I become a god in another world

Chapter 62

Wu Dajing said that the speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.

Zhang Chuanshi, who was driving the car, was shaken and turned his head, just in time to meet Zhao Fusheng's sharp eyes.

"You are talking nonsense..."

He blurted out, and the slender beard on his lips trembled.

"Are you in a hurry?"

Zhao Fusheng smiled half-heartedly and asked him.

"I didn't." When Zhang Chuanshi heard her say this, he almost jumped up as if he had been pricked by a needle under his buttocks.

His actions are equivalent to 300 taels of silver in this place.

Zhang Chuanshi felt guilty even after shouting, and immediately did not dare to say a word.

"Go on."

Zhao Fusheng did not continue to entangle with Zhang Chuanshi.

This ghost case was suspected to involve the Zhang family in Wan'an County. Her mind suddenly started racing and she began to think about the connection between the two.

"Yes." Wu Dajing was inexplicably scolded by Zhang Chuanshi. He was frightened and didn't know where he had done something wrong.

But fortunately, Master Zhao from the Demon Suppressing Division was sensible and always stood on his side, which made him feel a little more at ease.

"A few years later, Wu Datong came back with a son, Wu Liren." After he finished speaking, he quickly added:
"It was said that he was kept by the wife he married outside."

Wu Datong's return from this trip was like returning to his hometown in fine clothes, which caused a great sensation in the village.

He made a lot of money outside. As soon as he returned home, he invited people to eat on the flowing water table and built a house. At that time, many people from villages and towns nearby came to see the excitement.

"You also know what happened after that. From then on, Wu Datong focused on finding a wife and giving birth to a son for Wu Liren. Later, Wu Liren was elected as the village chief, until this bizarre incident happened."

Zhao Fusheng did have a rough understanding of the cause and effect of the incident.

But she still had some questions in her mind, so she said respectfully to Wuhan University:

"Next, I will ask you to answer."

Wu Dajing nodded and responded repeatedly:

"Ah! ah!"

"You said that when Wu Datong left the village and entered the city, it was after attending the funeral of his mother." As soon as Zhao Fusheng finished speaking, Wu Dajing said:
"Yes."

"And his mother died not long after his first son was born. The origin of the woman who gave birth to his eldest son is unknown. She is most likely a lost daughter of a rich family. He may have kidnapped someone else's daughter and killed her. I didn't dare to say anything after that, so I buried the body and quietly left the village."

Wu Dajing felt a little guilty when he heard what she said, but now everyone in Wu Datong is dead, and Wu Liren's family is missing and their whereabouts are unknown.

He became more courageous and nodded in agreement:
"……Yes."

"Before this, his father died early, and he was living with his widowed mother." Wu Dajing had already said these words before. At this time, he didn't understand why Zhao Fusheng asked again alone.

But Zhao Fusheng is the head of the Demon Suppression Command Department. Although he is confused, he still has to obey orders.

Just as he was about to answer, Zhao Fusheng asked again:
"As soon as his mother died, the abducted woman also died. In other words, he was living with his newborn child."

"..." Wu Dajing was stunned for a moment, and then said after a long while:

"child?"

Zhang Chuanshi, who was driving the bus, also asked:

"What child?"

While several people were talking, the carriage had already left the city unknowingly.

The roads outside the city were in disrepair, the ground was uneven, and the bumps were extremely violent.

The trees on both sides of the road were densely shaded, and the lush branches blocked the sunlight at some point, and the shadows covered the entire road, making the people who spoke feel cold all over for no reason.

Zhao Fusheng once again sensed the ghost's aura, which seemed to be invisible, but it still seemed to be separated by a layer of veil, unable to sense its specific existence.

"Wu Datong's eldest son is the child born to a kidnapped woman, the child your mother delivered."

She finished her words in one breath.

After hearing this, Wu Dajing suddenly realized:
"Yes--"

"He has no one close to him in Kotou Village except you. If he wants to go to the city, he can't entrust the child to anyone, right?"

Zhao Fusheng looked at Wu Dajing:
"Did he leave the village with his children?"

"Yes, he took the child and left secretly. When he left, he borrowed some food from me -"

Wu Dajing nodded instinctively. After finishing speaking, he raised his head blankly and asked:
"...Sir, what did you just ask?"

Zhao Fusheng already got the answer he wanted.

The itching started again behind her ears, which was where the scabs formed after the previous injury. She reached out and rubbed it twice, and unexpectedly removed a large piece of dead skin.

This order made Zhao Fusheng wary.

Anything abnormal is a demon.

The scab formed once, but the second time I scratched it, it tore off a piece of dead skin.

She recalled that when they were in the Demon Suppression Division, Wu Dajing scratched his butt rudely. When he scratched his itch, Magistrate Pang and others just thought that the village elder was rude, but when she thought about it again, it was clear that something was wrong.

When the village elder scratched his itch for the first time, he seemed to have mentioned Wu Datong's eldest son.

Afterwards, Wu Dajing also scratched his itch several times on the carriage, and mentioned earlier that when Wu Datong's eldest son was born, a large piece of dead skin was torn off from his head.

"It's bad."

Zhao Fusheng sighed, she was unknowingly attacked by a ghost again.

The first time she was attacked, she was completely unaware and unprepared.

"What's so bad, sir?"

Zhang Chuanshi heard her sigh and turned around, just in time to see Zhao Fusheng holding something about an inch long in one hand.

The thing was as thin as a cicada's wing, somewhat like a snake's slough.

"What is this, Mr. Zhao?" he asked.

Zhao Fusheng responded with good temper:

"This is dead skin."

After she answered, she took out the wrapped scroll from her sleeves, unfolded it, and sandwiched the piece of dead skin inside.

"..." Zhang Chuanshi was stunned.

After Zhao Fusheng finished clamping the dead skin, he suddenly thought of something, his pupils shrank, and he unfolded the closed scroll again.

She saw two pieces of skin scab of different sizes stuck inside. She thought for a moment, then lifted up the scab she had just put in with her hand. She gestured in the direction a few times, and finally seemed to be sure, sticking it to the original nail plate. Small and large scabs stuck on.The two pieces of skin were spliced ​​together and sewn together.

Zhao Fusheng turned his eyes and closed the scroll again calmly.

Zhang Chuanshi's face was green and white, and he peeked at Zhao Fusheng from the corner of his eye from time to time, with a strange look on his face.

"I may have encountered a ghost." Zhao Fusheng said.

These words shocked both Wu Dajing and Zhang Chuanshi, but while Wu Dajing was still trembling, Zhang Chuanshi suddenly remembered that Zhao Fusheng was the one who controls ghosts, and felt that she might have said this for humor, so he couldn't help but cheer him up. Laughed twice:
"Hahaha, adults really know how to joke."

Zhao Fusheng ignored him and looked at Wu Dajing, who was trembling with fear:

"You said that Wu Datong found a job after entering the county, and later asked someone to return the copper coins he lent you, right?"

It has been confirmed that Wu Datong's 'son' is a taboo, and every time he mentions it, he may feel itchy, and scratching will tear off a layer of dead skin. Zhao Fusheng deliberately avoided this and would not go out of his way to do it. mentioned.

After not mentioning this 'son', Wu Dajing's memory suddenly became much better.

He nodded, and Zhao Fusheng asked:

"How much do you know about his boss?"

Wu Dajing thought about it carefully and said:
"I don't know much. I just remember that the person who sent the money said that Datong has a big future now and is helping to make paper figures in Master Wu's shop. He said that he had done a big thing for Master Wu and made great contributions. , Fifth Master rewarded him with a large sum of money."

After finishing speaking, he said again:

"I heard that the fifth master's surname is Zhang. He is a big shot in Wan'an County. He is a guest at the gentleman's table. Other than that, I don't know anything about him."

After he finished speaking, he said with a grimace:

"Sir, I really don't know anything else."

Zhao Fusheng nodded:
"I think I already know who this fifth master is."

The surname is Zhang, Zhirenpu, a prominent figure in Wan'an County, and he is also a guest at the gentleman's table - this is almost the only thing that did not mention Zhang Xiongwu's name.

"Old Zhang, did your uncle hire a boy named Wu Datong back then?" She turned to Zhang Chuanshi and asked.

Zhang Chuanshi complained secretly in his heart.

He did not expect that a ghost case in a remote village like Kotou Village, whose name he had never heard before, would involve Zhang Xiongwu.

Zhao Fusheng was originally wary of him because of the paper figurine Zhang, but now this ghost case has something to do with the Zhang family...

The more Zhang Chuanshi thought about it, the more he felt uneasy, and he repeatedly cried out:
"Your Excellency is wronged——"

"You said this happened decades ago. How old is Wu Datong now? How old was I at that time? How could I possibly know?"

He complained endlessly:
"Besides, the paper man Zhang and I are just distant relatives. We just borrow his name to support our family. It's really none of my business, sir—"

"What are you in a hurry for?"

Zhao Fusheng smiled and said:
"I'm not asking about your guilt. I don't know whether what you said next is true or not, but you said something right."

There was no emotion or anger in her tone, but Zhang Chuanshi had suffered losses at her hands and did not dare to take it lightly. When he was about to speak again, he heard Zhao Fusheng say:

"This was literally decades ago."

Zhang Chuanshi nodded desperately, and Zhao Fusheng asked again:
"But this happened decades ago. Have you ever thought about it?"

"This……"

Zhang Chuanshi did not expect that her topic would turn to time again.

Zhao Fusheng's question was not originally intended for him. After he finished speaking, he did not wait for Zhang Chuanshi to speak and looked at Wu Dajing again:
"You said that Wu Datong had not yet married a wife when he was 30 years old. Later, he abducted a daughter and went home. Then he had a son, his mother died and he left home. In which year was it?"

"At 31 years old!"

Wu Dajing didn't understand what she meant by asking, but he quickly agreed.

"Are you sure?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

"OK!" Wu Dajing nodded affirmatively:
"I told you that when he was born, my third son was eight years old. He went out when he was 31 years old. Yes, that's right, he was 31 years old!"

"He went out at the age of 31. He died in July this year. In other words, it was 40 years ago when he went out." Zhao Fusheng said meaningfully.

"Twelve years ago—"

This time Zhang Chuanshi was also shocked and murmured.

He no longer dared to say with certainty that this case had nothing to do with Zhang Xiongwu. Zhao Fusheng had just recently solved the ghost case in the begging alley.

The reason why the ghost case in Beggar Alley occurred is that 40 years ago, Zhang Xiongwu and Su Long artificially created a headless ghost to suppress the resurrection.

The characteristics of the characters and the time are too coincidental, as if there is a hand in the dark, connecting these ghost cases that should not be mentioned together.

"Yes! It was 40 years ago." Wu Dajing asked without knowing what was going on:
"Sir, what happened 40 years ago?"

Zhao Fusheng ignored him, and she thought of another detail:
"You said the birth date of Wu Datong's eldest son is July 31, right?"

"Yes -" Before Wu Dajing could finish his words, Zhao Fusheng interrupted him:

"wrong."

"Yes, sir, it was my mother who witnessed the birth of his child that day -" Wu Dajing scratched his head and said.

"No." Zhao Fusheng shook his head.

The clues to the ghost case in Liu's Ancestral Hall in the south of the city and the clues to the ghost case in Kotou Village at this time emerged in her mind one by one. Her amazing memory combined all the details into a strict 'mind map' in her mind:
"The ghost case at Liu's Ancestral Hall in the south of the city happened on June [-]th."

She remembered the timeline very clearly. June 206, 6, in the Han Dynasty was Liu Huacheng's birthday, and it was also the time when the ghost case broke out in the south of the city.

Now Li Gui did not show up in the ghost case in Goutou Village, but she caught the context of the whole case, and she also got some insights into the origin of Li Gui and the rules of killing.

Zhao Fusheng can say with certainty that the disappearance of Wu Liren's family in Goutou Village is indeed related to a ghost, and there is an [-]% chance that this ghost is Wu Datong's mysterious and unusual 'eldest son'.

She went over the whole thing from beginning to end:
Back then, Wu Datong obtained a woman through despicable means and gave birth to a shady son. Later, in order to evade pursuit, he left his hometown and entered Wan'an County. By chance, he entered Zhang Xiongwu's paper man shop and became his assistant. .

(Zhao Fusheng also has doubts about this.)
Zhang Xiongwu is not an ordinary person. He has some weird and heretical 'talent' and is quite scheming.

It's not just a coincidence that Wu Datong was chosen by him. There must be something in Wu Datong that he liked.

(Later, the person who was entrusted by Wu Datong to send money told Wu Dajing that Wu Datong had done a great service for Zhang Xiongwu and was commended by him.)
This sentence should be viewed in conjunction with the timeline.

40 years ago, did Zhang Xiongwu need help from others to accomplish anything?
Zhao Fusheng immediately thought of the stolen coffin nail!

How did the ghost coffin in Liu's ancestral hall, which was used to suppress the headless ghost, have its nails stolen quietly while someone was guarding it and a ghost was suppressed inside?
At first, she suspected that Zhang Xiongwu had used some heretical means. Now combined with the clues Wu Dajing said, a bizarre idea emerged in her mind: Could it be that Zhang Xiongwu used Wu Datong to steal the coffin nails?
With this thought, Zhao Fusheng's heart skipped a beat, as if the fog of the past had faded a little further.

But she soon realized she was being a little too eager.

Because of the timeline!
These various reasonings are all based on the extremely coincidental timeline of '40 years ago'; but similarly, there is something wrong with this reasoning, and that is also because the timeline is wrong.

As Zhao Fusheng said before, the ghost case in the south of Liu's Ancestral Hall occurred in 206 of the Han Dynasty, and although the time when Wu Datong left Goutou Village for Wan'an County was logically also in 206 of the Han Dynasty, the two incidents happened in different months. .

One is in mid-June and the other is at least after August.

What went wrong?Or was her previous speculation actually wrong?
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