The book Qi Ran was reading made Shao Qingge very confused. He didn't recognize any of the characters on it, like a strange spell. The little boy held the book and read it very seriously. Shao Qingge hid behind the
In the shadows, he did not go out to disturb him.
After a while, the boy seemed to hear something. He quickly buried the book under the tree and whispered, "Who is it?!"
Shao Qingge thought he had discovered him, and was about to leave when he saw Zhou Xiaoyun sneaking out of the hole and whispering, "Brother Ran, it's me..."
Qi Ran seemed to be relieved, and his tone softened obviously, "What are you doing out here?"
Zhou Xiaoyun's face turned pale and she said in a trembling voice, "I had a nightmare. I dreamed that I was caught by them and thrown into a pot to be cooked and eaten..."
Qi Ran frowned and walked up to her, patted the girl's shoulder gently and said, "It's just a nightmare, don't be afraid. Uncle Ren and I are here, we will protect you."
The girl nodded and returned to the cave with him.
Shao Qingge waited for them to leave before walking to the tree. He dug out the book that Qi Ran had buried and looked through it carefully. Although Shao Qingge couldn't understand the spell-like ghost drawings, there were some drawings of human figures.
You can still roughly guess the meaning.
Several of the pages depict scenes that resemble "marionettes."
Ye Qi asked in his mind, "How is it? What is this book about?"
Shao Qingge said, "It should be related to the sorcery that confuses people. I don't know where I got this book from Qi Ran? Could it be that his parents had special status and passed it on to him before they died?"
Ye Qi said, "It is possible that Qi Ran is a foreigner and not a local child in Qingfeng Town. I remember that there is no family named Qi in Qingfeng Town. Maybe his parents died here by chance, making him an orphan.
Rescued by Granny Sun."
Shao Qingge wrote down the pages in the book that described puppets, then put the book back intact, covered it with soil, stood up and said, "Is there anything going on over there?"
Ye Qi was about to say "no", but suddenly a few strong men broke into the ruined temple where Aunt Qing was.
Those people were holding long knives with blood on them. They were obviously not easy to mess with. The scar-faced leader said coldly, "This is our territory. If you don't want to die, get out of here right now!"
When Aunt Qing saw that there were so many people on the other side, she immediately left with Qin Feng and Han Ningshuang.
Ye Qi followed them and said in his mind, "Yuezhou is not safe either. Suddenly a group of bandits broke into the ruined temple. Aunt Qing escaped with her two children. I followed them...ah..."
A short cry sounded in my mind.
Shao Qingge's expression changed and he immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
Ye Qi was trapped in a giant net falling from the sky.
Looking at the group of men in black in front of him, Ye Qi quickly calmed down and asked with a smile, "Brothers, what are you doing?"
Scarface narrowed his eyes and said, "I told you that this is my territory, but you are still hiding in the tree. Since you have thrown yourself into a trap, my brothers are hungry and I want to catch you to satisfy their hunger." He looked to the side.
The friends waved their hands, and a group of people immediately gathered around, the knives in their hands shining cold white light under the moonlight.
Ye Qi's whole body was tied up with an iron net, and he could not use the guzheng, piano, flute and other musical instruments at all.
This group of people had red eyes and surrounded Ye Qi, drooling as they looked like hungry wild beasts that had finally seen delicious food. Their bloodthirsty and crazy eyes made Ye Qi feel a chill in his heart.
Being looked at like "looking at food" gives me goosebumps all over the place!
Shao Qingge noticed Ye Qi's nervousness in his mind, and couldn't help but feel anxious. He whispered, "I'll drag you over to the Peach Blossom Land."
Ye Qi said, "No, I can handle it..."
The next moment, Ye Qi simply used the Insect Ace.
The musical instrument card cannot be used, but the transformation of the Insect King can be activated at any time.
The besieging crowd saw the trapped young man's eyes suddenly light up. The originally dark and clear eyes were suddenly stained with a blood-red color. The young man's red eyes swept around, and sharp nails suddenly grew out of his outstretched hands.
——Those nails were like knives, actually tearing the metal mesh that trapped him into pieces!
A group of people were frightened by the sudden transformation of the boy and took a step back.
Ye Qi transformed into the Insect King, but his consciousness was still clear. He knew that he and Shao Qingge came to this world only to investigate the case, and it was best not to do anything that would affect the outcome of the characters in this world. Therefore, Ye Qi did not love fighting after his transformation.
, he jumped up, stepped directly on the shoulders of a strong man in front of him, and quickly climbed to a nearby tree.
I saw the young man climbing and jumping along the tree. His body was as light as a bird flying freely in the forest. He disappeared in the blink of an eye. A group of people froze on the spot. After a long time, the leading man shook his head suddenly and lowered his head.
He said, "Is this person a monster? Why did his eyes suddenly turn the color of blood?"
The brothers next to me finally reacted and said in a trembling voice, "Scared, I'm scared to death!"
Scarface twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Ignore him, just go and see if there is anything to eat nearby."
Because Ye Qi was intercepted by them, he lost track of Aunt Qing and the three of them, so he could only use the 500-meter range of the bug to search everywhere. Shao Qingge noticed that Ye Qi had resolved the crisis, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and asked softly in his mind:
Are you okay?"
Ye Qi chuckled and said, "It's okay. The Insect King is so awesome. Those miscellaneous fish are no match for me."
Shao Qingge said, "You'd better be more careful..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a fire suddenly appeared in Ye Qi's vision.
The biggest weakness of the Zerg is the fear of fire. The instinctive fear made Ye Qi stop immediately. He looked at the raging fire in front of him and his heart tightened. "Someone set a fire in Yuezhou City. Most of the entire city was burned. Qing Qi
The whereabouts of the three aunts are unknown, I..."
Before he finished speaking, Shao Qingge immediately interrupted him and said, "Retreat immediately!"
Ye Qi frowned in confusion, "But, I haven't found out the whereabouts of Aunt Qing, Han Ningshuang and Qin Feng. Doesn't this mean I've lost a clue?"
Shao Qingge said, "Do you still want to rush into the fire?"
Ye Qi "..."
Shao Qingge's voice was rare and serious, "Ye Qi, don't take risks." He paused and whispered, "Don't make me worry, just retreat quickly, okay?"
Breaking into the fire was indeed an act of "seeking death." Ye Qi looked at the raging fire not far away and had no choice but to say, "Well, then I'll hide far away for a while, and then I'll find a way to find those three people after the fire is out."
.I don’t know why there was a sudden fire..."
Shao Qingge said softly, "Stay away. We won't have time to investigate the cause of the fire tomorrow."
A gust of wind raged, and fire rushed towards his face. Ye Qi almost burned his eyebrows, and hurriedly stepped back dozens of steps, far away from Yuezhou City. He heard bursts of screams coming from the city, and many people fled everywhere with fire.
, the body was charred and gradually turned into a ball of black coal, and the air was filled with the smell of roasted human flesh.
Ye Qi hid in a tree in the distance and watched this scene with fear.
I wonder if Aunt Qing and the two children can survive the fire?
The fire burned for several hours, and then it suddenly snowed heavily in the middle of the night. The fire gradually became smaller, and it was completely extinguished when it got dark. Ye Qi hurriedly entered Yuezhou City. His eyes quickly swept around, and the streets were full of people.
There was no trace of Aunt Qing or the three of them in the burned-down house and the bones of the people who were burned to death.
Ye Qi walked a full circle around Yuezhou City. Just when he thought Aunt Qing and the others were probably far away from Yuezhou, suddenly, a whimper came from the bug - it was Han Ningshuang.
Ye Qi followed the direction of the sound.
I saw Han Ningshuang, who had half of her hair burned off, kneeling in the corner of an alley, holding the body of a woman and crying so hard that she was almost out of breath - that woman was Aunt Qing.
Aunt Qing's face was covered in blood, and her head seemed to have been smashed by something. Judging from Han Ningshuang's reaction, Aunt Qing might have been accidentally killed by a falling object in the fire because she was trying to save the child.
Qin Feng had long disappeared, but a shoe fell next to Han Ningshuang. Ye Qi remembered that he had put the bug in the shoe. Qin Feng happened to drop the shoe, so it would be difficult for Ye Qi to track him.
's whereabouts.
Shao Qingge felt Ye Qi's emotional changes and could not help but comfort him in a low voice, "There was a famine twenty years ago and everything was in chaos. It's not your fault that you lost the clue. Don't blame yourself too much."
Ye Qi smiled bitterly and said, "Aunt Qing is dead. Qin Feng and Han Ningshuang are separated. Han Ningshuang is holding Aunt Qing's body and crying. Alas... these children are also ill-fated. We come from twenty years later and know that Qin Feng is still alive.
But looking at Han Ningshuang's reaction, she obviously thought Qin Feng was burned to death too - there happened to be a little boy's burned corpse next to Qin Feng's shoe."
Shao Qingge was silent for a moment and said, "Han Ningshuang and Qin Feng were separated in the fire in Yuezhou City. Qin Feng must have been adopted by a kind person. It can be seen that he is very talented and learned as an adult. As for Han Ningshuang, he is alone.
How to survive?"
Ye Qi said, "I will continue to follow her."
Shao Qingge warned, "Pay attention to safety."
After the fire, Yuezhou City was in a mess. Famine, coupled with the fire, caused countless casualties among the residents in the city. Han Ningshuang carried Aunt Qing's body and Qin Feng's fallen shoe outside the city and dug a hole.
They buried them, knelt in front of the mound and kowtowed three times, then wiped away their tears and limped back to the group of people who had just driven them away in the ruined temple.
When the scarred-faced leader saw the little girl leaving and returning, he couldn't help but wonder, "This little girl is so brave, why is she back again?"
Although half of her hair was burned off and her face was dirty, the little girl's eyes were exceptionally clear and bright. She looked at the other party seriously and said, "Uncle, as long as you don't kill me and give me a bite of food, I will
I will make cows and horses for you. I can wash clothes, cook, and, by the way, I can also make kites, very beautiful kites."
Scarface met her eyes and was stunned for a moment. After a moment, he smiled and said, "Kites can't be eaten, so what's the use of making them?"
The little girl thought for a while and said, "You can sell it for money."
A group of people around her laughed out loud at her innocent words. Some people sarcastically said in a low voice, "If you don't have enough food, what's the use of money?" "Who cares about money these days? Give me a chicken to kill and eat, it's worth ten taels of silver."
So much better!”
Han Ningshuang said seriously, "After the famine is over, the money will be useful. I can make hundreds of kites a day, and all the money from the sales can be given to the uncle."
The ruined temple suddenly fell silent. The scarred man smiled and waved to Han Ningshuang, "Come here."
Han Ningshuang walked over obediently, and the man rubbed her head and said, "You little girl is quite interesting. In this way, you can follow me and be my apprentice from now on. You can't eat much as a child. We eat meat.
I can give you some soup."
Han Ningshuang immediately knelt down and kowtowed to him several times, "Thank you, Master!"
After dawn, this group of bandits left Yuezhou with Han Ningshuang. They burned, killed and looted along the way, and robbed a lot of food. Unexpectedly, Han Ningshuang would be accepted as an apprentice by the bandit leader.
Ye Qi said, "Han Ningshuang's ending should be that she survived by following this group of people. These bandits don't know how to seize the dead, they are just rough guys with knives to scare people. If she had been following this group of people, she would not have learned it from other channels."
The magic of seducing souls, so Han Ningshuang shouldn’t be the direct murderer of the ‘Li Gui Suo Murder Case’ in Qingfeng Town?”
Shao Qingge pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that Qi Ran is the biggest suspect."
Ye Qi said with a headache, "The murderer started committing crimes seventeen years later. We can't follow them for seventeen years... Based on the current clues, do you think the accuracy of guessing the murderer is high?"
Shao Qingge smiled and said, "I'm not like Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang who need 100% accuracy. It's normal to make profits and losses in business. There are risks in investing, and there is also the risk of guessing wrong in reasoning. Weigh the risks and pros and cons, and choose the most beneficial one."
What everyone does is my principle."
Ye Qi listened for a long time and finally understood what he meant - that is, no matter whether it is right or wrong, just choose the way that is best for everyone. At present, they have no food in their hands and are hungry every day, so they cannot
People who influence this world, so as not to cause plot changes in later generations, cannot follow Han Ningshuang for seventeen years in order to get the correct answer.
Ye Qi asked curiously, "What do you want to do?"
Shao Qingge said, "When answering multiple-choice questions in exams, sometimes you have to rely on guessing. Let's take a gamble. Choose one of three, Qi Ran, Han Ningshuang, and Zhou Xiaoyun. Now Han Ningshuang's suspicion has been greatly reduced. Zhou Xiaoyun's personality doesn't look like the kind of scheming person."
, I think Qi Ran is the most likely murderer. The book in his hand, his attitude towards the death of his mother-in-law, the characteristics of his severed fingers, and the scars left on his face after recovering from chickenpox, all look like...
A personality that will become psychologically distorted and crazily vengeful when he grows up."
There are four options a, b, c, and d. Among them, option d Qin Feng was temporarily eliminated by Xiao Lou and others twenty years later. Among the remaining a, b, and c, the two girls b and c don’t look very good.
Like, option a is indeed the most likely correct answer.
As Shao Qingge said, when you encounter multiple-choice questions in an exam, if you are really not 100% sure, you sometimes have to rely on gambling.
Ye Qi agreed, "I also think Qi Ran is more likely. But how should we leave these clues to Professor Xiao?"
Shao Qingge asked, "Is there anything that can be stored for 20 years without being damaged?"
Ye Qi scratched his head, "Can it be preserved for 20 years? In modern times, it must be the data on a USB flash drive or something like that, but now in ancient times, something that won't be broken in 20 years... I couldn't think of it at the moment."
Shao Qingge smiled and said, "Silver."
Ye Qi "..."
It is normal for rich people to think of money first.