Chapter One Autumn is crisp and sunny. Magnolia frowned slightly, sitting in the living room downstairs, as if she was contemplating something.Outside the yard, there was a car horn beeping twice, and Mu Xiuzhen came bouncing in with a large package wrapped in old newspapers in her hand. Sister Lanhua, Sister Lanhua, what do you think I bought?She rushed into the living room in one breath, and waved the paper bag in her hand to Magnolia. Magnolia didn't seem very interested. You see, this is a real work of art!Mu Xiuzhen didn't wait for Mulanhua to reply, she opened the paper package, and the contents of the package fell on the carpet. They were six carved wooden heads, which looked a bit like the carvings of the natives in Nanyang, with lines Rough and humble.The carvings are all old people's heads. Although the expressions of each head are different, they all have sad faces. On their faces, it can be seen that life has tortured them.

There is no denying that they are indeed works of art. But Magnolia didn't show appreciation, instead her eyebrows frowned even tighter. What, Miss Lanhua, don't you like it?Mu Xiuzhen's eyes widened. How much did you pay for it? Not expensive, fifty yuan each.Mu Xiuzhen was very proud. well.Magnolia sighed.Xiuzhen, you spend money too casually. how?Mu Xiuzhen pouted.Apparently she wasn't happy about Magnolia's accusations.Don't we still have a lot of money?Two hundreds.What is it? Mulanhua picked up a piece of paper on the coffee table, waved it to Mu Xiuzhen, and said, "Look, this is the bank statement. We still have 800 yuan to spare, so I'll spend 300 yuan for you. There are five hundred yuan left, what should I do?

ha!Mu Xiuzhen clapped her hands and jumped up, there is a lot of ill-gotten wealth in this world, are we afraid that we will not get it? nonsense!Mulan suddenly scolded in a deep voice, her face was sombre, and she looked very dignified. Mu Xiuzhen couldn't help sticking out her tongue, she didn't dare to make any more noise, she hurriedly cleaned up the carved wooden heads on the ground, and ran upstairs, but she just ran up the stairs, but came down again, and conveniently put one of them on the piano , turned back and made a grimace at Magnolia, and then ran upstairs. Mulanhua sighed softly. Indeed, considering her skills, it would be too easy to get some ill-gotten gains from some nouveau riche in the city, but she didn't bother to do it.She didn't even bother to ask for help, but what should she do?More than five hundred yuan won't last long!

She stood up, paced a few steps in the living room, and then walked out again. She just stepped down the stone steps when she suddenly froze. Outside the iron gate, there was a man standing. Magnolia had never seen that person before.The man was tall and strong, but he had only one leg, the left leg.Under his right side is a very crude crutch.He has a rough face, as if he has done a lot of hard work in a place where the conditions are very difficult.Because of his dark and rough skin, it was hard to tell his age, which country he was from. The man was standing outside the iron gate of Mulanhua's residence, looking into the house. Mulanhua was stunned for a moment, then walked out the door.

At first she thought it was a beggar.However, she only took one step down the stone steps.The one-legged man stepped back quickly. Even though he only has one leg, he moved very quickly. By the time Magnolia reached the door, the one-legged man had already turned the corner. Magnolia stood outside the door for a while, and then returned to the house. She took an automatic camera to shoot a frame every three minutes, and put it on the concrete pillar next to the iron gate. The lamp shade covers the camera. Miss Lanhua, what are you doing?Mu Xiuzhen stood at the door of the living room and asked loudly.

Nothing, it seems that a suspicious one-legged man is spying on us. Hmph, he must be impatient!Mu Xiuzhen shook her head. Mulanhua returned to the house, she saw the wooden statue on the piano, and she patted Mu Xiuzhen on the shoulder.Laughing: You didn't annoy me just now, did you? No, Mu Xiuzhen laughed.But the other five wooden heads suffered.I'm angry.Throw them into the deepest part of the attic. Then you still annoy me. No, Mu Xiuzhen raised her hand to swear, I'm not annoyed at you at all, just annoyed that I can go anywhere.I just wanted to visit the antique street, so I bought those six wooden heads.

Already bought it, so forget it.Magnolia comforted her, walked to the front of the piano, and lifted the piano cover.A melodious serenade popped out at the same time.While admiring the sad expression of the wooden head. When there are no adventures, the lives of Mulan and Mu Xiuzhen are very normal. Mulan has a strict schedule. What she needs to learn in a day is almost equal to the sum of science and liberal arts college students. s things.All have a strong interest, which is why she has such a wide range of knowledge. The next morning, Mulan took down the video camera and entered her own dark room. Half an hour later, she came out with a large roll of film.

Xiuzhen, come and see.She put the movie film on the projector, and the projector squeaked, and a jumping picture appeared on the opposite wall.Because the film is shown every three minutes, a bicycle slowly passed by their door, and it seemed to be as fast as a rocket. Suddenly, Magnolia pressed the pause button.The screen is frozen.One could clearly see a one-legged man looking in front of the iron gate, with a very anxious expression on his rough face. The film continued to show, and the one-legged man appeared continuously, and according to the time, he did not leave until after midnight.

What does this one-legged man want to do?Mu Xiuzhen was full of doubts. I don't know either, but I guess he will come again tonight, Xiuzhen, are you interested in lying in ambush in the bushes next to the door, waiting for his arrival? Of course there is!Mu Xiuzhen shouted excitedly. It had been more than half a month since they came back from Arabia. For the restless Mu Xiuzhen, this was almost intolerable. All right, but you can't mess around without my orders.You remember that when I uttered the nightingale's song, you were with me.Magnolia uttered a series of melodious nightingale calls.

I see!Mu Xiuzhen raised her hand. That day, she looked up at least a thousand times, hoping that it would get dark soon, while Magnolia continued to work and study as usual. It was dark at last, and it was a gloomy night. Magnolia and Mu Xiuzhen hid in the bushes next to the door when it got dark, waiting for the one-legged man to return. However, time passed bit by bit, but the one-legged man did not come. It was almost midnight, and Mu Xiuzhen got impatient several times and was about to rush out, but Magnolia didn't make a nightingale call, so she could only wait patiently. Magnolia is also a little impatient.She looked at her watch, it was already 0:30.

She was ready to give up the ambush, and she was just about to let out the sound of nightingale, beckoning Mu Xiuzhen to go into the house together.However, at this moment, in the darkness, there was a strange cry. Even a brave person like Mulanhua couldn't help but stand on end when she heard such a strange cry!This is clearly the sound made by a person, but the sound is so shrill, it doesn't seem like it can be made by human beings! Mulanhua stood up abruptly, and Mu Xiuzhen also stood up. The two of them moved quickly together. That scream came out a second time, and then, a person yelled a word. It was a sentence in German: No, don't do this to me. Then, that ugly and shrill voice shouted again: Fire Dragon, it's Fire Dragon, Project 710 The caller was still in German, and when he uttered the words "710 Project", his voice also fell silent.Mu Lanhua and Mu Xiuzhen ran forward at the highest speed. The place where they live is in the suburbs, and there is only one street light every fifty feet.When they passed two street lamps, they saw the one-legged man in the dim light of the third lamp. The one-legged man fell to the road, curled up in a ball. When Mulanhua and Mu Xiuzhen ran up to him, Mu Xiuzhen couldn't help but screamed and turned her head away! That's not Mu Xiuzhen's fault, but just because of the look on that one-legged man's face, it's too terrifying!His eyes were protruding, his tongue was half stuck out, blood dripped from his eyes, it was even more shocking to see under the dim light! He is clearly dead! Mulanhua pulled Mu Xiuzhen and took a step back. She knew that the death of the one-legged man must be related to something extraordinary, and it might be related to herself. But even though her mind was very sharp, she couldn't figure out what the extraordinary thing was at this moment, and what kind of connection it had with her.After pulling Mu Xiuzhen away, she immediately took out a small flashlight and shone it on the one-legged man. Under the light of the flashlight, the expression of the one-legged man before death was even more terrifying.Magnolia was almost certain immediately that the one-legged man died of poisoning, because there was a black spike pierced on his left cheek.Magnolia put on a pair of very thin rubber gloves, carefully pulled out the spike, and put it into a small leather bag. She searched the one-legged man again.The one-legged man had almost nothing on him except some change, and there were a dozen cigarette butts in a cigarette case.When Magnolia was about to throw it away, she suddenly saw that there seemed to be a broken piece of paper at the bottom of the cigarette case.Magnolia hurriedly put it away again. While searching for the one-legged man, Mulan even saw a tattooed letter on the left wrist of the one-legged man.After the letter, there is a number. But this part of the skin has obviously been pricked, so the letters and numbers are blurred. Mulanhua turned around, and Mu Xiuzhen was able to speak, and said, "Sister Lanhua, we are moving. Don't talk nonsense! You see, the one-legged man died so horribly that if he were to become a ghost, we'd be the closest Isn't that better?Magnolia was very angry and funny, and said: You fight with people all day long, and when you fight with ghosts, how good would it be? Do not make jokes!Mu Xiuzhen turned pale, we should notify the police. No, the body will be discovered tomorrow morning. Director Fang and Gao Xiang, because of the mayor's wife's lost treasure case, have always been embarrassed to meet us. They will definitely take this opportunity to ask us something . Sister Lanhua, you seem to have taken something from a dead person just now? Yes, a poisoned needle, that's what killed One Leg, and a small piece of paper Oh, look, what's written on the piece of paper? At this time, the two of them were already walking home.According to Magnolia's way of doing things, she must wait until she gets home before checking what is written on the piece of paper. But Mu Xiuzhen was very anxious, she said it several times, and Mulanhua had to take out the cigarette case. The piece of paper was only three inches square, and it was extremely worn out, and the words written on it could hardly be read clearly.Magnolia stopped.She read the words on the paper. It was in German, and Mu Xiuzhen couldn't understand it. What, say something? Words on paper are meaningless, it says Magnolia had just said this, when suddenly, behind the lamp post, a person sprang out! In order for Magnolia to read the words on the piece of paper, she was standing against the lamp post. Magnolia never imagined that there would be people behind the lamppost! The man who came out from behind the lamppost was very tall and agile. He punched Mulanhua's waist. But when she avoided it, her arms couldn't help but raised upwards. The tall man stretched out his hand and snatched more than half of the paper from Mulanhua's hand. Mu Xiuzhen gave a strange cry and slapped her hand , hit the man on the shoulder, the man suddenly turned to the side, rolled, and rolled into the grass beside the road. Mu Xiuzhen was still waiting to chase, but Mulanhua held her back. After the man fell into the grass, he jumped up again, ran forward for about ten yards, picked up a motorcycle that had been laid down on the ground, rode on it, and galloped away.