"It's on fire!"
"Come put out the fire!"
Phoenix Town was in chaos at night, and there were blazing flames burning in the night sky.
"Whose house is on fire?"
"It seems that Luo Lame's house is on fire!"
"It's impossible. Didn't Luo Lame go to the county to join his relatives? How could his house catch fire for no reason without being empty all year round!"
Fenghuang Town is not a big place. As soon as the fire started here, the whole town was alerted and came to put out the fire. Only then was the fire controlled to prevent it from spreading to the dry wooden houses and causing a bigger fire.
However, the home named Luo Lame was not so lucky. Almost half of it was destroyed by the fire, and the ground was covered with rubble and debris.
The old Taoist priest who caught up found Jin An: "The fire came suddenly. Little brother, you were the first to arrive. Did you find anything?"
Jin An handed over a dark jar, which he found when he rushed to the scene of the fire immediately and broke into Luo Lame's house before the townspeople could save lives.
At this time, a big hole opened in the belly of the black altar. The old Taoist priest looked at the gap and found something in the jar. He reached for it and took out a pair of scissors. There was also a small doll tied with a red string on the scissors. On the back of the doll was written With the bride's name and birthday.
The expression of the old Taoist priest changed: "Scissors are sharp weapons, gold is a killing tool, it can suppress a person!"
At this time, Jin An called the Zheng family and asked what happened to Luo's lameness.
The Zheng family replied tremblingly, saying that Luo Lame's relationship in Fenghuang Town was very simple. He had no father or mother, and had no parental discipline since he was a child. He was too naughty and broke a leg while climbing a tree for fun, so he got the nickname Luo Lame. Luo Lame works part-time with relatives in the county town all year round. He says he wants to save money to marry a wife. He rarely comes back once a year, so the house remains vacant all year round.
"It seems that someone is eyeing this empty house and using it to do things like rat and dog theft." The old Taoist priest said angrily. .
At this time, someone from the Zheng family whispered: "Master Liu's family lives nearby. How about we go to Master Liu's house to see if he has come back? By the way, we can also ask about Lame Luo's family. Maybe Master Liu can help. We provide some useful clues.”
The Zheng family thought very simply. The Sixth Master was the most capable among the Zheng family and was the backbone of the Zheng family. They had gone through too many things that night. It was exactly when they were confused and confused that they urgently needed to find a backbone to stabilize their restless hearts. .
"Oh? Mr. Zheng Liu lives near here too?" Jin An asked the Zheng family to take the lead.
The Zheng family has quite a lot of assets in Fenghuang Town, and even Mr. Zheng Liu lives in a second-class mansion.
According to the Zheng family, Mr. Zheng Liu had no wife or children, and only a few old servants who had been with him for half his life to help take care of the house.
Those old servants are indeed very old. Together they can't even have a set of teeth. They walk with trembling. They are also deaf and presbyopic due to their age. They have to be very close to hear. See people clearly.
Zheng what sea?
What is the sea?
The Zheng family struggled for a long time before these old servants finally confirmed their identities and said that Mr. Liu was not at home.
The old Taoist priests on the side felt anxious and angry, and murmured in a low voice: "Could it be that Mr. Zheng Liu is also a chronic person?"
Jin An heard the old Taoist priest's muttering and said with a pun: "This will make things easier."
Jin An whispered a few words to the old Taoist priest, and the old Taoist priest who cooperated tacitly gave Jin An a look of understanding. The old Taoist priest took the Zheng family to Liu Ye's house and waited for Liu Ye to come back to discuss some matters.
Although the Zheng family was a little confused, this just suited their purpose, so the group stayed at Zheng Liuye's house as guests.
This large house with two entrances is divided into a front room and a back room. The front room is the lobby, and the back room is the living room, woodshed, and kitchen.
Jin An didn't sit for a while and asked where the latrine was. He wanted to borrow the latrine. Shortly after Jin An left, the old Taoist priest held his stomach and shouted that he had a stomachache and was about to have diarrhea, and then hurried to the latrine.
Of course, Jin An and the old Taoist priest didn't really want to borrow the hut, they just found an excuse to drive away the old servants. In the dark, Jin An heard movement behind him and just turned around to see the old Taoist priest following him.
"Hey, old Taoist, I knew that you were lying when you borrowed the hut, and I suspected that Mr. Zheng Liu was the real one." The old Taoist approached Jin'an proudly, walking like flying, and his stomach no longer hurt.
The old Taoist priest continued to say proudly: "Little brother, you have to thank the old Taoist for helping you find out which house Zheng Liuye lives in. Otherwise, there are so many houses here, little brother, how can you tell which house Zheng Liuye lives in?" .”
Jin An looked at the old Taoist priest strangely: "Do you still need to ask? The house is so big, and the largest room must be where Mr. Zheng Liu lives."
After saying that, he shattered the door lock and pushed the door open to enter.
"Alas!" The old Taoist priest looked at Jin An who had chosen the right house with a shocked look on his face. He turned to look at the dark night around him, shouted "Little brother, wait for me" and chased after him.
It seems that Mr. Zheng Liu's life hobbies are very monotonous. There are no valuable objects in the room except some ordinary calligraphy and paintings and flower porcelain vases.
At this time, the old Taoist priest was attracted by a calligraphy and painting hanging on the wall. He kept standing in front of the calligraphy and painting and frowned in thought, as if he was trying to remember something.
Jin An walked closer and observed the calligraphy and painting. This was a very ordinary calligraphy and painting, and it was a landscape painting with clouds and fog surrounding it: "Is there anything wrong with this painting?"
Jin An looked at the old Taoist priest.
The old Taoist priest thought hard and shook his head: "There is nothing wrong with this painting. It is the landscape in the painting. I always feel that I have seen it somewhere. The first time I saw it, I felt inexplicably familiar, but I still can't remember exactly where I saw it. Pass."
"There are thousands of famous rivers and mountains in the world, and there are countless unknown hills and rivers. Those that make me feel familiar at a glance must be a very impressive place. Strange, strange, why can't I remember where I am? Where have I seen it before..."
Jin An nodded, and then made a surprising statement: "Since this painting and calligraphy is so important, take it away and look at it slowly."
The old Taoist priest glanced at Jin An in surprise, and then exclaimed: "Sure enough, no one knows me better than you, little brother. Anyway, Master Zheng Liu is not a righteous person at first glance. There is no such thing as stealing or not."
The old Taoist priest stood on tiptoes and went to pick up the painting excitedly. Unexpectedly, as soon as he took off the painting, he let out a soft scream and the calligraphy and painting fell to the ground.
"Little brother! There is something weird about this painting! When I came across it just now, I saw a female corpse with an expression of shock, anger and terror. Her eyelids were sewn shut. The sutures were cut open by a young man. The eyes of the female corpse opened suddenly and she looked straight. Gou looked at me..."
"I'm afraid this calligraphy and painting does not belong to Mr. Zheng Liu. Its real owner is the female corpse!"
After listening to the old Taoist priest's words, Jin An bent down to pick up the calligraphy and painting that fell on the ground, but nothing unusual happened to him.
When the old Taoist priest touched the calligraphy and painting again, there was no hallucination this time. The old Taoist priest murmured that it was really strange.
"Unexpectedly, our group in Fenghuang Town this time encountered a strange corpse with its eyes sewn shut again. It seems that the source of cholera in Fenghuang Town is related to the female corpse! Thought, fear, and anger, the seven human emotions have been touched by us. There are three kinds of monster corpses, and if we add Shi Zhiping, the third housekeeper of the Song family whose life and death are unknown after escaping from prison, we have already encountered four kinds! And each time it is more evil than the last! "
Jin An did not answer, but directly forced the calligraphy and painting into the arms of the old Taoist priest: "Old Taoist priest, please keep this calligraphy and painting, and slowly recall it after you go back. Whether you can find the truth behind these dead people, it depends on you. ”
