In Guanyue Pavilion, Qi Ran put down the empty bowl in his hand and said gratefully: "Thank you, miss, for coming to bring me stewed soup when it's so cold."
"You're welcome, actually, I want to come and have a look." Liu Xianxian observed his expression, and said, "Don't be too sad for Ah Cheng, in the future, after we go down the mountain, we will find a good place for him. Let him rest in peace."
Qi Ran asked, "Can we still go down the mountain?"
"Why not?" Liu Xianxian grabbed his sleeve, "Don't think so, don't scare me."
"Although I'm not familiar with Yue Zhihua, but from Brother Jin's words, his kung fu is mediocre, so he shouldn't be Ah Cheng's opponent." Qi Ran looked at her with trembling lips, "On the night Ah Cheng died, Master Yunmen It just so happened that he got injured all over due to the poison of practicing kung fu, and he was the one who found the ghost claw weapon, is there really such a coincidence in the world?"
Liu Xianxian's face turned pale, and after a moment's hesitation, she said: "You suspect that it's the head of Yunmen? But... Ji Shaoxia said that he was helping to heal his wounds that night, is it also a lie?"
Qi Ran shook his head: "I don't know, I was just thinking, what if the master of the Yunmen and Ji Shaoxia had lied to him? He thought that Ah Cheng had no strength to restrain a chicken, and he was injured when he tried to assassinate but was counterattacked."
Liu Xianxian still didn't believe it: "But what did Master Yunmen kill your Ah Cheng? They had no grievances or enmity, and they didn't even know each other before. Also, if it was really the Master Yunmen's doing, where did Yue Zhihua go? Could it be that they were killed together?"
Qi Ran asked back: "What is the person behind the scenes trying to do when they trapped us on the mountain? If we can know the reason for everything, why should we panic and suspect here?"
Liu Xianxian was blocked back, her mind was very confused for a while, she just said: "Then I have to think again. But I still believe in the master of Yunmen, I would rather believe in ghosts than suspect him, do you understand?"
Qi Ran forced a smile: "I understand, everyone can see the girl's true affection for Master Yunmen. But I also believe in the girl, so I will tell the whole story in my heart, and please don't tell others."
"Well, I won't talk nonsense." Liu Qianxian packed up the food box, "Then you have a good rest first, and I will deliver the medicine tomorrow."
Qi Ran held up the umbrella and personally sent her out of the Guanyue Pavilion.
The pitch-black night was heavy, and quickly swallowed up that blushing figure.
Liu Xianxian put the food box back into the kitchen, hesitated again and again, and finally went to Piao Piao Pavilion.
Ji Yanran was drinking tea alone in the living room, and when she saw her come in, she raised her index finger and made a silent gesture: "Master Yunmen is practicing kung fu in the inner room to heal his wounds."
"Is he seriously injured?" Liu Xianxian moved a chair over.
Ji Yanran said sadly: "It's really not light, there are not two hours, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out."
If it was normal, Liu Xianxian would either slap the table and leave unwillingly when she heard the fake "two or three hours", or quarrel with Ji Yanran, all of which became extremely noisy. But this time the murder case just happened, so naturally she no longer had the intention of fighting and making fun of her. She picked up the teacup and put it down again, rubbing the gold-plated painting on the cup with her thumb, almost pressing a hole there.
Ji Yanran saw the clue: "Did the girl have something to do with me?"
"Of course something has happened. I'm very scared. I'm also afraid of bad people, and even more afraid of ghosts." Liu Qianxian put down her glass, "I asked you something, and you have to answer me truthfully. You are not allowed to lie."
Ji Yanran agreed: "Okay."
Liu Xianxian asked: "The night before yesterday, at what time did the Master of the Cloud Gate get poisoned?"
"What time is it?" Unexpectedly she would ask this, Ji Yanran thought for a while before saying, "After midnight, I heard movement next door, so I went to have a look."
"After Zishi." Liu Xianxian bit her lower lip, that means, the two of them were not together before Zishi
Ji Yanran waved her hands in front of her: "What exactly does the girl want to say?"
"It's nothing, I'm just, just..." Liu Xianxian struggled for a long time, didn't think about what to say, whether she could say it, and finally stood up angrily, "Forget it, I'm going back."
She ran very fast, and disappeared as soon as she spoke, as if she was afraid that if she ran too slowly, she would be caught and questioned.
Ji Yanran shook her head, and poured herself a cup of hot jasmine tea.
Yun Yifeng stood at the door of the inner room: "My lord really can't tell, what is the purpose of her trip?"
"She doubts you." Ji Yanran said, "Or she doubts the two of us, and even more doubts you."
"We are also suspicious of her, everyone is mutual, no one loses." Yun Yifeng sat at the table, "Perhaps this is also one of the purposes of the person behind the scenes, to make us suspicious of each other and fall apart."
Ji Yanran sighed: "Why do you always refuse to dress properly?"
Yun Yifeng grabbed the tulle satin on her body: "Then what does the prince think it is?"
Ji Yanran was too lazy to bicker with him, so she shook his wrist and it was really hot again.
Yun Yifeng pulled the neckline: "I am so hot that I am anxious, if it is not for the prince's sake, the brazier has already gone into the well by now."
"Then I have to thank you." Ji Yanran couldn't let go of his hand, crying and laughing, "Come here, there is the wind."
Yun Yifeng thought for a while, between being greedy for coolness and avoiding listening to his reasoning, the latter is more cost-effective, so he moved the chair cooperatively.
Ji Yanran said again: "When I went to Guanyue Pavilion, I came to ask you when the poison occurred. Qi Ran told her?"
"Actually, if you think about it in your own shoes, Qi Ran is right." Yun Yifeng said, "It was me who did not live up to my expectations. I picked up a bed of blood when the servant died, and successfully found the hidden murder weapon. There is no trace, and it is possible to say that I killed him, so all kinds of things are stacked together, and the suspicion cannot be cleared away."
Ji Yanran smiled, and after a while, she suddenly asked: "Is it really you?"
Yun Yifeng paused while drinking tea, and raised his eyes to meet him.
Ji Yanran was very frank: "I really don't know what happened before midnight."
"I'm sleeping." Yun Yifeng put down the teacup, "Do you believe me?"
Ji Yanran nodded: "Xin, if I had to choose one of these people, I would naturally prefer to trust the sect master."
"If the prince has nothing to do tonight, you can go to Guanyue Pavilion and Meteor Pavilion again." Yun Yifeng walked to the inner room, "I'll go to bed first."
"Hey!" Ji Yanran stopped him: "Aren't you going with me?"
"No time." Yun Yifeng refused, "I'm busy killing people in the middle of the night."
Ji Yanran: "..."
He has a big temper.
But if you go out and have a look, you can do it.
It's better than staying in Piao Piao Pavilion and waiting for another corpse to appear outside the next day.
child time.
A dismal moon hung in the sky, shrouded in gray cloud rings, emitting a dim light.
Qi Ran sat at the table, watching the dancing candles on the table, his eyes were dark.
He held a dagger in his hand, the blade was so cold that it could almost reflect a figure.
Was it really Yue Zhihua who killed Ah Cheng
The rest of the people in the Snow Appreciation Pavilion came to his mind one by one, even Aunt Yu was included, it seemed that anyone was possible.
Motivation? To frighten oneself? Or is it for other reasons
He frowned and muttered words, as if trying to sort out the mess.
Before I knew it, my body seemed to be hung with a heavy pendant, getting heavier and heavier.
Yun Yifeng, Yue Zhihua, Liu Xianxian, Jin Huan...
All the names were smashed into pieces, swirling out colorful colors, and could never be put together again, and when he finally realized the abnormality, the room was already filled with light-colored smoke.
Fishy and sweet, like a poisonous flower, wrapping the nerves one by one, and then biting off.
With a splitting headache, someone slightly raised his chin.
"It's you!" He struggled to open his mouth, but couldn't make any sound. He could only lie on the table and look at the other party in fear.
Too much smoke, let the brain also fall into the fog circle. All of a sudden, Qi Ran felt that his hands and feet suddenly gained strength, and he could break free from the opponent and run away, rushing out of this weird and gloomy Snow Pavilion without looking back, even if he was blown into the sky by the thunderbolt Even if, even if, he panted heavily, he felt the footsteps of killers everywhere, boom, boom, he could even feel a trace of icy breath in his ears... But when the world turned around again, only his broken body was left. breath.
By the way, there is still a ticking rain.
But in this weather where drops of water turn into ice, where does the rain come from
He thought numbly for a long time before finally realizing that it wasn't rain.
but blood.
own blood.
The patter flowed over the chest, forming a dazzling bright red on the ground.
…
Ji Yanran hid in the darkness, staring at the Guanyue Pavilion not far away. The lights have all been extinguished, and there is only solidified oppression in the night. There is a layer of soft and thick snow on the ground. Once people step on it, they will leave traces. If you want to sneak into the courtyard, you can only climb into the eaves from the hidden place of the beams. Unexpectedly, just when he was about to act, there was a sudden movement on the other side.
A black figure slipped out in a hurry, leaving a string of messy footprints on the snow.
…
Liu Xianxian ran extremely fast. Her qinggong is actually good, and her figure is petite. She flew across the snow field all the way, leaving only half an inch of tread marks, and when there is another snowfall at dawn, it will be completely covered up without a trace. But even so, she was still extremely cautious, she didn't go back directly to her residence, but stepped on some bare withered grass, and hid in the rockery in the garden, probably because she was worried that people would see her footprints entering the Meteor Pavilion, and she wanted to wait for the snow to fall before reappearing.
Ji Yanran knocked on the rock with the handle of the knife: "Come out."
Liu Xianxian: "..."
After a long while, the girl in night clothes got out of the fake cave and looked at the man in front of her with vigilance.
Ji Yanran interrogated: "What are you doing sneaking up to Guanyue Pavilion in the middle of the night?"
"I... I want to go to Qi Ran." Liu Xianxian only said a word, and her chest began to heave violently, and she didn't know whether it was fear or cold. With tears in her eyes, she raised her sleeve and wiped it heavily, and then said, "He's dead."
Ji Yanran frowned suddenly: "Qi Ran is dead?"
"Yes." Liu Xianxian seemed to have been frightened a lot, she barely stood firm with her back against the rockery, and continued to whisper, "In the evening, Qi Ran said that he doubted the master of Yunmen. I was in a mess all the time, I couldn’t sleep anyway, so I wanted to go to Guanyue Pavilion to see if he was misleading me on purpose, to see if he was conspiring with Jin Huan or Mu Chengxue, but the room was pitch black, and there was a good smell in the air. There was a strong smell of blood, the blood flowed from Qi Ran's room, and there was half a hand on the threshold." She cried again, "I will be killed by them sooner or later, right? ?”
Ji Yanran asked: "Since you found out that Qi Ran is dead, why didn't you tell me?"
"I don't dare, what if the murderer is still in the dark, what if, what if Jin Huan and Yue Zhihua killed him?" Liu Xianxian squatted on the ground, murmuring at a loss, "I can't believe anyone, I I want to go down the mountain, I... I haven't offended anyone."
A few black clouds covered the moonlight, and a new round of blizzard was about to usher in. This is not a place for discussion, Ji Yanran picked up her arm with one hand and brought her all the way back to Piao Piao Pavilion.
Liu Xianxian didn't struggle, nor could she. It's like being surrounded by an iron hoop, and you can only let the opponent jump into the air with you, but you can hear the whistling of the wind in your ears. She couldn't help being surprised, she had never seen anyone with such deep inner strength before, who could easily restrain herself, and even had no room to fight back.
Ji Yanran carried Liu Xianxian, and the two fell steadily into the courtyard together.
Wrapped in light pajamas, Yun Yifeng was standing under the corridor in a daze, when suddenly two people appeared in front of her, and she was startled.
Ji Yanran was really troubled by his problem: "Go back and get dressed!"
Yun Yifeng: "..."
You brought a girl home in the middle of the night and blamed me for not getting dressed properly.
Of course, it's really wrong for a gentleman to do something wrong and wander around in pajamas.
So he went back to the inner room in silence, picked out a long gown to wrap it around, sat back in the hall and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Ji Yanran said: "Qi Ran is dead."
Yun Yifeng was taken aback when he heard the words: "Dead? Who is the murderer?"
"I don't know." Liu Xianxian collected herself, repeated what she had just said to Ji Yanran, and argued again, "It's really not me."
Yun Yifeng pulled out the dagger from her waist, it was clean, and there was no blood on the night clothes.
"I didn't kill people, what did I kill people for?" Liu Qianxian said in tears, "I went up the mountain just because I like the sect master, and I don't know anything else."
Yun Yifeng looked at her thoughtfully.
Liu Xianxian asked uneasily, "Does the door master not believe me?"
Yun Yifeng said frankly: "In the middle of the night, wearing night clothes, I broke into the Guanyue Pavilion. After being discovered, they said that Qi Ran was dead. How can I believe this?"
"I really didn't kill him." Liu Xianxian said anxiously, "If I wanted to kill him, anyone in the Shangxue Pavilion, I would just poison the food. After all, the food for the past few days was all mine. They were delivered separately, why would you take the risk of breaking into the house and killing people?"
Yun Yifeng replied: "Because everyone has to take a drug test before eating, and because it's too obvious."
Liu Xianxian was blocked by him for nothing to say, and almost cried again: "You didn't see it with your own eyes, I... I still doubt you, Qi Ran just finished talking to me during the day, and died at night. Whoever is the most suspicious is not the Cloud Gate Master! Besides, you are also disheveled, so it is possible that you have just taken off your night clothes, and there is no time to change into other clothes."
Ji Yanran clicked her tongue and said, "Just now I kept saying I like her, but when I turned around, I framed my sweetheart as a murderer, what kind of likes are you?"
"Who told you not to believe me." Liu Qianxian said stubbornly, "I'm very scared now. Instead of comforting me, you all doubt me."
"Forget it, you go back first." Yun Yifeng tapped the table with his index finger, "After seeing the cause of Qi Ran's death tomorrow morning, it's not too late to talk about it."
Liu Xianxian stood up as she said, and did not forget to tell her: "Then we've made a deal, and we'll pretend we haven't seen each other tonight. I don't want to arouse suspicion for nothing."
Yun Yifeng agreed, and said again: "I will send you back to Meteor Pavilion."
"You want to see me off?" Liu Xianxian was surprised and wanted to say something, but Yun Yifeng had already left the door.
The sky was slightly bright, and the wind roared again, blowing snow and gravel everywhere. Liu Xianxian quietly followed behind him, not daring to speak first, and waited until the Meteor Pavilion, before Yun Yifeng stopped, took out a pill from his sleeve, and ordered: "Take it."
"... Eat, what is this?" Liu Xianxian was taken aback, and instinctively took a step back.
"You have no right to choose." Yun Yifeng looked at her coldly, his normally gentle and smiling eyes were now covered with a layer of ice and frost, revealing a bone-penetrating chill.
Liu Xianxian knew that she probably couldn't avoid it, but she still asked, "If I don't eat it, will you kill me?"
Yun Yifeng replied: "If you don't eat it, you have ghosts in your heart. Of course I can kill you."
With red eyes, Liu Xianxian snatched the pill and swallowed it angrily.
"This is the soul-destroying pill of Fengyumen." Yun Yifeng said, "Every three days in the future, I will give you the antidote to keep you safe."
"You still doubt me, don't believe me." Liu Xianxian said angrily, "You are afraid that I will hurt Aunt Yu, so you feed me poison?"
Yun Yifeng said: "In the extraordinary period, I can only use this extraordinary method. If the girl is really innocent, I will make amends after I go down the mountain."
"Who cares about your apology." Liu Xianxian wiped away her tears again, "I understand, the person behind the scenes is here for you, for Ji! The rest of the people are simply innocent people who died in vain!"
Yun Yifeng asked: "Why?"
"Otherwise, why didn't you take Aunt Yu back to the Piaopiao Pavilion, and instead stayed with me, the suspect?" Liu Xianxian said, "Because you knew that something would happen to the Piaopiao Pavilion sooner or later, and you were afraid that if things got chaotic, you wouldn't be able to take care of Yu. Auntie, that's why you force me to protect you!"
Yun Yifeng acquiesced: "Since the girl knows, please take good care of your aunt. No matter what kind of grievances there are in the world, she is really innocent."
Liu Xianxian glared at him, stopped talking, turned around and ran to the residence.
Yun Yifeng returned to Piao Piao Pavilion alone, Ji Yanran was still waiting for him in the living room, with a pot of hot tea warming on the table.
"Aunt Yu settled down?"
"Yes." Yun Yifeng sat on the chair, "Liu Xianxian's skill is not low, even better than Jin Huan and his son, am I right?"
Ji Yanran said: "Before I competed with her, even though it was just a fight, I could tell that she was agile. However, Su Hui Gong is originally a gangster, and she is the head's beloved apprentice. It is not surprising that she will be stronger than Jin Huan. "
"So if you want to find someone to protect Aunt Yu, it can only be her." Yun Yifeng said, "It's dangerous to pick you and me."
"That little girl has a lot of secrets." Ji Yanran said, "Don't forget what I told you earlier."
Yun Yifeng sighed silently, picked up the hot tea and looked outside the door.
The snow flakes are scattered, and the light is faint.
It's dawn again.