【Xue Xiao】Desolate City Crossing

On the one hand, Song Zichen took care of Mrs. Yue, and on the other hand, he mobilized the neighbors to search for the whereabouts of the 12-year-old eldest son of the Yue family, demanding to see the person alive and the dead body.

Xiao Xingchen left Yuezhai, walked west along the busiest road in the town, and looked for the address left by last night's big man Li Yong, who was also Taotao's husband.

Fish stalls, teahouses, wine shops, rouge and gouache, silk and satin clothes.The town is bustling and bustling, as if it hadn't been disturbed last night.It was early autumn, and the weather was clear, as if all the sunlight was concentrated on Xiao Xingchen. Walking in the crowd in that white dress, it was extraordinarily dazzling, and everyone naturally gave way when they saw it.

Xue Yang followed behind him in the form of a ghost, superimposing the back in white clothes in front of him with the back in his memory 13 years ago.

He and Xiao Xingchen had walked through the downtown of Yicheng countless times, just like this, Xiao Xingchen walked dignifiedly and gracefully in front, and he followed carelessly behind.At first, he would casually remember everyone who laughed at them for being blind and limping, remembering everyone who had glanced at them strangely, and then cut out their tongues and fed them corpse poison powder when they had time to act on their own.

It's not really that I'm worried about getting revenge for that ridicule, it's just that I mixed in with the key people and killed them together, making up the number of people, that's all.At that time, he didn't need any reason to kill people.However, in order to maintain a normal appearance, he will deliberately avoid some people when he kills, such as street performers, vegetable farmers, and old man Zhou who sells sugar—in short, everyone Xiao Xingchen knows well. .

"Honey, hey hey --- eat a mouthful of sweetness!"

One person and one ghost happened to pass by a candy stand in Xifu Town. The owner of the stall was also an old man. As long as someone's eyes fell on his stall, he would enthusiastically sell it: "Honey, hey, hey --- eat a mouthful of sweets." !"

Xiao Xingchen paused for a short time, but Xue Yang caught it. He knew that Xiao Xingchen absolutely didn't want to bring up the past, but he wanted to.

"Master Daoist! Ah Lan wants to eat candy!" Xue Yang had a half-smile, his voice sounded like that of a boy next door who was innocent and coquettish, without any trace of malice.

This voice was really easy to be fooled. Xiao Xingchen had been deceived for three years, and when he heard it again, he felt that voice and that name together were like a sharp knife that had been tempered with poison, stabbing hard into his heart.

Alan, Alan.

Xue Yang is still used to poking people's sore spots, even the pseudonym "Alan" was created to poke his sore spots.

Thirteen years ago, Xiao Xingchen, who was blind, picked him up and went back to Yicheng for treatment when he was seriously injured and lying on the roadside in the suburbs. At first, he thought it was a short friendship.

Xiao Xingchen said: "If you don't tell me, why should I ask? We met by chance, just helping each other. When you recover from your injuries, you will go your separate ways. If it were me, there are many things that I don't want others to ask about."

Xiao Xingchen is so stupid.As stupid as all "gentlemen" are, and nosy.

Xue Yang laughed wantonly and silently in his heart, and let the blind Taoist priest heal his wound with peace of mind.

The game of playing with Xiao Xingchen is really interesting. The longer Xue Yang stays in Yicheng, the less he wants to leave. Since he wants to get along with each other for a long time, it is convenient to always have a name for each other.Xue Yang changed his mind and thought of a name.

"The priest can call me Alan." His voice pretended to be kind, but the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of sarcasm and sarcasm.A-Qing next to her had never heard the rumors about the devil Xue Yang, and she was still terrified by Xue Yang's expression, but she still had to pretend to be blind, so as not to expose the hypocritical voice of this person who claimed to be A-Lan.

In front of the two blind men, Xue Yang was like a fish in water.

The former enemy unexpectedly rescued him by accident, and because of his blindness, he couldn't recognize him as the villainous Xue Yang, which was really funny and funny.

He was the one who instigated Song Lan and Song Zichen to break up with Xiao Xingchen. He knew it had succeeded, and Xiao Xingchen lived alone in Yicheng.

Xue Yang was very satisfied and insisted on exposing the scar.

"The Taoist priest can call me A Lan." He said, "Do you know which word 'Lan' it is? It's not blue blue!"

"It's Shanfeng 'Lan'." Xiao Xingchen smiled desolately, and his voice was like a trickle, "I once had a friend who also had this word in his name."

"Ever?" Xue Yang hooked his lips, showing his sharp canine teeth, unwilling to let go, "Then isn't he the Taoist priest's friend now? Or did something happen to him? I think the Taoist priest is blind, and life will inevitably be inconvenient. Why not?" With this friend?"

Xiao Xingchen remained silent, and lowered his head to take Xue Yang's pulse seriously. Xue Yang seemed to have slashed the water with a knife, and returned without success, feeling bored.But when Xiao Xingchen turned to leave, blood was clearly seeping from the white silk cloth blindfolded again.

Xue Yang proudly: Sure enough.After all, this knife broke the illusion of tranquility on the lake.

Xiao Xingchen's thoughts were like red blood on white silk cloth, it was too obvious and easy to guess.

Xue Yang lived with Xiao Xingchen and A-Qing under the name "A-Lan" for three years. Xue Yang guessed that those must be the three years that Xiao Xingchen most wanted to erase from his life. A-Lan must also be Xiao Xingchen. The name that Stardust wanted to forget the most, after all, it was simply a symbol of shame.

In those three years, Xiao Xingchen had treated Alan better than anyone else. In his heart, the young Alan could act like a baby, could make fun, was lonely and helpless, and was seriously injured, which made him feel distressed.

It was also during those three years that Xue Yang used a pseudonym and tasted the unprecedented warmth in his life.

Alan, this name was just a random name for a temporary prank.What if Xue Yang also forgot?He can continue to be a heinous Xue Yang, burying his head in the sinful blood of his life, letting the tender time carried by that name evaporate like dew, leaving no trace.

But he couldn't forget, and he didn't allow Xiao Xingchen to forget either.So, ten years later, in front of another candy stand, he repeated to the tall and tall figure:

"Daozhang, Ah Lan wants to eat candy!"

After finishing speaking, Xue Yang stayed where he was, regretful and apprehensive, what if Xiao Xingchen remained indifferent?Sure enough, he only remembered Xue Yang?

He stared intently at the white figure in front of him, not wanting to miss a single hair movement.

Xiao Xingchen froze all over, his breathing was obviously unsteady, and he almost wanted to deform the sword in his hand.

Even though he didn't look back and quickly started walking forward, Xue Yang still felt infinitely satisfied.

That's great, Xiao Xingchen didn't forget.

One person and one ghost walked through the busiest street in the town with their own thoughts. After walking for a while, Xue Yang found someone following Xiao Xingchen.

A sneaky figure, mixed in the crowd, was always not far or near to Xiao Xingchen.

Xue Yang lazily and elongated his voice to remind: "Xiao Xing Chen, someone is following you!"

Xiao Xingchen didn't want to believe it at first, but he still paid attention to it. He quickened his pace and walked towards a place with few people. When he came to a remote alley, he turned in.

The figure who was following him followed the alley without hesitation, went in and found no one was there, went on to the intersection with another alley, turned a corner and bumped into Xiao Xingchen's scabbard.

The original has been discovered.

The man raised his hands with a resentful smile and said, "Hey, don't blame the fairy! I just want to find a place where no one is around and talk to you."

Xiao Xingchen saw that he was dressed in coarse cloth, he was in his early twenties, he looked good, he was unarmed, he was neither humble nor overbearing with a sword on his neck, and he didn't intend to use force, so he relaxed his vigilance and asked him: "What do you want to tell me? "

The alley was very narrow, Xiao Xingchen stood opposite to the person following him, and there was not much space left and right. Xue Yang jumped to sit on the top of the alley wall, stepped on the edge of the high wall with one foot, and dangled the other foot back and forth in boredom. She was also curious to hear what this person had to say to Xiao Xingchen.

"You Xianyou are investigating the matter of the Yue family, right?"

"Yes."

"Presumably you have also heard about the 12-year-old eldest son of the Yue family who killed the under-year-old twins?"

"Slightly heard."

"I just want to talk about this matter with Xianyou."

The man took out something from his pocket and handed it to Xiao Xingchen.Xiao Xingchen took it and looked it up in the palm of his hand. It was a piece of jade in the shape of a small fish, delicate and cute, with small holes on it, like an accessory that could be worn anywhere.

"This is……?"

"Send it off to you, I stole it from the Yue family's grave. Hey---don't teach me, I know what you want to say, isn't it just digging people's graves to die, I also want to make a living, besides Now, I only seek money and not kill, and I will restore the tomb after stealing property!"

The man quibbled logically.Seeing that the reproach in Xiao Xingchen's eyes did not diminish, he did not give Xiao Xingchen a chance to speak, and continued to preemptively lead the topic to important directions:

"I stole this piece of jade after the first twin babies of the Yue family were buried half a year ago. You know, his family is not bad. I think there should be valuable funeral objects, so...cough, anyway, before I heard that the baby died of illness, but when I dug up the grave, I found out that the baby was strangled to death!"

"Yes, I heard that he was the son of his parents..." Xiao Xingchen couldn't continue, his face was filled with pain and confusion.

"No!" The man put away the disrespect when he was sophistrying just now, and said seriously: "My dear friend, I have seen countless dead people, and there are all kinds of ways to die. You can tell the cause of death with just the corpse. You have to believe me Absolutely not wrong!"

"Then how do you think babies die?"

"The baby was indeed suffocated to death, but judging from the shape and size of the bruise on the neck—it was done by an adult, not a child."

Xiao Xingchen asked in surprise, "What? Are you sure?"

"Sure!" The man nodded decisively, "I noticed that 12-year-old boy later, he seldom went out, I squatted at the door of Yue's house for several days before seeing him once, he was even thinner than normal 12-year-old children, he There's absolutely no way those hands could have caused a bruise of the shape I've seen on a baby's neck."

Xue Yang observed Xiao Xingchen's reaction with great interest, only to see that Xiao Xingchen's face was sinking like water, and there were waves rising and falling between his two delicate eyebrows.Presumably, he was relieved that the little boy did not kill the infant, but also saddened by the unjust death of the two babies.

"Do you know who the real culprit is?" Xiao Xingchen asked.

"I don't know." The man shook his head regretfully and sighed, "I'm just a grave robber, and I didn't dare to say anything when I found out the cause of the baby's death, so I could only inquire about the Yue family's affairs secretly. , the ones left behind are basically villains who only recognize money and disregard right and wrong. In short, his family was wiped out, and I dare say that there must be more than enough to die."

Are the words of a grave robber worth trusting?Xiao Xingchen was thoughtful, but the man was self-aware, and continued: "I know, you think that I, a tomb robber, have no right to criticize others, but I——only seek money, not kill. If you leave it in the ground, it will rot, so it is better to use it to benefit the living. You can keep this piece of jade, and you can ask if it is something that was buried with the baby by the Yue family. Also, another baby just died a few days ago. I think you must have a way to determine the cause of death. I guess the cause of death of this baby is the same as the first one. If you don’t believe me, you can check it out. Also, during the investigation process, don’t trust that Mrs. Yue lightly. That’s all for now, Farewell."

After speaking, the man turned around and left without paying attention to etiquette.He walked out from the narrow alley, the sun fell on him, and one figure suddenly turned into two overlapping ones.

Xiao Xingchen was concentrating on the matter of Yuejia. At first he thought he was dazzled, but when he realized that the overlapping figures were unusual and wanted to catch up, the person had disappeared into the crowd and was hard to find.

"You found out?" Xue Yang drifted to Xiao Xingchen and asked him.

"Well, the two overlapping shadows are people who have been reborn."

"What are you going to do?"

"Be careful in the future. He didn't leave any information about himself. I'm afraid it's hard to track down. Right now, it's more important to find out about the Yue family." Xiao Xingchen looked down at the jade carving fish in his hand, and now he was full of thoughts. They are all wondering who killed a pair of babies under the age of one, and what kind of misunderstanding occurred in it, so that people thought it was a 12-year-old boy?This person has committed a heinous crime and must not be let go.

Could it be the baby's wraith that caused the disturbance?

"But the soul of a baby is generally like a living baby. It is ignorant and chaotic, and it is unlikely to plan to destroy the family..." Xiao Xingchen was immersed in his own thoughts, and subconsciously expressed his thoughts to the people around him, and said a few words Just like waking up from a dream, is he talking to Xue Yang?

"Then if you exclude the baby wraith, who else could it be?"

Xue Yang actually discussed with him in a serious manner?

Xiao Xingchen looked back, only to see a smile on the corners of Xue Yang's eyes, and he immediately gritted his teeth and shut his mouth in annoyance. He didn't intend to say a word to Xue Yang calmly like this, let alone a word, he didn't want to say a word.

But what happened to Xue Yang?Could it be that just because I said a few words to him calmly, is it worth his joy?

Xiao Xingchen turned his head and wanted to leave, but Xue Yang blocked Xiao Xingchen's path with a stride, and said solemnly with a smile on his face: "Xiao Xingchen, let me ask you, are you planning to enter the world again? You should learn from your master and stay in the world well." Asking immortals on the mountain to ask."

Xiao Xingchen subconsciously told himself that Xue Yang was mocking, but he did hear another opposite meaning from Xue Yang's tone.

Like... sincere concern.

Illusion, it must be an illusion, Xue Yang only hurts people, how can he care about others.

"Get out of the way!" Xiao Xingchen shouted coldly.

As soon as Xue Yang heard this, his serious demeanor immediately collapsed, and he became cynical again, even full of anger. He leaned against the wall on one side of the alley, raised one leg high and stepped on the opposite wall, blocking the alley Exit, looking at Xiao Xingchen provocatively.

"Master Dao, don't you understand? Your desire to save the world won't work. There are many things in this world that can only be solved by killing people. For example————If the little boy actually loves his twin sister very much, but the sister He was killed by someone or some people in Yue Zhai, and after he was killed, he was blamed on him. No one else who knew the inside story helped him get justice. If I were this little boy, whether it was a human or a ghost, They will not let this family go, if necessary, the entire Yue family will be wiped out, and no one will be left behind."

Xiao Xingchen was silent for a moment, and based on the information provided by the grave robber, he somewhat believed Xue Yang's statement that the 12-year-old boy was wronged was true, but he still couldn't agree with his last sentence, and retorted: "Not everyone is like you. vicious."

Xue Yang said indifferently: "That's right, I'm vicious. I started killing people when I was eight years old. That kid is 12 years old and not half as vicious as I was when I was eight years old. So he died and was bullied and bullied while he was alive. Others kill, but also take the blame for others—this is the end of not being cruel enough.”

The more truth Xue Yang said, the more confused Xiao Xingchen became, "The child died too? Who is the murderer?"

"The murderer is naturally the same person who killed the twin babies."

The baby was strangled to death by an adult, but everyone in the Yue family said it was done by a 12-year-old boy.

After the boy disappeared, Yuejia began to be haunted and dead one after another.

Among the two survivors, the maid named Taotao looked sad and frank; on the contrary, Mrs. Yue did not dare to take a step out of the house, with the word fear written all over her body, and she was sure that the murderous ghost was the little boy, that is, her son.

Xiao Xingchen is talented and smart, but he doesn't want to speculate on others with malice. Now that he sorts out everything, Mrs. Yue's behavior looks more and more like a guilty conscience.Xue Yang knew so much inside information, and combined with his attitude, Xiao Xingchen had already guessed about the role he played in the incident of killing the family.

The truth may be even more unbelievable and more horrific than infanticide.But all of this is based on what the tomb robbers and Xue Yang said were facts.

Xue Yang understood that Xiao Xingchen would not conclude the cruel truth based on other people's words and guesses so early, and sighed again: "Xiao Xingchen, you shouldn't have entered the world." He put down his foot on the opposite wall and moved out of the way, " Don't you still have to go to that maid's house, let's go!"