Chapter IV: Clues

"The blood word appeared in Dali Temple, 'It is difficult to settle the injustice, and the way of heaven is unfair; The sixteen words of the ghost asking for life, don't complain about it' seem to refer to something, but what grievance does it refer to, what kind of injustice? After that, the deceased rendered the strange and bloody one after another, the butcher, the Qinglou woman, the scholar, the businessman, the squire, the envoy of the Yu State, the government thoroughly investigated these people, they are all clearly registered, innocent, and have nothing to do with each other, what is the purpose of the murderer? Is it one of them who is the one the 'ghost' wants to die? Or all of them? And in the end, the people who came into contact with these people were also killed with extraordinary cruelty. Chu Ruirong sorted out the intricacies in this case and came up with several doubts.

Yun Yanjin held the wine glass, drank slowly, and looked at Gu Xi as if out of habit. Seeing that he was still eating calmly, it seemed that the people in the hall did not know the taste of the food and those bloody cases had no effect on him, as if the most picky diner was seriously tasting the food in front of him, and he almost wanted to blurt out a question: "How does it taste?" ”

Chu Ruirong was about to go down, but when he looked up, he saw that Yun Yanzheng was already turning his head to look at Gu Xi with interest, his eyebrows twitching slightly. saw her lick the corners of her lips and said with a smile: "What do you think?" ”

Gu Xi smiled faintly, picked up the white silk and wiped the corners of his mouth, leaned to the left and whispered to her, "Is General Yun asking about the case, or is it the dishes on this case?" ”

Yun Yanjin was slightly stunned, these two people are still in the mood to laugh?

Yun Yanzheng tilted his head, and moved closer to him a little, Shu Ya's face flowed as beautifully as water in the lamplight, and said with a light smile: "Then let's talk about the dishes first, I heard that the prince specially prepared this list of delicacies for Brother Gu, I don't know if the taste made by this chef can satisfy you?" ”

Gu Xi's eyebrows moved slightly, and he saluted Yun Yanjin and said: "This cook's cooking skills are acceptable, but if he is interested in the future, he should personally present a case of sweet mash to thank the prince for his love." ”

Yun Yanjin grinned, he sent someone to send the list back to the palace, firstly, to show his attention to Gu Xi; The second is to have a misleading mind, so as to cover up Gu Xi's purpose of healing and detoxifying him. Now this person is in front of his friends and sister, saying that he wants to make soup for him, this ridicule is too blatant and unbearable.

Not only was Yun Yanjin unable to resist this ridicule, but even Chu Ruirong was stunned, and he almost blurted out two words: "Presumptuous!" ”

Before he could say his "presumptuousness", she had already heard Yun Yanzheng's "tsk" voice, she turned her eyes to look at Yun Yanjin's intriguing expression as if she was smiling, and smacked her lips and said, "Cousin Huang is really blessed!" For a person like Brother Gu, the dishes made by himself must be unparalleled in the world, and others can't even think of it. ”

Gu Xi smiled and waited for her to finish, then bowed his head and said, "Gu is not talented, General Yun praised it." The look on his face was not a trace of shame.

Yun Yan's phoenix eyes were slightly curled, and he asked a question: "'Shezhi' is also Brother Gu's word?" ”

Chu Rui Rongfang remembered what Gu Xi had said earlier, and a trace of uncertainty unexpectedly rose in his heart.

"General Huiyun's words, Gu Xi, are exactly the words that give up, and I am fortunate to have a relationship with the general." His voice was low and showed a hint of leisure, smiled and left his seat, raised his hand to salute her, and said casually: "Please General Yun lead Gu to Dali Temple?" ”

"Okay." Yun Yanzheng clapped his hands, picked up the white silk on the desk and wiped it.

She was about to get up, but Chu Ruirong took the lead and said, "General Yun, the situation in Gyeonggi is unstable now, and the affairs of the army must be busy. It is enough to be accompanied by others to Brother Gu to Dali Temple, why do you need to run this trip yourself? ”

Gu Xizi had no objections, and waited on the side for them to make a decision.

Yun Yanzheng smiled elegantly, picked up the horsewhip on the desk with his right hand, and pulled his lips and said, "Cousin Huang, the prince, can you sit still in the mansion?" Why don't we go and see how Brother Gu came up with a way to wash away these weird blood characters? She is not very comfortable letting others take a look at this unpredictable and unpredictable person of unknown origin to contact this serious case related to the safety of Kyoto and the country.

Yun Yanjin's eyes flickered slightly, and then he smiled: "This king has this intention, Ruirong, let's go and take a look together." He got up and invited Chu Ruirong.

Chu Ruirong bowed his head, and then left his seat, and the four of them followed Yun Yanjin out of the hall in turn, leaving a room of candles that were blown out by the wind because of pushing the door.

Dali Temple is not far from the Hengwang Mansion, and the four people are fast and riding lightly in a blink of an eye. Yun Yanjin ordered that there was no need to make a big alarm, except for the officials on duty waiting by the side, there was nothing to spare.

A half-moon appeared in the gloomy clouds, and the half-circle of torches illuminated the sixteen characters on the white lacquer wall eerie, red as a drop of blood, and the slightly distorted characters were vivid, as if there were countless ghosts looking at the people in front of them. Even the soft spring breeze blew across the walls, as if stained with blood, as if the lonely ghost was sticking out his cold fingers and caressing the cheeks and necks of everyone. People in Dali Temple go in and out every day, and every time they see these handwritings and think of those terrible bloody cases, they all feel chills from under their feet.

Yun Yanjin and Chu Ruirong looked at the blood word with different expressions, but Yun Yanzheng turned his head to glance at Gu Xi. It's not that she's too careful, it's true that this person sees everything differently from others. Not only did he not feel that these blood words were terrifying, but he was appreciating them with great interest.

Could it be that his taste is really very different from that of others?

"The ghost character is quite skilled, and I can't write it without twenty years of wrist strength, and I'm a female ghost with a habit of cleanliness." Sure enough, his words are not something that ordinary people can take. After Gu Xi finished speaking, he smiled and looked back at Yun Yanzheng's scrutinizing eyes. The rest of the people looked at him with different expressions, only to feel that this person was full of nonsense, and they didn't know what they meant?

"Why does Brother Gu see that he is a female ghost and has a habit of cleanliness?" Yun Yanzheng pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes were bright, and he asked with interest.

Gu Xi's fingers were dotted, as if to say, "Please wait", he turned around and asked the guards on the side softly. He was a distinguished guest who came with the prince, the eldest princess, and the prince, and the guards handed him a fire stick very quickly.

When everyone saw that he had taken the fire stick, there was an extra thing in his right hand, which was so black that he couldn't see it clearly, he embedded it in the top of the fire stick, and said to the guard in front of him: "Borrow it." The voice was still there, his right elbow swirled, white light flickered, and there was a long knife in his free hand. When everyone came to their senses, the sharp blade had slashed into the end of the fire stick in his left hand, and he held it up with the long hilt in his hand, and the fire stick was half as long as the others.

His series of movements were neat and chic, dazzling others. Yun Yanjin and Chu Ruirong could clearly see that his movements were brisker than others, and only Yun Yanzheng could see how leisurely the force control between his movements was. Her brow furrowed slightly, her piercing gaze flickering slightly in the firelight. This man is extremely unusual, and he unabashedly exposes it to people, always an incomprehensible mind, but he feels even more unpredictable.

In the eyes of everyone who were either defensive, curious, or speculative, Gu Xi held a fire stick in his hand and poured it into the firelight on the side, and the flames suddenly burned scorching at the end.

Chu Ruirong saw that he was acting differently, and took a step forward close to Yun Yanzheng's side, and said vigilantly: "Everyone step back!" He wondered, if this man wanted to poison them with a miracle medicine, wouldn't it be easy? When everyone saw a thin smoke coming out of the torch with a strange fragrance, they couldn't help but retreat.

sparsely landed around Gu Xi, leaving half a circle of space, but Yun Yanzheng and Yun Yanjin did not move. Yun Yanzheng was sure in his heart, if the person in front of him was going to use drugs to wreak havoc, he would definitely not be in such an open place? She tied her hair with a white jade crown, stood in place with her hands in her hands, her snow robe was not stained with dust, and she danced with the wind, and her clear and unparalleled phoenix eyes were calm and firm in the light of the fire.

Since Yun Yanzheng didn't move, Chu Ruirong also stood half a step in front of her from beginning to end.

Gu Xi faced the different reactions of everyone, the corners of his lips raised a slight smile, and said softly: "This smoke is harmless to people, there is no need to panic." His delicate and extraordinary face had a detached and innocent expression, a noble look, a soft speech, a quiet look in his eyes, and a white robe like smoke stood in the spring breeze night, like the elusive melodious clouds on the edge of the firmament.

The slender figure, with elegant steps, suddenly turned around and walked towards the wall of blood. The soft clothes fluttered in the light of the fire that gradually moved away from everyone, like the wind of flowing snow, and the wide cloud sleeves that fluttered lightly were gently held about five paces away from the high wall. He gently pulled up the sleeve of his shirt with his left hand, pointed the long knife at the blood word in his right hand, and turned the torch lightly with his wrist, like an arm, and sketched it with ease outside the wall.

He carried the "pen" and "ink" of Rusi, but he looked at them casually, as if he was copying a post at the window. Everywhere everyone looked, a series of ethereal stars gradually appeared in the black volley, and they bloomed like fireworks.

A magical scene was presented in front of everyone's eyes one after another.

Everywhere the torch went, accompanied by the movement of the man in the snow coat and cloud sleeves copying the font on the wall: "It is difficult to settle the grievances, and the way of heaven is unfair; Ghosts ask for their lives, don't complain" The red blood of the sixteen words actually drew on the wall and slowly faded.

On that wall, the blood word seemed to disappear in an instant.

Everyone in Dali Temple was surprised and inexplicable, but they were secretly relieved one by one. The haze that had been piling up in my heart for several days seemed to be dispelled with the disappearance of the blood word. None of them want to be "stared" at these strange handwritings every day.

Yun Yanzheng's gaze kept following Gu Xi's movements. Naturally, he saw the graceful font that the firelight was continuously formed in the air by him, and then disappeared with the light.