Ye Gui

When Chuanniang woke up in the morning, she found that her daughter was not in the small bed. She and her husband searched everywhere in a hurry. They searched the small yard, and then went to ask the neighbors, but the neighbors were not there. Mother, Daddy Xiaomo! Hurry, hurry to the ferry!"

Anning County is no longer peaceful. Thirteen corpses are lined up on the bank of the ferry. Those who have disappeared in the past six months are all here.

The thirteen corpses were tall and short, male and female, who disappeared half a year ago or a few months ago, and now they were swollen with blisters, and their faces before birth could not be seen.

One of the small bodies looked very pitiful. Lin slightly squatted down and brushed her messy hair sticking to her cheeks behind her ears. The little girl who was acting like a baby in her arms yesterday was now a cold corpse. find it difficult to accept.

"Xiaomo!!" The boatman, the boatman, pushed through the crowd and rushed over, holding up Xiaomo's body, howling and crying in grief.

Lei Yan's nose was a little sore, Bai Yin quietly held his hand beside him and said, "Xiaomo's soul is not in his body, he must have been eaten by a water ghost." There are many monsters, but there is only one kind of monster that will leave remnants in the body of the person being eaten, so that the corpse can still move freely, "The water ghost should be a kind of monster called Youdu, which has the same origin as the Baijuan mountain monster. They are all monsters transformed by heaven and earth."

Lei Yan remembered that when he first arrived at Baijuan Mountain, in order to find a corner to replenish his strength, the giant rock monster rose up from under the snow on the top of Baijue Mountain.

Hakuin went on to say: "The legend of Youdu was transformed by flowing water..." But what surprised him was that the white water was extremely pure and should not give birth to monsters. Since then, the only divine beast transformed from the pure essence of heaven and earth is the Emperor Ghost.

Maybe it was Youdu formed by other water veins, he continued: "I am afraid that it will not be found after a long time, but if you can find Youdu and kill it before today's time, then there is still time to save Xiaomo's soul , she can still enter reincarnation."

The county magistrate came with the yamen servants and drove the crowd away: "Come here, take all the corpses back."

Originally, the people who had lost their loved ones still had a glimmer of hope if they hadn’t found their bodies, but now that the bodies were in front of them, there was no way to escape, no matter how much they deceived themselves and others, the sadness was pervasive at the ferry, and it was all out of grief, so they stopped the officials desperately Don't let them take the body away.

The yamen servant took the water and fire sticks and told the crying people to drive them away. The boat lady held Xiaomo's body and refused to let go. The yamen servant shouted: "Let go!"

Suddenly his wrist was grabbed tightly, and he said angrily, "Who are you?"

Lei Yan has seen too many deaths. For soldiers who died in battle, he would order people to collect their corpses and send them back to their hometowns, so that their souls could return to their hometowns. He knew the grief of losing a loved one: "They lost their youngest son and loved ones, why do they want to grab the corpses? ?”

The yamen servant said: "It's none of your business! Does the yamen have to get your consent to handle the case!" As he spoke, he held up a water and fire stick and threw it at Lei Yan.

The black cloak floated by, Lin Tong blocked the water and fire stick with his forearm, turned his wrist, held the stick and yanked it, and the yamen servant was thrown to the ground.

The yamen servant stood up and raised his cap. The man in front of him was not easy to provoke at first glance, he said in a trembling tone, "What are you doing! You obstruct the yamen's handling of the case, and be careful to arrest you too! "

There was a lot of noise here, and the county magistrate came over. He is a man of discernment. Anning County is one of the only roads between Yingzhou and Tianlu City. There are often high-ranking officials and dignitaries crossing the river here. Bu Fan, with a weapon on his waist, knows that these people are not ordinary people, they are probably the sons of officials.

He came over and said politely: "Why do you hinder us from handling the case?"

Lin Tong stood in front, with his hand on Luo Qing's sword hilt. Although he was always joking and laughing on weekdays, the fourth-rank Jianwu general was not angry when he was serious: "Handle the case? What else is there to investigate? How about the county magistrate?" Let the people take the corpses of their loved ones back and bury them."

The county magistrate frowned and said, "If you say you won't investigate, you won't investigate. So many people have died and there is no conclusion. How can I explain to the people and the court?"

What he said was indeed true, and the county magistrate was a local parental official. Although this person had a bit of authority, Lei Yan could not humiliate the imperial court in front of the people. If there was anything to do, he could go to the county office to resolve it.

So he stopped Lin Tong from coming out and said: "What the county magistrate said is that these are people who have lost their loved ones. Please also ask the magistrate to restrain the behavior of his servants, and don't hurt the hearts of the people by force."

The yamen servant said impatiently: "We are in a hurry and delayed the autopsy, can you bear it?"

The county magistrate asked loudly, "Who found the body?"

Hakuin said, "It's me."

"You follow back to the county government office. The others will come to the county government office to collect the corpse after the case is over. They should all be dispersed." The county magistrate pointed to Bai Yin and Lei Yan and said, immediately the government officials came up to surround them.

Lin Tong wanted to say something, but was stopped by Lei Yan: "You guys go back to the inn first, I will go back with Mr. Bai."

Anning county government office.

Wu Zuo went for an autopsy, and the results came out quickly. All 13 people died of drowning.

The county magistrate sat high in the courtroom: "Report your name."

Hakuin said, "I'm Hakuin."

"What about you?"

It was the first time in his life that the little general entered the county government office, and he said with an uneasy expression, "Lei Yan."

The magistrate asked, "Where did you find the body?"

Hakuin replied truthfully: "The thirteen corpses were all salvaged from the bottom of Baishui."

The county magistrate angrily said: "Nonsense! The white water is wide. Are you a fish or a shrimp? Can you hold your breath?"

Lei Yan was getting impatient, it would be a waste of time to go on trial like this, just now Bai Yin said that he wanted to go to Youdu to find Xiaomo's soul, and he couldn't delay, so he strode up directly, pushing away those who came to stop him The yamen servant threw the badge to the startled county magistrate.

The county magistrate took a look at the waist card and almost threw it out. It turned out that this person was the son of General Zhenyuan, Lei Yan who was appointed as a first-rank general by the king before he could reach the weak crown.

He quickly walked down with his official robe, saluted respectfully and said: "Your official has eyes but doesn't know Mount Tai, offended, please forgive me, little general."

Lei Yan said: "These corpses were all killed by the water ghosts you mentioned. There is nothing to test. Just tell me, besides Baishui, there are other water veins near Anning County?"

The county magistrate said: "There is a Lishui lake in the west of Anning County, which originates from the west mountain. I don't know why the little general asked this?"

Lei Yan waved his hand and said, "Go and catch the water ghost, don't ask about anything else, hurry up and find someone to take us there."

"Wait a minute, little general, so many people died suddenly in Anning County, I'm afraid the higher-ups will ask, there must be an explanation, right?"

Lei Yan raised his eyebrows: "Tell me the truth."

The county magistrate smiled and said: "The little general is in a high position and doesn't understand the difficulties of us small officials. If you only say that the water ghost is causing trouble, then I will not be the county magistrate. I also ask the little general and Mr. Bai to be considerate and let the matter go through. Tell me in detail, so that the next official can choose his words carefully."

Although everyone knows that there are monsters, the national teacher never shows up, and the disciples he sends are useless. If they report the truth, it will not only offend the national teacher, but also make the people panic. The county magistrate continued: " If the little general can tell the lower official what the water ghost looks like, the lower official can report it, and ask the Master of the State Teacher to come and eliminate the demon."

Lei Yan thought of the child-like master on the Wupeng boat last night, and thought that before he found out the truth of the matter, let him honestly eat his peach blossom cakes at the Tianlucheng Guoshi Mansion.

Bai Yin stepped forward and said: "There is no need to invite the national teacher, I can go and catch the water ghost."

The county magistrate looked at the handsome young man in front of him, he really didn't look like an ordinary person.

When he learned that all the bodies had been found in the morning, his heart sank. He had already heard about the rumors of water ghosts among the common people. While worrying about people missing, he was also worried that these missing people would be found, because the bodies were found. An explanation must be given for this matter, and it would be too thin to explain just by using the water ghost as a reason, and it seems that he is perfunctory.

Just now when Lei Yan showed his identity, the big stone in his heart fell down. The little general must not be allowed to leave Anning County. This matter must be solved by the little general!

Young Master Bai seemed to be very familiar with the little general, he directly responded to the matter, and the little general would never sit idly by again, that's very good.

He was thinking quickly in his mind, thinking that he had to keep a close eye on the two of them personally, but he didn't show his thoughts on the surface, and said, "If that's the case, then I'll trouble Mr. Bai and the little general. Come!"

The yamen servant ran over, and he ordered: "Go ask Xu Butou to bring a few patrolmen and follow me to Lishui."

Lishui is more than ten miles away from Anning County, flowing down from the West Mountain to form a lake with a radius of [-] mu.The lake water is running water, connected to the underground river, and does not freeze all year round.

Hakuin stood by the lake, and the water swayed gently against the gravel on the shore.

He probed into the water with his spiritual power, and the lake suddenly surged, and the water waves pushed from the shore to the center of the lake one after another.

Within half a moment, a huge wave surged in the center of the lake, and the huge wave rushed towards them against Hakuin's spiritual power.

"Ah!!" The county magistrate and the patrolmen had never seen such a strange sight before, and they sat down on the ground in fright.

Only Xu Butou pulled out the simple knife and rushed forward, blocking the county magistrate.

The huge wave barely stopped on the shore, and instead of falling into the water, it stood in place like a wall.

"What is this, what is this!"

"Water ghost!!" someone shouted.

Hakuin quietly looked at the wall of water in front of him, wondering if it was as unconscious as the troll.

"Water ghost?" The water wall suddenly uttered a sound, and it turned into a human form, with waves surging inside its transparent body, "Who do you say is a water ghost? I am Youdu."

Hakuin was a little surprised. Ordinarily, the mountain monster and water monster were not transformed by wild beasts and had no consciousness, but the water monster in front of him could speak.

He asked sharply, "Did you eat the souls of 13 people in Anning County?"

You Du turned around and looked at the white-clothed man in front of him with non-existent eyes, but did not answer his question: "Is it your spiritual power just now?"

Bai Yin's hands were hanging by his sides, his palms turned over, and spiritual power gushed out from his palms: "Let me ask you again, did you eat the souls of those 13 people?"

You Du seemed surprised and puzzled, his transparent body twisted: "It's me! It's not me! It's me? It's not me!"

In the violently twisting body, Hakuin could clearly see the little milky white soul sleeping quietly on Youdu's chest with his eyes closed.

The spiritual power pierced through the water wall in an instant, You Du lowered his head and "looked" at the hole in his chest, Xiaomo's soul was wrapped in Bai Yin's spiritual power, and he took it into his palm.

Youdu roared angrily: "Give it back to me!" and rushed towards them.

Lei Yan summoned Yegui, and the divine soldiers cut off the water column, half of which fell on the shore, and the other half continued to charge as if it was not affected.

"Ah!!" The county magistrate and the policemen screamed in shock, Xu Butou rushed to block the front, the water jet hit Pu Dao and scattered, and he was completely soaked in water.

Fortunately, he was not injured, Bai Yin thought to himself, the lake has returned to calm, Yegui cutting down the hill-like mountain monster is like cutting tofu, so getting rid of Youdu is no problem.

At night, the county magistrate was frightened, and everyone saw how powerful the water ghost was, so they stopped pestering the little general to explain to him, and returned all the thirteen corpses to their relatives.

The two returned to the inn, Bai Yin released Xiao Mo's soul, the little girl looked at them in a daze, and shouted timidly: "Brother...Brother."

Lei Yan felt sad, but still smiled and said: "Xiao Mo, I'm fine now."

"Brother, am I dead?" Xiaomo asked, she had no concept of life and death, she just felt that she had experienced something terrible, so she burst into tears.

Bai Yin stretched out his hand towards her, nodded and said, "Xiao Mo, don't be afraid, death is not scary, you can go to reincarnation now, Xiao Mo is a good boy, and you will be able to join a good family in the next life." Baishan disciples only have spiritual power Ordinary people can accept demons but cannot interfere in the affairs of the underworld and reincarnation.

Xiaomo reached out to touch his hand, but she penetrated it: "I don't want to leave, I miss my mother... I'll go find my mother!"

Bai Yin: "Xiaomo, your mother can't see you, you are too cloudy now, Xiaomo doesn't want your mother to get sick, right?"

Xiaomo shook her head: "My mother always said that I need to eat more to be healthy, sickness is uncomfortable, I don't want my mother to be sick, I want her to be healthy and healthy!"

Bai Yin smiled and said: "Xiaomo is really sensible, brother will accompany you to see mother outside the door, okay?"

Xiaomo nodded obediently, and followed the two of them to the door of the house, dangling her two braids.

One day passed, only one white candle was lit in the room, and while the candle was flickering, Xiao Mo Niang fell asleep on the table, tired from crying, holding Xiao Mo's favorite little rabbit puppet in her hand.

Daddy Xiaomo wiped away tears, and gently covered her with the blanket.

Xiaomo pouted and asked, "Brother, will I still see mother and father in the future?"

Bai Yin comforted: "If Xiao Mo goes to reincarnate, she can still be the child of mother and father in the next life."

Xiaomo burst into laughter and said, "Then I will go to reincarnation now!"

The half-circle moon has risen to the mid-heaven, and the frost-white shadow of the moon on the ground gently envelopes the girl's pure soul and rises into the sky.

Suddenly she remembered something and shouted at the two of them: "Brother, there are people, there are bad people..." She seemed to have a terrible memory, her little transparent body trembling uncontrollably, "The bad people want to eat you!"

Lei Yan smiled and said: "Don't worry, Xiaomo, the brothers are very powerful, and they are not afraid of bad guys. The bad guys have already been beaten to death by us. Don't worry, no one will die again."

"Yeah!" Seeing his determined and bright smile, Xiao Mo nodded heavily, and disappeared in mid-air with the smile, leaving only a little bit of golden light slowly falling down.