Tang Jinghong's current mood must be extremely uncomfortable, if he finds his sister's body, it will be fine, it will be nothing more than crying. But I didn't find it, a heart is always hanging, uneasy, there will still be hope, if I can't find it, I will always suffer from gains and losses.

I temporarily let Tang Jinghong rest in the guest room, just in the process of checking the corpse, there was a major discovery, and I am idle to deal with Tang Jinghong's affairs at this time.

When I came to Uncle Shi, Niu Meng had finished experiencing the corpses, and told me and Uncle Shi that those corpses were all poisoned to death.

Uncle Shi sat on the rocking chair, took a sip of wine, and looked solemn, "Jiu'er, that girl wasn't scared, was she?" ”

"After all, it's the girl's house, and I'm still scared, but I didn't find her sister's body."

Uncle Shi nodded slightly, "Before the matter is clarified, don't tell me about her sister working as a maid in Cheng Mansion first, and tell me what you found." ”

"It's very strange, Uncle Shi and Niu Meng dissected both female corpses, and all of them died of poisoning. The death of the male corpse was extremely cruel, with ten fingers cut off, which looked like they had been cut off with scissors, and several other corpses were burned to death by bronze. ”

Niu Meng's brows suddenly furrowed, "Cannon branding? ”

"Almost, a bit like the cannon burning punishment invented by the Shang King. However, it is more like the technique of the eighteen layers of hell in the Buddhist scriptures. Tongue Pulling Prison, Scissors Prison, Bronze Pillar Prison, Knife Mountain Prison, Stone Pressing Prison......

The murderer is using the punishment method of the eighteen layers of hell to kill people. ”

After I finished speaking, Niu Meng was dumbfounded, "Brother Jiu, this is ...... Someone must have sacrificed a living person, right? ”

"Buddhism does not say sacrifice, but since Buddhism was introduced to Middle-earth, Taoism has absorbed a lot of Buddhist things, and the eighteen layers of hell have also become common to Buddhism. Since Wang Chongyang proposed, "Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are connected, and the three religions have always been one ancestral style", Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have tended to be more integrated. Therefore, although this murderer may not be a disciple of Buddhism or Taoism, he is a person who has studied the classics of the two religions very deeply.

In addition, this corpse can be preserved for half a year without decay, and this person is also extremely proficient in funeral aspects, as Uncle Shi said, this is not a person, but a gang.

Who did this Cheng Mansion offend? How could it be so cruel to kill? ”

Niu Meng estimated that he was addicted to smoking, took out a cigarette pouch and took a few puffs, and then asked Uncle Shi meaningfully, "Uncle Shi, I suddenly remembered what the Taoist priest said before, do you think it is really a soul asking for his life?" Otherwise, so many people died, and there would be a lot of noise in carrying the corpses, how could no one be aware of it? ”

Uncle Shi is very taboo for others to talk about ghosts and gods, because we don't believe in ghosts and gods. I have discussed this matter with my uncle before, and I have always been taught a lesson by my uncle. But this time, he uncharacteristically didn't get angry, just sighed softly.

"Alas...... Jiu'er, Niu Meng, everything in this world, there must be a cause and an effect, and there must be a cause if there is an effect. People always say that the gods can call the wind and rain, and can move mountains and seas. Then I ask you, are we humans gods or not gods for ants? When we pour a basin of water and blow a breath, is it just a call for wind and rain for ants?

Throwing a stone casually, isn't it just moving mountains and seas? Master used to say that people are afraid of ghosts and gods only because they don't figure it out. Jiu'er, you can work hard to investigate this matter. ”

Uncle Shi said that this passage was completely in the style of his grandfather, and everything he said made people feel foggy and never penetrated.

However, I feel that Uncle Shi must know something, and he said before that if Cheng Fu had anything to do with the tomb robbers, he would not let me continue to investigate, but now he asked me to work hard to investigate.

To this day, I don't know why my grandfather set such a rule, and what kind of story did he have with the tomb robbery world?

With my uncle's instructions, I was completely relieved.

I plan to take Niu Meng to Cheng Mansion now, and I want to find out everything before the people from the Jinyi Guard Soul Division come over.

Otherwise, when the people from the court arrive, many things will become troublesome.

If Nan Ya comes, it will be better, but if Nan Ya doesn't come, the rest of the Soul Exploration Division will not be fuel-efficient lamps.

So I took Niu Meng and Tang Jinghong back to Yishui Pavilion to prepare things.

On the way, I took out some silver taels for Niu Meng and instructed him, "Niu Meng, you go buy some incense, and if you meet a pork seller on the way, buy a catty." ”

Niu Meng took the silver and went away.

Tang Jinghong seemed to be in a very depressed mood, and I didn't say anything along the way, so I comforted her, saying that maybe her sister had escaped.

Tang Jinghong just nodded, let out a light "um", and didn't say much.

"Miss Tang, otherwise you go back first, and when there is news from my side, I will definitely notify you as soon as possible." I'm worried that when I go to Cheng's Mansion at night, Tang Jinghong will follow, after all, it is inconvenient to take a girl to her house for such a thing.

Tang Jinghong was stunned again, lowered his head and said, "Fang ...... The rent is due and I don't have a place to live......"

"This ...... Then Miss Tang will live in Yishui Pavilion for the time being, and when I find your sister, I will arrange other accommodations for you. ”

Tang Jinghong was not polite, as if he was waiting for me to say this, he bowed down to me and saluted, "Thank you Jiugongzi, the great kindness of Jiugongzi and the little woman are unforgettable." ”

This is Tang Jinghong's good looks, if it were an ordinary girl, I wouldn't be so lazy to pay attention to it.

When I returned to Yishui Pavilion, it was already completely dark.

Walking to the door, I seemed to see a few white foxes passing by, I asked Tang Jinghong if he saw anything, Tang Jinghong said no.

Does this make me feel dazzled? I saw the white fox twice today.

I didn't think much about it, I asked Tang Jinghong to go to the shop first, went to buy some food by myself, and went to Chengfu to investigate the case at night, and I didn't have the heart to cook on the fire.

I bought rose crispy and bone-in abalone snails for Tang Jinghong, both of which are the girl's favorite desserts. In particular, bone-in abalone snails are filled with cheese and cane sugar to make an abalone shape, which is crispy and sweet, and has an endless aftertaste.

As for Niu Meng, it is enough to buy him a roasted elbow.

After Zhu Di moved the capital, many court delicacies were also circulated. The most famous drunken immortal building in Jinling City, the chef is the former palace kitchen.

After buying it back, Tang Jinghong didn't seem to have much appetite, so he stopped trying it.

Niu Meng came back with a paper bag at this time and handed it to me, "Brother Jiu, I bought it back, a pound of incense." ”

I opened the paper bag and looked at it, there was only incense, and asked him, "What about pork?" ”

"What pork?" Niu Meng looked at me in confusion.

"Didn't I ask you to buy a pound of pork and come back?"

Niu Meng was even more puzzled, "Didn't you ask me to buy incense?" If you see someone selling pork, buy a pound! ”

“…………”

Tang Jinghong sneered on the side and muttered quietly, "What a fool." ”

I reluctantly told Niu Meng, "I mean to let you buy some incense, and when you see a pork seller, you can buy a pound of pork by the way!" Forget it, forget it if you don't buy it. Let's eat something first. ”

Niu scratched his head violently, still blaming me, "You didn't make it clear, what I heard was that when I saw a pork seller, I would buy a catty, and I was still thinking, what does the pork seller have to do with the incense seller." ”

"Okay, okay, eat yours, I'll go boil some water."

I waved my hand, went to the backyard to get the incense burner, and called Niu Meng to come and help. After Niu Meng came over, I told him to stay in the backyard and not go out.

Then I returned to the main hall and put the incense burner that Niu Meng bought, and added some special spices that my grandfather taught me.

"Miss Tang, this incense has a calming effect, I know you are in a bad mood, and it will make you feel better after lighting it."

Tang Jinghong nodded, "Thank you, Ninth Prince." ”

"Miss Tang is polite, there are a lot of books on the shelves, if Miss Tang is bored, just flip through them." I pretended to be careless, lit incense, closed the door, and withdrew.

Niu Meng sat with me in the backyard to eat, and from time to time he took two mouthfuls of cigarette pouches and pots.

"Brother Jiu, you won't really promise that Tang Jinghong anything, right? Why can you just bring it home? ”

"Didn't people say that there is no place to live, I am so big here, what's wrong with making a room?"

"I think it's weird, Tang Jinghong's sister is a maid in Cheng Mansion, and everyone's bodies have been found, but there is no one for her sister, this is too strange, right? Moreover, the eight martial arts masters who went to investigate the murder of Cheng Fu before all died unexpectedly, and they were all entrusted by Tang Jinghong, don't you think this matter is suspicious?

Brother Jiu, in my opinion, it's better to wait for Brother Nan Ya to come over, let's go and check again, right? He has a lot of ability, if Cheng Mansion really has something, let's come and go...... Will it be ......"

"Are you scared?" I raised an eyebrow at the cow.

Niu Meng chuckled, "How is it possible, I'm worried about you, Brother Jiu, in case ......"

Before he could finish speaking, a sudden gust of wind blew, and the lantern on the stone table was blown out. Immediately afterwards, there was a strange sound around me.

The sound is a bit like a baby's cry rather than a baby's cry.

And on such a hot day, this yin wind is not quite right.

The lantern was blown out, the surroundings darkened, and then the moonlight, only Niu Meng's bearded face could be vaguely seen.

"Brother Jiu, what is it?" Niu Meng's voice did not show any fear.

"Shh......h Don't talk. I whispered back to him, listening carefully to the strange screams around me.

The sound was very loud, and it was heard in all directions, as if there were a lot of babies screaming.

There seems to be a girl's voice mixed in the middle.

I stood up to take a look outside, when suddenly the shouting died down and the sound of tiles coming from the roof.

After a while, the surroundings fell completely silent.

"Brother Jiu, it can't be a cat, right?"

I shook my head, "No, cats make sounds similar to babies crying when they are courting, which is obviously not the same as the sound just now." Forget it, I've already run away anyway, so I don't care about it for now. It's almost time, get ready, let's go to Chengfu. ”

In fact, I probably had a guess about this voice, but I didn't tell Niu Meng. According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the nine-tailed fox sounds like a baby. When it has only one tail, it makes a sound like that of a newborn baby, and when it grows nine tails, it can transform into a human form and speak human language.

However, there are many strange beasts that call like babies in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and I am not sure that Fang Cai's cry is the nine-tailed fox, just because I saw the white fox during the day.

Moreover, the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" has always been considered a fabricated book, and the records in the book do not exist. But my grandfather held a different view, he said that the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" was written too early, if it was thousands of years or even tens of thousands of years ago, then it is possible that everything will disappear without a trace.