Ding Xiaowu was about to take Ding Liufeng away, but Ding Qingyun silently pushed him away.

She carried her brother on her shoulders alone, spread the floor with her own clothes, and carefully put them on.

Wang Qilin climbed high and looked into the distance, saw a village due north, and then took Xu Da to rush over.

This village is called Zhujiazhuang, and the shopkeeper of Juxianglou is the person of this village.

At this time, just after lunchtime, the villagers packed up the guys and were about to go to the field, and when they saw the arrival of the two, someone hurriedly went to inform the clan elder.

Soon, an old man dressed in a long-sleeved coat hurriedly came: "Listening to the visit of Lord Tianjian, the grass people have missed the welcome, forgive their sins!"

Wang Qilin said softly: "The old man is polite, the lower official is Wang Qilin, the little seal of the heavenly eunuch in his hometown, I don't know who the old man is?"

The old man said: "The little old man is called Zhu Manshun, the prestige of the two adults has long been heard, and the unsuccessful boy in my family has mentioned the two adults many times, and every time he mentions it, he is full of praise." ”

Xu Da said: "The shopkeeper of Juxiang Building, right?"

"Yes, he's a dog. Oh, I don't know why the two adults came to our village?"

Wang Qilin pointed in the direction of the mound and asked, "The ancestral tomb over there belongs to your Zhuangzi, right?"

Zhu Manshun said: "Yes." ”

Wang Qilin asked, "Has there been any strange thing in your ancestral tomb? And has there been any strange thing in your village recently?"

Zhu Manshun arched his hand and said: "The grass people don't dare to deceive adults, the ancestral grave is normal, but in recent days, people in the village have walked at night, and they will meet lonely ghosts and wild ghosts from time to time. ”

"You're encountering a begging ghost?"

Zhu Manshun shook his head: "It's not a begging ghost, or a lonely ghost is wandering, and if you don't wait for someone to get close, you will go away, and you won't hurt anyone." ”

"Did you meet you on a country road?"

Zhu Manshun shook his head again: "No, it's near the village, and I've encountered farmland returning late, running around at night, looking for chickens and dogs at night." ”

Wang Qilin said: "This is a bit frequent, haven't you?

He saw that the people in the village didn't care, and he was quite shocked: This is the village where he came to Xudu?

Another villager respected the patriarch Zhu Manshun very much, and when he saw him in contact with Tingtianjian, the villagers went home one after another to avoid suspicion.

In this regard, Zhu Manshun smiled bitterly: "It is indeed a little frequent, and we have also guessed the reason, but we can't guess." ”

Listening to them chatting all the time, Xu Da was a little impatient, he covered his stomach and said, "Lord Wang, you two talk first, I have a stomachache, I have to go and relieve myself." ”

"There is a lot of and urine on the lazy donkey, go ahead. Wang Qilin frowned.

He pulled Zhu Manshun to chat again, of course he couldn't talk about anything, and the local clan forces were always full of resistance to centralized power.

However, while chatting and walking around the village, he noticed an anomaly:

There are no chickens and dogs in the street or outside the street.

Finally, I saw a few chickens under a tree in front of a house, but they were tied with red ropes.

Pigs, dogs, cows and sheep tied with ropes, he can understand, tied chickens?

And it's still tied with a red rope?

The red rope is a ward off evil spirits and will not be used on livestock at will.

Noticing this, Wang Qilin said casually: "Uncle, the five animals in your village are not prosperous." ”

Zhu Manshun said: "Yes, for many years, the livestock raised either got lost or died for no reason. Therefore, there are also people in the village who speculate that we have problems with feng shui and cannot support live animals, and this is also the reason why there are always lonely spirits and wild ghosts during this time, who are here to steal the souls of livestock. ”

Wang Qilin asked, "Then have you ever thought about it, could it be that there is a problem with the ancestral tomb?"

The ancestral tomb is the heaven of each family.

Hearing this, Zhu Manshun hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, how can there be anything to happen to our ancestral tomb?"

But before, Bameow knelt and bowed to the big tomb on the top of the ancestral tomb, at least there was something wrong with the big tomb.

In half an hour, Xu Da came back after a long walk.

As soon as he came back, he smiled at Zhu Manshun: "Old man, what's the matter with swine fever in your village?"

"No, there is no swine fever," Zhu Manshun hurriedly denied, "Where did you get the news from your lordship? Who is chewing the root of your tongue? You tell me, I'll ask." ”

"I'm afraid you can't ask," Xu Da lifted his trousers and said, "I listened to a few pigs next to me when I was squatting in the latrine." ”

Zhu Manshun: ???

Xu Da continued: "Those pigs told me that for many years, it was easy to lose livestock in the village, and then during this time, there were suddenly dead poultry and livestock, and the people in the village said that there was swine fever, and it was a person named Zhu Kaige who raised pig demons at home, and made the pigs and dogs in the village restless!"

Zhu Manshun shook his head in a panic: "There is no such thing, there is no such thing, this is a rumor!"

Xu Da squinted at him: "Can pigs still spread rumors?"

Zhu Manshun was stunned and asked blankly, "Can pigs still talk?"

Xu Da said proudly: "I have heard that the Heavenly Prison has many people and thousands of secret skills, and it is not easy to understand a pig's language?"

Wang Qilin interrupted their conversation and said, "Is there anyone in the village named Zhu Kaige?"

Zhu Manshun hesitated.

Wang Qilin's face turned pale and said, "Lead the way." ”

Zhu Manshun said hesitantly: "Lord Wang, there is really no pig demon ......"

Wang Qilin said gently: "Uncle, if I go down to Juxianglou, I will have to go out of business, do you understand?"

Zhu Manshun looked at him stunned, and sighed after a long time.

Zhu Kaige's family was in a corner of the village, and when they saw them walking, many people in the village quietly followed to see the excitement.

On the way, Xu Da said in a low voice: "Zhu Kaige is Zhu Manshun's nephew, I have inquired, and the people in the village say that his family raises pig demons, and there is no wind in the air, there must be something wrong with this family." ”

In broad daylight, Zhu Kaige's house was locked, and when he walked to the door, he smelled a strong smell of pig feces.

Zhu Manshun went to knock on the door, knocked for a while and didn't respond, he turned around and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, my lord, there should be no one at his house, or wait for him to come back......"

"Get out of the way. Xu shook his hand.

Zhu Manshun stepped aside.

A big foot flew up, and both doors fell.

In the yard, there is an old sow with a little piglet gnawing on the grass roots, and the door panel flies up and frightens them to scurry.

A donkey cart blocked the door, Xu Da kicked again, and the donkey cart flew away with the donkey.

More villagers rushed to watch, and some people were shouting: "The big fat house is open, listen to the adults of the heavenly prison to catch the pig demon!"

The courtyard was in a mess, and the main house did not even have a door, so a row of wood was nailed to the door like a fence to prevent the pigs from arching in.

The room was dark and gloomy, Wang Qilin opened the fence and walked in, cold and deserted, and there was no one in sight.

There was grass ash in the stove, and he wanted to tell when the last fire was fired by the ashes.

But it's hard to judge.

He pulled away the ashes and saw a few pieces of bones left from the burning.

The kitchen is full of kitchen knives and cooking utensils, but the dishes and chopsticks on the cabinet are already dusty.

He reached out and wiped it on the bed.

It's all dust.

Xu Da pushed open the side room, exited and shook his head.

Wang Qilin held his breath and pushed open the toilet door.

The door opened, and a fat man with a pale complexion stood behind the door with a blank face.

The toilet is closed on all sides, with only a half-open skylight at the top.

The afternoon sun shone faintly through the skylight, and the fat man happened to avoid this layer of light.

He stood in the shadows, his face dark, his eyes blue and drooping, his eyes dull, and his indescribable gloom.

The two looked at each other, neither of them spoke.

Zhu Manshun tiptoed and looked in, he was surprised: "Ah, Xiao Kai, you are here, I called you several times, why don't you speak?"

Zhu Kaige laughed innocently: "." ”

Wang Qilin looked at the latrine, which was unusually clean, with a layer of fine soil on the ground, and there was no smell.

Zhu Manshun beckoned to him: "Come out quickly, I heard that the Lord of the Heavenly Prison has something to ask you, your head is bright, speak well." ”

Xu Da walked over, he took a breath and said, "Your house is really weird, this toilet is more fragrant than the yard?"

He hated the smell of the yard and kept holding his breath, which made him change his breath a few times.

Then he frowned again: "Hey, do you grow heather at home?"

The white fat man asked blankly, "What heather?"

Blue eye bags, haggard face, heather scent......

Wang Qilin asked, "Where is your daughter-in-law?"

Zhu Manshun hurriedly said: "How can he have a daughter-in-law? Hehe, he used to know the daughter of a family when he was a helper in the county, but they didn't look down on him, so he didn't have a daughter-in-law until now." ”

Xu Da sniffled again: "That's not right, there is also the smell of fried toon in lard, are you eating in the toilet?"

Wang Qilin immediately thought of the dusty bed and chopsticks, he walked into the toilet and stomped his feet, and the dust was flying: "Dig it for me!"

The white fat man went berserk and rushed up to push him.

Xu Dayan quickly grabbed his shoulder and pushed him to the ground with a loud shout.

Zhu Manshun was stunned by the sudden change, and he shouted helplessly: "What's the matter? What is this for?"

Xu Da also looked at him in surprise, and Wang Qilin said: "This is not a thatched toilet, there is a problem below, aren't you good at finding holes? ”