Funiu Town is not a big town, but people are noisy, and the dogs guarding the courtyard from house to house are barking.
Chen Yuan followed Old Man Zhao and several senior brothers who stood in the crowd and watched the three detectives questioning Li Zheng and Lao Wang. When they separated and walked into the courtyard, the people around them also talked about what they heard in detail.
of.
"You guys who came late don't know how scary it is. Suddenly, several cracks appeared in Lao Wang's father's spiritual tablet, and streams of blood flowed out. Lao Wang's worthless son and his wife were frightened.
Paralyzed."
"There's more, there's more?"
"What's even scarier is that the candles in the room turned blue for some reason. Oops, the wind blew and the tiles on the roof fell down."
"Tsk tsk...Isn't it the old Wangtou who is causing trouble?"
"No, he died only a short time ago, and something strange happened on the first day of the week today."
"Could he come back to seek revenge on them? No wonder such a good person can't think of hanging himself."
The little bits and pieces of words were pieced together into a simple story. That Lao Wangtou should be Lao Wang's father. He had been bedridden and was in good spirits, but he suddenly passed away seven days ago. What should I do for a person who has trouble getting up?
To hang yourself?
Chen Yuan, who was listening in the audience, was also a little nervous, worried that there was really a ghost? In his eyes, the two policemen who entered the yard also stepped into the middle hall, pressed the handles of their knives, and cautiously approached the altar table in the middle. There was a pool of water on it.
Blood was falling drop by drop along the edge of the table to the ground.
Gu~
A yamen servant swallowed his saliva and slowed down.
"Is there really a ghost?"
The policeman walking on the right, using the light of the lantern under the eaves outside, looked at the blood on the table and the cracked spiritual tablets, and his heart went crazy. He subconsciously raised his elbow to his companion next to him, and reminded him: "Let me see first."
Light the candles..."
The other person nodded in agreement, carefully took out the candle from his arms, opened it, blew on it and removed the wick, and the huge flame slowly brightened up.
The dim yellow light shone in the room, making the two of them feel a little more at ease.
Phew~~
At this time, a gust of draft blew past the two of them. The candle that had just been lit was low and faintly glowing with light blue, and there was a faint sneer in the ears.
The two of them broke out in a cold sweat and instinctively looked towards the door and window of the back hall. They saw a faint figure standing there. A yamen servant raised a lantern, illuminating half of his gloomy face, and sneered from his tongue-exposed lips.
The lantern fell to the ground with a bang.
The hairs on the two yamen servants who were pressing the hilt of the knife stood up. They looked at each other, nodded tacitly, and didn't want the lantern. They turned around and walked out. As soon as they came out, they walked quickly through the courtyard and saw so many people standing there.
, I felt at ease in my heart.
Pairs of people outside the hospital looked at him, and one of the yamen officials straightened his face and straightened his chest.
"The two of us have found out... Well, it's best to invite a mage here."
"I'll go, I'll go! A Taoist priest happened to come to town two days ago. He has some skills. I will invite him here."
When Li Zheng heard what the two government officials said, his legs felt weak. Even if the ghost didn't come out, he heard that being too close to a haunted house would make his health worse. He wished he could stay away.
Chen Yuan squeezed forward in the crowd, just in time to see the central hall directly opposite the gate. This courtyard was square and no different from an ordinary courtyard.
"Is there really a ghost..."
When he murmured a word, at the other end of his field of vision, the candles that were originally lit in the courtyard's nave and the lanterns on the ground were swaying brightly and extinguished, and they were all extinguished with a roar, and the entire courtyard instantly fell into darkness.
Seeing this scene, many people outside the door exclaimed, and the timid Saya rushed out of the crowd and ran. The daughter-in-law of the Wang family sat down on the ground, cried louder, and shouted that she wanted to go back to her parents' house. Lao Wang
Not daring to say a word to his son, he squatted on the ground leaning against the door.
There was confusion for a moment, and someone shouted: "Don't panic, don't panic, Li Zheng has gone to ask for the Taoist priest."
Not long after, a series of footsteps and voices came from the alley, which attracted everyone's attention. Chen Yuan also looked over in the crowd, and what came into view was that a round belly with a gray and black monk's robe appeared first at the corner, and then followed
Just exposed the whole body.
A short and fat Taoist priest, wearing a Taoist crown, holding a fly whisk in his hand, his lips trembled up and down as he chanted sutras, and his other hand jingled a bell.
Li Zheng was by his side, with his hands on his hips rather imposingly, scolding the chaotic crowd.
"Everyone spread out and let the Taoist priest go in."
After saying that, Li Zheng hurriedly opened a way, trotted to the steps and stretched out his hand towards the courtyard: "Master Sun, this is the place."
Lao Wang and his son on the side seemed to have seen hope. They stood up, cupped their hands and bowed, begging the Taoist priest to remove the evil spirits from the family and restore peace to the family.
"You two will wait for us at the door."
The fat Taoist priest raised his hand, then shook off the dust and stepped across the threshold. He came to a stop in the courtyard and sang at the top of his voice.
"My master is the 32nd generation disciple of Master Rende. I passed by here and heard that ghosts were rampant and demons were causing trouble, so I came here to check -"
Shaking away the dust, he casually pulled out three sticks of sandalwood from the bamboo tube and lit the candle, passed them in a circle, and when he put them on the ground, the three sticks actually stood up without falling over, which amazed the crowd watching the excitement outside the courtyard.
Even Chen Yuan was a little surprised.
next moment.
The fat Taoist took the rattle from his waist, jingled and swung it, walked with strange steps and muttered something in his mouth, several yellow talismans appeared in his hand like a magic trick, and flew up into the air, burning with a 'boom', and were scattered into the air by him.
The Taoist priest turned his face slightly and glanced at the crowd standing outside. He raised the corner of his mouth proudly and recited the congratulations again. He drew the peach wood sword from his back with his backhand, faced a certain direction, and slashed randomly into the air.
He stood upright behind him, and a group of people watching the excitement clapped their hands and applauded.
"An expert is an expert!"
"Now I'm safe!"
"You little devil dares to be so arrogant here, but now he's still in a state of disbelief!"
"Bring me a mirror!"
The fat Taoist spread his hands, and Li Zheng hurriedly handed over the bronze mirror that had been placed before him. Then he quickly returned to the door and looked in with a yamen servant.
At this time, the peach wood sword dancing in the courtyard was put away. The fat Taoist grabbed the bronze mirror, turned around, stepped back and forth, and took random photos in all directions. Reflected by the lantern in the hand of the Yamen servant outside the door, it seemed that there was a real magic.
Light comes out.
After a while, he regained his composure, lowered his bronze mirror with a sweaty face, took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat stains, and nodded to the people over there.
"Everyone, the evildoer has been captured by this Taoist and has been captured in the Dharma Mirror."
He patted the bronze mirror, and immediately stuck a yellow talisman in the middle, put it in the yellow cloth bag, and flicked the fly whisk, looking like a Taoist spirit. At this time, everyone also reacted to the shock of the Taoist priest's fight just now,
He hurried forward to ask.
"Taoist Master, have the evil ghosts been collected?"
Seeing the fat Taoist nodding, he said softly, "Hmm", and everyone exhaled, holding lanterns and cheering each other excitedly.
"The Taoist priest is really amazing. So awesome!"
"I just don't know what that sneaky one looks like."
Only Chen Yuan in the crowd frowned, looking more and more weird.
Hiss...how do you feel that the other party is a charlatan?
Over there, Li Zheng clapped his hands and went in to congratulate him. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew and the lanterns under the eaves creaked. He seemed to have seen something. His smile froze for an instant and slowly turned into panic. "Shua"
He retracted his feet and pointed behind the Taoist priest gingerly.
"Taoist Priest, there is another one in the main hall, ouch!" Li Zheng was frightened when he bumped into the arms of a Yamen servant. Everyone looked around and saw a thin figure standing in front of the central hall door, his neck suddenly bent.
The fat Taoist's whole body twitched in shock, and his Taoist hat stood up instantly.
There was a sudden silence inside and outside the courtyard.
Swish, swish, swish...
The old trees in the courtyard swayed their branches and leaves. The fat Taoist looked at the dark central hall and side rooms, his whole body trembling slightly. He swallowed his saliva, sweat dripping down his chubby face.
'I encountered a real ghost...'
He is a wandering charlatan. He wears a Taoist robe and goes wherever he goes. He just opens his mouth and fiddles with it a few times to get food and drink. Occasionally, he also has money to take. He thought he could open an order today, but he never expected to meet him.
Really.
"It's best to leave, it's important to save your life, you can't stay here!"
The fat Taoist swallowed his saliva, turned around and walked towards the courtyard door. Over there, in the middle of the street, three government servants had already pulled the door shut and shouted through the door: "Taoist, you can get rid of the ghosts in peace! I'll wait for you."
You guard the door and never let the evil ghost come out!"
"you--"
The fat Taoist rushed over and slapped the courtyard door several times, dragging his body fat. He stamped his feet anxiously. Looking back, he saw the skinny figure standing in the dark in the center of the courtyard, staring straight at him. He was about to hang himself.
The head of the dead old king floated toward him in a hanging posture.
The fat Taoist slumped down on the ground. In his field of vision, behind the floating figure, there seemed to be a slightly normal figure, who also looked like an old man.
However, there was no time for the Taoist to think too much. Old Wang's face turned pale, and he stuck out his long tongue and quickly pulled it closer to his eyes. He was so frightened that he raised his hands to cover his round face, and screamed in horror.
"Don't come over...waaaah..."
The hysterical screams could be heard clearly through the courtyard wall. Three government officials were standing guard at the door, pressing against the courtyard door. They looked at each other with a look of respect on their faces.
"Listen, the Taoist priest is really willing to risk everything and is doing his best to eliminate ghosts. You must not let him down..."
next moment.
There was a muffled bang, and the courtyard door suddenly collapsed. A chubby figure flew out from inside, hitting the four of them and rolling into the street. A thin figure in tattered robes jumped to the courtyard wall, "Fun, fun! Go get revenge."
." I stirred my sleeves excitedly, and the mist rose and filled the air with the wind.
The streets were in chaos, and the onlookers were in chaos in the mist. They pushed and shoved in fear. Some people were pushed down and trampled on, and several people screamed in pain.
"Run, the ghost in Wang's yard has rushed out." Someone shouted in the chaos.
The street was full of shadows of people running around in the white fog. Chen Yuan was hit a few times and had to stick to the wall to avoid. She looked around to search for Team Leader Zhao and a few senior brothers. She probably saw the old man running somewhere.
Among the people, he shouted: "Master!"
"Master?"
Not far away, in the vast whiteness, the shadow standing on the courtyard wall in the mist froze, and suddenly looked at the young man who shouted.
Chen Yuan squeezed through a few people and wanted to join Leader Zhao. After taking a few steps, his shoulders suddenly felt cold. He instinctively turned around and saw a gray figure swooping down from the courtyard wall. He saw a wrinkled hand.
Caught on Chen Yuan's shoulder.
"Disciple, my master has finally found you."
That was the voice of an old man. Immediately, he suddenly turned his head towards the open courtyard door and roared ferociously: "Disperse!" The mist instantly formed a circular outline.
I saw Lao Wang's head with a crooked neck in front of the door, and the Yin Qi spread out in all directions, disappearing without a trace in an instant.
Chen Yuan's ears were buzzing, and before he could see who it was, he heard the old man say: "Let's go!"
His vision instantly improved.
For a moment, the rows of houses and buildings began to spin before his eyes. He quickly closed his eyes, and the chaotic human voices quickly became blurred, leaving only the sound of the wind whistling in his ears.
Consciousness gradually becomes blurred.
The long street was still in chaos. Team Leader Zhao rushed out to the street with his apprentice, and then he remembered that another person was missing, and hurriedly asked the first and second apprentices to go in and look for him.
Among the mountains not far from Funiu Town, on a grassy slope, the person they were looking for was waking up in a daze.
"Disciple!"
The hoarse and vicissitudes of voice echoed faintly in my ears, and my body felt light and airy, as if I was rising and falling in the water.
Hearing the voice coming from him, Chen Yuan felt dizzy and opened his eyes in a daze. In his field of vision was the night sky dotted with stars and moons, and the face of an old man with a gray beard and a loving expression.
'Like lying on top of him looking down.
"There is still something unfinished, let me give you a good look."
As he said that, the old man in gray robes had already leaned down on his lower abdomen. Chen Yuan's head still hurt a little and her thinking was a little confused. But when she noticed the old man's movements, she was so frightened that she hurriedly bent her legs and pushed him away with a wave of her hand.
The moment he touched the other party, he was caught by the old man. The old man suddenly let go at a loss. Between his gray beard, his lips pursed as if he had been wronged.
"Disciple, you're okay, you're okay... Hey, your cultivation... Why is your cultivation gone?!"
The old man's aggrieved expression suddenly disappeared, and his eyes glared fiercely: "Tell me, master, who did it... I massacred his whole family!"
After saying that, he rolled up his tattered sleeves and turned around to leave.
After two steps, he stopped and turned around, flipping up his messy hair coolly and looking at Chen Yuan seriously.
"Disciple... tell me that I don't know the way... I don't know the way."