Chapter 37: Discovery

"A few days ago, the old man went up the mountain to collect firewood and saw a headless corpse, which frightened the old man at that time, and hurriedly called the people of the same village to come over and reported the matter to the official.

The county magistrate knew about this matter, and the old man also took the magistrate to see it at that time.

Since there was no evidence at the time, the county commander could only sentence him to death, and when he was about to search for evidence, guess what? Another villager has come to report the news! They also saw the headless corpses like the old ones!

This was more than once or twice, and the most frightening thing was that there were more than a dozen corpses in one day! Finally, after an investigation, it was discovered that the wounds of the deceased were strikingly similar!

The county magistrate thought that this matter was not simple, and sent a large number of people to collect evidence, but in the end it was in vain.

The county magistrate was already anxious because of this matter, and he didn't want people to die every day during this time, and what they all had in common was that they had all been to Yongle Temple before they died!

These are all seen by the local villagers, so much so that the curse is said to be spread in the local area,

At first, the old man didn't believe in this ghost and god, until a famous Taoist priest came here and found the clue and said to the old man that this was Ji Gang's unjust soul!

Ji Gang was unruly and scheming during his lifetime, and did many bad things during his lifetime, even if he was executed by the Inspectorate, his unjust soul lingered in Linyi County,

The Taoist priest said that Ji Gang was unwilling after his death, and no one found out at that time, let alone asked the master to suppress it, which led to the spread of evil energy, and it has been more than two hundred years so far, and he is afraid that he will not be able to dispel the evil spirit.

Now the yin qi of this Yongle Temple is too heavy, and the masters can no longer suppress the grievances of the deceased, and the local people are panicked after hearing about it! So that few Linyi people dare to go to Yongle Temple to pray,

When we meet people passing by, we will persuade a few words, and we will not meddle in our affairs if we can't persuade them, as for the end...... Alas! Presumably became a corpse,

Three adults, do you say that there is such a coincidence in this world? Why does this Ji Gang refuse to let us go after death? Could it be that he really wants to kill the people of Linyi County? ”

In this matter, even Tang Jianqiu, who is a pacification envoy, is not easy to say;

It is also a bit unbelievable to say that Ji Gang is too angry and has become a powerful ghost to kill people, what kind of resentment made him turn into a yin soldier and kill people two hundred years later?

Tang Jianqiu didn't know about this, so he could only continue to listen to the testimony of the old man:

"My lord, the master who walked in the square had already told the old man that this was a terrible ghost, and the Yin soldiers killed people!

The old man doesn't know if there is a sentence to say, please stop this matter with a few adults, if you let Ji Gang's unjust soul target this consequence......"

The old man didn't continue to talk about this, he was afraid that what he said was too heavy and caused the dissatisfaction of Tang Jianqiu and others, and if he put on a guilty hat at that time, it would be worth it?

Tang Jianqiu didn't say anything, but the county commander in the official uniform was in a hurry first.

I had never taken on such a tricky case before, and I thought that the Criminal Department Shangshu and Master Tang would be able to successfully conclude the case when they came to this matter, but I never thought that it would become more and more complicated, which was really boring.

"Alas! Is this a case for a ghost or a case for a person? ”

The county magistrate got up very irritably, in the past, he might have hastily closed the case and gave an explanation, but now it is different, the two adults are already present, and they dare not make a mistake;

Qiao Yunsheng didn't know what to do when he heard the county order's words, all these signs pointed to ghosts and gods, not to mention that they had also seen it with their own eyes, and it was probably difficult to rule this out;

Unless there is counter-evidence that it is a human factor!

"Looks like we'll have to go to the murder scene again."

Tang Jianqiu was talking about the Yongle Temple, he thought that if they wanted to uncover the mystery, they had to start from the place where the crime occurred, and at that time they only cared about waiting for the rabbit to go and didn't even check the surrounding situation;

The county order's face turned pale when he heard this, and he almost fainted directly, and hurriedly ran to Tang Jianqiu's side to persuade him:

"Never, sir! If you anger Ji Gang's unjust soul, wouldn't it be ......"

"In this case, the town will personally seal the minister of catching ghosts, and he will definitely arrest that evil obstacle for you to wait for a good life to see!" Tang Jianqiu has already made up his mind, once he decides something, even eight horses can't pull it back!

Even if the county order was already good, Tang Jianqiu was still unmoved, and the county order could only complain in his heart, and he could only agree to it because of his power;

"Adults must be careful."

"I wonder if Lord Shangshu can accompany me to Yongle Temple?"

As he was talking, Tang Jianqiu put his eyes on Qiao Yunsheng again.

Qiao Yunsheng was willing to serve, not to mention that he already admired Tang Jianqiu as a person, so he readily agreed:

"Very good, Lord Tang, please."

"Please."

At the moment when the two of them stepped out of the local government, several officers and soldiers rushed to Qiao Yunsheng's place with Xu Zuo, and put on the most respectful side when they saw the comer, Yun:

"My lord! Xiao found that all the dead were cloth people, except for those who carried the corpses, there were no officers and soldiers, it was also a little strange, why were all the civilians who suffered this time? ”

Hearing this, Qiao Yunsheng's eyes flashed with incomprehension, and his hand was unconsciously put under his chin when he was thinking.

Similarly, Tang Jianqiu fell into deep thought.

He really couldn't figure it out, he was also killing, why did he let go of the officers and soldiers, and instead shot at the local people?

Qiao Yunsheng couldn't understand, so he dragged out all the thoughts in his heart: "How can there be such a thing?" only to the defenseless people in Linyi County,

If there is really resentment, it should be directed at our officers and soldiers, so why vent it to these innocent people? It's really incredible. ”

The two agreed that the murderer would never do such a meaningless thing, unless he said that he had something to deliberately hide;

"Anything else you've found?"

Qiao Yunsheng asked again, the more clues the better, if this is really a curse, why is it triggered after two hundred years?

"This ...... My lord, the identity documents of the deceased are all cloth people, and there is nothing else, but there is a spiral pattern that was previously extended at the scene. ”

"Oh? The same pattern? How could there be such a striking resemblance if it were not the work of one person? Qiao Yunsheng thinks that this matter is not simple, can it be said that the murderer is a person who committed the crime?

Tang Jianqiu said: "It is not entirely reliable to determine the identity of the other party based on the identity of the deceased alone.

It can also be replaced by looting, and now we must find the first deceased and perhaps find a key clue from him. ”

Tang Jianqiu said so, however, who would have thought that the answer given by Xu Zuo would be the same, they had already begun to investigate the first deceased, who was a common man!

"My lord, the little one has already checked, the tragic condition of this first corpse is the same as the latter, and the size and depth of the wound are almost the same, the murderer is very good!"

If it weren't for the fact that ordinary masters would not be able to do such a situation, even officers and soldiers whose martial arts skills were not superb could understand this, and if they really wanted to fight with a group of officers and soldiers, they were afraid that they would be asking for hardship.

"From what you can see, who is better than the murderer?"

Tang Jianqiu raised a fatal question, which ordinary people would probably have been frightened for a long time, or hurriedly ran over to offer their courtesy.

However, he didn't say this to get praise from the other party, but just to have a bottom.

"This ......"

Xu Zuo hesitated for a moment after hearing this, he knew that Tang Jianqiu was not the kind of person who liked to listen to sycophants, but if he told the truth, he was afraid that his life would be in danger!

After some consideration, Xu Zuo said the most suitable answer:

"If it's a bit difficult to fight in close combat, if you fight from afar, you may have an advantage."

Tang Jianqiu already had an answer in his heart, he nodded and said, "This Zhenfu knows, I've worked hard for you." ”

Xu Zuo was frightened, he arched his hand, and then said with a smile: "My lord said that he was joking, this is just a small thing to do." ”

At this time, Qiao Yunsheng thought to himself: "All the dead are ordinary people, not officers and soldiers, it's really strange, could it be that this murderer has a deep hatred for the people?" ”

So, Tang Jianqiu and Qiao Yunsheng each led a few loyal and bold officers and soldiers to Yongle Temple.

Several people looked for evidence of the crime near Yongle Temple, Qiao Yunsheng took his people to the periphery, and Tang Jianqiu and his people were looking for the inside of Yongle Temple, but because no one came and went for a while, this temple was a little weird.

Jin Yiwei is relatively bold, and there are gods and goddesses in this temple, I don't know if it's an illusion, I always feel that the Buddha in this temple is staring at him from a certain direction.

Tang Jianqiu walked around the interior of Yongle Temple a few times but didn't see anything suspicious, which couldn't help but make him wonder if he had guessed wrong;

At the moment when Tang Jianqiu fell into contemplation, one of the officials in official uniforms came to Tang Jianqiu's side and hugged his fists at him:

"Lord Tang, Lord Shangshu, please come over."

"Okay."

After a brief response, Tang Jianqiu glanced at Jin Yiwei and asked them to investigate inside, and Jin Yiwei instantly understood and launched their own search.

Tang Jianqiu walked out of Yongle Temple in a red robe, and after coming to the periphery, Tang Jianqiu saluted him, and his words were very respectful:

"Lord Shangshu, but what did you find?"

"Lord Tang, please see, this thing is the same as the one we saw before?"

Looking in the direction pointed by Qiao Yunsheng, Tang Jianqiu found that the copywriting on the ground was almost the same as what he had seen before.

Xu Zuo took out the seal on the rubbing again and carefully presented it.

Tang Jianqiu took it and compared it, it was exactly the same!

What is the purpose of the spiral pattern?

Tang Jianqiu was already a little bored, since this thing had appeared many times, it was enough to prove that this thing must have played an important clue in this case!

Tang Jianqiu swept away inadvertently, and there was a sudden feeling of hair behind him.

He couldn't say what it was, but he felt that the cold aura exuded by that person was extremely terrifying, like a snake and scorpion!

It's weird, could it be that this Yongle Temple was really cursed?