79 · relic
["Don't you know?" Jiang Kunlun showed a faint smile, "This is dragonfly feces. ”】
After listening to Jiang Kunlun talk about his experience, Dugu Linqi was breathless.
He didn't add any embellishment, just told everything he saw in vain, but the scene of Dugu Man's killing was vividly displayed in front of Dugu Linqi's eyes, in this dim room with flickering candlelight, he saw through the darkness that night - the water gushing out of the blood was glowing red in the moonlight, and the killer left Jiang Kunlun who was lost and left slowly.
Jiang Kunlun didn't speak for a long time, and he left plenty of time to let Dugu Linqi calm down. Although this teenager is a little more mature than his peers, it must be difficult to accept hearing how his sister was killed. He was even ready to wait for Dugu Linqi to blame him for Dugu Man's death.
He was willing to bear it.
Over the years, even he himself has always thought so.
But Dugu Linqi didn't say anything, his breathing gradually calmed down, and his eyes flashed with wisdom again.
After a while, Jiang Kunlun spoke: "I have a conjecture about that killer recently. This was Chen Jian's conjecture, but he and Dugu Linqi seemed to have a tacit understanding, and they were reluctant to mention Chen Jian at this time. He continued: "I always thought the killer was a man, but she could also be a woman. ”
"Woman, why do you think so?" Speaking of the female killer, a figure immediately appeared in Dugu Linqi's mind.
"It's just a possibility. As I said earlier, the killer is dressed tightly. ”
"It was summer, so it was possible to dress tightly to cover your figure. ”
"That's right. But the jury isn't yet out - how did you survive? Maybe you'll find a clue in it. ”
In the face of his question, Dugu Linqi hesitated for the first time: if he told him everything that happened at that time, the sect leader's affairs would be leaked, which would not actually be unfavorable to the sect leader, but it would be dangerous for him...... But if I don't tell him, he will think that I am hiding something, and maybe he will not trust me.
Dugu Linqi pretended to cover his head in pain, and said in a low voice: "I was just lucky, I met a group of merchants before the incident, and I went out of Dugu Distant Mountain with them in order to have fun. ”
Jiang Kunlun had no doubts about this, he nodded in disappointment: "It seems that I can't hear any clues." ”
"Hmmm......"
Dugu Linqi recalled the real past in his mind, and did not find any bits and pieces about the murderer, the mysterious exterminator seemed to appear out of thin air, and wiped the sea of blood all over Dugu Distant Mountain without any warning.
It is like an ancient mirror door.
"Ancient Mirror Gate," Dugu Linqi said, "Could it be that the Ancient Mirror Gate was also destroyed by that person?!"
"I've thought about it too. The Ancient Mirror Gate was destroyed because of the ancient Dao Fei Heart, and Dugu Yuanshan, you also know that the things that are worth plundering at all, even the most outstanding Qi Gathering Heart Method has long been made public. ”
Dugu Linqi nodded. In fact, he knows very little about his hometown, and he was playful and listened to the teachings of his elders when he was a child.
"In short," Jiang Kunlun said, "the Ancient Mirror Gate has been destroyed, and if these two things are from the same person, we will definitely have a chance to pull out that person's fox tail." You can't rush it now, if the exterminator finds out that you, the descendant of the Dugu family, are still alive, they will definitely find an opportunity to attack you. ”
"I understand. Dugu Linqi said in his heart: I am not the same as before.
"We've been holding back for eleven years, so why wait a little longer. Jiang Kunlun said, "I'll visit the Trace Hall tomorrow and see what they have found in the Ancient Mirror Gate." ”
"Can you take me with you? ”
Jiang Kunlun hesitated: "You'd better make some disguises." ”
"Good. ”
"Come to me tomorrow morning when you have time, I can go at any time. ”
"Thank you, Brother Jiang. Dugu Linqi hugged his fists and said goodbye.
*
In the early morning of the next day, Dugu Linqi went to the bamboo forest without even eating breakfast, Jiang Kunlun didn't care about hunger, the two didn't say a word of greeting, and quickly walked towards the halfway point of the mountain where the trace hall was located.
After Jiang Kunlun explained his intention to the fellow senior brother of the Trace Hall, the other party looked at him suspiciously, muttering why Xue Protector's disciple wanted to come to see the relics of the Ancient Mirror Gate, although he thought so, he still let the two of them in, and stood aside to monitor their every move.
"It's all brought back from the Ancient Mirror Gate, so you can only look at it and can't touch it. The leader advised.
"Thank you, brother. ”
After Jiang Kunlun thanked him, he stood aside with Dugu Linqi and got closer to take a closer look.
Most of the relics brought back were chivalrous cards, martial robes, herbal records, and ancient books, with only a few scattered items.
Dugu Linqi silently stared at these things, because they were not allowed to touch, and the backs of many things needed to be filled by imagination.
"How's it going, but what did you find?" Jiang Kunlun couldn't see anything strange in it, and he couldn't even understand why the Trace Hall had brought these things back instead of other things. Does this help in finding the real culprit?
"Look at these robes," Dugu Linqi pointed to one of the robes that had been cut by a sharp blade, "These cuts are extraordinary, if they are cut with a sharp blade, the cuts should be smoother, but these ......"
Hearing him say this, Jiang Kunlun also discovered the clue: "Jagged, is it using a saw as a weapon?" He couldn't think of any sect that used this kind of thing as its main weapon.
The saw is easy to get in and difficult to get out, although it has strong lethality in combat, but it pays attention to one hit to kill, if the saw is embedded in the flesh, it will become quite passive, and the exterminator killed more than 30 warriors, should not use heavy weapons.
Dugu Linqi also thought of this, and he shook his head: "It's not a saw, it may be other weapons, this is an important clue." ”
Seeing that the young man observed the cut in his clothes in less than a moment, the passer-by admired his meticulousness and said: "Now there are only two sects still using saw blades, both of which are small sects that are unknown, and Wudang has already investigated, one is the silver chain in the north, and the other is the Shu Gutang in the southeast. ”
Dugu Linqi knew that Shu Gutang, this small gang didn't even have a Rong Protector, and it was impossible for them to destroy the Ancient Mirror Gate with their ability;
The leader observed them for a moment, and felt that the two men should have no other thoughts, so he continued: "You can touch these things, just don't break them—although they are all in tatters." ”
"Thank you. Dugu Linqi replied briefly. Even if the leader doesn't say it, he intends to ask for it.
The martial robes of the ancient mirror gate were covered with a layer of mud, and there was blood standing in various corners, from which you could get a glimpse of the horror of that night, which made Dugu Linqi can't help but think of Dugu Yuanshan again. He pursed his lips and held his robe in his hand to observe it repeatedly.
"It's ......," he said, finding yellow stripes on many of his robes.
"Don't you know?" Jiang Kunlun showed a faint smile, "This is dragonfly feces." ”
"Tsk. ”
Dugu Linqi hurriedly wiped his fingers with his martial robe.
"But it's a little strange, Xie Lingyuan is cold to dragonflies, and there shouldn't be many dragonflies there. ”
The Trace Hall didn't pay attention to these things during the inspection, and the leader said lazily, "Maybe I brought them on the way back." ”
"Hmm......" Dugu Linqi stared at the yellow feces on his clothes. Is this a clue?
"These relics were dragged back in a wagon?"
"yes. ”
The carriage was bumpy, and it was unlikely that the dragonfly would land on it, let alone excrete. But Dugu Linqi is not an insect expert, he is not sure. Let's write it down, it's weird.
After reading all the martial robes, he began to turn over the cards left behind. From these chivalrous cards, it is enough to see how heavy the losses of the rivers and lakes are, the heroes and heroes have died one after another, and the ancient mirror gate that won the Central Plains has ended up like this, and he can't help but sigh at the fragility of the martial arts.
After half an hour, the passer-by saw that the two were no longer touching each other, so he asked, "Have you finished reading?"
"Well, thank you, brother. ”
"Your kid has good observation skills, do you want to consider entering our trace hall?" The passer-by saw that Dugu Linqi was leaving, and hurriedly asked.
"No need. Dugu Linqi smiled, "Xue Protector has already taken me as an apprentice." ”
"Oh-" with a long sigh of disappointment, "that's cheap." ”