"I think it's my turn this time." Xia Xiaoyan's expression was unusually cold as she took the initiative to speak.
"Everyone, don't you think this mission is very cruel?"
Xia Xiaoyan's voice was chillingly calm, and only Xia Xiaoxian could hear some compassion in her words.
It turns out that Xia Xiaoyan's true character is not the heartless second lady of Prince Ning's Mansion who only likes to dress up in Xia Xiaoxian's eyes.
That's really interesting.
Why do almost every one of them have several completely different faces?
"No matter who of us finally completes the mission and wins the right to live, it's actually 'indirect murder'!"
Xia Xiaoyan's face was cold, and she folded her arms. "I'm not saying this to get you to stand with me. I'm just speaking from my heart!"
Perhaps Xia Xiaoyan without the mask is the one Xia Xiaoxian truly likes.
When Xia Xiaoxian looked at her, there was a hint of pity in her eyes.
"My name is Xiaoyan, and I'm the owner of the Lichunlou that everyone of you mentioned before..."
"Boss? That's a nicer way of saying it." Li Jiujiang couldn't help but sneered, "Usually we call them madams, but a young madam like you is really unexpected!"
"Lichunlou was truly established by me with my own money. If I'm not the owner, what else could I be?"
Xia Xiaoyan glanced at Li Jiujiang coldly from the corner of her eye. "Originally, I made an appointment with the embroiderer and asked her to come to Lichunlou. I want to pay her for this month's embroidery work."
"Although the money wasn't much, I knew it was enough for the embroiderer to eat for a month. So, when I heard the shopkeeper say the embroiderer was coming, I asked him to tell her to wait for me at the usual place on the second floor while I went to get the money."
"Unexpectedly, when I went upstairs to my own place to get the money, I found that the money I had put away had been completely stolen!"
"That's a full two hundred thousand taels, my entire fortune!"
Xia Xiaoyan's tone suddenly rose. She continued, "I was panicking and preparing to report to the police. However, as soon as I left the room, I felt someone knock me unconscious from behind with a stick... and then I ended up here!"
"As for the others, I can't remember them for now."
There didn't seem to be any flaws in Xia Xiaoyan's words, but unlike the people from Jiangsu before, Xia Xiaoyan came here because she was attacked.
The others all came here by accident.
Everyone looked confused.
It seems like everyone is telling the truth, but it also seems like everyone is lying.
After another period of silence, everyone focused their attention on Xia Linan.
"Is it my turn?" Xia Linan's fat face was slightly flushed, probably because of nervousness.
"Speak." The man in the flying fish suit suddenly spoke coldly, making everyone's heart tighten at the same time.
Just now everyone was immersed in suspicion of others and even forgot that this was a life-and-death mission.
"Before I tell you my story, may I raise a few questions about each of your accounts?" Xia Lin'an pulled a handkerchief from his bosom and gently pressed it against his forehead. Then, in a hurried voice, he said, "Miss Mingbao, the head prostitute at Lichunlou was hired by a patron to be carried out to an appointment in a sedan chair carried by eight men, correct?"
Zhang Mingbao nodded after hearing this.
"The Lichunlou here is in Xijing, right?"
Everyone nodded.
Xia Lin'an turned to Li Jiujiang and said, "Jiujiang, the famous 'Flying on the Grass' in Jianghu, accidentally knocked down the sign of Lichunlou while evading the police. And the Lichunlou here is in Yanjing!"
He once again pressed his handkerchief against his forehead, as if asking everyone, "Am I right?"
Everyone nodded, even the man in the flying fish suit couldn't help but nod.
"Ms. Mingyu is an embroiderer employed by Lichunlou, and the Lichunlou here is surprisingly located in Beilin."
"Chong Wen is a doctor who runs a clinic next to Lichun Tower. The Lichun Tower here is in Qingzhou."
"Chongde and Ping'an were both constables and tribute students in Kyoto. Ping'an was passing by Lichun Tower when he was hit by an unidentified object; and although Chongde didn't explain why..."
When Xia Linan said this, he looked at Xia Chongde with eyes full of suspicion.
"Before I could even begin to speak, I was chasing a thief that day. Just as I was about to capture him, the thief took advantage of my unpreparedness and pushed me off Lichun Tower!"
Xia Chongde said, "Don't mislead them. I'm not hiding anything on purpose. Tell us who you are and what happened before you came here."
Xia Lin'an smiled slightly, "My name is Lin'an. That day, I was entertaining my classmates and friends, and I hired the top girl at Lichunlou to play and sing for us."
"It just so happened that I also hired a sedan chair with eight bearers to carry that girl that day, but after waiting for a long time, neither the girl nor her classmates arrived on time."
"I was about to leave the restaurant and go to Lichunlou. As soon as I walked out of the door, my foot slipped..."
"I don't need to tell you what happened later, you can probably guess it." Xia Linan pressed his forehead with the handkerchief for the third time.
At first, everyone listened to Xia Linan organizing his thoughts, as if he had just discovered something suspicious, but then they were interrupted by Xia Linan's story which raised even more questions.
Just as everyone was lost in thought, the man in the Flying Fish uniform gestured to Xia Xiaoxian, "The last of the nine, it's your turn!"
Xia Xiaoxian looked up and saw that everyone around her was looking at her strangely.
There are my relatives and friends here.
At this moment, they were participating in a realistic killing scene, and their memories were temporarily deleted, so that they all became the most familiar strangers at this moment.
In this game, everyone threw away all masks, and their every move and gesture revealed their true selves.
Xia Xiaoyan was frighteningly calm and rational to the point that Xia Xiaoxian felt she was completely unfamiliar with her.
Xia Linan is a thoughtful person, but he constantly misleads others with his body language, making them think he is a little silly.
Although Xia Ping'an is the smallest difference from his outside the game, his inner strength is completely beyond Xia Xiaoxian's expectations.
Xia Yongan didn't have a chance to show off at all, so he just lay on the table and the game was over.
......
Xu Yunxuan arranged this "storybook killing" for a purpose.
Could it be...
"Hey, say something. Are you scared?" Xia Chongde stretched out his hand and patted Xia Xiaoxian's shoulder hard.
Only then did she realize that the game was not over and she was still in it.
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