"Master, do you mean that the abbot of Kobo is one of the mysterious forces?" Liu Xuan listened to Li Tao's narration, and couldn't help frowning and asking.

"So to speak! It's a pity that the monk died, otherwise maybe I could have asked for more news! Li Tao said with a look of regret.

Speaking of which, in the secret room, Li Tao had already restrained Master Kobo, but I don't know when this guy woke up, and he actually bit his tongue and committed suicide. In desperation, Li Tao had no choice but to set fire to the pagoda, creating the illusion that the Dharma propagated himself and died by immolation.

"Master, you don't blame yourself, a dead man like Hongfa, even if he is alive, it is impossible to take out any secrets from his mouth!" Zhang Zhao comforted Li Tao on the side.

Li Tao nodded and smiled: "But fortunately, we still have another clue, if Xu Langzhong goes well, we may not have no chance." ”

……

May 15, a moonlit night.

There was silence in the old pharmacy of Anrentang, and an old man in the corner of the room was looking at a yellowed ancient book under the lamp, his expression was solemn, his eyes were staring at the ancient book, thoughtful. There was a faint fragrance of flowers floating outside the window, and it was also silent outside, so it was extraordinarily quiet after nightfall.

Knock, knock, knock!

A knock on the door suddenly broke the silence of the room, and the old man looked up in surprise, the door had been pushed open, the green cloth curtain was lifted, and a man in a yellow cloth shirt walked in.

The old man frowned and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The man in the yellow shirt didn't answer the old man, and after glancing at the room, he asked, "You are Xu Langzhong of Anrentang?" ”

The old man nodded and said, "I am Xu Langzhong." What's the matter with you? ”

The man in the yellow shirt suddenly smiled, showed a happy expression, and said, "There is a friend." Ask me to bring you a gift. ”

After that, the man in the yellow shirt took out something from his arms and handed it to Xu Langzhong.

Xu Langzhong took it and saw that it was a handkerchief embroidered with a dazzling red plum blossom, and he asked suspiciously, "This is?" ”

Man in yellow shirt: "This is a blood-colored plum blossom!" ”

"Who told you to bring it to me?" Xu Langzhong was full of doubts.

Man in the yellow shirt: "A friend." He said that if you have seen the blood-colored plum blossoms, you will understand. ”

"Scarlet plum blossoms?" Xu Langzhong looked up and down at the handkerchief, meditating on the information about the blood-colored plum blossom in his head. He seemed to have heard of the Scarlet Plum Blossom before.

"Plum Killer!" The handkerchief in Xu Langzhong's hand fell to the ground. His face was pale, and the corners of his wrinkled eyes were full of horror: "The blood-colored plum blossom handkerchief is a token of the plum blossom killer, and receiving the blood-colored plum blossom handkerchief is equivalent to receiving a letter from the underworld." The plum killer is bound to ask for his life. ”

The man in the yellow shirt still had a faint smile on his face, and the smile was very kind: "You finally know the plum blossom killer." ”

Xu Langzhong's pupils were shrinking: "I have no grievances with the plum blossom killer, why did he want to kill me?" ”

The man in the yellow shirt smiled and said, "Have you ever heard a sentence - the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty?" ”

"If the plum killer has taken a fancy to something in the pharmacy. Let him take it. You don't have to kill me. ”

After Xu Langzhong finished speaking, he looked at the yellow-shirted man with a fluttering expression, and suddenly had an epiphany: "You, you are the plum blossom killer!" ”

The man in the yellow shirt just smiled slightly, noncommittal.

Xu Langzhong's voice trembled: "What do you want?" What is there in this pharmacy that is precious for the famous plum killer to take this trip? ”

"It's a precious thing." The man in the yellow shirt said meaningfully, "I'm afraid you won't give it to me." ”

Xu Langzhong said: "Whatever you want will be given to you, you can take it." ”

"I want your life!" The man in the yellow shirt had a silver-white short sword on his right hand at some point, and the man in the yellow shirt jumped up with the short sword in his hand, and stabbed Xu Langzhong in the throat with a sword.

The speed of this blow is not fast, but it is as steady as Mount Tai. It's overwhelming.

Xu Langzhong threw away the ancient book in his hand in horror, turned around and left. The short sword pierced through the ancient book, and the yellow pages of the ancient book flew in all directions. The man in the yellow shirt did not stop, and the sword light did not stop, and in an instant, the blue light flowed, and a phantom flashed in the dim room.

Xu Langzhong was forced to the corner of the room, there was no way out in front of him, he could only turn back in horror: "Why ......?"

The man in the yellow shirt had followed behind him, he stabbed through the air, and after a sound, the sword light of Biqing disappeared, and Xu Langzhong had an extra hilt on his chest. Xu Langzhong let out a dull scream and fell to the ground heavily.

Outside the window, the moonlight was bright, the fragrance of flowers was faint, and the silence in the room was restored, a deathly silence.

After a long time, the man in the yellow shirt quietly put his sword back into its sheath, and quietly put the blood-colored plum blossom handkerchief on Xu Langzhong's cold chest: "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty." You have no grievances with me, but what you have is a problem for my henchmen. ”

The man in the yellow shirt sighed coldly: "All threats must disappear, disappear like the wind!" ”

……

Li ...... The king of the county! Cheng Dezhang appeared in front of Li Tao with an antique wooden box.

Cheng Dezhang has been the housekeeper of Lantian Wangfu for some days, but to this day he still has not fully adapted to the change from master to housekeeper, so that he has never been able to change his title.

"Old Master Cheng, is there something wrong?" Compared with Cheng Dezhang, Li Tao is much more natural, and still calls him Master.

"Someone sent this!" Cheng Dezhang handed the wooden box to Li Tao.

Li Tao opened the wooden box and saw that inside the wooden box was a white cloth bag.

Li Bai said curiously: "Who sent this wooden box?" ”

Cheng Dezhang shook his head and said: "It was found by the family, and it was placed outside the palace gate, and the person who put the wooden box has long disappeared without a trace." ”

Li Tao slowly unfolded the yellow cloth bag, and then several people let out a surprised sound, only to see a finger in the white cloth bag, the finger was curved and black.

Pei Yue frowned and said, "Who dares to be so presumptuous and send a severed finger to the little master?" ”

Li Tao sighed and said, "I recognize this finger, it is the finger of Xu Langzhong of An Rentang, and his finger is dark black because he has been sorting medicinal herbs for a long time. ”

Li Bai was shocked and said: "Xu Langzhong has been poisoned!" ”

Li Tao said: "Obviously, Xu Langzhong died because of us, and someone wants to stop us from looking for clues." ”

Continuing to unfold the cloth bag, Li Tao saw that the cloth bag was embroidered with a plum blossom, and it turned out that the wrapped broken finger was a handkerchief.

Pei Yue exclaimed: "Scarlet plum blossoms! Plum Killer! ”

There is also a note at the bottom of the box with a line of blood characters on it: The sixth day of the sixth month of June, Casting Sword Villa.

Li Bai asked puzzledly, "Who is the plum blossom killer?" ”

Pei Yue said: "The plum blossom killer is a bounty killer, killing people for money, and committing many crimes. He is strong in martial arts, acts strangely, and never misses a murder in assassination. In the past few years, not only has the government not arrested him, but no one even knows his true face, and everyone is afraid to mention this name. (To be continued......)