As the ghost ship gradually left, the white fog did not last long, and suddenly dissipated.

The white moonlight shone on the calm river, as if everything that had just happened was a dream of everyone.

The villagers stood on the shore and looked at each other, and then looked into the river, where were there any boats?

What made the villagers feel even more strange was that the fat man kicked open the lid of the coffin and jumped out in a hurry.

Isn't this the legendary corpse?

The confusion and fear on everyone's face were so clear that no one dared to approach the river, just looked curiously from afar.

At this time, only Feng Yun, Kong Jie, and the smokers not far away were standing by the river.

Kong Jie knew the whole plan, but what he didn't expect was that the ghost ship that several people talked about was not an adjective.

The ship appeared with the white mist, and it was already strange.

And when the white fog disappeared, the ship was nowhere to be seen.

If the things that happened before made Kong Jie feel that it was difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction, then what he saw just now was an indisputable fact.

He could even vividly remember the dilapidated appearance of the ghost ship, and even the rust on the ship.

There was still a fishy smell in the air, which told Kong Jie over and over again that everything that had just happened was true.

This made Kong Jie quickly look at Feng Yun next to him in confusion, and Feng Yun also looked at the direction of the river at this time, frowning slightly.

The river god's sudden backlash was something that even Feng Yun didn't expect.

So much so that in Feng Yun's heart, he couldn't help but start guessing the attributes of this river god.

What role does the river god play in this case?

Could it be true, as the fat man had guessed before, that the river god and the evil spirits were in the same stream?

Look at the smoker not far away, who is smoking dry tobacco at the moment, looking at the fat man standing next to the coffin on the bamboo raft with a suspicious expression.

The smoker didn't know the reason, so he felt a little surprised by the sudden appearance of the fat man.

Coupled with the ghost boat with the ethereal whereabouts of Fang Cai, the smoker began to be extremely curious about the polling bureau, and several people became extremely curious.

In the time just now, the smoker had already glanced in the direction of Feng Yun more than once.

What kind of department is this polling bureau, and the way to handle the case is really unheard of.

The few people standing on the shore had their own thoughts, but what about the three people on the bamboo raft?

Until now, the fat man was still sticking his waist and scolding in the direction where the ghost boat disappeared, and the river god had become a slasher in his mouth who couldn't get on the stage at all.

For this case, the fat man did pay a lot, being a bride and a dead ghost, but in the end, the bamboo basket was empty.

This naturally makes the fat man more and more aggrieved the more he thinks about it, and he can only vent his dissatisfaction in this way.

Ma Ling'er and Yan Qilin didn't expect that the river god, who had been very cooperative from beginning to end, would actually hide such a hand.

The ghost boat tried their best to attract them, but in the end they made a wedding dress for the river god.

The fat man seemed to be tired of scolding, and this ended his "cordial" greeting to the river god.

He looked back at Ma Ling'er and Yan Qilin, who were standing behind him, and said:

"That old thing is really cunning, no wonder he was so cooperative before, he must have thought about it a long time ago, and he wanted to take this opportunity to escape.

I now have a serious suspicion that the old river god may have done all this thing.

Didn't the Director say that before? When the river god has not been worshipped with incense for a long time, he will become a man-eating kappa.

This kind of earth immortal, none of them can be trusted! ”

Hearing the fat man's words, Ma Ling'er's face obviously became a little strange.

After all, among these earth immortals killed by the fat man with one shot, many of them are the foundation of the Ma family.

The fat man quickly realized his gaffe, and immediately looked at Ma Ling'er to make up for it:

"I'm talking about those wild land immortals, except for the five immortals in our hometown!"

Ma Ling'er rolled her eyes at the fat man, and then said helplessly:

"It's useless to talk about it now, what are we going to do next?

The river god played a hand of golden cicada shelling, but he put us all in passivity.

Now that the ghost ship is gone again, how can we get it out again?

You can't do it again, can you? ”

"Definitely not."

Yan Qilin shook his head after thinking about it, he was calm on the surface, but his heart was actually in chaos.

The three of them had no choice but to row the bamboo raft back to the shore first, and after seeing the three fat men go ashore, the smoker looked at the fat man with some confusion and said:

"What's going on, aren't you dead?"

When the fat man heard this, he quickly snorted three mouthfuls of saliva:

"Don't say such unfortunate words, we need to handle the case.

Who the hell knows that the old river god is so cunning, causing us to investigate the case for so many days, and return to the pre-liberation period in one night. ”

Just as the fat man was complaining speechlessly, on the path in the distance, a few people were talking about something while walking towards the Yongan River.

"Yanjun is really not peaceful during this time, there is a body missing in Lin'an City Hospital, I heard that there was an accident on the Yong'an River again, and everything rushed together."

The people who were talking about it were reporters who had come from the state capital.

These reporters are not gossip people, but state media reporters from the state capital.

Nowadays, the case of the disappearance of the body in the hospital and the drowning of the Yong'an River have attracted a lot of attention.

There are many emotional family members gathered at the entrance of the hospital every day, which also makes the citizens more or less aware of what happened.

The reason why the state government reporters came here was because there was a very strange thing involved.

"It stands to reason that such a big matter has received such a high degree of attention, and the local media news will definitely pay attention to it from time to time and follow up on it.

But the strange thing is that the local media news did not report any relevant information, and even the local reporters seemed to be unmoved at all. ”

It was a female reporter from the state government who spoke, and after hearing this, the others nodded.

"It must be secretly controlled by the relevant departments, which also shows from the side that whether it is the disappearance of the body in the hospital or the Yong'an River incident, it is not light."

The middle-aged man who took the lead was comparatively more sedate than other young journalists, and therefore had a deeper perspective on the matter:

"I heard that the area around the Yong'an River has been blocked by officers and soldiers, which means that the Yanjun military government has begun to intervene.

There must be a reason why local journalists can't do it.

But when the official media of our state government came forward, they presumably did not dare to stop it more.

This time we had only one goal, and that was to find out what was going on as quickly as possible.

The masses have the right to know, and we have an obligation to let the masses know exactly what is happening. ”

The group of people talked as they gradually approached the defense line of the Yong'an River.

Looking at the officers and soldiers standing solemnly not far away, the middle-aged reporter led by him took the lead in stepping forward and showed his waist card.

"We are reporters from the state government's official media, and we are here to learn about what is happening in the area of the Yongan River.

We have the right to supervise the interview, please let us pass. ”

Through these words, it can be seen that this middle-aged reporter is very sophisticated, and he directly moved out of the rights granted by the imperial court, which also made the nature of the conversation between the two sides rise sharply.

After learning the identity and intentions of the comer, the soldiers naturally did not dare to have any delay, and hurriedly came to the location where Kong Jie and Feng Yun were.

Upon learning that reporters from the state government's official media were coming, Kong Jie immediately frowned:

"It seems that even the state capital has already received the news, and now things are in trouble."

While speaking, Kong Jie looked at Feng Yun with some worry:

"Director Feng, this is from the state capital, and it's also the official media, I'm afraid it's not easy for us to stop it, right?"

Hearing this, Feng Yun didn't think about it, so he shook his head calmly:

"Whoever it is, they have to be outside the line, and no one is allowed to approach, not even the reporters in the state capital."

"But ......"

Hearing this, Kong Jie said with some hesitation:

"I'm afraid this is not easy to do, and the reporters from the state government's official media must have received some instructions to come here.

It seems that the rumors of this case have become louder and louder outside, and if we stop these reporters again......"

Without waiting for Kong Jie to finish speaking, Feng Yun glanced at Kong Jie meaningfully:

"Director Kong, I understand what you said.

But you've also watched the poll bureau handle the case for a while, and you don't want the current situation to be reported by reporters, right? ”

Feng Yun's words suddenly made Kong Jie stunned in place.

Indeed, these words woke up Kong Jie, and Kong Jie soon realized that Feng Yun's decision was reasonable.

During the period of contact with the polling bureau, he was able to feel a lot of strange things.

There was already some kind of bold speculation in his mind, and although he had not yet witnessed it with his own eyes, at least these things could not be publicized.

It can be known internally, but it must not be made public.

So after a while, Kong Jie looked at the soldiers who came to report with some complications:

"Didn't you hear Director Feng's words, no one is allowed to approach."

The soldiers who received the order quickly returned to the line and informed the others of Kong Jie's order.

Originally, when the soldiers who watched the report came back, the reporters were already confident that they would definitely be able to go in to conduct interviews immediately, but they never thought that after the soldiers came back, they just whispered a little and then stood back in their original positions.

"What do you mean? Are you planning not to let it go? ”

The female reporter looked at the soldiers in some surprise and asked, but the soldiers looked straight ahead without expression, and did not respond at all.

This silent gesture has undoubtedly interpreted the attitude of the Yanjun Military Mansion, and the middle-aged man led by him instantly frowned, and said angrily with a displeased face:

"You see, we're the state media in the state capital.

If you don't report it, aren't you afraid of the state government's blame?

Now that things are getting bigger and bigger, how dare you hide it like this? ”

Other reporters also came to their aid, but their words did not pose any threat to the officers and soldiers who formed the defensive line.

After all, they are just on a mission, and even if the sky falls, they don't need to stand on top of it.

All the officers and soldiers remained unmoved, and were still strictly stationed in the defensive line, and the reporters' annoyance was like a punch to the cotton, quite weak.

"Team leader, what should we do now?

The Yanjun Military Mansion is obviously determined to conceal the news, so we can't just return in vain, right? ”

In the face of inquiries from others, the reporter who took the lead also seemed a little anxious:

"How can this Yanjun Military Mansion be so bold that even we dare to stop it?"

Several other people also had such doubts, but it was obviously pointless to entangle with these soldiers, and they could not see the general of this team for a while, so they naturally fell into a predicament.

However, the reporters did not leave because of this, but have been discussing other ways not far away.

Everyone didn't want to give up, because the more Yanjun Bingfu had such an attitude, the more it gave people the feeling that there were no silver taels here.

The reporters who took the lead have already begun to call, and the rest can only wait patiently for an opportunity to break through the current predicament.

……

On the other side, Feng Yun, who had just blocked the state government's official media with his front foot, walked towards the fat man on the shore as if nothing had happened.

Kong Jie, who was following behind, had a much heavier face, obviously in a dilemma.

Now he can only put the treasure on the polling bureau, and if he can solve the case as soon as possible, this matter may have a turnaround.

Otherwise, if he alarmed the people in the state capital, he would have to bear great responsibility.

The fat man, who didn't know anything at this time, immediately asked as if asking for help after seeing Feng Yun coming:

"Director, what should we do now?

The king and the eight calves ran away in a ghost boat, and our plan failed completely. ”

However, what the fat man didn't expect was that after hearing this, Feng Yun suddenly asked:

"Failed? How do I think this is the right thing to do now? ”

Feng Yun's words made the three of them look at each other a little suddenly, and they didn't understand what they meant.

Looking at the confused three, Feng Yun sighed softly, and then said earnestly:

"The polling bureau's handling of cases, folklore knowledge, and professional ability are all indispensable.

But beyond that, you have to learn to be flexible.

Because not everything will happen exactly as you predicted, and once there is an accident, it will be completely out of proportion, how can you be alone in the future?

It's not that you've found nothing in the case so far, at least in the few minutes since the ghost ship appeared, a lot of speculation can be corroborated. ”

Feng Yun gave the fat man a wake-up call, which made them quickly recall what had just happened.

After a while, Yan Qilin and Ma Ling'er's eyes lit up, but the fat man was still frowning in confusion, as if he still hadn't figured it out.

"When the ghost ship appeared, the yin qi was extremely heavy, so it condensed into a white mist.

The ghost ship appeared with the white fog and suddenly disappeared in the white fog, which means that maybe this ghost ship is not within the scope of our common knowledge. ”

Ma Ling'er's words made Yan Qilin quickly nodded, he looked at the fat man and said:

"It's the same as the Extreme Yin Land below the Flowing Fire Avenue before."

The fat man said suspiciously:

"You mean to say that the medium we used to go to the Polar Yin Land was the bus.

And this ghost ship is our medium to an unknown place? ”

Feng Yun's eyes flashed with a little approval, the understanding of the three of them is still good, and most things are understandable.

The nature of Yin Qi is that it should not stay in ordinary places for too long, except in some places where Feng Shui is in trouble, such as a cemetery, or a place where evil spirits breed.

Therefore, for demons and demons, the higher the Dao walk, the lighter the yin qi on the body.

This is true for both demons and demons.

When you really reach a certain level of Taoism, you can even hide in people, no different from people.

So for the team members, the yin qi itself is a kind of traceable clue.

The sudden appearance of the ghost ship caused a large amount of yin qi to be filled into fog, which meant that the place where the ghost ship itself was located must be a place where yin qi was permeated.

Previously, the team members had already turned the entire Yongan River downstream.

Behind it is Phoenix Mountain, which is the land of Feng Shui in Yan County, and it is naturally impossible to have such a place filled with yin qi.

Therefore, it can be deduced from this that the place where the ghost ship haunts is not an ordinary place, and it should be in a special realm similar to the land of extreme yin.

Some people like to call this kind of place an enchantment, but in folklore, it's called terrain sealing.

Ghost hitting the wall is a kind of enchantment, and people in the enchantment will be affected by the yin qi and will exist in an illusory place, doing things that they think are normal.

And the entry and exit of this ghost ship also seems to point to this conjecture.

Perhaps there is a special barrier in the Yong'an River area, and the only medium for this barrier to enter and exit is the ghost ship.

Under Feng Yun's reminder, the three fat men quickly sorted out this line of thought.

But then, the fat man said helplessly:

"Even if we know that there may be an enchantment, we don't face the same problem of how to attract ghost ships.

The more I think about it, the more hateful that old yin feels, if it weren't for him, maybe we'd be on the ghost ship by now and be able to find out! ”

Indeed, in the eyes of the trio, this is the most difficult problem.

If they can't attract the ghost boat, they may lose the medium to go to the special barrier, and the old river god suddenly ran away like this, and no one is sure what accidents will happen later.

If this old river god is really in league with the evil spirits, then it is inevitable that he will not be prepared, and the investigation of the polling bureau will only be more passive.

After hearing what the fat man said, Yan Qilin shook his head and said seriously:

"It's not difficult to lure the ghost boat, but the difficult thing is to guard against the river god making trouble!"

Ma Ling'er then said:

"That's right, we were able to attract the ghost ship before, which shows that our thinking is correct, and the ghost ship will indeed appear for the corpse.

We have already held a white event, paved the way with paper money, and called the Quartet.

It was because the river god suddenly ran away that he disrupted our position.

Next, we just need to continue the river festival and finish the whole ceremony, maybe we can attract the ghost boat again. ”

"Huh?"

As soon as he heard this, the fat man suddenly became a little anxious:

"The last step of the river festival is to sink the coffin to the bottom of the water, if you want to kill me, I will say it."

"Flutter!"

Ma Ling'er was amused by the fat man's words, and then explained:

"Originally, according to our plan, the river festival should be able to attract ghost boats without the last step.

But now because the old river god suddenly ran away, he disrupted our position, and also missed the ghost ship.

So you should have to continue with the river ritual, but you don't have to lie in the coffin yourself.

Paper mannequins can also be effective, can't they? ”

Hearing this, the fat man's eyes soon lit up, and the old river god's sudden run away made the fat man fall into the tip of the horns.

After hearing what a few people said, the fat man suddenly realized.

Continue the ritual, if the necessary factor for the appearance of the ghost boat is the corpse, replace the fat man with a paper stand-in, and continue to complete the river sacrifice ceremony, then the ghost boat should still appear.

But the premise is that the old river god who ran away by the ghost boat will not make trouble.

Otherwise, once this old river god says something to the evil spirit, I'm afraid it will be difficult for this ghost ship to appear again.

Therefore, the fat man and the others quickly began to think about what could be done to prevent this.

But after thinking about it, what can they do if their mouth grows on the body of the old river god?

In this way, it seems that the progress of the whole case is once again in a predicament.

No one can bet, betting that the old river god has nothing to do with the coercion behind his back.

Otherwise, if the ghost ship appears rashly on board, it may fall into passivity.

Just when a few people were thinking about this, Feng Yun just said three words simply, and then the three of them suddenly opened their mouths.

"Yin and Yang buckle!"

After Yan Qilin and Ma Ling'er heard this, the gloom on their faces was suddenly swept away.

But after hearing these three words, the fat man's face changed, and he even looked a little awkward.

"Fat man, for the sake of the case, I have wronged you!"

Ma Ling'er quickly patted the fat man on the shoulder and said a word, and then hurriedly walked in the direction of the villager.

When Yan Qilin passed by the fat man, he also patted the fat man on the shoulder, did not speak, but nodded at the fat man with affirmative eyes.

The fat man stood in place and was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed deeply, followed the two with a lonely face, and returned to the Zhang family's mansion again.

Seeing such strange reactions of several people, Kong Jie, who was standing beside Feng Yun, asked in confusion:

"Director Feng, what are the yin and yang buckles you are talking about?"

Regarding the questions asked by Kong Jie, Feng Yun rarely had anything to hide.

In his opinion, everyone is an official, and Kong Jie's help will be indispensable in the future, so it is not a bad thing for him to know more about the polling bureau.

"Yin and Yang buckle, in fact, is essentially a kind of folk evil art, which originated from witchcraft, and then spread in the rivers and lakes.

Especially in the area of mountain castles, it was relatively common in ancient times.

The lover Gu of Dian Prefecture and the yin and yang buckle of the mountain city are the two most well-known evil arts in ancient times.

When the women of the mountain city get married, they will always put a mandarin duck pot on the table and eat with the men.

But this mandarin duck pot is made by a special method, once you eat the food in the mandarin duck pot, you will form a yin and yang buckle with this man.

Once the yin and yang buckle is formed, men and women will live together in life, and die together.

If one party breaks the taboo set at the time of the knot, the consequences will be very serious.

It was only later that this technique spread among the people, and it gradually changed.

Yin and yang buckles are no longer limited to two living people, even dead people.

As long as those who have been married to each other put down the mandarin duck pot and set up the yin and yang buckles, even the dead can be recalled to see the previous one.

They are always linked to each other, the living eat the red pot, and the dead eat the white pot, which can continue the overnight relationship and comfort the lovesickness. ”

Feng Yun's words made Kong Jie puzzled:

"Director Feng, are you talking about this a legend, I don't understand what this has to do with the matter in front of me? And how to use it? ”

Hearing this, Feng Yun smiled mysteriously:

"It's useless to talk too much, it's better to go and see, and you'll understand."

(End of chapter)