down the teacup.

Lou Luan listened to Lou Xiyan's words and looked at his brother.

Looking at the gaze that stared at him, Lou Xiyan subconsciously smiled. Then speak slowly. "In the seven cases so far, all the people who have been stripped of their hearts are from the Guozijian. And they all participated in the autumn exam of this year, so ......"

"So what?" Hearing Lou Xiyan's meaningful long voice, Qing Ming answered.

"So you suspect it's a partisan strife above the court?" Xie Zhao looked directly at Lou Xiyan and smiled, raising his eyebrows.

"That's what I used to think. But after Li Gongzi was killed a few days ago, I don't think this is a court dispute. There may be another possibility. Lou Xiyan's voice was still as warm as ever, but her face was solemn.

"What exactly?" Qingming looked up at Lou Xiyan.

"I don't know the specifics, but I always feel like there's a pusher behind the scenes. If it is a partisan dispute in the court, Li Gongzi, who only has orphans and widows in the family, is not the target of the murderer. Lou Xiyan was thoughtful. The fan in his hand unconsciously tapped on his palm.

"Because these people all went to the dance shop on West Street before they died, I used to suspect that the dancing girl with turquoise eyes named Shengge." When Xie Zhao said this, she noticed that Lou Xiyan, who was sitting opposite her, seemed to freeze for a moment, but it seemed to be an illusion, maybe it was just that he paused.

After taking a sip of tea, Xie Zhao continued to speak. "I visited Miss Shengge, but she didn't seem to know anything about this time."

"Yes." Hearing Xie Zhao's words, Lou Xiyan sighed. I don't know if it's because I have no clue about the case or because the murderer is not Shengge.

"What exactly is the purpose of the murderer?" Qingming asked in a low voice. He had a blank look on his face.

"Probably only the murderer himself knows." Xie Zhao held the teacup and blew lightly on the leaves in the teacup. She doesn't seem to have much interest in catching the killer.

At this time, the little second brother knocked on the door and walked in with the dishes. Several people stopped discussing the heart-gouging case and began to eat quietly. For a while, I could only hear the sound of chopsticks and porcelain colliding with each other.

Half an hour later, when Qing Ming dropped his chopsticks, the dinner officially ended.

Rubbing his somewhat bulging belly, Qing Ming looked at Xie Zhao and Lou Xiyan and was about to start discussing it again, and he hurriedly spoke. "Wait a minute, let me go before you discuss it." Then he looked at Lou Xiyan. "Senior brother's brother, I'll borrow your little scholar for a while." As he spoke, he couldn't help but pull Lou Xiyan's little scholar and left the restaurant.

"Hey, why are you holding me down." Tingfeng shook off Qingming after leaving the restaurant, grabbed his hand, and then asked out loud.

"It's too painful to sit there and listen to discussions and heart-wrenching when you're full." Speaking of heart-splitting, Qingming's face wrinkled into buns.

Looking at Qingming's expression when he talked about cutting his heart, he couldn't say anything to refuse when he heard the wind.

Seeing that listening to the wind did not refuse, Qingming cheered. "Great. Let's go see the snacks over there. After speaking, Qingming walked to the snack not far away with Tingfeng.

Lou Xiyan, who was sitting by the window, looked at Qing Ming, who was pulling his own scholar on the street, and shook the fan in his hand, slowly smiling. The face is a leisurely color. Until the figures of Qingming and Tingfeng had disappeared into the crowd. He looked outside at the brightly lit night and continued the conversation before the meal.

"The first case happened two months ago. Every nine days since then, the killer has come out to commit the crime. ”

"So, the next time to commit the crime is in seven days." Lou Luan's face was solemn.

"That's right." Lou Xiyan withdrew his gaze from the scenery outside and nodded.

"What is the connection between them?" Xie Zhao put her hands on her cheeks, and then suddenly she seemed to think of something. The complexion is solemn. "What is the birth date of those who have been stripped of their hearts?" She wished it wasn't the one she guessed. If that's the case, then I'm afraid the sky of this Shengjing will change.

"I only know Brother Li's birthday, I remember he said that it was the ninth ...... of the ninth month of September."

"What, you're sure." After Lou Xiyan's words were finished, Xie Zhao couldn't help but stand up. She had a rare look of trouble and confusion.

Lou Luan looked at Xie Zhao's appearance, and wondered in his heart, what happened on the ninth day of the ninth month of September.

Seeing that Lou Luan and Lou Xiyan were looking at her, Xie Zhao sat down again. He let out a long sigh. "One of the recipes for the Jingnanlou clan is the heart and soul of a man born on the ninth day of the ninth month of September. And I can't find the souls of all those who have been stripped of their hearts anyway. ”

After hearing that Xie Zhao said that Jingnan Knowles and the first line were involved, Lou Xiyan and Lou Luan were shocked in disbelief.

Xie Zhao looked at the expressions of the two people in front of him and continued to speak. "I was fortunate enough to see the recipe a hundred years ago. It was a very vicious elixir. If there is really someone in this Shengjing who intends to refine this flavor medicine. He must be stopped before he succeeds. Otherwise, the moment the yin and yang are reversed, this Shengjing will be reduced to a dead city. ”

"Is this true?!" Lou Xiyan listened to Xie Zhao's words, and her voice trembled faintly.

"Hmm." Xie Zhao nodded slightly, she seemed to remember some not-so-good memories, biting her lip.

"Moreover, the medicine should be refined soon. There are still three left. Xie Zhao said as he said, the cup in his hand turned into powder because of his distraction. No, maybe there are two left. Because the last one is the one who refines the medicine himself. But Xie Zhao didn't say this.

"How much time is left?" Every word Lou Luan said seemed to be suppressing his anger.

"Seven days later." Xie Zhao closed his eyes and slowly said the deadline.

Although they are both seven days, they have a completely different meaning. If the murderer is not caught seven days later, this Shengjing may be reduced to a dead city, but he can really afford the prophecy that Liuyue said that the sky of Shengjing is going to change.

Lou Luan and Lou Xiyan's complexions have changed.

It seemed that because the news was too shocking, Lou Xiyan covered her mouth and began to cough violently. The cough sounded as if it was about to pull his heart and lungs out of his body.

Lou Luan hurriedly poured out the pill and melted it into the water, as if he was waiting for Lou Xiyan to give him a drink after coughing.

Xie Zhao's nose sniffed in the air. Then snatched the cup from Lou Luan's hand.

"If you drink this stuff any longer, you'll kill your brother."

Lou Luan asked Xie Zhao with his eyes. It seems that I don't understand why Xie Zhao said this.

"His body and soul can't bear it. If you want your brother to have a better time, you don't want to give him your cultivation. ”

After Xie Zhao said this, Lou Luan held Lou Xiyan's hand. Through the palm of his hand, a warm current flowed into Lou Xiyan's body. As if to fulfill Xie Zhao's words, Lou Xiyan stopped coughing, and his face was no longer so pale. But Lou Luan felt it when he was teaching his cultivation, and his cultivation was just a drop in the ocean when he integrated into Lou Xiyan's body. It can only be temporarily relieved. His brother's days were numbered.

At the same time, Qingming had already dragged the little scholar to listen to the wind and shuttle several streets. He had a lot of snacks in his hands.

Listening to the wind, he looked at Qingming, who was still eating, and muttered in his heart, is this guy a rice bucket. Then he reached out and took the pastry that the boss had handed over and packed.

"Can you eat them all?" When Qingming walked two streets again and bought a few more bags of pastries and sweets, Tingfeng finally couldn't help but ask.

"Well, what's wrong?" Qingming nodded, looking at the wind in his eyes puzzled.

"Didn't anyone say you were good at eating?" Listen to the wind and use the words carefully.

"Hmm, what do you say?" Qingming scratched his head, as if he was thinking about how to answer Tingfeng, but he was suddenly attracted by a black shadow. He hurriedly threw all the things in his hand to Tingfeng, and then left a sentence, "I have something to do, you go back first." Then he hurried after the shadow.

The black shadow seemed to sense that Qingming was chasing him, and began to speed up and run. His eyes could be seen to be turquoise by the moonlight.

Could this guy be a murderer? Qingming followed the black shadow closely until he chased out of the city. But the shadow quietly disappeared outside the city.

"Where the hell are the people?" Qing Ming looked around and found that the surroundings were deserted. Unspeakably strange and desolate under the pale moonlight.

A shadow on the ground was quietly approaching him, and Qing Ming was unaware of the shadow approaching him. He walked around and looked at the deserted place. A dark shadow crept behind him, his emerald green eyes glittering in the moonlight. It seems to be with murderous intent.