Chapter 157 The strange corpse with separated corpses
The junction of Wuzhou Prefecture and Cangshan Prefecture.
It is also the crossing point between the Wushan Ridge branch and the Cang'er Mountain branch.
There is a small town outside the mountains.
It's called Jinsha Town.
It is said that in the early days, this town was originally a temporary gathering place for people who went into the mountains to log trees, hunt, collect herbs, and quarry people. Later, as more and more people gathered, it gradually became prosperous and slowly developed into what it is today.
Jinsha Town.
Sands Town is not rich in gold.
The reason why the people originally gave the town this name means that the reason why everyone gathered here in the first place was to dig for gold to support their families.
On this day, a group of people came from outside Jinsha Town.
This group consists of three people.
They are two Taoist priests, one old and one young.
Plus a middle-aged man with a big belly.
The young Taoist priest was wearing a five-color Taoist robe, a pair of Shifang shoes on his feet, and a Taoist nine-turban on his head.
This young Taoist priest is naturally Jin An.
Ever since Jin An started wearing the Taoist Nine Scarves, he had some nondescript shawl hair that was either long or short. After putting his hair up and wearing the Nine Scarves, he finally no longer had people staring at his hair in embarrassment.
Among the remaining two people, they are naturally the old Taoist priest and Li Weiwei, who is determined to go to Wutou Village to become the Corpse King.
Since they found clues about Wutou Village through the Xue family a few days ago, and after seeing that the eldest young lady of the Xue family and the old lady of the Xue family were all fine the next day, they set out directly to find Wutou Village.
Although the eldest young master of the Xue family is most likely in danger at this time, if he takes people's money, he must do good things for the patron's family, and he must see the person in life and his body in death.
actually.
The accompanying old Taoist priest and Li Huwei knew it very well.
The reason why Jin An was so determined to come to Wutou Village this time was probably because he wanted to find Yu Youzi, a Taoist priest from Wu Zang Temple who was killed in Wutou Village, and then bury his body.
Rest in peace.
To avoid becoming a lonely ghost in the wilderness.
Jin An looked up at the sky. It was getting dark. It was not a good time to go into the mountains today, so they planned to go to Jinsha Town to stay overnight.
Wait until you get up early tomorrow to go into the mountains and look for the hanging road.
The atmosphere in Jinsha Town today was tense. Before we even arrived at Jinsha Town, we encountered several interrogations by government officials and local warriors along the way. Two portraits of wanted criminals were posted at the city gate.
Upon inquiry, it turned out that there were two wanted criminals who committed murder without blinking an eye. They recently fled to Jinsha Town and committed consecutive murders. They fled into the nearby mountains yesterday.
In order to prevent the two wanted criminals from returning and fighting back to Jinsha Town, the local officials were at war with each other, arresting people and searching everywhere.
The three of them lined up to wait to enter the city, and soon it was their turn. Jin An and the old Taoist priest had Taoist discs, and Guard Li also had a guide, so they did not encounter any trouble when they entered the city to check their identities.
After the soldiers guarding the city gate checked the documents of the three people, they did not immediately let them go. Next, there were two little Taoist priests who were 17 or 18 years old and had been exposed to wind and rain all year round. Their skin was slightly rough and dark, and they wanted to check the three people's documents.
Whites of eyes.
Then he handed out a jug of wine for the three of them to drink.
"Sanyang wine?"
Jin An and the old Taoist priest immediately smelled the strong smell of medicinal herbs emanating from the wine pot.
"This Taoist brother has a good nose, and this bottle of wine is indeed Sanyang wine. Taoist priest, Taoist brother, I have offended you so much. I hope you will be considerate. Please cooperate with the government and drink a bowl of Sanyang wine."
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Perhaps it was because of their companionship, or perhaps because Jin An and the old Taoist priests could smell the Sanyang wine at once, but the attitude of the two young Taoist priests who were 17 or 18 years old opposite them became much more respectful.
Wine can dispel qi, while Sanyang wine purifies yang and is specially used to drive away evil spirits.
Jin An pondered.
It seems that evil things have been going on in Jinsha Town recently. The purpose of checking the whites of people's eyes is to check whether there are black marks of evil spirits in order to prevent evil people from sneaking into the town and harming people.
Jin An has been with the old Taoist priests for so long, and he has long been familiar with these methods of exorcising evil spirits and identifying evil spirits.
When Jin An expressed his thoughts, he received a positive reply from the two young Taoist priests opposite him.
"When we talk about this, we have to start after entering the rainy season."
The person who spoke was a thin little Taoist priest with an active personality. Jin An already knew that his name was Zhao Youcai.
He is a junior brother.
The other little Taoist priest, who is shy and more honest, is his elder brother, his name is Sun Ping. Sun Ping is not as lazy and playful as Zhao Youcai. He is diligently feeding Sanyang wine to other people entering the city and checking the whites of their eyes for abnormalities.
They are all locals of Jinsha Town, and their master is a Taoist named Tiejuan from the morgue in the town.
Zhao Youcai continued: "Most of the people in Jinsha Town are hunters, medicine collectors, stone quarryers, lumberjacks, etc. who rely on the mountains to make a living. Therefore, many people go to the mountains to make a living on weekdays."
"Originally, this has always been peaceful in the past."
"But since the rainy season this year, as long as it rains, there will be a few people who go into the mountains and never return. When their relatives find them, they are found to have been circling in circles, shouting no matter what.
I wouldn't wake up until I fainted from exhaustion, then I would wake up early the next morning and return to normal."
"Even the hunters and herb gatherers who have not been found will come back on their own the next day, claiming that they have been wandering in the mountains all night and cannot get out no matter how hard they walk. They will not be able to get out of the mountains until the next day."
"This incident has become so loud that no one dares to go into the mountains anymore in the past few days. The only ones who went into the mountains were the two wanted criminal brothers who fled into the mountains. People in Jinsha Town said that this was someone who died in the mountains before.
People helped collect the corpse, so he died for a long time, and his resentment accumulated, and he gradually became a mandrill that harmed people."
"So how many people have been killed?" Jin An asked curiously.
Zhao Youcai shook his head and said that was not the case. Let alone someone being killed, it was a miracle that he was not snatched away by hungry tigers, wild bears and wolves in the mountains all night long.
His master said that the mountain ghost who died in the mountain was just trying to find his way to the mountain and did not harm people's hearts. If people do not harm people's hearts, ghosts will naturally not knock on the door to harm you.
Mountains are shady places. Because the canopy of trees blocks the sky and the sun is blocked, there is not enough sunshine, and there are many canyons and basins. Therefore, these places are low-lying places where it is extremely easy for yin energy to accumulate, and it is easy for evil things to happen.
But no one can tell, if this evil spirit really follows people out of the mountains, will it start to harm others?
So the town invited the only Taoist priest in the town to go into the mountains to find traces of the evil spirits.
But to no avail.
And recently, they happened to encounter two wanted murderers who escaped near Jinsha Town, so they had no choice but to return to the town first and put a strict defense on them to keep the people of Jinsha Town safe.
Hence the situation before us.
They are responsible for checking the people entering the city one by one for any abnormalities.
At this time, because the night was dark, the city gates were about to be closed. The number of people entering the city suddenly increased, and Sun Ping alone was too busy. Zhao Youcai hurriedly ran to help his senior brother.
Afterwards, Jin An and his party entered the city.
When the three of them passed through the city gate, they saw a small room in the city gate, which was a resting place for the soldiers guarding the city gate.
Sitting cross-legged in the small room was a middle-aged Taoist priest who was beardless and was practicing meditation with his eyes closed.
It seems that this is the Taoist priest in the morgue, Taoist Iron Volume.
The other party seemed to sense Jin An's gaze.
Close your eyes.
He nodded slightly and gave a fist-cup salute to Jin An and the old Taoist priest who were also wearing Taoist robes, which was regarded as a friendly greeting.
Jin An and the old Taoist priest also clasped their hands, crossed each other's mouth, left hand on the right, like a yin and yang diagram, and saluted each other.
This is the etiquette for the secular encounter between Taoist friends.
Li Huwei also performed a secular fist-holding salute towards Taoist Tiejuan.
Not long after entering Jinsha Town, the sky darkened. Not long after, Xiejian sneaked into the town and followed the codes Jin An left along the way. He successfully reunited with Jin An and the others and stayed at the inn.
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A night of silence.
The next day.
The four people in Jin'an got up and were having breakfast at the inn. Suddenly, the people of Jinsha Town all hurriedly ran towards the city gate.
"Everyone, go to the city gate quickly. The bodies of two brothers, Wang Haichuan and Wang Haifu, the wanted murderers, have been found!"
"It was Taoist Tiejuan's master and apprentice who found it!"
"The Wang brothers, who have committed many crimes, deserved their punishment and finally got their retribution!"
"The two Wang brothers, who are masters of martial arts, were killed at the hands of Taoist Tiejuan's master and apprentice!"
What!
The Wang brothers were finally killed?
The people in Jinsha Town were all excited. They beat gongs and drums, cheered and ran around telling each other.
Even the diners who were having breakfast in the inn were deserted as soon as possible. Everyone followed the people on the street and ran to the city gate to watch the bodies of the two Wang brothers.
Where can I afford to eat?
They were all afraid that if they arrived late, they would not be able to get a good seat to view the bodies of the Wang brothers.
This pair of Wang brothers committed crimes on the run, committing murder and robbery, committing all kinds of crimes, and carrying dozens of lives in their hands. Not only the people of Jinsha Town hated them, but in many places in Wuzhou Prefecture, they kidnapped and killed merchants and wealthy young men.
Madam, you have a bad reputation.
The streets were filled with cheers, excitement, applause, and people spitting and cursing the Wang brothers for killing them well. All the people in the town ran to the city gate to watch the corpses of the Wang brothers. In a short time, the streets were filled with people.
Food is the most important thing for the people.
The sky is the limit and the earth is full. The greatest thing is eating.
The four people in Jin'an didn't get up until they finished their breakfast and went to the city gate to watch the excitement.
At this time, Jinsha Town was crowded with people and the streets were empty, but it avoided the chaos of crowds.
only.
When the four people arrived outside the city, they found that the place was already overcrowded. The people of Jinsha Town surrounded the bodies of the Wang brothers six floors inside and six floors outside.
Even the nearby tree crowns were crowded with people watching the fun.
Looking at the branches that were bent under the weight, Jin An was really worried that those branches would snap and cause a stampede.
Suddenly, Jin'an, who was standing at the outermost edge, saw government officials and Xiangyong pushing several carts of lychee tree branches outside the crowd.
Then these government officials and village heroes pushed the people away, and the people gave way one after another for fear of bumping into these officials.
Jin'an was sharpening his sword, and Li Weiwei had practiced martial arts and had a strong body. He took the opportunity to follow these Yamen Xiangyong and squeeze into the crowd.
The frail old Taoist priest also quickly followed the three of them.
A few people used their strength to push their way to the front of the crowd, and finally saw the bodies of the two Wang brothers. The two brothers died miserably.
The bodies were separated.
"Taoist Master Tiejuan doesn't do anything. Once he does it, it's a craniotomy hand, and the corpses are separated directly..." The old Taoist priest saw the two heads placed next to the two headless corpses, and felt that Tiejuan looked very kind yesterday.
Taoist priest Juan didn't realize that in addition to being a Taoist priest, he was also a martial arts master who was decisive and decisive.
"Huh?"
The old Taoist priest looked carefully at the two heads next to the corpse and suddenly made a sound of surprise.
Not only the old Taoist priests saw the abnormality in the two heads, Jin An, Chi Jian, and Li Huwei also saw the abnormality.
The death appearance of the Wang brothers was a bit gruesome. Their eyes were wide open, their faces were ashen, and veins protruded from their faces. Their eyes were wide open and full of strange black threads.
But the strangest thing is not this. Both heads showed signs of advanced decay, and they looked like they had been dead for ten and a half days.
However, the body showed no signs of decay.
Jin An looked at the several carts of lychee tree branches brought from the Yamen, his eyes showing deep thought.
He finally understood.
Why didn't the Yamen transport the bodies into the city, but cremated them on the spot outside the city? The deaths of these wanted murderers were probably not man-made.
But I was unlucky enough to meet a mountain ghost in the mountains, who was very sinister.
"Taoist Jin An, Taoist Chen, didn't you say that these two wanted criminal brothers just escaped into the mountains the day before yesterday? Why do you see that the degree of decomposition of the head is completely different from that of the body?"
Guard Li asked in a low voice.
Just as Li Huwei was asking questions, everyone saw Sun Ping and Zhao Youcai, who were familiar with them yesterday, and a few helpers approaching several carriages with lychee tree branches piled up, intending to carry lychees.
The branches of the trees were used to cremate the bodies during the day.
"Little Taoist Master."
"Little Taoist Master."
Li Weiwei, who easily gave people the image of a big fat man who was tolerant, kind, and easy to talk to, waved to the pair of brothers and asked what was going on with the two corpses.
When the brothers saw that it was Jin An and his party, they moved slowly and lazily while explaining the reason in a low voice.
As expected, the Wang brothers were not killed by their master and apprentice.
After the city gate was closed under the curfew yesterday, Taoist Master Tiejuan took his two apprentices and several local warriors with him, planning to visit the mountain again.
It just rained in the mountains the day before yesterday, which is when the evil spirits in the mountains are most active. Maybe in the past two days, we will encounter the evil spirits that have been getting louder and louder recently.
As a result, the bodies of the wanted criminals were accidentally found.
However, when they found the body, the two men were not normal at all. They kept walking back and forth on a steep cliff road, as if they were in a ghostly fantasyland and couldn't get out.
Taoist priest Tie Juan and others originally wanted to set up an ambush to capture the two of them alive, and then lead them out of the illusion of ghosts beating the wall.
Unexpectedly, Taoist Master Tiejuan had just taken action to fish the two people out of the ghost wall and lead them out of the cliff road. As a result, the moment they woke up, their bodies were separated and their heads fell to the ground.
Cliff road?
The eyes of the old Taoist priest and Li Huwei were filled with joy. What do you mean, they brought you pillows as soon as they fell asleep, and it took no effort to get them?
The two people quickly asked the brothers in front of them carefully what the cliff road looked like? Where was its specific location?
After hearing the description, it was said that the cliff road was very steep and difficult to walk. It was difficult to even drop half a human foot from the narrowest point. It was a fault zone at the junction of Wushan Ridge and Cang'er Mountain. Several people finally determined that this was not the
The hanging road they have been looking for!
But the old Taoist priest immediately became worried again.
How does this look like the fierce ghost in the Headless Village has emerged from its cage and begun to run out and affect the hanging road?
The reactions of Li Huwei and the old Taoist priest were exactly the opposite.
The devil is out?
He was cheerful.
Next, a group of four people decided to go into the mountain immediately while it was still early, before Taoist Master Tiejuan could cremate the bodies of the Wang brothers.
It is estimated that the headless corpses will not be cremated in the iron scroll road for a short period of time before the sun rises three poles, when the yang energy of heaven and earth is at its strongest.
Soon after.
When the four people returned to the inn to check out and retrieve their luggage, they crashed into the vast mountains and disappeared into the depths of the lush forest.