In the afternoon of this day, Gu Xu arrived in Ju County.

Without delaying for a minute, he instructed Dong Zhuangzhuang to drive straight to the destination of this trip, the Fan family's house.

According to Gu Xu's previous understanding, the Fan family has been doing the brewing business in Ju County for generations, although it is not rich and expensive, but it can be regarded as a well-off family with a nourishing life.

The victim in the case, Fan Zhou, is the only seedling of the younger generation of the Fan family.

He was ordered by his parents and the words of the matchmaker to make a marriage contract with Qin Xiangyun, the daughter of the Qin family who lived nearby.

Originally, they would have been married half a month ago, on September 26.

However, when drinking the wedding wine that night, the groom Fan Zhou suddenly disappeared without a trace.

The Fan family searched all the nearby neighborhoods, but they couldn't find any trace of Fan Zhou.

They felt extremely anxious and worried about Fan Zhou's life.

The woman's family thinks that the Fan family is not trustworthy.

They even offered to cancel the marriage contract - after all, Fan Zhou disappeared for so long and has not been heard from for so long, and it is likely that he is dead. They didn't want Qin Xiangyun to be widowed because of this.

…………

When Gu Xu's carriage stopped outside the gate of the Fan family's mansion, the clansmen of the Fan family and the Qin family were standing at the door arguing.

The man's parents shouted: "Our son has been missing for so long, you don't care about his life, but come here all day long and shout 'divorce', 'divorce'...... Oh, we were really blind at the beginning, so we chose selfish people like you to be our in-laws. ”

The woman's parents were not to be outdone: "Speaking of selfishness, your Fan family is a nest of selfish villains!" You only care about your own son, and you don't think about my family's feelings at all. Your son has lost at most one life, but my daughter has lost her lifelong happiness! ”

The man's parents angrily reprimanded: "You are cold-blooded, you are not emotional, you are unreasonable!" ”

The woman's parents retorted: "Where are we cold-blooded? Where is the ruthlessness? Where is the vexatious? This is clearly what your son provoked! ”

“……”

Hearing the quarrel between the two elders like scolding the street in the vegetable market, Gu Xu shook his head helplessly.

At this moment, an errand boy of the Fan family suddenly saw Gu Xu's black carriage and the symbol of the Exorcism Division on the door of the carriage shaped like a constellation.

"Master, the Lord of the Exorcism Division is here!" The little guy shouted excitedly.

The people of the Fan family and the Qin family turned their heads in unison.

As soon as they saw the black carriage, their eyes lit up together, as if they had found a life-saving straw.

The housewife of the Qin family took the lead in taking two steps forward, knelt in front of the carriage with a "plop", and poured out in a crying voice: "My lord, their Fan family does not keep their promises and lives up to the affection of my family Xiangyun, you must uphold justice for us!" ”

Seeing her actions, the couple of the Fan family refused to lag behind.

They also fell to their knees, clinging to the wheels of the carriage and shouting, "My lord, don't believe that woman's words! She's talking nonsense! ”

Gu Xu sighed.

He is clearly a cultivator in charge of slaying demons in the Exorcism Division.

But at this moment, in front of this group of people, he felt as if he had become an aunt in the neighborhood committee who coordinated the conflicts in the neighborhood.

"Give me my name!" He instructed Dong Zhuangzhuang, who was driving.

Hearing his words, Dong Zhuangzhuang stood up and shouted at the top of his voice: "The Yishui Exorcism Division has experienced Master Gu's arrival-"

The relatives of the Fan and Qin families finally stopped arguing, bowed their heads respectfully and said, "The grass people greet Lord Gu!" ”

Gu Xu stood up, straightened his clothes, then pushed open the carriage door and walked out.

At this moment, the eyes of everyone present were focused on him.

I saw that this young man was wearing a black gauze hat, dressed in a seven-day suit, with clear eyebrows and bright eyes, and a lofty instrument.

"This Lord of the Yishui Exorcism Division looks so young! Looks like my son's age! ”

"It's ridiculous that the Exorcist Division would let such a young child wear a black gauze hat! Do they think that slaying demons and demons is the same as playing housework? ”

"No, no, no one really thinks that this stinky kid can solve this case, right?"

“……”

Among the onlookers, some people covered their mouths and whispered.

Although these sounds were as soft as mosquitoes, Gu Xu had repaired "Eclipse", and his divine perception ability was far beyond that of ordinary people, so he naturally heard these words clearly.

But he didn't bother to waste time dealing with this group of short-sighted mortals.

These people are probably just souring him.

"Get up, all of you!" Gu Xu glanced at the people present, and said lightly, "Men and women marry, neighborhood disputes, you need to go to the county magistrate to deal with this kind of thing." This official has experience as an exorcist and is only responsible for solving the ghosts involved in the case. ”

"Goblins?"

Hearing Gu Xu's words, the Fan couple were taken aback.

The disappearance of his son Fan Zhou is related to ghosts?

I've heard that the goblins all use the Terrans as food......

In this way, will their precious son still have a chance to come back alive?

Mrs. Fan's heart suddenly felt a colic.

She reached out and grabbed her husband's arm tightly, only to think that she might faint suddenly at any moment.

…………

A moment later, Gu Xu, under the leadership of the Fan family and his wife, walked into the Fan family's house.

Along the way, he asked the couple about some details of the incident that day: such as the time when Fan Zhou disappeared, such as the last place where Fan Zhou was seen, such as eyewitnesses......

And the information he learned was: At the wedding banquet, Fan Zhou drank halfway through the wine and claimed to go to the toilet; However, after leaving the lobby, he never returned.

Hearing this, Gu Xu's first reaction was - could it be that this Fan Zhou was entangled by the legendary toilet ghost who likes to squat in the toilet and harm people?

…………

A story is recorded in "The Strange Chronicles of Daqi: Toilet Ghost":

A man surnamed Li, when he was traveling with friends, liked to go to the latrine, and often stayed in the latrine for an hour or two without coming out, and needed his friends to forcibly drag him out.

But other times, he behaves like a normal person.

One day, when everyone was drinking together, a friend found that Li was missing.

So the friend went straight to the toilet and looked for Li.

This time, Li blocked the toilet door with a seat.

Friends shouted for a long time, but no one responded, so they could only tear down the wall and enter the latrine.

Then he was surprised to find that Li's feet were exposed in the toilet pit - Li's entire body was almost submerged in pickled things, and he had long since lost his breath.

…………

"Did Fan Zhou often go to the toilet before he got married?" Gu Xu asked the Fan family couple.

"Nope."

"Did anyone see him in the latrine that night?"

"Nope."

"Have you ever looked for his body in the manure pit?"

"I've looked for it, but it's not in it."

"Okay."

Gu Xu nodded, ruling out the first wrong guess.

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Exegesis:

(1) The story of the toilet ghost refers to "Liu Zongyuanji: The Biography of Li Chi".