The eleven soldiers were each monitored by two people from the Imperial Governor's Mansion, isolated to different positions, trembling and writing on bamboo slips, each soldier had a cool breeze on his back, cold sweat trickling down, trying to remember what had happened last night, for fear of missing details and writing mistakes, and being executed.

In about a stick of incense, more than a dozen people had already written, and handed the bamboo slips to Wuji and Yao Jia one by one, and they knelt back to their places, uneasy, bowing their heads and waiting for interrogation.

After reading the bamboo slips, Wuji opened his mouth and asked his subordinates: "Liang Er, when you recounted the incident, you were resting on the bow deck of the ship, and you saw that group of water ghosts jumped up from the stern, and in just an instant, you killed all the soldiers at the stern.

Liang Er was so frightened that he hurriedly fell to the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Those water ghosts are dark, their faces are hideous, their eyes are shining fiercely, the villain is as timid as a mouse, and he has never encountered that kind of terrible thing, the villain is not as good as a pig and a dog, it is really damned." ”

"Chen Cheng, when you narrated the crime, you stood at the stern of the ship, heard someone screaming at the bow of the boat, turned around sharply, and saw more than a dozen evil ghosts stretching out their claws, lifting the soldier's head, and twisting it off, you wanted to go forward to fight, but you were pushed into the water by the crowded soldiers in front of you, and after you found a few other people who fell into the water, they climbed back to the boat together, at that time the deck was full of blood and stumps and broken arms, those water ghosts had long since disappeared, you two, one said that the water ghost jumped up from the bow of the ship first, and the other said that it was from the stern, contradicting each other, who said the truth？”

Chen Cheng shouted in a low voice: "What the villain said is the truth, what he said is a lie, the water ghost obviously jumped up from the bow and both sides of the boat, and there is no water ghost at the stern of the boat, the three of them can testify for me, please be aware of it." ”

Liang Er argued: "You are talking nonsense, you were not guarding at the stern at that time, I saw you jump into the water from the side of the ship with my own eyes, you ......"

With a 'snap', Yao Jia slapped a few cases, interrupted Liang Er's words, and angrily reprimanded: "Bold criminal, do you know the consequences of concealing the facts!" The soldier who was kneeling on the ground was so frightened that he fell to the ground, trembling all over.

Hearing this, Wu Jian turned his eyes slightly, glanced at Yao Jia's old hand that was still left on the case, and continued to ask: "Liang Er, you said earlier that you fainted, and this also said that you saw him jump into the water with your own eyes, can you still see others clearly when you faint?"

Liang Er was asked this question, and he panicked, and said, "Villain...... , After the villain fainted, he woke up immediately, but when he saw the terrible situation, only by pretending to be dead could he save his life, and the villain was also a last resort, so please surrender to the adult. ”

Wujian asked: "It's okay to pretend to be dead, but it's difficult to pretend to be dead with your eyes open, and you can see others diving with your own eyes, are you pretending to be dead?"

"I ...... I...... I found him by accident, and...... , the villain will pretend to be dead with his eyes open. ”

"When a person encounters danger, the first thing to pay attention to is the danger, how can he pay attention to others, and can not pay attention when he encounters danger, there is only one kind of person, that is, to know what the danger is, how the danger occurs, how to avoid it, you don't really invite it, only the punishment is waiting. ”

Liang Er trembled all over, and cried: "Adults are clear, villains do pretend to be dead with their eyes open, please look at ,...... adults" As he spoke, he rolled his eyes, 'cooed', stared, fell to the ground, and remained motionless for a long time, and everyone was secretly convinced by his expression.

Yao Jia shouted: "Don't pretend, get up quickly!" After speaking, Liang Er was still motionless, everyone was puzzled, Yao Jia continued: "Don't hurry up yet!" Still no response.

Everyone immediately felt that something was wrong, Yao Jia made a look, and the jailer behind him stepped forward and reached out to grab Liang Er, at this time, I saw Liang Er's head tilted to the side, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, "Ah...... He's dead!" The jailer sat down in fright.

"There are assassins, protect your lordship......" The entire court panicked.

"Stand where you are, don't move, otherwise you will correct the Fa on the spot!" Yao Jia shouted angrily, and the public hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone did not dare to breathe.

Wuji got up, slowly walked down the steps, and came to the corpse, Miaoxin followed closely, not leaving an inch, Wuji leaned over and pinched Liang Er's jaw, looked into his mouth, and saw that it was full of blood, his tongue was black and purple, and he said in a deep voice: "Kill yourself by taking poison!" Everyone felt a little relieved after hearing this.

Yao Jia lamented: "As soon as Lord Yushi asked him, he committed suicide, how can this be good!"

Wuxian sat back in his place and said calmly: "This poison is hidden in the mouth in advance, as long as you bite it and swallow it, you will die instantly, presumably this is all in their plan, if there is a slight mistake, you will kill yourself, Tingwei don't have to worry, at least it proves that this is not the water ghost's doing." ”

Yao Jia hurriedly shouted, "Quickly check if the rest of the people have poison hidden in their mouths!"

Hearing this, the jailer stepped forward to carefully examine the mouths of the remaining survivors, and found no foreign objects.

Wuji continued to ask: "Du Fang, you are the only survivor in the cabin, you recounted that at the time of the crime, you were resting in the storage cabin, you heard someone screaming outside, you knew that something was wrong, and hid in the grain bag, so you were not killed, you saw the water ghost rushing into the storage tank to kill the rest of the people, yes or no?"

Du Fang replied in a trembling voice: "Yes...... Yes!"

Wuji said in a deep voice: "Don't be nervous, carefully recall the appearance of those water ghosts, what kind of clothes they were wearing, and what kind of actions they used to kill them." ”

"Yes...... , the water ghosts are extremely fast, their claws are like knives, and they can break their necks or pull out their hearts in a moment, and they are extremely terrifying, their faces are white, as if they are coated with a layer of powder, and they are wearing ...... The clothes they wore were shabby and smelled fishy. ”

"Very well, keep talking!"

"By the way, the villain seems to have heard the flute......"

At this point, the "sand" beams shook slightly, like the wind blowing through the eaves, Miao Xin immediately noticed it, turned his palm, split out a blue light, and intercepted the cyclone that shot towards the unobstructed, 'pop', exploded in the air of the public hall, at the same time, Du Fang fell to the ground in response, and the words stopped in his mouth.

Miao Xin shouted: "There is an assassin on the roof, I'll chase it!" Qianying flew up suddenly, like Chang'e running to the moon, 'bang ......', breaking a hole in the glazed tiles of the roof, rushing out, falling on the ridge of the roof, and quickly scanning around by the moonlight.

Suddenly, the black shadow on the third roof ridge in the southeast direction flashed and disappeared, it must be an assassin, Miaoxin stepped on both feet, but did not step on a piece of tile, the body was like a flying swallow, and quickly swept towards the black shadow, and when he encountered the intermittent place of the house, he stepped out of the light blue lotus flower in the air, like a string of lanterns hanging in the air, strange and colorful, fleeting.

The black shadow was as fast as the wind, on the ups and downs of the houses, disappearing from time to time, flickering left and right, and the wonderful heart and qi were in hot pursuit, chasing a mile away, but always maintaining a distance of a hundred zhang.

Miao Xin saw that the black shadow was about to step across the Weishui, and suddenly felt that it was really unsafe to leave Wuxian alone in the Tingwei Mansion, if there were still such masters taking advantage of the chaos to assassinate, she would regret it for the rest of her life, and hurriedly turned around, and rushed back like lightning, even faster than chasing the assassin.

......

There was chaos in the public hall below the "Arrest the Assassin ......", several guards rushed out of the house and searched the roof, and the guards who heard the shouts in the palace came from all the courtyards, the lights were bright, and they searched everywhere, shouting.

The prison guards and guards in the public hall were armed and surrounded Yao Jia, Wuji and others, concentrating on the surroundings, and the survivors were lying on the ground, covering their heads, their souls were scattered, and even worse, they had already peed their pants at some point.

Wu Barrier knew that the assassin flew out two shadowless weapons at the same time, one shot at him and the other shot at Du Fang, and after Miao Xin realized it, he could only protect him in a hurry, and there was no chance to intercept the hidden weapon shooting at Du Fang.

Only Wuxian was extremely calm, came to the corpse again, searched for wounds, and soon found a pinhole in the Tianling cover, and said in a deep voice: "Same as the method of killing Jiang Xin and Dong Chong, this person's cultivation is not simple. ”

Yao Jia said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, dare to assassinate in front of the Tingwei Mansion and everyone, it is too arrogant, come here, search the whole city, and arrest suspicious people for questioning." ”

Wu Barrier said: "This move is useless, how can such a cultivator find out, he can only ask for trouble." ”

"If you don't search, won't you let that assassin get away with it?"

"Lord Tingwei should think like this, they only killed people when they had to, how to talk about leisure, originally we were still wondering, whether it was the undead and evil ghosts, but now at least this can be ruled out, shouldn't we be more steadfast in our hearts?"

When Yao Jia heard this, he stroked his beard and said with a sudden smile: "Lord Yushi said this, it is really true, but what should we do next, two important people have been wiped out, if the culprit is not found out as soon as possible, how will Your Majesty explain?"

"Although the people have been killed, haven't all the confessions that should have been recorded have been recorded? What is now almost certain is that there are at least two people in their gang, one is an assassin who has just escaped and will release the Shadowless Poison Needle, and the other is a person who can use the sound of a flute to control zombies and rob ten boxes of jewelry.

At this time, Miaoxin flew back from outside the hall, panting slightly, and seeing that there was no obstacle and safety, she put her mind at ease and said: "My lord, the assassin's body is too fast, and Miaoxin can't catch up with him even when he chases Weishui, and he is worried about the safety of his lord, so he didn't continue to chase him." ”

Wuji smiled slightly: "Actually, you should have thought about my safety from the beginning, chasing so far away, you only came back to the taste, and broke a hole in this roof, it is really worth the loss." ”

"The lesson of the adults is that Miao Xin knows that he is wrong, and Miao Xin will compensate for the tiles on this roof!" Miao Xin said ashamedly.

"What is this loss, how can Miss Miao compensate, Miss Miao took action at a critical time and protected Lord Yushi, it's too late for us to be grateful, not to mention that this move is to catch the assassin, Lord Yushi, your requirements for Miss Miao are too harsh!" Yao Jia said with a smile.

Wu Barrier said: "Since the other party has a cultivation master involved in it, we should now ask Your Majesty to send more cultivation masters in the court to investigate, so that the investigation will be much easier, I don't know what Lord Tingwei thinks?"

Yao Jia thought for a moment, then sighed: "That's the only way, the old man will go to the palace tomorrow to ask Your Majesty." ”

(End of chapter)