Chapter 8: Homicide
Ying Wuxin said yes, and sat down on the side of the cabin near the bow, with his face facing back.
The cool wind whistled by, and the boat carried the two into the cave together, the light suddenly dimmed, and the temperature around it dropped a lot, as if from the middle of summer, instantly into late autumn, the cold invaded, and the skin was covered with goosebumps.
The middle-aged man was holding the artemisia in the back, and his black eyes looked bright and bright in the dim cave, like a beast hidden in the dark, which was very unkind.
Seeing that he had been stared at, the middle-aged man was a little uncomfortable, and said with a sneer: "This master should be careful ahead, the stones protruding from the cave wall in some places are easy to hit his head." β
Ying Wuxin grinned and said, "Don't worry, I have eyes on the back of my head." β
The middle-aged man nodded yes, glanced at the incense burner in the cabin without a trace, chewed his cheeks slightly, looked at the stone wall on the side, pretended to look, and quietly swallowed the contents of his mouth.
Walking down the river for about a hundred feet, the cave was already so dark that it was impossible to make out the five fingers, and in the shady cave, there was only a little sound made by the middle-aged man holding the artemisia and plucking the water, and there was no other sound other than that.
Ying yawned silently, one after another, and seemed very sleepy.
"Master, are you sleepy, if you are sleepy, you can squint in the cabin for a while, and when you get out of the cave and get to the place, I will wake you up-" The middle-aged man said softly.
Ying Wuxin lowered his head and did not answer, already snoring slightly.
A cold light flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged man, and the artemisia in his hand was inserted into the water behind the stern of the boat, clenched it firmly, kept it upright, and fixed it with one foot.
Wow β
There was a sharp sound of metal cutting through the air, and a cold light flew out of the stone wall on the side of the bow of the ship, three feet long, and instantly swept across Ying Wuxin's neck.
Burst!
In response to the sound, Ying Wuxin's head and neck were separated, and he fell into the cabin, and the blood gushed from his neck.
"That's it, what about the Daoxia, it's not like you died at my hands, what about the eyes on the back of your head?" the middle-aged man laughed habitually.
Reaching out to pull up the artemisia little by little, and put it in the cabin, the middle-aged man dodged the long knife on the stone wall, and rubbed his hands excitedly, "After slaughtering this fat sheep, I will definitely be able to make a lot of silver, and I can go to the Red Mist Courtyard in Shangyang City to find the little wave hooves of Bai Shuihua and be happy, hehehehe......"
"Uncle be careful, you have been deceived. A boy's voice suddenly rang out.
The middle-aged man was excited, and he followed the sound, only to see a small head popping out of the darkness at the stern, and the white neck could be faintly seen extending behind the water.
A foot long, not to the end.
Three feet long, not to the end.
Three meters long, not to the end.
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva hard, the middle-aged man's body stiffened in an instant, his whole body seemed to be frozen, cold to the bone, the thing in the water was definitely not a human being, because a human being could not have a neck more than three meters long, and it would not be a python, and a python would not have such a big head.
Then there's only one answer, youkai!
At this moment, the middle-aged man especially regretted that he had a pair of eyes that could see in the dark, because what he saw was so terrible that he would rather not see anything himself.
The little head on the surface of the water, seeing that the middle-aged man did not move, shook and slowly sank into the water, and the white and long neck behind it also disappeared.
With a sigh of relief, clutching his chest, the middle-aged man closed his eyes, recovered slightly, turned his head to look ahead, and an even more terrifying scene appeared.
Dao Xia, who had been separated from his head, actually stood up, his headless body looked very visually impactful in the dark, and what was even more terrifying was that one of his hands was still holding his head and slowly put it on his neck.
The first time he put it backwards, the back of his head was facing forward, he took off his head again, changed direction, and put it again.
As if playing a trick, the head and neck were connected, and there was not the slightest sign of a break or wound.
The corners of his mouth turned up, and he should smile cheerfully, but in the eyes of the middle-aged man, a smile in such an environment is more terrible than seeing a monster, and he couldn't help but weaken his legs, knelt in the cabin, and his body fell in, and his big mouth kept stumbling: "Grandpa Daoxia spares his life-"
"Tell me, how many passing guests have you killed in this way?" Ying Wuxin sat down at the bow of the ship and gently kicked the incense burner in the cabin.
The middle-aged man's face changed drastically, and at this time he found that the incense burner was pitch black, and the incense inside was actually extinguished.
"How did you find out?" the middle-aged man did not answer the question, but asked in a deep voice.
Ying Wuxin sneered, "The first time I saw you, I knew you had a problem." β
"No way, I've been doing this for more than ten years, and no one has ever been able to see through my disguiseβ"
"You keep saying that you are a poor person, and you do not hesitate to take risks in order to earn a little money, but you sing the kitsch tune of the second-class red card woman in the Qinglou to entertain guests, and you also sing in a tone, you must have gone less. Ying Wuxin said: "That kind of place, the entrance to the tea fee of one hundred Wen, a table of banquet hundreds of Wen, only the overnight guests can choose a woman after eating the banquet, the first class of ten taels of silver to start, good posture, will be piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, can also chant poetry and poetry, singing and dancing, second-class one or two silver start, more beautiful, no talent, at most is to sing a few kitsch tunes, flirt with the emotions of the guests, the third class is the lowest, 100 Wen can, but if you want to stay overnight, you have to add money. β
"You say that you are poor, but you take enough money for ordinary people to go to the Qinglou for half a year, isn't there an obvious problem?"
"As a Dao Hero, you know so well about the Qinglou, it seems that you have not patronized it less!" the middle-aged man gradually recovered, and said in a sarcastic tone.
Ying looked at him indifferently and did not speak.
The middle-aged man's eyes rolled around a few times, glanced at the bow of the boat, and did not see his hidden long knife appear, and he quickly had an idea in his heart.
"Since you have seen through it, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it, but before leaving, I can tell my family that I will go downstream to see off the guests, they can't see me, or know that I have an accident, they will definitely go to the county government to report the case." β
Ying Wuxin sighed and shook his head slightly, "Another self-righteous fool, I really think that you can fool us Daoxia just by relying on your little care, it's really ridiculous." β
"What's ridiculous, you are Taoist heroes, what can you do if you have the ability, it's not the same to be bound by the laws of the imperial court, if you dare to do it to me privately, after my family reports the case, the county government will definitely send the best catcher to arrest you-" The middle-aged man stiffened his neck and said unconvinced.
Ying Wuxin took out a package from his arms, opened the oil paper outside, took out a piece of jerky and put it in his mouth, and asked while chewing, "Are you hungry?"
The middle-aged man was stunned, his stomach suddenly gurgled, and an extreme feeling of hunger came, which made him completely panicked, he went out after eating in the morning, and it was only an hour now, how could he be so hungry!
Looking at Ying Wuxin, who had a strange sneer on his face in the darkness ahead, the middle-aged man's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.