Pawn Crossing the River

Yao Pei suddenly stretched out her hand to grab it, and a slightly illusory shadow was caught in her hand.

The outline of this shadow is very similar to that of Hu Jiaode. It is semi-transparent and slightly double. It seems that three identical shadows overlap and overlap. It is just that the edges are not perfectly connected, so some clues can be seen.

Hu Jiaode's soul has dissipated, but his three corpses still remain in the world.

Qi Xuansu saw that Yao Pei was using the soul search method.

It is true that the three corpses do have some memories of their lives. After they turn into ghosts, they may even mistakenly think that they are the host themselves. However, this kind of memory is incomplete and chaotic. Therefore, after the three corpses turn into ghosts, they are completely unable to communicate and can only be suppressed. After being eliminated, only a very small number of ghosts can gain spiritual intelligence over a long period of time, but that is already a completely independent individual and has nothing to do with the former host.

Yao Pei's method of searching for the souls of the three corpses was like rolling a dice. Whether he could find something useful or not depended entirely on luck.

Without physical support and unable to absorb the power of the wandering incense to turn into ghosts, the three corpses were very fragile. It was difficult for them to withstand the huge damage caused by the soul-searching method, and they immediately showed a tendency to collapse. In other words, there is only one chance, no room for do-overs.

Unless there was really no other way, Yao Pei would not use such a luck-based method.

As the three corpses of Hu Jiaode disappeared, many memory fragments appeared in Yao Pei's mind.

These fragments are presented from Hu Jiaode's first perspective, making people immersive. Generally speaking, the more intense and profound the memory, the easier it is to retain it. However, these memory fragments of Hu Jiaode have no obvious relationship with Ziguang Society.

The first is an experience of handling corpses.

A corpse that had been changed beyond recognition could no longer be identified as male or female. It looked like a pool of blood, mud and rotten flesh. Hu Jiaode took out a delicate bottle and poured a little powder evenly on the corpse. Soon, the corpse made a hissing sound, a faint smoke rose, and yellow water continued to flow out. The smoke became thicker and more yellow water flowed out, giving off a sour and burnt stench. The corpse was getting smaller and smaller. There are more and more yellow corpses, and the remains of clothes on the corpses also turn into smoke when they encounter the yellow corpses.

Not long after, all the corpses turned into corpse water, leaving no trace, and it could be said that there were no bones left.

What follows is a murderous experience.

The murderer was Hu Jiaode himself, and the person who was killed was also a member of the Taoist sect, and she was also a female crown.

Hu Jiaode pierced Nu Guan's heart with his sword. Nu Guan's face was full of disbelief. It seemed that she never thought that Hu Jiaode would actually kill anyone until her death.

The whole person was obviously stunned and stood there for a while. Even the sword in his hand and the whole person were trembling slightly, as if he was frightened.

Perhaps what Hu Jiaode was afraid of was not the killing itself, but killing the wrong person.

After a while, Hu Jiaode seemed to have come to his senses. He was probably extremely angry and fearful, and he swung his sword to vent his anger. He didn't use his sword energy and had no rules, just hacking randomly.

The corpse gradually became unrecognizable.

Then came the experience of catching an adulterer.

Hu Jiaode was breathing heavily and his eyes were shaking. He walked deeper and deeper and walked into the main entrance of a five-story building. He saw the four golden characters "Taiping Inn" written on the plaque, shining under the bright red lanterns. Hui.

It was night, and the whole building was filled with red lanterns. As far as the eye could see, the only colors were black and red.

Hu Jiaode's breathing was heavy, his heartbeat was like thunder, and it was like a light on his back, and all kinds of feelings were in his heart.

He walked all the way to a door on the third floor and stood silently in front of the door for a long time. Until he heard the voice coming from inside, all his emotions were replaced by anger.

Angry at the crown.

Hu Jiaode kicked open the door and broke in. He saw a pair of naked men and women entangled together, covered in white flowers.

at last.

It was still Hu Jiaode's perspective, but no one could be seen. It seemed that Hu Jiaode was looking ahead blankly at this time.

A voice seemed to come from all directions, as if a person was walking and talking.

"You killed someone, killed your Taoist companion."

"I didn't kill anyone. My Taoist companion died at the hands of a demon from a secret society." Hu Jiaode protested.

"Do you think Beichen Tang and Feng Xiantang will believe it? If the wife dies, the husband is the person with the greatest suspicion. If the husband dies, the wife is the person with the greatest suspicion. This is the simplest principle in handling cases. You don't know that, right?" The voice said again.

"Whatever you say!" Hu Jiaode's breathing became heavy again.

"Don't get excited, and don't think about drawing your sword. You can't kill me." The voice said calmly.

Hu Jiaode turned around suddenly, but only saw a fleeting afterimage: "What do you want!?"

At this moment, the three corpses of Hu Jiaode finally couldn't hold on anymore and turned into a wisp of smoke and completely dissipated, and all the memory fragments disappeared with them.

For Yao Pei, it was enough.

"What did you find?" Qi Xuansu asked.

The snow-white color in Yao Pei's eyes gradually faded, and he replied: "A scapegoat. From what I have seen, this person does have a guilty conscience, but has nothing to do with the secret society."

She described the approximate contents of the memory fragments she saw to Qi Xuansu.

"Is there something wrong with Zhang Guyan?" Qi Xuansu responded very quickly, "We found major clues as soon as we started the investigation. It is too coincidental and a bit strange."

Yao Pei said without comment: "Tell me your basis."

Qi Xuansu said: "Obviously, Hu Jiaode first discovered the adultery, and then accidentally killed someone in a rage, destroying the body and eliminating traces. He somehow avoided Beichen Hall's interrogation and came to Wanxiang Taoist Palace. Being a special Jinzi instructor means being anonymous."

"But because the person he killed was his Taoist companion, he couldn't get over his own hurdle, so he suffered a lot over the years. This can explain why he is withdrawn and has no contact with others. It can also explain why he was so withdrawn after we came here. Why didn't he just defend himself? Because he felt that the incident had been revealed and he had no excuse at all. And because he had been tortured for a long time, he was a little crazy and acted with a desperate attitude. "

"Even after Hu Jiaode escaped here, he just paced back and forth but did not do anything else, which is consistent with his panic after the murder. Maybe if we are a little later, he will commit suicide. This is the flower garden It is a performance that only Taoist priests have. All the members of the secret society are desperadoes who lick blood from their swords. How can they be so fragile? If Hu Jiaode had not been so life-threatening at the beginning, we would not have made such a misjudgment. "

Yao Pei glanced at Qi Xuansu: "Keep talking."

"It's just that someone knew about Hu Jiaode, and this person used it to blackmail Hu Jiaode." Qi Xuansu continued, "Who is the most suspicious? It's too strange to contact me what I said before. There is no doubt that it is Zhang Ku Yan, I just happened to come to the door and learned about Hu Jiaode from his mouth. How could such a coincidence happen? It seems to be intentional. "

Yao Pei nodded and said: "Let's assume that your conjecture is true and Zhang Guyan misled us to come here. It means that Zhang Guyan had long expected that we would find traces of true energy remaining on the flying sword, and would follow it along the way. Following this clue, he deliberately imitated Hu Jiaode's "Thirty-six Swords of the Big Dipper" technique, and misled us to Hu Jiaode through words. He knew that Hu Jiaode had something wrong in his heart. We know Hu Jiaode’s temperament very well, and we know that Hu Jiaode does not dare and will not confront us face to face. If Hu Jiaode commits suicide or dies in our hands, he will die without any evidence and it will be over."

Qi Xuansu nodded in agreement: "That's the truth."

"Assume that all this is true. He made two layers of arrangements. The first layer of the arrangement was to disguise himself as Qi Jianyuan and kill the instructor. The second layer of the arrangement was to use Hu Jiaode as a cover." Yao Pei said lightly, "Such a thought A careful person can predict so many things, so do you think he would have expected the possibility that we would not be fooled? "

Qi Xuansu was startled and said: "It's hard to say. I probably expected it."

Yao Pei said: "If we expected it, if we go back to find Zhang Guyan now, will we be led by him? Do you think Zhang Guyan will continue to wait for us to come to his residence?"

Qi Xuansu had to admit that what Yao Pei said made sense.

Such an opponent cannot be overestimated, so be lenient if you anticipate the enemy.

Qi Xuansu asked: "What do you think?"

Yao Pei said: "I don't want to follow his footsteps. He will fight his enemies, and we will fight ours. No matter how he tries to confuse the enemy, or which way he comes, we will only go all the way. As long as we understand one thing, Whatever he wants, his tail will always be in our hands."

"The incense and wish power in the statue of the Most Holy Master." Qi Xuansu immediately realized, "Since the special container you mentioned earlier is not in the hands of Hu Jiaode, it is probably in the hands of Zhang Guyan."

Yao Pei waved her hand, and all the flying knives returned to her hand, and then said: "Go to the Star Observation Deck."

Qi Xuansu objected: "We'd better inform Mr. Sun as soon as possible."

"I will inform you," Yao Pei said, "but first we will go to the observatory to confirm our speculation."

Qi Xuansu did not object anymore and followed Yao Pei as he flew towards the observatory.

Because there are fewer formations in the lower palace, the restrictions on flying are not so strict. You can fly at low altitude in the lower palace. The specific standard is that it is slightly lower than the upper palace and does not touch the formation that isolates the upper palace and the lower palace.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them had arrived at the observatory.

Compared to the Hungry Ghost Festival celebrations, the observatory today was very quiet with not a single soul in sight. It was a good place to admire the moon.

There is still a patchwork of reed flowers below the observatory. Except for the blank area where Qi Xuansu and Qi Jianyuan fought, it is still very lush.

At this time, there was a figure standing among the reed flowers, with big sleeves fluttering and hands behind his back. Behind him was a moon in the sky, a moon in the water, and a deep blue lake covered with starlight and moonlight.