Mu Yuan picked up the chopsticks on the ground and threw them on the table, "Here you go!"
Li Huaiyun picked up the chopsticks and put them on his rice bowl. He glanced at the woman and said, "You have such a bad attitude!"
"Can't you pick it up yourself?"
"Yes, but I need to watch this table!"
"Do you think this table can run away?"
Li Huaiyun did not respond to Mu Yuan, but looked at the young disciple behind him, "Little fellow Taoist, why don't you come up and take a look."
"This!" The young disciple looked confused.
Only then did Mu Yuan realize that the young disciple had been standing at the door and did not dare to go inside.
"Come in! What are you afraid of?"
The young disciple glanced around and said in a deep voice, "Master, I have never been allowed to enter his house before, even if I take a step inside!"
Mu Yuan didn't understand this very much, "Why is this? You are his apprentice, and he is so guarded against you?"
"You must not want this disciple to know something." Li Huaiyun said to the young disciple, "Little fellow Taoist, come in! Your master won't blame you!"
When the young disciple heard this, he was stunned for a while, and soon realized something. He walked into the room, stood next to Li Huaiyun, and looked at the things on the table.
Meals, fruits, chopsticks, copper coins, and a few sticks of incense.
When the young disciple saw the things on the table, his face suddenly turned pale, "Why...why are these things on the master's table?"
Mu Yuan was very confused by his reaction, "What's going on? You guys are talking about things that don't match up with each other. Please speak clearly."
The young disciple pointed to the food on the table, "The arrangement of these meals, as well as the chopsticks inserted in the rice, indicate that the food is not eaten by the master himself! This kind of arrangement is soul-destroying rice, which is arranged for the dead to make those The souls of innocent people who died in vain should not linger in the human world, and can go to the underworld with peace of mind and be reincarnated."
When Mu Yuan heard this, he asked in confusion, "I don't understand! What do you mean? Who did your master set this up for?"
Li Huaiyun explained, "It's also possible that it's not for others, but for him."
Mu Yuan looked at the decorations on the table, still a little puzzled, "Place this person for him?"
The young disciple stepped forward and looked at the copper coin placed on the rice. "There must be something from the deceased hidden in this rice."
He stretched out his trembling arms, trying to pull out the contents.
Li Huaiyun raised his hand, asked Mu Yuan to take a few steps back, and explained, "It's best not to look at it, it might be bloody."
"There's nothing to be afraid of!" Mu Yuan said, "It's just some parts of the body! Don't make a fuss!" She asked in confusion, "But how do you judge who this soul-breaking rice is for?"
The young disciple raised his hand and pointed at the copper coin, "That copper coin was hung on my body by my master!"
He stood at the table, his arms resting there, with no intention of picking up the food.
Li Huaiyun shouted, "Little fellow Taoist! Don't waste time. If you can't do it, just take my place."
The young disciple really didn't dare to face this result, so he stepped aside.
Upon seeing this, Li Huaiyun immediately put on his fist gloves, then pulled away the handle of the rice in the bowl, revealing a red lump of meat inside.
The young disciple suddenly covered his mouth and took a step back, feeling a tingling sensation on his tongue.
"It's the tongue!" Li Huaiyun looked at the things in the rice bowl and pursed his lips, feeling as if his tongue had been cut.
"Who could this be? Doing such a cruel thing?" Mu Yuan looked at the young disciple and asked, "Who do you usually have enemies with?"
"No no!"
"Hmph! You actually said no? Do you really think no one knows about the things you did?"
The young disciple lowered his head silently, "It's none of my business. It's the master's idea to serve the gods. I can only listen to him."
He asked weakly, "Then the murderer is the Sun family?"
Li Huaiyun glanced at the young disciple and smiled helplessly, "That woman is under your control. If she has the ability to kill your master, she definitely doesn't have to wait until now. In addition, this method of soul-breaking rice is not what she is. A prostitute can figure it out."
"It seems that you have offended other people! Think about it carefully."
The young disciple tried his best to deny it, but was scolded by Li Huaiyun.
"You still dare not face the facts? Look, this soul-breaking rice is for your master. The next one, or the next one, might be your turn. If you still look like this, who can help you?"
"Except for this Sun family, we really haven't offended anyone else."
Li Huaiyun said, "Obviously, the spoils are divided unevenly! I advise you to think about it carefully. If you can't figure it out, you people may have to wait for death."
The young disciple had a sad look on his face. Those things were all done by the master. He was just a follower, so how could he know the specific situation?
Li Huaiyun took advantage of the young disciple's deep thought to continue observing in the steward's home.
The house looked quite normal and there was nothing particularly strange about it, but this situation only made him feel more problematic.
wrong! There must be some other clues about this place.
When Li Huaiyun walked a few more steps nearby, he found tiny grains of sand on the ground. The material of these sand grains was not like those in the house.
He squatted on the ground, then picked up the sand with his fingers and rubbed it on his hands. It seemed that someone must be outside before entering the house.
Are you looking after yourself? Where is he now? Why did he suddenly disappear without a trace!
"Who does your master usually have the most contact with?"
The young disciple pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "I don't know about that. The one I want to say the most is the Sun family. Do you think it's possible?"
"possible,"
"Didn't you say before that it was impossible for that woman to commit the crime?"
"But there is another possibility. The woman became familiar with someone else, and that person had a conscience and chose to use such an extreme method."
Li Huaiyun said, "So, you must know who is working with you to oppress the Sun family!"
The young disciple hurriedly explained, "I'm not familiar with the others, I just met them a few times."
"Then we have no choice but to go out and ask the neighbors nearby to see if anyone can provide some useful clues."
Li Huaiyun and Mu Yuan walked out of the house.
In this dark room, the little disciple felt creepy, and he immediately followed him. He did not dare to stay for a moment longer due to the gloomy atmosphere in this room.
Li Huaiyun was going to walk around and ask questions, hoping to find out more.
Mu Yuan had a puzzled look on her face. After she found out that the food on the table was for dead people, she felt quite curious and wanted to find out what was going on?
"Hey! Have you thought of anything?"
"No! The clues in this case are quite complicated and fragmented, and even the victim is missing, which makes it even more confusing!"
Li Huaiyun knocked on the neighbor's door. A strong-looking woman in her forties or fifties opened the door. There were children playing around inside, and the slightly upset woman was still scolding them.
"Auntie!" Li Huaiyun clasped his fists and shouted loudly, "I want to ask you the next few questions."
“It’s free if you pay back!”
"Free!" Li Huaiyun said quickly.
The woman's face suddenly became gloomy, and she said slowly, "Since there is no money as a reward, I don't want to answer your question!"
Mu Yuan couldn't stand it anymore and said loudly, "Don't you know we are investigating a case?
"So what, you investigate your case and don't care about my business," the woman still looked disapproving.
"If I don't give you money, why should I tell you what I know?"
When the woman was about to say something else, she was frightened by the sound of Mu Yuan slamming the door, "Selfish guy."
"What's wrong with me being selfish?" The middle-aged woman looked unhappy.
This woman stands out as a person who takes life and death lightly, and is an outspoken person.
Mu Yuan stood aside with an angry look on his face, glaring at the woman fiercely. This woman was really stubborn.
Li Huaiyun borrowed some silver from Mu Yuan and handed it to the woman.
After seeing the silver coins, the middle-aged woman became beaming and her attitude was extremely respectful, "Young Master, just ask, I will definitely tell you what I know!"
"Did you know that a temple steward lives nearby?"
The woman nodded and pointed to the place where she had just come, "Of course I know. He has always been the one to take care of the temple. This guy also set up a fortune-telling stall there."
She pondered for a moment, "I heard it's quite effective!"
"You haven't tried it?"
"No!"
Li Huaiyun pondered for a moment, "Why don't you tell your fortune?"
"I don't want it! This guy's fortune-telling fee is very expensive."
"Then have you seen this steward come back?"
The middle-aged woman thought for a while, "I seemed to have come back last night, and then there were terrible noises coming from the widow's house. I also came out and took a look, and saw the steward running towards the widow's house."
"You mean that Widow Sun?"
"Yes! People have been dead for so long, why is this guy still haunting that house?"
ah! These words completely stunned the three people present. This was quite explosive news.
Li Huaiyun and Mu Yuan looked at each other, and then asked hurriedly, "What did you say? Who died?"
"That's Widow Sun. She died almost half a month ago."
The young disciple standing behind him looked gloomy. He looked around inexplicably, not knowing what was going on.
The middle-aged woman's words were like a depth bomb, causing waves in the hearts of the two of them. She had been dead for almost half a month, so who was the Widow Sun they saw last night?
The token didn't respond. Although the woman acted strangely, judging from her words and demeanor, she was indeed a normal person!
Mu Yuan was very doubtful about this, "It's impossible! If Mr. Sun is going to die, it's impossible for his disciple not to know about it."
"That's right, she is talking nonsense!" the young disciple shouted loudly, "I have been following the master all the time and I don't even know about this!"
Li Huaiyun immediately explained, "As a disciple, you have never even set foot in the master's home. Why do you know this? Your master lives here, and the neighbors nearby must know more than you. Besides, they are more pious. Contribute incense.”
The young disciple was completely silent when he was told this. From the looks of it, he, the disciple, was no different from a handyman.
