Lord of Earth Fiend

Chapter 117
In the woman's excited narration, Chen Jin heard a story:
It was more than 30 years ago. There was a girl named Wu Aifang in Wushan Village. She was beautiful and beautiful, but her family was poor.

Different from ordinary country girls, Wu Aifang is ambitious and wants to marry a good man and marry into the city.

One day, a young man from the city came out to play and stayed overnight in Wushan Village. He fell in love with Wu Aifang, and with only a few tricks, he hooked up with him and committed a feud.

This young master's surname is Wang, a descendant of the Wang family, and a student of Jinling College in Jiangzhou Prefecture, and has been awarded the title of scholar.He said in a rhetorical way that as long as he wins the exam, he will come to marry Wu Aifang and start.

The girl believed it.

After a night of romance, Prince Wang left the next day and never came back.

But Wu Aifang's belly was getting bigger and bigger day by day.

When something like this happened, it would naturally provoke scolding from parents and all kinds of gossip.

Then Wu Aifang's father brought his daughter into the city, and wanted to find the prince responsible, but the prince turned his face on him and asked the servants to beat the father and daughter out with sticks. Wu Aifang's father even had his leg broken.

Desperately returning to the village, Wu Aifang directly chose to throw herself into the well under grief and desperation, killing two people.

Speaking of this, Mother Wu's face was terrified: "When the body was picked up, it was so swollen that it was almost impossible to recognize anyone."

Back then, she married Wu Shancun not long ago, and because of her similar age, she had many contacts with Wu Aifang.

Chen Jin asked, "Where was he buried later?"

Wu's mother sighed: "Ah Fang's situation is not allowed to enter the ancestral hall. His father wrapped the body in a straw mat, found a place in the wild, dug a pit and buried it. But after a few days, the grave was unknown. It was gouged open by some beast, dragged away and eaten, and there was nothing left."

Chen Jin suddenly asked: "Are you sure you dug it from the outside, not from the inside?"

Mother Wu's face turned pale: "What do you mean?"

Chen Jin didn't say much, some things don't need to be said too clearly, it will scare people: "Then what happened later?"

Mother Wu thought for a while: "That's how it happened. For so many years, nothing else happened until my son..."

When mentioning his son, tears fell again uncontrollably.

Chen Jin was silent, already somewhat certain in his heart.

This is a clichéd and sad story, but it meets the conditions for the formation of evil spirits.Wu Aifang was born and died here, and her ghost lingers, but she has no choice but to leave Wushan Village and go to the city to seek justice from the prince.

He wandered around in the village, and as time passed, his obsession did not decrease, but became more and more fierce.

But these obsessions have nothing to do with the villagers, so they have lived in peace for many years.

It wasn't until Wu Shoutian passed the examination as a scholar and married his bride.

This incident immediately stimulated Wu Aifang, so she began to cause trouble.

Of course, so far, these are all Chen Jin's inferences. As for whether it is true, the case can only be concluded after the case is solved.

The first task is to find Wu Aifang's hiding place.

This place will not be a graveyard in the wild, but...

After a while, Chen Jin came to the corner in the south of the village.

The place is hard to find. There used to be a well here with clear and delicious water, but because of an accident, it has been abandoned. It is covered with a large stone strip and surrounded by weeds. If you don’t pay attention, you can’t tell it’s a well.

The importance of water wells to a village is self-evident, but larger villages often have more than one well.

Wu Aifang fell into the well and died in such a miserable condition. How could the villagers dare to come here to fetch water?

As for the covering of the wellhead with stone strips, it is probably intended to "suppress" it and seek safety.

But obviously, it didn't work at all.

If after Wu Aifang's death, able Taoist priests or monks could be found to perform a ritual to save the souls of the dead, then Wu Aifang might not have become an evil spirit.But her family is not well-off, and the situation is like this. When she was buried, she didn't even have a thin coffin, so how could she do anything?

As time passed, Wu Aifang's parents also passed away, and the village has long forgotten about this matter.

If Chen Jin hadn't mentioned it on purpose, Wu's mother would not have remembered it.

However, the officers of the Patrol Department who came to investigate the case before did not understand the relevant situation. From this, it can be seen that although the Jiangzhou Prefecture Police Department's yamen is bright and bright, the level of the people doing things is not very high.

Not surprisingly, warriors are easy to get, monks are hard to find, even if there are, they are some wandering monks, and their business is definitely not professional.

In fact, for the patrol department, they are more willing to deal with disputes in the rivers and lakes than to do evil things.

One is a living person, and the other is a ghost that cannot be understood by common sense. Comparing the two, the danger is not at the same level.

Thinking back to when Xing Tutou was arrested, it was because the people from the Weiyuan Escort Bureau didn't tell the truth at the beginning, that's why they got the point.

The people sent by the Patrol Division went around, and then went back to report that it couldn't be done, so it was listed as an unsolved case, and then released, there will be wandering arrests who are not afraid of death...

But how powerful is the general wandering catch?

Chen Jin observed around the abandoned well first, and then he was about to move the stone away, when someone shouted urgently: "Wait a minute, this official, the stone cannot be moved."

Looking back, he saw an old man on crutches, with two young and strong villagers beside him.

"I am Wu Aping, the head of the local village, and I have met the official."

Chen Jin asked, "Why can't we move?"

Wu Aping said: "This is a vicious well, suppressing innocent souls. Once the stone is removed, the innocent souls will rush out and bring disaster to the village."

Chen Jin changed the topic: "My colleagues came to handle the case before, how did they do it?"

"They, when they came to the village, asked questions, walked around, and even fought, saying they wanted to compare themselves."

"Fight?"

Chen Jin was taken aback, this situation was unexpected.

"Yes, the fight was so fierce that we didn't dare to come up to dissuade us."

Wu Aping spread his hands: "It is said that they are going to fight for a reward."

Chen Jin: "..."

I suddenly understood in my heart.

There was only one task, and there were three groups of people who received the order. They met unexpectedly in the village, had a quarrel, and then started fighting.It's nothing more than keeping the winners and leaving the losers.

It can only be said that a temporary worker is a temporary worker, full of gangsters, and the rules follow the way of the rivers and lakes.

Then asked: "And then?"

"After a fight, they broke up and left the village. Some ran away, and some ran up the mountain."

There are mountains near Wushan Village, with rolling hills and dense forests.

Those who went up the mountain probably thought that evil spirits were on the mountain.

At this point, Chen Jin finally knew the whereabouts of the three groups of wandering arresters, and he was not harmed by evil spirits.Presumably, their arrival could not stimulate Wu Aifang's obsession, and the other party would not show up.But no one came back from the yamen, subconsciously thought that something unexpected happened, so he warned Chen Jin, after all, it was out of good intentions.

Chen Jin suddenly shouted: "Why didn't you tell them about the ominous well?"

Wu Aping was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Those officials didn't ask about it, and it has been decades since this happened, and everything has been safe and sound. The stones at the mouth of the well are all in good condition, which is enough to show that the evil spirits have not escaped."

People's cognition determines their thinking. In those days, Wu Aifang's matter was a scandal in the village, and the villagers were reluctant to talk about it. At the same time, they thought that if a person died, he would die. Seal the well and it would be over.If the officials of the yamen are informed, they will definitely come here to make trouble. Who knows if there will be any troubles?

If one is not good, it may even lead to the suspicion of murder and mutilation of corpses.

This is not alarmist talk, the tolerance soap slaves are doing everything they can to make a fool of themselves.

Therefore, one thing more is worse than one thing less, which has always been the survival philosophy of ordinary people.

Chen Jin came here after learning about it from Wu's mother.

Wu Aping heard the news and rushed over to try to dissuade him.

Chen Jin chuckled, "If there's anything wrong, you'll have to check it out. The village chief can rest assured that the stone will be removed. After the inspection, it can be built back."

Wu Aping hurriedly said: "But Zhou Banxian said back then that this stone is a soul-suppressing stone, and it is not allowed to be moved easily. As long as it is moved, the magic circle will show its flaws and lose its effect."

"Zhou Banxian?"

Chen Jin couldn't help laughing. No matter what kind of person he was, he could tell at a glance that this stone was an ordinary stone. As for the magic circle and the like, it was even more nonsense, and it didn't exist at all.

It is certain that the so-called Zhou Banxian is just a bluffing and deceitful stick.There is a "Lu Banxian" in Gaozhou Mansion, and there is a "Zhou Banxian" in Jiangzhou Mansion. There must be other half-immortals.

In the market, such characters emerge in endlessly, and they can always get a bite to eat.

Chen Jin didn't bother to explain to the old village chief, and was about to lift the stone, and there was a sound of rattling, and someone rushed over.

He was a tall and thin man, wearing a bamboo hat, a short shirt, and a pair of sandals on his feet, which were worn out in many places and looked tattered.

With a knife in his waist, he was running vigorously. He came quickly and shouted to Chen Jin: "What kind of bird are you, you dare to come and steal my business."

When he raised his head to speak, he revealed a face with scars on his cheeks, which looked very vicious.

Wu Aping recognized him, and quickly called out: "I met Uncle Guan, have you come back from the mountain?"

Uncle Guan snorted: "I searched on the mountain for two or three days, but I found nothing. It was a waste of time. Fortunately, I came back in time, otherwise I would be robbed of the business."

Chen Jin smiled and said, "Your Excellency is a wanderer?"

"of course."

Uncle Guan showed a bronze medal majestically.

"Unfortunately, me too."

Chen Jin also revealed his identity.

Uncle Guan sneered and said, "How capable are you that you dare to accept this bounty?"

Chen Jin asked: "I heard that there are two groups of wandering arresters who will compete with you. If they lose, they will give up."

Uncle Guan immediately straightened his chest: "The rules of our wandering arrests, we must rely on real skills to grab orders. Now that you have heard about it, why don't you leave wisely?"

Chen Jin smiled: "Why don't we compete?"

"Okay, I'll let you lose heartily."

Uncle Guan's voice was loud, and he drew the saber with his backhand, swiftly and violently.

However, he only pulled out half of the knife, and the tip of the knife was still in the scabbard. His throat felt cold, and his skin immediately felt a slight pain from being pricked by needles.

What a fast sword!

Looking at the sword, Uncle Guan couldn't help swallowing his saliva, sweating profusely, and hurriedly said: "Thank you for your mercy, brother, this bounty is yours."

Turn around and leave, simply and swiftly.

It's interesting.

Seeing that they were about to start a fight, Wu Aping and others quickly hid to the side, but they had not yet gained a firm foothold, and the victory had already been decided.

Village head Wu is getting old, not only his legs and feet are bad, but also his eyesight is not good enough, so he can't see clearly what's going on.

Keng!
Chen Jin's long sword did not return to its sheath, and he chopped directly on the stone bar. The thick "soul-suppressing stone" split into two and made a sound.

Wu Aping's exclamation was held in his throat, his face was dull, and the young and strong people who followed him were already pale with fright.

Chen Jin kicked the broken stone away, leaned over to look at the mouth of the well, and shouted: "He has been found, Village Chief Wu, hurry up and get someone to salvage it."

"Find who?"

"Nonsense, of course it's Wu Xiucai."

Only then did Wu Aping come to his senses, wondering in his heart: Could it be that Wu Shoutian was really dragged into the well?

"Aren't you going soon?"

Chen Jin shouted.

"oh oh……"

The villagers were quickly alarmed and shouted over, there were dozens of them.

About two quarters of an hour later, with the help of everyone, a corpse was brought up. The red wedding dress on his body, as well as his face and facial features, which were swollen but still clearly visible, all showed his identity.

"My son!"

Amidst the heart-piercing howls, Mother Wu had already fainted to the ground.

The villagers whispered to each other, talking a lot, and fear appeared on their faces.

Regarding the outcome of Wu Shoutian's encounter, Chen Jin had expected it a long time ago. After all, the incident happened for so many days, the chance of surviving it was very slim.

Besides, the other party is evil.

If it is said that ghosts and gods can still have the side of "universal help to others", then evil spirits, driven by obsession, will not have humaneness to speak of.

Wu Aping hurriedly sent someone to take Wu's mother home, and then looked at Chen Jin eagerly.

Such a strange incident in the village was no small matter, and it was beyond what the village chief could solve.If one is bad, the whole village may suffer.

Chen Jin opened his eyes to look at Wu Shoutian's body, but he didn't see anything unusual, which meant that this unfortunate scholar was completely dead.

It is normal to die unjustly, but not to have a wronged soul.Unjust souls originally need specific factors and conditions to have a chance to breed.

If it is said that all unjust deaths will have unjust souls, then the world is already in chaos.

"Village chief, let someone carry the body down so that it can be buried."

Wu Aping asked: "But this? Will something happen?"

He's worried about dead bodies or something.

Chen Jin shouted: "If I say it's fine, then it's fine. Don't be too wordy, just follow my orders."

Wu Aping thought for a while, and there was no better way, so he had to follow suit. After all, Chen Jin was a powerful man who could break stones with a single sword.

But is this case over?
The old village head was full of suspicion, and looked at Chen Jin anxiously, for fear that the official would leave with his hands.

Chen Jin seemed to see through his worries, and said calmly: "This matter is not over yet, but it has nothing to do with you, and you will not be harmed, so don't worry."

This is not a perfunctory word, Wu Aifang's obsession will not attack ordinary villagers, otherwise, they will not live in peace for so many years.

But the people headed by Wu Aping didn't understand this. They said they were not afraid, that would be a lie. Some villagers had already packed their bags and were about to escape from the village and go outside to avoid disaster.

Chen Jin looked at them: "I will stay in the village tonight and settle everything."

Hearing this, Wu Aping made up his mind, and led the villagers to kneel down one after another: "Thank you, sir."

　Due to feedback from some book lovers, the title of the protagonist "The Man in Time Traveling" is not pleasant and is easy to play, and the author is as good as he is, so he changed it to "The Man in the Way". It is only a name change, and everyone knows it.

　　From this we can see how important chapter reviews are to the author's writing, catching bugs and pointing out mistakes, refreshing composition, and even plot development and so on.

　　It's just helpless, the book on the street doesn't have a chapter commentary, and I burst into tears...

　　
　
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