He reached out and picked up the thing, which was heavy and cold.
"What is it?" Xie Pingsheng asked curiously, and then wanted to come over and take a look.
Xie Jiang immediately retracted his hand as if he had been bitten by a snake.
"Nothing." Xie Jiang said vaguely: "It's midnight, I'm going to bed. You can go back and sleep."
After saying that, Xie Jiang put his hands into the quilt, lay down and closed his eyes.
Xie Pingsheng was helpless and hesitated to speak, so he could only say: "Then you should go to bed quickly. I'm going back to rest. If you need anything, just call me."
Xie Jiang waved his hand and told his son to go. Xie Pingsheng checked again whether the window was closed, tucked his father in, closed the door and went out.
When he heard the door next door opening and closing, and confirmed that Xie Pingsheng had entered the room, Xie Jiang sat up.
He took out the thing from the quilt, rushed to the table in two or two steps, and lit the oil lamp with a little trembling hand.
Although the light of the oil lamp was not bright enough, it was enough for Xie Jiang to see clearly what was in his hand.
He threw the thing on the ground with a clang.
It was a small hammer that had been worn for some time, and the handle was polished to a shiny finish.
Xie Jiang seemed to have seen a ghost. He stood stiffly and stared at the hammer on the ground. This was the hammer that killed Yao Linhua. This hammer should be at home, in the toolbox with the saws and axes.
Here, why does it appear here?
If the sight of Yao Linhua just now was his hallucination after drinking, then this hammer is cold and hard, and it is real in front of him, so it cannot be an hallucination.
Xie Jiang stared at the hammer on the ground for a long time, his eyes gradually calmed down from fear, and gradually became stern.
"Don't blame me." Xie Jiang picked up the small hammer from the ground, threw it into the drawer, and said to himself: "You and I are our own masters, and there is nothing we can do about it."
Shen Ye pretended to be a ghost and came back, sighing while taking off his makeup.
"I have been envious of birds flying around since I was a child. Later, I discovered that people can fly around, so I worked hard to learn Qing Gong." Shen Ye picked up his messy hair and said, "I never expected that with my Qing Gong,
In the end, it turned out to be just to show off."
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Shen." Bai Yue said with a smile: "Those who are capable work hard, and those who are capable work hard."
Shen Ye wiped off his disguise and put on his own face; "It doesn't matter if I work more, but is it useful? Xie Jiang has been incognito for these years, and he is an absolutely ruthless character. If you scare him like this, he can
Are you recruiting?"
"That's not the case." Jian Yu said: "No one expects him to do it like this, but it is precisely because he is a calm and ruthless character that he will not sit still and wait for death. He will always do something."
"Do something?"
"I don't know." Bai Yue said cheerfully: "I can do whatever I want, I'm afraid he won't do anything."
Regardless of the victim, when a case occurs, the most difficult thing is for the murderer to stop and lie dormant. Once dormant, the clues will be fixed. As long as the other party moves, no matter how he moves, there may be flaws.
"People are so complicated nowadays." Shen Ye sighed, looked at the people in the room, shook his head and said, "In this Dali Temple, Captain Xing is the only one who is naive and frank."
Captain Xing had already fallen asleep next to Bai Yue's bed, but when Bai Yue got up in the middle of the night, he jumped up when he heard the noise, and then followed him.
At this time, Captain Xing was dozing at Bai Yue's feet. Hearing Shen Ye seem to say his name, he lazily looked up at him.
Captain Xing was so naive and frank that Bai Yue exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, "Stupid people."
The only ones who didn't sleep tonight were Xie Pingsheng and his son. Judging from the dark circles under his eyes, Xie Pingsheng might have slept for a while, but Xie Jiang really didn't sleep at all.
The father and son came out of the room together. You looked at me at the door, and I looked at you.
"Dad." Xie Pingsheng stretched out and said, "You didn't sleep last night, okay? I think you're not in good spirits."
Xie Jiang didn't answer and asked: "What about you? You didn't sleep well last night either."
"Yeah." Xie Pingsheng tilted his head and pinched his neck with his hands: "I don't know what happened. I was fine in the first half of the night. After I came back from your room, I couldn't sleep soundly. I closed all the doors and windows in the room. I always felt that It feels chilly on the side of my neck..."
Xie Jiang's heart skipped a beat, but he just said: "Maybe he kicked off the quilt at night. How old is he to kick the quilt off?"
Xie Pingsheng smiled sheepishly: "It's okay, dad, be sure to close the doors and windows when you go to bed at night. It's still winter."
Xie Jiang nodded.
Because Xie Jiang's people did not send any money, the people in the village started working enthusiastically again after a short break for a day. Soon, new news came.
"A bone was found in that valley?" Xie Pingsheng was surprised when he heard the news: "What bone?"
"I don't know yet." Xu Feiyang said: "The young master has ordered the tomb robber to come over. Because Mrs. Xie's tomb is nearby, I asked you to let me know. Because there have been several cases of tomb robbery recently, I am afraid there will be Implicated."
"Thank you." Xie Jiang said hurriedly: "I'll go over and take a look."
"I'll go." Xie Pingsheng said hurriedly: "Dad, you didn't sleep well last night. Let's take a rest. I'll go and take a look. If the villagers insist on moving that land, I'll come back to tell you and let's discuss it. Let’s discuss whether mother can be moved away.”
Xie Jiang was reluctant at first, but after Xie Pingsheng persuaded him, he didn't know what he thought of, so he nodded.
Xie Pingsheng and Xu Feiyang walked out together, and their chatter became more and more distant.
"What's wrong with your neck? Is it twisted?"
"No, I might have been freezing last night and had a stiff neck."
"Oh, I'll find you a plaster later. I've had a stiff neck before, and it hurt for several days. Just apply the plaster and it'll be fine."
It wasn't until the two of them went out that they could no longer be seen and the sound completely disappeared. Xie Jiang turned around and went back to the room and closed the door. He opened the drawer, looked at the hammer over and over again, and then put it back.
Jian Yu had a rare day off. He and Bai Yue were having breakfast and petting the dog when they heard a servant coming to report: "Xie Jiang wants to see me?"
"Yes. It's something important that I want to talk to adults about alone."
"Oh, Xie Jiang is looking for me?" Jian Yu put the peeled hard-boiled egg in his hand into Captain Xing's mouth: "Okay, tell him I'll be there soon, and let him have breakfast and don't worry."
Captain Xing put the boiled egg in his mouth in one bite without staining the fairy's fluttering white hair at all.
The servant responded, and Bai Yue ate the steamed dumplings and said, "It seems like he still can't bear it anymore."
"Your move is too immoral, and few people can tolerate it." Jian Yu peeled another egg and gave it to Bai Yue: "Xie Pingsheng... it's really hard for him."