Chapter 64: The Strange Roots
"So, a week ago, I read the case file, and after learning about the progress of your investigation, I came to Yang Village and began to investigate secretly, investigating all the suspicious places in Yang Village, and I came after I was fully prepared."
Came a week ago? We don't know about it.
"......No," said Xiuya, "I only came for three days and left, and then I made a plan, discussed with Master, and came over." ”
Zheng Jinghong said, "So how much information do you have now?" Where is the investigation? ”
Xiuya was full of confidence, "This case, it must be a monster, it is preliminarily confirmed, it is not a fox demon, a fox demon does not need a human corpse, and many monsters do not need it." After digging up the ancestral hall, you will know the answer, and you will be able to destroy the monsters, and you will be done. ”
"What a demon?" Zheng Jinghong still didn't believe it.
Xiuya didn't answer, and Lingling said, "What about Hu Li?" The woman in red we saw last time, what was that? ”
Xiuya said. "According to my inference, that woman is Hu Li, Hu Li is not dead, but an accomplice of the demon, if the demon directly wants to harm people, it doesn't need to be so troublesome, and it also creates a death without a trace. Wait for the burial before taking the body. ”
"Monsters need corpses, it's Hu Li who kills people and gives corpses to demons."
"There is a more important point, for what reason this demon can't leave Yang Village, that's why he created such a strange case to confuse people's hearts, otherwise, if the monster kills people, he is afraid that he will be targeted by our mage, and he will kill a few people, transfer the place, and continue to harm people."
Xiuya's inference seems reasonable, everything is done by the demon, and Hu Li is an accomplice, so everything is logical.
Zheng Jinghong asked again, "That...... Why do demons kill people? Why did you start killing people eight years ago, but you didn't have it before? ”
Xiuya said, "People are humane, demons have demons, people don't mess with demons, demons naturally don't harm people, demons don't kill people for no reason at all, of course, except for those evil demons." ”
"Someone in the village must have angered the demon, and the people this demon killed were damned people, not evil demons."
Lingling said, "Isn't it an evil demon, even the police have killed it, isn't it an evil demon?" ”
Xiuya said, "Then it's another matter, the demon knows that the police are here to deal with him, and he killed two policemen to warn you, if you don't listen to the warning, I'm afraid you will all die." ”
It seems that Xiuya knows everything, and my Xiuya is very powerful, and the inference is not far from ten.
"That'...... What's going on with Hu Li's money? What kind of hatred is there between the Yang family and Hu Li? Zheng Jinghong asked.
Xiuya glanced at Zheng Jinghong, "I'm a mage, not an immortal!" ”
We went to the ten-mile lotus pond to enjoy the lotus flowers, there are mountains and rivers, the scenery is pleasant, there are many tourists in the afternoon, and we can see a lot of couples.
The three of us didn't have the slightest intention to enjoy the beautiful scenery, but Xiuya was very intoxicated, liked the beautiful scenery very much, and was completely engaged in enjoying the scenery.
More than two hours ago, Jiang Kun called me and said angrily, "Ning Que, you bastard, you dug down the ancestral hall and let me carry the black cauldron!" ”
I said lightly: "What does this have to do with me?" You can tell the villagers that I did it. I take full responsibility. ”
"You ......" Jiang Kun gritted his teeth, "Ning Que, don't be arrogant, you wait for me, if you have the ability, don't go back to the village!" ”
After an afternoon in the lotus pond, the nerves that have been tense recently have gradually relaxed, and everyone is in a much better mood.
We didn't go back in the evening and stayed at a nearby hotel, everything was arranged by Xiuya.
At about seven o'clock the next morning, when we were having breakfast, the village chief called me and asked us where we were and told us to hurry back.
I deliberately said, "We have something going on outside, and we can't go back just yet." ”
The village director said, "Ning Que, that's the case, the ancestral hall has now been dug up, irretrievable, Master Huiguang kept watch in the ancestral hall last night, chanting scriptures and reciting Buddha, and found that there are indeed some problems under the ancestral hall, he can't deal with them, these things are still troublesome Master Xiuya to come and deal with them." ”
"We have already discussed, this time the matter will be handed over to Master Xiuya, and Master Huiguang will not stop it."
I turned my head to look at Su-ah next to me.
Suya asked for the phone in my hand. Said lightly, "We are at the Top 100 Hotel in Shili Lotus Pond, let Master Huiguang come here to beg me." ”
Without waiting for the village director to reply, Xiuya hung up the phone.
Isn't it a bit overdone?
Xiuya said, "Don't answer the village director's phone, Master Huiguang won't come, the affairs of the village." We don't care. ”
Is this a shelf?
Zheng Jinghong said, "Master, since the villagers have promised you full authority to handle this matter, why do you still make things difficult for Master Huiguang? ”
Xiuya said coldly: "Who let him ram me yesterday?" If he really had the ability, the matter of the dead people in the village would have been solved a long time ago, and now I have come to help them solve the problem, and I have repeatedly blocked it. Therefore, I must let them know that I am very good, and they will know how to do things in the future. ”
What Xiuya said also makes sense, although I think it's a bit excessive, everyone has their own way of doing things.
The village director and Jiang Kun called me a few times, but I didn't answer, and sure enough. More than two hours later, Master Huiguang and the village director drove over and asked us and Xiuya to go back and preside over the overall situation.
Xiuya looked domineering, the village director and Master Huiguang greeted each other with a smile, Master Huiguang smiled very ugly, apologized to Xiuya, and Xiuya looked reluctant. Promised.
After we arrived at the cemetery, there were many villagers around the ancestral hall, and I saw Jiang Kun and the other three people, all with blue noses and swollen faces, embarrassed, and walking with a limp.
Jiang Kun and the three of them gritted their teeth when they saw us. I was very happy in my heart, this time they were beaten, and they were dumb and couldn't say what they were suffering from.
Yesterday, after the ancestral hall was dug down, the ruins on the ground have been cleared around by the people arranged by Xiuya, and now the location of the ancestral hall reveals a large open space of more than 20 square meters. And strangely, dense green grass grows on the ground.
The grass was like green grass on the lawn, and two disciples of Master Huiguang sat next to the lawn, knocking on the wooden fish all the time, chanting sutras and chanting Buddha.
How can there be grass in this place? I suddenly remembered that I used to be in Shangnan Village. After the yin-yang stone in the pagoda was smashed by the goddess of Fang, overnight, the ancestral hall was full of grass!
I heard the villagers next to me say that there was no grass here yesterday, but this morning it was overgrown.
Xiuya walked up to everyone, looked around, and said, "From now on." I'm in charge of everything here, and you have to cooperate with me to the fullest. ”
There was no anger on the faces of the surrounding villagers, and they all looked at the strange grass in front of them, and they all wondered what was going on.
Master Huiguang next to him said: "Master, my Dao is shallow, I have never seen such a strange thing, what is going on with the grass here?" ”
Xiuya glanced at a large patch of grass and said, "This is not grass, this is a leaf." ”
"Leaves?" Master Huiguang said puzzledly: "This ...... It's grass. ”
Xiuya took a hoe from the villager next to her, walked into the lawn, dug it down with a hoe, and then. The right hand grabbed something from the ground and pulled it suddenly.
A green plant resembling a rattan was pulled up, and now we can see clearly that these so-called grasses are indeed the leaves on the rattan, and the rattan is buried in the soil.
Next, Xiuya asked the village director to organize the villagers to go back and get tools. Begin digging underneath the ancestral hall.
Xiuya asked Lingling and I to pick up a dozen small stones, and placed them in a dozen places on the lawn to form a circle.
After the villagers came with their tools, Xiuya told the villagers to dig up all the circles, and Xiuya gave a few words to Master Huiguang, and then sat down under the cypress tree in the distance to rest.
Zheng Jinghong and I also participated with tools.
Jiang Kun and others went over to talk to Xiuya about things. Xiuya closed her eyes and rested, without saying a word, Jiang Kun could only give up.
As the ground was dug up, there were rattan-like sticks underneath, and we pulled the rattan out and threw it into the distance, oddly enough. After these rattans leave the soil, they turn yellow and wither within ten minutes!
After the grass is dug up, it takes more than ten hours, or even two or three days to wither, and everything in front of you is too weird.
In the evening, the location of the ancestral hall was dug out of a large pit more than a dozen square meters deep and more than one meter, and the villagers found eight stone strips from the mound and placed them in a gossip shape, the stone strips were dark red, more than half a meter long, and the surface was smooth, with strange symbols and lines engraved on them.
Several huge rattans came out of the cracks in the Bagua Stone and were cut down by the villagers.
Master Huiguang asked the villagers to clean up all the soil around them, and asked the villagers to stop and come to consult Xiuya.
Xiuya came to the pit, checked the gossip stone in front of her, and said, "Master Huiguang, what do you think?" ”
Master Huiguang's face was very solemn, and he said, "This is the Taoist formation 'Bagua Town Soul Array'. The lines on these eight stone strips are Taoist talismans, the three yangs gather at the top, and the gossip is all over the sky, I guess, under this formation, the evil is suppressed. Moreover, ancient books record that certain things were suppressed under the ancestral hall. ”
When the villagers heard this, their faces changed in shock.
Xiuya said, "This is indeed an ancient formation, but the formation is a little damaged. ”
Saying that, Xiuya squatted down, pointed to the three stones, and cleaned up the remaining soil on them with her hands, "These three stones are broken, cracks appear, it may be that the formation has been too long, the ancestral hall has not been touched for three hundred years, then the formation here may be older than the ancestral hall, and over time, the formation lacks the maintenance of aura and strength, and there is a problem." ”
Master Huiguang asked, "Well...... What do we do next? ”
"Everyone is tired of the day, come over tomorrow morning, continue digging, everyone rest assured, I will take care of everything."
After taking out the eight stone sticks, Xiuya put away the stone sticks and stayed here alone, letting everyone else go back to rest.
The three of us asked to stay with Xiuya, but Xiuya refused, saying that this place was extremely yin, and she wanted to investigate this place and couldn't let anyone disturb her.
Early the next morning, we set out with the villagers, and when we walked to the pit we dug yesterday, we found that nine gray roots had come out of the pit, each with the thickness of a wrist, like nine snakes spreading on the surface!