Several Crane Daoist priests were originally sitting, but after seeing Tang Yongde, they got up one after another.

Tang Yongde introduced: "This is Deputy Hall Master Zhang and Deacon Qi of Tiangang Hall, the two of them passed by here and were invited by me to help solve the case, you all have to listen to these two." ”

When the Taoist priests heard the words "deputy hall master", their faces couldn't help but be solemn, and they said yes in a deep voice, and saluted Zhang Yuelu respectfully, with a look of awe on their faces.

Zhang Yuelu waved her hand, signaling that she didn't need to be polite, and asked directly, "Where is the body?" ”

"In the back room." A Crane Daoist priest replied.

Tang Yongde motioned for the crane Taoist priest to lead the way, walked out of the main hall, passed through a corridor, and came to a guest room.

Guarding the door were two armored spirit officers.

Tang Yongde asked the two spirit officials to open the door, and then said to Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu: "There is Deputy Hall Master Lao Zhang and Deacon Qi. ”

This room is very different from ordinary rooms, the first thing that catches your eye is a variety of light gauzes, red and pink, hanging from the beams, semi-transparent, looming. Then there is a huge bed, which can accommodate four or five people in the same bed, also shrouded in light veil.

That's where Mason died.

Zhang Yuelu was not used to the pungent rouge fragrance in the room, and couldn't help but cover her nose with her hands. Considering that the merchant had died from a wind, she simply stood at the door and did not rush over.

In any case, she was still a relatively conservative child, young and not a professional healer, so she really couldn't do it without scruples to examine the body.

Qi Xuansu also smelled this rich fragrance of fat powder, and under the fragrance of fat powder, there was a strange fragrance, which even made him react. He immediately calmed down with his true anger, and said in his belly: "The incense in this house is also added with kitsch? It's really ingenious. ”

Thinking so, Qi Xuansu had already walked to the bed, lifted the tulle, and looked towards the bed.

A naked male corpse was lying on the bed, looking to be about forty years old, his lower body was in disarray, and there was still a happy expression on his face.

Qi Xuansu was used to seeing dead people, so naturally there was no taboo to say, and the corpse was roughly examined, there were no external injuries, the skin, bones, and meridians were intact, there were no internal organs that were shattered or displaced, and there were no obvious signs of poisoning.

If it is not an extremely clever poison, then it is like ordinary sudden death.

According to Tang Yongde's statement, this dead businessman has the cultivation of the Dan stage, has not been close to women for a long time, and is in the prime of life, traveling from south to north, and has a strong physique, not those weak scholars who are in the study all day, how can he suddenly die. It's like saying that a Heavenly Master fell to the realm because of a forked qi while cultivating, which is really hard to believe.

After Qi Xuansu told Zhang Yuelu about the results of the examination, he said, "It would be nice if there was a monk who had entered the dream realm, and he could go back to the earth." ”

Zhang Yuelu said from afar: "If it is the method of Nightmare Town, the person who casts the spell does not have to show his face at all, and it is useless to trace the method of earth qi. ”

The law of the town of Wei can be described as famous, the big cases of witch Gu in the court of the past dynasties, have to implicate thousands of people, the so-called "witch Gu" actually has nothing to do with the witch cult, it is the law of the town of Daomen, through hair, nails, and the eight characters of birth to assassinate others, so that people die silently, and there is no clue. The palace concubines compete for favor, and the princes compete for the throne, all of which are accustomed to using such means.

Speaking of the power of the law of Nightmare Town, in fact, it is not only limited to the court, but even the common people are very afraid. There is a custom among the people, if you want to build a new house, you must not offend the carpenter, because the carpenter knows some of the ways of feng shui and the method of nightmare, if you offend the carpenter, the person with the wrong mind will do some hands and feet in the foundation or the beams of the house, such as a villain, can change the feng shui. Or in the tenon of the beam, put down a wood carving of an old man holding a small child, the child has a big nail on his belly, and if he lives in it for a long time, the child will be weak and sick, and even die.

In the Five Immortal Inheritance, the one who is truly proficient in the method of Nightmare Town is the Fang Shi of the Ghost Immortal Inheritance.

There was once a monk who took the life of a celestial man with the method of Nightmare Town. First set up a Dharma altar, tie a straw man, write the name of the enemy and the birth date on the person's body, a lamp on the head, a lamp under the feet, a footstep fight, a knot of the book symbols, seal incineration, three times a day to the noon of the 21st. In the process, the victim himself had almost no ability to resist, and his spiritual damage was great, and he didn't even know that he had fallen into the law of Nightmare Town. After 21 days, the enemy's three souls and seven spirits will be scattered, and at this time, if you stab the enemy with a magic sword, if you stab the enemy body, the grass man and the enemy will spurt blood. But the disadvantage is that it takes too long, and there must be a birth date, which is the real name. If the opponent detects it and hits the door, it will be difficult for the priest to keep the altar.

This is where the "robbed fake body" of the immortal inheritance comes from. The Sanren "Cicada Transformational Technique" can only dodge swords and ordinary water and fire spells, but it can't dodge Gu Spells and defeat the Nightmare Town's Technique. The "Avatar Fake Body" of the Immortal is transformed into a flesh-and-blood stand-in with the blood of the heart, which is the same as the breath of the deity, whether it is a curse spell or a soul-snatching technique through the medium of blood and hair, all of which can be borne by the fake body, which is the method of the highest achievement. It is said that after cultivating to the extreme, supplemented by other precious materials, as well as part of my own cultivation, he can even blind the Heavenly Dao and bear the Heavenly Tribulation, so it is named "Ying Tribulation".

Therefore, Zhang Yuelu is not afraid of this kind of means.

As for Qi Xuansu, because he was born in the Vientiane Dao Palace, even he didn't know his birth date, and innate people would not lose their hair, dandruff, and nails, as long as they were careful, they were not very afraid of such methods.

Qi Xuansu said: "If it is the art of the Nightmare Town, then its soul will inevitably be damaged, and it still needs a monk to check it." ”

Zhang Yuelu thought for a while and said to Tang Yongde: "Chief Tang, you let the corpse be dressed, and I will check it myself." ”

Chief Tang glanced at him, and the two spirit officers immediately stepped forward.

After a short time, the spirit officer dressed the corpse, and Zhang Yuelu also came to the bed, with purple air in his eyes.

There are still many nuances between the normal dissipation of people's souls after death and the forcible seizure of souls by various means, although Zhang Yuelu does not have the "clear eye" of the monks, but the "immortal wang qi technique" can barely play a part of the role similar to the "clear law eye".

Zhang Yuelu's gaze mainly stayed on the head of the dead corpse, that is, where the soul was, and after about a stick of incense, she slowly withdrew her gaze, and the purple meaning in her eyes gradually faded.

According to the Western timekeeping conversion, there are 12 hours in a day, and one hour is two hours, and the hour is the meaning of the hour and half hour; An hour has eight quarters, and a quarter is fifteen minutes; There are three cups of tea at a moment, and one cup of tea is five minutes; A cup of tea has two sticks of incense, and one stick of incense is two minutes and thirty seconds; A stick of incense has five points, and one minute is thirty seconds; A minute has six snaps of the fingers, and one snap of the fingers is five seconds; There are ten moments in a flick of the finger, and a moment is half a second.

The time for a stick of incense is actually very short.

Zhang Yuelu said: "There are indeed traces of the art of Nightmare Town, Director Tang, you did a good job, you noticed the abnormality at the first time, and did not close the case hastily." Nowadays, many people in the Daomen always have the idea that more things are better than less, and when they encounter things, they think about it and mud, which gives the cult demons an opportunity to take advantage of. ”

Tang Yongde was a little embarrassed, but still said: "Thank you Deputy Hall Master Zhang for your praise, I dare not take it seriously." ”

Zhang Yuelu sighed lightly: "It's a pity that the head of Lingquan is not here, otherwise he can rely on his soul conjuring technique to find traces." ”

Qi Xuansu said: "We didn't come out to investigate the case, so we can only settle it." Now the key is which kind of Nightmare Technique, is it the Eight Characters of Birth, or the hair, nails, and blood? ”

Zhang Yuelu muttered: "With just the two of us, this is almost impossible to determine. ”

Qi Xuansu thought for a while, and then said: "There is another clue, when this businessman died, who shared the bed with him?" ”

Tang Yongde hurriedly said: "It's a red man from the courtyard here. ”

Zhang Yuelu was puzzled for a moment, and Qi Xuansu explained in a timely manner: "Generally, the courtyard divides the red people and the Qing people, the red people are selling their art and selling their bodies, and the Qing people are selling their arts but not their bodies. ”

Zhang Yuelu glanced at him and said with a smile: "You understand it very well." ”

Qi Xuansu coughed lightly: "It's just that I've heard about it, I can't afford to eat pork, just watch the pigs run." ”

"Can't afford to eat?" Zhang Yuelu's tone suddenly became softer.

Qi Xuansu realized that he had made a mistake, and hurriedly changed his words: "What is there to afford, it's not that I don't have Taiping money, the main thing is that I'm not interested, let's hurry up and get down to business." ”

Tang Yongde looked at his nose and nose and heart, and did not get involved in the affairs of young people.

Zhang Yuelu no longer dwelled on this matter, and said, "Go and meet the red man." ”

Just looking at the scale of the courtyard here, we know that it is by no means a bustard mother can support it, and its background must be huge. And the red people are the cash cow of the courtyard, if you want to redeem yourself, each worth thousands of Taiping money, if there is no definite evidence, Tang Yongde is not good at what the red people are related to this matter, so he just put them under house arrest in a room temporarily.

Tang Yongde led the two out of here, and the two went up to a long corridor, on both sides of the corridor, the red lights were tall, swaying and shadowing, and in the night, it seemed that only red and black were left. After a few twists and turns, he suddenly heard the sound of women laughing, Tang Yongde came to the door, where there were still two spirit officials, but there were two more female crowns.

Tang Yongde motioned to the two female crowns to open the door, and saw that the room was full of red light, covered with a screen, and the ground was covered with thick lichens, and the earth dragon was warm, although it was winter, but the room was as warm as spring.

Looking at the interior decoration of the house, the tables and chairs are all good mahogany, and the porcelain calligraphy and paintings are all genuine, which is really like the boudoir of a thousand young ladies, it is difficult to say how it is compared to Zhang Yuelu's residence, but it is much better than Qi Xuansu's residence.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "No wonder the world laughs at poverty and not at prostitution." ”