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Chapter 436 The beggar with red nails

We soon arrived at Shangxiantai Village. The two villages are about the same size. After arriving here, we still went to the homes of several old people who had died. The situation here is similar to that of Xiaxiantai. The old people died suddenly at home. of.

But here we got a clue that we didn't find in Xiaxiantai, that is, there was a ragged beggar in Shangxiantai Village before the accident, and those old people who had accidents were all housed by the beggar. Patronized.

About a week after the beggar came, the old people began to have accidents one after another. Some said it was related to the beggar, and some said it was a coincidence.

Some people even said that the beggar was actually a errand who came here to seek his soul.

After getting the news, we went back to Xiaxiantai, not far away, and asked them if there was a beggar when the old man had an accident.

Those people also gave us an affirmative answer.

With this clue, we couldn't help but get excited. Although we still don't know where the beggar is, we have basically determined that that guy is the culprit.

And we also learned that the time when that person appeared in Xiaxiantai and Shangxiantai was not the same, that is to say, he did not run around to commit crimes, but concentrated in this vicinity, and these two villages may be his strongholds.

And the person who chose to use this place as a stronghold must have some deep meaning.

It is very likely to be related to the legend of Shangxiaxiantai.

Not long after, we returned to Shangxiantai, and after inquiring about the location of Maokuling, we went there.

Maokuling is on the northwest side of Shangxiantai. Although it is on the mountain, the mountain is very gentle. There is a large wasteland on the Maokuling. The ground is full of weeds. The grass is not high. It's the end of winter, the grass is still yellow, and it looks barren.

I checked with the power of my mind, and found nothing special, but the white wolf Chai Min sniffed the surrounding breath and said: "There is a smell here!"

I asked what was the taste.

Chai Min said: "It seems to smell like a person, but it's not an ordinary person. There is a hostility in that smell, and a murderous one!"

I frowned and asked Chai Min: "Since when did your sense of smell become so powerful that you can smell murderous and hostile aura? Why can't I detect hostility and murderous aura with the power of my state of mind!?"

I quickly opened up the power of my state of mind again.

Nangong Xiong snorted and said, "Isn't it normal for you not to feel it? Isn't everything normal because you discovered it first? It's not just you who have been growing up, Xiao Min has also improved a lot, especially for you. The sensitivity to smell is sometimes unmatched by the power of our mind."

I nodded. Although I had doubts just now, I didn't doubt what Chai Min meant. I was just simply surprised.

Hu Jiashu also said from the side: "Since Chai Min said that there is a problem here, let's check it out carefully, and we will definitely gain something!"

After all, Hu Jiashu went to find some plants nearby to inquire.

Zhang Rui and Tang Qing searched in one direction together.

Nangong Xiong took a look at me, and then did not go with me, but called Chai Min to go with her in another direction.

I was left in a daze for a while, and then headed in one direction.

I used the power of my mind to investigate, but I didn't find anything, but after looking around carefully for a while, I wondered why no one cultivated the large wasteland in Maokuiling. Just over ten minutes.

Apart from this question, I have no other discoveries.

After searching here for more than an hour, several villagers from Shangxiantai Village came over. They probably thought we were looking for some treasure here and wanted to drive us away.

When we came, we were ready. We had the certificate of the special accident investigation team. We showed them to scare them temporarily. Although they didn't drive us away this time, they kept on Staring at us from the side, for fear that we would find some treasure and take it for ourselves.

Because of the interference of these people, our investigation was forced to stop. When we returned to Shangxiantai Village, our car was surrounded by people in the village. The people in the village said that we came to rob the tomb and we had to wait for the people from the police station to come. They let us go, and said that if we wanted to run, they would hit us directly.

This is the first time we have encountered such a situation since we came out of the case, and I can't help feeling a little anxious and angry.

However, Zhang Rui was very calm. He first assured the villagers that we would not run away, and then called the higher authorities.

When we waited for the people from the police station to come over, the policemen had already received the instructions from above and knew that we were our own people who came here to handle the case, so they helped us disperse the villagers.

Those police officers also asked us if we needed their help.

Zhang Rui said, "No need, as long as those villagers don't disturb our investigation."

The police also assured us that they would actively communicate with the villagers and let them cooperate with us in investigating the case.

In the end, the policemen asked us what case we were investigating, and we excused it on the grounds of "confidentiality".

After this farce, it was night, because of the trouble during the day, we did not spend the night at those villagers' homes, but went to the open space of Maokuling and pitched a few tents.

However, some villagers still did not give up, and ran all the way to our side to see our situation. Until one or two o'clock in the morning, most of them dispersed, leaving only an old man with a pipe in his mouth.

Because of the interference of those villagers, we couldn't investigate the case, and couldn't rest, so we had to waste time helplessly.

Now there is only the old man left, so I will try to communicate with the old man.

Who knew that as soon as I passed by, the old man knelt down towards me with a "plop", and I was stunned at that time, so I quickly helped the old man up and asked, "What are you doing?"

The old man immediately said: "I heard that you started to inquire about the dead a few days ago as soon as you entered the village, right?"

I said, yes.

The old man continued: "Actually, I have already discovered that the death of those people is not that simple. Among the few people who died, one was my chess friend. We have played chess for decades. He The body is so strong, if you say no, it will be gone. If you say that you died of illness, I don’t believe it. It must have been killed by killing demons and ghosts! And you are here to investigate this matter. You must have a way to deal with the demons and ghosts right?"

Hearing what the old man said, I knew he seemed to know something special.

I hurriedly invited him to our tent and asked him to tell me in detail what he knew.

When I got to the tent, I told my companions about the situation, and everyone stopped what they were doing to listen to the old man tell what he knew.

The old man's name is Cao Qing. The reason why he was so scared was that the beggar had also been to his home, and he gave the beggar a few steamed buns and a bowl of porridge. Now it is very popular in the village. Said that the beggar went to whose house, and that house was about to die. Now that everyone else is dead, now only his house is left, and he feels that it will be his turn soon.

That's why he knelt down to us.

I asked Cao Qing what the beggar looked like.

Cao Qing said: "Dressed like an ancient man, wearing a blue robe, with long hair and beard, covering his face, so he couldn't see what he looked like, but I saw that beggar's nails were very long, and It’s still red, and quite permeable.”

Red nails?

I asked Cao Qing if he found anything special. Cao Qing looked around and said, "There is one more thing. That day the beggar came out of my house begging for food. It was already evening. I thought he would go When I went down to Xiantai, I didn’t expect him to go up the mountain. When we went up to Xiantai, we were on the mountain, and then we went up to the top of the mountain, and there was no village. Besides, it’s still winter, and he didn’t wear thick clothes. He would definitely be frozen when he reached the top of the mountain. and even freeze to death!"

"So I wanted to call him back, but I chased him all the way, and he didn't answer no matter how I called, and I couldn't catch up no matter how I chased him. Within a few minutes, I chased him to Maokuiling. I was going to call He heard a cat meowing from behind him. The meowing was so sudden that it scared me a lot. I looked back and found a big black cat in the village running past here. I cursed a few words angrily! "

"When I turned around again, that person disappeared. The catcrying ridge is all flat land, and the grass is not high. Isn't it strange that a person said nothing? I was terrified at the time. Four I yelled a few times, but no one responded, my hairs stood on end, my back felt cold, so I turned my head and went back to the village."

I asked Cao Qing: "It was evening at that time, maybe because of the darkness, you didn't see clearly, that person didn't disappear."

Cao Qing said: "At that time, the sun had not fully set behind the mountain, and there was still some light. I could see clearly that the man disappeared in the blink of an eye."

I nodded. At this time, I remembered why no one cultivated the wasteland here, so I asked Cao Qing.

Cao Qing said: "Because there are no crops growing here, no matter what you plant, they will not grow as long as your ankles, and you will pay nothing for what you plant, including the weeds here. Everyone knows this, so no one grows this area. landed."

When Cao Qing was talking about these things, the 210 four astrology charts in my altar suddenly moved. I looked up into the sky and found that my astrology charts were alluded to the sky, as if we released nine sky lanterns As in the case, you can see certain astrology in certain directions!
I found that the location of Maokuiling seems to be not simple. Could it be the location where the legend invited Xiantai, that is, the place where the corpse of the evil Taoist priest was hung and exposed to the sun?

When I think about it this way, the evolution of the astrology chart is faster, it seems to be showing me something!
What could it be?

(End of this chapter)