Early the next morning, Gao Xiang hurriedly came to knock on my door. While knocking, he shouted: "Brother! Something big has happened!"
I woke up sleepily, and as soon as I started I was woken up by the pain from the shock last night. Taoyaoyao turned into a little fox at this time, sleeping at the foot of my bed. I teased her ears, but she was impatient.
He made a sound of 'Ah' and rushed into my bed. Then I held my stomach and opened the door.
After Gao Xiang saw me, he said to me: "Brother! The woods across the river are on fire!"
I was refreshed and asked him what was going on. Gao Xiang said that he didn't know, and no one knew. When the villagers found out this morning, the woods across the river were already on fire.
Gao Xiang and I rushed to the river. At this time, many villagers gathered by the river. The fire in the woods across the river had been extinguished. The dense woods were no longer there, leaving only the charred bare tree trunks. I saw it from a distance.
The Taoist temple that was originally hidden in the woods was burned to a blur, and I could hardly recognize it.
People around me said that the forest fires were caused by too dry weather in the recent midsummer. Ping Wazi and Sister-in-law Li also came, and I saw tears in their eyes, obviously worried about Taoist Pu Zhen.
Firefighters from the county conducted an inventory of the scorched woods and found a body in the woods. The body had been charred black by the fire and nothing could be seen from the outside. The firefighters said they would take it back to the county.
Do genetic testing. In the end, the forest fire was defined as a natural fire. Everyone said that in such a big fire, the corpse must be Lao Dao.
Ping Wazi and Li's sister-in-law walked to the river and looked at the burned Taoist temple on the other side of the forest. When they heard other people's rumors, Li's sister-in-law suddenly burst into tears. While crying, she said that Taoist priest Pu Zhen was still inside, why was the forest burning?
He got up. Ping Wazi also shed tears silently looking at the burnt Taoist temple.
I walked over and comforted him: "Don't worry, Master Pu Zhen is fine."
Ping Wazi looked at me in surprise and said, "Really?"
"Really." I said, "Think about it, how could a man as capable as Taoist Priest Pu Zhen be burned to death by a fire? He must have traveled around even if there was a fire here in advance."
"Who is the burnt corpse in the woods?" Ping Wazi asked me with doubts.
"When I was running by here last night, I saw a person entering the woods. I didn't think it was strange at the time, but now it seems that it must be that person. And I think, why has there been no fire in this woods for so many years?
Did it happen this morning? Although it is midsummer, it is still morning after all, and the fog is heavy. How can a fire break out so easily? I think it must be the man I saw going to the woods in the morning who accidentally caused the fire, and he was so unlucky.
He burned himself to death."
Both Pingwazi and Sister-in-law Li thought what I said made sense and stopped crying, but their deep frowns still showed their worries. By the way, I mentioned to Pingwazi and Sister-in-law Li that we might
I have to go on a long trip, so I don’t come to our house to cook lately.
When I returned to my residence, Gao Xiang followed me and asked, "Brother, are you going on a long trip? Where are you going? Can you take me with you?"
I said: "No."
During the first two days when we arrived in Wuling Village, Gao Xiang showed a very high sense of curiosity towards us. In fact, secretly, this guy inquired about a lot of things about us and even followed us secretly. Although we all knew about it, we didn't want to tell anyone. Maybe that's the case.
For this reason, Gao Xiang knew that I attached great importance to the woods on the other side of the river, so he informed me of the fire as soon as he knew about it. But in the days that followed, Gao Xiang suddenly found out something.
Someone still said hello to him, and he became a lot more honest, but his desire for adventure never changed.
Gao Xiang had obviously guessed that I would not let him accompany me. He did not look depressed, but said: "Brother, did you hear what the villagers said just now? Four cadres from the county went back this morning. And they were very busy when they went back.
Strange, there are only three of them, and the other one is missing."
"Is there such a thing?"
"Yes, many people saw it. Let me tell you, the fire this time was definitely not natural. It must have been deliberately set by these four people. One of them was accidentally burned to death. The other three people quickly fled in fear of crime.
That’s it.”
When we were in the woods today, because of the appearance of Tao Yaoyao, the four sly men decided not to have too much entanglement with us. Instead, they chose their real mission this time and sneaked into the depths of the woods, probably also for the sake of the cloud in my hand.
The seventh sign came here. Although the four villains of the Sly Gate are powerful, I can really feel that Taoist Pu Zhen is stronger than them, and I really don’t believe they can break through the grouper wooden door. Originally, I didn’t believe they could break through.
I thought that the four villains would have no choice but to retreat after discovering all this. But judging from the situation of the forest fire in front of me, I may have been wrong. Taoist Priest Park Zhen may have taken away the secret of Yunji's Seven Lots in order to protect me, and he and the four villains
There was a fierce battle between the murderers.
I still clearly remember the special physiques of the four villains of the Guild Sect. Their bodies naturally exuded yin energy, as if there was something that produced yin energy in their bodies. Although I don't know why, but
In the final analysis, the Four Evils, who have extremely yin constitutions, will eventually turn into a pool of corpses when burned by yang fire. Of course, I also hope that my guess is wrong. That body is in the woods.
The body found in the house was one of the four murderers. If this is true, then Taoist Pu Zhen might still be alive in the world. Just remembering that Taoist Pu Zhen said that his end is approaching, my heart is still a little heavy.
"Gao Xiang, please help me with something."
Gao Xiang was extremely excited when he heard that I finally had something to tell him, and said, "Brother, tell me, I can complete anything for you."
I said, "Please help me go to the county to see if we can do a genetic test on the charred corpse in the shortest possible time. Also, if possible, please bring the corpse back."
Gao Xiang heard that his mission seemed very meaningful, so he agreed to me in a very responsible and serious manner, and drove out in his Phuket at noon.
We were recovering from our injuries at home. Liu Qizhen was very foresighted. After what happened in Wuling Mountain last time, he actually secretly hid a lot of miraculous medicine to treat trauma. On the first day after we took it, our injuries improved significantly.
Even though Fatty Wang was wearing clothes, he behaved as usual, and there were no traces of blood holes on his stomach.
Gao Xiang came back on the third day and carried back the burnt body in a huge black body bag. He told me with a depressed expression that the autopsy report had come out. The identity of the deceased could not be confirmed, but at least he could determine his age.
Elderly people over ninety years old.
I once again took Wang Bao, Li Menglan, Liu Qizhen and Tao Yaoyao into the woods on the other side of the river. I built a tomb for the Taoist priest not far from the Taoist temple in the woods and recited the rebirth mantra all night long.
The inscription on the stele reads: At the end of his life, Taoist Pu Zhen died.