Yao Pei suddenly stretched out her hand to grab it, and a slightly illusory shadow was caught in her hand.
The outline of this shadow is very similar to that of Hu Jiaode. It is semi-transparent and slightly double. It seems that three identical shadows overlap and overlap. It is just that the edges are not perfectly connected, so some clues can be seen.
Hu Jiaode's soul has disappeared, but his three corpses still remain in the world.
Qi Xuansu saw that Yao Pei was using the method of searching for souls.
It is true that the three corpses do have some memories of their lives. After they turn into ghosts, they may even mistakenly think that they are the host themselves. However, this kind of memory is incomplete and chaotic, so after the three corpses turn into ghosts, they are completely unable to communicate and can only be suppressed.
After being eliminated, only a very small number of ghosts can gain spiritual intelligence over a long period of time, but that is already a completely independent individual and has nothing to do with the former host.
Yao Pei's method of searching for the souls of the three corpses was like rolling a dice. Whether he could find something useful or not depended entirely on luck.
The three corpses without physical support and unable to absorb the power of the wandering incense to turn into ghosts are very fragile. It is difficult to withstand the huge damage caused by the soul-searching method, and they immediately show a tendency to collapse. In other words, there is only one chance.
There is no room for do-overs.
Unless there was really no other way, Yao Pei would not use such a luck-based method.
As the three corpses of Hu Jiaode continued to disappear, many memory fragments appeared in Yao Pei's mind.
These fragments are presented from Hu Jiaode's first perspective, making people immersive. Generally speaking, the more intense and profound the memory, the easier it is to retain it, but these memory fragments of Hu Jiaode are related to Ziguang Society
There is no obvious relationship,
The first is an experience of handling corpses.
A corpse that had been completely changed beyond recognition. It was not even clear whether it was a man or a woman. It looked like a pool of blood, mud and rotten flesh. Hu Jiaode took out a delicate bottle and poured a little powder evenly on the corpse. Soon, the corpse made a hissing sound.
, a faint smoke rose, and yellow water continued to flow out. The smoke became thicker, and more and more yellow water flowed out, giving off a sour and burnt smell. I saw the corpse getting smaller and smaller. There were more and more yellow corpse water.
The remains of clothes on the corpse also turned into smoke when they encountered the yellow corpse water.
Not long after, all the corpses turned into corpse water, leaving no trace, and it could be said that there were no bones left.
What follows is a murderous experience.
The person who committed the murder was Hu Jiaode himself, and the person who was killed was also a member of the Taoist sect, and she was also a female crown.
Hu Jiaode pierced Nu Guan's heart with his sword. Nu Guan's face was full of disbelief, as if she never thought that Hu Jiaode would really dare to kill someone.
Hu Jiaode was obviously stunned and stood there for a while. Even the sword in his hand and his whole body were trembling slightly, as if he was frightened.
Maybe Hu Jiaode
The fear is not the killing itself, but the mistake of killing the wrong person.
After a while, Hu Jiaode seemed to have come to his senses. He was probably extremely angry and fearful, so he swung his sword to vent his anger. He didn't use his sword energy and didn't have any rules, just hacking randomly.
The corpse gradually became unrecognizable.
Then came the experience of catching an adulterer.
Hu Jiaode was breathing heavily and his eyes were shaking. He walked deeper and deeper and walked into the main entrance of a five-story building. He saw the four golden characters "Taiping Inn" written on the plaque, shining brightly under the bright red lanterns.
Hui.
It was night, and the whole building was filled with red lanterns. As far as the eye could see, the only colors were black and red.
Hu Jiaode's breathing was heavy, his heartbeat was like thunder, and it was like a light on his back, and all kinds of feelings were in his heart.
He pushed aside the guy who was blocking his way, and walked all the way to a door on the third floor. He stood in silence in front of the door for a long time, until he heard the voice coming from inside, and all his emotions were replaced by anger.
He was furious.
Hu Jiaode kicked open the door and broke in. He saw a pair of naked men and women entangled together, covered in white flowers.
at last.
It was still Hu Jiaode's perspective, but no one could be seen. It seemed that Hu Jiaode was looking ahead blankly at this time.
A voice seemed to come from all directions, as if a person was hiding out of his sight and was walking and talking.
"You killed someone, killed your Taoist companion."
"I didn't kill anyone. My Taoist companion died at the hands of a demon from a secret society." Hu Jiaode protested.
"Do you think Beichen Tang and Feng Xiantang will believe it? If the wife dies, the husband is the person with the greatest suspicion. If the husband dies, the wife is the person with the greatest suspicion. This is the simplest principle in handling cases. You don't know it, right?"
The voice said again.
"Whatever you say!" Hu Jiaode's breathing became heavy again.
"Don't get excited, and don't think about drawing your sword. You can't kill me." The voice said calmly.
Hu Jiaode turned around suddenly, but only saw a fleeting afterimage: "What do you want!?"
At this moment, the three corpses of Hu Jiaode finally couldn't hold on anymore and completely turned into a plume of smoke and completely dissipated, and all the memory fragments disappeared with them.
For Yao Pei, it was enough.
"What did you find?" Qi Xuansu asked.
The whiteness in Yao Pei’s eyes
The color gradually faded, and he replied: "A scapegoat. From what I have seen, this person does have a guilty conscience, but has nothing to do with the secret society."
She described the approximate contents of the memory fragments she saw to Qi Xuansu.
"Is there something wrong with Zhang Guyan?" Qi Xuansu responded very quickly, "We found major clues as soon as we started the investigation. It is too coincidental and a bit strange."
Yao Pei said without comment: "Tell me your basis."
Qi Xuansu said: "Obviously, Hu Jiaode first discovered the adultery, and then accidentally killed someone in a rage, and then destroyed the body and wiped out the traces. He somehow avoided Beichen Hall's interrogation and came to Wanxiang Taoist Palace to do it.
Having a special person to teach Jinzi means that it is somewhat anonymous."
"But because the person he killed was his Taoist companion, he couldn't get over his own hurdle, so he suffered a lot over the years. This can explain why he is withdrawn and does not have contact with others. It can also explain why he was so withdrawn after we came to visit him.
He started to fight without any explanation, because he felt that the incident had been revealed and he had no excuse at all. And because he had been tortured by this for a long time, he was a little crazy, and his attacks were completely life-threatening."
"Even after Hu Jiaode escaped here, he just paced back and forth but did not do anything else, which is consistent with his panic after the murder. Maybe if we come here a little later, he will commit suicide. This is the flower garden
It is a performance that only Taoist priests have. All the members of the secret society are desperadoes who lick blood from their swords. How can they be so fragile? If Hu Jiaode had not been so lifeless at the beginning, we would not have made such a misjudgment.
"
Yao Pei glanced at Qi Xuansu: "Keep talking."
"It's just that Hu Jiaode's matter was known to someone, and this person used it to blackmail Hu Jiaode." Qi Xuansu continued, "Who is the most suspicious? In line with the strange things I mentioned before, there is no doubt that it is Zhang Guyan.
The first time I came to visit him, I happened to learn about Hu Jiaode from his mouth. How could such a coincidence happen? It was intentional no matter how you look at it."
Yao Pei nodded and said: "Let's assume that your conjecture is true and Zhang Guyan misled us to find Hu Jiaode, which means that Zhang Guyan had long expected that we would find traces of true energy remaining on the flying sword.
And he would follow this clue, so he deliberately imitated the "Thirty-Six Swords of the Big Dipper" technique that Hu Jiaode learned, and misled us to Hu Jiaode through words. He knew that Hu Jiaode had something in his heart.
Gui, who knows Hu Jiaode’s character very well, knows that Hu Jiaode does not dare and will not confront us face to face. If Hu Jiaode commits suicide or dies in our hands, he will die without any evidence and it will be over."
Qi Xuansu nodded in agreement: "That's the truth.
"
"Assume that all this is true. He made two layers of arrangements. The first layer of the arrangement was to use Qi Jianyuan's flying sword to kill the female teacher, pretending to be a situation where Qi Jianyuan and the female teacher died together. The second layer of the arrangement was to use Hu Jiaode as a
Even if someone sees through that the female instructor was not killed by Qi Jianyuan, they will only find Hu Jiaode." Yao Pei said lightly, "Such a thoughtful person can predict so many things in advance, then you
Do you think he expected the possibility that we wouldn’t be fooled?”
Qi Xuansu was startled and said: "It's really hard to say. I probably expected it."
Yao Pei said: "If we expected that, if we go back to find Zhang Guyan now, will we be led by him? Do you think Zhang Guyan will continue to wait for us to come to his residence?"
Qi Xuansu had to admit that what Yao Pei said made sense.
It is impossible to overestimate such an opponent, so you should be lenient if you anticipate the enemy.
Qi Xuansu asked: "What do you think?"
Yao Pei said: "I don't want to follow in his footsteps. He will fight his enemies, and we will fight ours. No matter how he confuses the formation, or which way he comes, we will only go all the way. As long as we want to understand one thing,
Whatever he wants, his tail will always be in our hands."
"The incense and wish power in the statue of the Holy Master." Qi Xuansu immediately realized, "Since the special container you mentioned earlier is not in the hands of Hu Jiaode, it is probably in the hands of Zhang Guyan."
Yao Pei waved her hand, and all the flying knives returned to her hand, and then said: "Go to the Star Observation Deck."
Qi Xuansu objected: "We'd better inform Mr. Sun as soon as possible."
"I will inform you," Yao Pei said, "but first we will go to the observatory to confirm our speculation."
Qi Xuansu did not object anymore and followed Yao Pei as he flew towards the observatory.
Because there are fewer formations in the lower palace, the restrictions on flying are not so strict. You can fly at low altitude in the lower palace. The specific height is slightly lower than that in the upper palace, without touching the formation that isolates the upper palace and the lower palace.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them had arrived at the observatory.
Compared to the Hungry Ghost Festival celebrations, the observatory was very quiet today, with not a single soul in sight. However, the moonlight was excellent tonight, making it a good place to enjoy the moon.
There is still a patchwork of reed flowers below the observatory. Except for the blank area created by the battle between Qi Xuansu and Qi Jianyuan, the rest of the area is still very lush.
At this time, there was a figure standing among the reed flowers, with big sleeves swaying. Behind him was a moon in the sky, a moon in the water, and a deep blue lake covered with starlight and moonlight.