Chapter 44: Tattoos and Scales

These black-clothed people were really hard-mouthed, Rao was tortured by Tianlongwei all night, and he didn't pull out half a word from their mouths.

Luo Sinan and Ji Jingyang came to the Tianlongwei torture room, and saw the two Tianlongwei who were responsible for extorting confessions carrying the bodies of two black-clothed people out of the torture room.

Luo Sinan said: "The mouth is quite strict. ”

Ji Jingyang said: "These people would rather die than say the purpose of besieging Jian Shaolin, it seems that even if a few more are killed, it will be in vain." It's better to find another way. ”

Luo Sinan said coldly: "Since I was caught by Tianlongwei, I was in a hurry. This shows that they are afraid of being caught and cannot withstand torture to extract confessions. Since they are afraid, there is an opportunity to pry their mouths open. If the ordinary method doesn't work, I have another way. ”

Ji Jingyang wanted to speak, but saw Ji Cunyan on the side and said, "Brother Luo, you look like the kind of villain in the book now." ”

When Luo Sinan saw Ji Cunyan, he squinted and smiled: "You, Brother Luo, I am not a good person, but I hide it deeply on weekdays. Otherwise, why doesn't your third brother always wait to see me? ”

Ji Jingyang glanced at Luo Sinan, and then said to Ji Cunyan: "Why are you here?" Didn't you go back to heal? ”

"I'm not injured, so I still need to heal. It was said that it was Jian Shaolin and Master Jian who were injured. Or is it to save your sister's injuries? ”

Ji Jingyang said: "If you hadn't saved him, would you have been found out and besieged?" ”

Ji Cunyan tilted his head and thought for a while, "It seems to be right...... But I'm really not hurt. Alas, now that these men in black can't pry anything out of their mouths, are all the clues broken again? ”

At this moment, a voice sounded behind everyone. It was Lei Zijing who only killed the Quartet last night.

I only heard Lei Zijing say: "That's not necessarily." The mouth of the living cannot be pried open, but the dead cannot lie. ”

"Huh? How can the mouth of a dead man speak? Do you want the goddess to ask the rice? Ji Cunyan asked Lei Zijing.

Lei Zijing looked at Ji Jingyang helplessly, and said to him: "Can you teach your sister to embroider and paint, and then let her learn martial arts from you?" Don't be okay every day, just read some inexplicable words. ”

Ji Jingyang sighed. said: "You go and say this to my mother Yao Nuxia." ”

Lei Zijing, who is the first in Xuanjing Hall's martial arts, and has thousands of demons and ghosts, listened to Ji Jingyang's words and said to Ji Jingyang: "I think I have a long life? ”

Luo Sinan sneered at the same season's words.

The corpses of the two men in black who died just now are just in handy now!

Lei Zijing changed into a pretentious outfit and stood in front of the corpses of the two black-clothed men with a frown.

He looked down at the two corpses and said, "These two people are both men in the prime of life, with burly bodies and thick calluses on their right hands. ”

After speaking, Lei Zijing used his hands to examine the head of the corpse again, moved his hands to the back of his head, moved back to the front of his head, and slowly touched his neck from his lower jaw.

"The head is nothing special, the back of the head is flat, and the shape of the skull is very similar."

"What does that mean?" Luo Sinan couldn't help but ask Lei Zijing.

Lei Zijing looked at Luo Sinan and said, "It means that they may be from the same region." People in many regions will have similarities in skulls, figures, or facial features. In all parts of the Central Plains, people's skulls and facial features are not like these people's. I think they should be Baiyue people. ”

"Baiyue again?" Ji Jingyang said.

"We've been aware of this for a long time. The lizardhand's monster also appeared in the sacrifice of the king of Hyakoshi's wish, and was chosen as a sacrifice and burned alive during the sacrifice. We found a few Baiyue relics in the heavenly prison, and it was they who revealed that Baiyue wizards usually go in and out of the ghost market, and it was we who rushed to the ghost market. "Luo Sinan Road.

Lei Zijing didn't speak again, but continued to check the body. He bent over, reached out to untie the clothes of the man in black, and said to Ji Cunyan: "Xiao Yan, if you have nothing to do, go out to play, don't make trouble here." ”

Ji Cunyan was a little unwilling, but she couldn't afford to provoke any of the three people standing here, so she could only be obedient to the monster.

Lei Zijing looked up and saw Ji Cunyan walking away before continuing to examine the body.

"I don't see any difference in the night clothes, the fabric is ordinary, and there are no clues. These people have a tattoo on their arm, which is supposed to be a totem of the clan. Lei Zijing lifted the deceased's arm and showed it to Luo Sinan and Ji Jingyang.

The tattoo resembled a snake coiled over a branch, and the branch was very simple in its depiction, with only a few leaves and a few round fruit-like things. Although the strokes are simple, the meaning of the paintings is extremely clear.

Ji Jingyang said: "The ancients saw the longevity of snakes, and every time they molted, they seemed to be reborn, so they used snakes as a totem in the clan, symbolizing immortality, which is a very common thing. ”

Luo Sinan frowned and stared at the tattoo for a long time, and then said, "This thing seems to be very familiar." ”

Lei Zijing and Ji Jingyang looked at him together.

Luo Sinan felt the gaze of the two, but smiled again: "But I can't remember where I've seen it." ”

Lei Zijing opened the first corpse again, and his back was covered with whip marks and knife wounds, many of which had been around for some time, and some were still a little red and swollen.

"These scars don't look like they were left by you or Jian Shaolin." Luo Sinan said: "So, before the ghost market, they may have carried out other tasks. ”

Lei Zijing shook his head.

Luo Sinan looked at him suspiciously.

Lei Zijing said: "If you fight with someone, the scars will generally be on the face or arms. Most of these injuries are in the back, which is a fatal area that cannot be prevented. When you encounter a master and receive an attack here, where can you still have a life? ”

"You mean that this man was punished in his lifetime so that he was injured in the back?" Ji Jingyang asked.

Lei Zijing said: "These scars are both old and new, it seems that this guy is often beaten." Look at the other person. ”

After speaking, Lei Zijing walked up to another corpse and reached out to turn it over.

This turn was not tight, but it startled everyone present.

Everyone stared at the back of the deceased and did not speak for a long time.

"This man is...... Is it a human or a monster? Luo Sinan asked.

"No matter what he is, looking at these men in black, he must have a lot to do with the lizardhand monster. Otherwise, how could he have draped the lizard skin behind him? Ji Jingyang said.

It turned out that the skin behind the second deceased was very strange, it was not the soft texture of ordinary people, but as hard as iron like a lizard, covered with scales, and the scales covered with the entire back reflected a cold glow against the torches on the stone wall of the heavenly prison, which looked strange and disgusting.

Ji Cunyan came out of the prison and saw two little eunuchs waiting for her at the door.

These two little eunuchs Ji Cunyan recognized them, they were the eunuchs in Concubine Ning's palace.

One of the little eunuchs greeted him and said, "Miss Xiao Ji is here, so let's find it easily." ”

Ji Cunyan saluted the little eunuch and said, "Good father-in-law." But Concubine Ning has an urgent matter to find me to enter the palace? ”

The little eunuch smiled: "It's not urgent. It's just that I haven't seen the girl go to the palace in the past few days, and the mother misses it a little. In the past few days, Niangniang has thought about making zongzi by herself, and wants the girl to teach her. ”

Ji Cunyan said: "I don't dare to do this." Actually, I'm not very good at making zongzi. But since my mother summoned me, when I change my clothes, I will enter the palace with my father-in-law! ”

Ji Cunyan followed the little eunuch into Jixian Palace, and saw that there were a lot of guards walking around the palace. Then he asked the little eunuch who led the way: "Father-in-law, why do the guards in the palace seem to come and go so often today?" Is there something going on in the palace? ”

The little eunuch smiled: "But it's not a big deal." It's just that I heard that there is a story of a mandrill snatching a baby among the people of the capital, and Tianlongwei is not very relieved, so he strengthened the defense in the palace. In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming, His Majesty has to have fun with the people this year, go outside the palace to observe the people's feelings, and the palace must also prepare early. ”

Ji Cunyan nodded and said, "It seems that I heard the third brother mention it......"

Concubine Ning was quite interested in making zongzi. She is ingenious, and after being taught a few times by Ji Cunyan, the dumplings wrapped up are indeed much better than Ji Cunyan's.

Ji Cunyan said: "Niangniang is really smart, but if she wraps a few, it is more like a zongzi than the zongzi made by my master." ”

Concubine Ning smiled: "I'm just wrapping a pack like you." I've also seen the appearance of zongzi in the palace, so I wrapped it in the same way. If you don't dislike it, how about I give you a few? ”

Ji Cunyan said: "Then thank you!" ”

Concubine Ning glanced at Ji Cunyan, thought for a while and asked, "Do you celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival by yourself, or with relatives and friends?" ”

Ji Cunyan pouted and said: "This year's Dragon Boat Festival is not peaceful, and I probably have to spend it in the yamen." ”

Concubine Ning smiled: "How can I say this, no matter how busy you are, you have to celebrate the festival." ”

Ji Cunyan said: "Your Majesty wants to have fun with the people on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, and on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, you will hold a dragon boat race, and you will also set up a viewing platform on Qishan Mountain to overlook the people's livelihood in the market." His Majesty is out of the palace, but it is a big event, and the Tianlong Guard must be dispatched to guard against it. Originally, this matter was big enough, but it turned out that the festival was approaching, and there was a big case of mandrill taking babies. Although the baby-snatching monster has been caught by us, it seems that there is still a lot of implication behind him. Just these two things made everyone tired. ”

Concubine Ning was interested, and said to Ji Cunyan: "Has the mandrill been caught?" How did you catch it? ”

Ji Cunyan told Concubine Ning about the lizard-hand monster again.

When Concubine Ning did not enter the palace, she was the saint of the Dian Kingdom, and in addition to being able to control the Gu, she sometimes had to go into battle to kill the enemy, or be responsible for the safety of the King of Dian in and out. Yes, she was interested in the case of the mandrill's baby. She listened to Ji Cunyan finish the story without saying a word, and forgot to wrap the zongzi in her hand.

After Ji Cunyan finished telling the whole story and had already drunk a cup of tea, Concubine Ning said: "This case sounds weird and tight. Is that thing with lizard hands a human or a ghost? If it is a human being, why do they have such a pair of hands? Also, why is his martial arts so strong? ”

Ji Cunyan pouted and shook his head, "I don't know either." ”

Concubine Ning put down the work in her hand, stood up and walked back and forth a few steps, and then said, "If this incident happened in our Dian Kingdom, there would be a Gu technique that could turn a part of a person's body into a beast form. ”

Ji Cunyan's eyes lit up, and he quickly stood up and walked up to Concubine Ning and said, "Concubine Ning, do you mean that medicine can turn people into lizards?" ”

Concubine Ning nodded.

"Is it something to put your hands and body together?"

Concubine Ning shook her head and said, "No, it's a layer of corpse oil from the killed animals on the human body." This kind of thing is highly poisonous, and it can burn people's normal skin, causing it to grow scale-like blood scabs, and when the blood scabs become hard and mature, they cannot be separated from the skin of the body, and they become part of the corpse. Although it is poisoning, it looks like a person has scales on his body to the naked eye. ”

Ji Cunyan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and finally sighed: "What a powerful Gu poison." ”

Concubine Ning said: "In fact, there is such a possibility, that is, those lizard hands are just normal human hands that spit out poison." ”

Ji Cunyan said: "Concubine Ning is so smart. ”