Chapter 42: Three Sticks of Incense

Bang Bang Bang ......

Syllable......

"It's dry, watch out for the candles...... Close your doors and beware of stealing...... It's dry, so be careful...... Belch. ”

The sound stopped abruptly.

The drumstick hit the ground and jumped twice like a carp. The gong hit the ground, rolling out two feet away like a wheel, and reluctantly lay down.

The man on the shift bent his waist and covered his mouth, and his eyes bulged.

Under the bright moonlight, there is no obstruction, and the view is clear. A shadow floated out from the Yishan Mountain more than 100 zhang away, about two feet high, wearing a big hat and a horned official hat.

The man who beat the watch "plopped" knelt down, his head banged on the ground, and he muttered in horror:

"Judge, the little one has never done anything wrong, and when he met Hanako, he gave a bowl of rice...... Only, I only got it with the widow of the king once, and I paid fifty cents for ......"

After a dozen consecutive kowtows, the man raised his head and saw that there was nothing in the distance.

A breeze rose, the treetops swayed, and a few sparse yellow leaves swirled.

The man picked up the drumstick, tiptoed to pick up the gong, turned around and ran away.

Well, tonight is even more unbeatable. Mo disturbed the judge's patrolling the mountains and streets, catching ghosts and souls.

Chu Fan squatted in a dark place by the boundary river, scooping water and washing his face.

The rouge ink on this face should be washed clean. If Chu Ling discovers clues, he will definitely shout and ask the bottom of the matter.

Last night, because we were waiting for Shi Meng, everyone didn't eat until more than eight o'clock. Chu Fan was going out at night, and he didn't know when he would return, so he drove the little girl to sleep with Li Su and Yingying, anyway, there were still two beds in that room.

The little girl grabbed the corner of his clothes and didn't let go, her eyes were full of tears, and she said one sentence over and over again: "Woo...... There are so many bad women out there. When my brother goes out at night, his bones will be gnawed off......"

Chu Fan couldn't cry or laugh, and clearly alluded to the "Yichun Courtyard" and other Fengyue places, I am afraid that it was Sister-in-law Shi who told her.

This is also what Chu Fan requested.

Since she lives in the world, she must understand the outside world, and the little girl cannot be trapped in an ivory tower. In addition to learning etiquette, female celebrities, etc., you should also understand some customs and human feelings, and the world is full of things. But after all, she was too young, and Sister-in-law Shi spoke vaguely, as if she didn't understand, so she understood it as an image like a wolf grandmother.

The two little guys, Ying Ying and Shi Tai, saw that the young lady was crying, and hurriedly hugged the left leg and the right leg. They are not afraid of Chu Fan, but the words of the young lady are the holy decree.

Fortunately, Shi Meng broke the siege and said that as a white servant, he naturally had official business to do. Tonight he was going to understand the situation, and he had already agreed with the informant. It's in town, and there's no danger.

Chu Fan walked a long way, and when he turned around, he saw the little girl standing outside the door with two little guys looking out. Glad that he was clever, he didn't immediately look for the baggage that he had thrown outside the fence wall in advance, which contained the judge's uniform, rouge, and a piece of ink.

After washing his face, Chu Fan casually threw the ox ear sharp knife into the river.

This knife is still the skinny of the yellow tuyere, the material is very poor, and it is a burden to carry it in the waist. The door is a little thicker, and the weapon is too short to be useful.

The ink, rouge, and judge's uniform have to be taken back and hidden, and maybe they will be useful in the future.

Well, the rouge is dirty, remember to buy a better one for Li Su in the future.

The cool water of the river gradually cooled down the hot head.

Since Chu Fan regained his consciousness in his previous life, relying on the advantages of his body, spiritual energy, and science, he has been like a bamboo, as if a teenager had broken into a kindergarten. I also have a down-looking attitude towards the world, and I don't pay attention to it at all.

Niu Ding taught him a vivid lesson tonight.

This world is not as simple as he imagined.

Even at the bottom of society, where there is no high-end combat power, there may be a silk thread of terror and ambush.

A cow is a thread that extends down.

So far, Chu Fan still doesn't believe in the Netherworld, unless black and white impermanence runs to the front of him to fight.

Why does Niu Ding make another sound?

To explain it scientifically, there are nothing more than two cases.

First, he has a second personality that he thinks is the Ferryman of the River Styx, and emerges when stimulated.

Second, he was planted with powerful ideas from the outside world. Once triggered, it replaces waking awareness.

For example, a clever hypnotist plants a "key" in the patient's mind, which can be a sentence or an object. As soon as the patient hears that sentence, he immediately wakes up. Or you can see that object in a dream and wake up immediately.

Many spies have such "keys" in their minds in order to prevent secrets from being spoken. It's a bit like a virus lurking in a computer, which, once activated, crashes the computer instantly.

In metaphysical interpretation, there are also two cases.

The first is that a master or a ghost sends a voice for thousands of miles and speaks through his mouth.

But this, Chu Fan felt that it was unlikely. Even if the master or ghost is so bad, the cow brain melon will definitely not be able to reach the sensitivity to receive information, and it will have the high power to feedback information. In the confrontation of spiritual power, he is far worse than himself.

The second is somewhat similar to the second scientific explanation above, but a different system entirely.

That is, Niu Ding's mind is planted with divine thoughts, and once there is an outside will to force him to tell the secret, he will help resist. found that he couldn't resist, so he burned all the jade.

So, Niu Ding died suddenly, bringing the secret underground.

Chu Fan believes that this is the most likely.

It's just that I don't know if it's the ghost cha or the evil demon who planted the "fixed-point trigger bomb" in Niu Ding's mind.

Whoever it is, it's not something he can fight against at the moment.

Chu Fan's own spiritual strength is not weak. Even if the other party can't control him, but if he can control Niu Ding, then it won't be too difficult to control Chu Ling, Li Su, Shi Meng, etc.

I shudder to think about it.

The Fudo Ming King's Demon Spell worked, at least doubling the confidence, and the key to victory or defeat depended on the strength of the spirit.

Although the wisp of divine thought ambushed by the other party is weak, it can attack. Unexpectedly, Chu Fan's spiritual strength was strong, and he was consumed by life and death.

He felt that in the future, he would not only be able to cultivate his divine sense, but also figure out the means of attack and defense. is like just practicing strength without practicing fists and feet, and the outcome of the fight is worrying.

Niu Ding screamed before he died, "The ghost is on the road, and Huangquan will not return." You can't run away from ......", Chu Fan never thought it was intimidation.

I don't know where it is, I don't know if it's a human or a ghost, I will definitely find it.

Yangwu County can't stay, something is going to happen.

The leisurely life is interrupted all at once, and the situation begins to get out of control. Chu Fan felt that he couldn't be cautious in the future, and some things had to be done in advance. Things like Lujiabao's revenge can be put aside, but Uncle Cang must take it out first.

What if you accidentally hang up......

He decided to go to Lujiabao tomorrow and not wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In Niu Ding's dirty, dilapidated and empty house, Chu Fan pushed open the window to let the moonlight shine in. In addition to the dull color, even the details of the objects can be seen clearly, and they are not much different from those of daytime.

But he checked it three times, and he didn't find anything suspicious, anything suspicious.

Before leaving, I looked around the bedroom for the last time, and my eyes fell on the two bunches of incense on the top of the cabinet.

A short person will not be able to see the top of the cabinet, but it is not a matter for Chu Fan, who has a high door frame. He had seen it before, but he didn't care.

Strange, this guy is not a Buddhist layman, why do you want incense? I searched several times just now, but there is no incense burner in the room. Besides, isn't it inconvenient to pick up this incense in the middle of the top of the cabinet?

Taking off the two bunches of incense, Chu Fan took a closer look at the moonlight, and the more he looked at it, the more he wondered.

One bunch is full, and the other bunch has only three left, and the brown paper on the outside is exactly the same.

The strange thing is that the three incense sticks alone are much more delicate, but they can't smell the smell. The incense is much rougher, but you can smell the fragrance of elm pine and cypress.

Monstrous absurdity!

It is not uncommon for different incense sticks to be wrapped in the same paper, Chu Fan has seen it in the incense and candle shop of Daddy Li in Fang City.

But the main ingredient of incense is nothing more than elm powder, pine and cypress powder, and then mixed with other spices. Chu Fan has been chopping wood for so many years, and his nose is rarely sensitive, and the smell of wood powder can be easily sniffed.

The three incense sticks are obviously high-end goods, maybe not cheap wood flour as the main ingredient, but how can it not be mixed with spices?

Chu Fan was puzzled, and wanted to take the three incense sticks away for study. After thinking about it, I still stuffed it into the crack in the wall, and prepared to return from Lujiabao to see it again.

This house is more gloomy than a tomb, not to mention the suspected Styx ferryman who has just died. If you don't understand the cause and effect, it's unlucky to take anything.

Although Chu Fan is not even afraid of a live cow, let alone death. But when he left Yangwu to go to Lujiabao, he put the weird three-stick incense into the house to accompany Chu Ling, and his heart was too resigned.