"Open the coffin?" Huangfu Rang's words instantly made Zuo Qiuhuai lose control of his emotions. He laughed out loud due to the mixture of sadness and anger: "Do you really know what you are talking about?"
Huangfu Rang flicked his fingertips and sneered: "Why, don't you dare?"
"I just hope you don't go too far." Although Zuo Qiuhuai is not as strong as Huangfu Rang, at this juncture, his momentum has not diminished at all. Three feet of skylight spurted out from his waist, and his sword pointed at the rude person.
The guy's chest. "You have to pay the price for talking nonsense..."
"Let's do it..." Huangfu turned his wrist, and the bead curtain of Qi rolled upwards. He raised his hand and shot a Qi blade towards Zuo Qiuhuai. "I want to see what price you can make me pay!"
"Nonsense." Just as the Qi blade was penetrating towards Zuo Qiuhuai, Taoist Qi waved his hand and grasped the edge of the sword, and the Qi blade disappeared into thin air.
Taoist Qi stopped the private fight between Huangfu Rang and Zuo Qiuhuai out of fairness, and what he said now was also out of fairness: "Although Huangfu's words were somewhat out of etiquette, since we want to find out the murderer, let's check it out
It is also necessary to check the body of the alliance leader - by the way, does the alliance leader believe in Buddhism or Taoism?"
It has to be said that Taoist Master Qi is really a kind person. He even thought about who would redeem the soul of the deceased leader Guan, and he also fully respected the deceased's beliefs during his lifetime.
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When everyone arrived at the residence where the Changsheng Alliance was staying, the inn had been arranged into a simple mourning hall - this was originally an inn run by the Changsheng Alliance, so they didn't care about bad luck or whether they could do business.
Guan Lingxiao's coffin was placed in the center of the mourning hall. Because he died suddenly, he only used a very simple and plain coffin to bury him alive after being transported back to Mirage City, the headquarters of the Eternal Life Alliance.
Due to the considerable impact of this incident, even the county government of Lining County also sent people to assist in the investigation - although the government and the Jianghu mostly maintain an amicable relationship with each other, after all, Guan Lingxiao's level
The martial arts master died in the county town of Lining County. It is really unjustifiable for the government not to come forward, and the person sent to lead the investigation was Du Captou, who was inspecting the Laizhou gambling house that day.
Zuo Qiuhuai finally chose to open the coffin, but he also made Huangfu Rang make a promise - to wear mourning clothes for Guan Lingxiao. Although Huangfu Rang's words were quite vicious, he would never default on his words. Even if he put on mourning clothes, he would stand at the front of the team.
When everyone saw Guan Lingxiao lying in the coffin still alive, they all shook their heads and sighed. Ning Zanghua, who was dressed in snow-white mourning clothes, immediately collapsed. She cried and threw herself on the body, but Pei Yuan and Ning Jiyang reached out.
He stopped him, but his body went limp and he passed out.
"Take her back to the room." Ning Jiyang also felt pain in his heart and asked his wife to help her daughter up to rest.
After getting Zuo Qiuhuai's permission, Du Captou and his subordinates carried Guan Lingxiao out of the coffin, then turned it over to the back and opened up the two layers of clothes, the shroud and the ordinary clothes. Sure enough, they saw the tragic scene at the lower back of the coffin.
And fatal bullet marks.
The lead bullet almost completely tore most of Guan Lingxiao's vest. Although according to Zuo Qiuhuai, emergency treatment was carried out before Guan Lingxiao's death and the lead bullet fragments were picked out, the fragments still penetrated deeply into his heart.
"I don't know whether this was a wound caused by a musket, but one thing that is certain is that the attack suffered by Guan leader was extremely powerful, and he also used his true energy to protect his heart - unfortunately, the timing may have been too late.
So much so that the heart vessels have been damaged. Whether such an injury will lead to life or death is probably not up to man, it all depends on God." After seeing it, Master Baoxiang said this.
"Even the Zen Master doesn't know if this was the work of a musket?" People in the world basically have only a superficial understanding of muskets. They know that they are a very powerful long-range weapon, but if it is true that identifying gunshot wounds is not their specialty,
It is also difficult for county town captors like Du Baotou to have access to muskets - except for the muskets brought by foreigners from the maritime trade route, all muskets made in Shengguo are controlled by the arsenal, and ordinary people have no way of understanding it.
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"Although I don't know whether the power of the matchlock gun can penetrate the body-protecting energy of such a master, I can tell you with certainty that this is caused by the lead bullet fired by the musket." Dao Qi said with great certainty - don't forget
Well, before he became a monk, he was the younger brother of the current Holy Emperor. It is not surprising that he has seen muskets and even used them himself.
Everyone had also heard some secrets about Taoist Qi in the secular world. Since he had said so, there was no way he was lying. They just whispered to each other again: "Is this musket really so powerful? It's from a master like Leader Guan.
Can’t resist being attacked?”
In fact, if you are prepared, you can definitely block it, but the use of long-range weapons like muskets is basically equivalent to concealed weapons. The most efficient way is to kill with one hit from a hundred steps away, and the operation of the musket
The level of difficulty is much lower than that of concealed weapons - practicing concealed weapons involves first training your eyesight, secondly training techniques, and thirdly training internal strength. In addition to having good eyesight, firearms also require your hands not shaking like an epilepsy when holding the gun.
That is to say, if you are a master of concealed weapons for thirty years, you may not be more efficient at killing people than an expert who uses a musket. The most disturbing thing is that an ordinary person without any martial arts can kill someone with a musket.
Kill the top masters.
If in the past, people in the world still didn't take things seriously such as muskets, but the death of Guan Lingxiao really shocked these reckless people.
"Since the body has been inspected, don't disturb the deceased. The poor Taoist will start fasting and bathing, and set up an altar to perform rituals for the leader Guan to save his life." Zuo Qiuhuai's reply to Taoist Qi at that time was that although Guan Lingxiao himself
Treat Buddhism and Taoism equally, but after all, Taoism is a local religion and Buddhism is an imported product, so Taoist Master Qi should still preside over the religious services.
But when Zuo Qiuhuai said this, he was also very uneasy and uneasy - he knew that Guan Lingxiao wanted to cheat Chen Cang by cheating death, so how could he do anything for a living person? But since Taoist Master Qi had already mentioned it
For a moment, he really couldn't think of any excuse that could refuse without causing any suspicion, so he had no choice but to follow Guan Lingxiao's instructions "before his death" and bravely carry this banner: "You have full authority to handle the next matter.
Don’t be afraid of any bad luck, just follow the funeral process of the old alliance leader.” At the funeral of “Song Guichao” at that time, it was true that an expert from the Fuyao sect was specially invited to conduct the ceremony. This was also Zuoqiu.
One of the reasons why Huai chose Daochang Qi.
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It's night, in the mourning hall.
Zuo Qiuhuai made an excuse and sent all the watchers back to their rooms, leaving him alone in front of the coffin.
"Do you think he is awake in this state now? Or is he 'dead'?" He Nan walked around the coffin as he walked in, curious.
Zuo Qiuhuai was not in the mood to cooperate with the other party's jokes. He was the busiest and tired person on this day, and he almost showed his flaws several times. However, Zuo Qiuhuai didn't need to answer. Several voices came from the dark coffin.
There was a heavy muffled sound, this was Guan Lingxiao knocking on the coffin board - I don't know if he couldn't get out or if he was simply expressing his dissatisfaction.
"It seems that he has been awake all this time." The two of them worked together to open the coffin and handle it gently.
Guan Lingxiao had long expected that there might be a process of opening the coffin for an autopsy, so he didn't take any chances and found a fake corpse to put in to play himself, and went directly to the battle himself - He Nan had heard about many Taoist priests from Dongfang Watcher.
People can put themselves into suspended animation through Taoist methods or internal forces during retreat, so it is not surprising that Guan Lingxiao wants to use this method to hide it from the world.
But Guan Lingxiao's "suspended death" has nothing to do with the martial arts he learned later. This is the skill he mastered by "death and rebirth". On the contrary, the reason why he has mastered countless magical skills at this age is related to his use of fake death to practice.
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"Tell me, what is your experience of suspended animation?" He Nan asked curiously.
"In terms of feelings, it's almost the same as when you're asleep. You can hear the sounds around you while you're half asleep, but your senses are much clearer than when you're asleep, and sometimes they're even sharper than when you're awake."
Guan Lingxiao explained: "But from the appearance, there is no difference from the dead. Even the heart is almost completely still."
"I heard that Taoist Master Qi from the Fuyao Sect personally performed rituals for you this afternoon... It may be the first time in history that you have performed rituals for a living person. You don't have any special feelings?" He Nan is most interested in this.
: "If this ritual has no impact on you at all, wouldn't it mean that the three souls and seven souls are all lies? If you die, you will die?"
"I can't answer you this, because the feeling of entering samadhi is different every time. If you insist on verifying it - you have to do it several times to get a reference." Guan Lingxiao was realistic, but he did not worship Buddhism.
The concept of disbelief must also be related to his own ability to enter an extraordinary state of "suspended death".
The rest of the matter will be handled by Zuo Qiuhuai. The two of them have more important things to do.
But just as the two of them had changed their clothes and slipped out of the inn quietly at night, a deep voice suddenly sounded from behind. It was a middle-aged man talking with a smile.
"I knew that was the case."
This chapter has been completed!