Out of the backyard.
Mu Nan and Li's father and son rushed to the Taofu Division.
Planning the time, Chang Wei should come out of the Qingzhou dungeon.
Mu Nan did not go to the school to say goodbye to Li Chengxi.
The teacher has a different temperament and is strict with his teachings, so he will never care if he leaves without saying goodbye.
And the chatter in the school is also endless, which is really unbearable to disturb.
"Master, Master Cao has ordered that if you see you coming, just come in directly."
The steward seemed to have been waiting at the gate for a long time. He looked around, saw Mu Nan's figure, and ran forward to greet him.
Mu Nan said, "I've been waiting for a long time. Can Qi Changwei bring him back?"
"I brought it back. I'm waiting for the master in the Harmony Hall. Please!"
Following the steward's guidance, Mu Nan and the other two walked through the two corridors and arrived at the Heyue Hall.
Cao Buhui was explaining etiquette matters to a fair-skinned young man.
Seeing Mu Nan enter the hall, he led the young man to salute.
"Qingzhou Qi family Qi Changwei, pays homage to the immortal master!"
Chang Wei has slender eyes, a high nose bridge and rosy lips.
If it weren't for the fact that he wore rouge and powder with a charming look, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a handsome man.
Mu Nan stretched out his hand to help Chang Wei up. His wrist was cold and his skin was so delicate that it could be broken by a blow.
"Get up and talk."
"Thank you Immortal Master for your grace!"
Chang Wei stood up and stood aside with graceful steps, showing uneasiness under his delicate appearance.
Mu Nan found a seat at random and sat down. He waited until the air was almost solid, and estimated that Chang Wei's psychological limit was reached before he said, "Tell me about the Qi family."
Chang Wei knelt down with a thump.
"Immortal Master Shengming, I really don't know what happened."
According to Chang Wei's intermittent narration while sobbing, three days ago, he took a nap as usual.
When he woke up, he saw Laifu, covered in blood, leading a group of officers and soldiers to surround him.
It is true that he killed thirteen members of the Qi family.
Then he was tied up by the officers and soldiers and put into the dungeon.
For two consecutive days, Chang Wei was interrogated frequently in the dungeon. The tiger bench, clamping stick, brain hoop, and killing stick were all used, but he failed to explain why he wanted to kill the thirteen members of the Qi family.
In fact, he didn't even have the slightest impression!
If it weren't for the persuasive guidance of the official, he wouldn't even know that thirteen members of the Qi family were murdered.
"Immortal Master, how can a person who is always sad for spring and autumn when he sees falling flowers do something to his loved ones?"
"What's more, Qi Mansion's nursing home used to be home to thousands of households in Qingzhou, so just three or five people couldn't get close to it."
"How can I, a weak scholar, be his opponent?"
As he spoke, Chang Wei covered his face and started crying.
There was injustice in the cries, and there was also sadness over the destruction of the Qi family.
Mu Nan nodded.
Chang Wei suffered many punishments in the dungeon, and his prison clothes were in tatters and stained with blood, which showed that he was not lying.
What is puzzling is that there is no scar on his body!
Moreover, walking out of the dungeon is like walking through the door of hell.
But apart from being a little sad, he had no mood swings.
"Chang Wei will stay in the care of Taoist Secretary Haosheng for now. I will go to Qi Mansion."
Mu Nan only felt that something was wrong with Chang Wei, but he had deliberately lifted him up just now and found no fluctuations in spiritual power, let alone demonic power.
At this moment, it was hard to draw any conclusions for a while, so I could only think of going to Qi Mansion to find clues.
"The little old man will lead the way for the immortal master!" Mr. Li recommended himself.
Cao Buhui stretched out his hand to stop him: "I'd better accompany the master on the journey."
Mu Nan nodded: "Yes! Let Chief Cao lead the way."
He thought that the thirteen members of the Qi family died unexpectedly within three days, and it was inevitable that resentment would spread and evil spirits would arise.
Li Yuanwai is half a hundred years old and cannot bear the invasion of Yin Qi.
If Cao Buhui follows, an extra pair of eyes can help find some clues.
…
The door of Qi's house was closed.
Two yamen soldiers at the door were hiding far away with water and fire sticks, keeping secret and not daring to come near at all.
Mu Nan and Cao Buhui never thought of alerting the officials.
He walked around to the side of Qi's Mansion and jumped into the high-walled courtyard.
The bodies of the thirteen members of the Qi family had been carried to the side room. What caught your eye was the pewter stone used to mark the state of the bodies before they were moved.
Stretching arms, kicking legs, holding on to the wall, etc. are extremely brutal.
There were two people piled on top of each other, who died quietly without knowing what they were doing.
The two moved to the side room and looked at the dead bodies one by one.
Judging from the situation at the scene, the deceased, without exception, had been hammered to death with great force.
In particular, I saw clear fist marks on a male corpse, and even the ribs were smashed into the chest cavity.
The house was sprinkled with white ash, but the stench of corpses filled the air.
Mu Nan closed his breath and changed it to his inner breath. He walked out of the room and then said: "Summon the drifting soul!"
The Qi family has neither demonic nor ghostly aura, except for the extremely powerful natural powers.
Otherwise, there will never be a situation where the punches hit the flesh and cause death.
At this time, the drifting soul was still in a state of ignorance and could not lie, so the lies he told were extremely credible.
Cao Buhui nodded and said, "Master, my subordinates will take care of such small matters later."
After saying that, there was an additional spiritual weapon in his hand: the mourning staff.
It is a willow-shaped stick with white paper and white cloth wrapped around it.
Cao Buhui glanced at Mu Nan, seeming a little embarrassed.
Then……
He raised his mourning staff and danced in the courtyard, shaking his head and mumbling words.
Declined.
It was indeed the first time for Mu Nan to see this type of spiritualism.
However, at the beginning of the establishment of the Daofu Division, it was stipulated that the chief officers should not be members of the Xuntianjian or the four major sects.
Rather, they come from small and medium-sized sects and even casual cultivators.
From this point of view, it is normal for Cao Buhui's spiritualism to be strange.
After he danced for a while and his cheeks were sweating, he shook his head helplessly at Mu Nan.
"Master, I'm afraid there's something fishy going on."
Mu Nan was puzzled: "How?"
"The spiritual weapon in my hand is called the Mourning Staff. It was given by the Xuntian Prison. It can lead to the netherworld, the underworld, the underworld, the underworld, the underworld, and the rivers. In the past, there were no disadvantages in summoning souls for salvation, but today I can't summon the wandering souls of any of the thirteen members of the Qi family!"
Cao Buhui added: "I'm afraid his soul has been scattered!"
"Will you be detained?"
Some evil cultivators like to imprison the souls of those who died with resentment and use them to practice evil arts.
For them, the resentful ghosts of the thirteen members of the Qi family who died tragically are good ghosts that cannot be missed.
"Not very likely!"
Cao Buhui thought for a few breaths.
"The use of such evil spells makes a lot of noise, and the Taoist priest will not be unaware of it. Moreover, if the soul is imprisoned, there should be some Yin Qi left. And there is not even a trace of Yin Qi in the entire Qi family!"
Mu Nan narrowed his eyes.
Cao Buhui's spiritual weapon was given to him by the Xuntian Prison, so he must have used the spirit summoning technique to summon the spirits himself, and the effect was no different.
If the souls of the thirteen members of the Qi family were not imprisoned...
"That is to say, when Chang Wei killed someone, his soul was also wiped out? Or was it taken away directly by Chang Wei?"
Cao Buhui continued what he said: "And Chang Wei really has no cultivation! This thing is unreasonable! This is also the reason why the Taoist Secretary accepted this invitation!"
Mu Nan's eyes lit up: "Possessed by a demon!"
"There must be traces!"
Cao Buhui looked excited and opened his spiritual consciousness wantonly, covering the entire Qi family.
Then he strode to Chang Wei's former bedroom and dug out a sandalwood bead under the bed.
"Buddha beads?"
Mu Nan stared at the Sanskrit characters on the beads and asked, "Mr. Cao, can you recognize what the Sanskrit characters on the beads are?"
Cao Buhui turned the bead and looked at it again and again: "It's the Jinghun Zen sound from Beiliu Temple."
"Beiliu Zen Temple?"
Mu Nan said in disbelief: "Although Beiliu Chanyuan is not well-known, it ranks third in Buddhism, and it should not do such harming things."
"What's more, Beiliu Chanyuan is far in the north, and the possibility of traveling a long distance to Qingzhou to commit crimes is extremely low."
Cao Buhui nodded slightly and said, "Go back and ask Qi Changwei about the origin of the Buddhist beads, maybe there will be clues."
After the two of them returned home, they asked the person involved about the matter.
Chang Wei said: "More than a month ago, a middle-aged monk came to me for no reason and told me that something bad was going to happen to me. He gave me this prayer bead and told me to keep it with me at all times and never let the prayer bead leave my body. "
"Then what?"
"Three days ago, after I took a shower..."
When Chang Wei mentioned washing, he felt a little shy: "...I took it off and forgot to bring it with me."
Mu Nan didn't know why Chang Wei blushed when he mentioned the toilet meeting.
But inadvertently, he would always think of the bloodthirsty spider he killed during his experience in the secret realm.
Before his original owner, Monk Daoqi, became a demon, wasn't he also a member of Beiliu Chanyuan?
Is there any connection between them?
The Buddhist beads have pure Buddha nature and are not tainted with a trace of demonic nature, and what is engraved on them is the sound of quieting the soul. Is the owner of the beads the monk mentioned by Chang Wei?
With doubts, Mu Nan turned to ask: "Does the monk have a Buddhist name? Do you know where he is going?"
Chang Wei thought for a long time and patted his forehead.
"Back to the Immortal Master, I vaguely remember him mentioning Hongfa Temple! As for the name, I really can't think of it!"
"Hongfa Temple?"
