Chapter 15: Shitai dies

One

After breakfast. Lu Feng cleared his throat and whispered in a dignified voice, "I think we'd better be careful." I propose that we meet in the hall every two quarters of an hour. Everyone agreed. Liang Feiyan put the dishes together and said, "I'll clean up and wash it in the kitchen." Monk Yuanzhen said, "Let's help you move these to the kitchen." ”

"I'll come," Mrs. Hua Yun said, just wanted to stand up and sit down again, and then said, "Oh, my God." ”

Lu Feng said: "What's wrong, Master Huayun?" ”

Master Hua Yun said apologetically: "I want to help Miss Liang, but I don't know what's going on." I just feel a little dizzy. ”

"Dizzy, eh?" Nangong Jin walked over and looked at it, and then said, "It doesn't seem to be much of a problem." It should be a kind of vertigo caused by fear. I can give you some—"

"Don't!" The word burst out of her mouth like a flowering cannonball. Everyone was shocked. Nangong Jin made a big red face. That's right, she did have a face full of fear and doubt. Nangong Jin said embarrassedly: "Whatever you want, Master Huayun." ”

"I don't eat anything — I don't want anything," she said. I just want to sit here quietly for a while, and then I can get over the dizziness. ”

Liang Feiyan cleaned up all the dishes and chopsticks for breakfast. Shen He said: "I'm a man who can take care of housework, let me help you, Miss Liang." ”

Liang Feiyan said, "Thank you." Mrs. Hua Yun sat alone in the ear room for a long time, and she could vaguely hear the soft conversation in the kitchen. Slowly, the vertigo passed. She felt sleepy, as if she was about to fall asleep. There seemed to be a buzzing sound in my ears - or something was buzzing in the room. She remembered, "It looks like a bee—a big wasp." Now she actually saw a bee and crawled on the window frame. She remembered that Liang Feiyan had mentioned bees in the morning. Bees and honey ...... She loves honey. The honey taken from the hive is filtered by hand in a muslin bag, drop by drop, drop by drop...... It seems like there is someone in the room...... A man covered in blood, but still smiling...... It was the senior sister who climbed up from the bottom of the cliff...... She only had to turn her head to see her senior sister. But she just couldn't turn her head...... All she had to do was shout...... But she just couldn't scream...... There was no one else in the room anymore, just her...... She heard footsteps—the sound of soft shuffling footsteps from behind her, the stumbling footsteps of the girl who had fallen off the cliff...... Then, there was a bloody smell in the nostrils...... On the window frame, the bee was still buzzing—buzzing...... It was at this moment that she felt as if she had been pricked with a needle. It felt like the bee was sting on her neck......

Two

A group of people were waiting for Mrs. Huayun in the hall. Liang Feiyan said: "Shall I go and see her?" ”

Shen He hurriedly said, "Wait a minute." Liang Feiyan sat down again. Everyone looked at Shen He with questioning eyes. He said, "Listen to me, my opinion is that if you want to find a sufferer for those dead ghosts, you just need to go to the ear room at this moment. I swear that woman is the one we were looking for. ”

Nangong Jindao: "So, what about her motives?" ”

"This is a weird old nun. She has some motives that we can't understand, isn't it, Divine Doctor? ”

Nangong Jin said: "You insist on saying that." I have nothing to refute you. However, this is all just your subjective speculation and there is no evidence. ”

Liang Feiyan said: "When we were cooking together in the kitchen just now, she was very abnormal, her eyes—" She trembled.

Monk Yuanzhen said: "You can't judge based on this alone. To this day, none of us still have lingering fears. Shen He said: "There is another thing, after the picture scroll came out, she refused to explain it alone. Why? Just because she has nothing to explain?! Liang Feiyan couldn't sit still in her chair. "That's not entirely true, I listened to her – she told me later," she said. ”

Lu Feng said: "What did she say to you, Miss Liang?" Liang Feiyan repeated how Senior Sister Hua Yun and Senior Sister Hua Yun died. Lu Feng expressed his opinion on this matter and said: "Quite frankly. I don't think it has anything to do with her, but I always feel that the truth is not as simple as she said, so does she have anything to say, such as her sister has always been not very good with her sister or something? ”

"Nope." Liang Feiyan said, "She just said that although she and her sister have different personalities and some conflicts, they are still sisters in general." ”

Shen He said: "She mentioned that they had conflicts, I think this is the fundamental, I think her character is like she will care very much about those who don't deal with her, so I think this is the reason why she killed her junior sister and senior sister, but I don't know exactly how to do it." ”

Lu Feng said: "Okay, let's stop guessing, I think it's almost noon." Let's go and ask Mrs. Hua Yun to join us in the discussion. ”

Shen He said: "Aren't you going to take any action?" ”

Lu Feng said: "I don't see what we can do. At the moment, we're just skeptical. However, I would like to ask Master Yuan Zhen to pay special attention to observe Master Hua Yun's every move. Well, now let's go to the Transept! ”

When the group walked into the ear room, they found that Mrs. Hua Yun was still sitting in the chair as they had left. Looking from behind, she couldn't see anything wrong, but she didn't seem to notice that they had huddled into the room together. Then they saw her face—bloodshot, blue lips, and frightened eyes.

Shen He said: "What's the matter, she is dead!" ”

Three

Lu Feng still said softly and calmly: "Liquidated us again—it's too late!" Nangong Jin leaned over the corpse, sniffed his lips, shook his head, and rolled his eyelids again. Monk Yuanzhen said impatiently, "How did she die, Divine Doctor?" She was fine here when we left her! Nangong Jin looked intently at a small hole on the right side of Master Huayun's neck and said, "That's a pinhole." There was a buzz from the window. Liang Feiyan shouted: "Look - bees - a big wasp." Think about what I said this morning! ”

Nangong Jin said ruthlessly: "It's not a bee that stings her!" It was a human hand that pricked her with a needle! ”

Lu Feng said: "Looking at her death, is it poisonous on the needle?" ”

Nangong Jin replied: "It is estimated that it is still a highly poisonous, and it is the same as Fang Yulong." She must have suffocated to death at the time. ”

Liang Feiyan shouted, "But that bee? It can't be a coincidence, right? Monk Yuanzhen said coldly: "Oh, no, it's not a coincidence! It's our murderer who wants to add a little bit of local color! What a mischievous beast! Try to make it exactly like that damn limerick! This is the first time, even his voice is not steady, almost screaming, it seems that his nerves that have been tested for a long time in the scene of "white knives in, red knives out" can't withstand it in the end. He said angrily, "It's going crazy — completely crazy — we're all crazy!" ”

Lu Feng still said calmly: "I hope everyone can still keep their senses. Who's here with a needle? Nangong Jin tried his best to muster up his courage, but his voice was still hesitant and said, "I brought it." All four pairs of eyes were fixed on him. He had to force himself to take advantage of this pair of very hostile and suspicious eyes. He said, "I always take it with me when I go out. Most doctors are like that. Lu Feng said calmly: "What you said is reasonable, but doctor, please tell us where the needle you brought is now?" ”

"In my room's bag." Lu Feng said: "Maybe we have to confirm it, okay?" The five of them went upstairs together, and everyone was silent. The contents of the bag were turned out and spread out on the ground. But not a single needle was found, only some medicines were found.

Four

Nangong Jin said excitedly: "Someone must have secretly taken it away!" "No one spoke, and there was silence in the room. Nangong Jin stood with his back to the window. Four pairs of eyes fell on him, full of suspicion, full of condemnation. He looked at Lu Feng and Liang Feiyan, and then looked back helplessly and weakly: "I said that someone must have taken it away." ”

Shen He looked at Monk Yuanzhen, and the other party also looked at him. Lu Feng said: "The five of us are in this house, and one of them is a murderer. The situation is very precarious. So in order to ensure the safety of the lives of the four innocent people, we must take all measures. Nangong Jin, I'm going to ask you now, what other medicines do you have in your hands? Nangong Jin replied, "I also have a small medicine box here." You can all check. There was a little sleeping pill - and ginseng - snow lotus, and a medicine that I personally prepared for the conditioning, and nothing else. Lu Feng said: "I myself also have some sleeping pills - I don't know exactly what to use." However, I estimate that heavy use can also be fatal. As for you, Master Yuanzhen, you have a dangerous and abnormal hidden weapon, right? The true monk immediately replied, "What if I have? ”

"Just talk. I propose to gather all the doctor's medicines, my own sleeping pills, your secret weapons, and all the other things like drugs or firearms, and put them together in a safe place. Once this is done, each of us has to do a search – both physically and belongings. Monk Yuanzhen said: "If you want me to give you all this, you don't think about it!" Lu Feng said sternly: "Master Yuanzhen, you are a Shaolin monk, even if you don't take that secret weapon, we may not be your opponent." So if you have that deadly secret weapon, we really don't feel at ease. So I hope you understand. ”

Monk Yuanzhen said: "What if I insist on not taking it out?"

"Then we have to think that you are the one hiding behind the back, although you have the secret weapon in your hand, but if the other four of us are together, the outcome is not yet known. Of course I don't want that, I said I'm just for everyone's safety."

Monk Yuanzhen listened to his words and thought for a moment before saying, "Okay, I agree to take out that secret weapon."

Lu Feng nodded and said, "Thank you Master for your understanding, I was also forced to do so, so where is your secret weapon?" ”

"In the drawer of my bedside table."

"Okay."

"I'll go get it."

"I think it's better for us to go with you and get it." Although Monk Yuanzhen had some smiles, he still almost roared and said, "Duoxin coward, you are not wrong, right?" They walked down the corridor to Monk Yuanzhen's room. Monk Yuan Zhen strode over to the table next to the bed and pulled open the drawer. He took a step back and scolded his mother. The drawer on the table next to the bed was empty.

Five

Monk Yuanzhen took off naked, and then said, "Are you satisfied?" The other three men searched his clothes and his room thoroughly. Liang Feiyan waited in the corridor outside. The search proceeded in a step-by-step manner. Nangong Jin, Lu Feng and Shen He all took their turns one by one. The four men came out of Shen He's room and walked towards Liang Feiyan. First of all, Lu Feng said: "I hope you don't be surprised, Miss Liang, none of us are special." You must find the needle that killed Shitai and the secret weapon. I think you should be able to focus on the big picture, of course, as long as you take off your outer clothes."

Liang Feiyan nodded.

"Okay, then I'll wronged you." Liang Feiyan walked into the room and closed the door. It didn't take long for him to come out, wearing only a belly pocket and shorts. Lu Feng nodded in approval. "I've wronged you, Miss Liang, please stay here now. Let's check your room. Liang Feiyan stayed patiently in the corridor until they came out after the search, and then went back to the room to change clothes. They waited outside until she came out again. Lu Feng said: "I think we need to be safer next, after all, by now, none of the five of us has a weapon or medicine that can be lethal in our hands." That's reassuring. Now let's put these drugs in a safe place. Is there a cupboard for silverware in the kitchenette? ”

Shen He said: "These are easy, the question is who is in charge of the key?" I don't think it could be you, right? Lu Feng didn't answer. He kept going into the kitchen, and the rest of the people followed. There is a small cabinet in the kitchenette dedicated to silver cutlery and plates. Everyone obeyed Lu Feng's arrangement, put all kinds of medicines inside and locked them, and then, still following Lu Feng's idea, carried the small cabinet into the large cupboard, and locked it as usual. Afterwards, Lu Feng handed the key to the small cabinet to Monk Yuan Zhen and the key to the large cupboard to Shen He. He said: "In terms of physical shape, you two are the most powerful, and it is not easy for anyone who wants to snatch anyone's key. And the three of us, none of us want to rob it. As for smashing open a large cupboard – or a small cupboard – it is not only laborious but also inevitably loud, and it is impossible for others to notice it. He paused for a while, then continued: "We still have a very serious problem in front of us, what is the matter with Master Yuanzhen's secret weapon? ”

Shen He said: "As far as I can see, no one will have a secret weapon master who knows." Monk Yuanzhen was so angry that his nostrils collapsed. He said, "You damn stupid pig! I told you it was stolen! ”

Lu Feng asked, "Dare to ask the master, when was the last time you saw the hidden weapon?" ”

"Yesterday night. When I went to bed, it was still in the drawer – just in case I took a look before I went to bed. Lu Feng nodded and said, "Then, it must have been this morning when everyone was looking for Qin Zhong in a mess or before and after finding his body." ”

Liang Feiyan said: "It must be hidden somewhere in the room." We've got to find it. Lu Feng was touching his chin with his fingers again. "I doubt it can be found," he said, "but our murderer has plenty of time to find a good place to hide it." I'm going to find it as soon as I look for it, and I don't have this illusion. Shen He seemed to be very confident and said, "I don't know where the secret weapon is. But I'm willing to bet that something else, the missing needle, I should know where. Come with me. He opened the front door and led the group around the house. Not far from the window of the transept, he found the needle, and next to it was a broken little porcelain figure, the fifth little devil broken into pieces. Shen He said quite proudly: "It can only be here, that person killed the Empress Dowager Hua Yunshi, opened the window and threw away the needle set, and then picked up the porcelain figure from the table and threw it out." "There were no marks on the needle, and it seemed that it had been carefully erased.

Liang Feiyan said in a resolute tone: "In my opinion, let's hurry up and find out that deadly secret weapon!" ”

Lu Feng said: "I'm going to find it!" However, when looking for a hidden weapon, no one should leave anyone. Remember, as soon as they disperse, the killers have a chance to do so. ”

They carefully searched the cellar from the attic, but to no avail. The lost secret weapon is still missing, as if the world has evaporated.