After being taken elsewhere and returning to the tomb after recording their testimonies, the members of the Jinshi Society looked at the tomb owner in the coffin who was also stunned - the tomb owner had already become a dried corpse, his big eyes were open empty, and the burial in his mouth had already been taken away by the people of the imperial court, and he didn't even close his mouth, but he still knew that the coffin should be nailed again, but it was still a fart, not afraid that the hooligans would know martial arts, but they were afraid that the hooligans would eat public meals on horses!

What shocked the members of the Jinshi Society was not this--even if the court people came to open the coffin under the banner of the public, it would have to pick the hour! Why do you have to wait until noon to burn the paper, burn the incense, and pay homage to the ghosts and gods?

Qiao Lezi was the most calm next to him: Ghosts and gods are fart, we snake spirits are sick and ghosts are afraid of ghosts and gods are blind.

At this moment, the snake spirit disease has just finished inspecting the inside of the coffin inch by inch, and the conclusion is that there is no problem, and the coffin board is so heavy that it is very laborious for someone to hide in and come out.

After the inspection, Yan Zike asked people to nail the coffin again, Qiao Lezi felt that the tomb owner must have to go to find this goods tonight to ask for mental damage, what a sin!

The whole tomb is really untraceable, a group of people left here, leaving a few officials to guard, the rest went to the village chief's house, the village chief's son took a group of villagers to work as a contractor in the city, and made a little money, the only set of blue brick and tile houses in the village is theirs, there are several houses, the yard is also quite clean, a few official sons casually threw a big ingot to the village chief and the old man took his wife and grandson to someone else's house to live temporarily, and vacated his own yard to these noble sons to stay.

The group of seven people in the Jinshi Society, no one brought anyone with them, and they all occupied a total of three rooms, and after seeing the room where Lu Ce slept, the bedding and other things had not yet been folded, Qiao Lezi asked Wu and Li who were in the same room with Lu Ce again if they heard Lu Ce get up last night, and the two still shook their heads.

But it's no wonder that at more than four o'clock in the morning is the deepest time for people to sleep, Lu Ce got up and went out quietly, most of the people couldn't hear the sound, and because the countrymen love to sleep on a big kang, from the north wall to the south wall directly along the wall to build a whole big kang, Lu Ce slept in the south bed, next to the south window, and it is said that everyone slept with the window open last night. Half of the son is strong, and it is covered with a large quilt of coarse cloth from the countryside, which is not permeable to the wind at all, so he has to open the window to let some country air in, if Lu Ce goes out directly, it will be more convenient.

"Who found out that Lu Ce wasn't in the yard first?" Qiao Lezi asked.

"It's me and Brother Li's ......" the student surnamed Wu responded, "because the three of us slept in the same room, I got up in the morning and saw him lifted the quilt, and there was no heat when I touched it, and the original way was to go to the toilet, but we all freshened up and didn't see him come back, I went to ask others, everyone said they didn't see it, and then looked at the courtyard door, before going to bed, it was originally on the latch, but it was also pulled out, we suspected that he went to the ancient tomb to copy the inscription first, and then hurried to the ancient tomb, and the result was ......"

"So, in fact, after falling asleep last night, you can't confirm that you haven't been in bed all night and haven't gone anywhere?" Qiao Lezi looked at everyone.

"Brother Ji and I can prove to each other that we were indeed in the room last night!" the surnamed Lu hurriedly said, "Because the hinge of the door of our room is wrinkled, it will rattle when you pull and push it slightly, and the sound is very loud, if someone opens the door and goes out in the middle of the night, the others will be woken up!"

Qiao Lezi knew this, he had already found the problem of the door when he inspected the houses just now, not to mention pulling it in the dead of night, even if the sound of opening and closing was earth-shattering in broad daylight, even if he was careful and careful, the speed was extremely slow, "However, you can still go through the window if you don't go through the door." ”

"The window is the same," surnamed Lu hurriedly said, "The window is also the same wrinkle, yesterday we also asked the village chief, he said that the doors and windows of this house because of the problem of orientation, the summer was rained and the winter was frozen by the snow, the wood material was not good, and then the sun was buried, the deformation became terrible, on weekdays, his family would rather be empty than like to live in the house, the window was stuck in the window frame for a long time, it was difficult to push open, we thought that anyway, this night, we were not picky, I don't believe you push it, this window can't be pushed open at all now!"

"The doors and windows are closed, are you sleeping hot?" Yan Zike said again at this time, Wu Li and Lu Ce wanted to open the windows when they fell asleep at night, but the doors and windows were closed tightly.

"It's okay...... Just the two of us, the quilt is also slightly thinner, except for being stuffy, it is not difficult. "The surname of the word.

"So, you two had ample alibi before and after Lu Ce's death," Qiao Lezi nodded after trying the window, "What about the rest?"

The rest of the people couldn't prove it, Wu and Li looked at each other, according to this, the most suspicious ones were the two of them, who let them stay in the same room with Lu Ce, and they slept without closing the window at night, and they couldn't tell how long a hundred mouths were!

"Could it be—" The surname Ji's face suddenly changed, "Lu Ce, he was frightened by that ancient night inscription?!"

The rest of them couldn't help but think deeply when they heard this.

"Haven't you all seen that inscription during the day yesterday?If you were afraid, he should have been scared a long time ago, why was he scared again when he went at night?" Qiao Lezi asked.

"Because...... There is a legend ...... "The surname Ji swallows his saliva," the ancient Night King has the secret art of immortality taught by the gods, and the secret art is said to be a spell, and that spell can be immortal if it is recited upside down...... It's a curse to death!"

Everyone gasped when they heard this, and the surnamed Lu hurriedly said: "You mean-you doubt the ancient night inscription......"

The surnamed Ji shuddered for a moment, and muttered: "I'm not sure, but if it is related to that spell, maybe Lu Ce died because of it, or even if it has nothing to do with the curse, I am afraid it also reveals the origin of the ancient Night King's divine power - because there are still some pedants who say that the ancient Night King has no divine power at all, but ...... It is the power of ghosts! It is to borrow the longevity of the people of the ancient night country to extend their lifespan, and if you want to do this, you can only use the power of the ghosts in the underworld, once the mystery is discovered by a third party, it will cause boundless natural disasters and ghosts - it is said that the ancient night country overturned overnight for this reason......"

Everyone listened to it and unconsciously felt a chill on their backs, the ancient countries of the Western Regions have always had a terrifying evil color in the eyes of the Central Plains people, plus they are extremely far away from the Central Plains and are not well known, the more mysterious they are, the more they cannot be treated with common sense.

"Huh. A laugh came from the mouth of the snake spirit, but after laughing this sound, there was no movement, Qiao Lezi also said that this thing remembered something, but I didn't expect people to suddenly want to laugh.

"What do you think about this case?" Qiao Lezi didn't want to let him go, your nephew said that this was a murder, then you are responsible for giving Lao Tzu an explanation, and you want to paddle next to him and pretend that it's okay.

"No idea," the snake spirit smiled sickly, and turned his head to tease his niece, "What about An An?"

"I think that if Lu Ce can understand the meaning of that inscription, you can see it when you first saw it yesterday, and if he wants to get ahead of you and write the results of his research, he should find an excuse to rush back to the city after seeing it yesterday. Although Yan Qi came through it, she still didn't believe in ghosts and gods.

"Hehehe. Yan Zike smiled again.

According to Qiao Lezi's many years of experience, when he laughs out three "he" words, it means that he is very happy, when he laughs four "he" words, it means that he is "so happy that he can't stand it", and when he laughs five "he" words, it must be a real nerve.

However, what the seventh lady of the Yan family said was indeed reasonable, Qiao Lezi didn't believe that the ancient night inscription was related to the power of ghosts and gods, he went through the case from beginning to end, except for the fact that Lu Ce was as timid as a mouse and dared to go to the ancient tomb in the middle of the night, which was a little strange, no matter how you look at it, this incident can only be defined as an accident.

Qiao Lezi was already ready to make a conclusion, and before making a conclusion, he had to politely ask Yan Zike what he meant: "My lord, so far, the lower official thinks that the beginning and end of this incident are completely clear, and it can basically be concluded, I don't know if my lord still has instructions?"

Yan Zike raised his eyebrows and looked at Young Master Yan Jiu, who had not said a word: "Xiao Jiu, do you still have questions?"

Young Master Yan Jiu lowered his eyelids and said slowly: "I always think that it is not normal for Lu Ce to go to the ancient tomb in the middle of the night. ”

"Then this case will be handed over to you," Yan Zike slapped the board particularly dryly, but the words were not said to Qiao Lezi, but to his little nephew, "Give you an hour, if you can confirm that your suspicions are true, it is the best, if you can't prove it, you will be taken back to the government by Master Qiao for the crime of obstructing law enforcement-you still have to continue to investigate?"

When the other people heard this, they all said in unison: It really deserves to be the first snake spirit disease in the dynasty! It is too late for others to do everything possible to exonerate their family, and this person even took the initiative to accuse his nephew? Is it his own child?!

Qiao Lezi: "Hehe." ”

As soon as the upper lip touches the lower lip, you can talk nonsense as much as you want, and the responsibility is all Lao Tzu's responsibility, is there?!What you say so well that your little nine squat in prison, can Lao Tzu really listen to this?!Can you do it?!In the end, don't you have to send your nephew home with a good voice?!

But...... Then again, the meaning of saying this is probably to make this Yan Xiaojiu Ye retreat, no longer hold on to this matter, and make a joke to scare him for a while, suggesting that he should hurry up and stop this matter, well, it should be like this......

"Good. Qiao Lezi heard the little ninth master respond slowly, "Please allow me to go to the ancient tomb again." ”

- Nani?!Why does this kid really want to continue to investigate?!Who does this force look like?!

"This ......" Qiao Lezi scratched his head in embarrassment, this kid won't compete with his uncle, right?

"Let him go," said Yanzi, who dusted off his sleeves and looked up at the sky, "Oh, it's almost time for lunch?" An'an, every household in this village will make a small fried pork from the farmhouse, the taste is very good, and you can eat some of it for a while. ”

"Okay, is it spicy?" Yan Qi asked.

"Slightly spicy, wild vegetables, mountain mushrooms, meat and red pepper stir-fried, the fire is made of pine branches and bamboo slices, the vegetables are fried with rosin and bamboo fragrance, if it is a plum blossom wine brewed in snow water on the plum blossom stamen for many years, it is even more delicious. ”

"I'm drooling when I hear it. ”

"One branch, go quickly. ”

Qiao Lezi: "...... "Did you two uncles and nephews come here to participate in the farmhouse or what?

Seeing that no one could stop the snake spirit disease, Qiao Lezi also gave up trying, and took Young Master Yan Jiu to the ancient tomb by his subordinates, and wanted to follow him over, but glanced at Yan Zike, and saw that he had no intention of moving the land, so he sat on the broken recliner in the courtyard and waited for food, so he simply didn't care, sat on the opposite bench, and said to the rest of the people: "Let's find a place to sit, don't move the things in the room for the time being, when the case is finalized, you will clean it up, wait first." ”

When everyone heard this, they had no choice but to sit and wait, Yan Qi glanced outside the door, and Yan Zike said, "I'll go see Xiao Jiu, let people call us when the meal is ready." ”

Yan Zike hooked the corners of his lips: "Go ahead." ”

Yan Qi returned to the tomb and saw that her Yan Xiaojiu was standing next to Lu Ce's corpse, her eyes were looking at the wall and thinking to herself, so she didn't bother him, and stood behind him lightly.

After a long time, Fang heard Yan Xiaojiu speak slowly: "As far as I know, Lu Ce is both timid and greedy, especially in pursuit of fame, but if his timidity and fame and fortune are placed at both ends of the scale, I am afraid that he will not be able to distinguish between them, for the inscription on this stone wall, I think he is very eager to take it to fame, but because of his timidity, he does not dare to try to enter the ancient tomb alone at night, these two must be very contradictory and tangled in his heart, if it is me, I must always come up with a way to achieve the best of both worlds." ”

"If I imagine myself as timid as him, the only way I can think of is to find someone to go to the tomb with me," Yan Qidao, "It's relatively easier to fight for fame with only one person than to fight for this reputation with the other six people." ”

"And if one of the other six people in the family has a lower official position than his family, it will be easier to get things done. Young Master Yan Jiu's slow tone carried a slight mockery, "The official level crushes people to death, as long as you use a little power in your family, you can get a chance to become famous in the world, this kind of thing, I believe that anyone's family will fully support it, so Lu Ce only needs to use 'two people sharing his name' as bait and instigate one of the other six people to go to the tomb with him at night, and he can achieve his goal." ”

"In this way, as long as you look at which of your friends has a lower official position than Lu Ce's parents, who will be the most suspicious. ”

The corners of Young Master Yanjiu's lips curled: "There is such one." ”