Chen Yang was curled up on the sofa in a daze, the TV was playing the scene of Dong Hong's accidental death. Du Shuo came in and took the remote control from his hand, and put his arm around Chen Yang's shoulder: "What are you thinking about?" Then he saw that the red rope on his wrist was gone, so he asked: "The rope is gone?"
"Yeah." Chen Yang snuggled in Du Shuo's arms, his eyes still fixed on the TV screen. He told Du Shuo what happened in Liyuan, and then said, "Now the truth is out, but I always feel that there is a lot of fog in front of me. Dong Hong has a sadistic habit, which comes from the influence of his parents. From abusing cats to attacking people, and blaming the so-called cat demon in Liyuan. He was retaliated by the cat spirit and died with a steel bar pierced through his abdomen. The cause and effect cycle, the beginning and the end are connected, and the logic is clear. But I just think it is too clear and too coincidental."
"Tell me about it."
Chen Yang sat up straight, crossed his legs and faced Du Shuo, and laid out his doubts: "First, why did Dong Hong pretend to be a cat demon when attacking people? The explanation given is that the legend of cats worshiping the moon has become popular in the school, causing many people to believe in the existence of cat demons. He happened to hate cats, so he took advantage of the situation and put the blame on the cats in Liyuan. But as a criminal, there is no reason to pretend to be a cat demon to attract attention. Let's not talk about whether Dong Hong is aware of the existence of cat demons, just the news of cat demons attacking people will definitely attract attention from all parties. This can be explained as a serial killer trying to attract attention, but Dong Hong is usually cautious and low-key. He will not do stupid things."
"Second, who posted the video of Dong Hong abusing cats online? The police have investigated and found that Dong Hong is an extremely cautious person. He has abused and killed many cats before. He handled them almost completely. When they checked the source of the video of Dong Hong abusing cats, they found that it was an account registered abroad. Either the other party was afraid of Dong Hong's revenge, or someone wanted to kill Dong Hong... If my guess is correct, I think Dong Hong was led into a dead end step by step."
"The above speculation comes from Meng Xi's words, 'If he doesn't kill someone, he will die. He has been given two chances.' The two chances should be the previous two attacks, but Dong Hong chose to attack the girls in Liyuan. It happened that both of them loved cats and often went to Liyuan to feed cats. Cats value gratitude, so the cats in Liyuan saved the two girls, and he failed twice."
The girl in the first attack woke up yesterday. When asked by reporters, she said that the cat saved her. Therefore, the cat revenge and cat gratitude incidents became a hot topic. In addition, the cats worship the moon and other very human practices made the cats in Liyuan mysterious. At the same time, Liyuan was called the Cat Garden. The fact that Mao Xiaoli's school did not rush to eradicate the cats in Liyuan attracted praise from the public.
"Third, the third girl who was attacked mentioned Dong Hong's steel claws when she described it. It was dark at the time, and she said that when she dodged the first blow, she broke the light of her mobile phone. Logically, she couldn't see that Dong Hong's cat claws were actually steel knives in the dark. I remember that when we arrived, she was so frightened that she didn't even look at Dong Hong again until he was sent to the ambulance. So how did she know that Dong Hong's cat claws were actually steel knives?"
"So what's your guess?"
Chen Yang frowned and hesitated: "I'm worried that I'm thinking too much."
Du Shuo looked deeply at Chen Yang, pulled him into his arms, put his chin on his head, gently stroked his back and said: "My Yangyang is smarter than I thought, and his intuition is sharper. I believe in your intuition, speak out."
"If someone instructed Dong Hong to do everything, from torturing cats to attacking people - there is another question about this. If Dong Hong's torturing cats stems from sadism, why did the attacker choose to kill at the fatal point instead of torturing people to death slowly? In addition, suppose Dong Hong was guided by someone and started killing people in the end, but failed twice, so he was directly led into a dead end the third time. Let's assume that from the beginning, Dong Hong was led into a dead end, so he was chosen to attack two girls in Liyuan, and they happened to be saved by cats. Then, did they want Dong Hong to die from the beginning?"
Chen Yang was frightened by his own assumption. If the purpose from the beginning was to kill Dong Hong, and he set up a trap step by step to let Dong Hong walk into a dead end. Even after death, he would think that he had done it himself. I am afraid that even the Great Yin Law Cao would be deceived and then investigate Dong Hong. If the assumption is true, Dong Hong is simply played to death, which is creepy.
"If," Chen Yang whispered, "even the so-called third chance is a joke, it's terrible."
Du Shuo's eyes were unclear. "Your guess is not unreasonable. Meng Xi led you away for the purpose of getting Dong Hong involved. This is the first reason. The second is to take away your magic weapon, the red rope. Someone is targeting you."
Chen Yang: "I originally had this guess. But what's the use of the other party taking the red rope?"
"Maybe the other party thinks the red rope is your magic weapon."
"Really?" Chen Yang was very surprised: "Will anyone in the Tianshi world use red rope as a magic weapon?"
Dushuo: "Fasheng." It is a rope-like instrument in the Taoist world, but it is also called a Jingbian. It is made of hemp rope, with the end of the rope shaped like a snake head, painted with vermilion and the eight trigrams. It is a Taoist rope used to ward off evil spirits.
Chen Yang nodded to show his understanding. Although his red rope and the law rope were two completely different concepts, since the other party thought the red rope was very important and tried every means to snatch it away, then let it be. Then he pulled out a wooden box from the cabinet, picked out a red rope from the dozens of red ropes inside, strung the ancient copper coins into it, and put it on his hand again.
His magic weapon was not the red rope, but the ancient copper coin hanging on the red rope. The ancient copper coin was not expensive, but the currency in Bashu area, and the magic weapon of the Wu clan chief. It was passed down from generation to generation and then given to him by Grandpa Wu. Therefore, the ancient copper coin was the real magic weapon, and it could be said to be the magic weapon of the Wu clan's ancestor. The red rope only absorbed the magic power and yang energy of the copper coin and could be replaced at any time.
Chen Yang came over and kissed Du Shuo's lips: "I hope my guess is just overthinking."
"No one can plot against you." Du Shuo hugged him.
Chen Yang was beaming with joy. He liked Du Shuo's attitude of protecting him and never allowing anyone or any ghost to hurt him. This made him feel at ease from the inside out. He trusted Du Shuo so strongly, longed for him, and loved him.
"Thanks."
Mao Xiaoli was the first to notice the red string on Chen Yang's wrist, and asked in surprise: "Brother Chen, did you find your red string?"
"No. It's new." Chen Yang raised his hand and shook the red rope on his wrist.
"Can the magic tools be replaced so quickly?" Zhang Qiulu asked curiously after hearing this. The magic tools of the Heavenly Master need to be handy and have sufficient magic power. Therefore, the magic tools of the Heavenly Master are not easy to obtain, nor are they easy to replace.
Chen Yang: "Not bad. I have a drawer to replace it."
Mao Xiaoli was stunned, thinking that she and Director Chen were probably not from the same world of Heavenly Masters. Zhang Qiudao glanced at her and nodded in agreement: "Indeed, they are not. You are a rookie, and Director Chen is a master."
Mao Xiaoli snorted and sneered: "With my talent, if I work hard, I can beat you in minutes."
Zhang Qiudao sneered in response: "I'll wait."
Mao Xiaoli was just talking, she was not ready to open her mind yet. Although she had talent, it was just a waste of talent. Chen Yang was not worried about Mao Xiaoli at this moment, and even did not urge her, letting her happily draw peach blossom charms and luck charms to sell for money.
Because Ma Shanfeng had told him, "The Mao family are all eccentrics, with only talent but no real work. We have to wait for them to open up. Mao Xiaoli's father, Taoist Mao, couldn't even be ordained before he was thirty, but he suddenly opened up at the age of thirty and spent ten years to become a second-grade, third-cavity, five-thunder Heavenly Master. If his merits hadn't really been unable to support his promotion to a Shangqing Heavenly Master, he would have been promoted long ago. However, he has a profound Taoism and great magical powers, and is the head of the Maoshan Sect. The previous generation of the Mao family was the same, and every generation of the Mao family has to wait for them to open up."
Ma Shanfeng walked out of his office slowly with tea in hand and said to everyone, "There is a new order."
Everyone looked over. Ma Shanfeng finished his tea slowly before saying, "Two-star order. A family was attacked by evil spirits. Two children died. The wife and mother-in-law are seriously ill. Now the evil spirits are causing trouble in the room. Whoever takes the order will be rewarded with three million."
Mao Xiaoli refused to go: "The Yuanwu that was trying to steal my business has moved away, so I'd better go back and develop my business."
Kou Xuanling shook his head: "No. I want to rest for a few more days."
Chen Yang also refused: "Brother Du finally got a vacation, I have to accompany him."
Finally, Zhang Qiudao was the only one who didn't respond. Thinking about the fact that he hadn't received any orders for a month, he nodded and agreed: "I'll take it."
After the order was settled, Kou Xuanling said, "There's a fat black cat outside, I don't know who it's looking for. Do you know?" Mao Xiaoli ran to the door and looked, then turned around and shouted to Chen Yang, "Brother Chen, Fatty."
Big Fatty was squatting on the table like a mountain of meat. Everyone in the police station gathered around and stared at him. Kou Xuanling: "I said he was really fat, right? At least 50 kilograms." After saying that, she pinched the fat on Big Fatty's belly.
Big Fatty slapped Kou Xuanling's hand away and picked up the sign on his chest. On the sign were three crooked characters: "40 jins!"
Chen Yang: "Big Fatty, it turns out that more than one person has misjudged your weight." Otherwise, why would you have prepared a sign that read '40 pounds' to prove your innocence
The fat guy rolled his eyes blatantly and changed the sign: "Ani!"
Chen Yang: "Big Fatty, do you want to pursue the female cat named Ani?"
Big Fatty changed his name tag: "Call Ani!"
Chen Yang: "Big Fatty, do you want some fried fish?"
Da Pang threw away all his reputation and dignity, letting the people in the branch office rub him to their heart's content, while he himself ate fried dried fish indifferently. Mao Xiaoli was addicted to rubbing Da Pang: "I tell you, since Da Pang became famous, many people came to the cafeteria to catch Da Pang. Later, Da Pang stopped going to the cafeteria and no one fed him. So he came to the branch office to beg for food. Wow, his meat is so soft and comfortable."
After eating the dried fish, Dapang turned his face and refused to recognize everyone. He was as arrogant as an emperor, but when he sensed Dushuo's presence, his fur exploded and he ran away without a trace. However, during the following dinner time, a mountain of meat would appear on the table of the branch to sell its flesh in exchange for dried fish.
Of course, Da Pang always sneaked in when Du Shuo was not around, and once he found out that Du Shuo was not there, he would return to his domineering nature. As soon as Du Shuo appeared, he would run away with his tail between his legs. After a long time, everyone knew that Da Pang was most afraid of Du Shuo, and he was a coward. Du Shuo knew about Da Pang's existence, and he didn't dislike cats, but he wouldn't tolerate them. As long as the cat ghost didn't appear in front of him, it would be fine.
Fortunately, no one in the branch wanted to keep Da Pang, and Da Pang didn't want to stay in the branch. Da Pang was used to freedom and had no fixed place to live. Except for Xu Ani, he had never had a master. In the eyes of the branch members, Da Pang, who was smart, was more like a partner, and partners could leave or stay as they pleased.
Zhang Qiudao accepted the order and went to the family's house. As soon as he entered the house, he found that the house was filled with evil spirits. It was clear that evil spirits had entered the house to harm others' lives. The owner's surname was Qian. Mr. Qian's face was tired and sad: "I don't know what kind of evil spirit I provoked. It killed my two children and now it wants to kill my wife and mother-in-law. Will it wait until my wife and mother-in-law die before it comes to kill me too?!"
Mr. Qian was very emotional. Zhang Qiudao said, "Mr. Qian, please calm down. What has happened cannot be undone. We must try to stop it before it happens. I will find out where the evil spirit is first."
Mr. Qian: "Master Zhang, please."
Zhang Qiudao took out the compass. The needle on the compass mountain was affected by the magnetic field and began to shake. It slowly stabilized and pointed to one direction. Zhang Qiudao walked forward, and the needle moved forward, pointing to one of the bedrooms. So he asked, "Mr. Qian, whose bedroom is this?"
Mr. Qian asked doubtfully, "My mother-in-law."
“Can you open it?”
"Sure." Mr. Qian quickly opened the bedroom door and said, "My mother-in-law and wife were seriously ill in bed, so I sent them to the hospital. I thought they were just common illnesses, but I didn't expect they were evil spirits."
Zhang Qiudao walked into the bedroom and asked, "Mr. Qian, how did you know it was an evil spirit?"
"Alas, a business friend of mine believes in these things. When he heard that something happened at my house, he came to see it. As soon as he saw my house, he said that there was an evil spirit hiding in it. So he asked me to invite a celestial being. I didn't believe it at first. If it weren't for my wife and mother-in-law being seriously ill, even my two children... would have been killed." Mr. Qian looked extremely sad and blamed himself at the same time: "It's my fault. If I had listened to my wife at the beginning instead of thinking it was no big deal, I would have been so busy with business and work that my children didn't even get to see them for the last time—me!"
Zhang Qiudao comforted Mr. Qian for a few words, and then he went into the room and found the compass spinning wildly. He looked up and saw a Buddhist shrine with a wooden statue of Bodhisattva in front of it. He walked to the front of the wooden statue of Bodhisattva and wanted to take it down after a while.
Mr. Qian came over and said, "My mother-in-law is a devout Buddhist. She specially commissioned someone to carve and consecrate this wooden statue of the Bodhisattva, and she worships it day and night. Master Zhang, is there a problem?"
Zhang Qiudao took down the wooden Buddha statue, opened a piece of wood on the back of the wooden Buddha statue, revealing the hollow part inside, and said, "It's a big problem."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Qian's face changed: "What? Could it be that the woodcarver used my mother-in-law to frame my Qian family?" He looked extremely angry: "It must be a rival in the business world. If they want to harm me, they can harm me. Why would they harm my family?"
"There's nothing wrong with the wooden statue of the Buddha. What's wrong is the contents of the heart." Zhang Qiudao said with a serious face, "Did you put snakes, turtles, or other spiritual creatures in it? Or did you put them alive?"
Mr. Qian was stunned. "No, isn't that right? My mother-in-law said that wooden Buddha statues have no spirit. If we worship them, it will easily let evil animals take over their bodies and harm our family. So the heart of the wooden Buddha statue must be empty, and then spiritual objects are placed inside. Use the energy to make the Buddha alive, worship day and night, and bless our Qian family."
Zhang Qiu said, "Ridiculous! Bodhisattvas are so compassionate, how could they kill? When carpenters finish carving wooden Bodhisattvas, they will indeed make a hole in the back to make the Bodhisattva hollow. Then they send the wooden Bodhisattvas to the temple for consecration, and the master will put magic tools, talismans and other spiritual objects into the Bodhisattva's heart. These are not living spiritual objects. This method is clearly a sorcery. You are not consecrating the Bodhisattva, and you don't need to wait for evil animals to come. You have raised evil animals and evil spirits!"
Mr. Qian was shocked and his face turned pale. He never expected that his mother-in-law, who was devout to Buddhism, was the one who killed his two children. He could not help but feel resentful, but even if he did, he had to save his wife and mother-in-law who were entangled by the evil Bodhisattva.
"Master Zhang, what should we do now? Can we get rid of the evil Bodhisattva as soon as possible?"
Zhang begged: "Lure it out."
"Draw it out?"
"It now occupies the statue of the Bodhisattva and is worshipped by incense. It looks like a little evil god. If the evil god hides, even I can't catch it. The only way is to lure it out. The best person to lure it out is you."
Mr. Qian: "Me, me? How to lead it? Will it kill me?"
"It originally wanted to kill you and offer it to the evil beast. It will not be grateful to you. Instead, it will resent you for killing it and want to kill you." Zhang Qiudao left the bedroom: "There is a snake on the chest of the wooden Bodhisattva. Snakes usually come out at night to hunt, and it regards the whole house as its nest. It will definitely swim out of the bedroom at night. Go to the vegetable market now and buy some artificially cultivated frogs. Snakes love to eat frogs and will not give up delicious food."
"After you buy the frog, sit in the living room and wait. I'll be in the master bedroom. If you find anything unusual, pull the red string. There's a copper bell tied to the other end of the string. I'll come over and subdue the evil beast as soon as possible."
Mr. Qian: "What if that evil beast doesn't eat frogs and kills me first?"
"No. Although the evil beast is worshipped, it is still an evil beast without intelligence and with an appetite above all else." Zhang Qiudao looked back and saw that Mr. Qian was still very scared, so he gave him a Five Thunder Spirit Talisman and a Hidden Breath Talisman: "As long as you don't open your mouth and don't lose your breath when you get close to his mouth, the evil beast won't notice you."
Mr. Qian took the talisman and was very grateful.
"Finally, pour out the incense ashes from the shrine and spread them on the living room floor. You can see traces of the substance there. Also, buy some realgar powder and realgar wine."
Mr. Qian followed Zhang Qiudao's instructions and bought frogs and hung them by their feet in the living room. Then he sat quietly in the living room alone, waiting for the evil spirit to come out.
The living room was dead silent, the clock was ticking, and soon it was ten o'clock in the evening. The door of my mother-in-law's bedroom slowly opened behind me, making a creaking sound, which was particularly terrifying in the dead silence.
Mr. Qian held the red string tightly, not daring to breathe. He caught a glimpse of empty air from the corner of his eye. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly noticed a long strip of incense ash on the floor. The strip was still expanding, as if there was really a snake crawling on the ground, leaving traces on the ash.
Mr. Qian swallowed nervously, watching the thing crawling past his feet. It seemed to sense something was wrong and stopped in front of him to test it. But he couldn't see anything, so he could only rely on his imagination. He imagined a rotten poisonous snake stopping in front of him to sniff. He felt his trouser legs being lifted, and it felt wet, sticky, and disgusting.
Fortunately, the next moment, the frog's croaking sound attracted the creature to crawl forward. Mr. Qian breathed a sigh of relief and saw the frog being swallowed by an invisible mouth. So he carefully pulled the red rope, but heard no movement. He pulled it a few more times, and felt something was wrong. He turned around and found that the red line had been broken. He quickly stood up and tried to pick up the other end of the red rope in front, but accidentally hit the table and made a loud noise.
"hiss!"
Mr. Qian lost his temper, his whole body stiffened, and he felt a chill on his back. Without even turning his head, he rushed to grab the red line, and the thing flew over and wrapped around his neck and tightened. Mr. Qian rolled his eyes and pulled the red line hard for several times, and the sound of a bell came from the master bedroom. The next moment, Zhang Qiudao came out and sprinkled realgar powder around Mr. Qian to force the thing back.
The beast was exposed to its true form after being stained with realgar powder. It was a one-meter-long black poisonous snake that had long since rotted and exposed its bones. The poisonous snake jumped up and down in the room, its body nimble. Unfortunately, it was weak after being stained with realgar powder. Zhang Qiudao took out his sword to cut off the beast's path.
Introduce it into the wine jar containing realgar wine, hold the fire talisman with the index finger of the right hand, light it with a shake, throw it into the wine jar and quickly cover it. Do a few backflips and jumps, the wine jar will burst, the wine will spill out, and the evil animal inside will be burned to death and dissolved in the wine.
Zhang Qiudao put away the sword and said to Mr. Qian, "It's solved. Do you want to take the wooden statue of the Buddha to the temple to ask the monks to purify it, or do you want me to take it away?"
"You take it away. You take it away."
"Okay." Zhang Qiudao nodded, took the money, took the wooden statue of the Buddha away and left: "In the future, when you worship Buddha, Bodhisattva and other gods, you should go to a regular temple to ask for a statue that has been consecrated."
Mr. Qian nodded repeatedly and said yes. After respectfully seeing Zhang Qiudao off, he received a call from the hospital. He was told that his wife and mother-in-law, who were seriously ill and unconscious in bed, had woken up. He drove to the hospital in excitement. He saw his wife in the ward, comforted her who was grieving over the loss of her children, and then told her about inviting the Taoist priest to exorcise the evil spirits.
"It turned out that the wooden Buddha statue my mother-in-law had invited was inhabited by an evil animal. The place where the sutras, instruments and talismans should be placed on the heart was filled with spiritual objects used by evil cults. She worshipped it day and night, but she raised an evil animal and killed her own people." Mr. Qian sighed, "I will have children in the future, but don't blame my mother-in-law for this and don't let her know. The old lady can't bear the bad news."
Mr. Qian's wife was grief-stricken and threw herself into her husband's arms, crying and complaining that she had not stopped her mother's foolish behavior, which had caused the death of her two children. She blamed herself.
The old lady who accidentally learned the truth outside the ward was already in tears. The nurse bent down and asked, "Ms. Li, do you still want to go in?"
The old man shook his head and motioned to leave. He stopped at the window and said to the nurse, "Go... buy some porridge for my daughter."
"Okay." The nurse left.
The old woman looked at the seven-story building, trying to support her frail body, tears in her eyes could not be suppressed. She was old and confused, believing in the evil Bodhisattva who killed lives, killing her grandchildren and causing her beloved daughter to become seriously ill. Living harms others and herself, there is no need to live.
"Ah! Someone jumped off the building!"
Mr. Qian was startled and patted the back of his wife's hand: "I'll go take a look."
I left the ward and squeezed into the crowd gathered at the window. I found that there were many people gathered on the lawn below. It was said that an old lady had committed suicide by jumping off the building. I didn't know why. Mr. Qian went back to the ward and told his wife. His wife said calmly: "I want to drink porridge. Can you buy it for me?"
Mr. Qian nodded and went out to buy porridge for her.
The wife covered her face with grief and lost hope. Unlike her husband who worked hard outside for many years, she had the best relationship with her mother and children at home. She regarded her children as her spiritual support. When her children died, her world collapsed.
When Mr. Qian went out, she went out too. She knew that the person who jumped off the building to commit suicide was her mother, and she felt both grief and relief. That was her mother, and also the enemy who killed her children.
The wife couldn't bear it anymore and jumped out of the window.
Mr. Qian met a nurse who had just returned from buying porridge at the staircase. After hearing what the nurse said, he suddenly realized that the old lady who jumped off the building was his mother-in-law. So he hurried back to the ward, but did not find his wife. However, everyone who came and went looked at him with sympathy.
Mr. Qian lost his two children, his wife and his mother-in-law, and became a lonely man. He dealt with the funeral of his wife and mother-in-law in the face of sympathetic eyes from others, and returned home in despair.
After closing the door, Mr. Qian looked at the living room that was once lively when his wife and children were still alive but was now empty. His dull eyes were slowly filled with a smile, and a satisfied smile gradually appeared on his numb face.
The author has something to say: Mr. Qian will also be played to death~~
Thank you for the nutrient solution, mines, and pen refills~~~
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