The Devil is My White Moonlight

It is said that Guo Qi saw the bell bracelet that day and remembered the past of his younger brother's disappearance. Excited, he ran back to Qingxi Town, fifty miles away.

The parents at home are old, so they are naturally happy to see the eldest son come back, and they talked with the son for a long time.Guo Qi, on the other hand, was absent-minded all the time. After settling his parents to rest, he wandered around the town twice aimlessly. Before he knew it, he came to the place where his younger brother disappeared.

That fruit tree has grown a lot taller now.Back then, the young boy still needed to climb up slowly, but now he only needs to jump up to the top of the tree.Guo Qi felt like a knife was twisting his heart. If he had half of his abilities back then, his younger brother would not have been kidnapped.

Behind the woods is the mass grave in Qingxi Town. The poor people in the town who can't afford to build their tombs will be buried here with a straw mat.Guo Qi glanced at it and planned to get down from the tree, but there was a flash of light on the mass grave, which attracted his attention.

Guo Qi got down from the tree and walked slowly to the mass grave to check. Before he entered, a large flock of crows flew up, not flying far away, and still gathered nearby, looking at Guo Qi with fear and greed. Qi this unexpected guest.

Guo Qi looked back at the fruit forest, adjusted his direction according to the impression just now, and took a few steps forward, and a human hand suddenly appeared in front of him.An emerald ring on his hand is reflecting the sun.

Guo Qi took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose, and turned the corpse over.After seeing the scene in front of him clearly, Guo Qi couldn't help widening his eyes, and his scalp tingled for a while.

In the mass grave, several corpses were piled up, and each corpse had a big hole in its heart, exactly the same as the previous child corpse!

Guo Qi was in charge of the liaison between the pharmacy and the government office in Yiyun Town, so he was familiar with how to deal with such incidents.At this moment, he made up his mind, hurried back to the town, notified the government office of Qingxi Township, and carried the several heart-gouged corpses back to the government office, while he ran back to Yiyun Township through the mountains overnight.Unexpectedly, there was a sudden storm last night, walking in the mountains was unavoidably dangerous, and he was so embarrassed because he almost fell off the cliff several times.

With one unrest and another upsurge, Gu Shun immediately wanted to take someone to Qingxi Town to check.Mu Xiyun suddenly stopped him, "Brother Gu, wait a moment, let me ask Nephew Guo a few more words."

After getting along with Mu Xiyun these two days, Gu Shun knew that he was meticulous and often made ice-breaking moves, so he suppressed the anxiety in his heart and waited for him to ask questions.

"Nephew Guo," Mu Xiyun turned to Guo Qi: "Think about it carefully, if the bracelet with the bell is not your younger brother's, do you know its origin?"

As if one word awakened the dreamer, this sentence pulled Guo Qi out of the horns that he had been struggling with for several days. He tilted his head and thought about it carefully, and hesitated: "The younger brother's bracelet is from the relatives of the mother. It was given when he was full moon. My mother is from Ping County."

Ping County is in the southwest of Yiyun Town, more than a hundred miles away.

Mu Xiyun looked up at Gu Shun.Gu Shun suddenly recalled, nodded immediately and said: "I will send someone to Ping County to see if there are any missing children." After saying that, he turned and went out.

Su Yanjun and Liang Chi also understood that small ornaments such as the full moon ceremony, such as longevity locks and silver bracelets, are generally the same in form, but there is a tradition in each place, and the craftsman's craftsmanship and preferred fancy styles are different. same.Guo Qi would confuse the silver bracelet of the child's corpse with his brother's. It is very likely that these two bracelets came from the same place, so the child's corpse is likely to come from Ping County.

Mu Xiyun frowned and pondered for a moment, then said to Liang Chi: "Brother Liang, Qingxi needs an autopsy and visits, and you and Brother Gu are enough to handle it. I have been brooding about the maze that I encountered yesterday, and I still have it today." I want to check it out."

Su Yanjun pondered for a while and said, "Alright, I'll go explore with you."

"No need," Mu Xiyun declined, "Martial Nephew Guo needs to rest now, and someone needs to communicate between Qingxi Town and Moyun Mountain. Yesterday's maze didn't have strong mana, so I can handle it."

Su Yanjun agreed after thinking about it, and the group immediately set off for Qingxi Town.

Mu Xiyun walked slowly towards the west of the city alone.

Evian Town in March has warmed up, and the breeze is shining under the sun, and it doesn't feel cold when it blows.Yiyun Town is not big, and a Baishui River passes through the town, dividing the town into east and west parts.Mu Xiyun walked slowly to the riverside. There were various stalls lined up on both sides of the stone arch bridge, and the voices of hawkers were endless.

Mu Xiyun's eyes fell on the bridge.

I don't know when this bridge was built. It seems that there is Evian Town, and it has always been there.Under the exquisite bridge railing, the word "Qingqiao" is engraved.

The masked man I met last night suddenly coincided with the figure in my memory, and a scene of the past jumped out of my mind.

It was the Lantern Festival when Mu Xiyun was 12 years old.

That year, he had just been on the mountain for less than a year.

It's the New Year's Eve, and although the cultivators are pure-hearted and ascetic, they can't stop the disciples from taking advantage of the festival to have fun.The lantern night of the Shangyuan Festival is the last joy for everyone.

Holding a rabbit lantern in her hand, Mu Xiyun followed behind a group of senior brothers, but she kept thinking about when she could go back to the mountain.

He has not been on the mountain for a long time, and he is still young. When he started, he was the only one in Tianliang Peak who was still learning basic spells and swordsmanship. Li Yao handed him over to the big apprentice in the peak.

Most of the seniors are sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys. When they are hyperactive, they often disappear after finishing their homework perfunctorily, leaving only Mu Xiyun to realize it on their own.In order to catch up with the progress, eleven or twelve-year-old children have to practice hard from time to time.Watching the brothers and sisters chatting and joking, but they still can't integrate into their world.

Many people came out to watch the lanterns in the town.During the New Year's Eve, people are all beaming, children run around with lights on, and adults are all smiling.A four or five-year-old child fell down, and the mother stepped forward to help him up, comforting him softly, while the child's father looked at them and laughed.

Mu Xiyun watched silently for a while, and turned her eyes away.When he looked up again, he saw the boy sitting on the railing of the bridge.

The young man looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, his stature had already begun to grow tall, and he had the unique handsomeness of a young man.The eye sockets are deeper than that of ordinary people, and the lights in the eyes reflect the lights of the street, shining brightly.A gust of wind blew by, and the few strands of hair on his forehead were blown up by the wind. With the lazy smile on the corner of his mouth, he showed a kind of free and easy and unrestrained, as if nothing in this world would leave traces in his life.

When Mu Xiyun raised his eyes to look at him, he seemed to have sensed something, and looked over in a blink of an eye.The eyes of the two met for a moment, Xiao Xiyun felt a little embarrassed, and was about to look away, but saw the boy jump off the bridge railing and smiled at him.

"Agu..." someone called from behind.

It turned out that I saw an acquaintance.

Mu Xiyun lowered her head and walked quickly to catch up with the seniors, and then turned around, the two teenagers were already standing together and talking, their spirits were high.

That smile came and went embarrassingly suddenly, but it touched the lake like a dragonfly, leaving a mark on the heart of the 12-year-old boy.

The hawker selling candied haws on the bridge yelled, and Mu Xiyun suddenly came to his senses.

The memory of the previous life is still pervasive in the heart, but the things in front of him are different.Mu Xiyun couldn't help laughing. Hearing the news of Gu Qingqiao's death on New Year's Eve, the little hope in his heart since his resurrection was burned to ashes like wildfire.Walking in the world from now on is nothing more than returning the love that the two elders of Tianji Peak have devoted themselves to for decades.

Although Elder Huang confessed that there were doubts about the incident back then, but he has gone, even if there is a grievance, can he still come back?What's more, to this day, Mu Xiyun still hasn't confirmed what kind of feelings she has for that young man who is called a traitor.

Out of town, up the hill.Not long after, Mu Xiyun walked into the mist again.

There are many kinds of mazes, most of which cause people to lose their way, but getting lost is just a means, and its purpose is nothing more than to lead people to a certain place, or to make people avoid a certain place.Yesterday, Su Yanjun directly broke through the formation and led people out of the mist, but he felt in the mist that the magic power permeating the maze seemed to have a faint guidance.

Mu Xiyun closed her eyes, felt the guidance of the maze again, and walked slowly up the mountain.

Today's fog is thicker than yesterday, and I can't see clearly after a foot in front of my eyes.The thick white mist is like substance, enveloping people in it.A faint fragrance came from the mist.As soon as Mu Xiyun smelled the fragrance, she immediately closed her breath.

By shutting down the sight and smell, the other senses become more acute.

Mu Xiyun pulled out the Chixia sword with her right hand, squeezed a fire tactic with her left hand, and wiped it on the sword. A ball of fire immediately burst out from the sword of Chixia sword, and the dense fog within five feet around was roasted by the fire and disappeared immediately Exhausted.The surrounding white mist slowly filled in, and after a while, the forest returned to its original appearance.A smile appeared on the corner of Mu Xiyun's mouth.

In the gap between the thick fog dissipating and replenishing just now, Mu Xiyun clearly felt the flow of spiritual power in the fog.This mist is not like ordinary air flow, but like a pulse, moving forward wave by wave.

Mu Xiyun carefully felt the pulse of the dense fog, but she didn't stop under her feet, and went straight to the beating center.

Suddenly, Mu Xiyun opened her eyes, and she had already reached the cliff that she had been to yesterday, and was blocked by that big rock.The perception of the pulsation of the labyrinth in my heart is still there, but there is no way out in front of me.Mu Xiyun thought about it carefully, sheathed her sword, closed her eyes lightly, and took a step boldly.

There is no barrier, he has entered the stone.

It turned out to be a blindfold.

There is not much space in the stone, like a closed stone room.For ordinary people, there is no gain if they enter by mistake, they can only retreat back, but for a practitioner like Mu Xiyun, since the barrier has been broken, what is in front of him is just a crude little trick.

Mu Xiyun pressed on the stone wall with one hand and released her spiritual power to investigate, and sure enough, she found a trap on one side of the stone wall.He slowly drew out the sword to prevent accidents, and pressed the mechanism with his left hand, the stone wall in front of him suddenly rose, and a downward stone step appeared.

Mu Xiyun walked down the stone steps.According to the direction it extends, Mu Xiyun speculates that she has entered the mountainside.A corridor appeared in front of him.The corridor is long and there are obvious traces of artificial construction. There is a little water seepage on the stone walls on both sides, and water droplets will fall down after a while, making a "da" sound, which is particularly obvious in the lonely corridor.

Mu Xiyun cautiously walked forward amidst the sound of "da, da" dripping water.

On the other side of the mountain, Qingxi Town.

Liang Chi and Su Yanjun followed Gu Shun to the government office of Qingxi Township. Herbs were burning in the backyard of the yamen, and the strong smell of herbs was mixed with a choking stench.Five corpses lined up in the backyard of the yamen.All five of them are young men with strong bodies.Judging from the calluses on his hands and the condition of his body, he still has some martial arts skills.The corpse had already begun to rot, and there were scars on the body. There was a big hole in the heart, which still looked like it had been grabbed with bare hands.

Liang Chi looked at the wounds of the five people, and frowned even deeper.

Gu Shun exchanged greetings with the local headhunters, and then asked, "Have the identities of these deceased been identified?"

Chen Tutou from Qingxi Town is over forty years old, with a short build and a weathered face. He has spent most of his life patrolling the town on business and is very familiar with Qingxi Town.At this time, he took a step forward and said, "None of these five people are from the town. According to Wu Zuo's estimation, they were picked half a month ago, but during this period of time, there were no outsiders in Qingxi Town."

They were not locals, and no one saw them. Could it be that these people were brought from other places in the middle of the night and killed on purpose in the mass grave?

Everyone fell silent for a while.

After a while, Liang said in a hoarse voice: "These five people, and that child, are a little strange."

Everyone looked at him suspiciously.

"The heart is the place where blood gathers. If a person is caught out of the heart, he will bleed profusely to death. The place where the blood gushes out should be in the front chest. But look at these people. Although there are many bloodstains on their bodies, the real concentration There are not many on the chest, and it seems that someone's heart was dug out after death." Liang Chi explained: "And that child has even less blood on his body. There is no blood on the place where he was found."

"Then," Gu Shun pondered, "now there are two doubts. First, the child and these people did not die on the spot, but were thrown at the place where they were found; second, they are probably not Die because of having your heart dug out, but your heart was dug out after death. Isn't this really unreasonable?"

At this time, Su Yanjun suddenly asked: "Brother Liang, is there any record in medical books that there is a human heart used as medicine?"

Liang Chi was startled, and raised his head: "Yes."

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