Chapter 283: Back from the Dead
The big-breasted woman asked, "Is Childe evidence or speculation?" β
Zuo Shaoyang said: "Of course there is evidence. I have carefully examined the scene of the young woman's death, and found that the young woman was dragged to death by someone on the beam, not by hanging herself. Because of the hanging of a person by the neck, the weight of the human body will cause obvious friction marks on the rope or on the beams. And if you hang yourself, there will be no such traces on the beams. I inspected the beams and found fresh friction marks from washing. It shows that she was dragged up and hanged by someone, not by herself! β
The big-breasted woman's face turned pale, not just because of her leg injury: "Even if it is, it can't be said that I pulled her up and hanged her, can I pull her up and hang her alone?" β
"No, so you hired a deserter as a helper."
"Didn't you say that deserters are very timid? How dare he help me kill? β
"I'm not here, how could I possibly know such details? But I'm sure you have a way, like threatening him. β
"Threats? How can I threaten him as a woman? β
"Handle." Zuo Shaoyang said, "All the people are interested in Master Zen's belongings, including his five-eyed and six-way Buddha beads. You may have instigated him to sneak into the Zen master's house to steal, and then deliberately woke the master, and the deserters panicked and stoned him to death with an incense burner, and you used this to threaten him to help you kill the young woman. Of course, this is just my speculation, and the truth may not be like this, and I don't know how he helped you. I need you to tell me. β
"All of you are just speculation, you say that I killed someone, is there any real evidence?"
"Evidence that you killed the young woman directly, to be honest, no. However, I have direct evidence that you killed the deserter! β
The big-breasted woman's delicate body trembled, and she smiled reluctantly: "Childe thinks that the deserter was also killed by me?" β
"That's right! After hanging the young woman in the meditation room where the young woman lived with the deserters, you took advantage of the deserter's unpreparedness, just as you did to kill the young woman's husband, and suddenly plunged an arrow into the back of the head from behind and stabbed him to death. - This arrow is called the White Feather Armor-Piercing Arrow, and it can shoot through armor, and it is so sharp that your strength is enough to kill him. Then you dragged the body to the yard. β
"Do you have any proof that I killed the deserter?"
"Absolutely!" Zuo Shaoyang said, "When I was checking the corpse that the deserter threw himself on in the yard, I lifted the upper body of the corpse, and under him, I found ironclad evidence that you killed someone!" β
The big-breasted woman gritted her teeth: "What ironclad evidence?" β
"A pair of footprints!"
"Footprints?"
"That's right, footprints left on the snow! The snow in the courtyard was swept by the Zen master, and the falling snow was not too thick, so the snow left behind was enough for people to leave clear shoe prints. - You were holding the corpse by the shoulders and pulling it backwards out of the house and into the courtyard. You see the corpse erasing all the footprints you left behind, and you think that when you walk away, the snow falling from the sky will soon cover up the other shoe prints you left in the yard, and no one will know that you have been here. So you go back to your room and sleep in peace. But you forgot that you dragged it out with the corpse on both shoulders, and when you put it down, the shoe prints you left on the shoulders of the corpse were not erased by the corpse, so that I could recognize them as petite women's footprints! It can't be left behind by a few of our big men's big feet. β
Zuo Shaoyang took two steps forward and looked at the small feet of the big-breasted woman: "The woman who was alive at the time, just you and her sister, and her sister has always been by my side, so it's only you!" - The corpse has not been moved, and these shoe prints must still be there, do you want to compare them with your shoes? β
"That young woman's shoes are about the same size as mine, why can't it be that young woman?"
"Of course not, according to the scene you faked, the young woman shot the deserter in the yard in the house, but how did the young woman leave a pair of shoe prints under the deserter? She shot the deserter, then went out and lifted the body, stepping on two shoe prints under his shoulders? β
"She can go to the courtyard and talk to the deserter, and then come back and shoot the deserter with a bow and arrow, and the deserter will pounce, won't she just cover the shoe print?"
Zuo Shaoyang smiled: "You don't give up if you don't go to the Yellow River." Well, let me tell you, I have observed very carefully, the shoe prints under the shoulders of the corpse are very clean inside, the surface is very smooth, there is not even a single snowflake, if, as you said, she first went out to talk to the deserter, and then went into the house to shoot the deserter with a bow and arrow, it has been snowing last night, and the corpse is covered with snowflakes, how can there not be a snowflake in the shoe print? β
"This ......"
"Also, if the deserter were to be killed by a young woman from behind while standing, and with his weight he threw himself into the snow, the shoe prints below would have been shaken and not as intact as they are now, which can only be done if they were gently lowered. It can be inferred that the deserter was killed and dragged the body into the courtyard. -- When I inspected the scene, I found that the snow fell shallower than in other places between the door of the young woman's house and the corpse, because the corpse dragged away some of the snow and formed a groove, which you did not pay attention to at the time. I thought that the falling snowflakes would help you hide the drag marks, but I didn't expect the snow thickness to be different, so I found out that the body was dragged out! β
The big-breasted woman smiled bitterly: "Childe is so careful to observe." One more thing, except for me, the sinknose woman stole my stuff and ran away, why can't it be her? β
"It can't be her!"
"Why?"
"Because she was killed by you a long time ago."
The big-breasted woman barely squeezed out a smile: "Childe is speculation again?" β
"It's not."
"Does that boy have proof?"
"Yes."
"What evidence?"
"I found the body of the Collapsed Nose Girl," Zuo Shaoyang walked to the left of the huge black silk cloth covered with the statue of the Buddha on crutches, "You hid the body here!" Grabbed the black silk and pulled it up, and there was a female corpse below, her eyes were round, and a white silk was wrapped around her neck. It's the missing sinknose girl!
Zuo Shaoyang sneered: "When you hollowed out the old man's body with the meditation room just now, I was not idle, I searched the entire hall inside and outside, because I knew that if you want to kill the Nose Girl, the best place is in the hall, and the best time is when my little sister and I left, and with your strength, you can't throw the body far away, and you don't have this time, you can only hide it nearby, I didn't spend a lot of time, I found her body under here." In addition, I also found something in her palm, which proves that the murderer is you! β
"What's that?" The big-breasted woman's body began to weaken.
Zuo Shaoyang gently pulled out a hair from the tightly held hand of the flat-nosed woman, a very long hair, walked over, and showed it to the big-breasted woman: "This hair is very long, and the hair of other women on the mountain is not so long, but you." If you don't think it's your hair, you can pull one off and then rip someone else's hair off and you'll know. - Thankfully, the hall was dimly lit, so you didn't notice the long hair she ripped off before you strangled her. β
The big-breasted woman's body was weak, and she almost collapsed on the ground, she held on to the offering table, looked at Zuo Shaoyang and smiled bitterly: "Yes, I killed the four of them, but I didn't kill Master Zen, nor did I instruct the deserters or anything." I admit that I had the intention to kill him, too, but before I could do anything, he was stoned to death. β
Zuo Shaoyang sneered: "Okay, if you do it, you will do it, you will admit four, why don't you admit this one?" β
"Because I really didn't kill it."
"Then how did you get the deserters to help you kill the young woman?"
"I said, can you spare my life?"
"As I said just now, as long as you help do one thing and do it well, I can not kill anyone."
"Good! If you promised, you won't be allowed to rip it! β
"I naturally speak for what I say!" There was an imperceptible sneer at the corner of Zuo Shaoyang's mouth.
The big-breasted woman didn't see it, she straightened the long hair that was scattered behind her head, and said: "I'll tease him first, make him horny, at this time, the man, you can let him do anything, not to mention that I ridiculed him for not eating mutton and getting a scratch, he said that he wanted to destroy the young woman, I said yes, at this time to use the strong, the young woman will break the can and be obedient." I pretended to apologize and opened the door, and then the deserter came in, and first made amends, but the young woman just cried quietly, and then the deserter moved his hands and feet, and the young woman told him to go. β
Zuo Shaoyang sighed: "Although this woman initially endured the molestation of this deserter for a mouthful of steamed buns, she was still very chaste when it came to the real thing. β
"Yes," said the big-breasted woman, "I signaled the deserter to use force, and the deserter hugged her, she struggled desperately, but did not shout, I deliberately knocked down the lamp on the table, the room was very dark, I took advantage of the chaos to use the white silk prepared in advance in my arms to hang on the beam of the room, put a head on her neck, pull up, the black deserter in the house did not know, and thought that she was going to get up, so I hugged her hands tightly, and I strangled the young woman to death. The deserter did not know that the young woman was dead, and thought she was obedient, so he began to take off her dress, and when I came in, I brought an arrow, and while the deserter was making amends to the young woman, I looked at the deserter who was hiding in the house, and took it out and stabbed the deserter to death. That's the way it is. β
"Then who killed Master Zen?"
"It can't be a deserter, because he came out and came into my room with me. Maybe it's the old man. He also coveted the Master's beads, grains, and treasures. Maybe he took advantage of the chaos to steal the master's Buddhist beads, but the master found out and killed him. β
"Well...... that's how it should be. The murderer has been punished, which can be regarded as karma. β
The big-breasted woman begged: "Childe, after you promised me the truth, you won't kill me, so let me go, right?" β
"You haven't done anything for me yet."
"What are you doing?"
"What I want you to do for me is actually the reason why you killed these people. - Zen Master's Treasure! β
The big-breasted woman endured the severe pain and smiled: "I understand, it turns out that the son is the real master, you also covet the master's Buddha beads, food and that box of treasures, you have already seen everything I do, but you quietly pretended to be stupid, let me kill for you, and besides, you also killed your own sister, it is really ruthless." β
"It's called non-toxic and non-husband. Alright, let's stop talking nonsense and get up and do things. β
"What do you want me to do for you?"
"Go into the cellar!" Zuo Shaoyang took out a bunch of keys, "This is the key to the basement found from Master Zen, I have to open the basement to get food and other treasures, but, Zen said, this basement was built by a senior brother who is good at organs, and there are mechanisms in it, which were originally used to prevent robbers, although the previous master said that the mechanism inside has been closed, but I am suspicious and dare not trust people, so let you go in and explore the way." β
The big-breasted woman's face turned pale: "Childe, please, I don't want to die, you said it, I told the truth, you will spare me!" β
"I said that, I also said that you helped me do this."
"But you said you wouldn't kill me, and if I go into that cellar, I'll definitely die!"
Zuo Shaoyang smiled: "That's right, I said I won't kill you, but I won't kill you personally, if the agency kills you, I can't help it." That's your life, but if you kill four people in one go, it's enough. If the cellar kills you, that's how it should be. If the cellar is really closed by the Zen master, and you are lucky not to die, it is your fate. β
The big-breasted woman thought for a moment and said, "If I hadn't died in the cellar, wouldn't you have killed me?" β
"Yes, but for safety, I'll kick you out of the temple and leave you to fend for yourself at the top of the mountain."
"That's not like killing me!"
"You don't have a choice. Unless you'd rather let me cut you alive with a knife. I can even kill my sister, don't doubt my words. β
The big-breasted woman smiled miserably: "I believe, you are ruthless enough!" You do it. Okay, I'll accept my fate, anyway, as you said, I've killed four, and that's enough. Besides, God may not accept me! Walk! took the key in Zuo Shaoyang's hand, and said, "I have a broken leg, how can I go?" β
Zuo Shaoyang walked to the offering table, cut off one of the legs of the offering table with a knife and threw it to the big-breasted woman, and then threw the rope in his hand over: "Put it around your neck and tighten it!" β
The big-breasted woman did so, picked up the table leg support, dragged the rope, and limped into the meditation room. Zuo Shaoyang held the other end of the rope and followed.
In the meditation room, Zen's corpse was still lying on the bed, his head was flattened, and the blood stains had turned dark red.
The big-breasted woman opened the door of the meditation room with the key, leaned against the wall with one hand, and poked the ground and around the wall with the other with her cane, including the top, and then took a step forward and poked again.
It took me a little bit of work to walk through the short passage and enter the basement.
Zuo Shaoyang took a stool and sat outside the entrance of the basement, holding the rope and watching. Seeing that she had safely entered the basement, he also breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Open the box." The key should be in that string. β
The big-breasted woman tried, and finally clicked, opened the copper lock hanging on the box, carefully removed it, and then slowly uncovered the lid of the box, and looked inside.
At this look, the big-breasted woman was stunned, and then looked up to the sky and laughed, laughing so much that even tears came out.
"What are you laughing at?" Zuo Shaoyang said strangely.
The big-breasted woman looked back at him: "I want to know, why don't you come in and see it yourself?" I've already explored the mechanism, and you're so afraid of death? β
As she spoke, the big-breasted woman walked up to the pile of grain again, tore open a bag of grain, and heard a loud noise, and the big-breasted woman let out a burst of laughter, and even bent down with laughter.
There is no light in the basement, and the passage is relatively narrow, so it is very dim inside, Zuo Shaoyang can not see the situation in the basement except for the figure of the big-breasted woman, and he doesn't know what she is laughing at. Then he shouted, "All right, drag the box out!" β
"Can't drag! Giggles"
"Then take out the contents of the box!"
"Want to see it? Okay, I'll show you! The big-breasted woman was still smiling, and bent down to pick up a bag of things from the open box, and at this moment, she heard a few swishing sounds, and the big-breasted woman fell to the ground with a short scream, twisted twice, and then remained motionless.
A pool of blood slowly trickled out from under her body.
Zuo Shaoyang shouted a few times, but there was still no response, so he tightened the rope on his hand, pulled the big-breasted woman out of the cellar, turned over and took a look, the big-breasted woman's head, face, chest and abdomen, there were a few steel darts inserted! He has died of exhaustion. What was still clutched in his hand was a few old clothes.
Zuo Shaoyang picked up the clothes, full of doubts, threw away the clothes, took off the rope, lit a lantern in the meditation room, limped in with the rope, cautiously came to the box, put the rope on it, and then exited the cellar and pulled the box out.
I thought it would be heavy, but when I pulled it, I realized that it wasn't heavy, and it didn't take much effort to pull the box out.
Zuo Shaoyang looked at it, there was just a pile of clothes and some sundries, and he picked out all the clothes with a cane, but there was no gold and silver treasure, not even a copper coin.
Zuo Shaoyang was disappointed and scolded: "His grandmother's, this old monk deceived us, what a box of treasures, not even a copper!" Depend on! I'm going to see the grain, don't fucking fake it. β
He slowly walked into the cellar with a lantern and a single knife, first glanced at the rice bag that the big-breasted woman had untied just now, and was immediately taken aback, only to see what rice and white noodles flowed out of the rice bag, just a pile of mud and sand!
Zuo Shaoyang continued to wave the single knife in his hand, and cut all the rice bags one by one, and the things that leaked out were all mud and sand, not even a grain of rice!
He rushed to the two large tanks again, stretched out his hand and fished them, only the surface of the two tanks was rice noodles, and the bottom was all mud and sand!
Zuo Shaoyang scolded: "His grandmother's, this dead bald donkey, it turned out to be a lie to us, causing Lao Tzu to kill each other, causing Lao Tzu to strangle his own woman, what a fuck!" β
As he spoke, Zuo Shaoyang limped out of the cellar, spat at the corpse of Zen on the bed in the meditation room, extinguished the lantern, and slowly walked towards the main hall with a single knife, muttering to himself as he walked: "It's over now, the food is fake, the treasure is fake, the drawbridge is broken, the woman is gone, how can Lao Tzu ...... alone on the top?"
As soon as he said this, he jerked to his feet. Because in front of the main hall, there was a thin old man, but it was the Zen master who had been smashed on the head!
It's just that Master Zen's head is intact, not to mention deflated, not even the slightest trace of blood!
Zuo Shaoyang turned around in horror and looked at the bed in the meditation room, where the corpse was lying on the bed, still with a flat head. He turned around again and looked at the Zen master at the offering table.
Zen smiled, and his laughter was very proud: "Hahaha, what I like to watch the most is this kind of stunned expression, it's terrifying to see me come back from the dead, right?" Hahaha. β
"Master? You're ......, you're not dead? β
"Not dead."
"That ...... on the bed?"
"It was the corpse of a man about my size, dressed in my robes. The head is smashed flat again, and you naturally don't recognize it. β
"I see." Zuo Shaoyang was surprised and delighted, "Then why did the master cheat to death?" β
"To find out which of you is the most vicious and murderous. Hehe, now that you know it, you are the most vicious and murderous one! Hey, hey, hey."
Zuo Shaoyang's face changed: "What do you mean, master?" β
"You are calm, thoughtful, and ruthless, and you know that the big-breasted woman is killing, but you don't stop it, you kill people with a knife, let her kill her companions one by one, and finally, in order to seize the treasure of the old man, not only strangled the young man, but also strangled your own godsister alive. This kind of cruelty and ruthlessness even the old man admires it a little. β
Zuo Shaoyang's face changed even more, and he said with a forced smile: "It turns out that the master has been secretly peeping, and he has already seen all this?" As he spoke, he slowly moved towards the door of the main hall with a single knife.
Zen laughed: "Yes, I will lead you up the mountain, let you know that I have a lot of food here, as well as a thousand gold worth of Buddhist beads, and a box of treasures, which will arouse your greed, that is, let you kill each other, and finally determine who is the most vicious, vicious and greedy one." I'll tell you the truth, I don't know how many people have killed each other in this way. β
Zuo Shaoyang had slowly moved to the door.
Liao Chan sneered: "Okay, don't dream and run away." Not to mention that one of your legs has been injured, even if it is intact, it is impossible to escape from this Ghost Valley Peak! Didn't the three of you just try it? Want to build a bridge over a cliff, what is the result? Hahaha"
Zuo Shaoyang slowly turned around and stared at Zen Dao: "The master wants to kill me?" β
"Hmm."
"Why?"
"Oh, hehe, with someone as smart as you, you can't guess the reason?"
"I really can't guess, maybe the master misunderstood, can you talk about it? Even if I die, be a ghost. β
"Don't worry, I'll tell you ......"
As soon as Zen said this, Zuo Shaoyang opened the door violently, limped out, walked in a hurry, the crutches were mixed on the threshold, and he fell out of the door with a bang.
Zen laughed: "I said you can't escape ......"
Sou!
A white-feathered armor-piercing arrow flew out from behind the curtain on the side of the Buddha statue three or four steps behind Zen Queen, and lightning flashed and went straight to Zen Hou's heart!
When Zen heard the sound of the bowstring, he knew that it was not good, but it was too close, and he only had time to turn to one side, and with a thud, the arrow passed through the chest against the heart, and a gloomy bloody arrow emerged from the front chest!
Zen snorted, jumped back into the air, turned around in the air and struck out with a palm, a petite figure was beaten upside down and flew out, blood sprayed wildly in the air, sprinkled into the air, and the orangutans dotted.
"Lan'er!" Zuo Shaoyang got up frantically, staggered two steps with a limp, and pointed at Zen with a single knife in his hand, "Stop!" You have the ability to rush at me! Don't embarrass a woman! β
Standing on the pedestal of the Buddha elephant, holding his chest with one hand, he glanced at Miao Peilan, who kept vomiting blood on the ground, and was a little surprised: "I was hit by this powerful Vajra palm, but I didn't die on the spot, the little girl has some ability." Turning his head, he looked at Zuo Shaoyang again: "Good boy, it turns out that you can also play fake death, hehe, I was actually deceived by you two little dolls." I really fought eagles all my life, but I was blinded by eagles. Hehe-hey-it looks like you already know my plan, I'm interested in how you found out? β
Zuo Shaoyang ignored him, as if he didn't exist, picked up his crutches and staggered to the back of the pedestal, put down the single knife, helped Miao Peilan up, and said urgently: "Lan'er, how are you?" β
"I'm ......, I'm fine, cough cough ......," Speaking of this, Miao Peilan kept coughing, and then spit out another mouthful of blood with a wow.
Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, poured out a pill, and sent it to her mouth: "Quick!" Swallow! This is Zuo Shaoyang's special special treatment for bruises and injuries configured by Zuo Shaoyang with hundreds of years of old ginseng according to the modern classic wound medicine formula, hugged her, let her lean on herself, and fed the pill into her mouth. Miao Peilan swallowed the pill with difficulty.
Zuo Shaoyang held her face distressedly: "Didn't I let you stay away and release the arrows, why do you want to be so close?" β
Liao Chan smiled on the pedestal: "This little girl is very smart, she knows that she is not good at archery, and she is afraid that she will not be able to shoot accurately, but this has helped you, in fact, even if the marksman is ten steps away from me and releases the arrow, even if her back is up, I can easily dodge." This little girl is not afraid of heaven and earth, and she only releases arrows when she approaches regardless of her surname. It's really crooked, I was careless, I already heard movement behind, but the wind was too strong outside, I saw you strangle her with my own eyes, and I didn't believe that there were other living people on the top of this mountain, which made her so close and not alert. If you can hurt me, count me as your creation, hehe. Unfortunately, it didn't hit me in the heart, and I couldn't die. β
Speaking of this, Zen reached out and grabbed the arrow and folded it gently, the arrow broke, and grabbed the shaft of the arrow on his back with his hand, and slowly pulled it out, without even frowning. He also took a porcelain bottle from his bosom, got a pill, put it in his mouth and ate it, and did not bandage the wound, but covered it with his hand and coughed lightly twice.
Zuo Shaoyang carefully examined Miao Peilan and found that her chest was fractured, and observed the blood she vomited, there was a little foam, which should have hurt her lungs, and he couldn't help but be frightened. Hurriedly put the single knife on the ground, unbuttoned her coat, and removed the light armor she was wearing, which Zuo Shaoyang had asked her to wear the night before in the quilt, and the steel heart guards on the chest of this armor had been dented. Fortunately, there is a heart shield made of stainless steel to block most of the palm power, and Miao Peilan's body is very strong, otherwise, Miao Peilan would have been dead on the spot.
When Zen saw it, he smiled: "I still think this little girl is strong in martial arts, and she didn't die after receiving my palm, but she turned out to wear heart guards and armor inside, and your fate is great, but it is estimated that you will not live long, because one of you must die." Although the little girl has a lot of strength, she is seriously injured and is definitely not Zuo Gongzi's opponent. Huh"
Zuo Shaoyang turned a deaf ear and was busy with himself. He ran into Zen's meditation room, brought a wooden chair, helped Miao Peilan up, and rode on the wooden chair, ready to reset her fracture.
Liao Chan stood on the pedestal of the Buddha statue, looked at Zuo Shaoyang busy, and said: "Don't worry, you have time to save her, I won't kill you with my own hands, I will wait for you to cure her, and then give you a chance to fight a fair duel, see who is lucky enough to survive to the end." β
Zuo Shaoyang ignored him, stretched Miao Peilan's arms out, stood behind her, stepped on the wooden chair with one foot, pressed her back with his knees, hooked her shoulders with both hands around her armpits, lifted up and pulled back, pulled the overlapping fracture apart, and then pressed the distal end of the protruding fracture down and back with his thumb, and reset her fractured sternum.
Zuo Shaoyang lifted a single knife, grabbed the curtain next to the Buddha statue, cut a cut, and then snorted a few times, tore off a long cloth belt, and wrapped and fixed Miao Peilan with the figure "8".
Then, he ran to the door of the main hall, cut off the hub of a door with a single knife, took off the door panel and dragged it back, helped Miao Peilan to lie down on her back on the door panel, let her hold her head high, and then took a bandage to fix her on the door panel, gently brushed her hair, and said, "It's okay, Lan'er, I'm by your side." β
Miao Peilan smiled reluctantly, nodded, kept coughing lightly, frowned and tried to hold back, but couldn't help it.
Zuo Shaoyang turned around and looked at Zen: "What did you just say?" β
"Since you attacked me secretly and deceived me by playing dead, it means that you already know for sure what I am doing in the shadows. I'm curious, how do you guys know? β
Zuo Shaoyang said: "You have too many horse feet exposed, blind people can see it!" β
"Really? Please advise. β
"I believe that the old monk relieved the victims, but the old monk came down from the top of such a high mountain peak and led the hungry people to this thousand-foot high small temple for relief, this way is too incomprehensible, why not take the food down the mountain for relief?"
"Kind of makes sense." Zen stroked his beard and said, "Is there anything else?" β
"You led us up the mountain, and led us to the cellar like a treasure, and showed us your grain piled up into a hill, but you didn't let everyone eat enough, and each meal was a bun, which was called for the people behind you, but the real purpose was clear when you thought about it. You also made a special statement that you have a box of money that you have earned from decades of marriage, and you also emphasized that the strange necklace around your neck is a priceless treasure from the Western Regions, which makes it easy for people to think that you are deliberately inducing others to be greedy and provoking everyone to fight. β
Liao Chan nodded again: "This is indeed a bit obvious, no one told me before, but now that the old man knows, it will be more hidden next time." And then you say, what else did I show off? β
"The grain!"
"What's wrong with the grain?"
Zuo Shaoyang said: "Actually, when I went into the cellar to see your treasure, I knew that the rice bags that were neatly stacked like a hill were not rice at all!" β
"Oh? How do you know? β
"It's very simple, grain storage is the same as medicinal herbs, pay attention to ventilation, dryness and moisture-proof. The basement only has an inlet without convection outlets, the line is not ventilated, the grain is directly stacked on the ground, can not meet the requirements of moisture, the most important thing, I only smell the musty smell of the soil, but not the fragrance of rice noodles. The hill-like grain pile is in the cellar, how can you not smell the fragrance of rice noodles? It can only be said that there is no food in it at all! β
"Hehe, it seems that this loophole is really not small, next time I will really go to find some food to fool such a shrewd person as you. ββAre there any flaws? β
"And your death!"
"What happened to my death?"
Zuo Shaoyang said: "You found a corpse of the same size as you, it should be the body of the person you killed in front of you, and judging from the bleeding situation, it was really stoned to death with an incense burner before death." Then put on your monk's robe and impersonate you on the corpse bed to convince us that you were killed. However, you chose the wrong place to fake your death, and you chose it next door to us. And smashing the head with an incense burner, it is impossible not to have no sound at all, but we have not heard any sound, which is very suspicious. β
"Makes sense. Anything else? β
"And the last one, and your biggest flaw."
"What?"
"Corpses!"
"What happened to the body?" Zen was stunned and said, "Isn't the corpse I chose like me?" β
"It's a lot like that, but you chose the wrong one, and there was a fatal unexplainable problem, let me know immediately that you were playing a ghost!"
"Oh, is it that amazing?"
"Yes," Zuo Shaoyang smiled coldly: "You don't know, people have different times of death, corpses will have different symptoms, and there are obvious differences in the appearance time and relief time of corpse morture and corpse spots." When I examined the corpse you had placed on the bed, I found that the corpse's stiffness had begun to ease, and the acupressure of the corpse spots had not faded. This means that the body has been dead for at least three days! So it is impossible for him to die the night before, so I conclude that this man with his head smashed flat cannot be you. β
Zen was stunned, then stroked his beard and laughed: "I thought I had done it seamlessly, but I didn't expect to show so many horses' feet." I'll admit, you're tougher than I believe. It wasn't me who could be pushed out by the reaction of the corpse. I'm curious, how do you know these things? β
"Don't forget, I'm a Langzhong, and Langzhong can treat the living, and he can also see how the dead died, and how long they have been dead." When Zuo Shaoyang was studying at medical university, the school offered forensic science electives, and he chose them, and he also studied them attentively, so he still knew these general forensic knowledge.
Zen said: "I still have a question, I obviously saw you hang your little sister on a tree, how did she come back to life?" β
"It's very simple, last night we were under the covers, I told her about your ghost, and asked her to cooperate with me to play dead, I made her put on this light armor of heart protection, and then tied a belt around her waist, tied the belt into a slipknot, and passed through her underwear, all the way to the back collar. When I put it around her neck, I pulled her belt through the slipknot, so that when I pulled her up and hung her in the air, the weight was all on her waist, and the neck looper was not tightened, so she would be fine. You are far away, and this detail is not clear. Moreover, you can't have thought that I would know that you are doing ghosts behind your back, so you wouldn't think that I would also be ghosts, so naturally you wouldn't come forward to take a closer look. β
"What about the young man? He's also playing dead? β
"No," Zuo Shaoyang sighed, "No way, I have to strangle him, if both of them pretend to be dead, I'm afraid you'll find out." β
"Well, bold and careful, can afford to take it and put it down, ruthless enough. Admire. β
"No way, because your martial arts are too high, our sister has a lot of strength, but in fact, she has never learned martial arts, so we are definitely not your opponent."
"How do you know that my martial arts are high?"
"It's very simple, when we cross the suspension bridge together, you go up to the suspension bridge, and the suspension bridge doesn't shake, and we go up, and we are almost scared to death. Enough to say it all. β
"Well, the connoisseur will know if there is one as soon as he stretches out his hand, this is indeed not easy to pretend. I've tried my best to cover it up, and you still found out, which is enough to show that you are very careful. β
"You don't need to look closely to know because you're showing so many feet." Zuo Shaoyang sneered.
"Oh? What else am I showing? β
"Take them up the mountain!"
"What do you mean?"
"You brought these people up the mountain?"
"yes, what kind of brawny is this?"
"I asked Ding Xiaosan how you took them up the mountain and whether they encountered the enemy, and he said no, saying that you know the gap between the enemy sentry posts and went up the mountain through the gap. I doubt this very much, because when we went up the mountain, we knew that the enemy guard was not one, but a team, and it was staggered, not a fixed location, so it was difficult to find the gap of the enemy army, we all came up by exposing our whereabouts, and then using the speed impact to come up, you can pass through the gap alone, with men, women and children, it is difficult to imagine that you can pass. So I knew you were lying. In fact, with your ability to cross the suspension bridge, it is too easy to subdue the sentry and then take them up the mountain. There's no need to waste time looking for any gaps. β
"Hehe, it's really a small horse's foot. It's a bit hard to explain when you think about it. β
"When I asked Ding Xiaosan about this, I found out that you were stoned to death with an incense burner." Zuo Shaoyang said unhurriedly, "With your martial arts skills, how can you let people sneak into the meditation room without knowing it, and how can you let people hold such a heavy incense burner and smash your head flat?" So, further proof that you found a corpse to fake your death. β
"Hahaha," Zen smiled, laughing a little self-deprecatingly, "Listening to your analysis, I'm really full of loopholes." You've been very observant, and you've caught a loophole in my speech. But you know I'm ghosting, but you don't know why I'm ghosting, right? β
"yes, I don't know why." Zuo Shaoyang sighed and glanced at Miao Peilan sadly, "Master, since the two of us must die, can you let me satisfy my curiosity before we die?" β
"Yes, but it's not the last moment, and the secret can only be told to the last person alive. Whoever of you survives to the end, I will tell him if I don't ask, so that he will understand when he dies. Okay, the old man's curiosity is satisfied, it's time for the two of you to decide, I won't lie, both of you have to die, it's just a question of who dies first and who dies later. Decide for yourselves. β
Zuo Shaoyang turned his head and gently stroked Miao Peilan's hair, staring at her softly. Miao Peilan smiled sadly at her: "Brother, ahem...... let me go first." Ahem......"
It seems that Miao Peilan's palm is really not light, she has been coughing lightly. Zuo Shaoyang felt sorry in his heart, hugged her and said: "The master's martial arts are so high, it's useless for us to resist, we can only accept our fate." Anyway, it's just a matter of time, you wait for me in front, and I'll be with you soon. With that, he went down and kissed her red lips.
Miao Peilan raised her head and kissed back, and the two forgot everything in the world. After a long time, they slowly separated.
Zen frowned, shook his body, and muttered, "Okay, it's almost lingering, right?" It's time to decide who dies first, to be honest I'm tired too, finish it early and rest early. His grandmother's, I thought this arrow was not a big problem, it still looks a little powerful, and my head is a little dizzy, so I should send you on the road as soon as possible, I will heal my wounds. β
Zuo Shaoyang said sadly: "Master, can you give us another meal, please, I have a marriage contract with her, since I am going to die, can you let us have a house, but it is a regret in life, and we will be grateful to you for being ghosts." β
Zen stroked his beard and nodded: "Okay, then I'll give you another meal." I'll also go to heal by the way, and when I come back in, I'll have to tell you your choice, and if you haven't chosen yet, I'll have to choose for you. I will not kill you with my own hands, because it is against my principles, but not killing you does not mean that you will not be tortured and forced to make a choice, and you must believe that it will be very painful, and I really don't want that. It's better for you to choose for yourselves, you will die with dignity and dignity, and the last person to die will also die with dignity. Believe me! β
After that, Zen jumped off the pedestal of the Buddha statue lightly, covered the wound on his chest with one hand, and slowly walked out of the main hall, his steps seemed to be a little unsteady.
As he slowly walked down the steps and came to the courtyard, he felt weakness under his feet and weakness all over his body, and looked up at the sky and began to fall snowflakes.
He walked through the courtyard until he came to the gate of the fence with the plaque of "Guigu Temple", chose a flat place, and sat down cross-legged on the snow. Take off your monk's robe, revealing her bony body. The snowflakes fell on his shoulders and melted with a snort.
Feeling more and more dizzy and his eyes were glazed, he frowned, tore off a placket, took out a small porcelain bottle, laboriously uncorked it, poured the powder on the wound, then wrapped it in strips of cloth, put on a monk's robe, and meditated cross-legged pranayama.
After a while, he suddenly faintly heard something wrong, boom, the sound was very familiar, he opened his eyes suddenly, and shouted "not good"! He spun around and tried to get up in the air, but he only jumped halfway before falling into the snow.
His heart sank, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Good boy, dare to yin me?" Poison was smeared on the arrows! β
Kneeling up, he staggered across the courtyard, went up the steps, kicked open the door of the temple, rushed into the meditation room, and saw the iron gate in the basement crashing to the ground, sealing the basement.
This iron gate was built to deal with bandits, rebels, and beasts, and as long as it was closed from the inside, there was no way to open it outside.
This cunning boy actually lied to himself about asking for a cave room, but he hid in the basement. After Zen found out that he had been deceived, he was furious, roared, rushed up, and slapped his palms on the iron gate like raindrops.
Dangdangdang......!
The heavy iron gate was unexpectedly deformed by his continuous palm force!
Liao Chan roared wildly: "Listen, you two, the iron gate has been broken by me, and it can't be opened again, the four walls inside are bluestone slabs, and the grain is all mud and sand, don't think about it again, just wait to starve to death inside!" β
He thought that he should be clearer when he struck the iron gate with all his might, but the dizziness and weakness of his whole body became stronger and stronger, and his knees weakened and he fell to the ground.
He felt a deep sleepiness rush up to the top of his head one after another, his eyelids were heavier than a thousand pounds, he supported the ground with his hands, crawled to the outside of the main hall, rolled down the steps, struggled to get up, staggered into the kitchen, threw his head into the water tank, shook it several times, and then pulled it out with a bang.
He thought that the cold water topping could be sober, but it was useless at all, his eyes were still black, his whole body was soft, and he was getting worse and worse, and in a hurry, he climbed into the water tank with great difficulty, and his whole body was soaked in the water tank, and his head sank under the water, and after a while, he came out.
However, it still didn't work at all!
He crawled softly on the edge of the water tank, tried to raise his eyelids, looked at the snowflakes falling outside the door, more and more blurred, more and more dark, his head finally hung down weakly, his body lost his center of gravity and threw himself forward, with a bang, even the person with the tank fell to the ground, and he didn't know it.
(To be continued)