Chapter 16: Surfacing.
After Qian Chaosheng was killed, Zheng Lin couldn't sleep for a long time, some clips always flashed in his head, but he couldn't remember what it was, in the early hours of the morning, Qin Ruoyun suddenly woke up and found that Zheng Lin was not beside him, so he quickly got up, and after lighting the candle, he found that Zheng Lin was sitting alone on a corner chair in a daze, Qin Ruoyun let out a breath and said.
"Scared me to death, why don't you sleep so late?"
Zheng Lin looked at Qin Ruoyun and shook his head.
"I was thinking about these two murders, and suddenly some information came to mind. I went to the Yamashita School yesterday, the students who were killed ten years ago, the first two are also surnamed Zhao and Qian, so I'm thinking about whether there is any connection here, and it reminds me of the hundred family names, according to the arrangement of the hundred family names, Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang, these two surnames are at the top, will anyone kill according to this, and the order of death ten years ago was Zhao, Qian, Zhou, Zheng, Wu, Li, Sun, Wang, and the top eight of the hundred family names are the same, but the order of death is different, So I suspect that the murderers may also be ranked in the order of the murderers ten years ago. It's just that ten years ago, after Wu's death, their teacher, Cui, disappeared. ”
Qin Ruoyun frowned and said, "Indeed... It's exactly the same as ten years ago, but isn't everyone rumoring that it's a headless soul who committed the crime? ”
"No, anyone who uses ghosts to commit crimes must be man-made, and... Master, I may be in danger. ”
Zheng Lin pointed to his own surname among the several surnames he wrote down on the table, Qin Ruoyun hurriedly put away those words, and said, "No, I will definitely protect you, don't worry, no one can hurt you, no one can!" ”
In fact, the reason why Zheng Lin knew the origin of the surname of the hundred families was thanks to the reward he received in Daoxiang Village, after getting the letterhead in Yangzhou City, Mengxue told him not to open it easily. And after the murder, Meng Xue reminded him that the original reward was actually a bag, and there was only a piece of paper in the bag, on which was written a line of words: "Tibetan Scripture Building, secular books." ”
The Tibetan scripture building of Chunyang Palace is divided into Taoist classic books and secular folk customs and other books, in the secular books, Zheng Lin found the allusions of the surnames of the hundred families, so there is this conjecture.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, after Zheng Lin got up, he asked Li Qinlan to take him to the library pavilion, he planned to find allusions about the surnames of the hundred families, and he didn't come out until noon dinner time, Li Qinlan touched his head and asked, "How is it, my little catcher, have you found anything?" ”
Zheng Lin shook his head: "Let's eat first, maybe my conjecture is wrong." ”
As soon as the two walked into the cafeteria, Zheng Lin suddenly bumped into a person, it turned out that Xiaoya was about to deliver food to Cui Ziming, but it seemed that Zheng Lin spilled the soup and poured it on Xiaoya's body, Zheng Lin hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry Sister Xiaoya, I didn't mean to, are you okay?" ”
After speaking, he hurriedly wiped the soup stains on Xiao Ya's sleeve, Xiao Ya smiled and waved her hand, signaling that she was fine, and after putting away the things, she went to the kitchen to prepare a new one, but Zheng Lin kept staring at Xiao Ya, Li Qinlan patted him and asked, "What's wrong?" Why do you keep staring at Xiaoya? ”
"It's okay, Senior Sister, let's go see Senior Brother Cui after dinner, okay? I've been here for a while, and I haven't visited him. ”
Zheng Lin looked at the back of Xiao Ya leaving, thinking about something in his heart, after eating, Li Qinlan took Zheng Lin to Cui Ziming's residence, because of his special situation, so the sect arranged a room for him alone, but there were several accommodation areas next to him, just so that other disciples of the sect could take care of him, when Zheng Lin and Li Qinlan came, Xiao Ya happened to be taking care of Cui Ziming and washing his face, Li Qinlan put a bottle of pill on the table next to Cui Ziming's bed, and said.
"This is the elixir that Uncle Shangguan took from him, it is said that it can strengthen the body and consolidate cultivation, take one every seven days, it is good for your body."
Cui Ziming also looks like he is in his teens, but it seems that because of his injury, he looks a little sluggish, after accepting the pill, Cui Ziming stroked his hair, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, senior sister, I didn't expect senior sister to have the heart to come to see me, a crippled person, and I don't know how long I haven't seen other fellow disciples..."
Looking at Cui Ziming's bitter expression, Zheng Lin hurriedly said: "Hello Senior Brother Cui, my name is Zheng Lin, I just entered the Chunyang Palace, I came to see you today, by the way, I have a master who has taught me some medical skills, and I have a lot of research on the aspect of hurting muscles and bones, I wonder if I can let my junior brother give you a pulse?" ”
Cui Ziming smiled: "Senior brother has a heart, but I have been disabled for many years, and I don't have any hope, so don't delay my junior brother's time." ”
Zheng Lin shook his head: "It's okay, it won't be delayed, anyway, I'm fine now, maybe I can find a way to treat my senior brother, you just let me try." ”
After speaking, Zheng Lin stepped forward, picked up Cui Ziming's left hand, and after checking the pulse in a decent manner, Zheng Lin hissed and said, "Senior brother, according to your pulse, your physical fitness is still quite good, and it doesn't feel like you're weak." ”
Cui Ziming smiled: "Maybe it's because Xiaoya takes care of her, she is very caring and takes care of me very carefully, maybe it's because after slowly adjusting like this, my body is much better." ”
Zheng Lin nodded, and didn't say anything more, after going back, Zheng Lin found Qin Ruoyun back, and the two hid in the house, not knowing what they were talking about or doing. In the evening of the same day, Qin Ruoyun said that he was going down the mountain to do something urgent, and he might not come back that night, so let Zheng Lin be careful.
At night, when everyone was asleep, a black shadow quietly approached Zheng Lin's room, just when Zheng Lin's room just made a sound, suddenly there were fires around the room, with the moonlight, everyone saw a man in black, the person was just about to escape, Zhuo Fengming stepped out, grabbed it back, uncovered the masked black cloth and looked, everyone was surprised, because the identity of the man in black turned out to be Cui Ziming, Zheng Lin got dressed, walked out and shook his head.
"Sure enough, it's you, Senior Brother Cui."
Cui Ziming snorted coldly: "This time, I planted it in your kid's hands, but how do you know it's mine?" ”
"Senior Brother Cui, it's true that I took your pulse, I think the reason why you came to kill me is because you know, I have already found out that you are not disabled, otherwise you would not have skipped the Zhou family and came directly to kill me, and this time, you did it without any preparation, which means that you are already in a hurry."
It turned out that Zheng Lin found out that he was pretending when he took Cui Ziming's pulse, and at that time, Zheng Lin inadvertently flicked the numb hole on Cui Ziming's leg, although Cui Ziming endured his movements, but still showed a flaw, and Zheng Lin calculated that Cui Ziming would come to kill him at night, and deliberately let Qin Ruoyun pretend to go down the mountain, in fact, he had already laid a net, just waiting for Cui Ziming to take the bait, Cui Ziming laughed and said.
"That's right, I want to kill you, but how can you prove that Zhao Rui and Qian Chaosheng were killed by me? What evidence do you have? ”
Zheng Lin smiled: "There is always only one truth, if you want evidence, I will debunk your conspiracy step by step!" ”