Well of Mystery

"This passage comes from the Shurangama Sutra..."

Bai Xiuqi has no special research on Buddhism, but he recognizes these two sentences and remembers their origin.There is no other reason - his grandfather Bai Shu liked this sentence so much that he even engraved it on the side of a seal.

Bai Xiuqi had never thought about the meaning of this sentence, but now it looked more and more like it meant something.

Obviously, grandfather knew many things, about himself and Jiang Chenglu's past life, about his reincarnation and Jiang Chenglu's perseverance.Then he continues to name himself Bai Xiuqi in this life, is he also looking forward to the day when Zhao Zhao and Jiang Chenglu will continue their relationship?

He sighed and lay down on the bed again. He was still scrolling through the photos with one hand, when suddenly the phone was snatched away by the person beside him.

"You don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing?"

Jiang Chenglu moved his head closer.Because he went to bed right after washing his hair, his hair was curled up randomly, looking ridiculous like a child.

Bai Xiuqi simply showed him the photos on the phone one by one. When he saw the group photo, Jiang Chenglu also showed a sigh.

"The little boy in the past turned into an old man with a white beard. Time is really unforgiving!"

Yes, time is the greatest enemy of human beings.

Bai Xiuqi nodded in his heart.He looked at the photo, but his thoughts had already flown away.It took a while to come back to my senses.

"Jiang Cheng Road."

He solemnly called out the name of the person next to him: "You promise me one thing."

"What's the matter?" Seeing his serious tone, Jiang Chenglu raised his head and looked back and forth at him.

Bai Xiuqi stretched out her hand to brush away the messy hair covering his eyes.

"If one day, I get old and even die, I hope you can build a pot of heaven to store me away. I am willing to wait there until the heavens and humans decline, and even you have to reincarnate, and we will reincarnate together, thousands of generations It's good for all eternity, we won't be separated any more."

"……it is good."

Jiang Chenglu's eyes were slightly bright in the dark night.

"As long as it's your sincere wish."

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The plum rain pattered all night, and it barely stopped until the next morning.

Bai Xiuqi only found out when he woke up.After the nonsense last night, Jiang Chenglu actually changed the sheets while he was sound asleep - now he is lying on the bed of hundreds of children presented by Jie Gujing, looking like a house full of children and grandchildren, which feels quite subtle.

Just when he was struggling, a scent came from not far away, accompanied by the sound of footsteps.

"Wake up."

Jiang Chenglu walked over with a tray, clear porridge and side dishes, refreshing: "The first meal in the new home comes with room service."

"What are you doing? It's funny."

Obviously very happy.But Bai Xiuqi still couldn't help muttering: "Is it still necessary to get up and wash up..."

talking.He threw off the quilt and got up to the ground.Jiang Chenglu exaggeratedly put down the tray in his hand and came to help him.She looked at him silently with eyes full of expectation.

"..."

Of course, Bai Xiuqi knew what this look meant. After struggling for a second, he reached out and touched Jiang Chenglu's head: "It's much better than last time, I'm fine."

"Customer satisfaction is my pursuit." Jiang Chenglu clenched his fist and pointed to his cheek: "My dear, remember to give me a good review."

"For your sister." Bai Xiuqi couldn't help poking him again: "Remember, your Taobao store can only have me as a customer."

"Yes. In the past and in the future, you will be the only one in heaven and earth."

Jiang Chenglu grinned stupidly, and then remembered an important news: "Oh, by the way, Tao Chuan sent a message just now, saying that Jiang Chao was found."

"The kidnapper asked for a ransom?"

"No. The body was found, disassembled and left to dry on the ground."

Like Su Xue and Wang Ti, Jiang Chao's body was also found under a remote bridge hole.Moreover, due to the hot flashes during the rainy season, the corpse has already undergone serious corruption, which has aroused the attention of passers-by.

Between the degree of corruption of the corpse.According to the forensic medical examination, the time of Jiang Chao's death should be no later than the day after he was kidnapped. That is to say, the kidnapper probably killed him when he succeeded.

"There was one detail that made the police suspicious."

Jiang Chenglu continued to paraphrase Tao Chuan's words: "Generally speaking, there are two main purposes for the murderer to dismember the corpse: either to facilitate the hiding of the corpse and avoid guilt; It took a lot of time from getting the first body part to confirming that the deceased was Su Xue. But Jiang Chao’s dismemberment case is very different.”

First of all, because of Li Kun's testimony and surveillance video evidence, the identity of the murderer who kidnapped Jiang Chao has basically been locked.The police have already started to track him down, and dismembering and discarding the body can no longer buy time for the murderer to escape.

Secondly, if the murderer really wanted to get revenge by dismembering the body, then he didn't need to hide the body for many days and then find a remote place to throw it away.

So, what is the significance of dismembering and throwing corpses?

"Sometimes people do things that are not completely logical and rational. Perhaps the so-called rational analysis is setting a trap for themselves."

After listening to all the reports, Bai Xiuqi frowned and fell into thought: "For example, if the murderer is a lunatic, can normal people still figure out his intentions and movements?"

"Ordinary people may not be able to, but I believe that everything has a causal connection, and perhaps psychologists can interpret it."

"Then leave it to the experts to think about it." Bai Xiuqi smiled: "By the way, I would like to invite everyone here for a meal today."

Jiang Chenglu was speechless immediately: "You invite guests too frequently, don't you?! I didn't have time to prepare at all."

"Don't worry, I didn't ask you to prepare."

Bai Xiuqi signaled him to be calm, and took out his notebook again: "Do you remember the shopping website that Atu showed me before? I found that it has everything on it, and there is also an online ordering service. So I downloaded it yesterday. Order, let the finished product be delivered to your door in the evening."

"Huh? You ordered food on that website?" Jiang Chenglu was a little dumbfounded: "Then have you noticed that the dishes on the website are marked with ingredients? Even the most common tomato scrambled eggs may not be eaten by you humans The kind of tomato and the kind of egg..."

"Don't worry, I've been with you for so long, and I still have some sharp eyesight." Bai Xiuqi patted Jiang Chenglu's shoulder: "Come with me to invite the big guys later."

The progress of the fox decoration team is obvious to all, so now hearing that Bai Xiuqi is going to move, not only readily agreed to the appointment.And also took out the gift that had been prepared long ago.

Of course, while inviting these new neighbors, Bai Xiuqi did not forget his old friend——

Li Kun was extremely excited when he received the call. Of course, his excitement basically had nothing to do with Bai Xiuqi's move.

"Have you heard about it? Jiang Chao's body was found! It's so exciting to die again!"

Although it is indeed a bit unkind to say so, there is no need to be on the line when talking casually between friends.Bai Xiuqi just sneered and asked him, "Why, what does it matter to you if he dies?"

"It's a big deal!"

Li Kun on the other end of the phone seemed to be snapping his fingers: "Four! As soon as the news came out this morning, the four media were crying and demanding to interview me."

"You accept?"

"No, I rejected them all." Li Kun's answer was a bit unexpected: "After what happened last time, my father got angry. He said that I am not allowed to contact the media again."

Deserve it.

Bai Xiuqi praised Li Kun's father in his heart.He asked again: "Then I will officially move house tonight, will you come to treat me to dinner?"

"Come on, of course!" Li Kun agreed with all his mouth: "It happens that I have nothing to worry about these few days, so I will leave now."

"Wait." Bai Xiuqi remembered important things again: "On the way here, I will go to Yuyulou to pack a duck and a fish for me. Then I will order some meat and vegetables. I ordered a few wrong dishes on the Internet just now, and quietly Leave it to me, and don't let Jiang Chenglu see it!"

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After assigning the important task to Li Kun, Bai Xiuqi finally settled the dinner matter temporarily.

Jiang Chenglu had nothing to do and ran to inspect the corners of the apartment. The house was rare to be quiet, but perhaps because of the humid and hot rainy days, Bai Xiuqi always felt restless.

He took out the broken sword he found from the well in Fuxi Mountain and wiped it carefully, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the sword looked familiar.Then I recalled the scene when I held it and fought against the monster corpse on the mountain yesterday, and felt a little funny in the weirdness.

Strange to say.After dinner yesterday, Jiang Chenglu also said that he wanted to play with this sword, but no matter how he fiddled with it, he didn't have that wonderful feeling of "human and sword becoming one".In the end, Jiang Chenglu had to come to the conclusion that this sword must have once been the exclusive property of Bai Xiuqi.

This judgment reminded Bai Xiuqi of another detail.

There is another record like this in the family tree that was sent last night.Said that after joining the Aiwanxuan Jinshi Painting and Calligraphy Association, Bai Xiuqi gradually faded out of the family's silk brocade business and began to travel around the country.Together with others, he explored the historical relics that were unknown or were being robbed and excavated, surveyed and mapped records, and left precious photo materials.I even confronted the so-called "exotic explorer" with ulterior motives for several days, watching the other party come back with cutting tools and chemicals.

But later, due to the raging war, he had to return to his hometown, but he still pays attention to the cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings that are constantly flowing out on the market.Once there is an outflow, we will spend a lot of money to buy it, so as to prevent them from eventually flowing overseas1.

However, all these treasures he bought disappeared quietly after Bai Xiuqi "disappeared".There is not a shred of records to trace, and not a single item has ever resurfaced.

Perhaps, this absolute electric sword is the only exception.

Bai Xiuqi caressed the blade of the sword, watching the bright purple light spot chasing his fingertips, like a butterfly dancing around.He knew that this was definitely not an ordinary sword, but what kind of mystery was hidden behind it?

"How many secrets are hidden between me and Jiang Chenglu?"

This seemed to be the first time in Bai Xiuqi's life that he had such doubts.