I'm just an ordinary Taoist priest

Chapter 251 Officer

Cheng Guanqiu led the way and led Gu Yao to the cell in the backyard of the Jingyesi government office.

It is said to be a prison cell, but it is actually a small square black room with a length of two feet and a width, which is specially used to detain ordinary people-those with cultivation are directly sealed as prisons.

Cheng Guanqiu and Gu Yao, under the command of the guards here, verified their identities, took out all the objects on their bodies and displayed them one by one before they could enter the yard.

As he entered the courtyard, he said, "Wang Yiqian's wife and seventeen concubines, four daughters and one son are all locked up here."

Wang Yigan is the escaped head of the Wang family, but Gu Yao has been suspecting that the real Wang Yigan is already dead.

"He has so many concubines, but only five children?" Gu Yao followed Cheng Guanqiu, watching him undergo the second inspection.

This time, he wanted to leave the weapons on his body, and at the same time stick handcuffs made of talisman paper on his hands and feet—after entering, if he used a spell, these talisman paper handcuffs would record the spell.

These are the rules from above, no one can be sloppy, and everyone who comes here must follow them, even if Cheng Guanqiu is the local governor, and Gu Yao is a fifth-rank "imperial envoy", he must follow the rules.

Putting down the robbery sword, showing the dirty pearls, the guards here looked at each other, and took out a black box, asking Gu Yao to take off the dirty pearls as well.

Cheng Guanqiu looked at the crystal clear white beads with envy in his eyes: "Wang Yiqian had only one wife in his early years and had three sons, but all three sons died unexpectedly. The eldest son lived the longest, but he also passed away five years ago. , was about 13 years old when he died, and this dealt a big blow to Wang Yiqian."

He recalled the classics he had read not long ago: "It was the eldest son who died of illness that made Wang Yigan's temperament change drastically. He took seventeen concubines in five years and gave birth to five more, but they were only two or three years old. .”

Hearing this, Gu Yao became even more suspicious that the one who escaped was the Taoist priest who had been recruited before.

Seeing that everything on Gu Yao's body was cleaned up, two people came and handcuffed them with talisman paper, and then opened the gate of the yard to let the two of them in.

The dark rooms are like large coffin boxes, neatly arranged in rows in the courtyard, with no windows, only a locked black door. .

The yard is not small, but it is surrounded by high walls, and only one gate has been locked with a copper lock. The two walked in at this moment, as if they had entered a cemetery, feeling very dead.

Cheng Guanqiu took out the key: "Which one will Mr. Gu start to use the Ming Soul Technique to check? I remember this technique is quite tiring. How many people will Mr. Gu plan to check?"

Gu Yao glanced at the small and silent houses: "Let's go and see Mrs. Wang first. She has been with Wang Yigan for the longest time, and she should feel the changes in Wang Yigan the most."

Cheng Guanqiu nodded, and stretched out his hand towards the east: "My lord, this way please."

When he came to a dark room in the second row, he unlocked the door and gently pushed the door. Only then did Gu Yao realize that the door could only be opened halfway. People who wanted to pass had to walk sideways.

The moment the door was opened, a black figure suddenly rushed over and slammed heavily on the doors on both sides. The man was disheveled and wailed and whimpered in a hoarse voice.

Gu Yao saw that she fell backwards after bumping into her, and hurriedly reached out to grab her clothes so that she would not fall directly on the ground, and looked at Cheng Guanqiu: "There is no light and no sound in this dark room, if she is just an innocent woman People, don't you want to drive her crazy by throwing her in like this?"

Cheng Guanqiu took half a step back, stepped aside, and said, "When I asked them before, these people didn't know anything, and they couldn't say anything about what Wang Yi did, so they were locked up here for only two hours, which is reasonable and legal. .”

Gu Yao dragged the woman out of the dark room, only to realize that she was already wearing a loose white prison uniform, disheveled, with messy hair and some water stains. He frowned and stretched out his hand into the dark room.

It was hot and dry inside the house, but there was a stream of steam.

Looking at the woman's appearance at the moment, Gu Yao looked at Cheng Guanqiu with unfriendly eyes: "Did you lynch them?"

Locking him up in a dark room is a permissible method, but the water marks and the clothes are obviously the result of Cheng Guanqiu's previous interrogation.

"These people are just ordinary people. Is it legal and reasonable for you, an official of Jingye Division, to lynch them?"

"You should know that there are many strange and absurd spells in the world. There are not a few people who distort people's hearts and blur people's intelligence. If you are hit by similar spells, it is normal to be confused and not know anything."

Gu Yao narrowed his eyes slightly: "Master Cheng, I now suspect that you and Wang Yigan are in collusion, and now deliberately abuse these possible witnesses by lynching, and want to drive them crazy before the envoy from Shangfeng arrives."

Mrs. Wang was pulled out of the room by Gu Yao, her hair was disheveled like a beggar, she knelt on the ground and hugged Gu Yao's leg, her voice was hoarse, she was obviously at the limit of her energy.

When Gu Yao said this, Cheng Guanqiu looked a little cold, but he still said: "Master Gu is joking."

That's what I said, but I still hold the key, and the family members who are locked in are released from the dark room. All of them look like Mrs. Wang, most of them are female family members, and some personal servants are also locked here. Once they were released, they hugged each other and lay down on the ground.

"Bastard, you also detain these three- and two-year-old children alone!" Gu Yao couldn't help scolding after seeing a few young children crawling out of the last few rooms.

"It's the officer who is in a hurry to solve the case, Meng Lang." After everything was released, Cheng Guanqiu came back and said with a smile on his face.

Obviously what Gu Yao said just now made him a little annoyed.

This person doesn't seem to be afraid of me reporting this matter to the public. Does he think that as long as he can solve the case, it doesn't matter?

Gu Yao looked at him like this, and after this thought floated in his mind, he lowered his head and looked at Mrs. Wang who was holding his leg.

The woman looked to be in her forties, and the traces of tears and snot were sketched randomly on her face. Looking at it like this, her energy was already reaching its limit.

It is much easier for me to use the Qingming soul technique in this state. I guess I have no resistance, but I am afraid that if it is used up, the consequences will be serious.

Gu Yao appraised her appearance and looked at Cheng Guanqiu: "You said earlier that there was a concubine with a tattoo of a ghost car, which one is it?"

Cheng Guanqiu pointed to a woman curled up at the base of the wall alone with her legs crossed.

Gu Yao reached out and pointed at Mrs. Wang's eyebrows, making her fall asleep: "Have someone fetch some warm porridge and let them relax."

Then go to the woman.

The woman looked very young, and her childishness had not completely faded away. Seeing Gu Yao walking in front of her, she raised her head and glanced at her, then immediately lowered her head and let her hair hang down.

Looking at it like this, there is nothing wrong with it. Gu Yao squatted down, and said in a gentle tone to relax her mind: "What's your name? How old are you this year?"

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"Don't be afraid, as long as you are innocent, I will definitely clear your innocence."

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Cheng Guanqiu gave orders, looked at Gu Yao asking here, and walked over slowly: "Her name is Zhao Xiaolei, her parents are farmers, she is fourteen this year, and it has been less than a year since she was brought into the mansion by Wang Yigan."

"Where is the ghost car pattern on her body?"

"Hehe, in the crotch."

Gu Yao wanted to take a look at the pattern to see if there was anything weird, but when he heard this answer, he gave up and put his hand on her head, slowly warming the woman with a wave of warmth, making her more relaxed .

Cheng Guanqiu looked at it and continued: "When I asked a female police officer to change their clothes, the female police officer found out. After interrogation, I found out that this woman was said to have Kefu's appearance, but Wang Yigan liked it very much. After getting drunk, I tattooed this pattern on her personally."

".You don't have to tell me such details."

"No, I just want to say that I found a female painter and drew the pattern. If Mr. Gu wants to see it, just look at the picture."

"I want to know if there is anything strange about the pattern, it doesn't matter if it's painted on paper or not."

Cheng Guanqiu also stopped talking, watching the woman close her eyes, the vigilance on her face slowly disappeared, as if falling asleep and falling into a sweet dream.

Immediately, Gu Yao lit a blue light on his finger, injected it into her body, closed his eyes and began to browse through her memories.

"From near to far."

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About half an hour later, Gu Yao withdrew his hand, with a strange look on his face, stood up and said, "This woman doesn't know anything, her memory hasn't been modified, it's just Wang Yi doing it, anyway, Wang Yi doing nothing. She said that thinking about it, she just came to work with her for the next generation."

Cheng Guanqiu nodded, and waved to find someone: "Take her down, find an empty room to put her in, and look after her."

Then he asked Gu Yao: "No other discoveries? Then who do you want to look at?"

Gu Yao couldn't help but give him a high look. Although this man abused lynching and had a cold face with him just now, at least he still puts the big things first, and he can't be regarded as a villainous official.

"Other discoveries. Wang Yigan is indeed not an ordinary person. He should have a cultivation base. If he doesn't have a cultivation base, there should always be someone behind him who can refine tonic for him."

"Oh?"

"Except for the few days when the woman came to Kuishui, he came every day, day and night."

Cheng Guanqiu's expression became strange, he hesitated: "That woman?"

Gu Yao said lightly: "That's why Wang Yigan dotes on that woman so much."

Feeling that the topic was not right, he looked at those women: "Except Mrs. Wang, who does Wang Yigan trust most?"

Cheng Guanqiu thought about it and shook his head: "It's all the same. According to the interrogation statement, Wang Yigan treats everyone the same, but his memory may not be accurate. In fact, who can know? The best way is to see Mrs. Wang directly."

Gu Yao looked at the sleeping Mrs. Wang, and shook her head slightly: "Her spirit is tense, and she hastily enlightened her soul. If she is lucky, she is just a fool for a while. If she is unlucky, she will not be able to wake up in this life. Let her wake up. Bar."

He looked at the children: "Who is their mother?"

"Those few."

Gu Yao went to the mothers of those children, picked the most energetic one among them, and checked carefully.

Pick another person at random and check again.

Finally, he came to the group of children again, and checked the memory of Wang Yigan's youngest son.

"Master Gu's soul is very powerful, don't you need to rest after checking four people in a row?"

Cheng Guanqiu watched Gu Yao get up and said.

Gu Yao shook his head: "Let's get these people locked up in a yard. There's no need to go to prison. I've already found the answer."

Cheng Guanqiu was taken aback: "Found it?"

Gu Yao nodded: "Then Wang Yiqian is very cautious. You noticed that the memories of these people have been changed before. In fact, it is because he has a kind of fragrance. The child can't remember it clearly, but I guess it is the fragrance of raw rhinoceros."

"That's wrong, the fragrance can make these women confused, so the memory is blurred. After Wang Yigan didn't get close to them, the memory was naturally corrected. From your point of view, it means that the memory has been changed, but in fact it's just insanity. "

"But Wang Yigan doesn't care about those women, but he cares about his son very much. Every time he sees his son, he has to take a bath. You should ask the servants to find out about this, so everything his son sees It is true, but he is young and can't speak clearly, on the contrary, he can only understand everything by using the soul search technique."

Cheng Guanqiu hurriedly asked: "Then what is the truth?"

After pondering for a moment, Gu Yao said: "Everything Wang Yiqian did was to carry on the family line. His descendants died suddenly before, and he was paying off his debts. This is what he said when he was amused with this youngest son, and sometimes he even carried him to burn incense and pray for blessings." , also said some."

"Then the ghost car, the child with this pattern only had one time in his memory. It was in the evening. When Wang Yigan hugged him, his face suddenly changed. He hugged him tightly and shouted wildly why did you come here? What do you want him to do now?" , It's a pity that the visitors couldn't see, and finally a blood group floated in from the window to protect them."

"The tree in the backyard was what the invisible visitor asked him to do. We can only be sure that Wang Yiqian got the method from the visitor to train his father, his ancestors, and the eldest son who died five years ago into a similar tree. Baojiaxian's monster, and is driven by him."

"He turned his son into that ghost thing and buried him in that dry well. It seems that he did it secretly. He had his own plan. He once held his little son and cried anxiously at night, saying that he betrayed them. Everything was for This child should still be worried about the child's death."

"There are still some things, including the magic tree in the yard and the baby in the mud. Maybe we really need to check Mrs. Wang's memory."

"Mrs. Wang once told Wang Yiqian that what happened in the backyard was almost discovered, and the two even had a fight. She really knew about it."

Cheng Guanqiu nodded again and again: "Okay, I understand, Mr. Gu, let's go to the front yard to rest."

As he said that, he picked up the boy and hurried out.

Gu Yao watched him go away, and watched the rest of the people being taken away by the detectives, and walked out slowly.

While taking back the robbery sword and Liuzhu at the door, he was thinking in his heart.

"The biggest question is, is Wang Yigan the real person? If he is the real person, then the person in the black coffin is really a Taoist priest? Why was he buried there? If he wanted to hide it, wouldn't it be better to bury him in his yard?"

Looking up at the night, he sighed.

"Don't be in a hurry, go back to the inn tonight, and visit Mrs. Wang's soul tomorrow, and give those children justice."

Leaving the government office, Jing Yin stood by the side of the road and waited.

"Awaited."

After saying hello, the two went down the road to the inn together.

Jing Yin shook her head: "Just now, the seventh-rank officer carried a child and led a large group of people out. What did you tell them?"

Go out with that boy in your arms?

Gu Yao blinked, and told the news he had found out. Before he finished speaking, papers were scattered from the sky.

He took it casually and took a look: "Tomorrow at noon, Caishikou will kill the human-thirsty devil baby."

Later, he wrote about the origin of the devil baby. Wang Yigan's son was raised by Wang Yigan's fruit poured out of human blood and flesh.

At the end of the blank paper, the people in the city were also asked not to leave the city for two days.

Jing Yin glanced around: "It seems that Master Cheng is a real official, and he wants to make up for his fault of not being able to find out about that kid with the King of Diao. It's a pity to walk on the official road of Jing Yesi. "

"I just don't know what will happen to this child in the end? If this incident happens, maybe he won't be allowed to live? After all, it's unreasonable to use innocent children as bait."

Gu Yao clenched his fist and crushed the paper in his hand: "I underestimated this seventh-rank official."

(End of this chapter)