C53 (1/2)

Zhang Nan suddenly remembered that there was a black dot on the center of Xu Juan's brows. That was the characteristic of being tainted by Evil Qi, so he asked: ”Back then, did anything else happen? For example … It's especially strange. ”

Zhang Nan didn't know how to describe it, but he silently comprehended for a long time.

Oh, yes, a strange thing happened. Just a few days after Master Sun died …” ”I remember it was a heavy rain that day, especially gloomy. Then, at noon, a mass of black smoke mysteriously appeared in the air above our Zhangze Town, and then immediately diffused into the air, spreading out to who knows where. Later on, we guessed that this was a sign of the black fish's recovery, the black smoke must be evil! ”Even the girls in our town were pestered by the evil aura!

When Zhang Nan heard it, he felt that everything that Chen Jing had said went according to plan, but there was always a strange feeling.

”Let's talk about that Sun Tiangui again. What kind of person is he?” Zhang Nan continued to ask.

”Look at the Master Sun, although he is a godly person, he isn't like that Master Ouyang. He is pretty good, especially when it comes to playing with children, and has good relations with the families that live in our town. Every time a child was born in our town, he would go over and kill the child and tell the child what was taboo in life and what was to be done in the future. ”They will even give their children a bowl of Longevity Soup for free.”

”Longevity Soup? Can children drink God's rod? ”

said that his kind of divine soup's secret formula was something that he learned from a Longevity Village back in Yunnan.

Zhang Nan shook his head, he did not believe the so-called divine object that the God Stick mentioned, as he felt that there was a high chance that it was something that was used to deceive money. Even if Sun Tiangui was a good person, he could not avoid doing bad things with good intentions.

”Oh right, how did Sun Tiangui know about Hei Yu's revival?”

”Master Sun has always believed in the legend of the big black fish, and often went to the mountain top to worship at the temple. He is a god stick, and these gods and ghosts are much more knowledgeable than us.”

”You just said …” When Sun Tiangui's body was found, there was even a magic tool stuck in his throat.

”Nope.” Chen Jing shook her head, ”We all believe that the big black fish executed the Master Sun, so we never thought about who killed them.”

”Is there an autopsy on Sun Tiangui? The time of his death...”

”Yes, the police told us later that he had been dead for almost a week when his body was found.” Chen Jing could not wait to answer.

”What are your reactions?”

”On the one hand, I'm afraid. On the other, I feel that it's a pity. As Master Sun has always been a good person, we have a good relationship with him. I remember that when he first went missing, almost everyone in the town went to look for him. After all, before he went missing, he was crazy and kept on telling us that Black Fish had woken up.

”Where did you find them?”

”We were looking for him everywhere, in the town, on the mountain, in the nearby countryside, including the Master Sun's house, but we couldn't find him no matter what. In fact, we had also searched for him at the top of the mountain, but the Master Sun's corpse wasn't there at the time.”

”From the moment Sun Tiangui disappeared, it had been about a week before you found his corpse?”

”Yes.”

Zhang Nan thought that this was more important, since Sun Tiangui had been missing for a week, and the autopsy had proved that he was dead for a week. From this, it could be inferred that Sun Tiangui had died right after being found, but the first corpse did not appear in the Mountain Godly Temple, which meant that the Mountain Goddess Temple was not the scene of the crime, and was moved there afterwards. As for why he moved Sun Tiangui's corpse to the Mountain Godly Temple, it was very possible that the murderer had used the fish-shaped magical artifact to insert into Sun Tiangui's throat for the same reason.

Zhang Nan faintly felt that Sun Tiangui's death must have been the key to this entire incident. Normally speaking, it should have been Sun Tiangui who knew some secrets, causing him to be silenced, thus finding the culprit behind this murder case twelve years ago was extremely important.

”Sun Tiangui's family also lives in the Zhangze Town?” After thinking for a moment, Zhang Nan asked.

”No, at the back of the mountain.”

”Take me to see it, and the mountain temple.”

”Sure, it's not far from here. Let's go to the top of the mountain first.”

Soon, they arrived at the foot of the mountain. They followed a small path up the mountain.

Zhang Nan realised that this mountain was very desolate. Moreover, the road was rugged, so it would not be convenient to live on the mountain.

Along the way, Zhang Nan asked Chen Jing: ”In the past twelve years, other than the continuous deaths of twenty year old girls, has there been any other strange happening in the town?”

Chen Jing bluntly replied, ”No, it's pretty normal.”

Zhang Nan nodded and did not speak further.

When he was near the top of the mountain, Zhang Nan thought of Sun Tiangui and asked: ”Does Sun Tiangui have family?”

”Only one.” Chen Jing replied very straightforwardly. She had always been very confident in her memory, ”She's also a daughter, and her name is Sun Yumei. But she left the Zhangze Town a long time ago. We used to play together when we were kids. She was a year older than me, so she wasn't affected by the law of death. ”

”Oh, why did you leave the Zhangze Town?”

”Because... That girl was born deaf and dumb, quite pitiful. I remember she was eight years old when the Master Sun sent her to a deaf and mute school, and we never saw each other again. ”

While they were talking, the two of them had already reached the top of the mountain. As the cool autumn wind blew past, the two of them felt their bodies heat up, feeling relaxed and happy.

A few more steps, and a ruined little temple appeared before his eyes. He saw that the small temple was about the height of a person and had a large hole smashed into the top. There were crushed rocks and weeds everywhere in front of the temple and there was even a large censer filled with mud.

Zhang Nan still wanted to get closer to see, but Chen Jing stopped him and said, ”Don't get too close.”

Zhang Nanxin thought that this was true, the people of this town would definitely be afraid of this mountain temple that was struck by lightning.

”At that time, Master Sun's body was leaning against the censer, sitting up straight with a magic tool stuck in her throat …” When Chen Jing thought back to that scene from back then, she felt goosebumps all over his body.

After listening to Chen Jing's narration and walking around the mountain temple, Zhang Nan said, ”Let's go to Sun Tiangui's home.”

Very quickly, they passed through a bamboo forest. Zhang Nan saw that there was a house, it was one of the more simple old houses, the door of the house was to the left, the window was to the right, and there was a well in front of the door.

Zhang Nan looked into the well and realized that the water was already dry. He then went to the window and coincidentally saw that the window was open, allowing him to look inside the house. There was very little furniture, but it was very clean, as if it had not been lived in for a long time.

”How did the window open?” Zhang Nan asked as he rolled the window with his hand and turned his head.

”When the Master Sun went missing, we came over to look at the window. Until now, we still haven't closed it, and there's not only the window, the other things are also basically the same as back then. We did our best to remain untouched, other than his door.”

”Door?”

”Well, the door was locked. There was a latch on the inside. We were looking for someone, so we climbed in through the window and opened the door.”

”So you're saying that we can open the door now …” Zhang Nan said as he opened the door and stepped into the house.

Chen Jing followed closely behind Zhang Nan, but appeared to be afraid and afraid. Zhang Nan understood Chen Jing's feelings. This room should be an unknown place in the town, under normal circumstances, no one would dare come here.

However, this way it would be more convenient for Zhang Nan, as he could preserve the original appearance of the event to the greatest extent.

Zhang Nan inspected the house, including the bedroom and the kitchen. He discovered that although this entire house looked normal, there was a mysterious aura that lingered around it, making his heartbeat speed up a little.

Returning back to the hall, Zhang Nan saw a flat wooden box. The inside of the box was empty, placed on a chest of drawers against the wall.

”What was in this box?” Zhang Nan asked.

”Oh, it's some ancient copper coins. Master Sun has a hobby and is especially interested in ancient coins, so he only has a variety of copper coins in his box. But when he disappeared, all the coins in the box were stolen. ”

”Stolen? Is there such a thing? ” Zhang Nan looked surprised, ”Who did it?”

”I don't know. Back then, it was a mess, so it was normal for some people to fish in troubled waters.”

Zhang Nan nodded and did not ask anymore.

At this time, Zhang Nan noticed that there was a row of things hanging on the wall. Actually, he had already noticed this row of things the moment he entered the room.

There were a total of ten strings. Each string was made up of eight round pieces of jade. They were neatly arranged in a red string.

Zhang Nan touched it and felt that the quality of the jade was not bad, it should be some kind of precious ancient jade. Suddenly, he had a question. Why was it that the person who stole the copper coin from the wooden box didn't take the strings with him? Did he not recognize the treasure, or had he missed it?

When he thought about it carefully, he felt that neither of them was possible.

While he was in doubt, Zhang Nan heard footsteps outside the house, Chen Jing also heard it, and looked outside the door. After a while, two men arrived at the door, it was actually Xu Yao who brought Master Ouyang here.

Seeing that it was Chen Jing and Zhang Nan, Xu Yao could not help but be startled. When he was in front of Chen Jing, he immediately asked, ”Sis, why are you here?”

Chen Jing looked at Zhang Nan, and was at a loss of what to say. Zhang Nan also remained silent, as if everything had nothing to do with him.

”Did you bring him?” Xu Yao asked Chen Jing as he pointed to Zhang Nan.

Chen Jing nodded and said: ”En, I'm here to take a look.”

”What are you looking at? Teacher Ouyang said that we can't casually enter this place now.” After Xu Yao finished speaking, he then asked Zhang Nan. ”You are that Juan's friend, the fortune-teller right?”

”Right.” Zhang Nan answered bluntly.

”What does she want you to do?”

”It's the same as asking for help from this mage.”

”Tch, you know who this mage is? You are a fortune-teller, do you understand these things? ”

”A little.”

Chen Jing was worried for Zhang Nan, but Zhang Nan's expression remained calm.

Master Ouyang was looking around the house, but when he heard Zhang Nan's words and saw how Zhang Nan was dressed, he muttered with a disdainful tone: ”What are you pretending for …”

Xu Yao also said: ”My sister is just a little girl, she doesn't know anything and even came up with ideas.

The meaning of Xu Yao's words was very clear, that it was a waste of effort for Xu Juan to ask Zhang Nan for help.

”How about this, Little Xu. Tell those who are not related to you to leave first, I need to check this house thoroughly.” The more Master Ouyang looked at Zhang Nan, the more he disliked him and he was directly chased away by Xu Yao.

”Sis, why don't you all go out first?” Xu Yao immediately said to Chen Jing.

Chen Jing looked at Zhang Nan again, it was extremely awkward, but she nodded her head and took the lead to walk out of the house.

”Sorry.” Arriving outside the house, Chen Jing immediately apologized to Zhang Nan.

”It's alright, I saw enough.” Zhang Nan said.

”Shall we go?” Chen Jing realized that both Xu Yao and the Master Ouyang were targeting Zhang Nan, but she couldn't explain why either. Maybe Zhang Nan's attitude towards Zhang Nan was more mysterious and cold, and he would probably be hated by people sooner or later. Thus, in order to prevent Zhang Nan from feeling annoyed again, she advised him to leave quickly.

But who knew that Zhang Nan said: ”No, wait for them to come together, maybe they found something?”

Chen Jing had no choice but to accompany Zhang Nan and wait outside. In her spare time, Chen Jing asked: ”Mr. Zhang, what about you? What did you find out yourself? ”

”For the time being, I haven't made any major discoveries, and can just barely figure out some of the problems.”