Chapter 44
In the center of Zhuangzi stands a broken stele with blood characters written all over it. Those blood characters seem to have not yet dried up, and they are faintly visible, and each stroke reveals a sense of horror.

Its cross-section is exactly the same as the broken stele in front of the village. The two steles were originally integrated, and the blood on the stele is a personal name.

"It seems that the murderer intends to kill everyone in the village." Ji Yanran said lightly, because some names had been crossed out with blood.

"Interesting." The corners of Wei Zhuang's mouth hooked slightly, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Wei Yong took the words on his own: "Since the first murder case, the stone tablet of Zhuangtou has been moved here and these names are engraved on the back, each name represents everyone in the village.

"The murderer sneaks in every night, just to kill people, and then crossing out the name on the stone tablet also represents the death of this person."

Fu Nian observed the writing on the stele, some of the blood on it had turned black, these blood-colored writing did not seem to be newly added, some were still bright, and the blood was not dry yet.

Gai Nie took a few steps forward, touched the broken monument, stretched out his index finger to smear some blood on it, and put it in front of his eyes for a closer look, after a while he said: "This is human blood."

Fu Nian didn't say anything about this already known thing, he observed the sword mark on the broken tablet.

Just like a person's handwriting, each person's handwriting will more or less have their own characteristics, and every word on it is written with a sword.

"There is no other way but to kill people. There are only two ways to do it." Wei Zhuang's eyes fell on the two rows of bloody characters on the broken stele.

"One is to create terror and frighten people."

"One is blood feud."

Although the presuppositions of Gai and Wei gave themselves an answer, they actually only gave themselves two possible occurrences.

But in reality, the answer or choice is not only conceivable, every independent individual participates in it, and there will be another option.

Fu Nian did not think that the development of the matter would be so simple, he came here for another clue.

Now it seems that he intends to lure them here.

"Encountering such a major crisis, why don't you leave here?" Wei Zhuang asked suddenly.

Wei Yong shook his head, he sighed and said: "No one can get out of here alive, doing so will only die faster."

Fu Nian has been observing Wei Yong. When he said this, although he looked scared on the surface, he didn't feel much panic in his heart.

From the first time I met him, from the beginning to the end, he had a kind of calmness and a kind of confidence.

"The writing on this stone tablet was written with a sword. The sharpness of the writing is so sharp that it is difficult for ordinary people to keep it. It shows that the person who uses the sword has profound skills and excellent swordsmanship."

Ji Yanran said, she looked at Wei Yong: "Does Wei Sikong have any doubts?"

"If you really want to say..." Wei Yong was silent for a moment, and said: "I think it was the killer of Luowang. They have sent assassins to assassinate me before, but they failed in the end.

I have always advocated resistance to Qin in the court, and I am the one who Qin Ting and the net want to get rid of. "

Gai and Wei looked at each other, already guessing about the exam questions in their hearts.

"I wonder if Wei Sikong can lead me to take a look at the corpses of these dead?" Fu Nian saw that the investigation was almost done, and asked.

When Wei Yong heard the words, he immediately agreed and led the way: "Please follow me."

In a large courtyard in Wei Zhuang, servants usually live there, but now it has become a place for mortuary.There were seventeen corpses in the house, all of them were men covered with white cloth.

Although they died in different ways, they were all killed by "one sword".

"The wound is slender and straight, deep into the bone marrow. It should be an extremely thin and sharp sword." Ge Nie analyzed the corpse after examining it.

"What kind of sword is it that can form such a strange wound with viciousness and femininity, and at the same time have the fierceness of a sword that breaks a monument?"

"To do this, one must be a master of both internal and external cultivation." Wei Zhuang thought.

Compared to the two, Fu Nian observed more carefully, 11 of the dead were injured by this tough weapon.

This kind of incision is caused by the instrument with sharp edges pressing on the skin surface and pulling along the long axis to cut off the soft tissue.

The incision wound was opened in a spindle shape, with neat and smooth margins and sharp wound angles.At the same time, it is thinner than ordinary wounds, so it should be an utensil with a very short blade.

However, the length of its wound is much longer than that of a sword, and the blade surface moves a longer distance along the body surface under pressure and traction.

It reminded him of something similar—piano wire with treble strings.

This kind of string made of high-purity carbon steel has sufficient strength and ductility, and its thickness is between 0.7 and 2 mm. As long as the force applied to the string is sufficient and the speed is fast enough, it is enough to cut off the human body. body parts.

The murder weapon for killing these people is a similar kind of high-tenacity thin thread.

Among the remaining six people, two died at the hands of the swordsman who carved the words on the broken tablet, because the sword marks he left and the sword marks on the tablet almost perfectly matched.

The remaining four people should have died in the hands of another swordsman, and the sword marks on the four people's bodies were sharper and deeper.

Even judging from the shape of the wound, it was caused by two different types of sharp instruments.

There were 13 dead people crossed out on the list, but there are 17 dead here. Obviously, these four people were not among them.

That is to say, the murderers should be three different people, the first two should be accomplices or premeditated cooperation, while the last one should be separated from the first two.

Moreover, compared with the other deceased, these four people are stronger in body bones and knuckles, and the calluses between the palms all indicate that these four people should have learned martial arts.

The key point is that the time of death of these four people should be around last night.

A reasonable guess is that the four were bodyguards for someone important.On that day, someone broke in and killed four people in an instant.

This is basically consistent with the analysis of the bloodstains he found in the main room where they lived.

But that important person did not die, because among the dead here, there is no one who is worthy of a master of this level.

Although it is also possible that the body of that important person is not here, but it is impossible for a person of this level to die without a trace of wind.

One possibility is that the murderous swordsman reached a consensus or a compromise with this important person and let him let him go.

One possibility is that the important figure fought off the murderous swordsman.

From previous investigations, we know that no one has been able to leave since the mysterious murderer took his life, so this must have happened in the village, and there will only be one person in the village who has such a valuable target.

"Brother Nian, what did you find?" Ji Yanran noticed Fu Nian's deep thought.

"I'm just guessing." Fu Nian restrained his expression and walked towards one side of the wall. He noticed a not-so-obvious mark in this inconspicuous corner.

The reason why he paid special attention to this mark was because this mark was the same as the mark in the silk book left by the mysterious person before, it was a kind of Yin talisman.

And the news hidden in the last ciphertext was about Liang Baiqiao's assassination.

"Has anyone witnessed the scene of the murderer?" Wei Zhuang asked beside him.

After hearing this, Wei Yong summoned a crowd of people: "Tell me everything you saw that day and night."

Zhuang Min lowered his head, shrank his body in fear and said tremblingly: "That day and night I saw a man standing under the moon through the window, that man was holding a black sword.

Although the man always appears at night, the sword can still be seen clearly, but where he passes, the surrounding light seems to be swallowed by it.Ten zhang away, Wei Dayong was killed by that man. "

The words of the black sword coincided with the person she knew, but that person was said to be dead.

Ji Yanran frowned, and couldn't help thinking of the case a few days ago.

"Just now you said that when you saw the figure still ten feet away, Zhuang Min had already been killed." Wei Zhuang asked thoughtfully.

Even if the sword energy is released, it is extremely difficult to kill people ten feet away.

"I saw it with my own eyes!" Zhuang Min said in shock: "The sword light is so fast, it only takes a blink of an eye to reach the front, and before I even react, the person is already dead!"

After hearing this, Wei Yong murmured: "Because of this, some villagers think it's a demonic method, and it's even rumored that it's a ghost asking for his life."

At this time, a gust of dark wind blew past, blowing the curtains on the window lattice flutteringly, a cold breath rushed towards the face, and a terrifying murderous aura permeated the air.

A cold light flashed, and the long sword suddenly appeared, bringing a burst of cold light.

A figure flew out, the long sword was like a rainbow, and it was as light as a soft cloud, and it swept towards the piercing cold light.

The two were extremely fast, and within a few breaths they exchanged more than ten moves, the sword light flickered, and the cold light splashed everywhere.

One of them had a nimble figure, and his sword was like a shooting star. Every sword melted away the killing intent of the sword.

The other person was thin, with a cold and stern face, and his sword moves were fierce. Every sword was aimed at the fatal place, killing each move, without any fancy at all.

After another sword strike, the two separated backwards.

"One black and one white, Xuan Jian has two blades, the front blade kills, and the reverse blade suppresses the soul. The reason why the black and white Xuan Jian, the most feared bandit in the world ten years ago, disappeared without a trace is because he joined the trap."

When Ji Yanran fought against him, she saw the spider tattoo on the back of his hand.

"You are strong."

The uninvited guest looked at the woman in purple on the opposite side, his voice was clear and deep.

Everyone looked around and saw a figure in black clothes standing in front of the door, with a slender and tall figure, with long black hair hanging down his back, fluttering in the night wind.

The two of Guigu held swords in their hands, and their eyes fell on the man.

The next moment, I saw a gust of wind blowing by, and the figure of the man disappeared without a trace, leaving only an afterimage.

Ji Yanran's figure also quickly left, leaving only the deserted and silent room.

The two sons of Guigu looked at each other, and they both saw seriousness in each other's eyes.

"Please stay here, both of you, I need to go and investigate." Fu Nian cupped his hands at the two of them, and floated away.

His divine sense spread to the surroundings, and he sensed the fluctuations not far away.

The volatility is weak, but real.

The key to playing swordsmanship is to control objects, but also to control gods.

At this time, Fu Nian is in an illusory and unreal state.

His rational side will also completely dominate, but this state is very exhausting for him.

Everything within twenty feet of him, every plant, every tree, every stone and every tile became a kind of fluctuation in his mind.

Although the farther range can't be subtle and perceptive, it can still be perceived, and the stronger the fluctuation, the clearer it is.

The wave of that person before was the same person as the wave he sensed under the ancient peach tree in Zijing Mountain, that is to say, he had met Black and White Xuanjian a long time ago.

Fu Nian's whole body blended into the night, her toes lightened, her figure as light as a breeze, without making the slightest movement or trace.

A wave of terrifying killing intent kept vibrating in his mind, his figure paused slightly, and his eyes looked there.

He didn't continue to go there, firstly, he was not sure that he could deal with that person, secondly, he still needed to find something, thirdly, he couldn't help but startle the snake.

.........

Within the range of his perception, a slender figure walked slowly.

"Is the outside of the village all their people?" Fu Nian's divine sense followed her figure all the way, his voice was flat, without any emotional fluctuations.

"Their people have blocked the way out." A clear voice came, and Ji Yanran's figure had already arrived in front of Fu Nian.

"Did you find anything?" Ji Yanran's eyes fell on him.

"Besides Black and White Xuanjian, there is another person here who needs to pay attention. That person's killing intent is even stronger than Black and White Xuanjian." Fu Nian's tone was still calm, as if he was describing an extremely ordinary matter.

Ji Yanran's expression didn't change when she heard that, it was just expected.

She said to Fu Nian: "It must be the top killer in the trap together with that black and white Xuan Jian."

"Have you reached a conclusion on the matter here?"

"I already understand the general situation." Fu Nian replied.

Then he recounted the things he restored to Ji Yanran.Although he doesn't think his reasoning is 100% correct, the basic direction is definitely not wrong.

This is enough, because for them, both Luo Wang and Wei Yong must be eliminated.

Fu Nian did not continue to entangle in this matter, he said: "I have deciphered the clues given by the mysterious man."

What he was looking for before was exactly the marks scattered in the village, there are eight places in total.

This kind of Yin Fu was created by Cang Jie, and it is also called Ding Wen because of its pattern resembling a tripod.

These imprints were all scattered in the village as he expected.

The figure of this kind of yin talisman is similar to the horizontal and vertical axes. There are four pillars on each of its four sides: heaven and earth are black and yellow, and the four pillars stand in a row to form a congenital gossip.

Next, you only need to know the rationale of the gossip, that is, the order of the directions of yin and yang, four images, and eight signs, to combine and arrange the ciphertext.

The eight seals he found are the eight signs, and the order is Dongkan, Nandui, Dongkun, Nanzhen, Xixun, Beigan, Donggen, and Beili.

There are only [-] words in the secret language that was solved: the sky is thousands of miles, the clouds leave no trace, rise up with restraint, and everything is in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)

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