33 Murder on a moonlit night

Hearing Xie Yixiang's question, Bi Changxiao pondered for a while, and immediately said: "That night, the housekeeper Fu came to the court, saying that King Heng had come to the house, and when I arrived in the front hall, King Heng had already gone to the guest room to rest. So I had to go back to the house and rest on my own, hoping to meet King Heng again in the next day. Who knew that it was around the second watch, my wife and I were woken up by a loud noise, I thought it was a dispute between the people in the house, and I thought that the blessed housekeeper was there, but I didn't need to pay attention to it personally. ”

"However, I thought about it again, there is a distinguished guest of King Heng in the mansion tonight, naturally I can't be sloppy, and there happen to be four other distinguished guests living in the mansion, if the guests are disturbed because of the rudeness of the subordinates, then the face of the Bifu will be lost. So I put on my coat and went out to check, and after a little discernment, I found that the noise was actually coming from the area of the guest room, which was the residence of King Heng and the four guests, and I was immediately startled. I rushed all the way over, and when I arrived at the 'Dragon Yin Pavilion' where King Heng was staying, I saw that the lights were shaking around, and there were already many people gathered around. ”

Speaking of this, Bi Changxiao couldn't help but take a breath, obviously palpitating, and continued: "I saw that the door of the 'Dragon Yin Pavilion' where King Heng was staying was wide open, and a large smell of blood rushed to his head. By the light of the lamps in the hands of the people, the room looked as if it had just been washed with blood, and the ground was covered with blood. Right next to the pool of blood lay the corpse of King Heng, whose head had been cut off, and the blood on the ground flowed from his severed neck. ”

When Xie Yixiang heard this, she couldn't help but feel strange in her heart, and said secretly: "I checked this headless male corpse just now, and it was clear that the head was chopped off after the person died, how could it be possible that so much blood flowed out? ”

I only heard Bi Changxiao continue to narrate: "Just when I was frightened, I saw that in addition to the people in the house, there were clearly three people present, Steward Fu, Mr. Ouyang and Teacher Zhao, and their faces were so pale that there was no trace of blood. Afterwards, I learned that the first person to arrive at the scene of the crime was Mr. Zhao Ruo of the Emei Sword Sect, and even witnessed Guan Gong who appeared to kill people, and then came Mr. Ouyang and Steward Fu. As for the sisters, brothers, and other guests, they all came after me. Therefore, only Mr. Zhao saw the whole thing, and then I had to ask Mr. Zhao to talk about it. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Ruoregret, the "carved sword" of the Emei Sword Sect, said: "Yes, I did see what happened that night with my own eyes. ”

You must know that this Zhao Ruoregret has been languishing since he appeared, and I think it is because of the three-month ban in Bifu that he is so tired. Even just a moment ago, this Zhao Ruo was clearly still napping in his seat, listening to Bi Changxiao talk about this, he was used to it, and immediately took over the conversation, it can be seen that the whole thing has been told to officials at all levels many times, and even has cooperated with a tacit understanding.

Xie Yixiang hurriedly bowed to this Teacher Zhao of the Emei Sword Sect, and said respectfully: "Please also ask Teacher Zhao to elaborate." Zhao Ruoregret took a sip of strong tea, and then slowly said: "My surname is Zhao, and my name is regretful, but I am a disciple of the 'Ruo' generation of the Emei Sword Sect in Shuzhong, and Zhu Ruoyu, the head of the Emei Sword Sect today, is a contemporary, and is one of the 'six sword messengers' of the Emei Sword Sect." It must be known that the ninth day of the next month will be the fiftieth birthday of the head of my Emei Sword Sect, so I invite the martial arts masters of this Shu land to the feast, and the eldest prince and Miss Bi Er of Bifu are naturally also in the list of invited guests. So I came to Bifu this time to send an invitation to the birthday banquet for the senior brother in charge, but I didn't know that I ran into such a murder, which will remain until today. ”

Xie Yixiang had heard Master Chang talk about the intention of the four guests before, this Zhao Ruoregret came to Bifu eight days before the murder, since he claimed to be here to deliver the invitation, I think he should not only send this invitation to Bifu, most of them have other invitations to send, but why did he stay in Bifu for eight days, so as to bump into this murder? Xie Yixiang has always been puzzled about this, and now that Zhao Ruoregret has already spoken, she should even ask this question.

I only heard Zhao Ruocheng say lightly: "For such a trivial matter as sending invitations, there are hundreds of disciples under my Emei Sword Sect, and I shouldn't have sent them personally." Xie Yixiang didn't understand what he meant for a while, and Bi Changxiao had already said: "Sister Yixiang doesn't know, this Teacher Zhao of the Emei Sword Sect has a lot of friendship with my Bi family, and has always been in contact. This time, Master Zhu is on his birthday, and his own disciples are running around, and in the capacity of Teacher Zhao, how can he personally send invitations to people? This time, Teacher Zhao was planning to stay in the house for a while because of his friendship with our Bi family, so he asked Master Zhu for this errand. Therefore, apart from my Bifu, Mr. Zhao does not need to be responsible for other invitations. ”

Xie Yixiang suddenly realized, but she didn't know what kind of friendship Bi Changxiao's so-called "friendship" was. She saw that Bi Changxiao's brothers and sisters and Zhao Ruoregret had not explained the matter thoroughly, and it was inconvenient to find out the root cause at the moment, so she listened to Zhao Ruoregret continue: "On the night of the murder, the heat became thicker and thicker, and it was so hot that it was really difficult to sleep. I thought about staying for a night or two at most, and then I would go back to Mount Emei to escape the summer, and even if I wanted to beg for some wine, I would drink him until dawn. As the servant had already rested, I had to go out of the house in person, planning to go to the housekeeper to get wine, who knew that as soon as I stepped out of the door, I smelled a faint smell of blood permeating the night, a little recognition, but it was from the direction of the 'Dragon Yin Pavilion' not far away. Looking up again, the night sky is a half-bent yellow crescent, looking at the direction of the moon, it is about two o'clock. ”

"As for King Heng's visit to Bifu that night, I didn't know at the time, but I am very familiar with the 'Dragon Yin Pavilion' in Bifu, it is the best of all the guest rooms in the house, it is said that when General Bi built the mansion, it was specially prepared for the current emperor, but unfortunately it has not been able to come in handy, and we, the ordinary people, have no chance to live. At that time, I was curious to see which nobleman was actually qualified to live in the 'Dragon Yin Pavilion', and secondly, I wanted to find out the origin of this smell of blood. After all, I have an old friendship with the Bi family, and if something really happens in the Bi Mansion, I will not stand idly by. ”

Saying that, Zhao Ruocheng suddenly sighed and said: "As the saying goes, 'Houmen is as deep as the sea', and people like Bifu will have some privacy that they don't want outsiders to know, so although I was curious at the time, I only planned to explore in the dark, and I didn't alarm the others in the mansion; So I didn't turn on the lamp, but quietly came to the 'Dragon Yin Pavilion' by the dim moonlight, and then I saw that the door was wide open, and the room was pitch black, and there was a faint noise, and the smell of blood that I had smelled before came from the house. I immediately went to the door, and was about to look inside, when suddenly a strong wind blew in my face, and an extremely burly figure strode out of the darkness and came straight out of the door, almost colliding with me. ”

Seeing Zhao Ruoregret saying this, he couldn't help but gasp, and his expression seemed to be a little frightened. Xie Yixiang listened to his words not only with a description of the surrounding environment, but also a description of his own psychological activities, which can be described as meticulous, which shows that he has long been used to talking about this experience, and it is almost comparable to the storyteller in the market. Zhao Ruoregret took another sip of tea and continued: "At that time, I subconsciously took two steps back, because I didn't have a blade on my body, I immediately put on a 'Emei Broken Jade Fist' starting pose, and I was about to ask who the other party was, but I saw a long knife slashing down at the top of my head, its prestige is terrifying, and it is definitely beyond the reach of human power;

Xie Yixiang was slightly stunned, and said in his heart: "Could it be that he really saw the manifest Guan Gong?" only to hear Zhao Ruo's tone also seemed to float a little, and muttered: "Where can I take care of anything else for a while?" Hurriedly rolled on the spot, dodging the Qinglong Glaive Knife that fell on the head, and then I saw clearly that the burly man in front of him was clearly a general with a red face, red phoenix eyes, and a green parrot robe, with five long whiskers fluttering in the wind under his chin, which was exactly the appearance of Guan Gong enshrined in the Guandi Temple! Seeing that Guan Gong actually appeared on this moonlit night, and the green dragon glaive knife in his hand was clearly stained with blood, I didn't know that the 'Dragon Yin Pavilion' was inhabited by King Heng, and my first reaction was to turn around and run away, and at the same time shouted loudly. ”