Since then, four of the five brothers have lost their lives, Li Cunxi also drowned in the basin a few days later, Chen Xianglin learned this clue from his brother's mouth and determined that the disaster was caused by the shroud, these people must have violated the taboo to suffer this disaster, so he began to inquire about the situation of the shroud, but he didn't expect his brother Chen Xiangming to take the first step, found me in front of the breakfast stall, and asked me to take the shroud to Tianxiu Mountain Cemetery to see him, originally Chen Xiangming wanted to meet me, but later Chen Xianglin knew that he was worried that he would be caught by the underworld when he appeared in the yang world, That's why he negotiated with me in the name of his brother and tricked me into handing over the shroud, so that he could explore the secrets of the shroud room and find out why his brother and Zheng Luming and others died.

"It turns out that the purpose of asking for a shroud is to find out the cause of your brother's death, why didn't you tell me directly before?" I looked at Chen Xianglin and asked suspiciously.

"This matter is very important, and I don't know who you are, if you know that my brother is dead and did not go to the underworld to reincarnate, it is very likely that you will tell Yin Cha to let them come and arrest you, so I have never told you the truth." Chen Xianglin explained in a deep voice.

"Then why did you change your mind now?" I pressed on.

Chen Xianglin smiled bitterly after hearing this, saying that he didn't know whether we were good or evil before, but now that he learned about what we did in the city, he knew that we were not evil, so he decided to tell us the cause and effect of the matter.

"I haven't seen you in the past few days, how do you know what we did......" When I asked, I suddenly remembered something, no matter what Li Hai and I did some time ago, Chen Xianglin seemed to know everything, and now it seems that he must be following us secretly, but if this is the case, why has it not been discovered by us, and I have been with Su Dingqin and Shen Nanxiao in the miscellaneous affairs department for the past few days, if there was really a tail behind them, the two of them should have noticed it earlier, and it is impossible not to find any clues.

I told Chen Xianglin what I thought, and Chen Xianglin raised his hand and pointed to the direction of my pants pocket and said, "You can take out all the things in your pocket." ”

Hearing this, I immediately opened the pocket, and then took out all the things inside, except for the lighter and the tissue in the pocket did not find anything, just when I was surprised in my heart, a piece of yellow paper folded into a triangle suddenly fell out of the tissue, I bent down to pick up the yellow paper, opened it and found that there was a small person painted inside, from the traces of the painting, it does not look like cinnabar paint, but seems to be drawn by human blood.

This villain is very simple to draw, there is only a round head on it, and there are matchstick-like limbs below, and there are no facial features on the face, after seeing the villain on the yellow paper, I handed it to Chen Xianglin, and wondered: "What is this, this is what you put in my pocket?" ”

"That's right, I put it in your pocket when we first met, while you weren't looking, for the purpose of tracking your whereabouts." As he spoke, Chen Xianglin put his hand into his pocket, and took out an identical yellow paper triangle from it, and after opening it, there was also a red villain drawn inside, according to Chen Xianglin, this is called a thousand miles chasing soul talisman, the villain on it is drawn with his essence blood, as long as he takes one of them on his body, he can feel where the other one is, which is why he can always control my whereabouts.

At first, he secretly put this yellow paper triangle on me to track my whereabouts so that he could one day get a shroud, but then he found out that I was investigating a serial murder case in the city, so he followed a few of us into Yangguan Mountain, and saw us kill the dead body that escaped from the police station last night, and then he concluded that we were not bad people, and it was because of this that he decided to tell us the ins and outs of the matter.

"No wonder you can control my whereabouts at any time, it turns out that you have already done something to me, now what are you going to do, if I don't give you this shroud, you still have to do it with me?" I looked at Chen Xianglin and asked coldly.

"You are not a bad person, why should I do anything with you, besides, this shroud itself is in your hands, if I rob it, won't I become a wicked person, I asked you to come here today just to discuss something with you." Chen Xianglin looked at me and said.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

Chen Xianglin was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said: "Since you regard this shroud as so important, you must also know that there is a secret hidden in this thing, I want to join forces with you to crack the secret, you can get what you want, and I can also know the reason for my brother's death, so that you can have the best of both worlds, I don't know if you want to?" ”

Chen Xianglin's expression was sincere, it didn't look like he was lying, and he couldn't joke about his brother's affairs, Ning Nanxi on the side was pondering when he tugged at the corner of my shirt, and said in a low voice: "Chen Mo, we can't be sure of the details of this Chen Xianglin now, we can't listen to his family, according to my opinion, this matter still needs to be discussed in the long run, my father has a close relationship with the Taoist master of Jiuhua Mountain in Jiangxi, why don't I contact my father and ask him to ask, if Chen Xianglin is really a disciple of the dustless Taoist of Jiuhua Mountain, it will not be too late for us to agree at that time, What do you think? ”

What Ning Nanxi said is all reasonable, although what Chen Xianglin said has a nose and eyes, but we can't believe it just by a few words from him, after all, this shroud is not an ordinary thing, if it really falls into the hands of the gangsters, maybe the rivers and lakes will set off a bloody storm.

After some contemplation, I said in a deep voice: "Uncle Chen, Miss Ning's father has a close relationship with your master, why don't you let him inquire on our behalf, if you are really a disciple of the Dustless Daoist, I should gladly agree with you to investigate the matter of the shroud with us, but if there is no such person in the Jiuhua Mountain Dao Temple, then don't blame us for not being affectionate, we are all gentlemen, and we should say ugly things in our heads." ”

Chen Xianglin couldn't help but smile after hearing this, nodded and said: "Okay, whatever you investigate, it can't be fake, and it can't be fake, but I didn't expect that you two don't seem to be very old and have a lot of eyes, and it's not too early now, do you plan to ask now or tomorrow?" ”

"I'll call my dad right now and ask for the results later." After Ning Nanxi finished speaking, she took out her mobile phone from her pocket and called her father, and after explaining the matter, Ning Nanxi hung up the mobile phone and said, "Now my father will verify this matter for the dust-free Taoist, let's wait for a while." ”

We waited for about two or three minutes, and then Ning Nanxi received a call from her father, according to her father, Chen Xianglin was indeed a disciple of the Taoist Temple of Jiuhua Mountain, and he had left the Taoist Temple three years ago, and his whereabouts are still unknown.

After hearing the news, I glanced at Chen Xianglin and said: "According to the security guard, your brother died in a car accident three years ago, and you left the Taoist temple three years ago, which is indeed right in time, since this is the case, then I will believe you once, and agree with you to investigate the matter of Shouyi with us, but now where Lao Li and Uncle Qin are being held, you quickly take us to meet people." ”

According to Chen Xianglin, Li Hai and Qin Wenhua are now locked up in a wooden house a few kilometers away from the Tianxiu Mountain Cemetery, this wooden house is where he lives, since he came here from Jiuhua Mountain three years ago, he rented this wooden house as his own shelter, on the day of the incident, Chen Xianglin knew that Ning Nanxi and I had gone to Yangguanling, and could not come back for a while, so he rented a car and pulled Li Hai and Qin Wenhua to the wooden house together, and he ate and drank well for the past two days, and did not hurt them except for restricting their freedom.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, the three of us left the Tianxiu Mountain Cemetery, took a taxi on the side of the road and went directly to the wooden house, about half an hour later, the car stopped in front of a dilapidated wooden house, and the three of us got out of the car after Chen Xianglin walked to the door to open the lock, and then I saw Li Hai sitting in the house to rest, as for Qin Wenhua was lying in the barrel and continued to soak in the potion.

"Lao Li!" I shouted excitedly after seeing Li Hai, Li Hai turned his head to look at me when he heard the voice, and when he saw that it was me, his face showed a look of surprise, and he came back to his senses after a few seconds, and shouted: "Chen Mo, how did you find here, you hurry up and save me and Uncle Qin!" ”

Li Hai saw Chen Xianglin who was closing the door as he spoke, and hurriedly raised his hand and pointed: "It's him!" It was he who brought me and Uncle Qin in, and now that you are also in, it is possible that you have been arrested by him! ”

"No, it was Uncle Chen who brought us here, and we came this time to take you and Uncle Qin out of here." After speaking, I glanced at the chains that Li Hai was injured and tied up, and then at Chen Xianglin, Chen Xianglin realized immediately, and hurriedly stepped forward and took out the key to untie the chain on Li Hai's wrist.

"What the hell is going on, why do you still call him Uncle Chen when this surnamed Chen arrested us, is your brain funny!" Li Hai broke free of his chains and walked up to me and asked in surprise.

"Okay Lao Li, this matter is a long story, I'll take you and Uncle Qin back first, and when I get home, I'll tell you in detail about the beginning and end of the matter, now hurry up and dress Uncle Chen, and we'll go back to the half-room house later." I looked at Li Hai and said.

Seeing this, Li Hai didn't continue to ask, and after finding a bath towel, he wrapped Qin Wenhua, and then we poured out the potion in the wooden barrel, and then carried the wooden barrel to the rented car, and Chen Xianglin pulled a few of us towards the direction of the hat brim alley.

About an hour later, the car stopped at the mouth of the hat brim alley, Chen Xianglin got out of the car and helped us carry the wooden barrels, while Li Hai and I carried Qin Wenhua back to the middle of the room.

"Lao Li, you and Miss Ning hurriedly prepare medicinal materials for Uncle Qin to continue soaking the potion, and I will discuss the next step with Uncle Chen." I looked at Li Hai and said.

After Li Hai heard this, he and Ning Nanxi went to prepare the medicine, while I sat in the living room with Chen Xianglin and talked.

"Uncle Chen, since you also think that there is a secret hidden in this shroud, where do you think you should start?" I looked at Chen Xianglin and said.

"I've never seen a shroud, I've only heard him tell it from my brother before, and now that you've found out my identity, would you like to take it out for me to see, maybe I can see some clues." Chen Xianglin looked at me and said.

Now that it has been confirmed that Chen Xianglin is a disciple of Jiuhua Mountain Taoist Temple, and it is the personal transmission of the dustless elders, then I have nothing to worry about, I opened the satchel and took out the shroud, and then handed it to Chen Xianglin, Chen Xianglin saw this and stretched out his hands to hold the shroud, and after a careful inspection, he said: "This shroud is indeed not much different from the ordinary shroud, the needle and thread on it are very ordinary, it stands to reason that if this shroud has a secret, it should be extremely luxurious, why is it so frugal, this is really a little strange." ”

As he spoke, Chen Xianglin unfolded the shroud and continued to look up and down, and after about two or three minutes, he said in a deep voice: "Judging from the appearance of the shroud, I really didn't find anything wrong, since it was an ordinary shroud, why did my brother and a few friends die?" ”