The devil is me

After walking in the direction pointed by the child for a long time, the yellow house was never seen.The sky was still cloudy, the dark clouds were extremely low, and it was about to rain, Shen Po was a little impatient, he felt that the child was too young and pointed the wrong way.

Just as he was about to ask someone again, the plaque of Huang's house appeared in front of him.

But the plaque was crooked, and it was scorched black together with the red door lintel.

Xu Shi recently had frequent conflicts between Buddhism and Taoism. Huang also hung cloth talismans outside the door with paintings of exorcism talismans.

The door was not locked, it was actually hidden, Yun Chonghe stretched out his hand and slowly pushed the door open.

The first thing that catches the eye is the 28 corpses placed side by side in the courtyard, all covered with white cloth, and the outline of a raised human figure can be vaguely seen below, which makes the scalp numb and the hair stand on end.

The scene was too shocking. The three of them were heavy-hearted and speechless for a moment. After a while, they stepped into the courtyard.

According to the letter of entrustment, 28 people from the top and bottom of Huang's house were burnt to death in the house overnight.

When everyone broke in, there was no one alive, and they all died tragically on the spot.

Some people said that they saw a monk that night, and others said that the fire was so strange that the Taoist Huang family who knew how to control the sword couldn't escape for a while.For a while, there were different opinions, and there were many stories about ghosts and ghosts, and no one dared to bury them, so they only buried their bodies in the courtyard.He hurriedly repaired the book and went to Penglai, begging them to see what happened.

Shen Po looked around and found that the houses in the courtyard were all burnt black, leaving no clues. There were mostly scratches of different shades on the front door, as if they were scratched out by fingernails. One can imagine the tragic situation of the Huang family members that night before they died.

Yun Chonghe was leaning over the corpses to check, some were burnt to death, some were suffocated, some of this family were monks, others were just ordinary people, probably just cooks, gardeners or maids, but they also died together Here it is.

"Huang Qi, the Patriarch of the Huang family, is not bad. There is no reason why Yujian can't get out." Ling Yaosi squatted next to a corpse holding a sword in his hand. Get a glimpse of the person's former name.

"If you fell asleep inside the house, it's not impossible for the fire to start fast enough and big enough." Shen Po said, "But how did the person at the door die? It's very strange."

Ling Yaosi looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

"People who fell asleep inside the house may have been burned to death because they found out too late or were suffocated by smoke and dust in their sleep. But judging from the scratches on the door, some people have already run into the courtyard. How did they die?" Pointing the sword around the courtyard, "There is nothing to burn in the courtyard, it must not be the point of fire, and it is difficult for the fire to spread, why are they burned to death?"

"It means that the fire started directly from them." Yun Chonghe stood up: "It's not an accident, it's man-made."

As soon as these words came out, both Shen Po and Ling Yaosi felt chills running down their backs.

Yun Chonghe pushed aside a piece of scorched earth with his feet, revealing a light and blurred black stroke: "Someone set up an army here."

He looked at it carefully for a moment, and then said: "But there are too few leftovers, and it is hard to tell whether it is a Buddhist formation or a Taoist cultivation."

A few people stared at the formation until the bean-heavy rain fell to the ground, making wet pits one after another on the burnt ashes.

Yun Chonghe hurriedly found someone to come in, and everyone worked together to move the corpse under the eaves, but the formation was quickly washed away and could no longer be seen clearly.

The tip of Shen Po's nose turned red from the cold, rainwater hung on his eyelashes, he hit a beam and was very discouraged.

Yun Chonghe comforted him: "It's not only man-made, but it's also a disaster of destroying the family. I'm afraid it's mostly a personal enmity. If we can find out who the Huang family has in common, we can get some clues."

An old man who was standing aside to shelter from the rain suddenly said: "Speaking of this, Xianjun, the Huang family has always been friendly with the Kong family. I don't know who they are, but maybe the Kong family knows."

"The Kong family?" Shen Po leaned over.

"It's not in our Tang Town, it's three counties away." As soon as the old man said it, Shen Po remembered it.

"The Kong family in Pu County?"

This Kong family is also a family of cultivators, but their cultivation is mediocre and their reputation is not obvious.However, the head of the family is a decent person, who often helps the refugees, is willing to do good, and has a lot of prestige among the local people.

"That's right!" said the old man, "Kong's mistress seems to be the cousin of the Huang family's mistress, so the two families often communicate."

The willows are dark and the flowers are bright, Yun Chonghe cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, old man."

The three of them braved the rain and headed towards Kong County with their swords. When they arrived in Kong County, the rain stopped, but the sky was still gloomy, and the water vapor was very humid and cold, as if the clothes could not be dried. to the bone.

The three of them didn't intend to stop, they asked the homeless people on the street corner, and rushed to Kong's house.

Kong's house is located in the outskirts, a remote place, covered by vegetation, but before he arrived, he saw the scarlet flames first.

Shen Po's heart turned cold: "What's going on, the Kong residence is also on fire?"

The three of them fell in front of the door and went to pull the door, but the door remained motionless, as solid as gold, Yun Chong and Zhao Maoling smashed the door to pieces with a sword.The house was on fire all around, and the three of them braved the flames and ran to several rooms nearby. Everyone in the room died, and fell by the door or died by the bed.

Kong's self-cultivation is not good, and there is no defense in the house. Most of them are unable to escape in their sleep and die here.

But the fire was still burning, Shen Po stepped forward with his sword, but after a few steps up, he encountered resistance.

"There is a barrier in this room." Shen Po's fingertips condensed spiritual power, but it was still unable to break through, "No wonder Mrs. Huang is good at controlling swords, so she can't escape."

Yun Chonghe opened a fire-proof barrier, walked two steps deeper, and really saw a magic circle on the ground, the strokes were the same as what the Huang family saw, and part of it was also erased, but this time the caster walked quickly In a hurry, the strokes left are enough to make a rough guess. When he was young, he traveled around and saw this formation, and his pupils shrank involuntarily.

"The one on the room is the imprisonment spell."

This is a high-level Buddhist spell, and the person who does it must be a monk who has attained the Tao. If he casts this confinement spell, ordinary Taoist monks don't even know how to break it.

Shen Po was about to come down from a high place when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow passing by behind the house.

"Master, there's someone!" Before he finished speaking, his figure moved, and he chased after the black shadow.

The black shadow moved extremely fast, and went outside the house after receiving the confinement spell.Shen Po couldn't catch up, so he threw the sword out first, Que Jian was not extraordinary, and the sword light slashed towards the black shadow's waist.

The black figure in the night couldn't see his face clearly, but he could only vaguely discern that there was no hair bun, and his figure was dressed like a Buddhist cultivator. He stepped sideways and avoided Que Jian's blade vigorously.

As soon as he stopped him, Yun Chonghe had already arrived, and the pressure of Maoling's sword was extremely strong. Heiying seemed to know that he couldn't beat this sword, so he had to stop and watched quietly through the biting cold night. Yun Chonghe.

Just as Yun Chonghe was about to take a step closer, the man suddenly threw out a talisman, and Yun Chong and Guang Xiu also threw out a counter talisman.Yun Chonghe's spiritual energy was obviously more surging, and the spell he threw shook the air into layers of waves, and the opponent couldn't avoid it, and hit his sleeve!