"It stinks!"
Zhu Xiucai and others also smelled the stench coming from the house and covered their noses one after another.
For the first time, Qin Shaoyou felt that having too sensitive a sense of smell was not a good thing.
After standing in the yard for a while and getting used to the smell, everyone entered the house.
The people who gathered outside the courtyard gate to watch the excitement stood on tiptoes and looked around curiously.
Unfortunately, nothing can be seen.
Entering the house, the smell is even stronger.
Zhu Xiucai arranged for the warriors to open the windows for ventilation, and asked them to take out the yin and yang compass and check around to see if there was any yin energy.
It is not an exaggeration to describe Xu Er's home as having only four walls.
In the main room facing the entrance of the courtyard, there was only a dilapidated altar table with the Xu family's ancestral tablets on it. There was not even an incense burner, and there was no trace of burning incense or wax.
On the right side of the main room is the room where Xu Er's parents sleep. There is only an old and broken bed in it.
On the left is Xu Er's house. There is no bed in it, just some straw on the ground.
In fact, Xu Er's home was not like this before. There were still some furniture and items, but unfortunately they were all stolen and sold by Xu Er.
The money in exchange was either from eating, drinking and playing, or lost in gambling.
If the old couple hadn't been careful later, Xu Er might have stolen the altar table and the bed in their room in exchange for money.
The bodies of Xu Er and his parents were lying in their respective rooms.
Xu Er died on the straw pile.
Qin Shaoyou and others came in and took a look. Sure enough, as Liao Lishi said, a straw rope was twisted around Xu Er's neck.
His hands still maintained the posture of pulling on the straw rope.
Judging from the bulging veins on his arms, Xu Er was pulling the straw rope with great strength with both hands until he died.
Looking at the bodies of Xu Er's parents in another room, they were in similar condition to his.
However, Xu Er's face was pale, while his parents were bruised.
Zhu Xiucai gave the answer: "Xu Er was young and had greater strength. He could strangle all the blood vessels in his neck, preventing Qi and blood from flowing into his head, so he looked pale after death.
His parents were weaker, and their hands had uneven strength. They could only completely block the blood vessels on one side of the neck. The blood could flow into the head, but could not flow out. Eventually, it accumulated on the head, causing the face to look purple. "
The stench that everyone smelled also came from the corpses of Xu Er's family.
All three corpses were hanged to death. After death, the muscles relaxed and urine and feces overflowed, creating this foul smell.
Even in Xu Er's crotch, not only urine and feces leaked out, but also the smell of heather remained in it.
Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai conducted a detailed inspection of the three corpses.
But no other fatal injuries were found on their bodies, and there were no signs of struggle or resistance.
It was more like they hung themselves with straw ropes on their own initiative and voluntarily.
The straw rope used by the three to hang themselves also aroused the vigilance of Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai.
There is a lot of soil mixed in the gaps between the grass ropes, indicating that it was once placed on the muddy ground.
It's even possible that it was dug out of the soil.
Zhu Xiucai opened Xu Er's stiff fingers, took out the straw rope, put it in front of his nose, and smelled it carefully.
"There is the smell of corpses in the straw rope, but it is not the smell of corpses like Xu Er and others who have just died, but the smell of corpses that have been dead for a while and have been buried in the ground."
Monk Ma said: "The rope with this smell...could it be the coffin-carrying rope?"
Zhu Xiucai put down the straw rope, nodded and said, "Most likely."
"Why did Xu Er's family hang themselves with coffin ropes? Were they under the influence of illusion? Or were they controlled by magic? Where did they get these coffin ropes?"
"I don't know that."
Zhu Xiucai spread his hands.
"I can blindfold myself and identify the age and figure of the dancers by smelling the rouge and gouache on their bodies, but I can't find out which grave's coffin-carrying rope it is from the corpse smell on the straw rope."
Qin Shaoyou is also confused by these questions.
However, these strange coffin-carrying straw ropes made him more and more certain that the death of Xu Er's family, even if it was not caused by demons, had a lot to do with demons.
Thinking of this, Qin Shaoyou turned around and asked the warrior who was walking around with the Yin and Yang compass to check: "Did you find anything?"
"Not yet." Lux shook his head.
"Then come and test the straw ropes around their necks."
The powerful man said "Hello" and quickly came over with the Yin-Yang compass.
As soon as the Yin-Yang compass was placed next to the straw rope twisted around Xu Er's neck, the pointer started spinning.
"There is Yin energy on the grass rope." Lux said hurriedly.
really! Qin Shaoyou nodded and said, "Test the straw rope around the necks of Xu Er's parents again."
Lux went to another room, and Qin Shaoyou and others followed.
The results came out quickly. There was also Yin Qi in the straw ropes around the necks of Xu Er's parents.
Qin Shaoyou said: "Now I know where these straw ropes came from. They were brought by the life-killing ghost."
Zhu Xiucai marveled: "Bringing your own coffin-carrying rope to kill someone is a very particular person."
Qin Shaoyou pondered: "Why did this ghost strangle Xu Er's family with a coffin-carrying rope? Did Xu Er do something to it? Or were Xu Er's parents contaminated with evil spirits? Will it come to kill again? If so, next time Who would be a target?”
Zhu Xiucai shook his head and said, "I don't know. Maybe you can ask the township chief to see if he knows any clues."
After that, he looked outside the house and shouted: "Township Chief, come in."
The mayor didn't follow him into the house, he just stood in the yard.
The horrific scene he saw when he entered the house made him still tremble in his stomach until now, and he neither dared nor wanted to experience it a second time.
Even after hearing Zhu Xiucai's greeting, he waved his hands repeatedly: "I won't go in!"
"I have something to ask you."
"Just ask, I can hear you."
Seeing that the mayor was afraid to enter the house, Qin Shaoyou did not force him, walked out of the house and called him to the corner of the courtyard.
"Xu Er and his parents, have they behaved unusually recently? Have they been to any special places during this period?"
The township head thought about it carefully and replied: "Xu Er's parents are both honest people. In addition to working in the fields, they also go into the mountains to chop firewood. I have never heard them mention any special places they have been to, nor have I seen anything they have." Unusual behavior.”
After a pause, he added: "As for Xu Er, he was idle all day long and followed a group of gangsters. I don't know where he has been or what he has done.
These naughty people are disgusting and will avoid anyone they see. I don’t know if they behave abnormally..."
Qin Shaoyou thought for a while and asked again: "Do you know anyone who hangs out with Xu Er?"
The township head nodded and said, "There are two people from Nanquan Township, and I know those two people."
Qin Shaoyou immediately called the warriors and asked them to follow the township chief to find someone.
The mayor glanced into the room and asked cautiously:
"Sir, I dare to ask...were the deaths of Xu Er's family really caused by demons?"
Qin Shaoyou said: "I won't hide it from you. Xu Er and the others were probably killed by a ghost. This ghost might come again!"
"ah?"
The mayor was frightened.
However, his enthusiasm for doing things has also improved a lot.
He immediately took a few strong men to find the gangster who was hanging out with Xu Er.
Not long after, two rogues were brought over.
The two of them didn't go anywhere else today and happened to be resting at home.
When they heard that Xu Er was dead, they still didn't believe it.
A few days ago, they and Xu Er were having a good time in the county town. Whether Xu Er was drinking or pushing a cart, he was very lively, which made the few of them who covered their waists and drooped and vomited very envious.
Would such a person die suddenly?
It shouldn't be.
They didn't believe it until they were brought over and saw a large group of villagers gathered around Xu Er's house to watch the fun, all saying that Xu Er was dead.
Then they heard the villagers talking, saying that Xu Er's family was killed by a ghost, and how scary it was. The expressions of the two people became a little unnatural.
But they are still pretending to be tough guys and talking shamelessly: "Look at how cowardly you are, what are ghosts to be afraid of? If a ghost really dares to come to us, the male ghosts will run away, and the female ghosts will stay and give birth to us brothers as wives." child."
However, when they were brought into the house and saw the strange death of Xu Er's family, they could no longer harden up.
"It's her... it must be her... she's here to take revenge and take her own life!"
The two scoundrels who had been boasting a moment ago about wanting a female ghost to be their wives fell to the ground, their faces bloodless and trembling.
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