Feast of Rebirth

Yun Congfeng ran for a day and found nothing. He was so tired that he fell asleep and fell asleep. The next day when he opened his eyes mistyly, the shadow cast by the sun through the window lattice almost extended to the wall.Yun Congfeng jumped up and looked at the hourglass: "It's broken!"

Being late for so long, Yun Congfeng broke out in a cold sweat with anxiety, and couldn't take care of his meal.He rushed out of the door in a panic, followed the formation and walked to the alley near Guihai in an instant, identified the direction, and rushed to Qingpingsi in a hurry.

He is fast and doesn't take much effort.Just when he rushed to the gate of Qingpingsi, a carriage ran over from the opposite side.Yun Congfeng couldn't stop the car at this time, so he had to reverse the direction, his center of gravity was unstable and he fell all over the place.

The fleeting time is unfavorable.Yun Congfeng cursed inwardly, he had used up a lot of energy to perform the spell in a hurry, at this moment he suddenly relaxed, his calf cramped, and he couldn't gather the strength.

"Huh—" the coachman reined in his horse, glanced at Yun Congfeng, jumped out of the carriage, and opened the door respectfully.The two passengers got out of the car and were about to go to the Qingping Division. One of them seemed to have noticed something, turned his head, and looked at the lying Yun Congfeng for a long time.

After Yun Congfeng had rested, he turned over and sat up, thinking to himself that he was late anyway and would still be criticized if he arrived, and some money would be deducted—that’s all.

He got up with a sigh, and suddenly heard a familiar voice: "Brother Yun?"

Full of surprises, Yun Congfeng looked up and was also surprised: "Bai Jiu?"

"Oh! Long time no see! Brother Yun, you are a bit darker!" Bai Jiu came up and gave him a bear hug.Yun Congfeng's mood eased: "I'm sorry...I'm really busy recently, so I didn't visit you."

"It's okay, I can't see you even if you come to the door. My old man forced me to graduate, and locked me up for half a year to study rote! Only after I passed the final exam... Hey, what a coincidence that I was at the door today. I met you, let's go for a walk and drink."

"Huh? I still have to go to work."

"It's okay, it's okay, go drink with me, nothing will happen. Just talk to him later."

"Ok."

Yun Congfeng caught a glimpse of a young man behind Bai Jiu, clasping his hands quietly, seeing that Yun Congfeng saw him, and smiled slightly with clean eyes.

Bai Jiu pulled him into the carriage, and beckoned the coachman to Pangyueju by Ziwei Lake, the quiet young man followed, and when the carriage started, the three of them sat down.Bai Jiu pointed to the young man and said, "This is my younger brother Bai Ziqian, who has just entered school. He admired you for a long time. This time I came out to look for you, and he followed me."

Bai Ziqian stood up and cupped his hands: "I'm not talented at a young age. When I was young, I was lucky enough to sit in on my master's essay exam in Guihai. I was astounded as a heavenly man. Since then, I have always aimed at my husband and reluctantly entered the academy. It is really a blessing for my three lives to meet you today."

It was the first time Yun Congfeng was admired by others, and he felt uncomfortable, waved his hands awkwardly and said with a smile: "Where, that literary test was just a fluke..." "Hey, brother Yun, why did you learn the twists and turns of Suan Confucianism?" That way, if you are good, you are good. Or is it because you haven't studied much recently, and your skills have degraded?"

Yun Congfeng smiled wryly: "I have read books, but too many things have happened recently, so I haven't read enough."

"Then how are you doing in the officialdom?"

"good……"

During the conversation, the carriage had already arrived at Pong Yue Residence.Yun Congfeng and Baijiu chatted for a while, feeling relaxed, and drank several glasses of wine with them.During this period, Bai Ziqian interrupted a few words, but didn't say much.

After drinking several cups in a row, the clouds floated up from the wind.He couldn't help complaining, he didn't have any complaints with his superiors, he was only worried about the old hag's case, and the way to solve the case was right in front of him, but he couldn't grasp the clues and evidence.And Bai Jiu has been forced to study hard in closed doors for the past few months, and knows nothing about the outside world. Hearing this kind of strange case, she couldn't help asking a few more questions. You are right, Bai Ziqian is the best at performing Taoist tracing, you may gain something by letting him meet that old man Li."

Yun Congfeng was dizzy: "Can it be done?"

Bai Ziqian stood up at the right time: "If sir is willing, Xiaosheng is willing to give it a try."

Just try it.The group immediately left a table of food and followed Yun Congfeng to Li Chengde's house.Li Chengde was going to sell meat on the street now, and the three of them waited in front of his tile-roofed house until after noon before he came back with an empty load.

Li Chengde saw three people sitting in front of his house from a distance, and a carriage tied to a nearby stone pillar. He was taken aback, thinking that he didn't owe any debts. Could it be that some colleagues were jealous and sought someone to threaten him. Just about to run away.The coachman who took care of the horse shouted, "Hey! Don't go!"

His shouting convinced Li Chengde of his judgment, and he turned around and ran away.

Among the three, Bai Ziqian drank the least. Yun Congfeng heard it but couldn't get up.Bai Ziqian rushed forward with a stride, his figure was as swift as a phantom, stopped in front of Li Chengde, and said politely: "Old man, please stay."

Li Chengde trembled and dared not move.Yun Congfeng struggled to get up, and ran over staggeringly: "Wait...wait."

Seeing Yun Congfeng, Li Chengde cautiously asked, "Master Yun?"

"I'm looking for... I'm looking for you, yes, I have something to do." Yun Congfeng's mind was not clear, and his words were fumbling, Bai Ziqian helped him continue: "I will learn a little magic, which may be helpful in finding clues to the criminal. So bring me here."

"Still... still looking for it? Didn't you look for it once yesterday? My little old eyes are dim, and I really don't remember how I left." Li Chengde looked bitter.Bai Ziqian said: "You don't have to worry, you just need to cooperate."

Li Chengde reluctantly agreed, unloading the empty burden.Bai Ziqian first asked some questions, such as the time, the weather of the day, and the general direction.Holding a reed stick by himself, he wrote and drew on the ground, chanting formulas silently in his mouth, and drew vertically and vertically all over the ground.Yun Congfeng looked at it with his chin propped up, and figured out a little way out of it, but in this respect, he learned very superficially, while what Bai Ziqian learned was more profound and complicated than him.

In the end, Bai Ziqian drew more and more slowly, thinking longer and longer, and suddenly threw it away: "I know, please work hard, old man, and take us for another trip to see where you got lost."

How could Li Chengde not agree.A group of people squeezed into the carriage and walked slowly according to Li Chengde's instructions. As they walked, they came to the fork in the road where Li Chengde had gone wrong at the beginning - in fact, he was not sure if this was the turning point where he started to get lost.

Bai Ziqian said, "No, it's not this one. Go forward two more alleys."

The coachman drove his horse forward two alleys as he said, Li Chengde looked through the window, looked at it, and let out a sound of surprise.

"Do you have any impression of this place?"

Li Chengde is still not sure: "Probably..."

Bai Ziqian ordered: "Go inside."

The coachman looked at it: "It's not very good, young master, if the carriage enters, no one can leave this alley."

"Then let's get out of the car."

The four of them got out of the car and walked into the alley.There are not many people in the alley, there are aunts washing vegetables on both sides, and the sewage is flowing.Li Chengde looked around in confusion, muttering.

There was sewage all the way, and everyone had to deal with it carefully. When they reached a relatively dry area with no door, Li Chengde suddenly shouted: "This is it!"

As soon as Yun Congfeng raised his head, he saw the small window that Li Chengde mentioned before. He jumped up, stepped on the wall and climbed up to the window, and looked inside. It was drowsy, covered with spider webs, and there was no one there.

"Go over there!" Yun jumped down from the wind, completely sober from the wine.Just run out of the alley, turn to the other side, look at the right hand side, estimate the distance, and see a closed door with cobwebs, you know it, that's it.

It just seemed that the old hag had been absconding for a long time and was no longer here.

Yun Congfeng broke the lock and slowly opened the door without stirring up a trace of dust in the room.Probe and look, the ground is covered with messy thatch, the tip of the thatch is covered with dry black blood clots, the butcher table has become a paradise for spiders, and looking at the corner, it should be a place where children are tied up, except for a pile of nearly decayed The hemp rope is gone.

I don't know if it's because this is a murder scene, it's extraordinarily cold here.

First of all, it is certain that there are no children's remnants here.It's still too late, and I don't know how many traces can be collected.Yun Congfeng controlled his mana, and carefully floated on the ground step by step, while carefully inspecting the ground.

Although the scene is full of dust, but looking at the distribution of the thatch, there are faint traces of dragging. It should be the child's, right?Of course, the most valuable thing is the evil spirit, which can be felt intuitively and has not completely dissipated.

Yun Congfeng retreated and rubbed his temples: "I just drank wine, so I shouldn't open my sky eyes. Brother Ziqian, I will trouble you again. Look at the evil spirit here, what kind of it is."

Bai Ziqian nodded: "It's okay."

It takes time to open the eyes of the sky, Yun Congfeng sits outside to rest, the sun is not as bad as it was when he first came here, and the alleys are gradually filled with the unique moisture that belongs to remote places, making the place even more stuffy like a steamer.After the alcohol passed, Yun Congfeng had a headache, wanted to go to the toilet, and felt a little nauseous.

After a while, Bai Ziqian came out, "It should be a weasel. It's an older demon with a clear aura of evil."

Yun Congfeng closed his eyes slightly: "Thank you, brother Ziqian."

Checked the evil spirit.Yun Congfeng also knocked on the doors of his neighbors, asking if he knew something about his neighbors in the past half a month.The answer is that they know very little about it.I only know that the old woman is alone, has a weird temper, and is a butcher of pigs and sheep. When she first came, people in the alley were frightened when they saw her, and they dared not go up to talk to her.He also asked about his facial features, and he said everything. Individuals are different, but there are generally some similarities.Yun Congfeng wrote it down carefully, and asked a master of the prisoner's face to draw it when he returned.

"She is a butcher, so do you know who sold the meat she slaughtered?"

The old man shook his head: "How do I know this? There are many meat sellers nearby. She may sell it herself, or she may supply it to others. I don't know if you don't ask. But I bought the meat she slaughtered once, hey! The meat tastes good. But well, I have never eaten such tender meat in my life! If there is good meat, it probably won’t worry about selling it. It’s just strange, and I left quietly and suddenly..." As he spoke, the old man smashed Come on, I still miss it.

Yun Congfeng suddenly had a chill, and goosebumps all over his body: "That's okay... old man, please take care of yourself."