The Midnight Owl

Wu Sheng and Qian Ai happened to be going back to Cheng's house, so they got together with the monk team.

Leading the monks was Master Yan Yi, the abbot of Guajia Temple.

Not everyone is able to invite Guajia Temple to preside over it, but the Cheng family is a big family in Jinmen, so funeral affairs must be handled in a dignified manner.

"That's the way it is. I don't know what the mage thinks?" After Wu Sheng revealed his identity and successfully walked with the monk team, he told the old master Cheng's "deceived corpse" to Master Yan Yi.

Master Yan Yi has black hair and long eyebrows, a hale and hearty spirit, and wise eyes, but deep in that wisdom is peace: "The cause of death is extinguished."

He only said these five words, and then stopped talking.

The cause of death?

So anything that happens again has nothing to do with Mrs. Cheng, is that what you mean?

Is this implying that the "fraudulent corpse" is the work of a living person?

Or is there no hint, just a statement from the perspective of Buddhism?

Many "interpretations" popped up in Wu Sheng's head, but he couldn't make a conclusion on which one was the correct one.Master Yan Yi next to him looked ahead and concentrated on his journey, apparently not planning to say any more.

For some reason, Wu Sheng always felt that there was something else hidden in Master Yan Yi's eyes besides wisdom and peace.But his knowledge is too shallow, and it is really impossible to see through an old monk who has lived more than twice his life.

Qian Ai followed Wu Sheng, turning his head from time to time as he walked, looking at Wu Sheng, at Master Yan Yi, then at Wu Sheng, and then at Master Yan Yi.

The dialogue between experts is too difficult to understand...

Behind the three of them, a young monk has been following them for a long time.

Xu Wang noticed the two people in front of the team from the very beginning.Appeared out of nowhere, somehow got close to the abbot, somehow followed the team, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a key NPC.

So he made a decisive decision and sneaked up to the front of the team, hoping to hear what they had to say, and maybe he could find clues about missions or rendezvous with his teammates.

As a result, as soon as I got closer, I heard a story of "the dead old man flew up in the mist and ran and bumped through the streets and alleys", which was quite exciting.

He didn't understand what Master Yan Yi said later, but the back of the glasses man who was thinking about it always gave him a feeling of being both strange and familiar.

Quietly slipping out to the side of the team, and looking at Mr. Glasses' pensive side face from behind, it's very good, the strangeness is less, and the familiarity continues to increase.

Maybe it was too explicit, but Mr. Glasses turned his head sharply.

The four gazes met in the air crackling.

Wu Sheng pushed his glasses, narrowed his eyes slightly behind the lenses, and scanned the little monk who was peeping at him up and down like an X-ray.

Xu Wang swallowed, not knowing if he was nervous or what, subconsciously raised his hand to touch his head.

Wu Sheng stared at his red-lipped and white-toothed boy's face for a while, but finally, his eyes fell on his bald head.

Xu Wang resisted the urge to cover his head with another hand.

Wu Sheng tilted his head slightly, and smiled at him, with a little joy, a little pride, and a little...interest.

The next second, Wu Sheng suddenly pulled Qian Ai out of the team and led him into an alley.

Master Yan Yi had no other distractions, just walked forward quietly, the night was dark, he didn't notice that the two accompanying benefactors had left the team.

"Why did you bring me here? Aren't you going back to Cheng's house?" As soon as he entered the alley, Qian Ai was finally able to speak and immediately asked.

Wu Sheng gave him a "shh", motioning to wait quietly.

How could Qian Ai calm down, but she still waited.

In less than 30 seconds, a figure sneaked into the alley nimbly.

Wu Sheng looked at the little monk who came in with his head poking his head, smiled slightly, and opened his arms, waiting to throw himself into his arms.

Qian Ai was dumbfounded, and what was even more dumbfounded was that when the little monk came to him, he didn't sneak into Wu Sheng's arms at all, but stood firmly, raised his head and asked, "Diligent and cautious?"

Wu Sheng answered fluently: "Dedicated to learning and innovation."

Then the little monk was overjoyed, and seemed to want to pounce on him, but he moved his feet and saw someone standing beside him, so he hesitated again.

Wu Sheng couldn't bear it any longer, and moved his outstretched arm directly to the opponent's head, touching and touching.

Xu Wang's head was frozen all the way, and it was quite warm when Wu Sheng touched it like this, so he didn't resist.

Wu Sheng touched it several times in one breath, and after being a little satisfied, he said with a smile: "He is old money."

Xu Wang was startled when he heard the words, and then looked at the gray and chubby man next to him. Sure enough, he looked like a teammate, and immediately became curious: "Who are you wearing?"

Hearing this tone, Qian Ai finally realized later: "Captain?"

But there are only three suspects, Xiaoxue, Xiaokuang, and Xu Wang.Combined with the "intense affection" in the eyes of his military adviser, the answer is already the lice on Xu Wang's head at this moment, which is obvious.

"Wait a minute," Qian Ai thought again, "Did the two of you agree on the code just now? It's about being diligent and innovative?"

"Well," Xu Wang took it for granted, "How else can I confirm his identity?"

Qian Ai: "The question is, when did you two design the code?"

Xu Wang: "You don't need to design it, you should be able to match this code."

Qian Ai: "Which pair am I going to?!"

Wu Sheng: "This is our high school motto."

Xu Wang: "Have you forgotten?"

Qian Ai: "..."

He didn't remember it at all, did he! ! !

So, if someone can be a class committee member, he can only be an ordinary member of the public, and there is a reason for that...

The three partners gathered the information as quickly as possible. In fact, Xu Wang didn't have any information, so it was mainly Wu Sheng who spoke and Qian Ai added.

While speaking, Wu Sheng pulled Xu Wang into his arms, and touched his head from time to time, like a mascot.

Finally, after finishing speaking, he looked down at the captain in his arms again, and gave his soul wear a pertinent evaluation: "You have become smaller."

Xu Wang: "..."

The little monk is still a teenager, a little shorter than Xu Wang, and his body is thinner. No matter in terms of age or body shape, he is indeed "smaller", but... it sounds awkward!

Xu Wang has never been the one who suffers, so he immediately retaliates: "You become..."

Then there is no more then.

The Mr. Bai worn by Wu Sheng's soul has a handsome appearance, broad shoulders and long legs, with the air of a returned student, with a refined abstinence filter, he is handsome in both vertical and horizontal directions, handsome in both up and down, and full of good words How does this make him say!

Qian Ai couldn't stand it anymore, and walked out of the alley silently.

Whether it was Mr. Bai hugging the young monk, or Wu Junshi hugging Captain Xu, they all caused him great harm on this cold night, which was greater than the damage done by Mrs. Cheng's fraudulent corpse.

……

When the three of them caught up with the monks again, they had already reached the gate of Cheng's house.

The Cheng family compound was brightly lit and noisy with people's voices—the pot had already exploded.

The old man cheated the corpse, and it floated over the wall and disappeared. This matter would blow up anyone’s house. When Wu Sheng entered the door, he was still thinking this way, but when he entered the courtyard, he found that the matter was more complicated—the old man’s body was watched by a group of people. Seeing that the unkind person was sent back, he was lying on the ground in the courtyard. Instead of sending the old man back to the mourning hall, the people from the Cheng family confronted the group of people who returned the body.

Of course, it may be because I was frightened and didn't dare to touch it, for fear that the corpse would cheat again if it got alive.

"Jiu Ye, do you want to make our Cheng family ruined by your Fushouhui?" On the Cheng family's side, Cheng Xiaonan is naturally the head of the family. He is dressed in Western-style pajamas and a Chinese-style cape. It's very unique, it should be woken up by servants in sleep, so anxious to grab a cloak and come out to find out.

In contrast, the man called Ninth Master was much calmer: "Mr. Cheng, we were walking on the street, your old man fell from the sky, we met and recognized him, and immediately sent the old man off Go back to the mansion. Your speech like this will chill the hearts of the Fushouhui brothers."

"Ying Jiu! Don't cry like a cat and pretend to be merciful!" On the side of the Cheng family, surrounded by servants, there was a woman aged 27 or [-]. She was dressed much more neatly, and her facial expressions were not soft-tempered. As soon as he opened his mouth, he was really pungent, "The Cheng family and the Hai Gang have nothing to do with you about the second master's affairs!"

The smile on Ying Jiu's face faded away, and he was not angry, but it was enough to make people feel oppressive: "I said this to Mrs. Cheng before, and I will say it again today." He looked around the entire compound, as if Tell everyone, "The matter of the second master Cheng has nothing to do with the Fushouhui. We also want to find out who harmed the second master..."

"Also," he said the last sentence, only looking at the woman, "don't make me say it a third time."

The woman still had resentment in her eyes, but she stopped talking for a long time, but she still didn't dare to speak out.

"Master..." After taking the monks into the door of the courtyard, he seized a gap with great difficulty, and immediately said tremblingly.

This sound finally gave a reason to ease the deadlock.

Cheng Xiaonan immediately ordered a few courageous servants to carry the old man back to the mourning hall, and then went up to greet Master Yan Yi warmly, and at the same time called for the waiter, and finally the waiter led the monks to a side courtyard to rest and lead the way During the process, he can also communicate with the mage about tomorrow's next meeting.

Taking advantage of the chaotic movement of the monks' team, Wu Sheng quietly told Xu Wang to keep an eye on Master Yan Yi - he always felt that Master Yan Yi knew something.

Xu Wang carried the mission like this, followed the team of monks, and disappeared in the direction of the courtyard.

Qian Ai also took advantage of the chaos to go back to the coffin, and also took the task given by his military adviser - to inquire about the situation of the Cheng family with the servants, the more detailed and gossip the better.

In a blink of an eye, only the Cheng family, members of the Fushouhui, and Mr. Bai were left in the compound.

The first two are members of the brigade, but Wu Sheng, who is a loner, immediately debuted at the C position, attracting everyone's attention.

Wu Sheng could only smile awkwardly, and explained to the Cheng family: "I went to chase the old man, but I didn't catch up, but I ran into Master Yan Yi, so I followed him back." After speaking, he looked at Master Ying Jiu again, feeling that I should also say something to this person, but after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't find a topic.

Master Ying Jiu let him watch it for almost a minute, and finally realized that the other party probably didn't intend to speak first, so he had to repair the steps by himself. He has repaired all the steps for others this night: "Mr. Bai."

Wu Sheng was taken aback, his first reaction was to ask, "Master Jiu knows me?" But he immediately realized that the real question would reveal his truth, so he immediately borrowed the slope to get off the donkey: "Master Jiu."

The two "suspected acquaintances" nodded to each other, and the scene seemed to be changing from "three-legged separation" to "two-party alliance". Uncle Cheng, who combined Chinese and Western cultures, couldn't stand it any longer, cleared his throat, and said: "Mr. Bai, Mr. Cheng has already told you everything you want to ask."

In other words, you can go.

Of course Wu Sheng could hear it, but his face was innocent and ignorant, and his feet remained motionless as if rooted.

"Mr. Cheng," Master Ying Jiu smiled faintly, taking the lead in the conversation very naturally, "The night is cold and cool, so don't talk in this courtyard."

Cheng Xiaonan's face was so dark that it couldn't be darker, matching the night.

Ying Jiuye, on the other hand, was leisurely, and continued to make up his sword: "The Cheng family, don't even want to part with a cup of hot tea?"

……

In this way, Wu Sheng entered Cheng's living room for the second time through Ying Jiuye's light.

Why did Mrs. Cheng's body fall in front of Mr. Ying Jiu?What is the purpose of Master Ying Jiu insisting on staying?There are too many mysteries, Wu Sheng can only wait and see what happens.

In fact, this Cheng family mansion is also a combination of Chinese and Western.The front yard is still an old house, but walking inside, there is a small western-style building, which is not inferior to those mansions on Fifth Avenue.

All the female relatives returned to the back house, only Cheng Xiaonan was left to entertain them in the living room of the small building.

Wu Sheng discovered that this Ying Jiuye did have the air of a gangster - he only brought one person into the living room, and the rest of the Fushouhui brothers stayed outside the building.Domineering when it should be domineering, and extremely measured when it is time to talk about etiquette, this is a ruthless person.

What he brought in was a young man in his early twenties, with a handsome appearance, fair skin, and wounds on his face, but he was well dressed...well, he was almost like Master Ying Jiu.

He didn't sit down, but stood next to Master Ying Jiu, quiet but hard to ignore.

As soon as I was seated, tea was served, along with a small half glass of foreign wine.

Cheng Xiaonan raised his wine glass and asked the guests symbolically, "Do you mind?"

The guests do as they please, and the host wants to drink without forcing others to drink with him. Of course, the guests have no objection.

So the two drank tea, one drank wine, and chatted awkwardly from time to time, and the scene was very harmonious for a time.

Until Wu Sheng saw half a face that appeared and disappeared outside the window.

After finding any excuse, Wu Sheng left the small building, ran to a hidden place where he couldn't see his fingers, and joined his teammates.

Wu Sheng: "Have you asked?"

Qian Ai: "The question came out. The woman who called out to Jiu just now is the daughter-in-law of the second master of the Cheng family, Hai Huiping, the daughter of the head of the Hai Gang. She also has an older brother named Hai Yunlong. It’s the young leader of the Hai Gang.”

Wu Sheng: "Sea Gang?"

Qian Ai: "Well, it's the same organization as the Fushouhui, you know."

Wu Sheng: "..."

Qian Ai: "Cheng Xiaonan's daughter-in-law has been dead for many years, leaving no one and a half woman; Cheng Jiming, the second master of the Cheng family, died last year, leaving only a ten-year-old daughter and Hai Huiping as a stepmother."

Wu Sheng: "Stepmother?"

Qian Ai: "Well, his daughter was born to him with his first wife. Later, when his wife died of illness, he married Hai Huiping again."

From Xue Qingshan, Wu Sheng got a general understanding of the current situation of the Cheng family. He knew that there was only one uncle left in the Cheng family, one daughter-in-law of the second master, and one daughter of the second master.

But Xue Qingshan has basically no contact with the Cheng family, and Du Jinnian doesn't talk to him about the Cheng family's affairs, so there is no more information.

"How did Cheng Jiming die?" Wu Sheng watched the confrontation in the compound just now, and this was what he cared most about.Both Cheng Xiaonan and Hai Huiping said that Cheng Jiming's death was related to the Fushouhui, but Yingjiu insisted that it had nothing to do with the Fushouhui.The key word here is "killed".

There must be something inside Cheng Jiming's death.

"Ah?" Qian Ai opened his mouth, "How did you die..."

A second later, the servant "Pillar" disappeared.

After ten minutes, return.

Qian Ai: "It can be regarded as letting me insinuate. He was kidnapped and ripped off!"

Wu Sheng: "Being in the Fushou Society?"

Qian Ai: "That's what the Cheng family said, but it seems that Fushouhui doesn't recognize it. Anyway, the Cheng family paid the ransom according to the kidnapper's request, but Cheng Jiming was still dead. When he was discovered, his body was thrown into a mass grave without knowing it. How long has it been...it's miserable."

Wu Sheng fell silent.

"I heard from them that the Hai Gang has been arguing for half a year, but in the end they didn't get serious with Fushouhui." Qian Ai sighed, "You said that Cheng Zhiming is the son-in-law of the Hai Gang, right? Tolerate?"

Wu Sheng shook his head: "It's not that I can bear it, but I must bear it. Just now, Hai Huiping and Ying Jiu went back and forth, haven't you understood it? It's really tough. The Hai Gang can't eat the Fortune Club, and they might even have a toothache."

Qian Ai looked at the occasional reflection of the glasses in the dark, and sincerely admired: "Military division, you are too involved in the role."

From the temperament to the lines, it is very suitable for the style of the Republic of China. How is this done?

"By the way," Wu Sheng was concentrating on the task, and rarely blocked the praise, "Where is Mrs. Cheng? How did he die?"

Qian Ai: "..."

A second later, the servant "Pillar" disappeared.

After ten minutes, return again.

Qian Ai: "Ill... died of illness..."

Wu Sheng: "Don't worry, just catch your breath first."

Qian Ai: "When Cheng Mingming died last year, he became ill. He has been lying in bed until now. He probably couldn't hold on."

Wu Sheng: "What disease?"

Qian Ai: "It seems that there is no specific illness, but the death of the son is too shocking, and then it will die day by day. But..."

Wu Sheng: "But what?"

Qian Ai: "A servant said that this is haunted by evil spirits."

Wu Sheng: "What do you mean?"

Qian Ai: "He just said that, and I didn't bother to ask."

Wu Sheng: "..."

Qian Ai: "..."

Wu Sheng: "..."

Qian Ai: "Okay, I've written down this question, military adviser, if you have any questions, can you write me a note, I'll ask you all at once."

Wu Sheng was a little bit sorry, but many problems popped up again based on the newly obtained information, and he really couldn't control it.

Fortunately, it's almost there.

"Just three questions, first, why is Mrs. Cheng said to be haunted by evil spirits; second, who is Du Jinnian's closest friend to the Cheng family; third, when Du Jinnian came to the Cheng family two days ago, how long did he stay and when did he leave. "

This time, Qian Ai came back in less than 10 minutes. I don't know if it was because of his insinuating skills, or because the servants were inspired by him to output gossip.

Qian Ai: "Last winter, not long after Cheng Jiming was buried, Mrs. Cheng slipped and fell in front of his house. It may be because of his old age that his bones are brittle. After that, he stayed in bed and never got up. The reason for the fall was that he fell in front of his door. I don't know which servant spilled the water and it froze. Anyway, after searching around for the last time, they couldn't find the culprit. In addition, since Cheng Ming died so badly, there are rumors that the Cheng family was haunted by evil spirits, which caused their bad luck. Constantly. No, Mrs. Cheng didn't make it through this year, so he followed suit, and the rumors became more and more true..."

Wu Sheng: "The second question..."

Qian Ai: "I'm just going to tell you this. Du Jinnian and Cheng Jiming have the best relationship. When Cheng Jiming is still around, he always comes. Once Cheng Jiming dies, he almost never visits."

Wu Sheng: "But he came the day before yesterday."

Qian Ai: "Well, I did come the day before yesterday, and I was talking to Cheng Xiaonan in the living room where you were sitting just now. But at that time, Mrs. Cheng had just left, and the Cheng family was still in chaos. Cheng Xiaonan didn't entertain him for long, so he continued to work on Mrs. Cheng The funeral is gone."

Wu Sheng: "And then? Du Jinnian left?"

Qian Ai: "I don't know."

Wu Sheng: "I don't know?"

Qian Ai: "It was said that Du Jinnian left after drinking tea, but according to the servants, no one saw him leave Cheng's house."

Wu Sheng: "What does this mean? This person just disappeared out of thin air? Disappeared in the Cheng family mansion?"

Qian Ai: "Yes."