Chapter 31: The Seven Stars Command
After Pei Ziyu and Li Mingyue enjoyed the starry sky at night, they accidentally got clues to solve the case, so they hurried back to the yamen to continue to analyze the case......
Hanqing Forest is a lonely place, where there is a dense green bamboo, because of the location of the wind outlet, the perennial cold wind blows, except for these tall and tough bamboo, there is no other plant to grow. The cool breeze and cold dew are inaccessible, and even the bright moon, which is usually bright and melting, looks pale and indifferent here. The cool breeze blew through the dense bamboo forest, and in the moonlight, two figures could be vaguely seen, one standing with his hands behind his back, and the other kneeling on one knee, bowing his head respectfully waiting to be questioned.
Men in Black: Why haven't you had a new heart lately?
Forget the dust: "...... Yes, the subordinates are not doing well, and the subordinates see that the governor of Zhejiang, Pei Ziyu, is investigating the case too closely, and he is afraid that the matter will be exposed, so he has not taken action recently. ”
The man in black: "What did Pei Ziyu find?" ”
Forget Chen: "Not yet, it's just that he has now installed many informants in Hangzhou City, and the slightest wind and grass will immediately reach his ears." ”
"Humph! It's just a pretense! If he had found out something, you and I wouldn't be here today. It seems that Pei Ziyu is not as powerful as we imagined, you just need to be careful, don't leave clues when you act, and be sure to collect your heart within the specified time. As soon as the words fell, I saw the man in black stretch out his clenched right hand and slowly open it, a blood-red stone lying in his palm, he looked at the stone with greedy eyes, "As long as you collect those seven hearts, and use the heart and blood of the person in charge of the Seven Star Monarch to sacrifice your seven-trick exquisite stone, when the time comes, I can realize my lifelong dream, hahahaha...... "The insolent laughter was accompanied by the howling cold wind that resounded in the silent night......
On this side, the man in black was meticulously arranging his murder plan, and on the other side, just as Pei Ziyu was secretly happy that he was likely to find the key clues to solve the case, he didn't know that his next self was going to approach the abyss step by step, peeling back the cocoon to uncover a shocking conspiracy......
Cheng Yuan: "My lord is saying that the murderer chooses the target of the murder according to the eight characters of his birthday?" ”
"That's right." Pei Ziyu pointed to a piece of paper on the table with the victim's birthday written on it, while Chengyuan's gaze moved with Pei Ziyu's fingers, "You see, the first deceased, Huzi, was born at noon and died at noon, belonging to a horse. The second deceased, Niu Er, was born in the son and died in the son, and was a rat. What's wrong with you? ”
Cheng Yuan seemed to understand something, "The time of birth and the time of death of the two are the same!" ”
"Yes!" Pei Ziyu expected that Chengyuan would be able to guess this, and then asked, "What else?" ”
"And?" Cheng Yuan looked at the paper with the victims' birthdays written on it again, and after thinking about it, he still didn't have a clue, "My lord, my subordinates really can't think of anything else." ”
Pei Ziyu smiled confidently, "Have you ever heard of the Big Dipper Seven Star Monarch being in charge?" ”
Chengyuan: "My subordinates have heard a little, but they only know a little about it. ”
Pei Ziyu: "The book "Shangqing Jing" once said that the Big Dipper, the first day of the pivotal palace, is the star monarch; the next day, Xuan Palace, for Si Lu Xingjun; On the third day, the palace was Lu Cun Xingjun; The fourth heavenly power palace is the longevity star monarch; The fifth Yuheng Palace, for the benefit of the Xingjun; the sixth Kaiyang Palace, which is the star of Doom; The Seventh Shaking Light Palace, for the Mother Star Monarch, is collectively known as the Seven Divisions Star Monarch. Taoism believes in the Big Dipper as a god, and turns its deity into the seven star kings of the main life, saying that the lives of all living beings in this world belong to the seven stars of the Big Dipper in the sky. Si Lu Yuan Xingjun, the ugly Haisheng belongs to it; Lu Cun True Star King, Yin Xu Shengren belongs to it; Longevity of the new Xingjun, the birth of the people; Yisuan Gang Xingjun, Chen Shen is born; The Doom Ji Xingjun, who has not been born to the people, the Guan Xingjun who was born in the upper life, the people who were born at noon, and the five bodies of mortal life are all in charge of the natal star official. Nowadays, the saints advocate Taoism, and for a time the whole country is following suit, so I suspect that there are people with ill intentions who believe in some crooked ways and want to use the lives of the people in charge of the Seven Star Monarch to sacrifice the Seven Star Monarch in order to achieve a certain purpose. ”
Chengyuan listened carefully to Pei Ziyu's explanation, "Big Dipper Seven Star ......" Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he raised his head and looked at Pei Ziyu fiercely, "That lord, according to what he said, the murderer is very likely to commit murder again?" ”
Pei Ziyu: "Yes, if my inference is correct, according to the murderer's murder plan, five more people will be killed, so we have to hurry up to find more clues, strive to find those people before the murderer commits the murder, protect them, and catch the turtle in an urn to arrest the murderer." ”
Chengyuan: "Your Excellency is wise! It's just that relying solely on this Seven Star Monarch to launch the target of the murder when he is in charge of his life, there is no suspicion of looking for a needle in a haystack. ”
Cheng Yuan suddenly said the concerns in Pei Ziyu's heart now, and the originally stretched eyebrows suddenly frowned, "I know, the murderer must have some other conditions for choosing the target of the murder, so we must have missed any other important clues, you should first follow the clue of the Big Dipper Palm Command to continue to investigate, you must speed up the progress, otherwise more people will die." ”
Chengyuan: "Yes! ”
As soon as the words fell, a servant pushed the door in a panic, only to see that as soon as he stepped into the door with one foot, he staggered to the ground without standing firmly.
Pei Ziyu: "Why are you so flustered?" ”
Officer: "Great ...... My lord...... Again...... Another homicide occurred. ”
Pei Ziyu couldn't believe what he heard, his eyes widened, shocked and angry, but he didn't say anything, just stood there fixedly, clenched his angry fist hard, and then raised his feet and hurried to the scene of the crime, but just after taking two steps, Pei Ziyu stopped suddenly, followed by Cheng Yuan, who didn't stop, hit his back, and then quickly retreated and hugged his fists and bowed his head and waited for Pei Ziyu to speak.
I saw Pei Ziyu looking down and thinking hesitantly, his clenched fist and five fingers were slowly rubbing, as if he was hesitant about something, a few seconds later, he suddenly raised his head, his hesitant eyes just now became firm and full of light, he turned his head sideways and said to Chengyuan: "Go to the house and pick up Li Mingyue, I will wait for you at the scene of the crime." ”
Chengyuan glanced up at Pei Ziyu, although he was surprised, he didn't ask anything, leaned over and hugged his fists and said, "Yes!" The subordinates will do it. Then he left the yamen quickly.
At this time, Li Mingyue was chatting freely with Xiao Tao's boudoir in the house......
"Miss, did you go further in your relationship with Master Pei last night?" Xiao Tao looked forward to it, hoping that Li Mingyue could talk about the progress with Pei Ziyu last night.
Sitting at the table with her hands on her cheeks, Li Mingyue, who was full of joy, glanced at her with a look that saw through Xiao Tao's thoughts, although she tried to make herself look calm, but the joy in her heart was already revealed in her brisk voice, "Didn't you hide in the corner of the room at the time, you can see it clearly, and ask me what to do." ”
"Oh Miss~ I'm hiding not far away, but I'm so far away from you that I can't hear anything." Xiao Tao said disappointedly.
Li Mingyue burst out laughing and poked Xiao Tao's head with her index finger, "Oh, you little villain, you still want to eavesdrop on our conversation." ”
"Xiao Tao also cares about you, I want to see if our plan works." Xiao Tao explained while rubbing her head.
Li Mingyue: "Hmm...... It must have worked, he looked in a good mood yesterday. ”
Xiao Tao: "Well, Xiao Tao thinks so, Xiao Tao also saw Master Pei wrap around your waist last night." ”
When Li Mingyue heard that the scene of being hugged last night was seen by Xiao Tao, she couldn't help but blush immediately, "That's just because I almost fell from the roof, and he helped him with his hand~ I said that I was in a good mood to mean that when we looked at the stars later, he talked to me a lot about the stars, so I think he should be in a good mood." ”
"Oh~" Xiao Tao responded to Li Mingyue with an expression of disbelief.
"Oh, really, you don't believe it?" Li Mingyue pulled Xiao Tao's arm and shook Xiao Tao.
Xiao Tao couldn't help but laugh when she saw Li Mingyue's anxious look, and patted Li Mingyue's hand on her arm with her hand, "Okay, okay~ I believe, okay." Look at how anxious you look. ”
While laughing, Li Mingyue glanced outside the house, and then saw Chengyuan coming from a distance, so she stopped talking and laughing, and Xiao Tao saw that Li Mingyue stopped laughing, so she also looked in the direction she was looking, and at this time Chengyuan had already walked to the door of the house.
Chengyuan: "Miss Mingyue, Master Pei, please come over." ”
When Xiao Tao heard this, she immediately leaned her face to Li Mingyue's ear with a slightly happy expression, covered her mouth with her hand and whispered, "Miss, this Master Pei can't help but want to see you even during office hours now~"
Li Mingyue immediately overflowed with joy when she heard this, glanced at Xiao Tao coquettishly, and whispered: "Mouthy~", after speaking, both of them covered their mouths and snickered.
Chengyuan: "Please also Miss Mingyue hurry up and go over, the time is urgent." ”
As soon as Li Mingyue heard Chengyuan's urging, she quickly restrained her slightly gaffe expression, cleared her throat and got up and said, "Okay, I'll go with you now." After speaking, he walked out of the house with Chengyuan.
Walking outside the mansion, the two horses stood there, Chengyuan walked to the horse, raised his arm, and motioned for Li Mingyue to hold his arm and get on the horse, but Li Mingyue stood there in embarrassment and refused to get on the horse.
Chengyuan: "Miss Mingyue, can you hurry up?" Adults are waiting for us. ”
"I know, I know, but ...... I don't know how to ride a horse......" Li Mingyue looked embarrassed, and thought to herself, I am a modern person who has traveled over, and I am good at driving a BMW, how can I be able to use the art of horse control. When she was embarrassed, her eyes suddenly lit up, "Alas, it's better for us to ride a horse, why don't you take me over." After speaking, Li Mingyue stepped on the pedals, helped Chengyuan's arm and climbed onto the horse, while Chengyuan looked at Li Mingyue on the horse, standing there without meaning to get on the horse.
"Hurry up, Chengyuan, didn't you say Pei Ziyu was waiting for us?" Li Mingyue stretched out her hand and wanted to pull Chengyuan's hand on the horse.
Cheng Yuan hesitated and said, "Miss Mingyue, men and women...... Confer or receive ......"
Li Mingyue: "Oh, what kind of giving and receiving is not kissing, where are there so many rules, get on the horse quickly, if you don't take me there, I can only walk." ”
Chengyuan felt reasonable, so he pulled the horse rope with one hand, and got on the horse's back with the saddle with the other, and the two of them rushed to the scene of the crime.