Li Changan felt that this word had nothing to do with him. But fortunately, Xiaoshui City had such a highly respected Taoist.
Different from the lavish attire in the Temple of Wine, the master of Shuiyue Temple, Qingping, is simply dressed in daily clothes. If it weren't for the handsome boy following behind him, holding a nine-section staff in his hand, she would be just an ordinary old woman visiting the house.
.
The new head catcher came out early and respectfully invited the old woman into the courtyard.
"It's all my fault that we didn't do our job well. It's really a sin for your old man to be stuck with this filthy stench."
"The layman's words are serious."
Qingping Zhenren has pale hair and disheveled hair, and every wrinkle on his face smiles with a sense of peace.
"Several faithful members of the Zhou family often worship our ancestors in my temple. Now that something is going on, how can a poor Taoist stand by and watch?"
After saying that, the old lady greeted everyone present one by one, which made everyone feel flattered and arrived at Li Changan.
"I've heard about Taoist friends."
"It's a pity that I only know how to do rituals and pray for blessings, but I don't know how to slay demons and subjugate them. Please worry about the demons in Xiaoshui City, fellow Taoist Xuanxiao."
"Don't dare."
Li Changan returned the gift.
"It's just a little bit thin."
Qingping smiled and nodded, then turned to the head catcher and said:
"I know the situation is urgent, so I won't stop talking. Where is the husband of the Zhou family?"
"Right in the house."
The head catcher hurriedly bowed to lead the way, but when he reached the door, Qingping asked again:
"Mr. Zhou is suddenly in catastrophe. If I speak rashly, I will be rejected. I must first talk to him about mysteries."
The catcher quickly bowed and nodded.
"You should! Real people are thoughtful."
"Need some sandalwood."
"Go get it immediately."
"I still need two cups of tea."
"It will be delivered immediately."
…
The boss nodded with his front legs and bent down to send Qingping into the house. He diligently closed the door and gave Bo Ziyu a strange look with his back legs.
"Good luck to you, kid."
He held his chin high and raised his nostrils.
"It's not peaceful at night lately. Maybe there's something wrong with the feng shui, or some god is not worshiping well. The eldest master is worried about the people in the city, so he invited the real person to the government office to discuss the matter. So when we reported the case, the real person happened to be in the government office. Otherwise, the real person happened to be in the government office.
, with all your mindless speculations, how can a real person be brought down to this filthy and filthy place?"
He sneered and stabbed Bo Ziyu a few times. The young policeman suppressed his anger and kept his head down without quarreling with him. He seemed to have won a great victory and turned his eyes to the Taoist priest with great satisfaction.
But the Taoist just glanced at him, and he shivered as if he had been pricked by a needle, not daring to talk nonsense.
Even though he has never seen Li Changan's methods with his own eyes, the ruins of the prison and the corpses of the Zhou family cannot be faked... The new arrester would never dare to tease this evil god. He just hates the house and the bird and avoids it.
Pay no attention to it.
The Taoist priest was too lazy to vent his anger on this slippery and treacherous official.
I was up all night last night, and now I had some free time, so I found a clean floor in a corner, sat down against the wall, and fell asleep with my sword in my arms.
…………
The wait is long.
It was quiet inside the door, and no one was making any noise outside, for fear of disturbing the people inside.
In the yard, there were only Li Changan's long breathing and Bo Ziyu's anxious steps.
finally.
"Crunch."
The door opens.
Li Changan opened his eyes when he heard the sound. Bo Ziyu had already broken free from the arrester's obstruction, rushed forward, and asked hurriedly:
"Have we started dating yet?"
"presumptuous!"
The head catcher who was a step too late rushed up to scold him.
Master Qingping waved his hand.
"It doesn't matter."
She sighed.
"The layman Zhou's filial piety outweighed his benevolence, and the poor man had no choice."
As soon as he finished speaking, Bo Ziyu's disappointment was evident, but Li Changan asked further.
"Didn't he say anything?"
"I did say something. Although it is shocking, it has nothing to do with the whereabouts of the monsters."
"Let's talk about it."
Master Qingping was very confident and told the horrific experience that happened to the Zhou family in a calm tone.
…………
It all started three nights ago.
That day.
My father and younger brother suddenly had a huge appetite.
Our whole family was very happy, because both my father and younger brother had the chronic problem of eating less due to their frailty. I asked the cook to cook more. We ran out of rice, noodles, meat and vegetables, so we went to the market to buy more.
I still remember that my father and my younger brother ate three pots of rice and noodles, half a fan of mutton, five chickens, and countless other fruits and vegetables that night. Although I was slightly uneasy at the time, I didn't think much about it.
The next day is the Dionysus Festival.
Our whole family went to the night market, but my father and brother came home early. The strange thing was that they didn't complain about hunger that night. The family breathed a sigh of relief, but no one noticed that the old man who was left to look after the house was missing.
The third day.
There was a thick fog at night, and a lot of mud accumulated in the yard from nowhere.
In the middle of the night, my father suddenly woke up the family. Grandpa, mother, sister, second brother... everyone gathered in the yard, but there was no younger brother.
I was about to ask my father, but a dense "whisper" filled my ears.
Immediately.
I heard my mother scream, and the sky was filled with mud.
…
When I regained consciousness.
My father was howling and dragging me out of the mud.
He told me that he ate his mother, his sister, and his old servant... He was so hungry, so hungry, so hungry!
I took my father and left, leaving the other bodies in the cesspool.
The sun came out, and he seemed to have regained his humanity, but he began to feel hungry again. I quietly went out and bought him a lot of pancakes, but as soon as he ate them, he immediately vomited them out. He vomited while eating.
Finally, he told me:
If you don't want to be hungry, you have to eat people.
So I knocked out a man who came to collect evening incense and changed into his clothes.
Back to the cesspool...
I don't want to hurt anyone.
But I can't help it, and neither can my father.
He's just too hungry.
…………
Until this short story was told, people in the audience still didn't come back to their senses for a long time.
It's not because of the story itself, but the deeper meaning behind it. Just imagine that the person closest to you suddenly turns into a monster at a certain moment and wants to eat you alive... Is this unprovoked crisis and terror like this?
Don't make people shudder.
Until Master Qingping apologized and left.
Bo Ziyu just came back to his senses. His face changed for a long time, and finally he became depressed.
"Still no clues."
"No."
Li Changan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said.
"There are clues."
…
When you are more anxious about something, time seems to pass extremely quickly.
Suddenly, it was already dusk.
Next to a small food shop in the west of the city, a dozen government officials were crowded together, and the atmosphere among them was strange.
Li Changan turned a blind eye and Bo Ziyu explained:
"The real person said earlier that Zhou Huai had bought food for his father. I suddenly remembered that when you captured Zhou Huai, I found a lot of food residues on him."
"It's a kind of fried and crispy pasta dregs. It has a unique smell and is made of three kinds of ingredients: suet, honey, and wisteria flowers."
"I have also visited Xiaoshui City. As far as I know, such unique food is available."
Li Changan pointed to the food shop behind him.
“This is the only place where the shop’s signature ‘Ju Sheng Slave’ is found.”
The Taoist priest smiled and continued.
"I would like to ask, when you are hiding in the city with your father who turned into a monster, and you are panicking, will you take a long way to buy food?"
to be honest.
The Taoist priest's inference is not rigorous, but as mentioned before, he just makes the most likely choice among countless possibilities.
Bo Ziyu suddenly understood and looked into the depths of the alley opposite.
We have just sent the government officials to inquire everywhere, and there are people coming in and out of the surrounding houses, except for the door deep in the alley that is always closed.
"Taoist Master."
The new arrester, Ai Ai, came closer.
This guy had been given strict orders by his superiors to get rid of the monsters as soon as possible. But even if he was determined to perform meritorious deeds, his servants had no reason to fight so hard, so they had no choice but to shyly flatter Li Changan.
Li Changan was too lazy to pay attention to him and only asked Bo Ziyu.