I was reminiscing about the story of the second master, and I heard that there was no soul, and I suddenly remembered the soul falling stone given to me by the Yin Array and Li Tiezui, but I couldn't tell Uncle Jiu Ming about such a confidential matter, so I was worried about how to speak, and the second master asked first: "What does it mean to have no soul?" ”

Uncle Nine explained: "For a long time after death, the soul is not dispersed, and at this time, the soul is overlived, firstly, to let him accept the fact that his yang life has ended, and secondly, to try to let him go on the road as soon as possible, and not to suffer as a wandering ghost in the yang world."

After the death of a person, every seven days for a sacrifice day, called "the first seven", "two seven", "three seven", "four seven", "five seven", "six seven", "the last seven", a total of 49 days, people have three souls and seven spirits, one year after death, seven days to go to a soul, three years of soul, seven full of souls, so to pass the "seven periods" and three anniversaries.

And although Xiao Wu has just died, the three souls and seven spirits are gone, and I have tried all kinds of methods to recall them, so I suspect that the murderer who killed him should also be a member of the Daomen."

A question suddenly occurred to me: "What was the purpose of the murderer in killing such a child?" ”

Uncle Nine sighed for a moment and said: "I'm afraid that this question can only be answered if you find the wound, and the rouge gouache on this dress and face is probably famous." ”

The second master and I nodded, rolled up our sleeves, lifted Zhao Xiaowu's body out of the coffin with one head and one foot, put it on the board that was temporarily erected on the side, stripped the dead body's clothes, and the ninth uncle took over the clothes and checked them one by one, and we carefully began to look for possible fatal wounds.

Until midnight, the two of us straightened up, looked at each other, shook our heads, and the second master said to the ninth uncle on the side: "Uncle Jiu, there is indeed no wound, why don't you try it with a silver needle?" ”

Uncle Nine nodded, turned his head to get the silver needle, I was inexplicably excited in my heart, it turned out that I had only heard about people who died of poisoning in the book, and it would turn black when I probed my throat with a silver needle, but I didn't expect to be able to see it with my own eyes this time, but I vaguely felt that it was unlikely to be poisoning, but if the poisoning was also excluded, what was the real cause of death?

Uncle Nine took the silver needle, first stabbed it from the throat, and the silver needle was still bright after pulling it out, and then the needle was from the abdomen, the silver needle did not change, and then the lower abdomen, down in turn, after all the stabs, the three of them stared at the silver needle that was always snow-white and shiny, and they didn't know how to be good, and they tossed until the rooster reported that they were shining, everyone was really tired, I covered the coffin with the second master, and Uncle Nine said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, you came from afar, but let you toss for a night, in this way, I'll go to make some breakfast, and wash up after eating, Hurry up and rest. ”

The second master and I are also sorry for not being able to help, after a few polite words, Uncle Nine went to the kitchen to boil water to cook, and the two of us sat back on the stone bench in the courtyard.

If we can't find a fatal wound in this search, it proves that the murderer's method of killing is different, will it not be ordinary people's methods at all? If this is the case, according to Uncle Jiu, the murderer may be a person from the Daomen, which means that Zhao Xiaowu is very likely to die from Fangshu, if this is the case, the only person who can crack the murderer's murder method is Uncle Jiu.

I suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and a terrible thought popped up in my mind: "Could it be that the one who killed the murderer was Uncle Nine?" In order to clear his suspicion, he specially pulled two of us outsiders to accompany him for an autopsy? And with the backing of our military identity, no matter what the final result is, the people of the town do not dare to have any objections. ”

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but raise my eyes to see the busy back of Uncle Nine in the kitchen, with his gray cloth shirt and gray hair, no matter how he looked, he didn't look like a vicious man, but we have only been here for two days, what contradictions he has with Zhao Xiaowu, we don't know, if we rashly ask him face to face, we will startle the snake.

If Zhao Xiaowu was really killed by Uncle Jiu, with his relationship with Ah Wei, Ah Wei was so anxious to kill us yesterday so that it would be convenient to plant the blame, I am afraid that they both have a share in this matter, in that case, it is better to pretend to be stupid, wait and see what happens, and flee here as soon as you have the opportunity.

Thinking of this, Uncle Nine walked out with a casserole of white porridge and pickles such as fermented bean curd and soybeans, I hurriedly greeted him and helped him bring it together, and the three of them began to devour it, after the meal, Uncle Nine said: "You go to wash up first, the big pot in the kitchen is boiling hot water, I will go to incense." As I spoke, I walked into the room full of coffins on the left, and I saw that it was an opportunity, and whispered to the second master to quickly say my thoughts.

After hearing this, the second master stared at the room where Uncle Jiu entered with big eyes and glanced vigilantly, turned his head and didn't speak, pulled me straight to the kitchen, I poured water from the pot here, he took out both of our flowers and mouths by the sound of water, quickly checked it, loaded the bullet, hid the gun with the insurance in his arms, and handed me the other one without insurance.

After cleaning up, I looked to see that Uncle Nine hadn't come out yet, and he leaned in my ear and said, "Sleep for a while, let's be next to each other, you sleep first, I'll fake sleep, change shifts every two hours, and I'll pinch you when the time comes, don't you scream, do you hear it." ”

I nodded and said, "Don't push too hard." ”

He looked at me with a wicked smile on his face, and I instantly felt a chill in my back, and I felt like I was in a bad mood.

The house where Uncle Nine lived was divided into two rooms, inside and outside, we temporarily built two single beds with wooden planks in the outer room, spread sheets and clothes and slept in the room, Uncle Nine returned to the inner room, closed the door, two hours for people who have not slept overnight, faster than two seconds.

I felt that I had just fallen asleep, and there was a heart-piercing pain in my thighs, as soon as I opened my mouth, my lips were pinched, and when I opened my eyes, I saw the two red eyes of the second master staring straight at me, I just remembered the change of shift, nodded, his eyes just closed, and the snoring sound got up.

This kind of taste is too difficult, like a sentence, obviously sleepy and want to die, but I can't sleep with big eyes, fortunately, Uncle Nine closed the door, otherwise if I close my eyes and pretend to sleep, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for a minute.

In order to distract himself, he had to think about it crankily, Zhao Xiaowu's death was always hovering in his mind, lingering, even if Uncle Jiu killed him, but what method did he use? And it's just a child, is it necessary to tie up your hands and feet? Could it be that the skinny Zhao Xiaowu can also work hard?

The more I thought about it, the more my head hurt, and suddenly the door of Uncle Jiu's house opened, I quickly closed my eyes, and heard him come to our bedside and stop, I pretended to turn over, hugged my shoulder, reached into my arms with my right hand, held the gun tightly, and peeked out with one eye squinting into a slit.

But the angle is wrong, I can't see anything, I only heard Uncle Nine turn back into the house again, I took the opportunity to take revenge and pinched the second master's thigh, he snorted, heard Uncle Nine come out again, hurriedly turned over, we happened to be back to back, at this time suddenly there was a blanket on the body, I heard that there should be one on the second master's side, and then Uncle Nine walked out of the yard, gently closed the door, and went out.

The two of us listened to the footsteps and walked away, and got up, and the second master said: "Are you kid wrong, if you really want to harm the two of us, just put some poison in the wine and food, and bother to cover us with blankets?" ”

I patted my head and said, "Maybe we still have use value, after all, we don't know anything about the cause and effect, and I think it's too early to draw any conclusions now, so let's see the opportunity and wait for the opportunity." ”

The second master didn't answer my words, snorted, lay down and continued to sleep, because there were no outsiders in the house, I also fell asleep groggily, I don't know how long it took, I felt someone slap my face, I was still a little irritable at the beginning, suddenly remembered the environment, suddenly woke up and sat up, Uncle Nine looked at me with a pleasant face and said, "It's dark, get up and eat something." ”

I turned my head to the side, the second master was gone, and I was startled, and my hand involuntarily reached into my arms, but I heard his signature song in the direction of the thatched house, and then I relaxed.

After getting up and washing up briefly, the three of them sat down to drink and eat, Uncle Nine said: "I suddenly thought of a question at noon today, this may be the cause of Zhao Xiaowu's death", while speaking, he took out a yellowed white paper and handed it to us, only to see that it was written "Zhao Baogen's fifth son, born in the 14th year of the Republic of China (Yi Chou), the fifteenth day of the first month, at noon." ”

It turned out that this was Zhao Xiaowu's birth paper, and I asked puzzled: "This thing is the cause of death?" ”

Uncle Nine nodded, stood up and said: "Yes, he was born at noon on the fifteenth day of the first month of the year of Yichou, this is the year of the lunar year, the year of the cloudy moon, the cloudy day of the cloudy day, and this year is the year of Ding Chou, it is also the year of the lunar year, the day of his death is the seventh day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, the lunar month and the cloudy day, he was killed at noon, and he has no soul after his death, I suspect that his death may be related to the detention of the soul, yes, follow me." ”

Speaking of this, Uncle Nine suddenly became excited, and took us to Zhao Xiaowu's coffin quickly, lit the lamp, opened the coffin lid, and lifted out the dead body again, this time Uncle Nine went straight to the head, focusing on the top of his forehead, carefully rummaging through each hair, and the second master and I stood aside holding the lamp, watching with bated breath.

After a while, Uncle Nine determined a position, waved his hand quickly, signaled the light to be closer, he looked at it for a long time, and finally straightened up and said, "As expected, it seems that there are masters in the town." ”

When the second master heard the word master, he said disdainfully: "Uncle Jiu, what kind of master, is there anyone taller than you?" ”

Uncle Nine nodded and said: "As the saying goes, there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world, Zhao Xiaowu's murder is not accidental, I am afraid it has been planned for a long time." ”

I asked, "How old is this child, how can he have been planning for a long time?" Could it be that you have a grudge against adults and take out your anger on children? ”

Uncle Nine shook his head and motioned for us to put the body back in the coffin first, and after everything was cleaned up, he returned to the wine table, he picked up the bowl and took a sip of wine and said, "I'm afraid the murderer is out of the same house as my teacher." ”

Hearing this, the second master and I were shocked, and Uncle Jiu ignored us and continued: "The Maoshan faction mainly practices drawing talismans and chanting spells, exorcising ghosts and subduing demons, and majoring in magic.

But at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor converted to Buddhism, Taoism gradually declined, and the Maoshan faction was also divided internally, some people, such as my master, were content with poverty after going down the mountain, and used what they learned to benefit the people, and did not change the true character of Taoism, and some people went down the mountain, and were confused by the wine and wealth of the flower world, and went astray.

This soul detention technique was originally used to detain the unjust ghosts that hurt people, but now it is detained and raised by people with ulterior motives, so as to drive them to do things that are beyond the reach of manpower, such as a thousand, stealing, and being used like murder, arson, this Zhao Xiaowu's soul is taken alive, the resentment is the strongest, and the strength is also the strongest, and the person who takes his soul is familiar with Zhao Xiaowu's birth date, so I said that this matter is not done on a whim. ”

"Is it possible that someone from this town did it?" ”

"Probably not, I am familiar with all the people in the town, and there are no people who know the Fa and the Tao. ”

The second master thought of something, and suddenly asked, "This person won't be in the town now, right?" ”

Uncle Nine thought for a while and said, "It is very likely that the road leading to the outside has collapsed, and the woods you came from cannot be exited by ordinary people." ”