After dinner, everyone gathered early in the treasure hall and waited for the appearance of the finale treasure. Wu Houcai, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, looked around and found that there was one person missing, it was Xiang Qing, so he instructed the housekeeper Zhao He to go and call. After a while, Zhao He came back and whispered a few words in Wu Houcai's ear, Wu Houcai nodded and smiled, and began to announce: "The hour has come, except for Xiang Dart, the rest of the people have arrived, Xiang Dart may come back later because there are still important things, let's start first, come to someone, and hand over the treasures of the night." ”

A maid came to the stage with a delicate box, and Xu Houcai walked up to the stage and said, "This thing needs to be in the dark to show its value." After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned to his subordinates to turn off the lights.

Suddenly, the entire treasure hall fell into darkness, and the silence around was terrifying, and it seemed that the heartbeat of the people on the side could be heard. Suddenly, a dazzling light flashed in the middle of the stage, at first only the size of a thin line, and slowly gradually thickened and enlarged, until the last colorful glare scattered out to illuminate the entire lobby. This kind of light is not like the light of ordinary candlelight, but flickering, as if mysterious, each light is like a vivid little life, beating and playing in the air, gathering and playing.

Everyone was stunned and silent.

"The name of this thing is the Colorful Illusion Pearl, and it is the king of the Night Pearl. As he spoke, Wu Houcai took out another night pearl from his bag, and after taking out this ordinary night pearl, the light suddenly dimmed, and finally disappeared until it no longer glowed. Wu Houcai continued: "The rest of the night pearls will be overshadowed in front of this colorful illusion pearl, just like this pearl. ”

The person who knows the goods has already let out an exclamation, the night pearl is already scarce, and this pearl is the king of pearls, and it is priceless.

"The starting price of this item is 10 million taels. Xu Houcai announced.

Qin Hexuan was shocked in his heart: the value of a night pearl was actually more than the elixir in the morning and the Persian beauty with a huge treasure.

"10.5 million. ”

"11 million. ”

"12 million. ”

What made Qin Hexuan even more unexpected was that such a high price was also called one after another.

In fact, if Qin Hexuan was fortunate enough to have been to the Holy Palace now, then he would have learned the preciousness of this Colorful Illusion Pearl. Nowadays, the saint loves the night pearl, and the dormitory is dotted with all kinds of night pearls, and there is almost no candlelight illumination after nightfall, and the night pearl is already beautiful. With this emperor among pearls, wouldn't it be even more noble than the emperor? Who doesn't have the slightest extravagant hope in their hearts to surpass 10,000 people and stand on top of the world? Or if they dedicate this thing to the emperor, they can also get a good thing to enjoy for generations.

The bidding was still in full swing, and the atmosphere was so warm that everyone didn't notice that a silk handkerchief was slowly falling in the air.

Suddenly, the light dimmed, and everyone looked at the colorful illusion pearl, and a handkerchief happened to cover it, blocking part of the colored light.

I don't know who shouted, "Look at the top of your head." ”

Everyone looked at the top of their heads, and the colorful glare of the colorful magic pearl shot through the handkerchief to the ceiling above, projecting a line of words on the handkerchief: "The surname Lu is a beast, collecting money from people, dirtying women, sages and masquerades, and the world is intolerable." ”

"Who is it? and tarnish my reputation!" Lu Xingxue shouted when he saw this word.

Everyone turned their heads to look at Lu Xingxue, thinking: This beast surnamed Lu is talking about this Lu Xingxue, the reaction is so fierce, it seems that he is not recruiting himself, I can't think of it, I can't imagine that the master of the dignified Confucian Academy is such a person.

Looking at the gazes cast by everyone, seeing contempt, contempt, and schadenfreude, Lu Xingxue was furious in his heart: "Xiang Qing, if you come out for me, it must be you, what do you mean by blindly slandering me?"

Everyone looked around with Lu Xingxue's shout, but they didn't see Xiang Qing's figure.

"Master Lu, please dissipate your anger, it was my poor arrangement that caused this prank. Wu Houcai hurriedly apologized. Then he ordered his men to take away the handkerchief.

At this time, Lu Xingxue was already carried away by anger, ignored Wu Houcai's apology, got up and rushed to Xiang Qing's residence, "Xiang Qing, do you think it's good to hide? ”

With the attitude of watching the play, everyone also followed. Ouyang Jincheng took Qin Hexuan and the others to follow.

Before coming to Xiang Qingfang, Lu Xingxue raised his fist and wanted to slam the door to enter, but was stopped by Wu Houcai in time, "I'm afraid it's not good to rush in like this, just when Wu ordered his subordinates to invite Xiang Dart, his subordinates heard the sound of beds squeaking in the house, presumably in... Ahem, ahem. Wu Houcai glanced at Wei Wenqian and Jing Xinyao, thinking that it was inconvenient for a lady to be present.

"I don't care what he does, he's a big whore, just so that everyone can see his honor. Lu Xingxue raised his foot and kicked the door in spite of the obstruction.

Tut-tut, this looks like a sage protégé, everyone snickered in their hearts.

"Ah!" I saw that Lu Xingxue had just entered the door with his front foot, and there was an exclamation. Everyone hurriedly entered the house, and what caught their eyes was Xiang Qing**** lying on the bed with his feet facing the sky, no longer breathing in his mouth, and the Persian woman had disappeared.

Ouyang Jincheng hurriedly stepped forward to check his pulse, but his pulse was completely empty, and he was sure of death. Qin Hexuan and the other three began to investigate the condition of the corpse all over their bodies, but did not find any wounds.

"Master Wu, please take everyone back to the treasure hall first, don't touch anything in this room, wait for us to come." Then immediately the people went to the village to find the missing Miss Persia. Ouyang Jincheng said to Wu Houcai.

Seeing the murder case, everyone was so frightened that they couldn't give up, and Wu Houcai was even worse, after all, it happened in his own village, and it was expected that he would definitely be in trouble this time. Under Ouyang Jincheng's reminder, he hurriedly accompanied the guests back to the treasure hall with his subordinates. After the miscellaneous people left, Ouyang Jincheng quickly took out his portable medical tools, and with the assistance of Qin Hexuan and the others, began the autopsy.

In the treasure hall, everyone was still in shock. After the half-burnt incense, Ouyang Jincheng and the others returned to the treasure hall.

"Master Wu, please ask the people to place the corpse of Xiang Darthead. Sorry, maybe the room was a little dirty by us. Ouyang Jincheng said to Wu Houcai.

After the order, Wu Houcai asked Ouyang Jincheng: "Ouyang Shenzhuo, what is going on?"

"We have just carefully examined the body of Xiang Darthead, and there are no external wounds on the surface of the body, unlike external force death, and there are no signs of a fight in the room. After carefully examining the internal organs of the corpse, it was preliminarily judged that he should have died of cardiac arrest, which is a common way for heart patients. The time of death is probably around the time of our treasure hunting meeting tonight. Ouyang Jincheng said.

"It seems to have been a heart attack due to too much exercise, huh. Lu Xingxue said disdainfully.

"May I ask Steward Zhao, when the owner of the Shicai Wu Zhuang instructed you to call Xiang Darthead, confirm that he was still alive at that time?" asked Ouyang Jincheng.

"When I came to the darthead room, I was about to knock on the door, when I heard the creaking of the bed and the moaning of a woman, so I was too embarrassed to disturb and had to leave. Zhao He replied.

"Other than that, have you found anything else?" Ouyang Jincheng then asked.

"Nothing special. Zhao He replied.

"After leaving, you went straight back to the Treasure Hall?" asked Ouyang Jincheng.

"Yes. Zhao He replied.

"Didn't stay anywhere else?" asked Ouyang Jincheng.

"Nope. Zhao He replied.

"Steward Zhao, may I ask what you had for dinner today?" Suddenly, Qin Hexuan coldly interrupted Ouyang Jincheng and asked.

"Hmm, what did I eat at night, and what does it have to do with this?" Zhao He asked.

"Please answer me as well. Ouyang Jincheng said with a smile.

"Well, I ate beef, yellow croaker, and crabs..."Before Zhao He could finish speaking, Qin Hexuan interrupted, "Okay, thank you." Zhao He was asked inexplicably.

At this time, the subordinates who had just ordered to look for the Persian woman came back and replied that they had not found this woman in the whole village.

"It seems that this woman is probably hiding when she saw Xiang Dart's sudden death for fear of causing trouble, anyway, Jubao Island is so big, and the owner of Wu Zhuang will definitely be able to find it if he looks for it on the island. Yan Kaiji said with a smile.

"Okay, come on, go to the island and look for it, and you must find this woman. Wu Houcai commanded.

"Presumably this matter has come to an end temporarily, Master Wu, please continue the auction, I finally called 13 million just now, is there anyone who continues to rob me?" Qi Qiang then smiled.

"Okay, the auction continues. 13 million for the first time. ”

"13 million for the second time. ”

"13 million for the third time. ”

"Deal, this colorful fantasy pearl is the owner of the Quartet Money Village, and the owner of the Qi Village must be paying for the ticket. Wu Houcai said with a smile.

Qi Qiang smiled and handed the redemption ticket to Wu Houcai and took away the colorful illusion pearl.

"The auction can continue for the dead people, this group of people is really indifferent and inhumane. Jing Xinyao said disdainfully.

"People with humanity can't do such a big business. When I was a child, I worked in the butcher shop business for a few years, and I knew that the shopping mall was full of deception, honest people would never come out, and most of those who were rich and noble were treacherous. Xia Qingcang said.

"Qing Cang, Xin Yao, the next time needs to be cheered up, things are not as simple as they seem. Ouyang Jincheng said softly to Jing and Xia.

"Yes, let's put aside whether Xiang Qing really died of a heart attack for the time being, that Zhao He must have lied just now. Qin Hexuan said.

"Oh, how can you see it?" asked Xia Qingcang.

When Teacher Ouyang asked him to call Xiang Qing to pass by, he answered quickly without hesitation. When I suddenly asked about dinner, he hesitated for a moment before answering. Qin Hexuan said.

"That's for sure, if you ask me what I had for dinner, I'll think about it and then answer, who deliberately remembers it so clearly. Xia Qingcang said.

"yes, I didn't think of that. At this time, Jing Xinyao suddenly realized, "Normal people must have a recall process when recalling what really happened, but if it is a lie, it will not, because you have to prepare a lie, then this lie has been turned over and over in your mind many times, and when asked, you must be able to blurt it out, without thinking about it." ”

"That's exactly why, so this Zhao He must be lying. But don't expose him now, the purpose of the lie is not yet known, so as not to startle the snake. In short, everyone should lift their spirits, the vacation is over. Ouyang Jincheng said.

When the treasure was over, everyone dispersed and went back to their houses. In addition to Zhao He's matter, there is still one thing lingering in Qin Hexuan's heart:

If the handkerchief on the Colorful Illusion Pearl is not Xiang Qing, then who is it?