Weird show

※one※

The former residence of businessman Wu Yuanbo is neither too remote nor too lively. It is a very suitable place to live in Hero Town. Same as the neighbors.

It's different now, it hasn't been painted for many years, and the door is closed, and the paper on the window is broken, revealing the cobweb-studded furnishings inside, which have obviously been abandoned for a long time.All the houses in the nearby streets and alleys are ordinary, but this one has been abandoned for several years, and it is mixed in abruptly, looking ghostly.

The morning sun in winter rises late, casting thousands of rays of golden light, illuminating the dust blown by the winter wind in the courtyard.

Ji Shuliu and Qin Songfeng quietly jumped in from outside the wall where no one was there.

After searching the empty living room and turning around several dark corners, they opened the half-broken door and walked into the main room at the back.There are traces of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, but the calligraphy and paintings have disappeared; a few dusty mice are scurrying in the shadows;

The cabinets are basically empty. Since the owner is dead and walking, I don’t know how many thieves and beggars have visited here, and the rest are naturally waste that even beggars don’t care about.

In a broken box in the corner lay several broken chair legs gnawed by moth-eaten rats, and a broken rattle lay quietly in the thick dust. Also gone, so no one touched it.

Ji Shuliu's heart moved, he stretched out his fingers to pinch the wooden handle, and pulled it out.He found that there was a doll with a round face painted on each side of the drum, one side was a male doll and the other was a female doll. Although the strokes were simple, they were very vivid, not like the ones that came with the toys bought back, but rather like adults at home. Draw to coax children.

There are three rows of traces carved on the wall next to it.The middle seems to be measured with a ruler, and is engraved inch by inch for comparison; there are a series of notches on the right and left, the highest on the left is four and a half feet, and the highest on the right is no more than three feet.

Qin Songfeng said: "This should be used to remember the child's height, the brother on the left and the younger sister on the right?"

Ji Shuliu leaned against the wall, and said in a very soft voice: "The engravings are very dense, obviously not once a year, but once every few months; and the male protagonist Wu Yuanbo is a businessman who has been out for many years, which means that there is a lot of trouble. It was engraved by my mother. There are rules to follow, and it should be done at regular intervals. She was probably a very careful woman before.

"The tallest notch on the left is about the length of a boy in his early ten years; the tallest notch on the right is about the length of a five- or six-year-old child. Ziyun said that the girl died at the age of eight, so it can be seen that there were at least two years before her death. The mothers never recorded the length of their children again.

"It's probably at this time that she suddenly changed her temperament, from a good wife and mother to a devil who abused her own children."

Ji Shuliu suddenly felt that the room was suffocating, so he couldn't help pacing to the door to catch his breath.

Qin Songfeng said: "My husbands are all called Wu Yuanbo, and they are all businessmen from Yongping Prefecture. They all claim to be gentle and beautiful. I think it is Shang Fengxian. This Wu Yuanbo, the neighbors think he is a good man, but they are all casual acquaintances. I have never seen him before. People know where he is doing business, and he disappeared even after he disappeared—this identity is not real, it is probably a disguise of the Sumen assassin, the premise is that we can be sure that the woman who asked Xu Biao to join the Sumen is Shang Fengxian."

"I think it's probably because of her," Ji Shuliu looked down at the broken rattle in his hand, "It is said that the phoenix is ​​not a phoenix tree, and it does not eat anything other than bamboo. Xu Biao's alias Xuezhu, isn't it just for a person whose name has a phoenix in it?" People. And Xu Biao also said that the woman is dead."

It was Mrs. Wu who committed suicide five years ago in a bizarre way, and only later did she have "The Story of Nizi".

Qin Songfeng nodded slightly: "Then who is Wu Yuanbo?"

Ji Shuliu said: "Shang Fengxian beat her daughter to death ten years ago, and it has been three years since the Su family was wiped out 13 years ago. On the contrary, the prostitution den built by Mr. Bu Wulang was discovered by you 11 years ago. It is relatively close to be wiped out by the Luoyun knife. Could it be that Wu Yuanbo was also involved? Wu Yuanbo is not dead, but she still hates her husband for going to the prostitution den. Go to Xu Biao who was obsessed with her before?"

"No," Qin Songfeng said, "If that's the case, she can just live with Xu Biao, why should she avenge the people of the Su family?"

Ji Shuliu was discouraged: "I still can't figure it out."

Qin Songfeng said: "There is a person who should not run too far, we can inquire about it."

Ji Shuliu didn't expect it at first, but when he met his gaze, he suddenly understood, and almost said in unison with him: "The maid who collected the corpse."

※two※

Shang Fengxian's maid was named Leng Shan. This woman disappeared after burying Shang Fengxian five years ago, but she was like a needle falling into the river and sea, and she was nowhere to be found.

Until Xiao Jiu and Sun Chengxiu were sent from Yanshan on the snow, no one could find out the whereabouts of Fir Shan.

There was another light snowstorm outside, and the two of them hurried all the way, covered in air-conditioning, the frost and snow condensed on the white coat, as if they were about to merge with the snow on the ground.Sun Chengxiu's face was flushed from the cold, Xiao Jiu's face was pale from the cold, and the two stood side by side, the contrast was sharp.

Sun Chengxiu looked doubtful, and said to Qin Songfeng: "Second brother, there are some strange people following us on the road, and even clashed with Ah Jiu."

Xiao Jiu stretched out his hand to press her shoulder: "That's my family's misfortune, it has nothing to do with this matter, just don't worry."

Since Xiao Jiu's debut, he has always been secretive, and never talked about his parentage, so it was inconvenient for everyone to ask more questions, so they had to give up.

After entering the room, Xiao Jiu took off the cloak outside, shook the remaining snow on it, and quietly listened to Qin Songfeng's story about how Shang Fengxian suddenly went crazy ten years ago and beat her own daughter to death.

The stove in the room was burning very vigorously, Sun Chengxiu's face turned pale, and Xiao Jiu's face recovered a bit of blood. They were all very surprised when they heard this strange incident.However, Pan Ziyun tried his best to inquire in Hero Town, and Qin Songfeng also asked Shang Fengxian's neighbors for verification, all of which showed that this matter was absolutely true.

Ji Shuliu was in a daze for a moment and said: "I always feel that the countless threads in front of me are actually the same thread, but I can't untie it because I can't find the end of the thread."

Xiao Jiu stood up and walked around the room, and walked to a table where sundries were placed. His eyes suddenly fell on a broken rattle drum at the corner of the table—a little boy was drawn on one side of the drum, and a boy was drawn on the other. The little girl was exactly the one that Ji Shuliu picked up at the bottom of Shang Fengxian's house. He brought it back casually and thought it might be useless, so he put it on the corner of the table.

Xiao Jiu picked up the rattle with her pale and thin hands, she looked at the little boy here, and then at the little girl over there, her expression became horrifying.

Ji Shuliu said: "Shang Fengxian's family found this."

Xiao Jiu said: "The two children above were drawn by Su Qian, and it is his usual style."

Ji Shuliu shivered fiercely, and finally understood why he noticed the rattle.He had seen Su Qian's booklet recording the previous murders, and there were many illustrations on it. The brushwork was indeed very similar to the two children on the rattle, but one focused on posture and the other on facial features. Ji Shuliu didn't notice it for a while.

Qin Songfeng asked: "How does Su Qian treat the Sumen killers? Is it possible to help them draw villains to coax their children?"

"Impossible." Xiao Jiu said, "Unless Shang Fengxian is—"

It is Su Qian's mysterious outer room, Su Qianlong's biological mother.The little girl who was beaten to death by her was Su Qian's little daughter?

Wu Yuanbo is Su Qian's disguise?

Ji Shuliu sneaked a glance at Pan Ziyun, Pan Ziyun's expression was very calm, it seemed that he did clearly distinguish the truth from the story.

Sun Chengxiu closed his eyes and pressed his temples: "It's a strange thing. More than 20 years ago, Su Qian used the pseudonym Wu Yuanbo and married Shang Fengxian; 13 years ago, Su Qian's family was killed; He and Shi Qing's prostitution den killed many remnants of the Su family; ten years ago, Shang Fengxian beat to death her eight-year-old daughter. But after Su Qian died, Wu Yuanbo still appeared many times. .”

Pan Ziyun said: "It's not surprising. Su Qian used his original face in the Su residence in Huaishu Village, so when visiting the outer room of Hero Town, he had to change his appearance to avoid being recognized by others. The disguise of the people in the Su family is very rough. As long as they are similar in stature and face shape, they all look similar. This Wu Yuanbo seldom goes home and is not familiar with his neighbors. It's safe though.

"As for the fact that Wu Yuanbo didn't appear again after Shang Fengxian's daughter died, it's probably because the whole Hero Town was alarmed by this tragedy. If Wu Yuanbo appeared again, it would be too easy for people to pay attention and show his flaws."

"That's strange, why did Shang Fengxian kill Su Qian's only daughter?" Sun Chengxiu was puzzled, "Could it be that the girl was born to Bu Wu Lang Jun by her affair, and she regrets the incident of Bu Wu Lang Jun's humiliation of the girl." , just killed her daughter? Or was she jealous that Su Qian loved her daughter, and felt sorry for Su Qian's unaccompanied underground, so she simply killed her daughter and stayed with her father?"

Qin Songfeng shook his head: "I think it was an accident. Brother Pan said that when she beat her children, she always scolded them for not being up to date. It is possible that after Su Qian's death, Sumen had accidents one after another. She hated the young children more and more for not being able to solve her problems. , was beaten repeatedly, which eventually led to tragedy. Later, she suddenly committed suicide, probably because she felt guilty about her daughter."

Ji Shuliu stood up and walked around a few times, turned behind Qin Songfeng, pressed his shoulders and said, "There is still an unsolved mystery in the Su family, that is, Su Qian's eldest lady behaves mysteriously and hides her skills everywhere."

Qin Songfeng said: "This Su Qian is really a bit of a villain. His own martial arts are low, and the Su family was not well-known back then. As a result, the outer room was able to marry Shang Fengxian, who many people in the Yanshan School miss. The main wife is also a woman with quite good martial arts."

Xiao Jiu said with a sullen face: "Su Qian is indeed good-looking, and he is very resourceful. He has read a lot of books, so he is somewhat talented. He used to think that even Xiaoxi and I loved him madly."

When Xi Yuanyuan was mentioned, Pan Ziyun's hands trembled slightly. Ji Shuliu couldn't bear it, so he quickly changed the topic: "We were looking for Leng Shan because she was Shang Fengxian's maid, she was just an ordinary girl, and she wanted to leave. It’s not far away either. But since Shang Fengxian is Su Yulong’s biological mother and has an extraordinary status, Leng Shan may also serve as an assassin in the Su family, so I can’t go anywhere in the world? I can’t find her, maybe it’s because she has gone far away.”

In this case, it is impossible to use the fir tree to find the trace of Su Yulong.Can we just wait for him to come to trouble Qin Songfeng or Xiao Jiu?

Everyone was a little discouraged.