Strange Records of Xijing

Pei Jingxing stretched out his hand and fiddled with the small lump of soil a few times, only to see a small ball of white things emerge from the soil. From a distance, he thought it was a small white flower blooming in the soil.

Li Ming and the others were still guessing what it was, but Su Yan's expression changed.He walked forward quickly, took the small piece of white thing from Pei Jingxing's hand, raised it above his head, and looked at it carefully under the sunlight.

"It's a bone whistle."

"Bone whistle?" Several other Taoist priests didn't believe it. "If the whistle is made of human bones, it should contain the resentment of the deceased. Why didn't we find it, but Mr. Pei found it?"

The spearhead turned to Pei Jingxing, Li Ming had a thought and was about to speak, but was a step late.

"The color of this soil is different from the other soil in the yard," Pei Jingxing explained, "There is a specialization in art. You are good at catching monsters, and I am good at investigating cases."

Li Ming sighed in his heart, swallowed the words that came to his lips, and asked Su Yan: "Daozhang Su, listen to you, is this bone whistle made of human bones?"

"Yes," Su Yan nodded, "I heard from my master that this is a sorcery handed down from a long time ago. The younger the deceased and the more painful the torture, the stronger the bone whistle will be. .”

Madam Li's complexion changed greatly: "How could this evil thing appear in my concubine's yard! Could it be... Could it be left behind by the thief who killed my concubine!"

Li Zhongsheng immediately scolded: "You thieves Taoist priests! I always said that there are no evil spirits in my little sister's yard. Now it's all right, take a look, the bone whistle has been found, how do you explain it!"

The Taoist priests didn't want to take the charge, and they refuted repeatedly, but Xie Wei stood there alone, looking at the bone whistle in Su Yan's hand, as if he was thinking about something.

"What is this bone whistle used to drive?" Xie Wei said, reaching out to grab it.

Su Yan took the first step and put away the bone whistle: "No matter what it is used to drive, it's best not to touch it."

Xie Wei's soul seemed to be pulled out of his body in an instant, and after a moment of emptiness in his eyes, he slowly came back to his senses: "Of course, this thing is too evil."

At this moment, Li Ming's attitude towards Su Yan plummeted, and he insisted on a suspicious point and refused to let it go: "Su Daochang, since this bone whistle is evil, why didn't you find it?"

"This bone whistle itself does not represent resentment, that's why I said this bone whistle is very strange." Su Yan replied to Li Ming lightly, and made another request, "Can I go in and see Miss Li's body?"

"How can it be possible!" Mrs. Li was the first to object, "If it weren't for you useless Taoist priests who hadn't discovered the culprit earlier, how could my daughter have died without knowing why!"

"Mrs. Li, don't forget that you sent Steward Sun to invite us over that day, but before we saw your daughter, the maid beside your daughter sent us away with a box of gems." Madam Li got angry at Su Yan, Pei Jingxing couldn't help it.When he got angry, his voice would lower down instead, like a fierce tiger, when facing its prey, it let out a threatening roar from its throat.

After hearing what Pei Jingxing said, Madam Li was speechless.Although she still didn't give Su Yan a good look, she didn't speak any more.

Li Ming thought for a long time before he said: "This matter is really strange, please ask Daoist Su to find the real culprit for us."

Pei Jingxing put one hand on Su Yan's shoulder, motioning him not to speak yet, but he himself said: "Li Shilang, we can't help you with this matter."

Li Ming was very surprised and hurriedly asked, "Why?"

Pei Jingxing asked him back: "You guys didn't tell the truth and didn't cooperate, how can we help you find the real culprit?"

Liming simply gave up communicating with Pei Jingxing, and turned to look at Su Yan who was beside him: "Daozhang Su, I know our family was rude earlier, but please read that I lost my daughter in middle age, and you must help us find the real culprit." .”

Su Yan shook his head: "Li Shilang, if your family doesn't like you, you can scold others. Even if I and Xie Daoyou are just ordinary Taoist priests, they are not your family's servants. You can scold and scold at will. I won't help, please ask Gao Ming Bar."

What a fine person Liming is. Hearing what Su Yan said, he simply bowed to a few Taoist priests and apologized: "Dear priests, I offended you earlier. It's just that my daughter was fine yesterday, but she suddenly passed away early this morning. My heart as a father really... hurts!"

After all, Li Ming's official position is there, and the few Taoist priests still want to continue to gain a foothold in Xijing, so they have to sell Li Shilang for some face.They walked down the steps given by Li Ming, and waved their hands repeatedly, expressing that this was just a communication problem between the two parties, and they understood the feelings of Li Shilang's family very well.

Liming got the response he wanted, so he assured Su Yan again: "Su Daochang, don't worry, I have heard of Su Daochang's supernatural powers, and even the national teacher is full of praise for Su Daochang. People can't die." Resurrected, the little girl has passed away, our husband and wife just want to find the real culprit for the little girl, so that her soul will dissipate the grievances early and be reincarnated."

Su Yan: "..."

Pei Jingxing: "..."

The two looked at each other, seeing helplessness in each other's eyes.

The other people present were both impressed by Li Ming's actions and also contemptuous.But no matter what, everyone must admit that Li Ming's ability to bend and stretch has definitely played a big role in his official career.

Li Ming took the initiative to take a step back, and the other Taoist priests were unwilling to stay in Li Mansion, so they left one after another.In the end, only Xie Wei insisted on proving that he was not lying, so he stayed and went to see Li Concubine's body with Su Yan and Pei Jingxing.

Li Zhongsheng stayed outside, accompanying the sad Madam Li, while Li Ming led the three of them around an expensive screen to the inner room of Li Concubine's house.

Li Jin's body was discovered in the morning, and because Mrs. Li grieved for her daughter's sudden and bizarre death, and kept guarding Li Jin's body, the body has not been touched so far.

Su Yan just took a few careful glances, walked around the house several times, counted with his fingers, and shook his head.But Xie Wei simply untied his peach wood sword, made a formula with one hand, stepped on the crane step, and muttered something in his mouth, as if he was going to make some noise.

Even when Xie Wei read the last sentence, the window on one side was suddenly blown open by the wind, and Li Ming almost jumped up: "Yes... is this my daughter back?"

Xie Wei put away the mahogany sword, with a bit of embarrassment on his face: "No, it just happened to be windy."

As soon as he finished speaking, a heavy rain outside the house accompanied by a strong wind poured down without warning, as if to prove that Xie Wei's words were true.

Madam Li outside the screen wailed loudly: "My dear, my dear, mother knows, you are the one who used the heavy rain to tell mother that you died a wronged death!"

Pei Jing walked to the window and looked at the darkness outside the house, then turned to Li Ming and asked, "Mr Li, have you ever sent someone to check the yard, is there any trace of someone sneaking in?"

Li Ming nodded: "I checked."

Thinking of the bone whistle he found in Li Concubine's yard just now, Pei Jingxing understood that the inspection Li Ming said was far from what he thought.It's just because of the sudden heavy rain, if he wants to check now, he probably won't find anything.

Liming didn't want too many people to disturb the tranquility after her daughter's death, so after Su Yan and Xie Wei finished checking, she took them to the outside room and sat down at the table with Mrs. Li.

Pei Jingxing took a sip of hot tea, swept away the sticky dampness around his body, and asked, "Wan Zhu has always been Miss Li's personal maid?"

"Yes," Li Ming nodded and said, "About when my daughter was three or four years old, my wife ordered Wanzhu to be my daughter's maid, and it has been up to now."

Madam Li wiped her tears and added: "At first Wan Zhu was only a second-class maid, but later I saw that she was honest and honest, so I promoted her to one of the big maids. Among the four big maids, two got married and one died of illness. , although I later promoted a few more from the second-class maids, but Wan Zhu has always been the most useful maid for my concubine."

"I still have a few questions, I want to ask Ban Zhu."

Pei Jingxing said so, how could Liming not agree, he called a steward who was guarding outside the house, and asked, "Where's that girl Wanzhu?"

The steward replied: "Temporarily shut up in the firewood room, but the master wants to bring up Zhu to ask questions?"

"Hurry up and bring it up, Mr. Pei has something to ask."

"Yes."

When Ban Zhu was brought up, the left side of his face was swollen and Gao Gao knelt on the ground but did not dare to lift his head or beg for mercy.

"Ban Zhu, have you and your young lady met any strangers during this time?"

Ban Zhu shook his head: "No."

Madam Li clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction: "I'm asking you something. If you don't think about it carefully, if you say no so quickly, is it perfunctory for us?"

Wan Zhu quickly shook his head: "Madam Mingjian, I'm not trying to be perfunctory, but during this time, Miss has been staying in the yard and doesn't go out much, so how could she meet strangers?"

Pei Jingxing turned his head to look at Madam Li: "Madam Li, please don't hinder me from asking questions. If you have any questions, wait until I finish asking."

No matter how dissatisfied Madam Li was, Pei Jingxing continued to ask Wan Zhu: "And before that? One month, two months, or even half a year."

Ban Zhu thought for a long time this time, but still shook his head: "Miss is not a person who likes to go out. She usually doesn't go to a few calligraphy and painting shops and jewelry and powder shops. Even if she goes to these places, the shopkeeper over there I will also prepare a separate room for the young lady, and send in the calligraphy, painting, jewelry and powder that the young lady likes. If you want to talk about strangers, sometimes there will be a few strangers in the shop, but the young lady and them often just meet each other, never talked."

If he could do something to Li Concubine just by meeting him face to face, and still keep Su Yan from seeing it, then this guy's methods are really unimaginable, probably even stronger than the national teacher.And Li Concubine is just an ordinary rich lady, it is unlikely that someone with such means would attack Li Concubine, so Pei Jingxing changed the direction and asked, "Then, has your miss been to any strange place?"

"Place? Except for these few shops, Miss usually goes to Bai..." Speaking of this, Ban Zhu stopped, and frowned, as if recalling something.

Seeing this, Madam Li leaned forward involuntarily, and opened and closed her lips several times, wanting to urge Wanzhu, but worried that she would disturb her memory by opening her mouth suddenly.

Fortunately, Wan Zhu didn't keep everyone waiting, she suddenly raised her head and looked directly at Pei Jingxing: "I remembered! Mr. Pei, I remembered! Half a month ago, I accompanied Miss to the White Horse Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings." , the wheel was broken on the way back, so we had to get out of the carriage first. There was a tea shop not far away, and the lady led us to the tea shop for a rest. Later, someone was talking about something in the tea shop 'Statue of the Goddess', said that there was an old earthen house nearby, and there was a statue of the Goddess in it, which was very effective. At that time, the lady was worried about her marriage, so she took us to find the statue of the Goddess. The lady made a wish in front of the statue of the Goddess, Said that as long as this marriage is cancelled, she will make a golden body for the statue of the goddess, and she will also turn the earthen house into a temple for the goddess of heaven."

Xie Wei was a little disappointed: "That's it?"

"No," Wan Zhu shook his head, and continued, "When we left, I advised Miss to relax and talk to the master after returning home. The master loves Miss so much, he will never let Miss marry someone she doesn't like. But Miss shook her head. Shaking his head, he said that this marriage will be very helpful to the master's career, and the master may not be what the young lady likes. The young lady was probably out of anger, and said in front of the statue of the goddess... said... If she was allowed to marry, she would rather I'd rather die."

bang.

Madam Li went limp and fell off the stool.

"Ridiculous!" Li Ming slapped the table heavily, "These are just lip service, if they come true, how many men in the world will be struck by lightning!"

Boom!

A thunder fell from the sky, and purple light flashed outside the house.

"Li Shilang, there are some things that cannot be said." Xie Wei explained to Li Ming with a smile, "As the saying goes, there are gods who hold their heads three feet high. The gods may not hear what a person says or does, but the lonely souls passing by can hear it." They can hear and see clearly. If they don’t take it seriously, forget it, if they take it seriously, then they can only consider themselves unlucky.”

Li Ming heard the words, his face was pale.

Pei Jingxing knocked twice on the table with his backhand: "Anyway, let's go to the statue of the goddess first."