In the center of the Zhuangzi Center stands a broken stele, which is full of blood characters, which seem to have not dried up, faintly visible, and each stroke reveals an eerie horror.

Its section is exactly the same as the broken stele in front of Zhuang, the two steles are one, and the blood characters on the stele are a personal name.

"It seems that the murderer wants to kill everyone in the Zhuangzi." Ji Yanran said lightly on the side, because some names had been crossed out by the blood line.

"Interesting." The corners of Wei Zhuang's mouth were slightly hooked, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Wei Yong took the words to himself: "Since the first murder, the stele at the head of the village has been moved here, and these names are engraved on the back, and these names represent everyone in the village.

"The murderers sneak in every night just to kill people, and then cross out the name of the person on the stone tablet to represent the death of the person."

Fu Nian observed the words on the stone tablet, some of the blood on it had turned black, these blood-colored handwriting did not look like they were newly added, and some of them were still bright, and the blood stains had not yet dried.

Gai Nie took a few steps forward, touched the broken stele, stretched out his index finger and dipped it in some blood and put it in front of his eyes to look at it carefully, and after a moment he said, "This is human blood." ”

Fu Nian didn't say anything about what he already knew, and he observed the sword marks on the broken stele.

Just like human handwriting, each person's handwriting will more or less have their own characteristics, and every word on it is written with a sword.

"There are only two kinds of things that you would do to kill people and do this." Wei Zhuang's eyes fell on the two rows of blood characters on the broken stele.

"One is to create terror and shock people."

"One is a blood feud."

Although the presupposition of the two Gaiwei gave themselves an answer, they actually only gave themselves two possibilities.

But in reality, the answer or choice is not only conceivable, and each individual participates in it, and another option will arise.

Fu Nian didn't think that things would be so simple, he was here, in a sense, for another clue.

"With such a major crisis, why don't you get out of here?" Wei Zhuang suddenly asked.

Wei Yong shook his head, he sighed and said, "No one can get out of here alive, doing so will only die faster." ”

Fu Nian had been observing Wei Yong, and when he said this, although he was afraid on the surface, he didn't have much fear in his heart.

Since I met him for the first time, he has had a kind of calmness and confidence from beginning to end.

"The words on this stele are written with a sword, and the words are so sharp that it is difficult for ordinary people to stay. It shows that the person who uses the sword has profound skills and excellent swordsmanship. ”

Ji Yanran said, she looked at Wei Yong: "Wei Sikong has any suspicions?" ”

"If you really want to say it...... Wei Yong was silent for a moment and said, "I think it was the killer of the net." They had sent Assassins to assassinate me before, but they had failed.

I have always been a strong advocate of resisting Qin in the court, and I am the one who wants to get rid of Qin and Luo Net. ”

Gai Wei and the two glanced at each other, and they already had a guess in their hearts about the exam questions this time.

"I wonder if Wei Sikong can take me to see the corpses of these dead?" Fu Nian saw that the investigation was almost done, and said loudly.

When Wei Yong heard this, he immediately agreed and led the way: "Please come with me." ”

In a compound in Weizhuang, servants lived on weekdays, but now it has become a mortuary. Seventeen corpses were placed in the room, covered with white cloths, all of them men.

Although they died in different ways, they were all killed by "one sword".

"The wound is slender and straight, deep into the bone marrow, and it should be an extremely thin and sharp sword." Ganie examined the corpse and analyzed.

"What kind of sword can not only form the vicious femininity of this strange wound, but also have the fierceness of a broken sword."

"To do this, you have to be a master of both internal and external training." Wei Zhuang pondered.

Compared to the two of them, Fu Nian observed more carefully, and eleven of the dead were killed by this kind of tenacity.

This type of incision is a trauma caused by an instrument with sharp edges pressed against the surface of the skin and pulled along the long axis, cutting off the soft tissues.

The incision is spindle-shaped, the wound edge is neat and smooth, and the wound angle is sharp. At the same time, it is thinner than a general wound, and it should be a utensil with a very short cutting surface.

However, its wound length is much longer than that of a sword, and the blade surface travels longer distances along the body surface compression and traction.

It reminded him of something similar – the piano line of the treble strings.

The string, made of carbon steel of high purity, has high enough strength and ductility to be between 0.7 and 2 mm thick, as long as the force applied to the wire is sufficient, and the speed is fast enough to cut off the human body.

The murder weapon used to kill these people is a similar kind of high-tenacity thin thread.

Of the remaining six, two died at the hands of the swordsman who carved the inscription on the broken stele, because the sword marks he left behind matched the sword marks on the stele almost perfectly.

The remaining four were to have died at the hands of another swordsman, and the sword marks on these four were even sharper and deeper.

Of the thirteen deceased on the list, there are seventeen here, and it is clear that these four are not among them.

In other words, the murderer should be three different people, the first two should be accomplices or premeditated concerted actions, and the last person should be separate from the actions of the first two.

And these four people are stronger than the other deceased, both in their body bones and knuckles, and the calluses between their palms indicate that these four people should have learned martial arts.

Crucially, according to his autopsy, the four died before the first person on the list.

A reasonable guess is that the four were the bodyguards of some important person. On that day, someone broke in and killed four people in an instant.

This was largely consistent with the analysis of the bloodstains he had found in the hall where they had been located.

But that important person did not die, because among the dead here there were people who deserved to be swords of this level.

Although it is also possible that the body of that important person is not here, it is impossible for a person of this level to die without a trace of rumors.

One possibility is that the murderous swordsman reached some kind of agreement with this important person, or a compromise that allowed him to let him go.

One possibility is that the figure repelled the murderous swordsman.

From the previous investigation, it was clear that no one had been able to leave since the mysterious murderer demanded his life, so this must have happened in the village, and there was only one person in the village who had such a valuable target.

"Brother Nian, but what did you find?" Ji Yanran noticed Fu Nian's contemplation.

"I'm just guessing." Fu Nian retracted his expression and walked towards the wall to the side, noticing a less obvious mark in this inconspicuous corner.

The reason why he paid special attention to this seal was because it was a kind of yin charm like the one left in the silk book left by the mysterious man before.

And the news hidden in the last cipher was about the assassination of Liang Baiqiao.

"Has anyone ever witnessed a murderer killing?" Wei Zhuang on the side asked.

After Wei Yong heard this, he summoned a Zhuang Min: "Tell me everything you saw that day and night." ”

Zhuang Min lowered his head, shrank in fear, and said in a trembling voice: "That day and night, I saw a man standing under the moon through the window, and that person was holding a sword that was completely black.

Although the man always appeared at night, the sword could still be seen, but wherever he passed, the surrounding light seemed to be swallowed up by it. Ten zhang away, Wei Dayong was killed by that man. ”

The black sword matched the man she knew, but the man was said to be dead.

Ji Yanran frowned, and couldn't help but think of the case a few days ago.

"You just explained that when you saw that the figure was still ten feet away, Zhuang Min had been killed." Wei Zhuang asked thoughtfully.

Even if the sword qi is released, it is extremely difficult to kill people from ten zhang away.

"I saw it with my own eyes!" Zhuang Min was shocked and said: "That sword light is too fast, it just blinks in the blink of an eye, and before I even reacted, the person was already dead!" ”

Wei Yong listened to it and muttered: "Because of this, some Zhuang people think that this is a demon law, and it is even rumored that it is a powerful ghost asking for his life. ”

At this moment, a gust of wind blew, blowing the curtains on the window lattice, and the cold breath came to the face, and the terrifying murderous aura filled the air.

The cold light flashed, and the long sword suddenly appeared, bringing a chill.

A figure flew out, the long sword like a rainbow, and as light as a soft cloud, swept towards the cold light.

The two of them were extremely fast, and they exchanged more than ten moves in less than a few breaths, the sword light flickered, and the cold light splashed everywhere.

I saw that one of them was agile, and his sword momentum was like a meteor, and each sword turned away from the awe-inspiring sword blade.

The other man was thin, with a cold countenance, and fierce sword moves, each sword was aimed at the deadly place, and there was no fancy thing to speak of.

After another sword, the two figures parted backwards.

"One black and one white, Xuanjian has two blades, the positive blade asks for life, and the reverse blade calms the soul. Ten years ago, the reason why the terrifying thief Black and White Xuanjian disappeared without a trace was that he had joined the net. ”

Ji Yanran fought with him, and she saw the spider tattoo on the back of his hand.

"You're strong."

The uninvited guest looked at the woman in purple opposite, his voice was clear and a little low.

Everyone followed and looked and saw a figure dressed in black standing in front of the door, with a slender and straight posture, with long black hair scattered behind his back, hunting in the night wind.

The two of them also held their swords in their hands, and their eyes fell on the man.

The next moment, I saw a strong wind blowing, and the figure of the man had disappeared without a trace, leaving only an afterimage.

Ji Yanran's figure also rushed out, leaving only the room full of coldness and silence.

The two sons of Guigu glanced at each other, and they both saw the solemnity in each other's eyes.

"Please stay here and go and investigate." Fu Nian arched his hand at the two, and his figure floated away.

His mind spread out in all directions, sensing fluctuations not far away.

The volatility is weak, but it's real.

The key to swordsmanship lies in the imperial object, but also in the imperial god.

At this time, the thoughts are in an ethereal and unreal state.

His rational side will also be completely dominant, but this state of affairs will be very draining on his mind.

Everything within twenty feet of himself, every grass and tree, every stone and tile, became a fluctuation in his mind.

The farther range may not be subtle and subtle, but it can also be perceived, and the stronger the fluctuations, the clearer they are.

The previous person's fluctuations were the same as the fluctuations he had sensed before under the ancient peach tree in Bauhinia Mountain.

Fu Nian's body melted into the night, his toes were light, and his body was as light as a breeze, without the slightest movement, without half a trace.

A terrifying fluctuation of killing intent had been vibrating in his mind, and his figure paused slightly, his gaze looking there.

He didn't go any further, because he wasn't sure he could deal with the man, and because he needed to find something.

………

Within his perceptual range, a slender figure walked slowly.

"Zhuang Wai is all their people?" Fu Nian's divine thoughts followed her all the way, his voice was flat, not half of his mood fluctuations.

"Their men have blocked the way out." Qingli's voice came, and Ji Yanran's figure had already come to Fu Nian's body.

"What did you find?" Ji Yanran's gaze fell on him.

"In addition to the black and white Xuanjian, there is another person to pay attention to here, that person's killing intent is even stronger than the black and white Xuanjian." Fu Nian's tone was still unwavering, as if he was narrating an extremely ordinary thing.

When Ji Yanran heard this, her expression did not change at all, this was just expected.

She said to Fu Nian: "Presumably, together with that black and white Xuanjian, he is the top killer in the net. ”

"Have you made up your mind about this?"

"I already know the general situation." Fu Nian replied.

then retold the things he restored to Ji Yanran. Although he does not think that his reasoning is 100% correct, the basic direction is definitely not wrong.

This is enough, because for them, Luo Wang and Wei Yong must be eliminated no matter which side.

Fu Nian did not continue to dwell on this matter, he said, "I have deciphered the clue given by the mysterious man. ”

What he was looking for before was the imprint scattered in the village, a total of eight, this is a kind of yin symbol, in the words of later generations, it is a kind of password, which was created by Cangjie, because its pattern resembles a tripod and is also called Dingwen.

These marks were scattered throughout the village as he expected.

The figure of this yin symbol is similar to the horizontal and vertical coordinate axis, and there are four pillars on each of its four sides: Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang, and the four pillars are arranged in a row to be an innate gossip.

Next, you only need to know the rational numbers of the eight trigrams, that is, the order of yin and yang, the four images, and the eight signs, to solve the ciphertext.

The eight imprints he found were the Eight Signs, and the order was Dongkan, Nandui, Dongkun, Nanzhen, Xixun, Beiqian, Donggen, and Beili.

There are only sixteen words in the secret language: the sky is thousands of miles, the clouds have no trace, the repression rises, and all things are crickets.