White Bone Monkey King

The Zhang Hu brothers did not have to stay on duty tonight. They went home early after work to spend time with their parents.

The eldest brother's name is Zhang Hu, and the younger brother's name is Zhang Bao.

The parents hope that the brothers will be strong and strong, and that they will be free from illness and disaster in their lives.

The two brothers did live up to their parents' expectations. Because they were strong and strong since they were young, when they grew up, they both entered the yamen to get a job and earned a job as an official.

Summer is sultry and people don't fall asleep so quickly. After dinner, they helped their parents wash the dishes. The two brothers sat in the yard with their parents, eating watermelon to quench their thirst and chatting about homely matters.

Seeing that there is watermelon to eat here, the neighbors also come over to eat watermelon, and it suddenly becomes lively and noisy. Everyone can't sleep because of the hot weather.

Brothers Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao work as errands in the Fucheng Yamen. Their monthly salary is not bad, and they are generous to their neighbors. When they see the uncles and aunts who have watched their brothers grow up as guests, they are also enthusiastic about cutting watermelons.

The civil curfew is a curfew on the movement of people from city to city, and there is no restriction on the door-to-door exchange between neighbors.

When there are more people, there are more topics to talk about, and everyone starts chatting all over the place.

"Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao, haven't you caught that wanted criminal who has been causing trouble all over the city recently?" asked the neighbor's uncle, waving a cattail leaf fan, curiously.

The eldest brother, Zhang Hu, had a calm personality and said with a polite smile: "Uncle Li, you know that before the case is solved, the government regulations strictly prohibit disclosing the details of the case to the outside world."

Uncle Li's words were immediately denounced by other neighbors, saying that he inquired about everything and wanted to kill Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao. Uncle Li hurriedly apologized to everyone, claiming that he was wrong. He also cared about the brothers Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao. If the wanted criminals were caught early and the case was closed early, the brothers would not have to face danger.

Zhang Bao, who was more impatient, blurted out: "If we really encounter a wanted criminal, my brother and I will not need to take action. We will find Taoist Master Jin'an from Wu Zang Taoist Temple."

As soon as Zhang Bao finished speaking, he realized that something was wrong. Sure enough, the villagers all looked at him suspiciously, and then they started discussing why it was necessary to go to the Taoist priest to catch a wanted criminal. Could it be that this wanted criminal was not an ordinary person? people?

Zhang Hu glared at his younger brother, and then repeated the same sentence to the neighbors: "Until the case is solved, the government stipulates that it is strictly prohibited to disclose the details of the case to the outside world. I hope that my fellow villagers will understand."

Fortunately, these neighbors are easy to talk to, so they took the initiative to skip this topic, and then started to discuss another matter: "Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao, do you know Taoist Jin'an from Wu Zang Taoist Temple?"

Seeing the brothers nodding, the discussions among the elders and aunties became louder and they were full of energy.

"I didn't expect Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao to know Taoist Jin'an. Please tell Auntie about Taoist Jin'an. Is Taoist Jin'an really as good as the teahouse storyteller?"

Another neighbor also asked with interest: "I can't tell you the details of the case. You can always talk to us neighbors about the matter of Taoist Jin'an. Is it true that it is said that Taoist Jin'an is not a local? Mr. Jin'an has just arrived. Our Jiangzhou Prefecture has solved strange cases one after another, which is really a blessing to our Jiangzhou Prefecture, such as the case of a poisonous woman biting her son, the case of covering the coffin to frame the blame, the case of making animals and abducting people, which one is not a strange case, Taoist priest Jin'an is simply A man of God.”

As Jin An became famous in Jiangzhou Prefecture, many of his deeds in Jiangzhou Prefecture had already been spread among the people, so these neighbors were so keen to inquire about Jin An's detailed deeds.

"The cases you guys mentioned are all true. Taoist Jin'an is more than just a god. He has great abilities. He is like a living god descending to earth!" Zhang Bao, who was still impatient this time, spoke with admiration on his face. , after saying that, he muttered in his heart, if he hadn't promised to Taoist Jin'an to use the corpse exorcism technique to help the abducted children who died in a foreign land find their way home, use the resurrection technique to resurrect the dead and take the opportunity to interrogate the wanted criminals, which one would not be Many people would not believe this earth-shattering magic spell.

Zhang Bao once again admired Jin An from the bottom of his heart. He was obviously capable of reaching heaven, but he secluded himself from the public life and did not seek fame or fortune. This was the true master of the outside world and the true man of Taoism.

"Then it is also true to say that "The Taoist Priest of Jin'an warmed up the wine and broke the nightmare-haunted case of the tea merchant's wife in Liangji" and "The Case of the Ghost Girl in the Taoist Cottage of Jin'an"?" Uncle Li, who was shaking his cattail leaf fan, his eyes lit up.

Zhang Hu: "?"

Zhang Bao: "?"

Zhang Bao was serious about clearing Jin An's name: "These are false. They were lies fabricated by the proprietress of the Liang Ji tea merchant who deliberately took advantage of the popularity of Taoist Jin An. The purpose was to take the opportunity to hype her Liang Ji tea."

Uncle Li didn't believe it: "But there are many detailed details in the book and there are illustrations. It doesn't look like it's fake."

Zhang Bao looked at Uncle Li speechlessly, who was still struggling with only a handful of hair on his head: "Uncle Li, are you sure you are reading a serious book and not a roadside stand-up book?"

Ahem, Uncle Li blushed and said with an embarrassed expression that maybe I remembered it wrong.

Everyone saw that Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao really knew Jin An, and they praised the two brothers for becoming more and more promising. They could even recognize such a worldly master as Taoist Jin An, and then asked the brothers to choose some real deeds of Jin An to tell everyone. explain.

The brothers couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the villagers, so they selected a few details of the case that had not been released to the outside world to satisfy their fellow villagers.

After listening to the details of the poisonous woman biting her son case, the coffin-covered case, and the animal-making and human-trafficking case, everyone was still unsatisfied. Someone mentioned the murder case of the Caotai Opera Troupe half a month ago and asked brothers Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao to talk about that time. In the scene, Taoist priest Jin An was also present at the time. Did he get the news in advance and was there any strange case to be solved?

That incident involved clues such as Shi Zhiping and Bulaoshan. Brothers Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao once again rejected the case on the grounds that the case had not yet been solved.

While we were chatting lively about Jin An, a few frightened screams suddenly appeared, breaking the calm of the night.

Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao subconsciously stood up and looked around with vigilance due to professional habits: "There's something going on! Where did the scream come from?"

"Could there be a murder?"

But the scream only sounded once, and then it died down, and the brothers had difficulty distinguishing their location for a while.

Even the neighbors had different opinions. Some said it came from the west end, while others said it came from the east end. The scream came suddenly and disappeared inexplicably. No one could hear specifically where it came from.

Just at this moment, several hurried figures appeared at the corner of the street. They were several servants, and they went straight to Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao's house with panic-stricken expressions.

"Brother Zhang, our master is dead!" the servant shouted in panic.

Zhang Hu recognized that these servants were from the Yu Mansion in the same city. Seeing the panic on their faces, he was moved. He was afraid that this man died strangely, so he asked in a deep voice: "How did Mr. Yu die?"

However, the servants hesitated and refused to say anything. They only said that the housekeeper asked them to come over to invite people.

Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao didn't have any unnecessary nonsense. They went back to the house, took their sabers, told their parents to rest early and didn't have to wait for the brothers tonight, and then hurriedly left home with the servants of the Yu Mansion.

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On the way to Yu Mansion with the servants of Yu Mansion, Zhang Hu handed Zhang Bao a yellow talisman.

Zhang Bao was confused: "Brother, this time we just encountered an accident at Mr. Yu's house, and we didn't go out to handle a case. Why did you bring the evil-proof charm that Master Chen drew for us?"

Zhang Hu replied calmly: "Be more prepared and be prepared."

As soon as the brothers arrived at Yu Mansion, they saw a chaos in Yu Mansion. The brothers were received by the old housekeeper of Yu Mansion.

What happened in Yu Mansion that night was a bit complicated. The old housekeeper couldn't explain it for a while, so he took Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao directly to the room where the incident occurred.

Before entering the room, the first thing I smelled was the strong smell of blood.

Blood flowed all over the room, as if a person had been exposed to blood. The bedding on the bed was soaked red with blood, and the scarlet color was particularly dazzling.

The old housekeeper pointed under the quilt with trembling fingers.

Zhang Bao, the younger brother of the two brothers, acted the most recklessly. Without thinking, he used the scabbard to open the quilt. Under the quilt was a pile of bloody bones left after all the flesh and blood had been eaten.

Hiss!

Even though they had seen many murder cases, the brothers still couldn't help but gasp and feel chills on their backs.

The old housekeeper, trembling with fear, spoke of the cause of the matter——

Mr. Yu has recently married a concubine. He has been having sex every night for several days. Tonight Mr. Yu is still sleeping with his concubine Xina. When the servant passed by the room, he smelled an unusual smell of blood. He stood outside the door and called several times but no one answered. The servant hurriedly found the old housekeeper. As soon as he opened the door, he saw the horrific corpses on the bed.

Zhang Hu briefly inspected the bones and frowned: "The person who died was not Mr. Yu. The bones on the bed were more slender and belonged to a woman. The person who died should be Mr. Yu's new concubine. Moreover, the number of bones on the bed was wrong. , based on simple calculations based on the arm bones, legs, and pelvic bones, there is only one skeleton and no bones of Master Yu. Where did Master Yu go?"

The old housekeeper was startled: "It's not our master who died?"

As the old housekeeper changed, he quickly said: "Not only is our master missing, there are two maids who were originally guarding the door, and those two maids are also missing."

Zhang Bao: "Brother, this corpse seems to be missing a head."

"Have any of you touched the bones on the bed? Why is the head missing?"

The old housekeeper was shocked and said that he had never seen anyone die so miserably in his life. How dare he touch someone? After he asked his servants to cover them with quilts, he drove everyone out of the room. There was absolutely no chance of death before the brothers came. The person took half a step into the room.

The two brothers looked at each other solemnly.

Just when the two of them approached the bed and prepared to carefully investigate the details of the deceased, suddenly, the evil amulet they carried with them spontaneously ignited without fire.

"Brother, what's going on? Could it be that Mr. Yu's case is involved in another case?" His younger brother Zhang Bao was surprised and took out the evil amulet that was still burning.

At the same time, he looked at his eldest brother with admiration. Fortunately, his eldest brother asked him to bring the evil-proof charm painted by Daochang Chen in advance.

Zhang Hu frowned and said solemnly: "The evil talisman reacted. Master Yu's matter is probably related to the evil spirit. This matter is beyond the scope of our brothers' abilities. We can only trouble Daoist Jin'an and Daoist Chen again. ."

Just at this time, a servant ran out of breath and came to the old housekeeper: "Butler, housekeeper, two Taoist priests came outside the door. They claimed to be from Wu Zang Taoist Temple. An old Taoist priest was surnamed Chen, and a young Taoist priest was surnamed Jin. They asked , ask us...has anyone in the mansion been in mourning recently?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao hurriedly ran out of the Yu Mansion. Sure enough, they saw a familiar figure, with a happy face: "Taoist Jin'an, Taoist Chen, why are you here?"

The old Taoist priest who was holding the Luo Geng Jade Plate towards Yu Mansion heard a familiar voice. He looked up and saw the two brothers Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao. He also showed a surprised expression: "Why are your brothers here too?"