Yao Duran stood in front of the tent and watched from a distance for a while, still not understanding what was happening. At this time, the tent curtain beside him was lifted, and Huo Jingcheng walked out refreshed and clean.

When Yao Duran saw him come out, he stepped forward and asked, "Liulang, what about Mei Feng?" Did you come back last night? Why can't you see them now? ”

Huo Jingcheng took a deep breath of the air outside, and said: "Don't worry, they will come back in the second half of the night, and they were trained by the island master for half the night with those drunks, and they only came back after losing money, I am afraid that they are sleeping in the tent at this time." ”

Yao Duran breathed a sigh of relief and asked again, "Did Liulang hear the sound in the cave last night?" ”

Huo Jingcheng looked at the pile of people in the distance and said, "Well, I heard it." I have a gut feeling that the mess in front of me should have something to do with that ghost hole. Let's go, go up and have a look. ”

The two slowly squeezed in, only to see that in the open space surrounded by the crowd, there was a young man's corpse lying there! The corpse's face turned blue, as if it had been poisoned by something. And next to the corpse stood two equally young teenagers, who looked like they were the same age, fifteen or sixteen sons. At this time, the two little men were blushing and scolding the tenant who rented the tent, shouting that they wanted to see the island owner, and asked him to quickly invite the island owner to come and preside over the matter.

No wonder there was such a commotion early in the morning, it turned out to be someone's death!

After a lot of talk, the two finally figured out what was going on.

It turned out that the two sons who made trouble were friends of the deceased, and the three teenagers had a good family background, and they traveled to famous places together, and they came to Tianxuan Prefecture this time. It was a beautiful thing for three or five confidants to travel outside the world together, and the fresh clothes and angry horses were happy in the rivers and lakes, but because of the fearless temperament of the young man and the pursuit of excitement, this murder was finally created.

Last night, the three sons drank three rounds, and suddenly heard a movement in the mysterious ghost cave, so the three of them actually made a bet on the ghost cave, saying that if anyone dared to go to the cave for a night, the other two would answer him one by one, as long as they spoke, the two would never deny it.

The father-in-law who died became this 'hero', and after answering the bet, he went to the ghost cave alone.

And the other two sons only thought that he was pretending to be playing, and they must have slipped around elsewhere and quietly returned to the tent, so neither of them cared, and went back to sleep after drinking. Who knew that the two got up this morning and went to look for someone in the tent of the son-in-law, but they saw that the tent was empty and the mattress was neat, so it can be seen that he did not return all night.

The two of them were in suspense, and while the sky was blue, the two went to the ghost cave to find someone together, but who knew that what they found was his corpse.

And the cause of his death was also poisoned by charcoal gas!

After the two of them carried back the corpse, they didn't follow, no, they made a lot of noise in front of the tent, and asked the island owner to give an explanation!

As soon as the news spread, the residents of the island were once again horrified. Last year, a Pei Si died in the cave mysteriously, and everyone was about to forget it, but now, the taboo and fear in their hearts were dug out by these young people again.

"It's coming, it's coming! The Owner of the Island is here! Someone suddenly shouted, and the onlookers looked around.

I saw a man over forty years old coming steadily through the crowd, this person had dense sideburns, thick eyebrows and big eyes, very upright facial features, and was tall and almost caught up with Huo Jingcheng. It's just that he has been slightly blessed, and the whole person is graceful and mellow, revealing a generous atmosphere, but looking at his gait and bearing, he is a person who is upright and dignified, and he feels a little convincing.

The owner of the island came to the middle of the crowd, and before he could speak, the two sons had already taken the lead and asked questions.

That Tan Gongzi said: "You are the island master?" Did you see that? Our buddy died in a hole on your island!! Your fairyland, your place where you claim to have immortals three feet above your head, can such a bizarre and unknown thing happen! What do you mean, the owner of the island? ”

Another Shao Gongzi said: "Not bad! How did you behave as an island owner? I heard that one died inexplicably last year, and you didn't have a chance to do it forever, and this year it's our turn to have this mess again! What the hell is in that cave? You have to give us a satisfactory explanation! Otherwise, we will not give up with you! ”

At this end, the island owner looked at the corpse, his face was very heavy, he folded his hands and prayed a few words, and then opened his eyes and said: "The two sons are angry and mourning, and I and my islanders feel the same sorrow when something like this happens." But as far as the facts are concerned, the cave is a taboo on our island, and in the past two years, I have repeatedly issued orders that the islanders must repeatedly tell them not to set foot in the forbidden land when receiving tourists. A few sons do not follow the customs in the township, and they do not abide by the rules, and now they only blindly blame us when something happens, which is ......"

Tan Gongzi said: "Say a thousand ways and ten thousand, it is a fact that people died on your territory!" You have to give your due! ”

Shao Gongzi said: "Not bad! Lord Islander, you'd better not treat us like the one who died last year, and send us away with mysterious things! ”

The island owner said: "I don't know what kind of explanation the two sons want?" ”

Shao Gongzi said: "We don't believe in ghosts and gods!" Please convince people with testimony and find out the real cause of my brother-in-law's death, and don't be vague about ghosts and gods! After finding out, let's talk about other things! ”

The island owner's face was a little embarrassed: "Hey, there are more than ten dead souls in that cave, and it's not surprising that there are strange things, do you have to ask me to investigate, do you want me to go to a lawsuit with those ghosts?" ”

"That's not right."

These words suddenly came out of the crowd, Yao Duran looked sideways, and saw that it was Huo Jingcheng who spoke.

Huo Jingcheng walked slowly into the middle of the crowd and stopped in front of the island owner.

The two men were both tall and stood out in the crowd, feeling quite defiant of the crowd.

The owner of the island looked at Huo Jingcheng up close, and saw that he was dignified and noble, so he couldn't help but be in awe, and said politely: "I don't know who this is?" ”

Huo Jingcheng clasped his fists and saluted him, and his demeanor was calm and dignified: "My surname is Huo, as for the name, it is not enough to worry about." Today, Huo Mou watched and heard about it, he didn't want to be nosy, but he didn't approve of the superstitious treatment of the island owner, so he came out to say a word or two, and hoped that the island owner Haihan. ”

Seeing that he was talking well, the island owner was even more respectful, and said, "It turned out to be Huo Gongzi." I don't know if Huo Gongzi has any insights that can help me solve my worries? ”

Huo Jingcheng said: "Although I don't believe in ghosts and gods, I can also understand the superstition of the island owner, after all, this Tianxuan Island is a place where there are gods on the top of the head, and the island owner believes in the gods, and he will naturally believe in ghosts." But in Huo's view, it is not the cave that has ghosts, but the human heart. ”

"Oh?" When the island owner heard this, he immediately became cautious and asked, "Huo Gongzi is saying that this matter was not done by ghosts, but by people?" ”

Huo Jingcheng smiled lightly, but his light and breezy movements implied certainty: "Not bad." ”

The island owner seemed to be quite surprised, and slowly shook his head disapprovingly: "Huo Gongzi, you may be wrong, although there are many residents on our island, there is not a bad person among them, and there is no bad heart. There is a god on this head, and we will never do the slightest bad thing, for fear of angering the gods, and the gods will no longer protect them, and the sea will flood the island. Moreover, there has always been a death order on the island, and anyone who is found to have done something contrary to human morality will be tied to a stone and sink into the sea to drown. So far, no one has been punished for committing a crime. Huo Gongzi may not understand our folk customs and realm, that is, whoever puts gold on the table without locking the door, he is not worried about losing it. And the islanders won't even tell a lie, let alone kill someone. ”

As soon as he said this, the islanders in the crowd of onlookers echoed and raised their hands to say yes.

Huo Jingcheng said: "Lord Island, since there are immortals and good people in this place, even the water is holy water, and the flowers and plants have aura, so even if there are ghosts, they should all become good ghosts under your ears and eyes, how can they be harmful ghosts?" Besides, the owner of the island just said, 'If someone is found out about doing something that violates human morality', and the three most important words in this sentence are 'discovered', what if they are not discovered? ”

The owner of the island still didn't want to believe it: "This ...... That's impossible! I believe in my islanders! ”

Huo Jingcheng paced slowly, stopped beside the body of his son-in-law, looked at it, and said, "In this way, Lord Island, this case will be solved by Huo." If the island owner can't accept Huo's questioning of your islanders' evildoing, then just assume that Huo is investigating the case against that harmful ghost, is that good? ”

After hearing this, the island owner pondered for a moment, and finally said, "Okay, Huo Gongzi is willing to help me, I am naturally grateful." As long as we can find out the reason and give an explanation to the two sons, our conscience can be at ease. Then, it will be troublesome for Huo Gongzi. If Huo Gongzi needs to speak, I will fully cooperate. ”

Huo Jingcheng saluted again: "The island master is polite." ”

"It's you stinky boy??!!"

There was a sudden whirring sound in the crowd, and Yao Duran looked at it, and his head suddenly became bigger. Isn't that the one who spoke the same old drunk who was beaten last night? Who knows why he came here at this time, and he recognized Huo Jingcheng, it was really a narrow road.

Huo Jingcheng also saw him, and said lightly: "Oh, your old man has woken up?" Come and see the excitement? ”

The old drunk man pounced in front of Huo Jingcheng, but he was half a cut shorter than Huo Jingcheng, his momentum was suppressed and he didn't dare to move, he only nodded his fingers and scolded: "You bad ruffian!" You let the entourage beat a drunk old man, can you do it? Yes? You still laugh at me for being too old to sleep a woman! Do you know that you respect the old and love the young? Yes? ”

He hadn't gotten up enough of his hangover yet, and the faint smell of alcohol came back while he was talking. Huo Jingcheng raised his hand to cover his nose and said, "Old man, it's okay to go back and continue to sleep, I'm still busy, I'm out of company." ”

The old drunk didn't follow, and said fiercely: "You don't hide!" You run away after beating someone, and then lose a few stinky money afterwards and it's over? ”

Huo Jingcheng said: "Then what's not? Compensation you for ten more plump women? ”

"You, you, you, ......" The old drunkard was so angry that he pointed his fingers straight, nodded back and forth, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the corpse on the ground, and after being surprised, he looked at the island owner and said, "Island master, is this person killed by this bad ruffian?" ”

Huo Jingcheng said casually: "Yes, so you should also beware of ending up like him." ”

After that, Huo Jingcheng pulled Yao Duran and left.