"Who are you, and what do you want from me?"
Xu Shu said loudly, gritted his teeth and continued to move forward.
As soon as he finished speaking, he could clearly see the man's features, high nose, thin face, thin figure, thick and messy hair, and an aura of decadence.
Xu Shu stared at the man blankly, feeling a huge wave in his heart.
The man on the bridge spoke first, "Don't worry, I'm just a remnant soul. Those fierce ghosts in Mr. Shouyi's house can't hurt you, let alone me."
Xu Shu was surprised, "You were there at that time, you, who are you?"
"Didn't you guess it?
Facing Cao Daming and Wang Changbao, you will be excited and angry.
When you see the bright moon, you will have close feelings.
These uncontrollable emotions are my weak thoughts affecting you.
However, those lingering thoughts will not last long. Meeting you here now and eliminating those lingering thoughts is the only thing I can do to help you. "
As he said that, the man walked slowly towards Xu Shu.
Xu Shu took a step back, then made up his mind, squeezed the green ring, and was ready to take action at any time.
The man came closer and put his hand on Xu Shu's shoulder. A strange coldness hit him. Xu Shu felt as if his brain was exploding. Countless memory fragments came in and were quickly digested.
Time obviously passed only a moment, but it seemed as if seventeen years had passed.
A large number of memories and feelings that had never existed before filled his mind at this moment.
The man put down his hand and his figure became ethereal, "What's your name? Oh, I won't ask, you are Xu Shu, Xu Shu is you."
Xu Shu felt complicated.
The man smiled and asked Xu Shu to sit down on the bridge, "Don't think too much, my death has nothing to do with you. In fact, I am quite grateful for your coming. At least you defeated Cao Daming, killed Wang Changbao, and helped I fell in love with Mingyue, got the first place in the preliminaries, and got admitted to university. These are all things I couldn't possibly achieve."
Xu Shu said, "You are completely different from what I remember."
The man smiled and said, "Do you think of me as cowardly, incompetent, sensitive, and not good at words?"
Xu Shu smiled and said nothing.
"Of course, it would be different if anyone had died once."
The man sat down on the bridge, "Besides, there are so many people's stories and insights in this spiritual cage. It's hard not to grow."
Xu Shu took out the cigarette, lit it, and handed it to the man. The man took it, took a puff, and blew out a smoke ring. "I listened to a senior in the spiritual cage talking about why men love to smoke. He said that the length of a cigarette can carry emptiness. The box is just the right size to contain loneliness.”
“Couldn’t be more appropriate!”
Xu Shu laughed and lit one, "If I didn't come, would it be possible for you to survive?"
The man said, "So what if I come back alive? No matter how hard I try, I can't catch up with myself who is so popular.
Besides, I probably won’t try hard enough.
During these days in the spiritual cage, I had too much time to think about my life.
The autobiography of a senior named Zhang is the best way to describe myself: Every time I reach a crossroads in life, I don’t know which way is right, but I never take it... because that way is too difficult.
I turned to another path. Unfortunately, life is not a road in vain. Every step counts.
I am where I am now precisely because every step counts. "
Xu Shu was silent.
For a long time, he looked at the man and asked sincerely, "Is there anything you need me to do?"
The man stood up and clenched his fists tightly, "Take the road I dare not think of and do the things I dare not think of.
If possible, let the humble name of Xu Shu be mentioned by others ten thousand years later.
I know you can. "
As he spoke, he put out his cigarette butt, jumped into the air, turned into a rainbow shadow, and fell into the flowing white river.
Xu Shu silently bowed three times to the Qingbai River, stood at the center of the bridge for a long time, and walked slowly towards the other side.
He just reached the other side, and a vast mist came in, covering everything.
After a few breaths, the fog dissipated, and the eyes suddenly lit up. Under the dazzling sunshine, green mountains and gurgling water were seen.
Turning around, I saw a dilapidated stone bridge piled crookedly over a shallow stream.
Xu Shu walked a few steps and came to the stone bridge. When he saw the cigarette butts on the ground, he was shocked, "This, is this the bridge in the spiritual cage?"
Immediately afterwards, he flicked his left arm, slipped his cuff, and a dull boning knife fell into his hand, facing the sun and exuding a cold aura.
"It's not Nan Ke Yimeng."
He stood on the bridge and looked out. There was movement in the grass in the west. He ran over and saw Qin Bing lying in the grass, soundly asleep.
He shouted twice, and Qin Bingxing turned around and grabbed Xu Shu's sleeve tightly, his eyes full of panic.
Xu Shu comforted her with a few words, then told her about the encounter with the spirit cage, and then went to hide away from the encounter with that person.
"So, as long as the resentful corpse is found and the resentment on him is resolved, the spirit gate can be closed? Then what are you waiting for?"
After traveling for more than ten miles, they arrived at a village. After asking someone, they found out that the two of them were actually in Jiayu County, a hundred miles away from Yunhai Town.
The two rented a carriage and spent most of the day rushing to the train station thirty miles away and took the train back to Chunshen.
When it was almost dark, Xu Shu and Qin Bing arrived at Yunhai Town again. When they found Duan Kuohai, he was already filled with anxiety.
Qin Bing explained the situation, and Duan Kuohai sighed, "With the widespread spread of spiritual sources, the world is becoming more and more dangerous.
The more I look at the future, the less clear it becomes. "
Xu Shu said, "No matter when, improving strength is always the right way.
Let's quickly settle this murder case, gather all our merit points, and exchange the source leaves for Teacher Qin. "
Duan Kuohai nodded, and immediately, the three of them led two police officers and rushed towards the City God's Temple.
The wind and snow in Yunhai Town have dispersed, but the residents have not returned. After the grievances raged, even the insects, snakes, rats and foxes disappeared, and there was deathly silence all around.
When they arrived at Chenghuang Temple, the three of them came to the well, looked down, and were all surprised.
I saw a person lying at the bottom of the well, and the soil around him had been soaked in blood and turned dark red.
Qin Bing took out an apricot-yellow talisman, and the apricot-yellow talisman flew down the well. Halfway through, the ground started to burn.
Qin Bing's face turned pale, "What a strong resentment, and the reputation of resenting corpses is well-deserved."
"Can you get closer?"
Duan Kuohai asked calmly.
Qin Bing said, "Resentment does not hurt anyone. It is invisible to ordinary people and can be detected normally."
"Ronaldo, make this call."
Duan Kuo posted a string of phone numbers, and a police officer quickly left.
Two hours later, three people in white coats arrived. The leader with a gray beard, Xu Shu had the impression that he was Qin Ming, the top forensic doctor at the Chunshen Public Security Department.
When Qin Ming performed the autopsy, Duan Kuohai asked someone to take a picture of the deceased's face with a camera and asked to find out the identity of the deceased as soon as possible.
Two hours later, Qin Ming came out of the well, and the deceased was also lifted out of the well.
Qin Ming introduced the situation to the three people, "Currently it is judged that the deceased died of ischemic shock. He had suffered multiple fatal injuries before falling into the well. This was found at the scene and should be the murder weapon."
As he said that, he took out a dagger, which was covered with chips and rust. In such a condition, no one would want it if it was thrown in the trash.
Qin Bing frowned, "Who would use such an unhandy weapon, as if it was picked up temporarily."
Qin Ming said, "You have to investigate this. The time of death of the deceased should be between five and seven o'clock in the afternoon the day before yesterday.
There are only so many conclusions that can be drawn for the time being. If we want to have more information, we need to conduct further autopsies on the corpse of the deceased. "
After Qin Ming finished explaining, he took the body back to the Yunhai Town Security Office. He wanted to do an autopsy nearby.
Two hours later, Zeng Shun, the head of the Yunhai Town Public Security Office, brought important news, “It has been found that the deceased’s name is Zhang Wei, he is 21 years old, from Chunshen, unemployed, has no fixed residence, and his parents have passed away. He died, and now he has a sister who was adopted by his uncle Zhang Neng..."
After Zeng Shun finished his report, Duan Kuohai said, "Since Zhang Wei is so down and out, killing him must not be for the purpose of robbing wealth. Is it a vendetta or a love killing?"
Director Zeng immediately investigated Zhang Wei's social relations and brought the relevant personnel back for questioning. "
"yes!"
Zeng Shun acted quickly.
Duan Kuohai stood up, took the cigarette from Xu Shu's pocket with ease, and started smoking happily.
Qin Bing said, "Captain Duan, you seem to be very relaxed."
"certainly."
Duan Kuohai said, "The disaster phenomenon has disappeared, and most of our mission has been completed.
The case in front of me should not be difficult to solve, and I am certainly relieved to see that I have achieved a lot of success. "
Qin Bing pointed at Xu Shu and said, "Some people are unhappy. I'm afraid this case is not that simple."
Duan Kuohai put out his cigarette butt and said, "Xiao Xu, is this case difficult?"
Xu Shu shook his head, "I don't know if it's difficult or not. I'm thinking about how to dispel the resentment of the corpse."
"Xiao Qin is an expert in this field."
Duan Kuohai looked at Qin Bing.
Qin Bing said, "Ordinary resentful spirits can be eliminated with talismans, and for stronger ones, just form a large formation.
But this is a resentful corpse. It is said that I, a level two spiritual Taoist, can't do it, and even a level three spiritual Taoist priest can't do it. "
For a moment, the three of them felt melancholy.
Half an hour later, a security guard invited the three people to have a meal at the Yunhai Town Security Office.
After dinner, the three of them found a room to sleep in the Yunhai Town Sheriff's Office.
Early the next morning, Xu Shu was sleeping hazily when a chirping sound came from the courtyard.
He washed up and rushed outside. Duan Kuohai came towards him carrying a bag of fried dough sticks, "Old Zeng is quick in his work and has brought all the relevant witnesses.
The task of investigating the case will be left to you..."
Before he finished speaking, the remaining fried dough sticks in his hand disappeared.
Ten minutes later, Xu Shu and Qin Bing sat side by side behind the long desk in the interrogation room. Zeng Shun also specially assigned a professional note-taker.
Xu Shu did not ask anyone to come in for questioning immediately, but carefully read through the files. The files recorded all the arrangements made by Director Zeng yesterday.
Qin Bing ate the fried dough sticks that Xu Shu snatched from Duan Kuohai, complaining in a low voice that there was no soy milk.
"Do you have to hurry? Witnesses have to be called soon."
Qin Bing rolled her eyes at him and hurriedly stuffed the last piece of fried dough stick into her mouth. With her cheeks bulging, she held the file and pretended to read through the case.
Soon, Xu Shu summoned the first witness, a bespectacled man in his forties with parted hair. He felt awkward after sitting on the chair.
Without waiting for Xu Shu to ask questions, he spoke first.
