Winter silence, sleepless nights.

In the hall, Uncle Yin sat in the first place, and the back should be lined down in order, crowded to the door.

There were many people, but there was no sound.

The candlestick crackled slightly, and a candle flower burst out, which finally alarmed the silent people.

Uncle Yin's rough and old hands held the cane and smashed it heavily on the ground, and his voice was like a chime bell: "Yin Quan, this is your family matter, but you are also from Yinjia Village, and you are still the head of Yinjia Village. ”

Village Chief Yin's thin cheeks and cheekbones are high and convex, his face is like iron and heavier, his eyes are full of gloom, his hands are clenched into fists and he is silent when he hears the words.

Uncle Yin took a breath of relief and continued: "Yin Quan, I don't want to persuade you too much about sad things, but people can't always spin around on the heads of dead people when they live, what do you think in your heart, say it, and we can help make a decision."

Yin's village is full of the same surname, the same root and the same birth, no one will look at the sidelines, but you are the head of the family and the head of a village, you have to come up with an idea first, you are the backbone of our entire village. ”

Village Chief Yin spoke, and his voice was hoarse: "Da Zhuang and a few people came from the other side of the road today, they have already reported to the county office, and the county government has also sent someone to help, and the road can be opened as soon as tomorrow afternoon." ”

Uncle Yin was slightly stunned: "In this way, the people from the yamen can come over tomorrow, so ...... What do you think about this case? ”

Village Chief Yin was silent again.

Speaking of which, whether it is the Jin family who turned into a ghost and took revenge for personal gain, or the Wei family who had a bad heart and committed suicide in fear of crime, they all belong to family ugliness.

"On the way here, I heard them say that it was the Jin family who possessed the Wei family and killed Tianxiang and their three lives, and finally caused the Wei family to die under the golden hairpin. I advised you that the strangers should not stay, but now they have really recruited something that is not clean. Uncle Yin's eyelids jumped, and he pondered: "The Hongzhi Dao of Shangyuan Guan is profound, and he is invited to do a Dharma service." As for the practice of almsgiving...... Every family in the village has a little bit of it. ”

The people in the village looked at each other, it was a matter of silver and two, and their faces showed reluctance.

Uncle Yin's face pulled down: "Yinjia Village has always been in and out together, the ancestors on the same vein, can you and me come here?" ”

"When other people's families get benefits, they don't share my share." Sister-in-law Tian kept the words in her mouth and muttered secretly.

Lu Anran happened to be close to Sister-in-law Tian, and she could hear her muttering in a low voice, and she turned her head to look at her, and Sister-in-law Tian smiled at her flatteringly.

Other people also have the same mentality as Sister-in-law Tian, and they turn their heads and ears together.

Uncle Yin was about to say something more, but Village Chief Yin got up, first glanced around, successfully told everyone to shut up, and then slowly raised his hand, hugged his fist at Lu Anran and said, "Miss Lu, I'm here to worry about you." ”

Facing everyone's puzzled gazes, Lu Anran turned sideways and did not answer immediately, waiting for Village Chief Yin to speak.

Village Chief Yin took a deep breath and exhaled again, as if he had made a decision, and said solemnly: "Please tell the public what you have seen and known." ”

Everyone wondered even more, why did you get involved with a rich lady who was a passerby?

Yun Qi flicked his wrist, opened the jade bone fan and waved it back and forth, and let out a light sound in his mouth.

Hearing this, Lu Anran stood in place with his eyebrows condensed, the whole person was like a hibiscus in the water, when there was no wind and no rain, the autumn water was long, and the air was clear and frosty, and he did not compete with anyone.

It's just that a pair of eyes are bright, and under the scorching, it actually renders this extremely dark night a little frightening.

Everyone couldn't help but shudder, but they heard her murmuring cold voice say: "Yin Tianxiang, I found that I died in the room at three o'clock in the nineteenth day of the winter moon. ”

Lu Anran faced everyone, and the sound of clarity flowed in the room.

"The deceased was in a kneeling position, naked all over his body, his upper body was swooping into the bathtub, and his head was covered with an embroidered chrysanthemum belly pocket."

"In addition to the bath tub, the bedding is messy, there is a large stain in the middle, there is a lot of water on the ground in the house, and there are several charcoal basins."

This description made everyone a little embarrassed to listen to, and Village Chief Yin's face was even more gloomy, but Lu Anran's tone was sparse, which made it difficult for people to interrupt.

Yun Qi raised his eyebrows, looking like he knew this was the case.

Lu Anran: "The deceased's face was swollen and cyanosis, bleeding under the eye membrane, the pulse in his neck was distended, there were traces of bleeding in his ears, mouth and nose, and a foreign body was found in his nose, which was later confirmed to be mud and sand wrapped in coagulated blood. ”

After a pause, he replied: "In the end, he was hit hard by a blunt object in the back of his head, and then suffocated to death." ”

Uncle Yin was full of excitement and clenched his crutches, "This ......"

No one gave him an answer, so Lu Anran continued: "Su Su, the great name Yin Qiusu, disappeared on the twentieth night of the winter moon and was found at the mouth of the West Mountain Cliff the next day. ”

"Wearing a pink and flower-sprinkled short jacket on the top, iron-gray cotton pants under it, and soft-soled cotton shoes with rabbits and cherries on the feet."

"Bleeding from the facial features of the head, suspected internal organs are damaged, the face is blue and slightly black, all limbs, the little finger and elbow of the right hand are broken, and the exposed skin is damaged."

"After the deceased was washed with vinegar, it was found that there were four internal rib fractures, a fracture of the left calf, and a bone fracture of the right wrist, and the cause of death was a ruptured spleen."

The voice is emotionless, especially cold and ruthless, and every sentence is like a stone hitting the frozen river, which makes people restless.

Lu Anran suddenly turned his gaze to Yin Tianming, "Another point, thanks to Yun Gongzi's carefulness, I found that the place where Su Su fell off the cliff was tampered with. ”

"What, what?" The soles of Yin Tianming's feet were soft, frightened and confused, and his facial emotions were extremely complicated.

Lu Anran stopped looking at him and said to Village Chief Yin: "Do you want to continue?" ”

Village Chief Yin hugged his fists and bowed to Lu Anran, his face was filled with a heavy gloom, and his tone was hoarse after trying his best to suppress it, "Yin misunderstood Miss Lu and Yun Gongzi last time, regardless of the previous suspicions, I am grateful, after the road opens tomorrow, I will personally send a few people out of the village." ”

The implication is that they don't need to be present for the rest of the matter, and the people of Yinjia Village will solve it internally.

Lu Anran is not a nosy character, she has doubts in her heart, so she will not hold on to individual merits, bow slightly at Village Chief Yin, turn around and go out.

Yunqi was a step late, waving a fan and chasing after him: "Slow down, what's the hurry, those who are in a hurry to reincarnate are sleeping in the Buddha hall." ”

Village Chief Yin unceremoniously slammed the door in front of him.

Not far away, Lu Anran was standing, the snow reflected in his eyes, and there was a touch of irony.

The tail of Yunqi's eyes hooked up and teased: "Ugly girl, you have the courage to laugh at this world." ”

"It's no wonder that the son of the world is so disrespectful to the dead."

"Heh~ I want an old man to do what he likes, what? Are you going to please this son? Yunqi leaned over and narrowed his peach blossom eyes, "I found out a long time ago, you have been thinking about this world for a long time." ”

Lu Anran turned his head, "The prince thinks too much. ”

Yunqi walked back side by side with her, closed the fan and knocked on Lu Anran's shoulder, "A bunch of old men are secretly working behind closed doors, guess what they are going to do?" ”

Lu Anran turned his eyes and landed on the jade bone fan on his shoulder, "The ghost can't resist people's hearts." ”

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On the second day, the sky was high and the clouds were wide, the sound of the chickadees was clear, and the weather was good when going out.

Lu Anran and his entourage packed up their bags, said goodbye to Village Chief Yin and others, and more than a dozen people left the village in a mighty manner.

When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I heard the movement and opened the carriage curtain, and saw that several officials were also preparing to leave the village.

Chunmiao was surprised: "It's been less than half an hour since they came, so fast?" ”

A black shadow came down from the cover, blocking the light of the sky, Lu Anran looked up, I don't know when Yunqi approached on horseback, he asked, "Did you send the letter from the Jin family to Yin Quan?" ”

Lu Anran nodded: "Hmm." ”

The merry prince shook the jade bone fan lightly, his posture was lazy, it was difficult to hide his extravagance, he smiled like a spring breeze, blowing both sides of the south bank of the Green River, and laughed lightly: "It seems that they are going to let the ghost of the Jin family bear the murder, too, it is better to kill a ghost than to be ugly and show face." ”

The trail outside the village only allowed one carriage, and Yun Qi raised his eyebrows: "You go first?" ”

Lu Anran half-lowered his eyelids and said, "Shizi, please." ”

Yun Qi evoked a silent laugh, "Goodbye to the king." With a hand raised, he beckoned to watch the moon, and the two of them rode away, stepping on the wind and breaking the snow.

Lu Anran lowered the curtain and said lightly: "Let's go." ”

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The night turned to a strong wind, fierce as a ghost, lingering above Yinjia Village.

In the house of Village Chief Yin, in the Buddhist hall, the candle flame was weak, and the old door hit the frame one by one, making a suppressed panting.

The three incense sticks burned to the end, and with the last white smoke rising into the air, they went out silently.

Suddenly, the candlelight shook a few times, went out, and a wisp of green smoke slowly rose.

In front of the soul of the deceased, the incense should not be broken, and the candle should not be extinguished.

And the father and son of the Yin family, who were supposed to take care of this place, have been delayed in coming.

The wind blew in through the cracks in the door and the window, taking away the strong smell of incense and candle smoke inside, but another strange fragrance broke in.

The fragrance is ethereal and looming at first, and slowly becomes more and more intense.

'Bang-' the sound of opening the door lock, and then the door was slowly pushed open, and the wind and snow and light were unstoppably strong together, and the small Buddha Hall was suddenly like a flat boat in the sea, wind and rain, and there was no shore to rely on.

In front of the door, there was an additional figure, with white clothes in white and curly, long hair scattered, like hideous seaweed, dancing wildly, accompanied by the wind crying wolf-like wind behind him, eerie and cold.

This person looked like a woman, but he couldn't see his face with his back to the light, and he closed the door with his backhand, and the entire Buddhist hall fell into boundless darkness again.

Fortunately, soon, a bright flame lit up and jumped above the menorah.

The woman's hand that had been shrunk in her arms was taken out, and it was actually a tablet in her hand, and the flickering fire shone on the dark tablet, which was indescribably dark and terrifying.

She put the tablet in the middle of the table, twisted three sticks of incense and lit them in the incense burner, and the smoke rose again, like a cloud of mist, covering the Buddha hall.

After doing this, she took another candlestick, lit it, held it in her hand, and walked to the stone Buddha statue.

The Buddha statue has been moved, but there is no base, it is attached to the ground, still kind and kind, and the appearance of all living beings.

"People like you confess to the Buddha statue, I think it's just blasphemy." The woman spoke in a low voice, her voice colder than that of the cold night, with a thick mockery.

Her hand shook slightly, and the firelight suddenly shone on the two people.