On a sunny morning, in front of a burned liquor store on Yongan Street.

The Ancient Key flipped through the shards of wood in the ruins, trying to find a trace of the shadows. After a long time to no avail, his eyes followed the dilapidated and scorched wine shop, empty of which was only a few broken jars. His assumptions have always been wrong, the leader of the shadow crowd is not just a mere Liu Wusu, there are still deeper masters behind him. From this point of view, Gu Key's understanding of the shadows is extremely simple.

Dozens of officials crouched in various parts of the liquor store, cleaning up the charred corpses and discarded baht taels on the ground. There were quite a few people looking around the streets, and their eyebrows and eyes were unstoppably confused, and they didn't know why a small arson case could make people from the government and the supervision department of the Lu Mansion come to investigate the case.

"Director Gu, there are two things here, please take a look." A servant respectfully presented the tray covered with cloth in front of the ancient key, and stopped talking.

"Something?" Gu Key was stunned for a moment, removed the covering, and saw what was inside. It is a dice, and two books of accounts for recording points.

"The villain thinks ...... It's kind of weird......"

"Strange?" Gu Key put down the dice that had almost become charcoal, and glanced at the servant, "It's a little strange, it's unreasonable that there are dice and account books that can only be used in gambling houses in a wine shop." ”

"Yes...... That's right," the servant wiped his sweat and pressed his body lower," the villain said...... Nearly half of those who were burned to death were not burned, but had already died before and had experienced another fire. Those people had very neat incisions on their bodies, and they were not caused by burns. ”

"It's the shadow crowd again......" Gu Key's fist clenched fiercely, his nails deeply embedded in his palm.

In the ruins, the man in charge of cleaning up the dead slowly removed the rags on his mouth to cover his mouth, approached the ancient key, and whispered, "Director Gu, the number of dead can be determined, a total of eighteen people." What can be determined at the moment...... Eight of them were gamblers who died in a riot in the Qinshu Pavilion last night. And judging from those account books and dice, there are two people who are the owners of the first floor of Qinshu Pavilion. ”

"The gambler who died violently in the Qinshu Pavilion?" Gu Key frowned, "Those corpses that disappeared into the Qinshu Pavilion were all discarded here, and they were burned to death along with the people in the wine shop?" ”

"Villain...... I thought so, too. He replied with a low brow.

"But why was the owner of the first floor killed...... Isn't the owner a member of the shadows? The Ancient Key muttered, "This will never ......"

He wanted to say something, but the ancient key didn't listen anymore, and he paced, kicked away the large pile of sawdust and coke on the ground, and walked into the ruins. The servants who were still busy and the servants who were cleaning up the corpses saw Gu Key personally walking in to observe, they were all very scared, they hurriedly put down the work in their hands, stood up and told Gu Key about some of the things they found. But those don't matter anymore, the wine shop was burned down by the movie makers, but why did they hit this wine shop alone?

These shadows have infiltrated too much, can it be that even the wine shops they frequented have figured out. Presumably, this retaliatory arson is also provoking himself.

"Director Gu, you are waiting outside...... The scorching smell is too strong. Another rag-covered man leaned over and said.

"No, you pack yours." The Ancient Key then walked inward, his eyes looking towards the corridor he had frequented. It's just that the counter has been burned to the ground, and only a small table remains, and once pressed, it will be overwhelmed and broken.

As if he remembered something, the ancient key stopped him from carrying out the corpse that was about to be placed on the shelf.

"Who's up there?"

He was a little stunned, what he was carrying was nothing more than a dead man, who else could it be, but the strength in his hand was getting smaller and smaller, and the shelf was slowly placed on the ground by him.

"I mean, what was his identity here or in Qinshu Pavilion when he was alive?" The ancient key said it in detail again.

This time he understood, and he pointed to the dead man covering the cloth on the shelf, and his voice became louder, "This man may have been the shopkeeper of this wine shop in his life, and when he turned over his burnt clothes, he found an iron sign with the name of the wine shop and his own name written on it. The person who can have this kind of waist card should be the shopkeeper. Director Gu ...... the identity of this person Any questions? ”

"No, just curious." Gu Key took a deep breath, "Go ahead, carry it down." ”

He lowered his head and raised the shelf again and slowly walked out of the wine shop, passing by Sikong Xi, who also walked in, Sikong Xi snorted fiercely, holding the long knife of the ancient key in his hand, and seemed to still be able to smell the scorching smell coming from the air, "The corpse that was carried out just now is the shopkeeper here?" ”

"That's right," Gu Key's voice was quiet, not a single ripple could be heard, "it was very lively here last night, he personally served me a jar of aged wine, expecting me to plow the court and sweep the caves, and his last bet was all on me." ”

Sikong Xi heard the loneliness in Gu Key's words, he didn't know what the relationship between the shopkeeper last night and the Gu Key was, but when the shopkeeper faced the threat of the shadows, he finally thought that the Gu Key could save him. But the Ancient Key couldn't save him, and the civilians.

"The Shadow Crowd wants to use this method to provoke me, and not only that, this is only the first step in their revenge, just like the teenager who wanted to bewitch you with a little emerald candy a while ago, they will do everything." Gu Key walked out of the ruins and looked out of the street, "I have to say, they succeeded. ”

Sikong Xi followed out of the ruins, and the long knife in his arms was hugged very tightly.

"Go and call all the officials." The Ancient Key whispered.

Sikong Xi was a little curious about how Gu Key would deal with this matter, but he didn't ask too much, he saw those calm eyes, and he was about to collapse. The officials in the ruins heard Sikong Xi's summons, and quickly put down the work in their hands, they were a little afraid, maybe the ancient key would ask them for their guilt, such a big thing, as a government servant failed to find out in time, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be severely punished for a reason for incompetence, or even dismissed.

"Director Gu, do you have anything to interrogate......" The official led by Gu Jian bowed and stood behind Gu Key, his body trembled a little, he was the steward of the officials, so he had the greatest responsibility.

"A clear death toll, don't write it in the dossier. Also, try your best to suppress this matter," Gu Jian took the file handed over by the servant, his eyebrows furrowed, "Go and inform you of the master book, put your best efforts to track down the shadows, and once you find the footprints of the shadows, immediately notify the Supervision Department!" ”

"Yes!" The servants and servants all stood straight, and they heard the anger in Gu Key's words, so they didn't dare to slack off.

It was from that moment that Sikong Xi's eyes gradually dimmed when he really discovered the ancient key.

"I should have controlled Cheng Bi a long time ago, so as not to miss the opportunity to hold him hostage because of a momentary gambling." Gu Jian looked at the officials who had begun to drive away the crowd, and slowly closed his eyes.

"You can't know everything." Sikong Xi stared at the ancient key.

"And those civilians are dead."

When he returned to the Lu Mansion, Sikong Xi had just entered the school field, and bumped into Lu Biao standing at the gate of the school field, he looked at the man in front of him with a terrifying aura in confusion, and wanted to escape, but the ancient key kicked him in again.

"Both...... Supervise. Sikong Xi whispered, "What are you doing here?" ”

Gu Key kicked him hard again, and quickly bowed down, "Clean nonsense!" ”

"What am I doing here, you don't know?" Lu Biao glared at Sikong Xi.

"Huh! Governor, wait! Sikong Xi hurriedly flashed over, "Boy, I know it's wrong to follow my senior brother to the gambling house to gamble for money, but you have already punished us last night......"

"Punished? You kid is getting bigger and smaller, and last night it was just a pressure on your sharpness! Lu Biao looked at the two boys in front of him who were still making small movements, and was stunned and laughed angrily. Does this rabbit cub really not know how much wrong he has made, or does he think that he was not punished harshly enough?

Lu Biao let out a long sigh, a little tired, "You two, stand up for me!" ”

Sikong Xi quickly shut up and followed the Gu Key's straight station. At this time, three people slowly walked outside the school. It was Beitang Sheng and Cheng Bi, who was supported by Wu Leadbaht.

"What are they doing here?" Sikong Xi asked the ancient key in a low voice.

"They will also be punished, what do you say they are here for?" Gu Key glanced at him fiercely, "Say less!" ”

"Move fast!" Lu Biao yelled at the three people who were late.

Sikong Xi turned his head to the ancient key again, "Senior brother...... You said that the governor was sure that we would come back at this time? ”

"No...... It was I who explained the situation to Shuwan, and I would go out for a while in the morning. Gu Jian gritted his teeth, looking incredulous, "I was actually put on a show by that little girl!" ”

Sikong Xi was dumbfounded and hung his head weakly, "Shuwan is actually a traitor!" ”

"Come with me!" Lu Biao, who was in front of him, turned around and walked into the schoolyard, and pulled out the spear on the knife holder.

"I'll clean her up later......" Gu Key followed hatefully.

Beitang Sheng, who was following Lu Biao, seemed to know what Lu Biao wanted them to do, so he slowly faded the dark armor on his body and threw the silk clothes inside on the ground. Cheng Bi and Wu Leadbaht in the back were both stunned and looked at him in surprise.

"Beitang Sheng, what are you doing?" Cheng Bi whispered.

Beitang Sheng glanced at him sarcastically, ignored him, and began to run around the school yard from a distance.

"This ......" Sikong Xi looked at Beitang Sheng who ran up and was stunned.

Gu Key also seemed to understand something, and began to run around the school grounds, "Don't talk nonsense, keep up!" ”

But at this time, Sikong Xi suddenly felt the cold wind in front of him suddenly calmed down, and an extremely long wooden stick was thrown head-on, he went to hide in panic, but the wooden stick changed its way, and then Sikong Xi really saw the wooden stick clearly, and it was clearly the spear that Lu Biao was holding before. But it was too late, and the gun slammed into his back, making him grin in pain.

"Don't keep up yet!" Lu Biao withdrew the gun with a cold face, and the sound was as loud as thunder.

Sikong Xi hurriedly stopped his voice and ran up with the ancient key. Cheng Bi saw Lu Wei's anger, and he didn't dare to moan without illness anymore, so he spread Wu Lead Baht and followed.

"What a bunch of rice buckets!" Lu Biao's face hated that iron could not become steel, and he kicked Cheng Bi on the ass again, who was just starting out, "Give Lao Tzu a hundred laps around the school field!" Aren't you very capable? Isn't it very noisy! I'll make a fuss about you! ”

All five people were dumbfounded, a hundred laps?

"Governor! Are you mistaken, a hundred laps? Sikong Xi shouted back, he had already run for a while, but now he was a little faint and almost collapsed.

"Get out of here if you don't run!"

About half an hour passed, Gu Key had already completed three laps at a slow speed, his body was covered with hot sweat, he took off his heavy coat, and hesitantly approached Lu Biao, "Du Du...... This school field can be more than 40 acres! Isn't it a bit ...... a hundred laps?"

"Don't run, do you?" Lu Biao pulled out his sword suddenly, "If you don't run, add another fifty laps!" ”

Gu Key was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and ran again.

Slowly, the four Sikong Xi behind him did not jump around as much as they did at the beginning, and they all seemed to be seriously injured. They may be tired and unable to help themselves, but more often than not, they feel sleepy, running for hours without stopping, and the tiredness rushes towards them like a flash flood and tsunami.

Lu Biao stood at the entrance of the school field, grabbing the scabbard in his hand, he had been standing for a long time, the cold wind was blowing on his body like a knife, but he didn't move. The day after the winter solstice was very short, and it was already faintly dark in the afternoon, and he looked at a few people running wildly in the distance, and noticed Sikong Xi.