Reasoning Notes

Chapter 58 Reasoning Notes 2: The Murder of the Fox Demon (17)
Section [-] The Cosmic Weapon
A murder weapon from space?what is it
We anxiously guessed what might be the murder weapon from the universe, and suddenly someone behind us said, "Could it be that thing?"

"You're awake!" I excitedly said to Xia Zaoan who was getting up from the floor.As you all know, she is now in Edison mode again.

She walked among us, first checked the invitation letter, then picked up the other red and white invitation letters, and flipped through the contents, which were nothing more than words about getting promoted and getting rich.Edison checked the two invitations very carefully, his mouth curled into a contemplative state.

As a result, Edison didn't see any flaws in the two invitation letters, but he sighed in disappointment.He then stared at Officer Li and asked directly: "Officer Li, can you tell us why you chose the black invitation letter?"

Officer Li said that he himself did not know why he chose the black invitation letter.Apparently Edison had no hope for his answer, so he was not disappointed when he heard Officer Li's ambiguous answer.

"That's weird, I knew I couldn't choose black, but I chose black..." Doctor Ma whispered, which was also the voice of all of us.

Indeed, if you choose black without knowing it, it makes sense, but you still choose it when you know it... What kind of ingenious trick is hidden in it?

Officer Li suddenly asked, "Girl, what did you mean by that thing?"

Yes!Our eyes return to Edison.

Before she could make a sound, Cheng Meini thought she was smart: "I see! It's a UFO!"

"UFO?"

It is not difficult to imagine how many O-shaped mouths there are.

Cheng Meini continued to analyze triumphantly: "That is right! Isn't there a UFO in the universe?"

I frowned: "Could it be that you think the murderer is an alien?"

"Nothing is impossible! Since there can be fox demons, why can't there be ETs?"

This mixed-race girl probably watched too many sci-fi movies abroad, right?

As a result, no one paid any attention to her. The absurd speculation of UFO killing people was directly kicked out.

"Hey, what is it? Don't be a fool." I said to Edison.

He just smiled and didn't answer.It wasn't until I called out several times that he slowly opened his mouth: "My conjecture is also very bizarre, so let's not talk about it. The mystery of the murder weapon from the universe is really weird, let's see what happens when the time comes. However, Officer Li, you'd better be careful, the fox demon's next target is already clear, and it's you!"

He thought that saying this would cause Police Officer Li a little fear, but he said disdainfully: "I don't believe that I can really be killed by aliens." After speaking, he strode out of the room and disappeared into the night.Mu Xiao and Huang Wanwan then went back to the hotel.

Edison didn't leave: "There is still a mystery." He squatted down and checked the remaining envelopes on the floor, "Just now the fox demon guessed the contents without even looking at the envelope. Isn't that strange?"

"Yes!" Several of us gathered together, trying to solve the mystery.

Edison took another piece of paper, wrote on it, stuffed it into an envelope, and put the envelope by the candle.Even so, it was impossible to see through the writing on the white paper inside the envelope by candlelight.

"Strange! If you don't tamper with the envelope, how will the fox know what's inside? Look around to see if there is a pinhole camera or something."

According to his instructions, we checked the surrounding walls for water leaks. We didn't even find a small hole, let alone any surveillance equipment.

Edison was a little distressed, sitting where the fox demon was sitting just now, breathing heavily. "What's going on here?" He analyzed the situation just now, "The fox demon was the first to guess Huang Wanwan's note, followed by Doctor Ma and Mu Xiao. These three times, she opened the envelope to confirm the contents. The content, I probably want to know if I guessed wrong. When Xia Zaoan’s, oh...it’s mine...but she didn’t open the envelope, but burned it directly. Why did she do this? It’s because I What she wrote didn't meet her requirements? Well...it seems so, because Officer Li didn't write anything and handed in a blank sheet of paper, so she didn't meet the requirements. In other words, she burned two letters that didn't meet the requirements dropped it, and she had to open the other envelopes to confirm. There is no rule in this process..."

In his mind, there may be such a diagram: 1 torn, 2 torn, 3 torn, 4 to burn, 5 to torn, 6 to torn, and 7 to burn.As he said, the fox demon used an irregular method to prophesy, and Xia Zao'an and Officer Li's envelopes were considered emergencies.

"I guess, does the fox demon really have magic power?" Cheng Meini hugged my arm tightly, it seems that she is more and more convinced of the fox demon's ability.Although I'm not superstitious, I kind of agree with her at this time: "The fox demon really predicted our past accurately!"

"This can be ascertained as long as there is a prior investigation," said Edison.

The key is how the fox demon guessed the contents of the envelope. He racked his brains for a long time, and finally heaved a long sigh and said, "I didn't expect the tricks used by the fox demon to be far more clever than I expected."

With these unsolved mysteries in mind, we returned to the inn.

It was late at night, and everyone in the hotel was fast asleep, only the electric lights hanging in the corridor gave off circles of dim yellow light.Suddenly, a figure appeared outside a certain room.

Yes, someone opened the door and sneaked in.He approached the bed on tiptoe, his shadow stretched long by the light from the doorway.He smiled at the person sleeping on the bed.

"Wahhaha! A lot of money, a lot of money, I'm rich!" The sleeping man suddenly cried out, startling the infiltrator too.

"So I was talking in my sleep." The intruder thought to himself, he slowly bent down, and was about to do something to the person on the bed.

Suddenly, the sleeping man dreamed of something and jumped up excitedly from the bed: "Wow! I won 500 million... Ouch!"

The two heads banged together violently.The infiltrator covered his forehead, moaned in pain, and fell directly on the bed.He didn't expect this guy's sleeping appearance to be so bad, and the guy was also seriously injured, crying on the bed.

"There are thieves, there are thieves, help!" The call woke up everyone on the second floor.We rushed to Xia Zao'an's room, turned on the light, and found Qi Mu and Xia Zao'an wailing on the bed.

"what happened?"

"A thief ran into my room! Hey, why is it you, Master Qi Mu?" Xia Zao'an looked at Qi Mu with wide eyes.

"No! You misunderstood!" Qi Mu stood up from the bed, but he might still be a little dizzy from the bump on his head, his body shook naturally, and finally said, "I don't mean anything else, The purpose of breaking in is to catch the fox demon."

"Fox demon? You mean the fox demon is here?" We quickly looked around, and Xia Zao'an also retreated into the corner in fright.

"Maybe he escaped from here." Doctor Ma guessed.She walked to the half-opened window and went downstairs to have a look, then turned her head nervously, "Ah, I seem to have seen something sneak into the bamboo forest."

"That's right!" Qi Mu sighed, "I almost caught it just now."

Only then did we notice that he had brought a net, the kind used to catch animals.

"You can catch the fox demon with this, she is so big..." I was interrupted before I finished speaking.

"Who says it's a human, it's a fox!"

"fox?"

"You don't know, the fox demon will change back to the original form of a fox after twelve o'clock."

"It's like a werewolf legend in the West!" Cheng Meini exclaimed.

We have never heard of this legend. The fact is that a fox sneaked into Xia Zaoan's room.Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the others were too lazy to stay here, and went back to their rooms to sleep, only me, Cheng Meini, and Doctor Ma were left.Qi Mu invited us to his room without further ado.When we walked in, we were taken aback because the room was full of materials.

"These are all the materials I collected about the legend of this straw village." Qi Mu walked to the table and turned on his laptop.He seems to be collecting useful information to write articles for the magazine, as he said before, his identity is a part-time reporter for the magazine.

"So, what's interesting?" I asked.

"Yes. According to the information obtained from the county annals, the legend of the fox demon appeared in this village probably hundreds of years ago, that is, during the Ming Dynasty."

"What is County Chronicle?" Cheng Meini asked curiously.

I patiently explained to her: "County chronicles are the history books of a place, usually recording the history, geography, customs, culture, education, products, etc. of a county."

"I see, it is the history of this county!"

Xia Zao'an looked unhappy: "Don't interrupt my Lord Qi Mu's speech."

Cheng Meini smacked her lips and closed them obediently.

Qi Mu continued: "Since ancient times, there have been continuous records about the legend of the fox demon in this straw village. However, there is one thing that is very strange, that is, the fox demon recorded by the ancients is a kind-hearted fairy, and the records in the history books are all people. How to receive the favor of the fox demon."

The fox demon we know so far seems to be a fairy that brings misfortune, which is completely different from what is recorded in the history books.Has the fox demon turned bad?

(End of this chapter)