Chapter 10 Water Ghost Murder Case "Don't be anxious, little brother." The man smiled slightly and then clapped his hands. Then a woman came in from outside the door. She was wearing heavy makeup and very revealing clothes. Her graceful body was faintly visible under her tulle skirt. She was holding a round fan and had a graceful posture. So big and so white! Zhang Jiuyang was stunned. He didn't know what his intention was and why he suddenly found a woman who looked like she came from a brothel. The woman turned around in front of Zhang Jiuyang, looking at his naked upper body full of masculinity, her eyes rippling like spring water. However, nothing happened and she retreated. Just when Zhang Jiuyang was confused, the man suddenly picked up the candle again and asked with a smile: "Little brother, what was painted on the fan that the woman was holding just now?" despair! A drop of lamp oil fell onto the firewood pile, causing Zhang Jiuyang's eyelids to twitch. It seemed that as long as he couldn't answer this question, the other party would immediately light the firewood pile, allowing him to avoid decades of detours and go straight to cremation. Zhang Jiuyang was furious and said, "No, you are fucking sick!"
Seeing Zhang Jiuyang's angry look, the man smiled instead. He gently blew out the candle, completely relaxed, and reached out to help Zhang Jiuyang untie the red rope that bound him. "Sorry, although the ghost mirror is effective, it is not perfect, so we need to try it one more time." Zhang Jiuyang quickly sat up, picked up the clothes beside him and put them on, speaking in a bad tone. "Can a ghost definitely answer the question just now?" The man nodded and said, "Yes, the fan is made of a special material, which is very eye-catching to ghosts." Zhang Jiuyang's heart sank, and he understood the fat man's intention. The one who possessed him was a female ghost, so she would not be interested in women's bodies. As a normal man, Zhang Jiuyang could not answer the question just now, which was exactly the correct answer. "Is it necessary to go to such trouble?" The man sighed softly upon hearing this and said, "It is necessary." There was a special emotion in his calm voice. "These... are the lessons we learned at the cost of our lives." Zhang Jiuyang was stunned. "Okay, you've been unconscious for three days and three nights. You must be thirsty and hungry. Eat first." The man patted him on the shoulder and asked someone to bring the food. Braised beef, white rice, a few side dishes, and a bowl of lotus seed porridge. Zhang Jiuyang was indeed hungry and thirsty. Although he had the ability to eat ghosts and could swallow them to satisfy his hunger, ordinary meals could still bring him pleasure and enjoyment. Short-term satisfaction is also satisfaction. After a burst of wolfing down, Zhang Jiuyang's hunger temporarily dissipated and he felt alive again. The heat flow in his body also recovered, flowing slowly through his meridians, dispelling the remaining Yin energy. The man was also eating. He only had a bowl of white rice, but he chewed it very carefully, even picking up the rice grains that fell out.
It seemed as if the rice was some kind of panacea. Zhang Jiuyang pushed the braised beef in front of him, and the man smiled and pushed it back. "According to Daqian law, oxen cannot be slaughtered for meat, but the people in my Imperial Observatory have a quota of one beef ox every month, so you don't have to worry." "You've just been possessed by a ghost, and beef is just the right thing to replenish your energy, so you're welcome." He smiled slightly, and after finishing a large bowl of rice, he asked someone to bring him two more bowls, making three total bowls. Not a single grain of rice was left out, and the bottom of the bowl was cleaner than the little girl's face. Even so, he still seemed unsatisfied. It seems that the rice is more delicious than the meat. "Qin Tian Jian?" Zhang Jiuyang remembered that he had never seen this name in those books. The imperial court did have an institution called Sitianjian, which was specifically responsible for observing and recording changes in celestial phenomena. "The sky in the Imperial Astronomical Observatory is not the sky of celestial phenomena, but..." The man pointed to the top of his head and said in a serious tone: "The sky of the Son of Heaven." Zhang Jiuyang was shocked. His guess was correct. There was indeed a mysterious department in the court that dealt with matters related to ghosts and gods in secret. Even if ordinary people search through many books, they will not be able to find any relevant records. But he didn't expect that he would come into contact with this mysterious department so soon. "Let me introduce myself briefly. I am Si Chen from the Imperial Observatory." Zhang Jiuyang was somewhat speechless and said, "I know you are an expert, but there is no need to brag like this." The man laughed and said, "I'm not bragging, but my last name is Gao, and I'm a famous person." Zhang Jiuyang: “…” "I was the one who presided over Yunniang's case back then, and your master also participated in the assistance." The smile on the master's face gradually disappeared, his expression became a little serious, and he took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Zhang Jiuyang. "This is the case file from that year. You can take a look." When Zhang Jiuyang saw his expression, he knew there must be a major hidden story behind this matter. Opening the file, Zhang Jiuyang saw that the first page was filled with lines of large characters written in cinnabar. Title: Water Ghost Murder Case Location: Yunhe County, Qingzhou, Daqian Host: Gao Ren (Si Chen) Danger: Ghost Level Status: Closed Confidential: Ding …… Zhang Jiuyang flipped through the file, which was not thick, and he finished reading it all quickly. He frowned and looked at the master in surprise. "How can this be?" The master gave a bitter smile and said, "But that's what happened."
Zhang Jiuyang closed the file and said firmly: "The case back then... has problems!" According to the files, Yunniang's daughter was abducted by a human trafficker named Wang Baoquan. Because the trafficker was also a novice, he accidentally beat the girl to death on the way and buried the body in a mass grave. The master caught the human trafficker and executed him in front of Yunniang's ghost. He also paid for a proper burial for Yunniang's daughter. Finally, he found some monks and Taoists to chant sutras for three days and finally helped her to be reborn. He was there the whole time. "There is no doubt in this case. All the links can be sorted out without any loopholes. Even Yunniang's reincarnation was saved. I saw it with my own eyes." "If you have to say what's wrong..." The master said in a deep voice: "That's too smooth. It's so smooth... It's as if it was carefully designed by someone." Zhang Jiuyang remained silent, looking at the thin file in his hand, which seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. Why did Yunniang, who had already been reincarnated, reappear in Yunhe County? Why did she keep asking where Lu Yaoxing was, when this person clearly never appeared in the files of that year? And there was Blind Lin, who participated in this incident and suddenly died. Did he discover something? The water here is really too deep. "Little brother, you have fought with Yunniang, can you tell me what color her clothes are now?" Takato suddenly asked. Zhang Jiuyang was stunned for a moment, and then recalled: "At first, her clothes were red and white. When I saw her the second time, it seemed that she was mostly red. When she possessed me that night, her clothes were almost all red, with only her shoes being white." The expert's expression became extremely solemn. "Oh no! It looks like she's about to change from a ghost... to a monster!" …… (End of this chapter)