Huai'an Temple

In the Su family in Huai'an County, Li Tan sat at the head of the guests, listening to the "introduction of the case" by the master of the Su family, nicknamed Su Bancheng.It was nothing more than the gloomy wind and ghostly shadows last night, how they were woken up with a start, and how they found the dead body.

Mrs. Su was hindered by men and women, she sat on the side and didn't speak, but the color on her face followed Su Bancheng's description, sometimes green and white, sometimes shocked and frightened.

Su Bancheng said: "Li Wailang, what I said next is true, this matter must have been done by Rui Niang, it's not something that ordinary people can control!"

Li Tan was wearing a navy blue round-neck gown, a black toe, soft-soled cloth boots, tight arrow sleeves, and slowly opening the neckline.Three tonal dial buttons inside collar.It looks ape-armed and wasp-waisted, with slender limbs.His lips moved, and he said in deliberation: "Besides Member Su, the students haven't questioned everyone yet, and the corpse hasn't been seen yet, and the corpse hasn't been released yet. Isn't it too early to say it's a ghost?"

Before Su Bancheng could reply, Mrs. Su covered her face with her sleeves and said, "Li Wailang, many people saw that ghost last night, let alone a ghost, I know her even when she turns into ashes!"

Seeing Mrs. Su talking face-to-face, Li Tan twitched his brows, turned his face slightly and said, "Don't worry, Ren An, the students have sent someone to invite Taoist Master Shen of Huai'an, you will know when you come."

While talking, it was heard outside the door that Taoist Shen came to the door, and Su Bancheng personally said, please hurry up.Stand up to meet the main hall door, stand at the bottom of the steps and wait.Li Tan took a slow step, looked behind Mrs. Su, and followed.

After a while, two people walked over the screen, the one in front was 27 or [-] years old, wearing a plain white Taoist robe and a moonlight cloak.Small crowns for hair bundles, bow shoes with slow straps.Slender eyebrows and fine eyes, long face, thin lips and light.Fairy style.It was Shen Tuan.

The person in the back is about eleven or twelve years old, not tall, and described as small.Brown in coarse cloth, clean head and bare feet, holding a simple long sword in his arms, without looking up.

Shen Tuan saw the people coming out to greet him, took a few steps, stepped forward to pay respects: "Su Yuanwai, Li Wailang, poor Taoist came late, didn't you delay the business?" Li Tan returned the courtesy, looked at the child behind Shen Tuan, and said nothing .Su Bancheng also came to return the gift: "Don't dare, it's good that Shen Tianshi comes, it's good that he comes."

The two of them said a few more polite words, such as don't come here without any problems, and the prickly pears will shine brightly, and Shen Tuan followed Li Tan into the inner courtyard, wanting to "open the eyes of the sky to see".Su Bancheng was afraid that he would not like it, so he didn't follow.

Turning to the backyard for just a few steps, Shen Tuan's whole body collapsed, and he tilted his head and asked Li Tan: "What's going on? Human affairs and ghosts?" Li Tan was not surprised, and kept walking without turning his head: " I don't think it's your business, calling you here is purely for food!"

It turned out that at Yinshi today, someone in the yamen reported a life-threatening event. The county magistrate was shocked and hurriedly passed on the history of the classics.Based on the principle that if I don't sleep, you don't sleep, I called a whole room of people.

Li Tan was originally a lowly servant, and a gangster under the punishment room.The director of the criminal room saw that he was tall and tall, could read a few words, and the autopsy method was superb, and the corpse was detailed, so he promoted him to be the scribe of the criminal room.In the past few years, Li Tan has rich experience, behaves properly, and has repeatedly solved cases.As if he was the second in command of the punishment room, so this time...the main hall suppressed the Dian Shi, the Dian Shi suppressed the criminal department, and the criminal department boss suppressed the deputy... so Li Tan was sent here.

The deceased was Huilian, Su Bancheng's concubine, and she was fresh not long after she bought it.Last night, I fell into the well silently and was found to be noisy.While rushing to salvage the corpse, a gray shadow suddenly passed by the well, and everyone felt dazzled in an uproar.But I saw the shadow come back slightly, lying on top of Huilian's corpse, as if a person was carefully observing the corpse, face to face... Everyone was stunned, running and howling, until Li Tan took Qi to serve as the government servant Ding Wenshu , when Guofu came, it was already bright.Everyone seems to have a reliance, which is a little better.

The three of them walked to the backyard, there were no outsiders, there was a well in the distance, surrounded by a few soldiers, there were clerks in white shirts busy inside, it must have been a well for people to throw into.

Shen Tuan licked his teeth and said, "Qingping world is bright and bright, such a big sun! Look at a ghost at this time!"

Li Tan nodded: "Yes, I just called you to see a ghost."

Shen Tuan rolled his eyes: "If it dares to stand here and let me watch it at this time, it will definitely be vicious, and I can't beat it! Everyone in this town should move quickly !"

The child, who was ignored by no one, staggered as he walked, his lips and eyes trembled, and finally he didn't speak.

Li Tan touched the tip of his nose, and briefly glanced at the vague nonsense on the corpse. There was a woman who was completely wet, her limbs were uninjured, stiff and stiff.With a wave of his hand, he said to everyone: "Take the body back and I'll take a closer look. The yamen will call tomorrow." Turning around, he said to Shen Tuan, "Go back to work in Guanli, the old rules." Shen Tuan quickly reported a series of prices Biao: "Twenty dollars for mortuary, one hundred dollars for invoking souls, one hundred dollars for inquiries, two hundred dollars for over-delivery, and two hundred dollars for ghost interviews and ritual affairs..." Li Tanjun's face turned blue, and he turned around and left.

It turned out that the county magistrate was very taboo and never allowed them to bury their corpses in the county government, so they had to ask the owner to fund them and park them in a few side halls on the back mountain of Huai'an Temple. .In fact, Shen Tuan left as soon as he said, he didn't care whether the corpse was lost or damaged...

Huai'an Guan Houshan side hall, there are seven or eight stone seats in the outer hall, and there are no coffins or corpses parked on it, they are bare.The two and a half old Eight Immortals tables in the inner hall were paired with a female corpse. Li Tan took off the black gauze of his outer robe and rolled up the sleeves of his jacket. He supported the table with both hands and carefully observed the female corpse.

Shen Tuan is holding a yellow talisman in his right hand. The head of the talisman is round and the feet are slender. It is a soul-calling talisman.

The child who had been following was hiding behind Shen Tuan, holding the sword, trembling slightly, his face was ashen, and his breathing was short.

Shen Tuan rolled his eyes, dragged the child to him, put his left arm on the child's shoulder, turned back, and leaned on himself, saying: "Come on bamboo, don't be afraid, this will happen often in the future, just watch it Watch." Before he finished speaking, he stretched out his right hand, and slapped, the yellow talisman hit Yintang of the female corpse impartially.Li Tan startled him, and hurried away.If the soul is summoned to the seat, it is nothing more than coming out of the chest or dantian, it is for the ghost heart and ghost door.It takes a while to jump on a living person.

"Shen Tunan, you squeezed the door?!" Li Tan's face turned dark.The corpse didn't respond for a long time, Shen Tuan's face turned dark, and he pulled out another soul-calling talisman in embarrassment, pop!No response yet... Crack!Finally...the room suddenly became cold, and the child named Zhuzhu shivered, and saw that the whole body of the female corpse seemed to shrink, and a wisp of green smoke swirled around twice, curled up, and gradually dissipated.

Shen Tuan waved his hand and commanded Li Tan: "Work hard, there are no taboos." When the female corpse twitched, Zhu Zi froze from fright, and threw himself into Shen Tuan's arms with a low shout, shaking like chaff.His back was drenched with sweat, but the sword in his hand was still clenched tightly!

Li Tan stretched out his hand to open the female corpse's eyes, looked at it and asked, "I haven't asked you in Baishang, what's the matter with this child? Why are you holding your sword?"

Before Shen Tuan could reply, he pinched the mouth of the corpse again, leaned over, and continued to ask: "You bought it? What did you buy it for? Your hands and feet are disabled and you need someone to take care of you."

Holding the female corpse's hand, he asked, "Are there any parents? You don't even ask?"

Taking off the clothes of the female corpse, he asked, "What name will you give him later?"

Shen Tuan saw that he was fiddling with the corpse while chatting about household chores, and his mouth was a little dry, so he quickly pulled the bamboo back a few steps and told him the story.

It turns out that Shen Tuan went out to "watch Fengshui" a few days ago, and went to Xuejia Town, Yongji, Lin County. On the way back, he saw a man with a tooth, leading a man and two women, and selling them in a brothel. This boy named Xue Zhu didn't want to be a prostitute. Tong was being knocked to the ground by Ren Yazi and dragged away.Shen Tuan looked at the boy's face, hesitated, and bought him over.

"How about Lao Li, be your son?" Shen Tuan smiled and pushed Xue Zhu towards the autopsy table.Li Tan is 27 years old and has no children, and the couple is worried.Xue Zhu was so frightened that tears fell.Li Tan raised his eyes to look at him, and said, "Keep it for yourself, I'll see him, he's afraid of the shell but not the core."

Shen Tuan looked down at Xue Zhu, and Xue Zhufu quickly kowtowed: "Master." The corners of Shen Tuan's mouth twitched, and he looked up at Li Tan, who was holding a small golden knife to the corpse's throat, and directly stabbed it .Shen Tuan pursed his lips: "Why are you scaring him? Is it interesting to worship the master in the morgue? You...you..." Li Tan raised the knife in his hand and moved it to his chest again, smiling as if Transplanting rice seedlings. "Don't scare me either..." Shen Tuan said the second half of the sentence, grabbed Xue Zhuxu and went out, saying that he would pay homage to Sanqing first.

The two walked quickly, as if fleeing.