The Hundred Birds Garden is proud of being guarded by government servants, and the people in the garden can do things with peace of mind. At night, there are government servants patrolling the garden, and everyone no longer closes the door as soon as the night falls like a few days ago.
Because the dead sparrow was smashed to bloody flesh, Wu Xiang led the officials to check all the heavy objects that could hurt people. Except for weapons and axes, even the stones by the Moon Lake were taken away by the officials. plunged into the lake.
After two days of living in peace, Wu Xiang came to be on duty this day and thought again, with such a strict defense, the murderer couldn't even find a murder weapon to injure others, how should he kill? And Chen Mo and Liu Qing were under guard, and they hadn't stepped out of the room for many days, how did the murderer get in touch with the target
With two servants, Wu Xiang patrolled in the direction of the bird garden. In the past few days since the crime happened, the original banquets in the garden had ceased, and the servants everywhere were also constrained. It has to be taken care of like in the past, among other things, the pungent smell of bird droppings makes people uncomfortable before entering.
Seeing several servants pouring water into the water tank, Wu Xiang thought of the drowned bird in the water tank again.
He stood there without moving, and not long after, he saw two young servants coming from the direction of the kitchen. The two young servants looked familiar, and they were serving Liu Qing and Yu Xun. Although Liu Qing and Yu Xun were of high status, After all, they are not serious masters, so besides serving them, these servants also do other chores, one of which is to bring refreshments to the master masters in the bird garden.
It was very sunny today, Wu Xiang chose a shade to stand and enjoy the cool air, he saw two young servants went in for half a stick of incense before they came out, he frowned, and led the people into the big courtyard of the Bird Garden.
This courtyard is not as strictly guarded as Wu Xiang thought, he entered the courtyard gate, and he didn't even see anyone in the courtyard, the gatehouse is so wide open, if someone wants to enter the courtyard and drown the birds, it's not difficult. Just now, in the wing room on the northwest side, I saw several master bird trainers and two servants.
After questioning, there are servants who come to deliver tea and rice every day, which is not unusual.
Seeing a yamen servant coming, the two young servants took away the food box and left. Wu Xiang checked the courtyard and followed her out. Just as she walked out of the door, Wu Xiang saw that the leaving servant was being held by two lotus ponds. The white cranes surrounded him.
The food box of one of them fell on the ground, and the food inside spilled out. Perhaps because of this, the two white cranes stretched their necks to get closer, and one person backed away in fright, while the other person looked calm, waved the white cranes away, and Picking up the food box, he dragged another person and left quickly.
Wu Xiang raised her eyebrows, and then led the yamen to the courtyard where Liu Qing and Chen Mo lived. The yamen are guarding day and night in the courtyard, and the two of them are in their respective courtyards, and they are not allowed to step out of the room. One step at the door, unless the murderer knows the technique of Apparatus, they will not be able to hurt them anyway.
Wu Xiang went to Liu Qing's residence first, knocked on the door, and Liu Qing opened the door from the inside with a dejected expression.
He has confessed to the crimes of the past, and he will definitely be convicted in the future, so he has no intention of pretending to be himself, and knowing that someone wants his life in this garden, he is always terrified. During the two days he came back, he couldn't sleep at night. I was really sleepy, and even if I fell asleep for a while, I would be haunted by nightmares, but after only two days, I became thinner, and my handsome face was no longer the same as before.
"Catch the head, dare I ask how long the villain will live here?"
Liu Qing's eyes were black and blue, her pupils were dizzy, her speaking strength was weak, and she was suffering a lot. Wu Xiang glanced outside and entered the door and said: "After Jiang Xing died, you didn't think that someone came back to seek revenge. Yu Xun died. At that time, you just thought of it, on the day you came back from the yamen, did you and Ye Fei think about having a private conversation?"
Liu Qing shook his head, "We said earlier that if we want to pretend to be the end, we will forget all the past when we return to the capital. Go on an adventure."
Wu Xiang twitched her lips mockingly. At this moment, he remembered that when Yu Xun died, he had placed two cups of tea in his room. If it had been before, he would have suspected that Yu Xun's death had something to do with Liu Qing and the others, but now, This inference is not valid, and the murderer left two cups of tea, did he intentionally mislead
Wu Xiang sized up Liu Qing for a moment, "If those two little ones stood in front of you back then, would you have recognized them?"
Fear flashed in Liu Qing's eyes, and she hurriedly shook her head, "It's been so many years, how can I recognize you?"
Wu Xiang asked again: "What did you study in Zhao's class back then?"
Liu Qing smiled miserably, as if she didn't dare to think about it, "I learned everything...juggling, swordsmanship, singing operas..."
Wu Xiang didn't know what to think of, suddenly asked: "Have you ever learned how to tame birds?"
A trace of contempt flashed in Liu Qing's eyes, as if he felt that bird taming skills were more humble than his singing, "My master does know some ways to tame birds, but we don't learn them."
Wu Xiang pondered for a moment, got up and looked at his room again, saw that the windows were all locked from the inside, and said: "Don't be careless, although there are guards outside, the murderer is not a good master, I I think you also know that the dead sparrows in the garden were crushed to death, just like you tortured others before."
Wu Xiang's eyes were cold and stern, and the blood on Liu Qing's frightened face faded. He subconsciously closed his clothes, "Don't worry, I know."
Liu Qing knew the pain in his heart, he would rather go to the guillotine than be tortured to death like that.
Chen Mo was more afraid than Liu Qing.
Among the five of them, the oldest is Jiang Xing, after Jiang Xing is Yu Xun, after Yu Xun is Ye Fei, among the remaining Chen Mo and Liu Qing, Chen Mo is older, he has almost expected, He must be the next to die.
Therefore, when Wu Xiang arrived in his garden, he seemed to see a life-saving straw, "Captain Wu, when can we leave? You all know, the murderer's next target is me, it's me..."
He is thinner than Liu Qing, with disheveled clothes and disheveled temple hair. He has been unable to sleep for two days and nights, without water, and his mind seems to have been defeated. I'm afraid it's not enough, the murderer can't wait anymore, he will always find a way, he will... "
Chen Mo grabbed a handful of hair in pain, and even grabbed a few strands casually, he flicked the hair away in a panic, "I don't understand, I don't understand why we were asked to come back, are you trying to use us to lure the murderer out? ?I've pleaded guilty... I don't want to be here, beg the arrest, maybe let us go back to prison?"
Seeing him sneer, Wu Xiang sneered, "It's best not to let people outside see you like this, do you know how painful it was to hurt people like that back then, so that's why you're more afraid?"
Chen Mo sobbed and squatted on the ground, "I regret it, we have already regretted it, if we hadn't believed the benefactor's words, we wouldn't have thought that way... He is a liar, there is no Bodhisattva to protect us... Headhunter, please... "
Wu Xiang looked at him sympathetically, saw that he could not speak, closed the door and came out, turned around, but saw Lu Ke coming in from the outside, Lu Ke was wearing ordinary clothes, and because many government servants were also wearing ordinary clothes, the servants in the garden were still waiting for him. No one knows their identities.
Wu Xiang went up to meet him, and Lu Ke raised his jaw to signal the room, "How is it?"
"Some collapsed, and they all started crying and begging for mercy, and said they felt scared, saying that it might not be enough for one person to guard outside."
Lu Ke thought for a while, "It's true that one person is a little less, let's send two more people over."
Wu Xiang was surprised, but he didn't dare to question, and immediately responded to the call. Lu Ke looked around the yard, and saw that there were servants in the distance who were catching the flying parrot, and ordered the servants to drive them away. Instructions, all servants in the garden are not allowed to approach this place.
Chen Mo got extra protection as he wished.
When the night fell, the main roads in the garden were all lit up, and the officials stepped up their patrols. The people in the garden performed their duties, and no one dared to show strange behavior. The candles were extinguished, and the whole Bird Garden seemed to have fallen into a dream. Just when everyone thought it was another long and peaceful night, a fire suddenly lit up in the woods behind the pavilion where Chen Mo was hospitalized.
The patrolling government officials and the embroidered clothes envoys hiding in the dark were all alarmed, and everyone went to Chen Mo's residence for a while. The westerly wind blew at night, and the fire spread more and more towards Chen Mo's yard. life!
In the darkness, Chen Mo pushed open the door, and was about to run out with disheveled hair, but was stopped by the guards at the courtyard gate.
Chen Mo was frightened, "Why don't you let me out! He wants to kill me! He wants to kill me! Fire... fire is coming..."
The left-behind yamen servants also waited in full force, and one of them said solemnly: "Don't worry, everyone is going to put out the fire, and it won't reach you."
Chen Mo was so frightened that his face paled, he still rushed out, "Let me out, let me out—"
He started shoving and shoving with the yamen, howling like crazy, which attracted more people to come here, almost attracting all the people in the Bird Garden.
Wu Xiang gritted his teeth and directed people to put out the fire, staring at the surroundings of the garden with his eyes like a falcon, because the fire was not small, and there were not enough clerks assigned to track down the person who set the fire, he was a little frustrated, because he never thought that the murderer would use such a clumsy way.
He couldn't get close to Chen Mo's residence, so he wanted to use the wind to set fire, but did he think that everyone in the garden was dead
The clerk guarding Liu Qing also saw the fire. He frowned and looked in that direction, but only saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger. The lights in Liu Qing's house had been extinguished, and he was woken up at this moment. He pushed open the window before lighting the lamp. Looking out, seeing the flames in the direction of Chen Mo's yard, he immediately said in horror: "The murderer has made a move! The murderer is going to kill Chen Mo—"
The clerk who was guarding him gritted his teeth and shouted: "Don't come out, I'll go and have a look."
Liu Qing responded with a trembling voice, closed the window and shivered in the room.
The footsteps of the yacha gradually faded away, except for the noise from afar, the quiet needle drop could be heard in his garden, Liu Qing huddled on the couch, with cold sweat overflowing her forehead, there were many errands in the garden, just here While he was imagining that the murderer might have been caught, he suddenly heard a strange footsteps outside his back window.
The next moment, a faint breath floated into the room, his pupils trembled, and his body collapsed uncontrollably.
But after a while, the sound of footsteps reached the front door, and a thin piece of iron was inserted into the door. After several fiddles, the door opened in response to the sound, and the night wind blew the hem of the man's robe up and down. Peeking under the robe, a sharp ax with a cold light appeared in his palm.
He stared at the bed with curtains in the north direction, approached quickly, and then lifted the curtains.
His eyes full of hostility froze at this moment, because there was no one on the bed, and there was no shadow of Liu Qing at all, he yelled in his heart that he was not good, and before he could turn around, there were a few footsteps leaving the door Come in.
The oil lamp was lit, and the bean-like candle light instantly illuminated the whole room. Lu Ke looked at the man holding a sharp ax in front of the bed with a hideous expression on his face, showing a bit of surprise.
The visitor was dressed in coarse green clothes, and his figure was thin. He looked only in his late teens. Lu Ke thought about it carefully for a moment before he remembered his identity. He was the servant who took care of the second deceased, Yu Xun, in the garden.