Chongya Academy is the largest academy in Jianghuai, with red walls and green tiles, green trees, pavilions, and flowing water twists and turns, and the momentum is very extraordinary.

When the five of them came to Chongya Academy, it was already dark, and there were lights everywhere, but they couldn't see a single figure.

After the doorkeeper closed the door and locked it and went back to his room to sleep, the five of them sneaked into the courtyard and divided into search for the rumored Pinglan Pavilion.

Wen Tingyu found it first, and whistled to call the four of them. All five of them hid behind rockeries. But see that this pavilion is a small building of one or two floors, and the eaves on all sides of the upstairs hang plaques, and the words "pavilion" are written on it. There are corridors on the four sides of the pavilion, and the two sides are near the water, a trickle of streams crosses under it, both sides are close to the hills and stones, there are also trails that pass through it, and the pavilion is located in a small pond. Upstairs and downstairs are brightly lit.

Five people hid behind the stone to the third watch, except for the occasional bird flying and falling down, but did not see a person in the building come out, nor did not see the upstairs and downstairs there are figures appeared, a total, think about it is normal, it must be the book of life and death, everyone is afraid of causing trouble, except for the night long lanterns, no one dares to read this are far away!

The five of them sneaked up to the railing and hid behind the pillar.

Seeing no movement around, Tang Shengzhi patted his chest and pointed to the window of the pavilion and the top of the pavilion.

The four of them put up their big fingers in favor.

Tang Shengzhi rolled to the window, slowly stood up against the wall, carried his sword, stretched out his right hand and took out a long needle from his arms, pierced the window paper, squinted and looked at the room through the pinhole, shook his head, rolled on the spot, and slowly climbed upstairs like a gecko with his back against the wall.

Came to the pavilion corridor, paused for a moment, saw no movement, reached out with both hands to grasp the corridor railing and turned over into the building, flew on the beam with both feet, hung upside down, pierced the window paper with a needle, squinted and snooped, saw that there was no one in the room, whistled, and everyone came upstairs.

Tang Shengzhi pointed to the room, Ren Tianqi waved his finger to pierce the window paper and looked, there was no one inside, there were ** tables and chairs, there was a sitting statue of Confucius on the south wall, and there was a cursive hanging couplet next to the statue, and the upper link was:

Chunlan Weirui has no intention of thriving to attract people to sit happily in the wind,

The next link is:

Autumn laurel lingers, fragrant beauty, and wants to think about it.

Like the previous desk, there is an incense burner on the table, an oil lamp next to the stove, and a black package next to the lamp.

Ren Tianqi glanced at Tang Shengzhi, then looked a little red, and nodded.

A little red also rushed forward to peep, Ximen Hongyun, and Bo Yifan also stepped forward.

The five looked at each other and hesitated. After all, a little red is older, and he is also well-informed, thinking a little, stretching out four fingers with his left hand, stretching out one finger with his right hand to draw a circle, a little Ren Tianqi, Ximen Hongyun, Bo Yifan and himself;

The four nodded and dispersed.

Tang Shengzhi came to the door quickly, took out a short needle from his arms, and took two needles to the door. The door opened silently.

Tang Shengzhi hurriedly flashed to the side, for a long time, seeing that there was no movement, he took a needle and pushed open a door, and when he saw that there was still no movement, he made a gesture.

The four of them went up with them. The five of them entered the room together and closed the door with their backhands.

A little red, a little Ximen Hongyun, Bo Yifan, pointing to the outside of the door, a little Ren Tianqi and himself, pointing to Tang Shengzhi's two strategies, looking at Tang Shengzhi, pointing to the package on the case.

The four of them will understand. Xi Bo and the others turned around and drew their swords to face the outside guard, and Ren Tianqi was a little red and protected Tang Shengzhi's sides.

Tang Shengzhi skillfully unwrapped the package with needles in both hands, and saw that there were two iron plates pressed on a thin black skin, and he didn't feel that his face was sweating like rain, his hands trembled slightly, he glanced at Ren Wen and the others, took a few strong breaths and picked up the two iron cards, took a short needle to pick up the thin cover, and took a long needle to open a page.

Everyone was shocked, but there was not a word on the paper.

The three of them looked at each other, all of them were surprised, and they didn't know what to do.

Ren Tianqi said in a low voice: "Second Brother Tang, turn another page." ”

I turned three pages in a row, but they were all blank and wordless.

Ren Tianqi pointed to two iron cards.

Tang Shengzhi took the needle and stabbed it slightly, leaned over to look at them one by one, shook his head and said, "It's not poisonous." ”

Ren Tianqi picked up the double cards, looked at Tang Shengzhi on the front and back, and said: "This brand may be true, I have seen it before, the style and pattern should be the same, it must be made by the same workshop." ”

When Bo Xi and the others heard the sound, they looked back, and they didn't know what to do.

The faces of the five people froze.

Ximen Hongyun smiled bitterly and said: "How can there be such a deceitful thing in the world! According to this, the rumors in this river and lake are not credible, people are scary, and they are going to scare people to death! After all, we still play tricks on people!"

"Is it, why should it be scary?

The five people were all startled when they heard the sound, and they hurriedly flew away, jumped to the wall and turned around to follow the sound to check, but there was nothing abnormal, let alone a figure.

The five of them took a look at the book of life and death on the case, but their souls flew out of the sky, and when they opened the homepage, there were two lines of words written on the front page.

When everyone stepped forward to protect their swords, they saw that it was written on the paper: "Once life and death arrive, the gods will not escape." The handwriting was twisted like blood, and everyone saw that their scalps were numb, their blood was swollen, and they were sweating all over, and they didn't dare to move, and they were all thinking about how to escape and leave the place of right and wrong.

Bo Yifan didn't dare or wanted to stay any longer, so he flew out of the door first, and Ximen Hongyun paused and flew out.

Ren Tianqi and the three of them looked at each other, Ren Tianqi frowned, although his face was sweating like rain, he still rushed out of his right palm and waved it several times, even turning over the pages of the book, and saw that it was a blank page, but in the blink of an eye, the blood-red handwriting appeared on the paper, and the soul was scattered, and he didn't care about what words were written on it, and he hurriedly took the cards and put the paper book and re-tied it. The three of them dodged out and left. A burst of wild laughter erupted in the loft behind him, whether it was crying or laughing, or there was an inexplicable sadness, and several people came out of the wall like a frightened rabbit.

Back at the inn, Tang Shengzhi didn't feel sleepy, thinking back to all the things that had happened in the past few days, his thoughts were full of thoughts, and he couldn't understand it, especially the scene of this Chongya Academy lingering like a ghost, and he was also shocked when he thought about it. Tang Shengzhi rolled the cuffs high, revealing the tattoo on the back of his hand, and took off the outer gown, revealing the yellow soft armor inside, a pair of gold-embroidered poisonous scorpions on his chest, and the word "Shu Tang" on his back, all of which are vivid.

Tang Shengzhi washed his face, practiced on the bed, and after a long time, he still couldn't meditate, so he got out of bed and drank a sip of tea, ate a Tang Sect Hundred Poison Not Soaked Pill, took a sword, wrapped it at the head of the bed, stripped off the lamp and went to bed.

In the dead of night, the cold was strong, and after a while, Tang Shengzhi was already sounding.

There was no one outside the door, except for two lanterns swaying in the wind.

On the beam of the corridor was a man curled up, dressed in black, with a black scarf and a black scarf covering his face, his eyes exposed, his essence overflowing, and a sword in his hand.

This person has been on the beam for a long time, has been watching the movement in Tang Shengzhi's room, seeing Tang Shengzhi's vest is also stunned, quite hesitant, or lying there motionless with a cold smile; 。

Seeing that he dodged to the side, waiting for the half-pillar incense kung fu, he got up and drew his sword and stepped forward to pick up the deadbolt of the door, and he was quite skillful, and he pushed the door into the room and closed the door with his backhand.

The room was dark.

The person who came to the bed with light steps, stretched out his left hand and took out a money dart, shook his wrist and shook the dart, hit the bed in a zigzag shape, and waved the sword with his right hand to make seven swords.

I only heard a few "puff hiss" sounds, and the person who came sneered and stepped forward and stretched out his hand to grope left and right on the bed, and was stunned, the bed was empty!

The person who came was shocked, turned around and raised his leg to fly straight to the door, his cheek and right arm were numb, and he had been hit by several stitches, and he heard a cold snort in the dark, as light as a gossamer, infinitely cold.

The person who came hurriedly swung his sword with his right hand to protect his whole body, and his left hand slashed at the door with all his might, and with a "bang" sound, he flew out of the door with his foot and disappeared into the night.

After a long time, Tang Sheng Zhifang appeared with a lamp, and his sweat had already soaked his clothes.

It turned out that Tang Shengzhi was meditating in the room, and suddenly heard a "beep" sound in front of him, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that an embroidery needle was nailed a foot in front of his feet. Tang Shengzhi was startled, knowing that someone was reminding him, and he was busy pretending to be sleepy and sleeping with the lights off. Smelling a mysterious fragrance in the darkness and haze, startled, Tang Shengzhi hurriedly turned over and got up, pulled out the bedside sword, and took out the tasteless skin erosion powder of Tangmen from the package and sprinkled it all over the quilt, and took a non-toxic silver needle from the package in his hand and dodged at the end of the bed, holding his breath and waiting.

Seeing that the person who came was poisoned in front of the bed and found that it was not good, when he turned around and wanted to escape, Tang Shengzhi hurriedly sent out a silver needle, and snorted coldly to scare the fleeing person, he did not dare to show up and make a move no matter what;

Seeing that the person who came was poisoned and took the door away, it was expected that this person would not come back for a while, Tang Shengzhi only raised the lamp and held the sword to look at the bed first, and saw that there were nine copper coins embedded in the top-grade glyph, and the quilt was still neat but had already been broken, revealing a silk of cotton, and his heart trembled.

Tang Shengzhi stubbornly collected the copper coin in his arms, and went out with his sword to find the wooden door for Zhenfei to cover.

Tang Shengzhi didn't dare to mess around without knowing the reason for the matter, let alone going out to find Ren Tianqi at night, so he dressed neatly, put on the sword table, put on special gloves that were not soaked in skin, sat under the lamp, and waited anxiously for the dawn.

Tang Shengzhi is known as righteous poison and never uses poison casually; when he has to use poison, he is also determined to punish and save people and persuade him to turn back. But now it happened suddenly, I don't know what to do, and my surname is at stake, so I have to be prepared to kill him if necessary to save him.

Kelaiju Inn. Ren Tianqi hasn't gotten up from sleep yet.

Gong Ming came to report: "Master, the second master of the Tang family is here, his expression is very bad, something has happened!"

Ren Tianqi got up and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" Is Second Master Tang okay?"

Gong Ming stepped forward and whispered in his ear: "Second Master Tang was assassinated after returning to the inn last night, which is suspected to be related to life and death. At this time, they were waiting in the hall, accompanied by Second Master Wen and them. ”

Ren Tianqi was busy dressing and came to the hall, and Shuangying and a little red were all present.

Tang Shengzhi recounted the assassination in detail.

As soon as everyone took it together, they decided that this matter was related to the ghostly voice they heard during their visit to Chongya Academy last night, and that the matter must be related to the book in the academy, and the five people who went there must have been threatened one by one.

Ren Tianqi said: "Last night, the five of us slipped out of the academy and went back to the inn in three ways, among which only Second Brother Tang was alone, and he was assassinated at night. First, it can be seen that the other party does not have enough manpower at the moment, so he picks the one with few people first; second, it can be seen that the other party is quite contemptuous of martial arts, pretentious, without scruples, and sets up a dead hand without preparation, in addition to showing that the other party acted quickly, it also shows that he has something to rely on, and even the scruples of the Sichuan Tangmen about using poison are not in his eyes, and the origin of his thinking is not necessarily simple, but we still don't know enough for a while; third, it is too early to find out that this person acts in a way that is different from the usual style of life and death, and whether it is caused by life and death. ”

A little red shook the iron fan lightly, and said with a smile: "The matter may not be as serious as what we are worried about, and the rights and wrongs depend on whether the five of us will encounter any more accidents." Everyone is careful, and Brother Tang lives with us and takes care of each other. ”

Ren Tianqi was silent for a moment, and said: "I think it is better to send it back to the county lord and others first, tomorrow the birthday of the owner of Qiu Zhuang will inevitably have many people with mixed eyes, right and wrong, and inadequate care; ”

A little red nodded and said: "Brother Xian's words are very true, let the third brother and the fourth brother, Gong Ming escort everyone back to Renjiazhai first; the county lord and the four girls should all dress up as men, and hurry back overnight, and they must not stay on the road for a long time; just in case, they have to ask Brother Tang to temporarily lend the poison surnamed Xu Tangmen Lie to Gong Ming for backup on the road." "Everyone said yes, only the double eagle was not too reluctant.

Ren Tianqi looked at Tang Shengzhi and said, "I want to go to the inn to take a look, what does Second Brother Tang mean?"

Tang Shengzhi knew that Ren Tianqi was born in a fast arrest, and he was different from ordinary people when he saw things and judged cases, so he nodded and agreed.

Ren Tianqi turned back to a little red and said, "I and Second Brother Tang will take the first step, and Second Brother will go to Tianyi Pavilion to meet after arranging for everyone." ”

Ren Tang and the two said goodbye to everyone, Pegasus came to Tang Shengzhi's inn, entered the room and carefully checked, in addition to finding more than a dozen silver needles on the ground, on the table, at the head of the bed, on the door frame each saw a sword scratch, into the wood for three points;

Tang Shengzhi said with palpitations: "This person has such a big background and deep internal strength, if someone hadn't reminded him in advance, if it wasn't for the negligence of this person who got poisoned first, how could I be his opponent!"

Ren Tianqi pointed to the palm print on the door, and said: "This is the Tianshan faction's flame palm, I heard that the flame palm is refined to the extreme, like a fire like a knife, can melt iron and scorched wood, I heard that only Cui Xinyue of the Tianshan faction has been refined into a flame palm, but Cui Xinyue is now seventy years old, presumably the generation of grandmasters of virtue and art Shuangxin will not do such a murderous act." And it is indeed rare for this person to have such ability in the palm of his hand, and he must be involved with the Tianshan faction, and it is no wonder that the book of life and death has been so deceitful and mysterious for many years. ”

The two of them went out of the inn and came to Tianyi Pavilion, where they were supervised by the horse and the second child.