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Chapter 24 Rumors and Speculations

After seeing the banknotes Fan Ren took out, Master Huang glanced unconsciously, and then coughed a few times:

"You are humiliating me. How can we as Taoists be greedy for gold and silver?"

Fan Ren said nothing and took out a small stack of red banknotes and pressed them on the counter.

"Hey, I see that your hall is dark, your eyes are dull, your lips are cleft, your tongue is burnt, and your spirit is scattered. You must have encountered evil spirits recently. And you are so sincere. As a cultivator, you cannot ignore death."

Master Huang’s expression changes instantly like a Sichuan opera:

"I will take the money and keep it for you. Then I will help you donate it and accumulate merit."

After saying that, he quickly reached for the counter and put all the bills into his pocket.

Fatty Wang asked quietly in Fan Ren's ear:

"Brother forensic doctor, did you give all the money to this old bastard?"

"Don't worry, I know it inside. Father Peter's reward is very generous, and there is still money left."

After collecting the money, Master Huang once again looked like a virtuous man. He sat upright and said:

"Tell me what you want to ask. I know everything I know."

"You must have heard about what happened in Dongguan Cathedral recently, right?"

Fan Ren crossed his hands on his chest and leaned against the wall:

"Before the incident, what did Xiuxiu, the first nun who died, say to you?"

Master Huang hesitated:

"Let me state in advance that the suicide case has nothing to do with me. I am an old, weak, sick and disabled person, but I am not that capable of killing people. The nun was introduced by a friend at the time and said that she saw a fleeting figure in the church.

The figure is very familiar, but I can't remember it.

Later, she often saw a pair of bare feet standing on tiptoe beside the bed, and felt that something was peering at her.

The nun felt that she had been possessed by evil spirits, so she came to me to explain everything."

Although Fan Ren had heard similar things before, he did not interrupt the other party and still waited patiently for the next words.

He probably also understood why the other party was so resistant to talking about Dongguan Cathedral. He thought that the nun who provided the address did not reveal Master Huang for some unknown reason, so the police did not know that Master Huang was also involved.

And people like Master Huang must adhere to the principle that doing more is worse than doing less. If he can avoid this strange case, he will naturally avoid it.

Unfortunately, Fan Ren gave too much in the end.

"After I heard what I heard, I felt a little strange. I felt that a haunted church was really contrary to common sense, so I gave it a try. I found that there was indeed a great horror in it, and my clairvoyance saw that the evil spirit would attack the nuns the day after the night of the incident.

Xiuxiu starts.

How could I bear this? It was clear that I couldn't bear the tragic death of a beautiful girl, so I asked her to come to my place one day in advance to perform an exorcism ceremony.

I never thought that the evil spirit seemed to have noticed something, and actually struck first before the nun came to me, causing the murder. It was my omission, not deceiving the secret, and a miscalculated step that caused the nun to die tragically."

Master Huang's face was full of pain and sorrow, and he was about to burst into tears.

Fatty Wang curled his lips with a speechless look on his face, cursing in his heart that this old bastard was really good at pretending.

Kira Yoshikage even burst into laughter.

Hearing laughter, Master Huang looked at Kira Yoshikage:

"What, young man, you don't believe it?"

"Nothing." Kira Yoshikage smiled and waved his hand. "How dare I not believe you, old man? What if you cast a curse on me?"

Fan Ren interrupted Kira Yoshikage's gag in time:

"Don't worry about him, he's not in good spirits. Now that you've figured it out, you should know what the evil spirit in the church is, right?"

Although the old man in front of me seems to be full of nonsense and looks like a great master, but since he followed the clues to come here, out of caution, he still has to listen to avoid missing any real clues.

"Well, the secret must not be leaked easily. If you talk about it randomly, you will lose your life." Master Huang rubbed his thumb and index finger.

Fatty Wang couldn't help it anymore, he looked fierce:

"Why do I feel that you are not an exorcist, but a fraud?"

Master Huang leaned towards the seat behind him:

"Those who are willing to take the bait, although I don't know who you are, this information must be very important to you. Think about it carefully, is life or money more important?

The nun has behaved well before and even agreed to come to me to exorcise demons. How could she suddenly commit suicide? If you think about it for a while, you will know that something is wrong. Young people, please don't make the mistake."

Obviously, Master Huang is too lazy to pretend.

Fan Ren stood up straight. He no longer silently agreed to the other party's advances, but looked at the old man in a long coat coldly:

"The police probably didn't find you here. If I give some information to the police, do you think you will be regarded as a suspect?

After all, the police are in a hurry right now, and they might find someone to beat him up and close the case."

"you......"

Master Huang's expression changed, and then he compromised and said:

"Okay, help people to the end, just think of me as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."

"I hope what you say next is not a lie, otherwise I don't know what price you will pay." Fan Ren was too lazy to argue with this old guy and directly said harsh words.

Master Huang's face was uncertain, and his tone was unkind:

"What I'm going to say next is a conjecture about the identity of the evil spirit in the church. It's based on rumors and my predictions. If you don't believe it, you can check it with an old man nearby who knows about this matter.

Just leave it here, believe it or not."

Then the gray-haired and money-grubbing old man began to tell his speculation.

Fan Ren did not continue to speak, but listened quietly.

It turns out that Dongguan Cathedral already existed in an earlier period and was very famous.

The priest who was serving at that time was also a foreigner named Arthur. He was ugly, with a beak, a tiger's chest, and the head of a deer and the eyes of a rat.

However, despite his ugly appearance, he was extremely kind-hearted. He often gave porridge and medicine, and also helped the poor.

Sometimes, orphans or children from lonely families are taken in and provided with food, clothing, and shelter.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But not long after, a child covered with injuries revealed the true face of the priest. Father Arthur actually adopted more than a dozen children one after another.

A child was killed in extremely cruel and bloody ways to satisfy his perverted desires.

They even boiled the oil from the children's bodies to make soap and mix paints to create large oil paintings that were hung in churches.

As for his previous good deeds, they were just to cover up his true purpose.

If this child who had been tortured and managed to escape had not told the story, everyone would have been kept in the dark and unable to know the truth. And this Father Arthur could have continued to cause more harm.

children and get away with it.

Later, the angry people hanged the heinous Father Arthur from a crooked tree in the back garden of Dongguan Cathedral. At that time, he was naked and his feet were even naked.

Since then, as long as late at night, strange white shadows will appear in the church, and many tourists and residents living nearby do not dare to stay near it.

Having said this, Master Huang paused: "What caused the two nuns to hang themselves mysteriously was the soul of the dead Father Arthur."

Fan Ren rubbed his chin, hung himself, and kept his bare feet. What happened in reality seemed to be consistent with the previous rumors in the church.

But why did this happen recently?

The corresponding time point is not quite right, unless something happened that they didn't know about, which triggered the awakening of Father Arthur's soul.

So what is this opportunity?

Putting all the doubts in his mind to rest, Fan Ren put his hands into the outer pockets of his black windbreaker:

"I understand, thank you for your speculation and clues. I will verify it. I hope you are not lying, otherwise..."

I glanced at Master Huang, who was a little angry but was holding it in, and then looked at the sky, which was almost dark.

He didn't finish his words, he just turned around and waved, signaling for Fatty Wang and Yoshikage Kira to leave.

After the three people left, the old man sitting on the recliner suddenly collapsed on the recliner. At this moment, he was like a deflated inflatable doll. His neck also made a cracking and twisting sound, and then blood flowed from his eyes.

The breath has completely dissipated.

In a secret corner, a pair of bare feet standing on tiptoe were submerged in the surrounding darkness, making no sound.
Chapter completed!
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