After Nie Xiaoman returned to the study, his expression was solemn and he didn't say a word. He returned to the circle chair by the window. When Xiao Man sat down, he put his hands together on his upturned knees, and his body leaned forward like a dozing cat.

His head sank low, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he felt like he wasn't sleeping. Jing Mo knew that Xiao Man was processing this messy information in his brain, so he didn't make a sound to disturb Xiao Man.

After a while, a slight smile appeared on the corner of Xiao Man's mouth, and he said to himself: "No wonder this Tang Anguo surprised me and hasn't come to see me yet." It turns out that I have found a backer! Laughing, he snorted softly, as if he had found the matter interesting.

Jing Mo couldn't help but say: "It seems that this master is really a bit of a Taoist, he actually knows that you are entrusted by Shang Yuanji." When we talked to Tang Anguo just now, didn't we pretend to be in the name of Ouyang Taihe? ”

Nie Xiaoman bowed and replied: "This is not embarrassing, Shang Yuanji's mind has been greatly damaged, and it is naturally unreasonable to talk and do things, and the things he asked us to help may be revealed by himself." I don't think it's a secret that he came to my cat's house, and maybe he will say it casually. What's more, Tang Anguo has already met this master at this time, so the truth about me is likely to be found out from my address? I suspect that Shang Jinchuan wrote to him this morning to call him and probably told him that Li Dege had come to Jinling to prepare for these matters. When we arrived at Daguang Road during the day today, Tang Anguo was just about to go out, and Bacheng went to the Merchants Inn to discuss countermeasures with this master. Now that they've agreed on how to deal with it, they're naturally coming to me. So it's not surprising that there was such a thing just now. ”

Nie Xiaoman took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "This person does have a bit of Taoism, he thought of talking to me as him, and he couldn't help but be three points shorter, so he specially came up with a reckless man to tell him a legend, do you want to give me a little bit of power?" ”

When Jing Mo was about to ask something, a terrible scream suddenly came from the courtyard! Jing Mo was suddenly startled, it turned out that Shang Yuanji was here again, and this time he was even more crazy than the previous two times!

Shang Yuanji broke in again, only to see his lips open, revealing the white teeth of the forest, and bursts of rapid gasps leaked through the gaps between his teeth. After a while, a piercing scream suddenly erupted from his wheezing.

"One head! ...... One head! ......“

In Jing Mo's opinion, this is another episode of Shang Yuanji's madness. At this time, Shang Yuanji kept saying some puzzling words in a high and low tone, Jing Mo couldn't help but feel sad when he saw such a miserable situation, thinking why didn't God bless his loyal ministers and filial sons?

Shang Yuanji's consciousness seemed to be back in a trance, his eyes seemed to be glowing but not very scattered, the muscles on his face were tightly tied and motionless, and his lips were tightly closed. Nie Xiaoman held Shang Yuanji's shoulder with his hand again, trying to calm him down as much as possible.

"You just said, a head?"

"Yes! Head...... Human Head...... A man's head!

Nie Xiaoman looked at him and asked gently, "Brother Yuanji, did you find a head...... A man's head? ”

"Exactly!"

"And whose head is it?"

"It's my mother's head!"

This! How is this possible? Jing Mo frowned when he heard this, and secretly said in his heart, is this Shang Yuanji already crazy? But Shang Yuanji added in a loud voice.

"Your Excellency...... Absolutely true...... You can't go wrong! ”

Nie Xiaoman retracted his hands back to his chest and hugged them crosswise. He stared deeply at the open door. He suddenly turned his head, looked at Jing Mo and shook his head and sighed.

"It's all so contradictory! For when the dream is a floating thing, for the resurrection is in a dream. Jingmo, are we really awake? Or is it in a dream? ”

Jing Mo didn't know how to answer for a while, he had never seen Xiao Man like this, and he looked a little like the crazy Shang Yuanji. And Shang Yuanji also looked at Nie Xiaoman with an unpredictable and confused expression. Nie Xiaoman lowered his head and muttered for a while, then suddenly raised his gaze and asked Shang Yuanji, "Have you seen clearly?" Could it be a mistake? ”

"No...... No, it won't. It was the head of a gray-haired woman, but her face was completely covered in lime. I was almost too scared to move! ”

"Could it be that a fresh human head? ...... Or a skeleton? ”

"It's fresh!"

"Is there blood on your neck?"

"It's also lime-smeared, and I don't dare look closely. My lord, it must be my mother's head! ”

Nie Xiaoman pondered for a moment, then took a step forward and gently closed the door of the study before reaching out to help Shang Yuanji to the chair.

"Sit down. Tell me slowly, how did you find this one? “

Shang Yuanji sat down just now, but stood up again, as if the movements of his limbs were no longer controlled by his mind.

He gasped, blinked a pair of small eyes, and said solemnly: "My lord, I can't sit still, you still let me stand and say." ”

Nie Xiaoman nodded and said, "Then you can please, where did you find the head?" You have to be careful. ”

Shang Yuanji calmed down a little at this time before he said, "When I was in charge of the lamp just now, I took the big teapot again and went to the tiger stove to buy water in person. I came out of the back door, and I closed the back door when I went out. Unexpectedly, when I came back from buying hot water, the back door was opened. I looked inside, and it was pitch black. I asked, 'Is there anyone in there?' But no one answered. I thought that the back door might have been blown open by the wind, so I stepped lightly into the courtyard, not realizing that my foot had just crossed the threshold and touched something on the tip of my foot. I pulled my foot back, crouched down and looked through the dim light of my neighbor's house, and I could barely see that my foot had just touched an official suitcase. ”

"That head is in this suitcase?"

"yes. I lifted the suitcase and thought it was heavy, and I didn't dare to open it for a while. But when I looked closely, I found that there were still some gray hairs peeking out of the cracks in the lid of the crates. I opened the box with my hands and found a human head! ”

"I see, was there any movement in the kitchen at that time?"

"That's nothing, both mother and daughter are in the front room, and there is no light in the living room.

"Where is that old Jiangbei mother?"

"She went out before me, and went to the tavern at my aunt's behest to order food. said that it was a relative of theirs, named Li Dege, who had come once during lunch, and made an appointment to come for dinner in the evening. ”

Jing Mo couldn't help but be a little worried when he heard Shang Yuanji say this. Jingmo asked, "So, what kind of relative of your family is here, will there be any disadvantage for us to investigate this matter?" ”

Nie Xiaoman smiled and said, "Didn't I say it, Jing Mo, although this person has some Taoism, he is too late." So far, we have a lot of information. If we can go one step further and confirm a few more facts, I don't think even if the Da Luo Immortal comes, he won't be able to turn the tables. Although this surnamed Li has been in the public for a long time, he is good at playing with the law, and finding the cracks of the Da Ming law to exploit the loopholes in the law, but I don't believe that he can still have the ability of a grandson monkey, and can he still go to heaven and earth? ”

Jing Mo felt that Xiao Man's expression was like that before, and now he said it a little too satisfactorily, and couldn't help but be extremely confused, and asked, "Xiao Man, are you really sure about this?" ”

"How can you be sure? I think it's eight or nine. ”

"So, Li Dege's three-day appointment, do you think we can handle it?"

Nie Xiaoman raised his head suddenly, his eyes were flat on the earth-shattering thunder on the desk that was used as an ornament, and he seemed to have made some kind of determination from the bottom of his heart.

"Maybe we won't have three days at all, maybe only one or two hours."

Jingmo and Shang Yuanji were afraid that they had heard it wrong, and said in unison: "Really? ”

"Of course!"

"So, why did you just say that there is no contradiction or not?"

Nie Xiaoman's gaze suddenly shone on Jing Mo's face like a flash of light, and he stared at it still. In an instant, Xiao Man's brows gradually became solemn again, and his gaze gradually became deeper.

"Not bad! So far, this matter is still full of contradictions! But this big mess, I really can't solve it at the moment. However, sometimes it is better to be still than to be still, and when the water arrives, it may come naturally! ”