Chapter 406: Digging a Grave?
The mouse and I followed the catcher into the house opposite the far door, and the furnishings in the house were extremely simple, just some simple tables, stools and beds.
"My name is Zhang Yuan, just call me Zhang Yuan in the future." Catch said at the table as he poured tea for me and the mouse.
After hearing this, I smiled and said, "You are much older than me, if you don't dislike it in the future, I will call you Brother Zhang." ”
Zhang Yuan didn't object, just smiled.
"Alright, let's get down to business. We have to do this matter quickly, otherwise I really don't know how many people will be implicated in the future. The mouse said as he spoke.
I nodded: "Mouse Daoist is right, this matter will trouble Brother Zhang, and only Brother Zhang can complete this matter as quickly as possible." ”
When Zhang Yuan heard this, he hurriedly patted his chest and said, "You can rest assured about this matter, without further ado, I will start to do it." ”
After speaking, Zhang Yuan was ready to get up and leave.
I hurriedly grabbed Zhang Yuan and asked, "Brother Zhang, I want to know, is there any long-abandoned cemetery near us, or a particularly eerie place that no one has visited all year round?" ”
"Why do you ask this?" Zhang Yuan looked at me and asked suspiciously.
"I'd like to take a look while you go to check on the people of the Yang Nian, and maybe you can give me some answers in these places. Of course, I'm just guessing. I said slowly.
When Zhang Yuan heard that it was for the investigation of the case, he told me everything without any concealment. After that, I didn't stop with the mouse, and walked out with Zhang Yuan.
"Fellow Daoist, what are you asking about these places? Do you think that the ghost is hiding in these places? After going out, the mouse looked at me and asked curiously.
I shook my head and said, "No, I wonder if there are other ghosts and wild ghosts who know about it, since it was a ghost." Anyway, it's okay to stay and have nothing to do. ”
When the mouse heard it, he also felt that this was the truth, and he didn't say anything after that.
Later, the mouse and I also went to look at the places Zhang Yuan said, but we didn't find anything. But we found one thing in a cemetery, and that is that there are many graves that show signs of new soil, which means that these graves have been touched. But it has nothing to do with the dead people in the county, so the two of us didn't care too much.
After that, the two also returned to the county seat. At the suggestion of the mouse, the mouse and I went to a tavern to fill our empty stomachs with something to eat.
After ordering some simple drinks and dishes, I chatted with the mouse.
After a while, the shopkeeper came over with a tray: "Second master, your wine and food are ready, call me if you need anything." ”
As he spoke, the shopkeeper placed the food and drinks on the table one by one.
"You're welcome, you're welcome, let's eat." The mouse looked at me and said.
I nodded and motioned to eat together. Then, I picked up my chopsticks and prepared to eat something. But at this moment, a man walked in from outside the store.
The man's eyes were dull, and his eye sockets were very heavy and heavy dark circles, and he looked like the kind of person who often stayed up late. And the clothes on his body are also extremely messy, and his shoes and socks are even stained with a lot of mud.
"Yo, this kid hasn't been here for a few days, I don't know what he's been doing lately."
"I don't know, but what good can he do, he spends all day doing nothing, like a piece of waste." The people in the tavern whispered.
After hearing everyone's comments, I looked at the man again, and thought to myself, this man is still a regular visitor here. But I didn't care, and then I continued to eat the food in front of me with the mouse.
The man ordered a plate of side dishes, ordered a pot of wine, and drank it alone. The chatter around him still didn't mean to stop.
Halfway through my meal with the mouse, the man got up and paid for the drink and turned away. Just as he was about to walk out, I suddenly found that he actually had a yin qi on his body, which I didn't notice just now, and I just discovered it.
I think this man must have something going on at home, or something else, otherwise there would be no yin qi in his body.
Then, I looked at the mouse and said, "I have something to go out for, and you can talk to him from Brother Zhang's side in a while, and I will go back to his house to find you soon." ”
The mouse looked at me and asked, "Why are you going?" It's going to be evening, and we've got something else to do. ”
I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Oh, don't ask, I'll go back to you in a while, I'll go first." I'll give you the money for the drink, and I'll invite you another day. ”
With that, I ran towards the outside of the tavern.
The mouse wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't open his mouth.
I ran out of the tavern and looked around for the man I had just had, and finally saw him on a street corner not far away. The man had just turned around, and I hurried to follow.
After turning a few street corners, the man walked into an alley and finally stopped in front of a relatively dilapidated courtyard.
I glanced at the man, and then I made it in front of a tea stall across the alley. I don't know how long I sat at the tea stall until the owner of the tea stall said it was closing, and I didn't leave the tea stall.
During this time, the man did not come out of the courtyard again.
I looked up at the sky, and by this time the sun had already set, and the lanterns of every house were hanging at this time. At this time, I was also ready to leave to find Zhang Yuan and the mouse.
"Squeak......" The sound of a distant door opening came.
When I heard the voice, I hurried to a dark corner.
It was the man from before who opened the courtyard door, and he was now carrying a hoe on his shoulder. He glanced around, and hurried out of the alley.
I frowned, wondering if he wasn't entangled in ghosts. I had noticed that he had yin energy on him, and I suspected that this man might have been entangled by ghosts, but now it doesn't look like it.
But it was dark, and he was carrying a hoe for what he was going to do.
The man's figure was getting smaller and smaller, and I decided I wanted to go along and take a look. Then, I chased in the direction of the man.
After the man walked out of that courtyard, he walked directly out of the county seat. And the direction he went was a cemetery where the mouse and I had been during the day.
Suddenly, it occurred to me that during the day I had found signs of new soil in the cemetery. And when I saw this man during the day, he had some dirt on him.
At this time, I seemed to know what this man was doing, and I guess he should have gone to rob the tomb.
Now, I suddenly want to go back and help Zhang Yuan and them. But thinking that Zhang Yuan had a rat there, I wasn't in a hurry. I decided that I would like to finish this grave digging first.
After making this decision, I turned to the man and chased after him. But now I found out that the man was gone. I was thinking about things just now, and I actually forgot about the man for a while.
At this time, there was no sound around, except for the occasional sound of the wind blowing the grass. I decided to go to the cemetery first, after all, the man was most likely to go there. With that in mind, I ran in the direction of the graveyard.
When I ran to the edge of the graveyard, I looked into the graveyard. Fortunately, the moonlight was still relatively bright tonight, and I vaguely saw a figure in the graveyard digging a grave with a hoe.
If I'm not mistaken, I think that person is the man.
As for the purpose of this man, then he didn't have to think about it, he must be greedy for the funeral goods in the coffin.
"Hey...... Your kid is pretty fast, and he won't use it after digging this tonight. Suddenly, a voice rang out not far away.
I looked through the moonlight, and then I realized that there was a man sitting not far from the gravedigger.
"Why? I did a good job, why did I suddenly stop doing it? The man asked, standing up to look at the seated man.
"You don't have to worry about that, and it's just for now. When I need you, I'll go back to you, and you just have to wait. The man opened his mouth again.
The man did not say anything, and continued to dig the grave. After a while, the man dug up the coffin.
At this time, the man sitting on the ground slowly got up. Behind him, two figures suddenly appeared. Naturally, these two figures are not human, but two ghosts.
These two ghosts have blue faces and fangs, and they look terrifying.
"Alright, count the money for me." The man said as he slowly turned his head.
But the man who stood up ignored him and nodded at the two ghosts. Seeing this, the ghost rushed towards the inside of the coffin, and the next moment the ghost disappeared next to the coffin.
The man who stood up then reached out and took something out of his bosom and handed it to the man, who left with his hoe on his shoulder. I think the man should have given the man a money bag.
The man took the money bag and flipped it in his hand, then turned and left. The rest of the man stared at the coffin intently.
"Come out, I know you're hiding here." Suddenly, the man stared at the coffin and said coldly.
After hearing this, I was still very curious, why did this person still talk to the coffin, could it be that there are still capable people in this world who can talk to the coffin?
Seeing that there was no movement around him, the man looked in my direction and said again, "Aren't you going to come out?" It's not interesting to hide like this all the time. ”
That's when I realized that he was talking about me. I didn't expect to be discovered.
I walked out slowly, and now that I had been discovered, there was no point in me continuing to hide.
"Who are you? What are you doing here? Without waiting for the man to speak, I asked first.
The man looked at the direction where I was standing and smiled and said, "Hehe, I should have asked you this, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?" ”
"I ......"
As soon as I opened my mouth, a voice suddenly came from inside the coffin.
"Knock...... Knock knock ......"
"Haha, it's finally done." The man looked at the coffin and said excitedly.
I frowned and said, "Who are you and what are you doing?" ”
I had already guessed in my heart at this time, that person must have let the two ghosts into the corpse inside the coffin. Thus, he can also control the corpse inside, which is much faster than raising corpses. But I didn't understand what his purpose was, so I asked him what I was asking.
"What I do has nothing to do with you, and you just heard something you shouldn't have heard, maybe I can have one more corpse after killing you." The man said as he slowly took two steps back.
A muffled sound of "bang ......" sounded instantly, and the next moment I saw the coffin lid suddenly fly.