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651 烬 Ember Remnants: in Her Name Lure RModern Romance41k WordsOngoing 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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Making soy sauce while passing by [laughing]

652 我 Mr. Di and I Will Handle the Case Together Song Minmin ElaineMystery201k WordsCompleted 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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In the evening, Di Renjie went to Yizhuang again. This time, he didn't bring Pei Yuanqing's people, only Li Lingxiao and Yuchi Lingfeng. When old man Chen from Yizhuang saw them coming, he quickly lit an oil lamp. The dim firelight illuminated the white cloths on the seven wooden beds. "Uncle Chen, how long have you been guarding here?" Di Renjie asked. Old Chen counted on his fingers: "My lord, it's been almost twenty years. Ever since the Yizhuang was established in Dengzhou, I have been guarding it." "Twenty years, you must have seen a lot of corpses." "That's not true." Old Chen sighed. "The Yizhuang on the seaside is different from the one in the inland. The ways of death in the inland are just death from illness, old age, and being killed. There are many ways to die at the seaside. Those who drowned, were beaten to death by waves, hit by boats, bit by fish, and killed by pirates. These little eyes have seen all kinds of strange and weird forms of death." "Then have you seen this kind of death?" Di Renjie lifted the white cloth from the nearest bed. The corpse underneath was exposed with bruised skin and seven orifices filled with seaweed. Old Chen's face turned sallow under the oil lamp. He took a closer look, then took two steps back, his voice trembling: "I've seen it. I started seeing it half a month ago. But sir, I have lived for sixty years, and I have never seen this way of death. The face of a drowned person is swollen, not purple, and the poisoned person bleeds from all the orifices, and will not be stuffed with seaweed. This... This is not something that humans can do." "Can't humans do it?" Di Renjie raised his eyebrows slightly, "What did you do?" Old Chen opened his mouth, but in the end he did not dare to say those two words. He just lowered his head and whispered, "I dare not say it." Di Renjie did not ask any more questions, took out a small porcelain bottle and a silver needle from his sleeve, squatted down, and began to carefully examine the three new corpses during the day. Li Lingxiao squatted opposite him, holding an oil lamp for lighting. "Look here." Di Renjie used a silver needle to poke open the pinhole on the male corpse's neck. The pinhole was as thin as a hair and could not be found without looking carefully. "The location of this pinhole is at the large blood vessel on the side of the neck. The murderer didn't just prick it casually. He knew where to insert the needle so that the poison could reach the heart as quickly as possible." "Does the murderer know medical skills?" Li Lingxiao asked. "You don't have to know medical skills, but you must understand poison. He knows that this poison needs to enter the blood directly to be effective, and it is useless to take it orally. And you see" Di Renjie pierced the needle hole with a silver needle and probed gently. When the silver needle was pulled out, there was a little invisible black liquid on the tip of the needle. "The poison is still there. This poison will not decompose quickly after entering the human body and will remain in the blood and tissues. This shows that it is not a common plant toxin, but more like the venom of some kind of animal." Li Lingxiao came closer holding an oil lamp. The black liquid glowed with a faint blue light under the firelight, like fluorescence in the deep sea. "Something in the sea?" He guessed. "It's very possible." Di Renjie carefully put the silver needle into the porcelain vase. "Last time, I asked someone to send the poison sample to Shendu Tai Hospital. I was afraid that they would be intercepted on the way. This time, we will investigate it ourselves." Li Lingxiao's heart moved. The last time Pei Yuanqing said that he sent the poison sample to Shendu Tai Hospital, Di Renjie did not expose it or ask questions. Now he said that he was afraid of being stopped on the road, which meant that he didn't think that the poison sample could reach Guitai Hospital at all. Di Renjie continued to check. He took out the seaweed section by section from the corpse's ears, nose, and throat and placed them on a piece of white cloth in order. He marked three corpses and three pieces of seaweed. "Ling Xiao, come here and take a look." Li Lingxiao leaned over. The seaweed on the white cloth comes in three colors: dark green, dark green, and almost black. The shapes are also different, some are flat like leaves, some are branched like feathers, and some are as thin as hair. "What are these?" "Sargassum, Ulva, and this kind of thing." Di Renjie picked up the nearly black filamentous seaweed and looked at it carefully under the oil lamp. "This kind is called ghost algae. It grows in the deep sea and can usually be found under twenty feet of water. This kind of algae does not exist in the coastal waters of Dengzhou. It can only be found in the open sea." Li Lingxiao raised his head suddenly: "The open sea? The murderer went to the sea to collect it?" "He may not have picked it himself. But this kind of seaweed can stay fresh for no more than two days from the time it is collected. In other words, within these two days, someone has brought back the seaweed from the open sea." Di Renjie also put the seaweed into a porcelain vase. "The fishermen in Dengzhou City have been afraid to go to sea for half a month because of the rumors of the sea monster. Those who can pick the seaweed in the open sea are definitely not ordinary fishermen." Yuchi Lingfeng listened on the side Suddenly interrupted: "Mr. Di, could it be those smuggling ships? They operate in the open sea and can easily catch this kind of seaweed." Di Renjie glanced at him: "Lingfeng, you are getting smarter and smarter." Yuchi Lingfeng scratched his head in embarrassment. Next, Di Renjie checked several other corpses. He looked at each one carefully, not missing any detail. Li Lingxiao squatted aside, helping him light the lights, handing him tools, and silently noted down every step of his inspection. Suddenly, Di Renjie stopped. What he is looking at is the female corpse wearing red gauze. There were two red marks on her wrists. Li Lingxiao had noticed them before and thought they were caused by something being strangled during a struggle. But Di Renjie was holding the oil lamp at the moment and looking at the two red marks over and over again. "This is not a strangulation mark," he said. Li Lingxiao leaned over. Under the oil lamp, the edges of the two red marks were not neat, but had fine jagged lines. "What is this?" He frowned. Di Renjie took out a small bronze mirror from his arms and rubbed the lines on the red marks. The lines reflected on the bronze mirror looked like the teeth marks of something. "She was bitten by something." Di Renjie's voice was very low. "Or, she was pinched by something." A thought flashed in Li Lingxiao's mind: "Something in the sea?" "It's possible." Di Renjie put the bronze mirror away. "There are no pinholes in Sai Hongxiao's body. She is the only body without pinholes." Li Lingxiao was shocked. He thought carefully about it. Yes, during the daytime inspection, he checked the side of Sai Hongxiao's neck and found no pinhole. He thought he had missed it at the time, but it turned out he hadn't. "Seven corpses, six had poisonous pinholes, one did not. Six died of poisoning, this one..." Di Renjie's eyes fell on Sai Hongxiao's face, and the twisted face was filled with extreme fear. "She was not poisoned to death. She was scared to death." The Yi Zhuang was eerily quiet. The flame of the oil lamp danced, casting a quivering shadow on the wall. Old man Chen recited the Buddha's name in a low voice in the corner. Li Lingxiao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down: "Mr. Di, if she was scared to death, what is the relationship between her death and the deaths of the other six people? Why did the murderer kill her in different ways?" "Good question." Di Renjie stood up and patted the ashes on his knees. "Perhaps Cuiyun Pavilion can give us the answer to this question." He turned to Old Man Chen and said, "Uncle Chen, please continue to look after these corpses. Anyone who comes to check must write down their name and time. If anyone wants to touch the corpse, come and report it immediately." "Young man, I understand." Old Man Chen nodded repeatedly. When the three of them left Yizhuang, the sky had completely darkened. Night came early in Dengzhou City, and just after Youshi, there were no people on the streets. The doors and windows of every house were closed. Occasionally, dim lights came out of the windows of a few houses, and they were shadowy, as if they were afraid of being seen by something outside. "Mr. Di, are you going to Cuiyun Pavilion tonight?" Yuchi Lingfeng asked. "That kind of place is only lively at night." "No hurry." Di Renjie looked up at the sky. The clouds were thick tonight, the stars and moon were dim, and the sea was pitch black. "Go back to the inn first. I have to wait for someone." "Who are you waiting for?" Di Renjie did not answer. When I returned to the post house, I saw a figure squatting outside the gate. The man huddled in the corner, wrapped in a shabby cloak. When he saw someone coming, he stood up suddenly, but hesitated and did not dare to step forward. Li Lingxiao held down the hidden weapon on his waist. "Don't be afraid." Di Renjie walked towards the man. "Are you here to see me?" The man slowly raised his head, revealing a young face under the brim of his cloak. He was in his mid-twenties and had a delicate face, but his face was green and gray, as if he hadn't slept for many days. His lips were trembling, his fingers were trembling, and his whole body was like a fallen leaf in the wind. "Master Di... I have something to say... I know who killed those people..." Di Renjie put his hand on his shoulder and said in a steady and strong voice: "Come in and talk." The man followed into the courtyard, and the old servant closed the door. Yuchi Lingfeng poured him a bowl of hot tea. He held it in both hands, and the rim of the bowl touched his teeth, making a rattling sound. "What's your name?" Di Renjie asked. "The villain... The villain's name is Shen Qiu Sheng, and he is... The clerk of the Port Affairs Department." The man took a sip of tea and seemed to calm down a little. "Mr. Zhang Xiao... Mr. Zhang Xiao is the colleague of the villain." Li Lingxiao's heart moved. Zhang Xiaoxian, the only clerk from the Port Affairs Department among the seven corpses, started having nightmares three months ago and died suddenly within a month. "Do you know how Zhang Xiaoxian died?" Shen Qiusheng put down the tea bowl and clutched the edge of the bowl with both hands, his knuckles turning white. His eyes were staring straight at the table, as if looking at something invisible to others. "Zhang Xiao was poisoned to death first. But before he died, he was frightened and went crazy." Shen Qiu Sheng's voice seemed to be squeezed out from the depth of his throat. "On the night he was on duty... He saw something he shouldn't have seen." "What thing he shouldn't have seen?" Shen Qiu Sheng raised his head, his eyes full of bloodshot eyes. He moved his lips several times before he struggled to utter a few words: "A ship. A ship sailing out of the sea. It was full of dead people, but those dead people... Were looking at him and laughing." The night wind passed through the yard, and the oil lamp shook violently a few times and almost went out. Li Lingxiao felt a chill rising up his spine, not from fear, but from an indescribable uneasiness. It was as if there was something hiding in the darkness, somewhere in Dengzhou City, hiding in those mouths sealed by seaweed, laughing silently. Di Renjie remained calm. He looked into Shen Qiu Sheng's eyes and asked word by word, "What's the name of that ship?" Shen Qiu Sheng's pupils suddenly dilated, as if someone had pinched his throat. His mouth opened and closed, closed and opened again, like a fish thrown ashore. "Black... Kuroshio Maru..." As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp sound pierced the air suddenly came from outside the courtyard wall. Yuchi Lingfeng reacted very quickly and threw Shen Qiu Sheng to the ground. A crossbow arrow was nailed to the pillar behind him, and the tail of the arrow was still buzzing and trembling. There was a piece of white cloth tied to the arrow shaft, and two words were written on the cloth in blood: "Shut up." Li Lingxiao turned over the wall, but couldn't see anything in the darkness. Only the sea breeze whizzed by, like the laughter of something. He jumped off the wall and returned to the courtyard. Di Renjie had already taken off the white cloth from the crossbow arrow and looked closely at it under the oil lamp. "The handwriting is different from the note in Luoyang." He said calmly, as if all this was expected. "Someone doesn't want Shen Qiu Sheng to speak, but is reluctant to kill him, so he just warns him to shut up. What does this mean?" Li Lingxiao thought for a while: "It means that keeping Shen Qiu Sheng is useful, or killing him will cause trouble." "Not bad." Di Renjie stood up and walked to Shen Qiu Sheng, who was paralyzed with fear. The voice was neither high nor low, but every word pierced his ears like nails. "Shen Qiu Sheng, since you dare to come to me, it means that you have already thought of a way out. I will not force you, but you only have one chance to tell everything you know. Otherwise, the arrow that flies next time will not be a warning arrow." Shen Qiu Sheng was shaking all over, and his face was covered with tears and snot. He knelt on the ground, his teeth chattering, and he tried his best to squeeze out a sentence: "Master Di... Can you... Keep this kid alive?" Di Renjie looked into his eyes, was silent for three seconds, and then said one word: "Yes." This word was said very softly, but for some reason, everyone present felt that it was heavier than copper and iron. Shen Qiusheng finally collapsed, lying on the ground and crying. The cries were wrapped in the sea breeze and drifted into the vast night. And in the darkness outside the inn, a pair of eyes were watching all this quietly through the crack in the door. The owner of those eyes stood there for a long time until the lights in the courtyard went out, then quietly disappeared deep into the alley. On his waist hung a fish-shaped bronze medal. Under the moonlight, three words "Haipingfang" are engraved on the bronze medal.

656 狐 The Story of the Fox Demon Li Xiuming, Who Loves Sweet Potato Soup234k WordsOngoing 1Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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A good book worth staying up all night to read. Close your eyes and remember to add it to your bookshelf.

658 吕 Lu Bu Is Reborn in Modern Times Donghua Emperor 666Urban2.3M WordsOngoing 751Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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The score gradually improved

659 少 Don't Be Pushy, the Villain Is Full of Firepower Ninety-Nine PointsModern Romance517k WordsCompleted 82.8kReads8.9Score10.2kShelves

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A perfect novel in my mind! Must see

661 乙 The Story of Yimu Xiu Xian Murong QianseEastern Fantasy3.3M WordsOngoing 9.8kReads8.7Score510Shelves

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The Story of Yimu Xiu Xian

662 光 Light Meets All Living Beings The Quiet Prince971k WordsOngoing 96Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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The author's writing style is very steady, the pace is not fast, but there are many details, like slowly closing a net. You will constantly have questions while watching it, and you will doubt everything along with the protagonist. It does not deliberately sensationalize, but the fate of each character is like a designed tragic art, reasonable and cruel. This is not a book that will make you happy, but a book that will make you put down your phone and stay silent for a long time. It's really amazing for a new author to have this pattern!

663 玄 Metaphysics Anchor Online: Your Yangshou Balance Is Insufficient FengjuanheModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 307Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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There are both long and short stories, see which one you like! Most of it is finished! It's cool to see it once [thoughts]

664 我 I Have Been Married to a Female Fairy for Three Years Wanli MingyueEastern Fantasy399k WordsCompleted 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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A must-have all-night book during the May Day holiday! The Lotus Immortal Wife used her affectionate Taoism to protect my officialdom for three years! The returned doctor and his peerless beauty save the country and the people, overcome the golden crisis, and eliminate the Japanese pirates' conspiracy!

668 我 My Empire of Hundreds of Billions Was Bought by My First Love at the Cost of Brain Death. Logic Usurps God87k WordsCompleted —Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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From low-level chips to high-level algorithms, the 26-year-old programmer practices it himself. Every idea in the novel has physical support. When reading it as a novel, it is extremely hard-core; when reading it as a script, it is so professional that it shines. If it cannot be filmed, we can say that the film industry has not kept up. If it cannot be filmed, does it mean that it cannot be written? ! Search Tomato author: [Logical Usurper] to see the real "geek literature". . Are you surprised to see the last friend in the first article? Surprised or not? Did the explosive feeling of Shutter Island lift your spiritual cap? Rdttgviciygedrduijiikiijuhyhtfedrfuhujuvrctvuhyyh

699 傻 Silly Xiaoya's Time Travel Story Go up AgainAncient Romance4.7M WordsCompleted 129.8kReads8.8Score5.3kShelves

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Wanwan is not Wanwan, she is hilarious and good-looking. The two exchange souls and are reborn. They work together to torture the scumbag and slap her in the face without mercy. Her aunt is laughing the whole time and she can't stop laughing. She is really good-looking.

700 离 On the Night of My Divorce, I Found Out That My Husband Is the God of War Who Protects the Country. Drinking Alone Under the MoonlightUrban1.3M WordsCompleted 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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Who said Tomato has no good books? I stayed up late to read these 20 books.