Feng Baotou met Jin An and the old Taoist priest.
Let’s get straight to the point and explain why we’re here:
Chief Zheng has been transferred to the Wenwu Temple by Magistrate Zhang to do protection work!
The time has come to investigate the cause of Li Dashan's death!
The old Taoist priest asked Feng Baotou to wait for him. He went into the house to get the foodie guy and then walked out again.
Jin An saw that the old Taoist priest was dawdling so much, so he asked the old Taoist priest what he had brought to eat.
The old Taoist priest chuckled, patted his treasure rather reluctantly, and then said with all his treasures: "The palm bagua mirror, the soul-summoning bell, the corpse binding rope, the evil-suppressing talisman, the ancestral Yin-Yang compass, and the seal of the Lord of Hell."
"And some cinnabar, millimeter ink lines, glutinous rice, Jiedu pills, etc."
"There are also incense candles, paper money and a handful of rice for the dead."
Jin An was slightly surprised.
Even Feng Baotou looked surprised, looking at the Tai Chi Bagua bag carried on his shoulders by the old Taoist priest in surprise.
"Daoist Chen's seemingly small Tai Chi Bagua bag is really a treasure bag."
Feng Baotou said in surprise.
The old Taoist priest gave a smug smile, and he was almost in a state of ecstasy. The older a person reaches middle age, the less capable he is, and the more he likes others to give him a thumbs up and praise him: "You are awesome! You are a real man!"
After Feng Baotou finished speaking, he couldn't help but asked curiously: "It's easy to understand that Master Chen carries something to ward off evil and avoid evil."
"But why do you carry antidote pills with you? And a handful of dead man's rice?"
"What is a dead man's meal again?"
The three of them walked and talked in the dark night.
At this time, the number of pedestrians on the street had gradually become sparse.
The old Taoist priest had an enigmatic and mysterious face, like a martial arts master. It frightened Feng Baotou, the most powerful martial artist among the three major arresters in Chang County, to the point where he was stunned. He actually believed him completely. He heard the words of the old Taoist priest.
The old Taoist priest said proudly: "I am a wandering Taoist priest. Occasionally I come across some techniques of moving graves, opening coffins, and going deep into the mountains and rivers to fix the ghost houses. And these places are often the most vulnerable to encountering poisonous miasma and corpse gas, so You should always keep some detoxifying pills with you that can remove poisons and avoid poisonous miasma."
"Let's talk about the dead man's rice. This dead man's rice is not cooked rice for the living."
"Chang County is located in the south. Among the Bagua, the south is Li. The south belongs to the Bingding fire and is guarded by the Suzaku. The Suzaku is a divine bird belonging to Yang. The cooked rice cooked by the Li fire cannot be eaten by the dead."
The old Taoist priest shook his head and said, reached into the robe hanging on his shoulder and took out a handful of uncooked rice.
The particles are crystal clear and full.
The old Taoist priest continued: "The handful of uncooked rice in my hand, Taoist Taoist, is the food for the dead found in the graves. After the dead eat it, it is a waste anyway, so it is better to make it cheaper for me, Taoist. Of course, this Rice that is not cooked is not for living people to eat.”
"Old Taoist, this is just one type of rice for the dead. The most important thing is that it is easy to carry. There is another kind of rice for the dead, which is upside-down rice."
"There are often old people who seriously reprimand ignorant children. Don't eat the food in the bowl upside down. This is called yin and yang inversion rice. This is almost similar to the saying that bending down late at night and looking behind you from the crotch may result in a pair of extra feet. It all comes from the inversion of yin and yang."
"This dead person's meal is mainly used to have a good discussion with the dead person, hoping to leave the Yangzhai voluntarily."
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"Tuk!——"
"Tuk!——"
"It's two o'clock in the morning, the sky is dry, so be careful about the candle."
"clang--"
The three of them were walking in Changxian County, which was already completely dark. The watchman's voice sounded. It turned out that while they were walking and chatting, the curfew time of one to three o'clock had already arrived.
"Hey, who are you?"
“Why are you still walking the streets under curfew?”
Two watchmen were working their shifts. As soon as they passed a corner, they saw three people walking on the street at the end of the dark street corner. They immediately shouted nervously.
When the three of them approached, the two watchmen saw clearly that the person walking in the front was none other than Feng Baotou, one of the three most powerful arresters in Chang County.
Taking a closer look, they also saw Mr. Jin'an, who was now famous in Chang County.
"It turns out to be Capt. Feng."
"It's so late to arrest Mr. Feng, but are you still investigating the case?"
The two watchmen asked cautiously.
Feng Battou explained a few words casually, and the two watchmen quickly gave way to let Feng Battou and his party pass.
Chang County Prison is not far from the Yamen.
As we get closer to the prison, the number of night watchmen we encounter along the way begins to become more and more frequent.
Perhaps because of the upcoming temple fair, there has been a lot of chaos in Chang County recently, so security has been tightened a lot at night.
…
With Feng Captou leading the way, the group of people went down unobstructed to the prison, which was a dark and humid environment with torches burning on both sides of the corridor.
At night like this, there are still people entering the prison, so there is naturally a lot of movement.
In the cells on both sides of the corridor, there were immediately prisoners in prison uniforms, stretching out their arms, crying and begging to be let out, crying in fear that there was something unclean in the prison!
All of these prisoners were disheveled, in a daze, with ugly blood on their faces. It looked like they had been mentally frightened for a long time, had not slept well, and had some mental problem.
"No matter what the quarrel is, no matter what the quarrel is, just be honest with me."
"Didn't you see that our Lord Feng Captou specially invited a Taoist priest today? Feng Captou and this Taoist priest are here specially to exorcise evil spirits for you."
There were guards who were busy flattering, vying to show off in front of Capt. Feng, using their sheathed swords to hit the arms sticking out of the cell.
"Captain Feng, we brothers are really unjust. We really didn't know about Li Dashan's death, and we were not the ones who killed Li Dashan. Please Capt Feng, please help us plead for mercy from County Magistrate Zhang. I, Sun Fuzhen, It’s unjust!”
"Captain Feng, we are wronged!"
When I walked to one of the cells, the person in that cell, instead of shouting like other prisoners that there was trouble in the prison and wanted to change places... instead, they shouted that they were wronged?
Jin An and the old Taoist priest couldn't help but look at the cell a few more times.
Feng Baotou, who was leading the way, seemed to see the doubts and curiosity of the two men, and explained: "These people are the guards who were on duty in the prison on the day Li Dashan died mysteriously and suddenly in the cell."
"With the death of Li Dashan, Magistrate Zhang was furious and is still angry to this day. Although there is no direct evidence that they were involved in killing Li Dashan, no one dared to release these people without Magistrate Zhang's personal instructions, so they have been imprisoned until Now."
In the prison that was full of stench and the air was not pleasant at all, the group of people quickly came to the deepest part of the prison, the cell where Li Dashan died violently.
"Li Dashan has been dead for so many days, where is his body now?"
Arriving at the door of the cell, the old Taoist priest suddenly asked.
Capt. Feng was stunned, but he responded quickly: "Because the weather is getting warmer, it is difficult to store the body. When Capt. Zheng said that he had solved the case and eliminated all Li Dashan's associates, Li Dashan's body had been burned."
"Burned?"
"Has Daozhang Chen discovered anything?" Feng Captou's expression became solemn.
