Celestial masters don't count

When driving to the old city, the roads in the old city are too narrow for cars to enter.So the four of them got out of the car and walked, looking for Huang Zhong's residence along the address given by Lao Qian.

I walked all the way to a residential building, and when I asked an old man enjoying the cool air upstairs about Huang Zhong's residence, the old man showed them the way.

Mao Jiu thanked him, the old man glanced at him and said, "He's dead, it's useless for you to look for him."

Mao Jiu and Lu Liu looked at each other, and asked the old man, "Master, I heard that Huang Zhong still has a wife and daughter."

The old man shook his cattail fan and said, "It's gone. They all ran away. Only old man Huang is left... It's useless to look for him."

Mao Jiu pulled his lips and smiled: "Why is it useless? After all, he is Huang Zhong's father. Even if Huang Zhong dies, he can still make the decision."

"He's crazy."

"what?"

"Old man Huang is crazy, so it's useless for you to find him."

Mao Jiu looked back at Lu Liu.With a cold face, Lu Liu gave Mao Jiu a comforting look, then stepped forward, looking like a cold face, and said: "Old man, don't make excuses for Huang Zhong! We also investigated before we came, Huang Zhong Father is in good spirits and in good health. Huang Zhong is filial and often buys health care products for him."

Lu Liu deliberately put the emphasis on the word 'filial piety'.

The old man stopped shaking his cattail fan and looked up at the two of them: "Who are you?"

Lu Liu: "Huang Zhong borrowed a lot of money from our boss before he was alive. He said he wanted to be filial to his father, so our boss borrowed it. He also said that he would pay it back in a month, and now the deadline has passed."

Hearing this, the old man was silent for a long time, and sighed a long time: "What a crime!"

Mao Jiu narrowed his eyes, the old man really knew something.

"Old man, please tell us. Otherwise, we will not be able to collect the debt, and it will be difficult to explain."

The old man has been silent, not too happy to talk.

Mao Jiu and the others stood beside him, trying to make him speak.Because they know that if the old people don't talk, maybe they don't know so much.Because it is certain that Huang's father will not say anything.

There was a long silence, perhaps because of the sincerity of Mao Jiu and the others, the old man said slowly: "Actually, not only old man Huang is crazy, but several old men and women here are crazy."

"How to say?"

The old man was very angry: "Everyone has been tricked into brainwashing by pyramid schemes!"

Biography, MLM?

"One by one, they all want to buy health care products like crazy. Do you know how expensive health care products are now? There is no supply of tens of thousands of yuan a month, so you can't buy them. Let me say that buying these health care products is better than going to the regular monthly Hospital physical examination, insist on exercising. You can live to a hundred years without taking medicine."

It is always easy for the elderly to deviate from the focus and talk too much.

Mao Jiu listened patiently, and then asked, "But what does it have to do with their...being brainwashed?"

"Their pension is only two to three thousand a month. Where can they get the money to buy health care products? They let their children buy them, but the children are overwhelmed and don't buy them. They say that their children are not filial and talk about it all day long. They also say that their children Disobedience will be punished. Tell me, is there such a law of filial piety? They are all people of the new era, and they still carry these residual feudal thoughts. Parents are wrong, what if the children say a few words..."

The old man Balabala talked a lot and finally turned back to the original topic: "Once I saw the old man Huang talking in a daze, raising things." The old man lowered his voice and said, "I guess it's raising little ghosts. I saw that wooden statue , especially scary. And since the old man Huang raised that thing, his whole person has become gloomy and moody. He often looks at people, which is very creepy. After he changed, he pulled other old men and women in the old city Make offerings to that thing together, and then buy health supplements. It seems that health supplements can make them live longer.”

Mao Jiu showed an expression of surprise and disbelief: "Old man, don't you be fooled by us?"

The old man got a little angry: "You guys deserve me to be brainwashed!"

"Aren't you brainwashed too?"

"My son and daughter-in-law are filial. I still need to raise a kid?"

"Then raising little ghosts, buying health care products has nothing to do with filial piety?"

The old man glared at Mao Jiu with hatred: "You baby, why don't you understand? They buy health care products and want to live a long life. They don't have money to buy them, and their children refuse to pay. They just raise little ghosts...not to say Can raising little ghosts help people realize their wishes? They raised little ghosts, made their children obedient, and gave them money to buy health care products. You also know Huang Zhong. He used to drink heavily and beat people when he was drunk. Old man Huang was miserable before. Everyone felt sorry for him. Later, Huang Zhong became filial and bought health care products. Everyone was relieved and envious. Later, the old man Huang talked about raising a little ghost and instigated other people to raise it with him. I thought It's weird, it's unclear just looking at that thing. I didn't get involved, but now that I think about it, it's a good thing I didn't get involved. You don't know how miserable Huang Zhong died."

When the old man spoke, he let out another long sigh: "People's hearts are not enough! In fact, Huang Zhong became better after being filial, but the old man became more and more dissatisfied. Later, Huang Zhong had no money for eating and smoking. Go out to work every day, and give all the money to old man Huang to buy health care products when he comes back. But old man Huang is still dissatisfied. He is not a good thing. I watched Huang Zhong grow up. He was often beaten when he was young. He is also a character who loves domestic violence when he is drunk. Huang Zhong learns from others and pays karma. These people don’t talk about it. Those old men and women who are persuaded are actually treated well by their families. Like the folk alley in front In the deep Liu family, the son, daughter-in-law and grandson are all filial and capable. The whole family is very good and happy. Ever since the old lady became obsessed with health care products, the family has been torn apart. Some time ago, the daughter-in-law and grandson all ran away."

Mao Jiu agreed: "It's really a crime."

The old man shook his head and sighed: "Isn't it?"

Mao Jiu got up and thanked the old man, then walked to Huang Zhong's house with the other three.

On the way, Zhang Xiaodao didn't hold back, and asked, "Ninth Brother, are you really raising a brat?"

Mao Jiu shook her head: "Not sure. Go and have a look."

A few people soon arrived at Huang Zhong's house. Huang Zhong's house was on the fifth floor of a residential building. There was an iron security door outside the door, which was not locked.Once you pull it open, there is a wooden door inside.They just rang the doorbell, and after a few minutes no one answered.

Zhang Xiaodao guessed: "Is it possible that no one is here?"

Mao Jiu shook her head: "No."

Judging from what the old man said just now, Father Huang should be there.

He rang the doorbell again, but still no one answered the door after several minutes.

Lu Liu stared at the door, frowning.Reaching out to grab Mao Jiu's hand, "Kick the door."

Mao Jiu: "Will it scare people?"

"No." After a pause, Lu Liu said again: "I always feel that we are late."

late?What's the meaning?

Usually this sentence represents a bad signal.

Mao Jiu reacted suddenly, kicked the door open with a flying kick.

Lu Liu silently withdrew his foot and took a step too late, the chance to show off was gone.

A little unhappy.

When Mao Jiu went in, a foul smell rushed towards him.Zhang Xiaodao took a step back, walked in and vomited immediately when he smelled the smell.Yu Xiaohui helped him out.

Mao Jiu told them: "Remember to call the police."

Then he and Lu Liu went around the sofa to look at Huang's father who had been dead for some time, and Huang Zhong's disappeared head was also there.

Mao Jiu was about to go forward when Lu Liu took out a handkerchief from his pocket and gave it to him.

"Cover your nose to block the smell."

Mao Jiu took it and smiled, unexpectedly sweet.Covering the nose, there is a faint fragrance, and the stench lingering in the nose dissipates a lot.

"Thank you."

Stepping forward to look carefully, he found that Huang's father had choked to death.It can be clearly seen that because his mouth and nose were stuffed with pills, it wasn't that he didn't swallow the pills, but that the pills overflowed because of too many mouth and throat passages.

Father Huang rolled his eyes with a pained expression.Corpse worms crawled around the eyes, and the hands and feet showed signs of decay. They should have been dead for a while.

Mao Jiu was a little puzzled.

It shouldn't be.

Huang Zhong died no more than 48 hours before his father was alive.But now the rot seems to be more than three days old.

Lu Liu suddenly said: "The weather has been extremely hot these two days. If you die in the house, it will indeed speed up the decay of the body."

Hearing this, Mao Jiu suddenly realized that the weather for the past two days was indeed too sultry.It seems to be the last high temperature before autumn, which is unbearable.It's just because the air conditioner has been blowing in the apartment for the past two days, and there are vehicles for travel, and the air conditioner is installed inside.It's cool, so you don't feel hot.

Looking up and looking around, I found that Huang Zhong's family was really destitute.According to the old man and Lao Qian, although Huang Zhong loves domestic violence, he is good at making money and has a bit of brains, so his family is not so poor.Is it true that buying health care products makes you poor?

Mao Jiu said, "Sixth brother, are health care products so expensive in the city? Are they useful?"

"It's not very useful. It's just that there is no benefit or harm to eating it. Instead of buying health care products, it is better to exercise and live a scientific life. But it is expensive, and it is indeed expensive. But its price is based on the mentality of the elderly. It is not expensive, isn't it?" Good product. Expensive is a good product."

Mao Jiu nodded thoughtfully, and then saw Lu Liu pick up a box of health care products to look at.I leaned over and followed suit, and couldn't see any difference.

"Sixth brother, what did you find?"

Lu Liu showed him the health care product box in his hand: "Look at the company group above."

Mao Jiu looked at it and read out: "Haiyao Group?"

It seems...somewhat familiar.

"Is it famous? Or is there something wrong?"

Lu Liu frowned, staring at the box in his hand and said: "Haiyao Group was not well-known before, not well-known among many pharmaceutical companies. Moreover, it focuses on the middle-aged and elderly market, that is, it pays more attention to the production and sales of health care products. In many health care products It is not well-known among drug companies, but it has suddenly become famous in recent years and is loved by middle-aged and elderly people. Many health product companies that advertise have lost to it.”

Mao Jiu suddenly remembered why he was so familiar with this name, because he often saw some health care product advertisements on bus stop signs, buses and some advertisements, and the words Haiyao Group were all in the advertisements.

"It's weird?"

Lu Liu shook his head: "It's not surprising. It attracted attention because Haiyao Group's reputation was not due to the decision of the company's boss, not because of the publicity team, or because of how good the medicine is. It's because of a woman."

"woman?"

"Yeah. A woman named Huang Pinyi. She is from out of town. She has no power or power. She worked hard in the imperial capital, but brought the Haiyao Group to the top. She even appeared on CCTV's elite talk show."

Sounds like a formidable woman.

"What does this have to do with Huang Zhong and Huang's father's death?"

"There are so many health products, why did Father Huang choose Haiyao Group alone?"

"Didn't you say that Haiyao Group is more famous? So it's normal to choose this one, because of the famous brand effect."

"That's right. But all the health care products here are from the Haiyao Group. Most people will choose different manufacturers and different brands even if they buy a large amount of the same thing. Especially for things that are related to life, they will not just buy one from one group. Brands. It’s not the same as the preference of luxury goods, they can’t develop trust in health supplement companies.”

Lu Liu got up, walked directly to the front cabinet, and opened the cabinet—full of health care products.He casually picked up a box of health products and opened it to check the date, Mao Jiu leaned over.He pushed the health supplement to Mao Jiu and let him see it.

Mao Jiu understood the date just by looking at it.

This box of health care products has expired, and it was two years ago.He flipped through the health products in the cabinet and found that the earliest date was three years ago.That is to say, Huang's father started to buy health care products three years ago, and all the health care products came from Haiyao Group.

As Lu Liu said, health care products are related to life—essentially irrelevant, but for the elderly, health care products are the elixir that can prolong life.Generally speaking, people cannot put their trust in the same drug company.

"Haiyao Group? It's a big problem."

Mao Jiu suddenly raised her head, thought for a while, then turned around and looked around, frowning.He walked towards the two rooms, found no abnormalities in the first room, and in the second room there was a shrine right in front of the bed.

The shrine is neatly organized, with an incense burner and two ever-burning lamps placed in front of it.The censer was full of ashes, and the place where the gods should be enshrined was empty.

Mao Jiu stepped forward and turned on the ever-burning lamp, which instantly illuminated the shrine.The shrine was covered with ashes, and there were only two relatively clean places.Obviously, something was enshrined on these two clean places.

Lu Liu stood behind Mao Jiu: "What did you find?"

Mao Jiu said, "Father Huang's offerings are missing."

"What should he offer?"

"There should be two... a little weird."

"Ok?"

"Not a god or a ghost."

"What do you mean?"

"I thought it was an evil spirit at first, and I also felt the ghost aura, which was very faint and almost dissipated. It can be explained that these two things had just left. But besides the ghost aura, I also felt coercion."

"Coercion?"

Mao Jiu hesitated for a while, then said, "...the coercion of the gods."

God? !

Lu Liu was a little shocked. In this dharma-ending era, the so-called gods only exist in legends.He thought that it was impossible to see the gods in this era.

Lu Liu quickly realized something was wrong: "Why do gods have a ghostly spirit?"

Mao Jiu said: "This is what I find strange. There is both a ghostly aura and a divine coercion. It is neither a god nor a ghost... What could it be?"

Lu Liu squinted at the shrine, and asked speculatively, "Could it be related to the offering?"

"worship?"

"Worship is a very special way to communicate with the gods of heaven and earth. People generally believe that once they make sacrifices, they can realize their wishes. What one person thinks is not enough to change the environment. Once everyone thinks so, it will produce things that neither you nor I can do. The magical effect of the explanation. Some people think that there are no gods in the world, because there are more offerings and more people who believe in them, so gods will appear in this world. In modern times, there are fewer and fewer people who believe in gods, and fewer and fewer worshipers. So that there are no gods anymore. Instead, people believe more and more in the existence of ghosts, which makes ghosts rampant."

"Do you think gods exist because of people's offerings? Don't they appear because of people's offerings?"

The two different words 'existence' and 'appearance' determine whether the gods in this world exist objectively or subjectively.

"I don't know, Ah Jiu. I haven't seen a god. What I said is just a way of saying, whether it is 'existence' or 'appearance', it can't change that offerings can produce something produced under unnatural conditions. No Evil spirits are not gods, they are only created by people's ideas and offerings."

Mao Jiu shook his head: "It's unlikely. It's very difficult to produce, unless millions of people enshrine, such as Buddha statues in temples. But how can the enshrined things hidden in the old people's houses be produced? But when you talk about enshrining, I would rather Thinking of the invasion of evil spirits. Because it is an offering, if it has not been consecrated, there will be evil spirits breaking in and occupying it. If Father Huang enshrines a statue, then the evil spirits will occupy the statue that has not been consecrated, and then lure Father Huang. But what does this have to do with Haiyao Group?"

Lu Liu said quietly: "Maybe it's not related to Haiyao Group, but related to Huang Pinyi."

"How to say?"

"I have only come back in the past two years, and I have heard about some things about Huang Pinyi. Her love life seems to be very bumpy. It is said that her parents are dead and she has no friends. People's evaluation of her is an emotional insulator."

"According to this, it should be a love insulator."

"No. The emotional insulator I'm talking about doesn't just refer to love, but also family and friendship."

Mao Jiu frowned, hearing that his fate was similar to that of Tiansha Lone Star.

"Maybe we have to go and see this strong woman Huang Pinyi some other day."

Lu Liu pulled Mao Jiu out of the room: "Let's leave first. Team Qian will come over to dispose of the corpse later. And we'd better investigate those old people who were brainwashed by Father Huang to see if they are also buying health care. Are the products and health care products from Haiyao Group?"

When passing by Father Huang's body, Mao Jiu glanced at it, then stopped to observe.

Lu Liu asked him, "Any new discoveries?"

Mao Jiudao: "Do you think Father Huang's holding Huang Zhong's head is a bit strange?"

Hearing this, Lu Liu also observed it.Found that the posture was indeed a bit strange, Huang's father held Huang Zhong's head sideways in his arms, just like holding a baby.

"And...do you think Father Huang is smiling?"

Huang's father's mouth and throat were stuffed with capsule medicine, and he choked to death.The eyeballs protrude, the flesh on the face is distorted, and the mouth is stretched open.If you don't look carefully, you just think it's opened because of pain, but if you look so carefully, you are indeed laughing.

Lu Liu thought about that smile, thoughtfully: "It's like my father's smile."

"Ok?"

"Like a father holding a child, smiling full of fatherly love."

Mao Jiu's weird eyes immediately glanced at Lu Liu, with such a distorted smile, can you still tell it's a fatherly smile?

Lu Liu pressed Mao Jiu's head slightly: "Father's smile is different, mother's smile, and lover's smile are all different, because the feelings are strong, and you can often tell the difference after experiencing it."

Lu Liu grew up under the doting of his parents, brothers and sisters, so he can tell that the distorted smile of Huang's father after his death is actually a smile full of father's love.

Mao Jiu felt sad for a moment, he had no parents.But he has a master!

Hearing what Lu Liu said, Mao Jiu looked at Huang's father holding Huang Zhong's head like a baby, and his fatherly smile.Some creepy guesses: "Father Huang didn't actually lose his affection for his son because of enshrining that thing. On the contrary, he distorted this affection even more. In ancient times, it was believed that children's flesh and blood were bestowed by their parents. When Nezha severed ties with his parents, It is to cut off the flesh and blood to repay the parents' kindness. Therefore, the requirements for filial piety were extremely strict in ancient times, so Huang's father just thought that Huang Zhong and filial piety should be obeyed, but he still loves his son very deeply. It's just that this deep love has been distorted. What he loves deeply is his obedient and well-behaved son, not Huang Zhong, who was drunk and beat him up and stole money. So Huang Zhong was acquiesced as unfilial and sentenced to death. After Huang Zhong died, his head was brought back to Huang's father, who held him in his arms. Huang Zhong's head, as a baby - he thinks that only Huang Zhong, who didn't know how to resist when he was a baby, is his beloved son."

"It's very likely. In ancient times, the punishment for dealing with unfilial sons was mostly the law. If the law is to be implemented, someone must sue the officials. It is also inferred that Huang's father reported Huang Zhong's unfilial piety to the enshrined thing, so the enshrined thing was angry. And Huang Zhong was sentenced to death."

After speaking, the two were silent.

The ancient criminal law was cruel and inhuman, and the concept was extremely cruel and distorted.Father Huang's ideas were probably distorted because of the influence of the enshrined things.What's worse is that they don't know how many people are enshrining that thing, and how many people are victimized by dross feudal filial piety.

Mao Jiu said: "We must find out the original body of the enshrined thing and how many victims there are."

Lu Liu said, "It's a bit difficult——"

Mao Jiu: "Brother Six can't help it either?"

Lu Liu was stunned for a moment, and then said seriously: "Why not!"

Mao Jiu: "Sixth brother is really amazing!"

Lu Liu was dizzy, and left the house with Mao Jiu, and waited for Laoqian with Zhang Xiaodao and Yu Xiaohui.

As soon as Zhang Xiaodao saw Mao Jiu coming out, he immediately went up to ask, and Mao Jiu told him what was going on inside.Then he told Zhang Xiaodao about finding the original body of the enshrined object and the victim.

Zhang Xiaodao didn't know what to do for a moment, Mao Jiu immediately said: "Sixth brother can do this."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaodao's hostile eyes fell on Lu Liu - did he really come to compete with him for the position of Ninth Brother's apprentice?

Zhang Xiaodao was not convinced: "I can do it too."

Mao Jiu showed a kind smile, and patted Zhang Xiaodao's head: "Brother Jiu is very pleased to have such filial piety."

Zhang Xiaodao died in depression.

Lu Liu smiled smugly, turned around and saw Yu Xiaohui's eyes of "what should you do?"After a pause, he walked up the corridor to make sure that Mao Jiu and the others could not hear him, and then called his nephew.