Late at night, rice line.

A faint light peeked through the west wing.

In the wing, only one lamp and candle are burned, the candle flame is very small, and the beans are large, illuminating the entire west chamber in a trance.

Zhai Rang, the boss of the rice shop, sat at the round table, staring motionlessly at the jumping flame with a pair of small eyes almost equal to the candle flame. It was a long time before he looked away, picked up the bottle on the table, and drank it all.

"It's time, it's time."

Zhai Rang got up, his mouth was broken, and the smell of wine emanated from his mouth.

He wiped his mouth and staggered over to the bed. Through the faint candlelight in the side room, you can vaguely see the bulging outline of the bed.

It was a woman, a woman who was pregnant and about to give birth.

Zhai Rang leaned over and pushed the woman with his hand with the intention of drinking.

The woman seemed to be sleeping deeply, and did not react in the slightest.

"You can't blame me, you can't blame me."

Zhai Rang thought in pieces, bent down and took out a hemp rope from under the bed, knelt on the bed, separated the woman's hands and feet, and tied them.

The knife is placed under the pillow at the head of the bed. While Zhai Rang pulled out the knife, he grabbed the pillow and covered the woman's face......

Standing in front of the corpse of Zhai Rang, the boss of Mi Xing, his brows furrowed, he carefully looked at the lifeless corpse in front of him. On the surface, Boss Zhai does seem to have committed suicide. People who commit suicide don't have this kind of expression. The slightly distorted features then told the squirrel of his fears.

As a man begging for a living in the capital, he is naturally not a mediocre talent, and after a brief examination of the deceased's head, he locked his eyes on the deceased's chest.

The coat is a little loose, and the front placket is bulging as if something is stuffed.

He bowed his head and pulled the deceased's clothes a little, and he saw a ball of twine.

There was some blood on the hemp rope. Judging by the color of the bloodstains, it was dyed recently. Blood seeped through the hemp rope and dyed it a different color.

The rice shop is in the business of selling rice grain, and the hemp rope that appears on the boss Zhai Rang does not seem to be an inexplicable thing. What is really difficult to explain is the blood stains on the hemp rope. Without that boss, he would stuff blood-stained hemp rope into his clothes, especially at night when he had to sleep.

He took out a piece of clean cotton cloth, wrapped it around the end of the hemp rope, then held it with his hand and pulled it outward little by little. The hemp rope seemed to be very long, and he pulled it for a long time, until he ran out of patience and pulled away the coat of Zhai Rang, the owner of the rice shop, only to find that the other end of the hemp rope seemed to be hidden in his body.

Zhai Rang, the owner of the rice shop, has a fresh scar on his chest, and the scar is stitched together with thin threads. The thread is black, but it is different from the usual black thread. He lowered his head again, and when he could see what the black line was, a chill crept up his back along his heels, and it continued to rise.

He reached behind his back in some panic, and found that his own clothes had been lifted by something. Just as he wanted to shout to catch a catch, the coolness had already wrapped around his neck along his back. In a panic, he could only use his hands to protect his neck, and tried to grab the invisible and untouchable thing.

Sting!

Like the sound of a fingernail piercing the skin.

He looked up and saw a woman's pale face.

His eyes widened, and he staggered out of the West Chamber.

The yard was bright and the sun was just right, but he didn't feel a trace of warmth......

I couldn't imagine that I would die, and I couldn't imagine that the people who were there would catch it, and even more so the people who were waiting at the door of the rice shop to watch the excitement.

But, he died, died in the blue sky and white sun, in full view of everyone.

All the onlookers became witnesses present, and at least dozens of pairs of eyes watched as they rushed out of the rice row covered in blood, and then let out a strange animal-like cry, followed by their hands on their throats, and their eyelids turned upward, revealing the whites of their eyes in horror. By the time the captors reacted and forcibly broke his fingers, he was lying on the ground and not breathing.

On the carriage, Xing Ruyi, who was about to put down the curtain, was stunned.

She lifted the curtain with one hand and held the fox in the other, staring at everything that was happening in front of her in a daze, until the fox rubbed her chest with her head, she suddenly came back to her senses, looked down at the beautiful fox eyes and said, "Don't take advantage of me!" ”

The fox's eyes bent, and he rubbed his head again.

Xing Ruyi was about to get angry, but he heard the fox say, "Don't you plan to go down and have a look?" ”

"See?"

"Don't you mortals love to join in the fun?" The fox raised his eyes, "It's better to be in time than to be in time, it's rare to see such a lively time as today." ”

Xing Ruyi frowned, looked at the crowd of onlookers, and asked in a low voice, "Is that person dead?" ”

"Dead!"

"Strangled yourself to death?" Xing Ruyi recalled the scene he had just seen, let go of the hand holding the fox, and made a gesture of choking his neck: "This kind of death seems to be quite difficult. ”

"Are you afraid?"

"What?" Xing Ruyi looked at the fox and shook his head: "I'm not afraid, I just feel a little terrifying." ”

As she spoke, she lifted the curtain again and looked at the door of the rice shop.

The onlookers were still watching, but everyone consciously stepped back a little and became silent because of fear.

"I strangled myself to death, this kind of death I have only seen in horror movies before, but I never imagined that one day, I would be able to witness it with my own eyes." Xing Ruyi said, and touched his neck again: "To be honest, the process of watching it is not terrifying, but in retrospect, it makes people feel numb." ”

"Want to go down and have a look?" The fox stood up.

"Now?" Xing Ruyi asked, and then glanced at the place where Fang had just been lying down.

A ray of sunlight fell through the open curtain on the fox's snow-white fur, glowing with a faint silver-white light.

"The government is handling the case, ordinary people, I'm afraid they can't watch, right?"

"Just getting closer and watching the excitement."

"That's right. Anyway, there are already so many people watching the scene, and it's not bad for the two of us. Xing Ruyi straightened his clothes, stretched out his hand to pick up the fox, and carefully got out of the carriage.

Before getting out of the carriage, Xing Ruyi felt a chill. At this time, it is still early in winter, and this chill is naturally not due to changes in the weather. Xing Ruyi twisted his neck, and without thinking too much, he hugged the fox and passed through the gap left by the onlookers.

The person who was originally in charge of inspecting the scene became the object of the investigation, and he was still dead inexplicably, not to mention the onlookers, even those who were used to seeing life and death were also panicked at this time. Lang Lang Qiankun, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, such a strange case happened, if it is not thoroughly investigated in time, once the people are allowed to spread around, it will not only cause unnecessary social panic, but also spread to the inner courtyard of the deep palace, causing endless accusations and troubles.

Xing Ruyi thought about it, and his eyes naturally fell on Chang Tai's body. It's not because he's handsome, but because the soap suit he wears is different from others, and he looks like the leader.

As soon as he raised his head, he collided with Chang Tai's scrutinizing gaze.

What he saw was naturally not Xing Ruyi's appearance, but the fox she was holding in her arms.

"Hey!"

The moment the eyes collided, Xing Ruyi habitually raised his hand and said a rather embarrassed hello.

Chang Tai was stunned for a moment, quickly moved his eyes elsewhere, and then called: "Xiao Shengzi!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Xing Ruyi saw the little catcher who had just spoken to him running over.

"Brother Chang."

"Expel all irrelevant people." Chang Tai said, deliberately glancing at Xing Ruyi.

Xing Ruyi was stunned, and said in his heart, I am not an irrelevant person, I am watching the lively melon-eating masses.

Xiao Shengzi was also stunned when he saw Xing Ruyi, and then quickly moved his steps to her, just opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but saw Xing Ruyi frowning and said, "What is that?" ”

"That's the work of our yamen who is responsible for the investigation." Xiao Shengzi thought that Xing Ruyi was playing with herself, so she didn't even turn her head, but stretched out her hand and neatly and simply crossed her body: "Since the girl is from outside, don't stand here like these onlookers." At the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is better not to look at the lively girl who can not see it. lest you accidentally get into trouble, and it will be bad when the time comes. ”

Xiao Shengzi said for a long time, but he didn't see Xing Ruyi responding, he sighed a little helplessly, and was about to persuade him again, but he heard Xing Ruyi say to himself again: "It's so strange, how can there be black gas?" ”

"What black gas?"

"The black gas wrapped around the neck of the deceased." Xing Ruyi freed up a hand to point at the puppet who was still lying in place: "It's on his neck, and the black qi that is still moving around like a snake." ”

"The girl can scare me." Xiao Shengzi looked back, but he didn't see any black gas, especially the black gas that writhed like a snake. He shook his head, took away his arm, and stood in front of Xing Ruyi instead, and then made a gesture of invitation: "Girl, let's go back to your own car." This rice line has been killed one after another, it is an ominous place, and the girl staying here will only add bad luck to herself. ”

Xing Ruyi pointed to the neck of the fox and was about to speak, but heard the voice of the fox.

"That black gas, he can't see it."

The fox uses a ventriloquish, a ventriloquist that can only be heard by Xing Ruyi. She glanced down at the fox and asked inwardly. "Why?"

The fox looked at each other wrongly, and the fox said, "Because he is a mortal, and mortals cannot see those things." ”

"But I'm mortal too."

"It used to be, but not anymore." The fox also looked at the lying corpse: "Ruyi, do you want an autopsy?" ”

"Autopsy?"

"yes, it's fun." As he spoke, the fox jumped down from Xing Ruyi's arms, and with a slight leap, he fell on the body of the servant.