When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

The door just stood there quietly, without any swing or sound.

Because of the fog, the location of the door panel was opposite to the direction of going up the mountain. I was also thinking about meeting up with the soldiers guarding the courtyard, so I didn't pay attention to it when I came up just now.

Fortunately, Xiao Yihuo was very vigilant, otherwise he would have been overlooked.

When the house was abandoned, it was thanks to Xiao Yihuo's reminder that the calligraphy and paintings on the wall were in different positions that the mechanism was opened correctly.

The two men held their breath and walked towards the gate lightly. When they were close to the gate, Xiao Yihuo moved to the position behind the gate at an extremely fast speed, ready to capture him.

Although Xiao Yihuo didn't say anything, but from Xiao Yihuo's lowered hands and expression, Lin Lezhi knew that there was no one hiding behind the door, so he walked forward.

Keeping the door in place, Lin Lezhi carefully observed the front and back of the gate with the fire starter in his hand, and finally found traces of moss in the weeds behind the door.

The surrounding weeds also showed signs of being trampled by people, and there were some water stains on the grass where moss appeared.

The moss and water stains left in the weeds flowed out of the courtyard gate.

"Before searching the courtyard and going down the well, the soldiers guarding the courtyard had never gone down the well, but there was moss here, which means that the people hiding here had also gone down the well."

As he was thinking about the case, Lin Lezhi's brows were furrowed and he looked a little solemn.

"If you've been down the well, doesn't that confirm your previous inference that the murderer is most likely among the people who came to the island together? If your inference is correct, why are you still so worried?"

Looking worried?

After hearing what Xiao Yihuo said, Lin Lezhi came back to his senses and realized that his brows were furrowed because he was thinking about the case.

Lin Lezhi stretched out his hand and gently stroked his forehead twice, then stood up, but the doubt in his eyes did not dissipate even after his fingers stroked it.

"I just can't understand. Since the murderer set up this trap to attract snakes to kill people, he must have a way to avoid snakes. There is no one else in this village, so why would he hide here?"

"If you can guess the murderer's thoughts, then you are the murderer. Why are you investigating the case? Or..." Xiao Yihuo smiled and said, "Master Lin admits that he has a flaw and cannot solve the case."

Hey…

Xiao Yihuo's words were clearly a mockery of himself for being a fake.

In the tunnel, he said that he was not the kind of boring person who would take revenge on others, and considering his cleanliness, he looked cold and stern as if he wanted to draw a clear line between them.

As a result, I would mock myself whenever I got the chance.

It has happened so many times.

Say you are not a boring person.

How can you be so embarrassed?

Lin Lezhi felt more and more that using a fox to describe Xiao Yihuo was so apt.

"Pay attention to the wording. I didn't say that. The deduction of the case is all about deduction. It's not easy to make mistakes if you deduct first and then judge. If you judge the case without distinguishing right from wrong, it will become a muddled case. Even if you can overturn the verdict one day, it will be too late. So, I have thought through every detail. This is called rigorous, not unsolvable."

Lin Lezhi said a lot of things and retorted, but Xiao Yihuo remained silent.

He glanced sideways at Xiao Yihuo and found that Xiao Yihuo was looking straight at him, which was different from the look of suspicion in his eyes just now.

This time, there were complex emotions in his eyes that Lin Lezhi could not understand, and there was a melancholy and profound look in his eyes.

It's like I'm thinking about something else through myself.

"You...why are you suddenly silent again?"

Including the time in the cave, this was the third time that Xiao Yihuo had behaved out of character. No matter what Xiao Yihuo was thinking, Lin Lezhi felt a little uneasy when he saw Xiao Yihuo with such an expression.

Hearing Lin Lezhi's question, Xiao Yihuo came back to his senses with a slight panic in his eyes, then looked away and said in a deep voice: "Nothing, I think you are right, you are not talking about going to the second Huaifeng Village, let's go."

After saying that, Xiao Yihuo set off towards the highest point of the village without waiting for Lin Lezhi's response.

Turning around, the gloom in Xiao Yihuo's eyes deepened.

But this gloomy look did not stay in Xiao Yihuo's eyes for long. After hearing that Lin Lezhi was catching up, Xiao Yihuo quickly hid the emotion in his eyes.

Xiao Yihuo and Lin Lezhi jumped to the roof. After Lin Lezhi pointed out the approximate direction, he searched the thick fog for a suitable position to gain leverage.

To avoid the thick fog, you must go from a high place.

After determining a point where he could gain leverage, Xiao Yihuo walked upwards along the trees growing on the mountain. As they moved higher, their vision became clearer and they could clearly see that there was another mountain opposite the one they were on.

There is some distance between the two mountains, but not very far.

Lin Lezhi's gaze moved downwards, and there was thick fog between the two mountains.

If the inference is correct, the second Huaifeng Village was built there.

However, there is no connection between the two mountains.

"Xiao Fox, you've come to such a high place, and these two mountains are not connected. There's not even a place to land. Can we just jump down like this?"

"No."

"what!?"

Xiao Yihuo's words were so confident and without hesitation that Lin Lezhi's heart skipped a beat and he cried out in panic. Only then did Xiao Yihuo continue to speak, "If we go down there, I'm afraid we won't be able to get out until dawn.

"Can you please stop panting when you speak... ah——!"

Without waiting for Lin Lezhi to finish his words, Xiao Yihuo jumped up and flew towards the thick fog, which made Lin Lezhi jump with fear, and it took him a while to recover.

Lin Lezhi took a deep breath, calmed down his frightened emotions, then looked at Xiao Yihuo and couldn't help complaining: "Why are you always like this? Listen to what others say before flying... Uh-!"

Lin Lezhi wanted to complain about Xiao Yihuo's bad behavior, but when he looked over, he saw that Xiao Yihuo's face looked extremely bad. Then Xiao Yihuo's hand that was grabbing his arm suddenly tightened, and his body could not keep steady and he fell rapidly downwards.

"Are you OK!"

Although his body was falling, Lin Lezhi was more worried about Xiao Yihuo's physical condition.

Under the moonlight, Xiao Yihuo's face no longer had the calm look on it. His brows were furrowed and his face was pale. The veins on his forehead, neck and hands were bulging, and his face looked somewhat hideous.

Xiao Yihuo's current condition is the same as when he first arrived on the lake island. No, it's even worse than then.

Sure enough, he wasn't pretending at that time.

Even wearing beggar's clothes could not hide his arrogance. Even when pretending to be a sick prince, Xiao Yihuo exuded a calmness. If he was not in extreme pain, he would never let himself show such an embarrassing state.

"Xiao Xu——!"

As Lin Lezhi shouted, Xiao Yihuo's eyes regained some clarity.

After realizing that his body was falling, Xiao Yihuo grabbed Lin Lezhi tightly and immediately sealed several acupuncture points near his heart. He barely adjusted his body shape, quickly scanned the surrounding terrain, gritted his teeth and endured the discomfort in his body, saying: "You talk too much."