White Bone Monkey King

"They are all strange things carved with human faces, such as human-faced stones, human-faced square tripods, human-faced night pearls, human-faced statues, human-faced bronze mirrors, etc..."

"On the contrary, a box of gold has become the most inconspicuous thing inside."

Fatty Li clasped his fingers and spoke in detail.

"A box of gold?" The old Taoist priest's eyes lit up and he immediately became energetic.

You have to say this, I don’t have backache or sleepiness today.

Fatty Li frowned and thought: "Come to think of it, that box of gold is quite strange."

Jin An looked over and said, "What kind of weird method?"

"There is a fishy smell of the sea, which is similar to the smell of fish cutting boards in the fish market. You can smell it from a long distance away. It's like you have just been fished out of the sea after soaking in it for hundreds of thousands of years. The smell of the sea is strong. It cannot be dispersed." Fatty Li described it vividly.

Jin An hadn't spoken yet. He was not stable enough at all at his age. He loved to be surprised. The old Taoist priest was the first to shout in surprise: "This box of gold was also handed over by someone from below? No one has seen this box of gold." Are you interested in wealth?"

According to Fatty Li, this box of gold was found in a fishing village. The fishermen deliberately broke open the gold and wanted to secretly take it out to spend. However, those yellow metals have a strong smell and will attract the attention of interested people no matter how careful they are. In addition, it didn't look like a fisherman from a wealthy family took out gold ingots and flowers. It looked like his identity was suspicious, especially if he met some murderer selling stolen goods, so someone reported the case and the box of gold was confiscated by the Yamen.

Well.

The old Taoist priest and Jin An both took a strange look at Fatty Li, who was an official.

I don't know if Fatty Li is thick-skinned or if he doesn't think too much, but he looks normal when facing the gazes of the two people.

Jin An lowered his eyebrows and thought: "Since ancient times, ships have been sunk in storms. It is said that some people make a living by salvaging such sunken commercial ships."

Fatty Li replied, "We usually call this kind of sea monkey. These people grew up by the sea. They are good at water and are as agile as sea monkeys."

Jin An asked Fatty Li to describe the human-faced objects in detail to see if he could get any clues. It's a pity that this time even the experienced Taoist priest who traveled around the world couldn't tell the origin of these strange things after hearing Fatty Li's description.

"By the way, I almost forgot one thing. There are a few gold silk scrolls among those things. They look like they were torn into many pieces. They have something like scriptures written on them." Fatty Li Something suddenly came up.

Then he said depressedly: "It's a pity that those scriptures know me, Fat Master, but I don't know those scriptures that are like reading from the heavenly book. How could I know that they were taken away before I could take them out to be translated by someone who knows how to make rubbings?" ”

Hearing this, the old Taoist priest asked Fatty Li to try to recall and write a few scriptures for him to read. As a result, what Fatty Li drew was as ugly as a ghost painting. It was too abstract. The old Taoist priest and Jin An looked at it for a long time. I can’t figure out which language this painting is in.

Fatty Li shouted aggrieved: "It can't rely on me for this matter. Who knew someone would stop me halfway? Who has nothing to remember these things?"

Jin An, old Taoist priest: "Isn't it the basic professional quality of the Criminal Investigation Department to handle cases without forgetting the past?"

Fatty Li looked at his colleagues: "Does our Criminal Investigation Department have this requirement?"

The colleague shook his head decisively, refusing to admit that they had no professional qualities.

Fatty Li spread his hands towards Jin An and the old Taoist priest, and smiled, making them both roll their eyes in amusement.

This matter was put aside for the time being, and several people turned their attention back to the mummified children. The old Taoist priest made a suggestion: "They can be regarded as innocent people who were brutally murdered. It is pitiful to keep their corpses exposed like this, and the corpses are more likely to rot and spread when exposed to the tide." Odor is tantamount to destroying evidence in disguise. In my opinion, the government builds a coffin for each of these victims, which can be regarded as a home first. It can also prevent the spread of odor and prevent the breeding of mosquito plagues in summer. At the same time, the coffins are suspended in the air. On the bench, sprinkle some lime powder on the ground to absorb moisture and keep the air dry, which is beneficial to the corpse's anti-corrosion and moisture-proofing."

After hearing what the old Taoist said, Fatty Li clapped his hands and said, Taoist Chen, what you said makes so much sense, and he will do it right away.

"These children died miserably, and they had no father or mother to claim their bodies. Our government should fund their funeral arrangements, and the court will definitely seek justice for them. I don't think there is any need to look far away when it comes to custom-made coffins, Wu Zang The Taoist temple happened to run a shop selling coffins and other ghost objects such as paper money and paper to pierce people, so I directly asked the government office to go to the Wu Zang Taoist Temple to buy them."

"I remember that the Wu Zang Taoist Temple also provides one-stop services for funerals and rituals? Why don't we ask the government to ask Taoist Master Chen to perform a salvation ritual for these poor children and tell them to sleep quietly first? Uncle Li will definitely avenge them. Wash away grudges.”

Old Taoist: "Good."

Jin An: "Good."

In one sentence, Fatty Li handed over the government's external procurement business to the Wu Zang Taoist Temple. This time, the Wu Zang Taoist Temple not only gained popularity among the people, but also had to do business with the Jiangzhou government in the future.

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The custom-made coffins were completed the next day. Jin An and the old Taoist priests personally delivered the coffins to the door to bury the mummified bodies of several children and performed a salvation ceremony.

It was already dark at this time, but it still couldn't stop the unbearable summer heat. Although there was no physical work, the old Taoist priest, Fatty Li, and some night watchmen were still covered in hot sweat.

After finishing the ritual, Jin An did not rush to close the coffin, but looked up at the night above. The old Taoist priest asked curiously what happened?

Jin An had some feelings and said that when he was reciting sutras to save them, he had an emotion. Old Taoist, do you think the people and places they missed most during their lifetime were their parents in their hometown?

Then he said that he could try to see if he could fulfill their wishes and let the dead souls rest in peace. If this can really happen, it may be possible to directly find out the identity of their hometown and help the government solve this unresolved case as soon as possible.

Fatty Li was overjoyed when he heard this: "Sure enough, we found the right people this time to find Taoist Jin An and Taoist Chen! I didn't expect that Taoist Jin An has such ability! Is there any way Jin An can make the dead speak?"

The conversation here also attracted other government officials, who came over curiously to watch the fun.

Jin An smiled and nodded and said, "I know a technique called 'Corpse Exorcism', you can give it a try."

The old Taoist priest looked at Jin An in surprise, thinking that no brother had ever used it before. When did he learn a new Taoist method?

Fatty Li was surprised: "I heard about this art of exorcism. Taoist priest Jin'an also knows how to exorcise corpses in Western Hunan? It is said that there is a kind of corpse exorcism called corpse exorcism. They can send dead foreigners back home for burial, sleeping day and night all the way." , the body will remain incorruptible for a month or two.”

"I don't know how to drive away corpses like those in Western Hunan, but the principles are similar." Jin An didn't explain too much, and then started to do it directly.

The corpse exorcism technique he was talking about was the eighth transformation corpse exorcism technique he just learned when he broke through to the third realm!

The function of the corpse exorcism technique is to bring people who have died in a foreign land back to life, return to the human body for a short period of time, go home to take care of the funeral affairs, and finally reincarnate with peace of mind.

This is obtained from the "Seventy-two Transformations of Taoist Descriptions" in the tomb of the God of Dongtian Fudi Mountain. It is infinitely more brilliant than those people who follow the underworld. It is like the light of the sun, the moon and the fireflies. How can they be the same? It's just that this is Jin'an's first time casting a spell, and he doesn't know the specific effect, so he doesn't give a definite promise.

Jin An walked to one of the coffins. He raised his palm and gently patted the child's mummy on the heart. A magical scene happened. In the government office at night, a golden light burst out, and the heaven and earth burst out with vigorous yang energy. A ray of yang energy burst out. Entering the heart of the mummy.

Boom, boom, the sound of a heartbeat came from the calm coffin. The coffin was no longer calm. Everyone present opened their mouths in shock. The most courageous old Taoist priest and Fatty Li ran directly to the coffin and stretched their heads to look inside.

ah! The two people exclaimed, dumbfounded on the spot.

I saw that the shriveled corpse in the coffin was growing white bones and living muscles at a speed visible to the body, and the body was filled with skin and flesh, and finally turned into a child with red lips, white teeth, and a rosy complexion.

Not to mention that the two of them were dumbfounded, even Jin An, who was casting a corpse exorcism spell for the first time, was also surprised by this magical scene. His eyes flashed when he looked at the still alive child in the coffin.

This scene was too shocking and unheard of. While the old Taoist priest and Fatty Li were still dumbfounded and unable to react, the "living child" in the coffin had already opened its eyes. He seemed to have just woken up from sleep, his eyes were bleary and he was still confused. Looking at the three faces that were about to touch his face, he screamed in fear. Under Jin An's driving, the old man The Taoist priest and Fatty Li reluctantly moved their faces away to avoid scaring the child again.

These two people are also amazing.

Not only was he not afraid, but he seemed reluctant to leave and walked away, which was different from normal people's reactions. For example, when the government officials saw the "living child" who had come back from the dead and came out of the coffin, they were all so frightened that goosebumps broke out all over their bodies. They shouted, "Oh my god, it's a fake corpse." Each one of them turned pale with fear than a ghost.

"Officer, sir, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have bumped into you, sir, please go around me, don't arrest me and put me in jail, I'm afraid of the dark... I, I kowtow to you, please don't arrest me, sir. Me." The child was frightened by a group of howling government officials and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed. Tears rolled down from his eyes and wet the ground beneath him, which was really distressing.

Like, like, so fucking similar! Fatty Li was stunned! He meant that the child looked too much like a living person. It was impossible to tell that a moment ago he was still a rotting, stinky corpse that had been staked and suffocated in the Zhenhai Stone!

Jin An did not dislike the smell of the child's tattered clothes. He gently lifted the child up, knelt down and wiped the child's tears with the sleeves of his Taoist robe, and said in a soft tone that a man would only kneel to his parents in addition to the sky and the ground.

He went on to say that we were not here to arrest you. We took you back to the Yamen because we found you sleeping alone on the roadside. We came here specifically to protect your good brother and uncle.

The old Taoist priest and Fatty Li watched Jin An's gentle conversation with the child, and nodded, saying that we are all good brothers and uncles, not bad people who want to harm you. As he said this, Fatty Li glared at those hot-blooded people who were not as courageous as an old man. Young government officials.

The government officials were so frightened that they could only nod along with a stiff smile that was uglier than crying, saying that we were all good uncles.

The old Taoist priest was still careful and ordered someone to find some clothes for the child.

Looking at the thin and frail child who was less than six or seven years old in front of him, Jin An continued to smile gently and said: "Can you tell me your name?"

The child opened his innocent black eyes: "...Brother Taoist Master, my...name is Xiaonan."

Jin An continued to say gently: "Xiaonan, do you still have any unfulfilled wishes?"

"wish?"

"wish……"

"By the way, Mom and Dad, I will never be angry with you again, and I will never run away from home again. I am afraid of the dark, I miss home, I miss my parents, and I miss the big yellow dog."

The child muttered to himself at first, and then finally regained his memory. The tears that had just stopped fell again. Watching such a small child cry, the adults were heartbroken.

"Go, fulfill your wish, and meet the parents who gave birth to you and raised you." Jin An encouraged the child while stroking his hair.

"Thank you, Taoist Brother, you are a good man." The child obediently bent down and thanked him.

At this time, Fatty Li took the clothes that the government servant had found and handed them to the child. The child was equally grateful and said, "Thank you, fat uncle, who is also a good person."

The words "fat uncle" made Fatty Li very depressed.

It doesn’t matter if I’m fat if you call me Fat Master. Why should you call Jin An a good brother and me a good uncle? Is it just because I, Fatty Li, am more than ten years older and look younger and more mature?

After washing up and putting on new clothes, Jin An encouraged: "Go ahead and fulfill your wish."

The child bowed down to thank everyone present, including the government officials, and then ran out of the government office. The thin and lonely figure couldn't wait to run towards home.

Seeing the child running out of the government office, the government officials who were under great psychological pressure all breathed a collective sigh of relief.

"Isn't Taoist Master Jin An dead?" A government official was about to speak, but when he met Jin An's gaze, he stuttered in fright and swallowed the words he had spoken.

"Taoist Master Jin'an, please help us clear up our doubts." Fatty Li asked for advice.

Jin An looked at the child running out of the government office and explained: "My corpse exorcism technique can temporarily bring people back to life. They can eat, sleep and communicate with others normally, so that the poor people who will not have time to see their families for the last time can go home." See your loved ones for the last time, fulfill your last wish, and then reincarnate with peace of mind."

"However, this technique also has a shortcoming, that is, the deceased does not know that he is dead. Once awakened, it will be like a dream bursting, and the technique will be released instantly."

After hearing that there was such a miraculous Taoism in the world, everyone present gave a thumbs up and praised Jin'an for this being a great meritorious deed.

"It seems that the business of Yizhuang can also be handed over to Wu Zang Taoist Temple and Jin'an Taoist Priest in the future." Fatty Li's first thought was to take care of the business again.

Jin An shook his head gently: "The world is fair. If there is gain on one side, there will be loss on the other side. The premise of casting the corpse exorcism is retaliation for retaliation, life for life, and the evil man's life is exchanged for the temporary repayment of others. Yang went home to take care of the funeral arrangements and fulfill his wish."

Well.

One of the government officials was surprised and said, "I remembered. I heard the head catcher mention it during the day. Yesterday, a village outside the city was wiped out. Except for the cattle, horses, and sheep, there were more than a dozen robbers who killed and robbed no one alive! The head catcher also said that there were people nearby. The mountain people once saw Taoist priests going up the mountain! It turned out that Taoist priest Jin'an destroyed the village to help these innocent and poor children return to the world!"

"Everyone should be tight-lipped about this matter today, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to Taoist Priest Jin'an." At this time, Fatty Li warned the government officials.

The yamen servants nodded their heads one by one and assured: "Taoist Jin An is the real outsider who does not seek fame. Today, our brothers are eye-opening and are truly impressed by Taoist Jin An's mind." , I definitely won’t talk around.”

Jin An glanced at Fatty Li and said, "Put this aside for now. Let's follow the child and see where his home is. At the same time, we instruct the patrolling Xiang Yong and the soldiers guarding the city gate not to stop the child."

Fatty Li hurriedly patted his chest and said that the matter would be taken care of by him. The Criminal Investigation Department would handle the case and report directly to the capital. The local government had no right to intervene or ask questions. He still had this ability.

Under the vast darkness of night, the city gate of Jiangzhou Prefecture, which was under curfew, suddenly opened, and a child who was eager to go home ran out of Jiangzhou Prefecture without any hindrance.

Soon after, a fat figure riding a fast horse accompanied a young Taoist priest riding a white sheep, and followed him out of Jiangzhou Mansion, following the child from a distance to protect him for the rest of his life.