Although the mustache told me to go back to the provincial capital early, his enthusiasm for work was still very poor. It's no wonder that first of all, the failure of Xiao Jiuhe's pursuit mission this time has had a very negative impact on him; Secondly, the mustache is not short of money, at least the bonus for doing tasks; Third, he is a lazy person!

After working with him so many times, I finally got to the bottom of his mind. I originally thought that he pulled me as a partner just to grab more and more difficult tasks, but it turned out to be the opposite!

It is stipulated that each deacon must complete tasks at least twice a month. If it weren't for this hard and fast rule, the mustache wouldn't want to do it once. He even said to me: "Otherwise, if I take the task, you can complete it alone, and all the prize money will be yours!" ”

It turns out that this is his real purpose! Let me be a coolie, and he will be a hands-off shopkeeper!

Actually, I did seriously consider his proposal, and it would be a good thing to make more money. But the problem is that I haven't officially graduated yet, and I can't handle many things alone. Besides, the hosta gate is a serious Dao Gate, and some of the tasks that need to be handled by the Dao of the Yang to the Rigid Dao can be handled, and my Yin cultivation can't be faked.

At the end of this month, again because of the moustache procrastination, there is still a task indicator that has not been completed. So, the elder in charge of the dispatch task of the Jade Hairpin Gate unceremoniously directly gave him a very tricky task that no one was willing to accept: to go to a remote mountain village in Changxing Town to exorcise evil spirits!

The mustache also looked helpless when he called me to tell me the "bad news", which was a punishment for him from inside the door, but he pulled me into the water. But I can't help it, I can't help it, who makes me really short of money now!

Mustache drove me in his off-road vehicle and it took me an hour to reach Changxing Town. Although this town also belongs to the boundary of the provincial capital, because it is located in the mountainous area, the road is not very easy to walk. It took about an hour from the town to reach the small village where the victim was.

Originally, such a remote place was commissioned, and generally the avenue door like the hosta gate was disdainful to be accepted, and only some local small doors that did not enter the stream or scattered Yin Xiu were willing to accept it.

But this matter is really weird, the owner's family has found several masters in the countryside in a row but can't figure it out, and finally found the disciple sent to Changxing Town outside the hosta door through the relationship and made a commission. That disciple had only just been out of the school for a short time, and he was inexperienced, so he couldn't even handle it. In this way, it is not just a matter of not being able to get the honorarium, but it has become a problem of the face of the hosta door. Then, the task fell on the head of the mustache.

The mustache was babbling and complaining all the way. I got tired of hearing this, so I counted him down and said, "It's no use complaining!" If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place? Anyway, you have to complete tasks twice a month, so why don't you pick the easier one and grab it first? Even if it's difficult, as long as the prize money is a little more, you won't lose it! ”

The mustache muttered: "I just ran most of Quang Nam Province, and I am already half tired to death, where do I have the energy to do any tasks?" ”

It's this excuse again! I angrily replied, "Who the hell made you run around?" It's not the information you tossed out yourself, and you still volunteered to go? You don't have to complain there, and you don't have to worry about me! ”

"That's it! Come on! Do not say! The mustache knew that he was at a loss, so he quickly changed the topic, "I also showed you the briefing of this mission, what do you think?" ”

The mission briefing was written by the disciple of the hosta sect who had received the commission and was unable to handle it. He was inadequate, but the briefing was well written. It was a miracle that in just three months, two brides in the same remote village went crazy without warning.

The first bride was a girl from the village, and when she tried on the wedding dress the night before the wedding, she suddenly went crazy, and inexplicably smashed the prepared dowry, cut the red wedding dress with scissors, and beat and scolded the parents who came forward to dissuade her. After the man learned about this situation, he decisively canceled the wedding the next day, and he didn't even plan to come back from the bride price given in advance. Of course, this marriage will not be consummated.

The second is a bride who has come from another village. I was fine when I was at my mother's house before, but as soon as I entered my mother-in-law's house and finished worshipping the hall, the bride sprinkled on the banquet, lifted the table, and drove away the guests, which made the mother-in-law's family very faceless. However, this new daughter-in-law has already visited the church, even if it is officially passed, and if she wants to return it at this time, she can't return it!

In desperation, the in-laws of this family had to ask the master everywhere to exorcise evil spirits. But most of the barefoot masters in the countryside are magic sticks and witches who fool the villagers, and few of them are effective. went to the door one by one, but failed, but was punched and kicked by the bride, and left in disgrace. In the end, the owner's family found Changxing Town again, so they had this commission.

I flipped through the briefing again, shrugged my shoulders and said, "That's obvious!" If it can be ruled out that both brides are mentally ill at the same time, then there is a good chance that they have been ghosted. The question is why did the ghost come to them, and where did he usually hide? ”

"You're not talking nonsense!" The mustache gave me a white look and said, "I'm asking if you see any clues?" ”

I also looked back with disdain, and said, "What else do you want to see with just a few lines?" It's a lot more likely! I'll guess a few for you: First, is there any contradiction between these two families, and will there be intrigue and tear each other down? Second, is there any emotional dispute between these two couples, will there be a possibility of hatred due to love and poisoning? Third, will there be a third party who deliberately plays tricks behind the scenes and wants to destroy the relationship between the two families? ”

The mustache grimaced and said with a smile: "Ouch, I can't see that you are still a detective!" Or, instead of learning to hunt ghosts, you should write mystery novels! ”

"!"

I fought with the mustache all the way and bumped all the way, and finally reached my destination. The name of that village is Taolian Village. The name of the village comes from the local specialty peaches, and more than half of the villagers make a living by growing and selling peaches.

But the meaning of the name of Taolian Village is not as beautiful as its literal meaning, in our local dialect, "Taolian" sounds the same as "pitiful", and it is indeed a veritable "poor village!" ”

The houses in the village are still basically tiled houses, and the few households that have built buildings are only two floors. The front and back of the village are not high or low mountains, and there are no fields to plant, so you can only plant some fruit trees, especially peach trees. According to my observations, the population of this village is not very prosperous, probably not even 50 households, about 200 or 300 people.

As soon as the mustachioed SUV drove into the village, a large group of children gathered around us, looking at us curiously. The mustache looked for an older child, asked for the location of the owner's house, parked the car, and walked to find it.

The owner's surname is Zheng, the head of the household is in his fifties, his son Xiao Zheng is in his early twenties this year, and the bride who went crazy when she just married is even younger, not yet twenty, and her name is simple, just called Zhang Xiaomei. Children in rural areas generally get married early, and it is not surprising that they can be brides and grooms at this age.

The mustache asked Zhang Xiaomei a few questions very casually, and her answers were quite fluent, her expression and tone were normal, but she was still a little shy, and she really didn't look like a mentally disturbed patient. However, as soon as we saw her for the first time, we saw the thick black gas on her hall!

The mustache remained silent, asked Zhang Xiaomei to leave first, and then asked the head of the household, Lao Zheng: "Can you tell us what happened at the banquet that day, and see if there is anything missing?" ”

Lao Zheng sighed, shook his head, and reluctantly recalled the troubles of that day again. Mustache and I listened to it again, and it felt like it was not much like what the briefing had said. There was just one detail that caught my attention: the rain delayed the opening of the banquet that day, so the banquet was actually held after 8 o'clock in the evening.

Banquets in rural areas are generally held during the day, and even if they are dinners, they will not be held more than half past six. However, the banquets in the village are all open-air, which is more affected by the weather, and it is not surprising that it is delayed for an hour or two because of the rain.

But this detail was noticed by me, so I interjected and asked Lao Zheng: "When did your daughter-in-law start to behave abnormally?" Do you remember the exact time? ”

Lao Zheng tilted his head and thought about it, and finally said, "I really don't remember the specific time clearly." I remember that she was fine when she first started the table, and when it was almost time to start the toast, she said that she would go to the toilet first, and when she came back, her face was not right. ”

"What's wrong?"

Lao Zheng said: "It turned out that she was still smiling, and when she came back, her face was as black as Bao Gong." My son made her smile, and she slapped my son directly! My wife went up and asked her, 'What do you do on a big day?' She actually pushed her mother-in-law to the ground! ”

"And then?"

"Then it was even uglier!" Lao Zheng smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "She began to scold people in front of the whole village, the three aunts and six women, drove people away, and overturned a table of wine and food!" My son couldn't afford to lose this person, so he wanted to go up and cover her mouth, but she still had a lot of strength, pushed my son aside, and knocked down the other table! Alas, at this lively wedding banquet, the bride beat her mother-in-law and the groom's official, what is this called? ”

"Then she won't make trouble the next day?" The mustache also interjected and asked.

"Trouble! Why don't you make a fuss? Lao Zheng's face was about to wrinkle into bitter melon, "It's okay during the day, just like a normal person." At night, he made a fuss from time to time, and his husband was not allowed to enter the house, so he stayed alone in the house. And when she is sick, her mouth is very fond of eating, so she must buy her a lot of snacks, and if she doesn't eat it, she will make trouble! Just hit! If you give her food, you can eat all night, watch TV while eating, and eat until you are full in the middle of the night before you fall asleep. But when I got up the next day, I asked her what happened last night, and she couldn't remember anything! ”

"What time does the disease usually occur?"

"Sometimes it's early, sometimes it's late, but it's usually eight o'clock at the earliest, and ten o'clock at the latest."

Later, I asked Lao Zheng a few questions, such as his family's financial situation, whether he had any conflicts with anyone, and so on. Lao Zheng replied that his family conditions are average, and he is neither good nor bad in the village, and his family is all honest people, how can he have conflicts with others?

The groom's official Xiao Zheng also came and asked him about his relationship history. He said that he had talked about such an object, and he was introduced by a matchmaker, and he got married after three months of talking, where is there any relationship history?

I then asked about the other bride's madness. Lao Zheng said that the family's surname was Lin, and the daughter of the Lao Lin family made a fuss the night before she got married, and she didn't hear that she was sick again. Of course, he only heard these things from others, and the specific situation is not clear, and the two families usually don't have much intersection.

At this point, the basic situation is understood. The mustache and I first went to see the toilet of Lao Zheng's house, and we didn't find anything abnormal except for the bad smell. We also went in to look at the new house, and we didn't find anything suspicious. This basically means that the ghost does not live in this house, but comes in from outside.

Although the ghost has not been found, the surface work still needs to be done. The mustache called the bride Zhang Xiaomei over and applied the authentic pure yang method to get rid of the resentment on her seal hall, so as not to fall into the root of the disease in the future. But if that ghost doesn't get rid of it, it will come back to harass her in the future.

Because we had been delayed a lot on the way here, and it was already evening when the investigation was over, Lao Zheng left us at his house for a peasant meal. After the meal, the mustache began to direct the Zheng family to arrange it, preparing to keep vigil tonight to catch ghosts.

Mustache arranged for Zhang Xiaomei to stay alone in the room tonight, and prepared a table of snacks in advance. I also made a point of telling her not to steal food, because it was used to lure ghosts. Zhang Xiaomei knew what we were going to do, she trembled, and her little face turned white with fright. Although she has been subjected to a ghost several times, she has been invaded without defense every time, and this is the first time that she has waited for a ghost to come and find her like this.

The rest of the Zheng family was sent to another room, and only me and Mustache stayed in the living room outside the new house. Since I didn't know where the ghost would come from, I had to wait for it to get on Zhang Xiaomei's body before catching it.

Guarding and watching, the time came to nine o'clock. Suddenly, Zhang Xiaomei opened the door by herself, her face flushed. I didn't look like she had been ghosted, so I asked her, "What are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Xiaomei said ashamedly: "I, I have an urgent ...... to urinate"

When people are nervous, it is easy to hold back, and I am not good at stopping her, let alone following, so I said: "Go and come back quickly!" ”