"Well, you are so careless that you even steal money from dead people? Are you so impatient that you treat paper money as real money?"
Zhu Xiucai looked at the paper silver ingot that Zhao Si took out and couldn't help but shake his head.
The night watchmen in the team frowned slightly, and some even looked at Zhao Si with a sharp look.
Zhao Si was startled. He suddenly remembered that he had heard someone say before that the night watchmen in the Demon Suppression Department were not only responsible for catching monsters and killing ghosts, but also for catching tomb thieves who opened and dug graves.
And once caught, they will basically be punished with death!
Zhao Si was frightened, fearing that he would be mistaken for a tomb robber, so he quickly explained: "My lords, please don't misunderstand, this paper silver ingot was not stolen from the tomb by ordinary people. How could ordinary people do such an unlucky thing? How dare they do it?"
Do?"
After swallowing, Zhao Si talked about the origin of this paper silver ingot.
"The day before yesterday, I made an appointment with some people from the same village to go to the next village to listen to a play. There was a wealthy family there who had a funeral and invited a theater troupe to set up a stage and sing a big play.
In the evening, seeing that it was getting late, we hurried home. On the way, we suddenly saw a silver light shining in the grass beside the road. We stepped forward to take a look and found several silver ingots.
We were so excited at that time because the silver ingots we saw at that time felt like real silver whether we looked at them or touched them. One of my villagers even bit it with his teeth and said that it did taste like real silver."
"That's life-buying silver transformed by the evil spirit of a fierce ghost!"
When Cui Youyou heard this, he couldn't help but shook his head and said, "You just picked up the silver ingots? You never thought about how a few ingots of silver would appear out of nowhere on the way? Don't you think it's weird?"
Zhao Si said sarcastically: "We guessed at the time that those few silver ingots must have been accidentally left behind by a group of thieves when they passed by that road after carrying out a robbery. We all feel that this kind of ill-gotten wealth is...
Since we have bumped into you, it will be a waste if you don't pick it up..."
Qin Shaoyou shook his head slightly.
The reason Zhao Si and the others speculated was just to make themselves feel more at ease when picking up money.
They were also blinded by money, so they forgot the danger after seeing the silver.
No, it's not necessarily that the danger has been forgotten.
Zhao Si and the others might have guessed that the origin of these silver ingots was wrong, but in the face of profit, they were lucky and decided to take a gamble.
If you win, you will dance the sand dance, if you lose, you will lose Yangshou.
Because life-buying silver transformed by evil spirits and evil spirits is thrown on the roadside to attract people who are greedy for money to pick it up.
Even when buying life silver, it is haunted by ghosts, which arouses greed in people's hearts. Even if people have doubts, they will not be able to control their hands to pick it up.
And anyone who picks up the life-buying silver will be haunted by evil spirits.
The worst case may be that the evil ghost will take away one's vitality and longevity, or the worst case may lead to death directly.
Thinking of this, Qin Shaoyou asked: "Is any of the villagers who picked up these silver ingots with you dead?"
"Yep."
Zhao Si nodded repeatedly.
"Yesterday morning, two people from the same village who had shared silver ingots were found dead at home. They had strange expressions and no scars on their bodies. And those two people were both strong and strong young men. Obviously they were not
It could be that he died due to an illness, or it could only be due to an evil encounter!"
When Zhao Si said this, he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva to calm down his shock.
Then he continued: "At that time, another villager and I who had shared the money saw the strange deaths of these two people, so we quickly went to the village goddess and told the matter.
The goddess also said that we picked up the life money thrown by a fierce ghost, and within seven days, our lives will be taken away by the ghost who threw the money one after another!
She asked us to quickly go to the town to report the crime to the night watchman. It was also at that time that we saw that the silver ingot we had picked up had turned into paper and had blood marks on it.
This scene scared us out of our wits. We didn’t dare to neglect and hurried to the town to report the crime to the night watchman. As a result..."
When Zhao Si said this, he hesitated and hesitated.
Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He had a rough guess in his mind, but he still wanted to hear Zhao Si's own words.
So he used his [Smart Tongue] ability and said: "Whatever the result is, just tell me, don't worry."
Under the comfort of [Qiao Tongue], Zhao Si no longer hesitated and told what happened next:
"We arrived in the town and told the responsible night watchman about the matter, but they asked us to pay us. If we didn't have the money, they would not accept the case, let alone protect us. The key is that they asked for a lot of money.
, we can’t take it out at all…”
Qin Shaoyou's face turned livid when he heard this. After snorting, he sneered and said: "You even dare to take cards for monster cases involving human lives. It seems that the night watchman in Lingjie Town should be rectified.
It’ll take a while!”
During this period of time, he has been trying every means to improve the prestige of the Night Watch among the people, but no matter how much he does, he cannot withstand his pig teammates holding him back.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Xiucai, who was good at figuring out what was going on, immediately leaned into Qin Shaoyou's ear and whispered: "Sir, how about I send a few brothers to put on casual clothes and go to Lingjie Town to check the night watchmen here and see them?
Is there really any dereliction of duty? If so, collect evidence so that you can deal with it promptly when you arrive?"
After Qin Shaoyou thought for a moment, he nodded and said, "Okay, send a few smart and trustworthy people."
If they were traveling normally, they could reach Lingjie Town before dark. But now, when Zhao Si blocked the road to report a crime, he must solve the case before going to Lingjie Town again.
After all, they wanted to send Cai Guizhong home, but they couldn't lure the evil spirits there as well.
Therefore, it is indeed the best choice to ask a few trustworthy subordinates to go to Lingjie Town in advance to inquire about the situation.
Zhu Xiucai took the order and immediately arranged for several night watchmen to take off their uniforms and put on casual clothes, and go to Lingjie Town one step ahead.
During this process, he said to Zhao Si, half seriously and half jokingly: "You are also stupid. You only want to go to the night watchman to report the crime. You have never thought about donating the paper silver ingots to the Buddhist temple and letting the evil ghosts go to the Buddha and Bodhisattvas."
Buying your life?”
That is to say, Monk Ma is not here, otherwise I would definitely have a good argument with him.
Unexpectedly, after listening to Zhu Xiucai's words, Zhao Si said with a bitter face:
"Replying to Mr. Zhu, after we reported the case to the night watchman in Lingjie Town to no avail, we actually donated the paper silver ingots to the merit box of the Buddhist temple in the county.
Moreover, my fellow villager insisted on staying in a Buddhist temple for the night, saying that he wanted to ask the Buddha and Bodhisattvas to bless him.
I originally wanted to stay at a Buddhist temple, but because I couldn't afford the incense money for the stay, I had no choice but to go home.
I couldn't sleep all night last night, but when it got up I found that I was fine. I thought it was the Buddha and Bodhisattva in the temple who appeared and subdued the evil ghost who was buying his life, so I rushed to the town at noon to donate some money.
I want to pay back my wish and thank Buddha and Bodhisattvas for their life-saving grace.
But when I arrived in the town, I learned that there was a murder in the temple last night. Several monks from my village and the temple were all dead, and they all had no wounds on their bodies and had strange expressions.
Obviously, they were also killed by evil spirits!
The Buddha and Bodhisattva in that temple did not bless them at all!
At the same time, I felt something suddenly appeared in my arms. I reached out and touched it, but it was a paper silver ingot donated to the Buddhist temple, and it returned to my body inexplicably.
I know that the life-buying ghost is still staring at me, and he still wants my life.
I was so frightened that I crawled out of the town, but for a moment I didn't know where to go.
Then I remembered the story I heard Mr. Shu tell before, saying that a group of powerful night watchmen came to the county. Under the leadership of General Qin, they protected the country and the people, and were very brave. This gave me hope, and I wanted to
Go to the county seat and ask the adults for help.
But when I left, it was already late, and I thought I would not be able to reach the county town alive, but God blessed me, and I met all the adults here, and I asked them to save my life!"
Having said this, Zhao Si knelt down on the ground again.