monster study

Shang Si was really troubled.

On the one hand, Lu Zhifei refused to give up and ran to the study every day.It is impossible for Shang Si to be really cruel enough to throw him out, besides, Lu Zhifei is protected by other people in the study.

On the other hand, this stems from this. The two little fat guys pestered him every day to act like a baby, saying "I want Lu Lu, I want Lu Lu." , every time I look at the look on my face, I want to say again: I'm ready for your business, please thank you for your kindness.

So Shang Si went to Nan Ying for a drink, but Nan Ying finally didn't mention Lu Zhifei again.It's just that when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, Nanying leans by the door and looks at the flowers in the courtyard, and suddenly feels a little homesick.

"I haven't gone back to see it for many years, and I don't know what it looks like there now."

"Want to go back and have a look?" Shang Si asked.

"Fourth master take me there?"

Shang Si took a sip of his drink and said, "The weather is pleasant now, which is a good time for an outing. Besides, Jiangnan is probably the most beautiful at this time, so it's not bad to go and see it."

A rare joy appeared on Nanying's face, "That's good, May Day is coming soon, Zhifei might also go home, we can go together."

"Why call him?" Shang Si raised his eyebrows.

Nan Ying smiled, "Don't be so stingy, fourth master."

Shang Si was noncommittal, but this time the news of Nanying spread fast enough, and within a long time, everyone in the study, big and small, knew the news of going south for an outing, and everyone was as excited as elementary school students who were going on an outing.

Wu Qiangqiang warmly invited Lu Zhifei to go with him. Lu Zhifei glanced at Shang Si and said, "Then I will trouble you. By the way, do you have a place to stay over there? If not, you can stay at my house. "

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The two little fat guys are also looking forward to it, "Big house! Big house!"

Shang Si raised his eyebrows angrily, "You think my house is small, don't you? If you think it's too small, move out for me today!"

Taibai Taihei hurriedly hid behind Lu Zhifei, poked his head out, "Big house, with a big pool!"

Lu Zhifei smiled, "I'll call back today and have someone clean it up."

Shang Siyuan wanted to refuse, but seeing Wu Qiangqiang and Taibai Taihei looking happy, he swallowed the words again.Forget it, maybe this time I can meet Lu Zhifei's father.Hearing from Lu Zhifei that the ginkgo tree seems to be getting worse every year, maybe Nan Ying can bring it back to life.

It will not be too late to make a decision at that time.

Shaking his head helplessly, Shang Si turned and went upstairs with his hands behind his back.

The world in the book is still as peaceful as it was a few days ago, but there seems to be some strange atmosphere shrouded in that peace.Shang Si walked slowly through the street, and unexpectedly saw the yellow paper money floating on the ground, and frowned slightly.

Who has a funeral?

Shang Si thought so, and went back to his study, only to find that the door of the study had been broken.He raised his eyebrows involuntarily, looked at the broken door with folded hands, and couldn't help but want to whistle.

At this time, Boss Dong from the rouge shop across the street hurried over, "Boss Shang, you are back!"

"What happened?" Shang Si asked.

"Someone got into a fight in front of your shop yesterday, didn't they break the door of your shop? But even though you caught fire at the city gate and hurt the fish in the pond, it's still bad luck. I advise you to go to the Taoist temple on the mountain to ask for a seat." It would be better for the Taoist priest to help you with a ritual, so as not to bring bad luck to the study and make it difficult to do business." Boss Dong suggested so.

Shang Si became interested, "What kind of bad luck?"

"Liu Sheng, do you still remember? The scholar who often came to your shop was beaten up here yesterday. Tsk, those people are very serious. Liu Sheng's child is also miserable, and he finally passed the exam I don’t know if I can stand up again as a scholar last time. But it doesn’t matter, have you seen the paper money on the street?” Boss Dong suddenly became cautious, and whispered to Shang Si: “Beat people! The one from here is dead!"

"died?"

"Isn't it? Just last night, at the foot of the mountain, it was said that there were raptors infesting him, and he was torn into pieces! It is said that the corpses were brought back in bags!"

As Boss Dong was talking, he couldn't help shivering, as if he saw it with his own eyes.

Shang Si thanked him for his suggestion, then bent down to pick up a broken board.Being able to beat his door panel like this, it seems that the two sides have a lot of enmity.Thinking of this, Shang Si turned the board over and looked, and the dried blood stains came into view.

Then he asked again: "Who is the one who died?"

"It's the young master of Qian Zhi County's family. This master is usually arrogant and unscrupulous. This can be regarded as retribution. So Boss Shang, I think you should change the door quickly, and then invite some fairy The patriarch came over to take a look, so as not to be implicated."

The study, the son of the magistrate's family, Liu Sheng, the raptor, and the torn corpses are really a coincidence.

Shang Si then bid farewell to Boss Dong, ignored his broken door panel, turned around and bought some souvenirs at street vendors, then Shi Shiran went to Liu Sheng's house.

Before reaching the door, Shang Si heard a woman crying.

There was a trace of sorrow and resentment in the rough voice, lingering in the small house.Shang Si stood outside the fence, watching the woman kneeling on the ground and pulling the hem of an old man's clothes, begging bitterly.

But the old doctor’s face was also full of sadness, "It’s not that I don’t help you, I really can’t do anything about Liu Xiucai’s legs. You guys, it’s better to carry him up the mountain early. I heard that the real Caiwei on the mountain has excellent medical skills, and maybe he can save him.”

"Thank you, thank you!" The woman hurriedly kowtowed, then hurriedly stood up and rushed into the house, "Father, hurry up! Let's take Shengsheng up the mountain!"

There was a sudden commotion in the house, and after a while, an honest and honest man came out carrying the unconscious Liu Sheng on his back, and the woman followed beside her with a small cloth parcel and coir raincoat.

Shang Si hid to the side, and waited for the two to pass by before entering the room and putting the presents on the table.

There was a bit of weirdness about this matter, for example, Liu Sheng, who was usually a well-behaved scholar, would have such a big relationship with the county magistrate's son.And that young master had just beaten someone up during the day, so why did he go down the mountain at night?

To be torn to pieces by wild beasts on the mountain is a tragic way to die.

Shang Si's first suspicion was Shen Cangsheng.

Liu Sheng was seriously injured and unconscious, and the assailant died that night, not retribution, but more like revenge.However, Shang Si looked around for a week, and when he found Liu Sheng's bound copybook on the desk, he found that Shen Cangsheng hadn't really materialized yet.In other words, Shen Cangsheng has not yet come to life in this copybook, and is still in a state of waking up, so it is even more impossible to come out and kill people.

Is it really a coincidence?

Shang Si was a little suspicious, but whether it was a coincidence or not, he had to verify it.

After going out to inquire for a while, Shang Si learned of the place where the county grandpa was killed. When he went over, he saw yellow paper all over the floor, messy footprints, and the whole scene had been destroyed.

Here is a stream. Looking up, you can see the green and green mountains. The stream comes from the mountains and is very clear.It rained last night, so the blood on the ground has been washed away by the rain or seeped into the soil.There are indeed footprints of raptors, very deep, so they are still there, and it seems that there are more than one.

Shang Si raised his right hand, the golden characters on his fingertips flipped, and time began to go back.

In Xu time, the willow twigs are on the moon.

The figure of the victim, Qian Yong, appeared by the stream. He looked around, nervous but with a hint of expectation and excitement, as if he was waiting for someone.

After a stick of incense, the person he was waiting for hadn't arrived yet, so he got a little anxious and walked back and forth by the stream.

Under the moonlight, Shang Si saw him take out something from his arms and look at it repeatedly.It looked like a handkerchief, a woman's handkerchief.

Qian Yong cherished that handkerchief very much, and held it tightly in his hand, and sometimes smelled it under his pen, as if it still carried the body fragrance of the owner of the handkerchief.However, at this moment, a strange sound suddenly came from the nearby forest.

The canopy of the tree was shaking, the branches were trampled off, and those clear or indistinct sounds entered Qian Yong's ears, making him nervous for a while.He hesitated, as if hesitating whether to leave or not.

But before he could come up with an answer, in the dark night, a beast with ferocious fangs jumped out of the forest, and the leaves accompanied by its vigorous figure came out of the forest, fluttering in the moonlight.

Horror expanded in Qian Yong's eyes, a scream pierced the night sky, the white handkerchief was abandoned in the wind, and then fell into Shang Si's hands.

Shang Si just glanced at it, then frowned.I saw a peony and the word "Xinniang" embroidered on the square handkerchief.In the center of the handkerchief, there is a line of small characters - See you at the riverside at the foot of the mountain at Xushi tonight.

The next moment, Shang Si's figure appeared in the study. He quickly opened the drawer where the handkerchief was stored, but found that it was empty.Therefore, the handkerchief Qian Yong is holding belongs to Shang Si.

Perhaps the fight that took place in front of the study that day was not a coincidence.

A terrible guess suddenly appeared in Shang Si's mind, he lowered his face slightly, raised his right hand, and time turned back again.The darkness gradually faded away, and the light returned, and there was a lot of voices outside the study, and after a while, the sound of fighting sounded.

Shang Si stood at the closed door, watching the situation outside through the crack of the door.

I saw Liu Sheng surrounded by a few gangsters, and that Qian Yong was standing behind the gangster, looking at Liu Sheng mockingly.Liu Sheng clenched his fists tightly, his thin and frail body trembled slightly, but stood straight.He looked over those gangsters, staring at Qian Yong, "Qian Yong, I'm a scholar now, I have a reputation, you can't hit me casually!"

Qian Yong smiled and took a step back, "Who said I was going to hit you? They were going to hit you, so what does it matter to me?"

"You!" Liu Sheng was angry.

"Ah, maybe you beg me, I can help you tell them to be gentle when they strike, how about it?" Qian Yong folded his arms.

However, Liu Sheng pursed his lips, unable to utter the words of begging for mercy.

A trace of impatience appeared on Qian Yong's face, and the gangsters saw this and beat him up.Liu Sheng was beaten and lying on the ground as soon as they met each other. At this time, people gathered around him.

Qian Yong looked at the people around him and gave a "tsk", not wanting to make a big fuss.But when he was about to retreat, he saw Liu Sheng's clear eyes staring at him.

Liu Sheng had already been beaten until his mouth was covered with blood, but he still raised his head with difficulty and stared at him, "Even if you beat me to death today, I won't let you succeed! People like you...cough...do not You don't deserve fame!"

"What did you say?" Qian Yong was irritated all of a sudden. He brushed aside a few gangsters and grabbed Liu Sheng by the collar. Are you done? If you get fame, I'm afraid you will lose your life!"

Liu Sheng was caught in his hands like a piece of rag, his face was pale, and his legs were already safe and unable to move.

Shang Si heard it clearly from inside the door, and this matter may be involved in another case - cheating in the examination room.Liu Sheng was unwilling to cooperate, which is why he ended up like this.

but……

What shocked Shang Si was not this. He saw Liu Sheng, who had been beaten to the point of fainting, quietly stuff a handkerchief into Qian Yong's arms.

No one noticed.

Shang Si narrowed his eyes slightly, he could smell the faint fragrance from the handkerchief, and his thoughts were unimpeded.If so, it all makes sense.

He turned around, went out from the back door of the study, and arrived at Zhongnan Mountain not long after.

Inside the Taoist courtyard wall, Liu Sheng's parents knelt in front of a Taoist in plain robes and a lotus crown, kowtowed and begged, "Really, please save my son! He has just passed the examination of a scholar, if It’s a good thing to lose a pair of legs! My real man, please take pity on our family, how can such a good child suffer such a disaster..."

Turning his gaze to the inner courtyard, Shang Si stood on the courtyard wall, looking down at the half-opened window.

In the window, Liu Sheng had already woken up, and was leaning against the bedpost, staring at the red leaves outside the window.What is in his eyes?Confused about the future?The resentment of being broken?Or is it the pain of being tortured by pain?

No, none of the above.

His eyes were very calm, so calm that it was almost weird.

Then he smiled slightly, because, everything was according to plan.