Nightcrawler: 20 Years of Peaceful Demons

Chapter 504

Zen Master Yongxiang rushed to Leijia Village, but he did not come alone, he also brought a young monk with him.

The little monk looks very similar to Shi Xiaolong in "New Oolong Courtyard", his small black eyes are very agile, rolling around, and his name is also very similar, unexpectedly called Shi Xiaohu.

This name reminds me of the little tiger from Miao Village in western Hunan.

We went out to greet Lei Gang and his group. Zen Master Yongxiang had a brief chat with Lei Gang and others. After letting them mourn, he looked at Ma Yi'ao and me, clasped his hands together, and said, "Two benefactors, I was hurrying here, I thought it would be faster, but unexpectedly I fell behind you."

Ma Yi'ao greeted him, and then explained: "I had some things on hand, but compared to other things, this side is more anxious, so I put other things on hold and rushed over to see what happened."

Several people chatted while walking towards the mourning hall.

After Zen Master Yongxiang told us a few words, he went to burn a stick of incense to his lay disciples.

He clasped his hands together for a long time, then sighed, and said: "I told him at the beginning that with his blessing, he couldn't bear this kind of treasure, and he had to send it out as soon as possible. Get rid of it, I didn't think about it until I received the bad news—the thing, he probably didn't send it away at all, right?"

Zen master Yongxiang has a high status, and there are not many people around him, and he didn't beat around the bush, and talked directly to Lei Gang.

Na Lei just hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said: "My father was most obsessed with cultivation in his life, almost obsessed, that thing is said to be able to change his fundamental understanding, how can he give up?"

Chan Master Yongxiang said, "Where is that thing now?"

Lei Gang shook his head and said that he didn't know. Since my father died, no one saw it. I once asked someone to search the whole yard. I searched all possible hiding places several times, but I didn't see anything.

Chan Master Yongxiang asked again, "How did your father die?"

Lei Gang spoke slowly as before.

Repeatedly talking about his father's death, his mood was a little low, his face was depressed, and he was obviously very uncomfortable. Chan Master Yongxiang sighed and said, "If so, I'm afraid he was under a magic spell—— Do you still keep it? Take us to see it."

Lei Gang said: "It should be so."

He took us to the backyard. Apart from me, Ma Yi'ao, and Zen Master Yongxiang and his disciples, he also brought Lei Gang's son Lei Meng, and a seventeen or eighteen-year-old nephew, Zen Master Yongxiang on the road. Asked: "After your father passed away, was there anything like an autopsy report?"

Lei Gang nodded and said yes, the County Public Security Bureau came that very day to conduct a preliminary examination and found that he died of acute myocardial infarction and ruptured gallbladder. They planned to take him home for autopsy, but I refused.

Zen Master Yongxiang nodded and said that there was no need for an autopsy, as your father was scared to death.

Lei Gang was a little puzzled, and said that my father locked himself in the cellar at that time, and there was no one in it, so how could he be scared to death?

Zen Master Yongxiang sighed, saying that there are too many means in this world to accomplish this...

We came to the entrance of the cellar in the backyard, which was originally covered with cement, but because it was forced open earlier, a gap was blown out, and then people came and went, and the remains were transported out. It's a mess here, and there's a wooden ladder on the side to get up and down.

Zen Master Yongxiang looked at the pile of rubble at the opening for a while, and asked, "This place is very soundproof. How did you hear the screams?"

Lei Gang pointed to his son Lei Meng and said: "He has good ears, he heard it and told us."

Zen Master Yongxiang looked at Lei Meng and said, what have you heard?
Lei Meng said: "It was just calling for help, and then there were screams and so on. I was not the only one who heard it. When I called my dad and others over, everyone at the cellar entrance heard it."

Zen Master Yongxiang nodded and said to us, "Go down and have a look?"

Ma Yi'ao nodded, saying yes.

A group of people went down the cellar one by one along the wooden ladder, and found that the cellar was quite wide, about 130 square meters, filled with sundries and some grains, and there was an open space in the middle Inside, a compartment was created, which contained a lot of mahogany furniture and the like.

Lei Gang told us that his father died on that mahogany chair.

When he died, his whole body was curled up together, his sweat was profuse, his eyes turned white, his saliva flowed out, and there was feces and urine in his crotch. The death image was quite ugly.

But several people who rushed into the cellar vomited, and among them, Lei Gang's nephew vomited the most, and he didn't recover for several days.

And because of this misery, as children and grandchildren, Lei Gang and others feel more and more humiliated, suspicious in their hearts, thinking about all kinds of possibilities, trembling and fully on guard, that's why they felt our suspiciousness just now, So he brought a lot of people around and asked for an explanation.

Zen Master Yongxiang asked, "Have you searched this place?"

Lei Gang nodded, and said that he must have searched, and all the places have been tossed aside, otherwise it would be impossible to be in such a mess, but... after all, there is still no trace of the murderer—Master, tell us, what is it? Under what circumstances can this be the case?
Zen Master Yongxiang said: "There are all sorts of strange methods in the practice world, and it's normal that you can't find them. Think about the previous owners of that ominous thing, and you will know that your father is nothing."

Lei Gang said: "You mean, is it the disaster that that thing brought to my father?"

Chan Master Yongxiang shook his head, saying that in the current situation, I can't be sure.

Ma Yi'ao said at this time: "Brother Lei, do you mind if we take a look around in the cellar?"

Lei Gang said that of course he doesn't mind, but if you want to search for any clues, I'm afraid you will be disappointed. Before this, we have checked many times.

Ma Yi'ao got permission and started to search around in the cellar without refuting anything with him.

Chan Master Yongxiang also looked around, looking very carefully.

I'm the least good at this kind of thing, I can only follow Ma Yi'ao, watch him rummaging, and occasionally help move some things, just to beat him.

About a quarter of an hour later, Ma Yi'ao noticed something was wrong, so he moved a large jar of pickled vegetables, and moved it to the side, revealing a hole the size of two fists. He asked me: "Is there anything wrong?" A flashlight?"

I took out a bright flashlight from the gossip bag and handed it to him. Ma Yi'ao looked inside and found that the hole was very deep and I didn't know where it led.

The rest of the people also came over when they saw movement, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Ma Yi'ao stepped aside and looked at others. Lei Gang glanced at it and said, "Is this a mouse hole? Although our cellar has been renovated, there is no guarantee that there will be no mice. After all, it is a rural area." , this is also an impossible matter..."

Chan Master Yongxiang shook his head, pointed to the hole and said, "Ordinary mouse holes are not so big."

Indeed, the opening of the hole is almost as big as two adult fists. How big must a mouse be to get in and out?
"Is it a snake?" Lei Gang's nephew asked.

Ma Yi'ao stretched out his hand, touched the entrance of the cave, shook his head and said, "It's not a snake... Hey, what is this?"

He groped there and picked up a golden hair.

Ma Yi'ao put it on his nose and sucked it, then shook his head and said, "There is no smell of mice. What kind of animal hair is this?"

Chan Master Yongxiang stretched out his hand and said, "Let me see."

Ma Yi'ao handed it to him, and Zen Master Yongxiang took it over, took advantage of the light to look at it, shook his head, and said he hadn't seen it.

He said to Ma Yi'ao: "I have a younger brother who is quite knowledgeable about this animal. If it's convenient, I'll take it back and let him take a look at it for me?"

Ma Yi'ao nodded, saying it was the best.

After searching for a while, everyone gathered in the middle of the cellar. Ma Yi'ao said, "Mr. Lei's death has many doubts, but that small hole is very suspicious. If possible, follow that place, maybe It will work wonders—it’s just that it’s easier said than done.”

Indeed, the cellar of the Lei family was reinforced with reinforced concrete pillars and concrete, yet such a mouse hole still appeared, which is really strange.

And if we want to dig in reverse, it will be a big project.

unless……

Zen master Yongxiang asked his disciple Shi Xiaohu to send Mao back to Inner Shaolin and hand it over to his junior brother.

His junior brother understands animal language, can communicate with animals, and has raised many pets, maybe there will be some unexpected ways.

We nodded and said that's the case, trouble.

A group of people left the cellar and walked to the main room. An old man with a mustache and a goatee came over, cupped his hands at Chan Master Yongxiang and said, "Master, we meet again."

This person is the master invited by the Lei family to do things.

Chan Master Yongxiang knew him obviously, after a brief ceremony, he asked him about his practice in the past few days, and the man answered them all respectfully.

He probably got a good answer, and Chan Master Yongxiang couldn't find any faults. He nodded and said, "My apprentice is a poor man. It's a pity. I might live here today, so I will read the scriptures for him all night and help with his work. Exceed it.

Lei Gang and the magic stick were very excited, and quickly agreed.

After Zen Master Yongxiang sent his disciples away, he chanted scriptures and kept watch in the mourning hall. Ma Yi'ao and I were naturally by our side.

During the period, Lei Gang ran back and forth, busy entertaining, and was also very troublesome.

Sitting peacefully like this, I even ate a fast meal in the middle. Before I knew it, it was night, and when it was almost eleven o'clock, the guests of Lei's family had left in a hurry. The burial was tomorrow, and everything was busy. The family also went to rest one after another, and there were only Lei Gang and Lei Meng father and son left in the mourning hall.

I was sitting on the futon, a little drowsy, and at this moment, suddenly, I heard a weird "knock, knock" sound from the coffin.

At first I thought it was an illusion, but when I pricked up my ears, the sound was very obvious.

knock!
Knock, knock!

Knock, knock, knock...

Yes……

Inside the coffin!

(End of this chapter)