Chapter 6: Monks and Laymen
Ren Yuan's kitchen is relatively large, and the original pots and pans are still there, but they are covered with thick ash.
Ren Qiuling said discouragedly: "How can you cook like this!" It's better to ask them to eat in a restaurant. Xu Meijiao smiled lightly and said, "Look at it, it's on me." He tore an old wall calendar from the wall, folded it a few times and folded it into a stack, then took out an old pair of iron scissors from his purse, and cut the paper into a human shape. put the iron scissors in the bag, then took out the human-shaped paper from it, and handed the rest to Ren Qiuling.
Xu Meijiao carefully pinched the small piece of paper in the shape of a human with both hands, and muttered in her mouth, "Those who are fighting are all displayed in front." The fingers of her hands were also expanding and contracting to the sound of the incantation, forming different handprints. She suddenly cried out, "It's coming!" He threw the piece of paper to the ground, and before the paper hit the ground, he turned into a person and slowly stood up from a half-squatting state.
The man was dressed in white and wore a high hat on his head, indeed in the costume of a chef.
Xu Meijiao said: "You're a chef, right?" Would you like to help us get a meal? ”
The chef rolled his eyes and scolded: "Ge Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is a chef, and he is only responsible for side dishes." Give me a few small jobs, or I'll go back to Crow! "A mouthful of Sichuan dialect, he is actually from Sichuan.
Xu Meijiao said repeatedly: "There are small workers, there are small workers." He took the humanoid pieces of paper and concocted them in the same way, and one by one the young people appeared in the kitchen.
The chef greeted the workers to carry vegetables, clean the kitchen, and clean the dishes and chopsticks. Ren Qiuling was so envious that she thought to herself: "If I know this, won't I make money by opening a restaurant?" ”
The chef looked up at Xu Meijiao and Ren Qiuling, and said disdainfully: "The kitchen is heavy!" Give me a gram for the girl! In the Sichuan dialect, "going out" is about "out of the gram", and the two girls also understood it, and they were happy to be idle, so they hurriedly walked out of the kitchen.
The two went to the banyan tree outside the kitchen and sat side by side.
Ren Qiuling thought about the murder of Zhang's father and son in Dongcheng District, and had to find a breakthrough from Xu Meijiao, and asked, "How did you come to this barren mountain and wilderness?" ”
Xu Meijiao was full of grievances, and was about to find someone to talk to, and said, "Alas! Don't mention it. Usually the girl sighs "don't mention it" because she wants to say a lot of things, and if you really say "don't mention it" as she says, she won't be happy. Sure enough, Xu Meijiao said: "I have been developing in the Tiandu area, and then I encountered something and was chased and killed by a master in the door. ”
Ren Qiuling thought: "The development she said is to follow the singer Yao Xiaotao to perform everywhere and strive to become famous and make a lot of money, right?" What happened to her may have been a month ago, Yao Xiaotao suddenly disappeared, right? Although she knew the general situation, the wise woman was the best at pretending to be stupid, and she pretended to be surprised and said, "Who will kill you?" ”
Xu Meijiao suddenly turned around and grabbed Ren Qiuling's hands - this action only occurs between women, and usually means comfort or asking the other party to make a promise. "What I say, you can just listen to it as a story. The less you know about the things in the cultivation realm, the safer it is. Xu Meijiao said solemnly.
Ren Qiuling understood that the point was coming, and quickly nodded, "Hmm!" You say! ”
Xu Meijiao sighed and said, "The Dao technique I use is called the Paper Man Technique, which is considered the spell of the Lingding Gate in the left road of the side door. Ling, refers to the play; Ding, refers to the general. I learned the art of the Northern School, I can detain the ghost to sing, and after I finish learning, I can hold a gala by myself. ”
"And the person who wanted to kill me learned the Ding technique of the Southern School, that is, cutting paper as a soldier. He can detain ghosts and fight, and he is extremely powerful. The monsters I saw today are actually ghosts in the hell of pulling out their tongues, and their grievances are very big, if it weren't for the daytime, I guess I would have died. ”
"Yin spirits are actually the souls of people who have been dead for more than forty-nine days and less than a year, and they can also withstand yang energy; Ghosts are souls that have been dead for more than a year, and of course they have stronger mana, but they have no resistance to yang energy. ”
"The name of Lingdingmen is unlucky, there are some problems with the inheritance, and people have not been prosperous. There was a master of the Ding faction who killed me, and I also checked it, and found that there was a master of paper figurines in Binjiang City, whose name was Zeng Fuan, who opened a paper shop. If anyone really wants to kill me, it must be him. ”
"I also found out that there is a Taoist temple outside Binjiang City, called Zhishouguan, and Danyazi in the view is a master. So I came to Binjiang to see Zeng Fuan for myself and see why he killed me. In addition, I also want to know Shouguan to meet Danyazi and let him be my master. ”
"I bought a car and drove to Zhishouguan when I met the Seal Eye. Thankfully, the monster didn't have eyes, and it thought it was only a car to deal with. I rolled out before it threw the car down the cliff, and you know the rest. ”
Ren Qiuling silently remembered these words, but she didn't think much of Xu Meijiao's inference. Suppose there is such a master, chasing Xu Meijiao all the way from Tiandu to Binjiang, then there must be some plan. Maybe that master is not unrelated to Yao Xiaotao's disappearance.
There is a problem with Xu Meijiao's inference, that is, there are too many assumptions. She first assumed that there were very few descendants of the Lingding Sect, and that Zeng Fu'an was the only one who could cut paper as a soldier, and then assumed that Zeng Fu'an would go to Tiandu to kill her for any benefit. Then she concluded that the person who wanted to kill her must be Zeng Fuan.
Xu Meijiao doesn't know how to solve cases, and it is normal to have these thoughts.
If what Xu Meijiao said is true, then this case is completely different from what she imagined.
First of all, it was a master who chased and killed Xu Meijiao, chasing her all the way from Tiandu to Binjiang, during which he traveled thousands of miles, but he never succeeded. There are two possibilities: one is that the other party just wants to force Xu Meijiao to go to Zhishouguan; The second is that the other party's mind is not high, and there is no foresight. This is not premeditated murder, but murder of passion. It may be that Xu Meijiao offended that person, and that person wanted to kill her because she was so popular. Otherwise, that person's mana is high and his mind is also strong, where does Xu Meijiao still have a chance to live?
Second, it can be seen from Xu Meijiao's words that although the other party's cultivation is much higher than Xu Meijiao's, he has never met Xu Meijiao, and he will always hide in the dark and sneak attack. This shows that this "master" is also limited, and his self-confidence is seriously insufficient, and he does not dare to face Xu Meijiao.
If this person is caught, it can be found that the person is not tall, has little strength, and may have social problems. Judging by the characteristics of his behavior, he may not be very old, but should be between fifteen and twenty-five years of age - mainly because of the fact that most of the people who committed crimes of passion were young people.
If you contact the case of Zhang's father and son in the eastern district of Binjiang City, it can be inferred that it is also a crime of passion. One can imagine the criminal swaggering away like a victorious general after killing someone - and then going under the surveillance and making a contemptuous face at the camera.
The suspicion of that zombie-faced girl has increased!
On the other hand, Zeng Fu'an, being able to take care of a paper shop shows that he is mentally mature, if he makes a move, he must be determined and then act, he must have a clear goal, act decisively, and kill with one blow, where will Xu Meijiao be given so many opportunities to escape?
However, Ren Qiuling also knows that her inference is also premised on assumptions. There are several hypotheses: first, Zhang's father and son must have died at the hands of paper figures; 2. Zombie-faced girls know how to do paper figurines; Three; The murder of Zhang's father and son and the hunting and killing of Xu Meijiao were both committed by one person.
In terms of time, these cases can be done by one person; In nature, these cases appear to be crimes of passion, and they are relatively similar in character; From the point of view of means, if the paper figure technique is to turn paper into a person or a monster, then a piece of paper passes through the door or window, kills someone and disappears after transformation, which can explain the scene of the murder of Zhang's father and son. What is very certain is that the Fengmu monster seen today does have the power to pull off the human head, and the height and weight are also in line with the traces left at the scene.
"Hey, hey!" Xu Meijiao shouted a few times before waking Ren Qiuling up from her contemplation, "What's wrong with you?" Xu Meijiao asked worriedly.
Ren Qiuling said: "It's okay, I just thought of something." ”
Now that the case has an eyebrow, Ren Qiuling wants to report it to Lee Myung-bak immediately. When people gave her a car and a computer, of course she had to take the blame and help him.
"Gao-" A clear birdsong came from the sky, and then the earth went dark. A black cloud rushed towards Ren Yuan.
Ren Qiuling instinctively grabbed Xu Meijiao's hand and said, "Follow me!" She pulled Xu Meijiao and strode towards the front yard of Ren Yuan. After only a few steps, the wind blew fiercely, blowing leaves and sand and dust.
Ren Qiuling pulled Xu Meijiao, who was a lot taller than herself, to run against the courtyard wall, where the wind was lighter. The two stumbled to the front yard, only to see Zou Yan still dozing in the Taishi chair.
"Zou Yan! Come on! Ren Qiuling shouted in his ear, "I don't know what monster is coming!" ”
Zou Yan was so frightened that he opened his eyes in a daze, was grabbed by Ren Qiuling, and ran towards the side door of the room. She was very familiar with Ren Yuan and knew that this door led to a safe place.
"Oops!" Zou Yan said dissatisfiedly: "Men and women don't kiss, what are you doing?" As he spoke, he struggled to break free of Ren Qiuling's hand.
Ren Qiuling shouted: "I want to save you, not to kiss you, what beasts don't kiss!" "Stomp your feet and grab Zou Yan again.
Zou Yan listened attentively, and said dissatisfiedly: "What's the fuss, Mei Laodao is here, don't be afraid." After speaking, he walked to the front door nonchalantly.
At this moment, the earth "banged", and the tables and chairs in the room shook and jumped.
"Senior Zou," a man's voice came from a distance, "you finally appeared, hahaha!" The first sound of "Senior Zou" was in the distance, and by the time of the third laugh, the voice was already outside the door.
Zou Yan clenched his fists and said: "Thank you brother for remembering me, don't call these seniors anymore." To be honest, I have some friendship with Zhang Daoling, and it seems that there are many generations in terms of seniority? In the future, you can call me brother! ”
An old man appeared in front of the door with two long and wide sleeves, and the man was skinny, his face was thin, and his eyes were as clear as a child's. The Taoist was followed by a yellow crane, tall enough to look at Ren Qiuling sideways, looking very naughty and cute.