Chapter 9: The Emperor

Upon discovering this horrible fact, "her" eyes widened uncontrollably, pupils constricted, and her upper and lower teeth seemed to rattle in the extreme snow.

"Oh, you found it."

"So, let's start the game-"

The man laughed and stretched out his hand to Ding Dang. His other hand, which he didn't hold the DV wears a thick glove, slowly approaches more like the claws of the Grim Reaper, but is stopped halfway through.

Ai Yueman grabbed his hand, because the owner of the memory didn't see the looks, so the man's face was dark and weird. The black-haired boy looked cold, and the wind blew the hem of his clothes, and his voice was cooler than the wind of this autumn night.

"What you wander is your heart clinging, scattered."

As soon as the words fell, the surrounding scene shattered like a broken mirror, emitting a dazzling light, Ding closed his eyes consciously, and when he opened it again, he saw Brother Moon Full for the first time.

"Wait," Ding Ning was even more confused, "Is the full moon on the scene or not?" ”

"Naturally, I wasn't at the scene – from what I heard, the murder happened at least a few years ago. Ding Dang was pulled into the 'illusion' generated by the victim's ghost. Shousheng grass is actually born invisible, can travel freely through various time and space, and master all the methods of solving illusions, this illusion is not strictly speaking, it is not a real illusion, but the ghost is repeating the scene before death over and over again, and the resentment is too big to pull people in. So just 'interrupt' the process and get out. ”

"I just don't know why 'she' is so persistent in Dingdang, from the university town to the present. Generally, the ghosts who died in vain have no self-consciousness and will only wander unconsciously at the scene of the crime, which is really strange to point to Ding Dang. ”

The three of them were silent, and Ding Ning suddenly scolded Ding Dang: "Ding Dang, should you go to some dark place to buy something cheap and come back?" ”

Ding Dang was caught off guard and was knocked on the head, wrinkled his nose and said, "What do you think, brother...... Anyway, I grew up learning these things, so I'm not so stunned to dare to buy things blindly. ”

To no avail, Ai Yueman finally said: "Then I have to go to the place where I was going to see." ”

Ding Ning: "...... Not the one I thought, right? ”

Ai Yueman: "The scene of the crime. ”

Ai Yueman: "Maybe I can summon a soul to ask." ”

Ding Ning: "......" Has he always been mistaken, is this weak grass a real warrior?

Dingdang's university is in a neighboring city, and the transportation is convenient and there is a direct high-speed rail, and there is still a short time before the last train, so the three of them went straight to the high-speed rail station.

While waiting to get in the car, Ding Dang suddenly glanced back, and Ding Ning next to him asked, 'What's wrong', she shook her head, thinking, I heard it wrong.

How could she hear her name called?

Although the three of them decided to go to the scene as soon as possible, it was already the tail of the afternoon, and it was not early when they arrived at the university town of T City. Ding Ning made an east and took them to the neighborhood to eat delicious food.

Ai Yue is full of grass spirits, and has no interest in human food, so he hastily ate a few pieces of fruit salad, and then said that he would go out for a walk, and he would not be able to let go of the two taste supremacists to eat.

I don't know why, Ai Yueman thinks that he is not a cold person, and he has no empathy for vegetables, but the two of them always can't let go of their hands and feet to eat in front of him. It didn't work if he said it, and Ai Yueman, who couldn't cry or laugh, could only avoid it and let them release themselves to their heart's content.

After rinsing his blades in the bathroom, Ai Yueman lowered his head and pressed the tissue to his face. The entire floor is a restaurant, and along the way, I saw many students drinking to their heart's content, and the smell of alcohol wafted around with the alcohol order, and finally the rich whole grass seemed to be soaked in wine.

He frowned, got up and tried to walk out of the bathroom, only to find that there was someone else at the exit.

It was a tall man, his eyebrows were rare and exquisite, his face was pale but he had been ill for a long time, the pure white Tang suit on his body was meticulously buttoned to the top, the deliberately enlarged body looked a little hollow with the action of leaning forward, and the cuffs rolled up two layers, revealing a valuable watch on the slender wrist, the watch body was pure black, much fairer than ordinary people, and even the wrist that was biased towards miserable white was simply shocked by the comparison.

The man stood with his head hanging from the wall, the smell of alcohol was almost blowing in his face, and he didn't know how much he had drunk. And when drunk like this, he still stood straight and stiff, like a stubborn and upright poplar. But the standing posture was certainly not the reason why Ai Yueman noticed him, this person was too tall, and he took up most of the narrow door of the bathroom.

Can't get out......

Ai Yueman had a headache, but still asked tentatively: "Are you okay with this gentleman?" ”

The man raised his head suddenly, and his eyes like ice blades made Ai Yueman couldn't help but be shocked, but the man leaned against the door frame but was taller than him, his half-length black hair was tied on the left side, and a few small bells were wrapped around it, but his eyes were not so gentle, like a basin of ice water that fell down in the moon.

The ice-like eyes were too piercing, but Ai Yueman only felt indifferent when he looked at it again, and the chill disappeared. He said good-natured again: "Sir, if you can still walk, get up and walk a few steps, you are in my way." ”

The pain in his head was about to explode, Bai Zhao half-closed his eyes, and his reason was half-floating and half-sinking in his thinking. He was killed by the enemy, but his poor physical condition after the battle forced him to draw on his strength to protect his heart, which made his other body parts extremely burdensome. There was a sharp pain in the muscles and nerves that were nourished by the spiritual power, but the pain of breathing was like being cut alive by ten thousand knives, making it difficult for him to distinguish whether the little monster in front of him was good or evil, and his mind became sluggish because of too much pain, and he only knew that he couldn't follow the other party's words.

Ai Yueman: "......"

He watched as the tall man frowned, and stretched out his hand to block the door.

Poison this guy! Is he a naΓ―ve little boy who teases girls!

Ai Yueman: "Sir, please don't cos, okay?" If you're the door, and now I say 'open the sesame door,' you'll get out of the way, okay? ”

The man's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, and he snorted sharply before Ai Yueman wanted to say, 'Sesame opens the door'.

Ai Yueman: "......"

Ahhhhhh

Just when Ai Yueman was at a loss and even wanted to give him a little spiritual power at the risk of exposure, the man suddenly shook, and the whole person fell down the door frame.

Is it drunk?

Ai Yueman stepped over him, planning to help him find the mall security guard in the spirit of meeting in Pingshui. But the nature of being born engraved in the body of Shousheng Grass and not being able to see death and not save him made him finally come back, and he resigned himself to taking out the pill he had brought with him when he was in the Nether.

The nameless small realm conventional pill, one can build muscles from flesh and bones, but it is used to treat drunkenness, and even those who are carrying several pills also feel pain in their flesh.

As a result, the man took a sip, and the next action was to spit it out!

If it was a simple sharp pain, it was familiar to Bai Zhao more than ten years before and it was almost the same as drinking water, Bai Zhao frowned, and injected a trace of spiritual power from his heart into his feet, wanting to move to the side. Unbeknownst to him, the demonic qi that was already stirring in the heart was like a bloodthirsty bird finally finding a breach, and it instantly surged towards the heart vein! The operation of spiritual power was interrupted, and before he could snort, his body was no longer under his control.

Feeling that someone was approaching, the body subconsciously released spiritual power around him, and a large red flame licked the corners of the two people's clothes and covered the entire washstand, like a hellish hot scene, but the monster whose demon power was so weak that he couldn't perceive it seemed that he couldn't feel the vigorous murderous aura on his body at all, and touched his face.

Bai Zhao's chaotic brain suddenly sobered up a lot, and the gentle demonic aura on the little monster's body came down his fingers, like a spring breeze that he suddenly encountered in the cold winter for a long time, gentle and soft, making him unconsciously take off a little guard. In the slightest slackness, the mouth was suddenly stuffed with a sweet thing.

Bai Zhao took a sip, it was sweet, it was still strawberry flavor, Bai Zhao subconsciously wanted to spit it out. As a result, when he opened his mouth, he was firmly covered by a hand, and the voice that sounded nice but cold like snow on a snowy mountain said in his ear:

"You have a loss of qi and blood, and your body is even more weak, if you eat this, it will be good for you, and you may be able to live for another half a month. Why push it out if you have a life. ”

Ai Yueman lowered her head, her expression was indifferent, and the palm she covered did not relax for a moment. Finally, his subordinates moved their throats and made a swallowing motion.

Less than half an hour after Ai Yueman left, the two of them, who were full of worry and almost couldn't swallow, saw him walking back slowly. The young man's clear appearance, the regular black hair that slightly exceeds the ears, is not well-behaved, but more like a little holy and rigid, attracting a lot of obscure eyes nearby.

Ding Ning put down the pig's trotters that he hadn't bitten a few bites in his hand: "Brother Ai, isn't it fun nearby?" ”

He just teased Ai Yueman, who could play with potted plants for a day, when he saw that the young man actually tilted his head and laughed.

Ai Yueman said seriously: "It's fun to die." ”

Ding Ning: "......"

Are your reactions and expressions funny or angry?

As a result, when the three of them left, the food on the table was almost full, and until they arrived at the hotel, the two of them had been taught by Ai Yueman to be ashamed of waste, and that appearance was not like the previous kaolin flower, but like a mother who was sad and wasted in an apron. The two people who shrank into the hotel seemed to see hope the moment they saw the sign at the door, and they had to tell the young lady at the front desk all their resumes.

The young lady at the front desk had an expression of a guest, what the hell are you going to do?

Ding Dang's room is on the opposite door of Ai Yueman and Ding Ning's room, and it can be found at the slightest movement. Seeing that the sky was slowly getting dark, when the stars disappeared again in the dark city sky, the smell of barbecue with the smell of cumin spread far away, and there were three more people in the dark alley.

"Is this it?" Ai Yueman asked Ding Dang.

"I was standing here waiting for my friend to ...... on this telephone pole."

"Where did the gaze come from?"

Although a person's gaze is invisible, sometimes even if you are facing away from someone, you can feel his gaze, such as when someone walks in and looks at you while sleeping. It had been a few months since the incident, but Dante remembered that sight very well, and reached out and pointed towards the exit on the east side of the alley.

"There."

The dim street lamps stood quietly at the intersection of the intersections, making the sound of electricity, and small flying insects swirled around the light, occasionally slamming into the light in desperation, and surviving because the bulbs were not hot enough.

Ai Yueman circled around the street lamp and came to a conclusion:

"No ghosts."

"To be exact, there is no ghost in this area."

"How is it possible," Ding Dang said hurriedly, "I obviously just felt the sight, and I had only been to this place before the accident, so I didn't lie to you." ”

Ding Ning is different from Ding Dang, he knew Ai Yueman's strength when he was in the Special Administration, but being able to come and go freely in the illusion also made him a little uncertain, so he could only keep silent. And Ai Yueman's voice is still steady and indifferent.

"You've also entered the illusion, and it's obvious that the crime took place in the woods."

Ding Dang, who was in a hurry to explain, was stunned, yes, it was indeed a forest at the time, and the girl ran in the forest to avoid pursuit, and was dragged out and killed when she was hiding in the bushes and thought she was out of danger......

"So......" she looked up and saw that there were old-looking brick walls, and although there were some greenery planted on both sides of the road according to the instructions of the Environmental Protection Bureau, they did not match the woods that had accumulated large areas of fallen leaves in the environment.

An idea took shape in her head, and Ding Dang's heart skipped a beat at the thought, she hesitated and stammered:

"So...... Here, is it a place to dump corpses? ”

The voice dissipated instantly in the cool wind of the autumn night, and it was dark all around, and a large barbecue stall seemed to be far away as if it had been promised, and there were dogs barking from the shops next to them, but the faΓ§ade was pulled down.

"The murderer who chose to dump the body on the commercial street wanted more people to find out about it, and he indulged in the panic and discussion of the incident brought by the incident. He enjoys the murderous title bestowed by the media, which satisfies his twisted vanity. Such a murderer will not only record the whole process of the victim's murder, but will generally return to the scene of the crime long after the crime. ”

The black-haired teenager put his hands in his pockets, and his calm face revealed a little boredom: "Reminiscing about the scene at that time." By the way, look for the next victim. ”

"The street lamp side is close to the wet market, and there are a lot of people coming in and out, which is perfect for hiding. Ding: When you told me about the strange things you've been encountering since the next day, the ghosts don't need your tissues or hair. I don't think the sight you felt that day was under the streetlights. ”

"It's a murderer who blends in with the crowd of groceries and gently asks for the price."

There was silence for a while, Ding Dang pursed his lips, and his hands unconsciously pinched the corners of his clothes. Yes, if you say that you have a grudge because your cruelly treated body is discarded in the downtown area, there is no ghost here. It's just that this even more terrifying guess made her sweat in the unhot weather, and it wasn't until Ding Ning held her hand tightly that she felt her stiff body regain a little vitality.

She opened her mouth, and her voice was a little hoarse: "He, when he cut my hair, why didn't he do it?" ”

"Maybe it's because some 'condition' isn't met?" Ai Yueman was also wondering about this problem, Ding Dang's personal belongings were often lost, giving people the feeling that he was more like a pervert than a murderer...... It's hard to say it's a combination of the two.

"We don't know much about this case, so let's go back today and look for the reports at the time, and if we can, it's best to find the file records at the time."

"The Special Administration and the police also have intersections, and I know a few police friends and ask them to see if they can bring up the records at that time."

This matter is not a simple supernatural event, it is always not so easy to treat people peacefully, and the spell formation cannot prevent bad people. Ding Ning made a decision almost immediately:

"It's too dangerous for Ding Dang to appear here, in case the murderer lives nearby. When I go back, I will retire the room and open a family room, and I will be wronged by Brother Ai. ”

He is grass, and he doesn't feel inconvenient, but Ding Ning's sincerity Ai Yueman still feels it: "It's okay, everything is based on Ding Dang's safety." ”

The family room of this hotel is a two-entry layout, Ding Dang sleeps on the small bed inside, and Ai Yueman and Ding Ning sleep on the bed in the outer room. Through the switch in the middle, Ai Yueman could see that Ding Ning had been turning over with as little movement as possible, obviously because he was afraid of what Ding had done before.

After all, living in the same house, Ai Yueman did not meditate until dawn as usual, and lay under the quilt like humans.

He reassured: "Don't worry, none of that happened. ”

Ding Ning slowly turned over to face the ceiling and exhaled, "I'm just afraid," he whispered, "She almost left me forever...... The thought of it scares me. ”

In the few days I lived here, I never saw Ding Ning Ding Dang call his parents, and Ai Yueman was vaguely aware of their family situation.

The moonlight was slightly cool, and the sound of chattering in the room had not stopped.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Early the next morning, Ding Ning, who had huge dark circles under his eyes, said with soy milk: "I asked a friend at the police station, and he said that the results will be available in the evening, and we will go to the scene to ask later?" ”

Ding Dang also looked a little haggard, with two cyan marks on his round little face: "I want to find a way to go to the library of the Imperial University to have a look." ”

"The Imperial University Library is open to people outside the school, but there is no place, but it collects all the newspapers issued in T City, and there will definitely be reports on the case."

For the schools in the university town, Ding Dang naturally knows best.

In the end, the three decided that Ai Yueman would follow Ding Dang to the library, and Ding Ning would go to the scene to inquire about the situation, and then find his police friend.

Imperial University has a long history of education and a strong educational atmosphere, and it is also a leading university in the early country. In addition, its cautious school spirit, diverse talents, and beautiful scenery attract countless people, so the campus is open every weekend throughout the year for people to visit.

Among the frowning hydrangeas, there are purple flowers falling upside down and swaying in the wind, and many people come and go, many people come and go, but there is not much worry on their faces, and the small stereo hidden in the flowers emits elegant music, echoing throughout the campus.

Take a quick look at the newspaper in hand. The illusion can tell people not only the location and process of the crime, but also the time can be roughly felt. Generally, the older the time, the more blurred the surrounding environment in the illusion becomes. Judging by the previous illusions, maybe no more than three years.

Eligible newspapers were piled up in a thick hill, and soon Ai Yue was full of stools to find what he needed.

Above is a report of an incident with that shopping street in the background. A female college student was killed by a murderer while passing through the woods at night, and the next day her body was found in the downtown area. The corpse's left foot was missing, and the toes of his right foot were all cut off, and the fatal wound was in the neck, a huge incision that severed the carotid artery.

It can be said that it is very miserable.

Although Ai Yueman can't have much empathy for human pain, she feels a chill in her heart just by looking at the description, not to mention ......

The murderer said that he would record it on DV and send it to the girl's parents.

Ding Dang's side also found a report that the case had a bad social impact, and many newspapers reported on the incident. The two of them divided their labors, and soon it was noon.

"It should be about the same, now I'm waiting for the case record from the police." Closing the last newspaper, Ai Yueman said.

Ding Dang nodded, the family she was from originally made her bolder than ordinary girls, and the precipitation of the morning made her calm down a lot.

"The canteen of Imperial University is also open to people outside the school, but at a special window, I'll take you there."

Ai Yueman naturally has no opinion. The two walked down from the library, passing by the square was white, surrounded by ever-blooming flowers, and the square was full of people, all of them were very excited.

A few people walking by were chattering: "The atmosphere of the emperor is really extraordinary, just now I saw people sitting in a circle reading a book next to the flower bed." ”

"I saw it too, and one of the books was taken backwards."

"Reversed?"

"Don't you know what day it is?"

The voice gradually moved away, Ai Yueman and the two also walked near the square, only to see that most of the people in the square were girls, and they couldn't see the embarrassment of the emperor who was more men than women.

Some girls couldn't hold back their excitement: "Seriously, will Senior Bai really come?" ”

"Didn't the class group say it, Senior Bai was specially invited to give a speech at the freshman mobilization meeting."

"Wow-"

Ai Yueman listened casually, his arm suddenly tightened, and when he turned his head, he saw Ding Dang's round face flushed.

"It's Senior Bai!"

The whispering in his ear suddenly became smaller, and Ding Dang's strength holding his arm tightened more and more unconsciously, Ai Yueman followed her fiery gaze, and just saw a handsome and upright back.

That person is tall, but he looks a little sickly, and his straight shoulders are matched with a thin and good-looking waist, and he inexplicably has a kind of wind and bamboo posture, just the back can make people understand why so many people are sought after.

Ai Yueman's eyes were squinted, and there was always a familiar feeling, what was going on?

The arm was pulled again, Ai Yueman lowered his head, and saw Ding Dang looking at him with a flattering face.

"Brother Yueman, I have nothing to do anyway, will you accompany me to listen to his speech later? A while, a little while. ”

Regarding Ding Dang, who made it clear that he was not interested in the content of the speech and just wanted to see people, Ai Yueman said helplessly:

"Okay."

Located in a huge plaza on the west side of the campus, the Cultural Hall is a tetrahedral structure, with a small arc at the edges and corners that makes it appear less sharp, but rather a sense of heaviness and stability. Half an hour ago, the school's cultural hall was opened, and many students were already looking forward to it.

"I heard that Senior Bai Zhao is the first time to accept an invitation to give a mobilization speech."

Immediately, someone said in a heavy tone: "I am willing to use repeating a grade as a freshman."

"I heard that Senior Bai is not only in his twenties but also a double degree doctor, and the last time the school was in the limelight in the college student physics competition, it was also led by Senior Bai."

The fan is not only a girl, but a boy with glasses on the other side said: "I declare that from today onwards I will be a leech, just waiting to pounce on the dream bed of knowledge!" ”

"Drink, I'm afraid that you will say halfway that you were killed under the slippers of fate."

It is not yet known whether it is a future scholar, but this 'blood leech' is speaking arrogantly, and his eyes are constantly looking towards the person at the end like everyone around him.

The man was tall, although he was only wearing the most ordinary T-shirt and jeans, he was also shining like a model, his eyebrows were black like ink, the tails of his eyes were slightly raised, with a little red as if he hadn't woken up, and his hair was just past his ears.

And Kaolin Flower yawned, and said in his heart, so bored.