Chapter 272: Detecting Demons, Mysterious Characters
Monk Naosheng seemed to be frightened by this corpse. As he said, this female corpse is obviously the fifth example of the "resurrection of the dead" that appeared in the northern country.
Shisheng stepped into the house, bent down and looked at the corpse carefully. Judging from the signs shown by the corpse, the woman seemed to have been dead for a while, and her robe was covered with dirt, as if she had been dug out of the cemetery. However, the lamp on the table was still on, and there was a plate of fried beans left with half of the salt and fried beans next to the oil lamp. The expensive pork ears of the sauce moved two times. Shisheng's eyes swept down and found that the chopsticks that were picking up the dishes were still held by the female corpse.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Liu Bolun hurriedly asked the inn shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, what's going on?"
The shop owner was obviously scared so much that he even spoke in a crying voice. Seeing him tremblingly, he said, "What's wrong, what's wrong? I was fine just now and asked me to change her to a piece of sauce meat. Haha, this is it? Why did this elder sister get rotten when she came back?"
According to the shopkeeper, this woman came to stay early this morning. Although she was wearing simple clothes when she entered the shop, she was not vague in money. At first glance, she was the sister-in-law of a rich family, so the shopkeeper was quite concerned and didn't dare to neglect the food and drinks. This woman didn't look much different from ordinary people, but if she really wanted to find something strange, she might have more luggage. She brought a box of three people with a big boss, and it seemed like she was moving into the shop with a servant.
When he heard that he said this, Shisheng immediately stood up and looked around. Sure enough, three large wooden boxes were stacked upright behind the door of the room. Shisheng stepped forward and pulled the lock on the box. He opened the first box first and found that it was full of precious silk and satin, and the second box was full of scattered silver coins. After opening the third box, Shisheng couldn't help frowning.
He turned around and said to everyone, "It's a little trouble. The box is full of heads."
That's right, the third box contained three layers of oil paper inside and three volumes of oil paper, which was actually more than twenty male heads! Seeing that the eyes of those heads were not closed, and the blood and energy did not seep out by the oil paper. After learning about this, everyone understood in their hearts: it seemed that this matter was getting more and more complicated.
The shopkeeper was crying. He cried with a sad face, "What? The head? I am so dear, is this going to be a gaha? I have so many names in one breath, and I will not let me open a shop and make a living? No, I want to report to the official! Dear uncles, you all saw that these deaths have nothing to do with the villain. When the court asks the official in the future, all the uncles will also make the decision for the villain! The villain kowtows to all the uncles here!"
After saying that, he knelt down and bowed, and Liu Bolun sighed in his heart: What's the use of reporting an official? If this matter is really caused by Tai Sui, it will not work even if you report to the emperor!
Thinking of this, Liu Bolun helped the shopkeeper up, then nodded and said, "Don't worry, the store owner. If you need help, I will naturally not stand by. But I still have a question and hope you can give me some advice. You just said that this box was carried in by a servant by the female corpse? Who is that? Where is it now?"
"The uncle asked why this is for you." The anxious shopkeeper said sadly: "Anyway, I don't know you, so I look so angry. I'm obviously not a local. He put down the box and talked to him for a few words and left. Who knows where he went?"
Shisheng immediately asked, "What does he look like? Shopkeeper, don't worry, anyway, the matter has come out, please recall the memories. When the yamen continues, it's better to reply to the official's words, right?"
The shopkeeper felt that Shisheng's words were not unreasonable, so he rubbed his forehead and said, "Yes! Yes! Thank you for reminding me. I think about it. That boy looks like he is about 30 years old, wearing a blue cotton jacket. He has a pair of felt bumps on his feet. He looks quite upright, without a hat or a beard, and his accent is very light. I remember, there is a scar here."
While speaking, the shopkeeper pointed to his temple on his right. Shisheng, Liu Bolun and Li Hanshan looked at each other. It seemed that this so-called "superman" had a lot of stuff. Thinking of this, they comforted the old shopkeeper again, and then Liu Bolun and he went to the government to report the case.
After a while, the soldiers of the government arrived and could see that they looked very frightened. After all, after listening to everyone's confession, they also knew what the situation was. After all, they were already the fifth one, so how could they not understand? But how could the government close the case based on the sayings of ghosts and gods? So in order to make a good deal, the officers and soldiers had to take the shop owner back first and issue a foot restriction order to Shisheng and the others. They were not allowed to leave the city before the case was closed, otherwise they would be treated as prisoners.
Shisheng and the others were not in the mood to argue with these officers and soldiers who were not eye-catching. Anyway, if they wanted to leave, no one could keep them in this world. After the officers and soldiers took away the shop owner and the corpse evidence, the boss's wife sat at the door and wiped her tears. Seeing that she was pitiful, Xiaobai and Zhiyuan comforted her. Only then did Li Hanshan call Shisheng and Liu Bolun back to the room. After closing the door, he took advantage of his face and whispered: "I have calculated that this woman is Juanniang. She has been dead for almost half a year. She was the sister-in-law and maid from a businessman's family in the city. She was raped to death by the merchant, and then bought a coffin and sent it to the mass grave."
While speaking, Li Hanshan had a palm with a strand of dry hair on it. It was what he had just obtained from the female corpse. With this strand of hair, Li Hanshan had calculated the life experience of this woman. It seemed that after entering the spiritual realm, his decisive skills became more and more powerful. So Liu Bolun asked: "Then why did she kill people? What's going on with those three boxes?"
"I don't know this." Li Hanshan said while stroking his beard: "This is also the reason that surprised me, because I can calculate what happened before her death, but the things after it was 'resurrection' could not be calculated, including the mysterious person mentioned by the store. This is not that the way of heaven is unaware, but that I really can't calculate it."
Although Li Hanshan had a time when arithmetic failures, it was all because of the "non-awareness of the way of heaven". Even the way of heaven did not know the next development. How could he know? But this time it was different. This was the first time Li Hanshan could not calculate it. According to him, if he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would probably not believe that these things had happened.
"It seems that this is indeed something that the 'Tai Sui Demon Child' did." Li Hanshan sighed, yes. If it weren't for Tai Sui who was 'Abnormal in Heaven', why would Li Hanshan's method of divination and calculation that spys on the heavenly way fail?
So, at that time, their attention was all focused on the "susian" in the air of the shop owner. Will he be Tai Sui? No matter what, they should not meet with Nankong and the others for the time being. It is just right to find the mysterious guy first.
So, when the day was just dawn the next day, Shisheng and the others had already left the inn. As the saying goes, they could ask the golden foals in a diligent manner. They asked along the street, but they didn't believe it and couldn't find out why. But the fact was beyond their expectations. They asked all the shops near the inn, and they had no impression of the man with scars in the temples, and the shopkeepers in the shops. It seemed that only the unlucky store arrested had seen the mysterious man on the whole street.
This undoubtedly brought difficulty to Shisheng and the others' investigation. Seeing that there was no progress after a morning passed, everyone had to divide into two teams to inquire. Liu Bolun and Li Hanshan and the White Donkey Lady went east together. The rest were taken to the west city by Shisheng. It was noon at this time, and the sun gave the brief warmth to the northern country. The pedestrians on the street gradually increased. Just as Shisheng and the others came out of a medicine shop without any gain, Shisheng was suddenly stunned and suddenly walked past a tattered woodcutter across the street. Shisheng looked at the back of the man and felt very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.
When he was about to speak, a group of gangsters with tattoos and eyebrows walked out of the brothel next to him. The gangsters seemed to have just left the gentle place to exchange their experiences as if no one was away from the gentle place. Shisheng and the others did not pay attention to these scums, but when they were wrong, a gangster's eyes suddenly shone. He put his hand in his arms and rubbed mud while smiling at the monk Nansheng, "Hey! What a coincidence, isn't this Master Nansheng? Look at your new outfit, you must have money to earn money again. Why, do you want to get your money back? Do you want to play with your brothers again?"
Monk Nengsheng also recognized this guy at this time. He was the gangster who bet on money with him yesterday. So Nengsheng's face turned red and embarrassed and said, "Amitabha, I have committed sins. The little monk violated the precepts yesterday. How dare you accept the donor's favor now? Don't let the donor ruin the little monk."
At this time, the gangsters had noticed Shisheng and his group. Although Shisheng was inconspicuous, Xiaobai of the Paper Kitchen was indeed a rare beauty in the northern country. Although both of them were covered with gauzes at that time, the marten fur on their bodies was hard to have graceful curves, and the fair skin exposed on their necks made the gangsters salivate. They thought to themselves: Could this monk breaking the precepts have made a fortune? Otherwise, where would they have got the new clothes and these two women with such bright plates?
So, the gangster didn't want to let go of the Unsuccessful victory. He smiled and said, "No, Master, you looked like you saved all living beings in the gambling game yesterday. Why did you change like a person today? And why are you not gambling and wandering around?"
Naosheng blushed and said, "Good, so good, today the little monk went out to the street to find out someone. That man accompanied a woman to the Xi Inn early yesterday morning. I wonder if the donor had ever seen him?"
"Go to Xi Inn?" The gangster thought about it and laughed, pointed at his head and said, "Of course I have seen it. Are you talking about a guy who brought boxes into that inn? There is still a scar here?"
After hearing the gangster's words, everyone was filled with joy, and Naosheng was even more overjoyed and said: "Amitabha, please tell the donor where he is going. The Buddha will bless the donor in the future and will definitely have great merits."
"I'm not familiar with your eldest Buddha." The gangster laughed and said, "And why should I tell you?"
The gangster thought that Nansheng must be the idea of beating the fat sheep, so he felt funny in his heart. Shisheng really understood the idea of these scums, and told them that in many ways, they were playing the piano for cows. Just when Shisheng was considering whether to beat them or throw them into the river to force confession, the Nansheng monk, who was not doing anything in the world, said anxiously: "The little monk here begged the donor, that person is of great importance. For the sake of the Buddha, please inform the donor of the whereabouts of that person!"
The gangster laughed, then his eyes turned, and looked at Nankong with a nature and said, "Everyone said that I am not familiar with your Buddha. But since you want to know so much, why don't you take a few more bets with me. If you win, I will tell you, how about it?"
"This..." Unshen faced with fear, and the pain he suffered yesterday emerged in his heart. And just when he didn't know what to do, Shisheng on the side said, "Okay, let's bet with you."
"That's right." The gangster said arrogantly: "You don't have enough gambling, so we don't mind accepting people."
After saying that, they looked at Xiaobai and Zhiyuan in a lustful way. The two women sighed at the same time: These ignorant guys. But Naosheng Jian Shisheng agreed to them. He immediately said in a panic: "Hero………”
"It's okay." Shisheng said to him softly: "This is just right, it's easy and worry-free. And didn't you lose yesterday? Are you angry and want to win back? Don't talk about the rules and regulations, I'll ask if you can swallow this?"
After saying something, he was speechless and lost money. But as a Yunlong monk, he was insulted by these evil people and even lost his own monk's robe. This really made him unable to swallow this, so he finally nodded and said to Shisheng: "I think, I can't swallow."
"That's fine." Shisheng smiled. Then he followed the guys to a hidden black gambling house. The gambling house was filled with gangsters. The gangster came to the table and smiled at Shisheng with confidence: "My uncles, there is no exquisite gameplay in the small place. Why don't we just play dice, one or two, if you win ten, I will tell you what to do? Come on, show the seats for a few uncles."
"No need." Shisheng said impatiently: "What are you doing without that kung fu? I will beat you in one move."
"Yuyou. He's not a small tone." The gangster smiled and said, "You can't be too full. I'm a little famous. Have you heard of Xicheng Dice Babarian? It's ugly sayings ahead. Don't blame me when you lose and cry later..."
This grandson actually has such an arrogant name, Shisheng sighed. If you are the dice bull in the West City, I will be the dice demon in the Jianghu. Thinking of this, Shisheng didn't say much, but just lifted the dice clocks on the table one by one, lifted ten in a row, and raised twenty dices casually. But they saw those dice lined up in a row in the air, falling on the table and spinning them. Twenty dices, each of which was six o'clock.
"………I.” It was not until Shisheng threw the dice that the gangster finished saying. At the same time, everyone in the room was stunned, thinking about what was going on? Is it a magic trick? Is it necessary to be so exaggerated?
Looking at the gangster who was stunned and speechless, Shisheng sighed: "Xicheng Dice Buster, can you say this time?"
"You!" the gangster recovered and cursed: "You are a scam! The person who came, they were all! They were all here, and they were killed..."
"Bah!" Shisheng sighed in his heart. As expected, this is the result again. These scums really cannot communicate well. Thinking of this, Shisheng didn't say anything, but spitted the table in front of him and smashed it. As the wood was shaved, the spit broke the ground and smashed it into a big hole.
After seeing this scene, the gangsters almost flew out without being shocked, so they stood straight and pretended to be mute.
"Are you hard or is it hard?" Shisheng said gritting his teeth: "Speak quickly! Have you ever seen that person?"
"Are you hard? The ground is hard!!" Even though the Xicheng Dice Biography had no eyes anymore, he could see that Shisheng was obviously a cruel person, so he dared not hesitate at all. He hurriedly said, "That man, after that man left the city, he headed east!"
This gangster has indeed seen the person they were looking for. The Xicheng Die Demon bet all night the night before, and he was yawning until dawn to go home to sleep. There was no one on the street at that time. When he passed by the inn, he was caught by a carriage. At that time, the mysterious man was carrying a box under the carriage. When the shopkeeper came to work, the box shook and a handful of money came out of it.
The man didn't care about this, and only rewarded the money he had distributed to the store owner. The store owner was so happy that he smiled, but the gangster across the street was so greedy that he licked his tongue. You know, this kind of fat sheep is rare, so how can he let it go easily?
The gangster was sweating heavily and begged for mercy to Shisheng, "The little one wanted to spend some money at that time, so he followed the carriage out of the city. The little one followed him to the 'Janu Village' east of the city, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the village, the carriage disappeared and disappeared out of thin air. The little one searched for it for a long time but couldn't find it, and then he returned in disappointment..."
"Cough!" Shisheng coughed suddenly, and it didn't matter. He almost scared the gangster out of his way. He hurriedly begged for mercy and said, "Good man, please show mercy! What the young man said is really the truth. You have to know that I have been honest since I was a child. Now that my life is in your hands, how dare you lie to you!"
"Get back the monk's robe." Seeing these gangsters frightened, they dared not lie at all in this situation. So Shisheng did not bother them anymore. When the gangsters saw that they actually had monk's robe, they were immediately overjoyed. They immediately rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, and then handed them respectfully in Nansheng's hands. Nansheng looked at Shisheng very gratefully, constantly thanking him for his robe for avenging him. For Shisheng, this was a small effort. Moreover, the gains from this little episode were quite good. Now they finally found the clue of the mysterious man, and the gangsters said that the man had arrived at the "January Pot Village".
Shisheng is familiar with this village. The village was originally a place where hunters who were living by their backers. The place was not big, and there were only dozens of families. The village was close to the forest. In addition to the wild deer and beasts, it also produced high-quality firewood. Therefore, it later became a place for the national firewood. Therefore, a group of woodcutters moved in, but there were only a hundred people in the village. The countryside was named for easy design. Since the land burned out at that time was like a large urinary pot, the name of the chamber pot village came from this.
After leaving the black gambling house, Shisheng and the others just wanted to tell Liu Bolun and the others about this matter soon. So they went to Dongcheng to meet them. It didn't take long for them to see them on the street. At that time, Liu Bolun and Li Hanshan were standing under the guise of wine and saying something. When the white donkey saw Shisheng and the others, they hurriedly ran over. Before Shisheng could speak, the white donkey said in a deep voice: "Shisheng, something happened."
Shisheng was stunned. What happened?
At this moment, Liu Bolun and Li Hanshan also discovered them, and they saw them walking towards Shisheng one by one. Liu Bolun's face was solemn, while Li Hanshan was crying.
Yes, he was really crying!
Seeing that Li Hanshan was actually crying, Shisheng hurriedly asked, "What's wrong! Why are you crying?"
"Shisheng." Li Hanshan was swollen with his eyes, and said excitedly while wiping tears: "I, I saw him! I really didn't expect that he was here!"
Li Hanshan looked really sad. After so many years, Shisheng had only seen him so excited on the night they defected to fight rice. At this time, he saw that he was not even speaking smoothly. For some reason, Shisheng's heartbeat also increased faster. He asked in a deep voice: "Who? Who did you see?!"
Li Hanshan was so crying that he couldn't speak, and Liu Bolun took a sip of wine at that time, and then sighed: "Senior Brother Tunan, we have just met Senior Brother Tunan, and it's here."
Chen Tunan!
After hearing this, Shisheng's heart couldn't help but feel sad. This senior brother who was very kind to them was in the northern country now? When he thought of the separation between Dou Miguan back then, he was still vivid in his mind. The brother Yuntian, the senior brother who made Shisheng and the others admire him, his fate was far more bumpy than that of the three of them. In order to repay his kindness, he has always been with the despicable and shameless old thief Xingyun, and even gave up his name as a knight to support the new Dou Miguan.
However, since the Xingyun was killed by his personal ups and downs, the reputation of Doumi Temple has plummeted and his disciples have abandoned it one after another. After the Doumi Temple was destroyed, Chen Tunan's ending became a mystery. Even in the world where rumors spread, no one knew where he was. This iron-hearted swordsman who was once famous in the previous generations of the world has disappeared into the storm of the world.
I really didn't expect that he came to the North!
Shisheng was really excited. Now that Xingyun is dead, wouldn’t their brothers be together again? This is a good thing, but why did Li Hanshan cry?
Thinking of this, Shisheng hurriedly asked, "Where are senior brothers? Also, why are you crying?!"
Li Hanshan's tears kept flowing, and he couldn't stop it. He saw him choking at Shisheng with red eyes and said, "I cry because it's because of his senior brother, he doesn't remember us!"
Chapter completed!