Chapter 2 There is no way out of doubt
"Why don't you burn you, what's the hurry?" Li Bai glanced at him and picked up a piece of mutton himself, blew it and put it in his mouth, "Wow, wow, wow... Why is it so hot..."The two looked at each other and laughed, then drank another glass of wine.
"What about the six doors of you, didn't you find a pigeon under the entity?"
"I found out, what's the matter, there are often some pigeons in the broken temple, they all treat it as a nest, isn't it normal to have a little pigeon. ”
"No, it's not a pigeon in the wild, it's a pigeon that has been specially domesticated and acts according to the instructions given by the domesticated owner. Li Bai said slowly while turning the dishes in the hot pot with chopsticks.
"Brother Taibai, how did you find out? In my opinion, this is an ordinary pulled by an ordinary pigeon!" He Jizhen looked at Li Bai curiously, and he didn't even notice that the wine in the cup was overflowing.
"Hey, your wine!" Li Bai hurriedly pointed to the cup, "Actually, this is very simple, some people have domesticated pigeons that eat better, the feces are more delicate, and the taste is even different from those pigeons that eat some miscellaneous pigeons outside all year round." ”
"Then what does this pigeon have to do with this snowy night murder case? Could it be that a few pigeons killed the three of them with one move?" He Jizhen asked as he wiped the wine spilled on the table.
"Hey, I'll just say that you people who have lived in temples for a long time have rusty brains, and the murderer's method is to manipulate the pigeon with certain sounds, and then use the pigeon's body as a borrowing place through superb light skills, so as to achieve a radius of two miles without leaving any marks, now you understand. ”
Looking at Li Bai's confident expression, He Jizhen looked a little surprised, it was the first time he had heard of this kind of thing, and after a while, he raised his head and drank a glass of wine, "What does Brother Taibai mean, should we inquire according to the clues of these pigeons?"
"Smart", Li Bai showed an appreciative look, "I'm afraid only one person knows this kind of thing best." ”
"Chang'an Pigeon Ace - Pigeon Ace Zhang!" the two said in unison.
Pigeon Zhang was originally a merchant from the Western Regions, although a caravan came to Chang'an together to communicate, because of the special ability to train birds, so it was well known, and then specially for people in need will find it for special domestication, and he also became famous because of his profits, so he became a wealthy local family in Chang'an.
As soon as they arrived at Pigeon Zhang's house, the two were surprised.
"This is what you call famous?" Li Bai pouted.
"I... How do I know? I'm here for the first time. He Jizhen also looked shocked.
The "Zhang Mansion" in front of me is nothing more than a fence surrounded by wood, and there is a well in the courtyard, and a little gray-haired old man bends over to push a grinding plate to grind tofu. The little old man looked to be about sixty years old, his body was quite strong, and he looked effortless when pushing the grinding plate, if it weren't for the many cages with pigeons hanging in the yard, the two of them couldn't believe that this was the famous pigeon Zhang.
The two pushed open the wooden door and walked in, the old man stopped what he was doing, turned around and saw that He Ji was really dressed and hurriedly went over to greet him.
"The two officials came to the cold house, I don't know what to order. The old man smiled with his fists in his hands, and his face looked very reserved.
"Old man, I can't hide it, the two of us are people from six doors, and I want to come today to inquire about something like you. He Zhizhang hurriedly supported the old man, afraid that the old man's ear power would not be good, so he approached the old man and said slowly.
"Oh, it's the official of the six doors, come and come two adults, please come into the house, it's cool outside!"
After entering the house, the old man first went to bring two cups of tea to the two, and then sat down and waited for the two to ask, and the atmosphere seemed a little restrained.
"You don't have to be restrained, old man, this is your own home, relax. He Jizhen looked at the old man's restrained appearance, and couldn't help but whisper to the old man with a smile.
"Alas, old man, I'm old, but I'm not used to contact with people in officialdom, and I'm not used to living a life of fine clothes and food, so don't laugh at the two adults. Then the pigeon Zhang took a sip of tea and hurriedly said: "The two adults also drink it, the weather is cold and warm, although it is not a good tea, but it also has a unique taste." ”
Li Bai picked up the cup, and as soon as he took the tea, he felt that the taste was indeed different, but he was busy with the investigation and didn't have time to taste it carefully, "The old man really doesn't hide it, the two of us have something important to ask you for advice on this trip, do you know how this kind of dung pigeon came from?" After taking it, the pigeon rubbed it lightly with his thumb and forefinger, then put it next to his nose and sniffed it, and after a moment of thought, he stood up with his eyes wide open.
Seeing this, the two of them hurriedly stood up, "Sir, what's wrong?
"This pigeon grew up eating a special forage in the Western Regions, so the taste will be very special and very delicate, but... But—" said the old man, walking around the room in a circle, with a look of disbelief.
"But what? Seeing this, Li Bai hurriedly asked.
"But the only people who can domesticate this kind of pigeon are the people in the Western Regions Demon Sect in the past, at that time, they used the domestication of pigeons for their internal secret communication, and it is said that their domestication methods are even more extraordinary..."Pigeon Zhang said this, his eyes showed a little disappointed, "It is said that I can train to control the actions of pigeons through sound, I used to hear this kind of legend when I was learning the art of pigeon taming in the Western Regions, but I have never seen it, I am afraid that this method will be lost after the destruction of the Demon Sect." ”
When Li Bai heard this, he began to secretly guess in his heart that the three sect leaders who died were the members of the Central Plains Martial Arts when they encircled and suppressed the Demon Sect in the past, and it was reported that the five exercises of the Demon Sect were superior in light skills, and it was really the comeback of the remnants of the Demon Realm to step on the pigeon in the air and kill with one blow?
"But—" The ace pigeon looked anguished as soon as he finished speaking.
"You're talking too much. A voice floated in from outside the door, and the pigeon king fell down with a hidden weapon stuck in his neck, and the wound was already black, presumably quenched with poison.
He Jizhen immediately rushed to Pigeon Zhang to catch him, and Li Bai rushed to the courtyard like an arrow from the string while He Jizhen caught Pigeon Zhang, and a man in black on the roof not far away was escaping, and Li Bai jumped hard to chase after him.
Li Bai's light skills and swordsmanship on the rivers and lakes are called double peers, and after a few ups and downs on the roof, they have been chased out for more than a mile, and within a moment, they have been chased to a distance of only four or five zhang. When the man in black struggled to leap into the air, his body twisted and threw three black darts, shooting at Li Bai's chest, head and legs respectively. Li Bai's body had nowhere to borrow strength in the air, so he tilted his head and his right leg lightly dodged the two darts that shot at the head and chest, and then saw the opportunity to block the dart shot to the chest with the sword body, and the dart hit the sword body and shocked Li Bai's hand, and he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart, "This kid's hand strength is really not small, if this is an ordinary sword, it is likely to be shocked into two!" After the dart was blocked, Li Bai saw the opportunity and turned his body hard, and when the distance of the dart fell, he kicked the dart with his right leg and turned directly to the man in black.
The man in black didn't expect Li Bai's skill, his arm was cut by a dart with a slight wound, and he looked back and saw that Li Bai fell into an alley and disappeared after a start. When Li Bai chased after him, he looked at the merchants and vendors on the street, and there were no black-clothed people. Li Bai squatted down and looked at the place where the man in black disappeared, and found that there were several round pitch-black iron balls on the ground, and he checked them in his hand the size of an egg, "It looks like there should be something inside." Li Bai looked at the iron ball to himself and said, then picked up the iron ball and put it to his nose and sucked it gently, and couldn't help but be shocked, "This is a thunderbolt?!" After coming back to his senses, Li Bai put away a few thunderbolts on the ground, and then got up and went back to meet He Jizhen.
After returning to the yard, I saw He Jizhen squatting on the ground looking at the body of Pigeon Zhang, looking a little distracted, after all, such an important clue was broken again, as soon as he saw Li Bai coming over, He Jizhen was a little better, and hurriedly stood up and stepped forward and asked: "Brother Taibai, how did you catch it?" Li Bai held his sword and shook his head, He Jizhen immediately looked even more distracted, Li Bai couldn't help but feel sorry for him when he looked lost, so he took out the thunderbolt in his arms and shook it in front of He Jizhen's eyes," Nerd, this is the Assassin who fell from him, and this is our new clue. ”
"This is..."He Jizhen picked it up and looked at it, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, and then couldn't help but exclaim, "Is this a thunderbolt?!
"What's wrong with Lao He, is there anything wrong with this thunderbolt?" Looking at He Jizhen's appearance, Li Bai asked solemnly, he knew that Lao He was not this kind of person who joked nonsense, and he must have encountered something unbelievable when he looked at him.
"Brother Taibai, you have been walking the rivers and lakes for so long, have you ever seen a thunderbolt with your own eyes?"
"Today is the first time I've seen it in my life. ”
"That's it, Brother Taibai, have you ever thought that the Demon Sect in the past only had a few hundred sect members, why did it have the courage to try to subvert my Central Plains Martial Arts?"
"I heard some old-timers say that their sect leader's martial arts are unique in the world, and there are four messengers of wind, rain, thunder and lightning under his command, and his martial arts are also famous in all directions..."
"Brother Taibai, you only know one thing, you don't know the other, in the past, the biggest help they vainly tried to subvert the Central Plains martial arts was Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall!"