got the news and got a big catfish, Wang Qilin was very happy.

Xu Da was even happier, he summoned all the Pippy brothers to the county seat, so he could be an uncle again.

When they returned to the county seat, Wang Qilin gave the catfish to the eldest sister: "Let's eat iron pot catfish tonight." ”

Qiao Niang smiled: "Okay, then I'll paste some small cakes, I remember that when you were a child, you loved to eat iron pot catfish stickers." ”

Black Bean said with his fingers in his mouth, "I like to eat it too." ”

"You like to eat human flesh. Xu Da laughed at him.

Black Bean was annoyed: "I don't like to eat human flesh." ”

Xu Da said: "Last time, I said that I chopped you up and made pork ribs into braised pork ribs, and you still want to eat it." ”

Black Bean said: "It's different, it's braised pork ribs, I like to eat braised pork ribs the most." ”

As he spoke, he squirmed.

Xu Da teased him: "Then doesn't this mean that you love to eat human flesh?"

Black Bean said firmly: "I don't like to eat human flesh!"

"Do you like to make braised pork ribs from human meat?"

Black Bean was impatient: "Uncle, you are so stupid, I said it, I don't like to eat human flesh, I love to eat pork ribs!"

Not long after Qiao Niang entered the kitchen, an exclamation sounded.

Wang Qilin asked casually: "What's the matter, eldest sister, did you cut it?"

Black Bean rushed out and shouted in horror: "I don't eat human flesh, I just don't eat it!"

Wang Qilin wondered, what is this stupid kid called?

Wang Qiaoniang came out in a panic and said, "Xiao Qi, come and see, come quickly!"

Wang Qilin walked into the kitchen quickly, the catfish had been slaughtered, and the dirty things in his stomach had been pulled out, and there was a finger in it!

He crouched down and looked through his fingers, the flesh rotting, revealing the white bones, but the nails did not fall off.

It's human hands.

Wang Qilin directly closed the kitchen door, and he said to Xu Da: "Go find Lao Dou." ”

After a while, Dou Dachun hurriedly followed Xu Da.

Wang Qilin asked him to look at this finger, and Dou Dachun asked with a look of surprise on his face, "Where did this come from?"

"Pulled out of the catfish's belly, I said what are you happy about? There is finally a big case in the jurisdiction, and there is finally a chance to make meritorious contributions?"

Dou Dachun shook his head and smiled: "No, there is a big case that has finally come out with clues, hehe." ”

"What's the big case?"

Dou Dachun introduced him: "There is a restaurant in the city called Yonghonghuo, the business is not big, the business is not bad, it is a century-old shop. Then two days ago, the restaurant encountered a murder case, and someone hid a broken body in his kitchen, which were the head and body, but the limbs were missing. ”

"Alas, this case is busy with the yamen, but I have found no clues, and now the finger you found is likely to belong to the corpse in the case, so I am happy. ”

Wang Qilin looked at him suspiciously and said, "Since you have the head of the deceased and have not found the identity information of the deceased, what can you find with this finger?"

Dou Dachun said distressedly: "You don't know, Seventh Master, the murderer is very cunning and cruel, and he burned his head, and it was like a braised sheep'......s head."

"Master Chun, what you said is too much, are you going to stop Uncle from eating lamb's head meat in the next life?" Xu Da said with an unkind face.

Dou Dachun said with a smile: "Isn't this self-humility, uncle? Can your appetite be affected by my words? Okay, do you want my old Dou to invite you to eat again? To put it bluntly, eating is not a trivial matter?"

Xu Da also smiled, and was seen through his essence by this grandson.

He really wanted to use these words to rub Dou Dachun for a meal.

But it was still embarrassing to be seen through the intention, so he changed the subject and began to analyze the case: "This finger was found in a river, and it should be that the person threw his limbs into the river to destroy the body, and the finger was swallowed by a catfish." But that section of the river is far away from the county seat, which is unreasonable, who would kill someone, throw some of the corpses into the city restaurants, and some of the corpses into the river dozens of miles away?"

Dou Dachun frowned: "It makes sense." ”

Wang Qilin rolled his eyes: "There's a truth, I really don't know what you have in your head, if this is a corpse that belongs, it means that there is a connection between the restaurant and the river section, so the killer will throw the corpses in these two places separately, so it is not necessary to find the connection between them?"

Dou Dachun was stunned.

This is an ordinary homicide case, which is not subject to the supervision of heaven, and is the internal business of the yamen.

But Dou Dachun said that the case was too tricky for him to solve, so he asked Wang Qilin to help take a look.

He hoped that there was a little soul left on this corpse, and when the time came, Xie Toad would shout and ask the soul, and maybe he could solve the case in one sentence.

Yonghonghuo is at an intersection between the inner and outer cities, is a civilian restaurant, they rushed to take a look, the restaurant is deserted, the shopkeeper and Xiao Er are crying and staring at each other with big eyes, without the majesty of the name of the store.

Seeing them arriving together, the shopkeeper knelt down on the spot: "Lord Qingtian, please solve this case as soon as possible and return our family's innocence." ”

Wang Qilin asked, "The outside world now thinks you have something to do with the murder?"

The shopkeeper snorted and said, "Not only did they guess that we had something to do with each other, they directly said that we killed someone! They also said that our restaurant was a black shop, and we used human flesh to cook food.

Dou Dachun nodded and said, "At this time in the past, the store was already bustling, and there was no place to stand. ”

Wang Qilin said: "Immediately investigate the source of these rumors, this case should have something to do with the source of the rumors." ”

Yang Dazui was stunned: "Everyone is gold, and the three of them become tigers, how can this be checked?"

Wang Qilin sighed and wanted to scold the fool, but fortunately, Dou Dachun, the head catcher, had a bit of brains, and said: "Ask the shopkeeper if they have any competitors, enemies, etc., this shows that someone is framing Yonghonghuo, just check these people, right, Seventh Master?"

Wang Qilin nodded silently.

Dou Dachun said on the road that after the case, the store was also smart, they didn't scream in fright, but quickly closed the back kitchen and went to report to the official.

After the officers arrived, they took control of the scene, and they tried their best to keep the case secret, because this kind of serious case is too brutal and will cause panic among the people, so that the bigger the trouble, the greater the pressure on them to solve the case.

It's just a person who dies, so what is the matter of dying a person in this world? It's not as important as the adults in the court who eat one less bite of meat and read one less book.

So in this case, how can the case be full of turmoil?

To say that there is no push behind it, Wang Qilin doesn't believe it.

They went to the kitchen to take a look, and Wang Qilin smelled a yin smell: "There are ghosts?"

Xie Toad shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with the case, they are ordinary starving ghosts, they will be nostalgic for the yang kitchen, almost all restaurant kitchens have traces of them, they are just here to smell the fragrance of food, they will not cause trouble, and they will not kill people." ”

Wang Qilin sniffed carefully, and sure enough, he smelled the smell of food from this yin smell, which is the characteristic of a starving ghost.

The kitchen was cleaned up, and there may have been a clue to it, but now it is not visible.

The chef told them that the gravel was entrapped in some vegetables, and that they were a civilian restaurant with a large number of customers and a lot of rice, noodles, and meat dishes every day, so they had to buy them every day.

The ingredients were packed in baskets, and the heads and corpses were hidden at the bottom of the baskets, so they were not found earlier.

Wang Qilin asked, "Have the vegetable vendors and rice vendors checked?"

Dou Dachun smiled bitterly: "The rice they have here is sent by our Dou family, and the vegetables are sent by farmers outside the city. Moreover, these farmers have a good relationship with Yonghonghuo, and some of them have even been delivering food to restaurants since their grandfather's generation. ”

Wang Qilin nodded, there was no clue, no wonder Dou Dachun was so embarrassed.

Dou Dachun said the analysis and said: "The first thing to suspect in this matter is that the competitor committed the crime, and Yong Hong's business is too good, which makes him red." So he used the broken corpse to frame Yonghonghuo and spread the news to the outside world, the purpose of which was naturally to ruin Yonghonghuo's business. ”

"Secondly, we suspect that the person who provoked the restaurant committed the crime, maybe the restaurant provoked him, and he used this means to take revenge. ”

"But we have investigated the surrounding restaurants and shopkeepers, and we have found nothing of value. ”

Wang Qilin said: "Let's check the rumors outside first and find the source." ”

He can't care about investigating this murder case for the time being, he still has to investigate Hou Decai and the prison.

This thing is too dangerous, once it is obtained by the wicked or the evil organization, it is really a disaster for the common people!

One day later, Wang Qilin got up and looked at the creation furnace, yesterday he refined the Heavenly King Reincarnation Bell, so before going to bed at night, he put the corpse of the demon chicken into the creation furnace to refine.

It just so happens that the furnace fire used to refine the demon chicken comes from killing the demon chicken, so whatever it is refined is considered genuine.

He looked at the sea of knowledge, and there was a smooth piece of chicken spinning on the furnace.

The chicken is about the size of his palm, like breast meat, he doesn't know the specifics, and he will show it to Eight Meow after taking it out.

He didn't dare to eat anything he didn't know, so he wanted to experiment with eight meows.

As a result, after seeing this meat, Yameow's eyes straightened, and he immediately pounced on the chicken and licked it first.

This trick is with Xu University.

After licking, it tilted its head and squinted at Wang Qilin, and ate it slowly and deliciously.

Wang Qilin was convinced.

Originally, he just wanted Eight Meow to try a poison, but Eight Meow was too clever.

After eating the chicken, there seemed to be a mist coming out of the body, Wang Qilin glanced at it casually and felt that it was steaming with a light mist, but if you looked closely, there was nothing abnormal, but the coat color became darker and brighter.

Didn't get bigger, and didn't have an extra small tail.

This disappointed him.

There is still something important today, so he didn't study the changes of the eight meows carefully, and he went out again after eating early in the morning, preparing to go to Duowen Temple.

As a result, as soon as he went out, he was blocked by Lin Zhongying.

Lin Zhongying said gloomily: "Lord Wang is so powerful, so busy schedule, I will look for you for three days, and I can only meet you on the third day, hehe, Liu Bei's visit to Zhuge Liang back then was just a three-time visit to the thatched house......"

Wang Qilin showed a look of disgust.

Seeing this, Xu Da slapped his horse and killed, and the chief troll of the Jixiang County men's group was always online and ready to fight at any time: "Ah, the ancestors of Riru, what did you just say? You are a little catcher who dares to compare yourself to Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty? What a bold man, tell this official what does this metaphor mean? Do you want to be the emperor? Hmm? You kid looked like a dog, but he didn't expect it to be a pebble mixed into the egg-bastard! You are an egg that can't hatch a chicken for twenty days, rotten egg!"

This burst stunned Lin Zhongying, and he shouted: "I just said it casually......"

"What a casual remark, you dare to compare yourself to Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty when you say it casually, then you think carefully about who you want to compare yourself to if you say it again? Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty who started by the rebellion? Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty who seized the imperial power of the previous dynasty? I think you are a perch and a shrimp hair--you don't have a good heart! You are a mouse and a toad to make friends -- bad intentions!"

Xu Da was sprayed with righteous words again, and Lin Zhongying's face was colorless.

Wang Qilin listened to the cola and said: "I see that you still want to compare yourself to the god of the sorghum river, he killed the eldest brother and seized the imperial power, hehe, this temperament is very similar to you." ”

Lin Zhongying turned his head and ran, scolding in his heart as he ran: Why is this Xu Da so slippery when he looks reckless? Scolding people one after another, just like those who read, it is really evil.

Xie Toad looked at his back and thought for a while, and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, this grandson will not come sooner or later, but it is a coincidence that reminds us of a mistake!"

Looks!

They were going to the temple to inquire about Hou Decai's news, so naturally they couldn't show people their original appearance, so Xie Toad showed his hand and made a simple appearance for them.

Wang Qilin turned into a delicate son, Xie Toad himself became an old man who was a serious housekeeper, and Xu Da became a reckless man who was stunned.

Twenty miles east of Jixiang County, Duowen Temple is located on a hill, surrounded by woods, and only a few flat plots of land are planted with some grain and vegetables, which is extremely secluded.

It's a pity that today's weather is not good, the clouds are thick, and the sky is like lead, which makes people feel uncomfortable, otherwise it is a spiritual enjoyment to come to this kind of ancient temple in the deep mountains.

There is a small road at the intersection of the official road that winds into the dense forest, and the Duowen Temple is in the depths of the dense forest, and the horse's hooves gently knock on the ground along the way, and Wang Qilin hears the sound of cicadas all he hears.

The weather was hot and humid, and the cicadas howled vigorously.

Wang Qilin could only comfort himself with ancient poems, saying: "The cicada noise forest is quieter, and the birdsong mountain is more secluded, not bad." ”

There are many mountain springs between the mountains and forests, and the clear spring water flows through the forest ravines, such as flowing geltling, and you can see some small swimming fish and mountain crabs when walking from the side.

Passing through this mountain forest, the red-walled and glazed tile Duowen Temple appeared in front of them, this temple has a closed gate and a high courtyard wall, it occupies the position at the top of the hill, so that people who want to enter the temple have to look up, so it looks particularly majestic.

When he arrived at the mountain gate, Wang Qilin personally knocked on the door.

As a result, no one came to open the door after knocking for a while, Xu was annoyed, lifted his pants and said, "Uncle is here to open the door." ”

Wang Qilin shook his head and said: "You can get it, this temple gate is not an ordinary product at first glance, and we are afraid that we will not be able to afford to pay for it." ”

The temple door is thick and huge, and it is inlaid with bronze door nails, which alone cost a lot of money.

He knocked a few more times, and the temple door finally opened slowly, and a bald monk tilted his head and looked at them from top to bottom and from small to top: "You, Amitabha, what are the three donors here for?"

Wang Qilin was about to speak, when Xie Toad jumped off his horse and said, "Hello master, my young master once made a wish in your temple, and now he is here to repay his wish." ”

He gave Ambassador Xu a look, and Xu Da took out a few copper baht and handed them to the young monk.

The young monk secretly put it in his sleeve and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the donor who made a wish, sorry, I'm sorry, I heard the door knock just now, I thought it was God thundering, so I couldn't go out in time to greet him." Since the donors are here to make a vow, please come in quickly. ”

The temple door opened, and as soon as you entered, there was a square, and a large incense burner stood quietly on the ground.

Behind the incense burner stands a Bodhisattva, this Bodhisattva face is like a child, dressed in military uniform, holding a vajra demon pestle on the ground, tall, majestic, at a glance you know that this is a master of destroying evil and supplementing righteousness, eliminating demons and defending the way.

The three of them went to the main hall to wait, the four monks knocked on the wooden fish in front of the Buddha statue and chanted, the weather was gloomy, these monks knocked on the wooden fish and knocked the chaos, Xu Da was irritable, and said, "I'll go out and go around." ”

He was about to go out, when the monk who received them attracted an old monk in a robe and said, "Master, this benefactor has come to repay his wishes." ”

The old monk clasped his hands together and sang: "Amitabha, good and good, what is the name of the benefactor?"

Wang Qilin said: "The disciple's surname is Lu ......"

"It turned out to be the young master of the Lu family. The old monk smiled and led him to sit down, "I heard my disciple say that you came to make a vow, I don't know what you once made?"

Wang Qilin said: "The disciple once made a wish to ask the Bodhisattva to bless a beautiful marriage, and a few days ago my father really found a woman from a good family for me to be his wife, so he came to repay his wish today, and at the same time wanted to make another wish." ”

The young monk folded his hands together happily and said, "Amitabha, Young Master Lu must be a good family, so the Buddha blesses you." ”

He seemed to want to ask something, but after a pat on the back, he closed his mouth again.

Wang Qilin understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "The disciple came to make a wish this time to donate some incense money to the temple, and the last time I came, I found out that the bodhisattvas in the temple have broken their golden bodies and need to be repaired, so they brought ten gold baht, which is not a tribute." ”

Xu Da's face was as earth-colored, and he trembled and took out ten gold baht.

The presiding monk folded his hands and shouted the Buddha's name lightly, and he said: "Amitabha, Young Master Lu really has a heart, you said before that you wanted to make a wish, I don't know what wish you want to make?"

Wang Qilin showed a trace of sorrow and said: "Alas, my wife is dignified and virtuous, and respects her in-laws, but there is only one problem that makes people linger, and that is that she is afraid of water!"

"Afraid of water?" the host was surprised.

"Yes, she used to play by the river when she was a child, but she was entangled by a water ghost, fortunately, there was a monk who traveled the world and happened to bump into it, and the monk overtook the water ghost, but it left some hidden dangers, resulting in my wife still being afraid of seeing water, and every time she washes her face and bathes is torture. ”

Hou De is a veteran of flood control, if he has something to do with the temple, even if he hides something, he will definitely show some skills in dealing with water on weekdays, so if the temple wants to get his money, it is likely to let Hou Decai come forward.

It's a pity that his wishful thinking came to naught, and the host was surprised by this, and said that as long as the Buddha is sincere, he will bless him, and he didn't say that there are monks in our temple who can help you.

Of course, this was also expected by Wang Qilin, and he was not depressed.

The thunder shook, the mountain wind blew, and a heavy rain finally fell.

Seeing this, Wang Qilin frowned and sighed: "I shouldn't go out today, I don't know when this rain will come." ”

The host said with a smile: "Amitabha, although my Duowen Temple is a small temple, it can also accommodate a few donors to shelter from the rain." Look at this weather, I'm afraid that this rain will not be small, and the duration will not be short, so I am afraid that you will not be able to leave tonight. ”

The monk next to him asked, "Presiding, this rain won't fall into the evening, right?"

The host said: "Amitabha, Fa Ming, you are in sight, the mountains are steep, it is difficult to walk an inch after the rain, and who knows if there will be dangerous situations such as floods and mudslides after the heavy rain? For the sake of safety, the three donors had better stay here tonight." ”

Xie Toad said, "Will it disturb the masters?"

The host smiled: "This will not be, the temple also often entertains the brothers who place orders on weekdays, and at most there are more than a dozen people with the same door to place orders in the temple, and the three donors please rest assured that they can stay." ”

The rain was pouring down, and the host had to do their homework, so a monk came and led them into a meditation room.

Entering the room, Xu Da's face collapsed for the first time: "Ten gold baht!"

Xie Toad listened carefully to the surroundings, and then said: "Don't worry, no one is indispensable to you, there is a problem with Duowen Temple, we have something to do here." ”