Chapter 16: Pei Liping's Search
"Why am I here," Ding Xiaolan stood up in a panic, only to find that she was in the living room, and it was early in the morning outside the window
"You sleepwalked," Qi Lu no longer had a nervous expression on his face as he spoke
"Sleepwalking is impossible", Ding Xiaolan categorically denied that she had never sleepwalked since she was a child
"I didn't lie to you, I was woken up by the sound of you twisting the doorknob outside the door, so I got up to see what was going on, and found that you were walking around the living room stupidly and couldn't wake up, I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I forcibly held you in my arms and didn't let you walk around"
Looking at Qi Lu's tired eyes, Ding Xiaolan's face flushed
"It's not that I was infected by Su Ling, and I also came to try to make sleepwalking feel cool," Qi Lu laughed again
Ding Xiaolan, who had just been touched by Qi Lu, was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, her eyes were rolling rapidly, and the corners of her mouth had an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling
"Hey, hey, hey, I'm joking with you" got along with her, and Yue Qilu's temper towards Ding Xiaolan was almost touched, and generally she had such a move, and she was ready to turn around gorgeously and become a barbaric woman
Sure enough, before he finished speaking, a notebook had been smashed towards Qi Lu, and he deftly dodged it, then picked it up and put it back on the table
"Who would dare to marry you in the future if you are so fierce," Qi Lu sighed: "Alas, don't be angry with me, we are in a hurry now, only when Lao Wu comes, the mystery of Ye Xuanzhi and Su Ling's death can take a turn."
Ding Xiaolan was stunned when she heard this, and she asked Qi Lu: "Of course we have to care about Daoist Ye's affairs, Su Ling didn't commit suicide, what else do you want to investigate?"
"There's something I wanted to tell you yesterday, but I forgot."
"What's the matter, say it quickly, you are getting more and more mother-in-law, mother-in-law," Ding Xiaolan became angry when she looked at Qi Lu's hanging appearance
"When did Pei Liping leave the hospital on the night Su Ling died," Qi Lu asked coldly
"This," Ding Xiaolan reminded her through Qi Lu, "He went to the hospital around eight o'clock in the evening, but I don't know when he left."
"I know" Qi Lu sighed again and said, "When I watched the video yesterday, I found out that he left the hospital at ten o'clock."
"What can that mean?" everyone in the community knew that Su Ling committed suicide by jumping off the building at about half past ten in the evening, that is to say, Pei Liping was not at the scene at all when his wife died, Ding Xiaolan really didn't understand why Qi Lu didn't investigate Ye Xuanzhi's matter, and always held on to Pei Liping, what was his purpose
"There is no problem with the time, the key is that Pei Liping walked through the back door, not the hospital gate"
"It's also illegal for people to go through the back door," Ding Xiaolan felt that Qi Lu's suspicion was not ordinary
"It's not illegal to go through the back door, but there's a woman waiting for him there, and they're going out together."
"Then you slowly figure out what they are doing," Ding Xiaolan returned to the bedroom after speaking, and slammed the door shut
Qi Lu smiled awkwardly, knowing that she was annoyed, so she had to say to her through the door: "You are too tired, just rest well today, I will go to the mourning hall to help, and wait for me to come back at noon to bring you food."
Listening to the sound of Qi Lu going downstairs, Ding Xiaolan felt angry in her heart, and had no place to vent, so she had to walk around the room irritably
Before Qi Lu came to the mourning hall, he saw from a distance that the periphery of the mourning hall was full of people, and some people were still looking in with their necks stretched
There are so many people watching the excitement, something must have happened, Qi Lu suddenly walked quickly towards the mourning hall, just in time to see Ye Mingfeng squeezing out of the mourning hall, and hurriedly pulled him aside to ask what was going on
"It's really a disaster," Ye Mingfeng whispered: "Mr. Pei may have stayed up too long, he fell asleep in the mourning hall last night, and he couldn't wake up no matter how he screamed, and the people in his family were panicked and called an ambulance."
Could it be because of Qian Gu, Qi Lu hurriedly squeezed into the mourning hall from the crowd of onlookers, and saw Pei Liping lying on a chair with his eyes closed, and several relatives on the side kept slapping his face, but he slept like a dead pig
Qi Lu hesitated, and tested his body with his hand, his pulse and breathing were normal, but why couldn't he wake up, Qi Lu was stunned for a moment, quietly retreated to the side, and whispered a spell in his mouth, wanting to wake him up with the power of spells
"Don't read it, I'm fine," a man patted Qi Lu on the shoulder behind him, Qi Lu looked back, and was immediately speechless, because the person who spoke to him was Pei Liping
woke up so soon, Qi Lu instinctively looked at the chair where Pei Liping was asleep, and gasped even more, because Pei Liping on the chair was still asleep
This strange thing made Qi Lu completely dizzy, and he no longer had the courage to look back at the person who patted him on the shoulder
"There's something I lost, you can find it with me," Pei Li behind him said indifferently, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him
Just when Qi Lu was about to ask him what was going on with the person in the chair, Pei Liping walked past Qi Lu as if no one was around, and when he passed by the sleeping self on the chair, he didn't look at it, as if it was just a person who had nothing to do with him
Twins, Qi Lu wanted to step forward and stop him, ask him to understand, that Pei Liping seemed to have seen his thoughts, and others stopped at the door and beckoned Qi Lu to go with him
Qi Lu was hesitating, seeing him grinning at himself, his mouth was full of sharp white teeth, and his heart was suddenly startled, and his hand had subconsciously touched the spirit talisman in his underwear pocket
"Come with me, you won't regret it," Pei Liping invited him again
To go or not to go Qi Lu glanced at him but after a moment of hesitation, he decided to go with Pei Liping to see what he wanted to do, he thought to himself as a soul crosser, what strange things have he never seen, are you still afraid that you will not succeed
As soon as he came out of the mourning hall, Qi Lu heard the noisy voices in his ears, and he was shocked by what his eyes saw, this was a square in the countryside, and there was a makeshift troupe in the center of the venue, and several martial artists were fighting fiercely with the beat of drums, and the audience was full of men, women, and children dressed as peasants, applauding the wonderful performance on the stage
Qi Lu couldn't believe his eyes, he looked back in surprise, the mourning hall had long since disappeared, only Pei Liping was smiling at him
"Master Qi, you haven't been to this place, this is my hometown, please follow me to the old house to find something."
There was no yin qi and no demonic qi, Qi Lu couldn't feel any supernatural characteristics on Pei Liping's body, but what the hell was going on, he just walked a few steps and changed the space
"Time doesn't wait, I have to rush back to deal with my wife's funeral," Pei Liping was a little anxious, he took Qi Lu's hand and walked straight forward.
Walking through Qi Lu in the crowd, he stepped on other people's feet several times, but they ignored Qi Lu and treated him as an air-like existence
Finally came to Pei Liping's ancestral house in the countryside, Qi Lu saw him use the key to open the door covered with cobwebs, and stepped in
If you come, you will be safe, I will see what the hell Pei Liping wants to do, Qi Lu followed him into the room with such an idea
This is an old two-story building, the room on the ground floor is built with stones, nearly 1 meter, the top is full of mud bricks, the tamped earthen walls, the stones are already a little black, and the earth walls are also mottled, as if the rings of time are silently telling, Qi Lu carefully followed Pei Liping up the crooked wooden stairs to the second floor
Pei Liping kept rummaging through the cabinets, as if he was looking for something important, but he couldn't find it after looking for a long time, and his expression became very impatient
Qi Lu asked him coldly: "Mr. Pei, what are you looking for?"
"What are you looking for, what am I looking for," Pei Liping's eyes were glazed, he paced back and forth, Fang Bu muttered to himself: "Is it a watch, isn't it money, where is there still money in my hometown, what am I looking for?"
Qi Lu was stunned, he opened his mouth for a long time, and he didn't know what to say, this is really a strange thing, Pei Liping didn't know what he was looking for, so why did he come here in a hurry
Just when Qi Lu was cautiously observing Pei Liping's behavior, he heard him say happily: "I remembered, I remembered, I want to find a copper coin Qianlong Tongbao."
Qianlong Tongbao This kind of copper coin is not worth a few dollars on the market, you pulled me here just to find this Qi Lu, I felt that I was played by Pei Liping, and I didn't have time to ask each other, and I heard Pei Liping say: "It's in the bookcase, I remember it's sandwiched in a book," After speaking, Pei Liping ran towards the bookcase
"Not good" Qi Lu's nose moved, smelling a thick demonic aura behind him, he turned around and quickly retreated, followed by a spirit rune, and struck towards the place where the demonic qi emanated
The "pop" spirit rune caught fire in the air in an instant, burned into ashes and fell to the ground
"Where is the demon who is not showing up quickly," Qi Lu hurriedly waved the five thunder seals in his hand, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any time
"The master has a monster," Pei Liping exclaimed, and hurriedly stood side by side with Qi Lu and began to pinch the mantra
"Don't read it" Qi Lu said sharply: "Your spell is fake, it's useless at all"
"Ah, but the Taoist who taught me said that this is a golden light spell that encompasses all evils."
"He's a liar, if he wants to live, just stand behind me and don't move," Qi Lu yelled at him, Pei Liping immediately ran behind him obediently, and didn't dare to say anything more
"Whoa" There were a few broken bricks on the roof, which fell down and almost hit Qi Lu's body, followed by a young man covered in blood who flew down with great difficulty and stood in front of Qi Lu
"It's you," Qi Lu was stunned
"Alas, it's not that the enemy doesn't get together, Mr. Qi, why did you come here," the person who spoke was the mysterious man Qi Lu met last night
It's just that he doesn't have the slightest elegance now, his whole body is scarred, and his clothes are in tatters
Seeing his embarrassed appearance, Qi Lu smiled and said to him: "It's incredible, you also have times when you are beaten up"
The man said anxiously, "Now is not the time to make fun of you, get out of here"
"Why should I leave"
At this moment, Qi Lu heard a creaking footsteps outside the house, and gradually approached
"What a loud footstep, is there a giant," Qi Lu asked in surprise
Suddenly, the ground under Qi Lu's feet began to collapse, and the house also collapsed, the bricks and stones kept falling on his body, so that he had nowhere to hide, and the young man flew forward, holding Qi Lu and Pei Liping with both hands, and desperately flew upwards in a jump-like posture
In a panic, Qi Lu saw that the entire village had sunk into the ground, only the singing stage was unharmed, and the collapsed road was replaced by a river of blood, and from time to time some rotting corpses and animal remains
An even more terrifying thing happened, a whirlpool appeared in the blood river, and a huge monster's head protruded from it, and part of its face was blocked by the surging blood wave, it didn't move there, and two big black eyes looked at Qi Lu and the three of them coldly