The Taoist priest let me into the hut next to the main hall, which seemed to be where he usually lived, and the pile of things and things was very messy. The pen "Fun" was www.biquge.info on a chair under the window, and the two of us sat down. He took a stained teapot, poured me some water, and placed it on the small table next to me.

"It's not that what Mr. said can't be replaced, it's just that it's a little troublesome to do, this..." he tapped the small table lightly with his index finger, looking embarrassed.

I knew that he wanted some benefit, so he said: "Dao Chief, you can tell me directly, as long as you can come instead of my daughter, you can see how much incense money I donate, you can help me arrange it." ”

The Taoist priest didn't make a sound, but just stretched out three fingers to me, shook them in front of me, and stopped making a sound.

"Three hundred?" I asked the Taoist priest, a deliberately surprised look on his face.

"Three hundred is the money for a Dharma ceremony, Mr.'s matter is a little troublesome, I want to do it for three days in a row, I want nine hundred, you are an acquaintance of Sister Xue, touch the light of her tribute incense, I only charge you eight hundred, a very favorable price." "At this moment, if it weren't for this man wrapped in a Taoist robe, I really thought he was a calculating businessman.

Seeing that I hesitated and bowed my head without speaking, the Taoist priest said again: "Sir, if you don't bring so much today, it's no problem." After I finish this ritual, you still have to take your daughter to come here, you don't need to worship, let her go into the main hall for a turn, let the fox fairy know someone, you pay three hundred first, and when you bring your daughter three days later, just bring the rest of the money. ”

I nodded, took out the money and gave it to him, he took out a small wooden sign from the drawer, it should be the kind of wooden sign I just saw behind the black banner in the main hall, he asked me to report a daughter's birthday, written on the small wooden card, and took a small sachet to me, saying that as long as I put it in my daughter's room for three days, it would be fine.

I took the sachet and asked him, "Daoist, what kind of god is paid tribute to in this temple, and why is the idol in the main hall covered with two pieces of red cloth?"

"The secret of heaven must not be revealed," the Taoist priest obviously did not expect me to ask this question, and was stunned for a moment, and then continued: "I have been here for many years, and I have been covering it, and only on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year will be unveiled for three days, so this temple can only be spiritual." ”

Coming out of the Three Fox Immortal Temple, I hurried home. It seems that it is similar to my previous prediction, Xie Manhong was bewitched by the evil gods in this temple, and used the method of borrowing corpses to return the soul and attached it to Wang Xiaohui's body. But all this is just reasoning now, and there is no definite evidence, unless Wang Xiaohui or Xie Manhong himself can tell the truth.

Early the next morning, Xiao Lei came to my house with a copy of the diagnosis report in his hand. Sure enough, it was issued by Anzhen Hospital. It was done by Xie Manhong a year and a half ago. It shows that Shermanhong has a rare genetic disorder that prevents her from conceiving and that there is no effective treatment.

It seems that all the speculations are being confirmed, but even if I know the truth, what can I do? Tell Lu Qing, not to mention whether he believes it or not, if he does, he will probably fall into new pain and dilemma. On the one hand, Xie Manhong will eventually become a lonely ghost and resentment, and on the other hand, Wang Xiaohui's soul is long gone, and without Xie Manhong, this is just a vegetative body.

So I can only understand the mystery of all this, and I can't try to change the course of the story at all. After sending Xiao Lei away, I sat in the house and restored the whole picture of Xie Manhong's story in a daze, and after a while, Team Cao and Zeng Yan came to the small courtyard.

As soon as I entered the house, Team Cao laughed at me: "Lao Chang, this time your meal is ordered." He said with such confidence that there must be some progress on Lu Qing or Wang Xiaohui's side.

Team Cao has been soaking with Lu Qing for the past two days, intentionally or unintentionally mentioning some things about Xie Manhong's past, after a long time, Lu Qing seems to have seen it a little lighter, plus the effect of a bottle of liquor, Team Cao really has something to do.

It turned out that Lu Qing still investigated some circumstances about Xie Manhong's suicide, one is that Xie Manhong's mental condition after marriage is very bad, and he suffers from insomnia all night long. I thought it was the old overtime shift, and the biological clock was chaotic. But after a month of adjustment, nothing has improved. In winter, it is even more serious, and even if I fall asleep in the second half of the night, I will talk nonsense loudly, and soon wake up again. Lu Qing had no choice but to hug her and tell her about her thrilling experiences in Yunnan and Myanmar, and sometimes, the two of them chatted until dawn. And when Lu Qing was not at home on a business trip, he didn't know how Xie Manhong survived.

Lu Qing was worried that something would happen to Xie Manhong when he was away, so he insisted that Xie Manhong go to the hospital for an examination, which was the result of the examination.

Team Cao said, handed me a hospital file, I opened it to see, and the conclusion was that Xie Manhong suffered from severe depression, and later prescribed a lot of drugs, and suggested that Xie Manhong should take the medicine at the same time, and then do some hypnotherapy treatment.

Seeing this, I asked: "Team Cao, Xie Manhong suffered from depression, was it before or after she prayed to God and worshiped Buddha?"

Team Cao thought for a moment and said, "It seems that after that, but it can't be that you get depressed just because you go to the temple, right?"

Seeing that I didn't refute, Team Cao continued: "I also went to see Xie Manhong's mother, and by the way, I chatted about Xie Manhong, she told me that Xie Manhong's grandmother died by throwing herself into the river, and before she died, she was the same as Xie Manhong, she couldn't sleep all night, she became very trance, and suddenly jumped into the river, without saying anything to anyone, and not leaving a word." Most of them have neurasthenia, and every few generations there will be suicides who can't bear this pain. ”

Team Cao paused, picked up the thermos cup, took two sips, and then made a summary of his investigation, in his opinion, Xie Manhong's death was due to the hereditary depression in the family, and the nature of her work made her condition more serious, and the pain was something we couldn't feel, which made her finally choose to hang herself. And Wang Xiaohui's appearance is just a coincidence, Lu Qing chose to accept Wang Xiaohui, also because she is similar to Xie Manhong in personality, and the acquaintance of Team Cao and Xie Manhong causes only him and Lu Qing to feel that the two are similar, while others do not feel this way.

After Team Cao finished speaking, I looked at Zeng Qian, who had not spoken beside me, and asked, "Has Xiao Zeng made any progress in the past few days?" ”

"I had dinner with Lu Qing and Wang Xiaohui with Team Cao in the past few days, and I got acquainted, and then I went to Shoutu to find Wang Xiaohui once on the grounds of wanting to find a few books, and chatted with her for an afternoon. There aren't many clues yet, just the feelings. ”

In fact, every time Zeng Qian speaks, I will be unconsciously attracted, on the one hand, her analysis is very logical, often from a small detail, very important guidance for the case, on the other hand, her language expression skills are very strong, no matter how boring things come out of his mouth, people will feel full of interest.

Zeng Qian first affirmed Team Cao's investigation and inference, after all, Lu Qing was the person who knew Xie Manhong best, and there was no doubt about the reliability of his first-hand information. It seems that Zeng Qian and Team Cao's contact during this time has still shortened the distance between the two, at least she will consider Team Cao's feelings now, and her speech is no longer so direct and aggressive.

Then, Zeng Qian said several of her puzzles, one is that in her opinion, although Wang Xiaohui has a simple life, she is not an uninformed woman, on the contrary, she feels that she is still very experienced. When she married Lu Qing, according to the average person, the bride would not live in the original house, after all, the ex-wife hanged herself in this house, and it would be very uncomfortable to live in it, Lu Qing also thought of this, and discussed with Wang Xiaohui before getting married, whether to rent a house outside to live, but to Lu Qing's surprise, Wang Xiaohui didn't care about what happened before, but persuaded Lu Qing that the marriage cost a lot of money, and the province is still a province, so live in the original house. Zeng Qian thinks that this is not a woman's normal reaction at all, it seems that it is for Lu Qing's sake, but when it happened to her, how many people can do it?

The second anomaly is that when getting married, except for Wang Xiaohui's parents, Wang Xiaohui's classmates, colleagues, and friends were not invited, and even the candy was not sent, many people only knew about her marriage after a long time, and it seemed that she was deliberately concealing it. Moreover, Zeng Qian also learned that since Wang Xiaohui's drowning, she has rarely contacted her former classmates and friends, and has become very estranged, and her words with colleagues have become rare. Everyone thought that it might be the impact of amnesia, but they didn't care too much, but Zeng Qian keenly felt that it might not be a matter of intentional alienation, but that she was not familiar with these people at all.

Another point is that when chatting with Wang Xiaohui that day, Zeng Qian intended to introduce the topic into her own zoological professional field, leading to some medical and anatomical knowledge, she found that Wang Xiaohui is no stranger to these, but can communicate happily with her, you know, Wang Xiaohui was a Chinese major before, should not be exposed to these, on the contrary, often work in the hospital, ears and eyes will be relatively familiar.

Although Zeng Qian did not say her conclusion, both Cao and I could sense her suspicion of Wang Xiaohui's identity. Seeing that we didn't speak, Zeng Qian smiled and said, "Uncle Chang, I just had contact with Wang Xiaohui once, I can only talk about my feelings, and I can't doubt it out of thin air, I think, let's talk to her more recently and see what I find." ”

I nodded, "Xiao Zeng's discovery is still very important, in fact, the three of us are exploring the truth of the matter from three directions, and now is far from the time to close the coffin, but, Xiao Zeng, in addition to Wang Xiaohui's matter, there is still something to be done by you." ”

(Only with Ah, how far apart is it?What is the difference between beauty and evil?What is the difference between people?) The crowd is bustling, like enjoying the prison, like spring on the stage. I am alone, and I have no omen, and I am like a baby without a child, and I am tired, if I have no place to return. --Tao Te Ching) (To be continued.) )