However, Su Meihe, who married far away in the south, still had an affair with Zhu Zhongqi. Zhu Zhongqi, a playboy, had plenty of money and often went to the south to fool around with Su Meihe under the pretext of doing business. The two later made a vicious plan to let Zhu Zhongqi's wife and Su Meihe's husband die and they would get married. When Su Meihe was traveling in Qinling Mountains, she accidentally met this Nanshan Yin-Yang man and asked him to find a way to help harm people. This bastard surnamed Cao agreed without hesitation when he heard that it was related to the family of the corpse tomb. This kicked off the long-planned conspiracy to kill Xiaoxue and pave the way for the three taboos.
When Su Meihe drowned Xiaolu, the bastard surnamed Cao came with her and immediately took over the business, arranging for Xiaolu to find a scapegoat and killed Xiaoxue. He did not take Xiaolu's soul because he wanted to use this little ghost to kill Zhu Zhongqi's wife. I didn't expect that in the end it was because of this little ghost that I dug out the real murderer.
For example, Xiaoxue killed Zhu Zhongqi's wife and Su Meihe's car crashed into the swimming pool, and her husband's body was sunk in the tomb of resentment. It was all planned long ago. She simply drowned Xiaoxue, immediately flew back to the south, and then rushed back to make a show after receiving the news of her sister's death. If it wasn't for the conspiracy they made, and the Yin-Yang people in Nanshan were behind the scenes manipulating the corpse qi, no matter how hard Lu Fei tried, he couldn't stop Xiaoxue from killing Zhu Zhongqi.
This conspiracy is really watertight. If the police were to investigate, they would only find that Zhu Zhongqi's wife and Su Meihe's husband died in an accident. If the Nanshan Yin-Yang master played a trick on them, the police would be scared to death and hastily close the case without further investigation. But they didn't want to meet me, their nemesis. Su Meihe was afraid that Tan Guifen would see who she was, so she was guilty and wanted to frame the nanny for murder. She asked me to agree to the ghost girl's request and investigate the case to the end to solve the mystery of who the real murderer was.
After daybreak, we called the police. The two bastards were taken back to the police station and confessed to the murder. For the deaths of Zhu Zhongqi's wife and Su Meihe's husband, it was impossible to find evidence for a supernatural case, but Su Meihe killed Xiaolu, and Zhu Zhongqi had directly and indirectly killed three children in succession, and he would be prosecuted by the procuratorate.
Tan Guifen was acquitted and that night she and her ghost sister Lv Hongyan came to the store to express her gratitude. Of course, Lv Hongyan had to accept the reward for the ghost tooth as usual.
The case was closed, and we all breathed a sigh of relief. We had a pretty leisurely time afterwards. But Lu Fei was not idle. Because Zhu Zhongqi and Su Meihe were arrested, no one took care of Zhu Zhongqi's wife's funeral. This guy also received a reward of 10,000 yuan, so he used this money to bury the ashes of the deceased in the cemetery. There was also news about the ghost of Zhu Zhongqi's wife. On the night of destroying the corpse tomb, she was trapped in the yard by the Yin-Yang people of Nanshan. It was Qu Mo who found her when he searched the villa again.
After sending the two unfortunate women who were not biological mother and daughter to the underworld, it was also New Year's Eve. Qu Mo and Wang Zijun reunited with their families, and Lu Fei and Ma Yunxi came to our house to celebrate the New Year. That night was really lively. At the reunion dinner, there was the old ghost, the descendant of Xiangxi witchcraft, the real woman, my mother, the beautiful retired policewoman, and Lu Fei, the yin and yang master, and me, the descendant of ghost stories. The only thing missing was Qu Mo, a fox fairy, to make up a complete Liao Zhai drama!
After the reunion dinner, my mother, Shen Bing and Ma Yunxi went to wash the dishes, and I sat on the sofa with my great grandfather and Lu Fei to chat. Great grandfather suddenly said with a worried look on his face that tomorrow is the first day of the new year, and time is getting tighter and tighter. He originally planned to let me leave on the second day of the new year, but changed his mind. Tomorrow morning, after paying New Year's greetings, I will go to Qinling with Shen Bing.
Lu Fei scratched his head and said, "Shall we go with Brother Xi?"
Grandpa Taizu shook his head and said, "You, the little girl from Xiangxi, and the little fox stay here. I need your help with something. Don't expect to have a peaceful New Year this time. Help me get a few things done."
"What's going on, Grandpa?" I asked.
"Don't ask so many questions for now, you will know when the time comes. You and Xiaobing just need to focus on the tasks I assign to you, and don't worry about anything else." Great Grandpa was still keeping it a secret.
At this time, Shen Bing and Ma Yunxi came out of the kitchen after finishing their work. The two beauties drank some red wine, and their pretty faces were red and charming. Lu Fei's throat rolled for a while, and it seemed that he swallowed saliva. I took the opportunity to whisper in his ear: "Instead of competing with others for women, why not pick the flower in front of you first."
Lu Fei said to me in a low voice with a bitter face: "It's not that I don't want to, the key is that the mouse is pulling the turtle, there is no place to bite..."
At this point, two beauties came over, and he had no choice but to shut up. I also hurriedly changed the subject and asked my great grandfather about the specific location of Duanlong Village where the Cao family lived. My great grandfather said that Duanlong Village was deep in the Qinling Mountains and should not be far from the Bamboo Worm Valley. Speaking of the White Bone Cave in the Bamboo Worm Valley, it should also be the masterpiece of the Cao family. This was a mysterious legend widely circulated in the martial arts world at that time.
It is said that the feng shui of Duanlong Village where Cao lived was completely opposite to that of Cao's family, which made Cao's family and the entire village live in poverty. People speculated that their ancestors were too proficient in feng shui, which made the gods jealous, so they cut off the dragon vein to stop the evil. This is how Duanlong Village got its name.
I thought to myself that the Cao family was so cruel to me, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people. And they endured the torture of going in and out of the underworld. It seemed that there must be an unbreakable curse in the family. Thinking of the tough attitude of this dark, thin and shabby guy, he was definitely not someone who would give in easily. It would probably be difficult to convince the Cao family.
We chatted and watched the shocking Spring Festival Gala, and before we knew it, it was twelve o'clock. Lu Fei and Ma Yunxi said goodbye and went back to the county town. Shen Bing and I said goodnight to our ancestors and went to bed.
According to our local custom, the earlier you wake up on the first day of the New Year, the more auspicious it is. I woke up at around 5 o'clock. It was not because I wanted to wake up, but because of the thunder and firecrackers outside, I couldn't sleep. At this time, my mother got up early and was busy placing offerings and candles in front of the shrine, burning incense and kowtowing. Shen Bing rubbed his sleepy eyes and pulled me up from the sofa.
While my mother burned incense and made a wish, Shen Bing and I ran to the yard to light firecrackers. We both covered our ears and ran back into the house. The firecrackers outside were "crackling" loudly, making us feel the strong festive atmosphere.
We still retain the custom of kowtow to wish a happy new year. Fortunately, my neighbors don't do that, so I just went to wish a happy new year to a few elderly people nearby who have a good relationship with our Xi family, then said goodbye to my mother, packed my bags and set off.
When I got to the train station, I saw only three or five people going out. The huge waiting hall looked very desolate. Alas, I am such a poor and unlucky child. I can't even rest on the first day of the Chinese New Year, but have to go out and run again.