I become a god in another world

Chapter 286: The Law of Ghosts
Chapter 286

Zhao Fusheng's face suddenly became solemn.

She frowned, met Liu Yizhen's eyes, and murmured:
"There are no ghosts—this is troublesome."

If the evil ghost reveals itself, it would be good as you can still see the ghost's shape and think of countermeasures.

But now the ghost has appeared and killed people. Two ghost controllers from the Demon Suppression Bureau and three people related to ghosts are all there, but no one senses the appearance of the ghost. They don't know how the ghost killed people or how Li Er violated the law, but he died in an instant.

What has happened has already happened, and there is no point in regretting it.

The evil ghost killed people in the street.

Fortunately, Wan'an County was still in a state of reconstruction at that time, and there were not many pedestrians on the streets.

Although Li Er's death was sudden, it did not cause any commotion.

But we can’t just leave the body lying in the street.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fusheng ordered Fan Bisi:
"Take off some clothes to cover him, and carry his body back to the Demon Suppression Division first."

Fan Bisi nodded and took off his clothes. Fan Wujiu bent his back and said:
"Brother, I'll carry it."

Fan Bisi hesitated for a moment, and Zhao Fusheng said:
"Let him carry it on his back." She explained:

"This time, the evil ghost is killing people in a very tricky way. We haven't figured out the rules for triggering the mark yet."

Li Er and Wang Hun acted separately. Before the incident, he did not go to Liutu Village. After the incident, he did not enter the courtyard of Yang Tiehan's house, nor did he touch the bodies of the Yang family members.

"I began to suspect that Wang Hun's sleepiness was related to the law of ghost marking, but you have also seen the situation of the villagers in Liutu Village. Li Er was still talking to us before he died." The ghost disaster appeared in front of everyone in a way that caught everyone off guard. "No sleepiness, no knowledge of the law."

Zhao Fusheng looked at Fan Bisi and said calmly:

"You don't have to worry about your brother getting into trouble with ghosts because of carrying the corpse."

To put it bluntly, everyone has been to the Yang family and has had close contact with the corpses of the Yang family members. Now Zhao Fusheng and Er Fan have both touched Li Er's corpse, and those who should be marked have already been marked.

"If we have all been marked by ghosts, then we can only find a chance to survive if we find the law of evil spirits. If we have not been marked, your worry is just asking for trouble."

As soon as Zhao Fusheng finished speaking, Fan Bisi clenched his teeth and nodded:
"Your Excellency is right." After saying that, he looked at Fan Wujiu:

"Wujiu is very strong, so he is perfect for carrying the corpse."

Fan Wujiu said nothing more. He carried Li Er's body on his back and they hurried all the way back to the Demon Suppression Division about half an hour later.

Wu Shaochun is very alert.

He followed Zhao Fusheng's instructions to guard the Demon Suppression Division. The moment Zhao Fusheng and his companions returned, he sensed it and rushed out of the Demon Suppression Division.

When he saw a group of people returning on foot, he was stunned for a moment, then went to meet them:
"grown ups--"

As he spoke, his eyes fell on Fan Wujiu.

Fan Wujiu was carrying a 'person' on his back, and that 'person's' head was covered, but Wu Shaochun still sensed danger and death from him.

However, the number of people returning from the Demon Suppression Division did not decrease.

The Fan brothers were all there, as were Liu Yizhen and Kuai Manzhou. The only difference was that they took a carriage when they left, and walked when they came back.

"Are you in trouble?" Wu Shaochun asked.

Zhao Fusheng nodded:
"It's very tricky, let's go in first."

After saying that, he was the first to step into the gate of the Demon Suppression Division.

Everyone entered the government office and sat down. Meng Po, Zhang Chuanshi and others rushed to the side hall where the meeting was held upon hearing the news.

After everyone arrived, Zhao Fusheng took the lead in asking:
"How is Wang Hun?"

Her words startled Wu Shaochun for a moment, and he and Meng Po looked at each other before saying:

"Wang Hun is fine."

Po Meng explained:
"The master has given instructions at Xu's house, so we dare not relax. On the way back from Xu's house, Wang Hun was no longer as sleepy as before, but was full of energy."

Wu Shaochun nodded and added:
"After returning to the Demon Suppression Division, I had someone prepare a separate room for him. He is now staying in the room and has not gone out. I go to check on him every quarter of an hour, and nothing has happened so far."

Zhao Fusheng felt relieved when he heard this answer.

She winked at Fan Wujiu, who took a step forward, walked to Li Er's body on the ground, and tore off the clothes covering Li Er's neck.

When everyone saw the headless corpse, they were stunned at first, and then their expressions changed slightly.

There was silence for a moment.

"This is--" Wu Shaochun spoke first.

When he first saw the headless corpse, he thought that Zhao Fusheng had gone to Liutu Village and brought back the body of one of the nine members of the Yang family for everyone to study, but he soon noticed the official robes worn by the corpse and dispelled his initial speculation.

"This is Li Er."

After Zhao Fusheng finished speaking, he added:
"It was Li Er who had a temporary plan with Wang Hun to split up last night."

As soon as she finished speaking, she told everything that had happened since she and her friends went to Liutu Village, including Li Er's death.

After he finished speaking, the expressions of the people who stayed behind in the Demon Suppression Division all turned a little ugly.

"Without evil spirits, there are no rules to be found. Two people agreed to go to Liutu Village, but Wang Hun was fine in the end. On the contrary, Li Er, who did not enter the Yang family and did not deal with the corpses and relics of the Yang family, died without any signs?"

Zhang Chuanshi trembled:
"What the hell is going on?"

"I don't know."

Zhao Fusheng shook his head:
"Now we have no idea about the laws of evil spirits." With no clues, the ghost seemed to kill indiscriminately.

And it is invisible, similar to the situation in Goutou Village, making people confused and at a loss as to where to start.

"Could it be a ghost without rules and invisible?" Meng Po asked.

"Impossible." Zhao Fusheng shook his head:

"Ghosts all have rules. If we think there are no rules, it must be that we have not yet discovered the principles of the evil ghosts' marking and killing."

"As for the invisible ghost—" She pondered for a moment:
"There is no such thing as an absolutely invisible ghost. It's just that we haven't found any trace of it yet."

Since the ghost wants to kill people, it will definitely appear, but the way it appears is still hidden and no one has found it.

With no clue what to do, panic spread among everyone in the Demon Suppression Division.

However, Zhao Fusheng's calm attitude at this time was like a stabilizing force, preventing everyone from losing their composure.

"Fusheng is right." Liu Yizhen was the first to break the brief silence:

"In fact, since the beheading ghost case reappeared, many people have come into contact with or touched the dead and things related to the dead, but only the nine members of the Yang family and Li Er have been in trouble."

The group of daring villagers in Liutu Village are fine, and Wang Hun is also fine, but only Li Er, who Zhao Fusheng had expected should not die, died.

Liu Yizhen said:
"There must be some similarities between Li Er and the Yang family."

Fan Bisi also nodded:

"As long as we find the similarities between the two, it is equivalent to touching upon the evil spirit's mark and the law of killing."

Once someone gets started, things don't seem so difficult anymore.

Zhao Fusheng is quite satisfied with the current status of the Demon Suppression Bureau.

The crowd did not show any fear in the face of the ghost case, but actively participated in the discussion. She looked at Liu Yizhen and asked him:
"Yizhen, what similarities do you think there are between the Yang family and Li Er?"

Liu Yizhen was well prepared, and said calmly:

“I did find out a little bit.”

Fan Bisi also nodded:

"I might have discovered the same thing as Yizhen."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fan Wujiu scratched his head:
"Brother, what did you find?"

Liu Yizhen smiled:
"Then I must die first."

Fan Bisi did not refuse, and said directly:

"When we went to the Yang family, we learned from Ge Daya that the Yang family was going to vent their anger for their daughter the day before the accident. And Li Er also said that he had an agreement with his father-in-law to help his brother-in-law with his marriage."

He used to be accustomed to hiding his shortcomings and was best at hiding from the public, for he was deeply afraid that others would know his inner thoughts and then bring disaster to the two brothers.

This was the first time that Fan Bisi participated in a discussion in such a high-profile manner and expressed his own opinions. When he spoke, he felt a little panicked, but also a little excited.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were all on him, listening to him quietly, he was excited and said:

"The other party of the victims in both cases was related to women. Could it be that the law of ghost cases is related to marriage?"

After he finished speaking, his clenched palms were already covered with sweat. He opened his clenched fists, rubbed his palms on his trouser legs, and looked at Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng nodded.

After getting Zhao Fusheng's approval, Fan Bisi showed excitement on his face.

Then Zhao Fusheng looked at Liu Yizhen again:
"Yizhen, what do you think?"

Liu Yizhen said:
"What Mr. Fan said is exactly what I thought, but the deceased on both the Yang and Li sides were helping others to do 'something'."

A look of regret appeared on Fan Bisi's face.

He had also thought of what Liu Yizhen wanted to add, but because it was the first time that Fan Bisi expressed his views and opinions on the ghost case, and he spoke freely for the first time, he was anxious and did not organize his words well. He was so excited that he neglected this important point.

He had no choice but to nod:
"Yes, yes, this is also very important."

Zhao Fusheng concluded:

"You are both right. In both cases, the deceased had made promises to others, but their deaths eventually broke the promises."

"Yang Tiehan's family wanted to vent their anger on behalf of Yang Guiying, and Li Er wanted to protect his brother-in-law, but they all died before these events began—"

Once Yang and Li died, the agreement naturally ceased to be valid.

Zhao Fusheng said again:
"The villagers of Liutu Village have special origins. They all fled here and settled down here without any ties."

These people have simple relationships and a single behavioral trajectory.

The biggest worry in life may be that they have no idea where to get the next meal after the previous one. After winter, they have less work and less things to do. In order to save energy, the village has almost temporarily cut off contact with the outside world, so there are no appointments with people. "This may also be the reason why other people in the village escaped the mark of the evil spirit."

After Zhao Fusheng and the other two's analysis, the case, which was originally a chaotic mess with no clues, suddenly seemed to have a new clue.

Liu Yizhen originally felt that what he and Fan Bishi had said had almost exhausted all the existing clues and brought up everything they could think of, but when he saw Zhao Fusheng finish his summary, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

He thought about it and asked directly:
"Did your Excellency find anything else?"

"Yes." Zhao Fusheng responded and said:

"There is another possibility."

"What's possible?" Fan Bisi asked.

"Regret--" said Zhao Fusheng.

"Pity?"

"Regret?!" Fan Bisi, Liu Yizhen, Zhang Chuanshi and others were stunned and repeated what she said one after another.

"What does regret mean? Why does your Excellency say that?" Wu Shaochun also scratched his head and asked curiously.

"It's just a feeling." Zhao Fusheng had actually been thinking about this question when he was in Liutu Village:
"Yang Tiehan's death left a regret, and Li Er's death also left a regret."

Before he died, he still felt sorry for Wang Hun.

Li Er believed that it was because of his own personal affairs that Wang Hun encountered a ghost case.

When he said this, he didn't think that he would be in danger at all. Instead, he believed that Wang Hun was the victim of the ghost case - especially after hearing that Wang Hun was heavily protected by the Demon Suppression Bureau, he felt even more guilty about it.

In fact, "self-blame" is also a point that Zhao Fusheng considers.

Do Yang Tiehan’s family feel guilty?
According to Cai Datou, the Yang family was poor and Yang Guiying got married early. She had not given birth to a child in the past few years, so she was always taken care of by her mother-in-law.

In Zhao Fusheng's opinion, Yang Guiying was not incapable of getting pregnant. The reason why she had no pregnancy in her early years was most likely due to her "early marriage".

She was young and her body was not yet fully developed, which was the main reason why she was unable to conceive. That’s why she didn’t get pregnant until several years after her marriage.

The Yang family had the habit of collecting money for marrying off their daughters - this was indirectly proved by Cai Datou's mention that Yang Tiehan was looking for a partner for his third daughter and hoped to receive a betrothal gift to improve the family income.

Therefore, since Yang Guiying was not living a good life, Yang Tiehan's family might have felt guilty and blamed themselves.

This is also an important hidden clue.

Wu Shaochun was cheered up:
"What do you decide to do next?"

"Later, the people from the Demon Suppression Division will bury Li Er's body in the Ghost Mausoleum to prevent any unexpected accidents."

Li Er died due to a ghost disaster.

This ghost case is special. The evil ghost did not show up, and its hiding ability is so strong that even Kuai Manzhou could not sense it. Ordinary people should try to avoid contact with people or things related to ghost disasters. When facing this ghost case, it will never go wrong to be cautious.

"Ah."

Wu Shaochun nodded:
"I'll do it myself then."

Meng Po smiled and said:

"Then I will stay in the Demon Suppression Division."

Zhao Fusheng heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this:

"Then I'll trouble you. I feel relieved to have you around."

Meng Po's eyes were gentle, and she looked at Zhao Fusheng kindly and said:
"I am not suffering, your Excellency is."

Zhao Fusheng took a deep breath:

"Lao Zhang, have someone arrange a carriage and prepare some food. We will set off immediately after we finish eating."

"..."

Zhang Chuanshi was sitting on the side. He suddenly heard that the task was assigned to him, and his face turned bitter:
"Why did you call me? Wasn't it Dafan who arranged these things in the past?"

Fan Bisi smiled:
"I have a case to handle..."

Although Zhang Chuanshi was reluctant, he still stood up honestly. He yawned before walking:

"Okay, I'll go--"