Start from Liaozhai to brush the gods and demons alone

Chapter 34
The reason why Xu Ran chose these two cases was not because the victims were either rich or expensive.

In Mr. Xie's case, the first suspect is Taoist Qingmu.

Taoist Qingmu is related to Zhacai shop in Wangxiang.

The paper-making spirit soldiers from Zhacai Shop in Wangxiang tried to move Zhang Yuner.

That's why Xu Ran decided to attack the Wangxiang Zhacai Shop, and by taking advantage of the opportunity to investigate the case, he could easily find out what's true there.

As for the case of the Song family, on the one hand, as Xu Ran said, the process of the case is very similar to the story of "spraying water" in "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio", and even the owner's name is exactly the same, which means that Xu Ran has clues Searching.

In addition, a new ghost is very likely to appear in the case. In the original story, the ghost was not strong. It was dug out from the ground by a few mortals, and it was done with a shovel and a pick.

Xu Ran urgently needs this kind of mob with low level and low risk, and who can keep sending experience points.

……

All the officials of the county government were dispatched, and County Captain Zhong ordered Zhao Wu and Ma Daguo to stand guard and personally took Xu Ran and Lao Wang to Xie's house.

Along the way, County Captain Zhong introduced the case in detail, and Xu Ran concluded the general situation based on what he knew.

Three days ago, Mr. Xie, who took the book boy out to play, returned home with a sallow complexion and exhausted spirit. He had a good time with the fox and beautiful woman in Shuli for one minute, and was more tired than the usual intercourse for an hour.

So I reluctantly accompanied Mr. Xie and his wife to have dinner, neither let the book boy accompany me, nor did the servant girl warm the bed, and went to bed early.

Sleeping until midnight, the sleepy book boy Xie An heard movement in the young master's bedroom, and called several times but no one answered.

Panicked, Xie An called someone to break in, and found Mr. Xie lying on the ground, out of breath, with a huge bruised handprint on his neck, as if he had been strangled to death by someone two years older.

The Xie family was in a mess immediately. Master Xie asked Xie An if the young master had offended anyone when he went out. Xie An remembered that he met a fortune-telling Taoist priest at a roadside restaurant during the day, saying that the young master was in danger for his life within three days, so he sent him After telling it again.

Master Xie hurriedly ordered Xie An and the housekeeper to invite Wangxiang Zhacai Shop to find Taoist priests, and they did invite them.

It is said that Xie's family gave the Taoist 500 taels of silver, and the Taoist practiced at Xie's house for a whole night. When the cock crowed at sunrise the next day, Mr. Xie was miraculously resurrected.

After his resurrection, Mr. Xie didn't study, didn't go out to meet friends, and didn't harm the little maids in the mansion. He only focused on selling assets, raising money, and asked people to find out about capable people and strangers in the world.

Master Xie asked him the reason, but he refused to tell at all, so he reported the case again, suspecting that the Taoist priest had tampered with him.

……

Xie Youcai heard that the magistrate came to the door in person and brought an eminent monk with him, and greeted him personally with a face.

Xu Ran saw the fat middle-aged rich man in front of him with a haggard face and red and swollen eyes. He almost recounted the incident in a crying way, which was very similar to what Zhong Xianwei said.

He felt a little more sympathetic, and said: "Take us to meet Mr. Xie first, the master has the Buddhist method of exorcising evil spirits, maybe it can restore your son's sanity."

Xie Youcai repeatedly said yes, asked the housekeeper to lead the way, and accompanied Lao Wang by himself, and walked through the second courtyard together to the locked gate of the third courtyard.

The doorkeeper unlocked the door, Old Wang signaled everyone to stop, he opened the door first and walked in, sniffling and said: "Brother Xu Xian, there is a monster here..."

Xie Youcai shivered in fright, and the steward at the side hurriedly supported him, "Master... Master, save my son, you can take as much money as you want!"

Old Wang shook his head vigorously.

Xu Ran patted him on the shoulder, signaling them to back off, and said helplessly, "I'm afraid no matter how much money you give, it will be useless. The people in the room are not people, but monsters."

"Humph……"

Heartbroken for his son and afraid of monsters, Xie Youcai snorted, rolled his eyes, and passed out in the butler's arms.

Lieutenant Zhong Xian quietly pulled out his waist knife, approached Xu Ran, and whispered: "Can you see it?"

"cannot……"

Of course Xu Ran would not admit it, the system can give him a reminder.

"Didn't you see the master shaking his head? This is a code word between me and him. You stay here and wake up Master Xie, lest he ask us for a son later."

Wei Yi of Zhong County was clever, and hurried to pinch and thank the wealthy people. If the old guy framed him and arrested him and killed his son by mistake, he would be confused.

Xu Ran quietly followed Lao Wang, entered the room and quickly exited, motioning for them to come in.

The housekeeper and Zhong Xianwei were one on each side, and Xie Youcai, who was paralyzed, entered the room.

I saw Lao Wang stepping on Young Master Xie's back with one foot, and the neck of the book boy Xie An with the other, standing in the middle of the study with the bronze magic subduing pestle in his hand.

"Master Zhong, please go and close the curtains."

Xu Ran closed the door, and used a quilt to cover the part of the door with window paper, and the room suddenly became dark.

"You, what are you doing?" Xie Youcai, who had understood what was going on, broke free from the butler's arm, and was about to grab Mr. Xie who was on the ground, "He is my son, where is it a monster?"

Pharaoh pushed hard with both feet at the same time, puff puff puff stomped the two people under his feet.

There is no bloody and horrifying scene, and where the bodies of the two are split, torn paper and broken bamboo strips are exposed.

Mr. Xie and Xie An, the book boy, turned out to be two paper-wrapped spirit soldiers.

Two streams of black air steamed up, and before they had time to escape, they were hit by two golden lights that fell from the sky. The black air was like water droplets dripping on coal fire, making a chirping sound, and the black air disappeared in a blink of an eye. Two faint human figures.

It is the ghost of Mr. Xie and the book boy Xie An.

"My son..."

Xie Youcai wailed loudly, stepped forward to hug Mr. Xie's ghost, but missed it, and passed through the phantom directly.

Mr. Xie's phantom seemed to be wiping away tears, knelt down to Xie Youcai, and cried out, "Father must ask someone to avenge the child, the child died so badly..."

Xie Youcai was only crying bitterly, he was speechless for a long time, the county captain Zhong at the side hurriedly said: "Young Master Xie, who harmed you?"

Mr. Xie's ghost said: "I just fell asleep that night when I was suddenly woken up by a strange sound, and saw a window open and a piece of yellow mounting paper floated in.

As soon as the piece of paper fell to the ground, it turned into a demon with a height of nearly ten feet and two horns on his head. He strangled my neck without saying anything. I couldn't break free, but was strangled to death by him.

After that, the evil spirit swallowed my ghost, and I didn't know anything when my eyes were dark.

When I woke up again, I found myself being held by the Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest is doing a magic trick, trying to trap me in this paper body, and I see my father, mother and family members, surrounded by this body, no matter how much I struggle and shout, everyone seems to be unable to see me .

After the Taoist priest finished the practice, I was detained in a paper-wrapped body, and I didn't know anything again.

Later, I only knew that I was carrying out the Taoist's will in a daze. It wasn't until a beam of golden light fell on me just now that I regained my sanity. "

The ghost of Xie An, a book boy, also narrated a similar experience of his soul being sealed in a paper-made body.

County Captain Zhong asked suspiciously, "Then when were you killed? And by whom?"

The ghost of the book boy said: "I was not strangled to death by the evil spirit, but I was killed in Wangxiang Zhacai shop when I went to invite the old Taoist."

Zhong Xianwei asked: "The housekeeper went with you, why wasn't he killed?"

The book boy was puzzled: "Who said the housekeeper was not killed? I saw with my own eyes that his throat was pierced by a paper knife, blood was flowing, and he died after kicking his legs a few times..."

"and many more!"

Zhong Xianwei pointed to the housekeeper who was supporting Xie Youcai, "Look at him, isn't he the housekeeper?"

The ghost of the bookboy backed away from Old Wang in horror, "He...he is not!"

(End of this chapter)