Several night watchmen quickly put robes on the female corpse, and then took the coffin out of the cemetery, preparing to move the two corpses to other places for burial.
Fan Chenggong, the underworld wife, was given an unfair name, and the two corpses were in conflict, so they could not be buried together.
On the way to Maliuping, Guo Qiang sent someone to Lingjie Village to pick up Fan Chenggong's coffin. He believed it would be delivered soon, but he would not let Fan Chenggong sleep without a coffin.
There was no need for Qin Shaoyou, Zhu Xiucai and others to worry about things like moving the grave. They also figured out the reason why the female corpse did not rot and solved their doubts. There was no need to stay here and waste time.
Everyone said goodbye to Guo Qiang and Shi Cheng, and prepared to return to Luocheng Town Yaosi.
Guo Qiang and Shi Cheng sent Qin Shaoyou and his party out of Maliuping without trying to persuade them to stay.
On the way, Guo Qiang thanked him again: "I really want to thank Mr. Qin and everyone for their help this time. Otherwise, Fan Chenggong may change from a vicious ghost to a evil ghost, which will cause great harm and make it more difficult to deal with!"
The other party was polite, so Qin Shaoyou's attitude was naturally also very good.
He smiled and waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, Mr. Guo. Killing monsters and ghosts is our duty as a night watchman. But Yao Changgui's family, please ask Mr. Guo and Mr. Shi to help take care of them."
Guo Qiang and Shi Cheng clapped their chests and reassured: "Don't worry, Mr. Qin, with us here, Yao Lishi's family will not be bullied."
"Thank you both very much." Qin Shaoyou thanked you and reciprocated the favor by saying, "When I get back, I will report the case here to Mr. Xue in detail and ask him to send someone over to assist you in the follow-up investigation.
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"It would be great."
Guo Qiang and Shi Cheng thanked them repeatedly.
This case is already so complicated from the very beginning, and you can imagine how difficult it will be to investigate later.
If Qin Shaoyou can really persuade Xue Qingshan to send them manpower to assist in the investigation, it will undoubtedly make the investigation of the case go more smoothly.
Guo Qiang also knew that although Qin Shaoyou was leaving, he would definitely be very interested in the follow-up progress of the case, so he said: "Don't worry, Mr. Qin, as long as there is progress in the case, I will send someone to Fucheng to inform you as soon as possible.
of."
"Thank you, Mr. Guo."
After all the polite greetings, Qin Shaoyou took Monk Ma, Zhu Xiucai and others onto their horses and said goodbye to Guo Qiang and Shi Cheng.
Then he raised his whip and rode his horse, and left Maliuping.
Zhu Xiucai, who was good at knowing and finding roads, naturally rode his horse and led the way.
It didn't take much time for the group to get out of the path, return to the official road, and head towards Luocheng.
Near noon, Qin Shaoyou and the others came to the Jinyan River again.
The bridge inside the river is still dilapidated, with only a few stone piers soaked in the water. I don't know when it will be repaired.
On the other hand, on both sides of the river, a platform was set up, facing each other far away.
"Is this a stage? How come it's set up by the river? Are you singing for the water ghosts?" Hercules only saw the stage but not the people on it, and asked curiously.
Zhu Xiucai, who was riding his horse and walking at the front of the procession, could see clearly and turned around and cursed: "The stage is a piece of shit. This is a dojo built for the purpose of spiritual salvation."
Qin Shaoyou also saw clearly the situation on both sides of the Taiwan Strait at this moment.
On the side of the bank where they were, there were several Taoist priests in ceremonial robes on the platform, handing out the City God's ultimatum and reciting the Sutra to save the sufferings.
Because of the angle, I couldn't clearly see the appearance of these Taoist priests, but I was sure that the Su sisters were not here.
This made Qin Shaoyou a little disappointed.
Sitting on the platform on the other side were a group of bald monks, who were also chanting sutras, knocking wooden fish, and performing rituals to liberate water ghosts.
Taoist priests and monks on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, if you recite a sutra here, I will recite a sutra there, giving people a feeling of competing with each other.
The warriors looked at it in amazement.
Zhu Xiucai couldn't help but sigh: "These people in Longtai County actually let the monks from Luohan Temple and the Taoist priests from Yuhuang Temple compete in the arena across the river? The person who came up with such an idea is really a fucking idiot
Talent!”
Qin Shaoyou nodded in agreement: "Without a history of stroke for more than ten years, I can't think of such an idea."
As soon as they finished speaking, a local next to them suddenly said: "Two adults, this is not our idea. It is the monks of Luohan Temple and the Taoist Priest of Yuhuang Temple who requested to set up a platform on each side of the Taiwan Strait to perform rituals.
, it’s a competition to see who can save more water ghosts, but we are trying to persuade each other, but we don’t dare.”
Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai both turned their heads and looked at the speaker, thinking that he looked familiar.
After some recollection, I remembered.
This man is a squire from a village by the river. He was also present when Qin Shaoyou explained the matter of saving the water ghost yesterday.
Hearing this person's excuse, Zhu Xiucai laughed: "If you hadn't invited both families here, how could such a famous scene have happened?"
The squire made a sad face and sighed: "We didn't expect that Master Qin's name would be so effective."
"What does it have to do with me?"
Qin Shaoyou looked stunned.
The squire explained: "We listened to Mr. Qin's instructions yesterday and did not dare to neglect. We immediately sent people to Fucheng. Because we didn't know who would agree to help save the water ghosts, we sent people from both families to invite them. Unexpectedly, just now
Once we talked about the matter and reported Master Qin's name, they all agreed to send people to save the water ghosts. We didn't dare to refuse anyone, so we ended up like this."
While the squire was talking, he kept looking at Qin Shaoyou with admiration.
In their eyes, the monks of Luohan Temple and the Taoist priests of Jade Emperor Temple are rare masters.
But these experts immediately agreed to help as soon as they heard Qin Shaoyou's name.
If they hadn't experienced this personally, they would never believe it.
So they were full of admiration and curiosity for Qin Shaoyou.
Zhu Xiucai, Monk Ma and others also looked at Qin Shaoyou in surprise.
Yesterday, Zhu Xiucai suggested to the squires that if Luohan Temple and Jade Emperor Temple refused to help, they should report Qin Shaoyou's name. This was actually a bit of a joke.
Unexpectedly, Luohan Temple and Jade Emperor Temple would really give Qin Shaoyou face like this.
It’s not surprising that there are sisters from the Su family in Jade Emperor Temple who are willing to help. But what about Luohan Temple? Is it really because that middle-aged monk fell in love with Qin Shaoyou’s great wisdom?
Only Qin Shaoyou didn't think it was because of his own pride. He waved his hand and said: "Luohan Temple and Jade Emperor Temple are not giving me face. They are compassionate. There is a water ghost in Jinyan River that harms people. They don't know about it.
I know, I definitely need to take care of it."
But the squire didn't think so. He just thought Qin Shaoyou was being humble and gave a thumbs up and praised him: "No wonder you are already a small flag officer in the Demon Suppression Department at a young age. Not only is your ability strong, but your mind is also amazing."
admire."
Qin Shaoyou glanced at him and didn't say anything. He just murmured in his heart: I can become a small flag official. I don't care about my mind and modesty. I am the son who inherited my father's business and inherited the official position from my father!
The squire didn't know what Qin Shaoyou was thinking. After flattering him, he asked diligently to lead the way: "Are you a few adults who want to cross the river? The boat is waiting on the shore. Please come with me."
Qin Shaoyou and others had already seen several boats parked on the shore, and there were people walking to the boats.
These boats are much wider than the fishing boats that used to "bring goods" to the water ghosts. They are ferries specially used to carry people and goods.
"Did you build these ferries?" Qin Shaoyou asked.
"Yes."
The squire led the way and turned around to explain.
"I don't know when the bridge in the river will be repaired. People on both sides have to travel between each other. Without a ferry, it is really inconvenient. After a few adults left yesterday, we people from the villages along the river discussed it and collectively pooled money.
We have acquired several ferries to facilitate cross-strait travel and at the same time earn some ferry fares."
"You do know how to do business." Zhu Xiucai sneered and asked: "It's been a month or two since the bridge was damaged? Have you never thought about getting a ferry before?"
The squire sighed and said, "To be honest, we saw fishermen rowing boats to ferry people across before, and we also thought about getting a ferry. But when the boat hit the water, it either spun around or capsized.
We didn't know that there were water ghosts in the river at the time. We just assumed that the river god didn't agree with us taking the fishermen's business, so we didn't dare to do it again.
Now that I think about it, it's not the river god who doesn't allow us to steal the fishermen's business, it's obviously the water ghosts who don't want us to take away their scapegoat.
That is to say, we are somewhat related to these water ghosts, and we were still far away from their Qiqi day at that time. Otherwise, it would not be as simple as capsizing the boat, but dragging everyone on the boat into the water.
Becoming a scapegoat."
I see.
Everyone nodded suddenly.
Zhu Xiucai asked again: "Then you are not afraid of water ghosts now?"
The squire said: "With the Taoist priests from Jade Emperor Temple and the monks from Luohan Temple on both sides of the river, naturally we are not afraid of water ghosts."
The group of people soon arrived at the ferry.
Just as he was about to get on the boat, Qin Shaoyou suddenly heard an enthusiastic voice calling him.
"Haha, isn't this Qin Xiaoqi? We meet again. This fate is indeed wonderful."