163. 【163】The python
Duanmu Kaoru walked up to the corpses and gently lifted a newer white cloth in front of him. Ziyi stepped forward, looking at the blackened corpse, and always felt that something was wrong.
"These people died of poisoning." Silver Pupil glanced at the corpse in front of him, the corners of his mouth raised, and continued: "You see that this corpse's face is black instead of blue, and its mouth and nose are bleeding, obviously it is highly poisoned. ”
"Are you sure?" Ziyi frowned, if these people were poisoned and died, then the murderer must not be a ghost, but someone hidden in this mountain, and it is very likely that this person is in the current courtyard.
"Silver Pupil is right." Duanmu Kaoru ripped the white cloth off the corpse entirely: "There are no obvious external injuries, and the whole body is black." ”
Walked up to another corpse and lifted the white cloth, this corpse was more tragic than the one just now, the flesh on the arms had bloomed, there were obvious scratches on the face, and there were marks of pinching on the erect neck.
"This neck should have been pinched by herself, and the scratches on her body were also scratched by herself." Duanmu Kaoru looked at the corpse's hand, the corpse's nails were red and faintly bloodstained.
"How do you know she pinched herself?" Ziyi took her eyes off these corpses, in the past, she had been in contact with ghosts, and gradually she had become accustomed to facing death, but now that she learned that this thing might be man-made, she felt a little more uncomfortable in her heart.
"Look here," Duanmu Kaoru pointed to the neck of the corpse, which was already blackened, so the bruises were not very clear, and they were vaguely visible. "Here, isn't there a place that is slightly wider?"
Ziyi looked in the direction of Duanmu Xun's finger, and sure enough, there was a slight widening of the position of the pinch, and the wide position should be something on the thumb from the shape.
Ziyi looked at the corpse's fingers, and sure enough, there was a jade wrench on the thumb of that finger, and the shape and size just matched.
At this time, the silver pupil had already lifted the white cloth of the third corpse, and the third corpse was not blackened or bleeding, compared with the other two, it looked very peaceful. Silver Pupil found a traumatic wound on the back of the corpse's head, a man who had apparently been killed.
"Why are these people dying differently? This person was obviously poisoned when he died, and when he was poisoned, he was either in a coma, or the poison was painless! However, although the second person was also poisoned, judging from the wounds on his body, he should have experienced great pain. This third person was obviously killed again - do you say, this murderer is a person? ”
Ziyi is already a little dazed, and she is good at solving ghosts, but handling cases to find murderers should be what the yamen should do.
Yintong and Duanmu Kaoru lifted the remaining white cloth one after another, some were strangled, some were scared to death, the death methods of these female corpses were not the same, the only thing that was the same was that they were all naked, and there was no trace of violation.
The white cloth was put back on, and the three of them walked out of the room.
Outside the door, there was a group of people standing in the dark.
Purple-clothed hooked his lips, looked at Mo Lan and Huan'er, who were suppressed by the two burly women on the side, and turned his gaze to the old woman standing at the front of the crowd.
"You're really welcome, let's not say hello to the master first?" The old woman spoke in a low voice, and her voice was cold and fierce.
Ziyi suddenly trembled.
The feeling of being stared at by this old woman was exactly the same as the feeling of being stared at in the jungle last night.
Ziyi looked at Duanmu Kaoru, and Duanmu Kaoru's eyes told her that they felt the same.
Ziyi frowned, and looked at the person in front of him carefully.
The old woman was dressed in a dark robe, her hair was gray and gray, she looked very old, and her face was full of furrows, adding a sense of cruelty. In her hand she held a long staff, the top of which was in the shape of a snake's head, spitting letters.
Ziyi didn't understand where this creepy feeling came from. This woman's martial arts are obviously not very powerful.
There was no sign that she was possessed by a ghost.
"We were asked to help, and that's how your faction treats those who come to help—tsk." Silver Hitomi shook her folding fan with a contemptuous smile on her face, "If your faction doesn't welcome us, I think we can leave and let the murderer get away with it, and bury all of you here." ”
Yintong's words caused a lot of commotion in the crowd, but everyone only dared to talk in a whisper, and no one dared to stand up and speak.
"Master-" As soon as Mo Lan spoke, she was glared back by the old woman's gaze, and Huan'er was on the side, trying to hold back the tears in her eyes.
Ziyi sighed lightly, looked at the people behind him, and said, "Since you are not welcome here, why invite us to come, goodbye." ”
After speaking, the purple clothes strode forward, and wanted to bypass everyone and walk outside the courtyard.
"Stop!"
The old woman's voice sounded, and Ziyi sneered unconsciously: "Hehe, if you let me stop, should I stop?" ”
Although it feels very bad to be stared at by this old woman, but in broad daylight, Ziyi is really not afraid of what this person will do.
"Hmph, Wushuang Palace, the palace master of Wuhua Palace. Do you think that with him, you can do whatever you want in my chrysanthemum faction! The old woman poked the Zen staff in her hand on the ground and shouted, "I'm afraid you two have other plans, so you came to my Cuiwei Mountain!" ”
"Don't think of everyone in the world as fools like you!"
Purple furious.
And the words of his mouth became mean.
"You ignorant boy, look at the trick!" The old woman had obviously never been humiliated like this, and her face was extremely ugly, waving the stick in her hand and rushing towards the purple clothes.
Ziyi just stood in place and didn't move, this old woman's movements were full of flaws, and she didn't need to be serious at all.
A light backflip dodged the old woman's first blow, and Ziyi suddenly found that on the long staff in the old woman's hand, the eyes of the tongue moved, and immediately, a cold feeling suddenly came from behind.
This discovery made Ziyi flash for a while, and the long staff in the old woman's hand poked at Ziyi's chest.
With a "clang", the staff fell to the ground.
Duanmu Kaoru held the soft sword in his hand in front of the purple body, and a cold feeling appeared in his eyes, and a gust of wind blew his black power suit and long black hair, and the cold air emitted from his body was like Yama.
"The palace master of the Wuhua Palace is also interested in our treasures here?" When the old woman saw this, she stopped moving, but looked at the three people with a grim face.
A little girl had already walked up to Duanmu Xun tremblingly, picked up the snake-headed staff on the ground and handed it to the old woman.
"Huh-" Duanmu Kaoru didn't answer, just sighed softly, and Sen Leng swept through the mask to everyone present.
"Master—they're really here to help us." Mo Lan exerted a slight force, although the two women holding her were burly, their martial arts were by no means comparable to hers.
Breaking free of the two people beside her, Mo Lan rushed over and knelt in front of the old woman: "Master, you just let the three of them give it a try, otherwise, I don't know how many sisters will die here in vain!" ”
Ziyi looked at Mo Lan and sneered in his heart.
Mo Lan actually saw the right time.
She was looking for a step for her master, otherwise, if she really had the heart to plead, then she would have the ability to resist as early as when she was restrained at the beginning!
Now, regardless of whether there is a treasure in this Cuiwei Mountain, Ziyi secretly decided that she was determined to go this trip to the troubled waters!
She wanted to see what secrets this old woman was hiding!
If there's really any treasure here, it's not a coincidence.
This baby, she is going to be decided!
"Really?" The old woman saw the steps, but she still had a pretentious attitude, and when she saw Mo Lan nodding vigorously, she said with a cold face: "We are all women on Cuiwei Mountain, and there is no place to entertain the three." If you want to check the three places, please do it. ”
After speaking, the old woman gave an order, and all the onlookers followed the old woman and left the dilapidated courtyard in a majestic manner.
Before leaving, Mo Lan glanced back at Ziyi, her eyes were full of guilt, but she didn't dare to say anything more.
After such a toss, it is not early.
Ziyi looked at the man in front of her helplessly, not understanding why she was always so unlucky.
Isn't there a normal business to do?
Catch a little ghost, do a little ritual or something.
"Ziyi, your luck is really not ordinarily good-" Seeing Ziyi's frustrated look, Silver Pupil quipped.
"Stop talking nonsense! Just now I saw the head of the snake with the staff in the old woman's hand, and the eyes of the head of the snake moved! Thinking of the snake's eyes, Ziyi's hairs stood up unconsciously.
She was sure that that cold gaze was definitely emanating from the snake's head!
"You mean-" Duanmu Kaoru turned his head and put his hands on Ziyi's shoulders to make sure that Ziyi was not injured before he spoke, "There's something wrong with that staff?" ”
Kaoru Duanki also felt it.
When his sword slashed at the staff, the touch should not have been owned by a stick at all.
Although it sounded like metal clashing, it was faint, and the stick seemed to be elastic.
It's slight, but it's felt.
"What should we do now, that old woman won't even give us a place to live! The top of this mountain will not be too warm at night, and our salutes are all at the bottom of the mountain, and there is not even a bed quilt at night-" Silver Pupil pursed her lips and looked at Ziyi: "You two can sleep with each other, pity me alone-"
"Shut your mouth! Tonight - we can't seem to sleep! Ziyi glared at the silver pupil fiercely, and looked into the distance. She had a hunch that there would be another incident tonight.
It's night.
The sky is clear, and the starry sky at the top of the mountain is particularly beautiful.
It was as if you could touch the twinkling stars as soon as you stretched out your hand.
Purple clothes and silver eyes, Duanmu Kaoru stood on the roof, lifted a tile, and closely watched every move under the eaves.
Here, it is a place where all the women gather, there are not many people in this chrysanthemum faction, there are only about fifty people, and the ages are uneven, the youngest looks only three or four years old, and the oldest is about fifty or sixty years old.
These individuals were gathered in this temple, and the floor was covered with a thick quilt, and everyone snuggled together.
The old woman slept on the only bed in the room, separated by a heavy curtain.
Ziyi noticed that even when the old woman was sleeping, the staff in her hand never left her body, and she brought it into the curtain.
The wind was a little cool at night, and Ziyi subconsciously shrunk his neck, only to feel that his arm was dragged and fell into a warm embrace.
The faint medicinal fragrance made people's tense nerves relax, and at this moment, Ziyi only felt that it was good to have Duanmu Xun by his side.
The lights in the house were never extinguished, and it was because these women were afraid that something would happen in the dark.
The three of them were on the roof of the house, and until three o'clock, everyone in the room breathed evenly.
"I don't think anything will happen tonight." Silver Hitomi yawned, and now, he just wanted to find a place to get a good night's sleep.
Ever since he mixed with Ziyi, he found that his sleep quality had deteriorated, and if he continued like this, he was afraid that he would age very quickly.
"Don't make a sound! Something is going to happen! Ziyi's voice was inexplicably determined.
In fact, even she didn't know why she was so sure.
"Grandma, listening to you, you seem to be looking forward to something!" Silver Hitomi smiled a little.
As soon as the words fell, the eyes of the three people widened instantly!
From the curtain where the old woman was sleeping, a giant python wandered!
The python spat out the letter and wandered among the women, but the women seemed to be completely unaware, and some of them even rolled over and whispered.
"What's going on?" Ziyi was a little surprised, the python spat out the letter so loudly, did everyone sleep so dead?
"There's something wrong with that lamp!" Duanmu Kaoru said softly, "Have you smelled the aroma?" ”
Ziyi sucked his nose hard, and sure enough, a very faint aroma gushed out of his nose.
"Is it—"
"Shhhhh Placing his index finger in front of his lips and making a silent motion, Kaoru Duanmu pointed under the eaves.
Ziyi looked down and almost screamed.
The python was pestering a woman and dragging her out of the room.
The three of them stood on the roof, watching as the python dragged the woman easily around the trunk of a tall tree in the corner of the wall, and climbed out of the wall along the branches.
"What are we going to do?" Purple robes bite his lip, snake-
Just thinking about it gives her goosebumps.
Besides, when I think of that sight last night, I'm afraid it was just this python that emanated!
Compared with humans, animals are obviously more dominant in this dark forest.
"Silver Pupil, do you have a way to find out?" Duanmu Kaoru frowned, they were not familiar with this mountain forest at all, and they rushed to the past for fear of being ambushed.
Some of those who died were killed by hard objects, which obviously would not be something that a snake could do.
I'm afraid that behind this, there are still people manipulating.