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Hearing Chuntao's affirmative reply, Zhao Xun felt that this was not just a coincidence.

Doctor Zhen appeared a little earlier than the time when Master Qian and Mrs. Qian had a headache. He happened to be at the house, and the two masters had a headache. He happened to be able to treat it, and then he stayed.

Even if these three people are not all dolls, they should have some relationship with the dolls.

It can't be just pure coincidence.

Zhao Xun asked the four primates to continue monitoring the four NPCs, while he prepared to visit the eldest lady's courtyard at night.

From Chuntao's words, Zhao Xun already knew that dinner would not be prepared at home.

If you are hungry, you can open a small stove to make something to eat, or eat pastries and fruits to fill your stomach.

In short, the principle of not eating after lunch is followed here, and no dinner is eaten.

Zhao Xun asked Chuntao to bring two more plates of salty pastries for dinner.

Fortunately, as a guest invited by Mr. Qian, he can basically get whatever he wants to eat.

Otherwise, you will just have to go hungry.

When Chuntao came back with the pastries, her face was full of horror.

When Zhao Xun saw this, he already knew it, but he still pretended not to know anything and asked, "What's wrong? Your expression is not right."

Chuntao put the pastry on the table next to Zhao Xun, and then said uneasily: "Sir, that martial arts master is dead."

"Dead?" Zhao Xun looked surprised, "When did it happen? How did he die?"

"I don't know." Chuntao shook her head repeatedly. "On the way to the kitchen, I saw several people carrying something. I was curious and took a look. Unexpectedly, I saw the body of Master Wu. His My chest was stabbed, it was so scary.”

"Then Mr. Qian should know about this, right?" Zhao Xun picked up a piece of pastry and took a bite before continuing, "Where are you going to carry Master Wu's body?"

"My servant heard that the master asked the servants to transport Master Wu out and bury him in the countryside." Chuntao replied.

"Didn't you report it to the official?" Zhao Xun raised his eyebrows slightly, "Just buried it in private, don't you plan to find the murderer?"

"I don't know." Chuntao shook her head repeatedly, "The master didn't announce his decision to everyone... As a servant, it's not good for me to go out of my way to ask the master how he plans to handle this matter."

"Yes." Zhao Xun took a sip of tea and said nothing more.

It's a good thing for Mr. Qian not to report to the official. The more NPCs there are, the more trouble there is. Moreover, with the police around, movement at night will be limited.

However, according to common sense, it should be reported to the official.

Judging from Chuntao's reaction, there should be officials and police officers in this game.

Otherwise, when he asked just now, Chuntao should have been confused about "what is a reporting officer" or "what a reporting officer does".

Since there is a process of "reporting to the official", Mr. Qian did not report to the official, which adds a bit of suspicion.

Chuntao was quiet for a while and asked Zhao Xun in a low voice: "Master, aren't you afraid?"

"People in the martial arts world often see various scenes of fighting and killing. There is nothing to be afraid of." Zhao Xun said with a natural expression.

His current identity is a swordsman.

It would be against the character to be surprised by such a thing.

Hearing this, Chuntao subconsciously shrank her neck: "Young master can be so calm, it's really amazing, this slave... this slave is very scared."

"Then why don't you go back early tonight to rest and stop working." Zhao Xun said accordingly.

"No," Chuntao subconsciously refused, "This slave has to help the master wash his clothes and help him sleep."

"No need, I can do this kind of thing myself." Zhao Xun waved his hand, "I am a man in the world, and I don't need such meticulous service. You did everything for me in every detail, but instead let me I’m not used to it.”

Chuntao hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Okay then, I will sleep in the wing room. Master, you can call me if you need anything."

"Well," Zhao Xun responded, "Go ahead."

Chuntao took a few steps towards the ear room, then suddenly turned back: "Sir, who do you think killed Master Wu? I heard that Master Wu's kung fu is very powerful and he can be killed. How powerful is the murderer?"

Zhao Xun shook his head: "I don't know that."

"Then...then..." Chuntao struggled for a while before asking, "Would the murderer also kill others? My slave... I am a little scared."

"Don't worry, since the murderer chose to kill a martial arts master like Master Wu, he either has a personal vendetta and will run away after the killing and will not stay in the house. Or he wants to challenge the master and test his own strength. The next target is My possibility is much higher than yours." Zhao Xun laughed, "You are a helpless little girl, the murderer will not find you."

"Then I'd better accompany you, slave." Chuntao said quickly, "If the murderer comes to cause trouble for the young master, I can also call for help."

Zhao Xun waved his hands repeatedly: "Forget it, if the murderer really comes, I'm afraid your neck will be cut before you can even make a sound."

Chuntao shrank her neck in fear, fearing that her throat would be cut in the next second.

"Go and have a rest. Don't worry about me." Zhao Xun's tone was gentle.

Chuntao then left feeling uneasy.

It was getting darker and quieter outside, except for the occasional chirping of insects.

Zhao Xun opened the window next to the bed and turned into a small sparrow and flew out.

According to what Tian Tiantiao asked Chuntao, he quickly found the eldest lady's courtyard.

The entire courtyard was very quiet. Not a single maid was seen in the courtyard, not even the old lady who was looking after the door.

Zhao Xun landed on the roof, turned his right hand back to a human hand, gently opened a tile, and checked the situation inside the house.

There were no servants in the room, only the eldest lady was sitting in the tub taking a bath alone.

The water in the barrel was not clear, but had a faint green color, as if it was a medicinal bath.

Under the swaying warm orange candlelight, the skin on the eldest lady's shoulders looked particularly white.

However, Zhao Xun's gaze did not stop at the young woman's beautiful body. He was observing the joints of the eldest lady's body.

As far as the eye can see, all the joints are normal, without the common joints of dolls.

After all, dolls are not real people. If you want the limbs to move, the joints must be connected, such as using ball joints.

But there are no ball joints on the eldest lady's body, which is just normal human skin.

Well, if it were covered with a layer of skin... would it completely cover the traces of the ball joint?

Zhao Xun is not a puppet master. He has too little experience in this area and has no idea at all.

However, it is not difficult to figure this out.

A dagger blade cut in half appeared in Zhao Xun's hand.

After killing Master Wu, he picked up all the blades on the ground.

Although there is no hilt, it is inconvenient to hold, but he can use [Metal Control] to control these metals from a distance, and the lack of a hilt does not affect the lethality.

Naturally, he was not willing to waste the weapons he bought with money.

Just when Zhao Xun was about to cut the eldest lady's skin with a blade to confirm whether the eldest lady was a doll in human skin or a real person, the courtyard door was suddenly opened.

He stopped what he was doing and turned to look at the yard.

There was no moonlight tonight, and there were no candles in the yard, so it was difficult to see clearly the person coming.

It wasn't until the other party walked into the room that Zhao Xun finally saw the other party's face.

He is actually an eldest son.

It's just that the eldest son's condition seems a little wrong.

Although his eyes were open, his expression was dull, and his eyes blinked very slowly and without any focus.

It's like sleepwalking.

The eldest young master opened the door and walked in without knocking, but the eldest lady did not panic, as if she had already expected who was coming at this time.

The eldest lady picked up a nearby bath towel and wrapped it around her body. Then she walked out of the tub without wiping the water off her body.

The eldest son stood motionless, looking at the eldest lady blankly, as if he was just looking at the eldest lady, but in fact his eyes were not focused at all.

When the eldest lady walked in front of the eldest son, the eldest son took off his shirt on his own initiative.

The eldest lady skillfully took out a small and exquisite scimitar from the dressing cabinet and casually cut one wound after another on the eldest son's body.

The eldest son didn't struggle at all, didn't even blink his eyes, as if he couldn't feel the pain at all.

The eldest lady used a palm-sized clay pot to catch the blood flowing from the eldest young master's body. When the blood on the eldest young master's body gradually stopped flowing, she put the clay pot back into the dressing cabinet.

The eldest son did not move his position during the whole process, he was as quiet as a puppet.

After doing all this, the eldest lady sat on the stool and watched the eldest young master dress herself and then slowly leave. She just watched the eldest young master leave in silence.

No one spoke from the beginning to the end, it was very quiet.

Zhao Xun, who was lying on the roof to watch the whole process: "..."

What a strange play.

However, he at least understood why the eldest son always got injured for no reason.

It was not a fall or bruise as outsiders thought, but a cut.

The eldest son may not even know how he was injured, so naturally he cannot explain it clearly to outsiders.

Maybe he felt embarrassed, or maybe he felt too weird and didn't dare to speak out, so the eldest son kept secret about his injury and didn't want others to know the details.

However, the eldest son does not look like an ordinary sleepwalker.

Generally, sleepwalkers will not do the same thing every night, not to mention pain will wake up sleepwalkers.

But the eldest son suffered so many cuts and showed no signs of waking up.

It's more like hypnosis.

And the eldest lady obviously doesn't do this kind of thing once or twice. Her movements are so skillful, maybe she has been doing this for half a year.

Chuntao said that the eldest lady and the eldest son had always had a good relationship in the past, not to mention that they were siblings from the same mother, with different genders, so there was no conflict of interest or competition for resources.

The eldest lady has no reason to hurt her biological brother.

Such a sudden and earth-shaking change made Zhao Xun feel that the eldest lady had been replaced by a doll.

When the eldest son walked out of the courtyard and closed the door, Zhao Xun immediately controlled the blade and slashed towards the eldest lady's shoulder.

The eldest lady had no idea that she would be attacked by a sneak attack at this time, and the blade struck from her back, so she didn't even see it.

All of a sudden, her skin was cut.

It wasn't until she heard a strange sound coming from her skin that she finally realized something was wrong.

At the same time, Zhao Xun clearly saw that what was exposed under the cut skin on the eldest lady's shoulder was not red flesh, but dark brown wood.

The wood grain on it is very clear, shining lightly in the candlelight, and seems to have been carefully polished and very smooth.

This young lady is indeed a doll!

After confirming this, Zhao Xun immediately used [Fire Control], and small balls of flames rushed towards the eldest lady.

Since it is a puppet, there is a high probability that it does not have internal organs, and it may not be able to kill it with a knife, but the fact that wood is afraid of fire will not change.

Burning will definitely kill you.

After the doll lady realized that her skin had been cut, she looked around, trying to find out who had attacked her where.

Before she could find anyone, she suddenly saw balls of flames rushing toward her.

The flames were so dense that she couldn't dodge and was instantly ignited.

She felt no pain, but was frightened by the scorching heat.

She quickly got into the barrel.

Unfortunately, the true fire of Samadhi cannot be extinguished with ordinary water. Before Miss Doll could even breathe a sigh of relief, she felt that the flames on her body did not weaken at all, but became more intense.

She buried her entire body in the water, and the green liquid was filled with red flames.

Finally, her futile struggle disappeared and her whole body floated in the water.

Zhao Xun saw the right opportunity and withdrew the blazing flames to prevent the entire courtyard from being engulfed in flames.

Part of the wooden barrel has been burned, and the body of the doll lady is even more mutilated. The entire wooden body on the left side has been burned clean, leaving only the stump on the right side.

Her skin was completely burned, and you could faintly taste the unique burnt smell of her flesh.

Zhao Xun instantly understood that it was the skin of a real person.

The real eldest lady was killed, skinned, and put on the doll's body, so that the doll could pretend to be the eldest lady without any flaws.

No one has ever suspected that the doll is a fake eldest lady.

Only native leather can prevent anyone from finding flaws in appearance.

[Congratulations to player Zhao Xun for successfully killing a doll disguised as a human, earning 30 points and 30 hours of survival time. 】

Zhao Xun raised his eyebrows slightly and was in a very good mood.

Although these points are not many for veteran players, they are better than nothing. The most important thing is that survival time rewards can also be added to this.

Another six hours of survival time a day, which is great.

The next second, a streamer-like barrage suddenly floated in front of him.

[Public screen notification: Doll hunting progress: 1/3]

According to the rules of this game, after killing three dolls, all surviving players can clear the game, so it is appropriate to notify the progress of the doll hunting on the public screen.

The public screen notified the progress, but did not show which player killed the doll, which made Zhao Xun very satisfied.

He flew back to his residence in a happy mood and slept peacefully all night.

*

October 26

early morning.

As soon as Zhao Xun got up, he heard the news of the death of the eldest lady.

In addition, there was news that four servants were killed.

Zhao Xun understood that the four servants must have been killed by the two dolls that had not yet been found.

He simply wiped his face and rinsed his mouth, then walked quickly towards the crime scene.

He was not very interested in the crime scene he created. What he wanted to see was the death scene of the four servants.

Maybe we can find some common ground in the death of the servant, and get clues to the doll.

Chuntao followed Zhao Xun step by step, her face full of panic: "Master, didn't you say that the murderer had a grudge against Master Wu, or just wanted to challenge the master? But so many people died last night. No one knows kung fu. The eldest lady is a delicate woman, how could she be killed?"

"That can only mean that my guess is wrong," Zhao Xun shrugged, "After all, I am not the murderer. It is normal not to guess the murderer's mind."

Before last night, he didn't know that one of his targets was the eldest lady.

If the reason was overturned so quickly, you can't blame him.

Chuntao was worried: "In that case, the slave may also become the target of the murderer."

"Maybe." Zhao Xun did not choose to comfort Chuntao this time, but said truthfully, "Anyone may become the next victim."

Hearing this, Chuntao took a breath of air and felt bad all over.

Zhao Xun said no more and hurried on.

On the way to the crime scene, I met several players.

Obviously, everyone wants to get some effective clues by observing the victims.

Among them, some players chose to go to the eldest lady's room.

After all, other players don't know that the eldest lady is the doll that was killed last night, so it's normal to want to take a look.

Judging from the performance of other NPCs, even though the eldest lady's puppet body has been exposed, it seems that in their eyes, the eldest lady is still the eldest lady, and it did not cause any commotion.

Zhao Xun did not hear that Mr. Qian wanted to find his real daughter, but instead buried the body of the puppet lady.

It is possible that in terms of game settings, no "dolls" exist in the eyes of all NPCs. This is the "truth" that only players can see.

Zhao Xun quickly rushed to the crime scene with several players.

At this time, there were several players standing on the scene.

The four servants lived in two rooms respectively. Both rooms had bunks and could sleep ten people each.

Except for the four servants who died, everyone else was unscathed.

No one else heard any movement last night, nor noticed anything unusual, nor even heard the cries for help from the four dead servants.

But the death of these four servants was very miserable.

Their expressions were very peaceful and calm, which seemed particularly strange compared to their battered limbs.

The most critical thing is that their elbow joints and knee joints have been folded in reverse, and the entire body is in an awkward posture that is completely unergonomic.

Obviously the four servants did not die happily, but suffered a lot of torture.

Under such circumstances, no one heard anything.

Either these four servants were captured, tortured to death, and then sent back.

Or... hypnotized.

Just like the eldest son, he would not react to pain and could torture them to death on the spot.

Zhao Xun prefers the latter.

This can also explain why the tortured servant's facial expression is strangely peaceful.

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