【321】Strange case (2)

Since Shopkeeper Huang bought the painting "Picture of Zhong Kui Holding a Sword", it has really been of great use. The nightmares that have troubled him for a long time have gone away. Things like random shadows that sometimes appeared in front of his eyes have also never appeared again.

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Of course, Shopkeeper Huang spent a lot of money for the painting "Zhong Kui with Sword". As a businessman, he would of course make double the money back.

So, shopkeeper Huang took out the signature dish that he had learned from back then, and after thinking hard for a long time, he made some more fantastic new dishes. However, the price was high and the limit was limited. For a time, there were a lot of eaters, and the income doubled...

The leader told the story of Shopkeeper Huang's death in such a bizarre way, and he only asked us to help participate in the preparation time in the past few days, which would not affect our participation in Shannan Prefecture, so we had no choice but to agree.

After leaving the regiment headquarters, a few of us washed up and rested, and then began to discuss Shopkeeper Huang’s strange case.

Apart from Shopkeeper Huang's unexpected death and missing his head, what surprised us the most was their painting "Zhong Kui Holding a Sword".

Although we have personally experienced or heard people tell various strange things, we have never seen the kind of magical painting that can draw a sword in the hand and put the sword into its sheath.

"Boss Liu, brothers, have you ever heard of "Returning to the Boat after a Storm"?" Platoon Leader Huo asked, "It means there is a strange painting. On it, a child holding an umbrella opens his umbrella when it rains. When the weather is clear,

What about closing the umbrella?"

""The Picture of Zhong Kui with the Sword" and "The Picture of Returning to the Boat after Storm", are there pictures with the word "Picture"? They are all ghosts and gods that can cause mischief and can manifest their spirits! In that case, when Shannan Prefecture is captured, I will also paint it, brother.

In the last "Millions of *** Picture", the soldiers in the painting appeared and went to fight the little ***!" Brother Li said disapprovingly.

"Haha, Platoon Leader Huo, you must have heard it from hearsay. The story of "Returning to the Boat after Storm" was compiled by an artist named Liu Baorui a few years ago!" Boss Liu said, "Although I didn't buy it at the time.

I didn’t even have a ticket to go in and listen, but I also got an idea of ​​what was going on.”

"Well, anyway, aren't we going to invite that old drunkard here tonight? Then we can ask him for advice. Maybe we can not only solve the group leader's concerns, but also solve the case!" I said, "This

We've been exhausted for a few days, so we'll have a good drink in the evening, and tomorrow we'll go to the county government to show off --- if the old drunkard can help us figure out Shopkeeper Huang's case!"

In the evening, the group leader specially arranged a table of wine and food for us, firstly to reward us for our hard work over the past few days, and secondly to ask the old drunkard to understand Hao Guangwei's authenticity.

Needless to say, the old drunkard came at the invitation. After a few bowls of wine, he readily agreed to go to Shannan Prefecture to find out what Hao Guangwei really thought. He also told us that there has been a lot of joy and auspiciousness in our group recently, and we should have military exploits. We must not do it.

Missed opportunity.

The military was the most important thing. After the old drunkard agreed, we brought up the case of Huang Pingguo, the shopkeeper of Wangjiang Tower.

The old drunkard said that the soul of the newly deceased person may not have been recorded in the underworld yet, and since he did not know his birth date, it would be difficult to find him and he would not be able to learn the truth about his murder.

More importantly, the old drunkard’s views on the strange things in the painting "Zhong Kui with his Sword" are vastly different from ours. He believes that there are indeed psychic and strange paintings in the world, like the kind where the door god leaps down to stop the ghost, and the beautiful woman escapes from the painting.

The strange things that come up are definitely not just rumors and legends, they are real things that happen only rarely for ordinary people.

As for the few of us, although we have been wandering around for many years, we have not heard much because of our age, so we took advantage of the drunkenness and asked the old drunkard to tell us about some strange paintings.

The old drunkard said that it had been hundreds of years since he was born and died, so he naturally had a lot of experience. Seeing that we wanted to know a few strange things about the strange paintings, he thought for a while and said:

I believe you have all heard of the couplet that urges people to practice filial piety. The couplet goes like this: "The red eyebrows are soaring to the sky, and I have taught thousands of horses to carry them away; the clear springs are flowing to the ground, and I still want the two carp to bring auspiciousness."

This couplet is about Jiang Shi of the Han Dynasty, who was very filial to his mother. No matter how severe the cold or the heat, he always found ways to carry water from the Yangtze River and buy big carp to serve his mother.

Later, I was so moved that a spring suddenly appeared in the courtyard and turned into a well. The water in the well had the same smell as the river water, and two carps would come up in the well every day.

Even when the red-browed army was attacking the city and looting food, when they heard that they were passing through the hometown of the filial son Jiang Shi, they immediately ordered the three armies to silence themselves and leave quietly, fearing to disturb Jiang Shi.

Although this story of a gushing spring and a jumping carp is relatively bizarre, it is by no means a fabrication. Even the "Taiping Yulan", named after Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty read three volumes a day, took one year to read, is also recorded in it.

However, it is not mysterious and bizarre compared to the old stories of the Three Kingdoms that I am going to tell you.

During the Three Kingdoms period, under the rule of Emperor Wei, there was a villain named Yuan Xiaose who relied on his martial arts skills to rob, defraud and deceive the neighbors. In the end, he gathered a group of rogues to dominate one area.

With the expansion of his power, Yuan Xiaose became even more violent and did all the evil things. For a while, people nearby secretly called him "Yuan Qian Dao", hoping that one day he would be cut into pieces by a thousand swords.

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It is said that the sky net is vast and there are no leaks. A few years later, Yuan Xiaose was young and caused trouble from the sky.

It turned out that Yuan Xiaose died unexpectedly while resting at home with the door closed at night. He was missing skin and flesh, and was a mess with his disembowelled body.

Yuan Xiaose's family reported the case to the police, but found that his body was not injured by a knife or gun, but by a tiger or wolf. His neck was bitten in half, his chest was also scratched open, and his heart was missing.

For such a bizarre murder case, the government didn't know where to start at the moment, and no one could find any clues after searching and searching. Because there was no good spot on Yuan Xiaose's body, but he was not injured by a knife or gun.

Later, a sharp-eyed government servant suddenly screamed in Yuan Xiaose's home. Everyone followed his gaze and found out that the painting in the middle hall of Yuan Xiaose's home was the painting of the White-fronted Mountain Lord.

The tiger with a white forehead and eye-catching eyes in the painting has blood dripping from its mouth, and there is even a piece of meat clothing hanging under its claws...

Yuan Xiaose's family took a closer look, and suddenly they were shaking all over. Because the clothes under the tiger's claws were exactly the clothes on Yuan Xiaose's body that were torn into threads!

After confirmation by the author, the flesh and blood clothes in the painting are exactly the same as those of Yuan Xiaose, without any difference.

Although this kind of thing is so weird that it is hard to believe, but experience has shown that there is no trace of them in Yuan Xiaose's home, and the wounds on his body are indeed not made by swords and guns, but exactly the same as those made by teeth and claws.

Yuan Xiaose's family asked several warlocks and wizards to confirm again, and the result was still consistent with the official verdict: Yuan Xiaose died exactly as shown in the painting, with the sharp claws and steel teeth of the tiger.

But the truly amazing thing is yet to come.

Yuan Xiaose's family was helpless about this result. What they felt most angry about was that if Yuan Xiaose had sinned so much that the wronged soul he killed finally took revenge with the help of the tiger in the middle hall, then the two door gods at their door would

, what is it for? Why is it not stopped?

Yuan Xiaose's family members were so angry that they started to accuse the door gods, saying that they were invited to be confessed here just to keep them safe and sound. Now that Yuan Xiaose died tragically, did the two door gods neglect their duties?

What about the crime?

What's incredible is that after hearing the accusations from Yuan Xiaose's family, the paintings of door gods posted on both sides of the door lowered their heads one by one, as if they felt guilty...

Later, the wizard explained that when Yuan Xiaose was bleeding, the two door gods should have stopped the guardian, but because Yuan Xiaose had done many evil things and committed many crimes, they had to pretend to be deaf and dumb and did not take action.

At the same time, as the door gods who protect the family's safety, this action was also suspected of dereliction of duty. Therefore, when Yuan Xiaose's family members accused them, the two door gods were speechless and had to bow their heads.

This strange incident is not a fabrication made by me. It is specifically recorded in the "Wei Guo Pian" in the highly reliable unofficial history "The Supplementary Records of Anecdotes of the Three Kingdoms"!

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When the old drunkard talked about this, we seemed to have some enlightenment.

"Uncle Du, what you are saying is that when shopkeeper Huang Boss Huang died, the reason why Heavenly Master Zhong Kui did not stop the eviction was because shopkeeper Huang was destined to do so. Therefore, Zhong Kui, as the protector, bowed his head and turned around.

?" Xiao Li asked.

"Haha, this, I don't dare to make random assertions, but since there is a psychic and mysterious "Picture of Zhong Kui with a Sword" there, if Zhong Tianshi is unwilling to help, there must be a reason for it!" the old drunkard meant.

He said profoundly, "What's more, after Shopkeeper Huang died, Master Zhong turned his back!"

"Well, that's possible. After all, we know people but don't know their hearts. We don't know much about shopkeeper Huang, otherwise Zhong Kui wouldn't just ignore him and let him die miserably!" Platoon Leader Huo thought thoughtfully.

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"Well, since Mr. Du doesn't know about Shopkeeper Huang's situation, we still focus on the military. Could you please go to Shannan Prefecture tonight to find out what Hao Guangwei really thinks," said Boss Liu, "As for Shopkeeper Huang's case?

Let’s go and take a look tomorrow.”

"Okay, I'll take my leave now. I'll leave my dream to Commander Liu tomorrow morning without disturbing your business!" After two more bowls, Mr. Du took his leave.

The next day, Boss Liu told us with a smile on his face that at dawn, Uncle Du had indeed told him in his dream that Hao Guangwei was actively preparing to defect, and that he was indeed sincerely abandoning the dark side for the bright side, so we must not miss this opportunity.

After Boss Liu reported the matter to the regiment commander, the regiment commander immediately drove out of the camp and went to the regiment headquarters to report to the division commander.

As for the few of us, we are planning to go to the county government office first to understand the situation.

When they arrived at the county government office, County Magistrate Liu and Boss Liu became familiar again, and they were very enthusiastic.

County Magistrate Liu told us that regarding the Huang Pingguo case, he had interrogated all the people in Wangjiang Tower and found no flaws at all. Moreover, Mrs. Huang was grief-stricken and fainted several times. This was definitely not intentional.

appearance; and no clues were found at the crime scene.

The master added that after investigating with the neighbors, it was found that shopkeeper Huang has always been a kind person, never argued with others, and had no enemies. As a businessman, he must be well versed in the way of making money through harmony!

Boss Liu said that the team leader had already mentioned that the mysterious death of shopkeeper Huang was indeed a bit strange. Besides, if the murderer did not seek wealth and vent his anger, why did he kill him so brutally?

If it was a case of mutual jealousy, there weren't many restaurants or bars around here. Besides, if that was the case, why didn't he harm the boss along with him?

Finally, the topic naturally turned to the painting "Zhong Kui Holding a Sword".

County Magistrate Li told us that after inspection by many people, the strange painting was indeed the original work of Wu Sheng. As for why it showed Master Zhong Kui with his back facing forward, everyone was puzzled.

More importantly, the "Picture of Zhong Kui Fighting the Sword" is worth tens of thousands of gold and has been returned to the Huang family for safekeeping - if it is lost or damaged, the small and poor county government cannot afford to pay for it!

We chatted with County Magistrate Li, Master and others for a long time, but we couldn't find any breakthrough.

In the end, Boss Liu had no choice but to say goodbye to them and lead us out of the county government office.

"What should we do, Boss Liu? In two days, we will prepare to attack Shannan Prefecture. This matter cannot delay us for too long. We must find a breakthrough as soon as possible to deal with it so that we can report to the regiment leader!" I reminded

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"Yes, in two days at most, as long as the regiment commander and division commander have discussed a specific action plan, we will have to go to Shannan Prefecture in advance to report to Hao Guangwei and supervise his actions!" Xiao Li was also very anxious.

"Let's go to Wangjiang Tower first to see what's going on. Sometimes we can't just listen to what the official says," said Boss Liu. "You have to know that officials have two mouths. It's better to believe in ghosts than to believe in them!"

Several people came to the area near Wangjiang Tower and saw a crowd chatting, so we walked over to join in the fun.

When I went over and took a look, it turned out that those people were also discussing the mysterious death of Shopkeeper Huang.

People, apart from curiosity, perhaps the biggest thing is selfishness. No, as several people were talking, the topic turned to the dishes at Wangjianglou.

"Ahem, since Shopkeeper Huang is gone, I'm afraid Wangjiang Tower will be doomed. It may be difficult to eat fresh food in the future!" A man with a big belly sighed, "This Shopkeeper Huang, too

He really knows how to think of a way, his craft is something that others can’t easily learn!”
To be continued...