Chapter 135：

Because various tests take time, Tang Xi went back to school the next day.

After all, compared to the deadly autopsy and trace examination, there are still two living evidences in the school.

However, seeing her coming from a distance, Catherine immediately changed her face, turned her head and left. Simon seemed to be shocked and chased after her.

"What are you doing with them?" Jiang Xiaoli was at a loss.

"Who knows, I'm leaving, it's going to go to class." Tang Xi looked innocent.

"Oh." Jiang Xiaoli walked into the classroom with her confused.

This is Professor Jiang's first class after returning to Jiangnan City. The classroom is already full.

Tang Xi was just right, pulling Jiang Xiaoli to find two seats in the back corner to sit down.

Tiandi conscience, she didn't want to be noticed by Professor Jiang at all!

However, to her surprise, Simon and Catherine also walked in at the last minute of the class bell ringing. Seeing her, they looked very uncomfortable and chose another corner to sit down.

"They are in our department?" Tang Xi asked in a low voice.

"No." Jiang Xiaoli shook his head, "I haven't seen it...but elective courses, students from other departments can come and listen if they are interested. The teacher will not rush people. Today, one-third of the students in the classroom are not grandpa's students. From here."

Obviously, Jiang Xiaoli has taken such a thing off the ground.

Tang Xi glanced at Catherine again, then withdrew her gaze, paying attention to the class.

Professor Jiang's lecture is about the tomb system of the Tang Dynasty. Tang Xi can clearly hear that many of the contents are from the ancient tombs of Chang'an, which should have been very rewarding.

An hour and a half of the big class passed by in a blink of an eye. Although Professor Jiang was old, the lecture was humorous, and even if the collaterals had no basis, he would listen to them with relish as a story.

"Let's go, have dinner." Jiang Xiaoli said as he packed his textbooks.

"Xiao Li, help me get a meal, I'll be there in a while." Tang Xi said suddenly.

"Okay." Jiang Xiaoli was startled, and agreed, but he added, "However, there are fried chicken nuggets today. It doesn't taste good when it's cold. You can hurry up."

"Hmm, soon." Tang Xi grabbed the textbook and hurried out.

She was stopped for a moment by the students who rushed to the cafeteria aggressively after class. When she walked to the corridor, she had not seen the shadow of the two.

Looking around, I was about to find spiritual power, but there was a girl's shadow beside me.

Shen Rongrong floated beside and pointed her the way: "Over there! Aning is catching up."

"Thank you." Tang Xi's eyes lit up, and she ran in the direction she was pointing, while saying, "Xie Yankong will come back to see you."

Walking out of the teaching building, I ran into Penning as expected.

"They went to the direction of the stadium." Penning said.

"Good job." Tang Xi nodded cheerfully.

Along the way, there were other ghosts that had escaped Xiao Xue's hands from time to time to show her directions.

Sure enough, good people are rewarded!

At noon, there were no students in the gymnasium, and the gate was vacant.

Tang Xi asked Shaoyao to cast herself an illusion to hide her figure, and quietly pushed open a crack in the door and flashed in.

There is a basket of basketballs on the side of the empty field.

Vaguely speaking, talking in the sports equipment room next to him.

Tang Xi walked over, her voice gradually becoming clearer.

Simon seems to be arguing with someone, speaking in English and speaking very fast.

Tang Xi's English is not bad, but she is studying American English. It is a bit laborious to listen to this authentic English accent, but if you listen to it at 70% or 80%, you can even understand the general meaning of guessing.

In the principle of saving time, she opened the door openly and walked in.

"Who?" The three inside turned their heads together, but only saw the door that opened automatically.

A ghostly spirit.

"Me." Tang Xi lifted the illusion.

Simon's expression was wonderful, and it took a long time before he said: "Invisibility?"

Tang Xi didn't explain the difference between invisibility and illusion. She closed the door with her backhand, looked at the third person, raised her eyebrows slightly: "This old gentleman, isn't it a teacher in our school? It seems that there is no such old student?"

"Miss Tang, is it?" The old man in a straight suit and white gloves saluted gracefully, and said that the Chinese characters were round and more standard than Simon. "Our man is the housekeeper of the Black family, Fernando, who is in charge of Master Simon in Jiangnan. Life in the city."

Tang Xi had already inferred his identity from the conversation he just heard. He just nodded and said formulaically: "Excuse me, Mr. Butler, have you ever reported and registered when you came to Jiangnan City?"

"Registration?" Fernando was taken aback and hesitated, "Don't you have a visa? We came to your country legally."

"Visa? That's under the control of the embassy." Tang Xi shrugged, with a smile on her lips, and said relaxedly, "I just want to know that you have taken refuge in another country and brought trouble to my site. Is there anything wrong with it? Need to explain?"

"Who said that we caused the trouble?" Catherine rushed. "Are you trying to pin the dead man on our heads yesterday? Neither the Blacks nor Campbells are easy to provoke!"

"Really?" Tang Xi leaned against the door, holding her arms, and glanced at her mockingly, "What are you afraid of?"

"I...I'm not afraid!" Catherine roared.

"Seriously inside." Tang Xiping pointed out flatly.

"You!" Catherine was angry.

"Catherine." Simon pressed her down, walked over, and stopped three steps in front of Tang Xi, maintaining a short distance, just like ancient aristocratic etiquette.

In comparison, Tang Xi's appearance is much more casual.

"How do you know that we are here for refuge?" Simon apparently admitted.

"Simon!" Catherine changed her face.

"Guess." Tang Xi raised her eyebrows, "Looking at your performance, it's either related to the murderer or the dead. If you guess wrong, you will be right the second time. But then I won't be so polite. ."

The implication is that at present, she thinks that most of them are with the deceased, and they are victims, so they have preferential treatment. But if they were actually with the murderer, then...

But having said that, I didn't want to see her, but I knew that she was a student of the Department of Archaeology and went to listen to Professor Jiang's class. Does that mean staying closer to her if you don't want to see it?

Compared to the murderer, it turns out that it is more reasonable for the victim to seek protection.

Simon also took a black line before saying, "What does Miss Tang mean?"

"It's just to be sent back to the country according to what I want." Tang Xi snorted coldly, "Your family fights, go to someone else's place to solve it, do you know that it will affect the police uncle's year-end award?"

"Huh?" Simon was dumbfounded.

Do you dare to be angry because the year-end bonus will be deducted if the case is not solved? No, did you almost get the year-end award from the police station? Look at your car!

"Miss Tang, Master Simon and Miss Catherine are exchange students who are dignifiedly walking through official channels. When time is short, you have no right to send them back to the country." Fernando couldn't help saying.

"But if I beat them out of the school gate, can it solve the problem?" Tang Xi sneered without showing weakness.

When the target is in hand, the murderer will not stay in Jiangnan City out of the blue, and this trouble can be solved as well.

The key point is that although Tang Xi cannot send Simon and Catherine back to the country, they also cannot accuse Tang Xi of helping him to be abusive.

They are just normal conflicts and fights between classmates. Yesterday, Simon provoke Tang Xi. As long as he doesn't kill him, he will be punished by the school at most. What else does it matter to her? dark magic? Are you afraid that you are still alive in the world of novels and haven't woken up?

The rules of the inner world are what both parties need to abide by.

"Miss Tang, you are great." Fernando solemnly said, "I am officially asking you for help in the name of the Black family."

"They are not asking for help." Tang Xi said.

"Master Simon and Miss Catherine are young and vigorous. They are not very convinced by Miss Tang's strength. They want to test it before they go to the Metaphysical Society to provoke. Miss Tang has a lot of..."

"Why should I be magnanimous?" Tang Xi interrupted him, disdainfully said, "It is you who are here to take refuge, and it is you who want me to help, and it is also you who are not convinced of my strength. Now it is you who apologize-oh I came to the door for this apology, and the young lady behind you is still quite unconvinced."

As she said, she didn’t wait for Fernando to speak, and went on to say: “So, in the final analysis, why do you think I will help you? Just because you are international friends? What are the heirs of the ancient family? If you are being chased and killed, you should behave with your tail clipped. If you ask, you must have a begging attitude. I really think I am so great that everyone has to surround you."

"You..." Catherine exploded with anger.

"You shut up." Simon turned his head and whispered.

"You, you... fierce me?" Catherine's eyes were red, and she spoke directly in English.

"Shut up!" Simon said fiercely.

"..." Catherine lowered her head, moved her lips, and finally fell silent.

"I'm not interested in watching you play eight o'clock here." Tang Xi said impatiently.

Simon didn’t understand what “eight o’clock” was, but it didn’t prevent him from understanding what it meant. He pursed his lips and said, “You’re right. This was originally a family battle. We shouldn’t involve others. But now The situation is a bit special. Catherine and I... are the heirs of the Blacks and Campbells respectively. We hold half a contract in our hands, together—"

"Simon! How can you even tell her this?" Catherine interrupted incredulously.

"If you don't say it clearly, you can't cooperate." Simon replied.

After a day of contact, he already knew exactly what kind of person Tang Xi was, which was completely different from what he had secretly observed before. In front of this woman, it is better to treat each other frankly than to cover up and ask for trouble.

"Then what?" Tang Xi was noncommittal.

"This is a contract for summoning ancient demons. It has been passed down from generation to generation in our family for thousands of years, but no one knows whether it will work or not." Simon said in a deep voice, "After all, the times are different and different from ordinary people's abilities. You can’t do whatever you want. Instead, you have to hide your own aliens from the crowd. What's more, we have accumulated a thousand years of accumulation. Our family’s industries are very rich. There is really no need to sell souls and demons for trading. This contract is even more useless. It just started the year before. , Some people start to make a contract."

"Summon that demon, can you make a wish with it to destroy the world and destroy mankind?" Tang Xi asked.

"This...can't?" Simon hesitated.

"Then what am I afraid of?" Tang Xi stretched his hands, not lukewarm, "as long as there is no trouble in my country and my city."

"But that would kill a lot of people." Simon said.

"So?" Tang Xi tilted his head.

"..." Simon was speechless and said for a while, "Aren't you a policeman? Why don't you have a sense of justice at all."

"Police is also a profession. He is noble to protect others unconditionally, but as a protected person, he is not qualified to ask others to sacrifice for himself." Tang Xi said calmly, "Besides...I am a heavenly teacher."

Simon hasn't reacted yet, Fernando stepped forward and said seriously: "Miss Tang, as a heavenly master, can you accept the Black family's entrustment to protect the contract?"

"Yes." Tang Xi nodded quickly.

"..." Simon and Catherine looked at each other, both with a sense of absurdity.

Since the promise was so refreshing and didn't make things difficult, what did you do just now, was it purely to make them happy?

"I'm a celestial teacher, and I don’t care who the client is. But..." Tang Xi looked at them with a smile. Fool, what a lie?"

If it's pleasing to the eye, it's just like these... Tang Xi said that it is troublesome and dangerous to hear what obligation to help.

"The Blacks officially entrust Miss Tang." Fernando took the words.

"Bring the entrustment contract today." Tang Xi nodded and said again, "Now let's talk about, who is the one who died?"

"It's from our Black family, whose English name is Baker. My father arranged to protect me and the contracted person in Jiangnan City." Simon replied, "Because he is of British Chinese descent and has been traveling between the two countries, he will not be very prominent in Jiangnan City. , It’s easy to hide — I didn’t expect it to be discovered.”

"Why didn't you tell me at the police station yesterday!" Tang Xi glared at him.

"Because it's dangerous." Simon replied for a while. "If the police investigate as an ordinary homicide, the result will be nothing. Even if the blood and magic circles are used as religious homicides, it doesn't matter. Those people are not a last resort and will not attack ordinary people, let alone the police with official status, it is safer for them if they cannot be found out."

When Tang Xi heard this, an accident flashed in his eyes.

Seeing arrogant, arrogant, bad personality, and unlikable, but the key issue is still quite clear-headed.

"But I didn't expect your police in Jiangnan City to be so powerful. You could tell at first sight that this is the case of the inner world." Simon rubbed his temples and smiled bitterly, "I was a little confused yesterday, and I didn't think about it. What to do, so I didn’t say anything, sorry."

"However, you haven't discussed a result today." Tang Xi pointed out.

Simon, who had quarreled with her housekeeper just before coming here, was speechless.

"Okay, you two will go with me." Tang Xi came to a conclusion.

"Where to go?" Simon asked subconsciously.

"Eat!" Tang Xi said in a huff. "Go to the city bureau in the afternoon and explain clearly what should be explained. Regardless of whether the crime is a person or a ghost or something else, our serious crime team has no unsolvable case and no unsolved murderer. !"

Simon looked at her in shock.

Fernando bowed silently.

In the restaurant, Cheng Yihang helped with a plate in one hand, and the three of them found a good place to sit down.

"Xixi is really busy." Xia Shuang sighed.

"Grandpa wanted to tell her to talk, but she ran away after class." Jiang Xiaoli snickered.

"But... Xixi will definitely not do archeology in the future, I hope Professor Jiang will not be too disappointed." Xia Shuang muttered.

Jiang Xiaoli sighed.

"Huh?" Cheng Yihang's seat was facing the door, and he was taken aback.

"What's the matter?" The two girls looked back and couldn't help being stunned.

"Go and cook by yourself." Tang Xi sat down in the empty seat beside Cheng Yihang.

Simon gave Catherine a hand, and the two went to the window.

"How come you become so obedient?" Jiang Xiaoli was inexplicable.

"A person who knows the current affairs is a handsome man." Tang Xi said solemnly, picking up a piece of hot fried chicken and taking a bite, narrowing his eyes with happiness.

Well, the skin is crispy, the chicken is tender and juicy, sprinkled with a little chili powder for freshness, it is delicious!

The standard of meals in the canteen of Jiangnan University is really good, with good quality and low price, and the menu is hardly repeated during the week.

Of course, sophomores and above said that the cafeteria last semester did not have such good treatment. Or this summer, an unknown person invested in the cafeteria, changed contractors, and everything from equipment to chefs was completely renewed.

So this year's new students are dazzled by everyone.

Soon, Simon and Catherine came over with food, and sat at the next table under the surprised gaze of the students next to them.

"Xiao Li..." Tang Xi turned her head.

"I see, ask for leave?" Jiang Xiaoli smiled dryly.

"Hmm." Tang Xi nodded happily.

"I really don't understand why you didn't take the police test..." Jiang Xiaoli sighed, "Obviously, you like solving crimes better than studying."

"Not really." Tang Xi shook his head.

If it is a well-regulated case, the boring trace inspection, visits, investigations, and comparisons, she will not have that patience. However, in reality, most of the cases are so broken, far from the thrilling filmed in the TV series. Criminals don’t have so many secret room killings and perfect crimes. In all cases, nine out of ten, they just stabbed people directly with a knife. Of course, she also didn't want to go to PEI, her identity within the system, she would be stymied in doing things.

Just then, the phone rang.

Tang Xi glanced, a little surprised: "Sister Yun? Looking for me?"

Fang Tianyun's voice was very cheerful, and it didn't seem to be troublesome: "Xiao Xi, are you free? Going out to dinner at night? I called my brother, and Gu Ran also said to go."

"Why make an appointment suddenly?" Tang Xi was startled.

"The three of us just settled a case and plan to go out to celebrate. If you are free, then go together. When the two of them drink, I am so bored." Fang Tianyun said.

"I have a case here and I can't go away." Tang Xi held the phone in one hand, while eating, and did not shy away from friends at the same table.

"That's it..." Fang Tianyun complained, "Speaking of which, since the Chu team had you, they have been robbing us of cases."

"Isn't it okay to be idle?" Tang Xi smiled.

"I'm too idle to help Old Wen invent, and I want to celebrate after solving a ground bondage, what do you think?" Fang Tianyun was simply unlovable.

In the past, I was too busy to even have time to go shopping, but now I am idle to go shopping every day.

"By the way, Gu Ran is here? You ask him if he has been on vacation recently." Tang Xi said.

"Yes." Fang Tianyun said without hesitation, "According to our practice, after completing a case, we will be forced to take a one-week vacation to avoid the psychological impact of high-intensity fighting. Even if it is easy to solve this time, the practice is the practice."

"Well, you can help me ask him if he wants to work on vacation. Same as last time in Chang'an, there is a commission fee." Tang Xi said.

"Hey? I can do it too!" Fang Tianyun protested immediately.

"You can't, let a man live in your house, Tianchen brother has to beat me." Tang Xi smiled.

"Well, I will ask Gu Ran to call you back." Fang Tianyun said angrily.

"When I finish my business, I invite you to dinner." Tang Xi soothed.

"Tang Tang!" Fang Tianyun blurted out.

"Okay~" Tang Xi responded with a smile.

"You want us to live in that person's house?" Simon raised his head and asked.

"One of the best masters in metaphysics." Tang Xi nodded, "Could it be that you still want to live in my house? My guardian will also beat others."

"What about Catherine?" Simon asked.

"Let her give you half of the contract, and then return home!" Tang Xi replied, "Without the contract, she will be safe to go home."

"So, I'm the bait?" Simon knows.

"One bait is enough, you can control it better than her." Tang Xi didn't hide his purpose at all.

"Don't you... the commission you received should protect us? How can you push the client out as bait!" Catherine angered.

"Compared with protection, I am better at fighting, and I don't have so much time to spend. It's easier to fight quickly." Tang Xi said frankly, "I'm sure to ensure the bait is safe. Of course... this is not forcing, do you not do it? Choose for yourself, if I don’t want to, I will have other options."

"No need." Simon said immediately, "You are right, quick battles and quick decisions are more refreshing. I also want to see how good you are, praised by outsiders as the first person in the metaphysical world."

"The courage is okay." Tang Xi nodded.

Catherine gritted her teeth when she saw it, and could only swallow it unwillingly.

Tang Xi shook her head secretly.

From the perspective of the relationship between the two families, it should be a marriage of generations, but... Simon is just a little arrogant and conceited. As long as he has experienced social beatings, he will most likely be able to adjust, but Catherine’s problem is much more serious. , There is no overall view, not even the city mansion, wanting to become the head mother of an ancient family, there is a long way to go.

Tang Xi is not interested in her, so it is better to eliminate such factors of instability as soon as possible.

After dinner, Tang Xi drove the two to the city bureau.

Sitting in the back row, Simon was silent for a long time before he spoke: "The sacrifice magic circle has been successful. The other party exchanged Baker's life and released something amazing. Baker's body is still in the police station, right? You...remind People in the serious crime team, be careful."

"Amazing thing? What is it?" Tang Xi asked curiously.

"I don't know. No one in our family has used contract magic for hundreds of years." Simon said helplessly, "However, the exchange of human life must not be taken lightly."

"I know." Tang Xi stopped at the red light, and asked again, "Is there any of those who want to **** the contract using puppetry?"

"Puppet?" Simon was startled and looked at Catherine again.

Catherine immediately shook her head.

"It shouldn't be." Simon replied. "None of us."

"Yes, puppet art has been lost for a long time, and we can't find a few meetings anywhere." Catherine added.

"Cut your own soul into the puppet, not many people dare to do it." Simon said.

"Yeah." Tang Xi calculated calmly.

Then, the person who secretly stuffed Chu Li's blood crystals was probably not the enemy.

Finally, a thread was drawn, and the case gradually became clear.