Chapter 30： Die and don't let go

Early the next morning, it was another sunny day.

It is rare for Tang Xi to sleep past the point of the biological clock. When he woke up, he heard laughter from outside and Shi Rui's loud yelling.

I feel tired not only because of physical and spiritual exhaustion, but also because of blood loss. It seems that it is better to use less blood as a medium in the future.

She got up to freshen up, put on replacement clothes, she opened the door and was squinted by the oncoming sunlight.

"Xixi, you finally got up." Qi Sihui waved his hand and ran to her cabin, "I'll get you breakfast!"

"Thank you." Tang Xi walked out slowly and yawned.

"Tired?" Cheng Yihang asked.

"I recognize the bed." Tang Xi answered casually.

"Speaking of her, it's normal. How could you and Qi Sihui sleep last night!" Another Shi Rui who yawned constantly complained. Isn’t it beautiful weather? Today’s morning news has reported it. It seems that tourists in the camping area took photos and uploaded them to the Internet. The strangest thing is that after so long a thunderstorm, there was no rain."

"What's the news?" Cheng Yihang interrupted him.

"Really." Shi Rui's expression was a little weird, "Do you know Mr. Xia in the world? All the water pipes in the Xia's villa burst last night, and the situation is terrible. Even the police have intervened to investigate whether someone deliberately caused an explosion to cause murder. .Have heard of water pipe bursts, but have you heard of the whole house’s water pipes bursting and spraying water together?"

"I've heard of it now." Cheng Yihang disapproved. "If someone is murdered, why don't you blow up a gas pipe or a water pipe?"

"It makes sense." Shi Rui scratched his head.

"Xi Xi, here." Qi Sihui ran back and stuffed Tang Xi two jujube mud hazelnut cupcakes.

"Cake! Sihui, you are really a must-have for home travel!" Tang Xi's eyes lit up. Although he ate so full last night, he consumed too much. He was so hungry now that he was so hungry that he was so close to his heart. One gobbled it up.

"Not enough." Qi Sihui quickly handed her a bottle of jasmine tea.

Tang Xi's cheeks were bulging, like a little frog exhaling, taking two sips of tea and swallowing the food in his mouth.

"By the way, why didn't you have insomnia last night?" Shi Rui looked at Qi Sihui again.

"My house is not soundproofed. The couple next door quarreled every day at midnight. I am used to wearing soundproof headphones to sleep." Qi Sihui smiled embarrassedly.

"..." Shi Rui was very injured.

"Okay, everyone pack things first." Cheng Yihang raised his voice.

This is just right. Tang Xi's bag is simpler than that of boys, basically in a state of being able to go straight away when carried.

While Shi Rui and Qi Sihui were going to pack their things, Cheng Yihang took out a box and handed it over.

"What?" Tang Xi took the cake in one hand, put down the tea and took it.

"Mobile phone, isn't it convenient?" Cheng Yihang explained, "I asked an employee to bring it here early in the morning."

"It's two hundred kilometers away from the city?" Tang Xi was shocked. Anyway, he went back today. It wouldn't make people go back and forth five hours overnight just to send a mobile phone.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Yihang looked at her with a more surprised eye: "Qingxi Gorge is more than two hundred kilometers away from Jiangnan City, but more than ten miles north is Linhai Town. Many of the employees in the scenic area are from Linhai Town and asked them to come to work this morning. How big is it to buy a mobile phone first?"

"..." Tang Xi pretended to be stupid.

It must have been too much consumption last night, so my mind is temporarily on strike!

After swallowing the cake in a few bites, she opened the box easily. Well, the latest model of the fruit phone, which was launched this year, is pearl white. It is a color that can't be wrong for girls.

"Return to pay you back." Tang Xi took out the broken phone, took out the card, installed the new phone, and turned it on.

"No, it's work loss, reimbursement." Cheng Yihang shook his head.

Suddenly, Tang Xi had been using Cheng Yihang as a guide, and almost forgot that he was another employer. He really should pay for it!

"Ding dong! Ding dong!" After navigating the mobile phone novice, as soon as he entered the main interface, more than 30 messages popped up one after another.

After shielding all kinds of advertising information, most of the rest were sent by Xia Xia last night, and I changed to sending messages after I could not get through the phone. There was really no response. I remembered that she was talking with Cheng Yihang before calling. Cheng Yihang's cell phone.

The last one is bank news.

Tang Xi dumbfounded, and subconsciously counted it again. Six zeros, not half a million, but five million.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Yihang asked.

"It's okay." Tang Xi smiled and turned off the phone.

She did this business because the opponent was too unexpected. Of course, 500,000 yuan was a loss, but she still has this credibility, and the negotiated price will not start from the ground. Xia's total payment of 500,000 yuan is justified, and 5 million yuan is an expression of wanting to make a good relationship outside of business.

Tang Xi likes rich people with a clear mind, such as Cheng Yihang, such as President Xia, so she took this olive branch. The blood she shed last night is enough to be worth five million.

After a few days, the Xia family will be properly settled and the relationship will be stabilized. After that, President Xia or his friends will come to her when they encounter problems in this area, and they will be regarded as her source of customers.

Soon, a few people packed up.

After all, he is a young man, even if he didn't sleep well at night, he was still alive and kicking when he played. After visiting the last few attractions, it happened that the car picked up by Cheng's family arrived, but the return journey didn't have the energy to play cards like when they came. The four people slept all the way in leather seats.

Cheng Yihang sent Shi Rui and Qi Sihui home first, and the third did not send Tang Xi away, but went straight back to Cheng's house.

"Huh?" Tang Xi blinked in confusion before she woke up.

"You wait for me in the car for ten minutes." Cheng Yihang said, opening the door and getting out of the car.

"Oh." Tang Xi considered for a second, and decided to close his eyes and continue to sleep, until the car started again and did not wake up.

No murderous, safe. Even if you want to kidnap her to sell, it will only be the other party who is unlucky, so it doesn't matter.

"Tang Xi, wake up, I'm at your house." Cheng Yihang shook her, looking helpless.

It's not that he has to wake people up, but the car has been parked at the gate of Jinhuyuan Community for almost two hours, because Tang Xi won't let it go unless he wakes up.

"Ah..." Tang Xi yawned again and rubbed her eyes.

The car finally made it through the gate and drove downstairs.

"Go back to sleep, it's best to boil some **** soup to drink at night." Cheng Yihang asked.

"I see, you are really virtuous." Tang Xi smiled.

Cheng Yihang rolled his eyes, got out of the car with her, opened the trunk, brought out the largest black suitcase, and placed it on the ground.

Just look at the raised dust and the muffled sound of "boom" that the box is heavy.

"What?" Tang Xi was a little dazed.

"What you want...that." Cheng Yihang was vague.

"So big?" Tang Xi was stupid.

"That is an ancient tree that five people can't hold." Cheng Yihang was speechless.

The implication is that there is only a small box like this.

"Okay, thank you." Tang Xi gave a dry laugh, and then looked at the box with extremely hot eyes, as if he had never been dozing off before.

"Help you bring it up?" Cheng Yihang asked.

"No need, thanks." Tang Xi waved quickly and dragged the suitcase into the corridor door.

Thousand-year lightning strikes Sophora wood! Lots of!

Although this is the best soul-raising tree, it is not actually a tool that cannot be used. This thing has a high affinity for yin and good compatibility, so the celestial master is not willing to use it—who would hope that his magical weapon will not hurt or itch when hitting demons and ghosts?

However, to cultivate the soul, if you think backwards, it can lock up the ghost without hurting the ghost.

In other words, this is the best material for making a ghost prison.

Tang Xi felt that in the future, when encountering homeless ghosts, the crimes were immediately broken up, and they were accepted as family members with the intention to be kind, and there was also a kind of too awkward and too guilty to die-shut it up and talk about it after the reformation!

After dragging the suitcase home, Aunt Zhang had already prepared delicious snacks. Of course... what Yu Mingfan used to welcome her was a pile of test papers and wrong question books.

"Wait, I will do what I will do!" Tang Xi surrendered with a broken face.

Soothing the devil's tutor, she almost rushed into the study, dragging the suitcase with her head in her arms.

Yun Qi and Su Huang appeared next to each other.

"There will be a new home soon." Tang Xi opened the suitcase excitedly.

This time I went to Qingxi Gorge to make it clear that I was going to fight, so she only brought Yunqi and Su Huang. Fortunately, Yun Qi said that Su Huang’s notebook was only ordinary paper, and his opponent was a water ghost. It was very troublesome to get wet, so I took it away in my own soul.

Of course, Yunqi is very upset with the addition of a co-tenant.

Inside the suitcase is a thick velvet cushion, and there is a rectangular piece of wood inside. The wood grain is scratched by the years, and it has a desolate and ancient charm, while the end of the wood looks like it has been burned. , It was pitch black, and some scorched.

"Lightning strikes the wood." Tang Xi touched the surface of the wood, as if light could shine in her eyes.

"What are you going to do?" Yun Qi asked.

"You don't need such a large piece for soul cultivation. I also need to consider portability. I plan to use the core to make a bracelet. The leftover leftovers, um, can also be used as a tool." Tang Xi thought for a while. I’m not good at it, and I don’t have tools at home. I have to find a reliable craftsman to do the initial work, and then I will sculpt it myself."

"Qin." Yun Qi said suddenly.

"What?" Tang Xi was taken aback, not understanding what he meant.

"Guqin." Yunqi added one more word.

"You use it?" Tang Xi wondered, "Are you tired of the flute, do you want to change to another instrument? But the xylophone, used to deal with ghosts, will be reduced."

"Isn't it just right to deal with the living?" Yun Qi raised a smile on his lips, appearing very happy, "For the living, Sophora japonica increases grievances—"

Tang Xi finally realized that this was going to be used to deal with the scum of the profound sect. Father Pei's ability to clean up the family's **** and not cause her trouble is okay, but from the moment she beat Zhang Sheng in the hospital, this Liangzi couldn't be solved.

"But..." Su Huang, who had listened for a long time, spoke weakly, "Even if you build a piano, it's a real thing, can it be used by ghosts?"

"That's okay, I made his flute." Tang Xi lifted his chin.

"That's great!" Su Huang's eyes lit up, and she leaped forward and put her arms around her, "Xiao Xi Xiaoxi, I want weapons too!"

"Okay, what does Sister Su Huang want to use?" Tang Xi replied.

"Finger cots!" Su Huang said without hesitation, "If you use your nails directly every time, it will be troublesome to have to manicure when you come back."

"..." Tang Xi couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth.

Ghost needs a manicure? What **** logic!

However, she nodded in response, but the lightning wood is wood after all, and its body is too fragile to be used as a melee weapon. Anyway, if you have money, it is better to go to Taotao to see some rare metals.

Afterwards, in line with the principle of two masters, Tang Xi called Cheng Yihang again, begging him to find a reliable and skilled carpenter, and elaborated on his requirements.

However, to her surprise, there are people who meet the requirements, and there is no need to look for them specially.

The Cheng family is mainly engaged in tourism and a series of derivative industries. There will be shopping malls selling souvenirs in any scenic spot. The wood carvings of Qingxi Gorge are very famous, but they went to play this time, so they did not go to the store. go.

So, Tang Xi, who had just returned home, finished a large stack of papers, and followed Cheng Yihang back to Qingxi Gorge early the next morning.

In order to attract tourists, the shopping mall has set up an extra display area outside the processing area. There is a master working here, and there is a piece of glass in the middle of the store. If tourists are interested, you can see how a handicraft is polished by the master. shaped.

Cheng Yihang introduced the person in charge of the processing zone. The old man's hair and beard were all white, his eyes were uncomfortable, and his fingers were covered with thick calluses. Probably because he had asked in advance, he didn’t ask much. After seeing the raw materials, he just said: “Bracelet is easier. If the girl is willing to wait, you can make it today. But the guqin is more troublesome and not only complicated. , And the material and tuning of the strings..."

"No strings, no need to paint." Tang Xi shook his head.

"That's it." The old man was startled, then said, "Wait, it will be a bit late."

"It's okay, I'm very interested in wood carvings and want to watch them." Tang Xi said.

Hearing this, the old man frowned slightly, but didn't say anything, didn't even ask for help. He picked up the piece of wood weighing several tens of kilograms and went to his exclusive workshop.

"If you have anything to do, I'm fine." Tang Xi smiled and waved, and she sat next to a woodcarver to watch him carve.

"Okay, call me if I have something to do. I happened to go there to make up the aftermath." Cheng Yihang didn't make it clear because someone was there.

"Yeah." Tang Xi didn't even look at him.

The woodcarver suddenly became more serious.

However, Tang Xi watched for a while, but was a little disappointed in the craftsmanship of the young master.

The sculptor is good, and the things he makes are very beautiful, but unfortunately he has no soul, he is just a craftsman and cannot be a master. Of course, a beautiful store in a scenic spot is enough.

She got up and asked a staff member who seemed to be relatively free, because she was brought by Cheng Shao, who gave her a whole set of brand new carving knives, and said that the wood can be used casually.

Tang Xi picked up a commonly used knife and turned it around in her hand, um...what should I carve?

Soon, the sawdust fell one after another.

The woodcarver whom she had observed before raised his head and glanced up, and suddenly saw a horrified expression on his face.

It’s not how good or bad Tang Xi’s carver is—I can’t tell what she is carving at this moment. However, if you read it correctly, the piece of wood she holds in her hand is a small piece of Australian origin. Acacia, although it is often used to impersonate ebony, it is several times harder than ebony! But this thin-looking girl, she didn't seem to feel the slightest effort, that kind of relaxation, did she actually treat the little acacia tree as tofu?

So shocked, he even stopped his work and stared blankly at Tang Xi's flying hand.

Of course Tang Xi knew that someone was staring at him, but she ignored it.

Although the craftsmanship is average, but I still know how to study, um, maybe I can improve!

In order to let the "students" see clearly, she also slowed down specially.

When I was in the Zongmen, all the disciples didn't know other miscellaneous studies, but they knew a little bit about carving and smelting. After all, the magical artifacts were always made by their own hands to suit them.

Tang Xi’s habit is that once she is completely absorbed in something, she will not notice the passage of time. When she finally stops and breathes a sigh of relief when she looks at her preliminary work, she realizes that the master has already watched it. For a long time.

"Grandpa, what do you think of my carving?" Tang Xi showed her work with a smile.

It was a graceful woman, with long hair flowing, covering most of her face, only one eye was exposed, but her appearance was even more reminiscent of her, but the lower body of the woman was not legs, but a snake Tail.

The old man's look is a bit complicated.

Originally, he thought that the little girl didn't trust that she wanted to stay and observe—he knew the value of this piece of wood in his hand. However, he did not expect that this kid really knew how to sculpt, and that the work was even more spiritual than the few apprentices he had led! However, the girl has delicate fingers and delicate skin, without the calluses and scars left by holding the carving knife for a long time.

Is there such a genius in this world?

"Nuwa is good at carving." The old man slowly nodded, and put a bunch of bracelets in front of her, "You asked for semi-finished products. Originally, I didn't worry about you ruining it, but it seemed that I was worrying too much. "

There are a total of 18 bracelets, because only the most essential part of the wood is taken, the beads are not big, but they are too big to look good on girls' slender wrists.

"Thank you Grandpa." Tang Xi realized that more than two hours had passed.

"Miss Tang, there is only a working meal. Do you eat with us or with Cheng Shao?" someone asked.

"Give me a copy!" Tang Xi touched her stomach and said immediately.

"Okay!" The young man happily went to get her a box of lunch.

After lunch, Tang Xi went to ask for a magnifying glass with a bracket, which aroused everyone's curiosity.

This is... a tool for micro-sculpting, right?

This time, Tang Xi was obviously more serious. He picked the smallest carving knife and rubbed it on a bead for a long time before cutting it cautiously.

The fine pieces of wood powder fluttered away, and others couldn't see what the dense lines were engraved on the beads. Only Yun Qi stood silently beside her.

That was... an ancient house, which he once drew to Tang Xi, his home.

She restored his home in the wooden beads.

"Huh~" Tang Xi gently blew off the remaining powder on the surface, very satisfied.

Of all the things she sculpted since childhood, this time is absolutely extraordinary! While she was still in her hands, she immediately asked: "What kind of home do you want?"

There was no object, but Su Huang knew that she was asking her. The red figure appeared on the other side, lying on the table lazily, thinking for a while before saying: "In fact, the tree house is pretty good, but I don’t like eating apples. Change to peaches?"

"Okay." Tang Xi laughed lowly, and according to her request, carved a peach forest on the second bead and a more delicate tree house on the largest peach tree.

Putting down the carving knife, she looked at the remaining sixteen blank beads, and was more satisfied with this idea of ​​her own.

In the future, she won’t have to carry a notebook with her. Ghosts like Aunt Zhang, Yu Mingfan, and Yueyue’s mother and daughter don’t need to be taken by her all day long, and when fighting, the bracelet is much safer than the laptop. It can also repair the consumption of the ghost after the battle, which can be counted in one fell swoop!

Yun Qi and Su Huang turned into two strands of resentment and penetrated into the beads. Tang Xi felt that the beads in his hand seemed to sink a little, and they put them directly on his left wrist.

There is no polishing, no lacquer, no waxing, completely retaining the original color of the lightning wood. At first glance, it may feel a bit rough, but the more you look, the more natural beauty.

"Tang Xi!" At this moment, Cheng Yihang hurriedly walked in.

"What's the matter?" Tang Xi was startled.

Cheng Yihang's face was ugly, and he motioned to her to go to the corner, and then he said, "The female corpse in the clear water lake has been fished out."

"Didn't they fished it out yesterday?" Tang Qiqi said, "They all floated on the water, and the police went through the scene. What happened today?"

"Let’s not mention that a female corpse that had sunk in the lake for a month remained dead for less than three days, and then quickly decayed into a tragic situation one month after death. It completely violates science and makes a group of forensic doctors work day and night. Research—"Cheng Yihang uttered a long list in one breath, breathed a sigh of relief, and continued, "The most important thing is that the police wanted to figure out why the body has not been found but now it has surfaced by itself, so today it sent a professional frogman into the water. , And finally got another female corpse!"

"..." Tang Xi looked at him silly, before saying for a while, "What?"

"An extra corpse came out of the lake!" Cheng Yihang collapsed, "I heard that it was caught by a rock underwater, otherwise it would have floated up together yesterday."

Tang Xi was silent for a long time before accepting this fact, but said in doubt: "But I didn't feel another water ghost in Bishui Lake, and there was no trace of the existence of the soul."

"I know the reason for this." Cheng Yihang explained, "I heard two statements from the police that the female body was killed in another place and then the body was thrown away. It is estimated that the soul was in the place where it was killed."

"Qingxi Gorge is a scenic spot. Why do you want to throw corpses to such a place? Unless tourists are passionately killing people and throwing corpses on the spot. Because of the existence of the black dragon, it is normal for the corpse to not rise." Tang Xi said.

"I don't know..." Cheng Yihang smiled bitterly. "The police judged that this corpse died longer, earlier than the woman who jumped into the lake."

Tang Xi frowned, and died so long ago. If the deceased's obsession was not deep enough, it is likely that his soul has disappeared. Even if he is killed, not all victims will become ghosts.

And there is another question. The person throwing the corpse has entered the valley. If the water of the clear water lake was touched during the throwing of the corpse, he is still alive? It's a pity that the soul of the black flood is gone, and there is no way to verify if there is a third victim. Because Hei Jiao only had two souls in her hands, she could only hope that there were none-then this case would be easier to solve.

Um... the forensic doctors are going to be abrupt anyway. I hope that this case won't be the pitiful Chu Li responsible again!

"There is one more bizarre thing." Cheng Yihang said again.

"This is bizarre enough." Tang Xi said.

"It's really more ridiculous." Cheng Yihang stared at her. "Although this female corpse is in exactly the same condition as the previous one, it quickly decayed when exposed to the air, but I still saw her appearance during her lifetime-I just saw her a few days ago. Pass her."

"Ha? You say it again?" Tang Xi was also dumbfounded.

A woman who had been dead for more than a month, Cheng Yihang said, only met a few days ago?

"It's not just me, you have also seen it." Although Cheng Yihang's words became more and more absurd, his expression was extremely calm and organized. Obviously he was not nonsense. "Last time I went to the murder house Shi Rui talked about, you Collected a bunch of last wishes of the dead."

Tang Xi was taken aback, and then there was a flash of light in his mind, and he blurted out, "That pair of red high heels?"