Chapter 19: Human Bones
[The book continues from the above, and the last book said that the abbot of Yingkong accidentally found the horsehair left in the nostrils in the body of his junior brother, and thought it was a clue and wanted to give it to Mu Qingming. And the hen in the small courtyard of the Mu family, after taking the elixir for seven days, gave birth to an egg at noon on the seventh day. Miao Le brought Long Gu and Jiaoyun to send the eggs to Hongyu, so that the other party could start preparing to start making Gu. Drawing it out, Mu Qingming really saw some clues from the horse's hair, and he had already taken action. Miaole, who took the egg to the haunted house where Ruby lived, only entered the haunted house and saw Ruby directing his imps to grind a pair of human bones into bone powder ashes. 】
The horsehair in Mu Qingming's hand was swaying in the wind. In the sun, the mane has an oily sheen.
Just holding it in his hand, Mu Qingming could sense that there was still a yin and evil aura left in it.
A few days ago, when the abbot of Yingkong sent these manes, Mu Qingming also let Kyaukyun participate. According to Kyaukyun, for witchcraft to be combined with other thaumaturgy, there are certain conditions. For example, the hair is used to connect the caster or the practitioner, or the hair is used to connect the container, so that two different thaumaturgical powers can be combined.
But the risk is too great, and the slightest carelessness will lead to the mutual exclusion of the two techniques, thus destroying the practitioner first; The average god tuner wouldn't do that. This is the case unless it is absolutely necessary.
In addition, Kyaukyun also mentioned that if a person who is not proficient in witchcraft wants to perform witchcraft, he can also borrow this method to transform his mastery of thaumaturgy into witchcraft. However, the effect will be halved.
After hearing this, Mu Qingming thought that when he checked the scene that day, he found that there were indeed some hairs left on the ground. Obviously, the caster first used a combination of evil magic and witchcraft to drain the life and soul of the leper monk and their containers, as well as the Tai Sui Qi in their bodies.
Subsequently, this person, who was not good at witchcraft, used the method that Jiaoyun said to cast an ancient witchcraft, and through the Red Palace, those lifespans and souls, as well as the qi of Tai Sui, were injected into the body of another container.
It's just that now, all of this is just Mu Qingming's speculation, and the specific situation can only be known after finding the caster.
Moreover, the dragon lockers have already taken action for this.
Since horsehair is a necessity for spell casting, it will retain the breath of the caster. He had already given the rest of the horsehair to Miaotian, and asked Miaotian to work with Miaobi to search for traces of the caster in the city.
By tonight at the latest, Miaotian should be able to bring him back the news.
Because of this, Miaotian was absent from work for several days, and the income of the Mu family's small courtyard suddenly decreased a lot, which made Mu Qingming have a little headache.
In the past, there was a ghost market, and if you got some treasures from the evil people, you could exchange them for some money in the ghost market. Well, now that the ghost market no longer exists, you have to travel hundreds of miles to get anything in exchange for money from other ghost markets.
Thinking of this, Mu Qingming couldn't wait to open a shop in the city and do some small business. But fortunately, a few days ago, he helped Zhao Liang catch a few Jiangyang thieves, and the provincial police department also gave him a bonus, plus the wages of the Qi family and the wages of Miaotian and Ah Hong, the life of this big family is still passable for the time being.
So Mu Qingming just thought about it, and didn't take action yet.
Thinking so crankily, he put away the horsehair in his hand, put it away, stood up, and after composing himself, raised his hand and stretched out.
In the kitchen behind her, Miao Yu was already cooking. In the clanging sound, the aroma of vegetables and meat is overflowing.
Mu Qingming picked up the book on the rocking chair and walked slowly to the main room.
"It's really rare that you are resting today and not going to Zhao Liang." He just walked into the study, and Mo Han, who was still doing needlework, said: "Didn't you want him to arrest some immortal Taoists, to startle the snakes, and force out the murderers or murderers of the leper monks?" ”。
"Miaotian Miaobi will connect directly with him." Mu Qingming, who had put the book away, walked out of the study, sat down opposite Mo Han, lifted the teapot, poured himself a glass of water, and said, "But you reminded me, I have to let this kid have a treat." Last month, I didn't help him catch a few Jiangyang thieves, but this month I let him catch so many immortal Dao eyes and ears, I heard that he was promoted because of this. Now it's no longer Inspector Zhao, it's Sheriff Zhao now. ”。
"That's to let him have a good treat, why don't you have to set up ten tables and eight tables for the promotion banquet." Mo Han said, putting down the needle and thread and the unfinished clothes.
"But I want Zhao Liang not to get involved in too many of these things in the future, after all, he is a mortal, and it is too dangerous to face the evil people of the Immortal Dao." Mu Qingming poured a glass of water for Mo Han, and after handing it over, he said, "He has a gun, but it's still too risky." Let him catch a few eyeliner spies planted in the city by the Immortal Dao, and be promoted. ”。
"Well, that's fine." After chatting a few words, Mo Han took a sip of water and preached: "Last night, Miaotian said that by today at the latest, he would be able to find the murderer who killed the leper monk. What are you going to do then? ”。
"What to do? Catch it and ask him what he did with those who had eaten Tai Sui. Mu Qingming said, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes: "Then let him go to the grave of the leper monk and apologize for his sin with death." ”。
The force that the Immortal Dao secretly developed caused him a lot of trouble, and he also brutally killed the leper monk, so it must be eradicated.
"I think it's okay to monitor this force after discovering it, and there's no need to startle the snake." After Mo Han thought about it for a while, he said slowly: "Do you think, the Immortal Dao finally got such a foreign aid force, and you pulled it out all at once, and they have to form a new force." When the time comes, we will no longer be under our surveillance, and everything will be dark again, and we will have to start from scratch. But if we don't startle the snake, they will feel that this foreign aid force has not yet been exposed, but in fact it is already under our control, isn't it better? ”。
Mu Qingming didn't say a word, poured himself another glass of water, and groaned after drinking it all.
After pondering for a while, Mu Qingming also felt that this strategy was good. It's just like this, it's not good to explain to the abbot of Yingkong. His brow furrowed for a moment, then furrowed again.
"I've been getting smarter lately, and I can think of this, which is good." After he praised his wife, he put away his sad face and smiled at Mo Han's hippie: "In that case, it's not good for me to explain to the abbot of Yingkong." That day, he clearly promised that he would definitely catch the murderer. What do you think I should do if I carry out the plan you proposed? ”。
As soon as Mo Han saw the cunning on the corner of his mouth, he knew that he had already thought of a way. But he still said to him: "Don't think I don't know, you plan to find the eyes and ears of the Immortal Dao, modify his memory and let him be a substitute for the dead ghost." ”。
After all, I didn't forget to give my husband a blank look.
Mu Qingming smiled even more happily, what his wife said was not wrong at all, he was exactly what he planned to do.
"But although what you said is feasible, how to do it so as not to be noticed by the Immortal Dao, and from this foreign aid force, find out what bad things they have done and know yourself and the other, you have to scrutinize and scrutinize." Mu Qingming said this, frowned and thought again: "Let me think about it, think about it." ”......
"Uncle Shi, is there any mystery in this egg?"
With eggs in his arms, Kyaukyun followed Miaole step by step, walking through the crowded streets, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Or is there any magical place?" ”。
"There is nothing magical about it except time. It's not a panacea. Miao Le continued to walk forward as she said casually.
There were people coming and going on the street, and she couldn't say anything clearly, but she had already used her mind to transmit the voice at the same time, and secretly said to Jiaoyun and Long Gu: "The medicinal effect allows this egg to make any Gu worm grow rapidly. ”。
As they walked, it didn't take long for the three of them to come to the Yunjin Night Market.
In the Yunjin Night Market during the day, there are not many people at all. However, the riverside on the edge of the Yunjin Night Market is very lively. Merchant ships come and go, loaded with goods, to and from the Panlong River.
Across a few houses, you can also hear the noise of the boatmen on the river, which has already drowned out the rolling waves and the sound of running water.
Miaole walked through the streets and alleys in the Yunjin Night Market, and walked to the door of Hongyu's house with a familiar car.
From afar, Miao Le saw a few wisps of ghost qi floating out of this haunted house, like smoke and fog, diffusing within a few feet of the surrounding ground.
Although Hongyu seemed to have suppressed and disguised these ghost qi, it still couldn't escape the eyes of the dragon locker.
Miaole took her two nephews and stood downstairs and knocked on the closed wooden door.
After a long time, the wooden door slowly opened a thin slit, and the dead silence was full of darkness, and only a bloodshot and cold eye was clearly visible in it, peering out through the crack in the door.
But except for this oozing eye, the other features and face are hidden in the darkness behind the door.
"Tell your master, the Shala Lane Mu family is coming to visit." Miao Le looked at each other with that eye, not afraid of the cold light and penetrating gaze in his eyes, and said slowly without being afraid.
"Hmm." There was a sound from the darkness behind the door, followed by a melodious "creak", and the door closed again.
"Wait." Miao Le turned around and looked around, and after seeing that there were few pedestrians around, he lowered his voice to the two teachers and nephews beside him and said, "This is a haunted house where an old ghost lives, and it's not surprising to see anything for a while, but don't make a fuss." ”。
Long Gu and Jiaoyun swallowed their saliva and nodded in unison, a trace of fear flashed in their eyes, and their hearts beat faster than the next.
Although Kyaukyun had been here before, she had never been to the house, so she couldn't help but get nervous.
After a few moments, the wooden door opened again, but no one was seen behind it. Miao Le walked in without hesitation, Long Gu and Jiaoyun glanced at each other, and hurriedly dispelled their hesitation to follow.
After the three of them entered the door, the wooden door closed automatically. Darkness and chill came over like a tidal wave, enveloping the three of them.
Considering that Long Gu and Jiaoyun were still unable to see secretly, Miao Le took out a fire fold and lit it to light the way forward. The flames on the fire fold swayed twice, glowing with an eerie blue-green light.
Long Gu and Jiaoyun glanced ahead by the firelight, and they were so frightened that they jumped suddenly. If it weren't for Miaole to explain first, they hurriedly raised their hands to cover their mouths, and they would have blurted out in surprise.
In the main room in front of them, several pale, bloodless and dull-faced male and female dwarfs were putting a pair of human bones into the copper mortar, holding the copper pestle, and mechanically repeating the action of beating the human bones in the copper mortar.
What kind of plan will Mu Qingming make? Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.