Dreaming back to the Tang Dynasty, I was working as a detective in Chang'an

Back in Wugong County, we found the place where Chen Laner's parents were killed.

Now this place no longer has the scene it once had. A small earth temple has been built here. In the temple, an unknown immortal is enshrined, which is said to be able to suppress ghosts.

Facing this unrecognizable crime scene, our heads were all spinning. This was the most difficult case that Fatty and I had ever handled.

The crime scene was completely destroyed, and the local people remained silent about this bizarre arson case eight years ago.

When we arrived at this ruined temple, it was already time to turn on the lamps, and the temple was pitch black.

I took out the fire bag I had prepared in advance and lit a candle. At this time, there was some light in the temple. Looking around, I felt that the temple was strange and a bit spooky.

The one worshiped in this temple does not look like Mazu or the Lord of the Land. It is probably a male. It is wearing a skirt and has orchid fingers raised. It is probably a female. It also has fangs and a beard. I have never seen it before. Such a weird statue.

This statue is not big in size, only a few dozen centimeters tall and half smaller than a human being. It should be made of copper. It seems that the person who built this temple is considered a wealthy man.

What's even more strange is that its expression looks like crying and laughing, as if it is about to open its mouth and come to eat people at any time.

Its posture is also very strange. It is half-kneeling, with its left hand pointing to the sky and its right hand pointing to the ground. Its eyes are also strange, with only one right eye open and the other eye closed.

"Strange, what kind of statue is this? It's neither human nor ghost. Why was such a temple built here back then?"

"I don't know, I just know that no one has come to worship in this temple. You see, there is thick dust here, spider webs have covered the whole room, and there is no altar table here, which means no one has come here for a long time. pass."

"I heard from the locals that this place used to be haunted, so they built a temple to suppress the ghosts, but they said it didn't work at all. It was said that Chen Ping and his wife became powerful ghosts after their deaths, and they were too resentful, so no one dared to come here. The temple."

"This is someone doing something wrong!"

"How to say?"

The fat man said: "This man built this temple not to suppress ghosts, but to protect the site. He didn't want people to come in and out, so he built such a strange statue, and..."

Before the fat man could say anything, he suddenly heard a shrill cry. The cry was too unpleasant to hear, as if someone was pinching his neck and squeezing it out of his throat. It was sharp and thin.

No matter how brave Fatty and I were, we were frightened to death by the crying.

Fortunately, I took a look at the fat man and found that his eyeballs did not change color. This must not be a real ghost.

Since it’s not a real ghost, someone must be causing trouble!

The fat man and I looked for the sound and found an owl lying on the base of the statue. This owl is not very big, but its round eyes move around very cleverly.

It screamed again, just like a ghost crying. It was this guy who wanted to scare us.

"Fat man, come and see."

Being frightened by it, we drew our attention to the statue of the god. Just where it squatted, there was a small arrow engraved on it. It was so small that if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't find it at all.

This little guy is simply amazing. He must have been sent by God to save us. Otherwise, why would he suddenly appear here and scream to attract our attention?

This arrow is obviously man-made. What was the intention of the person who drew this arrow? What does he want to remind us?

Following the direction of the arrow, there is an ordinary brick floor below. We searched around on the ground and found nothing special.

At this time, my mind was spinning rapidly, and I thought about a TV series I had seen before time travel, in which people were burned to death and the bodies could not be found. Later, when firewood was set up to burn them, human figures appeared.

Is this because someone pointed out to us that the arrow below is the place where he was killed?

I told this story to the fat man. The fat man shook his head and said:

"That's possible, but it's been more than eight years. Even if the oil has soaked into the soil, it has turned into fertilizer after so many years, and it is impossible to steam out the human form of the deceased."

Since he was not referring to the place where the victim was killed, what was his intention?

"look--"

The fat man pointed at the statue and said, "This statue is quite strange. You see, its right eye is open, and its right hand is pointing downward. There is also a downward arrow engraved on the base. This is Don’t you want to remind us, what is there underground?”

"You'll know if you dig it out and take a look."

"I really admire you, you can always simplify complex things."

"Brother is so awesome. Stop worshiping me. He is just a legend." He said and patted the fat man on the shoulder in a pretentious manner.

The fat man looked disgusted.

We started working.

I gently moved the red bricks on the ground to reveal the earth inside, and soon we dug a hole. It turned out that there was really a mechanism here!

There was a small iron box inside. When he opened it, there was a note: Go find Li Zixing.

It's like someone left a clue for us. Who is this Li Zixing? Why him? Does he have anything to do with this case? Was this done intentionally by the suspect, or is someone trying to help us find the murderer?

The appearance of this note made the case become more confusing.

The fat man looked at the note carefully and said: "Judging from the paper, this should have been left many years ago, because the paper has been soaked by the moisture in the ground. You can see that the edges of the note have turned yellow, and there are some Water stains. Also, the ink used on the paper doesn’t look like it was newly researched, so it must have been written just now.”

Where can we find this person named Li Zixing?

"I think we should start by looking for the person who built this temple. This is easier to find. It's better than looking for a needle in a haystack to find Li Zixing."

"Hmm, maybe we can find some clues from him."

We found out that the man who built this temple was a squire from Wugong County. His name was Wang Pingan. He was a low-key person and had a certain prestige in the local area.

At that time, he funded the construction of this temple to suppress ghosts, but instead of suppressing the ghosts, the ghosts became more serious, and later it gradually fell into disuse.

When we found Wang Ping'an's home, his family said that he had fallen ill and died a few months ago!

I asked him what kind of illness he had, and his family said it was a severe illness. He was fine the day before, but suddenly he felt a pain in his chest at night, and he ran out of breath after a while.