Qiu Shishi didn't reply to me, and directly called Xia Zuo's phone again, this time the call was through, but no one answered, Qiu Shiren called three more times, but no one answered.

What are the twin siblings doing, it can't be a prank, right?

I took off my shoes and walked out of the bathroom, thinking about whether to cook the rice first, and then go to the shower after cooking, and as soon as I entered the kitchen, I saw the meat I had taken out earlier to thaw, and I suddenly thought of what I had just overlooked.

"Dead man, I just said that I think Xia You just saw something missing, do you know, she is actually not eating, since I met her until now, I haven't seen her mouth stop."

Then, I saw Qiu Shishi rush into the toilet: "What did you say, she didn't eat?" ”

He looked a little wrong, and I nodded in a daze: "Yes......" I tried to recall, "I remember what I saw, she had both hands hanging down, and she didn't raise them until she turned to leave, so she must have not eaten again." ”

He didn't ask anything more, after leaving the kitchen, he called again, I don't know who to call, I only heard him say this: "Find out Xia You for me immediately, be fast!" ”

Is it strange that Natsu doesn't eat? Why is the Qiu poet so solemn?

I didn't want to ask at this time, so I had to silently cook my dish first.

In the evening, we got the news that two people had died at the same time on CC Street.

In the past, if there was this kind of news, Qiu Shiren would generally not care about it, unless someone came to the door, or when he was still in a special department, to complete the order assigned by the superior, or he would only participate in it if he calculated that if this matter could not be managed, it would cause some serious disaster.

And this time, he only heard the name of the place, and immediately got up and wanted to go.

"Is there anything wrong with this murder?"

"CC Street, is where Xia Right and Xia Zuo live."

I finally couldn't help it: "What happened to Xia You?" She didn't eat, was there something wrong with her? ”

"A long time ago, I said that there was something in Xia You's body, and you thought she was pregnant at the time, do you remember?"

I nodded, "Does it have anything to do with this thing?" ”

"Yes, that thing must absorb energy all the time, and it must eat food, otherwise Xia You will be eaten by that thing, and he will lose his mind and become a monster that only knows how to devour."

"What the hell is that thing?"

"The Hungry Man!"

“……”

"That's right, Xia You has a starving ghost in his body."

The hungry ghosts that really come from history are not the ghosts formed after people are starved to death, there are hungry ghosts in the six reincarnations, and the hungry ghosts actually represent greed, greed for fame, greed for money, greed for sex, and greed for everything, so there is the formation of hungry ghosts.

And the hungry ghost, very small, only slightly bigger than the elf, but ten thousand times uglier than the elf, with a pointed mouth, bulging belly, holding a small steel fork, a bit like the legendary little devil, once a person is entangled by the hungry ghost, it is almost hopeless, he will suck you clean.

The starving ghost raised by Xia You's body, saved Xia You's life when Xia You was a child, and the two are connected together, no one can get rid of anyone, Xia You eats all the time, just to feed the hungry ghost in the body, at the same time, she is also trying to purify it, after so many years of hard work, this hungry ghost is no longer comparable to those ordinary hungry ghosts, where the specific difference is, even the Qiu poet doesn't know, except for Xia You himself, no one else has seen it.

Therefore, when Xia You no longer eats, it indicates that the situation has changed, and Xia You's life may be in danger.

When we arrived, the fox, who used to be the deputy captain of the first team of the special department, was already waiting for us there, he didn't say a word of nonsense, and after we got out of the car, he took us in a certain direction, and finally the two houses on CC Street were blocked.

Those two houses are just across the street.

"The two deceased people, don't live on the eighth floor of these two buildings, and their rooms are also facing the street, that is, their rooms are opposite, and other than that, the two deceased have nothing to do with each other, the one on the left has only recently moved here, and the one on the right has lived here for almost five years, and the two parties may not even have met each other."

As he spoke, he took out a paper bag: "Here are photos of the deceased and the scene, the police have cordoned off this place, and I sneaked in to take these photos." ”

It seems that this fox was able to be the vice captain of the previous team back then, but it didn't depend on his good looks, this action is very strong.

We found a corner where there was no one nearby, and Qiu Shiren opened the paper bag: "Is there any news about Xia Right and Xia Zuo?" ”

"No, these sisters and brothers don't know where to hide now."

"What happened to them before that?"

"Yes, just two days ago, Xia You once mentioned to Xia Zuo that she seemed to see another hungry ghost, you must know that now, this kind of hungry ghost that exists in history, like our Xiaokui, is almost extinct, and she can't be sure."

Qiu Shishi raised his head and glanced at him: "Xia Zuo is not a talkative person. ”

What he meant was that since even Xia You couldn't be sure if he was wrong, Xia Zuo's wooden bump would definitely not go out and talk nonsense first, how did the fox know?

This guy laughed with that kind of rape feeling: "Xiao Zuo cares about his sister so much, whether it is true or not, he will definitely investigate, once he takes action, he will definitely show clues, find this, it is not difficult to deduce the above points." ”

"Aren't you afraid of pushing the wrong one?" I asked curiously.

"It's very small," he was quite confident, "and even if it's wrong, it's not a lot worse." ”

Qiu Shiren was already staring at the photo, his brows were furrowed, his expression was solemn, he looked at them one by one, and finally said, "Are they all supported to death?" ”

The fox tilted his head and said helplessly: "I haven't told you the autopsy report I stole yet, why did you see it first?" ”

I took the photos, and it was indeed a few photos of the scene, most of the room was still normal, there was no trace of a fight, only the left and right of the deceased fell to the ground, scattered with food, and a few items that should have been knocked over by the deceased himself.

The deceased's eyes were wide open, and after his death, he was stiff, maintaining two painful and twisted appearances, his cheeks were a little sunken, and his stomach was also flattened and shriveled, like a person who had not eaten for a long time.

The two deceased were holding their stomachs, and the fingers of both hands were grasping the place where their stomachs were, as if they were eager to pull out their stomachs, and there were several scratches on their stomachs.

And the poet Qiu said, they are all supported to death?

Why can't I see it, but think they're starving?

Under my doubts, the fox said: "It is indeed strangled to death, and after a forensic examination, it was found that their stomachs were blown up." ”

"But, how is it possible, once people eat too much, they will stop eating." Moreover, our stomach has an entrance and an outlet, and when the volume of the contents of the stomach cavity increases for various reasons, exceeding the limit of what the stomach can accommodate, the human body will mobilize various self-protection mechanisms to eliminate excess capacity and prevent the stomach from bursting, such as vomiting.

Therefore, it is rare to see people being strangled to death.

"No, the police were frightened when they heard the result." The fox looked sympathetically with pity, and if there was no teasing in his eyes, "It would be okay if there was one, but the two who died at the same time were still people who lived across the street but did not intersect." ”

Speaking of this, the smile on his face suddenly turned cold: "This case can't be handled by ordinary police, I'm afraid it will have to be handed over to the special department, and this is what I'm most worried about." ”

Ordinary supernatural cases, handed over to the special department, handed over to the special department, nothing serious, since he said worried, we are here because, Xia You lives on this street, those two people were strangled to death, my mind flashed: "Could it be that the struggling is related to the starving ghost?" ”

Qiu Shishi said: "Only the hungry ghost can make people eat non-stop, ordinary people are not able to convert energy like Xia You, and the things eaten by the hungry ghost will not be spit out again, not only their stomachs are bursting, but other functions of the body are defeated, not only are their stomachs bursting, but other vitality in the body is gone." ”

So it looks like I haven't eaten for several days.

The fox took over: "Once the group of fools in the second team investigate, they will definitely point the finger at Xiao You, and when the time comes, Xiao You will not even have a chance to defend himself." ”

"Then find out the truth before them, and besides, they must be looking for Xia You, and you must find her out before them."

"However, now that we are out of the special department, how can we meddle in the case?"

Qiu Shishi turned to look at me: "Do you have any solution?" ”

Test me? I smiled: "As long as there is a client, can't we intervene?" ”

The Yin and Yang Bureau is responsible for pacifying the peace of the people, but it cannot appear in front of the people openly, and in the face of such strange cases, many people often believe in folk magicians.

We just need to have the support of our families, and at most we don't get in the way of official business, it's up to us to do it.

As for getting the family to entrust us with this case, it is not difficult, as long as there are appropriate people to do the "publicity", this matter is really weird, and it will not be long before the family will automatically come to the door.

The so-called appropriate person, similar to the "intermediary", is the kind of person who is not very good at magic, but has the ability to see and hear, he hides among ordinary people, unconsciously knows you well, and then wants you to know, small talk in general, plus a little means, enough to gain your trust.

The next day, the family members on both sides of the deceased came to the door at the same time.

One side is the parents of the deceased, and the other is the wife and children of the deceased, and as soon as they came, they begged Master Qiu to help them.

Later, I learned that the middleman "unintentionally" revealed to them that if there was no master to help them drive away the evil spirit, the evil spirit would not be content to leave, and it might "eat" everyone in the family one by one, so that they could be bluffed, even if not for the dead, they would have to ask for this revenge master for themselves.

I invited them into the room and made them sit for a long time, with four cups of hot tea on the table: "The master expected that there would be guests today, so he specially ordered me to prepare tea." When you have something, tell the master well, and the master will definitely help you. ”

Seeing how respectful they looked, I knew that sometimes we had to be pretentious in order to highlight our value.

It's just, how does it feel a bit like a magic stick?

Qiu Shishi sat on his exclusive rattan chair...... Well, it's not his exclusive domain now, and even the black egg has gone up to sleep.

He didn't do anything superfluous, just held a ring ruler in his hand, and patted it lightly between the palms of the other hand, he was not like those elegant and thin monks, there was still a little anger between his eyebrows, and his slightly twisted brows seemed to be dissatisfied with everything, and even he was not thin, and his body was strong and straight, but he was like a mountain with a faint sound of Buddhism and Zen, which made people daunting at the same time, but also full of reverence.

The four family members were like this, they all lowered their heads, and they didn't dare to look directly at the Qiu poet who was deliberately outgoing: "Ask the master to help us!" ”

"Say," Qiu Shishi's faint tone, with the rhythm of the beating of the ring ruler, seemed to have an incomprehensible rhythm, "your son, all the abnormalities of your husband and father before his death. ”

The old couple started first, and the old woman said, "Just two days before my son died, he started crying out about hunger, and I thought it was nothing ......."

Isn't it just hungry, isn't it just eating more, in their opinion, their son is too thin, it is a blessing to be able to eat, they should eat more, and they think that their son may have been too busy with work recently to be tired, so he will be so hungry, and he is even more indulgent.

They prepared a lot of food for their son, so they went back to their room and went to sleep, and when they woke up the next day, they found that the living room and kitchen were all in a mess, and the praying mantis seemed to have crossed the border, and everything had been turned over.

I thought there was a thief in the house, but when I went to the kitchen, I saw that their son was sitting on the ground, gnawing on the pot, and the bag of rice that was still full at home was all gone.

Not only rice, but everything that can be eaten, even if there is no oil, salt, sauce and vinegar left, and the ground is full of scattered bags, but after eating something all night, their son looks thinner, what's going on?

As soon as he saw the old couple, their son crawled towards them, his eyes fierce like that of drug addicts: "Eat, I want to eat, I'm so hungry, so hungry!" ”

The old couple finally knew that their son was not normal, and hurriedly sent them to the hospital, but the doctor said that their son was malnourished and needed to make up for it.

Then the doctor was embarrassed, the patient's body was indeed lacking in nutrients, but his stomach had reached its limit, and he wanted to catalyze the patient to vomit the food in the stomach first, but it was useless.

Therefore, it is recommended to inject some glucose and other nutrient solutions first, and temporarily prevent the patient from eating, and stay in the hospital for two days to see the situation.

But I saw my son tied to the hospital bed, howling in pain, and kept shouting: Mom, I want to eat, Dad, I want to eat, I want to eat, I'm hungry......

They couldn't stand it anymore, and despite the doctor's dissuasion, they insisted on going through the procedures for retreating and taking their son home.

Isn't it just eating, how can the hospital not give you food at all, they give it little by little, and don't let my son eat too much at one time.

After returning home, they locked up the food, and only gave their son a little food at a time, controlling a certain amount, although the son was still hungry, but it was not as serious as when he was in the hospital, so the old couple thought that this method was feasible.

At night, they tried to keep their son from sleeping, but when they got older, they fell asleep, and when they woke up, the lock on the cabinet where the food was stored was opened, and their son died in his room.

When the forensic doctor told them that their son was strangled to death, the old couple regretted that if they hadn't discharged their son from the hospital, at least let people watch their son in prison, would the son not have died?

They were unwilling, and after being enlightened, they felt more and more that their son must have been harmed, and they came here in a panic to find Master Qiu, and the old woman cried so much: "We dare not say what a good person, but we have never done anything bad, my son is also a good worker, working to make money, and being filial to us, we can't let him die so unexplained, master, please give our son justice!" ”

"Yes, Master." The young mother with the child is only eight or nine years old, she is holding her own child, her husband's situation is similar to the old couple son, the husband was originally a very docile person, two days ago suddenly changed his temperament, kept eating, turned out all the food in the house, she said two sentences to him but was scolded by him, she was angry with the child back to the two two houses, who knows that did not wait for her husband to pick her up home, first waited for the police call, said that the neighbor found that her husband died.

She cried and begged: "My husband is also diligent in working hard for our mother and son, and he is very good, so he left, my child is only so big, but you can do this!" ”

"Let's all go back."

The old couple and the young mother, who were crying, were stunned when they heard this.

They cried for a long time, but the expression of the poet did not change, and when everyone thought that he would not help with this matter, he said slowly: "In two days, I will definitely help you find out the evil that killed your relatives!" ”

Only then did everyone react, they thanked the Qiu poet for their kindness, and they wanted to give money, but the Qiu poet didn't ask for it, when they insisted on giving it, the Qiu poet pulled down his face and said "can't go", which scared them all away.

"Why don't you take the money?" I put away my teacup and asked.

He told me that even a penny would mean that they would repay his kindness, and that they would no longer owe each other, so as not to accumulate too much cause and effect, and that if the person who was helped was grateful, he would naturally benefit, and if they were malicious or unsatisfied, and there was no loss to him, their curse would not be repaid to him.

Qiu Shiren said: "We have to use them first, this is a debt, help them find the murderer and repay them peacefully, it is not only what we need, but also to repay their debts, and then charge a fee It is different." ”

I shrugged my shoulders, I don't understand these mysterious things.

With the entrustment of the family, we went directly to the murder scene without delay.

There are still black gases in the house and remnants of resentment after death, but there are too many people who have come and gone in the past two days, and it is impossible to track them, but it is certain that there are indeed sneaky people who have survived here.

It seems that the old couple's house has turned to the young couple's side, and Qiu Shishi is standing at the window facing the street, looking at the window of the old couple's house opposite, and it is really far away.

"Could it be that there are two starving ghosts?" I couldn't figure out why it was two people who had nothing to do with each other on the same street who died, and even if there were really two hungry ghosts, why did they choose the people in the two windows opposite each other, instead of going up and down the stairs, not two people in the same room?

With the windows across the street, is there any mystery to this?

Qiu Shiren patted twice on the windowsill and asked, "When it rained heavily at noon yesterday, you said that you had seen Xia You, and you should repeat the scene you saw at that time, and don't ignore any details. ”

"Okay." I seriously recalled all the things I saw Xia You yesterday, from I saw her in the rain in front of the window, to when I went out to find her with an umbrella, to when she turned around and left without saying a word, the surrounding environment at that time stepped into the ditch like myself, I said what I felt at the time, "At that time, there was a huge painting in front of me, overlapping with the scene in front of me, making it impossible to tell whether I was in the painting or reality, the path stretched to the edge of the sky, Xia You was also the same as the person in the painting, no matter how I chased, I couldn't shorten the distance with her, Then suddenly, the painting was gone, Xia You was gone, and I found myself stepping into the ditch. ”

Qiu Shishi pondered for a moment, and then said: "What you feel is not painting. ”

"Huh?"

"It's a cage."

"Cage?"

He nodded: "To be precise, she should be trapped in one place, and can only release her divine sense to ask for help, you are an entity with a condensed soul, and it is easiest to sense her, and she will find you." The so-called person in the painting is just a person who is trapped in a world, and you have this feeling. ”

When I thought about it, it was: "But she didn't tell me anything, how am I going to find her?" ”

"There is a way......" Qiu Shishi said that he suddenly stopped, turned to look at the door, and before I could ask, I heard footsteps, "smelled" the popularity, and sure enough, without waiting for a few seconds, the people in this room were broken, and the second team of the special department, led by Weng Shilong, rushed in and surrounded the two of us.

"Hmph, this is the scene of a murder, you guys came here secretly to destroy evidence, right?" As soon as Weng Shilong came, he first buttoned us up with a big hat.

I replied unceremoniously: "You also came to the scene, according to what you said, are you here to destroy the evidence and slander us by the way?" ”

"Don't talk to me, we're here to investigate this case."

"That's a coincidence," I said, pulling out a power of attorney, "and we're here to investigate the case." ”

In order to prevent the Yin and Yang Bureau from dominating, the Yin and Yang Realm also stipulates that as long as the family entrusts it separately, they can investigate the case together, but they can't go over the head, such as this scene, either with the special department, or wait for the special department to see it again and then come over, this scene was inspected by the special department yesterday, and the police came to collect evidence.

Weng Shilong didn't even look at the power of attorney, and said coldly: "What are you doing, you are also worthy of investigating the case......