Chapter 128: Brother asylum
Seeing that Ji Chou's palms matched the palm prints on the corpse, Zhenlei Jinglei and others frowned, and everyone in Yexu standing outside the house also trembled.
Although Ji Chou was frightened, he didn't explain much. He knew very well that no matter what he said at this time, no one would believe it.
Master Jing Lei had seen the world after all. Although he frowned, he did not arbitrarily conclude that Ji Chou was the murderer. Instead, he pointed at another corpse and motioned for him to make a comparison.
Ji Chou understood and reached out to compare, and the results were still completely consistent.
"There is still a bloody footprint here." The old man in the lead pointed to an incomplete footprint in front of the counter.
Hearing this person's words, Master Jinglei grabbed a handful of white rice flour from the bag on the counter and sprinkled it on it to make the footprints clearer. Then he turned to Ji Chou and said, "Pick up your right foot, step on it from the side, and leave
footprint."
Hearing this, Ji Qiu stepped forward and stamped on the rice noodles next to the bloody footprints. The two matched, the size was exactly the same, and even the stitches on the soles were exactly the same.
At this point, the evidence was overwhelming, and people outside the house began to shout loudly, saying that if the truth was revealed, murder would pay for life.
Master Jinglei turned to look at Ji Chou, with a questioning look in his eyes.
Ji Qiu shook his head seriously, "I didn't do it, I didn't kill anyone."
Before Master Jinglei could speak, everyone in Yexu began to retort and yell, "The evidence is solid, but you still want to quibble." "What a wicked way. Not only do you commit murder, but you also set fires everywhere, trying to burn us all to death?"
Seeing the excitement of the crowd and fearing that the situation would get out of control, Master Jinglei said sternly, "Blessed Heavenly Lord, all good people, please be patient and wait for the matter to be found out. If the perpetrator is really Junior Brother Pindao, Pindao will not protect him."
"Isn't the matter clear enough? The footprints and handprints are correct," someone shouted. "I think you clearly want to cover him."
"You are cultivators, so you can't bully the weak and bully us." Someone agreed.
Master Jinglei raised his hand to everyone, turned to Ji Chou and said, "Junior brother, please tell me your whereabouts last night in detail. You must not hide anything."
Before Ji Chou answered, everyone started to make noise again, "What a bunch of unscrupulous Taoists. The handprints and footprints are all right. They are going to elaborate on something. It's obviously just delaying time."
Xiao Leizi, who was on the side, became furious when he heard this, "You are outrageous. This matter is not trivial. It should be verified accurately. Come on, get pen, ink and paper."
Hearing Xiaoleizi's words, the short Taoist on the side hurriedly found pen and ink supplies for accounting from the cabinet. Xiaoleizi squatted next to the corpse and began to grind the ink.
Everyone didn't know why, and looked at each other in confusion.
Xiaoleizi thickened the ink, pulled off the clothes from the backs of the two corpses, and dipped a brush in the ink to carefully apply it on the palm prints.
When everyone saw this, they shouted to stop, "That Taoist, what are you going to do?" "Everyone is dead, why did you disgrace the body?"
Hearing the shouts of the crowd, Xiaoleizi said loudly, "There are many people with similar palm sizes, and it is not uncommon to have similar footprints, but everyone's palm prints are different. Take a look at the palm prints and compare them carefully. If so,
If we can match it, we will determine that it was our junior brother."
After Xiaoleizi finished speaking, everyone stopped chattering and turned to whispers.
Xiaoleizi used pen, ink and paper to rub the palm prints on the backs of the two corpses. The two Taoists, tall and short, took them outside the house and showed them to everyone. Then he turned to Ji Chou and said, "Junior brother, please rub the palm prints.
Let’s compare again.”
Although Xiaoleizi's face was expressionless when he spoke, Ji Chou knew that he was lying, because he had seen clearly before that there were no palm prints on the back of the deceased. For an expert like Xiaoleizi,
It is not difficult to condense spiritual energy into false palm prints.
Ji Chou didn't know whether Xiaoleizi believed him and helped him to deceive, or whether he suspected him but still helped him to deceive. In the public eye, the two of them were not allowed to have too much eye contact, so he had to bite the bullet and blacken the left and right sides with ink.
The palm left two palm prints on the paper.
Xiaoleizi took the paper out and compared it in public. As can be imagined, the result was different from the previous handprints.
"Have you seen it?" Xiaoleizi said loudly, "This matter is clearly someone who deliberately framed Junior Brother Pindao and made many preparations beforehand. It's a pity that this person was very careful and ignored the palm prints."
When Xiaoleizi spoke, Master Jinglei's face was livid, and the expressions of the two Taoists, the taller and the shorter, were also unnatural. It was obvious that they all found that this move was a deliberate deception by Xiaoleizi, in order to turn around and save Ji Chou.
Hearing Xiaoleizi's words, everyone in Yexu was not completely convinced, and they discussed and had many doubts.
Seeing this situation, Xiaoleizi said loudly again, "I won't hide the truth from you. This junior brother of Pindao is a genius. Not only is he highly skilled in cultivation, he is also favored by the daughter of the leader of the Zhenhun Alliance. What motive does he have for killing people?"
Committing adultery?"
"Don't you Taoists know magic?" Someone asked, "The magic method brings out the souls of the dead. You will know just by asking."
Xiaoleizi said, "The traitor committed the murder in a very despicable manner. He not only killed the three of them, but also destroyed their souls. Even if we can do something about it, we are not allowed to recall him for questioning."
Xiaoleizi's answer caused everyone in Yexu to scold him, saying that he was deliberately covering up and ignoring the facts.
The faces of Master Jing Lei and the two Taoists who were traveling with him became increasingly ugly. The reason was also very simple. There were not many spells that could hurt the soul, and Samadhi True Fire could achieve this effect.
Xiaoleizi raised his voice from the palm prints under his finger rubbings, "Isn't this proof enough? Besides, my poor little junior brother practiced magic in the mountains last night, and there was no time to commit the crime. If you don't believe it, we will take you to the mountains to see it.
The place where he practiced his spells has a fallen tree as supporting evidence."
"We have seen with our own eyes that there is no mistake. You are clearly bullying the weak and confusing right and wrong." The old man who led the group looked angry.
"Yes, if he was not the murderer, why would he set fires everywhere?" someone agreed.
"I didn't set the fire, I was putting out the fire." Ji Chou explained eagerly.
"What about the ghosts?" Someone asked loudly, "You sent ghosts here to cause harm everywhere. How do you explain this?"
Hearing this man's words, Ji Chou was at a loss for words. The group of ghosts earlier were indeed summoned by his method. How could he explain this clearly?
Xiaoleizi was determined to protect Ji Chou and immediately said, "How can you prove that the previous ghost was summoned by him? It couldn't be the murderer who disguised himself as him?"
"Are you still being unreasonable like this?" Someone asked loudly, "Even if he did not commit the murder, the thief turned into his appearance after all. He has nothing to do with this matter. You must explain it to us.
.”
What the other party said was reasonable and reasonable, and Xiao Leizi could not refute it. Just as the other party said, the murderer turned into Ji Chou's appearance, and this matter must be related to Ji Chou.
"What do you want to explain?" Xiaoleizi asked.
The leader of the old man said, "You go to look for the murderer. If you find the real murderer, that's it. If you can't find the real murderer, he is the real murderer."
"The murderer has gone far away, how can we find him?" Xiaoleizi said.
Chapter completed!