He Shuisheng could not sit still.
According to the ritual spread among the people, after the cat eats the dried fish, he must draw a mark on the door of his residence - ten overlapping copper coins.
The messenger of the Ten Coins God will come looking for clues to fulfill your wishes or give you a way to fulfill your wishes.
This is already the second day.
He stayed at home, listening to every movement outside the door, feeling very anxious.
Was the Ten Coin God really sacrificed last night? Or is the "god messenger" just a greedy fat cat?
Is the sign painted on the door too inconspicuous? Will the messenger really come as promised?
Is it unreasonable to make your own request? Will it anger the ghosts and gods then?
Thoughts are flying in my head.
finally.
"Tuk-tuk."
The courtyard door was knocked.
He Shuisheng stood up quickly and rushed over, but when he was about to open the door, he retracted his hand and repeated this again, gritting his teeth.
Crunch~
"Eh?!" He looked up in surprise, "Sister?"
Two people were waiting outside the door, and the one who knocked on the door was a woman with a gentle smile and a jade hairpin skirt that could not hide her beauty. It was He Wumei.
"Shui Sheng." She introduced the person next to her, "This is Daochang Li."
He Shuisheng welcomed the two of them into his private room - the yard belonged to someone else and he only rented a small side room.
The room was small and empty.
"Easy things are reserved for the rich." He Shuisheng said nonchalantly, "Don't say I am not short of money. Even if I am short of money, how can I reach out to my sister?"
"Is there something wrong on Ah Lian's side?" He Wumei carefully consoled her, "There are many good women in the world. Please go back and beg the matchmaker to find a better one for you."
He Shuisheng heard something was wrong and hurriedly said: "Lian Mei and I have made an oath to each other, how could I change my mind?!"
"That's good, that's good." He Wumei murmured a few words, but her brows furrowed deeper and she hesitated: "Did you break the official law? Or offended the ghosts and gods?!"
"Stop it!"
He Shuisheng waved his hands anxiously.
It was baffling and I couldn't laugh or cry at the same time.
"Where did my sister hear such gossip? I'm not short of money, I'm not changeable, and I haven't broken any laws or offended ghosts and gods. Nothing happened to me!"
"Nonsense! If you are a good person." He Wumei looked unhappy, and her tone became softer, "How can you think of seeking death for no reason?"
"Have I ever..."
He Shuisheng hurriedly opened his mouth to defend himself.
Suddenly paused.
Suddenly he looked at Li Changan.
"Your Excellency?"
Li Changan responded with a smile: "Pindao is the messenger of the Ten Coins God."
He Shuisheng is an orphan who came out of the Salesian Home. He is about the same age as He Wumei, and the two have always been like siblings. Inexplicably hearing that her brother was seeking death, her sister He Wumei was naturally anxious and rushed to the door in a hurry.
"Oops! Sister, I misunderstood." He Shuisheng hurriedly explained, "I'm not seeking death, I just want to be a ghost..."
He couldn't understand clearly, so he just started from the beginning.
…………
The lives of the living and the dead in Qiantang City are about the same.
Therefore, the government of the living is similar to that of the dead.
Not a single radish pit, large or small, is empty, and none of them are of any use.
However, although selling official face is not as effective as selling Buddhist face, and wearing official robes is not as majestic as wearing Taoist robes, after all, he is a master in the yamen, and everyone is a respectable figure.
Available months ago.
There is such a big shot - Master Biejia of Qiantang Mansion who suddenly disappeared.
This is a big deal.
Everything inside and outside Qiantang City was searched, but no trace could be found.
Until three days ago.
As the river tide gradually rose, a bloated corpse emerged from a sewer somewhere in the city.
Some good people recognized that what the corpse was holding was Mr. Biejia's silverbait bag.
Mr. Biejia was less than seven feet tall, and although the floating corpse was so swollen that it was difficult to distinguish his face, it was more than eight feet tall. It was obviously not Biejia himself.
But the silverbait bag he was carrying must have something to do with Bie Jia's disappearance.
However, when the team led by the state government's Yamen arrived, they were embarrassed to find that the floating corpse had been damaged beyond recognition, making it completely difficult to identify its identity.
The state government was furious, scolded the county government for failing to provide clues, and ordered the case to be solved within a month.
…
"You guys are just trying to push the envelope, it makes no sense!"
He Shuisheng was indignant.
"It really doesn't make sense."
Li Changan agreed perfunctorily, and then asked.
"But what does it have to do with you being a ghost?"
…
The unlucky guy who was blamed by He Shuisheng was called Lu Huaiyi, the county government's chief catcher.
This man is good at martial arts and loyal, and is well-known among the people. Many "heroes" regard him as their elder brother and leader. He took the blame, so he naturally did not dare to neglect. He tried his best, mobilized relatives and friends, and conducted repeated investigations. After several days, he found nothing.
But where is Qiantang? A place where humans and ghosts live together.
Even if someone suggested that since we can't find out the identity of the floating corpse, why not let the corpse reveal its origins by itself?
Souls should be summoned!
It's a pity that neither the wild wizards among the people nor the Taoist priests from Taoist temples can attract the soul of this floating corpse. Fortunately, this head catcher had a good reputation and was privately advised by a Taoist priest.
The souls of people who died in Qiantang will definitely stay in the Yang world.
If the soul summoning fails, there are only three possibilities.
First, other mages captured the ghosts. However, when the Taoist priest was performing the method, he did not notice the obstruction of others, so it can be eliminated.
Second, his ghost fell into the cave city and was devoured by ghosts and gods. If this is the case, everything is useless and you will have to admit that you are unlucky.
The last possibility is that it has turned into a ghost and fled into Feilai Mountain!
Feilai Mountain is a place where fierce ghosts reside and is a forbidden area for the living.
The only ones who can go into the mountains to look for ghosts are ghosts.
…………
He Shuisheng praised Lu Huaiyi so highly that he was praised for his unrivaled martial arts skills, his unparalleled righteousness, and his willingness to refuse anything he asked for.
Li Changan filtered out the exaggeration and roughly summarized that he relied on his status as a head catcher and his style of righteousness and wealth to gather a group of evil teenagers. He was a man who accepted both black and white, similar to Song Jiang.
But then He Shuisheng came to the door.
But they found that their house was just in a remote place. Once they entered the small courtyard.
Yellow mud wall, thatched roof.
Call to open the door.
What came out was a not pretty woman in her thirties.
"Sister-in-law." He Shuisheng shouted, "Is brother here?"
"Is Shui Sheng here? Come in quickly."
The woman welcomed the two people into the door, and Li Changan looked around.
There is only one tile-roofed room among the three wing rooms, and the rest have thatched roofs. One of them has an open door, and there is a loom with half a piece of silk hanging inside.
The yard is also small. I saw a few stone locks for strength, and a chicken coop in the corner. A few skinny chickens were free in the yard, defecating everywhere.
There were very few people in the family. Apart from the woman, there was only a blind old woman and two silly little kids. The head catcher was not at home.
Qian Tang is wealthy and the locals eat three meals a day.
The two of them were in time for their meal.
The woman then sent her children to hunt for the head, and she caught a chicken, slaughtered it and stewed it, and took a strip of bacon, cut it and steamed it.
Li Changan's eyelids jumped at the sight, but He Shuisheng looked indifferent, and the Taoist priest couldn't say much.
Cook until the rice is cooked.
Mr. Lu finally returns home.
He is a tall and tall man with a thick beard and eight feet tall.
But he always looked gloomy and looked depressed.
After returning home, I exchanged names with the Taoist priest, ate a little food, and left without saying a few words.
When He Shuisheng saw this, he quickly stopped him and told him his plan truthfully.
Unexpectedly.
"People and ghosts have different paths, so don't mess around. You don't need to worry about it, I have a way."
After that, he actually abandoned He Shuisheng and left in a hurry.
How rude!
He Shuisheng didn't have time to express his feelings. Without thinking, the woman's eyes turned red first.
Choked to:
"Shui Sheng, tell your sister-in-law honestly."
He Shuisheng panicked and said hurriedly: "Sister-in-law, please tell me. Shuisheng knows everything."
"Your brother Nalu hasn't been home all night since he returned from this business trip. Even when he came home, it was just like today. He couldn't say a few words and left in a hurry."
"Tell my sister-in-law if he has an outside wife?"
He Shuisheng's eyes widened and he was about to wave his hand when the woman sighed again.
"I am already old and golden. There is nothing to say if he wants to take a concubine, but he can just welcome me into the house openly. Does he think that I am one of those jealous and shrewd women who bully concubines?!"
"Sister-in-law!"
He Shuisheng had no choice but to accentuate his tone and interrupt the woman's complaint.
"We have been married for twenty years. Doesn't my sister-in-law know what kind of person my brother is? He has always respected and loved you. There are so many crazy bees and butterflies in the street, but he has never been hypocritical. Who in Qiantang City doesn't know, Lu arrester The head is as beautiful as ever!"
…………
After much talk and hard talk, the woman was finally persuaded to stop.
The two of them walked out of the Lu family gate.
He Shuisheng said nothing and bowed deeply to Li Changan.
"It's not that Brother Lu deliberately neglected the Taoist priest, it's because he was so anxious that he lost his usual sense of proportion."
When a guest comes to visit, the host leaves in a perfunctory manner, which is really rude.
If you encounter someone with a fierce temper, you may have to draw your sword on the spot in retaliation for the slight.
But Li Changan doesn't care about these, he only cares about:
"It seems that Mr. Lu doesn't agree with your approach. What do you think? Do you still want to go to Feilaishan?"
"go!"
He Shuisheng did not change his mind.
"My brother has been very kind to me. Now that he has suffered an unreasonable disaster, how can I just sit back and watch?"
"Even if my brother doesn't agree, I'm still willing to be a ghost and go to Feilai Mountain alone."
