Chapter 4 Chapter Three

Crows crow in the quiet night, and the moon shines on the west chamber. A moth was flying under the moonlight and flew into the corridor of the Caihua Building. There was something glittering on the ground that attracted it, and it quickly jumped down. Reflecting the moonlight in the corridor is a gold hairpin with intricate patterns, although the hairpin is no more than an inch long, it is carved in the shape of a Taotie with a very small pearl in its mouth. The moth stopped on the golden hairpin for a while, flapped its wings and was about to fly again, but it couldn't fly anymore. It kept flapping its wings, and finally gradually became weak, and fell silent, only occasionally moving its antennae. After a long time, it moved slightly again. .

It was glued to the ground. What sticks to it is a puddle of half-coagulated blood under the golden hairpin. Beside the golden hairpin was a bloody corpse whose eyes had been gouged out and hands had been cut off. 1. The hand of the woman in the mirror I really can't figure it out, why when I go out to eat with others, I always meet beautiful women, but when I go out to eat with you, I always meet dead people? Under the blue sky and broad daylight, in Caihua Building, a scrawny young man in white clothes glared at another gray-clothed scholar with plain clothes and patched sleeve corners.

Do you have a plague god on you?When worshiping Guanyin, I still think of Tathagata; when worshiping Tathagata, I think of Guan Gong; The gray-clothed scholar sighed, and murmured: I was just thinking of you when I worshiped the Bodhisattva. Your family business. This scrawny young man in white clothes is naturally the eldest son of the Fang family. up. Last night, Fang sickly asked Li Lianhua to drink in a competition, and whoever lost would find a beautiful woman within a hundred miles to accompany him to drink. As a result, before the wine was drunk and no one was drunk, Caihualou gave birth to a dead person out of thin air.

Eldest young master, this person is really not a subordinate of this building. You see, there are hundreds of people in my Caihua building, and everyone is on the list in the shopkeeper's hand. You see, everyone is here, and there is absolutely nothing missing. Which, so the thing in the corridor is definitely not someone from the building. Someone must have gotten it from outside and thrown it in our building. It must be to ruin the reputation of Caihua Building! Hu Youhuai, the treasurer of Caihua Building, nodded and bowed to Fang Duoxing with a bitter face, and said: This is definitely not the fault of the building, it was an accident, please tell the master more about it

How do I know if this is someone in your building murdering a guest in the corridor of Caihua Building?Fang Duoxing gave him a vicious look, it's better not, otherwise I will tell my father that you are incapable of managing, and you can't eat and walk around without taking care of you. Hu Youhuai complained endlessly in his heart, forced a smile on his face, and repeatedly said yes. Get out, I'm here.Fang Duobing waved his sleeves, Hu Youhuai hurriedly withdrew as if he had received an amnesty, Young Master Fang thought that even this kind of bullshit could have been known as a crazy thunder hand in the Jianghu more than ten years ago. It's so strange. Li Lianhua stared at the dead body under her feet in a daze. Fang Duo said impatiently, "Look, look. After a long time, did you see something coming?"

This is the murmur of a woman, Li Lianhua, but I have never seen a woman who died so badly. Fang Duoxing sighed: This woman must have been tortured for a long time. I don't want to admit it, but the place where she was originally hidden was likely to have been tortured like this in the Caihua Building, so she can't run far.The woman lying on the ground was wearing a skirt. Except for the blood stains, the skirt was clean, but her upper body was naked. She was half naked and tall. The breasts on the chest were also cut off, and the arms were covered with scars, and I don't know how many wounds they suffered.However, the injuries to her hands, breasts and eyes have long since healed, which shows that this woman's torture did not last a day or two, and probably lasted at least a year.Li Lianhua broke off a branch, put it into the woman's mouth and pried it slightly, and saw that her tongue was also cut off, but her teeth were still white. If her eyes hadn't been gouged out, this woman's face was pretty and not ugly, but who put a A young woman tortured to such an extent?The murderer has a vicious heart, which is really outrageous!

Someone must have treated her injuries properly, Li Lianhua murmured, but if the person who treated her was a good person, why did she escape?visible It can be seen that maybe the one who healed her was not the Bodhisattva, but the deadly Yama.Fang Duo said sickly, no matter who the attacker is, he is really vicious and cruel!Dead lotus, you must find out this demon, and then transfer all these bits and pieces to him to let him taste it! Li Lianhua said: "Hu Youhuai has checked the inside and outside of the Caihua Building. If it is not that he is an accomplice of the devil, it is that the place where this woman hides is very hidden, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find it. I think that Hu Youhuai is very handsome, and he is only five years old." Ten, the future is boundless, not like someone who likes to cut people's flesh and gouge people's eyes

Fang Duoxing rolled his eyes: who knows?You know him very well? Li Lianhua shook her head again and again: Unfamiliar, unfamiliar, just based on appearance Fang Duobing sneered: "Since it's what you saw, then it must be extremely wrong." While chatting, the two looked closely at the corpse. Li Lianhua gently picked up the moth in the pool of blood with a handkerchief, and Fang Duobing picked up the little golden hairpin. After looking at it, he said: What is it?Gluttonous? Li Lianhua gently put the moth into the grass, turned around, and looked at the golden hairpin together: This gluttony is really a very rare pattern, only bronze utensils like to use this kind of beast pattern on the golden hairpin , the implication must be extremely strange and there is this pearl, does your elder brother Taotie have a pearl in his mouth?

Fang Duo sickly glanced at Li Lianhua, and said: "Unfortunately, although I didn't read many books when I was young, I also knew that Taotie's mouth contained human heads. Halfway through his words, he suddenly trembled slightly. Could it be that this bead is Instead of a human head? I think probably so.Li Lianhua frowned and looked at the golden hairpin in Fang Duobing's hand. This thing is very weird. I think you should find a place to put it away. If some ghost who kills people and cuts out his eyes crawls out at night, wouldn't it be terrifying? extreme? Fang Duobing raised the golden hairpin: Although this thing is strange, it is very valuable. It is definitely not from Caihualou. I think it belongs to the murderer, or it belongs to this dead man.He smiled happily, as if he was not afraid of ghosts at all. I thought that such weird things must be well-known in the goldware shop, and they must have a story and be easy to find.

Li Lianhua looked at him with admiration, and praised: You are so smart, I am not familiar with goldware Fang Duobing laughed even more arrogantly: Hahaha, this matter is on my shoulders, Young Master Fang is not familiar with anything, but he is most familiar with gold utensils, hahaha Li Lianhua sighed, and murmured: But when you are asked to treat him, you may not be willing to say that you are very familiar with it. Afterwards, Caihua Building was closed and closed, and Fang Duobing and Li Lianhua were arranged to rest in the best room in Caihua Building. Not long after, Fang Duobing made an appointment with the shopkeepers and bosses of various goldware shops in the city to meet at Cuiyingju at noon tomorrow. .

At night, the bright moon is in the sky, and it is extremely bright. Fang Duobing had just had dinner and ate the most satisfying prawn in his life. The prawn was transparent and almost five times larger than usual. , Served with shallots, minced garlic, minced chili, orange meat and a little unknown sauce, served raw.That taste really satisfied him, if it wasn't for a murder case out of thin air, he would have a very good impression of Caihualou. Li Lianhua was taking a bath, and the sound of the water kept ringing. Fang sickly sometimes couldn't figure it out, he was also a man, why did Li Lianhua take so long to take a bath?I remember that he broke into his bathroom once a few years ago, trying to see if Li Lianhua was disguised as a man?It's a pity that Li Lianhua is a real man, not only a man, but also a very manly man with many scars all over his body. The spring breeze blows the willows in the small peach garden, whose red makeup is in the middle of the flowers, who is sick and humming a little tune that I don’t know where he heard, lying on the bed with his legs crossed, Li Lianhua’s room was originally arranged next door, but the dead lotus is afraid of ghosts, so he must Living with him, fortunately, the wing room in Caihua Building is spacious and gorgeous, so adding a small bed is not a problem, otherwise hum! With a soft click, Fang Duobing suddenly sat up and looked to the left where the sound came from. There is nothing unusual on his left side. There is a dressing table, a brass mirror hanging on the wall, a brass washbasin under the dressing table, and a chair. There is nothing that can rattle.Fang Duobing looked at the dressing table in surprise, the table was empty, and there was nothing there, there were no female guests staying tonight, and the shopkeepers put away all the women's dressing utensils, and there was nothing to see.He watched it for a long time, but he couldn't understand it. He lay down and continued humming the ditty. Suddenly, there was another soft click, and Fang Duobing jumped up. This is not a natural sound. , not to mention the sound of a hidden weapon turning, the location of the sound was the same twice, but the strength was different, as if each person lightly touched something on the dressing table with their hands. Fang Duobing stared at the dressing table, there was still nothing, not even a ghost image!Just when he was about to rush into the bathroom and pull Li Lianhua out to have a look together, his eyes suddenly lifted, and he was stunned for a moment, his face was blue, and he almost passed out while hanging in his throat. hell In the bronze mirror hanging on the dressing table, there is a hand groping in the mirror, as if the owner of the hand cannot see or hear any sound in this world, but is trying to pass through the thin bronze mirror , From the mirror to the human world. When Fang sickly screamed, and there was a loud noise in the bathroom, as if something had been broken, Li Lianhua slightly opened the door of the bathroom, and stuck out half of his head in confusion, where is that ghost? When I saw the hand in the mirror, I was dumbfounded and froze for a while. Was it really your hand that was moving? Fang Duobing stood stiffly in front of the mirror, dripping with cold sweat, and managed to squeeze out an extremely ugly smile: When did you see that my hands are so small?This is a woman's hand.He raised his hand and waved at the mirror, there was also an image shaking in the mirror, but what he could see most clearly was the white, soft ghost hand in the mirror, constantly groping and moving. After about a stick of incense, the hand gradually disappeared. The bronze mirror clearly reflected everything in the room, and that weird scene seemed to have never happened before, fading away like smoke. the next day. One of the notorious jewels of the Taotie gold hairpin.Boss He of Xiaoyun Village picked up the golden hairpin, please look at it, it is genuine, one of Taotie's two horns is missing, and the pearl in his mouth is a shiny and bright luminous pearl, but after a long time, this The pearls have turned yellow. Boss Bi of Wanghai Tower said: I heard that every time this golden hairpin appears, there will be bizarre and terrifying tragedies, and every time it is related to human life, the one with the most casualties is said to have 33 people killed at the same time, so insiders Few people dare to collect this thing. Boss Fei and Boss Hua who were playing platforms and counting stars around him couldn't stop nodding. Fang Duoxing gave a dry laugh: I don't know that when this gluttonous golden hairpin appeared, all the naked women died? Boss He wondered: A woman without clothes?Of course not, I heard that the first person who died because of this golden hairpin was the goldsmith who made it. Legend has it that this golden hairpin was originally in the shape of a nine-dragon, and the dragon gave birth to nine sons. Sudden death from exhaustion, the hairpin fell into the furnace, and the eight dragons were melted away, leaving only one Taotie. It is not a tragedy to die from overwork.Fang Duo is sick, and sudden death is the most wonderful way to die in the world, but you are well-informed and knowledgeable, have you ever heard that someone died because of a golden hairpin? What kind of young man is naked and has his eyes and tongue gouged out? woman? Everyone looked at each other in amazement, and Boss He turned pale at first: It turned out that the golden hairpin appeared to goug people's eyes and tongue, Mr. Fang, so I will leave now, I have never seen this golden hairpin before. Please ask Mr. Fang to ask Gao Ming, please Gao Ming At that moment, several bosses left one after another, leaving like a rabbit running away from a fox, or like a mouse avoiding a cat, even somewhat similar to the arrow that leaves the string. Fang Duobing picked up the golden hairpin with his chopsticks and put it back into the Eight Diagrams Suppressing Evil Wooden Box with disgust. He sighed deeply. After a while, he stared at the golden hairpin and sighed again. . When he returned to Caihua Building, Li Lianhua had disappeared. Fang Duobing searched everywhere in the building, and then sent Hu Youhuai to send people to search again, but he did not see Li Lianhua. Daqi, if he was captured by a ghost, it's daylight now, not to mention that the devil's golden hairpin is on his body, why would the ghost come to him?If it was not captured by a ghost, where did the dead lotus go?Waiting until it was time for dinner, Fang Duobing ordered the cook of Caihua Building to cook a table of delicacies from mountains and seas, opened a jar of fine wine, lit the stove to warm the wine beside him, and fanned himself with a fan. She saw Li Lianhua, dressed in gray, slowly appearing from the corridor and entering the room, and sat down at the wine table with a face full of joy. You are really weird.Fang Duobing sighed, I remember I cooked a bowl of plain noodles in Zuixinglou, and your dog nose could smell it and chased you; I had a feast of snakes at Wentian Pavilion, and I sent an invitation card to invite you, you But you didn’t come, and later when I finished my treats, all the snakes were eaten and I was almost drunk, you insisted that I treat you to tea; another time I ate stinky tofu in Niutou Town Li Lianhua hastily said that it is only appropriate to eat during meal time, not to talk about ordinary things. Fang Duobing stared and said, did I say I want to treat you?where have you been?There was no one in sight for a long time. Li Lianhua held the chopsticks, and clamped a piece of chicken neck in a gentle manner: I went to look around, the many flowers and plants in the Caihua Building are indeed extremely beautiful. Fang Duobing let out a piss: I went to see the bosses of various gold shops, and I heard that there are many evil spirits attached to that hairpin, at least dozens of people were killed. Li Lianhua was taken aback: there are so many Fang Duo said bitterly: That's all, how about it?When you looked at the dead man in the building, did you see any tricks? Famous is that no one in Caihua Building recognized her, but she died outside the kitchen Li Lianhua murmured, gouging out her eyes and cutting off her tongue are obviously a way to trap her, if there are really ghosts in this world, Why did the ghost insist on trapping this person? Fang Duobing grabbed a chicken leg and took a bite: She obviously died in the corridor, how could she die outside the kitchen? Li Lianhua said: The corridor came out from the kitchen and led to the garden. I guess she ran out from the kitchen and ran out along the corridor. For some reason, she injured the back of her head and died. Fang Duobing said: Most of the people who killed her didn't know martial arts, and the blow to the back of the head was extremely bad. If she hadn't fallen to the ground and bled profusely, and no one rescued her in the middle of the night, she would probably not have died. Li Lianhua sighed: Yes, but how do you know that it wasn't she who couldn't see, fell down and killed herself? Fang Duoxing was at a loss for words, and was stunned for a moment: That's true, but how could there be an extra living person out of thin air in the kitchen? I have just seen the kitchen.Li Lianhua said solemnly, there are only two stoves in the kitchen, there are many shelves, the cupboard is too small, the water tank is too damp, the rice bags are too dirty, and the vegetable basket is too short Fang Duoxing couldn't help but said: Why is the water tank too tidy and the vegetable basket too short? Li Lianhua narrowed his eyes: Your dead man is tall and white, and his skirt is so clean. How can those cupboards, water, red rice bags, and vegetable baskets fit in? My dead man?Fang Duoxing was furious, besides eating with you, I have never bumped into any dead people!It's clear that your life is on the decline, and the plague god is on top, it's your dead man! But Li Lianhua raised her head, stared blankly at Fang Duobing for a while, then suddenly showed a shy expression, and said cautiously: "Wait a minute, I suddenly thought of an important thing, your dead man last night, no, Where did you send Hu Youhuai to hide the noble body of that miserable and poor lady? Fang Duobing was so frightened by his shy clothes that he had goosebumps all over his body, and he screamed strangely: What do you want to do?That and that are absolutely impossible!I will never let Hu Youhuai tell you where the dead man is! Could it be that Si Lianhua doesn't love his beautiful sister-in-law because of his hobby, which is especially fond of female corpses?Oh my God!If I let you find the dead man, my surname will not be Fang! Li Lianhua glanced at him, and said solemnly: It's definitely not what you think. In short, I want to find the little lady's body as soon as possible to confirm one thing. Fang Duobing's goosebumps hadn't subsided yet, and he insisted that the female corpse had already been sent to the coffin shop by Hu Youhuai, and now it was a nail in the coffin, buried in the ground, and the tombstone was planted, please Li Lianhua don't have to think about it. Li Lianhua had no choice but to give up, and changed his words: Uh, I have seen the kitchen just now, there is absolutely no way to hide that expensive body, and that expensive body is not wearing clothes, and there is no trace of clothes around, so the only possibility is to come from From the path east of the kitchen, ran through the kitchen, into the hallway and fell, bleeding to death.He pointed to the east of the kitchen, whispered, there. Fang Duobing looked in that direction, and suddenly his hairs stood on end. The direction Li Lianhua was pointing at was the best guest room in Caihua Building, rooms No. 1 to No. 9 in Tianzi, and he and Li Lianhua stayed in Tianzi last night. Room No. 5 is in the middle. Could it be that the woman's hand in the mirror last night was the wronged soul of the female corpse, and was seeking justice for her? After calming down, Fang Duobing looked at the table full of delicious food and wine, lost his appetite, and was full of thoughts about where to sleep tonight to be safe. After Li Lianhua finished talking about that expensive body, he seemed to be very refreshed. He raised his chopsticks and started to eat happily. After eating two mouthfuls of tender chicken, he poured himself a glass of warm wine. He doesn't hesitate to talk about the wine, from the wine tank to the piece of mud on the wine tank is wonderful. 2. Room 4 of Tianzi The result of the banquet that night was naturally that Fang sickened and left in a rage, and Li Lianhua passed out drunk at the banquet. In short, neither of them went to live in the fifth room of Tianzi in Caihua Building. Early the next morning, Li Lianhua got up in a daze, and even went back to the room to wash her face, wash up, and change clothes before she came out, so he faced Fang sickly, who hadn't returned all night, with an unusual posture. Yiran only hated not being able to generate two taels of immortal energy in her body to show the level of level and courage between him and Fang Sickness. But Fang Duobing looked up and down the clothes Li Lianhua was wearing, the more he looked at him, the more strange his expression became, and then he became extremely weird: Dead Lianhua, is this your clothes? Li Lianhua nodded again and again, these are the clothes he just changed out of the room, it is absolutely true. Fang Duoxing had a strange face, pointing to the corner of his clothes: When did you wear this kind of clothes? Li Lianhua lowered her head and saw that she was wearing a gray dress with a few gold and silver threads embroidered on it. She didn't know what patterns it was, so she was stunned. Fang Duoxie said triumphantly: Who did you borrow the suit from?Putting it on and pretending you were back in the damn guest room last night?It's a pity that my son's eyes are like a torch, and he can discern every detail, hehehehe, he tore through Li Lianhua's diorama, waiting to see him embarrassed.But seeing Li Lianhua's expression of seeing a ghost, she couldn't stop tugging at the clothes on her body, she was suddenly surprised, what are you doing? Conscience of heaven and earth, I really changed this clothes from the house Li Lianhua felt uncomfortable, woke up drunk and groggy, he hurriedly changed into a coat without looking carefully, but it was definitely not his clothes. Fang Duobing was taken aback, and lost his voice: You came out of our room by changing into someone else's clothes?If so, then there must be a third person in the room last night? Li Lianhua hurriedly took off the coat, and didn't care about standing in the hall wearing a white middle coat. She breathed a sigh of relief, patted her head and thought about it, coughed lightly, and said slowly: I may have entered Tianzi 4 by mistake. room number. Tianzi No. 4 room is next door to Tianzi No. 5. The facade is exactly the same, but there seemed to be no residents in Tianzi No. 4 room last night, so how could a gray robe inlaid with gold and silver silk come out out of thin air?Could it be left behind by previous guests?If it was left behind, how could Caihua Building leave it alone without taking care of it? Fang Sickness felt very strange, and touched his chin: Room No. 4, Tianzi?Go and see. Tianzi No. 4 and Tianzi No. 5 rooms in Caihua Building are indeed exactly the same, and there is no door plate in the building, so it is easy to make mistakes.The two returned to the Tianzi Building, and in broad daylight, their courage grew a lot. Fang Sickly pushed open the door of Room 4, only to see the tables, chairs and benches in that room, and the layout was exactly the same as that of Room 5.The bedding on the bed was not neat, a candle on the table had been burned to the end, and the wax oil had condensed on the table. The wardrobes on both sides were half open, and the inside was empty. It could be seen that there was only one piece of clothing hanging on it, which was exactly the same as the next door. But judging from the situation in this house, there must have been some occupants at first, but the tenant didn't come back for a while and didn't even lock the door, so Li Lianhua broke in in a daze.Li Lianhua carefully hung the gray robe he had just taken off back in the closet, and there was a bundle in the closet. The bundle was shaped like a long sword, and the outside was tightly tied with red thread. , I don't know what it is. Fang Duobing gasped, and picked up the bundle: Legend has it that the short sword used by Lv Yangqin, the king of Hades in the Northwest, is called Fu E, and the scabbard is usually wrapped with a red thread net.Even his personal maid died under that sword.Lu Yangqin is not only famous for his dagger, he is most famous for getting a treasure map to go to Jiuqiong Wonderland, uh When he was talking about various legends about Lu Yangqin with great interest, he suddenly choked, and Li Lianhua watched him open the bag with regret. Ebony tablet. I saw the four big characters of my beloved wife Liu Jing and the date of birth and death engraved on the tablet. It was engraved with silver hooks and iron strokes. Fang Duobing was holding someone else's tablet, feeling horrified, quickly put it back, obediently tied the red thread, joined hands and prayed for a few times, Amitabha and Guanyin Bodhisattva each recited dozens of times, fearing that the recitation was not enough, Buddha and Bodhisattva If you care about an ordinary person like him, you will not be blessed. Wait a moment.Li Lianhua looked at the tablet and pointed to the side. If this guest is such a loving wife and carries her tablet with him, how could he live with other women?And that lady is also so big-hearted that she can be in the same room with this memorial tablet. Fang Duobing was taken aback, looked aside, and saw an embroidered pair of skirts lying under the bed, pink and purple satin, embroidered with silver thread, it was obviously a woman's dress. It's just that in this room, except for this pair of breasts, there are no women's clothes, neither hair combs, nor embroidered shoes, let alone rouge pollen. In the closet, there is only a gray robe, a memorial tablet, and gray men's shoes at the door. Pairs, and a pair of red candles on the table. In Room No. 4 of Tianzi, an indescribable strangeness rushed over.Li Lianhua and Fang Duobing looked at each other, their gazes were focused on the embroidered double breasts together, and when they raised their heads, the two agreed in unison. Could it be that Li Lianhua paused, and Fang Duobing lost his voice: Could it be the body of the female corpse? The clothes are here?Could it be that she ran out from here? Thinking of the female hand in the mirror last night, Fang's illness was not only caused by fear, but also by bouts of chills, with cold sweat streaming down his back.He didn't really believe in ghosts at first, but this living example is right in front of him. The woman who died tragically lived in Room 4 of Tianzi, and no one went in or out of Room 4 of Tianzi last night. What could it be? Li Lianhua looked around in the room, and tapped the dried candle tears on the table: This candle has been solidified for a long time, it was definitely not lit last night, at least it was burned out the night before.He walked around the room a few steps, turned around twice, walked around the table, and walked slowly to a painting. That painting is also in Room No. 5 of Tianzi. In Room No. 4, plum blossoms are hung, while in Room No. 5, orchids are hung. The place where this picture hangs is the bronze mirror of Room No. 5. Next to the painting, there is a very thin breach in the wall, which goes deep into the wall.Li Lianhua stared at the slit for a long time, then gently rolled up the Mei Tu, and what was exposed behind the Mei Tu was not a wall, but a translucent glazed mirror.Fang Duoxing was greatly surprised, leaned over to look at the big bed facing the next door in the glazed mirror, although it was not very clear, but still vaguely discernible, if a young couple lived next door, they did something to have fun Things, the guests on this side of the wall will feast their eyes. This is obviously a special design for peeping. A glazed mirror is embedded in the wall, and a painting is covered on it. Because the light behind the mirror is dim, people facing the wall cannot see what is behind the mirror. The windows in the house facing the wall are facing the bed. , Even if the candle is extinguished, there will be moonlight projection, but people on the other side of the wall can peek at the big bed next door through the glass mirror.The texture of this glass is not very good, and it is difficult to find that the thing in the copper mirror frame is not copper, but variegated colored glass if you don't pay attention to it. Fang sickly and furious: Hu Youhuai, you old pervert!Usually, it looks grand, but what is Caihua Building?Use such despicable means to solicit business! Li Lianhua knocked on the glazed mirror, touched the texture, and said, "It's really a fantastic idea, a genius in heaven." Fang Duoxi said angrily: Is this considered a genius? Li Lianhua said sternly: You will understand when you ask for your wife. Fang Duo was sick for a while, his face turned green: Why don't I understand? Li Lianhua said sternly: I know it's not that you don't understand, you're just shy. Fang Sickly's face turned from green to black, and before he could think of anything to scold him, Li Lianhua Shi Shiran turned around and knocked on the glass mirror a few times with his hand. The glazed mirror is very strong, it is indeed firmly embedded in the wall, and there are no other flower guns.Li Lianhua pondered for a while: When you and I saw that hand last night, there was light behind the mirror.It is precisely because the back of the mirror is too bright that you can clearly see a hand in the mirror. Li Lianhua continued: If the person who lives here is Hu Youhuai's confidant, he must be familiar with the beauty of this mirror, and he would definitely not hold up a lamp to see it. Fang Duobing heaved a sigh of relief and continued: "So the hand in the mirror last night was not a female ghost, but someone found a strange mirror on the wall, raised a lamp and came to check it out. From our side, it was vaguely seen. Only one hand was seen. As long as it wasn't a female ghost, Young Master Fang immediately regained his spirits: But the woman who lived in this room died the night before, and there was a lot of rumors in the restaurant. If there were still people living in the Taoist house last night, how could he still be alive? In the mood to see a hole in the wall? He said word by word: Unless the devil who gouged out the woman's eyes and severed her hands was the person who lived here last night!He didn't care about the woman's life at all, he was only afraid of exposing himself, so even if the woman escaped and died outside, he didn't care. Li Lianhua hummed casually, put down the scroll of pictures, Fang Duobing was still gnashing his teeth: This demon must have taken the opportunity to escape early in the morning, otherwise I will capture him with my own hands!What kind of hero is a man who hits a woman Li Lianhua turned around and knocked on the piece of candle tears that had flowed all over the table, suddenly hey.Me: There's something in it. Fang Duobing looked down, and there was a small black thing vaguely condensed in the middle of the red candle tear. He stretched out his hand and patted the candle tear lightly, only heard a slight click, and the candle tear split open in response, revealing the blackness in it. Small Things. It was a short black hairpin. Fang Duobing picked it up gently and looked at it carefully. The hairpin was vaguely made of rhinoceros horn, and the style was simple without fancy. When this thing fell, the candle tears hadn't solidified yet, so they were deeply trapped in it, which shows that this thing probably appeared in the house the night before. Li Lianhua also frowned at the rhino horn hairpin.After Fang Duobing took it out, a shallow hole suddenly appeared on the table. The hairpin didn't fall on the table, but shot obliquely into the table and was nailed inside.Obviously, the woman whose hands were cut off could never have shot the hairpin into the table by herself. In this case, who was the one who shot the rhino horn hairpin into the table? Is it the murderer who has escaped? Fang Duobing and Li Lianhua looked at each other, raised the lamp to look at Liulijing's hand, the brutally abused woman, the missing owner of Tianzi No. 4 room, the concubine's tablet in the closet, and the rhino horn hair shot into the table. In the night before yesterday, in room No. 4 of Tianzi, there must have been a mysterious accident. At least the owner of Room No. 4 in Tianzi brought a brutally abused woman and a tablet of his beloved wife with him, which is full of mystery in itself, but where is this person at this time? dead lotus.Fang Duobing frowned after seeing all the strange things in this room. Although the woman's coat fell here, does she really live here?Apart from this dress, there are no other women's things in this room.Could it be, uh, he whispered, this dress was left behind by that female ghost when she came here to show her spirit? That-that was actually Li Lianhua looking at the rhino horn hairpin and muttering to herself, but she didn't know what she was talking about.Looking at the angle from which the rhinoceros horn hairpin was shot, there was only a big bed and nothing else in the direction of the hairpin except for the wooden table.The bed was empty, and a red brocade quilt was covered on the mattress. Just a little bit above the red brocade quilt, there was a very fine line of blood, sprinkled on the gray-white wall. Li Lianhua opened her eyes and looked carefully. Although the brocade quilt on the bed was red, there was no other bloodstains. There were no shoes under the bed. The window was open, but the hanging curtain beside the bed was a mess. , and nothing else. There was a sudden sound of footsteps, and there was a panicked call from outside the young master's door. One person scrambled and rushed into Tianzi No. 5 room, and said sadly: "Master, another dead person was found in the well outside!"Another dead man! Fang Duoxic yelled, "It's his grandma's!"Dead dead, there is a plague god living here, right?Where did so many dead people come from? While speaking, he rushed down like a whirlwind, heading straight for the ancient well outside the courtyard.But Li Lianhua grabbed the shop waiter who was so frightened that his soul was scattered, and asked gently: Don't be afraid, Xiaoer, who is the person who lives in this room?He pointed to a door next to him. The waiter glanced at him, and said in a panic, "It's the dead man in the ancient well." Li Lianhua patiently tugged at the waiter, pointed gently at the door he pointed to just now, and said seriously: You read wrong, I am asking about this one. The shop waiter was stunned, only to realize that he had indeed read the wrong door. Li Lianhua was referring to Room No. 3, Tianzi. He thought for a while before vaguely remembering: there is a girl living in this room, what is her name? Little ones don't know. Most of the people living in the Tianzihao rooms in Caihua Building are regular customers, but occasionally there are a few guests who don't come for the glass mirror, and it happens that Room 3 and Room 4 are not regular customers. Li Lianhua nodded, patted him on the shoulder, pointed to No. 3 Tianzi Room, and said solemnly: Your young master watched the sky at night and felt something in his heart. The girl in No. 3 Room has already escaped the rent. If you are free, why don't you go to see the dead man and see if the girl in this room will still pay? The waiter looked at him for a long while, then went to unlock the door of room three in a daze. Opening the door, the waiter screamed, rolled his eyes, and passed out directly at the gate! Li Lianhua was startled, and rushed to the door to look, only to see a female corpse lying on the ground, her hair was disheveled, her eyes were round, her neck was raised upwards, as if someone had crushed her neck bone, but seeing her Her whole body was twisted like a twist, her five fingers were ferocious, her hands were shaped like tiger claws, the white jacket she was wearing was in a mess, and a piece of white cloth was torn on her chest. It can be seen that when she was about to die, she had resisted desperately, but she was defeated by the murderer Juju. He was strangled to death. Another corpse! Now in the Caihua building, three corpses have appeared.Li Lianhua walked to the railing, glanced at the yard below, Fang Duobing was standing by the well gesticulating, couldn't help sighing, and called out: There is still a female corpse here. Fang Duoxing raised his head in astonishment, what? Li Lianhua said seriously, next door to yours, there is a female corpse lying on the ground, I think the appearance of that noble body is still very fresh. Fang Sick suddenly got goosebumps all over his body, lost his voice, what? Li Lianhua looked at him very sympathetically. In the past few days, not one life was killed in your restaurant, but three lives. Three, gold hairpin Fang Duo was sick like a gust of wind, and went to Room 3 of Tianzi from the well at the back of the courtyard. When he saw the strangled female corpse, he finally couldn't help but change his face, and said sharply: What's going on here?In broad daylight, the world is clear, could it be that there is a murderer in my Caihua building?How could someone kill so many people for no reason?What exactly is it for? Li Lianhua pulled him back, and said in a low voice: When you went to ask about the origin of Taotie's golden hairpin, did you ask where the golden hairpin went after it killed someone last time? Fang Duoxing was startled and angry, his anger still lingering, and he said impatiently: I asked, but I forgot.Don't ask all the irrelevant things, anyway, the golden hairpin always appears suddenly 李蓮花連連搖頭：非也非也，即使是說故事，也斷不可能沒說清楚壞人的下場，這金簪的去處故事裡一定是有的。 方多病對著他怒目而視，過了好一會兒，才道：好像是聽說給被它剋死的那個王爺還是皇帝做了陪葬。What's wrong? 李蓮花上下看了他一陣，突然露齒一笑：你可知道，有個地方，叫做九瓊仙境？ of course I know.方多病理所當然的道：江湖傳說，極南蠻荒之地，有深山小國，名為大希。大希國礦脈豐富，盛產黃金珠寶，國君富甲一方。他們歷代君王的墓地都修建在一個神秘的地方，據說那地方聚天地之靈氣，盛產稀世藥材，皇陵就修建在高山之上，富麗堂皇，內藏隨葬珍寶無數，遠遠望之寶光閃耀，金碧輝煌，稱為九瓊仙境。但傳說歸傳說，到現在也沒人見過大希國的皇陵重地。說起江湖軼事，武林傳說，方多病自是如數家珍。 大希國和我朝可有通婚？李蓮花微微一笑，看著方多病不假思索隨口而談，他的神色頗為愉悅。 有。方多病大笑起來，一掌拍在李蓮花肩上，這種問題要考你方少爺，真是大錯特錯。大希國和我朝三十年前曾經互通婚姻，由大希國向我朝進貢黃金，我朝則指派一名公主下嫁大希國國君，那個時候，我爺爺已經生出我爹來了。 他對李蓮花眨眨眼，非常得意。 李蓮花遺憾地道：若非公主下嫁之時，你爺爺已經生出你爹來了，說不定那位公主便要嫁給你爺爺，而日後生出來的既然不是你爹，自然也不會有你了。 方多病怒道：死蓮花！What did you say? 李蓮花正色道：我沒說。 方多病大怒：你明明說了！ 李蓮花表情更加認真的道：那是你聽錯了。 隨即微微一頓，接下去說道：你可知道，當年公主下嫁時，有些什麼嫁妝？ 方多病一怔，想了半日，恍然道：是了，我想起來了，最後被那金簪剋死的就是大希國國君和他的八個老婆，這枚饕饔銜首金簪是大成公主下嫁大希國的嫁妝之一。 所以李蓮花期待地看著方多病，眨了眨眼睛。 方多病瞪眼回去：所以什麼？ 李蓮花頓時噎住，十分失望的嘆了口氣：所以金簪是大希國國君的陪葬之物，且大希國的皇陵所在名為九瓊仙境，是人間寶庫，而現在饕餮銜首金簪在這裡。 他指了指那第一具貴體倒下的地方：這說明，有人找到了九瓊仙境，並從那裡得到了東西。 方多病聽著，漸漸又變了臉色：九瓊仙境？他失聲道，若是得了那裡的財寶，豈非富可敵國？ 李蓮花道：若是當真得到了，自然是富可敵國。 方多病的目光在地上那具貴體與天字四號房房門之間掃來掃去，終於忍不住道：這些人都是因那九瓊仙境而死？有人得到了那裡的財寶，所以引來其他人的追獵？ 可能也許大概是這樣。李蓮花一本正經的道，至少戴著金簪的人，一定和九瓊仙境脫不了關係。 方多病茫然道：但那前往九瓊仙境的藏寶圖不是在呂陽琴手上嗎？呂陽琴握有藏寶圖那麼多年，沒聽說他找到了寶藏，可也沒聽說他丟了藏寶圖，怎麼突然就有人找到了？ 李蓮花慢吞吞地道：呂陽琴是找到了寶藏或是丟了藏寶圖，為何要告訴你？莫非你和他很熟？況且聽說那九瓊仙境就在大希山巒之上，五顏六色，瑞氣千條，日出有紫氣東來，夜裡有月華灌頂，非常顯眼，若有人喜歡爬山，大希國域天既不冷，山又不高，爬個十年八年說不定也就找到了。 方多病瞠目結舌，心裡只覺九瓊仙境若是如此輕易就讓人找到，未免也太令人失望了，但一時也想不出什麼新道理反駁。 可是這些人都死了，那寶藏呢？他東張西望，寶藏在哪裡？ 總而言之，必定是有個兇手的，既然這些人都死了，顯然寶藏便是被兇手給拿走了。李蓮花一本正經地道，彷彿自己講的是什麼真言妙理一般。 方多病一張黑臉：那兇手呢？ 李蓮花搖了搖頭，突然又露出小心翼翼的神色，看了看方多病後道：我要見前夜那位悲慘可憐的小娘子。 方多病一張臉黑上加黑：不准！ 李蓮花正色道：你再讓我見一次那位小娘子的貴體，我便告訴你寶藏在哪裡。 方多病眼睛一亮：你知道寶藏在哪裡？ 李蓮花連連點頭：當然，顯而易見 方多病招了人過來，問了幾句，轉頭對李蓮花道：那具屍體還在後常，等著義莊的人來收。他的精神來了，神采奕奕地看著李蓮花，屍體你可以過會兒再看，先告訴我寶藏在哪？ 李蓮花正色道：在兇手那裡。 方多病勃然大怒，李蓮花摸摸鼻子，轉了個身：我去看看井裡那具貴體 方多病只來得及咆哮兩聲：死蓮花！連老子你也敢騙 李蓮花早已逃下樓去，去看那具塞在水井中的貴體。 顯而易見，這具貴體是個男人，還是個體格魁梧，四肢修長的偉岸漢子，胡有槐在巡查時之所以會發現他，便是因為他骨骼粗大，皮肉紅腫，卡在了水井口，頭頂距離井口不到二尺。這人穿著一身極簡單樸素的褐色衣裳，全身濕淋淋的，肩頭有一個血洞，似乎曾被利器刺穿。但致命之處在於咽喉被人捏碎，倒與那利器無關。 他的身上沒有任何東西，連銅錢都沒有。 李蓮花抬頭望向天字樓所有的人都在抬頭看天字樓這人塞在水井之中，莫非是從天字樓上摔了下來？否則怎會如此？ 從天字樓上掉下來，正好跌進井口，然後卡在裡面。 真有如此剛好？ 李蓮花眨了眨眼，東張西望了一番，只見這處後院是天字樓的小花園，院內只有水井一個以供打掃之用，地上鋪的是一層鵝卵石，四下並無異樣。 他拉了拉身邊小二的衣裳，道：後堂在哪裡？ 店小二道：後堂在酒窖旁邊，那院子裡只有柴房和酒窖，偏僻得很。 李蓮花非常滿意，點了點頭，背著手走了。 方多病在二樓大發了一頓雷霆，胡有槐顯是掐指算過時辰，恰好有事不在，方大少身邊盡是一些垂頭喪氣的店小二們唯唯諾諾，不知該如何是好，方多病越看越是不耐：胡有槐呢？ 掌櫃的去報官了。 也就在這個時候，門外一陣喧嘩，胡有槐引著一位官服圓腰的胖子走了進來。那胖子兩眼翻天，左右各有一位粉衣女子為他打扇，一進來就生悶氣地問：這是哪裡啊？ 稟知縣大人，這裡是彩華樓，您早上才剛在這裡用過酒菜的，不記得了？胡有槐小聲提醒。 方多病從二樓下來，狐疑的上下打置這位知縣大人，這就是本地知縣？他奶奶的真是腰較水缸寬一尺，油比母豬勝三斤。他心裡罵完，又喜孜孜覺得自己文采風流，讀書有術，竟做出如此佳句。 哦，是你這兒啊。知縣站著喘得慌，胡有槐招呼人給他抬來一塊椅子，肥如母豬的知縣顫巍巍的坐了下去，那椅子咯吱一聲，所有人的心為之一懸，幸而彩華樓內的桌椅皆是堅固非常，倒也未四分五裂。 我聽說你這裡死了人，屍體呢？知縣又抬高兩眼，望著天說話。 屍體就在此處。胡有槐指了指水井，昨夜小民還曾發現一具斷手目盲的女屍，但不知和那水井中的有何關聯，一切待大人明察。 一男一女，死於此地，那就是與情有關了。知縣掐著嗓子說，本縣看來，定是癡情男女相約殉情，選中了你這享樂之地，唉，還真是可憐啊。 這胡有槐點頭哈腰，是是是 本縣忝為民之青天，這對殉情男女真是可憐，明兒便將他們厚葬吧。Is there anything else?知縣大人扶著椅子扶手，便要起身，若是無事，本縣就 他還沒說出回衙門三個字，身邊有人冷笑一聲：真是青天，一男一女死於此地便是殉情，那樓上還有另一位女子的屍首，難道她也是殉情不成？冷笑的自然是方多病。 二樓還有？知縣又坐了下來，又是何人啊？ 還待大人明察。方多病涼涼的道，草民也不知是何人。 她是如此死的？知縣又問。 被人捏碎了頸骨死的。方多病冷冷的道，就如水井裡殉情的那位，要捏碎自己咽喉，等死透了再把自己塞進井裡，這般殉情，倒是不易。 知縣兩眼半睜半閉：如你這般說來，那就不是殉情了。既然二樓的女子和水井中的男子都死於咽喉之傷，那便是他們互相鬥毆，失手將對方殺死。這般意外，本縣也是十分惋惜。 方多病為之氣結，這兩人難道會是互相掐著脖子，互把對方掐死之後，一個跑去跳井，一個回自己房裡躺著，這種死法嗎？他和這胖子知縣語言不通，東張西望一番，卻不見李蓮花的影子，不免大怒。 既然這三人乃是互相鬥毆，意外而死，本縣就知縣大人回衙門三字還是沒來的及說出口，又有人微笑道：知縣大人，請留步。 知縣一雙細眼一直翻眼望天，這下好不容易往下瞄了一眼，只見那拖著一個偌大布包，施施然從後院走來的灰衣人容色文雅，倒也不是很生氣，掐聲掐氣地問：什麼事啊？ 大人，彩華樓內有寶物。李蓮花用力將身後拖著的那袋東西扯到院內眾人面前。 oh?什麼寶物？知縣聽到有寶物，一雙細眼微略睜了睜，酒似乎也醒了，從實招來。 李蓮花正在努力把那袋東西擺正，一邊道：大人可曾聽說過九瓊仙境？ heard about it.知縣又瞇起了眼睛，那是傳說中的藏寶之地，與彩華樓的寶物何干？ 因為九瓊仙境藏寶圖的答案，如今就在彩華樓內。李蓮花施施然回答。 可有證據？知縣不動聲色，那雙細眼瞇得更細了。 有。李蓮花慢慢撕開他辛苦拖來的這團東西這團東西人人都知這是什麼，方多病看得整個人都變了臉，不知為何李蓮花要把這東西拖過來這就是大前天發現的那具被斷手挖眼的女屍！ 屍體暴露在外，知縣倒也冷靜，並不驚慌失措：這具女屍，如何能證明九瓊仙境之所在？ 李蓮花微笑道，這具屍體，就是證明彩華樓有寶物的最佳證據。 眾人皺眉，方多病莫名其妙的看著他，只見李蓮花伸手向他，一個字：刀。 knife?方多病手邊無刀，順手從陪同知縣大人來查案的衙役腰上拔了一柄，揮手擲了過去。白晃晃的刀光掠過半空，那衙役大吃一驚，嚇得臉色慘白。李蓮花伸手接刀卻是渾若無事，一刀向那女屍的裙子劃去。 唰的一聲，裙子被從中割開，方多病嚇了一跳，暗忖死蓮花果然戀屍成癖，連死女人的裙子都要剝下來卻見李蓮花將手中刀一拋，身邊人一片驚呼，方多病定睛一看，忍不住咦了一聲。 地上那具穿著裙子挽著髮髻、被斷去雙手、挖了眼睛又挖了雙乳的女子居然不是女子。 他是個男人。 四、呂陽琴 這並不是什麼和情人相約殉情的小娘子貴體。李蓮花施施然道，他只不過是刮了鬍子、塗了胭脂、又被人挖了眼睛割了胸口斷了手，我等不住關切他的傷口，卻忘了細看他的喉結。他是個男人，還是個生前容貌俊俏、扮起女人來也挺像的男人。 who is he?方多病忍不住問，他竟沒看出來那是個男人，真是奇恥大辱。 李蓮花對他露齒一笑：你想知道？ certainly.方多病皺眉，難道你知道他是誰？ Of course I know.李蓮花正色道，他就是呂陽琴。 方多病張大了嘴巴，目瞪口呆，什麼？ 李蓮花指著地上那具慘不忍睹的屍體：我說，他便是呂陽琴。 聽說那九瓊仙境的藏寶圖的確是在一個叫呂陽琴的人手裡，但你又怎知，地上這具屍首就是呂陽琴呢？知縣大人尖聲細氣地問。 因為這枚金簪。李蓮花指了指地上呂陽琴頭上戴的饕餮銜首金簪，這枚金簪出自於九瓊仙境，這世上除了呂陽琴，還有誰更能合情合理地拿到九瓊仙境裡的東西呢？ 但世上並非只有一種合情合理。知縣居然也能說出一句略有道理的話。 good.李蓮花微微一笑，如果還有一件和九瓊仙境相關，又與呂陽琴相關的證物，就更能證明地上這具屍體便是呂陽琴了。 他的目光流動，在周圍所有的人臉上都看了一遍，方多病瞪眼問道：有那樣的東西？他和李蓮花是同時看到這幾具屍體的，怎麼就從來沒發現有這樣的東西？ 有。李蓮花道，那樣東西大大的有名，叫做縛惡劍。 縛惡劍？方多病大為詫異，你在哪裡看到縛惡劍的？老本公子怎麼沒有看到？ 李蓮花歪頭想了想，欣然道：我猜那東西現在正藏在胡有槐房裡，你和他比較熟，要不你去他房裡找找？ 此言一出，眾人譁然，連一直穩如泰山的肥豬知縣也微微一震，胡有槐更是變了臉色，但臉色變得最多的還是方多病，只見他雙目圓睜的喊道：什麼？ 李蓮花對著胡有槐招了招手，胡有槐面色鐵青，哼了一聲：枉費胡某奉公子為上賓，沒想到公子竟是冤枉好人、信口開河之輩 李蓮花也不生氣，上下看了胡有槐幾眼，突然道：你可知道很久很久以前，有一種東西，叫做人彘？ 胡有槐臉色抽搐了一下，眾店小二兩眼茫然，方多病忍不住道：西漢呂后因劉邦寵信戚夫人，將戚夫人剁去四肢、挖出眼睛、灌銅入耳、割去舌頭，扔在廁所之中，稱作人彘。他看了看地上的屍體，恍然大悟，這 這也是一種人彘，只不過比起戚夫人，他還有腳。李蓮花道，很顯然的，若非恨之入骨，一般人是做不出這種事的。 眾人聽說這等慘事，都是噤若寒蟬，遍體生涼。 只見李蓮花又看了胡有槐一眼，突然又道：你可知道呂陽琴幾年前殺了他貼身婢女？ 胡有槐張口結舌，莫名其妙，一口氣活活忍住，差點沒把他自己給憋死：胡某退出江湖多年 李蓮花欣然打斷他：沒錯，因為你已經退出江湖好多年了，所以不知道呂陽琴用縛惡劍親手殺了他的婢女景兒。那是因為景兒既是他的婢女，又是他的禁臠，可這景兒突然移情別戀，愛上了瀘州大俠劉恒。黑道中人拐帶白道女俠，那便是作奸犯科，白道大俠拐帶黑道妖女，那便是棄暗投明，總而言之，景兒棄暗投明那日被呂陽琴發現，然後給一劍殺了。 他突然說起江湖軼事，沒聽過的聽得倒還津津有味，早聽過的面面相覷，不知為什麼提起此事？ 胡有槐倒是沒聽過，一直到故事聽完方才醒悟，冷笑道：這和胡某有何關係？為何你要栽贓說縛惡劍在我房裡？ 大大的有關。李蓮花正色道，你若知道這段故事，便不會把那靈位留在屋裡，你若不把靈位留在那屋裡，我如何猜得出天字四號房內住的是誰？他拍了拍身邊一位店小二，吩咐他去把四號房裡的牌位拿出來。 那店小二像是怕被冤魂索命般，來去如風。李蓮花解開紅線，露出裡面的牌位愛妻劉景，道：景兒若是嫁給了劉恒，自然也是要姓劉的。這是景兒的牌位，而那位慘死在水井之中的大俠，便是劉恒了。 他又指了指地上的屍體：可想而知，呂陽琴殺了景兒，劉恒恨他入骨。於是劉恒不知用了什麼法子，抓到了呂陽琴，廢了呂陽琴的武功，奪了他的劍，又用他裹劍的紅線來包裹劉景的牌位，再將他弄成人彘，綁到此處。李蓮花想了想，此地是西北往南的必經之地，或許劉恒留下呂陽琴的腳，就是要呂陽琴帶他找到九瓊仙境。 這倒是有道理，前提是，地上這具屍體當真是呂陽琴的話。 大前天夜裡。李蓮花道，劉恒將呂陽琴男扮女裝，綁到此處，住進了天字四號房。本是天衣無縫，沒有人發現呂陽琴變成了這副模樣，西北閻王的追兵也沒有找到這裡，但即使是大俠，下手過於毒辣，也是會遭天譴的。 他指了指樓上：彩華樓的天字房內有機關，裝著專供窺視之用的琉璃鏡。那天夜裡住在天字三號房內的女客偶然發現了畫軸後的琉璃鏡，她看見了隔壁的劉恒和呂陽琴，或許她以為呂陽琴是個可憐的女子，或許她以為劉恒是個手段殘酷的魔頭，總而言之，她破門而入，向劉恒發出了暗器。 方多病想起天字四號房桌上那枚犀角髮簪，點了點頭，那若是作為暗器，便可以解釋它為何插在桌上。 只聽李蓮花又道：於是她和劉恒動起手來。而劉恒擒住了呂陽琴之後，呂陽琴的縛惡劍便落到了劉恒手上，若縛惡劍在劉恒手上，那女客自然不是他的對手。他又指了指樓上，但天字四號房中，牆壁上有一道細如毫髮的破口，表示曾有東西貫牆而入，插得很深，而三號房的女客身上沒有劍傷，只有掌傷，我猜在女客和劉恒動手的時候，呂陽琴將縛惡劍踢到了牆上，導致劉恒無劍在手，和那女客硬拼掌力。 Then?方多病摸了摸鼻子，他很想說李蓮花根本就是在胡扯，但除此之外，他又想不出什麼新鮮花樣，心下甚是惱怒。 李蓮花瞪了他一眼，慢吞吞地道：然後我們便活見了鬼。 ah?方多病又摸了摸鼻子：你是說那個鏡子裡的手？他驀地想起，不對啊！我們在鏡子裡看到女鬼是前天夜裡，你說劉恒和隔壁的女客動手，那是大前天夜裡，時間不對！況且昨日你我都沒有聽到任何人出入，劉恒分明前天夜裡就已經死了，劉恒若是沒死，怎能容許呂陽琴就這樣逃了出來？ 劉恒和隔壁女客動手之後。李蓮花一本正經地道，那女客中了一掌，暈倒房內，劉恒被震出窗口，摔進了水井之中。方多病猛抓自己的頭髮，越聽越糊塗，按照這種說法，這事情和胡有槐確實沒什麼關係，為何李蓮花要說縛惡劍在胡有槐手中？這倒是越聽越像肥豬齊天知縣斷的互毆、意外而死。 眾人質疑的目光紛紛而來，李蓮花不以為忤，繼續道：然而劉恒和那女客兩敗俱傷，卻都沒有死。 方多病失聲道：但劉恒死在了水井之中。他若是摔下去後沒死，現在又怎會在水井之中？ 李蓮花施施然站著，又悠悠環視了眾人一圈，突然目光落在知縣身上，一本正經地問：敢問知縣大人出門住店，喝酒吃飯，看鏡子摸姑娘，可都是帶荷包付銀子的？ 知縣尖聲道：那是當然。 李蓮花轉過身來：連知縣大人吃飯都是要付銀子的，這住在天字四號房裡的兩個大活人，不但渾身上下沒有一個銅板，連他們的房間之內都沒有一個包裹一兩銀子，敢問他們是如何住店、如何吃飯的？ so?知縣居然接腔了。 李蓮花很是捧場，微笑道：所以劉恒身上的東西，必定是被人拿走了，劉恒的屍身還在井內，大家可以過去看看，他全身紅腫，皮膚鼓脹，所以卡在井口，可是他的頭髮、衣服卻是濕的，那是什麼道理？ 可見他皮膚受傷之時，人還活著，還活了不短的時間，傷處遇水紅腫，他才整個人腫了起來。知縣若無其事的道， 李蓮花微笑道：大人果然明察秋毫。他很愉快地看著其他人既釋然、又疑惑的臉，繼續道，從劉恒的屍身可以看出，他曾一度墜入了井中。他全身的擦傷都是因為與井口摩擦而來，全身濕透，是因為他掉進了井底的水中。 原來如此，眾人恍然，所以劉恒當時並沒有死，也就是說，殺死劉恒的另有其人。 而三號房的女客也是如此，她與劉恒對掌，暈了過去，等她醒來之時已是夜晚。她爬了起來，去找牆上的那柄劍，於是點了火摺子去看。李蓮花微笑道，然後順便翻了翻畫軸，看了一下畫軸後面的琉璃鏡。這個時候，便是我和方大少在房間裡見鬼的時候了。 方多病鬆了口氣：所以那真的不是女鬼 李蓮花點頭，喃喃地道：然而她醒的不是時候，她晚醒了一天 方多病道：什麼叫做晚醒一天？ 李蓮花瞪眼道：我說得很清楚，她是在晚上暈倒的，又是在晚上醒來的，自然是昏了一十二個時辰，那便是一天了。 方多病怒道：胡說八道，以你這般口齒不清，能有幾個聽懂你說的等她醒來之時已是夜晚就是說她暈了一十二個時辰？你又怎知她不是暈了半個時辰？ 她若只暈了半個時辰，我倆就是活見鬼了