Chapter 39: The Yin Sedan Borrowing Bridge
These three days...... Does it have a special significance?
It took the five of us a long time to come up with a reason, Ning Shuying shrugged her shoulders and said indifferently: "Anyway, it can't be the incident in history." ”
"At first, I didn't know. Two years ago, on September 9th, the Zichuan Bridge was about to end, but this bridge had a problem that even the bridge engineers did not expect, the 80th meter to the 120th meter suddenly collapsed, at that time the construction personnel on the bridge were gathered in this bridge section, a total of 21 people, and the collapsed bridge fell into the river together, all died, only the remains were salvaged. Jiang Wuliu's face was solemn.
"21 people?" Xu Huayan was dumbfounded, "There are so many dead and wounded, why is there no news at all?" ”
"Covered up." Jiang Wuliu said silently.
"In the current incident, there are exactly 21 positions between 80 and 120 for every two even jumps into the river." Ning Shuying said lightly, "The construction worker who died in the accident two years ago may have turned into a stand-in such as a water ghost, right?" ”
"It's not like a water ghost. Freeze people, and then bewitch, there are words in their mouths, they can't have this means at all, even if the evil master gives them the experiment of Dr. Jiang, they can at most support the human body to move, and in those 16 videos, none of them are slow when they jump, and the woman even took off her shoes. I thought.
Xu Huayan was obviously still angry with me, and said disdainfully: "You have only been in the business for a few days. ”
"Jiang Ming is right." Jiang Wuliu put his hands on the armrests of the chair, "It's not the 21 water ghosts who did the evil, because after salvaging all the remains, Kong Mingdeng personally sent them into the underworld. ”
"Then every two meters of card jumps, a total of 21 how to explain? There is also September 9th...... That's too much of a coincidence, isn't it? I speculate that there must be a connection between the two events. Ning Shuying was puzzled.
Qin Ghost Ming was also interested, he put his chin on the tarot card, looked at Jiang Wuliu and said, "Dr. Jiang, you only said September 9th, what about September 18th and 27th?" ”
"On the ninth day of that accident, on September 18th...... Twenty-one bodies disappeared en masse. Jiang Wuliu shook his head helplessly.
"It hasn't been cremated for nine days?" My eyes widened, and my face was incredulous, "Besides, it's still the season of summer and autumn, and when it's hot, doesn't the corpse decompose?" ”
"It's true that there was no cremation." Jiang Wuliu patiently explained, "The family members refused to sign, and they couldn't argue with the bridge builder, and the matter dragged on for nine days, which is good, the bodies are gone, as if they have evaporated out of thin air." ”
Ning Shuying, who was well versed in the way of corpses, frowned, and spit out two words: "Corpse Transformation ......"
"There is no corpse transformation, half of your master has ordered the old man to observe." Jiang Wuliu said in a deep voice, "The dead department quickly solved the case, and the truth is that someone hired a gang of corpse thieves and stole the body unconsciously. This person is not an outsider, the leader of the bridge construction party. ”
"What was the reason he hired someone to steal the body?" I don't understand.
"I'm worried about things getting bigger." Qin Ghost Yin smiled, "The world is as black as a crow. ”
But things seem to be far less simple than they seem, if the dead department really solves the case, Jiang Wuliu will not have this expression. I asked tentatively, "The bodies shouldn't have been recovered, right?" ”
"The corpse robbery gang stole the body and put it together, intending to dispose of it the next day, but I didn't expect to be arrested that night." Jiang Wuliu spread out his two hands, "The dead department let the criminals take the place where the body was kept, this time there is really no trace, and the police investigation of the dead department has no results." However, the old man confirmed that there was no corpse change, and the warehouse where the bodies were stored showed signs of being violently broken, so the corpses were taken away. ”
"Could it be that on the ninth day after the body was stolen, that is, on September 27th, something happened again?" I asked, suspiciously.
"Someone witnessed something strange on the Zichuan Bridge that night." Jiang Wuliu gestured with his finger and said, "That's a sedan chair team, five fiery red sedan chairs, twenty sedan chair drivers, and one with a lantern in front." ”
Xu Huayan's eyes were full of incredulity, and she didn't dare to imagine: "This ...... Isn't that too mysterious? ”
"More than one person saw it." Jiang Wuliu took out a stack of documents, he flipped through a few pages, and his gaze was fixed, "There are three people who have nothing to do with each other to see, one is on the west bank, one is on the east bank, and the other is a fisherman under the bridge, so the time of seeing is also different." Taken together, the sedan chair procession seemed to suddenly appear at the west end of the Zichuan Bridge, crossed the bridge, and disappeared at the east end. ”
Qin Ghost raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that you say...... Is this the rumored sedan chair borrowing bridge? ”
"What is a sedan chair borrowing bridge?" I asked curiously.
"This is of the same nature as the Yin Soldier's borrowing of the Dao, but it is even rarer for the Yin sedan to borrow the bridge." Qin Ghost Ming's small eyes narrowed, and explained, "It is said that there are many insurmountable ravines in the underworld, and if you want to pass through at this time, you have to use some buildings or facilities in the yang world, this kind of thing happens very frequently, people can often detect an inexplicable yin wind blowing when walking, at this time, it is best to quickly retreat to both sides of the road, and wait for the wind to stop before continuing to walk, otherwise you will collide with the Yin soldiers who borrowed the way, and even your own soul will be taken away." ”
I asked, "Why is it rare for a sedan chair to borrow a bridge?" ”
"There are very few records about the underworld in the Ghost Underworld, but it was mentioned that in the underworld, those who can sit in a sedan chair are big people, and the sedan chair never borrows the way, only the bridge, as for why, I don't know." Qin Ghost Ming looked at Jiang Wuliu in front of him, "Dr. Jiang, do you know? ”
"I've heard that the rivers of the underworld are extremely dangerous and secretive, maybe it has something to do with it." Jiang Wuliu rubbed his temples, "No way, who let us have no friends in the underworld." ”
Ning Silk didn't speak, she didn't seem to be interested in the bizarre event, and fell asleep on the table.
"But that's not the point, I suspect that the 20 palanquins and the lantern bearers are the bodies lost in the case." Jiang Wuliu pondered, "But when they were lost, they didn't change corpses, and when they reappeared, they carried a sedan chair for a person with identity in the underworld......
"They became sedan chairmen, and they must have been manipulated and devastated after they were stolen, right?" I guessed the answer.
"Corpses are not accepted over there, so when they reappear, they are not corpses." Ning Shuying's main attack on corpses was the most vocal about this, his eyes lit up, and he said loudly, "It seems that there is only one possibility, they are refined into corpse puppets?" ”
"Corpse golem?" Xu Huayan was taken aback, "Isn't this evil thing extinct a long time ago?" ”
"This kind of evil thing can only be refined by the Hundred Refining Sect that has disappeared." Jiang Wuliu introduced: "The corpse is parked for nine days, then soaked in chili water for three days, and then exposed to the sun for three days, supplemented by the secret technique of the Hundred Refining Sect, you can achieve the lowest level corpse puppet, and if you want to refine the high-level, the steps are more cumbersome." They are non-autonomous, hard in texture, and only obey the instructions of their owners. ”
"It seems that behind the incident of the Zichuan Yin Bridge, there is really the shadow of an evil master. I suspect that he got the news or received instructions early that he would borrow the bridge from the underworld on that day, but in order to make a fool of himself, he caused the accident, killing 21 people, and letting him go for nine days, and began to perform substantive operations on the corpse, refining it into a corpse puppet and sending it to the other party. "I paused.
"It's a bit of a matter of assumption, but it's not impossible. However, we have to investigate the current incident, why are the men, women and children who have lost contact with the river on these three days? There is also the position of the jump, why is it also between 80 meters and 120 meters. Jiang Wuliu was obviously helpless about this matter.
Qin Ghost Ming said expectantly: "By the way, Dr. Jiang, the muttering of the 13 missing people before jumping into the river on the surveillance video can't let the analysis of lip language say anything?" ”
"I've studied it, but unfortunately I haven't analyzed it, it's not our Chinese language, nor is it a major circulating language, so I can't identify it for the time being." Jiang Wuliu was obviously quite disappointed, if he could decipher what the missing people said, maybe it would play a crucial role in the progress of the incident.
We rested for half an hour, and Jiang Wuliu gathered everyone together again, and he looked at the five members of the night department one by one.
"This look ...... There must be a conspiracy. "It was like a big rock hanging over my heart.
"It's useless to talk on paper, next, the second link, field investigation." Jiang Wuliu raised his wrist and glanced at the time, "I told the police who sealed the bridge that I would send someone over to check the situation tonight." However, there is an agreement between the official and our night department, in order to disrupt the concept of ordinary people, the members of the night department cannot appear openly when investigating strange events, so they must act in concealment, and only when it is critical can they show their means. ”
Do we have to hide it in the field investigation? Suffocated to death!
Suddenly, an ominous premonition rose in my mind......
He hesitated for a moment, then commanded, "In order not to attract attention, hmm...... Jiang Ming, you continue to wear sanitation clothes, go to clean this Zichuan Bridge, Qin Ghost Ming, and get a fishing boat disguised as a fisherman. Ning Silk is waiting at the base, Xiaoyan, you and Ning Gongzi pretended to be the police to investigate the scene of the accident, so happily decided. ”