"Is there anyone there?" There was a policeman wearing boots and a sword at the gate. He was a middle-aged man with a beard and a rough voice. He stretched his neck and looked in.
Su Fei looked at the man and secretly wondered if he had forgotten his eyes at home. Didn't he see such a big living person standing on the steps in high spirits?
The policeman walked in and asked, "Little Taoist Priest, is your master here?"
"Left half a month ago." Su Fei said.
"My condolences." The policeman looked rough, but his manners were quite considerate.
"Would you like some incense?" Su Fei was too lazy to explain the matter of his master's disappearance during debt settlement, so he changed the subject.
"No," the policeman took out a small bag from his arms, handed it to Su Fei and said, "It's like this. Half a year ago, a household in Taoyuan County was troubled by evil spirits. I asked your master to help, and your master played with a mahogany sword.
The things were driven away and funds were allocated from above, so I sent them to him as soon as possible."
"Since he is no longer here, you are his apprentice, so just accept him."
After Su Fei thanked him, he weighed it a little and found that the broken silver was not too small in terms of weight. He opened the cloth bag and looked inside, and there were thirteen coppers lying inside.
"Thirteen coppers, it only took half a year to allocate the money?" Su Fei said casually: "Did you withhold money?"
There is no other way, he is such a magnanimous Taoist and speaks his mind.
If the other party draws a sword against you, it may trigger a crisis.
"The process is already very fast, and this little Daoist, please respect my conscience," the policeman said righteously: "I can send you thirteen copper coins, but I think your master is playing with the sword."
I fought for it because of my foot condition.”
"Although your master is very bluffing when exorcising evil spirits, the effect is not good."
"The evil spirit is back to do evil again. The Ning family who owns a jewelry shop in the county has died again this time. The evil spirit is also writing bloody words on the wall, saying that it is back."
"I have to go to Qingyun Temple in the dark soon to ask serious Taoist priests to come down the mountain to exorcise evil spirits."
What words, what words is this?
What does it mean to be a serious Taoist priest? Are they not serious Taoist priests in Lingxian Temple?
Su Fei stuffed the thirteen copper coins in his hand into his arms and said: "Master, don't go to Qingyun Temple. Since the evil incident in the Ning family is a problem left by my master, as his disciple, I have to do it."
Take this responsibility,"
"I'm coming down the mountain to get rid of evil spirits."
When the police officer heard this, he took a serious look at the Taoist priest. His green robe was fluttering in the evening breeze, and he was standing on the steps with his hands behind his back. He had a lively look on his face and an extraordinary posture, worthy of the word "Lingxian Guan".
But then I thought about it, the old Taoist priest of Lingxian Guan who had just passed away was still a Taoist with an immortal spirit when I first saw him, but I didn’t realize that his level was not that good.
Don't take everything at face value.
"I'm the agent of Taoyuan County Yamen, Niu Sandao. If you have anything to say, please tell the little Taoist first," the agent Niu Sandao said seriously: "If the exorcism fails, there will be no money. Now the Heavenly Sins Department in the imperial court is responsible for the evil spirits."
Case management is strict, and rewards must go through three procedures for confirmation."
"I am a disciple of Lingxian Temple, Su Fei." Su Fei curled up his lips and said his name: "It doesn't matter whether it's money or not. The main thing is that the reputation of Lingxian Temple cannot be left in the ground. Niu Cater better say it first.
Tell me some details of the case."
This was the first time the two met. As for why the master had a relationship with the Yamen's police officers, it was probably because he took over the exorcism business at the announcement office in the county town for some money.
"Taoist Su does things first and then talks about money. He is a true monk." Niu Sandao likes this kind of cooperation. There is no subsequent wrangling, which saves worry, effort and trouble.
This kind of cooperation was also allowed by the court.
Cases of evil spirits and monsters in the Dasheng Dynasty are usually managed by the Department of Heavenly Sins. However, after all, there are too few people who know how to practice, and they cannot control too many places in the vast territory. And the yamen in various places are basically warriors, except for some masculine ones.
Although people with strong Qi can suppress evil spirits, most police officers cannot handle evil cases.
Then we can only find foreign aid and cooperate with some nearby spiritual sects.
When the yamen solved the evil case, the people did not criticize them for being incompetent, and felt relaxed; the practitioners used money to do things, and still gained fame and were happy; the people were naturally satisfied with safety.
Three parties benefit.
However, payment is troublesome. The local government office needs to regularly pass the files and applications to the Tianjin Division, and wait for the money to be sent after the process is completed.
Through Niu Sandao's narration of the case, Su Fei understood the cause and effect of the incident.
Six months ago, Ning Fu, the shopkeeper of a jewelry store in the county town, became prosperous and wealthy, so he asked for a second apartment.
The eldest lady became a monk in anger and built a room in the back garden as a Buddhist temple. She ate fasting and chanted Buddha's name every day in an attempt to purify her husband who had gone through hard times with her.
When you meet someone, it's not Amitabha, or form is emptiness, emptiness is nothingness, Abi Hell is summoning a heartless person, and the like.
Not long after, the concubine died.
On the night when a maid saw her concubine die, a strange boy was looking for her mother at Ning's house and entered the concubine's house.
Then Niu Sandao took over the case and invited the Taoist priest Lingxian Guan.
After Lao Dao cast the spell, the Ning family found peace and the matter came to an end.
When Ning Fu saw that his beloved concubine had left and his wife had become a monk, he took another concubine.
Nothing happened at first, but strange things happened again the night before.
Not only did the concubine die, but Ning Fu also died.
Niu Sandao visited the scene several times and found that it was not man-made. Through the Bagua Siman in the yamen, he confirmed that there was evil in the scene, so he had to go out to find the cultivator and bring him the last bounty.
This case of evil spirits has already involved three lives. Moreover, the man in charge of the family died, and the body was left on display for several days. Now that spring is coming, the body smells fast. If the case is not solved, the body will have to be buried, making the matter even more difficult to handle.
Su Fei already knew the entire process.
Although I have not exorcised the evil, I am not afraid. After all, before the crisis comes, there will be content reminders. If it is too dangerous, it will be okay to find an excuse and let someone else exorcise the evil.
People in Lingxian Temple are always not thin-skinned.
Now that we are in the initial stage of spiritual practice, we cannot waste any opportunity to be close to a crisis.
Niu Sandao looked at the Taoist priest's unconfident expression and said, "If the Taoist priest is unsure, I can just ask the practitioners from Qingyun Temple to take a trip."
Just then.
[You took over the murder case of the Ning family and went down the mountain to Taoyuan County the next day. You hadn’t tasted the fireworks in the market for a long time, so you first ate a bowl of mutton noodles at a roadside stall. The stall owner saw you and gave you two more coins. 】
[Meet Niu Sandao at noon, enter Ning's house, remove the seal and enter the room where the crime occurred. The eldest lady is in the Buddhist hall and will not come out. The maid sends a message, saying that Ning Fu deserves to die. You took a look at the eldest lady and she scolded you for helping the emperor.
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[The maid poured tea for you and the fellow detectives. You and Niu Sandao were poisoned and died one after another. The maid took out the poison talisman from the wooden board under the bed in the room, destroyed it, and used your blood to write a few words on the wall: I
gone.】
The crisis reminder is over. There are a lot of clues and a lot of nonsense, but I can make the whole case clear.
The murderer is not evil, she is actually a maid.
Moreover, poison was used, so no wonder there was an evil atmosphere at the scene.
Judging from his behavior, it must be related to the deceased. He must have been sealed by the yamen and failed to go in to destroy it, so he came in and killed Niu Sandao and himself.
There is no evil intention, all the stories are made up by the maid, and the bloody words are just to confuse the investigators.
It is indeed beyond expectations, but I don’t know why the maid did this. The answer may only be obtained on the spot.
At that time, we may have to figure out the source of the poisonous insects, and it may be a serial case.
Su Fei looked at Niu Sandao and said, "Even if the one who committed evil in the Ning family is a thousand-year-old demon, I, a disciple of Lingxian Temple, can do it."
"Su Daochang is very talented, and Niu admires him." Niu Sandao was obviously affected by Su Fei's emotions.
"Exorcise evil spirits and demons, that's what monks like us should do," Su Fei turned around and entered the main hall: "Niuzhao, please come back quickly. I'll see you and I in front of the county government office at noon tomorrow."