Chapter 172: Layers of Overlap

Yao Pei stretched out her hand and grabbed it, and a slightly illusory shadow was caught in her hand.

The outline of this shadow is very similar to Hu Jiaode, half transparent, slightly ghosted, as if three identical shadows overlapped and overlapped, but they failed to fit tightly at the edges, so we can see some clues.

Hu Jiaode's soul has dissipated, but his three corpses still exist in the world.

Qi Xuansu could see that Yao Pei was using the method of soul searching.

It is true that the three corpses do have some memories before they were born, and after they turn into ghosts, they will even mistakenly think that they are the host deity, but this memory is incomplete and chaotic, so after the three corpses turn into ghosts, they can't communicate at all, they can only suppress and eliminate, and only a very small number of ghosts can gain spiritual wisdom for a long time, but it is already a completely independent individual, and it has nothing to do with the former host.

Yao Pei's use of the soul search method on the three corpses is like shaking the dice, whether he can search for useful things depends entirely on luck.

The three corpses, which did not have the support of their physique and failed to absorb the power of the scattered incense fire to turn into ghosts, were very fragile, and it was difficult for them to withstand the huge damage caused by the method of soul searching, and they immediately showed a tendency to collapse. In other words, there is only one chance, and there is no room for repeatedness.

If it weren't for the fact that there was no way, Yao Pei would not have used this kind of means of gambling on luck.

As Hu Jiaode's three corpses continued to dissipate, many memory fragments appeared in Yao Pei's mind one after another.

These fragments are presented from Hu Jiaode's first-person perspective, which makes people immersive. Generally speaking, the stronger and deeper the memory, the easier it is to preserve, but these memory fragments of Hu Jiaode have no obvious relationship with the Purple Light Society.

The first is the experience of handling corpses.

A corpse that had been changed beyond recognition, and it was not even possible to tell whether it was a man or a woman, as if it was a mess of blood and rotten flesh, Hu Jiaode took out a delicate bottle and poured a little powder evenly on the corpse. Soon, the corpse sneered, and a faint smoke rose, followed by the yellow water, the smoke became thicker, and the yellow water flowed more and more, emitting a sour and scorched stench, and the corpse became smaller and smaller. There was more and more yellow-colored corpse water, and the remains of clothes on the corpse also turned into smoke when they encountered yellow corpse water.

It didn't take long for all the corpses to turn into corpse water, leaving no traces, and it could be said that there were no bones left.

What followed was a murderous experience.

The person who killed was Hu Jiaode himself, and the person who was killed was also a person from the Taoist sect, and he was also a female crown.

Hu Jiaode pierced the heart of the female crown with a sword, and the female crown's face was full of disbelief, as if she didn't expect Hu Jiaode to really dare to kill until she died.

Hu Jiaode's whole person was obviously stunned, and he stood there for a while, and even the sword in his hand and the whole person were trembling slightly, as if he was frightened.

Perhaps what Hu Jiaode was afraid of was not the killing itself, but the mistake of killing the wrong person.

After another moment, Hu Jiaode seemed to come back to his senses, probably because he was extremely afraid and angry, and he swung his sword and slashed in general, without sword qi and no discipline, just slashing and slashing.

The corpse gradually became unrecognizable.

Then there was the experience of catching a rapist.

Hu Jiaode breathed heavily, his eyes swayed, he walked deep and shallow, and walked into the main entrance of a five-story building, only to see the four golden characters of "Taiping Inn" written on the plaque, shining brightly under the light of the red lantern.

At night, the building is full of red lanterns, and as far as the eye can see, there are only black and red.

Hu Jiaode breathed heavily, his heart beat like thunder, and he was like a man's back, and all kinds of tastes were in his heart.

He pushed the man in his way all the way to a door on the third floor, where he stood silent for a long time, until he heard the voices coming from inside, and all his emotions were replaced by anger.

Angry at the crown.

Hu Jiaode kicked open the door and broke into it, and saw a pair of naked men and women entangled together, white flowers.

At last.

It was still Hu Jiaode's perspective, but he couldn't see anyone, and it seemed that Hu Jiaode was staring blankly ahead at this time.

A voice seemed to sound from all directions, as if a person was hiding out of his sight, talking as he walked.

"You killed someone, killed your fellow Taoists."

"I didn't kill anyone, my Taoist companion died at the hands of a demon who had formed a secret society." Hu Jiaode argued.

"Do you guess that Beichen Hall and Fengxian Hall will believe? When the wife dies, the husband is the most suspicious person, and when the husband dies, the wife is the most suspicious person, this is the simplest case handling principle, you don't know it, right? The voice added.

"Say whatever you want!" Hu Jiaode's breathing became heavy again.

"Don't get excited, don't think about drawing your sword, you can't kill me." The voice said unhurriedly.

Hu Jiaode turned around suddenly, but only saw a fleeting afterimage: "What do you want!?" ”

At this moment, Hu Jiaode's three corpses finally couldn't support it, and completely turned into a wisp of green smoke and completely dissipated, and all the memory fragments disappeared.

For Yao Pei, it was enough.

"What did you find?" Qi Xuansu asked.

The snow-white color in Yao Pei's eyes gradually receded, and he replied, "A ghost for the dead." As far as I can see, this man is indeed a thief, but he has nothing to do with secret associations. ”

She described the contents of the memory fragments she saw to Qi Xuansu.

"Is there a problem with Zhang Yuyan?" Qi Xuansu's reaction was also extremely fast, "We found major clues at the beginning of the investigation, which is too coincidental and a little strange." ”

Yao Pei said noncommittally: "Tell me your basis." ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Obviously, Hu Jiaode first broke the adultery, and then killed someone in anger, so as to destroy the corpse and destroy the traces. He didn't know how to evade the interrogation of Beichen Hall, and came to the Vientiane Dao Palace to become a special Jinzi teacher, which was somewhat incognito. ”

However, because the person he killed was his own Taoist companion, he couldn't get over his own hurdle, so he suffered a lot over the years. This may explain why he was withdrawn from contact with others. It can also explain why he didn't make a defense and fought directly after we came to the door, because he felt that it was the East Window incident, and he had no excuse at all. And because he has been tortured by this kind of torment for a long time, he is a little crazy, and he is completely deadly between his shots. ”

Even after Hu Jiaode fled here, he only paced back and forth, but did not make any other moves, which was worthy of his panic after the killing. Maybe we'll be a little bit late, and he'll kill himself. This is the performance of the Taoist priest in the flower garden, and the members of the secret association are all outlaws who lick the blood from the knife, how can they be so fragile? If it weren't for Hu Jiaode's desperate momentum at the beginning, we would not have made such a miscalculation. ”

Yao Pei glanced at Qi Xuansu: "Go on." ”

"It's just that Hu Jiaode's matter is still known to someone, and this person uses it to blackmail Hu Jiaode." Qi Xuansu continued, "Who is the most suspicious? In connection with what I said before, there is no doubt that it is Zhang Guyan, the first time I came to visit, I happened to learn about Hu Jiaode from him, how can there be such a coincidental thing in the world, no matter how you look at it, it is all intentional. ”

Yao Pei nodded and said, "Let's assume that your speculation is true, Zhang Guyan misled us to find Hu Jiaode, which means that Zhang Jiyan had long expected that we would find traces of true qi left on the flying sword, and would follow this clue, so he deliberately imitated the 'Beidou Thirty-six Sword Technique' technique that Hu Jiaode learned, and misled us to Hu Jiaode through words." He knew that Hu Jiaode had a ghost in his heart, and he knew Hu Jiaode's temperament very well, and he expected that Hu Jiaode would not dare and would not confront us face to face. ”

Qi Xuansu nodded in agreement: "That's the truth." ”

"Let's say it's all true. He made a two-layer arrangement, the first layer of arrangement, using Qi Jianyuan's flying sword to destroy the female teacher, disguised as a situation where Qi Jianyuan and the female teacher died together. The second layer of arrangement, with Hu Jiaode as a cover, even if someone sees through that the female teacher was not killed by Qi Jianyuan, they will only find Hu Jiaode's body. Yao Pei said lightly, "Such a thoughtful person can anticipate so many things in advance, so do you think he would have expected that we were not fooled?" ”

Qi Xuansu was stunned and said: "It's really hard to say, most of it was expected." ”

Yao Pei said: "If you expect it, then if we go back to Zhang Jiyan now, will we be led by the nose?" Do you think Zhang Jiyan will continue to wait for us at his residence? ”

Qi Xuansu had to admit that what Yao Pei said made a lot of sense.

Such an opponent cannot be overestimated, and the enemy should be lenient.

Qi Xuansu asked, "What about your opinion?" ”

Yao Pei said: "I don't want to be followed in his footsteps, he beats him, we beat ours, no matter how he spreads the maze, and no matter how many ways he comes, we only go all the way." As long as we figure out what he wants, then his tail will always be in our hands. ”

"The power of incense in the statue of the Holy Prophet." Qi Xuansu immediately came to his senses and said, "Since the special container you mentioned earlier is not in Hu Jiaode's hands, most of it is in Zhang Guyan's hands. ”

Yao Pei beckoned, and all the flying knives returned to her hand on their own, and then said, "Go to the stargazing platform." ”

Qi Xuansu objected: "We'd better inform Sun Lao Zhenren as soon as possible. ”

"I'll let you know." Yao Pei said, "But let's go to the stargazing platform first to confirm our speculation." ”

Qi Xuansu didn't object anymore, and flew away with Yao Pei towards the stargazing platform.

Because there are fewer formations in the lower palace, the prohibition on flying is not so strict, and you can fly at low altitude in the lower palace, and the specific height is slightly lower than that of the upper palace, and it does not touch the formation that separates the upper palace and the lower palace.

In the blink of an eye, the two had arrived at the stargazing platform.

Compared with the Midyear Festival, today's stargazing platform is very quiet, there is no half a figure, but the moonlight tonight is excellent, and it is a good place to enjoy the moon.

There was still a bush of reeds below the stargazing platform, and except for the empty space created by the battle between Qi Xuansu and Qi Jianyuan, the rest of the place was still very lush.

At this time, there was a figure standing among the reeds, with big sleeves fluttering, and behind him was a moon in the sky, a moon in the water, and a deep blue lake covered with starlight and moonlight.

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