Sun Xiaoli’s face was pale, his body was trembling, and there was fear in his eyes.
Her tears kept flowing down her eyes, and many tear beads gathered on her chin.
Behind Sun Xiaoli, there was an evil ghost hanging. The evil ghost had already revealed its soul form. He was not tall, and looked to be in his forties, with a slightly bald head.
His face was purple, his eye sockets were black, and his eyeballs were red, emitting a cold red glow.
His palms were black, and his sharp claws were filled with ghostly energy. His claws were clasped on Sun Xiaoli's fair neck, only one centimeter away from the flesh.
My brows were furrowed, and a cold light flashed in my eyes. I stared at the evil ghost and asked, "What do you want to do? Do you want to harm people in front of me, a ghost-catching Taoist priest?"
The male ghost snorted coldly and said, "I don't want to kill anyone, I just want to find Jiang Jiuzhen. You came out of that apartment, so you must know where Jiang Jiuzhen is. You have to tell me where Jiang Jiuzhen is, otherwise, I will kill this girl."
When the male ghost spoke, there was a chill in his voice.
I noticed that his lips had turned black, as if they were covered with a layer of soot.
Is he here to see Jiang Jiuzhen too
But where is Jiang Jiuzhen? Sun Xiaoli and I haven’t found him yet.
I was very worried about Sun Xiaoli in my heart, but my face showed an expression of indifference.
I said to the male ghost in a deep voice: "Evil ghost, you'd better not act rashly, otherwise, if you kill this girl, I will make you disappear into ashes. I'm afraid you have already sensed that my skills are not something you can resist."
The male ghost's eyeballs spun around in his eye sockets like a top.
After a moment, he said, "Are you going to tell me where Jiang Jiuzhen is? If you don't tell me, I will kill her. I just want to find Jiang Jiuzhen!"
As the male ghost spoke, his hand moved a little towards Sun Xiaoli, and his sharp claws seemed to tear open Sun Xiaoli's flesh.
I hurriedly said, "Stop! I can tell you, but you have to tell me first, what do you want to do with Jiang Jiuzhen?"
The good spirit in my body suddenly rose, and at the same time, I raised the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword in my hand and pointed it towards the male ghost.
Sun Xiaoli cried and said, "Brother Yang, I'm so scared and cold. Can you please not let him hurt me? He is the man who knocked on the door of the apartment last night. I didn't expect that he was really a ghost. Woo woo..."
I comforted Sun Xiaoli, "Xiaoli, don't worry, I'm here, everything will be fine."
The male ghost was silent for half a minute, his eyes rolled again, and then he said: "I am looking for Jiang Jiuzhen because Jiang Jiuzhen is very skilled and can help me find out the cause of my death."
"I was poisoned to death, and I want to find the murderer. During the time I was wandering in the world of the living, I met many ghosts who said that Jiang Jiu was really powerful, so I wanted to ask him for help."
After hearing what the male ghost said, I thought to myself, it’s okay.
Fortunately, this male ghost is not seeking revenge on Jiang Jiuzhen. If he was, that would be bad. I don't know where Jiang Jiuzhen is, and I certainly can't help him find him.
Seeing that I didn't say anything, the male ghost asked coldly: "Why don't you say anything? Tell me where Jiang Jiuzhen is now. Tell me quickly!"
The male ghost seemed a little excited, and the red light in his eyes became even brighter.
He noticed that his mouth was bared with rows of sharp teeth due to anger.
Seeing this, I hurriedly said, "I don't know where Jiang Jiuzhen is, but I can help you find out the cause of your death. I am also very skilled in Taoism, you can feel it. I have also helped many ghosts, if you believe me,
Trust me, don't look for Jiang Jiuzhen, I can help you."
"Also, this girl under your command is Jiang Jiuzhen's granddaughter. If you really hurt her, I think even if I can't keep you today, Jiang Jiuzhen will definitely not let you go when he comes back."
After hearing what I said, the male ghost's eyes became hesitant.
Sometimes, ghosts are so strange. Once they make up their minds about something, they won’t change their minds or make adjustments.
Yes, Jiang Jiuzhen is a very skilled Taoist priest, and many ghosts go to the apartment to ask for his help. But besides Jiang Jiuzhen, there are other Taoist priests who catch ghosts.
Besides, even if Jiang Jiuzhen came back, it would be impossible for him to help all the ghosts asking him for help.
As the saying goes, you can't hang yourself on a crooked tree, what if you can't hang yourself? You should find a few more crooked trees to try! Of course, this is a joke.
Seeing the male ghost hesitate, I said again: "I think your case should not be difficult, isn't it just to find out the cause of your death. Since you know that you were poisoned, it would be best to start with the poison."
The male ghost finally compromised after my persuasion.
He said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I won't look for Jiang Jiuzhen anymore. I'll ask you for help. But you have to swear a vow as a ghost-catching Taoist priest. Otherwise, I won't believe you."
I was afraid that this male ghost would really kill Sun Xiaoli, so I quickly said, "Okay, I promise you! I am willing to swear that you will not harm the girl in front of you."
The male Guimu nodded blankly. His neck was a little stiff and made a "crackling" sound, as if his neck was about to break.
Then I faced the male ghost and Sun Xiaoli and made a vow.
The vows made by ghost-catching Taoist priests are usually made with ghosts and cannot be easily violated. Otherwise, they will easily be punished by heaven.
Some Taoists violated their vows and were killed by unexpected events. The most common way to break a vow is to be struck by lightning and die.
After seeing that I had made the vow, the male ghost slowly released the claws that were holding Sun Xiaoli's neck.
When Sun Xiaoli saw the male ghost loosen his hand, he quickly ran down from the platform.
She was very fast and fell on me due to inertia.
She smelled very nice, and her two big breasts pressed against my chest, which made me feel a little embarrassed.
"Wow... I'm so scared. I didn't expect that I would encounter a ghost. It's so scary, so scary!"
Sun Xiaoli said this in a tearful voice, her body still trembling.
I rubbed Sun Xiaoli's shoulders and comforted her, "Don't worry, it's okay!"
But Sun Xiaoli didn't care, she didn't loosen her hands, and kept her body close to me.
I pretended to cough twice and said, "Xiao Li, let go first, there are people watching us."
Sun Xiaoli knew that the "person" I was talking about was not a person, but a ghost.
She let go of my hand, but hid behind me, grabbing the corner of my clothes with one hand.
I faced the male ghost opposite me, snorted coldly, and said, "Well, since you let him go, I won't make things difficult for you. Tell me how you died. I can also look for clues."
The male ghost's eyes regained a little clarity, and the red light faded away, but the ghost's pupils were completely black, with no white in the pupils.
He said, "I died a year ago. I was drinking in a bar before I died. After I got drunk, I walked home, but halfway through, I started vomiting blood. Then, I fell to the ground and died."
"Later, my body was found in a garbage dump, wrapped in a black sack. I don't know who threw me into the garbage dump.
But I think it was done by the person who poisoned me."
"The garbage dump was unattended and just piled there. My body rotted away bit by bit..."
"I don't know how long it took, but my soul turned into a ghost and floated out of the corpse. From that day on, I began to look for the murderer who killed me, but I never found him."
"After that, I met a lot of ghosts. They said that a ghost-catching Taoist priest named Jiang Jiuzhen could help ghosts. That's how I found your apartment."
"In fact, I've been to the apartment several times, but no one opened the door until last night. It was this girl who opened the door. But she told me that Jiang Jiuzhen was not there, and I didn't believe it."
"I think she didn't want Jiang Jiuzhen to help, so I followed her here."
The male ghost has explained the cause and effect of the incident very clearly.
The incident is not complicated. The male ghost was poisoned before his death and thrown into the garbage dump after his death. He wants to find the murderer.
Generally speaking, such murders are caused by several reasons.
One is a murder of passion, one is a murder for profit, and the other is a murder for hatred. The last one is a murder without hatred or grudge.
Many people's deaths cannot escape these points. Of course, suicide and death from illness are not included.
Through the male ghost's statement, I have found several directions for breakthrough.
One is poison, another is a person, and the other is a corpse.
The scope of people is relatively large, but generally, only related people will kill each other for various reasons.
I faced the male ghost and asked, "What's your name?"
The male ghost replied: "My name is Su Yuanhang!"
I said "hmm" and then asked, "You said you went to a bar to drink, and then you were poisoned after you got drunk. Did you go to drink alone, or with a few other people? This is very important, you have to explain it clearly."
The male ghost thought for a moment and said, "Besides me, there were three other people who went to the bar to drink that day. Those three people were all my friends. One was from the company, another was from outside the company, and the last one was my wife's younger brother."
"I had a good relationship with the three of them and we often drank together. But I didn't expect that I would be poisoned to death."
Three people
In other words, these three people have the highest possibility of harming others.
I asked the male ghost again: "Su Yuanhang, how do you get along with your three friends on a daily basis? Do you think any of them have any opinions about you, or have any conflicts of interest with you?"
The male ghost Su Yuanhang thought about it for a while, but finally shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"I am usually a carefree and casual person. I don't care too much about many things. I think I have a good relationship with those three friends, and they all take good care of me."
The relationships are all very good!
Damn, this is difficult. There are three of us at once and I don’t know where to start.
After thinking for a while, I said to Su Yuanhang, "In this case, let's put the person aside and go look for your body first. What do you think?"
Su Yuanhang nodded and said, "Okay!"
Then, I said to Su Yuanhang, "Well, I have made a vow, so I will not do anything to you. You can get into my soul collecting barrel first. I have no ill will towards you. Now it is daylight outside, and you should not walk in the sunlight."
"You come into the soul barrel and guide me to find the body. How do you do that?"
The male ghost Su Yuanhang looked at me, then looked at Sun Xiaoli, and then said, "Okay, I believe in you, the ghost-catching Taoist priest!"
(to be continued)
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