Well of Mystery

"The show of jumping off the building was basically the curtain call performance carefully designed by that monster. It wanted to create an illusion that he was dead, and get rid of the series of investigations caused by Su Xue and Wang Ti before."

Jiang Chenglu clearly stated his inference word by word.

"The reason why he chose to jump from the Skytree is because standing at that height, no one can see clearly whether the jumper is a living person or a dead person."

Tao Chuan was also lost in thought: "When he jumped off the building, he deliberately walked to the other side of the tall building that was invisible to the crowd. It was indeed more convenient to push the real Zhou Liang's body down..."

"It's not just about convenience."

Jiang Chenglu had already thought more thoroughly: "Falling from such a high building has an obvious 'advantage', that is, after landing, the body will definitely be broken into pieces, which are difficult to piece together and identify. And this also conceals a Important fact——like Su Xue, Zhou Yiliang's head has been chopped off before."

After being reminded by him, Tao Chuan quickly realized: "That's right, the best way to cover up a scar is to hide it in a pile of wounds."

Jiang Chenglu pondered for a while, and suddenly sighed: "Now I finally know where Jiang Chao's death is so strange. The murderer cut him up neither to delay the hunt, nor to show the tragedy of the deceased, but to To cover up the fact that it once cut off Jiang Chao's head."

"All the corpses have been decapitated, except for Wang Ti." Tao Chuan suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment: "Killing him is to silence the mouth, because he is looking for the true face of the monster."

Just because the purpose was to kill him, the monster deliberately chose to kill him under a bridge hole where a camera was installed.In this way, the real Zhou Liang was blamed for killing Su Xue and Wang Ti.Then weave a so-called bloody plot of love killing, fully satisfy everyone's curiosity and desire to explore, and then stage a farewell performance.

The moment Zhou Yiliang's broken body fell to the ground.The colorful celebrity murder case came to an end, no one would trace the cause of Su Xue or Wang Ti's death, and the monster hid safely in the darkness again.

Perhaps the monster is indeed ready to lie dormant for a while.At least until it disposes of another insider, Kyohei.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and a new, almost perfect prey appeared.The hunter's ambition and possessiveness were rekindled.

"Just now Li Kun also tried to take away Bai Xiuqi's head, but failed. Obviously, the head is what the monster really needs."

Speaking of this, Tao Chuan has already taken out his mobile phone: "I will call my colleagues who manage the archives now and ask them to find out the true face of this monster."

"keep the change."

Jiang Chenglu waved his hand at him: "You will never know the true face of Mount Lu, because I guess he has no face in the first place."

"what do you mean……"

After a brief astonishment, Tao Chuan also understood what he meant: "You mean, that monster has no head?!"

Jiang Chenglu did not directly respond to this question.Instead, he asked Tao Chuan to go to Huayang to get the severed right hand.

The right hand was quickly placed on the table, and the circular tattoo on the wrist was clearly identifiable.

Tao Chuan has looked and looked carefully along the way, but unfortunately he didn't gain anything: "It looks like it was drawn with a very ancient technique, and there are some runes on it. But with my experience, there is really no way to interpret it. It can be said that this monster has a lot of background."

Jiang Chenglu didn't speak, held his hand in front of his eyes and looked at it, then began to murmur and read some of the content in vernacular language.

"...Although life is over, anger will become an unquenchable flame in the body. Hold up the head of the sacrifice. Put it on the neck. Anger will make you change a lot, and fear will make you gain eternal life."

Tao Chuan on the side has changed color in astonishment.

"Being headless and immortal, could it be Xing Tian?" He called out a name aloud.

"Absolutely impossible."

Jiang Chenglu shook his head confidently: "Xing Tian is an ancient righteous god, not to mention whether it still exists today. Even if it exists, it is absolutely impossible to do such evil things."

Gongping on the side finally spoke: "When I was a child, I heard my father mention that at the end of the Xia Dynasty, the brutal Xia Jie was attacked by King Cheng Tang. Tang Wang chopped off his head. But Xia Geng's body did not fall down, but fled into the deep mountains to hide..."

"This is Xia Geng's corpse." Jiang Chenglu obviously thought of the same thing as him.

Just like Jealousy Jinshen, although Xia Gengshi originated from one person, it has gradually become synonymous with the same monster as it has been passed down to later generations.

This kind of monsters were often vicious bandit kings and bandit leaders during their lifetime. They were sentenced to death by the heads of the lords, and their heads were hung on the city for public display.Therefore, the family members and Yubu could only retrieve their bodies, find someone to perform witchcraft in private, and resurrect them as Xia Geng's corpse.

Since Xia Gengshi is a rare monster, there are almost no historical records of its behavior.It is generally believed that it can survive without a head, but that does not appear to be the case.

"Xing Tian is a righteous god, with breasts as eyes, navel as mouth, and soul. Xia Geng's corpse is a monster, who needs to steal other people's heads to survive. It seems that it can also change the shape of its body according to different heads, and even pretend to be Be feminine."

"But even if you pretend to be a woman, your gender and likes and dislikes can't be changed. That's why Su Xue, who she pretends to be, has a quarrel with Wang Ti, making people think that she has changed her mind."

Tao Chuan continued to clear his mind: "After that, he successively took the heads of Zhou Yiliang, Jiang Chao, and Li Kun, disguised themselves as them, and disposed of the used heads together with the corpses."

"At this point, these things don't matter no matter what."

Jiang Chenglu became a little irritable again: "I just want to know where Xia Geng's corpse is. Is Xiaobai still in his hands..."

"...there is a way we can use this hand for voyeurism."

Although a little hesitant, Tao Chuan still said it out, but he hastened to emphasize: "But you also know that it is very difficult to spy on a living person. Not to mention that the current target is a monster. Tu him..."

"Don't bother Xiao Wei about this matter." Jiang Chenglu had already stood up resolutely: "I am the one who is unwilling to let go of Bai Xiuqi. Of course, I must find him back myself."

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"You're going to have a voyeur, now?"

Wei Xiangtu looked at the two people standing at the door of his house at two o'clock in the morning, with some astonishment in his eyes.After getting Jiang Chenglu's affirmative answer, he did not immediately agree or refuse, but let him enter the room and sit down first.

"Before you make a final decision, you must know that Xiangpei is not something that anyone can do. It requires a certain level of cultivation, strong willpower, and patience."

"I think I can." Jiang Chenglu looked back into Wei Xiangtu's eyes firmly: "Besides, I don't want the kind of voyeurism that can only see the scales and half-claws through illusions. I want something more direct and effective."

"..." Of course Wei Xiangtu knew what Jiang Chenglu was referring to, but that method was too dangerous, and he absolutely couldn't take the initiative to propose it.

However, Jiang Chenglu already had a goal in his heart: "Give me the kind of voyeuristic forbidden technique that can directly guide me in the direction, and I will bear all the consequences."

"But what if you miss it? Without you, what should Xuanjing Apartment do up and down?"

Wei Xiangtu is an overly cautious person, even a bit indecisive, but fortunately, he has a partner who always makes up his mind for him.

"I believe Jiang Chenglu has his own measure."

Tao Chuan patted Wei Xiangtu on the shoulder, signaling him not to be too nervous: "Get your things ready, I'll watch the process of Xiangpei, you go to rest early."

In the end, Wei Xiangtu couldn't hold back the two of them, and agreed to set up Xiangpi's venue.He asked Jiang Chenglu to take a bath first, and then change the clothes stained with Bai Xiuqi's blood, so as not to interfere with the process of Xiangpei.

Half an hour later, Jiang Chenglu, who had quickly finished his preparations, came back to the first floor of the west building. The door of the secret room dedicated to Xiangpei had been opened, and Tao Chuan signaled him to enter the inner room.

Wei Xiangtu has already opened his pot sky, and the inner room is quite different from what Bai Xiuqi saw last time when he came to visit——there is a grotto on the back hill of the Wei family's main house, where the Wei family has been spying for hundreds of years The Holy Land, Wei Xiangtu's Hutian was built in imitation of this cave. It is not deep inside, and there is a stone statue on the bottom wall of the cave.

Wei Xiangtu had already lit a row of candles in the groove of the cave wall.In front of the candlelight is still an old futon and an old desk.There was a huge porcelain plate on the table, which was brand new, and densely packed mysterious runes were fired on the bottom of the plate.

Jiang Chenglu sat down on the futon without hesitation, and saw that the porcelain plate had been filled with clean water.Then, Wei Xiangtu used the prepared face powder to stamp a talisman-shaped incense seal on a palm-sized wax film, and then gently placed the wax film on the water.

"It's all ready."

Only then did Wei Xiangtu look up at Jiang Chenglu: "After smelling the fragrance, your soul will come out of your body. The fragrance will guide you to find the hiding place of Xia Geng's corpse, but before the incense seal is burned out You must come back, or..."

"I understand." Jiang Chenglu nodded to indicate that he didn't need to continue talking.

But Wei Xiangtu still worried and said one more thing: "This process of forcing the soul to leave the body is very painful, you should be mentally prepared."

"Well, don't worry."

Jiang Chenglu nodded at last, then took the fire folder from Wei Xiangtu's hand, and lit Xiangzhuan's head.

A thin line of white smoke slowly floated in the dim candlelight, accompanied by a faint scent.

"Xiaobai, hold on a little longer, I'll come to you now."

Jiang Chenglu took a deep breath and closed his eyes.