Stargate Chapter 3: Li’s sword

　　　　 returned to his seat from the director’s office.

　　 Li Hao glanced at the calendar on the desk, July 12, 1730.

　　 "It's almost a year!"

　　 whispered in a low voice.

Across from 　　, Chen Na curiously asked: "What is it almost a year ago?"

　　 Li Hao smiled and explained: "I said I have joined the Inspection Department for almost a year."

　　 "Oh, you have a good memory."

　　 Chen Na didn't pay attention anymore. Who remembers this is meaningless.

　　 Li Hao didn't say much.

　　He remembers!

　　 remember very clearly!

　　 August 1, 1729, he joined the Inspection Department.

　　 Just a few days ago, on July 23, the day after the incident, Li Hao chose to drop out. Soon, Li Hao joined the Inspection Department.

　　 On July 22, 1729, a self-immolation case occurred in Yincheng Ancient Courtyard.

Zhang Yuan, a second-level student of the Ancient Academy, set himself on fire outside the dormitory and was burned alive.

　　 In order not to affect the reputation of the Yincheng Ancient Academy, and after the inspection by the Inspection Department, it was indeed caused by an accident. News of this matter was blocked. Very few people knew that a student had died in the Yincheng Ancient Academy.

　　 Of course, it’s not a big deal. Zhang Yuan’s parents are dead, and there are no relatives in the family, and there are no victims, so things are quickly suppressed.

　　 Afterwards, Li Hao dropped out of school. His tutor also guessed that it was related to Zhang Yuan. It is said that Li Hao and Zhang Yuan had a good relationship.

　　"Zhang Yuan!"

　　 said silently in his heart, it has been almost a year since Xiaoyuan's death.

　　The scene of the day came to mind again.

　　 The red blood shadow seems to hold Xiaoyuan’s soul, the blood-red flame burns Xiaoyuan’s soul, pain, struggle, collapse, all kinds of emotions, other people did not see, but Li Hao seemed to see clearly. Chu.

　　 He wanted to step forward to stop him, but at that moment, Xiao Yuan's mouth kept opening and closing. In such extreme pain and unable to make any sound, his mouth kept moving.

　　 Other people may think it is wailing, but Li Hao knows, no.

　　"Escape!"

　　 Yes, that is to let myself escape.

　　 Li Hao is too familiar with Zhang Yuan!

　　 Keep yourself away, let yourself run away.

　　 Zhang Yuan did not die in the dormitory. When he died, he even wore only a pair of underwear, which looked ridiculous, but Li Hao never thought it ridiculous.

　　 Zhang Yuan should have been ready to fall asleep when he died, but he escaped from the dormitory in an extremely painful situation. The direction he was going to take was Li Hao's dormitory!

　　 He couldn't make a sound, and almost broke a tile with the greatest perseverance. This caused a lot of movement in the dead of night, and many people went out to check, including Li Hao.

　　 Is Zhang Yuan calling for help?

　　 Outsiders think so, Li Hao thinks... not.

　　He was warning himself. Zhang Yuan escaped from the dormitory, making a noise, leading out Li Hao, and finally said silently "escape". This was not to ask Li Hao for help, but to let him run away.

　　 "14 years."

　　 Li Hao murmured again in his heart.

　　 He and Zhang Yuan have known each other for 14 years. It's not that others think they are only two years of classmates. They have known 14 years of classmates from childhood, or buddies?

　　 It's just that the two of them are taciturn people, and the friendship between men doesn't need to be always on the lips.

　　 Just like Zhang Yuan, at the moment before his death, with extremely strong willpower, he struggled to escape, just to send a message to Li Hao and escape!

　　The self-immolation case of Zhang Yuan was finally suppressed, silently.

　　 Li Hao, a close friend, naturally few people would go to investigate anything.

　　 "Xiao Yuan let me escape, is it because of what he saw, heard, or simply fear? Or...Xiao Yuan knows that Blood Shadow’s next target is me?"

　　 This is also a question that Li Hao has been thinking about for a year.

　　 He couldn't imagine how much pain Zhang Yuan endured. At that moment, he still warned himself. Li Hao felt that it was not easy. Maybe...Blood Shadow's next goal is himself!

　　 "Six people, plus me, maybe seven people, what do we people have in common?"

　　"With a span of ten years, time is getting faster and faster. If you count me, the seven people, except Zhang Yuan and me, have nothing to do with each other. Is it a random goal or a clear goal?"

　　 Li Hao gently rubbed his forehead and looked through the documents in front of him. These are all the files of the six people, and they are also some clues he has collected through various channels in the past year.

　　 It has been ten years since the death of the first person. There may or may not be there before, Li Hao has no way of knowing.

　　The time span is ten years, and many things are actually hard to find.

　　"Gender? Age? Occupation? Identity? Common contact?"

　　 Li Hao has looked through the document in front of him many times, and Li Hao has never discovered the commonality in the conventional sense. These are just a few people who are completely irrelevant.

　　"Why did the blood shadow kill them? Did they threaten the blood shadow, or did they have other purposes?"

　　Countless doubts filled Li Hao's mind.

　　 Of course, keep chasing down, and one more point... revenge!

　　 Zhang Yuan is dead, no one cares, but Li Hao cares.

　　The night watchman is full of uncertainties. If it weren’t for the fact that he couldn’t get effective clues, or there was no good way to deal with a blood shadow that everyone couldn’t see, Li Hao would never hope for the night watchman. Killing Blood Shadow, he even hopes to kill that guy himself!

　　"Li Hao, look at the information of those people again?"

Across from 　　, Chen Na couldn't help but ask when Li Hao had opened the familiar file again.

　　 Over the past year, she has seen this document many times. Li Hao has been reading this document, and the document is getting thicker and thicker, and Li Hao almost sees the burrs.

　　 But every time she wanted to take a look, Li Hao quickly closed it.

　　 just vaguely saw some personal information of a few people.

　　 Li Hao raised his head with a pure smile, "Sister Na, just take a look."

　　 "Cut!"

　　 Chen Na dismissed it, just take a look, have you been watching it for almost a year?

　　 This kid is not honest sometimes.

　　"I’ve been watching it for so long, Li Hao, what do you want to check? There are so many old inspections here, so you don’t ask, so you can check yourself. You are a novice, what can you find? Or show me. Maybe I can give you some suggestions, rest assured, I will not leak."

　　 Chen Na smiled and said: "How about, show me?"

　　 I am really curious!

　　 Li Hao was unwilling to let people know that he was investigating this, and was also worried about attracting Hongying’s attention, but now, he hasn’t found anything, and the case has been reported to Wang Jie, and it’s not right to show Chen Na at this moment. Can not.

　　 After thinking about it for a while, Li Hao still said: "Then look at it, but don't bother other people."

　　 He doesn't want too many people to know that they are paying attention to this.

　　 Chen Na is also a newcomer, not so sensitive and keen. Once others see the materials of these people, they may soon think of those previous cases and know that Li Hao is investigating the self-immolation case.

　　 showed Chen Na, it was also Li Hao who watched it for too long, but found nothing. I don't know if it is because he is too involved, the authorities are obsessed, or because there is really no connection.

　　 Chen Na, an outsider, might be able to see something?

　　 Well, Li Hao actually didn't hold any hope, but he was a little unwilling to gain nothing for a long time.

　　 "Don't worry!"

　　 Chen Na suddenly smiled, and finally she had a chance to see Li Hao's little secret.

　　 For fear that Li Hao would regret it, she hurried over, snatched the documents in Li Hao's hand, and quickly looked through it.

　　 After a while, Chen Na headed his way: "Li Hao, what do you want to find from these files? I looked at it, there are too many, you have recorded all the trivial things in it, and you can see it as a memoir. , What result do you want to get?"

　　 Li Hao thought about it for a while and said: "What they have in common! What the six of them have in common!"

　　 Chen Na was speechless.

　　 She took a closer look and found that there were six people with different ages, different occupations and identities, both men and women, and different circles.

　　 and died early, they have been dead for 10 years!

　　 The latest one, dead for a year.

　　 Where do these six people have in common?

　　 During the past year of co-authoring, Li Hao has been watching this, and it's really...free enough.

　　 But I glanced at the last person’s profile. Zhang Yuan, a student at the Ancient Academy of Silver City, Chen Na vaguely knew something. Li Hao’s main purpose was this, right?

　　"Zhang Yuan, died on July 22, 1729...It seems that it hasn't been long since Li Hao dropped out, or is it about when he dropped out?"

　　 Chen Na took a closer look and thought of Li Hao’s dropout, as if she knew something.

　　 A student from the ancient academy, don’t drop out of school with a bright future. Some people have always been uncomprehending. Seeing this file today, Chen Na thinks that she may have a clue.

　　 Thinking of this, Chen Na, who looked at the file with a playful heart before, is also a little more serious.

　　 Did Li Hao suspect that Zhang Yuan was killed by him?

　　 Six people, are they all murdered?

　　 series of cases?

　　……

　　 Chen Na was looking at the file carefully. Li Hao waited for a while, but didn't get any feedback. He didn't care too much. He didn't care about it any more, but thought about his next step.

　　 Now, the case is handed over to the Inspection Department. The Inspection Department should investigate it, but Li Hao didn't have much hope.

　　 Unless the night watcher gets involved soon!

　　"The point is, if the next target is me, maybe I will encounter the blood shadow in the near future. The red shadow I vaguely saw a few days ago, is it the blood shadow? Is it looking for me? Or is it already found? It’s just because of my identity that I didn’t dare to do it for the time being?"

　　 Inspection Department, after all, is a law enforcement agency. The practitioner self-immolated to death, and it may not cause much disturbance, even for the students of the Ancient Academy.

　　 But a third-level patrol inspector died. As his own person, the inspectorate department will carefully check and trace it. This is more serious than the death of a student.

　　 "According to the information I understand, every time this blood shadow appears, there should be a time limit, not too long, and it will only appear at a certain point."

　　"The deceased actually have one thing in common, but...somewhat ambiguous!"

　　 In the past year, Li Hao has not achieved nothing.

　　 At least he found out a bit, including Zhang Yuan's death, the day when six people died, the weather didn't seem to be very good.

　　What thunderstorm days, spherical lightning, cloudy and rainy days...

　　 There are not many people who care about this kind of weather, and Li Hao really can't find more clues before paying attention.

　　 On the day Zhang Yuan died, Li Hao clearly remembered that there was a light rain at night, not too much.

　　 "Only when it rains, or when the weather is bad, only come out to commit crimes."

　　 Li Hao kept writing something on the paper, and soon tore the paper to pieces. After smashing it completely, he put down the pen and fell into contemplation.

　　 He was thinking, opposite, Chen Na suddenly exclaimed in a low voice: "I found it!"

　　 Li Hao was taken aback, raised his head hurriedly, and found it?

　　What did you find?

　　 how is it possible!

　　 He had no hope, Chen Na only saw it for a while and discovered something. Li Hao felt that this guy was fooling himself.

　　 Li Hao frowned, and Su Zhan brows soon, and his smile returned: "Sister Na, what did you find?"

　　 Chen Na vaguely saw Li Hao frowning before, and she was a little embarrassed. Then she remembered that Li Hao was very concerned about this matter. When she was not joking, she said in embarrassment, "That...actually I haven't finished reading the information. Too much."

　　 Li Hao had no wave in his heart, so he guessed it.

　　 There is no disappointment, because there is no hope in the first place.

　　 But the next moment, Chen Na still opened her mouth and said: "I haven't finished reading it, but... it really seems to be a bit related, but I'm not sure."

　　 said, she raised the paper next to her, "I have the habit of writing and drawing. I just looked at the document and I wrote down the names of several parties."

　　 Li Hao took a look and nodded slightly.

　　 six parties!

　　, Li Hao can memorize the names of these people, so what can I find?

　　 is not the same name, not the same surname, some two characters, some three characters, they are simply irrelevant.

　　 And Chen Na saw Li Hao's attention, and quickly said: "Zhou Qing, Hong Jiao, Wang Haoming, Liu Yunsheng, Zhao Shihao, Zhang Yuan, are these six people's names?"

　　 Li Hao nodded slightly.

　　 Chen Na looked at the name on the paper again, and suddenly she was a little uncertain. She was afraid that she had said it, and Li Hao felt that it was not good for Li Hao to fool him.

　　 was a little embarrassed, Chen Na coughed lightly: "Forget it, when I didn't say it, I will take a closer look, it seems that something is not right, it is two short."

　　 "What?"

　　 Li Hao was taken aback for a moment: "What's the difference?"

　　 Chen Na became more embarrassed: "If there is one more surnamed Zheng and another surnamed Li, that's right, now there is no...cough cough, let me just say that, don't take it seriously."

　　 She doesn't want to say any more, it's so embarrassing!

　　 Li Hao was shocked.

　　 Why do you need two more?

　　surnamed Li... his surname is Li!

　　 There is still a surname Zheng, one missing... Li Hao can only find some cases ten years ago, because more than ten years, some unsuspecting cases will destroy the files, because there are too many accidental cases. There are too many cases, and not all confidential rooms will be kept.

　　 At this moment, Li Hao's heart was shaken, but his face remained unchanged, and he smiled and said: "Sister Na, what do you say, what is this, talk about it, just talk, why do you want two more surnames? Right?"

　　 Chen Na looked at Li Hao and curiously said: "Are you not from Yincheng?"

　　 "Yes."

　　 "That..."

　　 Chen Na said, thinking of something, nodded and said: "Understood, is your family...no old man?"

　　 "My grandparents passed away early."

　　 Li Hao became more curious, why did he contact the old man again?

　　 Chen Na saw that he was interested, and she was not embarrassed now, she said: "If there are elderly people in the family, some elderly people like to speak some local dialects. My grandma used to like to say these when I was a child. "

　　 Chen Na thought for a while, and recalled it for a while before she said: "I used to live with my grandma, and my grandma liked to sing some local songs in Yincheng. I remember that there is a local song like this..."

　　 Chen Na followed the old grandmother's way, cleared her throat, and sang in a low voice: "The sword of the Li family, the knife of the Zhang family, the fist of the Zhao family, the leg of the Liu family...The young master of the Zheng family is dragging her back!"

　　 sang for a short while, Chen Na felt embarrassed, and smiled embarrassingly: "It’s a bit bad to sing in Mandarin. In fact, my grandma used to sing in Yincheng dialect. Of course, it’s some local operas. , I feel a bit soiled if I haven’t heard it."

　　 At this moment, Li Hao's eyes flickered wildly.

　　 soil song!

　　 Li's sword, Zhang's sword...

　　 There are eight surnames in this local song!

　　 Li, Zhang, Zhao, Liu, Wang, Hong, Zhou, Zheng!

　　 He snatched the paper in Chen Na's hand, without being polite at all, and instantly fell to the first name, Zhou Qing.

　　 This is the one who died ten years ago!

　　 was also the first person in the self-immolation case that Li Hao found.

　　 followed by the salesperson Hong Jiao, and then Wang Haoming...

　　If the first person to die is not Zhou Qing, but a person surnamed Zheng, then Zhou Qing is the second, Hong Jiao is the third, and Wang Hongming is the fourth...

In 　　 Yincheng Tuqu, the eight surnames are reversed, and the order is completely in line with the time of death.

　　 Zhang Yuan, the last to die, corresponds to Zhang's knife.

　　 That means... there is one more!

　　 There is another person who will die, the other's surname is Li, the first in the opera, the sword of the Li family!

　　 Li Hao's face changed.

　　 He hurriedly looked at Chen Na, with uncontrollable shock and excitement, and his voice was a little hoarse: "When did this tune...began to circulate, who came out..."

　　 Chen Na was taken aback by the look in his eyes, and quickly calmed down, "Don’t worry~IndoMTL.com~Li Hao, many old people should have heard this song, but young people have heard less, so you don’t know. , If you are interested, we can check it slowly, don’t worry!"

　　 Li Hao took a deep breath and suppressed the impulse in his heart.

　　 Don't be in a hurry!

　　 He didn’t expect, he just gave Chen Na a glance, and the other party actually gave such an important clue. This song Li Hao has never heard of it, and no one has sung it. It should have ceased to be popular many years ago. .

　　Because of the popularization of Mandarin, these local village folk songs have long since entered the soil with the older generations and have gradually been lost.

　　 Grandpa Li Hao's generation died early. Li Hao has never seen him, so naturally no one will sing it to him.

　　 "Calm!"

　　 Li Hao yelled in his heart, what anxious? With clues, this is the key. Don't be anxious.

　　The key now is to make sure that the first person to die is Zheng.

　　 Some of the files in the confidential room were destroyed ten years ago, but it was not completely out of place to check, and he didn’t need to check carefully. He only needed to find out whether there was any reason for fifteen to ten years ago. Those surnamed Zheng who died of self-immolation will do.

　　 At this moment, Li Hao is both excited and fearful.

　　 If it is true, then the next one... is yourself!

　　 Xiaoyuan must have seen something and heard something, so he let himself escape.

　　"Li's sword..."

　　"Li's sword!"

　　 Li Hao thought in his heart, suddenly his eyes widened, the Li family...has a sword!

　　PS: The update time is around 4pm and around 10pm. The new book period is tentatively scheduled for two changes a day. No way. The new book period is about 40 days on my side. It must be finished. After the shelves, we will see the situation. What's more, I will write more about the Eagle Chapter in the new book issue. There are five thousand in this chapter.