Chapter 5 Tracking Clues
I hesitated, but still reported my birthday.
Lin Faguang carried a cinnabar pen, the pen walked around the dragon, quickly wrote on the charm, and then took an empty lamp, and wrapped the charm with my eight characters written on it in red silk under the lamp.
He slowly poured oil into the lamp, and after a while, he filled it up, and gently picked it with a copper skewer to reveal the wick.
I watched with bated breath, this should be my natal lamp.
After Lin Faguang finished this qiē, he did not light it, but leaned over and got under the offering table. The offering table was very large, covered with a thick red cloth, and the curtain drooped down, completely covering the bottom of the table, and he did not know what he had done in it, and after a while he took out a basin of stainless steel.
He put the basin in front of me, brought three cups of water and three glasses of wine that had been poured down, and said, "Luo Dao, please give tea to Shigong before the natal lamp." ”
As he instructed, I took the water from the cup and poured it into the basin one by one. He picked up three more glasses of wine and poured them in.
"The Liuren altar is red, and the disciple Luo Dao bows three times." Lin Faguang circled around me.
I took a deep breath and bowed three times to the shrine.
"Don't dare to forget the divine grace of the ancestor of Jì Liuren!" Lin Faguang took a pair of scissors from the table and squatted in front of me: "Luo Dao, stretch out your hand, I'll cut your nails." ”
The atmosphere was very strict, I didn't dare to say anything, he let it be whatever he wanted. I slowly reached out and he carefully cut off two of my nails with scissors and then cut off a lock of hair next to my ear.
"The body is skinned, and the parents are received." Lin Faguang said: "With your eight characters, and your nails and hair, it is equivalent to your life. ”
He sealed the cut things in a red envelope and tied them to my natal lamp.
"Luo Dao, wait a while, I'll go to Shigong to ask for a lamp for you."
I didn't dare to speak on my knees, and I looked at him intently. Lin Faguang lifted my natal lamp, and in a flash, he got under the offering table, but fortunately he was short, and he couldn't get in and out so easily if he was replaced by a big one.
The curtain at the hem of the table completely obscured his figure, and only the shadow inside could be seen. It was originally a black mess, but suddenly there was a faint light in the gloom, I raised my eyebrows, and my natal lamp turned on!
It's hard to describe, I suddenly feel like I'm on a thin tightrope, with a bottomless cliff below, and my life is tied to a small lamp, the flame can be extinguished at any moment. The feeling of being in the hands of others is very, very bad.
But having come to this point, what can I do, I sighed secretly, hoping that things will develop smoothly in the future, and I and Xie Ling can turn the danger into a disaster.
After a while, the curtain under the table was lifted, and Lin Faguang came out, and the natal lamp in his hand was indeed burning, and the flames were very large and burning. He tilted my natal lamp slightly, and used the flame to draw the light of the bell. The nail-sized flame on the bell lamp was indeed slightly larger.
He put the two natal lamps side by side on the offering table, and came over to help me up: "The ceremony is over. ”
"I'm tied to the life of the Ring?" I asked.
Lin Faguang nodded: "You sit down for a while, I'll go change my clothes, and we'll go to the reservoir." ”
He opened the door to the back room and stepped inside. I sat stupidly, looking at the light on the offering table, and suddenly I had an unbelievable thought, if I had blown out the lamp of the natal lamp in the past, would I die immediately?
Just as she was thinking about it, the old lady who was locked in the back room suddenly walked out, with an extra broom in her hand, and walked over slowly. I didn't even turn my mind for a moment when I saw her pick up her broom and hit me.
After a few hits, I reacted and hurriedly shouted: "Master Lin, you are coming out soon, something is wrong." ”
Lin Faguang had just taken off his robe, ran out wearing a vest, grabbed the old lady, and shouted: "Senior sister, don't make trouble, hurry up and go to sleep." ”
The old lady looked at me with a grunt. I looked into her eyes, and suddenly felt that there was something very strange in her eyes, and I wanted to express it but couldn't express it, and in hesitation, she was pushed into the room by Lin Faguang.
Lin Faguang was sweating, simply wrapped a black cotton jacket and beckoned me to go out together.
We walked out of the gate and came to the corridor outside, and I said worriedly: "Master Lin, don't be upset if I say something, my aunt is alone at home, and she is in good spirits...... It's not okay, once the light on the offering table is extinguished? My heart is always hanging in the air, up and down. ”
"Don't worry." Lin Faguang said: "I have told you, the natal lights are safe and destiny, even if my junior sister is extinguished, it is the way of heaven to end." However, you don't have to worry, although my junior sister is a little crazy, she knows everything in her heart. ”
As we walked out and talked, I cautiously asked, "Is she your junior sister?" ”
"Hmm." Lin Faguang said: "We are all from the Liuren Altar, senior brothers and sisters, and later became two people. Two years ago, her brain started bad, and until now, there are some signs of Alzheimer's. ”
We came to the parking space of the community, Lin Faguang beckoned me to get in the car, we went out of the community, and drove out along the street, and the destination was the reservoir where the crime occurred.
This reservoir is called Dakeng Reservoir, it used to be a natural inlet, listen to Lin Faguang said, go up to the history, can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, said that a group of old farmers reclaimed here, digging and digging, suddenly began to gush water, the water can not stop, it flows for three whole months, forming a huge inlet.
It is said that before the liberation, there were many bandits here in Longcheng because of the mountains and deep trees. At that time, the People's Liberation Army suppressed bandits, cleared out bandits, arrested a group of heinous criminals, and collectively escorted them to this inlet and shot them, and the blood on the riverbank at that time stained the water red.
After liberation, in the fifties, a commune was established, and the yield per mu was 10,000 catties. Water is indispensable for growing food, so the locals have spent a lot of effort to build this place into a reservoir. As for whether there were any deaths here, the common people at that time didn't care, and it was the first thing to grow grain and make contributions to the superiors.
With the development of the times, the reservoir gradually fell into disuse, and the nearby villages were relocated, and there were fewer and fewer people. In recent years, no one has come, why, just opposite the reservoir, the city funeral home has moved over.
The funeral parlor and the reservoir are far away from each other, and Lin Faguang said that the reservoir was originally a place where water veins gather shade. This place is becoming more and more evil, full of ghosts, and it is a very famous place for evil ghosts and fierce ghosts in Long City.
When we arrived, it was almost noon, and the road had been driving for more than three hours. The weather is not too good, the wind is very hard, the black clouds are rolling, and it is a bit of a rain.
The car stopped at the edge of the reservoir, got out of the car, stood on a high place, and saw the vast and misty water in front of me, surrounded by mountains, deep trees and quiet forests, not even a human figure, extremely desolate.
Lin Faguang said: "Let's go to visit the master here first, and let him take us there, he is also from our organization." ”
I followed him down a concrete road, which was indeed cloudy, and the closer I got to the reservoir, the colder it became. Although the wind gradually decreased, the air was unusually dry and cold, and people shivered from the cold.
We came to the shore of the reservoir and walked a long way forward to see a large two-story brick house. The house sits here in its own right and there are no other buildings around. Facing the water and backing the mountains, the wind is blowing on all sides, and the whole house is a murderous house, and those who live in this ghost place will not freeze to death in winter.
When I got closer, I saw that there was a light on in the house, and it should be someone. Who will live here?
When we came to the door, Lin Faguang knocked on the door, and after a while, someone opened the door. There was an old man standing in the door, so old that he was scum, his eyes were cloudy, he glanced at us and smiled, and his mouth was full of yellow teeth: "Lao Lin, here." ”
"Old man Wang, hurry up and let us in, there are guests coming." Lin Faguang said.
The old man was estimated to be eighty years old, if not seventy-five, but he looked quite strong. The dress is very distinctive, wearing a vest inside, and a military coat wrapped outside, and you can see a body of ribs with your chest exposed.
He invited us in, and it was like we were in the country twenty years ago. The house was plastered with calendars and newspapers, and a huge stove was placed in the middle, connected by straight chimneys, extending from the ceiling to the outside. Water was boiling on the stove, and a dim light bulb of tens of watts was lit on the ceiling. Although it was broad daylight, the atmosphere in the room was dim and dark as if it was night.
Lin Faguang introduced: "Old man Wang is here to see the reservoir, and he is also my senior. Eyewitnesses to the reservoir murder. ”
The old man pulled two stools for us to sit on, and when the water was boiling, he poured hot water into the kettle and poured hot water for us.
My fingers were frozen and stiff, just in time to warm them with a cup of hot water. Lin Faguang said: "Lao Wang, this is a friend of the bell, named Luo Dao, who made a special trip to investigate the bell incident. ”
Old man Wang sat opposite me, looking at me with cloudy eyes: "I don't know what kind of sect this little brother is, and who he is trained from?" ”
Before I could speak, Lin Faguang laughed: "He is either a fellow of our paths, or an ordinary person." ”
I took a sip of hot water and said, "Uncle Wang, I want to ask you two questions. First, when you found the body of a college student, what the scene looked like, can you tell us in detail? Again, were you also at the scene when the bell had an accident? What was going on back then? ”
Old man Wang nodded: "Okay, don't worry, I'll tell you everything." Xie Ling went to the reservoir three times to investigate, and something happened during the third investigation. The specific location of the crime scene of the murder was on the opposite bank, and it was necessary to drive a boat to get there. I remember it was probably less than one o'clock in the middle of the night on the night of the accident......"
"I received a distress call from Xie Ling at 10 o'clock in the evening, and I ran on the road for more than two hours, and it was already early in the morning when I arrived here, less than one o'clock." Lin Faguang said.
Lao Wang Tou said: "At that time, Lao Lin hurriedly came at night and said that there was an accident with the bell. He and I hurriedly prepared a boat across the reservoir to the murder scene opposite, where we can take you over in a moment. By the way, on the night of the accident, he came to sit with me for a while before the investigation, and he said that he had found an important clue and left it with me. Since you're here, I'll show it to you. ”
Lin Faguang was stunned at first, and then a little angry: "Old man Wang, Jieling left a clue, why didn't you mention it when I came?" Just thinking about taking it out now?! ”
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