The carpenter Lin was blind and could not see anyone, died without a body, and disappeared for more than ten years for no reason. It was not only involved in the feng shui case of the Liu family's tofu workshop, but also involved in the poisoned wine case, and the uncle in front of him with all the rotten tongues was the last person Lin Blind saw before his death.

Once again, things seem to have reached an impasse.

Just when Xing Ruyi was hesitating whether it was necessary to go to the former residence of the blind man Lin, the old man's son spoke. He said that in addition to his father, there was another person in the village who had seen Lin Blind that day, and he was happy to know whether Lin Blind had left the village or not.

This person, it seems that Lin Hu has also mentioned it before.

Thinking of this, Xing Ruyi shifted his gaze from the old man's son to Lin Hu's. Lin Hu was stunned and said, "I know, that person's name is Xu Kui." Don't look at the names of the five big and three thick, the people are very thin. ”

"Yes, it's Xu Kui, he used to learn the craft with Lin Blind for a few days, but because Lin Blind has a bad temper, and this Xu Kui is grinding and chirping, he doesn't want to be seen by Lin Blind, except for the title of master and apprentice. However, this Xu Kui's temper is quite good, although Lin Blind doesn't recognize him as an apprentice, and doesn't let him learn the craft on the side, but he is still quite respectful to his master. During the New Year's holidays, he can always be seen carrying things to see his master. Of course, over the years, Lin Blind was not there, and he never went to Lin's house again. ”

As soon as the old man's son's words fell, the old man fell into disagreement. Because of the laryngeal injury, he could only utter a few vague syllables. The old man's son comforted his father and told him to take his time and not be anxious, while watching his gestures, and after a while, he frowned slightly and conveyed the old man's meaning.

"My father said that Xu Kui was not really good to Blind Lin, nor did he really take Blind Lin as a master. This blind man accidentally blinded one eye when he was working as a carpenter in his early years, although he earned a lot of silver with his hands, he is a relatively wealthy family in our village. But because of his eyes and his strange temper, no girl was willing to marry him, and until he disappeared, he was still alone.

This Xu Kui has been Lin Blind's apprentice for a few days, and knows where Lin Blind saves money and puts money. As long as he has no money to spend, he will bring some things to visit Lin Blind. Obviously he went to visit, but in fact, he secretly stole money while Lin was blind and drunk.

Lin is a blind man, who earns money by handicraft, but he usually doesn't spend much money, and most of the money is used to buy wine. In the past, he may not pay much attention to this matter of more money and less money, and Xu Kui doesn't take much every time, so Lin Blind has not noticed it.

Oh, my father just said that Xu Kui told people these things by himself. But at that time, Lin Blind was no longer in the village. Even if the big guys know about it, no one will talk about it. After all, it's not your own money, and you don't care. ”

"In this way, Lin Blind usually has money at home."

"I guess there is. Although I was still young at that time, I still had some impressions of this blind man. I have the impression that he rarely goes out of the village except when he goes out to do his craft. But every day when he goes out to buy wine, there will always be scattered silver in this house. However, our villagers, except for Xu Kui who often goes to his house, others have no deep friendship with him, and they are just guessing that he should earn a lot, but at least how much silver he can earn, everyone has no bottom in their hearts. ”

"In this case, we have to meet this Xu Kui."

"Ruyi, don't you always suspect that this Xu Kui is also related to the disappearance of the blind man Lin? Could it be that this apprentice killed the master? Lin Hu's eyes widened: "I don't think it's possible." Although I have not seen this blind man, judging from the description of the villagers, even if this person is blind in one eye and lame in one leg, he is much stronger than that Xu Kui. Xu Kui killed him, and he could hide it for so long, I don't think it's possible. ”

"I didn't say that Blind Lin was killed, let alone that this Xu Kui was the murderer who killed Blind Lin. I just think there seems to be something hidden here, and I want to ask that Xu Kui. ”

The village is not big, from the head of the village to the end of the village, it is only a hundred and ten paces away. The old man lives at the head of the village, and the Xu Kui family lives at the end of the village.

When I met Xu Kui, he was chatting with a few people under the big willow tree in front of the door. Just like Lin Hu said, this Xu Kui is a thin and small man, who doesn't look like the kind of person who can kill, but there is a fierceness hidden between his eyebrows.

The words were asked by Lin Hu and Liu Sheng. This Xu Kui seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and his answer was almost the same as what he said when he saw Lin Hu before. Xing Ruyi and the fox just stood far away, and the two of them bowed their heads from time to time to say something.

"Do you think the one who is following him is Xu Kui?"

Behind Xu Kui, there was a shadow. The shadow is clearly the appearance of a man, because Xu Kui is thin, so the shadow is extraordinarily strong.

"Blind, Slope Foot, it seems that your previous guess was correct. This Xu Kui really has something to do with the disappearance of the blind carpenter forest. ”

The fox has a pair of fox eyes, so he naturally sees it more clearly than Xing Ruyi.

"The husband praised me wrongly. I just thought that this Xu Kui might have something to do with the death of the blind man Lin, but I really didn't guess that this Xu Kui would kill the blind man. Could it be that he is trying to kill for money? But looking at his appearance, he seems to have lived all these years, and it doesn't look like he has made a windfall. ”

"This person does not have the life to make a windfall, but he has the luck to invite disasters." The fox pointed to Xu Kui's forehead: "See the gloom on his forehead." It seems that he has not had a good time these years. ”

"It's not good." Xing Ruyi nodded: "That Lin Blind was originally a person with a bad temper, otherwise he wouldn't have been drunk because he only had a few words of argument with Shopkeeper Liu." Not to mention his own leg, he complained that he came up with the idea of that evil man, which caused the Liu family to almost die. ”

"Hiding the cat's corpse under the beam, do you think such an evil trick can be thought up by a carpenter who is blind in Lin?" The fox looked at Xing Ruyi with a smile.

"Cat corpse, Liu family, wine, snake venom, rotten tongue, missing." Xing Ruyi read them one by one, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he said, "Snake demon? Yufang Building! But this Yufang Building has only existed in recent years, but the contradiction between the Liu family and the blind man Lin was more than ten years ago. Is there really a relationship between the two? ”

"I think it's related, maybe ......"

Before the fox could finish speaking, Lin Hu ran over and interrupted the conversation between them.

"What are you two talking about? Did you notice that there was something wrong with this Xu Kui? I just saw Ruyi, your family is pointing to Xu Kui. ”

"It's nothing, I just think this person looks a little unlucky."

"It's a bit unlucky...... What does this mean? It's hard to say that this bad luck can still grow on people's faces. ”

"I mean, this Xu Kui may have been entangled in something unclean. If you don't believe him, you can ask him if he hasn't slept well all these years, and always feels like someone is standing in front of the bed and watching him. Even in the summer, when you walk out into the sun, you feel cold, and there is always something behind you. ”

"I'll go, why did I listen to Ruyi's words so infiltrating. You wait, I'll ask this Xu Kui right now to see if he has encountered these things you said. ”

After speaking, Lin Hu ran to Xu Kui, and after a while, he came back again, and there was still a little excitement on his face.

"Ruyi, it's really yours. It turns out that you not only see a doctor, but also show people's faces. This Xu Kui, although he didn't admit it to his face, as soon as I told him what you just said to me, his face immediately changed. With my many years of experience in catching fast, there is definitely something wrong with this Xu Kui, at least as you said, he is unlucky. But what is this that always follows him? Is it the bad luck you just mentioned? ”

"It's not bad luck, it's a dead soul, it's a person who was killed by Xu Kui."

"The person who was killed by Xu Kui? Who? Lin is blind! ”

"Who, I think we'll know tonight." Xing Ruyi glanced at the sky: "If you and Lord Liu are not in a hurry to go back to the yamen on an errand, let's stay one more night." Perhaps, the mystery of the disappearance of the blind man will be found. ”

Moonlit night, quiet and windless.

There is a wasteland behind the village, and I don't know what evil is recruited, what is planted does not grow, and what is planted is not alive. After a long time, this place was completely forgotten.

Xu Kui's house is in front of this wasteland, and if you look at it from a high place, it looks like a white tail dragging behind a black house. Xu Kui, like Lin Blind, is single. It's not that he doesn't want to find his mother-in-law, but those mothers-in-law don't look down on him, and none of them are willing to marry him.

Every time he thought of this, Xu Kui felt angry in his heart. Fortunately, he was luckier than his dead master. At least he once tasted the taste of a woman, unlike his door-picking master, who didn't know if this woman was cold or hot when he was dying.

Thinking of this, Xu Kui stopped and looked back at the bag dragged behind him. The moonlight shone down from the treetops, half of it fell on his face, and the other half fell on the bag. The bag is flattened, but it is raised in a few places. When you look closely, there seems to be a thick black shadow on the side of the bag. The shadow looked like the thing in the bag was once alive.

"You deserve to die, and you can't blame me. Besides, if you would lend me some more money that day, I would not have listened to that man and poisoned you. Okay, okay, I know your temper, and I know that you will definitely not let me go. Over the years, you have always appeared by my side, causing me to eat badly, sleep badly, and even take my life to be tossed by you. Now, let's make peace, I'll find a place to live and bury you, and you will let me stop for a few days, and I'll talk about any grievances when I go down. ”

The moonlight shifted a little, and Xu Kui's whole body fell into the darkness.