To be honest, Wu Da has been a policeman for so many years and has encountered many shocking and weird scenes. Let’s not talk about the distant ones. Let’s just talk about the crime scene of the Peach Blossom Murderer five years ago. It was a bloody and cruel scene that killed many people. He had nightmares for three days.
Judging from the horror of today's scene, Wu Da had a premonition that he would have nightmares for about a month.
At first I could shout to be brave, but now I was so scared that I couldn't even make a sound. I watched helplessly as my skeletal hands pushed open the coffin board inch by inch, and a pale human head rose up from the coffin, with a gray-white swollen head. His messy hair, wrinkled waxy skin stuck tightly to his skull, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, with two gray and dim eyeballs embedded in them, his cheekbones were high, and his mouth was wrapped together, like a dehydrated flower. Chrysanthemum|flower, slowly - slowly - turned around, opened her mouth a slit, and blew out a puff of smoke.
Jin Ruo gasped, Wu Da rolled his eyes, and the two of them were about to faint. At this moment, Fang Ke suddenly sneered, "You are pretending to be a ghost, look clearly, that is a living person."
Jin Ruo and Wu Da "burped" and started arguing again.
I saw the head rising higher and higher, slowly floating out of the coffin. It turned out that there was a body hanging under the head, as thin as a skeleton, and hanging an empty Taoist robe. The Taoist robe was originally roughly green, but now it has been washed. The color was faded, the collar was frayed, and there were a few threads floating around. The important point is that this person has feet, and he wears a pair of worn-out shoes on his feet, but there are no socks, and his big toes are yellow and curled up. He was very unruly, holding a half-bald whisk in his hand. Judging from the overall shape, he should be a Taoist priest?
"The Immeasurable Blessed God, the poor Taoist is bowing his head." The old Taoist's voice was like an old donkey working hard, and it was so unpleasant that it made people crawl all over.
Jin Ruo and Wu Da helped each other stand up and let out a long breath.
Oh, mother, it’s good that you are a human being.
Fang Ke looked the old man up and down with his eyes, "Who are you?"
The old man said: "Of course this is Yizhuang."
"Why in the coffin?"
"Pindao has passed his prime."
"Where are the corpses in Yi Zhuang?"
"Pindao's Taoist name is Wuweizi, which comes from Xuanzhongpao."
"..."
Jin Ruo's head was full of black lines, "It was so easy to find someone alive and breathing, but he turned out to be a deaf person."
"Presumptuous!" The old Taoist suddenly threw out his fly whisk and hit Jin Ruo's face, puffing out a puff of smoke, "Who the devil dares to make a mistake in front of me, Wuweizi, why don't you show your true colors quickly?!"
Jin Ruo sneezed four times in a row, his face was red with anger, and he was about to hit someone. Wu Da quickly suppressed Jin Ruo, "Master Jin, please calm down, look at this old Taoist who is so thin that there is only a handful of bones left. You are so thin." One punch and he fell apart."
Jin Ruo gritted his teeth, "You're lucky today, I'll let you go!"
Wuweizi raised his chin high and his expression was arrogant, "I, Wuweizi, have been practicing Qing Dynasty for fifty-eight years and have become a golden body (Jin Ruo yelled angrily: A golden ass body, your whole body is full of shit|yellow), and received Xuanzhongpao The temple master has entrusted me to guard Yizhuang here, purify grievances, and save the souls of grievances. You little monsters, retreat quickly, otherwise I will summon the Nine Heavens Cloud Thunder to beat you back to your original form!"
Jin Ruo rolled his eyes, "Let's leave quickly, don't waste time with this crazy Taoist priest——"
Before he finished speaking, Fang Ke slapped Jin Ruo aside, cupped his fists and saluted, staring at Wu Weizi's face with his dark eyes, "I dare to ask, sir, where does the resentment come from?"
Wuweizi suddenly stopped being deaf at this moment. He swung his fly whisk twice and assumed the posture of a Taoist master, "When I first arrived here, the Yin Qi here was very heavy, the resentment was rising, the atmosphere was smoky, and the poverty was... After seven days at the Dharma altar, I prayed ninety-nine and eighty-one Qingming mantras, and my resentment was dissipated. Now, there is only a lingering trace of the ghost of grievance, which cannot be gone away."
"Where is the wronged soul?" Fang Ke asked again.
Wuweizi pointed his whisk outwards, "Ten miles to the north, on the northern Cui Slope, there is a faint black air and a heavy gloom, which is where the souls of injustice return."
Fang Ke narrowed his eyes, "Can Taoist Master Wuweizi lead the way for us?"
Wuweizi shook his head repeatedly, "I am guarding Yizhuang and must not leave even half a step. You can go there on your own. This trip is dangerous, so please be careful——"
"Jin Ruo, Wu Captou, please go with Taoist Wuweizi!" Fang Ke said firmly.
Jin Ruo and Wu Da stepped forward, and one by one they lifted Wuweizi up, lifted their feet off the ground, and carried them away. Wuweizi was shocked and kicked his legs randomly, "You are so presumptuous! You are so presumptuous! How unbecoming you are!" Wait for the little devil, I am a useless child with a golden body—nooooo!”
Wu Da stuffed Wu Weizi's mouth with a rag, his movements were skillful and neat.
When Jin Ruo held Wuweizi up, he felt Wuweizi's weight, his expression changed slightly, and he quickly glanced at the footprints around him. There was dust all over the Yizhuang, and all the footprints were very clear, especially Wuweizi's footprints, only the ones in front of him. The soles of the feet, without heels.
Jin Ruo's eyes flashed and he smiled, "Taoist Master Wuweizi, please don't refuse. This trip is dangerous, and we mortals still need you, a powerful man with a golden body, to cut off our queen for us!"
Beicuipo, ten miles north of Yizhuang, is a barren mass grave. The grass is long and the wind is miserable.
When Fang Ke and his party arrived, it was almost dusk. The junction of Tianhe Mountain was covered with burning clouds, and the tombs all over the mountain were stained with a layer of blood, making their hair stand on end.
Wu Da took out the rag from Wuweizi's mouth and asked, "Where is the innocent soul?"
Wuweizi's face wrinkled even more with anger, and his gray eyes almost popped out of his sockets, "Monsters are rampant, villains are in power, the world is blind, it's ridiculous, you young people are shameless and wanton, the clouds are thundering in the sky, the wind is surging, the rush is Urgent as a rule——"
Jin Ruo pulled out Ruo Jing and stretched Wu Weizi's neck with a "swish", his expression half-smiling but not smiling, "If you keep pretending to be crazy, I won't be polite!"
Wu Weizi closed his mouth, rolled his eyes on the bright silver blade, and said with a solemn expression, "Immortal Lord Immeasurable, it is the destiny of a poor Taoist to subjugate demons, and a poor Taoist should sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman. Three righteous men, walk north. There is an old willow tree in front of you, and the innocent soul of Yi Zhuang sleeps under the tree."
The group passed through most of the mass graves and passed countless human bones dug out by wild dogs. Finally, they saw the huge mantou willow tree. It was surrounded by four people. The bark was rugged and the branches and leaves were swaying. It looked like a disheveled human head. , as if the two willow trees in front of the gate of Yizhuang walked over by themselves.
Under the tree, there are densely packed graves, some tall, some short, and dense weeds spread to the entire hillside.
The sky darkened, the wind picked up, and the grass blades were turning layer by layer, like a deep sea with turbulent undertows.
Wuweizi's white hair swayed in the wind like a clump of desolate dandelions. He sighed softly and said, "This is it."
Fang Ke put down the big wooden box, rolled up his sleeves, raised the corners of his mouth, "dig a grave!"
Lin Sui'an looked around and sighed deeply.
As soon as Duan Jiu's family entered the courtyard, the lobby was filled with people of different skin colors and costumes. Some of the leading ones knew each other, such as Wu Chun from the Wuling League, Ximen Yang from the Dengxian Sect, and Yaxing. Some of the sects Feng Qiao didn’t know, such as Che Song, the sect leader of the Hexian Sect, and Huang Tian, the sect leader of the Huang Jiu Family.
Chesong is in his early fifties, has gray hair, wears a purple cloak, has a ruddy complexion, and looks like a fairy. As the name suggests, he is from Huangtian, yellow and thin, with a big square face and two sides. The eyebrows are straight and horizontal, and the facial features are evenly distributed on the face like a square grid.
The rest of the Jianghu people are all disciples of the five sects. Ling Ling totals nearly forty or fifty people, which basically covers half of the Jianghu sects in Yidu City.
The servants, maids and prostitutes of Duan Jiu's family entertained them warmly and served tea and wine. They were so busy that Liu Qingxi couldn't leave for a while, so she simply sat next to Lin Sui'an and prepared to watch the fun. Lin Sui'an and Hua Yitang sat on the main seat together, each accompanied by two prostitutes with beautiful red lips. They shook their fans and peeled grapes. Duan Hongning poured tea for the two of them personally. The melon and fruit snacks on the table formed a mountain. It is said that the more extravagance there is, the more wasteful it will be.
Lin Sui'an felt uncomfortable all over. She felt that her current appearance looked like a villain who bullied the market, while Hua Yitang looked like a boos who was like a fish in water.
"Chief Wu came with such a big fanfare, he must have made a decision on the bet between you and me," Hua Yitang shook her small fan, "Hua is willing to hear the details."
Wu Chun and the other four sect leaders looked at each other and said firmly, "Yesterday, I discussed with the four sect leaders and decided to increase the bet. If Mrs. Lin and Hanashiro win the bet today, in addition to the Wuling Alliance's territory, , the lands of Dengxian Sect, Yaxingmen, Hexian Sect and Huang Jiujia are all owned by the Hua family."
Hua Yitang raised his eyebrows, "If Hua remembers correctly, the territory of the Dengxian Sect and Yaxingmen has long been assigned to Jingmen, right?"
Ximen Yang and Feng Qiao looked a little embarrassed. Wu Chun scratched the gauze on his head and quietly poked the person next to him.
It was a young man, wearing the uniform of Fangyuan Gambling House. He was very thin, not tall, with hunched shoulders, like a little hunchback, with sallow skin and his head lowered all the time. He had almost no sense of existence. If it weren't for Wu Chun's Lin Sui'an didn't even see him move.
The yellow-faced young man shook his head, like a big-headed roly-poly doll, and said something in Wu Chun's ear. Wu Chun's eyes lit up and he said, "Dengxian Sect and Yaxing Sect are willing to share all the martial arts secrets in the sect." And as a bet.”
Ximen Yang and Feng Qiao's expressions changed, as if they wanted to say something. Wu Chun shook his head towards them, and the two swallowed their words back, acquiescing.
Lin Sui'an's forehead jumped. The young man's yellow face seemed familiar.
"It's one of Yun Zhongyue's faces." Hua Yitang whispered.
Liu Qingxi covered her mouth and whispered, "Is he Yun Zhongyue?"
Lin Sui'an shook his head, "It doesn't feel like him."
Hua Yitang's small fan smelled of vinegar and sourness, "You and Yun Zhongyue have only met a few times, are you so familiar with each other?"
Lin Sui'an: "Don't you think this person's sitting posture is a bit familiar?"
Hua Yitang squinted his eyes and looked over, his expression changed, "Could it be——"
"Hanashiro, what's the bet like?!" Wu Chun asked loudly.
Hua Yitang withdrew his gaze from the yellow-faced young man's face and fell back on Wu Chun, "Hua has said it before, no matter what kind of gambling, if you buy it and leave it, you will have no regrets!"
"Okay! It's refreshing!" Wu Chun clapped his hands and laughed, and Ximen Yang and others also breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Sui'an was a little worried, "How about sending someone to pick up Eta first?"
"Don't worry, looking at today's battle, it's definitely not a small show in a gambling house," Hua Yitang's eyes sparkled, "They are betting on their lives!"
Liu Qingxi covered her mouth, and Duan Hongning's expression changed.
Sure enough, Wu Chun's next sentence was, "The so-called Jianghu is about Jianghu. We are all Jianghu people. Naturally, we have to make a big gamble according to the rules of Jianghu, bet on the outcome, bet on the outcome!"
As soon as these words came out, Lin Sui'an felt relieved.
Of the five heads here, three were defeated by her. Although the Hexian Sect and Huang Jiu's family had never fought each other, these two were following the Wuling Alliance, and their skills were definitely not as good as Wu Chun's. She slept well last night and was very energetic. Well, with plenty of physical strength, even if five people come to a wheel battle, they still have a chance of winning.
Hua Yitang probably had something in mind with her, and almost laughed out loud, "Is Leader Wu serious?"
Wu Chun waved his hand, "I'm afraid Hanashiro didn't understand. What I said about betting on the outcome and betting on the outcome are separate."
Hua Yitang became interested and sat upright, "What should I say?"
"It means - that -" Wu Chun cleared his throat and poked the yellow-faced young man next to him, "What's going on?"
The yellow-faced young man lowered his head, silently took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Wu Chun. Wu Chun raised the paper, looked at it and read:
"The rules of the gambling game are as follows. Both sides send people to play against each other to compete for the outcome. Before the battle, both sides place bets and blindly guess the results of the battle on the field. The results of the battle are written on paper and sealed in the dice cup. After the battle, guess The one who guesses correctly wins, the one who guesses wrong loses.”
In other words, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose, what matters is who wins and who loses. Lin Sui'an was stunned. This was not easy. As long as Hua Yitang kept guessing that she would win, she would definitely win.
Hua Yitang raised his eyebrows, "What if both sides guessed right?"
Wu Chun smiled with half his face, "We win."
"Why?!" Duan Hongning burst out, "It's so unfair!"
"This is our rule. If Hanashiro feels it's unfair, he doesn't have to bet. We won't force it," Wu Chun said.
Liu Qingxi shook her head repeatedly, "Ms. Lin, this bet is too unfair. You can't bet on it."
Lin Sui'an didn't say anything and glanced at Hua Yitang. Hua Yitang didn't say anything either. His long eyelashes covered his eyes and he shook his fan every now and then. "In this round, we must bet."
Duan Hongning and Liu Qingxi looked puzzled, and Lin Sui'an sighed, "Is there any chance of winning?"
Hua Yitang raised his eyelids, "With the skills of these people, you will definitely win. But if both the opponent and I guess you will win, we will lose. If you deliberately lose, I guess you will lose, and the opponent guesses you will win, we will Then you can win.”
Lin Sui'an: "It's simple, I just have to admit defeat."
Hua Yitang shook his head, "If the other party also guesses this ending and guesses you lose like me, we will lose."
Lin Sui'an: "..."
Duan Hongning: "So no matter Mrs. Lin wins or loses, we will probably lose?"
Hua Yitang nodded, "The key to this bet is whether you can guess what the other party is thinking."
Duan Hongning and Liu Qingxi looked at each other.
Playing psychological warfare, this is not like the high-end game that Wu Chun's gang of gangsters can come up with. Lin Sui'an looked at the yellow-faced young man and narrowed his eyes - is it really you?
"Wuchun," Lin Sui'an asked, "how many rounds do you plan to bet?"
Wu Chun smiled and said, "Best of five rounds, best of two of three rounds, both are acceptable. Madam Lin can choose by herself."
"It's too much trouble. One round will determine the outcome," Lin Sui'an stood up with Qian Jing in his arms, "I'm alone, the five of you can come together."
As soon as this statement came out, the whole place was in an uproar. The yellow-faced young man who had been hanging his head suddenly raised his head, the surprise in his eyes was beyond words.
Lin Sui'an was happy: Oh wow, I must have scared you.
Hua Yitang jumped up and grabbed Lin Sui'an's sleeve, "What nonsense are you talking about! These five people can be regarded as the masters of a sect. Although they can't defeat you alone, what can you do if they attack in groups? Any chance of winning?!"
Lin Sui'an blinked, "I am the Lord of Qianjing who can fight one against a hundred, and fighting one against five is just a trivial matter."
Hua Yitang became angry and pulled Lin Sui'an behind him, "Wuchun, we won't bet anymore——"
"Hua Yitang!" Lin Sui'an gently pressed Hua Yitang's shoulder and interrupted him, "You always say you want me to believe you. Once in a while, you have to believe me."
Hua Yitang opened his mouth, and the fingers holding Lin Sui'an's sleeves tightened tighter and tighter. His eye circles were red, his Adam's apple rolled twice, and he slowly let go of his hand, "Be careful, don't get hurt."
Lin Sui'an smiled brightly, "I will not lose, you will definitely win!"
With that said, he jumped onto the high platform in the courtyard, clasped his fists and shouted, "Five leaders, please come!"
Wu Chun and others looked at each other, raised their weapons at the same time, and jumped into the field.
Duan Hongning asked both parties to bring paper and pen, and asked both parties to write down the results of the blind guess. After writing, they put them into the dice cup, sealed them with seals, and placed them side by side on the high table in the center of the lobby so that everyone could see them clearly. Clearly.
The person opposite who wrote the results was indeed the yellow-faced young man. He hesitated for a long time before writing, but Hua Yitang finished it in one stroke with one stroke of his pen.
Liu Qingxi and Duan Hongning could see clearly, and their mouths were open enough to fit a pair of goose eggs, "Is this okay?"
Hua Yitang closed her fan with a snap, her eyes as firm as stars, "Sure win!"
small theater
Duan Hongning: These two are simply a pair of lunatics!
Liu Qingxi: I feel like I’m going crazy too!
Ling Zhiyan: Huh? Didn't I show up again? :,,
