Pawn Crossing the River

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

The outline of this shadow is very similar to Hu Jiaode, half transparent, slightly doubled, as if three identical shadows overlapped and overlapped, but the edges were not perfectly aligned, so some clues could 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-searching method.

It is true that the three corpses do have some memories of their previous lives. After they turn into ghosts, they may even mistakenly think that they are the host's original body, but this memory is incomplete and chaotic, so the three corpses cannot communicate at all after turning into ghosts, and can only be suppressed and eliminated. Only a very small number of ghosts can gain spiritual wisdom 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 soul-searching method for the three corpses is like rolling dice. Whether useful things can be found depends entirely on luck.

Without the support of the body and unable to absorb the scattered incense and wish power to transform into ghosts, the three corpses were very fragile and could hardly withstand the huge damage brought by the soul-searching method. They immediately showed a tendency to collapse. In other words, there was only one chance, and there was no room for repeated attempts.

If there was no other way, Yao Pei would not use such a very lucky method.

As the three corpses of Hu Jiaode continued to dissipate, many memory fragments appeared in Yao Pei's mind one after another.

These fragments were presented from Hu Jiaode's first-person perspective, making people feel as if they were there. Generally speaking, the stronger and deeper the memory, the easier it is to preserve it. However, these memory fragments of Hu Jiaode have no obvious relationship with the Purple Light Society.

First of all, it was an experience of handling corpses.

A corpse that had been completely disfigured, and it was even impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman, like a pool of blood, mud and rotten meat. Hu Jiaode took out a delicate bottle and poured a little powder evenly on the corpse. Soon, the corpse made a hissing sound, and a faint smoke rose, followed by continuous flow of yellow water. The smoke became thicker, and the yellow water flowed more and more, emitting a sour and burnt stench, and the corpse was seen getting smaller and smaller. The yellow corpse water became more and more, and the remains of the clothes on the corpse also turned into smoke when they encountered the yellow corpse water. ..

Not long after, the corpse was completely turned into corpse water, leaving no trace, and it can be said that there was no body left.

Then there was a murder experience.

The murderer was Hu Jiaode himself, and the person killed was also a Taoist, and a female priest.

Hu Jiaode pierced the female priest's heart with a sword, and the female priest's face was full of disbelief, as if she had never thought that Hu Jiaode would really dare to kill someone until her death.

Hu Jiaode was obviously stunned, and stood there for a long time, even the sword in his hand and the whole person were trembling slightly, as if he was frightened.

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

After a while, Hu Jiaode seemed to come back to his senses, probably because of extreme fear and anger, and swung his sword to vent his anger, without using sword energy, and without any rules, just slashing randomly.

The corpse gradually became unrecognizable.

Then there was an experience of catching an adulterer.

Hu Jiaode was breathing heavily, his vision was shaking, and he walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow. He walked into the main entrance of a five-story building. He saw four golden characters "Taiping Inn" on the plaque, shining brightly under the light of the big red lanterns.

It was night, and the whole building was full of red lanterns. All he could see was black and red.

Hu Jiaode was breathing heavily, his heart was beating like thunder, and he felt like he was on a thorn in his back. He felt all kinds of emotions in his heart.

He pushed aside the waiter who blocked his way and came to a door on the third floor. He stood in front of the door for a long time until he heard the sound coming from inside, and all his emotions were replaced by anger.

He was furious.

Hu Jiaode kicked the door open and broke into it. He saw a naked man and woman entangled with each other, all white.

Finally.

It was still Hu Jiaode's perspective, but he couldn't see anyone. It seemed that Hu Jiaode was looking blankly ahead at this time.

A voice seemed to come from all directions, as if a person was hiding out of his sight, walking and talking.

"You killed someone, killed your Taoist partner."

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

"Do you think Beichen Hall and Fengxian Hall will believe it? The wife is dead, the husband is the most suspicious person, the husband is dead, the wife is the most suspicious person, this is the simplest principle of handling a case, you don't know it?" the voice said again.

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

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

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

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

For Yao Pei, it was enough.

"What did you find out?" Qi Xuansu asked.

The white color in Yao Pei's eyes gradually faded, and she replied, "A scapegoat. From what I've seen, this person is indeed guilty, but has nothing to do with the secret society."

She described the general content of the memory fragments she saw to Qi Xuansu.

"Is there something wrong with Zhang Juyan?" Qi Xuansu's reaction was also very fast, "We just found a major clue at the beginning of the investigation, which 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 does not have contact with others. It can also explain why he was so withdrawn after we came here. He just started to fight without making any excuses, 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 Hu Jiaode's affairs were known to someone, and this person used this to blackmail Hu Jiaode." Qi Xuansu continued, "Who is the most suspicious? In line with the strange things I mentioned before, there is no doubt that it is Zhang Guyan. The first time I visited him, I happened to learn about Hu Jiaode from him. How could such a coincidence happen? It was all intentional. "

Yao Pei nodded and said: "Let's assume that your conjecture is true and Zhang Guyan misled us to find Hu Jiaode, which means that Zhang Guyan had long expected that we would find traces of true energy remaining on the flying sword. And he will follow this clue, so he deliberately imitated the "Thirty-Six Swords of the Big Dipper" technique learned by Hu Jiaode, and misled us to Hu Jiaode through words. He knew that Hu Jiaode had something in his heart. Gui, who knows Hu Jiaode’s character very well, knows 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 a two-level arrangement. In the first level, he used Qi Jianyuan's flying sword to kill the female instructor, pretending that Qi Jianyuan and the female instructor died together. In the second level, he used Hu Jiaode as a Even if someone sees through that the female instructor was not killed by Qi Jianyuan, they will only find out about Hu Jiaode. "Yao Pei said lightly, "Such a thoughtful person can predict so many things in advance, then you. Do you think he expected the possibility that we wouldn’t be fooled?”

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

Yao Pei said: "If we expected that, 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 is always 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 height is slightly lower than that in the upper palace, without touching 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. However, the moonlight was excellent tonight, making it a good place to enjoy the moon.

There is still a patchwork of reed flowers below the observatory. Except for the blank area caused by the battle between Qi Xuansu and Qi Jianyuan, the rest of the area is still very lush.

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