Chapter 14: Sleepwalking
In a blink of an eye, the next night, when Ding Xiaolan came back, he saw Qi Lu sitting at the table smoking leisurely, and holding a medicine bottle in his hand
"Hmph, it's better for you to hide at home and sleep lazy, let me go to Pei Liping alone to help"
"Ah, hard work, beauty," Qi Lu said with a grin: "But don't think that I didn't get up until I slept until now, and I got up when you went out during the day."
"Don't tell me, you're going to look at this bottle in a daze today," Ding Xiaolan angrily snatched the bottle from his hand, and looked at the light, it looked a little familiar, there was a little residual liquid in the bottle, and the logo of the outer bottle had been torn off, but it was still a bottle containing potions
Ding Xiaolan curiously unscrewed the cap of the bottle, and was about to smell what the liquid inside was, but Qi Lu snatched the bottle back from her hand, and carefully retightened the cap
"Maybe this is incriminating evidence, I have to keep it carefully," Qi Lu took out another seal and carefully sealed the bottle mouth
"Evidence of crime" Ding Xiaolan asked: "Have you found the clue to kill Daoist Ye?"
"That's not it, but in the end, it may have something to do with Lao Ye."
Ding Xiaolan suddenly became interested, swept away the previous unhappiness, she moved a chair, sat in front of Qi Lu and said, "Tell me what the hell is going on."
Qi Lu smiled and said: "Do you remember the garbage that Pei Liping took out at night yesterday, that bag was full of this kind of bottle, and all the others were empty, only this one still had a little potion."
Ding Xiaolan suddenly remembered that Qi Lu asked him to go upstairs before going home yesterday, saying that he was smoking a cigarette outside and then going up, it turned out that he had thrown himself away and went to dig through the garbage
However, a new question surfaced in Ding Xiaolan's mind, and she hurriedly asked: "You don't worry about Daochang Ye's affairs, why do you want to pay attention to Mr. Pei's affairs first?"
Qi Lu's face turned cold and said: "Don't you think it's strange, I went home in the middle of the night to take out the garbage, and I personally sent the money Gu here, and he had to take out the garbage first."
"People are just throwing it away, that's as complicated as you think"
"Okay, I'll just take him as if he was throwing out the garbage, so how do you explain why he tore off all the labels on the bottles before throwing them away?"
Ding Xiaolan was speechless for a moment, and began to feel a little uneasy in her heart
"I went to Renai Hospital again this morning," Qi Lu changed the subject
"It's time to find a cleaner," Ding Xiaolan remembered what he said yesterday
"Yes," Qi Lu nodded and continued: "There is really a story happening in the blind corner of that camera."
"Hurry up," Ding Xiaolan was anxious
"The cleaner said that he happened to see Su Ling wearing a hospital gown upstairs, although no one was with him, but Su Ling walked very strangely, his slow eyes were looking straight ahead, and the cleaner felt strange and called her a few times, but Su Ling just instinctively turned her head and glanced at the cleaner, and then went upstairs, the cleaner was so frightened that he ran back to the dormitory, and didn't dare to come out, until he heard a bang, he didn't know that the situation was wrong, and when he came out, he found that Su Ling had jumped off the building."
"That's not right," Ding Xiaolan frowned lightly and said, "Su Ling is just a weak woman, how can she intimidate the cleaners?"
"The cleaner said that Su Ling looked very strange at that time, her eyes didn't look bright at all, and she seemed to be able to feel some indescribable horror images from her eyes, and the cleaner also told me that Su Ling walked strangely, a bit like a malfunctioning robot."
Ding Xiaolan's doubts in her heart were even heavier, and she just wanted to ask, but she saw Qi Lu's expression and said lightly: "But even though I asked again and again, the cleaner still told me the truth."
"What did he say to you again?"
"The cleaner suspected that Su Ling was sleepwalking, so he was afraid because he had tried to wake her up"
"Yes, Su Ling's strange behavior is in line with the symptoms of sleepwalking," Ding Xiaolan suddenly swept away the doubts in her heart, "When people are sleepwalking, don't wake him up, otherwise he may be frightened and die, the cleaner is precisely disturbing Su Ling's sleepwalking, which caused her to jump to her death, which is a good explanation of why the cleaner didn't tell the truth after Su Ling's death, because he was afraid that the family of the deceased would find him after he found out."
"The analysis is good, the cleaner's psychological thoughts are roughly like this," Qi Lu suddenly said with a calm face: "But Su Ling's death will never be caused by sleepwalking or the cleaner disturbing her."
"Do you have any new clues to prove that there is still a mystery about Su Ling's death," Ding Xiaolan didn't expect things to turn around
"In fact, after expert research, waking up a sleepwalking person not only does not make him scared to death, but is more likely to save his life, your opinion is just the prejudice of ordinary people, not scientific"
"You listened to that bullshit brick family said," Ding Xiaolan didn't agree with Qi Lu's point of view, and when she heard a soul crosser who slayed demons and hunted ghosts talk about science seriously, she really felt a little funny
"You can not believe it, but you can ask a professional in the hospital to see if what I said is correct."
Seeing his serious face, Ding Xiaolan didn't want to ruin his interest, so she followed his meaning and said, "Then according to what you say, Su Ling still committed suicide."
"Maybe," Qi Lu laughed again, "Wait a few more days, and when Lao Wu comes, the matter will come to light."
"Lao Wu, he's coming, you're not kidding," Ding Xiaolan still remembered that before going out, Lao Wu was making excuses and was unwilling to come here with them to help Ye Xuanzhi
"I called him in the morning, and if there is no accident, he should arrive the day after tomorrow," Qi Lu said, "Actually, there is another thing."
Just as Qi Lu was speaking, the light in the room suddenly blinked and returned to normal, and he felt a cold wind passing through his neck
Qi Lu's nose moved, as if he noticed some unusual information, he pretended to be nothing, stood up and said to Ding Xiaolan: "Forget it, I'll go out to smoke a cigarette, and when I come back, you can cook some noodles for me to eat."
"Oh" Ding Xiaolan was about to nod her head and agree, and suddenly found that something was wrong, so she asked Qi Lu with a straight face: "Do you want to leave me behind to investigate the case under the pretext of smoking like last night?"
"The conscience of heaven and earth is really just going out to smoke and relax this time, and I am almost bored if I stay in the house."
Seeing Qi Lu swearing to her, Ding Xiaolan also put her mind at ease and went to the kitchen to cook dinner for Qi Lu
At this time, it was late at night, and the street lights in the community were also extinguished, and there was a dark cloud in the sky that covered the moon, and there was no light on the ground at all
In an unoccupied corner of the community, Qi Lu lit a cigarette with a lighter, then turned around and looked at the buildings behind him, flicking the cigarette ash in his hand a little nervously
Suddenly, there was a cacophony coming from a distance, as if someone was coming this way
"Are you coming?" Qi Lu looked at where the voice came from
The voice gradually approached, Qi Lu saw a gray-white figure floating from the corner of the road, the figure was like a light smoke wandering in the air, and condensed into a human form, like a white-collar worker who had just gotten off work and was about to go home
Qi Lu's expression suddenly became nervous, he smelled a faint demonic aura, very weak, but it seemed to contain great energy, this feeling was a bit similar, it was the same as the demonic aura of the thin old man he met in the Laojie funeral home, but it was fundamentally different
The man's figure was about to float in front of Qi Lu, but with a dashing wave of his sleeves, the entire community disappeared in front of Qi Lu, replaced by a night sky with endless starlight, Qi Lu felt as if he was floating in the air and did not land there
"Damn, I haven't done it yet, so you can do it first," Qi Lu scolded secretly, stretched out his hand and threw away the cigarette butt, which fell at his feet without a trace, as if it had been swallowed by something
"Soul crosser, no wonder you can find out my whereabouts," the man sat in mid-air out of thin air, holding his chin with his hand and carefully observing Qi Lu
This is a fashionably dressed young man, the bright eyes of the heavenly court are full, and the complexion looks very good, and the whole body exudes an inappropriate aristocratic temperament
"Where are you a monster who dares to come here to harass you, and I'm not afraid that I will destroy you," Qi Lu said as he took out a few spirit runes from his underwear pocket
"What a big breath" the young man asked him strangely, "Why don't you think I'm a ghost"
"Joke, which ghost would dare to come in such a feng shui auspicious place"
"No wonder Zhou Ji said that you are difficult to deal with, and you can be regarded as the best among human beings."
Qi Lu's heart suddenly moved and asked: "Who is Zhou Ji?"
"Oh, it's not good, I said I leaked my mouth," the young man laughed hesitantly and asked Qi Lu: "You and I are just Pingshui meeting, why bother to lead me to show up"
Qi Lu replied coldly: "It seems that the soul master has nothing else to do except subjugate demons and catch ghosts."
"Is it?" the young man's body moved slightly, and a sky-swallowing and murderous aura erupted behind him, and disappeared in an instant
Such a powerful demonic qi Qi Lu realized that he could win if he met a strong opponent, and he was not sure at all in his heart
Thinking about it, Qi Lu's actions were not a little ambiguous, and the spirit talisman in his hand was quickly thrown towards this strange man
Seeing that the rune was about to stick to the young man's body, a dazzling light immediately appeared around his body, and the dizziness flowed like ripples into the entire night sky, and an invisible magnificent light shield immediately bounced Qi Lu's spirit rune back
"Enchantment" Qi Lu's face changed slightly
The young man smiled lightly and said, "It's so murderous, do you think you want to subdue me with this little ability?"
"It's just an enchantment, don't think you can trap me"
"You might as well give it a try"
"Taiyin and Netherworld are quickly appearing, light, wind, fire, thunder, and all evil are dissipating," Qi Lu once again used the technique of yin and yang to prepare to directly attack the enemy in front of him
"Poof"
But this time, before the spell could be thrown from his hand, Qi Lu, who exploded between his fingers and opened his startled hand, withdrew his hand
"Hehe, you know the difference in strength between you and me," the man's eyes were not angry
Qi Lu was blindsided all of a sudden, and he began to feel a little at a loss, he saw that all the starlight in this virtual space had dimmed, and there was a demonic crimson light pouring out behind that powerful enemy