However, before Qiu Shaohu could figure it out, the Buddha beads in his hand suddenly changed.

It seemed to be struggling to the death in Qiu Shaohu's hands, trying to get out of his control, as if it was attracted by something.

In Qiu Shaohu's heart, there was another wave of enthusiasm, which was his book, longing for something.

Curious for a moment, Qiu Shaohu took out the book hidden close to him, and found that it emitted a much stronger light than before, producing an extremely strong suction, and the Buddha bead was pulled by this force.

Qiu Shaohu let go slightly, and the Buddha beads couldn't wait to be put into the cover of the book and disappeared completely.

Then, there was a more pronounced tremor in the book.

Afraid that this book would be discovered by someone who made a bigger move, Qiu Shaohu immediately threw it into his compass - in fact, his compass was also a rare space magic weapon, its internal space was its own, and it was made of immortal refining, which was much larger than the natural formation of the Reflecting Star Stone.

In this way, all movement is cut off, and Qiu Shaohu doesn't know when his book will calm down inside.

"Inside the Star Stone is the power of the starry sky, and this book is extremely ......urgent for this power," Qiu Shaohu pondered.

"You've been waiting here for a long time!" A loud voice came from behind him, interrupting Qiu Shaohu's train of thought.

Wang Hu walked towards this side with a grin, complaining: "If you don't go over, you will starve to death." ”

"What are you doing here?" Qiu Shaohu quietly put away the compass, and also put away the drawing on the ground. Because his behavior was too natural, Wang Hu didn't even suspect it, but thought that what he put away was just the books he usually read.

Hearing Qiu Shaohu's question, Wang Hu did not evade, and said directly: "The matter of Xiandao, I still have a lot to ask you, you can't let me down." ”

The implication is that Qiu Shaohu has taken everything that Qiu Shaohu will tell him as inevitable.

"I said, that's not Fairy Island." Qiu Shaohu didn't care about him, and directly picked up the tray, with food on it, and was about to go back, "You have too many misunderstandings there." ”

"Impossible!" Wang Hu stopped him and said conclusively, "The rumors in the world that there must be fairies overseas, often witnessed by mortals, and you also admit that you are from there, this cannot be fake!" ”

"The world is often blinded by the delusion of nothingness and neglects the comfort of the present. How do you know that the power of the mortal court is monstrous, and the glory and wealth of the people, if you can get the same, how can it not be compared to the so-called becoming an immortal. Besides, haven't you ever thought about why they don't appear in front of the world when there are immortals there? ”

Qiu Shaohu's tone was low, which made Wang Hu involuntarily nervous.

His words seem to imply something that is beyond ordinary people's imagination.

The flickering light interrupted the two of them at the same time.

In an instant, the surroundings were as bright as day.

Qiu Shaohu looked up and saw that it was the lights above his head, which suddenly turned on again for some reason, and seemed to be back to normal.

But the next moment, the light of the lantern flickered again, as if a person's eyes were only slightly opened, and then closed again.

"What, what's wrong, isn't this lamp broken?" Wang Hu was a little uncertain.

Qiu Shaohu pushed the tray to him and quickly walked out of the back kitchen. Wang Hu followed Qiu Shaohu, put the tray aside, and chased him out.

In the corridor, all the lights flickered continuously, and the light and darkness were like black mist, slowly approaching as the shadows continued to appear.

Such a strange thing, no one understands why it suddenly appeared.

Wang Hu swallowed and foamed, coughed dryly and was about to speak.

"You go to the other side and see what's going on." Qiu Shaohu said directly.

"Hey, wait a minute......" Wang Hu was just about to stop him, seeing that he had walked forward without hesitation, he was in a hurry at the moment, and after thinking about it, he decided to go back first and call the others more safely.

The corridor in the backyard was not very long, but Qiu Shaohu walked twice as slowly as usual, and the light shone on his face as uncertain as his thoughts.

Thinking of the murderous black shadow before, his whole body couldn't help but tense.

Who, exactly, is that?

"Click......"

There was a small sound, and it was particularly harsh in the silence. Qiu Shaohu noticed that the sound came from another room in the back hall, and he rarely came here, and he didn't know what kind of place it was.

As he cautiously approached the doorway, everything suddenly changed.

The light is fixed and bright. The warm light that shone from the room shone softly on him.

"Xiao Qiu?" Chu Jieyun was inside, and said with some surprise: "Why are you here?" ”

"Boss, you?" Qiu Shaohu saw that this room was like a hall, with elegant furnishings and placements, only the series of spirit cards was the most conspicuous. However, unlike ordinary tablets, these wooden tablets with the names of the deceased are not placed on the table, but are tied up with threads and hung high from above.

"These are the tablets of my husband and his friends," Chu Jieyun smiled a little, "The lamp oil in the lantern in the inn is leaking, but I remember that in the room where they are enshrined, there should still be some permanent lamps, and there should be lamp oil in them, so I came over and took the oil from here and poured it into the pipeline of the lamp, and after all the oil was used up, the light finally stabilized." Now I won't see anything in the inn, but I just don't know, to my husband, is this disrespectful? ”

Chu Jieyun said as she looked at the front tablet with guilt.

"The dead are from the living, this is an extraordinary time, if your husband knows, he will definitely support it." Qiu Shaohu said: "But it is too risky for you to come alone." ”

"But they don't want to come along, so what can they do?" Chu Jieyun said: "Especially the county lieutenant and the sergeant, the two of them guarding that knife are really reluctant to leave. Okay, aren't you going to get food for everyone, let's go back now. ”

Chu Jieyun said, and left here first.

Qiu Shaohu didn't leave immediately, he saw that there were incense sticks next to the mourning hall, and first lit a few sticks of incense to those tablets, which could be regarded as comforting the deceased.

When the right hand touched the incense burner, the greasy feeling came, and when I looked up, I saw that the oil lamp pipe on the roof of the shed here was also damaged, and I don't know how much this damage is, it seems that even if the proprietress manages to use up the last bit of oil, if the pipe is not repaired first, it will not be able to illuminate for too long.

When Qiu Shaohu returned to the back kitchen and took the food back, the light in the lobby had been restored because Chu Jieyun had added lamp oil. Seeing that Wang Hu was still persuading others, sure enough, as Chu Jieyun said before, the remaining few people were particularly stubborn, and they had to stay there and never leave.

Seeing that the food was coming, even Meng Xiangping couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Wang Hu began to get excited, and when he took it, he couldn't help but have a bitter face, "Why are there only steamed buns and porridge?" ”

"There's still a pot of water, and I don't want tea." Qiu Shaohu directly put the food in the middle of the crowd and did not explain.

"Don't mind, my buddy, everything is good, but the taste is too light, even if you eat meat, it's just boiled in water, and it's seasoned if you put some salt." As Chu Jieyun spoke, she picked up a steamed bun and took a small bite.

Seeing that Chu Jieyun didn't look like poisoning, Meng Xiangping relieved himself and took a steamed bun and porridge with him. The rest of them were like this, and as soon as they got their hands on it, they immediately devoured it. Although the taste is bland, it is the best delicacy for those who are already hungry.

"Slow down, there's still water." Qiu Shaohu brought the kettle, Qin Xiang took it, poured his cup full and drank it all, he had just eaten so quickly that he choked, and at this time he was just relieved of his urgent need.

"What's next?" Facing the people who had finished eating like a whirlwind, Qiu Shaohu took the cup and poured himself a glass of water, and suddenly said, "It's dawn, the rain is about to stop, we can go out, but, will anyone want us to leave safely?" ”

Just one sentence, like an invisible shadow, shattered the hard-won stability in everyone's hearts and forced them to face the facts that they had ignored.

Everyone knows that they are trapped here by the torrential rain, and the only opportunity to stay out of danger is when the rain stops. But they know, but the real murderer doesn't?

The hunter never wants his prey to leave, and perhaps the other party is hiding in the shadows that cannot be illuminated, planning the last and most violent attack.

Seeing that everyone was gloomy and silent, Qiu Shaohu stepped forward again and said to Meng Xiangping: "My lord, do you want to find out the real culprit as soon as possible." ”

He guessed that what Meng Xiangping wanted most now was probably to get rid of the others as soon as possible and run away with what he wanted.

"Cough, simple, I'll ......," Meng Xiangping said with the familiar "simple" mantra.

"Puff ......" Zhou Linchao suddenly fell to the ground.

Everyone was already frightened, and they didn't know the situation at this time, and after a while, the sergeant really didn't emit any breath at all, Wang Hu had the courage to try Zhou Linchao's snort, and then his face changed, and he said to everyone stiffly: "...... He's dead...... Poisoned. ”

"Bang!" Meng Xiangping directly slapped the case and rushed towards Qiu Shaohu, about to take down the young man on the spot. Qiu Shaohu's footsteps turned and directly avoided the other party. Meng Xiangping was taken aback by the missed blow, and then saw that Qiu Shaohu didn't care about him, and rushed directly towards Zhou Linchao's position.

After just one glance, Qiu Shaohu directly picked up something and said, "He took the wrong cup for me, that is to say, it was me who should have been poisoned, I couldn't have poisoned myself, and I couldn't have expected others to take my water." ”

In front of the sergeant, there was a second cup, and the water in it was empty, which was Zhou Linchao's original cup. He drank all his own water, but did not fill it from the kettle, but picked up Qiu Shaohu's cup nearby, but he didn't want to encounter an accident.

"Cup, who brought the cup!" Meng Xiang shouted vigorously, they were fine after drinking the same water, and the problem must be in the cup.

"It's me, too." Qiu Shaohu said without emotion.

"So, who else has touched this water and food besides you?" Qin Xiang hurriedly asked.

Qiu Shaohu glanced at Wang Hu.

"Hey, what are you doing, do you doubt me?" Wang Hu shouted: "I didn't poison it, although I have five stone scatter...... However, Wushisan can't poison people all at once! ”

"That's enough, let's move his body first, don't get in the way here!" Meng Xiangping was in a very bad mood, seeing that a person was dying in front of him again, but everyone didn't know the truth.

Qiu Shaohu didn't say a word, directly picked up Zhou Linchao's corpse, and walked towards the second floor. As Wang Hu said before, he seems to be thin, but in fact his strength is hidden, and the sergeant's strong body, he does not seem to have to work hard to carry.

Back in Zhou Linchao's room on the second floor, Qiu Shaohu put his body down, and was about to leave when he discovered something.

Zhou Linchao has been emitting, covering his forehead, and at this time, his hair is scattered, only to find that there is a trace covering his forehead. No wonder he always wears a cloak of hair, and if he combs his hair up, he will see it clearly.

A black tattoo resembles the words of the Empire, but rather the symbols used to record in the simple language of the barbarians.

Qiu Shaohu didn't recognize this symbol, but he had heard that the Lang people would carve a striking mark on the faces of slaves.

While thinking, his head was raised, and he looked around the room, and Qiu Shaohu realized that he should pay attention to something more important-

The corpse of the slave girl who was here is gone.