Chapter 5: Inside and Out
This is Qi Yao's memory before his death. The blood-stained night, the tragic deaths, and the door that was close but untouchable, the despair of being isolated and struggling in the dead seemed to be directly attached to Ah Li's mind through illusions, lingering. I couldn't see the man's face, only a gray back, and the presumptuous and arrogant smile that had been hovering in my head for a long time.
The wind in Qi Yao's memory was bitter and biting, mixed with a strong smell of blood.
Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking the air in her ears, and Ah Li's heart sank, and she was about to dodge, but Yuan Yanzhi beside her took the first step, stopped her by the waist, and turned around to avoid the attack.
And seeing the hands-on "person", Ah Li's heart was messy!
Isn't this Qi Yao's memory illusion? Why can you still see them? No one answered her doubts, and the masked people who were still on the death penalty stopped their movements at this moment, looking at them without saying a word, strange and gloomy, and there was darkness behind the mask, like dirt hidden in the dark for a long time, which made her heart sick.
The masked man walked towards them slowly, obviously moving, but there was no sound, silent, eerie quiet.
Yuan Yanzhi beside her had already consciously protected her in the crook of her arm, and the anger that could not be concealed between her eyebrows lingered, and she had already pinched the rune paper between her fingers and tensed her body.
Qi Yao and the man disappeared at some point, leaving only the corpse that was no longer struggling, and the blood that was gradually coagulating.
And in the courtyard, the masked man who gradually surrounded them with a knife.
"Be careful."
As soon as the words fell, the masked man suddenly waved his arms and slashed at them! The knife was still stained with mottled blood, carrying a pungent fishy smell. As soon as Ah Li threw out two pieces of rune paper, she was picked up by Yuan Yanzhi's waist without warning, just dodging the blade stabbed by the bevel, and the smell of the oncoming body made Ah Li nause, but she was very relieved by the action of the people around her to protect her.
Yuan Zhenzhi's hand kept moving, dodging slashes again and again, and at the same time protecting Ah Li firmly, but it didn't seem difficult at all, but it was easy to play.
However, it was only possible to avoid their attacks, because-
They can't beat the Masked Man at all!
The rune paper that Ah Li threw out fell to the ground as if she hadn't found her target, and when Yuan Yanzhi hit them, it seemed to be poking into a cloud of mist, empty and didn't cause any damage to them at all!
"Click!" Yuan Yanzhi hugged Ah Li and dodged his head, and the laurel branch with the thickness of his forearm behind him folded in response!
They can't beat the masked man, but the knife that the other party slashed over is real!
And in the process of dodging, Ah Li also found that the other party's speed was not normal at all! Obviously, Fang Fang is still a few meters away, and he can sneak attack behind you in the blink of an eye, if it weren't for Yuan Yanzhi's agility, the two of them would probably have become one of those corpses!
Things are getting more and more complicated.
After a few movements, Yuan Yanzhi did not feel any discomfort, but Ah Li felt a little powerless, and the masked man's movements were getting faster and faster, probably because he found the difference between the two, and the strength of the cut became more and more fierce, Ah Li could even feel the smell of death!
It's not the way to go on like this! Ali racked her brain to think about the problem.
Why? Why can they see outsiders even though they are the masked people in their memories?!Why are they still trapped in this illusion when Qi Yao is gone!
His gaze followed Yuan Yanzhi's evasive movements and skimmed over the corpses on the periphery one by one.
Why, such a massacre did not alarm anyone at all! It's like being isolated from another world......
Wait a minute! Isolated?!
With a flash of inspiration in her mind, Ah Li looked at the ancient well and suddenly understood!
"Quick! Put that mirror in the room on the well!"
The reason why no one found out about the Qi family's affairs was because this tragedy happened in a mirror image! That's why there will be no movement in the eyes of the outside world, and everything is isolated in the mirror!
From the moment they stepped into this courtyard, they stepped into this whole great mirror image!
That's why the masked people will be able to see them in their memories!
And the medium of this great mirror image is the well!
Qi Yao used mirrors as a medium to bring them into memory, so now, as long as the two mirrors are facing each other, this game can be broken!
After hearing Ah Li's words, Yuan Yizhi turned to the window on the second floor without hesitation, and did not say anything, did not ask anything.
As long as she says it, he does it.
His movements were fast, and he jumped into the window with a kick on the wall, Ah Li quickly moved the mirror, and Yuan Yanzhi also grabbed her waist, and after a smooth movement, the two cooperated very tacitly, as if they had gone through thousands of times.
The masked man also chased after him, and in an instant he firmly surrounded the window, so that they in the room seemed to be like trapped beasts who had escaped into a dead end, and the cold mask seemed to mock them for their stupidity.
Scold.
Ah Li sneered in her heart, who is stupid or not.
Scooped the sheets over the bed and stretched them out, blocking the masked man's view.
"Let's go!"
Before he could finish speaking, the sheet, which had not had time to hit the ground, was suddenly pierced by a dozen knives, turning into rags and scattered all over the room. And Yuan Yanzhi had already taken advantage of this gap to stand on the edge of the ancient well with Ah Li in his arms.
Without hesitation, she turned the mirror down and faced the wellhead, and just when the masked man's knife was only a centimeter away from her, the wellhead suddenly changed!
A huge suction force struck, and the mirror in her hand shattered into slag in an instant, leaving only a frame, and Yuan Yanzhi's eye quickly protected her eyes with his hands, holding her and turning away from the wellhead, blocking all the damage behind him.
Like a silent and reliable shield, Ali thought to herself.
The temperature of his palm ironed against her eyelids, and the force was not too big or too small, which could not only protect her eyes, but also not make her uncomfortable.
Ah Li didn't know that the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned at the moment, just because the person was wholeheartedly protective.
The surrounding environment also began to change, as if time and space were distorted, the masked man was long gone, and all the corpses in the courtyard were also gone.
All that remained was black-brown, dried blood.
The broken yard, the withered flowers and plants, the wind blows, like a silent complaint.
This is the real Qi family yard. Ali took out a piece of talisman paper, threw it out while chanting the incantation, and it ignited before it hit the ground, slowly floating in the air, and as the flames went out, a small brown spirit butterfly flew out of it, and after flying around the yard, it returned to Ali's side, and she put it in a small bottle.
There was a slight light in the sky, and soon someone would see everything and couldn't stay any longer. With a stomach full of doubts, Ah Li and Yuan Yizhi left Qi's house and found a small road to detour.
*****
The winter air always makes Ah Li feel dreary and cold, and the cars on the road come and go, and most of the pedestrians on the road look in a hurry, as if they are in a hurry to escape the cold outdoors. When Ah Li and Yuan Yanzhi returned home from a long journey, it was already close to twelve o'clock.
Judging from what happened last night, the Qi family's destruction was probably aimed at Qi Yao alone, but she was only a girl less than eighteen years old, what was the reason for her? , the weird masked man, the Qi family, and the man in the suit...... What exactly is the connection between them?
At the table, Ali was looking at a pattern on the paper. That's what she just painted, what the mask looks like.
"Huh."
A soft sigh pulled her mind back to sitting next to the mask pattern.
"Don't be angry, it's dangerous."
At that time, the situation was urgent, so Ah Li hid it in his pocket and didn't let it out, and now this thing is angry. Looking up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, it looks a little sad.
Poked it.
Turn around and ignore it.
"I'll coax it." Looking up at Shangyuan Yuzhi's slightly smiling eyes, she suddenly remembered the perfect cooperation between the two before.
He seemed to be so gentle with her all the time.
A little uncomfortable.
"Well, that's fine, I'll go cook." After saying that, he quickly turned around and rushed to the kitchen, regardless of how he would "coax".
Yuan Yanzhi looked at the back of the deserted escape, and smiled even deeper. However, when he turned to look at the small piece of paper on the table, his face was expressionless, and there was a faint trace of disgust.
Ya Ya was simply stunned by the speed at which this man changed his face! and his eyes widened, and in less than two minutes, he was frightened by Yuan Yanzhi's cold expression and abandoned his armor and hurriedly ran to the kitchen.
"Yikes!" Like a monkey on a tree, he quickly hid in the pocket of Ah Li's clothes and didn't dare to come out, and he couldn't see the more obvious disgust in the eyes of the man behind him.
Scold.
"Huh? It's kind of useful, and then you can coax it. Ah Li looked at the "well-behaved" Yaya, and half-jokingly said to Yuan Yizhi on the side.
"Okay." The deep voice made Ah Li stunned again, she didn't expect him to respond so simply. But he quickly came back to his senses, turned around and continued to stare at the soup on the induction cooker.
Yaya: ......
There is no hope for paper life.
"It's been almost a week, and there's no clue at all! Are you using your brains to prepare for the New Year?! Ah Li, who was standing outside the door, was startled by this roar, and the little policeman who was about to knock on the door next to her smiled at her embarrassedly: "Our team leader...... It's been a bit of a fire lately...... Hehe......"
Ali smiled and didn't speak.
Si An's stinky temper, she has seen it a long time ago.
She needed more information about the Qi family, and this information could only be provided to her by Si An, so she would run to the police station where he was to find someone.
"Knock knock."
"Which bastard?!Get in!" Ah Li thanked the little policeman who knocked on the door, and pushed the door in despite his surprised gaze.
"The voice of the team leader is really loud as always."
Seeing that it was her, Si An was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand as usual to drive away the group of subordinates who had been trained by him, and then lit a cigarette and looked at her and Yuan Yanzhi on the side, and slowly exhaled: "What, are you bringing your boyfriend to meet your parents?"
"…… Side. I'm here to ask you for a little information, about the specific situation of the Qi family's extermination case. "
Talking about business, Si An also became serious: "What did you find?"
He knew that Rong Li was not an ordinary person because of a case two years ago.
That night, he happened to see a murderer who had been pursued by the police for a long time, and he couldn't wait to chase after him, but was led into a dead end by the other party, and what happened next was a nightmare that he still remorlies.