Gulls…gulls…In the blue sky and blue sea, a few seagulls were chirping around a white shadow.
After taking a closer look, he realized that the white shadow was an exquisite three-masted ship. It had white sails, a long and narrow hull, and solid and smooth wood. It gave people a sense of stability, speed, and magnificence.
Chu Liuxiang stood on the deck, her brows creased into a frown.
His eyebrows were thick and long, filled with a rough masculine charm. His clear eyes were so elegant. His straight nose symbolized his determination and determination. His thin lips curled up, looking a little cold. However, as long as he smiled, his determination would turn into gentleness, and his coldness would turn into sympathy. It was like a warm spring breeze blowing across the earth.
But at this moment, Chu Liuxiang looked at the five corpses in front of her and actually had a trace of a sigh on her face.
On the deck of the ship, there were actually five corpses neatly arranged. As long as it was a person from the martial world, they would definitely scream when they saw one of them.
'Killer Scholar' Xi Men Qian,'Seven Stars Soul Seizing' Zuo Youzheng, Master Spiritual Vulture of the Three Swords of Hainan, the former 'King of the Desert' Zhan Muhe, and a fake Holy Water palace maid. Even the worst of them, Zuo Youzheng, was a big shot in the martial arts world. If the news were to spread, who knew what kind of commotion it would cause!
"…Five unrelated people died in the same place at the same time!‘Holy Water Palace, the One Heavenly Divine Water had actually been mysteriously stolen! A dignified and quiet girl from the Holy Water Palace who never speaks to men is actually pregnant and willing to take the risk to steal treasures for others. These three things definitely don't seem to have anything to do with each other, but they just have to be entangled together…"
Chu Liuxiang couldn't help but think of the Holy Water Palace's emissary, Gong Nanyan, whom she had just met. No matter who it was, when the Holy Water Palace ordered them to give an explanation within a time limit, they would always feel like trouble was knocking on their doors.
However, Chu Liuxiang was not an ordinary person. On the contrary, he was born to be a busybody. After seeing this, even if the Holy Water Palace did not look for him, he would still go and uncover the mystery himself. Otherwise, he would not be able to sleep for the rest of the month.
" Rongrong…" Chu Liuxiang touched her nose and sighed,""You haven't recovered from your illness, but I have to ask you to do something…"
The person he called Rongrong was a sickly beauty. She was wearing a soft and loose robe that draped over the deck, covering her feet. The setting sun reflected her loose bun, her clear eyes, and her gentle smile. She looked like a fairy from heaven who had left the mortal world for a long time. She was one of Chu Liuxiang's three female confidants, Su Rongrong!
"I'm much better now!" Su Rongrong smiled sweetly. Do you really think I'm so weak?”
"Do you want me to go to the Holy Water Palace and ask my aunt to see what kind of men can enter and leave the Holy Water Palace? Also, how did the One Heavenly Divine Water go missing?”
Chu Liuxiang looked at her gently and said,""But your body…"
Su Rongrong gently covered his mouth and smiled."I already know what you want to say…After I leave, what about you?”
"Seven days later, I'll be waiting for you at the Wind and Rain Pavilion by Daming Lake in Jinan." But before that, we should eat first. We can't waste Tian 'er's good intentions, right?”
"Cover it, it's so scary!"
The long braids in the cabin door flashed along with Ling Long's delicate body, revealing a light brown oval face that was pouting coquettishly. Coupled with a pair of big black and white eyes, it looked charming and playful.
She was speaking in the dialect of Guangdong. The sweet language of a southern girl, mumbling and speaking softly, sounded like a different kind of style and taste.
Li Hongxiu raised her hands and smiled."Heavens, Tian 'er, can't you say something that others can understand?”
Song Tian 'er poked her head out of the cabin door and made a funny face. She smiled and said,"I know you don't like to listen, so I insisted on telling you.”
She seemed to be extremely frightened by the dead man, only revealing half of her head before quickly shrinking back.
Li Hongxiu put her palms together and bowed to Bodhisattva.""Thank God. Although Miss Tian is very brave and no one can control her, there are still dead people who can control her.”
"Sister Rong! Hong Xiu is bullying me!"
Song Tian 'er hid in the cabin and stomped her feet. Su Rongrong covered her mouth and smiled. Chu Liuxiang immediately found a piece of canvas and covered the five bodies.
Only then did Song Tian 'er dare to come to the deck. Although she was petite, she was holding a large plate in her hand. On it were two roasted yellow pigeons, two slices of lemon, a few slices of juicy beef, half a white chicken, a steamed fish, a large bowl of thick tomato soup, two cups of preserved rice, and a full glass of purple-red wine. Water droplets had condensed outside the glass, as if it had been frozen for a long time, emitting an alluring fragrance.
She pouted and said,"Sister Rong is the best. She doesn't bully people like Hong Xiu!"”
Li Hongxiu clapped her hands and laughed." Come and listen. Our sweet girl has finally spoken the official language."”
Chu Liuxiang wisely didn't get involved. Instead, she carefully squeezed the lemon juice onto the pigeon and took another sip of wine.
He had always had a good appetite and hated to waste food, especially when it was carefully cooked by Tian 'er.
"You still have an appetite…" Su Rongrong shook her head.
She suddenly stopped talking and looked at the distant sea without moving.
Li Hongxiu looked over and saw an exquisite small boat floating over. A person stood at the bow of the boat. There were no oars or sails, but the small boat seemed to be pulled by an invisible force under the sea and approached the stern of the sailboat.
"Chu Liuxiang, long time no see…"
The figure floated up to the deck and sat opposite Chu Liuxiang, biting the pigeon that had been squeezed with lemon juice.
Ye Qiu ate very quickly. After the two pigeons were in his stomach, the beef and white chicken disappeared. Chu Liuxiang tightly protected the wine glass in her hand, as if she was afraid that it would disappear into Ye Qiu's mouth if she let go.
" It's been a long time since we last met. Old Bug, you've been living quite well. Those little girls with runny noses back then have actually grown into great beauties now, and you can even cook well. It's really rare, rare…" Ye Qiu mumbled as he chewed on a chicken leg.
Look at how Chu Liuxiang's life was like. She was driving a yacht, drinking wine, and accompanied by three beautiful women!
Ye Qiu compared himself to his previous life and felt like crying.
He turned his grief and indignation into an appetite and ate everything on his plate like a tornado. Although he didn't know why things like lemons, tulips, and even tomatoes would appear in Hero Gu's world, it was a good thing for Ye Qiu. It gave him a little taste of his previous life.
"Old Goose!" Chu Liuxiang's face bloomed with a smile. It was the surprise of seeing an old friend again after a long time.
He touched his nose. I remember that it was harder for you to say a word than for you to treat me to a meal!”
"This sentence sounds like little nonsense, but he still wants to add the nickname of dead rooster to me!”Ye Qiu picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth.
Although he ate quickly, his movements were not ugly. There was even a trace of elegance.
After eating, Ye Qiu rubbed his stomach in satisfaction. He then looked at the other three young and beautiful girls and called them one by one."You're Su Rongrong, Li Hongxiu, and Song Tian 'er. When I first saw you, you were still kids. I didn't expect you to be so big now.”
Li Hongxiu, who was dressed in red, blinked her eyes and said,""Ji…your surname isn't Ji, your name is Bing Yan?”
"I didn't expect you to still remember me!" Ye Qiu rubbed his nose. Ji Bingyan had been with Hu Tiehua and Chu Liuxiang for a long time, so she had unknowingly learned this action of rubbing her nose.
Su Rongrong smiled gently." He always talks about you and Brother Hu…"
"It might be true that he misses Hu Tiehua, because they are all drunkards!”Ye Qiu smiled.
"How is it? How's my cooking?" Song Tian 'er couldn't wait to run to Ye Qiu, like a child who had done a good deed and was ready to ask for candy.
" It's delicious. I almost swallowed my own tongue…" Ye Qiu stroked Song Tian 'er's head and suddenly sighed."What a pity…What a pity…"
"What's a pity?" Song Tian 'er did not utter a single word of Cantonese.
"It's a pity that you're already Chu Liuxiang's cook. Otherwise, I'd definitely kidnap you back and make you my cook!”
Ye Qiu laughed, while Song Tian 'er's face flushed red. She suddenly flung her braids and ran back to the cabin.
"Your good friends must have a lot to talk about when you meet. We won't disturb you anymore!”Su Rongrong held Li Hongxiu's hand and walked into the cabin.
"They are all very good girls!”Ye Qiu looked at the backs of the three girls and suddenly sighed."I think you can choose one of them as your wife. Perhaps you can marry them together. They will definitely be very happy!”
Chu Liuxiang sighed." Everyone else thinks that my relationship with them is a little unclear, but in fact, they have been with me since they were eleven or twelve years old. They only treat me as their big brother and their good friend. As for me…you should believe me. I have always treated them as my younger sisters.”
Ye Qiu's expression turned serious." Others don't trust you, but I know that although you're a headache when you're bad, you're so good that no one can even dream of it."”
After a pause, he said meaningfully,"But if you think about it this way, it might not be the case for these three girls…"
Chu Liuxiang shook her head." There's already a very troublesome matter bothering me now. Old Goose, don't give me another difficult problem!"”
"Haha!" "I know you'd rather fight the most terrifying and troublesome demon in the world than face this problem…" Ye Qiu smiled mischievously.
The moonlight rose, and specks of starlight fell on the surface of the sea.
Gulp! A wine bottle fell from the stern of the sailboat, shattering the light and shadow. From afar, the wine jars looked like a long dragon following behind the sailboat.
"Seven years!" Chu Liuxiang threw the empty wine jar into the sea." I didn't expect it to be seven years!"”
Ye Qiu continued," I remember that it was summer that year. At Jinling's Mochou Lake, the two of us, Xiao Hu, and Gao Yanan. Her name was Yanan, but her alcohol tolerance wasn't inferior to a man's. We rolled lotus leaves into wine cups, drank a cup of wine, and tossed a leaf. In the end, our boat was almost filled with lotus leaves. The lotus leaves beside you were piled higher than your nose.”
" Time flies…" Chu Liuxiang's eyes were faint."Gao Yanan likes to dance with the sword when she's drunk. You even praised her swordsmanship to be even better than Xu Shuzhen, the former sect leader of Mount Hua. After she and Hu Tiehua left without saying goodbye, you drowned your sorrows in alcohol, got drunk for a night, and left the next day…Where have you been for the past seven years?”
"Me?" Ye Qiu looked at the moonlight and stretched lazily."I went to the desert and started a small business. Recently, I made a lot of money!”
"How did you earn the Gale Saber on your waist?”Chu Liuxiang pointed at Ye Qiu's waist. There were two golden threads wrapped around his jade-colored belt. Hanging on it was the Gale Saber!
"Haha…I only know that Li Hongxiu is knowledgeable and has a photographic memory. I didn't expect you to be as good as her!”After removing the Gale Saber, Ye Qiu said,"That's right. This is the weapon that the King of the Desert, Zhan Muhe, once carried with him. It is one of the thirteen divine weapons in the world, the Gale Blade!”
As he spoke, he came to the deck and lifted the canvas to see Jamuhe's corpse.
Unfortunately, the corpse was so swollen that he could not recognize it.
"One Heavenly Divine Water? Looks like you're in trouble. This time, it's not a small problem!”
"If I didn't grow up with you, I would have suspected that you were an imposter!”"This kind of thing like forcefully taking and snatching is not like the Ji Bingyan I knew before…" Chu Liuxiang smiled bitterly and rubbed her nose.
" No matter who it is, after five years in the desert, they will change…" Ye Qiu smiled." Furthermore, the subordinates of Jamuhe aren't good people. I'm a businessman, and I only used the smallest amount of capital to buy a large shop…"
As he spoke, he covered Zhan Muhe's face that had been completely disfigured and sighed."I've heard that the 'Heavenly Holy Water' is the essence extracted from the water by the Holy Water Palace Master, Jellyfish Yin Ji. A drop of it is heavier than three hundred barrels of water and more poisonous than any poison.”
"Not bad! " The One Heavenly Divine Water is colorless and odorless. No method can detect anything unusual. According to Gong Nan Yan, the heavy water stolen from the Holy Water Palace is enough to poison thirty-seven first-rate martial artists to death…" Chu Liuxiang frowned.
"Thirty-six! I've already used one!" Ye Qiu pointed at Jamuhe's corpse."Looks like you have to find the murderer!”
"In fact, if you hadn't coincidentally come over, I might have already left for Jinan to gather information…" Chu Liuxiang rubbed her nose.
"It's not too late yet. I want to help you!”Ye Qiu slapped open the mud seal of a wine jar and smiled."Did you see anything unusual today? Or did you see any martial artists passing by the crime scene?”
Chu Liuxiang said," The corpses floated over from the east, and every ship over there couldn't escape my eyes. There were only two ships related to the martial arts world!" One of them was the Wonder Monk No Flower, and the other was the Beggar's Sect Master Nangong Ling's ship! It's impossible…"
"Wondrous Monk No Flower?" Ye Qiu waved his hand and interrupted Chu Liuxiang."I heard that this person is a famous person in the Buddhist Sect. Not only are his poems, poems, calligraphy, and paintings excellent, but his martial arts are also considered to be an expert.”
"Not just an expert?" Chu Liuxiang said," He can be said to be the number one talent among the Shaolin disciples. It's a pity that he…he's too smart. When the Shaolin Sect Master conferred the title of new Sect Master, he actually chose Wu Xiang, who couldn't compare to him in anything."”
Ye Qiu pursed his lips and asked,"That Nangong Ling seems to be your friend too?"”
"Yes!" Chu Liuxiang nodded, her eyes smiling." His alcohol tolerance is about the same as mine, and his appetite is also about the same as mine. He even went into the sea to catch turtles with me. I even invited him to go on a boat to play and drew a portrait of Rongrong..."
"Confess!" Ye Qiu slapped his thigh. In other words, there's suspicion!"
"No, I can't! "I believe that they would never do such a thing..." Chu Liuxiang said.
"Chu Liuxiang, oh Chu Liuxiang, you're too good to your friends, so much so that you don't even want to think about this…In this murder, you've automatically become 'invisible' for them…And, you've missed someone!”Ye Qiu sighed faintly.
"Who is it?" Chu Liuxiang quivered.
"Naturally, it's me!" "Don't you think it's strange?" Ye Qiu pointed at his nose. I appeared right after Jamuhe died here with his Gale Saber! Nangong Ling, Wuhua, and I happened to appear here, so we are all suspects. The real murderer might be one of us, two of us, or all three of us! You have to be careful!"
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