Taiping Inn

Just when Lu Yanbing and Zhang Long were fighting, Shen Shuangmei and others searched the front yard. It didn't matter if this investigation was done, and she was really shocked.

The so-called "picking and cutting" is the most vicious and vicious one among professional beggars. Artificially create some disabled or "monsters" to win the sympathy of the world and gain a lot of money from passers-by.

Shen Shuangmei's family has worked in public for generations. When she was a child, she heard her father say something similar.

For example, when "making animals", first pierce the skin around the body, then kill the animals, then peel them while they are hot, and the skins of the two grow together, turning the human beings into animals.

For example, put the child into a large tank, expose his head, and knock a large piece off the lower part of the tank for excretion. The child cannot move inside, only has a head but not a body, a big head and a small body, because his limbs cannot move, he completely atrophy, and his arms and legs are as weak as cotton, and he can be merciless. If you attract monsters, you will attract people to watch wherever you take them.

There are also people who break their limbs, or distort and deform them with external forces, turning them from normal people into disabled people, and then forcing them to perform their skills, etc.

However, there is another type of these, which is related to the evil sect.

That is to kill living people and sacrifice evil spirits, collect living souls for your own control, and then use this to seek money and kill life. "Caisheng" means collecting the soul.

There was a record in the previous dynasty case file: "Every time, when you encounter a leap year, you will be in harmony with evil and foolish, lurk in the wild, use a stranger to kill, paint evil ghosts, buy a master and witch sacrifice, and it is called Caisheng. The gods sacrificed to you He is called the god of the Five Mountains in the Clouds and Skyscrapers. He can make a rampant ghost, but he only seeks and gets it without any effort. He prays day by day, and fans each other into a wind."

"Liao Jier and Mr. Xiao joined forces with Li Cheng, and others, used chickens, wine, five-color paper money and other items to paint the paintings in front of the Five Mountains of Yunxiao to express their wishes. Later, they caught the child Zhuo Luoer and tied their hands with a rope. The feet were killed by the back of the head. Then, he used a sharp knife to break the belly, took out the heart, liver, spleen and lungs, plucked out the left and right eyes, chopped down the ten fingers of both hands, and ten fingers of both feet, and used paper money and wine to worship the gods such as the Yunxiao Wuyue. He sipped again twice The cowherd servant of Xiao Gong’s family, Lai Ge, kill, cut off and sacrifice. "

This dynasty has also solved such major cases. In August of the second year of Ming Yong, a fortune teller named Wang went to Zhou Dao of Heihe County to tell fortunes and counted his daughter Zhou Yuexi's horoscope. Seeing that Yuexi was smart, he planned to kill him. , harvest the soul. On the night of September 17, in the dark shadow hidden under the backyard wall of Zhouda’s residence, he saw a man coming into the backyard and recognized that it was Yue Xi after he left. The fortune teller surnamed Wang chanted a spell secretly, fixed Yue Xi, took off his clothes, cut his forehead with a fish knife, pulled off his eyes and gallbladder, and cut off a strand of his hair, using paper people and five colors The silk wool thread is knotted into a piece, like a human. Then cut off the nose, lip and tongue, the tips of the ears, eyes, hands, and ten toes of the feet, and then cut open the chest and abdomen before falling to the ground and extinguishing the breath. Cut a piece of the heart, liver and lungs into a powder and put it in a small gourd. This made Zhou Yuexi's life soul his slave.

Within September of the third year, the fortune teller named Wang went to Yili County to stay in a hotel, and a dispute arose because the store owner asked about his origin. The fortune teller surnamed Wang was furious and released his soul to murder the store, but he did not want the store to sell it as horse meat to the fortune teller surnamed Wang to destroy his achievements and could not control the soul. Yue Xi took the opportunity to cry to the store. The store owner In a shock, he hurriedly reported to the official. After the captain took down the fortune teller named Wang, he found two wooden seals, two black ropes, and four iron needles on them. He was disgusted with the woman's body. There are eight small paper people, five colors and five colors of velvet, and all of them have hair wrapped around them. There is another small gourd, a red head rope tied to it, two amber beads inside, and five-color velvet outlined. A stack of talismans in red books. The fortune teller surnamed Wang confessed that he was from Wuzhou. He originally studied Yin-Yang fate in Jingzhou, and later learned the method of collecting births in Qinzhou. His practice was subject to certain restrictions and there were food taboos. As for the number of people who collected them, they were mostly used. For children and girls.

"Wei Literature" Volume 19 "Criminal Law II: Human Life·Caisheng and Fold People": "Anyone who picks and fucks people will be executed by silence, and the property will be cut off by the deceased's family. Although the wife, son and family are not aware of it, they will also The two thousand miles of land were placed. The one who followed him was killed."

According to the Ministry of Justice, the fortune teller named Wang was cruel and ordered Lingchi to be executed, and his wife moved to Qiongzhou to be resettled.

Shen Shuangmei has always heard that she has never seen it with her own eyes. The case she encountered today really made her "eye open". Even though she has handled many cases independently, she is still a little shocked.

The situation was already very obvious from those who took it.

There were many husbands who followed Shen Shuangmei this time. Some of them were even her father's old friend, who was considered an uncle. At this time, they couldn't help but sigh: "Even if they were in the border area, if such a major case occurred, they would be reported to the Ministry of Justice. , not to mention that it is under the emperor's feet and the place where the best wise men are involved, and the butler is involved. This is the top case."

The reason for saying this is because this group of people is not the kind of people who beg for money to pick and cut, but the kind of people who collect the souls, and there must be some evil spirits behind it.

Shen Shuangmei also had a serious expression and said, "It's indeed a big case. Search the surrounding rooms quickly."

Speaking of this, she paused and said, "When Governor Lu takes down the thief, then make a fool of himself."

These husbands all know Lu Yanbing's name. Although they don't know why their leader is related to this character, they can still ask her to help solve the case, but they also know that they shouldn't ask too much. They should scatter afterwards. Come on.

After a while, I heard loud noises in the backyard, and even thunder sounds, and finally returned to silence.

When Shen Shuangmei was a little surprised and confused, she saw Lu Yanbing coming over and said, "This case is really amazing. If Mrs. Lan hadn't invited us to come forward, we would have suffered a great loss this time."

Shen Shuangmei was stunned and asked, "Where is Mrs. Lan?"

"Mrs. Lan has gone back to report this matter to her senior brother." Lu Yanbing replied, "It is better to let her senior brother know about this matter, and he may not ask him to come forward in person."

Shen Shuangmei was shocked again. She had already overestimated the case, but now he still underestimated it when Lu Yanbing said? He actually asked Li Xuandu to come forward in person?

Lu Yanbing continued, "I thought at first that it was just a fortune-teller who wanted to make money, but I didn't expect these people to make money at all. I think so, Zhang Long took ten thousand Taiping money, how many people would take to make money back. ? So Zhang Long’s group didn’t think about making money from the beginning, but had other plans. Even the name and identity of Zhang Long were fake.”

Shen Shuangmei immediately asked, "Where is that Zhang Long?"

"Die." Lu Yanbing said helplessly, "I am not Zhang Long's opponent, but Mrs. Lan personally took it down. But someone could kill someone in front of Mrs. Lan. It was really unfathomable, so I asked for it. The senior brother came forward in person. Moreover, this incident also alarmed the Confucian Sect. Whether to join forces with the Confucian Sect to thoroughly investigate the matter must be decided by the senior brother."

Shen Shuangmei felt a chill behind her back. If she hadn't happened to meet Li Xuandu, even if she found out here, she would have gone back and forth, and maybe she would have been trapped in it.

Lu Yanbing said, "First ask someone to search the backyard to see if there are any clues."

Shen Shuangmei came to her senses and ordered her subordinates to go to the backyard first.

After a while, an old husband came over nervously. He first bowed to Lu Yanbing with some fear, and then said softly: "Shentou, Lu... sir, brothers have discovered it."

Shen Shuangmei and Lu Yanbing looked at each other. Following this husband to a side room in the backyard, he saw an altar in the middle, with incense burners and other objects in a mess. Several incense lines were not extinguished, and a picture was hung on the wall. He is an old man who can't see his face clearly. He is wearing a twelve chapter uniform and a flat-sky crown on his head. His face is just blocked by the flat-sky crown's bead curtain, revealing only a chin with long beards.

"This is..." Shen Shuangmei hesitated.

Lu Yanbing pondered for a moment and said, "This should be the god of the Five Mountains of Yunxiao!"

The orthodox Five Mountains God refers to the Five Mountains Emperors in the East, South, West, and Central, which is the Five Mountains Gods. Whether in the Confucian Sect or the Taoist Sect, these five mountain gods are all righteous gods and will be granted by the imperial courts of all dynasties, and the Five Mountains Gods are not specialized. It refers to one god, but the combination of five mountain gods. But if the word "Yunxiao" is added before the God of the Five Mountains, it is an impersonated evil god. The title of this evil god has been found in the major cases of Caisheng and Cut off the past dynasties.

Shen Shuangmei was surprised: "It turned out to be the god of the Five Mountains in the Clouds."

Lu Yanbing said slowly: "I heard from my master talk about this person. This 'The God of the Five Mountains of Yunxiao' is not someone, but a name passed down from generation to generation. The previous generation 'The God of Yunxiao' was a person during the Great Jin Dynasty. , it has been hundreds of years. Moreover, the people in our Taoist sects do not call it a god, but call it the "Five Demon Master", the "Yun Demon Lord" and the "Old Ancestor Xiao". "

Shen Shuangmei's face became more and more serious, and she said slowly: "In this way, is this an extremely powerful person?"

Lu Yanbing said: "Not everyone in the Taoist sect can give the word "demon" in their names. The last one is called "demon" is still "demon sword" Song Zheng, and the other is because of Song Zheng's actions. By any means, the second is because Song Zheng had a great goal, and the third is because Song Zheng has a profound realm. From this point of view, the Five Demon Sect Master is at least a person of the same level as Song Zheng. I just don’t know if the Five Demon Sect Master has passed so many years and now, now Have you changed people? If you change people, will you have the strength of your seniors?"

Shen Shuangmei let out a long breath of turbid air, took her gaze from the picture, and asked, "What else do you find?"

The old husband replied, "This group of people is very skillful and has not left many traces. All the houses have been checked, and there are no traces of turning the new soil."

Shen Shuangmei pondered for a moment and said, "I remember there is a well in the yard?"

My husband was shocked.

Shen Shuangmei said in a deep voice: "Salvage first. If it really doesn't work, just blow the wellhead open."

My husband took the order and left.

Lu Yanbing whispered: "There will be monsters in troubled times."