"Ah Kui, the person you are looking for is dead, what should I do now?" Ahao's tone was complicated, but he felt slightly relieved.
To be honest, he always thought that Gou Honglin was Li Kui's enemy, and he was a very powerful one. Otherwise, why would he have to cultivate magic power to deal with him? He would not even be able to return home without finding this person.
Now that I know that Gou Honglin is a bully, I feel relieved and at the same time, I can't help but wonder what the dispute is between the two.
Li Kui didn't know what Ah Hao was thinking, so he thought for a moment and said:
"Let's go to Gou Honglin's house and have a look."
"good!"
So, after asking some passers-by, the two came to a small farmyard. Composed of three thatched houses, this place can be considered a relatively peripheral place in Meihua Town. Two white lanterns with the word "Die" hanging at the door.
Looking inside, an old woman with gray hair was holding a dustpan in her hand, scattering corn kernels to feed the chickens.
"That aunt should be Gou Honglin's mother, Aunt Huang." Ah Hao guessed.
"Go first and check the situation." Li Kui said without hesitation.
Pushing open the guardrail, Aunt Huang turned her head when she heard the sound and saw two young men walking in. Before she could ask, one of them said: "We are the subordinates of the boss Ren of Dasheng Gambling House, and we came here specifically to pay homage to Brother Gou. "
The Great Sage Gambling House was where Gou Honglin used to watch the casinos, and Boss Ren was his big benefactor. However, to the gambling house, Gou Honglin was just a dog he raised, so no one would be sent to worship him.
Obviously, Aunt Huang didn't know the twists and turns.
Hearing what Li Kui said, he quickly stepped forward to say hello, "What do you call us?"
Li Kui opened his mouth and came: "I am A Dong, and his name is A Xi. Brother Gou took good care of us before, so we are the ones here."
This sentence undoubtedly made Aunt Huang more convinced of the authenticity of Li Kui's identity.
In fact, Gou Honglin was a man who was unjust and unpopular. He was able to dominate the market all because of his bravery. After his death, his brothers were even scattered. Who would stand up to avenge him?
"Please come in, please come in."
Aunt Huang invited the two of them into the house with a smile on her lips.
Li Kui blinked, suddenly frowned, and followed Aunt Huang into the house. A coffin is placed horizontally in the center, and there is a black and white photo in front of it. His face is full of flesh, with triangular eyes, and his brows are full of sinisterness. He is Gou Honglin.
"I'll give you two a cup of tea."
Aunt Huang put down the dustpan in her hand with a rather happy tone. It seemed that it was a very happy thing for her to have two people come to worship her son. As soon as he finished speaking, he walked out immediately.
Li Kui looked at the surrounding environment. The furnishings in the room were very simple, and the front of the coffin was also very clean. There is a problem. Logically speaking, Gou Honglin has been dead for several days. According to tradition, paper money should be burned in front of the coffin.
"Looking at his appearance, he is not a good person. Tsk... That student can be considered as doing something good for the people."
Ah Hao suddenly moved closer to the photo and sighed softly.
Li Kui nodded and stroked the black coffin with his fingers. There was no soul of Gou Honglin here.
His mastery of Youtong is extremely rudimentary. It can only be regarded as a passive skill now, and he has not yet mastered the real trick of active use. However, he can still see ordinary monsters and demons.
At this time.
"Come on, the tea is quite hot."
Aunt Huang came in holding two tea bowls and handed them to Li Kui and the others.
"Thank you, ma'am."
Li Kui first reached out to take it, blew two breaths of hot air, and suddenly said: "Auntie, where is the incense? Let's put some incense on Brother Gou."
Hearing these words, Aunt Huang was slightly startled, and then smiled kindly and said: "No, you are very thoughtful if you can come. Please drink the tea quickly."
At this time, even Ah Hao felt something was wrong. Relatives and friends came to worship in front of the soul but were not allowed to offer incense. What was this?
Li Kui winked at Ahao, who understood and walked to Aunt Huang to talk, so he said:
"Madam, do you have a toilet here?"
"No, if you want to go to the back of the house, I'll take you there."
"No, no, I can just go there by myself."
Looking for an excuse, Li Kui slipped out of the mourning hall, used his experience to find the house where Gou Honglin lived, opened the door and walked in.
The door closed gently.
There were daggers, wooden dummies, and a few folded men's clothes on the bed. Although the room was small, it did not appear too cramped. Gou Honglin was indeed not here, but what Li Kui cared about was Aunt Huang. Her actions and reactions were too abnormal.
According to the information obtained from Liu Wei, Gou Honglin had not lived with his mother for several years. He had an expensive mansion in the center of the town, and the two had very little communication. But judging from the cleanliness of the room, the relationship between mother and son seems to be very good.
Secondly there are two other points.
First, if the relationship was good, Aunt Huang's reaction after Gou Honglin's death would at least be sad. However, according to Li Kui's observation, instead of feeling sad or anything like that, Aunt Huang was in a relatively good mood.
They were still feeding chickens when they arrived. When they learned that Li Kui and the others were coming to worship, the expressions on their faces made people think that they were guests?
Second, offering incense and offering incense are a sign of respect for the dead.
However, Aunt Huang stopped them, and there was no paper money or incense in the mourning hall. All kinds of abnormal behaviors showed that Aunt Huang did not think that her son was dead and that he was still alive, so she did not allow worship or burn paper money.
It seems that Aunt Huang must have known about Gou Honglin turning into a ghost, otherwise it wouldn't have been the case. But if Gou Honglin wasn't here, where would he be? The mansion in the center of the town, or...
After thinking for a moment, Li Kui turned around and went out. Then he actually went to the back of the house to urinate before returning to the mourning hall. As soon as he stepped into the threshold, he saw Ah Hao and Aunt Huang talking and laughing, and said with a smile:
"What are you talking about? You are so happy."
Ahao waved his hand:
"It's okay, I just had a casual chat. Why did you come back so late?"
"I couldn't find the place for a while." Li Kui said awkwardly, and then said to Aunt Huang: "Auntie, since we have already visited Brother Gou, we have something to do at the gambling shop, so we will leave first."
Aunt Huang stood up, pretending to stop the two of them, and said urgently: "Stay and have a meal together."
"no, I'm fine."
Li Kui quickly refused, said goodbye to Ah Hao and Aunt Huang, and disappeared at the end of the path.
The guardrail closed gently, and Aunt Huang turned around and entered the kitchen. In the vegetable basket was a live fish that was struggling from time to time. She took out a kitchen knife and knocked it unconscious, and began to scrape off the fish scales expertly.
Make a fire.
The hay was ignited by the flames. After a while, the strong flames flickered in the pupils, illuminating Aunt Huang's cheeks. Just when she was about to get up, a breeze blew in.
A happy look appeared on Aunt Huang's face, and she said cheerfully: "Xiao Lin, Mom will make you fish soup, your favorite fish soup."
After just waiting for a while, the only sound in the kitchen was the crackling sound of fire burning hay. Aunt Huang gradually flattened her mouth and returned to the chopping board. The grass carp that had been knocked unconscious woke up, struggled and rolled.
Snapped!
The kitchen knife fell on the chopping board, and the fish head rolled to the side.
