"New day is the first day of the lunar calendar every month, three days before the first day of the new day, choose a pregnant woman, first take out the unborn baby from the mother's body alive, and then when the person is not out of breath, use a locust wood stick to pierce the nails, pull out the nails, and finally take advantage of the last breath of the person to divide the body."

Su Qingmo was silent for a long time, as if waiting for Mu Yuanjing to digest what she said, and felt that the other party had almost accepted it, she continued: "The fetus that was dissected alive and the head that was dismembered are put together in an urn, and the ghost refiner burns the corpses of twelve babies on the day of the New Year, and it is not taboo whether it is a child who died in infancy or an unborn baby, as long as it is under three years old. ”

"Then refine the corpse oil and pour it into the Weng until it is full, and then worship the Weng with the baby and the head, so that the ghost baby will be refined, this technique is extremely damaging to yin morality, and it is easy to attract the ghost to backlash, so few people will use it."

"Why do you have to pull out your nails?"

"It's to maximize the grievances of the deceased, so that the ghost baby refined in this way will have a better effect."

"Then why did you divide the body and take the head?"

Su Qingmo was not impatient at all, "The purpose of dividing the corpse is to make the soul of the deceased incomplete, and the ghost with an incomplete soul has no way to remember who harmed him before he died, and as for taking the head of the deceased, it is to deceive the ghost baby, so that the ghost baby mistakenly thinks that his mother is still around, so that the ghost baby will be more obedient and easier to control." ”

Although the doubts have been answered, there is another thing that is quite puzzling to Mu Yuanjing, "A lot of black dog blood was splashed on the door of the crime scene, Qingmo knows why?" ”

The temperature on his face had just dropped and had a tendency to rise again not long after, Su Qingmo ignored the little awkwardness in his heart, "Is it really black dog blood?" ”

Mu Yuanjing nodded.

Su Qingmo lowered his gaze and said softly: "Someone wants the remnant soul of the deceased to be trapped in place and never be reborn. ”

What Su Qingmo didn't say was that if the remnant soul was not overtaken for a long time, then there would be no chance of reincarnation.

Mu Yuanjing didn't know how to comfort the obviously depressed girl in front of her, so she had to change the topic and said, "How long will it take for this technique to take effect?" ”

"If it's really refining ghosts and moving gold, then the ghost baby will be driven after tonight."

Mu Yuanjing pondered for a moment, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of Su Qingmo's somewhat sleepy face, "We will discuss the matter tomorrow, it's not too early now, let's rest first." ”

Su Qingmo nodded, and when he was stuffed back into the quilt by Mu Yuanjing, he said, "Tomorrow I want to go to the place where the woman was killed." ”

Mu Yuanjing followed Su Qingmo to lie down and asked, "Why?" ”

Su Qingmo yawned slightly, "I'm afraid it's not a ghost refining to move gold, so I have to personally confirm some things at the end of tomorrow." ”

Mu Yuanjing agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I'll go with you then, let's sleep." ”

The two were not woken up again but had a good night's sleep, and on the second day, Su Qingmo woke up in the quilt in a daze and saw Mu Yuanjing before remembering that the two were sleeping together, and she greeted with a smile: "Morning." ”

Mu Yuanjing suddenly had a feeling that his heart had settled down in an instant, and he also smiled and said, "Morning." ”

The two got up and had breakfast, and then they were busy with their own things, Mu Yuanjing and Wei Xu went to the mass grave, except for the twelve baby corpses, no other clues were found at the scene, and Su Qingmo was also busy in the palace all day, and did not stop until after dinner in the evening.

Mu Yuanjing watched Su Qingmo, who had had eaten dinner, change into light clothes, she stood at the table, and took out a stack of rune paper, a bunch of grapes-sized purple gold bells, a bundle of red thread, two bottles of light blue liquid, and a not too small medicine bottle from a large box that Qingrui and Qinghe had jointly moved into the inner room.

At this moment, Mu Yuanjing finally realized that her princess was really not as gentle and frugal as she seemed, and since she talked last night, she had completely abandoned her mask in front of him.

Regarding Su Qingmo's true appearance, Mu Yuanjing not only did not find it difficult to accept, but optimistically thought that there was a little less alienation between the two.

Su Qingmo put her treasures on the table one by one, with a smug look on her face, "The prince doesn't know how strict my mother is with me on weekdays, I always have to pay attention when I am in the house, not only to guard against my mother, but also to guard against my uncles and brothers and sisters in other rooms, these things are brought by me with great difficulty in the dowry." ”

Mu Yuanjing said curiously: "Why do you want to guard against it? ”

Su Qingmo sighed, "The prince also knows that the Su family is a northwestern family, as the only daughter of the Su family, I must be gentle and obedient in the eyes of others, virtuous and dignified, if I can't become such a woman, not only will my father be disgraced, but even my mother will be held accountable for no reason, but since I was six years old, I have been traveling abroad with my master for a few months every year, I have seen the scenery outside the house, tasted the food from all over the world, and then returned home My mood and vision are very different from those of boudoir women, and my temperament is naturally very different from that of boudoir women." ”

Su Qingmo paused, then suddenly turned his head to look at Mu Yuanjing and asked, "Does the prince think I should live like an ordinary woman?" ”

"Everyone has their own way of living, and the most important thing is to live comfortably without causing trouble to others, and Qingmo has caused trouble to others."

Su Qingmo shook his head, and Mu Yuanjing naturally said: "Then live the life you want, and I won't hold you back." ”

Su Qingmo smiled very happily, "Then I won't cause you trouble outside." ”

While the two were talking, Su Qingmo had already put the rune paper, purple gold bell, red thread, and some bottles and cans into a large bag sewn from animal skin, and then carried it on her back, she patted the backpack and said to Mu Yuanjing: "Let's go." ”

Mu Yuanjing, who had already changed into a dark purple suit, took off the saber on the wall.

Su Qingmo looked at the sword that Mu Yuanjing was holding in his hand, "The prince knows the sword?" ”

Mu Yuanjing avoided Su Qingmo's gaze, "My light skills are better." ”

Oh, that is, I don't know how to use a sword, Su Qingmo realized in his heart.

The two left the palace, although Su Qingmo could ride a horse and rode well, but because he was not familiar with the terrain in Beijing, he could only let Mu Yuanjing ride a horse and take her to the south of the city.

There was no one on the street at night, and Mu Yuanjing no longer restrained the speed of the horse, so it didn't take long for the two to arrive in the south of the city, and there were only three families living in the alley in the south of the city, and the other two families were closed at dawn after the accident.

The two dismounted and stood at the mouth of the alley, Su Qingmo took out the purple gold bell from the bag, tied one end to the thumb and the other end to the little finger, and then stretched out his right hand in front of the mouth of the alley, four purple gold bells hung under the palms of his hands, and suddenly a gust of wind rushed out of the alley, and the purple gold bells rang in the wind.

Su Qingmo said with a solemn expression: "What a heavy grievance." ”

Mu Yuanjing noticed that there was no bell tongue in the purple gold bell, and Su Qingmo explained while putting away the purple gold bell: "This purple gold bell was given to me by the master, there is no bell tongue in it, it will not ring on weekdays, and it will only ring in places where there is resentment." ”

Su Qingmo looked at the swarthy alley, thought for a while and said, "The prince is waiting for me here, if I haven't come out at dawn, the prince will come in to look for me again." ”

Mu Yuanjing didn't agree, he raised his legs and walked into the alley, and Su Qingmo hurriedly chased after him: "I don't know what the situation is inside, why doesn't the prince listen to people's persuasion." ”

Although Mu Yuanjing's voice was soft, his tone was firm and abnormal, "It's because I don't know that I can't let you in alone, Yu Gong, you are helping me, and Yu Private, I am your husband." ”

Su Qingmo pursed his lower lip and didn't speak again, silently followed behind Mu Yuanjing, and the two walked to the front door of the house where the crime occurred, at this time the dark red door was closed, and the guards guarding the surroundings had been removed by Mu Yuanjing during the day.

Su Qingmo took a few more steps forward and came to a dark gate, she took a closer look at the yellow rune paper pasted on the door and took a serious look.

Mu Yuanjing stood behind her, "What's wrong?" ”

Su Qingmo's delicate eyebrows tightened, "How can there be a soul talisman in front of the door of this family?" ”

Mu Yuanjing's gaze followed her to the rune paper on the door, "The male owner of this family is the first person to find the deceased, but what's wrong?" ”

Su Qingmo didn't answer, she took out a palm-sized mirror from her bag, the mirror surface was very blurry, and people couldn't reflect it at all, and the edge of the back of the mirror was engraved with more than a dozen strange small characters at equal intervals, and a flower with a strange shape was inlaid in the middle, and the flowers and leaves of that flower were closed except for the one directly above.

Su Qingmo's next action made Mu Yuanjing behind him realize that the original flower could be rotated.

She first turned three times to the left so that the only blooming leaf pointed to the small print directly west of the back of the mirror, then four times to the right to point to the small print a little east to the north, and then gently flipped over the mirror.

The mirror faded and blurred in the dark alley and became clear, Su Qingmo turned her wrist to let the mirror look at all corners of the alley, and suddenly she stopped moving when the mirror reflected Mu Yuanjing.

A miserable white face appeared behind Mu Yuanjing, and that face was very close, as if it was on Mu Yuanjing's shoulder, and 'he' was looking directly at Su Qingmo through the mirror.

Su Qingmo slowed down his breathing, and even the speed of his heartbeat slowed down, and when 'he' opened his mouth and laughed gloomily, he quickly took out his hand and pasted the talisman paper that he had pinched in his hand in the morning into the mirror's face, and instantly a miserable scream sounded in the alley.

The cry was terrible and piercing, as if it could penetrate the flesh into the bones.

Su Qingmo didn't dare to let down his guard, he still used the palm mirror to shine all over the alley, and only after confirming that it was correct did he remove the rune paper on the door, and breathed a sigh of relief.

It was only a moment after the incident ended, and when Mu Yuanjing felt a cold aura coming out of his back, he saw the grimace reflected in the mirror, but he didn't know why he believed her, so he didn't move a minute before she acted, even if he knew that something was behind him, he still waited motionless for her to make a move.

Mu Yuanjing looked at Su Qingmo and shredded the rune paper in his hand, and heard her whisper: "I don't know who gave this soul talisman to this family, fortunately, it hasn't been pasted for a long time, if it is posted for another seven or eight days, I am afraid that the lonely souls and wild ghosts around here will be recruited into this alley." ”

The two slowly walked back to the dark red door before, and this time Su Qingmo did not rush to open the door.

She took out the medicine bottle in the bag, poured out a few red pills from it, and gently twisted it in the palm of her hand, the pill turned into powder, and she used the powder to draw a thick red line in front of the door, and after waiting for a while, the red thick line slowly broke through the two openings, as if someone had blown it open inside.

Su Qingmo stared at the two openings, and asked Mu Yuanjing suspiciously, "Is there really only one person dead here?" ”

"Only the stump of one victim was found at the scene."

Su Qingmo frowned and thought for a moment but still couldn't figure it out, and decided to go in and take a look, she took out a bottle of light blue liquid and dropped it into her eyes, and then handed it to Mu Yuanjing, "This is the last tear of the old cow who is dying, drop it into your eyes, you can see the world over there, this house has now become a murderous house, and I am afraid that the situation inside the door will not be much safe." ”

After Mu Yuanjing dripped the cow's tears into his eyes, Su Qingmo took a deep breath and raised his hand to gently push open the door.

There was a 'squeak' and the door opened.

Perhaps influenced by Su Qingmo's words, Mu Yuanjing felt that the courtyard behind the door looked different from the daytime.

Su Qingmo and Mu Yuanjing stepped into the gate one after the other, and just as the two of them walked to the middle of the courtyard, the gate behind them suddenly closed.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Su Qingmo hurriedly pulled Mu Yuanjing back, leaned against the door, and then quickly took out three runes from the bag and placed them on the ground in the left and right directions and in front of the two of them, and took out the peach wood dagger from the bag and held it in his hand, and a pair of eyes cautiously paid attention to the surroundings.

The fog in the courtyard unconsciously rose, the fog turned from light to thick, the wet and cool water vapor approached the direction of the gate as if consciously, Mu Yuanjing stepped forward to protect Su Qingmo behind him, and stopped just when the fog was about to touch him, and after careful observation, he found that it was not the fog that stopped, but that the fog was blocked by something, and something was covering the two of them.

Su Qingmo leaned out from behind, "This is the rune realm, as long as there is a rune realm, those unclean things can't be approached," as she was talking, she suddenly stopped and looked straight ahead and whispered, "Something is coming." ”

As soon as Su Qingmo's words landed, a shadow that looked like a human shape slowly appeared in the center of the courtyard, that is, the place where the fog gathered the most, and the outline of the shadow became clearer and clearer, slowly walking in the direction of the two of them, and only when they got closer did they see that it was a woman dressed in ordinary clothes, Su Qingmo quietly asked Mu Yuanjing: "Is it her?" ”

Mu Yuanjing shook his head, there were only the stumps of the deceased at the scene of the crime, and he had never seen what the deceased's face looked like.

Su Qingmo was about to speak to the woman in front of him, when he saw the woman stretch out her pale left hand and slowly roll up the hem of her clothes, and then the nails on her other hand suddenly became longer.

Her eyes looked at the people in the rune realm without blinking, and then her long nails were inserted little by little under her chest, and then her wrist was forced, and a clear blood line was created from the bottom of her chest to her lower abdomen.

She twisted her head a little stiffly, and her bones made a 'click, click' sound that made people's hearts furious, and then the corners of her mouth slowly cracked behind her ears, and she laughed eerily, and with the laughter she slowly opened her stomach, and blood and internal organs fell under her feet.

Suddenly, the woman put away her smile and rushed to Mu Yuanjing and Su Qingmo at a very fast speed, her face on the rune realm was a little deformed, and she roared fiercely with her bloody eyes, "Give me back the child!" ”

Su Qingmo walked out from behind, her expression was not flustered, but unusually solemn and serious: "We are here today to find out who stole your child, if you want to find the child as soon as possible, don't embarrass us, let us find out what happened, and we can fulfill your regrets as soon as possible." ”

The woman looked at Su Qingmo suspiciously for a long time, and then slowly retreated into the mist.

After she disappeared, the fog gradually dissipated, and the moonlight finally shone into the courtyard, Su Qingmo walked around and didn't find anything unusual, and said to Mu Yuanjing: "Fortunately, her soul is not complete, she only remembers the child's affairs, otherwise she wouldn't have left so easily." ”

"Did the things you want to confirm have a result?"

Su Qingmo nodded, "I'm sure there is really someone refining the ghost baby, the prince can check the casino, or it won't be long before that person can't hold it back." ”

Mu Yuanjing agreed: "From tomorrow onwards, I will send people to pay more attention to the casinos in the capital. ”

The two walked out of the door while talking, and when they walked to the door, Su Qingmo inadvertently saw the water tank with strange patterns printed in the corner, and she asked Mu Yuanjing: "Is the water tank originally in this family?" ”

While talking, she walked to the side of the water tank and stretched out her head to look into the tank, the tank was full of water, Su Qingmo didn't find anything special, and was about to get up and leave, when a pair of hands suddenly stretched out in the tank.

The hands grabbed Su Qingmo's head and dragged it into the water tank, Su Qingmo's head was soaked in the water, and no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free.

Su Qingmo opened her eyes vigorously in the water, and this time her whole person was not good, a man with a wide open mouth and white eyes was squatting at the bottom of the water.