Bone

Chapter 4

Qin Nianjiu looked at nearly a hundred eyes of uneven size and lifeless eyes in Tan Fengyue's arms, and fell into a long silence.

Seeing his silence, Tan Fengyue seemed a little puzzled, "What? Did you find anything wrong?"

There is nothing wrong with this place, but there is nothing wrong with you, Fengyue ancestor!

Of course, Qin Nianjiu couldn't say this directly, so he just stared at the pile of eyeballs, remained silent, and at the same time suddenly wondered which one was the body of resentment, himself or him.

Tan Fengyue thought for a moment, consciously guessing what he was silent about, and then explained: "I know I am a little slow, but there is wax on the eyeball, I am reluctant to touch it, so I spent some time to clear it—"

"..." Qin Nianjiu put the back of his hand on his forehead and interrupted him, "No, that's not the problem... just check it, why are you picking someone else's eyeballs?"

Tan Fengyue frowned slightly, "Is it convenient for comparison?"

Qin Nianjiu took a deep breath, "...No need."

Thinking that he might be afraid of seeing this thing, Tan Fengyue gathered up the cloth and didn't teach him to see it, but he was really puzzled, "This shadow has a depth, if you don't take it off and compare it, how can you draw a definite conclusion? "

Qin Nianjiu opened his mouth for a long time, but finally he could only say: "...that makes sense."

Forget it, the corpse is just an empty shell, after picking it all up, what's the use of worrying about whether it's right or not.Qin Nianjiu stood up, stretched out his hand to lift off the white cloth in his arms, and glanced around. As he said, the white shadows in each eyeball were exactly the same, and he couldn't help frowning, "You just said 'Xu It's 'incantation... why, you can't detect any trace of incantation on this?"

Tan Fengyue nodded, "I can't find it. I thought it might be a spell that I have never been exposed to, so I want you to come and find out."

Even with his cultivation level, Qin Nianjiu was even less confident in himself, but he still stretched out his hand to cover his eyeballs as he said, concentrating on it.After a while, he withdrew his hand and shook his head, "There is only death and resentment."

Tan Fengyue was not surprised, she turned around and put the eyeballs in her arms back to their original owners one by one, Bian An said: "This is strange. The geese will leave traces, how can there be no traces in the world Spells?"

Qin Nianjiu practiced the Shangqing formula, washed his hands and tidied his whole body, and then went to Tan Fengyue's side, "Let's go to the village and look for any other clues."

This village is not too big, there are only thirty or forty households in total, the houses are scattered, and the fertile fields are lush and lush, but no one has taken care of them for a long time, and the gaps are already full of inch-long weeds.

The human lamps illuminated all directions in the village, like daytime, and the smell of burning human wax and fat was not pleasant. Qin Nianjiu covered his mouth and nose with his hands, and stepped into an empty room, followed by Tan Fengyue.

The inside of the house is a typical farmhouse scene, dustpans and baskets are stacked together, there are altar sauce jars in the corner, the bowls and chopsticks on the square table have not been put away, and the leftover soup has already given birth to flies, buzzing around. .Counting the number of bowls and chopsticks, it should be a family of four.

Family of four...

Qin Nianjiu felt inexplicably uncomfortable, turned his eyes away from looking at the square table, and walked to the shrine standing in the corner.

There is a statue of the God of Ji in the lacquered shrine, incense sticks are inserted in the incense burner, and rotten melons and fruits are placed in the blessing bowl.Qin Nianjiu lowered his eyes and saw a few yellow talismans pressed under the Fushou bowl, so he stretched out his hand and pulled them out.

He looked at the talisman, and before he frowned, Tan Fengyue, who went to check the inner room, opened the curtain, walked out with a porcelain bowl, and said in a deep voice, "There is a problem."

Qin Nianjiu was still looking at the yellow talisman in his hand, and replied without raising his head, "What do you say?"

"There is a medicine bowl next to the bed in the house." Tan Fengyue handed him the empty porcelain bowl in her hand, "There is something wrong with the medicine in it."

There was a layer of sticky medicine dregs left on the bottom of the porcelain bowl. Qin Nianjiu naturally dipped some of it with his fingers, and was about to put it in his nose for a sniff, but suddenly stopped, and said awkwardly: "I'm not good at medicine..."

He only had the memory after entering the borderland. Although he had read many medical books burned by strangers, he was proficient in the prescriptions, but he couldn't connect the taste of the medicine with the medicinal materials themselves.

Hearing what he said, Tan Fengyue took the porcelain bowl back and reported the composition of the prescription, "Mimeng flower, Toosendan, Chanyi, Chuanqiong, white chrysanthemum, Qianghuo..."

Qin Nianjiu had read this prescription in a book before, tilted his head and continued, "White Tribulus, Danggui Shen, Digupi... can nourish blood and activate blood, reduce cloudiness and improve eyesight, so there is no problem?"

"Yes, but it's too much," Tan Fengyue frowned, and put the medicine bowl aside with a little disgust, "There's too much 'human flesh and blood'."

Qin Nianjiu couldn't help losing his voice when he heard the words, and after a long while, he cursed, "Who did such a stupid thing..."

Using flesh and blood as medicine was a foolish act in ancient times. Huang Guzi, the ancestor of pharmacists thousands of years ago, once said that this method was "insidious and useless" and "ridiculous", and warned the world not to do this kind of evil again.And all cultivators know that this method is far from useless and ridiculous. Once the flesh and blood leave the human body, it becomes a femininity. If you eat it, you will be contaminated with karma, and even your fate will be changed. However, if it is serious, a bad star will come to the door, and it is impossible to die on the spot.

Ordinary people, who would think of using flesh and blood as medicine?Tan Fengyue took the folding fan and patted her palms repeatedly, "What about you, did you find anything?"

"Well, look at this." Qin Nianjiu handed over the yellow talisman in his hand.

Tan Fengyue didn't pick it up, just glanced roughly at his eyes, then took his hand away with a fan, turned his face away and said: "The ceiling is missing, the ground is redundant, the ink is impure, and there are leaks everywhere... Take away any dirty things, don't stain my eyes."

...Why didn't you react so strongly when you plucked other people's eyeballs just now?Qin Nianjiu looked at him speechlessly, and withdrew his hand, "It can be seen that this person is trying to draw a barrier-breaking talisman, but the finished product... is really tragic."

It was more than tragic, he almost felt sorry for the pile of yellow paper that had been drawn and wasted.

"Hmm..." He rubbed the ink on it with his fingertips, "It was probably drawn more than half a month ago. What about the medicine, when was it made?"

Tan Fengyue gave a very precise answer, "Fourteen days ago."

Qin Nianjiu nodded, "The time is almost right. It seems that the person who gave this prescription and the one who drew this talisman are most likely the same person."

"Is it used to treat nebula disease..." Tan Fengyue had a vague guess, but did not jump to a conclusion, she just said: "Go, go and see if there is the same thing in other rooms."

The two moved very quickly, and without delay, they probed through more than ten rooms separately, and met in the open space.

Sure enough, the yellow talisman drawn by the same person can be found in every household, and the same medicinal residue can be found in the backyard of the house.

Holding the stack of yellow talismans in his hands, Qin Nianjiu also vaguely guessed something, his face was not very good-looking, "There is still a place to go."

Talking about Fengyue is clear, "Luo Sha's private house."

No need to bother looking for it, the wax trace dragged out by Mr. "Wen Yu" on the road is still there, guiding the two into a small courtyard at the end of the alley.

The small courtyard is not big, there is only a thatched brick house inside, but it is kept very clean and tidy, and there is an embroidered tent on the bamboo bench under the eaves.

The bamboo embroidery was stretched with a piece of red silk. Tan Fengyue picked it up and took a look. The half-embroidered colorful swallows flying on it were lifelike, and the color was stained by the dried rain.

The intoxicatingly warm light of the fire came out through the window. Standing by the window, one could see that the house was full of red, white and white candles. Some were as thick as the mouth of a bowl, and some were as thin as fingers. Many of them had burned out, leaving behind a puddle There were dry and hard candle tears on the beach, and the side of the candle tears was covered with blood stains, half-dried or not, it was still fresh.

Qin Nianjiu looked away, then looked at the clothes drying in the courtyard, "Here it is."

"It should be." Tan Fengyue put down her embroidery, pushed the door open and entered.

The wind whipped the candlelight violently, flickering to welcome the visitor.The room is small and can be seen through at a glance. Tan Fengyue avoided the candles on the ground step by step, walked under the beam, straightened the overturned low stool, and looked up at the things tied to the beam.

Qin Nianjiu stood behind him and also raised his head.He had just seen the strangle marks on Luo Sha's neck, so he was not surprised, "She hanged herself."

Hanging on the beam is a plain cloth sheet that is not too common.He picked up the tip of the umbrella, cut the cloth sheet, took it off, and shook it lightly, and saw a dark brown on it, like a rotten red plum blossom.

What exactly happened to make a woman beg to die with resentment, so much resentment that she even turned into a Rakshasa... I thought of the sentence that Rakshasa just yelled out, "Why can't I still not see?" ", Qin Nianjiu looked down at the cloth sheet in his hand, and suddenly asked, "Tell me, why do people light candles?"

Tan Fengyue walked to the table, picked up an old purse embroidered with sweet-scented osmanthus, and answered him casually: "For lighting."

The purse in his hand had faded, and the stitching of the embroidery pattern was still immature. He tore off the tether and poured out the contents, which was a small wooden sign.The small wooden sign is a bit old, but it has been well preserved, with the four seal characters "Tianzun protects the law" engraved on it.

I always feel that I have seen this wooden sign before... He thought for a while, and suddenly took Qin Nianjiu's hand through his sleeve.

Qin Nianjiu was looking around in the room, and was taken aback by his sudden movement, "Hey, the fairy respects himself!"

Unconsciously understanding his crazy words, Tan Fengyue picked up his sleeve with a fan, and sure enough, she saw the same wooden plaque tied with a red string on his wrist.He stared at the wooden plaque on his wrist, and frowned, "Your original body... seems to have a very personal relationship with Rakshasa."

Qin Nianjiu's hand was grabbed by him, and his little finger was extremely hot, but he couldn't let him go, so he let him hold it, and said angrily: "I guessed it earlier! Let's not say that she kept calling "Brother Wen Yu", Those people in the village were all killed by one blow, but my original body was able to escape all the way to the temple... I guess she probably didn't even think about killing him."

Don't be a rabbit, don't be a lotus, but a mermaid who can live forever—he guessed that Luo Sha must have lost her mind in private, and only acted with her distorted thinking, but she didn't know how to pick people's tendons and gouge people out. Knees can also teach people to die.

And in the same way, "Chen Wenyu"'s remnants have been hindering his actions, preventing him from hurting that Luosha private... Such a resentful couple is much more complicated than what is written in the script.

"Okay, let go, let go!" He didn't like being caught, so he shook Tan Fengyue away vigorously, but a few pieces of yellow paper floated out of his sleeves with his movements, and Tan Fengyue caught them in his hands.

"What's this?" Qin Nianjiu rubbed his pinched wrist, looked over curiously, and then was taken aback.

Although it was still made by the same person, compared with the yellow talismans found from the farmers, the ones that fell out of his sleeves are obviously much newer, and they must have been painted in the past two days.

For a long time, he put the back of his hand to his forehead without a word, "...What's going on here?"