Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 13 Snake Soup (2)
"Eat." Duanmucui did not forget to greet the old man while drinking the soup, "If you don't like the taste, you can ask the boss for some rice vinegar."

"I don't know what the girl wants to say to the old man?" The old man couldn't hold back after all.

"Are you asking this?" Duanmucui seemed to have completely forgotten about this matter, and only then remembered it again, looked around, and was still sitting on the ground, but moved his upper body closer to the old man, lowered his voice mysteriously Xixi said, "I see that you have a lot of knowledge, and if you practice hard for a while, you will achieve something. You are not practicing in the mountains, but why are you wandering around in this market place?"

The old man opened his mouth, but did not speak.

"I could take away your morality and beat you back to your original shape." Duanmucui said as usual, "But my mother taught me to plant more flowers and less thorns since I was a child. Seeing that your conduct is not bad, yes It is not difficult for you to use the materials for practicing the righteous way.”

The old man let out a sigh of relief.

"But to be a man or a monster, you have to find your own position." Duanmucui continued the topic.

"Up above is the Immortal Mansion." Duanmucui pointed to the sky.

"Below is the lair of ghosts." Duanmucui pointed to the ground.

"As for you, you should live honestly in the hills, forests and rivers." Duanmucui sighed, "The human realm is where you should be."

"The villain didn't dare to trespass in the human realm, but the suspect in the Yongzhou cannibal case was really wronged, and the little one couldn't bear to disregard human life, so he followed him all the way."

"Yongzhou cannibalism case again?" Duanmucui was slightly startled, "There is no ghost in this case, if he is indeed wronged, Mr. Bao will investigate thoroughly, why should you accompany him all the way?"

"It's true that there are no spirits and monsters, but the reason for it is strange and indistinguishable, beyond human investigation." The old man suddenly stood up, and gave Duanmucui a deep bow, "The villain has practiced Taoism for a long time, and his life is clear. I would like to ask the girl to fulfill her selfish enmity and kill someone, and allow the villain to stay in the human realm for a while, and the villain will definitely look for an opportunity to meet Master Bao to prove that person's innocence."

In fact, due to Duanmucui's friendship with Kaifeng Mansion, he can take the old man in and out of the main entrance, and there is no need to put on this night clothes to climb over the wall.

This is due to the fact that the old man insisted on doing things on his own, repeatedly refusing Duanmucui's help.

How could this little thought be hidden from me, Duanmucui scoffed.

He said that he didn't want to trouble Duanmucui, but in fact, didn't he want to monopolize the merits?The old man's merit is immeasurable for saving innocent people; if he borrows Duanmucui's hand to clear his grievances, the merit will inevitably be divided.

Duanmu Cui secretly shook his head in order to save people's lives. It seems that this person's road to cultivation is long and far away.

"Miss," seeing Duanmucui standing under the wall ready to go, ah no, it's ready to be turned over, the old man thanked him again and again, "You can do it with your strength, you don't need to bother the girl."

Duanmucui gave the old man a sideways look: "Who said I'm going to help you? You go in to find Mr. Bao, and I go in to find Zhan Zhao. Everyone goes their own way and has nothing to do with each other."

The old man was still suspicious, but he didn't ask any more questions. His chest and abdomen were pressed against the wall, and he meandered up swiftly, swift as a snake.

Nonsense, people are originally snakes.

Duanmucui was stunned, and after a while, she said unwillingly: "What's so strange about casting spells, I don't need any spells, and I can climb in by myself."

As expected, he gave up his lightness and climbed up step by step with the help of iron claws. It was obvious that he was neglected in practice. After climbing a few steps, he rested for a long time, which Zhan Zhao couldn't bear anymore.

"Duanmucui," Zhan Zhao looked up, "If you want to see me, you can just walk through the door, so what's the mystery?"

Duanmucui was startled, and looked down at Zhan Zhao: "You... have seen it all? When did you come?"

"I have seen everything that should be seen." Zhan Zhao sighed, "Come down, according to your resting method, you won't be able to turn over in the middle of the night."

"Who said that?" Duanmucui was angry, "I just want to climb over this wall with my own strength, and I can climb over after a short rest."

Zhan Zhao had a headache: "Then you just... lie on the wall and talk to me?"

"I like talking to you like this." Duanmucui said harshly, "And it's cooler up there."

As soon as the words finished, Zhan Zhao lifted his skirt and jumped up on the flat ground.Before Duanmucui could react, Zhan Zhao had brought him down.

As soon as he touched the ground, his feet became weak, Duanmucui quickly supported Zhan Zhao, both arms seemed to be trembling slightly.

"Aren't your hands and feet weak?" Zhan Zhao held back his laugh, and helped Duanmucui to sit down in the corner, "Although it's cool up there, it's not so easy to stay in."

Duanmucui gave Zhan Zhao a hard look: "I just want to climb over by human power without casting spells..."

"Okay." Zhan Zhao couldn't laugh or cry, and looked up at the eaves of the wall again, "Who is that old man who turned over just now? His movements are so weird."

"You also know that someone turned over, and they are still here taking it easy, and they don't say they are going to protect Mr. Bao." Duanmucui muttered in a low voice while pinching his sore calf.

"I heard the conversation between the two of you. Naturally, you wouldn't bring bad people to harm you." Zhan Zhao smiled.

Duanmucui looked at Zhan Zhao: "Zhan Zhao, why did Mr. Bao retry the Yongzhou cannibal case?"

Zhan Zhao had already guessed that Duanmucui came for the Yongzhou case in all likelihood, and he was not surprised: "After the Yongzhou case was reported to Kaifeng, my lord and Mr. Gongsun have been very concerned about it, and my lord often sighs that the tiger's poison is not eaten yet. My son, according to the neighbors, the murderer is not cruel in ordinary times, and it is unbelievable to do such a thing, this is one of them."

"What about the second?" Duanmucui asked.

"Mr. Gongsun wrote to the governor of Yongzhou to inquire about this matter in detail. There is one point in the reply from the governor that makes adults suspicious. It is said that the murderer has never spoken since he was imprisoned, and he has never defended himself in a word. He is also illiterate. I can't write down my grievances, but there is always sadness in my eyes, and everyone who sees it is sad and weeps."

"Then is there any progress in today's trial?"

"What progress can be made?" Zhan Zhao smiled wryly, "If you can't speak or write, even if your lord wants to retry the case, what power can you bring back?"

A lamp like a bean.

Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce are still trying to find a breakthrough in the Yongzhou cannibal case.

During today's trial, Bao Zhengjie patted: "Are you convicted?"

The man knelt on the ground, motionless, with tears streaming down his eyes for a long time.

"According to the students," Gongsun Ce sighed, recalling what he had seen during the day, "that man did have some difficulties, but judging from his expression, he doesn't seem to care about whether he can clear his grievances."

"how do I say this?"

"Returning to my lord, although he can't speak, his body movements are not hindered. If he really wants to avenge his grievances, when the lord asks him if he is guilty, he should shake his head in denial or nod in pleading guilty, but he is like a clay-made wooden sculpture, with his eyes closed to the sky. Tears flowed..."

"Mr. Gongsun's words are reasonable," Bao Zheng nodded, "he behaves like this, there must be a great hidden secret. But if he doesn't speak up, how can the government clean up for him...Mr. Gongsun, you have a good plan... ... Mr. Gongsun?"

Bao Zheng was slightly surprised and looked up at Gongsun Ce when he called twice but did not hear Gongsun Ce's answer.

Gongsun Ce's eyes were wide open, his eyes were full of panic, his teeth were chattering, and he stretched out his hand tremblingly, pointing at the closed door.

Bao Zheng followed Gongsun Ce's instructions and went there, taking a deep breath.

Something is about to squeeze in through the gap in the closed door.At first it was as thin as paper, but after the whole penetration, it swayed in place, turning into a soft and erratic paper figure.Bao Zheng frowned, and was about to reprimand who it was for being so narrow-minded, when he saw the paper man slowly swell and take shape, the face as flat as paper slowly protruded, ears and nose sunk into his eyes, tight Then the ten fingers are stretched out, the feet are on the ground, and under the unsteady condition, it grows into an old man.

"Grassman She Gongdan..."

"monster!"

Mr. Gongsun's nerves were obviously tense to the extreme, he suddenly yelled, grabbed the inkstone on the table and threw it at the octogenarian.

Here, we really should give Gongsun Ce three high-fives for his courage.You must know that in the story of "Six Fingers", Mr. Gongsun fell over on the spot without saying a word.

No one is naturally bold. When Zhan Zhao first entered Duanmu thatched cottage, wasn't he sweating?Gongsun Ce's growth from a direct coma in the past to a courageous confrontation with the enemy today is not unrelated to Duanmucui's influence.

In time, Gongsun Ce will definitely advance further, and the group of demons will dance in front without changing color.

This is something to say later, skip it.

But the inkstone that was thrown vigorously did not hurt the old man at all except that it smashed the bottle on the shelf into pieces.Here, we will not criticize Gongsun Ce's throwing accuracy.

The old man was so frightened by Gongsun Ce's angry shout that he was at a loss for what to do.Bao Zheng took a step forward, not angry but pretentious: "You just said that your name is She Gongdan?"

She Gongdan bowed to Bao Zheng to the end: "The grassroots came here for the Yongzhou cannibal case."

"You mean, that man's wife never actually gave birth to a baby?" Zhan Zhao was taken aback.

"You can't say that." Duanmucui stepped into the mansion gate, and smiled at the clerk on duty, "That man killed many snakes alive, and he was addicted to snake soup. Over time, those snakes were dying The resentment from that time was stagnated in that person's body, running up and down, trying to find a way out, while the man and his wife were happy, then...um...you understand?"

Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment, then realized immediately, the base of his ears became hot, "Mmm...Understood."

"So, this resentment was transferred to the wife of the man, and merged with the primordial fetus in the womb. What the wife gave birth to was not a real baby before a hundred days..."

"Can we talk about spirits and monsters?" The two climbed up the steps and turned into the corridor.

"There is no ghost in it. If I have to say it, I can only say it is caused by karma."

"karma?"

"How should I put it?" Duanmucui thought for a long time, "Zhan Zhao, have you ever heard someone say that many sons and daughters make many enemies, and that no children sit on lotus flowers, and some people say that children are debts owed by their parents?" , are you here to collect debts?"

"I heard."

"The murderer has killed countless snakes and owed blood debts. The snake's suffocation formed a fetus and entrusted it as a baby. It can be regarded as coming to collect debts in this life. However, the transformation and rebirth of the body are not instant. It is not enough in a hundred days, and it has not been soaked enough. Before being popular in the world, you can't change your previous habits. So when that person returns at night, he will see the baby walking away in the shape of a snake."

Zhan Zhao just felt incredible.

"Not only snakes, but all those reincarnated as humans from the animal realm can't change their habits when they were animals before a hundred days. It's just that there are very few of them who pretend to be the original form. Taking a step back, even if it is a human being reincarnated , When you think that bowl of Mengpo soup, will you really erase the memory of the previous life? They still remember a little bit, so the newborn babies can only cry and can't speak. When they learn to speak, the old things will also disappear I almost forgot about it."

"You mean to say that before a hundred days, that baby can be a human or a snake, so that person killed a snake, not a human." Zhan Zhao realized a little, "But after a hundred days, that baby will be dead. If you can’t turn the snake’s body any longer, then the baby will be a human instead of a snake?”

The words were so awkward that Zhan Zhao himself felt awkward.

"You can put it this way." Duanmucui said disappointedly, "So what he saw and killed that day was just a snake. It's just that after the snake died, the snake's spirit dissipated, and the original human-shaped flesh was left. When it arrives, it will naturally be determined that he killed his parents and children and devoured them."

"How should an adult judge such a case?" Zhan Zhao smiled wryly, "If you say it is a snake, it will completely transform into a human after a hundred days; if you say it is a human, it will turn into a snake and walk around everywhere. Did people kill snakes or people?"

While speaking, the two had already walked to the door of Bao Zheng's study.

"That depends on what Lord Bao thinks." Duanmucui smiled sweetly, and knocked on the door.

The case of eating children in Yongzhou, which has been making a lot of noise, has finally been settled.

What Duanmucui said is right, there is no ghost in it, it is due to karma.

Without that accidental "night return", everything would have happened inadvertently - the family fortune accumulated through hard work in the first half of life would be lost to the "snake" who came to collect debts in the second half of his life.

But the snake cast into a human womb couldn't change its nature for a while, and it took on the shape of a snake and wandered around, asking him to catch him right away, and he raised a knife and dropped it, and it was another pot of snake soup.

Did he kill a snake, or a human?
"What he saw that day was a snake, and what he killed was also a snake." Bao Zheng sighed, "If what he saw was that child crawling and playing around, how could he have the intention of killing and cooking?"

Although Zibu said strange powers and confused spirits, the case was finally concluded with the blinding of demons.

Above the lobby, the conclusion of this strange case caused an uproar among the spectators and a lot of discussion.

The man was not at all happy, and he just let others remove the shackles and shackles, as if the one who committed the crime was someone else, and the one who was released was also someone else.

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu were ordered by Master Bao to send him to the outskirts of Kaifeng with some money.

From the beginning to the end, the man didn't say a word, he said goodbye to Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, and walked away sullenly, until he bumped into someone suddenly.

Duanmucui.

"I just wonder why you haven't said a word since then."

The man dodged Duanmucui's gaze, avoided where she was standing, and wanted to continue walking.

"If you don't tell me, I will know." Duanmucui smiled, and suddenly bluffed his right hand, and immediately went to the mid-air area.A panic-stricken mouse in the grass was pulled out by some force, screaming and jumping in mid-air.

The man turned his head abruptly, spat out a snake core about two feet long from his mouth, wrapped it around the rat's body, rolled it upside down into the mouth, even the meat in the wallet, and chewed fiercely, stinking blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

He could no longer speak.

He avoided the accountability of the Kaifeng Mansion and the etiquette of the world, and finally did not escape the retribution of the strange snake.

(End of this chapter)