Chapter 22: Opening the coffin halfway
"It's okay, I'll find a way to get them to open it on their own later. ”
Li Zhai smiled, and he walked quickly into a back alley where no one was around.
When he came out again, he changed his outfit.
Looking at the Li Mansion wearing a gossip hat, wearing a yellow gossip robe, carrying a peachwood sword on his back, and walking steadily with a dusty hand, Du Weipeng, Ma Yu and others couldn't help but be in awe.
This is the "god stick" robe specially made by Li Zhai when he was in Yulou Town.
After all, his previous white, gray-toned robes looked too tender and didn't have the demeanor of a master.
This set of robes customized according to the template of the ghost hunter master of the previous Hong Kong film can make people convinced, and they are willing to pay money to eliminate disasters and solve problems.
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!"
The funeral procession of the Qian family had just walked out of the city gate, and in front of them they met a young Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe, holding a whisk in his hand, and carrying a peachwood sword, which was Li Zhai.
Seeing that this Taoist priest was reciting the Dharma number blocking the way, the steward in the Qian family's team hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Daoist, what advice do you have?"
"I look at the black air pressure of the coffin you are carrying, it should be a person who died in vain, and burying it in such a hurry will definitely make it difficult to settle its grievances, and I am afraid that not being able to enter the reincarnation will bring ominous disasters to the family, so I hereby remind you. ”
After Li Zhai finished speaking, he flashed sideways to the side, he believed that the other party would not turn a deaf ear.
Sure enough, the middle-aged man's face immediately changed slightly: "What the Taoist chief said is true, my nephew is indeed strangely dead, but the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the yamen has been unable to find the real culprit for a long time, so he has to be buried." ”
The middle-aged man is the second master of the Qian family and the second uncle of the dead ghost Qian Gongzi.
Qian Yuanwai and his wife lost their beloved son, and they couldn't stand the blow and were already sick in bed, so he naturally handled the funeral with full authority.
At the end, he saw that Li Zhai was leaving, and hurriedly asked: "Dao Chief, you said that my nephew has a grudge that is difficult to settle, and not being able to enter the reincarnation will bring disaster to the family, I wonder if you have a way to resolve it?"
As he spoke, the middle-aged man who was old and sophisticated took out a piece of silver from his waist and respectfully sent it into the hands of Li Zhai.
Li Zhai was also not polite, in order to convince the other party, he casually put the silver into the storage bag, as if it had disappeared out of thin air.
"It's not impossible to resolve it, tonight, Poor Dao will set up an altar for your nephew, but it's ......"
Seeing him groaning, the second master of the Qian family immediately thought that he didn't have much money, and hurriedly spoke again: "Don't worry, Dao Chief, I didn't bring more silver taels with me when I went out this time, and I will definitely double it when I go back." ”
Li Zhai shook his head, he said Xintu, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that, if you want to overkill your nephew who died in vain, let him be reincarnated as soon as possible, Poor Dao needs to open the coffin.
"This~"
Li Zhai just missed a hand, seeing that he had turned the silver out of thin air, the second master of the Qian family already believed that the little Taoist priest in front of him was not simple, since the other party said that he would not object to the practice of opening the coffin.
But the coffin was opened halfway, and he couldn't afford to open the coffin halfway.
"Since you don't believe in the land, then the poor road has taken its leave. ”
Li Zhai turned around and left, and wiped the storage bag again, took out the previous silver taels and threw them back to the second master of the Qian family.
"Wait, where is the chief going to do it?"
The rumors in the city during this time were evil, and the mysterious Taoist priest who was unfamiliar in front of him saw the problem at a glance, the second master of the Qian family was really afraid that his nephew would bring disaster to the family.
How could he let Li Zhai leave like this, he groaned a little or gritted his teeth and stopped him.
"The sun is blazing, and the evil is hard to invade, so it is at this crossroads. ”
Li Zhai looked at the sunlight above his head and pointed to the intersection behind him.
"As the Taoist chief said," the second master of the Qian family agreed, and then he went back to discuss with the other mourners.
Li Zhai stood in place and waited indifferently, it can be seen that there are several people who seem to be arguing with the second master of the Qian family, but they are all suppressed by him, and they can faintly hear words such as ominous, disaster, and who will bear it.
Regardless of the life of Mr. Qian?
His death is linked to the demon asking for his life, which is enough to make ordinary people fearful,
Therefore, although the funeral procession of relatives and friends of the Qian family was huge, not many people came to watch.
As long as it is not spread out, and the Taoist priest can really surpass the young master's words, most people still do not object to his practice of opening the coffin.
Everyone reached an agreement, and after the second master of the Qian family asked people to carry the coffin to the crossroads, he did not lift the sedan chair, which was regarded as not really landing on the ground.
Under his command, several youths took a crowbar to pry the lid open, and the lid was pushed to one end, revealing the upper body of the corpse.
In an instant, a rotting stench came out, and all the people around couldn't help but cover their noses and retreat.
"The spirit of the heavens, the spirit of the earth, the edict of the Taishang, the manifestation of the ......"
Li Zhai stepped forward and chanted words in his mouth, but in fact, he was exhaling with the power of his breath, because the smell was too bad.
Mr. Qian's body was swollen and rotten, but the scratches on his neck and chin were still faintly recognizable.
Li Zhai took advantage of the "practice" to unfold his spiritual observation, but found a trace of residual faint yin and evil qi in his body.
The surface was silent, and Li Zhai couldn't help but feel a little helpless in his heart.
It seems that the cause of Liu Yunian's death is strange, and it is not necessarily the same murderer, which increases the difficulty of solving the case.
"Okay, you can bury people in Xintu, and I will go to your house in the evening to spend time for your nephew, so that he can enter reincarnation as soon as possible. ”
Li Zhai really couldn't stand the smell, and after seeing the condition of the corpse in the coffin, he commanded.
"Thank you, Immortal!"
The second master of the Qian family was convinced of his so-called "practice", and after thanking him and seeing him leave, he ordered someone to cover the coffin, reseal it and continue to send it to the cemetery.
At the north gate of Changping County, Kong Yilong, who was waiting, couldn't help but give a thumbs up when they saw Li Zhai coming.
Just now, although they didn't go over, they saw from a distance that he really persuaded the Qian family to open the coffin halfway.
"Brother Li, what have you discovered?"
Back in the city, Kong Yilong couldn't help but ask.
"Did you find it? There is a little bit of it, Brother Kong, you can ask people to check the pharmacy in the city to see if anyone in the Liu family has bought any decoction for asthma recently.
And when this young man Qian was alive, did he know Liu Lian'er, the woman in the green building?"
Li Zhai said that he needs more evidence before he can make a final judgment.
"Du Weipeng, Hou San, Ma Yu, Song Dalong, you are divided into two groups, go to the city now to check all the pharmacies, as long as it is the prescription prescribed by the Liu family recently, let them copy it......"
Kong Yilong is also a veteran of handling cases, and after being reminded by Li Zhai, he immediately thought of a certain possibility, and he commanded the four of them.
"Yes," the four officers agreed, turning to leave.
"Qian Zonghao's kid does often linger in the land of fireworks, and it is said that he has ...... with Liu Lian'er of the Spring Festival Building."
Next, as he walked, Kong Yilong explained the question about Liu Lian'er that Li Zhai had asked earlier.
At the end, he asked again what specific discoveries Li Zhai had made?
Li Zhai did not hide it, he told the two corpses that seemed to have the same cause of death, but in fact they were not committed by the same murderer.
"Brother Li suspects that Liu Yunian was murdered by his wife and pretending to be a demon and ghost?"
Kong Yilong was able to see through it at one point, and his eyes lit up.
"Not necessarily, I found some medicinal residue by the courtyard wall of the Liu family, and the color of the decoction is stronger, and it should be easier to make hands and feet in it than lotus ear porridge ......"
Li Zhai explained that if Liu Yunian was not possessed by demons and self-harmed and died, it may have been caused by taking some kind of medicine that causes breathing difficulties and hallucinations.
It is most likely that someone within the Liu family will commit a crime under the guise of a demon and a ghost, but who exactly it is still needs to be investigated, and it is impossible to draw a conclusion now.