Chapter 31: The Dust Settles

After Chun Ling added what happened, she gently stroked the coffin beside her, although the coffin was pushed aside at this time, it was still lying there, this was originally the coffin that contained her body, if it wasn't for Feng Jin to come to the rescue, it was her who was lying inside at the moment, so she had a complicated emotion about the coffin in front of her.

"It's all to blame for my covetousness of Brother Liu's silver last night, if I hadn't been greedy last night, I wouldn't have recruited him into this Yizhuang. He had clearly told me at the time, saying that he was assigned by Qihong to investigate the ghost bride of the Hongyun Inn, but I saw that he was a weak scholar, and I thought he was here to join in the fun, but the result was ......"

With a chagrin expression, Feng Jin walked up to Chun Ling with a regretful face, and said with self-blame: "Chun Ling, I'm sorry, I'm to blame for all this, I've been in peace for so long, which makes me paralyzed, I was deceived by Brother Liu's young and thin appearance, I thought he was an embroidered pillow, but I didn't think he was a criminal investigation master."

I have also come to check the catch of the god hunting room a few times before, but because of the seamless details I arranged, the god hunting room is in vain every time. Later, some good scholars came here to investigate the ghost bride, but as soon as those people entered the morgue, they were all scared away before the coffin could be opened for an autopsy, and over time I slacked off.

When Brother Liu came last night, the reason why I followed him was actually to monitor his actions, I didn't take him to heart at first, but when he ignored the carrion and maggots, I was a little wary, and I wanted to persuade him to come out at that time, but he became more and more careful, and even began to ask questions.

Seeing that he refused to leave, I had no choice but to release the pre-agreed signal and hang the lantern on the door frame, so that you could come and pretend to be a ghost to scare him away. Although I scared him back last night, I still seem to have doubts about his appearance, so I ask you to light a candle mixed with incense to stun him.

I thought that after you entered the room through the secret door, you could create a false impression of a female ghost dreaming for him, so that he would stop the idea of continuing to investigate, who knew that he would go and return, and I didn't expect him to find out the ins and outs of this matter so quickly, Chunling, I was wrong, I regret that I shouldn't have recruited him into Yizhuang last night. ”

"Brother Jincai, you don't have to blame yourself, some people can't hide if they want to, and some things that should come will come eventually. Even if you didn't let Liu Gongzi into Yizhuang last night, if he insists on investigating this case, he will still think of a way to enter Yizhuang in the end, with Liu Gongzi's ingenuity, as long as he enters this Yizhuang, he will be able to find out everything after all. ”

After listening to Chunling's words of consolation, Feng Jincai was not relieved, but blamed himself even more: "Impossible, if I hadn't let him enter Yizhuang last night, then he wouldn't have found out the truth, although he was a little suspicious of the rumors of the female ghost killing people last night, but he was scared away by you without finding any clues at that time."

If he didn't stay overnight from here, then he wouldn't have opened the door of Yizhuang and left by himself, after getting up this morning, I saw him leave, and the door was also closed.

At that time, I beckoned you to come here to clean up the traces of last night, but I didn't expect that the gate was not plugged in, and you didn't check the gate after hearing the greeting, so you followed me directly. It stands to reason that nothing will happen with such a small mistake, but who would have thought that he would actually go and return and return to Yizhuang again. As a result, neither of us was in the house at this time, which gave him the opportunity to check the rooms one by one.

According to our habits, the gate of Yizhuang is closed all day, if he didn't enter Yizhuang last night, even if he came here today, he won't be able to enter the door, so that the things that follow will not happen, and he will not find out your habits and ways of stacking quilts, let alone see through your true identity, which is all to blame me. ”

"Brother Feng, you are wrong, in fact, I found a clue last night, even if I didn't go and return today, didn't enter Yizhuang to check the room, and didn't find the way and habit of Chun Ling's quilt stacking, I also know that your so-called wife is Chun Ling."

When Feng Jincai's voice fell, Liu Fan took over the conversation, he took out a rune paper bag from his sleeve pocket, and after gently opening the rune paper bag, a handful of granular gravel particles were revealed inside, he handed these particles to Feng Jincai, and said:

"Remember these particles? Last night I found the bottom of four coffins covered with this particle, and I asked you what it is? You told me that this is called antiseptic grit, and as long as the embalming grit is spread under the corpse, it can prevent the corpse from decomposing.

But after I saw this particle at Zhang Banxian's place this morning, he told me another answer, this kind of particle in my hand is exactly the same as the gravel under the four coffins, but Zhang Banxian told me that this is called an evil rock particle, which is used to drive away evil spirits and suppress souls.

This kind of evil rock particles are taken from cinnabar stone, which is made by grinding the shell of cinnabar stone, the effect is to suppress ghosts and ward off evil spirits, according to folklore, if the evil rock particles are sprinkled at the door of the house, it can play a role in suppressing ghosts and driving away evil spirits.

The shell of cinnabar stone belongs to the imperial court controlled items, and private private trading and storage are prohibited, and only the government and monks and Taoist priests are allowed to use quotas, so the question arises, who spread this kind of items controlled by the imperial court at the bottom of the four coffins?

This was definitely not put by Zhu Zishan, not to mention that he couldn't get this kind of controlled thing, even if he could get it, he would never spread this kind of evil spirit-repelling rock particles with the effect of suppressing souls under the corpses of his wife and son.

Since it wasn't put by Zhu Zishan? Who would have put these evil rock grains? Who would have such a grudge against the four dead in the coffin? Who will suppress the ghosts of the four dead with the Rock Grains to ward off evil spirits? So that these four people can't be transcended after death?

I'm afraid that only Chun Ling will do this kind of thing in the whole world, but where did Chun Ling and the woman go to get so many evil rock grains? And how do you spread the rock grains under the four corpses? It's all you can help do.

You are an incumbent servant of the government and the yamen, so you naturally have the opportunity to get the rock particles to ward off evil spirits. You are responsible for guarding the corpses in Yizhuang, and in the face of the morgue full of corpses, only you can find the coffin containing Zhu Zishan's wife, son, and maid.

You and these four deceased people have no grievances, and you will definitely not put evil rock grains into their coffins for no reason. Not to mention lying to me that this is antiseptic grit, combined with these factors, I have already guessed that there is something wrong with your couple. ”

"This ...... This ......" Feng Jin was speechless by Liu Fan's words.

"Brother Jincai, what we thought was a seamless plan has become flawed in the eyes of Liu Gongzi. God asked Liu Gongzi to intervene in the investigation of this matter, and it can only be said that all this is providence. Seeing Feng Jincai's stunned appearance, Chun Ling comforted Feng Jincai with words, and then she smiled calmly:

"Although Liu Gongzi's analysis is not complete, but it is also eight or nine out of ten guesses, the slave family today can be regarded as a great understanding of Liu Gongzi, at this time I suddenly remembered a sentence, Skynet is restored but not leaked, it seems that my act of killing four people in a row caused God to be angry, so I let a character like Liu Gongzi be in this matter.

During this time, I lived in a simple place, every time I came to someone, it was Brother Jincai to find out the identity of the visitor, I rarely showed up, when Zhu Zishan's family came here to pay respects, I hid in the secret passage of the bedroom, and I didn't come out until they left.

I thought I could keep it hidden, but I didn't expect to be seen through by Liu Gongzi today, all of this is fate. Now that Liu Gongzi has found out the truth, I don't know what you plan to do with the two of us? Are you going to report to the police and arrest us? ”

"What's this?"

Liu Fan suddenly showed a trace of embarrassment after hearing this, to be honest, he just wanted to invite the master of Hanshan Temple to act as a bodyguard, so he accepted the guidance of Qihong and came here to investigate the ghost bride's old case, now that the truth of the case has been revealed, he can be regarded as having completed the entrustment of Qihong, but what should be done with Chun Ling and Feng Jincai now? Liu Fan didn't have an idea in his heart, he hadn't thought about it before.

Scratching his head, Liu Fan turned his gaze to Qihong with a look of embarrassment, and asked, "Master Host, what do you say about this?" What should they do? ”

"Amitabha, the bell must be tied to the bell, this matter started because of Zhuzi Mountain, and naturally it will end up from Zhuzi Mountain." With a low voice, the host Qihong erected one hand, and said softly: "Senior Brother Zhu, Liu Gongzi has already helped you find out the old things of the year, how to end the grievances, it is up to you to make a decision." ”

"Thank you, senior brother, the younger brother heard everything." After the words fell, a half-centenarian man about fifty years old, with a resolute and cold appearance, wearing a gray robe, long hair on his head, and holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, appeared in the room out of thin air.

When everyone heard the voice, they were all startled, looking at the monk who appeared out of thin air, the eyes of several people were full of shock, they didn't notice when there was one more person in the room from beginning to end? After seeing this person, Chun Ling's face showed a trace of excitement and complicated expression, while Feng Jincai and Zhang Banxian looked surprised and nervous.

Looking at the expressions of several of them, Liu Fan suddenly guessed the identity of this old monk, the person in front of him is estimated to be Zhu Zishan who mysteriously disappeared before, when Zhu Zishan closed the Hongyun Inn and disappeared, he didn't expect him to go to Hanshan Temple to be a monk, could it be that Zhu Zishan is the peerless master in Chu Minghui's mouth?

That's right, it must be him. Before coming here, the host Qihong said that the master had a demon obsession that could not be resolved, this should be the matter of the ghost bride's soul, but just now Qihong presided over Zhu Zishan and called him junior brother, and Zhu Zishan called Qihong host as senior brother, what is the reason for this? A trace of doubt rose in Liu Fan's heart.