Coupled with the dusty clothes, the air of death is even stronger, as if he is a walking corpse, which should be exchanged for a while after not seeing each other for several years.
But now there is still business, and it is important to ask important questions.
"It's okay." I said with a smile, and asked curiously, "Brother Xing, what happened in the village again."
"Hey, let's talk as we walk." Xing Baole's expression suddenly became more solemn, "Since the old lady Xu was drowned, two people have died in the village, and this one died just now. I was just disposing of the corpse, so I couldn’t pick you up right away.”
"Three people died?" I felt a little thump in my heart, "How do people die?"
I thought to myself that this was quite an evil thing.
Xing Baole frowned and said, "They all drowned by the river. When they were found, their faces were soaked in the diving pit by the river."
"Has your face been immersed in a diving pit by the river? This can also drown people?" Wait, that's wrong. Suddenly, something came to my mind. I looked at him and asked, "Did those three people commit suicide?"
Xing Baole said that it was impossible for someone to drown in the shallow puddle by the river. The deceased must have committed suicide and drowned, but this was completely inconsistent with common sense.
The deceased was mentally normal and had a relatively harmonious family relationship. He had no motive for suicide or any troubles, but he died of drowning inexplicably.
When the body was discovered, the body was lying on the side of the river, with the head downwards soaking in the puddle, as if he had deliberately leaned into the puddle and sucked water into his lungs to choke to death.
What's even weirder is that the soul of the corpse is missing.
Hearing this, my heart skipped a beat and I was surprised: "The soul of the corpse is still missing? By the way, does the deceased have anything to do with the drowned old lady?"
At this moment, a dark cloud floated in the sky, and a cold wind blew across the vast wilderness, creating a depressing and gloomy atmosphere.
Xing Baole adjusted the collar of his clothes, subconsciously looked around and said seriously: "I don't know, this thing is too weird. People in the village are now panicked. The police came and couldn't find out the reason. They can only ask the villagers to pay more attention." .”
After saying that, he looked at me again and said, "My dad doesn't have any clue about the drowning of the villagers. Maybe you can tell something. I'm sorry to trouble you this time, Xiao An."
Hearing this, I quickly said: "Don't count on me. Your dad is on the same level as my grandma. How can you count on me for something that he can't solve?"
"You are being humble, Xiao An, and you are looking up to my dad a little bit." Xing Baole said bluntly: "My dad's Taoism is mainly focused on fishing for corpses, which is incomparable with your grandma who is an all-rounder. You have inherited Your grandma Yiman might be able to figure out the reason why the villagers drowned."
After Xing Baole finished speaking, he looked at my body up and down, and then looked behind me, "I felt waves of energy fluctuations. If I'm not mistaken, it's the immortal family in you. That's what my dad and I don't have." Yes, the immortal in you might be able to investigate the truth behind the drowning of the villagers."
I looked behind me and saw a few Huang Taixian jumping around and following me. Some of these immortals were staying with me, and some were practicing on the mountain.
The naughty Wong Tai Sin often jumps and hangs around me. Of course, ordinary people cannot feel them.
"Let's go to the village and take a look." After I said that, he suggested that I go over and take a look at the body to see if I could detect any problems.
He also said that the villagers believed that someone drowned because the drowned Mrs. Xu and Xiao Zheng were too resentful. They came back to the village to cause trouble and wanted the whole village to die.
I curiously asked the reason why the old lady Xu drowned, and what happened to Xiao Zheng who drowned. It seemed that many people had drowned.
Xing Baole said that he would explain it in detail when he got to Mrs. Xu’s house. The matter was a bit complicated.
In about half an hour, we will enter the village.
Far away, I saw five or six villagers at the entrance of the village, including men, women and children, pointing at us and talking about something.
"Baole, are you back? Did Mr. Big pick you up?" An old man in his sixties, leaning on a cane, walked over with small steps. His eyes may not be clear, he rubbed his eyes and looked at me carefully. Suddenly he said in shock: "Hey, who's child is this? Baole, isn't he the big man you are looking for? Can he see things clearly at such a young age? Oh, my son's death seems to have happened. Landed."
The old man was disappointed, and the villagers behind him were also wiping tears sadly. They were probably family members of the deceased. They looked at me in surprise. Although they didn't say anything, they were obviously questioning my ability.
"Don't worry, Uncle Xiao." Xing Baole patted him on the shoulder and consoled him: "The gentleman I found, despite his young age, is more capable than me. Let's go over and see your son's body first. Maybe we can investigate the cause of your son’s death.”
"Hey, wuwu..." The old man wiped his tears sadly, his body was shaking slightly, and he showed an expression like a dead horse being treated as a living doctor, and sighed: "Hey, that's okay, let's go, let's go and see again. "
After finishing speaking, the old man walked towards the village, and we followed him. Along the way, more than ten villagers followed him from a distance, looking at me curiously and pointing.
I stared at the old man Xiao who was walking in front of me and said to myself that it really deserves to be called Xiaojia Village. There are so many people with the surname Xiao. Then I asked Xing Baole out of curiosity. It seems that his family didn't live in this Xiaojia Village before.
Xing Baole said that this is the case. A few years ago, the whole family, including his grandparents, lived in a small city, which was quite close to my grandma's house. But after his grandpa died, his grandma wanted to return to Xiaojia Village. We just came here to live together.
His grandmother was also from Xiaojia Village, and his father Xing Wushang was also born in this village. However, he left the village when he grew up and took his parents to live in the city.
Just as he was talking, he saw old man Xiao walking in front of him into a courtyard with two large tile-roofed houses, and heard the sound of dogs barking.
After I walked in, I found a mourning hall in the center of the yard. Inside, a sad and crying old lady was kneeling in front of the corpse, crying, "How can your father live if you die?"
"Old woman, get up quickly." Old Man Xiao coughed and said quickly: "Baole is looking for Mr. Da. Get out of the way and let Mr. Da see what's going on."
The old lady had gray hair and a stooped and thin figure. She looked less than 1.6 meters tall. When she heard that the older man was coming to help her, she quickly stood up and turned around. But when she saw me, she also showed a shocked expression, "This, this young man is Mr. Big?"
"Hey, don't ask any more questions. The person Baole invited must be really capable. Go back to the house and make tea." Old Man Xiao urged.
After hearing this, the old lady didn't question much even though she questioned it. She reluctantly smiled at me and walked towards the house.
"Ah, stop being so busy, I'll take a look and leave." After saying that, I walked into the mourning hall and looked at the body, and my pupils suddenly shrank.
The corpse's face was white from soaking, its eyes were wide open, its expression was vicious, and there was a wave of resentment in its chest, and it was obvious that it was unwilling to die.
The soul in the body has actually disappeared. It is said in the Ksitigarbha Sutra that shortly after death, a normal person's consciousness is dim and inconvenient to good and evil, that is, he is confused and has no ability to leave the body.
It takes more than seven days for the soul to gradually regain consciousness and leave the body. It will either become a lonely ghost or be dragged into reincarnation by cause and effect.
But this person just drowned today, and his soul disappeared. It was really weird. I dare to conclude that something must have stolen his soul away.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" At this time, old man Xiao started to cry bitterly again, "My son is only in his forties, and he has left before we even got a wife. He is so pitiful. What will happen to us in the future?" What can I do with my life?"
No matter what era you are in, there will always be a few bachelors in rural areas. They are either too poor to find a wife, or they have bad habits and no one wants to marry them.
Old man Xiao's son died without marrying a wife. It is estimated that this old man's care will become a big problem for the elderly.
"Xiao An, do you see anything?" At this time, Xing Baole looked at the corpse and said solemnly: "I can only see that there is a breath of resentment in his chest, and he is unwilling to die. I really can't see any other clues. .”
I looked at the corpse and nodded: "Yes, it's a good thing that the soul of the corpse is gone, otherwise the corpse will definitely become a corpse in the near future through this resentment."
"Ah?" Old Man Xiao was frightened when he heard this, and his expression was extremely frightened. "Big, Mr. Big, you didn't scare me, did you? My son really knows how to fake a corpse?"
The old lady was so frightened that she turned pale as paper.
The villagers who had come in with us to watch the fun, the timid ones just ran away and went home, while the brave ones hid far away.
"Don't be afraid. Your son's soul has disappeared and he will not be dead. However, the body is not suitable for being kept for a long time. It should be cremated as soon as possible." I looked at the two old people and said.
The second elder was relieved after hearing this, but he cried even more sadly, saying that his son's soul was so lost, so I must find a way to help him and find his son's soul so that he can rest in peace under the Nine Springs.
I walked up to the corpse's head and looked at his eyes that were slightly opened. Then I put my hands on his eyelids and gently closed them downwards.
The cold touch of his skin made my heart shiver, but less than five seconds after I closed his eyelids, he opened them again violently, with even more resentment in his eyes, and I didn't even want to close my eyes until I died.
When the two elders saw this, they cried even more sadly and were very scared.
Xing Baole asked me again, "Xiao An, do you see anything?"
I sighed and shook my head, "Not yet, he..."
But before I could finish speaking, the red egg in the space of the pill in my mind suddenly fluctuated.
I quickly raised my hand to stop Xing Baole who was about to speak, and then my consciousness entered next to the red egg in the pill bead. I saw it emitting a trace of excited emotion and conveying an idea to me.
