Wang Qilin came to the banquet, not to investigate the case, so although he wanted to help Dou Dachun, he was powerless.

It is a happy event to eat a banquet in the first month, and if he goes to mix with the affairs of the dead again, it will be bad luck for the host of the banquet.

So he wanted to talk to Dou Dachun and leave, but Daoist Jin Hui had an ugly face and said, "Someone died in the restaurant?"

Dou Dachun said: "Returning to the Taoist Chief, that's exactly the case. ”

Daoist Jin Hui looked at Duan Youfeng and said coldly: "Today is a good day for the two factions of my family to feast on Lord Wang, but the Jade Liquid Building was killed, this is for our two families, right?"

The young owner of Yuye Lou is a disciple of Duanyou Feng, and it was also his idea to arrange a banquet in Yuye Lou, but when this kind of thing happened, he was the last one to lose face.

Duanyoufeng's forehead jumped, and he said in a low voice: "Senior brother, please ask Lord Wang and others to go to the private room to drink tea, junior brother, I will go and have a look." ”

Hearing this, Dou Dachun was happy, and he beckoned: "Seventh Master will also go and have a look? This thing is quite weird." ”

Wang Qilin said: "The matter involves a dead person and the case is weird, so why don't you report it to us to listen to the heavenly prison?"

Dou Dachun smiled bitterly: "When the first and second cases happened two months ago, the yamen handed over the case to Tingtianjian, but after Tingtianjian sent someone to investigate, he didn't find anything related to yin and evil, so he handed the case back in. ”

As soon as Wang Qilin heard that the case had happened two months ago, he immediately knew that this was another good thing that Qian Xiao had done.

Since Duan Youfeng and Daoist Jin Hui were willing to check the case, Wang Qilin was naturally obliged.

They went to the backyard of the restaurant in an uproar, this yard is quite large, and a circle of wings has been built, each of which is a wine jar, and some of the chambers are open and have cellars, and the cellars are also wine jars.

Wang Qilin looked at it with admiration: "The Jade Liquor Building is a real restaurant, I'm afraid there are thousands of jars of wine here?"

Duan Youfeng chuckled: "Lord Wang doesn't know, the wine jars here are not all filled with wine, many of them are empty, and some of the jars are broken, but the shopkeeper's ancestral teachings did not throw away these wine jars, but to collect them, and build a restaurant in the future." ”

Wang Qilin was surprised: "Collect the wine jar and build a restaurant?"

Duan Youfeng nodded and said: "Yes, this jade liquid building has been passed down for four generations, and the current shopkeeper is already the fifth generation. ”

Xie Toad smacked his lips and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, this shopkeeper is really ambitious. ”

Wang Qilin also smacked his lips.

He had heard of the reputation of the high-rise building, the Lanling Wang family was known for its good wine, and once in the Zhao and Song dynasties, the wine jar that gathered the world's fine wine, was broken and re-melted into bricks and tiles to build a restaurant named the high-rise building.

It is rumored that from the date of the completion of this restaurant, once the wind rises, the wind is full of wine fragrance for ten miles, even if the wine jar is not opened in the high-rise building, there is also a rich wine fragrance around the beam.

Whether it is fine wine or an empty altar, this backyard is an important place for the Jade Liquid Building, and the shopkeeper must have spent a lot of money to hire a master to guard it.

So don't look at this old man who looks at the backyard door, but this old man has cultivation.

The shopkeeper heard that they had come to the backyard, and hurried to report the identity of the old man in person, saying that he was a martial artist from Southeast Prefecture, with a three-grade realm of cultivation, and was a scholar at the earliest when he was young, and later worked as a warrior monk in the Buddhist temple, and finally committed the killing ring and was expelled from the temple.

The corpse was lying on the bed, the white cloth curtain was pulled down at the head of the bed, and after the door was opened, a gust of wind blew, and the curtain hunted, and there was a bit of sad and elegant beauty.

Wang Qilin went up and opened the curtain to look, and a thin old man wearing a square scarf appeared in front of him.

The bedding of the old man is very particular, the headrest of the pillow is decorated with clouds, the quilt covered with cloth and satin is used as fabric, embroidered with stars, moons, dragons, phoenixes and other patterns, smiling, and it does not look like it is dead, but like falling into a deep sleep.

But the people present were all old birds, and they all said, "No." ”

Xie Toad went up and pulled open the quilt to reveal the old man's clothes and posture, his hands were interlocked with ten fingers covering the navel, wearing a green shirt, stepping on cowhide boots, and a foot pillow under his feet, which was embroidered with two lotus flowers, red flowers and green leaves, which were extremely charming.

Seeing this, Jin Hui Dao said in a deep voice: "Stepping on the lotus flower to the western sky, this person was not killed, how can it be more like he was ready to commit suicide?"

Dou Dachun squeezed in and said, "You will know the answer when you untie this person's headscarf." ”

Xie Toad said: "You don't have to untie it, he was opened by someone." ”

Dou Dachun nodded vigorously: "Dao Ye is really an old man, with fiery eyes, this person was nailed into an iron nail on the top of his head, and he died because of this." ”

Xu Da looked at the old man carefully and wondered: "Whether this person committed suicide or was killed, his death is a bit strange, you look at this dress, is this the old man's dress?"

Wrapped in a green scarf and wearing a green shirt, Wang Qilin thought of the Spring Festival ceremony on the first day of the new year, when Wu Hanlin led the officials of the city to dress up in this way.

When he said this, Xu Da shook his head: "Seventh Master, this person's dress is not the same as the Tsing Yi of the hundred officials of the Spring Festival Ceremony, this is a Shizi outfit, and the children of ordinary people go to the official school and have no good clothes, so they will wear such a set." ”

Wang Qilin said: "It's not strange, how can an old man wear a gentleman's outfit?

The shopkeeper shook his head: "No, Lao Zhai's good wine is not easy to wear, he wears tattes all year round, and I have never seen him dressed so neatly." ”

Wang Qilin said: "Then the question is, why did he put on a gentleman's suit? And look at his head and feet, the cover on his body, and then look at his facial expression, does this person look like he was murdered? No, it is more like sleeping after making all preparations." ”

Dou Dachun said: "What the Seventh Master said is right, I have seen the case files of several cases, and the deceased are all like this. However, they are dressed differently, this Lao Zhai is wearing a Shizi costume, and the other four people have all kinds of clothes, and there are also old people wearing shrouds. ”

Hearing this, Wang Qilin's heart moved: "Are they all old people?"

Dou Dachun shook his head: "So far, there are five people, three are old people, one is middle-aged, and one is a child. ”

Then there is no pattern to speak of.

Xie Toad looked at the old man's face, his expression was so strange, it turned out to be a satisfied smile.

Xu Da followed for a while and asked, "Did he have a dream before he died?"

Wang Qilin pulled Jiuliu over and said, "Look for it, is there anything weird?"

Ninety-six put his front paws on the edge of the bed and stood up, wagged his little tail and sniffled, and suddenly jumped up and pointed his paw at the old man's mouth.

Xie Toad quickly pinched the old man's mouth, and a smell of wine came to his face.

Daoist Jin Hui and the others hurriedly stepped back, their faces disgusted.

Wang Qilin is accustomed to this.

Since you want to solve the trick case, you naturally have to deal with corpses, if you want to smell the smell of food every day, then go to be a cook, if you want to smell the fragrance of fat powder every day, then go to be a duck, anyway, if you enter the heavenly prison, you have to get used to dealing with the smell of corpses.

There was a slight medicinal fragrance in the smell, and Xie Toad groaned for a while and said: "Gold-leaf stone calamus, benzoin gum, snow mountain stone toad, orchid mint...... Poor Dao knows, he ate Yanyun Dan last night!"

Daoist Jin Hui said in surprise: "Senior brother is so powerful, can you sniff out so many medicinal herbs from just a mouthful of corpse gas?"

Xie Toad smiled slightly, and said: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, the junior brother has a good reputation, Gayin Lao Dao is good at refining the Awakening Pill, and it just so happens that these herbs are all in the raw materials for refining the Awakening Pill, so I am familiar with it." ”

He whispered to Wang Qilin again: "This Lao Zhai should have taken Yunyan Pill before he died, the name of this pill comes from the four words 'passing clouds and smoke', the effect is not difficult to understand, it is similar to the Awakening Pill, but the Awakening Pill reminds people of a certain memory, and Yunyan Pill reminds people of the most beautiful memory. ”

"Because of this, this pill will make people addictive, and the rivers and lakes and the imperial court do not allow various sects to refine this pill on a large scale, so it is relatively rare, if you start from here, you may be able to find out some information. ”

Wang Qilin shook his head, he touched Shouzhen and Shou Quilt and said: "From the current point of view, Lao Zhai is ready to die, he was killed, but obviously not murdered. ”

"Although the Sanpin Realm is not a master, what kind of place is the Jade Liquid Building? This is a busy city, and it is very difficult to kill a Sanpin Realm martial artist quietly. ”

"You see what he wears, which he wears by himself, and look at the longevity pillow and longevity quilt, it seems that he laid it himself. ”

And he is still a well-born old Jianghu, so he should know the details of Yunyan Pill, not being coaxed into taking this pill, and then falling into a dream and being killed. ”

Wang Qilin pondered for a moment and said: "The official has a guess, Lao Zhai took the initiative to take the pill to get a good memory, he put on this set of clothes because this memory is related to this dress, it should be that the past events that happened when he once wore such a set of clothes made him feel very good." ”

"The reason why he prepared a longevity pillow and a longevity quilt is two possibilities, one may be that he took the initiative to prepare these things, which means that he is ready to die in a sweet dream. ”

"The second possibility is that someone took advantage of his dream to kill him, and then put a pillow and a quilt on him. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly asked Dou Dachun: "How did you investigate these cases?"

Dou Dachun said: "Seventh Master, this case is not easy to investigate. Including this Lao Zhai, the five people who died were all living alone, with no family or even friends, and they lived alone, so that some were only found more than ten days after their deaths!"

In this way, we can't find out who they had contact with before they died, but we found that some people are poor, and they can't afford to buy this kind of longevity quilt, so we start from the way these longevity quilts come from. ”

Wang Qilin nodded, this line of thinking is correct.

Dou Dachun shook his head in frustration: "But we asked the white shops inside and outside the Shangyuan Mansion, and these longevity quilts were not made by them, they may have been transported from other places, so the clues were broken." ”

Wang Qilin sighed and said, "Alas, haven't you thought that this may be a more clue?"

"Why can't it be the owners of the white shop who committed the crime? ”

Dou Dachun was stunned for a moment, and then slapped his forehead: "Yes, there is still this possibility!"

Wang Qilin said: "It's very simple to follow this clue to find the murderer, come, six, smell the smell of this life and the pillow." ”

Dou Dachun reacted: "Let Jiuliu go to find someone?"

Wang Qilin rolled his eyes and said, "Good idea, fart! Why do you need to be so troublesome? You take Jiuliu and go to the white shop one by one, and when Jiuliu finds out which white shop has a problem with the taste, which store is related to this case." ”

Dou Dachun was overjoyed, and he was about to go out with Jiuliu.

Ninety-six struggled and refused.

Dou Dachun said in embarrassment: "Seventh Master, it seems that you have to go out in person, and Jiuliu is unwilling to go with me." ”

Xu Da said: "It doesn't want to go with you, so why don't you just carry it?"

He picked up Jiuliu and put it on Dou Dachun's head, Jiuliu skillfully opened his hind legs and wrapped a small tree around Dou Dachun's neck, and wrapped his front paws around his forehead.

Dou Dachun comforted himself and wore a dogskin hat.

Although the case is not solved, but finally found a clue, Wang Qilin does not have to go out in person, this case does not have anything to do with demons and monsters, he and Xie Toad did not find traces of yin and evil in Lao Zhai's residence.

The group went upstairs and entered the private room, and Duan Youfeng exclaimed: "It is said that Lord Wang is like a god in judging the case, and I have always thought that this is an exaggeration, but I only know that it is worthy of the name when I see it today." ”

Daoist Jin Hui shook off the dust and exclaimed: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, it is better to see than to hear, Lord Wang is really a god and a man." ”

Wang Qilin politely waved his hand and said that he didn't dare or not, and when he entered the private room, he wanted to say goodbye and goodbye.

There was a group of men and women standing in the private room, the men were all high-ranking members of the Golden Drum Sect and the Jinshan Sect, and the women were a group of half-aged dressed in red and green.

When this group of old ladies saw Wang Qilin appearing, they were like old wolves seeing lambs, and they threw their handkerchiefs and pulled him up.

Some are shy, some are generous, some are as enthusiastic as fire, and some are gentle as a spring breeze.

Xu Da couldn't help but close his eyes after seeing it: "It's evil!"

Wang Qilin felt very unappetizing, and said with a straight expression: "You Dao Chiefs can't help it, this official suddenly thought of another hidden truth of this case, tonight's banquet is represented by my right-hand men Xie Toad and Xu Da, and this official has to go to the Yamen." ”

Duanyou Feng is sophisticated, he knew what the problem was when he saw the expressions of Wang Qilin and the others after they entered the house, and hurriedly said: "Why are so many maids in our room? I don't know if Lord Wang is a person who is extravagant and thrifty, and does not pick rafters? The maids and maids are all removed, so quickly remove!"

When a capable young man heard this, he quickly took action and drove away a group of old ladies like an old hen.

The matchmakers of the half-aged were furious, and they called them Britney when they invited us to come, and called the old ladies when they drove us away?

We must take revenge on the Golden Mountain Sect and the Golden Drum Sect!

As for Wang Qilin, this matter must have nothing to do with my little relatives, you see that he is so good-looking, and he is as immobile as a mountain in the face of women, how can he arrange such a wonderful person?

Although the matchmakers were driven away, there was still a strong smell of fat powder in the house, and Wang Qilin had an outstanding sense of smell and even smelled the smell of foxes, so he opened the window first after entering the house.

This meal is destined to not go well, and the shopkeeper who has just opened the table came to him, pushed open the door and said: "I'm sorry to disturb the guests, but there is one thing that the villain has to talk to Lord Wang first, I don't know if this matter is important." ”

"What's the matter?"

Just now, the villain cleaned up Lao Zhai's body and saw a newly tattooed red flower on his hand. ”

Wang Qilin pushed open the back window and jumped directly into the backyard, he entered Lao Zhai's room in three or two steps, and saw that the hands of the old mansion that were originally closed to the navel were pulled away, and there was a red flower in each of the palms of the exposed hands.

This flower is very gratifying, but there are no petals, only filigree, endless filaments lingering, gathered together like blooming flowers and leaves.

When Xie Toad saw it, he subconsciously said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Maha Manzhu Shahua?"

Maha Manzhu Sawa comes from the Lotus Sutra, a great Buddhist canon, a big red flower, a flower in the sky, and one of the four auspicious omen from heaven, and the other three are Manju Sawa, Mandala, and Maha Mandala.

There is a description in the "Heart and Earth Meditation Sutra Preface", saying that "the six desires of the heavens come to offer, and the heavens fall all over the void", this Buddha verse gave birth to an idiom called "the sky is falling", which means that there is a truth of Tianhua in the six worlds, as long as the merits of the Buddhist scriptures are complete, then there is Tianhua falling from the sky.

Among them, Mahamandhu Sawa is the great, auspicious, and wishful person in the four flowers descended from the sky, and it is said that those who see this flower will remove the evil.

Among the six worlds, there is the underworld, and according to legend, the underworld is burned by ghosts and fires, and evil thoughts are endless, so even those who have cultivated the great road have no chance to see the heavens and soar, so Mahamandhu Sahua is willing to open in the underworld.

The Buddhas of the sky praised it for its great compassion, and allowed it to be born by the Santu River and become the flower of the other side of the Lethe River.

Seeing this tattoo in Lao Zhai's hand, Xie Toad was shocked: "When did he tattoo this thing on his hand?" Take off his shoes, I'm afraid he also has this tattoo on the soles of his feet." ”

The guys all felt that they were contaminated with the bad luck of the dead, and they all bowed their heads and didn't hear it.

Xu scolded 'poor and exquisite', went up and quickly took off Lao Zhai's shoes and socks, and then saw that there was indeed a big red and bright flower on the soles of his feet.

Seeing this, he swept it and said: "Seventh master, it is made of pigeon blood, this uncle has experience, and the uncle used to be on the street, and it is not uncommon to see such tattoos." ”

Seeing this, Wang Qilin frowned and said, "Then what does this mean?

Xie Toad nodded and said: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, all living beings know that Maha Manzhu Sahua is the flower of the Yellow Spring Nine Shadows, in fact, it also has an identity as the flower of ascension, seeing the smallpox falling in chaos, continue to undress him, see if he still has this tattoo on his body, if there is still it, then it will be easy to explain." ”

"How do you explain it?"

"Lao Zhai and the others should not know where to get such an evil art, they all thought that they could become immortals in this way, so they happily went to die!"

Wang Qilin shook his head categorically: "Master Dao, you overturned, this guess is wrong, only this Lao Zhai himself has a tattoo of Maha Manzhu Shahua, and there is no other corpse, otherwise Dou Dachun would have said this abnormality just now." ”

"Lao Zhai didn't have it either. Xu Da shook his head after untying his clothes, "He only has scars on his body, and he should have been a tough guy when he was young." ”

Xie Toad scratched his head and said, "This is strange, he only has ...... tattoos on his hands and feet."

"What is he going to take out of the Nine Shadows Yellow Spring!" Wang Qilin's mind flashed, and he suddenly had a guess.

Then he shook his head again, "No, Mahammanjushava is the flower of the introduction, and he tattooed it on his hands and feet in order to- well, he is there to attract something! he wants to bring something out of the Nine Yellow Springs!"

"Most likely, he's going to lure a ghost out!"

Everyone went back to the private room, this time Wang Qilin had to wait for Dou Dachun's news, Jin Hui Daochang and others became curious, they discussed this strange case while drinking and eating, and used this case as an introduction to talk about some strange things they encountered in their lives.

Unexpectedly, because of this case, this dinner party was surprisingly lively.

After a while, Dou Dachun came back again, he carried Jiuliu into the door, and shouted happily: "Good luck for the seventh master, I took Jiuliu to the first white shop and met the owner!"

Wang Qilin was stunned and said, "Luck is so good?"

Dou Dachun said excitedly: "Who said it wasn't? But I didn't have to run, Jiuliu went to his house to smell the shou quilt, shou pillow and the like and called again and again, I caught the boss and didn't speak, he was already scared and convulsed, hehe, there must be something wrong with his house!"

He was performing his merits here, and a servant came panting: "Chuntouer, something happened!"

Wang Qilin's heart sank: "What's the matter? Did the shopkeeper you arrested run away?"

The official shook his head: "No, he can't run, he, he, Chuntouer, that boss wasn't so frightened that he had convulsions, he had sheep epilepsy, he was really convulsive!"

Dou Dachun shouted, "What are you kidding?"

The official said helplessly: "After the brothers carried him back to the yamen, they bumped into Master Liao, you know that Master Liao's father is a famous old man in Shangyuan Mansion, and he is very good at treating hemorrhoids and sheep epilepsy, and he said after reading it, this is indeed a sheep epilepsy!"

Hearing this, Duan Youfeng was stunned, and pulled the official and asked in a low voice: "Is it very good at treating hemorrhoids?"

Taoist priests meditate and practice every day, and it is easy to get hemorrhoids.