Drunken and faintly dreaming

Following the order from Crooked Head Li, the people from Yincaosi moved quickly and surrounded the entire tavern in a moment. At this time, not even a fly could fly out. For a while, the people who were having a carnival in the tavern

The drinkers suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at each other with inexplicable fear in their eyes...

Even at this embarrassing moment for everyone, no one there would be surprised to notice that the blind old man who was sitting silently in that remote corner just now was now empty - silently.

The whereabouts of the land are unknown!

In fact, as early as about half a quarter of an hour ago, before the Crooked Carp issued the order to close the "Night Sky" tavern, Gutou, who had already predicted that he was drunk, had already pretended to be drunk and quietly left the tavern with a staggering step.

The door turned around the familiar street corner again. This blind old man, who usually had poor eyesight, actually quickly slipped into a secluded alley very quickly and disappeared in an instant...

After half past four o'clock in the morning, a ray of skylight began to appear. The proudly standing Xianglu Peak looked like a stubborn old man under the constant blowing of the cold wind in the early morning.

Under the cover of a few coniferous pines, in an inconspicuous mountain recess, there is a small Taoist temple that is not old and new. The gate of this Taoist temple is closed all year round, and there are usually very few pilgrims.

It seems mysterious and unpredictable in the eyes of the mountain people.

After a while, a dark shadow quietly came to the Taoist temple's side door facing the cliff through the faint morning light. He raised his hand and knocked gently on the door. In the middle of his breath, the thick wooden door was opened a small crack - inside

A teenage Taoist boy hurriedly came to answer the door. As soon as he met him, he immediately opened the door and welcomed him in: "Mr. Nan, are you here?"

"Well, you are Xiaotong! Is your master here?" Although the visitor called "Mr. Nan" was in a hurry, he still pretended to be relaxed and polite to Xiao Daotong.

"Yes, Master is practicing meditation at this time." Xiaotong looked back at the visitor with a slightly puzzled look, and then silently led the way.

Although the visitor looked a little old, he walked vigorously and vigorously. He was obviously a man with martial arts skills. After bypassing several corridors on the side of the Taoist temple, the visitor, led by the Taoist boy, walked through a gravel path along a

Rockery, and finally came to the outside of a house.

The little Taoist boy signaled the visitors to wait for now, and called out softly outside the door: "May I ask Master, have you rested now?"

"I was just getting ready to relax. What - are there guests?" A confident voice in the room said.

"Reporting to Master, it's old man Nan Hezi who came to visit me."

"Oh? You came so early?" The voice in the room immediately softened a lot. He paused and said, "Then, please come quickly -"

The little Taoist boy gently pushed open the door, stood beside it, stretched out his hand and made a "come in" gesture: "Mr. Nan, please come in."

Nan Hezi nodded slightly to express his gratitude, then slowly walked in.

"Haha, sorry for bothering you, Brother Mu Dao." The visitor raised his hands and gave a polite salute.

"Brother He came here late at night, there must be some unanswered questions?" The clog priest sat still, just holding up the fly whisk in his hand and giving it a bow.

"It's hard to say... But, has the Northern Tiger arrived yet?" The visitor hesitated in speaking, as if he had something to hide.

"Beihu? You're talking about Xin Laoer, right?" Taoist priest Muqi obviously didn't bother to mention Xin Zhuihu's nickname in the world.

"Yes, that's him." The visitor replied simply.

"Well, last night...Xiao Tong, when was it approximately?" Taoist priest Taoist clogs' answer seemed nonchalant.

Xiaotong, who had been standing quietly outside the door, saw her master asking, and quickly replied with a clear voice: "Master, it was around midnight at half past three."

"That's it. Xin Laoer arrived at midnight, and he should still be sleeping in the guest room now." Taoist priest Taoist Geta took a sip of tea from his cup and said slowly: "What, you want to see him?"

"Forget it, let's wait until dawn." The visitor sat down on the chair and said casually, "Thank you."

The Taoist priest didn't mind, and just said to Xiaotong: "Go to the guest room in the backyard to see if Xin Laoer is awake. When you come back, remember to make a cup of tea for the guests."

Xiaotong agreed and immediately left quickly.

Seeing that there was nothing to do for the time being, the Taoist priest of Geta began to talk with the visitors, and occasionally talked about metaphysics such as "Qi Men Dun Jia" and "Ma Yi Shen Xiang".

…

As the roosters crowed three times, the sky above Soseki Town gradually became clearer. A large group of soldiers were ordered to set up sentries and isolate the location where the murder occurred last night. Many people stood on the streets in the distance and came to watch after hearing the news.

Town residents, and some curious mountain folk with wide eyes also appeared dotted on the hillside.

After half a cup of tea, Kong Rong, the leader of the guard station, accompanied Song Che, the official who came from the prefecture office early in the morning, and brought Wu Zuo to inspect the body. Just from the dead body left at the scene, it is not difficult to see:

The death of the old man was extremely tragic - and this also shows that the murderer was extremely cruel!

Seeing this, Song Che frowned and was speechless for a long time. After arriving at the scene, a question kept swirling in his mind: What was the reason that made someone kill people so cruelly?

Because except for the dead body, there was nothing else worthy of inspection at the scene, so Song Che asked Kong Rong to tell his men to quickly arrange to collect the body. At that moment, someone took a large piece of white cloth and wrapped the body of the violent victim, and then

Carry it to an empty room and store it temporarily.

Just as he was filling in the corpse form (death result report) as usual, someone suddenly started crying outside the guard door. Song Che, who had rich experience in handling cases, immediately sensed that something was fishy and hurriedly ordered the cry

Bring the person who caused the trouble.

The man who ran to the guardhouse crying and making trouble claimed to be a nearby mountain man, and his name was Qiu Laosi. Just now, Qiu Laosi, who was among the crowd watching the excitement, was very surprised to find: He died tragically for no reason last night

The person under the sentry tower turned out to be his brother Qiu Laoliu! After being shocked by this situation, Qiu Laosi suddenly felt that the world was spinning in front of his eyes, and he almost fainted...

As soon as the news spread, other people who knew him were also confused. They could not believe it - how could Qiu Laoliu, who was usually honest and good-natured, suddenly suffer such a tragedy? For a time, in Soseki Town and the surrounding mountain villages,

People everywhere are talking about such a strange thing, and at the same time, all kinds of exaggerated opinions and even rumors are spreading...

In the view of Song Che, a prosecutor with rich experience in handling cases, this bizarre and mysterious case in Soseki Town is indeed becoming more and more confusing and full of strange phenomena - how to properly investigate the case and appease the people is really

There are many unknown variables in it!