Chapter 881: The Mysterious Murderer
Ma Chengfeng's first question was about the cat-faced jar.
"Oh, the jar? That jar was not burned by my Cui family, but I know what it is, back then, His Royal Highness King Mu didn't know where to find the body of a moon shadow black pupil beast, the folk said that the moon shadow black pupil beast is the tiger among cats, which can suppress the evil spirit of the dead corner of Lingzhou City, but if you want to save the body of the moon shadow black pupil beast, you can't give it a light cast, you need to use a very special container to hold the body of the cat fairy. Later, it was not until the cat fairy temple was covered and opened that King Mu took this jar into the body of the cat fairy, and the altar has been enshrined in front of the cat fairy statue. Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was stolen by a thief and his whereabouts have been unknown ever since. Cui Yaozu said slowly.
"Gone? That's it? ”
"That's all the old man has ever had."
Ma Chengfeng asked him again, have you ever told other people about the secret of this altar, such as a blind man?
"Nope! The secret left by the ancestors, the old man will never dare to reveal it to outsiders easily, if it weren't for the second girl taking you today, I would never reveal half a sentence! ”
This is strange, since Cui Yaozu didn't tell the old blind man about the origin of the cat-faced jar, how did he know about it?
"There is one more thing, the junior wants to ask you, have you heard of Wang Zunbi?"
"Shhh...... What did you say? Wang Zunbi? You...... How did you find out at such a young age? An imperceptible nervousness flashed across Cui Yaozu's face.
"I won't tell you anything, that complete Wang Zunbi is now in the hands of the juniors. This matter is related to the secret of the Cat Immortal Temple, and we don't dare to speculate, so we came to ask Senior Cui for advice. ”
"What? In your hands? Can you take a look? ”
Ma Chengfeng hesitated, but Cui Yaozu is so old, even if he has any evil thoughts in his heart, he is definitely not his opponent, and he is a descendant of Cui Gong, so he is also qualified to pass by. However, he had an extra heart, and only took out half of Wang Zunbi from his arms and handed it to Cui Yaozu.
Cui Yaozu held half of the Wang Zun Wall in his hand, his whole body trembled with excitement, and a pair of old eyes oozed muddy tears.
"Really...... It's really Wang Zunbi! Finally found it! Ancestral fairies! Wang Zunbi is back! He held Wang Zunbi in his excited hand and knelt down in front of an ancient painting on the wall behind him.
In the portrait is his ancestor Cui Gong. Ma Chengfeng noticed that in the portrait of Cui Gong, he was holding a book in one hand, and a black cat was holding it on his side in the other, and the appearance of the black hair was the cat fairy offered in the cat fairy temple, the Moon Shadow Black Pupil Beast.
"Senior Cui...... This...... You see...... Enough of it? Ma Chengfeng was afraid that this old man would be too excited, and he would lose the precious Wang Zunbi by mistake. Quickly snatched it back.
"Well, it seems that this secret can't be hidden, and it is destined that the secret in the Cat Immortal Temple will be revealed by you, a Kanto boy. Come with me. Cui Gong took the crutches handed over by the servant, and slowly and leisurely led them to the back study, there were more than 20 quaint mahogany bookshelves in his study, and there were various books related to architecture from ancient times to the present on the shelves, the oldest one, Ma Chengfeng opened it and took a look, even the ink had been corroded by the air.
Cui Yaozu took them straight to the bookshelf at the end of the study and walked over, on the bookshelf hung a calligraphy and painting, it seems that it may be from some famous artist, which basically means to praise Cui Gong's outstanding contribution in the field of architecture.
The focus is not on this calligraphy and painting, Cui Gong stepped on a small bench and reached out to take down the ancient painting.
"Senior...... I can't afford that! This must be the handwriting of a great calligrapher in the Southern Song Dynasty, right? No, no, a gentleman doesn't win people's love, we can't afford it! Don't bother when you're old! If you want to give it, it's also a gift from our juniors? Ma Chengfeng said politely.
Old man Cui smiled, didn't explain much, and reached for the rope sleeve on the top of the scroll, as if he really wanted to take down this ancient painting.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a strong wind blowing behind my head. Ma Chengfeng was very alert, and pressed Chang Xiaoman and Granny Shui with his left and right hands, and lowered his head...... A dart grazed their scalp and went straight into the back of Cui Yaozu's head, and suddenly, Cui Yaozu's blood was splashed on the spot, his brain was beaten out, and he fell straight down with his big head down.
"Huh? Cheng Feng...... This ...... "Little Man was shocked."
"You protect your mother-in-law, I'll chase you! The thief didn't go far! "With Ma Chengfeng's light skills, no one can escape his pursuit.
Xiao Man probed Old Man Cui's snort, can he still live? It's long gone.
"It seems that the other party has been prepared for a long time, and we are all to blame, if we don't come, Uncle Cui won't have to die." Xiao Man was very annoyed. She and Cheng Feng are both masters, but the two never expected that the murderer would ambush in Cui's mansion and wait for an opportunity to make a move, and neither of them could stop it.
Not long after, Ma Chengfeng came back, Xiao Man and Granny Shui thought that Ma Chengfeng had not caught up with the killer, so they asked him if it was Lao Bai who committed the murder. Because the only one who can work hard with Ma Chengfeng is this grass crawler.
"There's no need to catch it, outside, it's the little girl who poured us tea just now, she bit the poison and committed suicide, and now she doesn't even leave us with a tongue, so I really can't do it." Ma Chengfeng sighed.
"Are we going to call the police? Anyway, this is a human life. Granny Water asked him.
"Call the police? You really don't know our current situation, let alone the Lingzhou police, I'm afraid that when we get out of this house, passers-by outside won't help us. Ma Chengfeng looked at Cui Yaozu's corpse and sighed again and again, not to say that he sympathized with this old man, but seeing that the old man was about to tell the secret of the Cat Immortal Temple, even if he gave them another minute? Old man Cui only pointed out the old painting to them, could it be that the secret of Cui Gong Ancestral Hall is hidden in this picture scroll?
He stood in front of the ancient painting and watched for a long time, this painting is a feng shui painting, the scenery in the painting should be the Hanshui River thousands of years ago, the calm Hanshui River flows slowly, both sides are the mountains one after another, the Hanshui River is like a ribbon around Lingzhou City in the middle. There are white clouds at the zenith, and a few geese flying south at the end of the clouds, but there is nothing special about it.
"Strange, what the hell does this painting mean?" Ma Chengfeng looked at Xiao Man in surprise, Xiao Man has a collection of antique paintings, although he is not an expert, his appreciation level is higher than that of Ma Chengfeng.
"Could it be the inscription and seal below?" Xiao Man stretched out his hand and pointed to the seal in the lower right corner and said. However, this ancient painting is too old, and the paint used for the seal is different from the ink on the scroll, and it has been very blurred by the corroding of the air.
(End of chapter)