Chapter 21: Midnight
Midnight......
Mengyun had a nightmare that she dreamed of......
"I'm standing in Chun Tao's room. And Chun Tao was lying on the bed, she seemed to be drugged, her limbs couldn't move, but her consciousness was awake. At this moment, Sister A stood expressionlessly in front of Chun Tao's bed, holding an extremely sharp dagger in her hand. Sister A's figure is perfect, her skin is delicate and white, and the little vermilion dotted in her eyebrows on her face with heavy makeup makes her even more enchanting. She wore a big red dress with a tight waist, like a 'demon witch' who had retreated and cultivated on the top of the Tianshan Mountain, reappearing in the rivers and lakes, showing her evil and glamorous demeanor. She lightly lifted her lips and said softly to Chun Tao, "You have extorted so much money and things from me, you have to pay the price now, I will dig out your heart to see if it is red or black." Sister A's voice was cold, and it also smelled of cruelty. Chun Tao was frightened, she shook her head anxiously and said, "Don't, please don't, I'll give you all your things back, just ask you not to kill me." Sister shook her head slightly, and she said, "It's too late." Don't worry! I won't let you suffer too much. I saw Sister Ah look at the dagger in her hand, and then she gently pierced the dagger into Chun Tao's belly in front of Mengyun, and Chun Tao's body was violently agitated. I saw Sister A's wrist raised upward, and the dagger was slowly sent forward. It's like cutting open a piece of tofu, and the blood suddenly flows out of the open wound, and the miserable screams from Chun Tao's mouth make people's scalp tingle. Mengyun couldn't help it, she shouted loudly, "Hurry up and give her a good time, kill her with a knife!" Sister heard Mengyun's voice, and she slowly turned around and smiled at Mengyun gloomily and terrifyingly. Mengyun was surprised to find that Sister A's gentleness and kindness were all deliberately disguised by her, and her other side turned out to be a terrifying 'murderous devil'. Mengyun instinctively stepped back, and Sister Ah approached her step by step with a blood-stained dagger. Mengyun leaned her back against the door, she turned around and tried to open the door and run out, only to find that the door was locked. She was frightened and shouted loudly, 'Don't come, don't come, don't kill me!' I'm scared! As if she hadn't heard, Sister slowly raised the dagger in her hand at her......
"Ahh With a scream, Mengyun let out a scream and sat up from the bed, she was awakened by the nightmare.
She noticed that her heart was beating so fast, and a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead......
She took a few deep breaths, got out of bed in the dark, and fumbled to light the candles on the table.
There was a faint light in the room, and her heart slowly calmed down......
She picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of herbal tea, and kept comforting herself in her heart, "It was a dream just now, and the dream is fake, fake." ”
She drained the cup of tea and thought for a moment......
'Let's go back to sleep later!' Now it's better to go outside and get some air. ’
She picked up the candle burning on the table, blocked the wind with one hand, and quietly walked out of the room......
Mengyun sat on the stone steps at the entrance of the small building, and she breathed in the fresh air outside.
At this time, the courtyard was quiet, and there was no sound at all. Only the crickets not far away were screaming one after another......
She looked up at the starry sky......
In the dark night sky, a bright moon shyly hid behind a thin cloud, gently shining on the world with a soft light.
Around it were countless dazzling stars, and the stars were shining like grandma's eyes, making her involuntarily tearful and desolate.
She remembered that when she was at home, she had been like tonight......
She sat in her small courtyard and snuggled up to her grandmother, looking up at the starry sky.
Nowadays, such a warm scene is impossible to appear again in this life.
Mengyun knew that even if she knelt in front of the Buddha and prayed for thousands of years, Grandma would never appear in front of her again, and if she really missed Grandma, she could only see her in a dream......
The scene in the dream, blooming with green lotus, looks at the pieces.
If you wave goodbye to your grandma standing in the green lotus with a longing heart.
The silk thread of her daughter's feelings has long been wrapped around her grandmother's gentle fingertips.
If there is really an afterlife, the grandmother must hold her daughter's hand and meet in the next reincarnation......
At this time, Mengyun was already in tears, and his thoughts about his grandmother were even more boundless.
She wants to be the green lotus at her grandmother's feet, and exchange her blooming beauty for the last time to see her grandma......
Mengyun retracted her thoughts, and she raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes......
Then she shifted her gaze to the top of the tree.
I saw that the faint moonlight shone softly on the dark branches. The branches of the trees were swaying gently in the breeze, and she could really feel all the sounds of the night, human and inhuman......
She suddenly felt a little scared. It's never been before, what's going on tonight? Could it be that the surroundings are too quiet, and the quiet environment makes her feel scared?
Mengyun shook her head, she pricked up her ears to carefully distinguish the sounds around her......
In addition to the sound of insects, there seemed to be another sound, softly, gently, as if someone was walking carefully......
She read carefully with her ears.
The sound must have come from the courtyard where the sisters lived......
She snapped up and stood up quietly.
'Someone is coming out, who will it be so late?' ’
She moved lightly, hiding in the shadows where the moonlight did not shine, but her eyes were firmly fixed on the large aisle outside the moon's door......
Sure enough, a black figure flickered quickly outside the moon gate, and then floated away in the direction of the backyard......
Who would go to the backyard so late? Sneaky, her heart was full of questions, so she quietly followed......
Mengyun hid outside the moon gate in the backyard, and she cautiously poked her head out to look inside......
I saw that next to the well, there was a woman in a black dress squatting there burning paper.
She muttered in her mouth as she burned the paper, "Come back!" Come back! Come back and see me! I miss you so much! You died so unjustly! ”
Who is she? Mengyun thought of Qiulan, because her sister Qiuju died in this well.
Could it really be that Qiulan is burning paper for Qiu Ju? I didn't sleep in the middle of the night, and I ran here to burn paper, which is really bold enough! I'm not afraid of attracting 'ghosts'.
At the thought of 'ghost', Mengyun was slightly scared, after all, the well had drowned.
At this moment, a cold wind swept towards her, and she couldn't help but shiver, and her back was a little cold, as if there was really a 'female ghost' blowing gently behind her......
After a while, the woman finished burning the paper, and she stood up and trampled the ashes on the ground with her feet.
Suddenly, she turned her head and glanced in the direction of the Moon Gate......
Mengyun quickly retracted her head, she thought in horror, "She shouldn't have noticed me." However, I saw her face, it was Qiulan. It seems that she is burning paper for Qiu Ju. It's just that why doesn't she burn it during the day but comes in the middle of the night? It's weird. Perhaps, the custom in her hometown is to burn paper in the middle of the night. Oh, I see, today must be Qiu Ju's death day. ”
Mengyun sneaked another look, and she saw that Qiulan was already preparing to go back.
So, she lightened her pace and quietly walked to the yard where she lived......
But after taking a few steps, she heard someone behind her whispering her name.
"Dream Cloud" ......
She was startled and turned her head sharply, but there was no one behind her......
She was really scared, and quickly quickened her pace, and at the same time thought in her heart, "Oh no, the three lights behind me were blown out by me just now, but you must not turn back, and if you look back, you will die tonight." ”
At this moment, the soft shouts behind him sounded again......
"Dream Cloud"
"Mengyun, wait for me ......"
Mengyun felt the hairs on his body stand on end......
"It seems that the haunted legend of this 'Fengyue Tower' is true, and it is still a 'female ghost'."
"Ahh
She shouted and ran back to her room as hard as she could......
With a trembling hand, she lit the candle on the table. There was a faint light in the room, which more or less dispelled the uneasiness of fear in her heart......
She lay on the bed, trying to get a good night's sleep, but she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning.
Qiulan's face always came to her mind......
She thought in her heart, "On the night Chun Tao died, Xia He and Chun Tao quarreled, not only Sister Ah heard it, but she also heard it. But to say that she is a murderer, it always feels that something is not right. For example, what was Qiulan's motive for killing? As far as I know, she and Chun Tao belong to the kind of well water that does not interfere with river water, why did she kill Chun Tao? Could it be that there is some grudge between the two of them, I don't know? ”
Mengyun carefully recalled what Lingyu had said......
Lingyu should be telling the truth, neither she nor Xia He are murderers.
That means that Qiulan's suspicion is the biggest now. If Qiulan is really the murderer, what about the evidence? And where to find evidence of her murder?
Mengyun thought of Lingyu's words again, 'I heard the sound of Qiulan's door being opened, and a person walked out, but I don't know who the person who came out was. ’
Obviously, the person Lingyu said was referring to Qiu Lan, but she saw Zi Yan next to her and didn't say it directly.
So if the person who came out was not Qiulan, then it could only be Ziyan. But will Ziyan be the murderer? No, it won't! According to what I know about Zi Yan, she doesn't have the guts to kill at all. Besides, she has no motive to kill! There is no intersection between Chun Tao and Zi Yan, it can't be Zi Yan.
The murderer must be Qiulan. That's right, it's her.
It's just that I don't know her motive for killing now.
If she reasoned according to her imagination, she might still be sleepwalking and killing!
If Qiulan is really the murderer, then this is how it should be......