"Of course not," Li Chuan replied decisively: "If you meet a madman, what can you say?"
He didn't ask Pan's mother, but just told her that she and the caravan would need to stay here for a while. He also said that a big shot in the capital had already taken over the matter, so she didn't have to worry.
After that, we talked a lot with each other.
When he walked out of the inn again, he realized that he was sweating when the wind blew.
This is scarier than watching monsters fight.
"Brother Li, why don't you ask her questions?" Wen Guying asked.
Li Chuan wiped the sweat from his face and said, "I'm going to ask anyway. Why don't we ask again when everyone is gathered. Besides, who was the original person in charge of this case? Why don't we call him here and continue to be in charge of this case? Let's do it Take notes, check information, find people.”
He knows what he has to offer, and there are professionals who can take care of him, so why not use him?
Wen Guying said meaningfully, "If this happens, this case will no longer be suppressed."
"Why does the Taoist believe what your junior brother said is true?" Li Chuan asked.
Wen Guying replied: "I don't believe it, but...three thousand years ago, an unknown monk ascended to immortality in Xialin Village."
"Three thousand years ago?"
"Yes, at that time there was no such village as Houxialin Village, nor was there Xiushan County. When ascending, the edges of the surrounding boundary area would become blurred, and it is not impossible that there would be any strange signs."
"Three thousand years ago, did the Taoist priest feel that it was a little too thorough?"
"Three thousand years are just a blink of an eye."
"If it turns out that your junior brother is crazy, what will you do?"
"Plead guilty and be punished."
"I want to believe you." Li Chuan then said, "What did you originally plan to let me see today? Just let her stand under the sun and let me look around?"
Wen Guying was already prepared. He took out a dusty mirror from his sleeve and said, "This mirror can reflect people's souls. It's just an ordinary mirror for looking at demons."
Li Chuan took it and asked, "How should I use it?"
Wen Guying answered: "On that day, just take a picture of Su Niang and the little girl. If you are not at ease, find another mirror to look at demons, and other methods will do."
…
Wen Guying was very efficient. In just three days, everyone was found.
The first one to arrive was Jin Rong, an official of the Qintian Prison. As soon as he arrived in Xiushan County, he came to visit Li Chuan. The two found a private room in the teahouse to talk.
Li Chuan was a little disappointed when he saw that it was not Zhu Qingyun.
However, Jin Rong expressed his closeness to him and explained: "Junior sister was summoned into the palace by His Majesty and cannot come out for the time being. She wrote a letter and asked me to give it to you."
"His Majesty?"
"Yeah, something happened during the Chinese New Year..."
"If it's hard to say, there's no need to say it."
"It's okay, Brother Li is not an outsider, and he has some relationship with you," Jin Rong said in turn: "When Prince Su came to Beijing to give New Year's gifts, he was captured by His Majesty, and he is in prison now."
It was probably due to collusion with the Demon King.
"So there was chaos in the capital for a while. I heard that there was a ghost in the palace, so Junior Sister Zhu was called in. It is expected to take another month or two before she can come out." Jin Rong took a sip of tea and moistened it. Throat, "She hates dealing with the palace concubine the most."
"That's it." Li Chuan said.
He opened the letter.
In the letter, Zhu Qingyun said hello to him, talked about recent developments, and praised his second senior brother, saying that he was also a scholar and had been awarded the third prize by His Majesty himself, so he felt that they would be able to chat.
Seeing Li Chuan's expression getting more and more stern, Jin Rong couldn't help but ask him: "What did junior sister say in the letter?"
Li Chuan folded the letter and said, "She asked me to handle the case well and not to embarrass the Qintian Prison."
"Before I came here, Master also told me to fully cooperate with you," Jin Rong said very freely, "So if you want me to do anything, Brother Li can just ask, and don't worry about those Xuanmen monks."
"Qin Tianjian seems to be a little disgusted with Xuanmen?" Li Chuan was a little confused about Jin Rong's attitude.
"That's not true. We usually cooperate a lot, but..." Jin Rong folded his fan and said, "Sometimes the court would rather indulge the big demon than ask Xuanmen for help. Why do you think it is?"
"Why?"
"Because the Dajiang Dynasty is a country of mortals, not a country under Xuanmen. If everything relies on Xuanmen, then whoever becomes the emperor in the future will be nothing more than a dog chosen by Xuanmen, while mortals will become monks. The provider." Compared to Zhu Qingyun, the second senior brother Jin Rong obviously has a further perspective, "So in your case, the murderer is an abandoned disciple of the Four Gods Palace. If he is dealt with severely, he has not really offended the Four Gods Palace, but also Isn’t it wonderful that you have adhered to the principles of the imperial court?”
"What if he was not expelled from the Four Gods Palace?" Li Chuan asked.
"It's not like there are no sects in Xuanmen that use mortals for experiments," Jin Rong faced the facts, "Can Qin Tianjian still go to sects to take people?"
"What if there really are ghosts?" Li Chuan asked.
Jin Rong replied: "With the help of Qin Tianjian, we discovered the strange ghosts and eliminated a catastrophic disaster. Isn't it a great merit?"
After hearing this, Li Chuan felt that the second senior brother was a trustworthy person.
He did not completely deny the existence of White Walkers in his heart. In this world of monsters, ghosts and gods, nothing was strange. In fact, when Wen Guying approached him for the first time, he believed him directly.
What he doesn’t believe in is Guan Zhongqiu.
More importantly, he couldn't tolerate the monk's word or method to let the murderer of the village go away.
Then he heard Jin Rong say: "It's a pity for Brother Li. If Brother Li ends up in the spring, he will have a better position after he has the status of a scholar, or after the palace examination, and then enters the Qintian Prison. It's a pity, it's a pity, Junior sister is still not steady in handling things."
There’s nothing left to talk about.
He asked: "The other two monks invited by Master Wen, do you know them?"
Jin Rong said: "Daozhang Wen told me that one is Elder Wei from the Xuanyue Sect and is a soul cultivator, and the other is Master Zenhai from Mount Xumi. They are both highly respected people and should disdain to cheat."
After hearing this, Li Chuan felt relieved. He showed Jin Rong the mirror Wen Guying gave him, "This demon mirror was given to me by Master Wen."
Jin Rong looked through it and said, "Is it the most common kind of demon mirror that can illuminate people's souls? If Brother Li is worried, I will go find another one. It won't take much trouble."
Li Chuan thought for a while and said, "No, just this one."
On the third day, Elder Wei and Master Zenhai arrived.
Elder Wei is a Taoist nun. She wears a black Taoist robe and has an aura of bitterness and hatred on her face. Master Zenhai has a round nose and thick lips and a loud voice. He looks like a monk with profound Buddhist teachings.
After these people arrived in Xiushan County, Commander Wu of Chao Bing County could no longer pretend to inspect the county. He showed up to say hello to the monks, entrusted everything to Jin Rong, and then transferred the responsibility for this matter to Jin Rong. Li Canjun, who was responsible for the case, was pulled out and told to wait for instructions, and then went to the county to inspect the rice seedlings.
Li Chuan first asked Elder Wei to examine Pan's mother first.
Elder Wei did not refuse. He walked up to Pan's mother, spread out his hands, and grasped the pulse of Pan's hands. After checking, she said, "I want to go in and take a look."
As soon as she finished speaking, she disappeared, and Pan's mother's expression became confused.
"Huh?" Elder Wei made a confused sound while revealing her figure again, and then she tried again. This time she disappeared for a longer time, about a stick of incense, before she condensed into a solid body.
"How is it?" Li Chuan asked.
Elder Wei said: "Her three souls and seven souls are no different from ordinary people. If there is anything abnormal, it is that her life soul is completely integrated into her body. Therefore, if you want to extract the soul, you will not be able to extract it. However, Although this situation is rare, it does not exist at all. For example, some half-demon with special bloodline have souls that are completely integrated with the physical body."
"Then please ask Elder Wei to check on this young girl again," Li Chuan said after speaking, "Please be a little gentler."
"I understand." Elder Wei picked up the young girl.
The little girl was awake. She was not very good at walking yet. When she was picked up, she was lying on the chair and eating her fingers.
Elder Wei did not disappear this time. After a moment, she said: "The three souls and six souls of the young girl are completely normal and can be extracted."
Then, Li Chuan asked Master Zenhai to examine Pan's mother and the young daughter.
After reciting some sutras and shining Buddha's light, Master Zenhai said he could find nothing unusual.
"Master Li, please take another look." Wen Guying said
"Okay." Li Chuan asked Pan's mother and young daughter to go outside and stand in the noon sun.
The sky is as blue as green, and the clouds are scattered into pieces of fish scales.
As Li Chuan approached, he heard Pan's mother ask: "What are you looking for? Are our grandparents ghosts?"
Li Chuan didn't answer, but took out the demon mirror and asked Pan's mother to look at her face in the mirror.
Pan's mother's face appeared in the mirror, exactly like her appearance.
Li Chuan looked carefully, and gradually the soul in the mirror began to change. He successfully entered the mysterious realm. The soul spread out in front of him like clothes. He gradually distinguished the three souls and the seven souls.
He continued to wait quietly.
Wen Guying also walked into the sun.
The rubies on the sword are becoming more and more dazzling, as if they are responding to the sunshine.
The complicated pattern finally broke apart and turned into the dots and horizontal lines that Li Chuan was familiar with.
It was about time for a cup of tea. He took the mirror from Pan's mother and went to look at his little girl. After that, he asked Jin Rong, Liu Canjun, Guan Zhongqiu to take photos, and finally Gong Er and Pang San came.
The sun was covered by clouds, and the shadow covered Li Chuan's face, hiding his expression.
"Brother Li, what's the result?" Wen Guying asked.
"I saw a bug, a shadow-like bug, in the souls of Pan Mama and your junior brother." Li Chuan said with difficulty.
He saw a double image between the dots and the horizontal ones. When he looked closer, the double image turned into a bug, as thin as a transparent feather.
