did not meet tonight

The village committee is still a long way from here. The villagers have all gone to work in the field early in the morning. There are few people on the road. Ye Jian noticed that a new three-story building was built in the uncle's house, and the outer wall was pasted with white. Ceramic tiles, a fence outside the yard, a big iron gate, and the barking of dogs can be heard inside. It seems that they have lived a good life these years.

He has been back for such a long time, except for Yang Cuilan who ran to the house from time to time to say a few sarcastic remarks, he has never seen anyone else, his uncle, and those cousins, all think that he does not exist.If it was just like this, it would be easier for Ye Jian to accept it, but they already have such a big building, such a big yard, and the whole family lives together, so why covet his small and old house?

Ye Jian shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly. He felt that he was a real failure in life. He had nothing to do in his 20s, and he might not even be able to keep the last things left by his parents. Isn't it embarrassing enough to live like this?He let out a long sigh, and heard someone calling him behind him: "Junior Ye."

The only person who can use this title is Zhang Banxian. Ye Jian turned his head and saw Zhang Banxian in a black shirt standing behind at some point, looking at him with a smile.Ye Jian glanced left and right to make sure he was calling him, and asked in surprise, "The Taoist chief is looking for me?"

Zhang Banxian nodded and looked him up and down: "Does Jushi Ye still remember what I said?"

"Remember, eleven o'clock tomorrow is the day when the coffin will be raised. The Taoist priest asked me not to go to unclean or ominous places during this time." Ye Jian replied.

"Since that's the case, where does Layman Ye's filth come from?" Zhang Banxian asked with a slight frown.Ye Jian couldn't help but look down at himself: "Foul air?"

"According to my guess, Layman Ye should have been to an unclean place in the past two days and contacted ominous people. Everything is reincarnated, and there is a definite date. If Layman Ye insists on not listening to what I say, it may affect the fate of future generations." Zhang Banxian said seriously.

Ye Jian didn't believe these mysterious words at first, but seeing his serious expression, he couldn't help becoming nervous: "Is it really that serious?"

"Since Lay Ye came to ask me for calculations, I naturally wanted to explain things clearly, so how could I make up these words to deceive you?" Zhang Banxian said reproachfully, "I know you young people think these words are not credible, but even Doubt, for the sake of the future generations, you should also obey the Cong."

Ye Jian thought about it carefully. The places he went to in the past two days were the hospital, the school dormitory, and the woods in the back mountain. If you want to talk about the people you have met, excluding those you don’t know and haven’t talked to, it’s not just Ma Meijing and Gu Ming. Wei and Zhu Wenhao? Could it be that Zhang Banxian was referring to them?Ye Jian quickly asked: "Is there any way to resolve it?"

Zhang Banxian sighed, and said: "There is no way to resolve it. Tonight, you burn this talisman three steps to the left of the gate, and don't leave the house until tomorrow when the coffin is raised, so that nothing will happen." He said, He handed over a folded yellow talisman, and Ye Jian came over to thank him repeatedly, and was about to pay with his wallet, but Zhang Banxian pushed his hand away and said, "I just don't want you to make mistakes again and again, which will ruin your luck. Take this talisman as a gift from me, remember what I just said."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, leaving Yejian standing in the same place as Monk Zhang Er, puzzled. He thought this half-immortal was quite arrogant, but he didn't expect him to be so warm-hearted.He stuffed the talisman into his pocket and walked towards the village committee. Zhang Sheng was reading the newspaper with his legs crossed. When he heard the knock on the door, he put his legs down and grinned awkwardly at Ye Jian.

Ye Jian told him about moving the tomb of his parents tomorrow, and asked if he needed to register anything.After Zhang Sheng called the village committee secretary, he told him that after the tomb was moved, the original place would be taken back by the village. In the future, when things like road construction and rectification happened, they would lose their family rights.Ye Jian never counted on this, he just didn't want to be criticized by others, he said: "Then I'll ask someone to do it tomorrow."

"This is a big deal, I understand how you feel." Zhang Sheng patted him on the shoulder seriously and said.

Ye Jian noticed a yellow cloth talisman on the beam of the house, the pattern was very similar to his, and he couldn't help asking: "Has Zhang Banxian been telling fortunes to people in our village?"

"I really don't know about this. Anyway, it's been quite a few years. He was quite famous when I came here to work. Even people in the nearby villages love to come to him." Zhang Sheng said, "This kind of thing is true and false. It’s hard to tell if it’s true, some people believe it, some people don’t believe it, most of them are for peace of mind, people who usually have to bargain even to buy a handful of green onions, feel happy when stuffing them into the merit box.”

"Then why is he still living in that small room?" Ye Jian asked strangely.

"They cultivators, don't they all pay attention to self-cultivation? Isn't it good that the place is surrounded by mountains and rivers!" Zhang Sheng usually dealt with the big things in the village, which cultivated him to be patient and good at communication. He has a friendly personality and always has a kind smile on his face, "Why, you also want to ask him for fortune-telling? It's best to call him early, he usually closes the door to thank guests at four o'clock in the afternoon."

"No, I just asked casually." Ye Jian remembered another matter and asked again, "By the way, when Qin Yuwei disappeared, did you come to Baliping?"

"Yeah, I even participated in the event that night!" Zhang Sheng couldn't hold back the chatterbox as soon as he mentioned it, "It was really lively at that time. Several tables were set up in the open space in front of the village committee. Qin Yuwei is a reporter, and the village head and secretary wanted to take this opportunity to see if they could promote the village and bring in some business opportunities, but they did not expect such an accident to happen."

Zhang Sheng sighed regretfully: "After the incident, many people followed the police into the mountains to look for it, but there was no result for several days. Everyone said that she was fascinated by the spirits in the mountains, so she ran into the forest alone. Go. In fact, I can guess that this person must be gone, but if you want to see people, you need to see corpses, and we don’t have any wild animals on the mountain, so how can we not even find the bones, it’s really strange.”

"Then did she get very close to anyone before she disappeared?" Ye Jian asked.

Zhang Sheng frowned and recalled what happened that day: "It's been so long, I really can't remember clearly. Everyone was very excited that day, and they ran over to drink with her one by one. She said she couldn't drink, and asked her companion to help block it." After several cups, I really didn’t feel that I was particularly close to anyone.”

The police must have investigated these things at the beginning, and they couldn't find out why they asked again. Ye Jian was a little disappointed, and left the village committee after thanking him.When they got home, Xiao Yu and the others hadn't come back, and Ye Jian had nothing to do, so when he saw the file on the table, he picked it up and looked through it.

It contained Qin Yuwei's detailed records from the time she disappeared to the present, and registered the statements of those who were at the scene at the time. The process was basically the same.Judging from the information, Qin Yuwei is a very caring girl. She can play the piano and also likes Chinese classical culture. When she was in college, she often went to the orphanage to do volunteer work. Her original ideal was to become a kindergarten teacher, but Later, he was accepted into broadcast journalism and became a trainee reporter after graduation.

Ye Jian looked at the photos posted on the file, Qin Yuwei had a sweet smile and was full of vigor, one could imagine how cheerful and lively she was when she was alive.Ye Jian couldn't help but sighed softly. If possible, he really didn't want Gu Mingwei to be involved in the murder case, but all the clues now show that he has an inescapable suspicion.

After five o'clock, Xiao Yu and the others finally came back. Ye Jian fried a big pot of rice noodles with only vegetables and eggs in it, which still made Gao Zhishang full of praise.

"Ajian, how do you think that the craftsmanship is better than Yuan Yuan!" He went to refill another bowl.

"Amazing, I am very talented, I am self-taught without a teacher." Ye Jian raised his eyebrows proudly, "By the way, I met Zhang Banxian on the road this morning, and he gave me a talisman to burn at night. Don't go out until dawn tomorrow, remember to buy some food and come back."

"What talisman, what is it for?" Gao Zhishang asked curiously.

"That's it, he said it can be transferred." Ye Jian took out his pocket while talking, but he searched all four pockets of his trousers, and he didn't find the yellow paper talisman that he folded into small pieces.

"Did it fall somewhere in the house?" Gao Zhishang reminded him.

"No, I didn't touch it after I came back. I just woke up and went to soak the rice noodles, then wash and chop vegetables," Ye Jian recalled vigorously, "Then I was going to scramble eggs, but the gas stove couldn't be turned on, so I just I found a fire starter"

Before he finished speaking, he was stunned. Xiao Yu looked at his hands that were frozen in mid-air, and said, "Did you use the talisman to light the stove?"

Ye Jian slapped his forehead, turned around and rushed to the kitchen, Gao Zhishang still had a stick of rice noodles in his mouth, staring blankly at his back.After a while, Ye Jian came out, with an extra half-burned yellow talisman in his hand, Gao Zhishang swallowed the rice noodles in two gulps, and gave Ye Jian a thumbs up, with a speechless expression on his face.

"You say that I burned the other half now, does it still work?" Ye Jian asked with a last glimmer of hope.

"I don't know much about this, but I've never heard of burning talismans and scoring twice." Gao Zhishang said, "If there is a god, I guess he wouldn't be able to recognize what is drawn on this half of the sheet. .”

"Zhang Banxian said that if I don't burn this talisman, everything will go wrong for my descendants!" Ye Jian really wanted to slap himself twice, because he didn't know how to put away such an important thing, and even used it to light the gas stove. Is it so heartless?

"Don't pay too much attention to it, these superstitious words have no basis, just listen to it, don't take it so seriously." Gao Zhishang comforted him.

If it was just for the talisman obtained for luck, of course Ye Jian could not take it seriously, but tomorrow is the day when he will lift the coffin for his parents. He doesn't want to make a mistake at this time, even if it sounds like a fantasy, he will I hope that the souls of the parents in heaven can feel at ease.Ye Jian lowered his head, his whole body was as listless as an eggplant beaten by Shuang, Xiao Yu glanced at him, stood up and said, "Let's go."

"Where are you going?" Ye Jian asked weakly.

"Zhang Banxian will not only have this talisman." Xiao Yu said.Ye Jian's eyes lit up, and he shook his head and said dejectedly: "I just asked Zhang Sheng today, and he said that Zhang Banxian will close the door at four o'clock in the afternoon to thank guests."

"So what? As long as the other person is still there." Xiao Yu walked straight out of the house.Ye Jian trotted a few steps and followed him: "This morning Zhang Banxian reminded me not to go to unclean places again. I didn't expect him to be quite knowledgeable, and he can even see this. Oh, right, why did you go to the police station today?" So, is there any new progress?"

"Zhu Qingping has been released. He and Ma Meijing will return to Baliping tomorrow." Xiao Yu said.

"So fast? Isn't Mrs. Zhu's condition very serious, can she be discharged from the hospital?" Ye Jian asked in shock.

"If the family insists on asking, the hospital has nothing to do." Xiao Yu seemed a little helpless. He went to give Zhu Qingping another statement today, but this man had a broken attitude and insisted that he had never been to the scene of the crime. What? They all refused to admit it.