Chapter 167 He Is Bad (Please Subscribe, 8000)

The sound was miserable, like the cry of a crow, unpleasant and noisy.

The man thrust his hand into his chest, blood flowed down his wrist, his face showed pain, and there was a bit of mockery in the pain.

"You think you can control everything, you think that after coming here, it will be as smooth as before, but you think too much, this only clue is gone, how can you find us?"

"Wow!"

Before Xu Bai approached, a bloody heart was taken out by this man and held in his hand. The next moment, the heart exploded directly, and the man fell to the ground, no longer breathing.

The poisonous insects on the ground turned into ashes and dissipated completely, and the books that were gnawed also turned into flying ashes all over the sky.

Xu Bai walked up quickly, looked at the scene in front of him, and remained silent.

"It's really a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain." Wuhua sighed.

Now that this scene has appeared, even if you use your feet to think clearly, the other party does not seem to intend to deal with them directly. The poison that the people were poisoned with just now is all to make them leave the state government.

And in the state government, an important thing has been damaged, which is the book that the man just mentioned.

At this moment, it is a mess, and it is impossible to restore it.

Because the book and the poisonous insect have turned into debris and ashes all over the sky, leaving only this corpse.

Xu Bai raised his hand, and the golden compass appeared, but the pointer on it did not change at all, and it was weakly placed aside.

Waving his hand, dispersing the golden compass in front of him, Xu Bai still did not speak, but his eyes were full of boundless coldness and murderous intent.

Indeed, this time he really did not expect that the other party would actually set his sights on the state government, and used the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain.

It seems that all connections have been cut off, and the golden compass can't calculate.

"Master Ying." Xu Bai pondered, "Do you know which book was lost?"

Something is gone, but it doesn't mean there are no clues. He wants to see which book it is.

Yingzhou Ling was slightly stunned, but soon understood Xu Bai's meaning, and walked into a room quickly. After a while, he came out with an embarrassed expression on his face.

"These are not the books I brought. I will bring my own books when I take office, but I know all those books clearly."

"If it's me, I don't know. It can only be the books brought by the state government, but I haven't read many of them."

A state magistrate naturally has a lot of books in his place, and they are brought by the state.

As for the types of these books, they are all related to Lingyunzhou.

"You are the magistrate of a state here, and you haven't even finished reading the books?" Xu Bai frowned.

As a state magistrate, he must be a scholar, otherwise he would not be in this position. The most important thing for a scholar is to read books, but now he is told that many books have not been finished, which is unreasonable.

Yingzhou Ling smiled bitterly and said, "Lord Xu, after I took office, many people gave me gifts under various pretexts. They were not expensive because they knew I did not like to receive gifts, so they gave me some books."

"But after taking office, my schedule was very busy. Every day was packed. If I had some free time to read a few words, it would be considered leisure."

"I am really ashamed. I really can't finish it."

As he spoke, Yingzhou Ling showed a look of shame on his face.

Indeed, a scholar who does not read books will be laughed at if he talks about it outside, but he knows in his heart that after doing this job, what he has to do is to focus on the country, and some of his hobbies have long been forgotten.

"Oh, Lord Xu!" Yingzhou Ling suddenly thought of something and said, "More than 90% of these books were given to me by them, but I have a characteristic. If I record everything they gave me, I might be able to find something."

"Since the other party did this, it must not be the books they gave you." Xu Bai said, "It would be good to check it out."

Yingzhou Ling nodded and walked into the room with Xu Bai and others.

After entering, Xu Bai saw that a bookshelf inside was in disarray, and many books were thrown on the ground. It seemed that he didn't know where the other party took them from.

Yingzhou Ling was holding an account book in his hand and was constantly digging on the ground, obviously wanting to check the number.

After a while, he sighed, stood up from the ground, and shook his head to indicate that he had not found anything.

Xu Bai touched his chin and fell into thought.

He didn't have much hope for this method. After all, the other party was not a stupid person and could not be careless about such details, so he just wanted to give it a try.

Now it seems that this method is really useless, but it is better than nothing.

"Lord Xu, in your opinion, what should we do now?" Yingzhou Ling asked.

Such a big event has never happened within his jurisdiction, but it suddenly happened now.

The so-called Gu Shen Cult actually dared to attack ordinary people. This is really a taboo for His Majesty. If he doesn't handle it well, the emperor will be furious and he will not be able to escape.

If he handles it well, he will get a blessing in disguise. Even if there is no reward, at least he will not be punished severely.

Xu Bai shook his head and said, "I have no other way."

At present, he can get too few clues, and the only clue was intercepted by the other party first. If you ask him what he can do, he has no way.

He is not omnipotent, and he can come up with flowers just by thinking about it.

But one thing is certain, that is, these people will never let him go. As long as he is still here, the other party will definitely make some moves, but now he is in a real passive position, and Xu Bai doesn't like this feeling.

"Do you have any ideas?"

Everyone shook their heads and said that there was no way.

A good cook cannot cook without rice. If there are clues, they can still analyze them, but if there are no clues, there is no way to talk about anything.

Xu Bai walked back and forth in the same place, with his arms folded, thinking constantly in his mind, sorting out what happened today.

"First, the other party wants to destroy the corpse and cover up all traces. The things here will definitely expose them, so they don't want me to see them."

"Second, the other party does want to make a big move, at least this big move is related to the mark on my body."

"Although I can't see where the mark is, and others can't see it, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. After all, it is information obtained through the confusion of music, and it can't be false."

"But the key to the problem is who is the one who breaks the situation. My Feng Shui arithmetic can't figure it out, proving that the other party has completely cut off all the retreat routes this time."

"Wait, it seems that there are clues that can break the situation."

Xu Bai's eyes swept over everyone.

Wuhua didn't know, Ye Zi didn't know either, as for Miao Xiao, forget it.

Looking at her like this, unless it is related to the Gu worm, there is no way at all.

Where are the Gu worms now?

They all turned to ashes, and only the corpse outside seemed to have some effect.

Wait, the corpse!

Xu Bai suddenly thought of something, turned to look at Yingzhou Ling, and asked: "The woman from the corpse collector's lineage should still be in the mansion now, right?"

Yingzhou Ling didn't know why Xu Bai asked this question, but nodded and said that she was still in the mansion.

As for escorting the woman to the capital, he definitely didn't have time, because this incident happened early this morning, and he had no time to rush to the capital directly.

"Let's just try it out, Lord Ying, take us to see her." Xu Bai said.

Yingzhou Ling nodded, took Xu Bai and others out of the room, walked through a secluded corridor, and finally came to another room and opened the door of the room.

This room is particularly elegantly decorated, and every part is full of the unique style of scholars. Even if an ordinary person stays here for a night, it will be like a spring breeze.

Xu Bai walked into the room, his sight echoed in the room, and finally, he found the poor woman huddled in the corner.

The woman herself is a person in the industry. Even if she is crazy, her own recovery ability is still much stronger than that of ordinary people.

The wounds on her body have healed and scarred. Although it still looks scary, it has improved a lot.

At this moment, the woman curled up in the corner, shivering with her head down, as if she was extremely scared. After experiencing those horrible experiences, it would be fake if she was not scared.

After hearing the sound of the door opening, the woman's head, which had been buried in her knees, suddenly raised up. Her empty eyes saw Xu Bai, and she crawled to Xu Bai with her hands and feet, as if she was particularly excited.

However, when she came to one meter in front of Xu Bai, she stopped again, and dared only to look at Xu Bai from a distance, not daring to get close.

Although the woman did not show fear when she rescued this woman before, this time after such a long time, there must be some changes.

Just like now, with a trace of fear and curiosity.

"Don't be afraid, I came here to take you out to see." Xu Bai stretched out his hand.

In the eyes of everyone, Xu Bai at this moment no longer had a trace of murderous aura, and the terrifying aura on his body was gone, replaced by a gentleness, just like the water at the bottom of the lake, which has not changed for many years.

Miao Xiao covered her mouth to prevent herself from screaming, and a huge wave of emotion was already rising in her heart.

She had seen Xu Bai show his power, and she had seen it all. On that night, Xu Bai held a black knife in his hand, as if he was a demon from the human world, and even the darkness had to retreat.

But now Xu Bai was gentle and elegant, just like a piece of white paper without any ink stains, with no utilitarian nature, just stretched out his hand, stood there quietly, and did not move at all.

Gentle, but strange.

"If those who know his title see him now, they will probably drop their jaws."

"A man as terrifying as an evil ghost, a man who frightens the world, is now like a piece of white jade."

"Master Xu is worthy of being someone I admire. Even without that murderous aura, he is so dazzling."

Sometimes, in front of fanatical fans, even if their idols squat on the ground regardless of their image, they will think this posture is very handsome, and Miao Xiao is in this situation at the moment.

The woman had a terrible scar on her face, tilted her head, and her eyes were still empty, but she slowly raised her right hand and was approaching Xu Bai's palm.

The hands were closer, and the gradually approaching hands seemed to slow down at this moment, making everyone take a breath.

When the two hands were held together, Xu Bai smiled, and the smile was very gentle.

Perhaps the memory of the previous life was still affecting him, or perhaps it was the principle that was affecting him. In short, when he saw this vulnerable person who was hurt, he couldn't move a trace of murderous intent.

The two hands approached and gradually held together. Xu Bai saw this woman. Although the woman's eyes were empty, there was a slight arc at the corner of her mouth, as if she was smiling.

"Come with me to see." Xu Bai pulled the woman and slowly walked outside.

Ye Zi and others followed behind and came to the yard.

The body in the yard was still lying on the ground. At this moment, due to the weather, it did not stiffen quickly.

Xu Bai pointed at the body on the ground and asked, "Can you see anything?"

He knew that the woman in front of him was crazy, but he always wanted to give it a try. After all, the only difference at present was that there was this woman.

So the questions just now were asked as simply as possible. If the other party could understand, that would be the best.

It's always right to try. If you can't find it, forget it. If you can find it, it's a profit.

The woman continued to tilt her head and stare at the body in front of her, as if she was thinking about something.

She stood behind Xu Bai all the time and did not walk forward.

Xu Bai led her and was very patient. If he could find a clue, he would be even more patient.

The woman didn't say anything all the time. She just looked at the body on the ground. She seemed to feel a little annoyed. Suddenly, she raised her hand and waved it gently.

This action seemed simple, but when she used it, the body on the ground moved.

In front of everyone, the body without a heart suddenly twitched, as if it was not dead.

The corpse's eyes were tightly closed, and its mouth was wide open, maintaining the appearance before death.

But it was twitching for no reason, giving people an extremely weird feeling.

The next moment, the corpse suddenly turned its hands over and supported itself on the ground. With the force, it changed from lying to standing.

Except for the tightly closed eyes, wide open mouth and bloody hole in the chest, with a bloody visual experience, it was like a person.

The woman let go of Xu Bai's hand, and then ran to the crushed heart and picked up the heart bit by bit.

At this moment, the woman's empty eyes finally changed, and she seemed to have regained some spirit. Her expression became particularly sacred. Not only sacred, Xu Bai also saw a trace of other emotions.

——Awe.

That's right, it was awe, this kind of awe was produced by the corpse in front of him.

"The corpse collectors believe that no matter how the deceased was in life, they will only be a corpse after death, and they maintain sufficient respect for the corpse." Ye Zi said softly: "This is also the reason why neither the good nor the evil will disturb them, because they are very... very..."

After saying "very" for a long time, Ye Zi could not find an adjective to describe the scene at this moment.

"Pure." Xu Bai looked at the solemnity and awe on the woman's face, and did not disturb her to sort out the broken heart, saying: "It's just to make sure that the corpse has a place to be buried after death."

Ye Zi nodded vigorously, as if Xu Bai's words touched her heart.

Even though the woman was crazy, she still did not forget her responsibilities. The bloody heart in her hand was no longer scary, and it was gradually pieced together.

There was no thread or needle, but the corpse collectors had their unique means. The broken heart did not need to be sutured, but it was glued together by itself, including some broken flesh and blood.

The woman held the heart as if she was holding a sacred object, and slowly put it into the chest of the corpse.

Including the broken flesh and blood, she carefully sorted them out.

Then, the woman suddenly covered her head and screamed miserably.

Xu Bai was stunned. This scene was beyond his cognition.

He tried to activate his true energy. After careful sensing, his face changed drastically: "No, she is recovering her memory!"

A woman who had disturbed her soul by herself was recovering. If this statement was released, everyone who heard it might be surprised.

Xu Bai couldn't explain it. Just like some vegetative people who had been in a coma for many years, there would always be cases of waking up, which were all inexplicable.

"Maybe it's because a corpse was rearranged." He thought.

But now is not the time to recover.

The reason why Xu Bai said it was not good was because once it recovered, the pain would inevitably come like a tidal wave.

This was not physical pain, but mental torture.

What does a woman care about most?

There is no need to say more.

Now, can a woman withstand this blow?

Xu Bai wanted to stop her, but he stopped in the end.

"Maybe this is her own idea. In any case, I have no right to interfere with her recovery of memory."

The woman screamed one after another, holding her head and rolling on the ground. Her soul was recovering bit by bit. Xu Bai was proficient in this. Although his level was not high, he knew it was a miracle.

Just like the miracle of a vegetative person regaining consciousness in his previous life.

After about an incense stick of time, the woman turned her face up to the sky, with endless pain in her eyes.

She didn't scream, but the pain in her eyes did not subside at all.

Xu Bai thought about it, walked over slowly, and stretched out his hand to the woman.

The woman turned her eyes, tears flowed from her scarred face, and finally reached out her hand, held Xu Bai's palm, and climbed up from the ground with difficulty.

The next moment, the woman leaned on Xu Bai's shoulder and cried loudly.

The tears fell silently, and the crying was so loud that the whole yard could hear it.

Some yamen runners came in from outside, but were stopped by Yingzhou Ling with a look, so they quickly retreated.

Xu Bai held the woman's shoulders and said nothing.

She could still cry, proving that she had no intention of dying.

He was just thinking about whether he should stop her if she wanted to commit suicide, but now it seems that he thought too much.

This woman was stronger than he thought, and crying was just a way to vent.

Gradually, the crying became smaller.

The woman let go of her hand, raised her head, and her eyes were slightly bright.

"They are all dead, I killed them." Xu Bai had never seen such a scene, so he didn't know how to start, and could only say according to his pattern: "That old man, you killed him with a knife."

"Thank you." The woman nodded, her expression was gloomy, but her tone was very calm.

Although Xu Bai had never encountered such a scene, he was not a person with a bag in his head, and it was impossible for him to ask something he shouldn't ask at this time.

For example, are you okay, or have you survived, these questions are just exposing people's scars.

He didn't speak, and neither did anyone else, because there was really nothing to say now. Everyone knew that the suffering this woman had endured was earth-shattering.

If it were anyone else, they wouldn't necessarily be able to bear it, let alone this corpse collector.

The woman seemed to know what everyone was thinking, and said, "I've seen it all. You helped me kill them. Thank you. I also know what you're looking for. Although I'm crazy, I can remember everything after meeting you.

You're strange. Your background makes me feel scared, but there's also a sense of peace. Even though I was confused, I was still sober at that time.

It was just that there was a lack of an opportunity at that time, and this opportunity was for me to pick up the skills of a corpse collector again. Now the opportunity has been achieved."

The words were filled with language that no one could understand, but to sum it up, it was a simple statement.

She was able to wake up entirely because of Xu Bai, and when she came into contact with Xu Bai, she was actually already sober. She could see everything that came later, but there was still a lack of an opportunity, and the opportunity was now.

As for why these things happened and why there was this opportunity, even this woman couldn't explain it clearly, let alone others.

Xu Bai: "_"

Even these professionals couldn't understand it, how could he understand it?

In short, it should be Xiao Jin's credit.

The woman just explained it briefly and changed the subject: "I was arranged by you in the house. When I heard the noise, I found that the man came to get the book. I looked outside. The man looked at me and was very scared, so he ran out directly."

After hearing this, Xu Bai thought about it in his heart and had a reason.

The dead man should be the Gu Shen Cult. Combined with the previous fight with Miao Zheng, the corpse collector seems to be the natural enemy of the Gu Shen Cult.

In this way, it is normal to be afraid.

"In other words, do you know which book he took away?" Xu Bai asked.

The woman nodded vigorously and said, "I know, the book is called Lingyunzhou Poetry Collection."

"Poetry Collection?" Xu Bai repeated it.

In this day and age, all scholars must be well-educated. There are many scholars in every place. They love to recite poems and write couplets, so it is normal to have poetry collections.

"I remember that this poetry collection is a specialty of Lingyunzhou. When the previous person left, he didn't take it with him." Yingzhou Ling said.

Xu Bai always felt that something was wrong and secretly glanced at Yingzhou Ling.

But now there are clues, just go and find it. The poetry collection is a specialty of Lingyunzhou. If so, it should be found everywhere here, but I don't know if it is different from the destroyed one.

"I will send someone to find a poetry collection immediately." Yingzhou Ling said.

Xu Bai shook his head and said, "You don't need to find it, just in case there are still people from the Gushen Cult who want to interfere. You are a great help. Wuhua, go find one."

Wuhua was slightly stunned when he heard this, but he quickly reacted. After exchanging glances with Xu Bai secretly, he agreed and went out directly.

A moment later, Wuhua came back from outside with a thick book in his hand. He handed it to Xu Bai and said that it could be bought anywhere in Lingyunzhou.

Xu Bai picked up the book and flipped through it casually. It was full of poems and songs, but he looked confused and couldn't see anything.

"If there are things about scholars that need to be solved, I have some ways. Why don't you let me study it." Yingzhou Ling said.

Xu Bai nodded and said, "I really feel confused when I see this thing. When Lord Ying figures it out, tell me."

Yingzhou Ling hummed and was about to agree, but suddenly reacted and asked, "Lord Xu, don't you want to join us?"

Xu Bai turned his head and said, "No, I really can't read it. Lord Ying, just tell me when you figure it out."

"Okay."

Seeing that Xu Bai was determined to do so, Yingzhou Ling did not force him.

Since there was nothing to do for the time being, let Yingzhou Ling deal with the aftermath, and Xu Bai and the others returned to their respective rooms.

After the woman recovered, she did not stay.

But before returning to the room, Wuhua and Miao Xiao walked into Xu Bai's house.

Ye Zi still felt a little confused and didn't understand.

But seeing that his son didn't say anything, he naturally didn't ask more.

"Mr. Xu, be careful that there are ears on the other side of the wall." Wuhua said in a low voice, handing over a collection of poems.

Bought two collections of poems?

There are ears on the other side of the wall?

Seeing this scene, Ye Zi finally understood what they were doing.

Obviously, this was because they were worried about Yingzhou Ling.

Only Miao Xiao looked confused...

Who am I?

Where am I?

Why are these two people talking nonsense?

Xu Bai ignored Miao Xiao's expression, came to the table, poured tea on the table, and slowly wrote.

"I felt something was wrong just now. Even if he was busy with official duties and had no time to read, a scholar would definitely pay attention to the collection of poems. As a result, he didn't notice that the collection of poems was gone."

"This made me suspicious. Later, I remembered what happened today. So many people were poisoned, but he didn't tell us and ran out to check first."

"Can I suspect that he is afraid to stay here. If something happens, I will ask him not to move around, and then no one will steal the book naturally."

A series of words were written on the table by Xu Bai. After everyone saw it clearly, he waved his sleeves and the water in front of him was dispersed.

Ye Zi dipped his hands in the water and wrote: "According to your opinion, we should also study it to see if we can figure it out?"

Xu Bai shook his head and continued to write: "No, I don't have the time to find clues. I just want to find an item that can calculate something."

He is not a professional puzzle solver, not to mention a scholar. How can he find clues easily?

But it doesn't matter, he has skills.

A golden light appeared on Xu Bai's finger.

The next moment, a golden compass appeared in the air. With Xu Bai's guidance, he began to calculate with the poetry collection in front of him.

The pointer began to spin wildly, proving that there was indeed a relationship, but its rotation frequency was not high, and it did not stabilize for a long time.

After a while, Xu Bai did not continue to calculate, because there were too few clues and he could not calculate it.

In fact, it was also very simple. After all, this poetry collection was bought casually. It was rare to be able to calculate the relationship.

But it didn't matter. Xu Bai calculated again, this time he used Yingzhou Ling as a guide.

The pointer turned again, and finally stopped after a long time, and the direction it pointed to was exactly the direction of Yingzhou Ling's room.

This was his idea. First use the poetry collection to see if it can be calculated. If it can be calculated, it would be the best.

If it can't be calculated, then change to the second method.

Now it seems that it really can't be calculated.

Then use the second method, directly calculate the Yingzhou Order.

And the result is very obvious, he calculated it, it is indeed related to the Yingzhou Order.

Wuhua was watching from the side and saw the signs. He dipped some water and wrote on the table: "Let's use his tricks to see what tricks he can use?"

Xu Bai raised his mouth and wrote: "What tricks, just go and do it!"

What a joke, how to use his tricks in this situation?

The other party has only two answers. The first one is to tell them that they have not figured it out, then everything will be in vain.

The second one is to give them a wrong direction, which is wrong in the first place, and no matter how he uses his tricks, it is wrong.

In this case, if you know that the other party has a problem, just go and catch him directly, and there is no need for a reason.

But this person is a state order after all, they still have to solve it as quickly as possible.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai called them over and assigned their respective tasks.

Miao Xiao was the most confused, but when he heard that he had a mission, he came over excitedly.

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On the other side, Yingzhou Ling sat on a chair with a livid face, looking at the collection of poems in front of him.

"Assholes, these people are really assholes, they dared to attack those people!"

"What did you ask me to help them? I have helped them to this extent, but they almost let these people die. I can't escape by then!"

"But what should I do next?"

"Those bastards of the Gushen Cult are so crazy. It's a pity. If I wasn't worried that Xu Bai would find clues, I could continue to study the book."

Yingzhou Ling roared in his heart, and it took a while for him to calm down.

He looked at the collection of poems in his hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and thought to himself.

"Fortunately, except for my oldest collection of poems, I can't find any clues in the others. I just need to fool around and say that I haven't figured it out."

"But I still have to be careful. Xu Bai is not a pushover."

Thinking of this, Yingzhou Ling was thinking about what excuse to use tomorrow.

Just at this moment, a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

"Who?" Yingzhou Ling put down the book in his hand.

Xu Bai's voice came from outside the door.

"Master Ying, I have found something here. Please open the door quickly. We may leave tomorrow. Let me discuss it with you first."

Yingzhou Ling was stunned. Discovery?

Impossible!

How could there be a discovery?

He was a little confused, but since he had come to ask, he still walked up to open the door.

"Master Xu, please come in."

Xu Bai smiled and walked in.

Ye Zi and others followed behind and entered the house.

Yingzhou Ling closed the door, turned around and was about to speak, but a black knife came towards him.

Within ten chapters, we will arrive in the capital. These chapters will be a major change for the golden finger.