Huai'an Temple

Jianghuai is about seven or eight days away from Huai'an County, Xie Jun stayed in Langao Academy, recruited the head of the mountain, sir, issued a notice to call back the students, and was entangled in mundane matters.

Shen Tuan bid farewell to the children, and Xiaodou cried miserably, so Shen Tuan gave him the Nanhua Mantra in his arms.In the future, Xiaodou really seeks the law and cultivates the Tao, and achieves a fairy relationship, this is a later story.

Fan Hui was so annoyed to death when he saw the common affairs, he wanted to follow Xue Zhu back to Huai'an.Shen and Xue are fine, so naturally they would like him to go with them.

Xue Zhu suddenly remembered something: "Master, last time you taught me how to ride a horse, how about we ride back?" Shen Tuan naturally agreed.

Fan Hui looked embarrassed and said hesitantly: "I, I...can't." Xue Zhu wrapped his arms around his shoulders and persuaded him, "Let's learn together! You won't be overwhelmed by too many skills!" Fan Hui grinned and said: "I It’s nothing, I’m afraid the horse won’t like it!”

The horse really didn't want to! !

Shen Tuan himself rode on the horse, holding the reins of Xue Zhu's mount, and walked slowly.Fan Hui didn't want to help, he insisted that he could solve it by himself.

The most common scene along the way is Fan Hui riding away.Shen Tuan sighed, let go of Xue Zhu's rein, and told him to be careful.Then he whipped the horse and chased back Fan Hui, who was still in shock... Thanks to Fan Hui's extraordinary skill, he never fell off the horse.

When he arrived in Huai'an County, Xue Zhu had basically learned it.He was no longer allowed to ride Fan Hui's horse.As soon as he got on, the horse would let go of the rein and pull out its hooves, spin around in place, and wanted to lie down on the ground.

Shen Tuan had no choice but to take Fan Hui on his horse.Fan Hui leaned against Shen Tuan and sat cross-legged on the horse's butt, facing backward.Whether the horse is sick or slow, he doesn't even fall...

Xue Zhu followed behind, smiling awkwardly: "From now on, I... take back my previous suggestion. I originally thought that you would learn faster than me!"

Fan Hui looked helpless: "What am I talking about? Ma doesn't want to?"

It was early morning at this time, and Shen Tuan suddenly called out: "Yu Li, look at the mourning team going to the temple, the one in the middle...is it..."

Many families in the city had funerals, and they all went to Huai'an to watch the coffin and keep the lanterns. Shen and Xue had long been used to it.But this time the mourning team seems to be a little different.

Xue Zhu clamped the horse's belly, took a few steps, looked into the distance and said: "It's really Uncle Li! How did he dress like this?!" After speaking, he rode the horse straight.

Shen Tuan turned his head and said, "Young master, turn back." Fan Hui turned over and sat down, Shen Tuan shook the reins and chased after him.

Xue Zhuchi approached, rolled off the saddle, flustered.He rushed up a few steps and called out: "Uncle Li! This...whose spirit is this to stop? Why are you dressed like this?"

Li Tan's body is completely plain, with all the hair in his body, and he holds a bamboo stick in his hand.Seeing Xue Zhu, he was taken aback, his eyes were red, and tears came down.

Shen Tuan catches up, and when he sees Li Tan's clothes, he thinks it's not a good idea, no one must be a close relative!After walking a few steps, I saw the tablet in front of the coffin.

Destiny bestows upon Li Men the position of child of the Qin family!

Li Tan solved the murder case in the bathhouse, and just got promoted from the eighth rank classic history.It is also official.Then this child is obviously his wife, Yueniang!

Seeing that Xue Zhu wanted to ask again, Shen Tuan said, "Yu Li, come here and give your aunt a spirit."

Xue Zhu paled in shock, seeing Li Tan closing his eyes and nodding, his heart sank.He staggered a few steps, hugged the Yueniang tablet, and called auntie, still in disbelief.

Shen Tuan also felt it suddenly, but since he was in mourning, there was no reason to stop and ask questions.He had no choice but to take off the Taoist crown and follow at the end of the team.

Fan Hui put the two swords back into his arms, removed Wu Zhuiguan, and walked beside Shen Tuan.After a while, he whispered: "Master Dao, something is not quite right."

Shen Tuan raised his eyebrows.

Fan Hui said again: "This is going to stop in your temple, right? You explore the coffin, why is the corpse not there until the first seven days have passed?"

Most people, after death, the three souls die first, and the five souls follow, but there are two souls in the body.If there are accidents at this time, such as cats and dogs over their heads, wild ghosts, yang qi clashing, etc., it is easy to get dead.

After the first seven days, once you pass the Wangxiangtai, the second soul will return, and you can go to reincarnation.

Occasionally there are immediate reincarnations, but very few.

So if within seven days, there are no two souls on the corpse, [-]% of it is something other than Liuhe.

Shen Tuan was surprised, and whispered: "Young master, have you seen it right?"

Fan Hui sneered: "I might be mistaken if I look at a living person, but I might be wrong if I look at a dead person. You can find out."

Shen Tuan didn't speak any more, took out a soul-seeking talisman from his arms, held it in his hand, and probed into the black coffin in front of him.

After a while, Xue Zhu helped Li Tan stop crying in the coffin, and set off a flame to guard the lamp.Everyone in the yamen helped, and Li Tan didn't need to worry about it, so they finished the ceremony richly.After stopping the coffin in Guanli, you can choose a date for a big funeral.

Shen Tuan stood at the entrance of the hall, looking at Xue Zhu who was crying inside.Feeling a little palpitated, I don't know if there is something really wrong with Yueniang.Shen Tuan took a breath and suppressed the chaotic energy.

Fan Hui took out a black talisman from his arms, held it between two fingers, and stood it upright in the air.The talisman was automatic in the absence of wind, and after a short while, a trace of black air came out.Fan Hui said: "Master Taoist, look. This Huai'an County seems to be different from what it was before we left."

Shen Tuan carefully looked at the talisman in his hand, and asked, "Ghost Dao talisman? Young Master actually has this treasure?"

Fan Hui smiled: "There are only a few family heirlooms. The Daoist Chang Bocai knows each other, and you see, he is in a hurry, showing his teeth and claws. Even if the dead people in the city are cheating on their corpses, they are not so ghostly. What's going on here?"

Shen Tuan sighed, and said worriedly: "Ask Li Dianshi to talk about it, and see what happened to Mrs. Li."

Not long after, Xue Zhu accompanied Li Tan out of the apse.Back in the front hall of the dormitory, several people were seated by host and guest, Xue Zhu was the first to bear it: "Uncle Li, I saw my aunt when I left, and she was not sick. Why have you been..."

Hearing this, Li Tan furrowed his brows, his eye circles turned red again, and wept, "I've been working hard with paperwork for days. At the last moment, I couldn't be by her side. Yu Li, it's all my fault, for not being able to take good care of your aunt..."

Seeing what he said, Xue Zhu quickly stood up and said nervously: "Uncle, I made a slip of the tongue, don't say that."

Fan Hui couldn't see their politeness, so he asked directly: "Li Dianshi, Daoist Shen and I feel that there may be other things. What's wrong with Mrs. Madam? How is her death?"

Li Tan said in a hoarse voice: "There is no disease, she was fine the first day, and she went shopping with her neighbors. Later, I checked her... dead body. There was no trauma, her lips were bruised, it was a bit like... frightened or prolapsed .”

Fan Hui asked again: "What happened afterwards? Did anything strange happen before the burial? Fraud or something?"

Xue Zhu was in a hurry: "Fan Congzhi! Can you speak human language?"

Li Tan shook his head: "There is nothing strange. I haven't gone anywhere these days, I've been here all the time."

Fan Hui sighed: "Yu Li, I didn't intend to anger you. It's just that your aunt died strangely. I always feel that my soul has been suppressed."

Li Tan's expression tightened, and he looked at Shen Tuan.Shen Tuan pondered for a while and said: "The city is haunted by ghosts, which is really unusual. I'm afraid there is something wrong with your wife's affairs. I'm afraid I have to investigate again."

Several people were discussing, and there were two voices asking the door at the gate of the courtyard.Shen Tuan thought for a while and said: "Please come in." The person who came directly to this courtyard must have known him, and now he is not in the mood to get up to meet him.

After a while, a person came in, wearing a dark suit of water color, wearing a moon-white cloak, and looking worried.Shen Tuan and Xue Zhu got up to check the head, Xue Zhu said: "Tang Zhenjun, why are you here?"

Tang Bing first cupped his hands to greet Fan Hui, but Fan Hui didn't get up, and just clasped his fist in a perfunctory manner.Only then did Tang Bing return the salute to Shen Tuan and Xue Zhu, and asked, "I know about the frequent occurrence of evil things in Huai'an these days, but don't you two know about it?"

Xue Zhu's face tightened, and he hurriedly asked: "But someone is holding back his soul? We just came back from Jianghuai. Didn't Tang Zhenjun hear about it?"

Tang Bing glanced at Fan Hui, and said with a wry smile: "No one told me, so I didn't hear about it. In the past few days, most of the dead were beggars on the street, and there was nothing unusual about it. However, it's a bit strange that all of them are dead. gone."

Fan Hui suddenly asked: "How many people died?"

Tang Bingdao: "Only in Huai'an County, within seven days, there were at least sixteen or seven such corpses, dead without soul. In the end, the court should restrain it."

Li Tan frowned and thought for a while: "Master, I know about the frequent deaths of beggars you mentioned. In the past half a month, there have been 23 beggars. We restrained ourselves, burned or buried them, and we don't know the difference."

Tang Bing said: "I have to go and see if there is any evil formation or magic weapon in this city, otherwise this matter cannot be stopped."

Xue Zhu rubbed his brows and said, "Let's all go, we may not find the whole city in one day."

Li Tan got rid of the numbness on his head, tied up his hair two or three times, and said, "I'll go. With a few of you, how can we find the whole city."

Hearing this, Xue Zhu stopped and said, "Uncle, we should go for this kind of thing. I'm afraid it's..."

Shen Tuan took out a stack of soul-seeking talismans from his bosom, about a dozen of them, and gave them to Li Tan.He stretched out his hand and asked Xue Zhu, "Bring them all."

Xue Zhu also found more than a dozen, and Shen Tuan handed them to Li Tan, and said: "One person sends out one, and if there is something suspicious, just stretch it out and check it out. If the amulet lights up, there is a problem. Make a mark. Come back and see."

Li Tan hurried away.

Shen Tuan sighed: "It's about Mrs. Li, how can you tell him to be safe? Let's go."

Xue Zhu grabbed a handful of Nanming, cut his fingers, and drew a soul-searching talisman in his palm.Shen Tuan stretched out his hand and said, "I'll go with you, and give me one as well."

After everyone had left, Tang Bing turned his head to look at Fan Hui, and said, "Baye, why don't you go back?"

Fan Hui glanced at him and said, "Don't worry about it. Say one more word, and I'll break the pen for you."

Tang Bing touched his waist and sighed: "Let's look at the present first. If you die, the seventh master should come." After speaking, he turned back and went out to watch, and ignored him.

Fan Hui closed his eyes and remained silent, as if in trance.

In the evening, Li Tan brought back a Kun map of Huai'an County, and all the places where the soul-searching talisman had been tested were drawn with red circles.

Shen Tuan pointed to these marks and said: "All the marks protruding today are here, and there are six funerals in the city. I think it looks a bit like a golden toad formation, but it's not, what about you, young master?"

Fan Hui shook his head: "If you don't understand, you know it's not a small matter, and the spirit is getting heavier and heavier."

Tang Bing also shook his head: "I can't tell, but it's definitely not a new one. If it doesn't last for decades, it won't be able to eat so many people."

Li Tan stared straight at it for a long time, then suddenly said: "Why, it's all Su Bancheng's business? Every sign is near his shop, saying it has nothing to do with him, I don't believe it."

Xue Zhu frowned and looked at the table for a long time, then slowly said: "It seems, it seems to be the Golden Toad Square Formation, and the age limit has passed. Master, look at this, how long has it been?" He pointed to the middle of Kun Yutu , a fork in the road.There should be a towering archway of fine stone here, and it was also marked today.

Shen Tuan recalled: "You mean West Street Archway? I have had it since I can remember. I'm afraid I have to check the county chronicles for how old it is."

Xue Zhu sighed: "Then it's probably true, no wonder my aunt suddenly passed out of the sun. Those who died in the past few days should be people with imperfections, widows, widows, and disabled people."

Shen Tuan narrowed his eyes and asked, "Is there a solution?"

Xue Zhu sighed: "There is a solution. It is enough to block the evil spirits while accumulating strength to break through the formation. But I am not good at this, so I cannot let you die."

Tang Bing tapped on the table: "I'm stupid, I'm not here to see a joke. Since it's for human life, if there is something to do, it's my duty."

Fan Hui also said: "As long as there is something to eat, I will go all out with you."

Just as he was talking, there were two more knocks on the door.Everyone looked over, Shen Tuan answered the door: "Please come in."

As soon as the courtyard door opened, a person entered.White clothes, paper umbrellas, bow shoes and small crowns.Fan Hui took two steps forward and said, "Brother is here to look for me, right?"

Xie Yun didn't even look at him, closed the paper umbrella and threw it into Fan Hui's arms.Before going to the case in two steps, he drew a pen and asked Xue Zhu: "The golden toad has been in all directions for more than a hundred years, can there be a solution?"

Xue Zhu pressed his temples, and said distressedly: "Young Master Xie also said that it is the Golden Toad Square Formation, so it must be true. This solution...let me think about it."

Xie Yun's lips moved, and Fan Hui said: "My elder brother said, a few people die a day, please be sure to disband, and he is also willing to serve you."